The Newspaper Credit System.
The following remarks in relation to the
newspaper credit system, which we clip from
one of our exchanges, expresses the loss which
newspaper publishers are subject to who send
out their papers on credit. Read it:
"With publishers, of newspapers, in corn-
Mon with business men generally, the cash
system is preferable to any other; to persons
who rely, or nearly so, upon their subsctiption
list for support, for the prosecution of their bu
siness, they must necessarily be the loser.—
There are thousands of well-meaning men
who subscribe for newspapers and intend to
pay for them ; but the idea of Writing a letter
to an editor enclosing two, three or live dollars
never enters their heads, through if called up
on for the amount due, would probably be pre
pared to meet the demand. But the publisher
of almost every country newspaper knows it
would be out of the question to employ a col
lector out of the profits of his subscriptions; so
Many of his patrons continue years taking the
paper without advancing one cent, while he is
paying cash fdt his paper and labor, and every
thing else necessary to carry on the business.
Here then is a loss—not attributed to any de
sign on the part of the subscribers to defraud,
but the fruit of a worse than worthless system.
They would pay if waited upon, but the printer
can not afford to spend five dollars for collect
ing but three and never gets his pay.
One of Uncle Sam's Strong Boxes.
The National Intelligencer gives the follow
ing description . of the cash . box in which Uncle
Sam keeps his change at Now York
The New York Subtreasury now contains
$10,000,000 in gold and a low hundreds in sil
ver coin. The sate containing the coin is kept
in the custom-house, and is composed of dou
ble sheets of iron, strengthened by cross bars
or lattice work of cast-steel rods, between
which no instrument can cut or file. The safe
is fifteen feet long, eight wide, and about as
many feet high. It in divided into two apart
ments, in the inner one of which the money is
deposited and it has three thick iron doors,
each having two locks, the keys to which are
distributed at night among the different clerks,
the Assistant Treasurer keeping himself the re
gister of the principal key, so that the safe can
not be unlocked unless all are present. On the
sides of the safe are tiers of boxes, capable of
holding in all nine millions six hundred dol
lars. They are now filled with coin, which is
put up in bags of five thousand dollars each,
except a few containing small amounts for con
venience in making payments. The weight
of the ten millions l ,of gold now in custody is
eighteen and three quarter tons.
The Harmonious Demooraoy
The Washington Union, the organ of Presi
dent Franklin Pierce, descants as follows in
italics in aneditorial in relation to the Balti
more platform :
"Ile who attempts the violence of that sol
emn covenant, whatever his antecedents will
merit, and he will unquestionably receive, the
condign punishment of an unscrupulous politi
cal traitor."
The New York Evening Post, the leading
organ of the SO Shills, which :action is now
under executive patronage and favors, spits
upon the same platform in this wise:
"The rule laid down by Mr. Guthrie—that of
adherence to the Baltimore platform—is dis
gracefully illiberal of itself. The Baltimore
platform, our readers will remember, was not
adopted by the Convention which nominated
Mr. Pierce in such a manner as to give it any
weight. It was not considered, it was not de
bated, it was not put to vote in such a way as
to afford any indication of the opinions of the
majority of the theabers; it was brought for
ward at the very moment of adjournment, when
many of the members were gone and others
were going out at the door; it was not heard
by hall the people on the floor, and not voted
for by half the rest. That any grown man, and
in particular that Mr. Guthrie, who is a grown
man, trot only in person but in intellect,should
bring forward this bugbear of the Baltimore
platform every day in the year, like a Chinese
bonze airing his ugly wooden idol, is a folly
for which we can hardly account."
The Nation and the Spoils.
The Pans correspondent of the Nation'al In
telligencer concludes a leiter with this lang
uage:—"l cannot consent to conclude what I
have to say upon.this subject at trie present
time without throwing out one thought which
has frequently °courted to my mind, but which
1 have not yet met with in print. The Otto
man empire is, there can be no doubt of it, ap
proaching its destitution. It must soon be bro
ken up. Constantinople, commanding as it
does the Black Sea and the Alediterranean,
is a capital point. It will determine perhaps
the naval superiority of Europe in favor of the
nation who in the partition of the territory of
the falling empire shall ultimately possess it.
