Zl)t ilegigter. Allentown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26,1854. FOR GOVERNOR: JAMES POLLOCK, Of Northumberlund County. 701 CANAL COMMUALONER : GEORGE DARSIE Of Allegheny County. Mt JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. DANIEL. M. SMYSER, Of Montgomery County. Acceptance of Whig Nominees. Mr. Edie, Chairman of the Committee ap pointed by the Whig State Convention to no tify the nominees of their selection, publishes in the Somerset Whig, their letters ofsaccep tance. Mr. Darsie's letter accepting the nomi nation for Canal Commissioner says : "I fully appreciate this mark of confidence of the convention and frankly accept the nom ination, with the assurance that, if elected, I shall endeavor to discharge the duties of the office with fidelity." Judge Pollock'a letter says:— "A nomination unsolicited and unexpected, and conferred under circumstances so gratify ing to myself, ought not to be declined. In ac cepting the nomination thus tendered I yield my own, to the wishes of my friends, and assure you that the selection of some other candidate would have given me more pleasure than to be myself the nominee. • "The Resolutions of the Convention, and the principles they embody and sustain, meet my cordial approval." Judge Stnyset's letter details the reasons which govern him in accepting the nomination. He thinks that "while judicial honors may be aspired to as the fit rewards of well directed ambition, they should not be sought after or obtained through those means which are gen erally considered legitimate in the pursuit of political preferment." Borough Engineer We are pleased to state that our Town-coun cil have at their last meeting 'appointed Adolph .Aschbach ) Esq., Borough • Engineer. We have no doubt this appointment will give perfect satisfaction, as Mr. AEchbach is a gentleman of great talents and much experience. He is at present engaged in drafting a map of Lehigh county. • Catasauqua Railroad On the 17th of April, Major Fry, in the Sen ate called up the supplement to the act incor porating the Catarauqua and " Fogelsville Plank Road Company." The supplement gives the Company the right to lay rails instead ot ptana. /LIU UHL piteecu little or no opposition. The same bill was cal led up in the House or the 19th instant, on mo tion of Mr. Johnson, of Northampton, where it also passed by a vote of 74 to 4. Mr. Lea ry, voting in the negative.. The granting of this road was strongly op posed, upon the supposition that it would great ly injure the business of Allentown We can not agree with those who think so, although we at one time harbored the same idea. Time will prove to us that this road is only intended for the transportation of iron ore, limestone, &c. It is laughable, however to listen to the threats uttered by the citizens against Major Fry, for having called up and voted for the bill, where only a few months back he so faith fully promised to defeat the project, and do all against it he could. This is, however, a matter that don't concern us, the Major will have to fight out his sins with his own political party. Important Decision. Judge Pearson, of Harrisburg, recently made an important decision as to the power of Courts of Quarter Sessions to revoke licenses. A rule was granted on James Gowan, of Harrisburg. to show why his license should not bo revoked, on account of violating the law, in selling li quor to a minor and apprentice; also for cei ling on Sunday. It was proved that he sold liquor on Sunday, to a minor apprentice, and to several others; and two records of convic. Lion were produced, the one by'a justice of the peace for selling liquor to said minor appren tice, the other by a different magistrate for sel ling on Sunday; both of which offences were committed since the rrnewal or his license at the January Court. Under these facts, Judge Pearson, in an able and elaborate opinion•., de cided that the Act of March 11, 1834, invested the Courts with power to revoke licenses. The power is a discretionary one with the Courts, to be exercised or not as the special facts might indicate. Mr. Gowan's license was revoked. The decision so important, as doubt has ex. i.ted as to whether Courts, have the power to revoke licenses fur violations of the Sunday Act and solling'to minors. Concert.—The members of the "Library As, sociation" of the Allentown Academy, will give a concert of vocal and. instrumental mu sic, at the Odd Fellows' Hall, on Wednesday Evening, May 3d, 1854, for the benefit of the association. The object ia a laudable . one and all lovers of good tousle should not fail to be in attendance. %Ye have no doubt the young gentlemen who have the matter in charge will acquit themselves to the satisfac• don of the audience. .Overlocked—The Democratic State Central Committee is announced in the "Democratic Utlid e n" of Saturday last. It consists of fifty one members. Every prominent county in the State has a member, and some have two, but Democratic Lehigh has been overlooked, it does not appear in the list. "Lehigh can't do Wiwi" by' being thus blighted. ' New Iron Company. A bill has just passed the Legislature of our State incorporating a new Company for the manufacture of iron, under the title of THE rHOML3 IRON COMPANY, with a capital of $200,. 