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Alitl3lo4‘ 11 1 Pa.
IVEDIVESDAL MAY 3,1861.
TOR GOVERNOR
JAMES POLLOCK,
Of Northumberland County.
ToR CANAL COMMIssInNER
GEORGE DARSIE,
Of AlLTheny County.
TOR JUDGE OP TIM SUPREME corwr
DANIEL M. SMYSER,
Of Montgomery County.
Violent Thunder Storm.
On'Thursday afternoon, at about four o'clock
our Borough was visited by a very heavy then
der storm, which arose in the South %Vest--
The rain fell in torrents from the time of com
mencement of the gust . until late at night, and
for several hours the storm was accompanied
by vivid flashes of lightning, and frequent and
very heavy reports of thunder. In several in.
stances the flash and the report appeared to be
simultaneous, en evidence of the close proxi•
roily of the electric clouds. During the height
of the storm many of the streets in theVorough
were so completely flooded with water that
boats would have been more appropriate means
of conveyance than any vehicle on wheels.
The electric fluid played borne strange antics
along the wires of the different telegraph lines
such as the receiving of dispatches from the
clouds. We are told the lightning struck at sev-
eral points in town, but without injury.
New Hose Carriage.
We learn that on Saturday next, the New Hose
Carriage, with one thousand feet of hose, belong.
ing to the "Columbia Engine and Hose Compa
ny" will arrive at the Allentown Basin. The
"‘Good Will" and "Washington" Engine Com
panies, in conßection with the "Brass Band"
will escort the "Columbia" to their "Engine
House. It is expected to be quite an impos
ing escort. The Columbia, are also getting a
beautiful New Engine which will be finished
by about the Ist of July next.
Our Court.
Very little business was done in Court.—
Judge McCartney not being present on ac.
count of the Gran conspiracy trial, which - yel
occupies the court at Easton. Much interest is
-felt in regard to this case, and fat:ri s me time has
agitated the minds of the community. Judges
Mallery, Ihrie, Brown, Mutchler, and Cooley,
appeared for Lauchenour, Field and Dech
Cook for Stevenson and Parker, and Reeder,
Maxwell and Baldy , for the Commonwealth.
The Grain Crop.
The Wheat and Rye fields from accounts we
daily receive look very promising all over the
country. This must be very encouraging to the
farmers, particularly as the prices of Wheat, Rye
and Corn, are better now, than they have been (or
many years before. The former hes arranged
from $1,60 to /4,00. The latter from 75 cents to
ono dollar, and from appearances, all kinds . of
grain are inclined to still higher prices. Our far.
mere are in high spirits, all look pleasant, and
well they may, when land sells for from one to
two hundred dollars, Wheat should not sell
for less then from one to Iwo dollars a bushels.—
An unusual large space of ground will be put
out in corn, oats and potatoes, in expectation of
the high prices during the next twelve months.
The Fruit Trees.
Will we have fruit 7 This is a question we
hear daily. Contrary to our expectations, we
think, that we can reasonably make a favorable
reply tothe above question. Notwithstanding a
continuous storm of three successive days, ac
companied with heavy rains, which we have
of late experienced, together with a snow that
measured at least fifteen inches, and would
have been twentrfour, had the earth been in
a dry state, so happily have the elements been
changed to our benefit, that although the melt
ing flakes froze upon the young twigs, the very
process of freezing it seems gave out warmth
to the tender herbs, and saved our leafing and
blossoming favorites from destruction.
Our family gardens having received an im•
petus horn the late rains, are also in a fine
state of cultivation, and a visit, on a bright
spring morning around the beautilul grass fields
and • budding flowers and singing birds, will
fully repay any sacrifices that may be made by
early rising.
Deposit Banks.
Bills incorporating Denobit Banks, in the Bor
oughs of Allentown and Catasauqua, have pas-
Bed both branches of the Legislature, and now
only require the signature of bank-hating Gov.