There are three great and powerful rival na
tions--4tussia, France, and England which
would most gladly possess it; it must inevita
bly fall to the lot of one 'of them. It seems
clear that it must also be force which is to de
termino the ono of them which is to be its lucky
possessor. They could never pacifically and
diplomatically agree upon the point. Passing
events prove this clearly enough. It requires
the union of France and England to keep Rue
sia from seizing it. Were Russia even out of
the question, France and England would soon
come to bloWs upon thh question, of its pos.
session. Let either of .the three once get
possession of Constantinople and the Darda
nelles, and in the present state of naval and
miltitary science , posession could probably be
maintained. Now, I have only to say, in the
view Of all this, thatif I were a British Minister.
I should - very tritely but very vigilantly see
to it that the British naval force in those seas
should be always kept a little superior to that
of the French." •
Cie
A I lentiowni Pa.
IVEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1563.
Autumn and Winter
Autumn is slowly passing away, and Win•
ter, like the solemn tread of Death, comes with
steady and sure approach. Those who have
done, and well done the work of Spring, Sum
mer and Autumn, dread not the approach of
Winter, and to those who have fulfilled the
purposes of life, the latter has no terrors. The
earth was chilled last night, by a heavy frost
which lay like a winding sheet on its bosom,
but. disappeared before the rising and gen
ial sun of to day, only to be followed by anoth
er, more relentless in its ravages. So are the
hopes of man cheered, and depressed by turns
as the frosts of age, the sure presage of ap
proaching death, come steadily and
* stealthily
upon him.
What Railroads Do ?
The opening of the road to Sunbury, has oc.
casioned a marked improvement in business
in that heretofore dull town, as well as at Sha
mokin. A large new hotel, to cost $14,000 is
now in course of erection at Sunbury, and bus
iness of every kind is looking tip: This shows
the great advantage of Railway improvements.
So necessary have they become, in this age,
that no town can expect to prosper without these
means of communication with the business
world. When the Allentown, and Lebanon
Valley Roads, are completed, the lowns.along I
the line will go ahead like magic, and Allffy
town will come in for a large share of benefit.
What we Want
We have frequently thought that the vicini
ty of Allentown offers unusual advantages for
dairy and market farms, and that such enter.
arises would be well sustained by the constant
ly increasing demands of the community.
There is probably no town of its size and char.
enter in the Union which isso much neglected
in these respects. The difficulty Of obtaining
good milk, butter, and vegetables, is something
extremely : vexatious, and all for want of the
right sort of management among the people
in the country around us. Thera is really no
excuse for this state of things. Our town is
evidently growing, and the public institutions
located here, with the increasing travel, all
combine to create a demand which would seem
suaicient to sustain a far greater supply than
the present condition of the country affords.—
If our own people cannot enter earnestly upon
these branches of agricultural industry, we
would be glad to see some of the better sort of
small farmers from near large cities conning in I
and seizing the adv'antages now ripe to the
hand of intelligent enterprise.
