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W ELNESILIY, DECEMBER 21, 1551
!NI) Pop. r_V,,t Ircc/z.-1n accordance with an
old establi,•hed custom of-our colemporaries,
no paper will be issued from this office wring
next week. This being consequently the last
publiNhed in the old year, we congratulate our
subsetibers with the compliments of the season,
A Merry Christinas and Happy New Year when
it comes—to ourselves a large accession to our
subcription list.
The Christmas Holidays.
Fal:h—Lovo—and Charity.
"Do thou the good thy thoughts oft meditate."
The great social and religious Festival of
Christendom is at hand. The consummation
of joy, so long and so eagerly looked to, by a
large portion of the human family, and especi
ally by the young, the ardent and the imagina
tive, is about to be realized. All have our best
wishes for a cordial participation in the varied
scenes of heartfelt pleasure. Christmas is in
this country the great holiday of the year. It
is anticipated with the keenest anxietyiand is
enjoyed with the truest delight. The festival
is at once religious and social. It is sanction•
cd by the most sacred observances and associ
ation, and is attended by the manifestation of
and best and purrest feelings of our nature.—
The bonds of friendship and affection are
strengthened, testimonials are distributed acts of
kindness are remembered and appreciated, to
kens of regard pass from hand to hand, family
re-unions lake place, long passed scenes of
pleasure are revived, and the cares, anxieties
and difficulties of life are, for the moment, for
gotten. May it ever be thus ! May we nev
er lose sight of these "green spots" on the way
side of existence, but seek, recoge and enjoy
ment ie their freshness and beauty.
The season is one suited to the indulgence
of benevolence and good will—to reconciliations
and 'fiddly remembrances—to friendship and
affection. The rich, at such a time, should not
forget the poor. The prosperous should extend
their sympathies and their aid to the unfortun•
ate. The powei fill should not prove unmind
ful of the powerless and the humble. Acts of
charity, tepatation far past errors, appreciation
of valued services-these should characterize
the Christmas season. All should be allowed
to participate in some scene of festivity. The
firesides of the indigent should be brightened,
the abodes of poverty should be made cheer-'
ful, the tables of the toil wont should groan
with good things.
It is at such a time that wealth May realize its
power and its privilege, and indulge freely in
gdnerdus and god-like acts. flow bratty of the
care worn might be rendered happy by the ex
ercise of a proper, a kindly, a Christian spirit,
on the-part, of the affluent ! A trifle here, and
a trifle there and joy would beam from many
a countenance that otherwise would be sad attd
cloudy. The toil-worn in this community
amount to many thousands. There are hun
dreds of heads of families, who labor as they
may—diligently, constantly—can merely con
tinue to eke out the ordinary means of subsist
ence. A week's sickness, and they are corn
pelled to deprive themselves of some little lux
ury for days thereafter. A loss through friend.
ship or improvidence, and their mental 'sky is
oveteast for months. They can save nothing
for a rainy day, and even the luxury of a Christ
mas dinner is obtained with no little difficulty.
These children of industry should be kindly re
membered. The moment is opportune. Our
markets groan with abundance, and the great
holiday will not be generally celebrated until
Monday next. Aleanwhile, how many hearts
could be gladdened—now many humble house
holds could be made happy—how many moth
ers!might be made to rejoice, because of the
excited and delighted minds and hearts of their
littlts ones. All who can, should participate in
the good Work of bevolence and generosity.—
Let no one suppose that he is without a friend
—that he cannot gratify some being—some mother I
or sister, wife or daughter. It is not the amount
in such cases but the motive. The most grate
ful feeling of the human heart is a conscious.
