from charitable people, come now tell me 7"
"Not very often. The other day a poor
woman who was begging cold victuals in the
streets stopped me and gave me some ; and
there is a woman down at the market who
keeps an apple stand, and she called me
over to her two or three times, and asked
me if I wasn't hungry, and when I told her
that I was she gave me some cakes. There
is another apple woman near the same place,
who was very good to me too ; and as I was
passing down Chatham street one morning,
some time ago, a woman came to me out
of a house and gave me some bread and
meat."
Here the poor old creature proceeded to
enumerate various nets of charity which he
had received from different persons, the ma
jority of whom, it is particularly deserving
of mention, where poor, struggling like
himself. for a subsistence. Verifying the
words of the poet, that,
eThe poor man alone,
When he hears the poor groan,
Of his morsel a morsel will give."
hle had'also been subject to a great deal
of annoyance from the rowdies about the
market, and.on one occasion he wns thrown
into the gutter, where he lay, unable to help
himself, till he. was picked up by a young
boy, who cleaned the dirt of his clothes and
gave him ten cents. Of this kind act he
seemed to have a proper appreciation.
"He was a fine boy," said he, "and I
think he could hardly afford to give me so
much money, for
.I am sure, by his appear
ance, he had 'to work hard for it."
"How are you paid for the paper and rags
-which you find in the streets ?"
"Well, that depends upon the kind of
rags and paper. 'They give me two cents a
pound for colored ones, and five cents for all
I can get that is clean and white. Some
times I wash the rags and hang them up in
the basement of the house where I live to
dry, and then I take them to the rag store.
I only get a cent and a quarter a pound for
the paper I find in the streets, because it is
generally dirty and is made up of every
kind. the woollen rags are of no use to
me, for-you see they cannot make paper of
them : but some of the other ragpickers get
woollen rags ; but I never find out where
they sold them."
"What do you get for the old iron ?"
some places I get more than in oth
ers. Some shops give me a cent a pound,
but others don't give me more than half a
cent. I would rather have the paper, al-1
though I take everything I can get."
"Do you ever expect to make a fortune
by ragpicking ?"
"A fortune !" said the old man smiling ;
"if I can only make any kind of living it is
all I want. We must try and keep the life
in our bodies, and that is just about all we
can do. The winter will soon be on us, and
we will find it pretty hard to make out."
Here our conversation with the old rag
picker ended. It opened a new phase of
- human life to our view, and we have no
doubt will startle the humane feelings of
many of our readers. We are glad to say,
however, that he is nn isolated case, and that
perhaps not more than ono out of every nine
or ten is reduced to such destitution. Com
pared with the poor shirtsewers and many
others who earn a living by the needle, their
condition is certainly an enviable one.—
They have a chance of making money, and
their occupation, though in many respects it
may be deemed repulsive, is yet more lu
crative than many which arc considered
more respectable.
A Wonder of Nature.
The Savannah News says : One of our
physicians has handed us the following ex
tract from a letter written to him by - a pro
fessional brother in the up country, describ
ing a somewhat singular case, we believe
or rare occurence in medical practice :
" I must put in a slip to give you a sin
gular instance of death from the rapid accu
mulation of (al. We had a young man re
siding eighteen miles from this place, who
was one of the miracles of nature ; at 22
years of age, be weighed 502 lbs ; he con
tinued gradually to increase in flesh until
ho reached, a little over 600 pounds, he was
able to get about with tolerable ease and
comfort to himself. and attended to his plant
ing interest ; he had a fine estate and look- '
ed after it with care and interest. Some
four weeks ago he commenced increasing
in flesh very rapidly and gained at first 1:1
pounds per day, and then it was found that
he gained a little over 2 pounds per day.—
Last week he died suddenly in his chair.—
I think from an accumulation of fat around
the heart. Three days prior to his death
ho weighed 613 pounds; and had he been
weighed the day of his death, no doubt he
would have gone over 660 pounds. I 'have
often seen him, and visited his family a few
months ago professionally."
Nebraska.