Lehigh Zino Company
The works of this company, for the manu
facinre of oxide of zinc, are now in successful
operation. They are pleasantly situated upon
the south side of the Lehigh river, directly op
posite Bethlehem. They are owned by a com
pany of enterprising New Yorkers, and are un•
der the superintendence of Mr. Samuel %Yell
erill, for some time connected with the New
Jersey Zinc Works. The buildings oldie com
pany are constructed of brick, and are some of
those substantial structures which seem to be
fire-proof, waterproof, wear.and-tear-prool, and
proof against the ravages of time. They were
commenced early in the Spring, and completed
some time since, and they have now, some
twenty furnaces in full blast. The works are
divided into three separate and new inventions
taken together, making a perfect whole. -First, ;
the Furnaces, where the ore is oxidized direct
ly by the application of heat and blast within
the ore. Second, the Seperator, a new and
ingenious method of separating the small par
tieles of carbon from the perfect oxide. Third,
the Catching Apparatus, which is large, and
adapted to the work to be accomplished. One
portion of the process, where the carbonic acid
and carbonic oxide gases are separated from
the oxide of zinc, together with the flux used
in the process, Mr. Wetherill, the inventor,
keeps secret for the present time. The white
oxide produced by the new process will coin•
pare favorably with the best French White, and
is superior in many respects. The Company
have already commenced to enlarge their works
on a very extensive scale, and to increase the
product to ten tons per day, or Pace thousand
tons per annum. The enterprise promises
great success. The stock has already advanced
to more than double the Original par value.—
The nkines of the Company are situated near
Friedensville, but a low miles from the Works
at Bethlehem, and for the last feW months they
have been worked with great energy and skill
under the superintendence of Mr. John Keenan
A Novelty
The editors of the "Southern Weekly Post"
in referring to the most prominent featdres of
contributions to the. First Agricultural Fair, held
in Raleigh, North Carolina, in October last says :
TwO negro woman, twins, and so closely re•
sembling each other that it is almost impossi.
ble to distinguish them, weighing 260 and 268
pounds, were present on the ground part of
the time, and excited much attention. They
are fine looking women, genteelly dressed, of
light color, and in every respect fine specimens
of their race.
Washington Globe.
The prospectus for this official register or all
that is said and done in congress, is contained
in this paper, and as Congress now convenes
in a short time, this is the time to subscribe
for this valuable paper. See prospectus. Ev
ery man, young or old, who wishes to be post
ed up in information -relating to our own Ns
'loan! Affairs, as well as Foreign Affairs, should
have the Globe. Direct and enclose subscrip
tions to John C. Rives, Evi l Washington City
D, C.
The Sunday Law
As there is considerable excitement at this
time upon the question of the Sunday Law
and from appearances, likely to be considera
ble more we publish the act, that all of our
readers may become acquainted with itsprovi
sions.
Sect. 1, If any person shall do or perform
any wordly employment or business whatso
ever:on the Lord's . day commonly called Sunday,
works of necessity and charity only excepted,
or shall use or practice any unlawful game,
hunting, shooting, sport or diversion whatsoever
on the same day, and be convicted thereof,
every stich person so offending,shall for every
sue!• offence, forfeit and pay four dollars, to be
levied by distress . ; or in case ho cr she shall
refuse or neglect to pay the said sum, or goods
and chattels cannot be . found, where to levy
the Fame by distress, tie or she shall suffer six
days' imprisonment in the house of correction
of the proper county: Provided alw a ys. That
nothing herein contained shall be construed to
prohibit the dressing of victuals in private fam*
dies, bake houses, lodging houses, inns, and
other !Muses of entertainment, for the use of
sopurners, travellers or strangers, or to hinder
waterrnen from landing their passengers or
ferrymen from carrying over the water travel.
lers, or persons removing with their families
on the Lord's day, commonly called Sur.day
nor to the delivery of milk or the necessaries
of life before nine of the clock in the forenoon
nor after live of the clock in the afternoon, of
the same day.
Tho Whole Vote
The popular vote of Pennsylvania for elec
tion purposes reaches about lour hundred thou
sand ; yet in the recent State canvass not more
than two hundred and severity five thousand
votes were polled ; so that about one hundred
and thirty thousand legal voters abstained from
the exercise of the elective franchise. Of course
the majority of the non-voting are %Whigs, or
opponents of the Democratic party. Had any_
considerable proportion of these ‘Vhigs taken
the trouble to go to the polls, Christian Myers
would have been elected Surveyor General
by a handsotne . majority ; for it appears by
the returns that over ten thousand persons who
voted the regular Democratic State ticket re
fused to vote for Mr. Btawley, the Democratic
candidate for that office. Although ilveople
of Pennsylvania were never much addicted to
polling their full vote at elections, yet it is
something unusual and strange for so large a
number as one hunderd and thirty tilt:resend of
them to abstain from voting, and implies eith
er a. wide spread dissatisfaction with party ma
chinery and operations, or a want of confidence
in the management of our elections.