Bigler, to become a law. Whether these bills
are signed or not, is a matter of very little
consequence, as they are not considered by the
knowing ones, to be of any'pzactioal benefit to
the business community of out county, further
than the opening wedge to ari application for
Banks of discount next year. That we are in
deed in went of such Institutions at both these
flourishing towns, no one will pretend to deny,
and we trust, the sparing that has existed
hertofore will stop here, and 'the citizens of both
places go hand in hand, and unitedly work for
their mutual benefit. "United we stand, divi
ded we fall." •
Itlassachusetts.—A severe thunder elorm pas
sed over Upton, last night, April 27th. The
lightning struck a barn belonging to Mr. Put
nam, soiling it on fire. The building was to
tally consumed, together with two oxen, five
cow, and several tone of hay.
Montreal.—Preparations are in progress for
the erection of a bridge over the St. Lawrence
at Montreal. It is to be two miles in length,
resting on twentythree piers and two abut.
mente, giving twenty four arches each of 240
span feet,
The Wheel of Fortune.
The wheel of Fortune revolves with perpet
ual motion. It is gradually or suddenly ele
vating the humble and poor and bringing down
the exalted and rich. Very few persons are
entirely stationary in their circumstances. It
is nevertheless true, that many families are
apparently in the same circumstances now as
twenty years ago. Their prospects in the
world have undergone no itkiportant chauge.—
They dwell under the same roof, cultivate the
same fields, in precisely the same manner,
and drive, in a measure, the same team;
yet ever, these, if they have, not been improv
ed, have doubtless' been gradually deteriora
ting. With such the wheel of fortune has re•
volved very gradually, or it has perhaps beer.
vacillating. But even here it will, perhapri, in
the next generation undergo an entire ievolu.
tion. But in the agricultural community, the
revolutions are generally gradual. lit it
fortune is less whimsical. She comes to the
farmer in a sober, unostentatious way, and by
degrees blesses and cheers him on to renewed
and greater exertions for her.. With him her
attachments are more permanent, her smiles
of longer duration, and her blessings less con•
spicuous, but more rational and beneficial.—
With the mercantile community fortune is a
whimsical, flippant, flirting dame. We not
unfrequently see the merchant engage in his
business with limited means. ' He embarks
with moderate prospects and humble expecta
tions. But the winds are favorable arid the
gale of prosperity wafts him straight into the
port of fortune. There she may smile upon
him, and caress him with many promises•of
continued friendship. She persuades him to
raise his family in luxury and idleness, teach. %
ea them to despise labor, and to look down
with contempt upon the laboring community.
His children grow up inactive, and effemi
nate with feeble bodies and feebler minds.—
Perhaps at this moment fortune deserts him.—
The markets have deceived him, or the prom•
icing speculations have resulted unfavorable.—
He who but yesterday was the wealthiest
man in his neighberhood is now a bankrupt.
Those proud, feeble•framed sons and daugh
ters, who but a few hours ago boasted of their
immense wealth, and shunned and despised
labor, are now the poorest of the poor. They
aro not only destitute of the means of subsis
tence. Thrown upon the charity of the i rorld
without means and without ability. How ab
surd, unreasonable and pernicious in its tend
, ency is that aristocratic spirit which prompts
men to rear their children in idleness and an
abhorrence of useful employments. One of
'the first blessings a parent can confer upon his
offspring is to train it up in useful employments
and industrious habits. What a pleasing thing
it would be for persons, when fortune frowns
and deserts them, to have a resource within
themselves, to be able to fall back; for a sub
, sistence, to the labors of their own hands.—
The most opulent have no guarantee that their
children will long remain rich, or even in ea
sy circumstances. Indeed, if we may judge
from observation, the probabilities are strong
against this supposition. A man could not rear
sonably expect all his children, if he have
many, to continue independent of labor. Then
as he would expect some one or more, sooner
or later, to be under the necessity of laboring,
and as no man can terse() which it is to be, so
all should be trained and prepared, if need be,
to gain a living by the labor of their own hands.
