Z.l)e teliigl) 'Register. Alleintown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, Dki;E:iillEll7, 1t561. Court. —The December lean of our Court went in session on 111onday last, lidges-Mc• Cartney, Dl'linger and Haas in their seats. Simon Sweilzcr, Esq., was chosen chairman of the Grand Jury. A number .cf indictments were before the fury upon which bills were four]. We will give proceeding next week. At Home in.the Evening.. One of the grossest neglects of a youth,prr, !teeing incalculable mischief and ruin, is the spending of his evenings. Darkness is temp tation to misconduct; suffering the youth to be out, when the light of day does not restrain them from misconduct, is training them to it.— We have already- an abundant harvest of this seeding. Riots, mobs, crimes, giving fearful foreboding, are the results of youth becoming fit agents of outrage, by running, uncared for, in the evenings. What we see in these res• pects is deplorable enough—but what is this compared with what we do not see—multitudes making themselves miserable and noxious to the world, and what isthat to come to? Parents should look at the truth, that pleasures and re creations are often dearly purchased—the price of their own impaired comfort, and the blighted prospects of their offspring. It must he obvi ous that in this matter there ean be no prescrib ed rule. There can be no interior of all the evening recreations and employments, yet there is an evil not only destructive to youth, but planting thorns in many path, and covering many lives with desolation. The information demanded must proceed from judgment and conseience=must be enlightened. Heads of fatnilies must learn that the place on earth best adapted to be a blessing is home ; and, by ex ample and wholesome restraint, they must teach this truth to all under them. National Democraoy. Last week we saw a notice published in a number of the Ihi adelphia papers, calling upon the National Democracy favorable to the nomination of the lion. Wm. ff. Wine for Gov ernor. Tile meeting was held at the Chinese' Museuin, on Wednesday evening the 30th of November, and was largely attended, there be ing between five and six hundred persons pre. sent. Col. William F. Small called the meeting to order by nominating the following named offi cers:—President, Job Ridgway, of Spring Gar den ; Vice Presidents. John Hassan, IL Ber• ry, H. Id. Lee, Jonathan Scott, George Hoff, William Veneida, and S. D. %Vertman ; Seers lanes, J. Henry Bryan, Roswell Parsons, and Elisha Pauling. Col. Small stated that the orpct of the meet• ing was not for the purpose only of nominating William It Witte for Governor. There was a higher object, and one that has been brought about by an unholy combination in this and ether States. Ile spoke of the abilities of Mi. Witte, ns ranch as he admired them, he felt it his duty to oppose the factionists of (Lis State. The signs of the times, ho fore• shadowed a great political coming event, w hich is near at hand, and in view of that coining the organization Lad been efleeted. Ile lerher said that the Committee appointed td make ar• rangements for the meeting of the National Democratic friends of the lion. %Vim fl. ‘Vitte, as a candidate for Governor of this Suite, deem it unnecessary to submit a series of resolutions, as this is but a preliminary step to what they conceive will prove a great movement in the politics of the Commonwealth, and they recom mend the appointment of an Executive Corn• mittee, to adopt such measures as they may deem necessary to promote arid secure the ob jects of this meeting. The following resolution, offered, was adopted : Resolved, That an Executive Committee of one from each Representative and Senatorial District of the city and county be appointed by this meeting, who shall be authorized to call meetings of the National Democrats of Phila. delphia, if they shall deem the same expedi. ent ; to collect funds and adopt such measures as they may consider necessary arid proper to secure the nomination of W. 11. Witte for Gov ernor of the State, and to insure the success or the National Democrats of Penes) lvania in the approaching canvass. C. W. Carrigan was called upon, and spoke of the importance of the movement, which he recognized and warmly advocated. Ile said the present Executive of this Commenwealrh is no Democrat, and severely rebuked the el. forts of 'Certain Democrats to forestall public ia,rinion in this State. Ile advocated the elec tion of delegates favorable to Mr. Witte, and said if twenty delegates could be elected here , favorable to him, he