Sale of the Public Works
IV° trust that now the election is over, the
q nri=tion of the sale of the Public Works will
not be allowed to rest.
It is the interest as well as the desite of those
engaged in plundering the Commonwealth,
that since the majority is so large large in the
Legislature on the side of those in power, it
will' Silence the clamor amongst the Democracy
in favor of the measure, in which event they
fear little from the Whigs, But from informa
tion recently received from Berke and some
oilier "Democratic" counties; we aro glad to
learn that the feeling in favor of the Sale of the
State Works is nut in the !emit relaxed, and
that the members from those counties are con•
sidered as pledged to the measure by their
constituents.
. If this be so, and from the source from which
it comes, we think it fully entitled to he•
lief, than the sale of the public works will be
provided for by the next Legislature, and the
source, of immense fraud, peculation, plunder,
and pOlitical favoritism, will be arrested. The
people will be relieved of a set of the most
craving end unscrupulous political leeches, who
bave.prayed upon them fur years. State taxes
will be greatly diminished, if not entirely re•
pealed, and the many vexations and ruinous
delays that transporters and others interested
in transportation experience every season, will
be avoided. The tolls or cost of transportation
will be diminished; and many other benefits
will result to the people from this measure,
who're . ° nowdaxed to sustain an army of plun
derers, and political nickers, whose only care
is to fill their pockets from the hatd earnings
al the tax•payers.
In addition to these, the sale or the public
works will put un end to a system of robbery
and plunder on a scale, that affects every con
sumer of coal, great or small, that is transpor
ted upon the canals of the State.
We have it from thq,best and most unques
ticnable authority, that s it system of plundering
the Coal bloats by the State Lock•tenders, is
carried on to an extent almost beyond beliel.
Thal one Lock lender, not a great distance
from liartisburg, last year sent and sold in this
market OVER FORTY TONS Ole COAL, eve
ry pound of which, besides what he used and
sold at other places, it is said • and believed,
was robbed from coal•boats on their way to
market. Indeed ; we are informed, that this
robbery of the coal boats hasher:erne almost an
universal thing upon the lines, and that there
is scarcely a lock were this robbing is not pur
sued.
To such an extent is it carried, that coal deal
ers who purchase by the cargo to sell again,
calculate upon a loss of more than twelve per
cent, which has to be paid by the consumer in
the increase of price, or decrease of weight.—
'Uinta this robbery of coal•boais by State offi
cers or employees, comes home to the hearth
of every coal consumer, who is thus made to
pay heavy tax to support a host on a grand
scale, in the management of the public work of
the Stale.
We ask the honest portion of the communi
ty of all parties if it is not time that such a dou.
ble plunder and demoralization should come to
au end 3 Is it possible that any man not blind
to everything but party welfare, can be found
who will not go for the sale of the public works?
The falsehoods got up by the interested, at
the close of every year to deceive and hood
wink the people they rob, they can deceive no
more, it has ceased to have its effect. The
deliberate resolve of the robbed masses is made
and it their will is nut carried out by the next
f.•?:;islaturo, they will vent their indignation
upon the demagogues who betray them, at the
ballot boxes.
The Official Vote
The Union says, the official returns aro in
tram all the Counties of the Commonwealth,
, txvept Forest, and the figures stand:
Knox, dem. Judge of Supreme, Court, 153,849
Budd, Whig, " as " 116,117
Forsyth, dem. Canal cornmissioner, 153,003
Pownall, Whig, " CC 118,112
Banks, dem. Auditor General, 152,450
McClure, IVhig, ir 117,044
Brewley, dem. Surveyor General, 145,905
Myers, Whig, " ti 119,581
We have no figures at hand, indicating the
vote polled for the Native ticket. '
An Indian Address to krs. Pierce
The following address was prepared last
April in WaAiington City by the reprosenta.
rives of the Cherokee, Choctaw and Chicka
saw Indians, and would have boon delivered
to Mrs. Pierce, had it not Wen for her, illness
caused by the death of her only ohild. It is a
pretty expression of Indian confidence and aim
plicity :
" Honored Mar/am—Our race has rarely been
honored with the privilege of paying their per
-s°nel:respects to the lady of the Chief Magis
trate of this great republic. Tho only exceptions
I believe, wore Mrs. Madison and Mrs. Tyler,
who kindly conceedod to us this favor. On
behalf of the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chicka
saw nations', their representatives now present
beg leave to express to you the deep gratitude_
they feel for this distinguished privilege you
have afforded, to tender to you their sincertt
wielies for your welfare and long continued
•Itappiness.
