Solnrthtug agent which We lino* Nothing.
The Cincinnati Times in a long and able ar
ticle on the stale of parties and the American
org anirstrons, which are springing up an over
the country, seems to have some knowledge
of the "Know Nothings," as they are called,
which possesses considerable interest to. those
who desire to learn something of the secret
movement which is operating to control our
Pleating and strike blows without letting us
know where they come from. The Times
says "that the old patty ties are so shattered in
their organization as to be incapable of united
and efficient action, is a point that will, we
think be conceded to us. It will also be ad
mitted, we presume, that the Roman Catholic
Church is in the political field in search of pow
er and revenue, wherewith to aggrandize the
Papacy in the United States and secure the
growth. and prosperity of that foreign influence
—temporal and eclesiastical that has been
in all times past wielded to enslave the hu,
man mind, and fix the charactet of coming
genererations to suit its purposes. If there be
any doubt on this subject, we point to move
ments in every part of this wide spread confe
deracy, against those popular instructions of
learning, the Common Schools, and the de
monde of Romanists for their modification to
suit their peculiar views, or a division of the
school fund for sectarian education. We see
it in a simultaneous movement to wrest from
the laity the titles to the lands and houses, built
or purchased for religious and benevolent pur-
poses by themselves. We see it in the in
trigues to secure the control of American in
stitution, such as Hospitals, Infirmaries, Asy•
lums, and Houses of Refuge, by huckstering
with unscrupulous and corrupt party leaders
where they are weak, and by open indepen
dent political concert of action on their own
hook where they are strong. This is not a lo
cal movement, but is apparent in Great Britain
and on the Continent, as well as in every quar
ter of the United States. It is a movement,
originating at Rome. Political parties and of_
five-seekers recoil from the assault of this for
eign influence, and yield their Americanism
that they may retain place and power. The
result has been, that the people have repudia
ted the old parties as unfitted for this emergen
cy, and have rallied, and are yet rallying un.
der various names, to the support of republican
institutions and of independent men who will
fearlessly contend for the faith of their fathers )
and the supremacy of American principles in
Church and State. One of the most noted of
these new anti-Jesuit organizations, is the
'Know Nothings.' a secret political order now
spread over the United States, whose chief ob.
ject, if we are rightly informed, is to prostrate
loreign influence, as exhibited by the Roman
priesthood and their coadjutors, be they whom
they may, whether American or natives of Eu
rope. We need not say we go for such re
sults heart and hand ; we are anti. Roman Cath
olic and anti-Jesuit, first, last, and all the time
and we mean to pursue a course, best adapted
in our judgement to reach the end proposed.--
We have but this one object in view, and if it
Da Amaista.L-t6e... 446.2.0ta15t •••rtreirign it eArcirt ,
that is to be feared."
Will They Sell
The questiqp now is, will the Main Line of
the Public Works sell Can the State find
purchasers? We believe they can be sold, it
the proper effort is made. The officers tnust be
responsible for the advertisement of the sale.
The friends of the sale, fear no Company
can now raise 52,000,000, to pay down, and
the opponents of the sale, hope the fear may
prove true.
There is no doubt that the Alain Line is
cheap at $10,000,000, to a Company, but it is
not worth that to the State.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, are
offish in tho matter, not appearing to care about
it. But still waters generally run deep. If it
is worth *10,000,000, to any other Company,
it is worth.*ls,ooo,ooo to that Company.
The Canal Commissioners—poor superficial
creatures—the product of the political camp,
have pot the rates of Toll so low, that the
Company make , more from goods carried
over the Columbia road, than over a like dis
tance of their own road, so that there is no
great indubeinent in the matter, fur it to be in
a hurry to purchase.