• Col. Mannypenny, Commissioner of In-
dian A (lairs, if we are rightly informed, has
thus far met with good success in treating
with the Indians for the cession of their
lands, in - the above named territory, to the
United States. The soil, the climate, the
timber; • minerals, and local position of
this territory, all point it out as likely are
long. to become one of the greatest and
wealthiest States of this Union. It will now
soon be opened for settlement, and, we doubt
pot, it will become the destination of throngs
of emigrants front the old States , and from
Europe-. Thus another republic is founded
and another, wide realm added to the
great empire of freedom. It lies on the
route of travel between the Atlantic and
Pacific; and will doubtless be crossed by
the great inilway that is to connect the shores
of the two oceans. 'That road will fill that
territory with a busy and thriving popula
tion in n very few years ; arid though in the
centre of the continent, it will have easy,
cheap and speedy access to the harbors of
both oceans, and all the best marliets of the
wflt?d. • Those. seeking western home;:, and
not stnitt,n with the gold fever, will soon
find Nebraska one of the most attractive re
gions' on this continent.
Olje cl)igl) Regic.itcr.
Allentown, I'a.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1853.
Winter has Set In
The first snow of the season fell on Monday
morning, the 24th of October, and continued
till noon. At least six inches of snow fell dur
ing that time, and had there been a good foun•
dation we would have had excellent sleighing.
It is too early, we think, for this kind of fun,
six weeks hence Would be better in season.
Washington Ball
The members of this Company will give
their first Annual Ball on Friday Evening, the
4th of November next at tl . .e Odd Fellows' Hall,
in Allentown. We trust that every lover of
amusement of this kind, will buy a ticket, as
the "Washingtonians" were laboring under a
heavy expanse in rigging up "The Machine,"
and should an opportunity offer itself to test
the skill of 'the boys' we predict they will not
be "bohind lime,"
Suicide in Easton
On Friday afternoon, between the hours, of
five and six, the citizens or Easton were thrown
in great excitement by the report that David
Ilubcr, one of ,heir' most respectable citizens
had eomm:tted suicide by hanging himself in
his owh stable in the rear of his lot. Mr. Ile.
bee, formerly resided in Allentown. Ile was
in very good circumstances, of amiable dispm
sition, and win beloved by ull who know him.
a
He labored some time under mental aberra
tion, however, not the slightest idea of self de
struction was perceptible. He leaves a bereaved
wife and eight children to mourn his early loss
The Bell Ringers are Coming.
Mr. De Lacey, has just informed us that those
world famed artists the Champanalogians or
Swis Bell Ringers, who visited this Borough
some two years since, and delighted our citizens
with their charming Music, %via again visit us
this week and give two of their entertainments
one on Wednesday, and the other on Thursday
evening—those initable entertainments which
exhibit the conversion of bells into Melodious
instruments of delightful intonation. The Rin
gers will be assisted by the celebrated vocalist
Mr. Gco•gc Brezeis, and Signor Fittini, the wotr•
dean! performer on the wood and straw instru
ment. An elegant evenings entertainment may
be relied on. Let those fond of good music at
tend.
Graham's IVlagazino
The November number of Graham's Ameri
can Monthly Magazine, is certainly one of
rare excellence in all respects., The articles
are of the highest grade of merit, and grave to
gay, and are upon a great variety of tropica—
"from grave to gay, from lively to severe"—
the size of the book, now extended to 112 pages
per number, enabling Mr. Graham, to excel in
his literary department every other magazine.
The illustrations are first rate, particularly those
in the body of the book, by Dorercux, which
set off and explain the text.
We learn that Mr. Graham's arrangements
for 1854 are upon a very liberal scale, and al
though in his prospectus he does not boast, we
chance to know that his readers will be mazed
when they see the opening numbcr for the year.
suceess to Graham for 1354, say we !
Washington and Jeffbrson.