" rermit us, madam, to remark that your sex
in this favored land constitute the grand inotru.
Mont for the enlightenment 01. your race, and
we tient of the world, iti wisdom and the pres
ervation of. good government, and although
your vittues and intellect are not under the
control and auspices of European system's, yet
they are more brilliant than those nurtured by
the throns of oriental splendor.
hue been the custom of the Indians to
address . the Tresideul • hy the venerated name
ul,Prest Bather ; may, wpm)! venture to address
you Aft the maternal political parent ofiour• race
and as tneli ask your bles.ing I" •
4[l)e feliigli Register.
Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBERS!, 1863.
Thanksgiving.
Governor Bigler has issued his PKoclamaiion
recommending that the 29th of NoVember be
observed by the citizens of Pennsylvania as a
day of General Thanksgiving and Prayer. Ii is
to bo hoped that the Chief Magistrates of the
other States will respond., and designate the
same day. The spectacle of an entire nation
returning thanks to almighty God, for the many
national blessings received and enjoyed, would
indeed be one of great moral sublimity. The
Governor of Pennsylvania has taken the lead
in this laudaple movement, and the time named
is every way appropriate. Let it at once be
understood that the last Thursday in November
in every year, is to he regarded as a Day of
National Thanksgiving, and the millions of hu
man beings who aro gathered throughout
the length and breadth of the Republic, will
soon look forward to it as a matter of course,
and goiern themselves accordingly.
The Allentown Railroad
The corps of Engineers engaged in making
a temporary convey of the Allentown and Port
Clinton Railroad, have run a distance of four
miles ; as far up, the Ceder Creek as "Knauss's
Hill." In this distance the route is found very
favorable, the grade being only about 18 to 20
feet to the mile. We are informed that as soon
as the survey can he made arid the necessary
specifications prepared, the •I:cad will be put
under contract. Application will be made to
the next Legislature to consolidate this Road
with the one between Kutztown and Read
ing, whore it will connect with the Lebanon
Valley Road. This then, will make a direct
line from New Yolk to Harrisburg, there it is
to connect with the Pennsylvania road.
Two millions have already been raised, for
the Lebanon road, by private subscriptions and
loan, which of itself is sufficient to build it.
The road will be put under contract by the first
of January next. All we want now, is the
connection between Allentown and Reading.
Nathan Weiler, Esq.
The newly elected Sheriff of Lehigh county,
has received his Commission of Governor Big
ler, and has entered upon the duties of the of
fice. He has appointed Win. S. Marx, Egq., as
his Attorney, and Nelson Weiser, Esq., as Dep
uty Sheriff.
Banks and Democracy.
There will be applications to the legislature
the coming winter, according to the advertised
notices, for new Banks with an aggregate of
capital amounting to about $7,000,000; and for
renewals of charters for old banks, with capitals
amounting to about s6,ooo,ooo—making a to
tat of some $13,000,000. As both branches of
the legislature, and the Governor, are of the
"bank hating democracy," we shall await with
some interest, the action upon these applica•
lions—to see how many of the "rag•mills" will
be chartered. Heretofore, the democracy have
managed to get thorn through the legislature,
and then lay it upon the Whigs ; but this year,
if any go through, there will be no question as
to who will be responsible. '
Change of Parties
The Washington correspondent of the Jour
nal of Commerce says that the union democrats
throughout the country have been informed
that unless they coincide in the policy of the
administration in coalescing with the abolition•
ists and secessionists, they are no longer to be
considered as belonging to the party. The
same writer thinks there will be some demo•
crate in the next Congress who will resist this
policy, and that we may see an entire now or
ganization of parties in Congress.
The Springfield Horse Fair.