Supposing these speculations to be as much
fact as fanciful even, the wisest thing the State
officers can do, is to go into the New York mar
ket and present the great advantages that this
Pennsylvania route presents over others, and,
endeavor to attract the attention that the mer
its of the question, and exigencies of the State
require. Philadelphians and Central Railroad
Company care not a pin
, for the landed inter.
este of the State, now enormously taxed to pay
the interest upon a debt, incurred to make im
provements, for the purposes of carrying goods
to them below Cost. They have succeeded in
bam-boozling the Canal Commissioners for
the past eight years, in to making a toll sheet
at rates below a revenue standard, and, weak
est of all, under the circumstances, in this par
ticular, is this present Beard. And now, when
it comes to a sale, these same magnanimous
Philadelphia interest would like the State to
give the Public Works to them—atter using
them for their own particular use for twenty
years, without paying properly for the accom
modation—for nothing. Under these circum
stances, it is time to cut lose from the leeches
whose ory is give, give and are never satisfied
and make friends elsewhere, with those who
are, willing to do business on a more liberal
tooting. .
New York Crystal Palace. This great Amer
ican enterprise is to be almost, if not quito as
swat:dive during the coming summer, as it
was during the last. P. 1 4. Barnum, has taken
hold of it, and is putting things through with.a
rush. Ile is.just the man to do it.
Z'.l)c Ecl)igt) ilcgister.
Allenloii : sa, Pa.
IVENNESDAY, IDAY 17, 1851.
FOR GOVERNOR.:
JAMES POLLOCK,
Of,Nortliumberland County
FOR CANAL COZIJUISSE,NER
GEORGE DARSIE,
Of AlLTlteny County.
FOR JUICE rF TIIE SUPREME COURT
DANIEL M. SMYSER,
Of Montgomery County
School Convention
In our last week's paper, wo gave the lead.
ing features of the new school law, passed by
Legislature just adjourned. The 39d: article
provides that the school directors of Lehigh
county shalt meet in Convention on the first
Alonday in June next, at the Courthouse, in the
Borough of Allentown, and select viva voce, by
a majority ol the whole number of directors
present, ono person of literary and Ec len (iv
acquirements, and of skill and experience in
the art of teaching, as county superintendent
for the, three succeeding school years, and the
school directors, or a majority of them in such
convention, shall determine the amount of com•
pensation for the county superintendent, which
said compensation shall be paid by the Super
intendent of Common Schools by his warrant
drawn upon the State Treasurer in instalments it
desired, and shall be deducted from the amount
of the State appropriation to be paid the sever
al school districts for said county.
Lehigh County Iron Ore.
We were shown several specimens of furged
Iron, in the shape of a ring, a heavy nail, and a
bar six inches long, a quarter of an inch thick,
and five-eighth of an inch broad, at the end of
' which is a nicely finished horseshoe nail,as mal
leable as we have ever seen one. The ore was
taken from the land of Mr. henry Jordan, near the
I village et Ernans,in Upper Milford township, Le.
high county, and only a few perches from the pro.
posed Railroad; leading from Allentown to Phil,
adelphia, and leased by Messrs. Edelman, Hanse
& Hunter, of this Borough. Mr. Henry Skinber
g,er, an experienced blacksmith, took the ore in
its raw state, heated it in a smith fire with An
thracite coal, and in fifteen minutes worked out
the bar of Iron, with the horseshoe nail at one
end of it. The Iron is pronounced to be of the
very best quality. What county in the state can
equal this 1
Distressing Accident
On Friday last, a little boy, about six years
of age, named 11cor2J, son of Air. Thomas 0.
Ginkinger, of this Borough, met with an acci
dent, which caused the loss of one of his eyes.
It appears he had a pocket knife, with which
he played at School, and by some means or
other the knife slipped frOm the place appli
ed and cuLin ono of his eyes with such force
that _it e.a.w.y.f..tite.,s—ws—pdree*-but - ro
their children with instruments of this kind.
Almost a Fire
On Wednesday night of last week, a fire
nearly occurred in the house of Mr. Samuel 11.
Then, in this Borough. It appears the family
upon retiring to bed, left a tallow candle burn
ing on the table, and it is supposed fire must
have fallen on the cotton cover, which was
spread over the same. During the night, Mrs.