These two distinguished men, natives of the
same State, were bitter enemies, and died hos
tile to each other. Rather, we should say Jef
ferson died full of hate and opposition to the
very name of Washington—the latter was too
good a man to entertain, or act out malice. A
Berme of unfriendliness had long been growing
between them, originating with Jefferson, in
1792, when Washington, in defiance of his own
wishes, wed 'unanimously' re•elected to the
Presidency. The last time they ever met was
at the inaug,uratlen cf John Adams, on the 4th
9f March, 1797, which took place in the Hall
of Representatives, in Philadelphia, Jefferson
was first inaugurated as Vice President. Adams
next appeared, attended by his Cabinet and
the oath was administered by Chief Justice
Ellsworth. Malice towards Washington, rank
led in the heart of Jefferson, on that occasion,
like a barbed dagger, and manifested itself in
all the actions and conversations of Jefferson,
Washington said to a friend that that was not
the place to discuss matters of a purely person-
al nature, in which the country could feel no
interest—that as he had proven himself to have
courage when his country's interest required it,
and had the endorsement of his countrymen—
he could afford to lot Jefferson vent his spleen.
Jeflorson was filled to overflowing with 'Dem
ocratic' notions : ll'ashington was a 'Federal-
Mt' of the Bayard, Morris and Hamilton school .
Romanism Anti-Masonry.
The Church of Home denounces all secret so
cieties;atid the Pittsburg Catholic thus Minn
naiad its anathema on'all Masons and Odd Fel
lows:—
The Church has condemned every secret
Society, no matter what may be its object.
A Catholio who joins the Odd Fellows, or
any other secret society, has lost the grace of
God, and is no longer within the pale of the
Church.
' When a Catholic joins one of these secret
societies, the grace of God forsakes him, and
he can no longer be considered a member of
the Church.
It is to be feared that the majority of the
Catholics who join these Fecrot societies, in a
short time become infidels."
hydrophobia.—A boy about 10 years of age
son of Amos Miller, of I'l Brunswick in this
county, died from the bite of a mad dog on Tues.
day of last week. Ho was bitten several times
in the hand about four weeks ago. The first
symptoms of the disease were felt on Tuesday
morning and death followed k the evening-
Soldiers of the War of 1812
To the Editors of the Sun.
GENTLEMEN :—That Republics are ungrateful
has been verified in my case,and that of thou
sands of those engaged in the war of 1812, vs.
Great Britain, as the sequel-shows. The late
war with Mexico, gave to thousands of Amer.
ican recruits one hundred and sixty acres of
land who never left the limits of their State.
suffered no privation directly or indirectly, and
yet our country withholds from the old super
anuated veteran, who fought the British Lion
(not the Mexican Lamb) forty years ago, an
equal claim. lam now on the verge of the
grave; have fought and bled in the defence of
my native country forty years since, and am
told that for six months services in the army,
I must receive eighty acres of public land as a
full compensation, for all my privations, &c.,
while my son received one hundred and six.y
acres for the services rendered in the Mexican
Hobby. I ask nn alms of my country : I re ,
quire at its hands sheer justice, and regardless
of all the different sects, religiously or political
ly, Maine or anti Maine, ‘Vhig or Democrat, I
advise all those whose claims on their country
for justice have been long withheld, to refrain
horn the support of any who turns a deaf ear
to the claims el justice and equal rights.
Cincinnati, Oct. Sth, 1853.
We cheerfully give place to the above appeal
as containing more truth than poetry. We
have always looked upon the law of Congress
of 1850 as partial and doing great injustice to
the veterans of the war of 1812.
If they did not have as hard fighting, breast
to breast, with our ancient foe as those who
served in the Mexican war, they showed
bold fronkand were ever ready and willing to
do battle in the tented•licld—and it was their
fearless position that .kept the foe at bay, on
our ostensive frontier and in our maritime
towns and cities. •
We say to those noble veterans—.see your
Congressmen in your respective districts—urge
upon them the justice of your claim to further
land bounty—ask• them to present it to the con
sideration of the [louse of Representatives at
an early part of the corning session, a moiety
of that unappropriated domain, as a slight ac
knowledgment of your invaluable services, that
nnprincipalled demagogue:, have from time to
time, for political reasons, been so anxious to
squander upon foreign paupers.
Allentown Rail Road.