Ca - Our friend Aaron Win!, 1!:q., informs us
that heteafter excursion tickets to New York
on the New Jersey Central Rail Road, will be
good from Thursday to Saturday noon at 12
o'clock. This arrangement will meet the views
of the people of Allentown and vicinity much
better than the former. Only three more trains
this season. Nuw is the time to see the 'Wonder
of the World,'—THE CRYSTAL PALACE!
CI" The Pennsylvania arm Journal for No ye m.
ber, id well posted up in agricultural affairs.—
The merits of this t‘ mk must be apparent to
every farmer who desires to keep pace with the
times. In these days of improvements and
inventions, when old fashioned ideas are cast
aside •to give place to new and better ones, no
one can be considered as "taking Time by the
forelock," unless he endeavors to advance his
profession whenever an opportunity oilers.—
The husbandman will find the Means of so doing
by taking the Journal. J. Al. Meredith & Co.,
West Chester, Pa , $1 a year.
Awful Catastrophy
Michael Porter, fortnerly of fleitteiburg town
ship, Lehigh co., but latterly a resident of York
state, while on a visiting tour to his relatives in
this county, came to Easton on Saturday the 22d
of October last, and in a fit of mania-Portu was
committed to prison. On the following Thurs
day he was taken to the Northampton county
l'Ourhouse, to be cured if possible of his disease.
DUring the day he was brought there, he showed
no, symptoms of the dreadful fits; the steward did
not think it necessary to provide a separate cell
for him ; he was consequentilytput in the upper
story together with other inmates of the house.—
ShOnly alter, however, he had another attack,
and in his fits escaped through it dormar-win
dont on the roof of the building; a persuasion
to Mimi to his chamber proved useless, con•
tending his friends would tear him to pieces if
he would do so. He continued on the roof for
three hours, and made r?peated threats he Would
throw himself to the ground, which he effected
at about II o'clock at night. The distance he
fell was better than 50 feet. He was most shock•
ingly bruised, and died 23 hours after the deed.
Chester County Stock.—Joseph Cope sold two
of Is Southdown bucks at the Pittsburg Stale
Fair, one for $3O, and the other a few dollars
less; and Alfred A. Tanguey sold his lot of 7
pigs, six• months old, with the premiums they
took, at $l5, $lB and $2O each. Benjamin Nick.
man sold one of his pigs 12 weeks old, at $lO.
Rule fur finding the Weight of Lit;e Stock by
Meacurement.—fhe girth is the circumferance 01
the animal just behind the shoulder blades. The
length is the distance from the shoulder blade to
the rear of the buttock. The superficial feet are
obtained by multiplying the girth and the length.
The following table contains the rule to ascertain
the weight of the animal :
ltleas.than I ft. in girth, multi, superficial ft. by 8
" 3 and more than 1, i. ' I I
.11 5 s, .. 3, 11 41 16
617 'll 5, 11 11 28
41 7 . 41 .. 7, 61 " 32
. 41 41 9, 66 1/ 43
Example.=Sappose the girth of a buttock to
be 6 ft. 2 in., length 6 ft 6 in. The superficial
area will then be 34, square ft'. This multiplied
by 22;in accordance with the preceedinr, table
gives the weight, 782 pounds.
Bradford County Exhibition
This, the first fair of the Bradford County Agr
ricultural Society appears to have succeeded be.
yond expectation. A gentleman in Towanda
writing to his friend in 'rings, says:
"The first Agricultural Fair of Bradford coun.
closed last evening, after a very successful ex
hibition of Iwo days. The attendance was very
large, the receipts from members and from ad
missions, amount to $925, thus putting the Soci
ety in a very good position, entirely removing
any apprehension as to its future success. The
contributions were very numerous, and very
creditable to the farmers of the county."