Ilene, awoke from the smoke, and found the
table cover all in a blaze, two beds were in the
room near the table, and but for her timely
awakening might ht.ve cost her life, and envel
oped the building in flames.
The Fair Ground
The Committee who had charge of the plant
ing of trees hi the "Fair Ground" of the Le
high County Agricultural Society," have we
learn' finished their labors, on Friday last. The
Society ordered 100 ornamental trees from a
New York Nursery, which together with over
130 trees of home growth, comprising Ever
greens, Willows, Lindens, "&c., beautify the lot.
We have no doubt that in a few years hence,
the Fair Ground will make one of the most der
lightful public grounds in the state, and one
that will devolve honor upon the society, and
credit to the county: •
Independent Papers
We aro preased4o see that there are still a
few Democratic papers who do not blindly sup
port the party and its officers in every petty
measure, that they may choose to force upon
the people. The 'Democratic Union' publish
ed at Harrisburg, may be classed among these,
This paper has exposed some of the corruptions
that have long existed in the canal board, and
not believing that they could be remedied, ad
vocated the law, favoring the sale of the
Main Line, the law to abolish the canal board,
and other measures of corrupt tendencies; and
for doing this, the editor has drawn upon him
self the wrath of the corrupt party presses
of the state, who hold "that a democratic paper
is bound to support every measure, right or
wrong, which may emonate from those placed
in power by the party.'' The editor of the Al
lentown "14:publican" •may also be classed
among these, ho too, will not blindly support
measures forced upon him by those who have
been put in power by his party.
Fatal Accident
On Wednesday last, the 10th of Alay,a Ger
man by name of L•lias Linlz, who was engag
ed as a laborer in the Iron Ore•bed of Gideon
Bor, in South ‘Vhiiehall township, Lehigh
county, came to his death by the caving in of
a large mass of earth, near which he was at
work at the time. Flo was a young man of
good character, of very industrious habits, and
only 23 years of age. Ile has only been about
one year in the country.
Indians About
On Friday Inst. a family of Indians of the Ecn•
akty tribe, front canada, consisting of the old
gentleman and lady, three 80118 and four daugh
ters, pitched their tent near Woman's Spring, at
present in the occupancy of our old friend Mr.
Charles School, about half a mile from town.
They are the Faine pally that have spent some
time near Bethlehem. They appear to be
art intelligent family, and employ their lime
in making fancy baskeo, rings, bracelets, fans,
rnoca.sios. E.co. We %mild advise all to visit
the ie lane" at the beautiful Spring.
The Conspiracy Case
In another column of to•days paper will be
found the sentence passed by Judge McCartney
on Dr. D. Lachenour, Dr. C. C. Field, Aaron S.
Dech and Sam. A. Stevenson, the men convic
ted of conspiracy to extort money from Benja
min Greene. Isaac Parker, who was taken in
custody in New York, arid brought to Easton,
was discharged of the indictment against hini.
This•caso has occupied the court for three long
weeks. When the Vethict of guilty was render
ed by the Jury,the prisoneis seemed 1111101 affec
ted, while the audience commenced loudly to
applaud, showing the jektice of the verdict.
Gov. Bigler and the Main Line.
Gov. Bigler signed the bill for the :ale of the
Alain Line after the Canal Commissiorers had
reduced the tolls thereon, as is charged in the
Democratic Union, for the purpose of defeating
that measure. That Gov. Bigler is opposed to
the sale of the public works, is to be inferred
from his message, and from the fact that as a
politician he is in favor of such measures as
.wilfsustain his party in the ascendency, with
out special regard to the interests of the hur
dler] bearing portion of the people.
If he did not feel this devotion to his party
he would never have been selected as its stand
ard bearer, for all know that the leaders of the
party, those who govern and control its policy
are violently, opposed to the sale of the public
works, and have used every effort to defeat the
measure.