Springfield, Oct. 22.—This is the closing day
of National Exhibition of horses, which has
thus far been very successful. The total num
ber of animals entered was about 500, most of
them very superb.
The first premium ($200). for the best stal•
lion of 7 years and over, was awarded to "Cas
sius M. Clay." All the other premiums were
for Now England and New York horses, ex
cept one of $lOO for the best span of fancy
horses, which was'awarded to D. Sanderson, of
New Jersey. There were no entries from
Pennsylvania.
The receipts of the exhibition have been
about $lO,OOO ; the expenses about $BOOO.
West Philadelphia Record•
A weekly paper has been started by Mr.
John Royer, in tho flourishing district of West
Philadelphia, which presents a very neat ap
pearance, and gives evidenee of tact, taste, and
talent in'is editorials and selections.
We have a personal acquaintance with Mr.
Royer, and know that ho has both the desire
and the ability to make the Record a paper
sound in morals, independent in politics, and
neutral on no question which affect the general
good. We therefore most cordially welcome
hie new enterprise to the news paperial arena,
and wish him all success.
Large. Crops of Corn.—At the Agricultural
Fair, held in Somerset County, this Stale, on
the 13th October, Mr. William Endsley, drew the
first premium on the beet acre of shelled
Corm, being 99 bushels, I• peek and 3 quarts.
C. C. lllusseltnan, drew the second premium (or
218 bushels of corn in the ears. The latter
gentleman also drew the first premium on the
best quarter acre of potatoes, having raised over
100 bushels.
The Paving
Of Hamilton street is progressing slowly. Two
weeks more v if the weathenportniis, will senable
the Contractors to finish the job. llope it may
prove to be a perrnenent enc.
Agricultural Meeting
Aleeting of the Lehigh County Agricultural
Society, held at the House of J. W. Eibach,
in the Borough of Allentown on Saturday Oct.
29, 1853.
In the absence of the President, John F. Rohe,
Esq.; was on motion called to the chair.
On motion, Resolved, That the Premiums be
paid out at the Banking Iloose of Wm. 11. We
rner and Co.
On motion Dr. Chas. H. Martin, A. L. Ruhe
and J. M. Line, were appointed a Committee
to collect and audit tho second account duo by
the society.
On motion a Committee of five was appointed
namely : Jac. Dillinger, J. M. Line, A. L. Iluhe,
C. Pretz and Paul Bailie!, to report amendments
to the constitution, reducing if membership,
and to bring the constitution in shape for incor
poration and report to the next meeting for ac
tion by the seciety.
On motion the meeting adjourned to meet
again at the Public Douse of J. W. Hibach, un
Tuesday the 611 t day of December.
Attest,—J. M. LINn, Secretary.
Improvements in Printing
In no departrirent 01 mechanics has such an
improvement taken plade in this country, as in
the printing of dress goods, such as calicoes, de
laines, For many years the American
manufacturers vainly essayed to rival their
British competitors, and immense sums of mo.
ney were lost by enterprising men in this praise
worthy, but unsuccessful undertaking. Steady
improvement, however, was the result. Every
year the American goods approached nearer to
the foreign pattern. Stimulated by this partial
success, the enterprise was presovered inotn
til, as in all similar cases of resolute action,
victory crowned the endeavor. The printed
goods sent to market this fall by the American
manufacturers are quite equal to the best for
eign fabrics of tho sarnoluder. The printing,
moreover, is done by machinery entirely, while
the best French printed goods are done by
hand. We record this progress of native man
ufactures with pleasure. We confess to being
old fashioned enough to wish to retain our mo
ney at home, as far as possible; and we would,
at any time, rather buy an American fabric
than a foreign one. But as people' generally
prefer to purchase what is both cheapest and
best, whether foreign or domestic, we welcome
progress in our manufactures as a sure indica
tion that the masses too will buy domestic
goods.—Phil. Eveving. Bulletin.
7lic Sunday Law.—On Saturday last, the Bur
gess of Norristown issued a proclamation recom•
mending the closing of the hotels, oyster houses,
beer shops &c., in this Borough, agreeably to an
Act of the Legislature, passed 1794, and which
is better known as the "Sunday Law." On Sun
day last, all the hotels in the borough were clo
sed, and no liquor to be had. The yards how
ever, were left open for the accommodation of
travellers with horses.