The groat architect who fabricated the hu
man constitution, has made active and useful
employment an indispensable condition of its
well-being and happiness. Without activity
the physical system becomes emaciated and
feeble. The mind of man must and will be
employed. II it is not employed in that which
is right and useful it will be employed in that
which is wrong and calculated to make it mis
erable. Thus we that the Author of our being
and great moral Governor of the universe, has
ao constituted us and so arranged things around
us, that we are compelled to do his will or be
miserable. The listless, feeble and eflerninate
son, rocked in the cradle of idleness, nursed in
the lap of luzury and taught in the school of
ease and indolence, is destitute of those traits
of character, art indomitable energy and a rev.
er-failing perseverance, which enabled his fath
er to accumulate wealth. He is incapable even
of retaining that which has been bequeathed
to him. He has been raised in violation of
physical and moral laws, arid in his poverty
and wretchedness pays some of the penalties
annexed to the violation of those laws.
The Easton Court House.
The agitation in regard to the New Court
House, in the Borough of Easton, is spreading
over the whole county. Several meetings
were held in the upper part, in opposition to
this now improvement project, and at which
strong resolutions were passed denouncing the
whole affair as having originated with Easton
speculators. Among the resolutions, we also
notice one recommending the organisation of
a County party, with a view of callflig a County
Convention, before the next general election,
"to nominate candidates for County Commipi.
sioner, members of the Legislature, and such,
other officers as may have a bearing- upon this
question," should the dominant party of the
county, put in nomination candidates uncon
ditionally in favor of the New Court House
project. We think however, the whole excite.
meat will end in smoke, and Easton will get
her Courthouse when the time comae.
The Telegraphs. —The Magnetic Telegraph
Lines in America, extend over foripone thou.
sand miles, and cost nearly seven million dol
lars to build. The Telegraph Companion sets
down the'various lines as follows :
Morse line wires, 36,672 miles; House
3,850 miles; Cain, 570 miles. Total, 41,392
miles. The capital stock in the Morse lines is
55,545,800; House, $955,000; Bain, 1 5171000.
Total capital stock, 58,671,800.
Census of Allentown.
The person employed to take Hes census of
the Borough, has finished his labors on Friday
last. Tho following is the result.
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South 449 495 575 349 262 360 226 2187
North, 472 538 571 366 268 360 307 2408
Lehigh 121, 154 134 122 63 111 80 664
1042 1185 1280 817 593 771 613 5259
• re - The number of houses in the Borough
are 970. Of these, South Ward has 414. North
Ward, 447. Lehigh Ward, 109. In 1850 there
were only 619. Built in four years, 351. Num
ber of families in 1850, 716. In 1851, 1,042.
Increase in four years, 326 families. The - a
are only eighteen colored persons in Allentown
and all residing in North Ward. Total popu
lation 5,259.
The population of Allentown in 1840 w•ee
2,489. In 1850, 8,779. Increase in 10 year,
1,291. Population in 1854, 6,259. Increase in
four years, 1,480.
Liquor Law
The committee of conference, appointed by
both houses, have reported, and the Senate
and 1-louse have adopted, the report, leaving
the question of a prohibitory law to a vote of
the people at the ensuing electing in October
next.
Should the. vote be in favor of a law to pro.
hibit the sale of intoxicating drinks within the
commonwealth, the governor is to certify the
fact to the next legislature, who will be pre.
slimed to obey the win of the people expretsed
at the ballot-boxes. Thus ends the farce.
which for weeks has been played ofl in Harris
burg, at the special instance and request of
politicians without pretensions to character or
personal worth.
The. Cities of the Lakes.
No Portion of the Union has grown more
rapidly than the cities of the Lakes. The Al
bany Express notices some facts by way of. il
lustration. Cleveland has now reached a pop
ulation of 30,000 and Chicago of more than 00,-
000. Such a growth is only equalled by that
of San Francisco. What the next census of
these cities will develope, it is impossible to
tell, for we daily receive evidence of the throng
of population gathering at these two points is
too great to find accommodation. It appears
to be an indisputable fact, that house rents are
higher in Chicago than in either Philadelphia
or New York. The hotels and boarding hou
ses are all crowded beyond precedent, and
buildings there cannot be multiplied fast
enough to supply the demand. Our lake fron•
tier is destined to be the location of several of
the largest allies in America.
