County Superintendent The following article from the Lancaster In• dependent Whig, so fully coincides with our owu views, in relation to the appointment of a Supelintendent, that we hope it will meet with he helloes consideration of Directors : • No law that has been enacted in the State for years, transcends in importance or in the changes that will follow as the Common School law, just passed. Hereafter no Common School can be recognized as such, or can receive any portion of the public funds for its support, un less them shall be taught therein "Orthogra phy, Reading, Writing, Ett,glish Grammer, Geography and Arithmetic ;" nor can any per son receive a certificate as teacher, or be per mitted to teach a Common School unless he or she pass a satisfactory examination in these branches. This is -now the law ; and though it does not raise the standard of acquire ment very high, yet it will put the teachers of fice out of the reach of many who occupy with out filling it. The officer to carry this law into effect is the County Superintendent, who is to be elected by the Directors of the . county, on the sth of Jane next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the .Courthouse, in the Borough of Allentown„ and upop the selection of a fit man for the office, will depend the success or failure of the law. His first and most important duty is to ex amine teachers, in the presence of the Direc tors, and to grant certificates only to such as are qualified. This will be a matter requiring peculiar qualifications. The Legislature have psoperly provided that he roust be himself a • teacher. This is right. But we also say that he who is to examine others should himself be prepared to submit to a rigid examination in alfthe branchess that may be, taught in a Common School. flow else will hecommand the confidence of those whom ho examines, and whose very professionnal existence de pends on his decision ? .His other greet duty is that of visiting the schools, and of giving advice and assistance to the teachers. Hero again the professional knowledge of a practical teacher becomes ini dispensable. No other than a teacher should be selected in this capacity. Thus it is the deli of Directors to fill the office with one who has a knowledge of teaching; no other meeting either the require. went of the law or the necessities of the case. Who that person shall be we are not prepared to ipdicate. .But it is plait! that the success of the office, which must revolutionize the whole business of teaching, will depend on the selee• tion first made. ..May wisdom govern the choice. In a Dilemma The State TomperanCe Convention which met in February last, at Harrisburg, resolved that no submission of the question of Prohibi tion, without the law, would receive their at tention, much less their sanction; that they woeld not vote upon it. The legislature has since passed an act submitting the naked ques tion to a vote of the people in October next.— It will be voted upon by those opposed to Pro hibition, and by a very large number in favor of it; while if the organized friends of Prohibi tion adhere to their position taken at Ilarris burg, the forces of the Prohibitionists will be divided. The question among them now is whether they shall revoke their resolution or stand by it. They see that their refusal to vote whatever reason they may assign, will be held as assenting to a continuance of the present condition of things; while they hesitate to re trace, their steps, as they act upon the princi ple that they, areyight in all their positions and sliould 'hence make no sacrifice or compromise for expediency. They are evidently in a dtl. emma. There is one thing nobody disputes —that the vote on the question ih October will be held to exprestithe wishes of the people on the subject. Whatever the majwity demand by their votes, the legislature will be expected to grant. The dilemma, above referred to shows that Mein Law politicians may some. times err and have to chang4position, as well as- cabers, Difficulty in Quakerdom. A new order of "friends" has sprung up in the society o 1 "Kennett Monthly Meetitig," Cheater county, who style themselves the 'Pio gressive Friends.' A Committee of the. old line Quakers have • published a notice forbid ding the Progressives from holding sessions in their meeting house. The Yearly meeting of the Progressive Friends is advertised to be held in the Meeting House, at Old Kennet, Chester county, on the First day, the 21st of Filth month, 1854, but the other side, the "old log- Ws," have given notice, that if their meeting houses "are - hereafter forcibly entered, they alone, who thus enter-them, must be answer able for the consequences." Both bides pres ent a long list of names, and some difficulty is expected to grow out of the matter. " Ilennsylvania &wk.