History of Chicago
Through the politeness of IHr. Paul, a subseri.
ber in Chicago, lilinois, we were favored with a
neat little pamphlet, entitled "The Rail Roads,
History and Commerce of Chicago." The
work gives a full and complete history of the
diflarent Rail Roads that lead into what they
call the "Garden City," accompanied with a
very handsome map, of the city and suburbs,
and pointing out the different Railroads lead
ing to the same, &c. The pamphlet describes
the business advantages, and rapid increase of
population from 1810 to the present time,which
is truly astonishing. Persons wishing to exam
ine the same can do so by calling at our office.
Medical Society
The first Annual Meeting of the "Medical
Society of Lehigh County," was held on Tues
day the 2nd of May, at the Office of Dr. Chas.
11. Martin, in Allentown.
The Meeting was called to order, when on
ly elected a member of the society.
On met* the following gentlemen were
unanimousily•elected as Officers of the Society
for the ensuing year, viz:
Charles 11. Illartin—President.
Thomas B. Cooper—Vice President.
David 0. Nosser —Recording Secretary.
Peter S. Leisenring—Corresponding Sect'y.
Tilghman 11. Marlin—Demurer.
On motion it was
Rcsolved—That Charles D. Hoffman, Thom
as B. Cooper and David 0. Messer, he appoint
ed as delegates to the State Medical Society,
the meeting of which will be held'at the Bur
(igh of Pottsville, Penn.
On Motion adjourned.
D. 0. Alosscr, Saretary.
Advertise ! Advertise ! !
If you want business, advertise. We awree
with our sprightly cotemporary, the New York
D 4 Book, that it is the only way, now-irdays.
if your are a hatter, make your namo so fami
liar to the public, that when a 'man looks at his
old hat, and says to himself, " I must have a
new hat," he will think of you. if you aro a
tailor, make yourself so conspicuous that a man
will think of you every time he brushes his .
coat. When a man looks at his old boots, this
sunny weather and says to himself, "I must go
and buy a pair of patent leathers," have your
name so familiar to him, that he will think of
you and your place of business just as soon as•
he does of his boarding house when he is hun
gry. It is the same way with everything and
everybody who adverAises extensively. Their
names become familar to the people, and are /
associated in their minds so much with their
goods and articles, that all who want what they
sell are drawn us by instinct, to theirshops and j
stores. There is nothing like advertising. If
you do not believe it, try it, arid be convinced..
The Sunday Law Enforced
In compliance with the instructions issued to
the Constables, by Judge hlcCartney, at the
late term of Court, all the Hoick, Restaurants,
&c., in this Borough, were disclosed on Sun•
day last. As there had been but little said
about this matter recently the Gin and Bitters,
portion of the community were rather taken by
surprise, when they found that there was Ito
way of obtaining their favorite morning bever
age. Wo believe there were but one or two
cases of violation of the.law, and in those the
lino was paid on Monday morning, before the
ofTicershad an opportunity to make their com
plaint. The law is not bad one, and when the
people become accustomed to it, we have no
doubt all will be sati.fied.—Easton Sentinel.
"Have tvc a Know Nothing party among us?"
—This question is often asked, and We are
told there is such a party about being organiz•
oil, but if there be one, we "Know Nothing"
about it. •
Improved Hydraulic) Ram
Mr. Joseph C. Strode of Cliester county, a gen
tleman of science and its 'practical application
to agriculture and the mechanic arts, has made
this machine a matter of study for years. Thor
oughly conversant with Hydraulics, he has gone
'on adding improvement to improvement, until
ever thing connected with theßam has been thor,
oughly perfected. Mr. Strode has lately erected
one, and it is now in fine working order at the
Gas Works, in West Chester, where it operates
to the entire satisfaction of the Gas company.—
Mr. Strode contracted to supply the upper reser.
voir with 1600 gallons of water, and the lower
one„with 4500 gallons per day.—He has exceed ,
ed his contract considerably a both points,—there
being about 2000 gallons rased at the upper, and
6000 gallons at the lower reservoir, and this is
accomplished with only About two feet of full.