At an Election held in Allentown, on Tues
day the 18th instant, the following persons %vete
elected : President. -HENRY D. .MAxwim..—
Dircaors.—Julin I'. Johnston, John F. A. San
ford, Thomas Chambers, John C. Green, Adam
Norrie, Henry D. Maxwell, Alay Humphreys,
Hiram J. Schantz, Christian l'retz, Jacob Dil
linger, John D. Stiles and 1V :Ilium Fry: The
Engineers are ulready.surveying the road.
Pacific Rail Road
A correspondent in the Philadelphia Ledger
takes rather a rose colored view of the great
events which are to flow from the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad. Listen to him :—"lt is sup
posed that the Road, if commenced within the
coming year, could not be completed before
ten years; at which time, the population of the
Atlantic States, in all probability, will hare in•
creased to twenty•five millions, and upon the
shores of the Pacific to between two and three
and a half•rnillior:s. But further, our author
extends his point of vision lorty years beyond
the present. Ile estimates that there will be
then nearly eighty millions of people on this
side of the Rocky Mountains, and from ten to
fifteen millions on the other side. Other States
will have come into the Union—the vast wild
erness, now intervening petween the Western
and Southern States of the Pacific, will be then
populated and enriched with the - blessings of
civilization. And as each year brings us hear,
or to that point, which many now in man's es.
tato will live to see, so each year shows more
cleanly the necessity of this great thoroughfare
even as a convenience for our citizens. On
these grounds, the road is urged as a means of
speedy . business connection—of national de
fence—of a swill, safe and cheap carriage of
the mails, besides many other considerations
affecting the mental and domestic relations of
our country."
Think of that, once. 80 millions of people
between Washington Market and the Rocky
Mountains. When that becomes a fact our lakes
will have to bo taken apart and enlarged.
Austria's Aid to the Czar
The Russian help that subdued Hungary
brought Austria into n state of ' , intiml vassalage
to the emperor of Russia. Franz Joseph is but
a tool of Nicholas, and under his dictation is
now renouncing his character ef mediator be
tween Russia and Turkey, and taking sides
with the northern autocrat against the Moslem
empire. Turkey is to be swallowed first by
the Cossack anaconda; but Austria is in equal
although iii less immediate peril. The St. PC
tersburgh programme of "manifest destiny"
looks to the absorption of all Eastern Europe
in the first place, the downfall of the constitu
tional monarchies of the west in the second
place, and the establishment of a grand Mus
covite empire, 'comprehending the continents
of Europe and Asia, in the third place. The
first of these processes has been going on stead
ily for a century or so, and it remains to be
seen whether the general plan is to be interrup
ted by the sword at the present stage of its
progress, or whether the aggrandizernents of
Russia is to be permitted to go on until she be
comes too powerful to bo coped with by the
nations as of men, there are crises in which
the decision of the moment determines their
fate for good or evil. It seems to us that the
liberal governments; of Europe are just now in
precisely such a "fix." if they permit Turkey
to be sacrificed, the "balance of power" on
that eolith:ern will thereafter be all OR one aide
like the handle of a jug. . _._ I
The American Continent an Island.
• This great problem has at length been sole.
ed; and a passage throng!) the Arctic Sea from
Behring's Snails to Baffin's Bay has actually
been effected. Ott the 7th inst , Commander
loglefield, who was despatched in her Majos•
ty's steamship Phoenix last Spring, with sup•
plies to Sir Edward Belcher's squadron, return
ed and reported to the Admiralty. He :nought
no intelligence of Sir John Franklin's expedi
tion ; but has, however, succeeded in deposit.
ing the supplies as directed, and was accoth
panied by Lieutenant Creswell, of the Investi
gator, with despatches from Commander AP-
Clure, who sailed in Decernber, 1819, in
search of Sir John Franklin, in'll.lll. S. Inves
tigator, and from Captain Kellett, who sailed
in the Spring of 1352, in 11. Al. S. Resolute, on
the same mission. We regret to say that nn
traces towards success in the main object of
their mission have been discovered ; but a let
ter from Commander APClure, dated 11. Al. S.
