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,