110E8 GI appreciation by others. Nothing is
more delicious, nothing more exquisite to the
reflecting and the sensitive, than a knowledge
that we Cie esteemed, beloved and respected
by others—that we are not EllOlll3 in the world,
—that we have an interest in the heart of some
other human being—that there are among the
family of men, those- who will love us while
living, and will mourn us when dead
But all feelings of this kind, should, if possi•
ble, be reciprocal. We must not be selfish by
nature or by acts. We must not look for re•
garde and testimonials from others, without
making like demonstrations ourselves. We
must not fancy that we are superior beings, and
that whiff!, all honor and remembrance are due
to us, others may be forgotton or neglected with
impunity. Forgetfulness, indifference, want of
appreciation, on such occasions, are deeply cul
pable. It is our duty to remember, to appreciate,
and IC, manifest our feelings in some delicate,
generous and beaconing way. The cold, the
indifferent and the selfish may think, or as•
aurne to think, otherwise, but they indulge an
error, a meanness or worse. There is a season
for all things, and the Christmas holidays should
be devoted to kindly acts and gentle remora.
brances—to outpourings of the heart—mani
festations of the spiiit—to demonstrations cal
culated to impart pleasure, strengthen friend•
ship, awaken affection, and thus to cheer the
pathway of social and domestic life.
Our Carricr.—Our "Little Carrier" requests
us to inform his nutnerous patrons, th a t he h as
prepared himself with a capital NEW Yr:An's
Annauss, and will visit them on that morning.
This then suffice that you will prepare
3 ourselves with the rure/M.'
Court Proceedings
SECOND WEEK.
H. & D. Peter vs John Tiichler. This was
an action of debt un book account. The de-
Wrier, to the account was a set.off for rent, but
the defendant did not appear in time to prove
his claim. The Court decided that the parties
and witnesses must be in court at the time
named in the subpoena's, and if they did not,
the cases would be proceeded in, without them.
The defendant in this case may have had as
his counsel stated to the court, a good defence
to the claim but the proof having failed, lost his
case. Verdict for plaintiff $59.
C. L. Knauss for the use of Charles Loeser
vs William Frantz. Action of covenant on a
guaranty. This was the third time the case
was tried it, this court, and was once in the
Supreme Court. Godfrey Peter gave a bond
to Knaustf:on the 24th of January 1850, Knauss
sold. the bond to Loeser and Frantz guaranteed
it. On the day of the guaranty and delivery of
the bond, Loeser received from Peter $2O for
extension of the time of payment until April
1851. Peter broke up and this suit was brought
upon the guaranty. This case having been to
the Supreme Court, and under the decision there
made, the court instructed the jury, if Loeser I
gave tiino to Peter without Frantz' consent, C
he could not recover. Verdict for defendant.
William Fry vs Solomon Gangwer. Action
for damages for the breach of a parol contract
for the sale of a tract of woodland on the,blue
mountain. This case was tried twice before
in ;his court and once in the Supreme Court.
Some 10 years ago, Gangwer owned a tract of
woodland of about .100 acres. Fry alleged he
had bought ono half of it for $75, and paid the
purchase money but never got his deed. Af
terwards Gangewer sold the whole of the land
to Stephen Daniel for EGOO. Fry sued for hall
the purchase money in the first place, but the
Supreme Court having decided he could not
recover the money, but he might recover dam
ages for breach of the contract. The Court
permitted the claim to be changed and the ac
tion to be tried for damages. The book ac
counts of the parties were also brought in, and
the Jury found a balance due Gangewer of $.52.
tnuel Steel vs The SAool Directors of Dan•
over township. Action for services as a School
Teacher. A year or two ago plaintiff kept a
school in his house, in Catasauqua, then in Han•
over township; school was commenced by Mr.
Steel, and the public school house there hav
ing been rendered unfit from some cause to be
used, it was contended and proven that the di
rectors recognized, Mr. Steel's as one of the
public schools and that they paid him .f'.so on
account. Some conflicting evidence was pro.
(Need as to whether it was one of the public
schools or not. The Court left that to the jury
as a question for them, and a verdict was ren
nzed for Plaintiff for t-'7O.
. John Backensto vs Benjamin Fogel. Action
' to recover $5OO with interest from Sept. 30 1850,
which plaintiff paid defendant on account of
the purchase money for a tract of land in Ma
mangy township. Mr Fogel was assignee of
of John IL ltornig,, and as such sold a farm to
plaintiff, upon which was paid at the sale $5OO.
