Eli
len that. All the pots, pans, pails and
nameless vessels, no matter how indispen
sable, which the careful woman had stowed
away under their beds, begin to enter into
the grand melee, and go rattling, thunder
ing, and yelling across the ship, like sound
ing brass and tinkling cymbals. The very
devil is to pay. .Everything is upset and
smashed. Kegei 'boxes, and barrels, filled
with unmentionable articles, ore all smashed
and their contents spilled. The next visitor
is a sea to the amount of some few hogs
heads, which comes pouring down - the
hatchway, followed soon by another and an. I
other, till you crawl out of your berth at the
peril of your head, and, if you can, seize
your most valuable trunk or box, and put
that into it. When daylight comes, things
are pretty much at sixes and sevens—the
storm raging, and you wishing yourself
back where you came from. Yet thousands
of people who had comfortable homes in the
old countries seek new ones in America
through the steerages of our packet-ships.—
Traveller's Cid*.
•
(111)c fel)igl) tiegioter.
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Allentown, Pa.
WHDIVESDAYi NOVEMBER 30, 1863,
ALLENTOWN AS A MANUFACTURING PLACE
Looking to the growth and prosperity of a
town or city, next to ti commercial interest, is
that of a manufacturing interest. All experi•
once shows that no inland town will continue
to thrive and prosper, no matter how great its
agricultural advantages are, unless it also has a
mechanical and manufacturing or commercial in.
terest to uphold and press it forward. The ar
gument we have advanced above has clearly
demonstrated itself in our own place. Allen
town, as our readers are fully aware_ has_been..
a kind of agricultural depot 'for a district of
Country more than fhb ty miles around for a great
many years, yet Allentown, depending as it did,
solely upon the agricultural products of the
surrounding country, improved but very slowly.
It is true, a large amount of money was annu
ally paid to the Farmers by the Millerseand
Grain Dealers, but the Mechanics and laboring
classes received but a trifling amount, and the
consequence was, that mechanics found it a
poor place, and instead of Allentown prosper.
ing as it should, it remainded in statue) quo. We
are glad, however, to have it in our power to
say, that Allentown is not what it was in 1840
—then it had 2400 inhabitants—now it has
'near 6000. Then we had only two small char
coal Furnaces in the county, which together
run from 45 to 50 tons of metel a week—now
we have near Allentown eight large Anthracite
Furnaces, and one in course of erection, these
together can be made to yield in the neighbor
(rood of fourteen hundred tons of pig metal a week ;
which valued at thirty dollars will bring to the
county forty two thousand dollars every 8 days.
This probably is more than any county in the
state can boast off. Independent of the Iron
business, many of our citizens are engaging in
manufacturing, and preparing still more exten
sively to embzrk in the business. In a range
of three miles we have fourteen large flouring
mills, propelled by water power. We have a
steam saw-mill in operation. A planing mill,
truth manufactory, &c. A very extensive Iron
Foundry and machine shop. Since these es
tablishments have been in progress our popula
tion has been steadily on the increase, build
ings are going up in every direction, and in our
last weeks issue, speaking of those erected this
season, we'have been accused of having stated
Vies number some 15 or 20 less than were
actually put up. The wages of Mechanics are
daily advancing, and this valuable class of cit
izens are indeed in great demand. Carpen
ters, Brick and Stone Masons, Plasterers, Pain
ters, Btsck.smiths, Wheel-rights, Shoemakers,
Tailors, Coachmakers, &0., are in demand, al
though there are a good number settling down
daily with us, yet the demand exceeds the sup
ply. There are seven brick-yards in operation
in the Borough and still the demand for brick
cannot be supplied
Allentown now er.joys a high rank in point
of location, as it is certain to have a Railroad
communition North, South, East and West.—
The time has come when all the wollen and
cotton goods, hats, shoes, edge•tools farming
implements now manufactured in the East, or
other parts of the world, should be manufactur
ed in our midst. We have the wool and leath
er in our reach, we have the cotton with less
freight on it than they have in the East, prop
.erty is cheaper, labor is cheaper, in fact we have
many advantages over distant manufacturers.