C. Fallon, Esq.,—We learn that this gentle^
man yesterday resigned the Presidency of the
Sunbury and. Erie Railroad, and that John Tuck
er, Esq., was elected in his place. Mr. 'P. is now
at the head of the Reading Railroad, and his ex•
pesience and energy arc assurance that the new
route will succeed in spite of all petty opposition.
—Phila. Sun.
Lebanon Valley liailroad.—The Lebanon Val•
ley Railroad Company have succeeded in ne
gotiating the loan of 1t,000,000, upon which de
pended the success or failure of this important
enterprise. It also states that the Valley Com•
pany intend to prosecute their branch to the
Cornwall mines.
Classing the Atlantic in three and a half Days.
—The London Morning Advertiser speaks of a
new and imprOved - construction of vessels, by
means of which it will be perfectly practicable
to accomplish the voyage between Ireland and
America in three and a half days, between the
ports of Galway and Halifax, and the Advertiser
adds that :he truth of its statement has been tho
roughly established by experiment. No details
are given or hinted at and the story is entirely
too mysterious for belief.
Important to the Deaf: —A new discovery has
been made relative to deaf persons. Two artists
in London have invented an instrument, which
is placed within the ears, without projecting, and
being of the same color as the skin is not per
ceptible. It enables deaf persons to enjoy gene
ral conversation, to hear distinctly at church and
public assemblies; the singing noise in the ear
is entirely removed, and it affords all the assist,
ante that could be desired,
New Political movement in New York.—A con
vention was held in Syracuse on Friday last, at
which a mixed ticket composed of names from
the Whig, Hard Shell and Soft Shell tickets, was
nominated for State officers. Tho convention
was presided over by• Jonathan Child; and its
object professes to be-to select good men from
all parties.
American Railroads.—By the Census Abstract
it appeatrs that the United States possessed, at the
beginning of 1852, as much completed railroad,
within 3300 miles, as all the rest of the world
put together. In the4Juited Slates there were
in operation at that time 12,843'miles; in the va.
Hone countries of Europe, 14,143. There is no
exaggeration in saying that before 1800 there
will be in our country 35,000 miles of railway.
The Forest Fire in lillehigan.—A gentleman
just front Detroit, informs the editor of the Cleve
land Plaindealer, that the fire in the woods there.
abouts excites the greatest apprehension, It has
already burned over a tract of from thirty to for.
ty square miles, and rages on unchecked. A
great number of farm houses have been swept
away in its Course, and a large amount of grain
destroyed. Hundreds of person are employed
fighting the . finmes on the outskirts of Detroit, and
will probably prevent any injury to dwellings
in the direction of Adrian, (some thirty miles
from Detreit,)•and had nearly reached that city.
Unless a shower soon intervenes, the loss of tim
ber. grain, &c., will be enormous,
The Design of Russia
A Washington correspondent of the New York
Courier, says that at present our political and
commerclarrelations with Russia are exceeding.
ly limited,but they may become at no remote
day of great importance. The foreign newspa
pers informed us a few days since, that a small
Russian fleet of observation was following Corn•
modore Perry's squadron from the coast or
na to Japan. This movement indicates some
thing more than curiosity as to our proceedings
in that part of the world. It gives color to the
suspicion that the Czar is by nu means willing
that the Americans should acquire any exclu
sive privileges in the intercourse between Japan
and the rest of the world . , although the creation
and del/elopement of that intercourse should be
due to our own unaided efforts.
It has long been surprising that the Russian
passion for conquest has not overleaped the Chi
nese, wall, and appropriated the territories and
trade of that immense, opulent, and defenceless
empire. 811,111 d the designs.of the autocrat up.
On Turkey succeed, it can hardly be doubted that
his next scheme of annexation will embrace the
whole of the flowery land, and that, unless or
posed by foreign intervention, his Cossacks will
revel in the celestial chambers heretofore sacred
to the offspring of the Sun and the brother of the
Moon. If our negotiations with Japan are to be
complicated by Russian pretensions, and if our
trade with China, now so profitable and exten
sive, is to be jeoparded by the conquests of the
same power it is plain that we have a very teal
and lively interest in tier schemes and the plans
by:which she seeks to accomplish them.