The conditions of sale were that the purchaser
was to pay so much per acre, but upon a cal
culation, as to the amount of a certain dower
resting on the land it was contended the amount
Backensto would be obliged to pay was more
than he bid, upon that ground Backensto when
the Deed was tendered, refused to comply, and
brought this suit to recover back what he had
paid. The Court submitted the question to the
jury whether the condition of sale and the
amount claimed by Mr. Fogel was more than
he bid per acre for the land. Verdict for plain
tiff for $596. Mr. Fogel had no personal infer
est in the case having only represented the
creditors of Romig.
Solomon Appel vs Nathan Lech. Action
on .a note—defence was want of consideration.
Defendant brought a farm from one Lenhart
and gave his note for $2OO, and before it was
due, Lenhart endorsed it to Apple. It was al
leged
the note was endorsed without consider-
ation,.and that. Lenhart had not complied with
his contract for the sale of the land. Defend
ant was unable to show positively that the I
note was assigned without value and the court '
rejected the evidence as to sale. Verdict for
note and interest.
Juhu 11. Rice vs Luckenbach and Jacoby. Ac.
lion of covenant to recover money paid under an
agreement Irctween the' parties. The case was
commenced but the plaintiff not being ready with
his proof, was forced to take a non suit.
Voile and Schwartz vs John Wagoner. This
was an action to recover damages for the breach
of a parol contract-for the sale of a house and
lot. In A prillast Wagoner sold a house and lot
to plaintiffs . for $2,5000 deed was to be given
the next day. On the following morning Wago-
ner sold the same property to Jacob Derr for
$2,700. Plaintiffs offered to' comply with, the
conditions of sale. Defendant refused, alleging
as a reason that he had sold the house for $2OO
more. Defendant denied the contract and said
he had time until the next day to give his con
sent. Verdict to plaintiff for $2OO.
Dr. Henry Haberacker vs Nathan Whitely.—
This was an action for Professional services.—
A year or two ago one of Whitely's hands had
his leg broke in an Iron ore bed. Dr. Kern was
called and he desired assistance, when Whitely
went for Dr. Haberatker. The Doctor went and
assisted to set the leg, and afterwards continued
his visits making a bill of about $3O. It was
proved that Whitely said he would pay him, but
whether that was for the whole time he attended
the man, or for the one visit and setting the limb,
was referred to the Jury, and their Verdict was.
$5 for plaintiff.
Jesse Weaver vs William Kuntzman. Ac
tion for breach of a warranty on the sale of a
horse. In 1840 defendant sold plaintiff a horse
for $9O and warranted him sound as far 'as he
knew. ' The h'orie was spavined at the linie, as
was alleged, and plaintiff returned him to defen
dant. This suit was then drought fpr daindges.
A large number of wiine,.*s w&c examined on
•
both sides as to the question whether the horse
sound or not. Verdict for plaintiff $llO.
1).6r. C. Peter vs Daniel Boyer. Action on a
note. A snit was brought on the same note be
fore Daniel Saeger, Esq., in 1850 which was re
lied on as a defence. The Court decided the re
cord of that suit was no defence. Verdict for
plaintiff $00.70.
Fatal Accidents —On Saturday last, a german
laborer by the name of Steiger, employed on
the North Pennsylvania Railroad, near Center
Valley, in this county, came to his death, by a
mass of earth falling on him, and shockingly
mangling his body. One of his legs was frac
tured twice and the other once. He lived but
a few hours after he was got out. He has been
in this country only five months, has left a wife
and one child to mourn his early loss.
We learn too that on Friday last, three Irish
laborers, employed on the same road, near Sel
lersville, in Rucks county, met with the same
fate, they having been covered by a heavy
mass of earth falling upon them. There names
we have not learned.
How True
The moment a man begins to rise above his
fellows, he becomes a mark for their missiles.
