The old lady's curiosity was no roused
tb the highest pitch.
'Henry Macon.'
'Macon ! Macon 1 . Why, was'nt that your
name before you were married ?
•It was.'
'Than he's a connection, is he 7'
.Ele is.'
'Du tell, if he is, then ? Not a cousin, I
hope. I never did think much of marria
ges between cousins.'
'Henry is not my cousin.'
'He is'nt. Not your cousin ! nut what
connection is he, then du tell, now ?'
.I.le is any youngest hrother.'
li ever there was rapid progress made in
sewing . and.knitting, by any circle of ladies
it was by those composing this society, for
the next fifteen minutes. Not a word was
uttered,-not an eye -raised.-.-- Had the latter
been done, and the roguish and expressive
glances which passed between Mrs. C. and
the who, tiriobserved, had stood on
the threshold, a silent spectator and curious
hearer, perhaps, mind you r we only say
perhaps, they might have guessed.more cor
rectly the name, character, standing and pro
fession of the widow's beau.
c~lle £eljiglj 111egi iter.
Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8,1851.
WThe proceedings of the meeting held at
Kuntzville, came too late to find ruom In the
' , Register" this week.
Tavern House Burnt. Down
On Monday, at about hall past one o'clock
in the morning, the Frame Tavern [louse, on
the South West corner of Seventh and Linden
streets, in Allentown, owned by Mr. Jacob ff
Haines, in %V hitemarsh, Montgomery county,
and occupied bylth. hlcay Lch, took fire and
was totally destroyed. The fire originated in the
kitchen. The ostler who slept_ above, was
awakened by the smoke, and gave the first
alarm. In stepping out of his bed, he found the
floor so hot, that ho could not stay to put on
his boots, he grabbed his clothes, and run down
stairs, leaving his watch and some clothing
which ha had hanging on the wall, and in
which he had sonic thirty or forty dollars •in
money to be devoured by the flames. Mr,
Leh and his wife and family barely escaped
the flames, leaving every article of clothing
and furniture in the ruins. One of the boarders
threw his trunk out of the second story window
and then made his escape the same way.—
The loss of the building is but little, and we
are told was insured in the North American
Fire Company, in Philadelphia, to its full
amount. The loss of Mr. Leh however, cannot
be less than six lanalred dollars, and not being
insured, falls heavily on , the old gentleman,
being entirely stripped of wearing apparel,
house furniture, &0.,
A meeting of the citizens of Allentown was
held on Monday evening, at the Court House,
at which such measures of reliefwere adopted
as the case demands. Collectors for each
Wardttmd Township were appointed for the
purpose of receiving contributions in - aid of the
sufferers. Tho following are the gentlemen
appointed in Allentown. North Ward—Peter S.
Wenner, Stephen Burger, John Eckert, and
Thomas Steckel. South Ward—Dr. J. P. Barnes,
Ephraim Grim, Conrad Stahr and Amos Elting ,
or. Lehigh Ward—J. T. ICleppinger and James
Kleckner. The list for the townships will be
published next week. It is to be hoped all these
gentlemen will enter upon their duties without
delay.
Mr. Leh, is a man of good character, of bene
ficent and amiable disposition, beloved and re
spected by all who are acquainted with him,
and we hope, therefore, the citizens of Lehigh
county will be generous in their contributions
towards making up his loss.
Almost a Fire
On Wednesday the Ist inst., a firo was near
breaking out in the dwelling house, occupied
by Mr. Emanuel J. Abele ) in West Hamilton st.,
Allentown. It appears the lamily had a box
placed behind the Stove, used as a depository
of wood and chips, in which the children had
been throwing fire Irom the Stove; the wood
ignited and before the inmates of the house
observed it, the box with the wood was in
flames. A singeing of the mantle frame was
all the damage that was done.
Good News !
The learn with pleasure that part of the corps
of Engineers engaged on the Railroad between
Allentown and Norristown, left our Borough
on Wednesday morning to meet the chief En
gineer Mr. Corson, with a yiew to a perma
nent location of the road. The subscriptions
thtis far made up,by the citizens of Allentown
have reached foil!, two thousand dollars, within
eight thousand of the (=Ant required of us.