Among other articles which received premiums,
we were struck with the account of a crop of
wheat raised by John McCord, of that county.—
it was of the blue stem variety, and the product
of 6 acres was 354 bushels or 59 bushels to the
acre, and the wheat weighed 64 lbs. to the bush
el. This is an extraordinary crop and will no
doubt be brought before the State Society at its
meeting in January for a premium. We doubt
if it will be exceeded in the State. Bradford
joins Susquehanna county, where G. Walker's
great crop of corn was raised last year. Some
"spirit" of improvement must have broke loose,
and been "rapping" the farmers in those border
counties or else, there is a kind of conspiracy
thereto raise the largest crops in the State, and
obtain all the premiums. Tioga. is the adjoin,
, ng county on the west, and we shell not be sur.
prised to hear of the next great report front her.
I'enn. 'Farm Journal.
Great Snow Storm
7'he Sunbury A merman says, that Monday, the
24th of October, 1853, will become famous in the
annals of the clerk of the weather, as the day on
which occurred one of the most remarkable
snow storms of the last century, at least so far
as our memory is concerned.. In this place great
quantities of snow, intermixed with rain, fell
during the whole day. Four miles east of us,
there was less rain, and the snow fell to the depth
of a foot. At Shamokin it was still deeper. Be
tween that place and Pottsville, on the moun
tains, the snow was eighteen Inches deep. The
roads were rendered almost impassable by the
amount of snow and the breaking down of trees
by the accumulation of snow on their branches.
The car, front Philadelphia were about two
hours behind time at Pottsville. The passengers
took the coaches, but when they arrived at Mount
Carmel, eight titles east of Shamokin, they re
fused to go un to that place, and remained over
night at Mount Carmel.
A Bear Plgla.--Two men, while hunting for
deer in St. Lawrence county, last week, met with
a monster bear. One of them, named Chapman
Olmsted, levelled his double barrelled gun at him
and fired. The charge took efiect In one of the
fore paws, which so enraged the animal that he
sprang upon Olmstead, and completely stripped
him of the greater part of his coat. Olinstead's
comrade, at this juncture, in fright ran away.—
Olmstead sprang behind a large tree, the bear
following closely, and it was only by the appli
cation of several severe blows dealt by Olmsted
upon bruin's head, that he was made to turn
from him, and go in pursuit of Olmsted's com
panion. The latter hearing the bear coming,
ascended a tree, where the bear was unable to
follow, owing to his wounded paw. Olmsted
then came up, and again discharged his gun lull
into the carcass of his enemy. This caused the
bear to stagger and roar in pain, when he soon
after gave up the ghost.—Albany
Lead MincB.—lc Clayton county, lowa, an im
mense lead mine was lately discovered byMessrs•
Holmes & Dickson, who have taken out 120,000
pounds of mineral within the last four weeks,
and have another 100,000 in sight. The lead is
considered good for 1,000,000 pounds. It is said
to be found on the surface of the upper strata of
magnesian limestone, and about eighty feet be
low the surface of the earth, at the highest point
of the ridge running east and west, and directly
'across the ridge. The mineral re. said to be of
the best quality, bringing, at the rate of ;531 per
thousand pounds. It has now become the set•
lied conviction, at least with a great many, that
trie whole country formerly reserved by the Gov
ernment for mineral purposes will prove to be
rich in lead ere and of the best:quality.
Extraordinary Crop of Wheat.—Chpt. J. C.
Ragland, of Saluda township, in this county,
raised during the last season, on twelve acres of
land, two hundred and ninety six bushels of
wheat, weighing over sixty three pounds per
bushel. 'What is still more remarkable the
ground was not sown last Fall, but the grain,
sprung from the crop on the ground the previous
year. The ground the previous year having
been prepared with a sub soil plow, was of course
far more mellow and moist than if it had been
skinned vero in the manner too common among
many of our farniers.—Madisoix (Ltd.) Banner.