Investigator, Bay of Mercy, Baring's Island,
April, 185:1, announces his success in accom
plishing the long problematical enterprise of
the North Western passage. The gallant wri
ter states that, during the winter Of 1850, his
vessel wintered in pack, without sustaining
any damage, atpl, surprising to tiny, he has to
teport the same result at the end of the third
winter, and without the loss of a single man of
her crew, in the frozen waters yelled Prince of
Wales' Strait, and communicating with Bar.
rows, as he ascertained on the 26'h of October
that year: In July, 1851, he states, "such a
hody of ice came down upon us with a strong
east wind, and set the vessel eo far to the
south, that tve determined to attempt a passage
by the east end of the cliffs of Banks Land,
tanning the fund) entrance of the large island
under which we now are." 'll,o difficulties
and dangers of this passage may be c,timated
from his statement that the ice Boats encounter
ed measured from 95 to 70 feet beneath the
water, only 6or 7 above. Native inhabitants
have been discovered farther north than ever
were seen before, at IVoollasion Sound, at Vie•
toria Land and P:inee Albert's Land. Copper,
el-the purest description, was found in lumps,
and the natives, who were very friendly, mite
WWII amused at seeing the sailors run to pick
up the lumps of In Will With Which they edge
their spears.
Wm. E. GAVLE
The yellow fever has taken another hero for
its victim, Brevet Brigadier General Childs, of
the army, having died of it at Tampa Bay,on the
Bth inst. Col. Childs was a native of Maine,and
one of the most gallant officers of ourarmy. He
was with General Taylor's army at the corn,
mencement of the Mexican war, and commanded
the artillery batallion in the battles of l'alo Alto
and Resaca de la Palma. At Monterey he com
manded the storming party of artillery, infantry
and Texas . riflemen, and contributed much to,
wards the success 01 the attack on the city. :He
was afterwards with Gen. Scott's army tit the
landing at Vera Cruz. At Cerro Gordo he com-
manded a portion of the Ist Artillery which was
engaged in the successful attack upon that
height, and General Scott, in his official report,
acknowledged his gallantry and called him "the
often distinguished Brevet Col. Child's." He
continued with Gen. Scott's army as far as Puebla,
where he was placed in command, and where he
not only exhibited his customary bravery, but
endeared himself to the army and the volugleers
by his humane conduct in all circumstances.—
Many of the Pennsylvania voltinteers remember
him with much gratitude, and will learn with
regret of his death. Colonel Childs was promo
ted, after the war, to a Brevet Brigadier Gene,
ship. lie was in the prime of life, with the pros
pect of many years longer of honorable service'
when he was cut off by the pestilence.—Phil
Evening
We arc informed that on Tuesday last, a son
of Hiram Rice, residing near Centerville, Bucks
Co., was returning home from a gunning excur
sion, and when near his fathers house he espied
a mulatto named John Kennard, in a choice
chestnut tree gathering the nuts. The boy ord,
creel him down. After some hesitation Kennard
came down, but pursued the boy, with threats.—
As he came near the buy turned and told him to
approach no nearer or he would fire. Kennard
pursued, however, and seized the gun ; as he did
so the boy pulled the trigger, and lodged the
charge in Kennard's breast. He was so seri
ously wounded that at last accounts he was not
expected to live.—Euston Argus.
Carpet fbr the President's nor:sc.—lt is stated
that a gorgeous carpet has just been finished at
Glasgow, Scotland, for the. White House at
Washington.' It measures SO Wet long by 40
feet broad ; the portion woven in the loom with.
out a seam being 72 Wet by 31 feet; and the re.
mainder consists of a handsotne border sewn on.
The filling in of the carpet is a ruby and crimson
damask, with three tasteful medallions in the
centre, and a tick corner piece to correspond.—
The medallions are filled up with boquers of
(lowers, designed and executed with magnificent
taste. The entire piece weighs upwards of a
ton, and is valued at f. 2500.
A raluable Bride.—Au ingot of gold, wrighing
793 ounces, and valued at $162n6,75 was yes
terday/drawn from.the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia.
by the agent of Harndon's Express, fur the lirtn
of Wells, Fargo & Co. It is the most valuable
ingot of gold ever cast at our Mint in shitpe and
dimensions it resembled a brick but the weight
was enough to lire the slrongesi man.