There now remains no manner of doubt that
the requisite amount will be taken, namely $50,-
000. The subscriptions along the route exceeds
the most sanguine expectations. loNorristown
the subscriptions run up to near or quite *lOO,-
000. The balance of the Stock will be taken
by Philadoll•hia capitalists, largely interested
in the Norristown road. .
Gold Ore in North Carolina
We learn with pleasure that Mr. Remy A .
Wilson, son of Mr. John Wilson, formerly of
this place, has recently leased in connection
with several other gentlemen, the well known
"Bost Gold Mine" in Cabarrus county, North
Carolina, and have already taken out some
very rich specimens of gold ore. Several gen•
tlemen have formed a Co•parinership under
the firm of Wilson §. Co., and have leased 200
acres of land, on which several veins have been
discolored, one of which is 65 feet below the
surface. Three of them have already been tes
ted and profitably worked. In. one part the
ore on the surface gives indications of an abun•
dance of the precious metal. We wish Mr.
Wilson the best success in his undertaking.
A Ceineterk.
The Living and the Dead,
When we look abroad upon our fair land,
and view with a critical eye the improtements
and ameliorations which increasing taste, Intel
ligence, and enterprise hate already effected,
and are continually producing in the useful and
ornamental arts and refinements of civil life, is
it not surprising and lamentable to behold the
indifference and apathy which so generally
seems to exist in this section of country, as re
gards the condition, both with respect to nature
and art, of the last resting places of the depart
ed dead ! However universally revolting is the
idea, and particularly to the Christian mind, of
disrespect to, or indifference concerning the
disposal of the mortal remains of departed rela
tives and friends; however great the sacred•
ness which is attached to their repose; however
strictly their relics would be guarded lrom Mo
lestation, yet how little thought is generally be
stowed upon the situation of the spot, or care
given io the subsequent condition of the place
where
"Earth to earth, and dust to dust"
is entombed! How frequently do we see in the
country, an enclosure, either publicly or pri
vately devoted to this purpose, situated on the
highway, unadorned and unsheltered by aught
except perhaps a few rude and scattered trees
inappropriate to the spot, and its order or ar
rangement devoid of all taste or beauty; or ly
ing in some large, open, and entirely bare space
of ground, the spot of ground enclosed being
as bare as that around it, excepting of graves
and of the rank growth of grass, and weeds,
and briars by which they are almost hidden ;
or situated in the midst of a rude wilderness,
and the enclosure a wilderness itself, with not
only rank grass arid weeds, but spontaneous
trees, not less so, growing where and as they
please, in all the wild confntion of uncultivated
nature. Why make death so desolate? Why
make more painful arid revolting the duty of
consigning to the tomb and leaving to decay
the former tenement of the departed soul?
Why keep the regions wherein they repose, so
cheerless and forbidding? Can any ono doubt
the beneficial effect upon the heart and mind
of all but those who are destitute of sensibility
and reflection, of an absence for a while, and
particularly at the still evening hour, from the
din and turmoil, the corroding and distracting
care or thoughtless hilarity of active life, to
'walk among the tombs," hold converse with
Nature, and meditate
"While meditate we may."
Where amid scenes of rural beauty, and sur
rounded by trees and flowers, death seems di
vested of half its terrors ; the fears are tranquil.
ized ; and those influences secured, and asso
ciations cherished, which cast a cheerful light
over the grave. "Here springs up the soothing
voice of consolation in the midst of the silence;
the sorrows of the living are mitigated; and the
Mourner may revisit these shades with a secret,
though melancholy pleasure." llere both the
thoughtful and the thoughtless mind, withdrawn
for a while froni the vanities of time, may be
come solemnized ancrimproved by meditation
upon eternity. But need we wonder that such
a custom as this should be so little known as it
mostly is in the country, when we think how
cold and repulsive, how bare and barren, how
unpieturesque and uninviting is the aspect
which such grounds usually wear through all
seasons of the year, as well in that when in
the absence of other foliage the various ever
greens and the drooping willow may refresh
the sight, as when all nature around is richly
beautiful with the smiling verdure of summer.