We have the stone-coal, the lime stone and the
iron-ore, in such immense quantities and such
eupericir qualities, as to enable us to drive the
British Iron out of our market, still we go on
fkom year to year, purchasing millions and mil.
Eons of Iron from England at a ruinous cost,
this should not be done, and thus we send the
money we ought to distribute among ourselves
in large quantities to pay European's operations
Ibr such articles we could manufacture at home,
at much leas ,cost.
if capitalists abroad, who are disposed to em
'tart their means in manufacturies, but knew
halt the advantages of this locality, ant were
apprised.of the health of the place, they would
;ash here with eagerness.
Important to Postmasters.
rOptmasters should bear in mind, (says the
Fredonia Advertiser,) for their advantage as
well as that of the local press, that for every
county paper delivered by them to subscribers,
they are entitled to retain of the. Post Office
funds, tea and.one•lndf cents per year. It is
for their interest as well as that of the publish
era, that the county papers bo preferred, since
there is no trouble of .making collections or
keeping accounts thereof,. ss on foreign papers
' The commission on which will •nret average
*telethon from six to Mel icents"peritiarl su
toillimetare look to your interim.
The Soldiers of 1812
There are yet in existence, and scattered
through tho length and breath of our country,
many of those who were active participants
during the last War. Then they were• in the
morning of life., fresh, with the vigor bf youth
and ready when the summons came to tape up
arms, and bravely-defend the cause which they
had espoused = the cause of liberty. They
fought and conquered, and when the sword
was turned into the plough•Share they sought
again their homes and the peaceful employ
ments of life.
But war which brings with it devastation,
where it did not lay low in death, in many in.
stances left traces on these who were partici
pants,—traces which they bore from the battle
field as a glorious insignia gained in a cause
dearer to them than life itself. The swing
time of life has, to " those actors in that event
ful drama," passed away, and time marked
its impress on their brow. To rrAiny who stood
firm in the hour of danger, i:1 those days which
tried men's souls, their aster days have not been
smiled upon by fortune, and now when the day
of life is closing upon them, they are struggling
through the pain of honorable wounds to ob
tain an honorable living.
1; is true the soldier is not totally forgotten,
but with all the "Acts” which have from time
to time passed, the small pittance allowed has
hardly iusured the keeping of body and soul
together ) and often, in many cases, it is all the
poor soldier has to depend on, and the obtain
ing of which is often attended with so much
trouble and vexation that he would almost fain
give op in despair. But what we would speak
of particularly and explicitly is the injustice
done by Government in the dispensation of its
favors to those who are the intended recipients
of the same; and, in b o doing, allusion is made
particularly--to-the soldiers of the War of 1812.
The late act of Congress of September 28,
1850, allows land to all who volunteered their
services and served over one month—but grad
uating the amount of land to the lime in ser
vice up to nine months, for which time they
receive 160 acres, and no more if they served
beyond that.
It seems from this-, that the allowance was
goierned by the term of service, regardless of
the actions which the soldier may have been
engaged in. Now, in many, instances, those
who volunteered and served: for the year saw
little or no active service or lightning; while
many who saw less than a month's or, it may
be, three or four month's service, were often in
the hottest of the actions, and, it not killed,
wounded so hard as to be unfit for further duty;
in engagements like Chippewa, Lundy's Lane,
and the severe engagements in suppressing
Indian hostilities and depredations. We see
no reason why Congress should not equalize
the amount in this act, and give all who have
not received the benefits, or only as they may
have ? as the "act" now stands, 160 acres, and
that before the coming session closes. They
will thus be doing an act of gratitude to those
who disregarded not their country's call in the
hour of need, and dispensing charity to those
who are most worthy of it.
Something Brewing.
The following extract of a letter published
in the" Philadelphia Evening Bulletin" a dem•
ocratic paper of great influence, is an indication
of what is brewing in the good old " Keystone
State," among a large and a respectable pot•
lion of the Democratic family in the next Gu
bernatorial contest, speaking of the ill conceived
appointment of Mr. Campbell, to a Cabinet of
ficer by President Pierce, the writer says:
"The people must again, and then again, be
told that M. Buchanan, and Mr. Bigler are re•
sponsible for Mr. Campbell's appointment.—
If the matter is properly kept before them, Gov.