Monument to Franklin.—A meeting of printers
publishers, authors and others connected with
the public press, was held in Philadelphia on
Monday evening, to devise ways and means to
erect a monument to Benjamin Franklin. The
meeting was well attended, A resolution was
passed that immediate measures should be adopt
ed to procure the necessary funds for the pur
pose indicated, and that an Executive Commit
tee of Fifty-six be appointed by the Chairman, to
take general superviaion of alit whole subject,
and prepare an address to the printers and
literary men of. the Union. The meeting ad
journed to meet again at the call of the Execu
tive Committee.
Newspaper Union,—The two Whig papers at
Harrisburg,—the Telegraph and State Journal,
are to be united, and will hereafter be published
under the title of the "Pennsylvania Telegraph
and State Journal." This is a capital arrange
ment. Both are excellent papers, and the union
will make a large circulation. Success to the
new concern.
Seizure of Mackerel.—The Pot t:and Advertiser
states that the fishing schooner Lookout, Capt•
Littlejohn, which arrtved at that port 23d, from
Bay of ehaleur, reports having had 00 barrels of
,mackerel taken from her by the British cruisers,
on account of alleged: fishing within limits.
GLEANINGS
E -- e" God never designed this world for our
home; it is only the place where we are educa
ted for eternity.
I3' 7 Don. Mr, Medd', just elected Governor of
Ohio by OP,OOO majority, Was a few years ago a
resident of Delaware.
Cr The United States army numbers about
10,000 men. Lasi year they cost the country
$BOO per man.
rti'"The Democrats and Free Soilers of Nor
folk county, Massachusetts, formed a coalition
on Tuesday. The President of the Democratic
Convention referred to the removal of Mr. Bron
son as showing that President Pierce would fa
vor such a coalition.
IV"Jiihn Bell, of Tennessee, was reelected
U. S. Senator by the Legislature of that State, on
Saturday last.
tar The Governor of Maryland has appointed
Thursday, the 124th day of November, as a day
of Thanksgiving.
Imo' The Virginia Democracy unanimously
denounce the removal of Collector Bronson of
New Yurk.
LT"The Pottsvilleans arc vary much concerned
how to obtain a pure supply of water for their
town. The present supply is entirely inade-
qua te
Indian Payments.—Gov. Gorman went up to
Shakopee, on the Minnesota river, on Monday,
for the purpose of making a small payment of
removal money to the Sioux, who are now en
route to their new homes.
Gen. Fletcher, Winnebago agent, arrived yes
terday on the Luella from St. Louis bringing
with him $137,1100 in gold for the payment of
the different annuities to the Sioux, Winnebagoes
andChippewas,to be distributed about as follows ;
Sioux, $BB,OOO Winnebrigoes $33,000 Chippewas
$ll,OOO. The Sioux payment will he made at
their new Agency, on the Minnesota, and those
who do not move there previous to the payment
will he deprived of their share. It is understood
that the Payment to the Winnebago tribe
will be made in the country lately ceded to that
tribe north of Crow River. The Chippewas of
the Mississippi will be paid at their Agency on
Croi Wing River. Agent Herriman, who is
now absent at Shakopee, is expected here to day
and on his return will immediately leave fur
his agency with the Chippewas annuities.—
St. Paul OEII.O Democrat Oct.
Death of the Sleeping Vrou
man died at his brother's residence, in Clarkson,
on. Monday, the 17th of October. While on ex
hibition in New York, he was taken sick, which
seemed to induce a wakeful state fur a short pe
riod, and then a stupid condition, with intervals
of wakefulness, until he was brought home on
the 14th. He talked very little, inquiring after
his mother, who had been dead two years, his
lather and brothers, whom he seemed partially
to recognize. He complained of great internal
heal, and soreness of his throat and stomach.—
On the morning of the day of his death he called
for food, and ate a hearty meal, and from that
time seemed to be in pain until about 2 o'clock
P. M., when he died without a struggle. His
age was thirty•four years. = Bye/tester Demccral.