Mr. Strode now proposes to supply that bor
ough with water by means of a large Earn, and
the authorities are about to give him a trial. So
confident is he of its entire success, that he pro,
poses to erect it at his own risk, only asking the
Councils to take it at a reasonable price, previ
ously agreed upon, when they are fully and en
tirely satisfied of its success. Ile says that he
can show, to the satisfaction of any unprejudim
rd mind, that one of his improved Rams will el
evate fifty per cent. more water with the same
fall, than a wheel. Mr. S. is perfectly willing to
pledge himself to place one of his Hams in the
stead of each wheel at Fairmount Water Works
in Philadelphia, and produce this result.
The Steamer City of Glasgow.
In an article on the missing steamer City of
Gla3gow, the New York Courier expresses the
conviction that she has foundered among the ice.
The Courier thinks the Glasgow,with 447 souls
on board, must have encountered the same
field of ice with which the Collins steamer Bal.
tic had on her outward passage so fearful a
struggle about the UM of Mardi, in lat. 46, lon.
47. The editor says.
'The 'City of Glasgow' sailed- from Liverpool
on the Ist of March. • • • On the evening
of the I Ith a terrific gale commenced from W.
S. W. to N. N. W. which lasted until late the
next day. Nautical men on board the Baltic
agreed that they had never. seen a more violent
gale, and express the conviction that no ship hems
med in by the ice could have outlived that storm.
Making a fair calculation of time and distance,
there can be little doubt that the City of Glasgow
was in the vicinity of that ice field, and exposed
to that gale. It is a belief in this state of facts
which with us, extinguishes hope. Strength nor
courage, nor skill, could avail anything in such
a case. Those crushing mountains of ice would
when tossed by such a gale, grind to powder
mau's stoutest structure."
The number of icebergs seen from the deck
of the Baltic on that voyage was from nine to
twelve hundred, varying m dimensions to use
the language employed by the captain of anoth,
er ship, "from the size of an omnibus to that of
the Astor House."
Caloric Ship Errioson
We begin to believe in the Caloric Ship Er
rieson—that is, to believe that the new mots ve is
nciv discovery that turned
out to be worth anything, it has encountered all
sorts of difficulties at the start, and has already
cost its projectors a mint of money. During the
great storm, on Friday of last week, the Erric
son, in returning front a very successful trial
trip down New York Bay, was struck by a hea.
vy squall, capsized, and went down in 45 feet of
water in 15 minutes. Those on board were
dreadfully frightened, but they were all rescued
in safety. The ship was insured for $300,000
but she is expected to be raised in a short time,
without material damage. Most of the newspa_
pers rcgard.these misfortunes as evidence of tilt
timate failure—but so did the wise one's in the
days of Fulton, and we all know now what their
opinions were lvurth.—Reading Journal.
More Golden Diaoreries.—lf we are to credit
tlLe p r e, ec g e o n i t d i i n n a pu r eiclline,, st.rarl,iladrly diffused mgeCnpeofU in i
the copper veins or quartz rocks,has been found
at several points in the same localities in the
district of Olanwilliam, between lialdanha Day
and the Orange river. The Capetown journals
are greatly elated at the discovery. They antici_
pate a sudden influx of population, with a pro,
portionate impulse to agricultural industry and
the consequent rise in the value of land, If the
copper and gold fields of the Cape should prove
equally abundant with the mines of California
and Australia they look for the speedy advent of
the "good time coming" in south Africa."
A Tame Ral.—A pet rat is the strangest of
ideas yet it is most fully realized in one belong_
,ing to and educated by Mr. Aaron, jr., of this city.
The little animal is harmless, playful and devot
telly attached to its master. It will run about
his clothes, mount his shoulders, steal into his
pockets, and perform various simple tricks at
his bidding. The animal avoids others of its
species, and seems perfectly contented and hap.
py in its new life. Mr. Howe ...sets the world by
his pet."—t.Vringfield Rep.