000. David Thomas, Esq., of the Crane Iron Works, is at the head of the Company. The site selected for the Works is on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, one mile above Catasauqua in Lehigh county. Two stacks have been al. ready commenced, and two largo Engines 01 sufficient capacity to drive four stacks, have been ordered. It is the intention of the Com pany to complete the Works as soon as pos sible, and put them in operation: The works will be under the charge of Mr. Din]) Thom- As, who is one of the most skillful and experi enced Iron Masters in this country, and one one of his sons who is thoroughly acquainted with the business. Wel learn that the follow ing gentlemen are Stockholders to the amount set opposite their names, with a few others, whose names we are not informed Of. Russell S. Chidsey, Easton, $lO,OOO Peter S. filichler, " 10 000 John Drake, 10 000 Derrick Hulick, It 10 000 Dr. Dotwiller, 11 10 000 Carman Randolph, " 10 000 John T. Knight, " 5 000 Daniel Whitesell, " , . 5 000 13. F. Clark, New York, 15 000 David Thomas, Crane Iron Works, 15 000 E. A. Dougass, Mauch Chunk, 15 000 Judge Marsh, New Jersey, 10 000 Mr. Talcott, Engineer Mor. Canal, 10 000 John Brown & Co., Whites Haven, 10 000 J. Siugmaster, Stroudsburg, Pa. 10 000 C. A. Luckenbach, Bethlehem, Pa. 10 000 Augustus Wolle, 5 000 Matthew Krause. et 5 000 A Meeting of the Commissioners named in the act, was held at Mrs. White's Hotel, in Easton, Pa., on Tuesday evening, at which lime C. A. LUCKENBACH, was chosen President Pro. Tern., and C. A. RANDOLPH, Secretary Pro. Tent., to officiate, until permanent officers are elected which will be in the course of a few weeks. Baokstanding School Districts Section I. That the several school districts of this Commonwealth, which did not avail them• selves of the provisions of the different acts of Assembly relating to common schools, and making annual appropriations to school dis. tricts, upon conditions prescribed in said laws till after the first day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty•one ; but have since that time complied with all the provisions of the acts above referred to, shall, in addition to the annual appropriations made under existing laws, be entitled to monies paid into the county treasury by such districts for State purposes, for the next ensuing school years, which money so deaucted, shall be paid to the treasurer of the board of school directors at bUltli ecuuut tlicsill,to, land .hull lie exclusive ly appropriated to the erection of school hou ses in such school districts. Scction 2. That all school districts which shall organize and comply with the requisitions of the school laws above mentioned, prior to the first day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-tive, shall come under the provisions and be entitled to the benefits of of the foregoing section. Sale of the Public Woorks The House of Representatives having con curred in the Senate amendments to the bil for the sale of the Main Line of the public works, and the bill is now in the hands of the Governor, who although opposed to the sale, cannot we believe venture to refuse his signa ture to so popular an act. The bill fixds the price at ten millions which with the appropria lion asked for, the ensuing year, would come to thirteen millions of dollars for the lini3. Small Note Law. Our readers will recollect the mention we have made some three months ago, of nu merous suits instituted in regard to the small Note Law. The case of flaxen, Davis, Morris and Lawson, charged with conspiracy for en• deavoring to extort $llO,OOO from the Pennsyl vania Railroad Co.—was concluded, at Pitts. burg. Mr. Stroxr.s for the prosecution made an eloquent speech to the Jury. Judge Alcaunn charged the Jury strongly for the prosecution, and after an absence of three hours the Jury returued a verdict of guilty. Mr. Stokes mov ed for sentence forthwith, when it was found that none of the defendants were present.— Their bail was forfeited and warrants issued for their arrest. Hazen and Davis were taken and committed to jail, but Morris and Lawson have not yet been found. Buffu/ocs.