We have made the foregoing remarks for
the purpose of getting our readers to take into
serious consideration a duty which they owe to
their departed friends—and as life is uncertain,
those who are now living will sooner or later,
be "gathered to their fathers." True it is, we
have at present a Cemetery within the bounds
of our Borough, but it being in the first place
too small and in the second, being in an 'im
provement district, will become is serious objec.
tion. A new association, however, has been
formed, who have it in contemplation of pur
chasing a tract of !and suitable for a Cemetery
near the Borough limits, to be decorated with
evergreens and weeping willoWs.
Delegate to Ilarrisburg.—The Whig standing
committee, at a meeting held on Saturday event
rug last, at the House of George Wetherhold, in
Allentown, appointed Aaron G. Reninger, Esq.,
a delegate to represent Lehigh county, in the
Whig State Convention, b e held on the 15th
of March next, at Harrisburg. Mr. Reninger, is
favorable to the nomination of Hon- Garrick
Mallory, as the Whig candidate for Governor.
Bank at Catasauqua.
The following is the bill to incorporate the
Farmers' and Mechanics' Deposit Bank of Cala
sauqua, Lehigh county.
Section 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of Ih o
same, That Jacob Dillinger, Reuben Guth, Ed.
ward Kern, Samuel Sieger, Jonas fiery, David
Thomas, Joseph Laubach, James S. Reese, Jere
miah Shindell, Jacob Deily, Owen Rice, Ed
ward Shriver, Jacob Mickley, Jr., Thomes But;
Solomon Fogel, Henry Goetz, Samuel Wea
ver, Charles Noll, William fiery, Peter Lau.
bach, Samuel Thomas, Aaron Eisenhart, Paul
Balliet, Joshua Miller, and John 'lllinnich, or
any thirteen of them, are hereby erected into a
body politic and corporate, with a capital 'of two
hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into
four thousand shares of fifty dollars each, with
the power to increase the same to six thousand
shares of fifty dollars each.
Section 2. That said corporation shall be en
titled to all privileges and subject to all the lia
bilities contained in the act entitled An act
to incorporate the Citizens' Deposit Bank of
Pittsburg, approved the twenty-ninth day of
April, Anno Dotnini, one tholmand eight hun
dred and fifty-three. '
Manufacture of Linens.
No country earl become great, or even con
tinue so, by depending on either commerce,
manufacttdes i or agriculthte alone. It is by
combining, all three pursuits that communities
grow rich. Pennsylvania, says the Evening
Bulletin, with her mineral treasures, her moun
tain valleys, her factories and her splendid
farms, is rapidly becoming the wealthiest State
in the Union, simply by the variety of her in
dustrial' pursuits.
Yet there is one manufacture, entirely neg
lected in our State, which might be prosecuted
to very considerable advantage. We allude to
the linen manufacture. Statistics prove that
about fifteen millions of dollars are annually
expended, by the United States, for linens, im
ported from Great Britain. Why could not
most of these linens, if not all, be made in
America? We have every facility here for the
undertaking. In fact, we possess many advan
tages, which are wanting to England, for while
there they are compelled to import the chief
part of their flax, because they have not land to
grow it, here we could easily cultivate sufficient
hemp to supply the staple for all the linens we
might consume.
It is an erroneous notion that the culture of
flax exhausts the soil unduly. Profeisor Wil-
son, who has devoted much attention to this
subject, recommends flax, on the contrary, as
an unusually desirable thing, asserting that it
ought to be brought into general favor with
farmers, on account Of its suitability to different
soils and climates,..the short period it occupies,
the ground, and the large market returns of an
average crop. Nor h.; this all that is to be said
in favor of tte culture. Recent improvements
enable the fibre to be prepared at a great saving
of both time and labor; and not only without
nuisance, but so that the waste products may
actually be used beneficially. It is strange
that, with these facts before them, more atten
tion is not devoted to raising flax. Even if the
linen manufacture should not be undertaken
extensively, the cultivation of flax will never
theless pay; for England would buy of us all
the flax we had to spare.