Mining in Lancaster County
A company of Philadelphia capitalists have
commenced working the old Silver Mine in Co
nestoga township, about a mile and . a half east
of Conestoga Centre. This mine was opened
and worked to some extent prior to the Revolu
lion, but with what success is not known. The
presumption, however, from the fact of its hav
ing been Abandoned, is that it did not pay. But
the great improvements made in recent years in
the science of mining and separating ores, may
render the present undertaking more successful.
If the amount of alive' obtained should not be
very great, the other metals obtained, lead and
zinc, may still remunerate the labor expended.—
We have been shown by Eli Bowen, L'sq., Su
perintendent of the mining operations, an ex
ceedingly rich specimen of the Argentiferous
Galena obtained from the mine. This ore, a
coritination of silver and lead, is said to be
worth $6OO per ton.
The Copper Mine in Bart township, which
was originally opened and abandoned under
similar circumstances to the above, has now
been re-opened for the past two years, and from
the spirit with which operations are carried on,
the Company, is doubtless, meeting with success.
The Lead Mine in East Hempfield,discovered
and partially opened two or three years since, is,
we understand, about to be tested again under
more favorable auspices.
Several very valuably beds of iron ore have
recently been opened in different parts of the
county. Mr. C. Geiger has opened a very fine
bed (apparentry) on Mr. Mylin's farm, a mile
south of Willow street, from which he intends
supplying his furnace in South Prince street.
In passing Camargo, in Bart township, the
other day, we noticed iron ore from the beds
near that place being taken to York furnace, a
distance of twelve miles. The superior quality
of the ore warranted its transportation that dis.
tance.
The Turks and the Flesh of the Pig
There is a race of wild boars in Egypt, of the
flesh of which, though it be insipid, the Euro
peans, from perversity, are fond. I once saw a•
cage containing four little ones scat to an Eng
lish lady. It was carried through the streets by
two great shamefaced porters, whom a crowd of
urchins and idlers followed and hooted. They
were so annoyed that they dropped their Milliken
and began cursing Christiatifty, while the suck
ing boars took to flight, pursued by a shower of
stones and slippers. I remember, however, that
on one occasion a fine Gratz ham was boiled for
our use on board the boat. There were rumors
among the crew while the cauldron was over
the tire. They seemed to consider themselves
almost as accommplices of a sacrilege. But
when the steaming ham was fished out by a hook
at the end of a pole, and deposited with respect
ful contempt upon, the dish, the men collected
around at a certain distance with expanded nos
trils, sniffing in the unholy odor; and one of them
in moment of gastronomic conviction, exclaimed:
"Wallah, how nice it smells! What a pity it is
a sin !"-Bayle St. John's Turks in Europe.
Isingluss.—Perhaps it may be doing our lady
patrons a favor to tell them that this substance,
which may be found in most drug stores, is an
excellent substitute for the white of eggs in clear ,
ing coffee. It contains the saeie chemical prop
erty, albumen—and ten cents' worth of Isinglass
will last longer titan two or three dozen eggs.
Artesian Wells.—Mr. Bolles, of Camden, has
just completed an artesian well, near the paper
mills, on Cooper's creek, for William, Coffin &
Co., which is 95j feet in depth, of which the first
28 feet were through sand, 3 feet of clay, 30 of
river alluvium, 33 of gravel, which is impregna
ted with oxide of iron, 6 red clay, and 6i of coarse
gravel. An abundant supply of excellent water
was obtained, though a purer quality of perfectly
white water could, it is thought, be obtained by
going a little deeper. Mr. Bolles has also near.
ly completed another, for the Camden and Ab•
secom Railroad Company, at Cooper's Point.—
At this place he has reached a depth of 82 feet,
near a bed of gneiss rock.