—As an Item of news, we give an account, as related to us by Col. Vaughan, of the number of Buffaloes killed annually within the bounds of his agency, where the American Fur Company are operating and trading with the Indians. lie says he has taken some pains to ascertain, and from the best information he can get, he estimates the number will not fall short of four hundred thousand. lie says not less than 100,000 robes have been shipped by the two companies trading within his agency within the last year, 150,000 are destroyed, and a number of the hides used by the Indians to make their lodges. They are compelled to make them very, secure, to preserve them from severe winter. Large numbers, of the buffalo freeze or starve to death in winter in the snow banks which for months are found in drifts of from five to ten feet in depth, and numbers of them are drowned in crossing the Missouri Riv er in large herds by crowding upon one another. Murder in Tumnuqua.—A young man named Richardson, son of the late Aaron Richardson, coal, operators of Tamauqua, was . killed in a porter shop at Ihat.place on Monday night last. Three Germans were arrested and committed to prison on the following day, to answer the charge of committing the murder, Whig State Convention In pursuance of the direplions of the late Whig State Conventior, =Wm. F. Johnston,. President, has selected the following gentle men to compose the 'State Central Committee for the present ear: Col. A. G. Curtin, of Centre county, Chairman, Gen. Wm. Lorimer, Allegheny county. COI. C. O. Loomis, " if Frederick Gentling, Philadelphia. • Joseph B.Aleyers, ' . lion. Wm. B. Reed, Stephen Miller, Dauphin county. Jot.n Covode, Westmoreland " Theo. E. Franklin, Lancaster " Hon. H. M. Fuller, Lnzerne H. D. Maxvrell Northampton " L. A. Mackey, Clinton " David Taggart, Northumberland county. The Accumulation of Wealth. It is computed, on calculation furnished by the census returns, that 663,000 hew houses have boon built in the United States in the last six years, which, at an average of $lOOO, would add 6663,000,000 to the wealth of the country, to say nothing of the furniture necessary .to the habitations ; the shipping and railroads, however, would increase this amount to over $1,000,000,000. In addition to this, all the vast sums for factories, insurance companies, &c., will swell the aggregate without having made any pe.rceptiblo increase in the amount of stocks held abroad. The Two Emperors The language held by Nicholas of Russia to the British Al in ister, in relation to the partition of Turkey, cannot but incense Louis Napoleon. It seems that the Czar regarded France as of no importance whatever. Nay, he at one time offered to assist the Sultan against the French, and said that if he would only secure a good understanding with England, he would care nothing about the rest. There never was m uch love between the two Emperors, and now we may look for some policy on the part of Lou is Napoleon, calculated to teach the Czar that France is not so powerless or insignificant as he has ventured to intimate. The London Morning Herald, alluding to the corrospond. ence, says: "The Czar gradually, cautiously approaches the subject of his destined clime. He unveils his meaning by degrees. He says enough for his hearer to guess the rest, and stop there. How is he met ? With prompt, in dignant denial. With the simple statement of fact, 'Turkey is not dying, and we do not mean that she should die ?" No, the scarcely-veiled p:oposals of partition is listened to— repeated —looked at in every shape, and repudiated at last in language so faint, that the Czar might well be excused for deeming it insincere. We do not say that Lord Aberdeen yielded to the temptation, bnt we say that he allowed himself to seem on the vergo of yielding, and by that vacillation encouraged the Czar to act. Deci• pion oanno Inn Into, and Europa is involved in war, and thousands of lives will be sacrified, because an English minister has shown him self, on a great emergency, not indeed 'credu lity alone is no sufficient explanation of his conduct, but vacillating, insincere, and weak." General News Massadiusells. The bill emendatory of the Liquor Law was passed to be engrossed in the house to day, April 18, without debate, by a vote of 152 yeas to 124 nays. Rhode Island.—Hon. N. R. Knight, formerly United States Senator from this city, died at Providence this morning April, 18. California.—There are in the California Leg islature seventy five marriageable bachelors, thirty eight who rejoice in the possession of a a wife, and one who is a widower. The age of the oldest member of the Legislature is forty.six that of the youngest twenty-three. Netv York.—The State Legislature has ad• journed—and everybody is thankful. It costs the New Yorkers a large amount of time and money to vest Albany, and to stop stealing and plundering, under form of Legislation—and de spite all their efforts, they can scarcely restrain there scheming cupidity and rascality. • Oregon.—The delegate froth Oregon, Mr. Lane, has introduced a bill to authorise the People of the Territory of Oregon to from a Constitution and State Government,preparatory to admission into the Union as a State. The bill was referred to the Committee on Territorlis. It is stated that Oregon is increasing in population and re sources with great rapidity. Kenlitcley.