would be nominated with ou t a doubt. Westmoreland county, lie said, would follow, as well as Erie, Lancaster, .and other counties. Mr. Carrigan was followed by John Camp bell, William 13. Ranker', Stephen Remak, Mr. Untstead, and others. A resolution was adOpted for the appoint. merit of a committee of five, to draft an address to the National Dirnmerats of the State, and submit the same at a mass meeting. Large Field Crops. At the Annual Agricultural Fair, held in Ni agara county, New York, on the 13il1 of October, last, the lullowing premiums were awarded on Grain Crops : Isaac C. Lodtcood, drew a premium of $lO,OO on 20 aerosol . Winter Wheat, yielding 96 bush els to pounds to the aero. Morgan Van Wag tier, on 19 acres, yielding 91 . bushel 3 to the. acre, a premium of 28. Enoch Fitch, on 10 acres. yielding 40 bushels and 2 pounds, a premium of $5. Prier /1/cCoilum,"*s. 50 bushels, a premium 0f.5. ; J. W. Babcock, at 3i acres, of Outs, yielding 60 bushels to the Gore, a premium of 65.00. • The Atlantic's News The confirmation of the Russian defeat, which the Atlantic brought yesterday, threw the whole city into a state of excitement. It any one had doubted how entirely the sympathies of Amer means are with the TurksOlie error would have been corrected on witnessing the feeling dia• played everywhere yesterday. The truth is, not only didiked because the most despotic of all civilised absolute governments, but is abso lutely hated on account of her couduet towards Hungary in ISI6 We most not, however, allow ourselves to lose the balance of our common sense, in re• j doing over these Turkish victories. It appears now quite evident that Omar Pasha has driven the Russians back on lincharest, and that he will probably compel them to evacuate that town—the capital of IVallachia. This great success is far beyond what had been hoped, even by most ardent well•wishers of the Salton. Nor is there much propect of the Rus sians regaining their foothold this winter at least. lly this time the rains have doubtless set in.— If so, a , id if the Russians—as we trust—are al ready, thrust cut of Wallachia,they will be un able, no matter how great their reinforcements, to recover their foothold before next summer. Meantime, the success of Omar Pasha will in spire the Turks to renewed efforts, as well as de termine the wavering inhabitants of the Erin cipalities in favor of the Solmo. Hut though this success of the Turks surpri• see us less than it does some others, and though we believe that still other successes are most probably in store'for the Sultan's troops, yet we do not allow ourselves to be asssanguine of the final result as many of our neighbors. It must be remembered that Russia is a ration of eigh ty millions of souls, while Turkey is one of scarcely thirty millions. The contest, therefore is very unequal. Even a victorious army set• fors greatly in battle, and the Turks, though constantly victorious for one, or even two cam paigns, must gradually diminish their Mmes.— But the Turkish losses, once made, can be re• paired only with difficulty. Tile Russian los ses though twice as great, can be made up with comparative ease. If the war was to continue for three years, the Sultan's army, though it might be generally victorious, would be reduc ed to a mere skeleton. But at the end of 3 years the Czar, even with frequent ,defeats, would probably still be able to muster half a million of mom Weight always tells in every conflict. And it is in this very particular, in this wear ing out of its enemies that the Rassians excel. Napoleon beat the Russians continually, yet they came Oct victorious in die end, simply by keeping up the fight, and offering a stubborn perseverance to his brilliant campaigns. It however, Tutkey receives assistance, the war may prove disastrous for Russia. The London Times, in most Jesuitical fashion, says that if the Sultan is able to repulse the Czar alone, as the battles in %Wallachia Would seem to iedira e, these is no call L,r intervention on the putt it the %Western powers. But, unless Ter• key receives aid from England or France, these very victories may prove the worst of evils, for they will aronfe the ire, and concentrate all the power of Russia on the Sultan's head. The dispute will now be so easily adjusted as dip- Icinatists had expected. The autocrat, while smarting under defeat, can and will trot cousent to peace. Nicholas, unless we greatly thistake him, will Le satisfied with nothing short of con dign vengeance for his late disgrace. Ile will persevere, moreover, until fie obtains that re venge. But, brave as the Turks may be, and superior as their resources propably are to what is generally supposed, they cannot, for a long series of years, pretend to cope siogle•hauded with Russia. Unless they are assisted, there -lore, they must fall at last. But they will be assisted. II England and France do not come forward, the Sultan will unquestionably stir up Italy and Hungary, for it is a death-struggle with him, and he feels that aid be must save from some quarter. The prospect of a great continental war grows more threatening daily.