Those already superior regard him as a proba.
hie competitor, and those below, or equal, as
an impediment to their own progress. They
make cause, accordingly, for his destruction.—
But this, if he be of the right moral stuff, will
rather help than hurt him. If he be truly su
perior, the roughening process to which the
I strife subjects him, endows him with tho most
beneficial hardihood—and he continues to as
cend, until he ceases to be in control with eith
er. As soon as they discover that their mis
siles no longer reach the object, they gather them
up and make of them a monument in his hon
or, equally emulous in worship of the genius
which they failed to victimize. So far he is I
safe—but I'm is then required to be doubly cir.
cumspect, and Iris shield must be ono of the'
most crystalline propriety. While he struggled
up the ascent, they would propably have pre
ferred to see him weak and vicious. But, once
upon the eminence, his adamant must be of
more perfect proof than ever. His former fame
is now his foe, and the exactions of his stations I
are more dangerous than all the missiles of his I
ancient enemies. Let him falter in his place
let him but touch the earth for an instant,
and show his stains—and the clamor and the
assault are always more formidable from the
superior elevation of the victim. We see spots
on the sun and moon, which we should never
regard on a honsewall or hillock.—Ex. Paper.
Showing the Cloven Foot.
The Democratic papers in the last Presiden•
fiat campaign, were loud an their professions
of devotion to the Union and of advocacy of
the Compromise resolutions. Gen. Pierce was
supported, at the South particularly,. as a more
consistent friend of the Compromise than Gen".
Scott, just as Mr. Polk was declared in Penn
sylvania to be a better tariff man than Mr. Clay.
This suited the purposes of the party in both
instances, as by it the majority of the people
was induced to vote for the Democratic candi
date. A her the election, Mr. Polk himself dis
proved the truth of the grounds upon which he
was supported in Pennsylvania and some others
of the Northern Stales.
So it seems likely to turn out with Gen.
Pierce. He was supported by all factions, and
particularly recommended to the South as a sup.
• porter of the Compromise, and an enemy to
the Freesoilers. Since his elevation to the Pres
idency, he has given his influence and coun
tenance to Freesoilers in the North and Seces-
sionists in the South. Both these factions were
opposed to the Compromise; but the Baltimore
platform was declared to have healed all con
•tention in the party, and brought all factions to
the support of the Compromise.
But it seems that the leaders do not regard
the Baltimore platform as putting that question
in any definite shape,or as declaring express.
ly in favor of or against the Compromise. The
Washington Union, of the 30th ult.. in an arti
cle on the union of the Democracy, makes
the following remarkable assertion, which we
commend to the consideration of Southern
Democrats :
."If the Baltimore Platform had expressly ap
proved or disapproved of the Compromise the
nominee would have met certain defeat. --
The friends of the measure of adjustment nev
er hail sufficient strength to elect a Proident,
and this fact ought to impress itself with force
upon the minds of Democrats, who claim from
the Administration more consideration towards
the original advocates of the Compromise than
they ure supposed to have received." • •
Fire, at the Penna. Zino Works
On Friday morning at half past two o'clock,
the citizens of Bethlehem were aroused by en
alarm of fire caused. by the burning of a small
poition of the Zinc works across the Lehigh.—
Our firemen proceeded with their engines and
hose carriages to the scene of destruction, but
did not arrive until the small building known
as the Condensing and Packing room was con
sumed. This building being a small frame
one, rapidly disappeared, the inner floor of the
Drying House which were of wood covered
with sheet tin was destroyed ; here the fire ori
ginated, and owing to the extreme dryness,
soon burnt itself out, with the exception of this
floor: This building was not injured.
The roof of the now tour story buildings not
otherwise injured. To roach praise carinot , be
awarded to the efficient services of our fire men
who where prompt considering the , distance
and hard hauling of the apparatus around by
the Bridge.
Fortunately the Company had put up risteam
fire engine pump, built by W. IL Wortington
of New York, which whir' about 600 feet India
Rubber hose, 'contributed largely in preventing
more serious damage. • • ,
We. are assured by the Superintendani that
the loss will not exceed Sl.ooo.—Leh. Vet, Times.
Things in Washington.
Washington, Dec. 12.—Sami Effendi and Safli
Effendi, two Turkish, officers of distinction, Com
missioned by Abbas Paella, Vicetoy of Egypt, to
make a tour of observation through this country
visited both Houses of Congress today, habited
in rich and- tasteful uniforms. They are fine
looking men. of elegant manners, and attracted
great attention. They both speak the s English
language fluently.