Bigler will find that his nomination will be of
as little service to him as Mr. Campbell found
the nomination for the Supreme Court to be.—
Do let us try and substitute an honest man
for a quack and coward for the Governor of
this State. We have had enough of these mon
ey-making, vulgar, inferior men as our Chief
— Magistrates. Let there he an end of it, and
let us at least return to the "line of safe prece
dents," and select well-in-formed, straightfor
ward, upright men. For one, I desire to see
Mr. Bigler defeated, and 1 also desire to see
the President restored to his sense of duty, and
to be undeceived from the delusion he now
labors under, in believing that Mr. Campbell is
a man of merit—a man of popularity, and a
persecuted saint!
When I last wrote to you I concluded by say
ing that I should again write, and say a few
words to Governor Bigler. I have done so.—
As the French say, this is the "beginning of the
end." Hereafter I will again write to you, and
plainly express the past history of Mr. Camp
bell, and the guilty conspiracy between Mr.
Buchanan, Governor Porter, Mr. Campbell, and
Governor Bigler to rule the Democratic party."
Court Week.
On Monday next the December term of our
'Court will commence. As a great many of our
friends will have business in town ; we trust
such who know themselves to be indebted to us
for subscription, advertising or otherwise, will
not forget to give us a call. We are much in
want of the "needful" and we hope this little
notice will bring our delinquents to the "Cap
tain's Office" to , settle their accounts.
Harrisburg " Democratic Union."
This excellent and ably conducted. Democrat
ic paper, now under the sole control of lcaac
G. IllcKindley, Esq., who has recently purchase
od the interest of his partner . Mr. Lescvre, will
be continued at $2 a year, including the 'semi
weekly paper during the session of the .Legis
lature; for orSl semi-weekly during .I,he .ses-
Ilion alone. . The weekly 4i Union" is furnished
60.. per per year. Persons desirous , of
hiving full and correct reports of Legislative
Proceedings, will de-Well to subscribe for the
glUdien.w
Youw: Man
Save !hat penny=pick up that pin,—let that
account be correct to a farthing find out what
that bit of ribbon costs before you say 'you will
take h'—pay that half dime your friend handed
you to make change with—in a word, be eco
nomical—be accurate—know what you are do
ing—be honest and then be generous, for all
you have or acquire thus belongs to you by
every rule or right, and you may put it to any
good use. And you will put it to a good use
if you acquire it justly and honestly, for you
have a foundation, a background which will al-
ways keep you above the waves of evil. It is
not parsimoniousness to be economical. It is
not miserly to save a pin from loss. It is not
I seitish to be correct in your dealings. It is not
small to know the price of articles you are
about to purchase, or to remember the little
debt you owe. What if you do meet Bill Pride
decked out in a much better suit than yours,
the price of which he has not yet learned from
his tailor, and he laughs at your faded dress
and old fashioned whine of honesty and right,
your day, will coma. Franklin, who hem a
penny saving boy, walking the streets with a
roll under his arm, became a companion for
kings, says, "Take care of the pennies and the
dollars will take care of themselves." La Fit
to the celebrated French banker leaving the
house to which he had applied for a clerk-
ship, was not too proud or careless to pick up
a pin. The simple pin laid the foundation to
his immense wealth: . The wise ban
the act, called him back, and gave him employ.
meal, convinced by this seeming small circum
stance of his ability and honesty. Be just and
then be generous. Yes, be always just and gen
'erous. Benevolence is a great duty, a heaven
given privilege, by which you not only benefit
the of ject, but feel a sensation of joy in your
own soul which is worth more, far more, than
gain. But you may not give your neighbor's
goods. Your own j•tst earnings you should al
ways share with the needy, but generosity can
never be measured by the amount you lavish
on a fine dress, or that you spend with your
friends to satisfy the requirements of vanity
and fully. What if they do pat you on the
shoulder? They would do as much to any
dog that would serve them. It is the service
not yourself that gets the flattery or you spend
your money for naught certainly. Well, let
the girls say you are small, rather than spend
that dollar you need for a boa. Get the book
if it is a good one it will tell you that no girl
worth having ever selected a man for a lies
band for his long tailor or livery-stable bill more
than for his long ears.