—The third of the en tire body of Senators, whose terms have ex pired 'this year, and are to be filled nest fall, are Ist and 2d Disnicts, Phitadelphia. Win. 9. crab!), and Samuel C. Hamilton ; 4th , Ches ter and Delaware, //emir S. Evans; 7th, Lan. caster, Edward - C. Darlington and Ezaitis Kinz er; Bth Dauphin and Northumberland, John C. Relate. ; 10th, Wayne, Pike, Monroe and Car. bon, E. 11'. Hamlin; 23d, Washington and Green, Maxwclllllctaslin; 24th, Somerset, Bed ford, and Fulton, 11. B. Barnes.; 26;h, Juniata, Union and Mifflin, Eli Slip; 27th, Westmore land and Fayetti l . .../ohn McFarland. From the political affinities of thqse districts, there is no probability of any ohange olthe - partizan char acter of the nest Senate. -Mr Drift. Watson, living in Kentiickylopposite Cairo, 111., killed one hundred and dime deer during last year. pjln indignation meeting at Elizabethtown. Ky., has adopted resolutions• requesting the Ward jurors to lea►c that county. ilti)e.feliigli Register. Allentown, Pgt. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1834. FOR GOVERNOR: _ JAMES POLLOCK, Of Northumberland County. FOR CANAL CoMMISSIONER : GEORGE DARSIE , Of All2gbeny County. FOR JUDGE I•F TOE SUPREME COURT. DANIEL M. SMYSER, Of Montgomery County. Fatal Accident. On Saturday the 13th of May, a carpenter of this Borough, named Daniel AIM, who was employed by Mr. Solomon But; in building a bridge on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, near Mauch Chunk, came to his death in the follow. ing manner. It appears a number of hands were engaged at the time in framing, the bridge, where by some meansor other The frame work overhead, which had not been secured, gave way, and the workmen seeing that they were m danger of being hurt, one made a leap on one side and Miff, who leaped on the other, was followed by a heavy piece of timber, which fell upon him and injured hint in such a manner, 'that ho died of the effects on the following Monday. Ile was a young matt of good character, of sober and ioduStrious hab• its, and •leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely loss. Almost a Fire On Monday Evening, at early candle light, a fire had nearly occurred in the Book Sto:e of Mes.rs. Myrna, Bush, Lciscnrihg, in Hamil ton Street, in this Borough. In lighting the Gas burners, the flames struck the paper net, hung about the ceiling, and in a second all was in flames. The alarm of fire was given, and the Engine and Hose Companies were on the spot ready for service, but the fire was ex tinguished, before any damage was done. What Iron Works Do . Flour is selling in Allentown ar.d Catasau at nine dullars to nine dollars and filly cents per barrel. In Philadelphia it sells for eight to eight dollars fifty' cents. At the former pla ces there are nine Anthracite Furnaces, which give employment directly to thousands of work men. Lehigh and Northampton counties are a fine Wheat growing region, yet flour is worth more with us, than it is in Philadelphia by nearly one dollar a barrel. This fact, which is realized in every part of our country, where iron or other ntanulacturing is successfully car ried on, proves, what the advecates Of a tariff have always asserted, that the home market is not only the most reliable, but the best. Let Farmers think of it. . A Costly Companion. It is reported that Mr. Wm. Craig, and his son Charles, of Easton, were at Philadelphia a short time ago, and stopped at the Girard House, is Chesnut Street, where they formed an ac quaintance with a Mr. William li. Steve,,, who gave IListon as his place of. residence, and who fleeced these gentleman out of &200 in cash, two gold watches and a diamond brest-pin.— It appears Mr. Craig had a slight acquaintance with Steven, before they met at the Girard House, and upon this Steven managed to en. gratiate himself in Craig's favor to such a del gree, that when he asked him for the loan of $2OO, and his watch, for the purpose of making a display it was at once given him Steven also borrowed a watch from Mr. Craig's son, and after displaying his jewelry and money for a few hours, took a sudden leave, without pays ing his bill. Corn and Potatoes The continual rains and wet weather has kept many farmers from getting through their Spring work. Indeed we' have heard of oats being sown last week, which •is at least two weeks later in the season , than usual. By this time the Corn • and Potatoes have all been plant ed in former years; and many farmers who in• tend putting out a large crop, will not get through this week yet. The weather however is very favorable for the wheat and Nye crop. The grass is short, but we think, will fully re cover by the time the season for cutting. will be at hand. llaymaking will probably be a little later than usual, as also the grain harvest. Child polsone a. Oa Friday