Extraordinary Birth.—We have no fears of
the country becoming soon depopulated if we
are called upon frequently to note such occur•
rences as the following :—Mrs. Ellen wife of Mr.
John Sarver, residing on a fans near Shippens ,
burg, presented her husband on Friday last with
four sons. The mother and children are doing
as well as could be expected. The name chosen
for the children are, Chas. M. Burnett, William
Rankin, George Washington, and William H.
Harrison. We move that Congress pass a bill
giving, to each a section of land.
Doyledown Entoprise.On Monday week, a
company of about twenty men, and ten wags
ons left Doylestown to proceed to the State
of New York, for the purpose of erecting
Lightening Rods. The company were under the
co:
mmand of Capt. John Boos, and their head
quarters will be a few miles from Waverly which
is the point of intersection of the North Pennsyl
vania and New York and Erie Railroad.. It is
their intention to remain out front home until
September or October.. '
The Ohio Germans
The German Liberals, who have for years
past been the staunchest adherents of the Demo
cratic party, and who, especially in Ohio and In
diana, have aided, by their constantly increasing
numbers, in swelling the majorities of that par
ty, have been thoroughly walked up, recently, to
the fact that that party . is not the great party of
freedom they supposed it was when they affiliated
with its organization. They have therefore been
holding conventions recently, and renouncin g
their allegians to it, declaring with very decided
boldness and frankness, their own opinions on
all subjects, whether those opinions are popular
or unpopular. The Kentucky Gerthans, of Lou
isville, led off, declaring, even in a slave State
their inflexible hostility to slavery. But the most
imposing demonstration was at Cincinnati, where
a Delegate Convention, representing many thou,
sands, laid down a broad platform of principles
They disavow any intention of forming a Ger
man party but declare that their organization is
intended to break grotind for a great Anierican
party of Progress, to counteract blind partizan
ship, and to free their countrymen from the
the incubus of Old Hunkerism.
They commence with the following declaration
of political indendence:
oWe the representatives of the liberal Ger
mans of Ohio deem our views to be in accordance
with those of the majority of the Germans of this
court try if we declare alai we are thoroughly dis,
gusted with the old parties, and have done with
them forever. Politics shall no longer be a
sham ; treacherous demagogues shall no lunge'
degrade it to a milch.cow on which they may
fatten. It is the proper sphere of statesmanship
to promote the general welfare, to secure the utt
erly, the prosperity of all 'Without distinction of
nationality, color, or sex.
"We will no longer adhere blindly, through
thick and thin, to the nominations of any party
and thus sanction by our submissive silence the
sins perpetrated by our leaders; but we will
join ourselves, at the approaching re.organiza
tion, to that party which gives us the amplest
security for the realization of the principles con.
lained in this platform. We deem these princi
plea true and sound and we believe that they ;
can be carried out, and we will, under all law - I
WI means, strive to further them." •
Their platform is ,a long one and the following,
is a synopsis of it:
1 All elections for officers to be by the peo
ple, and unnecessary offices to be abolished.
2 The people to have the right to recall a.
Representativewho misrepresents his consti
tuents
3 No further extension of slavery. The exclu
sion of slavery from all new Territories. Re
peal of the Fugitive Slave Law, which they con,
Llemn as .inhuman.
4 The freedom of the Public Lands to actu
al settlers; and, if necessary, assistance to poor
settlers at their first outfit.
5 The United States to takes a position on the
side of humanity in the struggles abroad be
tween liberty and depotism, and to protect in
their rights emigrants, who have "declared their
intentions," as well as those who have actually
become citizens.
„ -punuq r, ann newspapers to
go free, as an important aid to facilitate the ed
ucation of the people.
7 Public Improvements, in which not merely
a town, city, or State, but the whole nation is in-
terested, to be constructed at public expense;
the Pacific R. R. especially.
8 Limitation of working hours to no more
than ten hours per day; and protection of 'Ore
wages of labor by priority of the claims of work
men case of failures. Mechanic's liens to be
extended to work for corporations, and associa
tions of laborers to have the preference before
contractors in contracts for public works.