Indiana Law.—A negro was recently execu
ted by order of the chiefs of the Creek nation
for the murder of two Creeks. He was execu
ted according to the forms of Creek law; the
culprit being seated on a log, his head covered
with a blanket, and the nearest relatives of the
deceased shooting him with rifles.
Nebraska.—A committee appointed at a meet
ing held in Worcester, Mass., for the purpose
of taking measures for the colonization of north
ern men, and the establishment of the princi
ples of the Declaration of Independence, in the
territories of the %Vent, invite all persons inter
ested in such a movement, to meet in Conven-
tion, in Worcester, on %Vednesday next. It is
proposed to take such action as will lead to
the speedy establishment in the territories of
Nebraska and Kansas, of colonies of free and
freedom.lovirig farmers, mechanics, laborers
and others so that the future destiny of those.
extensive and heaven favored portions of the
national domain may be rescued from the
hands of scheming politicians, and placed in
the keeping of men educated under free insti-
tutions, who know and appreciate the blessings
of liberty, and are determined to multiply and
extend them.
Northern Lakes.
From an article recently published in the De.
trait papers, in regard to the navigation of the
northern lakes, we take the following:
"The greatest length of Lake Superior is 325
miles, its greatest breadth is 160 mks, mean
depth 988 feet, elevation 627 feet, area :12,900
square miles.
..The greatest length of I..alre Michigan is 300
miles, its greatest breadth 108 miles, mean depth
900 feet, elevation 587 feet, area 23,000 square
miles.
"The greatest length of Lake Huron is 200
miles, its greatest breadth 160 miles, mean depth
600 feet, elevation 574 feet, area 20,000 square
miles.
"The greatest length of Lake Erie is 250 miles
its greatest breadth is 80 miles, its mean depth
is 84 feel, elevation 555 feet, area 5,000 square
miles.
..The greatest length of Lake Ontario is 180
miles, greatest breailth 65 miles, its, mean depth
is 500 feet, elevation 292 feet, area 6,000 square
miles. •
"The total length of all five is 1585 miles, cov
ering, au area of upwards of 96,000 square miles.'
rir Benny Sentence—On Monday last, Judge
McCartney, sentenced Jacob Lilly, who was Con,.
victed in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, for
this county, last week, upon the charge of set_
ling file to the Barn of Geo. %V. Santee, to ten
years, at hard labor, in the Eastern Penitemia'
ry.—Easlon Sentinel. •
lark is now 56 days since the Glasgow-has
sailed from Liverpool. All hopes of her safe
ty have been given ag..
Monstrous Abuse of Power !
The Canal Commissioners in the Field
Unjustifiable Attempt to Defeat the Sala
• of the Blaine Line
•.
Truly, truly, whom the Gods will to destroy
they first make mad. We assert, unhesitating
ly, as the most charitable conclusion we can
come to, that the Canal Commissioners are de.
mented, and unfit to exercise that authority
which the law has placed in their hands. We
say this "more in scirtow than in anger," and on.
ly because an imperious sense of duty to the
people of this commonwealth will not permit
us to remain silent. Towards the members of
the Board, personally, we entertain no unfriend.
ly feelings, but they have, time and again, given
evidence, to the world that they are totally une
qual to the station they occupy, and that to re
tain them longer would, on the pa'rt of the legis
lature be a wilful sacrifice of the public inter
ests. So much by way of exordium—now, tq,
the facts of the particular case on hand.