Other States, moreover, are beginning to
turn their attention to linens. Pennsylvania
should, not, therefore, be the one to throw away
her advantages. flinch of the prosperity of our
Commonwealth has arisen from our carryingon
agriculture and manufactures side by side.—
We should never allow any new branch of in
dustry, consequently, to escape us, much less
through our own sloth.
The Poor Housekeeper.
She was only a . poor housekeeper. Go where
you would about her home, there was neither
taste nor neatness. She would begin. viith
great avidity, but lose all her zeal before she
got through. Of her finished—one wanted
sieves, another a collar and wristbands, anoth
er a bosom and gussets, and so on through the
whole list. Several skeletons of quilts lay un
folded in her drawers, and her tables and wanks
were loaded with magnificent promises. .
Her bread was always unpalatable because
she forgot this br that—and though she had
been m arried ten years, in all that time the ta
ble was never rightly laid !or a meal. If / idler
the salt was wanting ; a knife or spoon, or some
important ingredient. This aflorded good ex
ercise for the family, and there was at all times
a continued running to and fro.
She was a poor housekeeper. Her meats
were never cared for after dinner, and then it
was "la ! throw it away, ii ain't much!' Much
or little, it makes the butcher's bill enormous
and her husband half destracted.—There al
ways stood in the musty smelly pantry, mouldy
milk, mouldy bread. There always laid about
her room a dozen garments worn out by tramp
ling rattier than use. She was forever tripping
over brooms, forever wondering why on earth
work came, so very hard to tier.
Her childrpn's clothes Caine to piece's the
first (lay, becauire they were only half made,
and her temper soured quicker than anything
else. She was continually larnerning that she
ever married,and wondered where some folks
got their housework. "Oh r dear me !" seem
ed to be the whole of her .vocabulary and it
would make one sad to watc4 her listless move
ments, and hear her declare that no woman
worked so hard as she, which was pretty true,
for she had no method.
She dragged through tile, and worried through
death, for which I fear, like every thing else,
she was only half prepared, and left six daugh
ter to follow - her example and curse the world
with six more poor houskeepers.—Ncw York
Organ.
Lehigh Nitvigation Company.
This Company has given notice that books
will be opened at their office on Monday the
6th of March, to receive subscriptions at par for a
number of shares not exceeding 10,000, increas
ing their capital for the purpose of paying their
indebtedness. One share will be allowed to
every four thut may be held by the stockhold
ers at the close of Wednesday, filarch Ist.
The subscriptions to be paid by the Bth of April,
in money, or in . 6 per cent. loans. The shares
are now selling at about $75. Tim par price
is $5O.
the _New Quarters.—We learn, through the
politeness df the Director of the Mint; J. Ross
Snowden, Esq., that the law which changed
the standatd weight of the silver coinage went
into effect on the Ist of April, 1853. In order
to distinguish the new issuea . from the form.
er coinage, arrow heads were placed on the
obverse, and rays upon the reverse sidesof the
coins. In the coins a somewhat rough appear.
mice, and their omission is an improvernent iu
their appearance.—Bicknell'i Rep.
Graham's 11lonlhhi Magazine.—Tho Match
uumber comes to us with its usual amount of
interesting matter. Mr. Graham deserves great
-praise for the ability with which this journal is
conducted. It should ho taken by the literati
throughout the lead.
tusiness Notices
We take pleasure in referring our readers to
the business card, of Messrs. Mickley i Jones,
who have purchased the well known Mill and
Foundery property at Fogelsvilte, Macungie
township, Lehigh county, and have thoroughly
repaired the Mill and Foundery buildings, with
a view of meeting the urgent demands in
that section of country, in these respective
branches of business. They are both young
and enterprising gentleman, calculated to gain
a host of friends. We trust their labors will
be justly rewarded.
Two Houses for Sole.—lt is not often that we
see property offered for sale in the thriving.