—Eitening Bulletin. The Pacific Railroad The necessity of a highway to the. Pacific is forcibly shown by the statistics of emigration to California, overland, from St. Louis and oth er points. During the months of May and June rnore than fifteen thousand persons passed Fort Kearny, accompanied by 5-147 horses, 2190 moles, 105.792 cattle, 98,495 sheep and 3708 wagons. The reader may imagine the extent of the movement limn these brief facts. There wet° in all 9909 males, 2252 females, and 3058 children. flow many incidents, and what stir ing scenes must have occured to those wander ing parties us they passed onward ever the vast prairies! The disposition of the American pea -03 to push westward, is quite eXtraordinary. It is well, perhaps, that it is so, for in do other way could the immense tracts of land between the present line of civilization and the shores of the Pacific become populated and converted into sites of thriving villages, flourishing cities and even mighty States. - But a few years have gone by since a young matt left this office with the object of establishing himself in businosii as a printer in Wisconsin. At first the thought of so long a journey intimidated and appalled, and it was some time before he could muster courage to make the effort. Once tinder way, however, end all difficulties seemed to vanish. Ile located himself in a thriving spot, gathered around him many of the comforts of life, and soon was in a highly prosperous condition.— But California was annexed to the United States, the treasures of gold were discovered, the excitement pervaded not only the Atlantic cities but the entire West, and our young ad- venturer speedily sold out his establishment in Wisconsin, and difected his stops to the shores of the Pacific. He is there now, we believe, active, busy, busffing„ and participating largely in public affairs. And thns it is that cities and States are established, and the mighty West ie% dotted and adorned with the habitations of roan. Shakespeare Association At a meeting of the " Shakespeare Literary Association," held on the evening of the 28:h of November 1853: The following preamble and resolutions were paap•ed: Whereas we are informed, that the members of our Sister Society of iheAllentown AcadeMy, look upon our efforts to get up a course of Lec tures for this winter, as evincing a want of kind ly feeling and courtesy towards them ; and that they are preparing to hold a course of Lectures in connection with their Society, for the pur• pose of resplenishing their Library, therefore. Resofccd,,,tst.—That we were not influenced in the adoption and prosecution of our plan by any Wish of forestalling their actions, nor by any feeling of rivalry, nor by a want of willing ness to act courtecindy w d gentlemanly to. ' wards them as «•ell as towards all other persons. &sot:T(1, :Ind.—That as a proof of o u r kind feeling 4 towerds our Sister Society, and of our respects for the gentlemanly Ptincipal of the t Academy, we will riot hold the intended course of Lectures during the coming wittier. pcsoircif, 3J,—That we express our thanks ! to the public for the cheerfulness and liberality i with which they were ready to second our d i rods; and whilst we .relinquish the subserip• Lions, which we obtained front the citizens of Allentown towards our object for this sea-on, we would commend ourselves to their :dice titillate regards for the future. • Rcsoircil th,—That a copy of these resolutions he published in the papers of our borough; and sent to the Literary. Society of the Allentown Academy. Tnos. J. Giros;, President A. STEci:m., Secretary The Rights of Married Wom3ri• We learn from the Pittsburgh Post, of Mon day that Judge Williams in the District Court, on Saturday, read an opinion in the case of Robinson vs. Patterson, in which an important principle, as regaids the rights of married wo• tom], was settled. The issue between the par ties was argued before the Court. The que..i- Lion as issued was, whether a married woman since the pa , sage of the Act