--Charlcs Henderson, Esq., of Dan , ville, Kentucky, has emancipated twenty/two of his slaves to go to Liberia, under the direction of the Kentucky Colonization Society, in the May expedition from that State. He has also purchased the husband of one of his women ser vants at the price of $l,OOO. He 'gives to them a full outfit, and to the Kentucky Colonization Society $5OO. Territories. The Extent of Territories in the United States : New Mexico, 119,774 square miles; Indian, or Kansas, 187,171 ; Minnesota, Bj,ooo ; Oregon and Washington, 341, 408; Utah, 187,9'23; Nebraska and Northwestern, 724,264. Total, 1,336,639 square mass.. Jllissourri—The case of James M. Barker, in, dieted for high treason, in resising the service of the legal process of the Courts of the United Slates Circuit Court at St. Louis on the 10th in.. slant, on application to admit the prisoner to bail. After hearing an argument by counsel in behalf of the accuseed; the Court overruled the application. Nebraska.—According to the Sundusky Mir ror, there are in Ohio twenty.eight Democratic papers opposed to the Nebraska bill, and but nine in favor of It, so far as that paper has been able to ascertain. New Jersey. We see that Sunday labor upon canals and railroads will be entirely pro hibited in Netv Jersey, after the fourth day ofJu, &next except for the transportation of the mails or for milk. At the .late session of the legisla ture of that State, a very stringent law upon this subjects was enacted, which received the ap .proval of the Governor. Legislative Proceedings. SENATE. April 15. Amendments made by the House to the bill relative to establishing and changing the places of holding general elections through the Commonwealth, were taken up. vit4r. Darlington"olfered the following amend. meat: "That the courts of quarter sessions shall have authority within their respective counties, to devide any borough, ward or township, into two or more election districts, to alter the bounds of any election districts, or to form an election district out of parts of two or more adjoining townships, so as to suit the convenience of the inhabitants thereof, and to fix the place of hold ing elections, and app6int the election officers pursuant to the provisions of section second of this act: Provided, That no district so formed shall contain less than One hundred voters ; and the proceeding had in the case of such division or alteration, shall be the same as inthe erection or alteration of the lines of townships;' adopt. ed, as follows. Yeas-16.- Nays-14. April 17. Mr. Fry, called up the supplement to the act incorporating the Catasauqua and Foglesville plank road company, which passed April 18. Amendments made by the House to the bill incorporating the Farmers' and Mechan• ics' Batik at Allentown, were read and concur red in. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 11. On motion of Mr. Laury, of Lehigh, Senate bill No. 213, an act to incorporate the Farmers'. and Mechanics' Deposita sank, of Al lentown, was taken up and upon the final pas , sage, the yeas and nays were required, and were as follows; Yeas-29.• Nays-23. Mr. Bush called np a bill to incorporate the Northampton and Lehigh horse insurance com a pany, for the insurance of the lives of horses and the apprehension and detection of horse thieves, which passed finally. April 18. Mr. Chamberlin (select committee) reported a supplement to an act to reduce the expenses of collecting State and county taxes in certain counties, which, upon motion was taken up and passed. Mr. Laury, called up the bill relative to haw• kers and pedlers in Lehigh, Dauphin, Sullivan Wyoming and Bucks counties, which being on final passage. Mr. Bush moved its further consideration be postponed fur the present ; which was disagreed to. The bill then passed finally. April 19. Mr. Struthers•called up Senate bill, No. 215, an act to incorporate the Gatasauqua deposite bank, at Catasauqua, which passed sec. and reading and; was ordered to be transcribed fur a third reading Mr. Johnson called up Senate bill No. 224, a supplement to an act incorporating the Catasau qua and Fogelsville plank road 'company, which paced finally ; yeas 74, nays 4. The State Lunatic Asylum In the annual report of the State Lunatic Hos, ;that, for the year 1853, are found the following interesting facts: The number of patients in the Hospital on the 31st of December, 1852, was one hundred and six; males, fifty.nine— females, forty•seven.