Publication of the State Laws
We have urged again and again some reform
in the present mode of promulgating the Laws
but fogyism seems to resist, every attempt at
progress. We are glad to find the Pittsburgh
Union speaking out on: the subject and taking
the opportunity before the Legislature meets,
and while the members elect have time to re
flect upon their coming duties, as a fit time to
arouse their attention to the necessity of the
publication of the Laws in every county of the
Stale. The Union calls upon its brethren of the
press for assistance in the matter, and says as
ignorance of the law will excuse no one, our
government should place it in the power of
every citizen to know the laws he is expected
to obey. In a country of the advancefuent and
intelligence of ours, it would be thought mon
strous to follow the custom of the old Roman
ruler, who had his laws.written in small letters
and hung up on high columns, so that the peo
ple could not read them ; and still every viola
tion of them was severely punished. It is well
known that nearly the whole session is taken
up with local legislation; laws binding in par
ticular localities are passed, and scarce a doz
en interested knew the fact until the law is vi
olated and an innocent man puuished. This
is unjust and despotic. The people should"
know the laws they are required to obey, and
to effect this, they should be published in the
newspapers of each county. To be sure it
would cost something, but it would be vastly
beneficial. As it is the laws are published in
pamphlet form after they have gone into oper it
-
ation, and then only are seen by one in a thou
sand. We hope to hear the voice of the press
on this important subject.—Plid. Sun.
Lehigh Valley Times— We recieved the first
number of a new paper by the above title, pub•
lished in the Borough of Bethlehem, Northamp
ton county, by E. li. Rauch. It is printed on
new type and makes a very neat appearance.
Northampton is blessed with newspapers, no
less than six English and two German papers
are published in the county. Well the "more
the meryer." Brother Rauch's efforte are de•
serving of success.
Spiritual Telegraph. —The "Spiritual Tele
graph" is the title of a paper printed by Part
ridge & Brittain, No. 300 Broadway, N. York,
a copy of which the publishers have sent us.
It is printed on fine white paper and bean evi
dence of prosperity.
Election of Bank Directors.
On Monday the 20th of November last, the
Banks in Easton held their annual election foi
Directors, and elected the following Boards:
EASTON BANK
David D. Wegener, Michael But; George
A. Nice, Charles Lines, Peter Ihrie, William
H. Lawall, C. A. Luckenbach, Charles W. Mix•
sell, Peter Pomp, Andrew H. Reeder, James,
Thompson, Jacob H. Wilking and Matthias
Krauss.
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' DANK.
Peter S. nobler, John Geen, Jr., Philip H.
Geopp, John A. Slelor, Samuel Sundt, Daniel
Lachenour, C. C. Field, Samuel St,imer, Peter
Shimer, Robert' Cotingham, Daniel Whiteell,
,William Lee and Cyrus Lawall.
McKinley, has purchased the interest
of late , partner, Mr. Leseure, in .the Harris
burg Hulot, and it now itti sole proprietor:
Continental Money—How Issued.
Soon after the organization of the Continental
army, the immediate necessity of pecuniary
means to the new Government caused the issue
of paper currency to a large amount. Three
distinct modes of putting forth this kind of mon
ey were proposed: first, that each Colony should
issue for itself the sum that might be required of
it by Congress; second, that the Colonies as a
body should issue the full necessary sum, and
each Colony be held bound to redeem its propor-
Minable part ; and, third that Congress should is•
sue the required amount, each Colony be bound
to discharge its proportion, and the united Colo,
nies to redeem all money unredeemed by the de•
fault or inability, of any particular Colony. The
last mode was adopted, as likely to secure more
ready credit, and as affording the best ultimate
security. During the session of 1775, three mil
lions of dollars were therefore issued. This sum
was appropriated among the Colonies according
to the supposed population, inclusive of negroes
and mulattoes; each Colony to pay its propor
tion in four equal annual payments, the first by
the last of November, 1789, and the fourth by
the last November 1782. The several Colonial
conventions were to provide by taxes for a sink
ing fund to meet their proportion of the bills.