A Wild Man.—The Cincinnati Gazette; states
thut a man named Williams was stopping al the
United States Hotel, in that city ,who might just.
t l r. be styled a man•" He eats nothing
hat is cooked, nor drinks anything but water.—
Gis meats, potatoes, and all .his vegetables, cab
sage, turnips, &c., are raw. He alleges that he
lad not eaten any cooked food for several years
ind that any deviation from his present mode of
lying would most prebahly cause his death. He
(sides in lowa, and was on his way to Wash
ington, to make a prycbase of some U.
GLEANINGS
rTirrlxoCollector Bronson has been nominated
for the United States Senate to succeed Mr. Sew•
nrd whose terms expires in 1855, by the Demo
cratic Convention of Orange county, New York.
CU" One hundred young men left Richmond,
Me., last week en route for Kentucicy, where they
intend to cut timber and build vessels.
10" A few days ago $2.17,000 in gold was re.
crived at the St. fouls subdteasury from the
Dubuque (Iowa) Land Office.
C - It Is proposed to sell the ~B ig Mound" at
St. Louis to the corporation for a public square.
The price as paid is $50,000.
qtr The keepers of oyster saloons in Harris,
burg have been ordered to close their establish,
ments at 12 o'clock on Saturday n ight,and keep
them, closed during Sunday.
iarlt is esiimaied there are abnui 80,000 Jews
in New York, where they have thirteen syna•
gr gue,
Jewish Feasts
The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, or Cong.re
gallon Feast, closed yesterday, in New York and
will be succeeded to-day by the Rejoicing for the
Discovery of the Law. The Feast of Taberna
cles was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the
month Tisri, and took its name from the tents
which were erected about the Temple of Jerusa.
lem in public places and on the flat roofs of their
houses and in gardens, in which the Jews dWelt
for eight days, in commemoration of the forty
years during which their fathers dwelt in the
wildetness. Ti was one of the three solemn an.
nual feasts in which all the males were obliged,
by the law, to appear at Jerusalem.
This feast was celebrated in the following
manner: All the people cut down branches of
palm trees, wiliows and myrtles, and tying them
together with gold and silver cords, or with rib
bons, carried them all day, took them into their
synagogues, and kept them in their possession
while at prayers. On the other days of the feast
they carried these branches with them into the
temple, and walked around the altar with them
in their hands, saying "Hosanna!" "Save, we
beseech thee !" during which the trumpets acre
sounded on all sides. On the seventh day of the
feast they went seven limes around the altar. , --
This was called "Hosanna" rabba—othe great
Hosanna !" But the ceremony at which the Jews
testified most joy was that of pouring out the
water, which was done on the eighth day of the
feast. A priest drew some water out of the pool
of Siloam in a golden vessel and brought it into
the temple ; and at the time of the morning sac
rifice, while the members of the sacrifice were
on the altar, he went up and poured this water,
mingled with wine, upon it, the people greeting
it with singing and transports of joy.
During this feast many sacrifices were Offer.
ed. On the first day, besides the ordinary sacri:
flees, they offered as a burned offering, 13 calves,
2 rants and 14 lambs, with the offerings of flour
and libations of wine that were to accompany
them. They also offered a goat as a sin offer
ing. On all the succeeding days they offered the
same sacrifices, only curtailing the number of
calves one each day, so that when the seventh
day came they had bat 7 calves to offer. On the
eighth day, which was kept With greater solem
nity than the rest, they offered but one calf, one
ram, and seven lambs for a burned offering, and
one goat for a sin offering, with the usual offer
ings and libations. On this day thsy also offer
ed in the temple the first fruits of their latter
crops, or of those thinks which came latest to
maturity. During the feast the Psalms 113,114,
115, 116, 117, 113, and 119 were sung,. Leo, of
Modena, says that though Moses appointed but
eight days, yet custom and the devotion of the
people have added a ninth to it, which is called
the Joy for the recovery of the Law, because they
complete on it the reading of the Pentateuch.—
N. Y. Tribune.
The Old Soldiery of 1812.—A1l the surviving
members who served in the War of 181 2 2, in their
respective companies, and now residing within
the counties of Lycoming, Union Northumber
land, Montour, and Columbia, will meet in Mil
ton on the 22nd November, fur the purpose of
selecting delegates to attend the Convention of
old Soldiers, to be held in this city January Bill
Idsl. AVhy not hold a like meeting in Allentown?