— One•hundred and sixty.three patients have been admitted during the year just closed, ninety-five of whom were males, and sixty,eight females, making the number under treatment during the year, two hundred and sixty.nine. Eighty-seven patients have been discharged, fifty-five males, and thirty-two females, leaving in the Hospital on the 31st of December, 1853, one hundred and cigthy two patients: ninetyinine males and cigh. ty,three females. Of those discharged, the number restored was 27 ; Improved, 15; Stationary, 21 ; Died, 17 ; El oped, 7. The causes of death were, in one case acute inflamation of the brain; in five cases, (he exhaustion consequent on chronic mania; in three cases paralysis ; in two cases, diseases of the lungs and in one case, gradual decay of the vital powers. Among the supposed cases of insanity, are 34 from ill health; 14 from domestic trouble; 10 from intemperance and 171 from unknown causes.— Of these patients, 261 are from Pennsylvania -118 married ;24 widowed, and 176 single. The length of time insanity was m anifest before ad. mission into the Hospital, varies from 1 to 35 years. Among these, were farmers 61 ; wives of fat mers 27; laborers 30: wives of do. 10 ; &nigh_ ters of do. 10; giving the singular fact that in_ stantly is found to exist 98 per cent among the “tillers of the soil," their wives and children.— Among laborers and their families, 46 per cent; among other classes but from 1 to 6 per cent. The City of G laxgotv.—This steamship has now been out fifty days. She has on board above three hundretl passengers, and a cargo valued at a million of dollars. The Philadelphians are anxious to here of her protracted absence, and it is feared that she has met the fate of the Pres. ident, from which no tidings were ever received. The Philidelphia papers, however, still cling to the hope that she is safe, and refer to the case of the Atlantic, which was unheard of, for a longer period of time, and eventually succeeded in mak_ ing her way back to Liverpool. A subscription is' on foot to charter a steamer to•go in search of the Glasgow. Heaven speed her on a success ful errand. Gratifying A'cre's.—Decidrdly the most cheering item of news from Washington, the past week, is to the effect that Mr. Hiestet, from this State, who was honored by Speaker Boyd, with the im portant position of a. membership of the House Committee on Public Lands, has succeeded in carrying through that committee the proposition some time since introduced In the Senate, by Mr. Cooper, of a grant of land by the general govern ment of a million and half of acres, the proceeds of which ate to be applied to the construction of the Sunbury and Erie Railway. Not Nice.—Two old men, Inmates of the poor house, at Pomfret, Vermont, on the 27th ult., got into a quarrel, which ended in the death of one of them. The survivor, whose names is Peter Nassau., according to the census of 1850, is 123 years of age. GLEANINGS UTA true business man bears prosperity without boasting and sustains a loss without grumbling. arEvery scene in life is a picture, of which some part is worthy of attention. Cr. The Ohio State Journal office, at Colum. bus, has been sold to A. Follett and W. F. Perry foP $20,000 cash. EV"John 'l'raggart, treasurer elect of Morgan county, Ohio, died with the cholera at New Or leans recently. CT Sum snaix" in a log were discovered on a plantation in Georgia last week—twenty.eight full grown rattle snakes. UT Cul. John W. Forney; Clerk of the House has become an equal partner in the Washington Union newspaper. IV - A gentleman of Meadville, writing to a mercantile friend in Pittsburg„ states that a par ty of five shot 840 pigeons in one day last Week. rir.Boys are like vinegar—the more "moth er," there is in them, the sharper they become. arThe State Bank of Indiana was lately rob. bed by a clerk, of $1.0,000 in notes. `'"Chore are twelve brickyards at Colum., bus, Ohio, and several of them, it is said, have large contracts for backs ats4 per thousand. Orlt is stated that since the Ist of "%low( mher last, $500,000 worth of tobacco has been 5.1.1 at Louisville Ky. ll:V'Two thousand German emigrants Were at Antwerp, at the latest dates waiting for vessels to take them to the United States. rP"The population of Montgomery, Ala., is 6395. 3600 are whites and 3095 blacks. Emilius Nimch has been appointed Post Master at Llutztown, Northampton county, in place of J. 0. Bilheimer, Esq., resigned. c o- There are two things that modest men should never undertake—to borrow money and study law. EV'llon. Thomas F. Marshall, of Kentucky who made such a sensation here twelve years ago as a Temperance lecturer, has again be. come a scottish drunkard. ritr Prince DcmidotT promises to contribute $500,000 per annum to the expenses of the Rus sian war as long as it lasts. 13r More then half the docks made in Cor4 necticut are sent to England. Col. Colt., has received on order frnm the Brit• ish Government for 4000 revolvers fur use in the fleet. 11.37" A child, daughter of John Fry, of Rtllphe township, Lancaster co., aged about 2 years, died on Tuesday last from eating matches. 