afternoon, the 19th of May, a lit• de son, about two and a half years of age, of Mr. John flunkey, of this Borough, came to its death in the following manner. It appears the mother of the child had purchased a vial of coriosive sublimate,. to kill bedbugs, and while engaged in using it, the child happened to get hold of thefeather, which was placed in the bottle, and . licked it off; the last of the poi son induced the child to spit, when. the moth er discovered that it had swallowed some of the deadly drug. The fattier immediately admin istered a strong dope of Castor oil, which pro duced instant vomiting, after which the child was easy for a short time, ho then give it some milk and in a few minutes alter it expired. Parents cannot be too careful, when using poisonous drugs to keep them put of the reach of their children. Hand Lairip•Burtsted• 'On Saturday evening lasi; one of the board. ers at the Allentown Betel, lit a fluid hand lamp to retire to his room, which when filled, proper 'care was not observ,ed in cleansirig and closing the top. In passing out of the room, the draft blew the flame which ignited the fluid inside of the• lamp, and caused the game to explode in his hand: People ought to be yd. ry cautious how they landJe fluid lumps ; as many accidents happen through negligence. Bigler's Bank Vetoes The corrupt party presses of Pennsylvania, are puffing up Governor Bigler's veto message of the Allentown, Catusatigna, Donegal and Alount Pleasant Deposit Banks, upon the ground that the individual libility clause had not been contained in the bills. Although the Governor had already signed quite a num ber of Hank charters during his term without the liability clause, but says, that ho has done so under a rpfstaken idea, that the law of 1850 had covered his darling scheme, and now since lie has discovered that it does not, will not al !ow any Bank bill to become a law, unless the great 'preserving principle' is contained in it. In Lehigh County we think the people ought to be satisfied, , and no doubt are, that the "in dividual liability" principle in Batik charters is a complete humbug, and is . nothir.g but a license to swindle the citizens out of their hard earnings "according to law." As evidence of this, we have only to.refer back a few years, when the Beach Bunk was in operation in Al lentown. 'I Ida Bank, we believe 'was the first chartered in Pennsylvania that had Gov. Big ler's "darling clause" in it, and Moses Y. Beach knew how io carry it out to perfection. When that Institution was forced to wind up, it hada circulation of over $40,000, but not in Lehigh county. The good people could not be hum buged: with this "individual liability bank," but "the promises to pay" were taken to Ohio: arid there paid out to Farmers for their grain, their horses and their cattle, and before they knew what they had for their production the Bank was wound up, and they had s nothing but a "promise to pay" on a little strip of pa pers, with the "individual liability" clause printed on the same in glowing letters. Such a law, we think, will prevent honest men from taking stock in such an Institution, and rogues will take advantage of it. We give room to an extract from an article on exchange mid money in the St. Louis (Missou ri) Price Currcvt, a paper deservedly popular in the west, where the good people have been so awfully imposed upon, by jut such Eastern individual liability Banks, it says: "It is seldom individali are compelled to lake their individual property to pay the debts of a banking institution, even when stockhold ers of Banks are made by law, individually li able. They manage by some hocus pocus means to shirk out of it. We could mention numerous instances, but one will suffice for an example. The " Commercial Bank" of Perth, Amboy, tailed in 1851. The stockholders were made individually liable by itk charter. Has anything been made out of the m? We believe not, though abundantly able. The creditors of the Bank aro the sufferers. The people of the Western Slates have seen the fol ly of individual liabilities of stoCkholders of Banks, and have therefore abandoned the sys tem, and are adopting the only true system of banking, a General Banking Law, requiring the circulation to be secured by the pledges of State StOcks." "Many scheming financers become almost monomarbiacs upon banking, and really believe their concerns are in a solvent and prosperous condition, when to the practical man of basi ness they are insolvent and on the verge of bankruptcy. An independent paper is a great annoyance to scheming linancers." "The Banks in the West, in general are well and in good condition. We have a few fancy concerns organized and received their charters from distant States, the issues of which are brought out West for circulation." Important to Tavern Keepers. On