The amount of the issue so moderately begun
exceeded all expectation, and at• the beginning
of 1780 the enormous sum of two hundred mil
lions of dollars had been issued, every dollar of
which then remained unredeemed. This prepos
terous issue, so far heyound the ability of the
United Colonies to redeem—greater, it was sup•
posed than the value of the entire Colonial real
estate—was swelled to a still larger amount by
numerous well executed forgeries 'industriously
circulated by malicious loyalists, and by the in
dependant issues of the individual Colonies.—
The credit of the Colonies was now at the low
est possible point, and their paper, which stood
well up to an emission of twenty millions, rapid
ly depreciated as their inhabity to redeem the is
sue became more apparent, and the most ingeni.
ous financiering efforts of Congress proved pow
erless to stay the downard tendency. In Febru
ary, 1781, seven thousand five hundred dollars
in Continental money with difficulty command
ed one hundred specie dollars. At that time, five
hundred dollars in- Continental money would
have just purchased for your grandfather pair
of shoes." It was usual for tradesmen in making
out their bills to charge the price in Continental
money, and then indicate the price which would
be accepted in specie. The lamentable dispro
portion is well illustrated by the following old
bill, the original of which is still preserved:
Capt. A. 51' Lane. Bo't rof W. Nicholls.
January 5,1781,
MEE
1 pair boots, f6OO 00
61 yds. calico, at 85 ds. 752 00
6 chintz, at 150 ds. 900 00
moreen at lOU ds. 450 00
4 handkerchiefs, at 100 ps. 400 00
8 yds quality binding, at 4 ds. 32 00
1 slcain of silk. 10 00
If paid in specie, £lB 10. $3141 00
Government failed to redeem their paper curren
cy because of sheer inability, Congress tried
every plan that human ingenuity or financial
sltili could suggest, but without achieving any
practical benefit. When the Colonies assumed
their defiant attitude towards the mother country
they had no money and no credit except among
the rebels," and desperate necessity, which
overruled the ordinary laws of financial propri
ety and prudence, literally drove them into the
enormous excesses which we have detailed.—
The war was carried on without a treasury, and
this was the most serious trouble that Washing.
lon had to encounter. Our revolutionary histo
ry in this respect, Is unparalled, when we con
sider the power and ample wealth of Great Brit
ain at the same period. At this late period, the
Continental money is in the hands of parties
who gave nothing for it—hence Its redemption
would not benefit the real losers by its circula
tion.
Population of China.
Some idea of the importance of the revolution
now going forward in China may be obtained
from reflection on the fact that the population of
China proper is estimated, and it is believed, cor
rectly, at 367,320,907 inhabitants. in the de•
pendencies of Mantchooria Mongolia, Turkistan
Thibet, &c., the population is about 40,000,000
Making a total of over four hundred millions of
people under one government, or eighteen times
as many as live under this Rpublic. Should our
population double in number every half century
it would require nearly two hundred and fifty
years to acquire a population of China.
The quantity of land in China is estimated at
830,820,100 English acres, of which, 141,119,317,
or nearly one sixth, is under cultivation. The
total area in square miles, is 1,297 999 and the
population on each square mile 2830. Were the
Chinese a warlike people, and as far advanced
in all the the modern arts and sciences as the
Americans or English, they could overrun all
Asia, and conquer the combined armies of Eu
rope. The effects of a successful revolution
among 400,000,000 cannot be forshadowed by
any human imagination.
Obituary of the
. Saft. ,Deinorracy..— The hard
democracy of Livingston have prepared an obi
tuary which they intend to hope inscribed upon
the tomb of free soilism, tiara it is :
OBITUARY ,
The Van Buren or Free Soil Pariy,
Born of respectable colored parents, at Bottalo,
August, 1853.
Died at sunset, Nov. 8,1853.
Aged five years and three months.
A post mortem examination proved the imme
diate cause of death to be cholera infantum, pro
duced by too strong a dose of General Pierce's
abolitionism, administered by Guthrie one of the
Presidents Secretaries, being forced into its
weakened stomach, causing immediate death.
A Placefor /3atehetors—Fifteen marriages have
taken place within three weeks at the Dennison
House; Cincinnati.. -We advise our batchelor
(Heads to`put up there. The lady who adverti
ses fora husband might . profit'by the suggestion.
ear Tar. important European Newsoen matter .