9 On the School Question, they hold in a brief
pithy sentence, that "Every rnan has the inali
enable right to education, and the State is bound
to secure it to him." That schools should be
free from sectarian influence; that children
should be compelled, as in Piussia, to attend
school; that aid in food and clothing should be
given to the poorest children; that where there
are a number of Glerman children, that language
should be taught; and that no child should be api
prenticed until it is fifteen, and has passed a sat-
isfactory school examination
10 Citizens to be privileged to have $3OO
worth of properly exempt from taxation.
11 Legal proceedings to be simplified, capital
punishment abolished, and no person allowed to
practice medicine, who has not passed a regular
I=ll
12 Candidates to be selected on account of
their principles, 'not because nominated by a
caucus or convention. Two years residence in
a State to entitle a person to citizenship
0/iio.—A man named John C. McMusic, who
was implicated with some seven others in the
alleged killing of liben Floyd in Clinton county,
Ohio, over four years ago, and who left the State
at that time, returned on Saturday, the 15th in.
stint, and gave himself up to the Sheriff, declar
ing that he would rather suffer whatever penalty
the law might inflict upon him than to remain
any longer a wandering outcast, away from his
friends and his home. On the following Monday
he entered into a recognizance with sufficient
security, for his appearance at the next term of
the court to stand his trial.— &maul& (Ohio)
Courier.
The Law's Delay. --The Cleveland herald
states that by the recent termination of a suit in
New York city, five persons have become heirs
to a property worth $50,000. The suit involving
the title to property in a central location in New
York city, and very valuable, has been pending
for filly years, Alexander Hamilton having at
at one time been attorney for the plaintiffs iu the
case. Law is a great institution.
Sale of a Coach Line.—The Philadelphia and
Easton line of mail coaches via Doylestown,
together with the mail contract till July, 1856,
owned by Peters, Hammitt and VVeart, the
great mail contractors of this section of the
country, who all died recently, have been sold
at public sale, to Cal. Paul Appleback. Tho
price paid was about $1500:
GLEANINGS.
St. Paul, Minnesota has now 709 houses and
4700 inhabitant. It began to be a village in 1840
Wisconsin, claims a poplin.
tion of 35,000.
farlt is estimated that a million dollar.,' worth
of property has been shipwrecked on the Baba•
mas within three weeks.
rirThe Hamburg Sclinellpost, owing to the
illness of its proprietor, Mr. Benseman is offered
for sale on reasonable terms.
LV . Were a cannon ball fired from the earth
with a velocity of seven miles per second, it
would never return.
IV .. .There is no law in Kentucky !' Such is
the terrible a nnouncement posted about the
streets of Louisville, slating the pedestrian fear-
fully in the eyes. It smacks of a "reign of ter.
ME
EYThe present style of pantaloons eihibits
the Rocky Mountains on one leg and the Missis.
sippi River on the other.
A lump of pure gold weighing twenty seven
pounds,has been found at Yankee Hill,near Co
lumbia Cal., by a poor Italian, who the day be
fore the finding . of the prize, liegged a dollar to .
purchase a breakfast.
I A blight little girl, eight years of age, died
on Monday in Newari, N. J., from convult4on3,
brought on by excesive escrtitibs in "funiping
the rope,"
cry Douglass Jcrrold's paper is to be printed
with iype elecirotplaicd with silver.
The Emperor of Russia
According to Mr. Pease, the Emperor of Hus,
sia is about llhyisix, and a very fine limiting man.
He is tall and athletic in figure, though not stout.
Ills winter,palare is said to be a most magnifi
cent Lui'ding. The receptiontroem is 300 fee t
long, and it takes 20,C00 wax lights to
nate it. It contains collections of art in every
department. One flight of stairs compdses no
less than 72 steps, every one of solid marble of
the finest description. The writer continues:
-- , Here was a large number of articles in ma.