In the act fur the sale of the main line of the
public works, passed with great unanimity, (or
rather by strong majorities, in- both houses of
the Legislature, it is stipulated that the compa
ny who shall purchase, in their tariff of prices
"shall not exceed the rates of toll now charged
upon boats, cars, !image and passengers, by, ihr
cotnmon wealth." The meaning of the Irgisla
lure is obvious. It cannot be mistaken. The
purchaser was allowed, by the act, to charge
the same rate of tolls charged by the common•
wealth at the time the bill received the legisla
tive sanction, This was the intention of the
legislature. 'There lives not a man, in or out of
the legislative body, who dare deny it. There is
not a member of the Canal Board who dare deny
it. And yet, look at the bold, roughhewn, piece
of rascality by which that Board, in the face of
day, in defiance of the legislature and the peopte
seek the consummation of an act which was pas
ted by the representatives of the people after
long and nature deliberation I Look at it, rnem•
bers of the legislature; look at it citizens of
Pennsylvania, and say what should be the pun,
ishment for such a flagrant violation of duty and
the public will scarcely be credited, and yet it is
'true as holy writ,' that the Board of Canal Com
missioners, on Saturday, reduced the toils on the
main line-for no other reason that can be con
ceived of than to defeat, dishonestly, and by an
abuse of power, the sale of the public works.—
Remember, the Governor has not yet signed the
bill, and of course the rate of tolls prevailing at
the time he shall sign it, will be the rate which
under the act, the purchasers will be allowed to
charge. The intention of the legislature was
different—they did not anticipate a reduction of
tolls by the Board—they could not anticipate that
three men elected by the people to guard their'
interests and obey their will, would thus openly
and as it appears, shamelessly, violate the trust
reposed in the'm, and for personal and sellish,l
reasons trample honor, duly and integrity in the
dusi. But, they have done it—and what now
we ask seriously of the members of the legisla
ture, should be done with them i Thank God j
the proper arid faithful guardians of the public
honor and the public interests ate yet here ; ajkl
here we trust, ready arid. 'Warr
whole
to perform '
whole duty, however painful the task may be.—
We
repeat the inquiry—what should be done
with a Board who thus boldly set at defiance
the wishes of the people and the legislature 1—
There can be but one answer to this question,
unless the opinion be entertained that the Board
are, and of right ought to be, the ruling power of
the State—and that answer is turn them out
They are but creatures of law, and the same
power which created can destroy them. We
trust, therefore that there will be found in the
legislature sense, honesty, manliness enough to
meet the emergency, and hurl these would be
dictators from a position which they have long
enough disgraced.
We require no Board of Commissioners to
mismanage the improvements of the State.—
, Whether the works be sold or retained, the pub.
lic interest demands that the office of Canal Corn,
missioner should be abolished: It would be the
most popular measure of the present legislature;
the crowning act of all their endeavors to sub,
serve the public interests ; and we call upon them
in the name of a vast majority of the people of
the commonwealth, to perform their duty. We
trust that there will be no faltering, The line of
duty is plain, and we believe it will be followed.
An illustrious Speaker of a former House of Rep,
resentatives, in a great crisis, tailed in the prop
er discharge of duty for want of nerve—let the
present general assembly avoid the pernicious
example.
What outside influences may have been
I brought to operate on the Board to produce the
unjustifiable action to which we have alluded
we neither knoiv nor care—one fact will be clear
to the legislature and the people, that their act
will destroy all competition fur the main line,
and prevent its sale at the minimum named in
the bill. We suggest, therefore, the propriety
of a supplement to the bill, fixing the rate of tolls
charged in 1853 as the rate which shall govern
the putchasers. We should, perhaps, state in
this connection, that Cleo. Seth Clover, the only
avowed opponent of the sale.of the public works
in the Board, voted against the reduction of tolls
—the measure, singularly enough, was adopted
by the majority of the Board professing to be in
favor of the sale. This is the information we
have received. If is is wrong, the Board can
set us right by publishing the vote.—Dun. Union.
New York.—An act has just passed the Legis,
lature of New Yotk, which provides that ..any
married woman whose husbantl, either from
drunkenness, profligacy or from any other cause
shall neglect or refuse to provide for her support,
or (or the support and education of her children,
and any married woman, who may be deserted
by her husband, shall have the right, in her own
name, fo transact business, to receive and col,
lect her own earnings, and the earnings of her
own minor children, and apply the same for her
own support and for the support and education
of such children, free from the control and inter,
Terence of her husband, or of any person claim,
ing the same, or claiming to be released from
the same by or through her husband."