Borough of Cataimuqua, yet such is the fact,
our friends Weaver 4. Mickley, of that Borough
offer, two new brick houses for sale, they are
located in a pleasant part of the town. adjoining
which is also a vacant building lot. The only
reason for o ff ering this property at public sale
is to give all wishing to buy an oppotunity of at.
tending the sale.
Auction ! ! Auction ! ! !—Now is the your lime
to buy cheap. Attend the public sale of Dry
Goods, Groceries, &c., to come off on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, the 20th, 21st and 22(1,
of March next, at the Store of henry Grubb, op
posite Hagenbuch's Hotel, in Allentown.
Take it.—The New York Musical Review for
this week is a capital number. The music is
excellent, and consists of, Ist "That strain of
music,"—a glee arranged from Beethoven.-
2nd. "Wind, Oh Wind,"—a glee by Wm. B.
Bradbury. 3rd. "It is the Savior's voice,"—a
sacred song, by George F. Root. 4th. "I have
seen the Wicked in Great Poweria motet(
arranged from Grell. The reading matter is va
ried, instructive, arid amusing. Among the
humorous are, 'A Fiddle wi' a flavenly Croak,'
Mrs. Partington on Organs, Barnum's Chicken
Show Musically Considered, &0., &c.,—New
York vs. Boston, and other articles, constitute,
the editorials; while the musical news and mis
cellany are unusually full and interesting. Pub.
fished by Mason• Brothers, 23 Park Row, New
York, at $l,OO a year.—Cheap.
Groaning and Crying
The introduction of chloroform and ether, with
a view to prevent the pain of surgical operations
or blunt the effeets of nervous diseases, is hailed
everywhere as a great blessing to mankind.—
This view, however, is questioned, by a French
surgeon, who not long since published a disser
tation, in which he takes the ground that the
more groaning and crying during a painful sur
gical operation the better it is for the nervous
system. From the benefit which hysterical and
other nervous patients derive from groaning and
crying, he supposes. that by these processes of
nature the superabundant nervous power is ex.
hausted, and the nervous system is thereby 1-
dered calm, and even the circulation of the blood
greatly diminished. He relates a case of a man
who, by means of crying and bawling, reduced
his pulse from one hundred and twenty to fifty in
in the course of two hours! That some patients
often have a great satisfaction in groaning, and
that hysterical patients often experience great
relief from crying, are facts which no person will
deny. As.to restless hypochondriacal subjects,
or those who are never happy but when they are
under some course of medical dietetic treatment,
the French surgeon assures that they cannot do
better than to groan all night and cry all day.—
By following this rule, and observing an abste
mious diet, a person will effectually escape di
sease, and may prolong life to an incredible ex
tent.
Fatal Railroad Accident.—On Sunday evening
a locomotive and tender was despatched from
Lambertsville N. .1., to Easton, to ascertain the
condition of the road, after the heavy rain which
fell during that day. The engine proceeded in
safety to within a few miles of Easton, when its
course was obstructed by heaps of gravel, which
had been washed upon the track. The engine
was then backed down to Reiglesville, when it
was turned around and proceeded down the road
till within 13 miles of Milford, when the track
spreading, the engine and tender were thrown
off and precipitated down an embankment of ten
feet, to the edge of the river. At the iime this oc
cured about ten persons were on the engine.
The following is a list of those killed and in
jured: •
Owen Kennedy, a brakeman, killed—head bad
ly mashed; John Murphy, arm broken; James
Riley, leg broken; Aaron Slack, bridge of his
nose broken; William Mill, a.baggage master
badly bruised upon the breast; 11. Augustus
Williamson, engineer—legs bruised and faces
slighly cut. The others escaped injury.
At the time of the accident, the engine was go.
ing at the rate of about six miles an hour.
The / man Kennedy resided at Lambertville,
where he leaves a wife and one child.
A Splendid Diamond.—The fo'lliaving paragraph
in regard to a remarlcable diamond found in South
Amefica appears in the money column of the
London Times:
'•One of the largest diamonds known was de
posited yesterday at the Dank of England, by a
London house, to whom it was consigned from
Rio de Janeiro. Its weight. is 254 carats, and its
estimated value according to the scale, £5BO 000
It is said to be one of-the finest: order, and with•
out flaw, and was found by a negro slave, who
received his freedom as a reward."