The election to_day of Beverly Tucker, of the
Sentinel, as printer of the Senate, has created no
little surprise. Fifteen out of seventeen Whigs
present in the Senate, voted for him ; and also
Messrs. Douglas, Bright, Jones, of lowa ; Mason
Hunter, Atchison, Weller. Broadhead, Wright.
Thompson of New Jersey, and Adams. Mr. Bell
voted for Gen. Armstrong, and Mr. Jones, of
Tenn., for Messrs. Gales & Seaton.
Such is understood to be the vote, though some
reports include the name of Gen.Shitlds,insiead
of Mr. Jones, of lowa. The election is the topic
of general conversation to - night, and al: are sur
prised. Mr. Tucker is undeisiood to have said
this morning that he expected to be elected.
Buying up Members of CongreSs.
We are destined to .have stationed in Wash
ington, during the approaching session of Con
gress, from thirty to sixty ex.members, who come
to sell their personal influences in hard cash on
the nail and contingencies; their influences afore,
said for such consideration to be used to get
through Congress any legislation whatever de
sired to put money in the pockets of the payers.
Some of these gentlemen have fcllowed this huso
;Incas for years past, until they are well known
around the halls of Congress as "lobby members."
Their former position in the public services gives
them at all times an entree into both chambers,
which affords advantages for electioneering fur
schemes on the treasury, for which speculators
pay liberally. Their knowledge of the rules of
governing the tranaction of business also makes
them somewhat desirable agents. Thesentivan
tag,es, backed by the fact that, they are notorious
ly less scrupulous in their means of carrying
ther points than most others, have up to this
time rendered them so successful as profession
al legislative drummers that they have among
them shared much of the public money which
never should have left the treasury of the United
States. Little good it does them, however, as, in
spite of our laws and the ((forts of our police,
fait banks still flourish in Washington. We
shall have to keep our attention upon them affec. 11
tionately. As they show their hands we shall
inform the public; and more especially honest
members, what schemes on the treasury each
may have in hand, so that they may be aware of
the plots of these men. The rules of the House
and Senate should promptly be so amended as
that ex.members, claim agents, or drummers
shall be excluded from the halls, as other claim
agents are excluded.— Wqsliengton .S7ar.
Corpulence a Crime.—Mr. Bruce, in his Clas
sic and Historic Portraits, speaks of the dangers
of becoming too fat in Sparta:
.1 The ancient Spartan paid as much attention
to the rearing of men, as the cattle breeders in
modern England do to the breeding of cattle.—
They took charge of the firmness and looseness
of men's flesh, and regulated the degree of fat
ness to which it was lawful, in a free State, for
any citizen to extend his body. Those who dared
to grow too fat or too soft for military exercise
and the service of Sparta, were soundly whipped.
In one particular instance, that of Nauclis, the
son of Polybus, the offender was brought bafore
the Ephori, and a meeting of the whole people
of Sparta, at which his unlawful fatness was
publicly exposed, and he was threatened with
perpetual banishment if he did bring his body
within the regular Spartan compass, and give.up
his culpable mode of living, which was declared
to be more worthy,of an lonian than a son of
Lacedemon.
Value of I'rcperly in Georgia.—Notwithstand.
ing the money presure, we have many evidences
of the enhancement in value of property in our
State. A striking illustration of this fact we dis.
cover in the sale which took place on Monday,
in l3ulloch county, of some land and negroes be.
longing to the estate of the late Philip Cone.—
About four years ago the land, (as we learn of
parties intelligent in the matter) containing 1700
acres and upwards, could have been purchased
for $4 00. It was sold on Monday for thirty six
hundred dollars. As an index to the value of
slave property we may mention that one field
hand, thirty.seven years of age, brought fourteen
hundred and six dollars. Half grown negroes
sold at from seven to nine hnndred dollars.
Hunting Purly.—Sir George Gore, an English
Baronet, who was recently robbed of five thous
and dollars, in Illinois, had just concluded a
hunting excursion in the region of Lake Michi
gan, and was on route for Texas, with the inten
tion of passing the winter in that Slate. The
party had a perfect sporting outfit; tents, guns
ammunition, dog-keepers, and twenty•three thor
ough bred English hunting hounds. They nad
servants also, and some dozens of trunks and
carpet sacks of baggage.—St. Louis News. •
Lead—lt is estimated by the Galena (III.) Jef•
fersonian, in calling attention to the mineral
wealth of that region, that five hundred million
pounds of lead ore has been brought to the sur•
facefrOm the mineswithin the past twelve months.