. ,
opt thiM 'paqa7
Statistics of the Census
Froni the report of Mr. Dc Bow, Superinten
dent of the Seventh Census, now in press, the
total white population of the United States is
_ .
19,553,068
934,995
8,204,313
found to be
Free colored,
Slaves,.
Total,
The total square miles of the territory of the
Uniied States is 3,306,865, which gives a popu
lation of 301 to the square mile.
The annual attendance at schools is 2,646,452
white males, and 1,916,614 females, and 26,461
free colored persons. Of these 3,942,081 are nil
tive, and 147,426 foreigners. Pennsylvania
schools; 504,610 a year. •
Of the entire population, 13,103,650 reside in
their native States. 4,176,225 in other States, 2,-
240,635 were born in foreign countries, and 32,-
658 unknown. In Pennsylvania the population
is 2,258,160, of whom 11',787,310 were born in the
State, 165,966 in other States, and 302,105 in oth•
er countries.
The table of deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and
idiotic, of the United States, show there are deaf
! and duinb—whites, 9136 ; free colored, 126 ;
slaves, 531. Blind—Whites, 7978 ; free colored,
429; slaves, 1387. Insane—Whites, 14,972 ;
free coiored,..il I ; slaves, 327. Idiotic—Whites,
14,257; free colored, 348; slaves, 1182. Aggre•
gate, 50,994. Of theloregoing there were born
in foreign countries—of deaf and dumb, 497; oft
blind, 2713; of insane, 9358; idiotic, 600. In I
Pennsylvania, there are of deaf and dumb—
whites, 1130 ; free colored, IS. Blind—Whites,
Oil ; free colored, 28. Insane—Whites, 1805;
free colored, 49. Idiotic—Whites, 1432 ; free
colored, 35.
In the States and Territories there are 234
Colleges, with 1651 leachers and 27.159 pupils,
Their total annual income is : From endowment;
$452,314; taxation, $15,485; public funds, $184,.
549 ; other sources, $1,264,280—t0ta1, $1,916,628.
Of Public Schools there are 80,991; of teachers,
92,000 ; of pupi15,3,354,173. Their total income
is : From endowment, $182,594 ; taxation, $4,•
685,414; public funds, $2,574,669; other sour
ces, s2,l47,Bs3—aggregate, $9,591,530. Of A ca.
detnies and other schools there•.are 6032, with .
12,207 teachers and 261,362 pupils. Their an
nual income is: From endowments, $288,855;
taxation, $14,202; public funds, $114,798; other
50urce5,.54,235,987 ; total, $4,653,842. Of per
sons over twenty years of age who cannot read
and write, there are 389,664 white males, and
573,234 females ; 90,522 free colored; 858,306
native, and 195,114 foreigners, being an aggre-
gate of 1,053,420; of this number in Pennsylva
nia there are 24,380 males,42,s4Bfeenales,while,
and 9344 free colored. The native population of
Pennsylvania who cannot read or write is 51,283
while in. Virginia it is' 87,380; North Carolina,
80,083; Tennessee, 78,114; Kentucky, 67,359;
Indiana, 69,445; and Ohio, 56,956; allowing a
disproportion highly creditable to our State.—
Philentelphia Sun
A Humiliating Fact.—A pplication was recent.
ly made by two brothers, both colored, to a Court
in Richmond, Virginia, for permission to go
abroad without registers, as They were so far re.
moved from their original blood, as to entitle
them to privilege asked, in accordance with an
Act of the Virginia Assembly, which declares that
persons with less than one fourth negro bland
shall be considered white persons. After hear.
ing the case, the Court refused the application.
On which the Richmond Enquirer thus remarks :
The law and circumstances under which
this application was made, would free about one
fourth of the slaves of the Commonwealth, and
lead to interminable difficulties on the subject.—
One.tenth negro blood would be little enough to
place a negro upon the footing of a white person.