They say there is no danger of Slavcry in Ne
braska.—Look at the Facts ! Mr. Orr, of South
Carolina, has introduced a bill into the House to
legislate slavery into the new territories. It of
fers a premium in lei"d for the importation of
slaves into the western country! After provid.
ing for allotments of° land to actual settlers
of the Indian tribes and half-breeds, it further
p rov id es t h at "to families who own slaves, in ad•
dition to the foregoing, there shall be allowed, it
less than ten slaves. one•quarter section ; if ten
and not exceeding fifteen, one section ; and for
every ten above that number, une.half section."
The more slaves, the more land! Do you hear
that, men of the North I Will you be deceived
by the barefaced lie that there is no danger!
Legislative •Proeeeditigs.
SENATE.
February 25.—Mr. Hiester, a remonstrance
from Derhs county, against a t9tate road from
Dengler's Inn to Allentown, Lehigh county ; also,
a remonstrance from one hundred and thirty five
citizens of Longswamp township, Decks county,
against the same.
February 27,--Mr. Fry, a petition from mem
bers of the bar of Lehigh county, for a law rela
tive to the fees of district attorney.
Mr. Fry, a bill to incorporate the Farmer's
mutual fire insurance company of Hanover town
ship, Lehigh county.
February 28. Mr. Ferguson, called up Senate.
bill No. 215, to incorporate the Farmers and Me ,
chanics' Deposit Sank of Catusauqua, Lehigh
county, which passed finally by the following
vote :
Yeas Messrs. Barnes, Crabb, Darlington
Darsie, Evans, Ferguson, Fry, Haldeman. Ham:
ilton Hendricks, Hoge, Kunkel, APOlintock,
M'Farland, Mellinger, Price, Skinner and Slifer
—lB.
Naya— Messrs. Buckalew, Cresswell, Good
win, B. D. Hamlin, E. W. Hamlin, !Lester, Jami
ison, Wherry and M'Caslin, Speaker-9.
March, 2. Mi. Fry, red a bill in place for the
appointment of commissioners to examine the
transactions and conduct of the Northampton
Bank, of Lehigh county.
Mr. Fry called up the bill appointing commis
sioners to examine into the transactions and con
duct of the Northampton Bank, of Lehigh county
which passed committee of the whole, and was
postponed on second reading.
March 3. The bill providing for the sale , of
the Public Works of the State was then taken up.
The pending amendment of Mr. E. W. Hamlin
increasing the price of the main line to fifteen
millions, was debated at some length and finally
negatived—yeas 12, nays 15.
Mr. Kunkel then moved to amend the bill, by
reducing the price to ten millions.
The amendment was debated at some length,
and was still pending when the Senate adjourned.
Afternoon Sosiun.—The Senate re - sembled at
3 o'clock, when the resolution from the Ilonie
providing for an adjournment from Tuesday
next until Thursday the 16th Inst., was taken up
and after considerable debate, was negatived.
The consideration of the bill for the sale of the
Public Works of the State was then resumed.
The amendment of Mr. Kunkel fixing the price
of the Maine Line at ten millions, was further
debated, and finally agreed to—yeas 16, nays 14.
The price of the Delaware Division was fixed
at three millions, and the Susquehanna and
North Branch Divisions at six millions, and the
section as amended, was then agreed to—yeas
18, nays 12.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March, 2. Ap . . Shenk, two from citizens of
Lehigh county, for the establishment of a bank
at Catasauqua; also, fur a bounty on the scalps
Il r 4 wild cats.
February, 3. Afternoon Session.— The House
reassembled at 3 o'clock, and again took up the
bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of in.
toxicating liquors in this Commonwealth.
An amendment was proposed simply submit.
Hag the question to a vote of th'e people, which,
after a lengthy debate, was disagreed io—yeas
43, nays 40.
The question was then taken upon the hill, and
resulted—yeas 41, nays 52. So the bill was lost.