Californta.—Thc Ilalifarnia popular vote will
this year reach 80,000, it is said. The city of
SanPrapciseo polls 10,113 votes, being an in
crease of 2127 votes since the Presidential elec
tion when it stood 7986. The vote in the rural
districts of the country has risen . in the same
time from 420 to 826. Tne.yote in the city of
Sacramento reaches 6536 now, against 4998
at the Presidential. election, Marysville pulls
1807 votes, Stockton acd Nevada Uity
.1008. • . •
Death of Gen. Childs
Shooting
The North West Passage.
For two or three hundred years British naviga
tors and others have from time to time, been
trying to sail around the Northern coast of A mer•
ice—or, to use the common phrase, have been
trying to discover a "North West Passage." It
was an early dream of the ocean - theorists that
succeeded Columbus's great and glorious exper
iment, and millions of money have been spent
in endeavoring to solve the great problem.—
Great Britain, with her characteristic desire for
securing a Western passage to India, chiefly
throng') her owtt dominions, has sent out expe.
dition after expedition, that in which Sir John
Franklin was last depatched, and , which has
probably long ago proved fatal to him, being the
latest. Since his long absence has created artx.
toy, other expeditions have been sent out to
search of him, and in the pursuit of this search
the long•songht North West Pas Sage has been
discovered.
Whatever honor belongs to this discovery is
due to Commander. McClure, of the British Na.
vy, who has sailed from Davis's Straits to Bar
ing's Island in the Bay of Mercy, near to Behr
ing't-i Straits. So now the problem is solved, and
the next question is, what will be the practical
results 7 To our view they will be literally nosh.
ing, in the present or any future age of the.world;
Two centuries ago before steamships or railroads
were dreamed of, an ocean passage at the North
of the American continent was a matter of im
mense consequence, and it-is not to be-wondered
at that European nations should have
ions in the search for it. Quick communication
with Asia was the great object of European any
and the only feasible means of accom
plishing this seemed to be around the American
comiticnt2"But while much mom.) , and many
lives have been sacrificed for the attainment of
this object in one way, it has been :Milne(' in
another by the ordinary progress of h u man scit
sure and human ingenuity, and die aehieve7
no lit, of these are :111: :IN 10 male it uUe tly
possible that their notde ul reaching India should
ever be t- upersedcd by ally North-west
that may ever be discovei
If an ENglishinan wants to' teach ludic, he
takes the Overland route and makes the journey
in GO days; or if he wants to send a cargo of
British manufactures, lie. charters a clipper ship
and does it in 'JO days. In a few years, he may
do still better: lie may send his goods by
ship to'Aspinwall, thence by railroad to Panama ,
and thence by steamship to China or India, and
consume only about filly days in the whole af
fair. (Jr, when Mr. Robert J. Walker makes his
Pacific railroad, the Englishman may carry him.'
self and his goods from England across the Uni
ted States to San Francisco, and thence to Asia
in twenty-five or thirty days. With all these
facilities, who is going to risk a voyage through
Commander McClure's North West Passage 7
Who will, for the sake of the realizmion of a
wild dream of our forefathers, run the risk of
spending six months, or a year,. or perhaps the
rest of his days, among tee-bergs, with nothing
in the scenery or the climate to cheer him but
the idea of doing what no man in Ins senses ever
would du 7
Commander 'McClure's discovery comes dcci.
dcdly too late. All that it can ever do for the
world is to unite the broken colored lines in our
Atlases, and add a line to the schoolboy's bound.
ary of North America. It may also be made the
basis of some very learned scientific essays,
which will delight the select few who look wise
in philosophical assemblies; but more than this
we cannot possil#ly imagine. Commerce is the
mainspring of the world in these days, and com•
inerce has worked its way and surmounted all
old difficulties, so that it is independent of the
natural channels that were formerly deemed es^
sential. It is never going to make use of the
northwest passage, until some means are found
of warming up the North Pole, an , Lby artificial
contrivances, supplying hot water to the Arctic
regions. As soon as this is done—and we are
not without expectation that some Yankee wil l
one day do it—trade will take the northwest pas.
sage, and we shall book ourselves for a berth in
the first steamship. Until then, however, we
inust regard Commander McClure's discovery,
praiseworthy as it is; as nothing more than the
fulfilment of an old fogy dream, of not a practi
cal use to the revised and improved world of
modern times.-:-/W. Evening Bulletin.