11l temper puts as many briefs into the lawyer's bag as injustice. - pj'The Franitlin Fire insureance Company of Phi Idelphia, has declared a dividend of six per cent, upon the capital stink for the last 6 months, Disgusting Custom. In Chili, when a Child dies not exceeding three or four years of age, its parents do not la_ ment or grieve' for it, which they would considi er heresy. As soon as the child commences to agonies of death, its parents make preperatimis for feasting it. The day of its death, they kill the fatted calf, and all the turkeys and fowls there are in the house: they also buy a barrel of Mosto wine, hire singers and dancers, and spread the report that Don so and-so, will celebrate the Lime angel. When the child is dead, it is drew, sed and decked with flowers of all kinds, its face is smeared with crimson. and it is then seated on the table to preside and authorize the feast. The Little Angell saw was adorned just as I have described it. Moreover, that the child may ap pear alive, they place two small sticks between the eyelids—the eyes remainin; thus forcible open. At the arrival of the singers, revellers and dancers, the feast commences,and very soon it is converted into the most furious, licentious and unbounded carousal. The parents encourage and stimulate the rev 41s ; and the more the father drinks and encour ages the company, so much more glory, will the Little Angel enjoy in Heaven. The parents do not give this feast with the sole object of celebra, ting and increasing the glory of their Little angel. The carousal helps them to sell their beef, ca• zuela, chanchito arrollado, cidcr.and the Mostor; and after twentrfour hours find they have made a clear profit of $2O or $3O. The fathers spec ulation does not end here. Alter he has spec• ted with his chile's body, he lets it out to the highest bidder for twentrfour hours, who follow ing the father's course, recovers his expenses, and ten or twelve dollars in the bargain. In this manner, the Little Angel goes round as vile merchandise, 'giving its hirers the mean fruit of a corpe's profanation. The Little Angel I saw was in its third hire, and begining to decay, in spite of the incense and eau de cologne that soothed the smell of corruption. Boiled!, fur the Bite of a Mad Dog.—As a cry of mad dog has been raised, the following, which we clip from an exchange, may be worth a pe rusal: "A Saxon Forester, named Gestell, now of the venerable age of 82, unwilling to take to the public in the Leipsic Journal, the means which he had used for fifty years, and where with he affiruis, he has rescued many human be• ings and cattle from the fearful death of hydro phobia. Take immediately, warm vinegar or tepid water, wash the' wound clean therewith, and then dry it ; pour then a few drops of ma ntic acid, because mineral acids destroy the poi son of the saliva, by which means, the 'evil ef• fects of the latter is neutralized—Lou: Courier Census.—ln Pennsylvania, according to the census of 1850, there was one clergyman to eight hundred and fifty inhabitants; vne lawyer to ev" ery nine hundred and twenty.four ; and one phy, sician to every five hundred and sixty-eight. Important Invention,—J. Ging, of Pottsville, has invented an 'important and valuable machine for cutting stone. Its capacity for labor per day is equal to forty men. It is constructed on a prin, cipal different although from anything heretofore tried. The stones ; when finished on the faces, will be equal to the finest tooling. It is able to cut the smallest moulding, without either break. ing or stunning any of the membes. *Application is about being made for a patent. M. Ging is a practical stone cutter, and thoroughly under. stands the wants of this branch of business. The New Dog Law. The following bill in relation to dogs in Alle. gheny , Chestei, Northampton, Sknylkill and Lan caster counties, having passed both•brances of the Legislature. has become a law. It will tie interesting to Many of our readers: Section I. That the respective Clerks of the Courts of Quarter Sessions of the counties. of AL leghany, Chester, Northampton, Schuylkill and Lancaster shall, as soon after the passage of this act as possible procure a docked at tile expense of the proper county for the registering of dogsiri the manner following, viz: the owner of any dog , ' within either of said counties, who shall furnish to the Clerk aforeside a description' of his of her such'dog, giving the name, age color, height, and s marks, descriptions end designation as he or she may be able to give. The Clerk shall enter the . the same at length on his docked, and furnish the owners with a certified copy of the viii str i so made, which service the Clerk shall receive' the sum of one dollar, one•half for the use of the county in which such registry is made. Section 2. That the owner of any dog so regist tered, selling the same, may