of ISIS, could ex• yew° a bond in her own name, fur the payment of money. Judge Williams, in an able opinion decided that she could; that the Act of 1818 invested her with the exclusive ownership, of her property, and also with the responsibilities attendant upon such ownership. The tnishinglon Globe—the official paper of Congress'—published by John C. Rives; oilers great advantages under its new arrangements. The editor proposes to give the widest and inost expediions circulation to the entire Pro. ceedings and Debates of the two Douses of Congress. He has engaged the services of sixteen accurate and competent Reporters, and by issuing each day's proceedings within a tow hours of the adjournment, he will be able to distribute the Globe to subscribers in Baltimore the same evening, rml in the city and New York by daylight the next morning. Orders for snM.criptions can he left at the office of tt.e Regi,ter, in Allentown. Game in the Arctic Region According to a return made of the amoun: of game killed in the Arctic Regions, by Captain McClure, ahile engaged in making the North— west passage, it appeara that the Arctic Regions generally supposed to be nearly destitute of ani mal life, abound in a variety of game, such as musk ox, deer, hares, grouse, duck?, geese, wolves, and bear; thus confirming Lieut. Kaine's speculations as to the ability of art expedition to support life In that quarter, even after the or dinary supplies were exhausted.—From October 12, 1850, to April 8, 155.3, over 10,001) pounds of game was obtained by the expedition. The deer were found to be very fat, although their principal food merely consisted of the herbage, which was, obtained from a small tree, called the dwarf willow. As the crew (ily kept, as it were on the ridges near the sea, no other food was ob servable; but there is no doubt the deer found an abundance of food further up the country. They were very wild, and the gunners had to display great precaution in shooting them. The coon fry contains fine green valleys, intersected with noble rivers; extensive plains, lakes woods, and parts of the earth covered with simple, but love. ly wild flowers. American Monuments.—The monuments erect• ed: in America exceed in height those of the old world. • Thus, there is not a column, either an cient or modern, in Europe so high as the Bun kerkill Monument. The highest column in Eti• rope (202 feet high) is the one erected in London by Sir Chistopher Wren in commemoration of the fire in 1666. Pompey's Pillar is only 90 feet in height, and Trojan's but 115. The highest monument in Paris is 137. The Alexander Col. umn, in St. Petersburg, is 175 feet 6 inches.— The Nelson Column, in London, is 171 feet from the level of Trafalgar Square. Bunker Hill Mon , ument is 220 feet high. The proposed Brock Monument at Queenstown will be 185 feet high. The Washington Monument is now 150 feet high and when completed will be about five hundred. It is found that the monument stands exactly in the middle of what was the "ten miles square." It is of such gigantic proportions that either of the other monuments aboved named, could be placed inside of it without much impeding the operations of the workmen, and when it is finish ed any two of the monuments of Europe 'could lie stowed away within its wall' without being no ticed from the exterior. Just Cause fisr Divurce.—At a late term of the County Court, in Perry county, la., there were twenty two applications fur divorce, seventeen of which were granted. One lady set forth in her petition that her lord always slept with his back toward her. She obtained a bill. We hope "her second" will learn to face the music. nempvrifs.—The "'lards" have rather a hard time of it jail now in the Custom , House. Col • lector kiedfield has removed fifty at one swoop, antrappointed the same number of ••Safts." The Collec.tor,"hOwever, intimates that no.more re• movals.witl take place until forther notice. Pennsylvania Farmers' College. Pennsylvania has long been celebrated for her universities, colleges and academies. lit no State in the Union, can a young man receive a more thorough education than here. But, nor withstanding, we have our colleges dotted all river the Commonwealth, elevating the standard of ed• ucation in every county in the State, there is still another college wanting, and that, too for the ben• slit of the largest. most respectable and useful class of our citizens—we menu the Farmers of Pennsylvania. Among all our colleges, there is not one calculated to educate the son of the far. men unless the father intends him -to