The
•S/uk Agricultural Pair.—The Pittsburgh
Post is informed by the Secretary of the Society
that the total receipts from the Fair held at Pitts
burg, last week, amounted to $19,000. This is
the largest sum ever received in this country.—
At a State Pair, held in Utica, last year, the re•
ceipts fell below the amount received by .the
Pennsylvania Society, 2,000. It is estimated by
those'Avho had every opportunity of judging, that
the number of persons on the Fair ground at
4 I'. M. on Thursday, amounted to 60,000.
Accidenl.—We regret' to learn that last week,
Mr. Daniel Riegel, of Nazareth, while on the
road leading from Bath to Nazareth, was serious•
'ly injury!. llis horse became restive; and com
menced kicking, breaking in the dasher of the
buggy, and otherwise doing mischief. Mr. Rieg
el was thrown out of the vehicle—the bOiSe !tick
ed and struck, his leg, and although no bones
were broken yet the wound was serious. We
are glad to learn however that he is speedily re
covering.—E. Whig.
Candid Adiission.—The celebrated Dr, Jonas
John.sim, editor of the London Aledico.Cliirurgical
Review, tiabosoins himself:—"l declare, as
my conscientious °pillion, founded on long ex..
perienceS and reflection, that if there was not a
single Physician surgeon, apothecary, nittl.wife,
chemist druggist, or drug on the face of the earth
Mere would bo less sickness and less mortality
than now prevailed."
• Notilt Candina.—The North Catolina,papert
are discussing means to draw foreign emigration
to that State. It seems that off the twentrone
millions of acres of land in that Stale, less than
six millions are improved; anddor these six mil.
lions : there is not one laborer for every tventy
tiye acres, whereas a high ; . stato of cultivation
weuld:requite 'five limes ns many. There is al"
so a great damand . for common latorers for: pub*
lici ivorkerzeritrdatis; ' • ' '
The Patent Office Reports for 1852.
These elaborate reports trom the Patent Office
arc gratifying indexes of the general inventive
industry of the country. Commissioner Hodges
present one is eat, of valuable and interesting in
formation. There were 2,639 applications re!.
ceived for patents during the year, and 1,020 par.
ente issued. An application is rarely disposed
of without being exaniined at least twice, and
sometimes six times. Probably those 1,020 pat
ents have costs 7,000 examinations. This is the
largest number ever granted in one year, except
during the first year of ben. Taylor's adminis..
(ration, when Comm kssioner Ewbanks issued 1, - .
076. ritenskve additions haVe 'been made to
the Patent Oilier buitilings, and there is still A
want of spare,
Prof. Iten‘Vick's Examiners' Report expliiinaT
the principle of the celebrated litih\ii t ' lock. 111
mnpickabilily' depends upon a second, r or false
set of tumblers, which prevent the instrunacnt,
used in picking from reaching real ones. More
over the lock is powder proof, anti may he load;
ed through the keyhole and fired off untill the ,
burglar is tired of his fruitless work, or feitks ,
that the report of his explosions will bring t,
view his experiments more witnesses than he
desires, •
Doors and shutters have also been patented i
that cannot he broken through with either pick
or sledge hammer. The burglar's tone upation's
MIMI
The caloric ship is deseribcd and commended,
at seine length, but the report admits that 'its end .
is not yet fully attained."
A harpoon is described which makes the whale•
kill himself. The more he pulls the line the deep—
er goes the harpoon.
An ice•mauirig machine has been patented,
which goes by a steam engine. In an experi
mental trial, it froze several bottles of sherry
produced blocks of ice of the size of a cubic foot
when the thermoneier was standing at 80 deg.-
It is calculated that for every ton of coal put in
to the furnace it will matey a ton of ice.
from Dr. (Isle's . examiner's report we gather
some idea of the value of patents.