Great Mill.—The Harrisburg Union, referring
to a new kind of mill highly praised in England
says—•'Messrs. Wilson & fil'Uullough have re
cently completed a new steam mill in our bor
ough , in which they run 4i feet flat French burrs
two hundred revolutions a minute, that turn out
flour faster than we ever saw it run from a mill
spout. These gentlemen calculate to grind reg
ularly from six to seven barrels of extra flour
per hour on each run of stones, and they may
be able to do more. As high as thirty bushels or
wheat have been ground on one run of 'tones,
in this mill, in an hour! We ask if this has ev
er been beaten any where I If any one has beat,
en it, they will please send us word. We have
been using the flour made at these mills for the
last two weeks, and find it superior to any we
have ever had."
The New 7wenfy—FiveCeni Pieces.—lt is stated
in a New York paper that the new American
twentrfive cent pieces have been extensively
counterfeited and large numbers of them are in
circulatiCn. When not much worn they are a
good imitation, with one exception, the milling
on the outer edge is badly done. They are run
in moulds and the creases arc not clear, and
shol, on particular examination, that they are
not made in the manner of the . genuine. After
use they become dark; almost as copper ; but a
large number of them are iu circulation that look
well, and all new quarters should be examined
closely.
St/cies:Or/ Whating.—The whaleship !Sheffield ,
arrived at the Sandwich Islands, Sept. 0. having
left the whaling" ground in the sea of Ockotsh,
July 38. She had been 30 months on thet,o3 , -
age, and had taken 7,090 bbls. oil and 11h,000
lbs. bohe, She had 3,090 bbls. oil and 50,000
lbs. hone on board, having shipped and sold the
rest of her catch at Sydney and Hong iCpng.-
She took 1,000 bbls. of oil the present season,
and left the ground early because she had no
more casks to fill. The !Sheffield' reports ships
doing as well as last year, up to the tiam 41:
sailing.--Newburyport Herald.
Violation of the Small Note bito.7.-1 7 cdirteen
.suits have been commenced against the Farmers
Deposite Bank, of Pittsburgh, for alledged.viola- .
lions of, thesm.allnp . to law. The Clerk and pi-,
rectors are accused of . ,payinvour notes under.
tho dooominaiion of $q At ; the counter.., The pen•
All, (or, infringement of the IPW 'case; of,
•linnks is very4Leavk. being 004 to! every note
tio4nstled!':
reErie, 'Pa., has the only Custom Rouse
erected by the U. S. Government on our northern
lake frontier. It cost F 29,000.
IlarThe question with the Sandwich Islands
now is,..to be or not to be" part of the United
States.
• [s7' Were it not for imaginary evils, the lives
of many would be much less miserable.
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RP"An old German Bible, printed in the year
1580, was put for sale last week, at a vendue in
Manor township, Lancaster county.
IIE""A movement has been made in the Geor
gia Legislature fur a change from tri•annial to
annual sessions of the Legislature.
,cry Twelve thousand men are now at work
upon•ibei Illinois Central Railroad.
Ce The vote in Rhode Island on a Conventinta
o revise the Constitution, is more than two•to•
one against it
r3^ The game of Fox and Gee has been,
played by the Fos Girls, who have rapped a for,,
tune out of their geese believers.
Boston a Century' Ago.
v The editor of the New York Commercial Aci" - -
vertiser has been amusing himself by the exam..
ination of Boston papers, published in 1742 and,
1746. From the Boston News Letter of 174 G is,
extracted the following advertisements, as an.
evidence of the public opinion of our Puritanical]
neighbors then on the subject of slavery:
.To be sold, a young,strong and healthy, good.
tempered negro fellow, about 18 or 20 years of
age, whose master vice is laziness ; for which.
fault he is sold. He might do well if closely em-.
ployed with a master. Enquire of the printer.
"To be sold, a very likely negro woman about,
19 years of age, fit for town or country, and very
fit for any gentleman in his family. Enquire of
the printer. Any gentleman who has a mind to
purchase said negro, his bond will be taken for
the payment of the same in a reasonable time."
The Boston Post of the same period combine
a moldy group of "sermons" and "negroes" to
be sold. In one paper containing four adver
tisements of negroes for sale, is one offering
"two likely negro men, recently from the West
Indies;" and one offering for sale "a fine, lusty,
healthy, negro woman, fit for town or country,
with a fine child, and to Gc sold either with or with
out the chi'd."