Vast fortunes have been made in those , digjings ,
and there are "a few more left."
Died in a Iktink.—ln San Francisco, on the
10th, ult., a death occured in a most singular and
distressing manner. A lady had missed her child
only a year old. She supposed it had set itself
in the street, and advertised it, but could learn
nothing. On the 13th she bad occasion to open
her camphor wood trunk, and there lay her child
dead. It had fallen into the trunk, and in trying
to get out had pulled down the lid, which closed
with a spring and fitted so closely that the child
hid smothered to death.
School Land.—ln Wisconsin, the school-lands
are, at this moment, worth ten millions of did:
lots, and these lands, with all the revenue de
rived from them, are to be devoted to education.
al purposes for ever. •
England and France
i The Herald has special information, upon
which it places entire reliance, that on the elev
enth clay of November, in the city of London, a
most important irerity of alliante was agreed to
and sighed by Count VValewski on ihe part of
France, alid Lord Ciarendon, on the pail of Eng
land, ih reference to the Turkish question. The
treaty there concluded between the high contract 7
ing pnrties of England and France . " was de
spatched immediately by couriers to Berlin and
Vienna, with an intimation that from the day of
its arrival at each of these capitols a period of
seven days would be allowed to the Cabinets of
Prussia and of Austria to determine upon their
assent or refusal to enter into the arrangement.
If agreed to, well and good ; if rejected, It was
to be understood that France and England would
take the settlement and the responsibilities of
this Eastern controversy into their own hands.—
It is further understood that from the terms of
this treaty, Russia will be required forthwith to
evacuate the Danubian Principalities, or that, in
refusing, she hazardS the momentous consequen
ces of an immediate joint declaration of war
from England and France. And as the shortest
road to peace, when once this declaration is made
the Herald thinks we may safely assume that,
the active operations of the allies against Russia
will be of the most effective and formidable de
scription, by land and sea. We may count tip
, on the movement of 200,000 Frenchmen, in the
highest state of equipment and discipline, across
the Rhine and the Alps, to compel Austria and
Prusssia to show their hands. We may also ex
pect a simultaneous movement of the French and
English fleets near Constantinople into the Black
Sea, and that the extermination of the Russians
in those waters, will speedily follow; while, uni
less prevented by the freezing of the Baltic, anoth
er squadron, of the allies will no doubt at the
same time set sail for the latitude of St. Peters
burg. This positive and warlike alliance be.
tween France and England is due, first, to the
unmistakeable wishes of the French army, the
French people, and the natural inclinations of
the Napoleon dynasty, resting, as it does, upon
the glories and the unavenged disasters of the
empire. Secondly, this alliance against the tim
id and trifling expedients of Lord Aberdeen is
due to the force of the public opinion of England
which is beginning to have a voice even in the
foreign policy of the government upon questions
of such import as this Eastern struggle. Thus a
programme of prospective military operations is
opened before us of the most startling and impo•
sing grandeur.—Phil. Sun.
GLEANINGS
"Eleven thousand five hundred hogs have
been received at North Madison Indiana.
cir The holidays are drawing alarmingly near,
and—and—we are turkey less.
EV'A wise man being asked how old he was
replied, "I ant in health;' and being asked how
rich he was, said, "I am not in debt,"
LVIt is in contemplation to establish a Col
lege at Orwigsburg, :Schuylkill county using [he
old county buildings and grounds fdr the purpose.
CV'The salary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire.
land is $lOO,OOO a year, and he spends $130.000.
CV - The man who beats the drum for the
"March of Time," has gone td play on the “horn
of plenty."
13w - Pea nuts are so abundant in Tennessee
that the farmers are feeding their hogs on them
instead of corn.
Q 0-Six hundred hogs were slaughtered and
packed at St. Luuis on the 3d instant, for the Eng ,
HA market.
I'3' Always doubt the sincerity of a girl's love
when you see her wipe her mouth after you kiss
her.