forsake the profession of his uncestors. The sending of a boy to college, in these days, seems to imply that it is intended to prepare him felt one Of the learned professions. Indeed, the collegiate education of a young roan, alimist hitally disqualifies him for the labotsof ihe field. If he has been brought lup nn a farm, he losses his taste for the business, Incomes effeminate, and by the titne the Student gratuates and receives his sheep skin • lie in nine l eases out of ten, utterly loathes and detests man ual labor. This fact has been observed by all farmers, and hence the very'ceneral prejudlce that pre' vails amongst them against giving their sons a liberal education. To tilt viate'this difficulty, the farmer"; of BenoL Sylvania shou:d al once take active ant prompt measures for the establishment of a farm school or farmers' college, in order that they tnay have an institution in which their sons can obtain it liberal education at a I iw rate, and at the same tint., have their Elsie for agriculture kept up and improved. It may be said, that however desira• tile Oats might be, such an instiiwion cannot be obtained. But in the language of the great Ma gyar, we say there is no ddliculty to him who .If the farmers of Pennsylvania, but come up to the workohe finest institution in the world may be founded in our State. The autocrat, of Rus. sia has established ten or twelve farm schools in different paros . of his kingdom, for the advance ment of agriculture, and if he has such regard for the live tests of has subjects, how much more aught nut the representatives of a free people to have for the welfare of their constituents The Pennsylvania State Agricultural society, ,that commenced under very unfavorable cirewn, stances, all former institutions of the kind having failed, has been eminently successful. In the short period of three years, it has amassed a fund of some ten or twelve thousand dollars, that is now drawing interest, and accumulating new capital, is ready, willing and anxious to aid in this great work, by either making an appropria don to the establishment of the "Farmers' CM lege," or contributing its funds to the support of the institution after it is established; and from what we know of the disposition of the officers, 'ltese contributions would be continued to the college from year to year, as the funds of the so. ciety increase. The farmers' college should have something idie four hundred acres of land attached to it. so as to atTord ample employment for the students. There should be erected on the farm, plain but substantial buildings, to accommodate a large number of students. A regular faculty of pro fessors should he provided, with the addition of a practical, scientific farmer, whose business it should be to superintend the farm work. There should be provided sufficient bat ns and out.hou ses to contain the produce of the farm, stock to work it, and the most approved implements, and then, all the labor on Me firm and in the gardens should be perfirmed by the dadents. This would keep up their taste for the profession of their lath. ers, furnish exercise to preserve their health, and contribute considerably to the support of the in stitution. This labor would interfere but little with their studies, so that they would have near , :3 , , if not quite as much time for study and reci tation as students generally have in college.. It is believed that nn institution can be estab lished in this way, where young men can be ed ucated, fur from fifty to sixty dollars a year; that they will acquire as much knowledge in it in a given time, as in our best colleges: and is there a man in the Commonwealth who' doubts the success of an enterprise of this kind ? This college farm would become a model farm were experiments would constantly he making, and their results published; and where seeds from different countries and different sections of the Colon would be tested, and•those suitable to our climate, and cooed), dissemination, would be distributed throughout the State. This farm would at Mice becoMe a subject of great interest to the farmers of Pennsylvania; and we have hut little doubt that the halls of the college would be crowded to overflowing. Then let us look at the influence upon the ag riculture of the Commonwealth that would he ex erted by some three or four hundred thoroughly educated, scientific and practical farmers, going out annually froM this institution, and diffusing themselves over every part of the Commune wealth. We regard this as one of the most beneficial institutions that has ever been projected in this country, and we trust that . Pennsylvania will, have the honor of founding and establishing the first farmers' college in the United States. Let therefore, the farmers of Pennsylvania and the press of the State, take hold of this matter and urge it on, and in one short year it will be in successful operation.