Should Women Vule I—Har . riet Hunt, one of the
"strong minded women" of the day, says that
taxation without representation is tyranny, and
cuntinues—"Heie ant I, an independent Ameri.
can woman, educated for and living by the prac
tice of medicine. I own properly, and pay taxes
on that property. I demand of the government
that taxes me that it should allow nte an equal
voice with the other tax payers in the disposal
of the public money. lam certainly not less
intelligent than thousands who, though scarcely
able to rend their ballots, are entitled to vote. I
am allowed to vote in any Bank or Insurance
Company wherein I choose to be a stockholder.
Why ought I not to vote in the disposition of
public money raised by tax, as well as those
men who do not pay taxes, or those who do
either 1"
EMIMMMI
Polutoes.—W e are told that there is more than
enough of this Illinois product to load a large
steamboat, lying, on the right bank of the river
between this and Alton. At three landings there
are nearly or quite 4000 sacks. In these busy
railroad passenger times, the Alton packets have
something more to do than to throw away their
time on potatoes, and any "stern wheeler" now
afloat would scorn to be seen at a potato pile.—
Thuse 'Murphys," therefore, stand but a slim
chance of spending the winter in a warm climate.
—St. Louis lutelligencer.
Generous (Igen—Although Corporations have
no souls, it seems they occasionally manifest a
disposition to provide fur the souls of others;
as the fidlowing extract front the proceedings
of the Synod of the German Reformed Church,
which lately sat in Philadelphia, will show :
' , The proposition from the Philadelphia and
Sunbury Railroad Company to appropriate $3OOO
towards the erection of a German Reformed
Church at Shamokin, provided the Synod would
contribute a like sum, was accepted, and a reso•
lution passed to make the necessary arrange•
merits fur the construction of the
Ncw Invention.—A new wheel barrow has been
invented. The wheel is placed under the cen
tre, so that none of the weight of the load rest
upon the hands. A man can wheel twice the
usual weight.
The Apple Trade in A'ew York.—Some idea of
the value of apples, says the Rome Sentinel, as
an article of profit to the farmer, may be found
in the fact that no less than 17,000 barrels have
been purchased by two buyers, chiefly in the
the towns of Kirkland Marshall and Augusta,
and shipped east to Market. The amount re^
ceived is probably about $20,000.
Lime.—There is not within the whole State of
South Carolina the slighiest indication of the
presence of limestone. The consequence is,
that in many of the interior towns of that State
one dollar per bushel is paid for lime.
Point Your noln—Every farmer should be
provided with a small quantity of the coarser
kinds of paint— a few pots, brushes,. paint and
oil, and should keep his carts, wagons; sleds,
plows, harrows, dec., well coaleil . witb paint.
Longevity.
We have observed reneently in our exchan
ges quite an array of interesting instances of
longetilly and numcrous progeny. We give be^
low the most interesting of these, with the ad-
dition of several names in this list of modern
Methuselahs, whose history we have learned
through oilier sources.
First, then, we see it stated that a family
gathering of the Darlington blood was held re^
cently at the residence of Brinton Darlington ,
near West Chester. The gathering was compo
sed of the descendants of Abraham Darlington,
and numbered near !
four hundred .
Daniel Wilson, or ihe state of Indiana, died
recently at the age of one hundred and seven
Dears. He is said to have been the companion
of Gen. Marion, and to have served long and
faithfully under General Washington. These
facts are given by Alexander Wilson, who rep
resents himself as the finly fifth child of the hero
of this notice.
We have heard it staled that the family circle
of John Leech, now residing near Greenville,.
Mercer county in this Stale, and father of David
Leech, Esq., the great merchant known to near-.
ly every body in the commonwealth, number, in'
child, grand and great grand children, about ,
one hundred and (hilly souls . 1 The old gentle-.
man is about ninety years of age, and is sti4l row
markable fur his great physical and mental
energy.