"Taylor's great restaurant, in New York,
cost over half a million of dollars.
Expcnses of House. Keeping in IVadzinglun Cit
—Female servants, five to ten dollars per
month; oak wood, six dollars per cord; pine
wood, five ; anthracite coal, six to seven dollars
per ton. At market—best cuts beef, pork, and
mutton, 123 cents per pound; turkeys. 80 cents
to $1 75; geese, 623 cents to $1 123 ; chickens,
31 cents; partridges, 25 cents each ; pheasants,
$1 00 each ; rabbits, 19 cents; possums, 38 cents;
potatoes, of either kind, 38 cents - a peck; apples,
38 to to 02 cents a peck; cabbages, 8 to 10 cents
a head; turnips, J 0 cents a peck; butter 25 to 31
cents a pound; milk, 10 cents a quart, &c.
—Wayhinglon Globe.
Ileavy.Balances due "Uncle Sant."—ln the atr•
nual report of. the Treasury department, Mr.
Guthrie shows that the uncollected balances due
to government on the Treasury books on the 4th
of March last, exceeded one hundred millions of
dollars; of which amount over twenty millions
have been since secured, while about eighty mil.
lions still remain unsettled. . •
Orders have been issued to the accounting of.
ricers, directing them to use strenuous measures
to enforce settlement. .
Accident.—Quite a thrilling scene occured at
the Broadway Menagerie, New York, on Satur
day evening. As Herr Driesbach was perform
ing his feats with the trained animals in the cage
in the rear of the exhibition room, the tiger
sprang at him, knocking him down, and fasten
ing its teeth and claws upon Drirsbach's breast
and limbs. The cage contains
,a lion and lioness
the leopards and a tiger. The lioness had her
share in the fray. Mr. Moffatt, the atten
dant, ran to the assistence of Mr. Driesbach, and
dragged him from the den, the tiger retained his
hold until he was opposite the door of his own
cage, when he jumped in and crouched in the
corner, evidently enjoying the taste of blood.—
It is supposed the animals became intractable,
from the confusion of the place, and the intense
glare of the lights. Mr, Driesbach will be about
again in a few days.
l'iblimized.—An old man named A. C. Green,
of Easton, aged about 80, has been, victimized to
the amount of 82000 by two fellows wo inveigled
him into a suspicious position with a yonng wo
man also of Easton. It is a case very like that
of Dr. Stuyversant and the Seymours. Two men
who got the money came to this city, where they
are under arrest awaiting an investigation.—E.
thtlfelin.
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Remarkable Case of Petrification.
There arrived, within a few days, at the depot
of the Baltimore and Oh in Itaiiread , in this city,
an oblong box represented to contain a corpse ;
and it struck us as somewhat singular, it weigh
ed five hundred and fifty pounds,according to the
freight charges upon it. t.. 7 urinus to know some
thing more aboUt this mysteriou.s box than the
external marits indicated, we instituted sonic in
quiries, and derived the following information,
which as we get it from pretty good authority,
we are inclined to consider correct until we shall
receive better explanation :
'llse wife of a gentleman liVing in Nelson
countY;in this B tete,died sotne years ago, and
was interred in the USW manner. Being a na
tive of Woodford county, Kentucky, she had re
quested, before her death, tube buried beside her
kindred in the home of her childhood., From
accident or delay, her request was not coMplied
with, until quite recently her relations caused
her remains to be disinterred, when they were
found to be of the extraordinary weight mention
ed above—over/hie hundred . pbunds
At the time of her death her weight Was about
100. Only the foot of the coffin, which was still
in good state of preservation; was broken open,
when her feet were found to be in a perfect state
of peilifaction, the stone partaking of the chart
acter of tile hardest limestone formations in the •
locality of the grave. The inference is that the
whole body is thus completely petrified.
The gentleman in charge of the refnitins is
having them conveyed to Woodford coarnt Kr,"
according to the request of the deceased:i .. .