March, 4. On motion of Mr. Beck, of Lycotn,
ing, the vote of yesterday, by which the Prohibi.
tory Liquor bill was defeated, was rerconsidered
when Mr. Davis of Crawford, submitted a new
bill, being substantially the bill of Mr. Cuuk, ex,
eluding the right of search clause.
Pending this amendment, the further consid
eration of the question was postponed, rind die
bill was made the special order for Monday. the
20th instant.,
GLEANINGS
white owl that measured 5 feet 6 inches
across from the tip of one wing to the tip of the
other, was shot on Tuesday, at the Derks Coun
ty Almshouse.
CE' Wni. Webb, aged 16, recently ran away
from Louisville, with Susan Roby, aged 13, and
got married--neither of their mothers knowing
they were "out."
I Young gentlemen who dress in tight pants
and bobtail coats have received the appellation
of “Shanghais."
la**lt is said that 150,000 copies (in English
and German) of Gov. Seward's Anti-Nebraska
speech in the United States Senate,• have been
printed.
English fruit Trade.—The New York Times
says last English circular accounts quot
ed railroad iron at .C 8 ss, and firm, after having
recently sold as cheap as £6 and .C 8 2s. 6tl.
We understand the agent's here for the principal
iron houses in England and %Vales are advised
that rails, free onboard ship, are worth .C 8 7s.
d. to £9 10s. The general activity in the orders
for every other description of iron, throughout
the kingdom, had the effect to reduce the pro
duction of rails, at the late prices; and now that
the inquiry from the United States has improved
there is some prospect of a short supply.
%
Liability of Individual. Bankers.—lt has ben
decided recently in the Supreme Court in the
State of New York that an individual establish
ing a bank is liable in case of failure to the ex
tent of all his private property, dr.e., as in the
case of a common debt. I!, has heretofore been
the impression that when what is commonly
known as a Circulating Bank fails, the holders
of the notes can only rook to the securities depos'
ited with the comptroller for the redemption of
the notes, and if on exhausting the same they
should be found insufficient for the final redemp,
tion of the whole issue, the holders arc the loos
ers: This decision, however, rules it otherwise.
In the case of Associated Banks, the rule as
formerly understood applies.
Vie Devii.--As a•pvinting office hat.
its "hell." it is essential that it should have its
devil." Franklin, too, was a • "devil";, bu t
through industry, temperance,economy and study
he attained' to high eminence in the civilized
world. Let all devils follow copy. •
Diplomatic Costume
The American Minister was exclutlH from
the House of Lords in England on the odcasioil
of the opening of 'Parliament, by rule requiring
diplomatic costume, the relaxation of Which', to
meet Ns peculiar case, was, it is said, fefused:
The London tzadiner has a sensible arlible
condemning this snobbishness, in the count of
which it says:.
Ent what, let us ask, is diplomittle costume
It is not necessarily Line anti a blaze of gold ern,.
broidery. It varies with the habit of nations
and tastes of Courts. The Persian does not ap:
pear like a blue bouts fly. The Turk has its pe•
cu liar dress ; and the American has also his tip
pointed diplomatic costume in a plain black coat.
his uniform is the uniform of simplicity. 'Hid
plainness may be in very bad taste ; but If instead
of a black coat, it was the pleasure of the Amerr
ican Government that its diplomatic agrnts
should clothe themselves in smock frocks, tf
would be incumbent on ourcourt to receive them:-
in that apparel., What right can we have to force , '
the representative of another power in a particu.,-
lar costume-, or, in default, to slap the door in iiiks
facet The representatives of different States`
may have different modes of wearing their gold.-
The monarchial wear it outside, the Republican'
carries it inside.
The plain black coat is typical of the' natinre
whose resources are not squandered in appear
ances but husbanded so as to make a mightly
power in reserve available whenever occasion
may arise. It is to he regretted that the Amerie
can Minister did not stand upon his right to ad
mission in the dre s ss diplomatically as signed'
him by his government.. Upon Lord Eh imber
lain would then have been thrown the absurd
difficulty of defining what is or what is not a
diplomatic dress, and a new boundary quett tion
would have arisen in the province of tailoring
and embroidery. After all, gold lace is not iden
tical with dignity. A savage chief, who desired
to equip himself completely in the English fash
ion, whit to choose a hat, and coed I not be pen
suaded that the fittest choice was not the livery
hat with the very broadest gold lace band and
binding. All others appeared mean and unstrit.
able to him. There may be the same sort of dis.
unction between the servants of nations in and
out of livery as there is between Servants of prit
vate estate establishments, and the lace may not
always express the highest pretension & dignity.