!adult-, and those 54110 visited the Great Exhibi.
lion of 1851 are alone able d, form ally adequate
conception of the cifect which large quantities of
the fine mineral and gold have when brought to.'
gether, '1 he mines of Siberia, of which the
peror is particularly proud, are exceedingly rich
in this expensive stone. I am not a very good
judge of fine painting, but here was gallery al.
ier gallery filled with paintings by the best mils.,
tees. The effect of the whole was admit teflon
and amazement. There was in one of the halls
a very large vessel, which had lately been
brought from Finland, and which supported on
a huge pedestal, all cut out of a solid piece of
granite. We were taken to see the room of Pe_
ter the Great. Here was every thing !hal would
suggest itself as being of use to a great Icing, as
Peter was. Here were many ingenious took
and other things. of his own invention, and many
beautifully carved ornaments in ivory anti wood.
On one Of the tables, in a plain case, was an old
steel pen, which presented a remediable con.
trast to the things by which it was surrounded.
This pen was the one which the late Duke of
Wellington used, and was sent to the Emperor
!Num of Mc Expaillim in the search of I& 17ak
Indians.—Prom the Sante Fe papers we extract
the following news : •
"I'he expedition in search of the Trial' Indians
who stole the animals from near Taos, about
three weeks ago, and which we noticed in our
paper of the 4th, returned, after an absence of
elt yen days, Saturday, the 11 th ult. Thc y fol
lowed about one hundred and forty miles but
failed to overtake them. They travelled up the
valley of the Del Norte until they struck the In
dian trail, about ten miles above the mouth of
the Trinchares, thence through the Sand 11111
pass, on to the head of the Huerfano down the:
same ten mile's, and turned up the nor Et fuck in.:
to the valley of the West mountains. 'hey re
turned by the head of the Sangre de Cria e pass
and Putt Massachusetts. They saw,mat y indi
cations of Indians and at one place colunivi jmore
than a hundred lodge marks. They follirwed
the trail until it joined the main village, which
is now encamped further to the north in the
neighborhood of the Valley Salado, and numbers,
as is supposed, near three thousand warriors.—
The detachment crossed the trail of Col. Free- ,
rnont, in his recent survey for a railroad, and .
found large quantities of snow, sufficient to rea
der
the route impracticable."
A PrVitable Cow.—The Ploughman states that
Mr. Henry Blanchard, of East Stoughton, has a
cow eight years old, called a native but may be
one fourth Aryshire, which gave, during the year
ending 20th March las!, three thousand five hunt
dred and seventy quarts of milk, of the value of
$15480. This cow had no other feed in summer
than ordinary pasturage, with green fodder ad.. -
ded in August. On coming to the barn in the
fall she had ruwen, and four quarts of meal daily .
given her in a dry state.
It is not possible that the oil meat may prove'
profitable for our farmers to use instead of al.
lowing it all to be sent to Euroriel- It is itlry
popular with the English farmersoVhd'ptifdhlted
all they can obtain of it, and pay from one to'
three dollars per barrel freight td take it from .
New York, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, to'
Liverpool. We suppose that a hundred large
ship loads of it are taken from the United State!'
to Liverpool every year, but' we he have never
heard of our farmers trying Herald'.
Sale of a Printing Office—The office of the'
Daily Courier, Norfolk, belonging to the estate
of the late W. %V. Davis, was sold at auction on
the 24th tilt, for $ 15,600, to 8.'1 . . .Holstead, of Nor,'
folk Virginia.
Ike City of Glasgow.—There are no tidings of
this missing Steamer, and there is now little
doubt, but that nil on board have perished:—=
The Rev. J.. 1. Reynoldson, well known to many
of our citizens, was a passenger.
Rhode Island.—At the city election in Piovi
ctence, R. F. the Whigs carried everything.—
Mr. Knowles, for Mayor, has a majority in Sof
the 7 Wards, and his aggregate majority is 315.
The entire Board of Aldermen, and 23 . out of
the 28 Councilmen are Whigs.