It would thus seem that our ancestors, a cen'
tury ago, who are acknowledged to have been
much more piously inclined than the lawgivers
of 'Modern Athens" or Boston of the present
day, had much less "holy horror" of the ittathu ,
non of slavery.
John Walker's Will.—Mr. Walker, a brewer,.
died a few months since in this city, leaving, by.
the accumulation of his industry, a large estate..
estimated at $190,000, in bonds and mortgages.
and $70,000 in teal property. By will he dertiaeit
to his wife in cash $lO,OOO, her dowry of i ontr
third for her natural life, in all real estate, all the
houselnild and kitchen furniture, &c. This, it is
alleged, would give her in interest about $2,500
a year. She claims, as they were childless, that
she, as next of kin, is entiled to the whole of the
personal estate, besides her dower in the realty.
Worthington and Matthews sustain her claim.
The nineteen heirs of Walker claim that if Mrs..
Walker elects to take by the will, she relinquish
es the $lO,OOO legacy and all the personal prop
erty, and can only take her dower in the realty.,
Walker and Kelber represent the heirs. The•
executors who have the estate, represented by.
Tilden and.Rariden, deny the power of the Pro..
bate Court to make any order setting aside the
rights of minor heirs. The contest between
the parties is pending in the Probate Court belcre,
Judge Warren.—Cin. Gazelle.
Liberal Bequest.—By the will of Daniel Kieffer,.
who died on the 20th of October last, at his res..
idecce in Oley township, Derks county, Ten
Thousand Dollars are bequeathed 'to the. Theo- ,
logical Seminary of the Germs ti Reformedehurch
at Mercersburg. The G. R.lllethenger states that
the will has been duly reccirde l i, and leaves the
amount to William Heyser, Esq., of Mercersburg,
Pa., in trust, to be invested for the benefit of the
Seminary as the Synod may direct. Mr. Kieffer
was noted for his benevolence. He gave during
his life-time $5OO to Marshall College, at Met-.
cersburg, and $5OO to the Second Reformed,
Church, recently organized in Reading, of which .
the Rev. M. Kieffer is Pastor. The legacy to the
Seminary is said to have been most opportune,.
the institution being greatly in need of increased .
means to promote its usefulness. The (3hurch,
of which he was so liberal a member, has reason .
to cherish his memory as one of its greatest ben
efactors.—Gazelte and Dem.
The Victoria,—This vessel was laden With 400,
barrels of gunpowder. , She sailed from London
on the Ist of last April, and on the 19th of June
had reached within a few day's sail of Port Phil 7,
ip, when the cry of fire was raised about ten ,
o'clock at night. The passengers and some of
the crew were unacquainted with the preience,
of the powder, when some one exclaimed, "My ,
God the powder !" The crew and passengers
got oot the long boat and pulled frantically from,
the vessel; When about half a mile off, the 400,
barrels blew up, lifting the burning vessel bodily
out of the water, and'shivering her in myriads of.
fragments, which strewed the ire for Miles upon
miles. So immense was the explosion that even
at the distance of half a mile, some of the crex,
were burned by the blast. Having been at sea
(or GO hours without food or watet, tkei were
pick up by the bark Tu4iline.
Silver.—The rise in the value ofsilver in Eng
lend wouhi produce a corresponding rise' hereH
if it had anything to act upon. This market,
hoivever is bate of silver. 'Mexican and Pacific
(Jost silver almost all goes'ib England. The mint
in Philadelphia supplies itself by fefusipg to pay
the depositor of silver in kind, to; the, lull extent
of their deposit. The demand in England , for
'esporlaocm!to f.thimi is kikcjy to be ,kept up as ,
long as the Rcyolutiert i there continues.. The &l
iar, is in Chin ! ,t of I f ccottisianii this
opty,priny jus!, , nowAsy i bititi : Ehinisspßepital...
i?ts have, coefiOgnce•
Englainkwould even (end to Ott entestistkm of
our new 003 P. We Kapp Cl'Fl ol;ll4o:!WiellfY
thing else ,vys Jim], excepted ilia 01d.„%v09.p;
Spattish small pieces. . f i , . ••
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