We omit the names of the deceased anfi her
relations as immaterial, to a matter which ap
pears, as near as we can judge, to be correctly
stated as above. Human petrifications are fare,
among the multifarious wonders of nature,
as they have been found, as the records of scib
ence attest, we hare no reason to reject this in
stance, one among the rarest results of a peculiar
combination of the physical elements.—Wheeling
White Craraix nod I - eds.—ln New York white
cravats and vests are out of date in fashionable
circles. They arc now the distinguishing badge
of servants in attendance. The editor of the.
New York Sunday Times, in alluding to the pres
ent fashion in that city, says : "A dandy friend
of ours, who had fur a few seasons given up
parties, attended one recently, and wishing to
honor the occasion in full dress, arrayed himself
in his wedding . suit, carefully preserved, and
was very much chargrined on finding that he
was the only man present besides the waiters
who sported a white vest and cravat."
A Cow fir Three Mumma! Dollars. Mr.
Thorne, of Washington Hollow, Duches, county
New York, lately imported a valuable, Durham
bull and other stock, by the steamer Hertnaon,
which were selected, without regard to costof
the best to be found in England. The bull is
stated to have cost five thousand dollars. By
the Washington, on her last trip, he received xi.
cow of the same breed as the bull, for which,
we are told, he paid three thousand dollars be
sides expense 01 her passage. This is probably
the highest priced cow ever imported. She was
accompanied by a two months' old elf . which
cost seven hundred and fifty dollars. Also, a lot
of South Down sheep, of superior quality.•
Lamartine's Marriage.—The story of the mar
riage of L:imatitine is one of Romantic interest.
The lady, whose maiden name was Birch, was
possessed of considerable property, and when
passed the bloom of youth she beclme passion
ately enamored of the poet, from the persual of
his “lileditations; for some time she nursed tills
secret sentiment, and being apprised of the em
barrassed state of his affairs, she wrote hit - filen:
Bering, him the bulk of her fortune. Touched
with this strange proof of her generosity, and
supposing it could only be caused by a prefer
ence for himself, he at once made an offer of his
hand and heart. Ile judged rightly, and the
poet was accepted.—Saled ji)r the Soliterl.
&cite of 111atrinamy.— 46 Boy, where is the
state of matrimony r "It is one of the United
States: It is bounded by hugging and kissing
on one side, and cradles and babies on the other.
Its chief products are population, broorn-siick i s,
and staying out o'nights. It was discovered by
Adam and Eve, while trying to finds north.west
passa;e out of Paradise. The climate is rather
sultry, till you pass the tropics of house keepjgg• ,
Then squally weather commonly nets in,.Wittt•
sufficient power to keep all handsas cool as on"
cumbers. For the principal roads leading to
this state, consult the first pail. of blue eyes pow',
run against."
0, Carry me back to Old Kentuck.-Soine time
last fall, says the Maysville (Ky.)
_Express, (Lq
Hon. R. H. Stanton permitted his negro !ocean
to go to New Richmond OHO, to see her relatletie
at that place prevented her return, and ran her ,
off to Canada. Upon her arrival* there, she tkiriitti
to her master, requesting him to come for her;
that she was unhappy, and wanted to come homel,
Her husband, soon after It was assettained.that
she had left followed her, and has joined her is
Canada. He writes home that the man who abr
ducted his wife, stole all her money and , jewelry,
and left to starve. They both express a warm.
desire to return home. In their new found land
of freedom, they have to work harder and 'farm
worse than in slave Kentucky.
Premiums on Babies.—We find in theJpapers
the following :—At the late Georgia State Fair a
premium of a silver cup was offered for the best
looking, native baby, and it was taken by a opioin,
islng' daughter of Robert Glover, Next•year the
premium for the same article will be s3o:'' The
competition will be brisk, and•'tve may' stibu ez•
pect an improved stock,
:mode and Exports of Me United ,St* ides.—Tho•
value of imports during the fiscal year ending
June 30th 1853, is $267,078.647, and of. exportsol
6230,452,250. Excess of irnp0rt5,5 37 , 526 , 3
17.
This is 'the largest excess of imports that has on
cured in any year since 1836. But, says , the
Secretary..m.fair estimate (or profits.on'our
ports and the freight of our vessels; UMW case
ihe balance of this account in our favor, withoue ,
estimating the money brought in by ern igrantst`
of which no account is taken."