—llarrisborg Union. • Burr and Blennerhussel .—A slave who was once the property of Blennerhasset , is now living on the plantation of ()apt. Scott, near Jefferson, Texas. He was on Blannerhasset Islands When the militia were sent there to arrest his master. he remembers the incident well. Ile describes Aaron Burr as being the finest gentleman to ever saw, and says "white woman in these days can't come up to what Mrs. plcnnerhusset was." A 71‘nnel will be a Tunnel.—We perceive by the foreign rapers, that the Council of the Canton of 'l'tcino has decided, by a majority of 00 to 11, to give out the making of a tunnel through the Alps, from Lake Maggiore to Lake Constance, to unite the Piedmontese• line 'that of Central Germany. This tunnel will to .sisteen English miles-15,00Q metres—in lengo,• and is to be lighted and ventilated by fifty shahs,. of enormous depth. A Home in the West We find in the •Armstrong (Pa.,) Demooratt,' the following, communication, which suggests idea that may be worthy the attention of such of our readers, of limited means, as are wonder ing how they can secure a home in the West : A Sure way to get r.ch.—Suppose fifty fami, lies consisting of limners and mechanics if dif ferent kinds, form themselves into a company, elect a President, Board of Managers, Secretary and Treasurer; pay in :1:50 each family, or a trine more if necessary, making a fund of 1-7, 500 or $10.000; move into some rich and healthy part of the Western country, consisting of wood land and prairie, on some navigalle river leading to California. Tat. ttp a section of land lay it MT into town lois, divide them equally among the 50 families, take ”00 of the money and buy Cooed St•oes Seth. with it pay lor the land, it will thaw interest to want. 'Fake the balance of the money for flour, bacon, sugar. coffee, seed wheat, corn, potatoe.t, COW 3. horses) hogs, wagons, gears, ploughs, transporting the &e. When they arrive at the spot se7 tented, all go to work as one faintly ; some to ploughing, planting, fencing, and sonic to build ing h, usts • &e. Build a house, for each family on one of their own lots, and then dissolve the company ; dividing the produce • and personal property equally to each famtly , of if the ma .rity, of any number of them, like to suck 'gm!). r longer, and build two or three houses for each one, and a hotel, they can do so; they will soon find re nt'r leer them. 'nu. you sre each family leer Slf.o and eight hour: work each day for about six !flotillas, wi'l own 31 lots and a house in a town of tiny families, consisting, of farmers and mechanics, worth at the leccest calculation WOO; besides a share in all the produce raised and the per-ional property bought. A neat liule foriune tee begin with, anti the foundation of a large one if proderly conducted. Besides, each family can take up 169 acres in the neighbor hood of the town, for $1 25 per acre, and pay for it when it comes into market, with lard• ranges for cattle on the prairies all around, and very Lille winter. This can all be done honest ly, without robbing, shinning, or oppressing any body—a vety satisfactory consideration fur an honest man to reflect over." The communication concludes by stating that a company such as that proposed above, is now being formed at Kittaning, Armstrong country, to start on the Ist of March next, and invites those pleased with the prospect, to join the expedition. Elopeinesl.—A most heartless case of elope ment and desertion occurred in Pottsgrove town• ship, recently. A man by the name of Ilarfew slim. has deserted his home, wife, and four chil dren, in company with a young girl with whom he became acquainted in Lehigh county. He brought the girl to his home, where she remain ed some time; :nit his wife very justly demurr ing. She was 'moved to the Trappe, where she remained until the wretch had matured his plans fur leaving the neighborhood, which he did, after borrowing looney wherever he could. In this he was highly successful, as he had formed ac quaintanceship by his huckstering business; which was conducted with enemy and gave con (Hence in Apo where he was known. Messrs. Mabhias Missimer, J.'naihan Koch, and William Goodwin, were among the vie. tiros, he having secured from these gentlemen and others a sum said to be not less than $2.00n. This accomplished, he' and his guilty companion 11 , d, not, howeVer, before he disposed of •all the property" of the family he so basely deserted, leaving, them nothing. The wife lie left, we are informed, has been a good houselteeper and ex• einplary woman, so that no good cause can be given fur this heartless desertion of her, The swindle perpetrated upon his neighbors shows an egn•tl abandonment of principle.