Useful , Items.
7o Compute Interest—A correspondent of the.
Baltimore Sun communicates the following aim,
pie plan for computing interest at six per cent.
per annum for any number of days, which he
learned, he says, twelve years ago :
“Divide the number Of dtrys by six, and mul
tiply the dollars by the Dividend, the result is
the interest in decimals r cut off the right hand
figure,and you have it in dollars or cents-718os:
—What is the interest on $lOO for twenty - one
days 1 21 divided by six is 34; 100 multiplied
by 34 is 3,50, or 35 cents. Again, what is the
interest on $378 for ninety. three days? 93-6
—154; 379 x 154-5,859 or $5 85 9 10. Let
book keepers try this rule, and they will find that
it is no humbug."
Remedy for Cancer.—Col. Ussery, of itie perish
of De Sot, informs, the editor of the Caddo Ga
zette that he fully tested a remedy for this trou
blesome disease, recommended to him by a
Spanish woman, a native of the country. The
remedy is this: Take an egg and break it, pour
out the white, retaining the yolk in the shell, put
in salt and mix with the yolk as long as it receives
it, stir them together until the salve is formed;
put a portion of this on a sticking plaster, and
apply it in the cancer twice a day. successful ;y
used it in twit eases at least in nty own family.
'ollodion iu 1, t' has been
successfully used to arrest erysipelas by Dr.
West; he hail used the nitrate of silver first,
lady. and having found that it did no good, he
shaved her head, and applietla thick coating of
collodion over it, mid fir an inch over the healthy
surface. The burning ceased to spread. He al,
so applied it to a case of a child of eight years,
and alter three applications it recovered entirely.
Tartar on the Teeth.—M. i.. Baume, says the
Medical Times, ascertained that vinegar and a
brush will, in a few days, remove the tartar;
thus obviating the necessity for Sluing or scrap
ing them, which so often injures the enamel.—
He recommends the use of powdered charcoal
and tincture of rhatalfy afterwards. which effec
tually in his opinion, prevent its formation.
Out-Door Whitetvaeli.—Make a barrel of white
wash in the ordinary manner, and while hot dis.
solve ten pounds of salt sod ten pounds of sugar
or an equivalent quantity of molasses, and stir
it with your whitewash—some add also an equal
of glue. This can be colored by ochre, umber,
dee., to any desirable tint; it is better if applied
hot.
Wifson's Cakr.—Take one lea•cupful of su zar,
one egg, a lump of butter as large as a walnut,
one tea-cup of sweet milk, one pint of dour, a
teaspoonful of cream tartar, one•half spoonful of
soda, beaten well together By using sour milk
or cream, the cream tartar may be dispensed
with.
Yellow Wash.—A Ye fluty wash for Walls is
made by taking a quarter of a pound of gum
senegal, and Iwo pounds of whiling. These,
dissolved in pure rain water, veil furor an excel
lent yellow wash.
Time's Change:G-01 the officers connected with
the Federal Government in 1820, shirty years ago
but few remain as memorials of by gone days.—
The only.person now connected with the Drpart,
ments, who at that time occupied an official sta
tion is, we believe, Mr. Pleasanton, the Fifth Au,
dint! . ; and his silverAwirs,,- weinkek4l-brrrn-,-ali-d'.
declining years, mark too irti:y.how brief must
be the sunset of his existence. The old porters
of the public buildings, those remnants usually
of the past, have disappeared, anti their places
are filled by members of another generation.— '
Ten Presidents have occupied the Executive
chair. Out of throe hundred representatives in !
the Senate and House of Representatives, but
three remain—Hon. Thomas H. Benton, Hon.