transfer such certi; ficate of registry to the purchaser, who, on pre. seating it to the Cleric, shall note the transfer on his docket, and indexing the same shall stand' to his or her advantage; and so all future pur.: chasers observing the provisions of this section, as fully and effectually as for the person in whose name the same was first registered, for .which entry of transfer and indexing the same the clerk shall de entitled to receive the sum of twelve and a half cents. Section 3. That all dogs registered according to the provisions of this act hereby declared to be personal property ; And such dogs so regist tered as aforsaid, shall be as much the subject of:larceny as any other kind of personal proper. qr. and every person so stealing and taking away such dog, shall be liable to prosecution and in dictment in the Court of quit-ter Sessions, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to such fine or imprisonment, or both, as the Court in their discretion may ibink proper. American Young Men American history presents many remarkable Instances of young men taking prominent and commanding stations at an age which would be very young in other countries. We subjoin a. few striking examples, from the list of those who have passed MI the stage of human ac- At the age of 29, Mr. Jetlerson was an influ ential member of the Legislature of Virginia. At 30 he was a member of the Continental' Congress; and at 33 he wrote the declaration of Independence. Alexander Hamilton was only 20 years of age when he was appointed a Lieut. Col. In the ar my of the Revolution, and Aid.de,Catnp to Washington. At 25 he was a member of the Continental Congress; at 30 he was one of the ablest members of the Convention which framed the Constitution of the Uvited States; at 32 he was Secretary of the Trgasury and organized that blanch of the government upon so com, ',tete and comprehensive a plan that no great change of improvement has since been made upon it. John Jay, at 29 years old, was a member of the Continental Congress, and wrote an address to the people of Great Britain, which was just ly regarded-as one of the most eloquent pro ductions of the times. At 32 he prepared the Constitution of the State of New York, and in the same year was appointed Chief Justice of the State. Washington was 27 years of age when he covered the retreat of the British troops at Bradtlt•ck's defeat ~ and the same year was hon. ored by an appointment as Commanderin•Chief of the Virginia forces. Joseph Warren was 29 years of age when he delivered the memorable address nn the 6th of March, which roused the spirit of patrioism and liberty in this section ot• the country ; and at 94 he gloriously fell in the cause of freedom on Bunker Hill. F.sher Ames, at the nge of 27,had excited pub. tc attention by the ability he displayed in the dist. cussion of questions of public interest. At the age of 30. his masterly epeeeches in defence of the Constitution of the United States had exer: ted great influence, so that the youthful orator of 31 was circled to Congress trOm the Suffolk District :over the Revolutionary hero, Samuel Adams. Joseph Story entered public life at the age of 26. He was elected to Congress from the Es sex District when he was 29; was Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives at 32 and tha same year was appointed by Pres.. identMadison a Judge of the Supreme Court or the United States. De Witt Clinton entered' public life at 28 ; Henry Clay at 28. The most youthful signer of the Declaration of Independence was William Hooper, Nor th Carolina, whose age was but 24.. Of the other signers,Thomas Heywood,of South. Carolina, was 30 ; Eldridge Gerry, Benjamin Rush, James Wilson, and Matthew Thornton, were 33. Arthur Middleton and Thomas Stoner were 31.—Boston Transcript. Alarm Gouge fur Steam Boilers.—J. ilopkina Smith. of thopcity of Baltimore, has taken mea. sures to secure a patent for an improved alarm water guage for steam boilers. The nature or the invention consists of attaching to a float a metel tube, which works directly through a stuf fing box on the top of the boiler, and has an open. ing on one side, which is at such a height that while the water is at a safe level, it Is either within or above the stufilagbox, but when the water falls to a dangerous level, it enters the steam id pass through it into the tube rind up to the whistle at its top, thus alarming the engineer and informing him of the low state of water in the boiler. To tbc bottom of the float there is attached a horizontal blade, which tends to keep it (the float) steady in the water, and prevents it from being much affected with the foaming and boiling of the water. Sale of .Tacony:—The;celebrated !rating horse .Tacony' was sold on Thursday, by A. M. Berk. ness, for 53,500. James Hamil was the purshas.
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