Recovery of the Hungarian Crown ,—Connecled
with this atiair, a curious piece of information
has leaked out. General Kemper, the police ty
rant of the Empire, has become jealous of the
honors bestowed on the Judge Advocate., Kangar
and has published in 171 e Soldelen Freund a semi'
official account of the discovery. He openly
slates that the Hungarian Ex. Min ister,S.zemmer,
in Paris tile well known personal enemy of Kos
suth, out of spite against the Governor, gave the
necessary information, which arrived at Venice
on the 381 h of August, and led to the discovery.
It is theref ore Stemmer who betrayed the secret
and the Austrians treat him now just as they
have treated Gorgey—with scorn. He likewise
is a betrayed %traitor, for General Kemper, who
had formerly been acquainted with General
Stemmer had intimated to the Ex-Minister that
Kossuth was about to remove, the Crown froni
its hiding place, and Stemmer, in order to pre
vent its falling into the hands of the enemy, be
trayed it to the Austrians.--Phlia. Sun.
Shocking Case of Bydrophobia.—Mrs. Strouse,
of Jefferson township Berks county, died on Sat
urday evening, the 15(11 inst., of that horrible
malady, hydrophobia. We are informed, that
some two months ago, a dog belonging io the
family, commenced pursuing the chickens in an
annoying manner. Mrs. Strouse .undertook to
punish him for his viciousness, and was about to
seize him, when he turned and severly bit her in
the 4mud. This strange behaviour alarmed the
family, and they endeavored to catch the dog,
but he contrived to escape. Next morning be
came home, and was secured. It was then found
that he was raving mad, and they aubsequently
killed him. A physician was immediately ••cal
led in, to attend Mrs.Strouse, and we understand
she took the celebrated I, Stoy'S Cure.". But it
was in vain. The medicine had no effect, and•
last Saturday evening she died a horrible death,
exhibiting all the symptorarcieliydroPhobia. It
is stated that some of the family wail( thrown in
v. f1"..*(4 mere evil coaseinences era feared..
The History of Arotio Explorations.
The success of Commander McClure of the
British navy, in demonstrating the problem of an
arctic ocean, and performing the voyage from
Behring's Straits to Baffin's Bay, has re.awaken
ed attention to the previous explorations of hyp. ,
erborean travelers. Much expenditure of time,
money and life, has been wasted in this search,
which will never he of any practical advantage
to mankind. The history of arctic explorations
shows that among the first adventurers in this
field of research were two Portuguese brothers,
named Coriereal, who, in the early part 'of the
sixteenth century, sailed toward the Pole and
were heard of no more. An Englishman, Sir.
Hugh Willoughby, some tiny years later,.sought
to find China beyond the coast of Labrador, but
both he and his crew left their bodies on the fro
zen plains, where they were found by the Esqui'
mans Indians. Sir Humphrey Gilbert,at a sub
sequent period, went down off the coast of New
foundland, in making a similar experiment. In.
1810, Hudson, the famous navigator, from whonv
the North River was named, after discovering
Hudson's Bay, was . set adrift, with eight of his
sailors, by a mutinous portion of his crew, andl
was supposed to have been destroyed by the ice
bergs. In 1623, Baffin added
.the knowledge of
the vast Inlet of the sea, since called by his name,..
to our Arctic geography. In 1741, Bullring. a
Russian, explored the straits on the eastern side
of the continent ; and in 1773, Captain Phipper
made many 'explorations in the north ; but the'
Arctic discovery of Modern limes may be said
to have begun in 1818, with Sir John Ross, who
passed through Davis's Straits and Baffin's Bay
to Lancaster Sound. The next year Franklin,
about whose supposed less so much has been
said, undertook to trace the looked-for passage.
fr o m the mouth of th e coppermine River, east
ward, by the shore to Hudson's Bay. He was
accompanied by Mr. Buck and ,Dr. Richardson,
and• they made one of the dreariest journeys on
record, without meeting with much success.