—(3loafgtono cry Lrd,'rr. • N,u, Invention.— The Meriden (Ct.,) While speaks of,a new invention, by Mr. Cold, for heat ing a room, and says ; "By its use, one pint of water is converted in to steam, condensed and reconverted to steam, "ad infinitum : does not need to be renewed ; tio• heat is continually radiated, and in proportion to the degree of heat used, is tha rapidity of the pro cess and the amount of caloric evolved. It oc• copies but little room, may be painted in any style, and butte up on the wall; may he carried ft con one room to another; cannot he injured by careless servants, heating rapidly, and cost is militia; and the expense of heating is about one fhb that of coal and wood. The heat tilted is that of burning alcohol or other gaseous fluids." Population in Cleveland.—A Census of the city of Cleveland has just been taken, shop/last a pop• Million of 31,214. Add Ohio City, 9,992 L. total, 41.206. A year since Cleveland contained 25,• 000, and Ohio City 6,920 total, 32,980. In-. crease in one year, 8,226. That is moving on rather last. The Plough Superseded— The English papers speak of a new machine, the o Rotary Digger," . which treatens to supercede the plough as an in• strument of culture. Even with six or eight horses it is said to he infinitely cheaper and more effective than the plough. The machine Is the invention of Mr. Samuelson, of the Britania Works, Banbury, and is very simple - in its con struction, according to a wood - cut representa^ tion which we have seen. It consist of a sim. ple frame, running on a couple of wheels resem bling an ordinary field roller, The weight and traction combined, as the apparatus is traversed over the land, causes a series of digging-forks, or.prongs, to dig into the earth ; and thus, with 5 or 6 horses, according to the state of the oil un— der operation, Iwo men are enabled to work down , oinething light eight or ten inches over a width of three feel, thoroughly pulverizing the soil. to the extent of five or six inches a (fig.—Ledger. Mrs. Douglass Cunvictetl.—Mrs. Margaret Doug. lass, who was tried at Norfolk (or violatMg 'law of Virginia. by teaching colored children to Write, and who astonished the Court and jury by defending herself before them, was found guilty, ~n Friday, and fined one dollar. The judge in passing sentence, according to the statute, will condein her to imprisonmcnt furnot, le,stt4han six months. . Death of a Conscientious Miser An old Dutchman, named Shumn, who lived fa one of the wretched hovels that stand in the rear of She.riff street, and whose apparent paver.; ty and manifest sufferings from a dreadful case of het Ma, had long excited the sympathy of his humane neighbor's, died oC asthma and a corn= pheation of other disemies. He was well known to be of a very obstinate rind eccentric disposi tion; and, althought he had betton confined to his bed some weeks, he not only rejected all tnedi cal aid, hutpersioed to the last in his singular habit of sleeping, in the whole. of Itls wdic.frei which consisted chit.tly of a pair of breeches/ that at some very remote era had been con' structed of blue velvet, and a sailor's jachelaini a frit ze overcoat, all of which exhibited accumn . . lated proofs of the old man's attachment. He • sent for 7tf r." Van Duersen, a respectable counter man of his, residing, in the neighborhood, who' had given him charitable relief, and privately poi. quested him to make his will. To this gent , tleman's great surprise, he bequeathed various . sums of money, amounting altogether to $3 . ,71:10,.