Correct Sentiment.—ln a brief but able address
on Saturday last,in which he defined his position
in the Prohibitory Law, Eli K. Price gave utter•
ante to the following truly .elevated sentiments:
I desire to be no party to any legislation that
will not bear the test of wisdom and of time ; and
none will that is not based on sound political
principles. It would be no consolation to me to
find my course approved by the popular applause.
but on the contrary, only make my self-reproach
the more poignant, if I should promote the en
actment of laws in conflict with the principles by
which alone the constitutional liberties of our
country must live and be perpetuated; for that
would be to mislead and deceive the people.
Brilidt Troops Recalled from Canada.—The
Quebec • m ercu ry' contains a rumor that ordent
have been received, requiring Gen. Rowan, ihe
acting Gum nor - General, to return to England.
and announcing, Geo. Wetherall as his succes
sor; also, that the 71,1 111ghlanders are ordered
to be in readiness to go °vet land to Halifa!,and
be conveyed thence to 6uuthamplon by a Cunard
steamer.
Bunk of Penn'a —Gen. Purrinnee, l Ile Auditor.
General, as a not nry fir the commonwealth, has
receivt d from the Bank of Pennsylvania, and
paid into the treasury, $40,532.10. This sum
was paid on a judgement rendered against the
bank for tax on dividends imposed by a general
law passed in 1848, which was resisted by the
bank, on the allegation that it did trot, apply to
that institution. The recovery settles a principle
upon which the bank will be compelled to pay
the State the further sum of $150,000 hereafter•
Sudden Death in the l'ulint.—Rev. John B.
Meachum, colored, pastor of the First African
Church in St. Louis, fell dead in the plalpit on
Sunday, the 20,h inst., while reading his text.—
His disease was an affection of the heart. He
was formerly a slave in Virginia, but was set
free, and went to St. Louis, where, nt one time
he was at the head of a large coopering estab.
ment, and next an extensive dealer in real estate
and owner of a bilge amount of steamboat stock-
But for reverses of fortune, it is supposed ha'
would have left his family $300,000 or $400,000,
As it is he leaves them a comfortable fortune.
Penns/111 , watt Lemming Elp!—Dy the census. it
seems that our State contains about threeifourths
of the entire number of weavers in the whole
Union. She has 23.310, while all the. other
States have but 853.3.
A Large Pear Trce.—lienry Ward Beecher*,
tells of a pear tree in Illinois, about ten miles
from Vincennes, Ind., that bore 184 busheli or
pears in 1840 of large size. One foot above
ground it girth; 10 feet, and its branches spread;
over a space of 00 feet wide . . It is said to be•
about 60 years old.
Nearly all Gone.—Gen. Houston sap that of
three hundred members of Congress in attendance•
when the Missouri compromise was passed, thirty
tytthree years ago, only three rcmain—Benioa.
Iverett and himself.
Cure fur Erysipelas.—A simple poultice made•
of cranberries, pounded fine and applied in a rawr
state, has proved a certain remedy in many ca
ses, and has never been known to fail in any in.
stance, when applied on its making its appear—
ance. Persons troubled with the humor will find'
great and immediate relief, by applying this siro.-
ple remedy every time it shows itself,
• Norristown in 1795.—... Norristown, the chief
town of Montgomery county, beautifully sittiat4
on the north side of Schuylkill river, at the mouth.
of Stoney creek. It contains about 20 dwellings
a handsome stone courthouse and Lail,: and' in
elegant stone building fur keeping the records . of
the county." The town Inks Set wn son:teeth::
since that tune.,
fa'f.ouis Napoleon has decreed the coinage
of five and ten franc pieces, In gold.