A mac who had made a slight Improvement
in straw-1 utters, took a model of his machine:
through the s Westrin :Stales, and after a tour of
eight months returned with 1 , 40,000. Another,
had a machine h, thre,h and clean grain, which ,
in filtecn months he sold for $Oll,llOll. A third
attained a patent fora printer's iffir,relused
(11)0 fur it, and finally sold it for 1(60,000. These
are ordinarl camas; while such inventions as the
telegraph, the planing machine, and the India.
rubber patents are worth millions each.
Twenty-seven harvesters, fifteen ploughs,
twenty-six seed - planters, eight threshing-ma
chines, ten corn hullers and three horse rakes
have bcen patented during the year in addition
to those now in use.
Six new saw mills, seven shingle splitters, and
twenty-two new planing machines have been
patented within the year.
Seven new machines that spin, twenty that
weave, and seven that sew, ate also described.
Examiner Lane's report describes various new
electrical inventions. Among these is an elec
tric whaling apparatus, by which the whale is
literally "shocked to death." Another Is an elec..
tromagnetic alarm which rings bells and displays.
signals in case of lire, or burglars. Another is.
an ductile clock, which wakes you up, tells you
what time it is, and lights a lamp fur any hour
•
you please.
There is a "sound gatherer, a sort of huge eae
trumpet, to he placed in front of a locomotive,.
bringing to the ene.ineer's ear till the noises
ahead, perfectly distinct, notwithstanding the rat
tie of train.
There is an invention that picks up pins (rota
a confused heap, turns them all round with their
heads up, and sticks theM in papers. in regular
rows. Another goes 'through the whole probeltit
of cigar malting, taking in tobaco leaves and
turning out the perfect article.
One machine cuts cheese ; another scours
kniveS and forks; another blacks boots; another
rocks the cradle; and seven of eight take in
washing and Ironing.
There is a par:or chair pate . nted, that cannot
be tipped back on two legs, and a railway chair
that can be tipped back into any position, with
out any legs at all,
Another patent is for a machine that counts
the passengers in an, omnibus and takes their
fares. When a fat man gets in, it counts twts
and charges double.
There are a variety of gnus patented Ahat load.
themselves; a fish lute that adjust its own bait
and a rattrap that throws away the rat, and then
baits and sets itself, and stands in the corner , for'
another.
The truths of the patent office are stranF,er
than fiction..
These is a Machine also by which a man'
prints instead of writing, his. thoughts. It is•
played on like a piano. And speaking of pianos,'
it is estimated that Dine thousand arc made ev
ery year in the United States, giving constant em,'
ployment to one thousand nine hundred hands,'
and costing over two millions of dol ars.
One class of inventions, we are glad to see.•
meet with deserved reprobation. Whidevai way'
be said of others, the examiners of . the patent'
office are not likely to exaggerate, either' from!:
ignorance of design. This is their official tu!lr
meat respecting "burning fluids." .' •
There is yet much to b. accomplished!
in perfecting artificial lights ;and iris to be-re
gretted that inventors should be so geneially sat."
isfied with attempts on their part to - rithlee the'
use of dangerous Materials popular, rather than'
occupy themselves with the search after some
thing that could be used to supply this want,'
without endangering . the safety of all who pink"
cipate in its consumption.
The desire to render the use of highly 'aom
bitstible fluids less dangerous than they'erm'betii ,
n
when burned in lamps of the ordinad , construe"
tier); has given Ilse to n,( w ititiiirtivariepts; for;
which 'initen ti b . it v c bee graatedi . Thn.o4y,;
however nothing his be n resealed whic.ll can.
rendeithese compoundi entiiely i safe • while the
frequent:and dreadful aceidents almost dakly.re
cortied [runt their general use should,PialUDl:tha.,
f p r t o ili n l i i . c n , i) to il . i t4. h i e li ttt i m gs o l s a t
i ca t z v if i e t ..i t i o gh bit s l a is ii h .cfe ttr e. '.
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