Edward Everett, and Hon. Sam. Houston—links
in the chain of Association binding the past to
the present.-- Wash. Globe.
t Child Bitten by a iflonlcell.— An Italian organ
I grinder named Peter Koss, was before Alderman
Kenney, on Tuesday morning, who committed
him to prison fur thirty days as a vagrant. ft
appears that he was performing with a monkey
and au organ, in the vicinity of Washington
Square. Tlia music attracted a crated of init
children, and one of them was bitten in the leg
by the vicious animal, though not badly. The
Italian was taken into custody. but the child be.
ing entirely too young to appear as a witness,
and its parents not being willing to prosecute,
the prisoner was comtnitted as a vagrant. On
his way to prison he slopped at hispluce of liv,
ing in Carpenter street, abc•ve Seventh, where a
nest of the same mirt of people stay. He drew
from a secret pocket in the breast 01 his vest, a
stocking filled with silver coin, which he left ;)
in the possession of a professional beggar and
organ grinder.—Phifacle/phia Sun.
Frog. and Rat I.'ight.--A desperate rneriunter
look place between a Crog and a rat, at a brook
near the slaughter house of Udall Whiggins, in
this town. A rat came down to the brook to
drink, and discovering a frog, with force and
arms" made an attack• upon him, by making a
firm grasp with his teeth. Nu sooner did the
rat make his hold than the frog plunged into the
water, dragging his antagonist with him, where
he retained until his opponent was compelled
to let go, and make for dry land closely pursued
by the frog. As soon as the frog appeared above
the water he was again attached by the rat, and
a second time became a subject for cold water
bathing. This feat was several times performed
until the rat, from exhaustion and drowning, fell
a prey. After the frog had become assured that
his antagonist was dead, he seated himself upon
his carcase, with all the complaisance imagina.,
ble, where he remained for half an hour, exult.
ing over his hard won victory !—Dorer Gazette.
Ohto.—The Legislatere of Ohio,Says the Cin ,
cinnati Columbian, has made provisions for a
geological survey of that State. The law pro,
vides that the State shall be divided into six
districts, and the work be done by one 'principal
geologist and a sufficient number of assistants.--
A map at least seven feet by six, engravings to
illustrate the final report, the, topography of eve;
ry. square mile of territory, assays and so on, are
all provided for in the bill, and taxation to the
amount of one dollar per square mile—s4o,ooo
per yeir fur ihe Stile—to pay the expenses.
GLEANINGS.
M"lfenry Kra's, of Plomstead, flicks Coon
ty, has a Calf, of. the Devon stock, some two
weeks old, that weighed 101 pounds at birth.
larThe Bethlehem Female Seminary was esr
tablished in the year 1788.
MS4A great scarcity of agricnitural laborers iv
said to exist in Connecticut, so that $1,50 per
day is currently paid to secure good handi.
Er The Georgia Gold Company has organ
ized a new under a charter from the State of
Georgia. It has made additional rurchases of
mining lands.
I . "/1 .to abolish capital punishment has
been rejected by the Ohio Legislature.
lar*The remains of the bachelor who "beret
into tears," on reading the description of married'
life, have been found.
Cie Why is a bullock a very obedient animal f
Because he will lie down if you axe hiyn,
11'The best cough mixture that has yet been'
made consists of a pair of thick boots, misid
with lots of air and plenty of exercise. Peophe
who hug the stove and grow lean will pleas nor
r*There are in Paris eighty thousand Free'
masons. The grand master is Prince Murat.
W Ten skeletons were found in' Trenton,
about three feet under ground, supposed to be
those of Indians of Hessians.
•L? The National Washington Monument is
now 152 feet high, hairing been raised two ad.
dittonal feet during the last month.
W The London Time predicts that the present.
Eastern war will continue for a quarter of a crn-'
wry.
i.7"Ctietimbers are selling in Cincinnati at
25 cents a piece: Green corn, asparagus, to.
matnes and fresh peaches are in the market
and gold at reasonable prices.
et;:rThe fortune of Rubini, who recent' died
at Paris, was not less than about one million
dollars, sai I to be the largest fortune a singer
ever made by his profession. •
A Romantic Wedding.