Tuesday in the Court of *miler Sessions of Philadelphia, a case was tried for keeping a disorderly huuae. In the second count of the indictment the defendant was charged with selling liquor without license. The disturb' ance which caused the indictment, took place on Sunday, and there was evidence of the sale of liquor on that day. Mr. District AttOrney need took the ground that the limsc did not coo. cr sales of liquor wide on Sunday. Judge; Thompson chargerl the Jury that the defend ant's license. did not give him the privilege of selling liquor on Sunday, that the Supreme Court had so decided, and if they believed quor-had been sold by the defendant on Sun day, be could be convicted on that count. Mr. District Attorney Reed expressed his determi , nation to carry out this principle of the law.— This is one of the most important decisions which has been given by the Court. 'lt will tend to suppress entirely the traffic in liquor un Sunday. Horrid Death'. On Friday last, while the ten o'clock train from New York to. Easton, was passing near Elizabethtown, New Jersey a well dressed man was standing near the track, and as the cars came up to him he threw himself across and was literally cut to pieces ; his head flew away some twenty feet from the road. It was afterwards discovered that the man was insance. So a pa: r senger who came over on the train informed us. The Eclipse An. Eclipse of the Sun r will be visable throsgh• out the tivhole of the, United States, on the afternoon of the 26;11 of May next, which will be larger than any that has been seen in this country for many years. At this place its du• ration will be two hours and twenty four min utes, beginning at about 4 o'clock, and ending about half past six o'clock in the afternoon. A Beautiful IPork.—The Dress-Maker's and Milliner's Guide is indeed' a very handsome quarto publication, by S. I'. Taylor, 407 Woad way, slew York, issued six times a year, at the reduced price of ,t}.3. The number before us, contains four etegant Cashion plates imported from Paris, several full sized patterns for dresses, mantillas, &o , and full descriptions. The work must be ex ceedingly tisefal to dress-makers and milliners and of interest AO' ladies, who do not (Wilke a• handsome , dreis or disavoiv the latest fashions: Proteotion of the Iron Interests. If the farmers of this State, the lumbermen, the millers, the colliers, the carpenters, shoema kers and manufactures of every degree, are not stultified beyond redemption, they will rise to a man to protest against the outrage which is about to be perpetrated against the domestic iron interests, in the repeal of the duty on railroad iron. If there is one proposition clearer than another in political economy, it is the policy of home production, of bestowing home industry' upon home materials, and of placing producer and consumer side by side. In spite of the re peal of the tariff of '45, which Was rapidity breaking the ground all over our State, where ever iron might readily be found, and was build. ing up furnaces and forges in the .wilderness— in spite of the destruction of :his beneficent law, circumstances within' the last three years have, with the feeble aid of the act of .45 restored this persecuted branch of Pennsylvania interests and placed it on a footing requiring only time and non-interference to attain the growth and strength which will no longer ask the helping hand of Government. These circumstances are the multiplication of railroads through Europe , and this country, with the extensive adaptation of iron to new purposes, so as to create a de mend beyond existing means of supply very ma' terially enhancing, the price aboard, and thus operating as a premium on our own- inanufac ' tare of the article. Under this condition alone is found compensation for the reduction of the 'duty in '46, which would otherwise have closed finally the furnaces and forges of Pennsylvania as it had begun to do, before its operation was stayed by the impetus which the discoveries of gold gave to the world's business. Thus acci dentally fostered, our iron manufacture has sud denly recuperated, and is now in a vigorous hi fancy, full of richer promise to our State than is gold to California. ItLas gathered around it,' at various points,prosperous communities, busy in all the useful arts of life. Lands have been cleared, houses built, and shops opened. Farm ers and mechanics, in places where neither could : find a living market before, have now customers incseasing daily in numbers and means among the sturdy iron men The parties aiming the slow are, first a few railroad companies out of the State, which find their means inadequate to their enttrprizes, and would make up the deficit by seizing - virtually upon the profits of the Pennsylvania iron manu facturer. But the chief and