Mrs. Sarah Benjamin, of Pleasant Mount,
Wayne county, is now in her one hundred and
eighth year, and enjoys good health, and clear
intellect. Some time during the last 'summer,
she sent to Governor Bigler a skein of wollen
yarn, which she had spun a few days previous
on her old fashioned wheel without any specta
cles. The yarn was of the finest texture and
most perfect proportions. She witnessed the
delivery of Cornwallis' sword to Washington,
at Yorktown. She says that she was all Arneris
can on that occasion, and that she does not be
lieve that she could have treatesi Cornwallis
with the civility that Washington did. She
telt like having a little vengeance at the expense
of turies and tyrants. She is the recipient of a
pension, and says she should have two pensions,
for she had two husbands who died in the war
of Independence.
Aaron Snyder of Clearfield county, is said to
be one hundred and four ;year, old. lie is also
surrounded by a numerous progeny. lie is
sensible but quite helpless.
James Gallecher, of the same county, is re.
juicing in his 95th year, and has given notice
that he will pay no debts contracted by his itin
erant Rife, who has left his bed and board with
out cause or provocation. He thinks a lass of
80 ought not to be trusted at large. He served
in the war under Washington, and acted the
part of the brave soldier.
But the greatest Methuselah of all, was Mary
Simonson, uho died recently near Shippensburg
in this State, at the almost incredible age of one
hundred and twenty-six years—almost one hun
dred years over the average of human life._
Carlisle Herald.
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The Horses in the United Sltes.—The Boston.
Transcript says:
'l'he first horses brought into any part of rho
territory at present embraced in the United
States, were landed in Florida by Cabeca de Ve
ca, in 152/, forty-two in number, all of which,
perished or were otherwise killed. The next
importation was also brought to Florida, by De-
Soto in 1539. In 1608 the. French introduced,
into Canada. In 1609, the English landed at
Amestown, in Virginia, having ten horses with
them. In 1629, Francis Aigginson imported
horses and other domestic animals in the Colo..
ny of Massachusets Bay. In 1635 the Dutch
Company imported horses into New York. In
1750, the French of Illinois were in possession
of considerable numbers of horses.
According to the census returns for 1850,there
were 4,335,358 horses in the U. States, exclusive
of those in cities which were not returned. The
four and a half millions of these animals in the
United States, constitute a proportion of one
to every five of the inhabitanti. New York
has one horse to seven persons, Pennsylv
vania, one to three free inhabitapta, In Ohioand
the new States of the Northwest, the increase of
horses has kept pace with that of the population.
The number of horses in the United States to
more than three nines as large as that in Great
Britian. A recent report in France shows that
there are in that country three millions two hurt.
dred thousand horses.
Death of the "Oldest Pihabilant."—A friend
writes to us that on the 15th alt., died, on the
plantation of Edmund IL Richardson, in Bladen
county, N. C., Judy, a slave, aged one hundred.
and ten years. She was a faithful servant, and.
maintained a good moral character. She was•
one of eight slaves who, nearly sixty years ago,.
Were the first settlers on the plantation where
she died, within one mile of the Cape Fear riv►
er. Of the other seven, one died over 90 years
of age, another 93, and third 81. Two are yet
living, one 75 and the other over 60 years of age..
Within five miles of the place where Judy died,.
lived William Pridgen, whose death at the age
of 122 years, we. recorded some four or five years.
ago.—Ftwellseille Observer.
Law for Railroads.—The Circnit• Court in;
Broome county has awarded $4OOO damages to,
Mrs. Primrose Johnson, whose husband •wati.
killed by accident on the Brie Bei!road. This.
is a different conclusion from 'that one of the:
Courts of Louisiana, which recently decided that
though a man might claim damages himself. for.
injuries sustained to his own person, .yet. &he
be killed outright,.his wife, or legal heirs, or
representatives have no claim ; .a decision ab
surd upon the face of. it, as the entire life must•
be of more value to the wife and family than the
time involved in a mere temporary suspension. -
of his business.
The Russian War Cry.—The Russian proclaw
oration to the army concludes with these words:
wilusila is milled upon to annihilate Paganism..
and those who would oppose her in that sacred
mission shall be annihilated with the Pagans.—
Long life to the Czar. Long life 19 the Gild or
,he Russian: 1-11