William Carmines, aged sixty years.and Miss
Lucy Smith, aged eighteen, were married at
Portsmouth, Virginia, on the 13th instant. The
Norfolk lieralk says the parties are from York
county, in that State, and that the match was
one at first sight. The father of the young lady.
however, it is said, so strongly opposed her mar.
riage that she finally eloped with her lover to
Hampton ; and from thence, in a satl_boat, they
reached Portsmouth, and were married in the
house of a friend. In the evening the old gentle.
man, complaining of the fatigue of his race,
retired to take a nap. The bride, with a lady,_
friend, took a stroll through the city and to visit
her relation•, when she met her father and broth
er, who had been pursucing her since she left
their roof. A scene of great excitement ensued.
The father insisted on taking her home, and pro_
bably would have aezompli,hed his purpose had
not the gr oom,Hr . :mu:panted by a lawyer, made
his appearance.: and sternly demanded his bride.
She was filially given up, amidst the cheers of
the crowd:tint not until the father had been
threatened with a suit for damages for het - ileum_
[ion. On the following day the father preferred
a suit for perjury against a citizen of Portsmouth
who it is alleged, testified, on obtaining the mar,
tiagelicense, that the young .lady was twenty.
one years of age,
Deutb by Lighloing..-A son of David Owens,
aged about 18 years, while on the road to his
father's, was overtaken by the thunder storm ors
Saturday evening last, and stopped for shelter at..
Alexander McKee's, in Ferguson's Valley, Mif
flin county. While standing on the porch con,-
verNing with Mr. J. McKee, the house was struck
by the electric ankh, and in its passage to the
earth instantly killed young Owens. This, if we
remember aright, is the only inStance for some
years in which any person has been killed by
lightning in this county. The deceased was in
the employ of Mr. Shaw, near this place, bore a
gond character, and his sudden death, as well as
the bereavement of his parents, called forth a
general expression of sympathy.—Lem.
Ohio.— A destructive fire occurred here on
he ntghl,of the :7th of April, consuming an en
tire I.lvck of six large stores on Market street,
occupied by .r. L. Van Gorder ; J. G. Brooks &
Co., hardware ;B. H. Peck, dry goods ; J. Marvin
hook store ;(;...1. Seeley, druggist ; W. & B. Cra
nage, book store; Porter & Co., druggists, and(
others.
Gold Coming.—The steamship Northern Light
sailed trim Juan for New Writ on the 18th inst.,
with five hundred passengers and a million and
a half in gcl.l. The Illinois sailed from Aspin.
wall on the 17th, with the California mails, a
large number of passengers, and about one mil.
lion in gold brought down by the Oregon to Pa,
name. These, with the receipt by the Pamper°.
make the total setnl•monthly shipment of gold
from San Francisco, of the Ist inst., about two
millions and three quarters," which is the heav is
est shipment known for a long time.
Burr's Expedition.— Harman Blt.nrierbasset,
son of the unfortunate Blennerhasset, who. was,
concerned in the Aaron Burr expedition is said.
to be living on the "Five Point," in New York..
in great penury. Mr. Safford, of ilincinnati,aw
thor of the life of the father, has sent 500 copies•
of the work to the missionary ladies of the ~ 0 .140
Bieweryr to be sold for the benefit of the son.
' Nubia Scavenger.— Senor Rota, formerly .
Lieutenant Colonel of the National Guardis ■t
Churubusco, having expressed his contempt for
the Dictator, Santa Anna, has been by. order of
the would be Emperor, arrested, and. imprisoned
among the vilest bandits and cut throats, with.
whom he is now chained', and compelled'to sweep•
the streets DIP the cify of Mexico,
Chulion to Snsoktrs.—There are tenor twelve
frightful cases of lip and tongue cancers, in the
London cancer hospital, all resulting from ex"
cessive smoking
A Weather Sign.—An old hunterpredicts that
ihe following will be a dry summer from the fact
that woodcocks have built their nests in low
moist places. When the summer is to be wet.
be sap Ificy build in dry, .sitany aftiaatiorrib