original conspirators are the British Iron Masters, who already feel the power of our competition, and who forsee in its extension, under even the limited protection of the present tariff, its ultimate strength and se_ curity. They know full well, that if let alone, the iron regions of the State will be rapidly set tled by farmers, mechanics, and miscellaneous manufacturers, that - the cost of producing iron, will be thus very materially reduced on the don.' ble ground of a market at the doors of the forges and mills, and of active domestic corm petitic.n. In this reduction they also forsee an end of the necessity of tariff protection, when American Iron will have the advantage of so , great an amount of - capital, ingenuity and la- 1 bor engaged in its production, that like Amery can heavy cottons, it will not only be produced as cheaply as the EngliSh, but compete with them in the markets of the world. Such is the danger which English masters are now deter mined by all means, fair or foul, to avert. For this end are their agents in IVashingion, *with unlimited credit for bribery and corruption.— And they will succeed now as they have suc ceeded in former instances, unless the voice of Peunsylvania arrests them promptly. It there fore behooves our citizens of all classes, the ag, ricultural and mechanical most especially to move in this matter. Iron manufacturers them selves, however, must at once take the initiative to secure an expression of popular opinion in whatever mode may be deemed advisable.—Com inercial List, Weighing Cattle by Measure The only instrumuna necessary is a measure, with feet and inch marks upon it. The girth is the circumference of the animal just behind the shoujiler blades. The length is the distance front the shoulder blade to the rear of the buttock. The superficial feet are obtained by multiplying the girth and length. The following table con. tains the rule to ascerlaiu the weight of the ani. mal: If less than one foot in girth, multiply super finial feet by eight. In less than three anti more than one, multi ply superficial feel by eleven. If less than five and more than three, multiply Nuperficial feel by sixteen. If less than seven and more than five multiply superficial feet by twenty.thrce. If less than nine and more than seven, multiply superficial feet by thirty-three. If less tbart eleven and more than nine, multi- Oly superficial feet by forty-two Example.—Suppose the girth of a bullock to be six feet three inches ; length five feet six inch es; superficial area will then be thirty-fuur, and in accordance with the . above table, the weight will be seven hundred and eighty - two pounds. Example.--Suppose a pig to measure in girth, two feet; and length one foot nine inches. There would then be three acid a half feel, which, mul tiplied Iy eleven, gives thirty eight and a hall puunds as the weight of the animal when dress. ed. In this way, the weight, of the four quarters can be substantly ascertained during life. Russia.—Russia is the greatest unbroken empire for extent that ever existed— occupying vast regions of Europe and Asia, and nearly one,sixth of the habitable globe. It is forty.one, times the size of France, and one Bred and thirty_eight times that of Engiand.— Yet it is too small for the ambition of Alexan• der, who Is reported to have said, ..! insist upon having the Baltic to shake upon, the Caspian for a bathing place, the Black sea as a wash.haud basin, and the north, raelfie ocean as a fish pond.'': He..iencroached on Tartars , for a past% ure, on Benin. and Georgia fop a vigeyard, on Turkey for a garden, on Poland- for a-farm , tin Finland and Laptaad as a hunting gromfd and took-part of North - America as a place of banish, meet for otTentlers. • • Election Laws. The following is an act of the General Assent. bly in relation to elections in the Commonwealth, which we deem important to our readers. This measure will relieve the Legislature hereafter of a great deal of trouble and vexation, as well as time. Election Districts should be fixed by the Courts as it is presumed they know more about the factsof each case than the Legislature: AN ACT in relation to establishing and chang ing the places for holding. general elections throughout the Commonwealth. Section l. Be It enacted by the Senate and flottse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General met, and it is here. by enacted by the authority of the same, That upon the petition of-one third of the qualified vu. tees of any election district -of this Comriton. wealth presented to the Court of Quater Session of the proper city or county for the purpose, it shall be lawful fur such Court to order one elec, lion district upon the question of the place of holding the general, special awl township elec. Otitis for such district, subject to all the