The same year, Lieutenant Parry had gone to
Lancaster Sound, and, passing through the
Straits named by him Barrow's Straits, had dis
covered Wellington's Channel, Regent's Inlet,
Bathurst's, Byam, Martin's, Melville, and other
Islands, now called the Parry Islands. These
places have ever since been the ultimate land
Mark of Arctic research, for no navigators have
succeeded in going beyond them, and all the diir
coveries since made, have had only more or less
reference to them. Parry saw, too, and defined
Bank's Land, to the southwest of Melville Island
—unc of the points of departure in M'Clure's
More recent expedition. Parry, Russ and Cap
tain Franklin made subsequent voyages, all of
which added something to our information, and
in 1830 and 1936, Captain Bach went eastward
beyond Franklin's Point; but these explorations
were nearly all carried on within and below the
delineation of Parry. No one, says a late vrri•
ter, had ventured beyond Cape Walker, in the
direction of Bank's Land, to the west and south
of North Somerset, or gone beyond Parry . Islands
to the northwest, or to the uurtb through Well
ington channel. Neither had any attempt been
made from Baffin's Bay above Lancaster Sound
to enter the remote waters supposed to flow
around the Pole.
In 18.13 and 1849, the whole breadth of the
North American continent, bordering the Pular
Sea, was traversed--by Sir John Richardson on
the one hand, who went overland west to the
month of Mackenzie's River—and by Mr. Pullen
on the ostler, wholeft the party under Captain
Kellent and Commander Moore, after passing
through Behring's Straits in July, 1849, and fol.'
lowed the coast in •whale boats .eastward from
Point Barrow till he reached Mackenzie's River
whence Sir John Rlchardson has already return
ed. Subsequent exploriation' 'was' made
sea to the north of Mackenzie's River, and of the
Straits extending northwardly between Weller
ton and Victoria Lands, through, which the tide,
flows from the North, Whence it had been 300 1
posed to connect with the ocean. 'The more re.
ceut investigations about June's and Smith Squad
and Wellington Channel, made by'Captain Aus
tin and Penny, and . by the Grinnel Expedition
as well as those of Oollinsotr, ICellet add -Moore;
in the region. or.llehring: Straits, are familiar to
our readers. Commander Nl'Clure, of the Brit
ish navy, has accomplished what the maritime
enterprise of nearly two hundred years has fail.
ed to accomplish. He has , sailed from Davis's
, Straits on the east, through the great Arctic ocean '
to near Behring's Strait's on the west, and has
shown the existence of an uninterrupted •water
communication from the North Atlantic to the
North Pacific. His course!, as near as we can
gather it from the brief ailnouncement'of fact
made by the English Admirabij was r through
the Prince of Wales's Straits, connecting with
Barrow's Straits to a cliff south of Melville Is.
land, called Bank's Lanch and thence through
floes and hunimocks df almost impenetntblelice
to a place called Barring'sdsland, in the Bay 'of
Mercy. The preciso,position of this island we
are unable to ascertain; but it seems to be suffi
ciently far cast and nearly to the outlet of Behr.
ing's Straits, on the coast of Asia, to settle the
question of the.practicabilily of the passage.—
What Commander McClure has. thus
, done, has,
been the dream of geographers' and Pains ever : .
since Cabot discovered the northern continent'
of America, as a short cut to India.
Sullivan and Morrissr.v.—Yankee Sullivan has
challenged Morrissey to another fight for $5 . 000.
The inconvenience of going to BOston Corner
is so great, that the Providence Journal thinks
the fight should take place in New York. The
Park would be a good place, convenient for the
police, who take a prep' interest In this refined•
and humanizing sport, and whose absence, in.
case the fight should come oil so far from the
city, might be detrimental to the public voice.—
The Mayor,. the Sheriff, and one of the Judges,.
who is a candidate for reielection, might be se
ttcted for umpires, and it would , be advi,sible,
it could be done without intcrfcrring with poptr
nr rights to keep mad bulls out of the Park du
ring the fight. . ,
Curiosities from Me holy Land:--The barque.
Benj. Adams, fronv . Eiyria; has' arrived at Bostolir
bringing a Jerusalemilungh ntid either tirticles•
of curiosity from Mello!, IMO; intended for tho:
Crystal Palace exhibition.'