• to children and grandchildren residing at iNeWl' ark and Albany ; and confidentially infurmed t ' him where hi:: property was deposited/ He tliFts'. ' narrated to Mr. Can Duersen the following markalde facts in his history: lie stated, that about twenty•five years ago he' was a porter to a mercantile house in Hamburg,' a nd having been long in its employ, was frequent.' ly entrusted with considerable sums of money' for conveyance to other establishments. In an: hour of evil influence he was induced to violate his trust, and abscond to this country with a large turn. Having, arrived, he invested the , gl'eater part of it in the purchase of two houses, which adjoined each other, and which, before he hail t Mimed an insurance•on them, were burnt to the pound. Considering this a judgment of heaven upon his dishonesty, he determined: to devote the remainder for his life to severe course of industry and parsimony, with the single object in view of making full resiitu• lion to the persons whom he had injured, or to their descendants. He adopted another name, and, with the means. he had I .11, commenced business in this city as ti.bacconist ; and, although his trade was a re... tail one, and he had suffered n heavy loss from , fire, he had succeeded five years since in ac— quiring sufficient property to accomplish hisw just and elevated purpose. He then, according ly, sold his stock in trade, and was preparing to transmit the necessary amount to Hambura where the mercantile firm he had defrauded still continues, when he ascertained that it had a trench establishment, or agency counting house at Philadelphia, whither he went, and paid the sum of $.14,000, being equivalent to the original sum.he had embezzled, with a certain rate of in., tere .. st. 'Yhe latter, however, was generously re. lamed to him by a son of one of the partner., and this together with some surplus money. he. 'has bequeath as above stated. For the last five years he has tired in utter obscurity, and in see. ere accordance with his long formed h thus of parsimony. His executor, Mr. Van Duersen, tutted the above named sum of #,32u0, principally in doubloons, curiously concealed in a certain private department of the tenacious breeches be tote specified ; and it was ascertained that the. I man's dreadful case of hernia was a case of sionethilig far less objectionable. The remain kr of his money was found under the patches ii his jacket, with the exception of a small sum in shit ings and sixpences discovered in an old -nufrjir, which seems to have been the depJai, sty of his current funds.—Albany Paper. GLEANINGS. rir A new post post (Ace called Mazatawny. 'las heen ereet^d at Itoihrochsvdle, with Peter W. Fisher, a, ro,dmasiet. I;70"A female named Williams has been arrest : LI at C,ilunibus, Ohio, charged with causing the death of her husband by poison. Ur" John. did you find any eggs in the old hen's nest, this morning 1" "No rna'atn' if the tld hen lai I any, she hss mislaid them." EV - Bridge Sold. The New,.llope and Dr vAre Bridge was sold at Lambertville, N. J., on l'itesdav, to John G. Michener, for $44,350. CV'The old paper Mill at Bethlehem, Pit, has, : teen purchased by the proprietors of the Penn.., .ylvania Z nc Works, who are about to convert , t into a mill for grinding and mixing oxide of IE9 Ilnu Land Sells in Lancaster County.— The. property of the late widow Heir, deceased in, West Lampeter township consisting of 20 acres of land with improvements, sold at $6,000.—Mr.. Beilrholder, purchaser. The farm of Daniel Landis on the Horseshoe road, in Leacock township, consisting of .100 acres, was sold at $l5O per acre. 'fades Krider, purchaser The property of Dr. Samuel Duffield deceased, was sold on the 24th insant, as follows : No. 1,. Farm of 31 acres, with two-story Stone Mansion, good bank barn, two frame tenant houses, and other improvements, was purahased . by Stauffer, at $l7O 115 per acre. No 2, Containing; 37 acres, adjoining No. 1, with two-story stonr., house, frame stable, &c., purchased by Dr. Wil4: ham Linville, at $l3l per acre. Large Reward ilfcred.--rThe Lancaster County' Mutual Insurance Company have offered a Re ward of $2,200 fOr the arrest, and conviction of' the incendiaries who fired the barns of John Has• • sler, James McCully,. and John Leach. The .arnati o is distributed thus : 51,000 for the arrest, of the incendiaries of the barn of James gcCally ;$7OO for :he barn of John Hassler ;and -5500 for the barn of John Leach.— fad. ;Wig. Alabama U. S. Senalora.—Benjamin Fitzpat rick has been elected by the State Legislature‘M fill the sent ir. the U. Slates Senate, left Vacant by the resignation of late Vice President, Wm. IL King. Mr. Fitzpatrick had previously been appointed to fill the vacancy by the Governor.— The Legislature has also elected, U. C..Clay,as the other representative of Mate in the U. ts,Sen.. ate fur the term expiring in 1859 A Great Meal Crop.-The I.e. Roy, (N. 1",.,) Democrat says that lion. A• S. Upham, of that• village, from a field of 19011Fre11,'hiss gathers' , ed in order 3,1300 bushels of iv/iiitt this !co/Am:qv,
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