provi. stone not inconistent herewith of the finyisixth section of the act of the second of July, Anne Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty' i nine, entitled an act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth, and that the elections dii Indian Thern;rigy—l'he precise idea which reeled by said section shall be conducted by the Westeiti Indians entertain of a future life is thi i s:. officers of the last , preceding general election As soon as the [Johan throws off the flesh, he who shall conduct the same in the same manner would find himself standing on the bank of the in which the general elections arc by law recline• river, the current running with great rapidity to be held and conducted with the same pen. ' %cross this river was a slender pole snipped of allies and punishments for frauds or Inkcon. ' its bark. and lyird4 close down to 'the water.— duct in others, as is prescribed by said act and The Indian who had lived a good life, than sees in the case of the absence or inability of any a blight object on the other side ; that was, such officers to serve, the vacancies shall he eßight." Ile would then, desirous of embrac" led in the same manner described by said acts, ing the odject lie loved so well in the world, walk. Section That the Courts of Quarter Sessions • across the pole urimindful of the raging torrent' shall have authority within their respective coon. beneath his feet, arriving in safety on the oppo" ties to divide any borough, ward or township, ‘ r site shore; and IZight would then lead hon . into two or more election districts, or to' form an amongst mountains covered with gold and sit" election district out of parrs of two or more ver, iota noble hunting grounds, where he would. joining townships, so as to Suit the convenience hunt for eternity.. Boron the other hand, the of the inhabitants thereof, and to fix the Once I man who followed •• Wrong" all his life, when . of holding elections and appoint the election attempting to cross the pole after death; would, officers pursuant to the provisions of semen 11110 t h e foaming stream, and be swept down, second of this act Provided, That no district so ;no, a wioitpool sorrimilded by rocks; there he formed shall contain less than one hundred vu. wiitt!rl be carried round fur many centuries, un-.. and the proceedings hail in the case of such til at last he would be gradually sucked in to division or alteration shall be the same as in the wants the ceni te of the vertex, arid finally en' erection or alteration of the lines of townships. gu tpt ln d i n no immense bottomless hole. What became of the unfortunate sinner, the Indians Increase of Salaries at Washington, could nut surmise, further than he lived forever. Both Houses of Congress have passed a bill providing for an increase of the present hiell Prrsideat fierce and Furrist.--Porrest, the ac salaries of clerks and other employees in the tor, oce.itisional;y played the Locofoco politician, Executive Department of the government. Last De has been a favorite of all the Locitfoco Presi. year a large increase was also made, extending dents from Jackson th Pierce. Pierce, soon af. to all the Clerks and diplomats appointed under ter the 4th of March, invited him repeatedly the new . administration. Together with the cre- to dinner, and the invitations were excepted.— anon of new offices with fat salaries, and in_ Pierce asked him if way anything he could, creasing the pay of old ones, the "powers that do for him, anT Forrest said there was not.— be" are making rapid progress towards effecting I Pierce asked the stone question the second and. "an economical administration of the sovern, the third time, and Forrest the second' and the. ment." A host of clerks, on salaries of f. 600, third time, made the same answer. Forrest, how. $1,200, $1,500 and 82.000,0 r more, are to receive I ever wishing to be accommodating, at length, additional pay, amounting to several hundred I told Pierce that he should like to have a friend, • dollars each. Government must now pay its or. I whom he named, appointed to an humble situa, ficers a great deal more, fur doing less wotk, i [ion, which he named. lie shall have the ap. than other classes of employees get. This is l poiniment at once," said Pierce with emphasis. reprni. Nut only the class of clerks with the Forrest waited patiently fur a reasonable time,. smaller salaries are to get more, but those al. and at last took the liberty of reminding Pierce ready well pampered officials in the receipt of I that the promise made had not been Iterit._ . their thousands per annum, are to come in for Pierce apologized for the delay, and said that the an increase of pay. but the Treasury is full matter should be set right the next day; but the and "to the victors beloitg the spods."—ffirtipen. next day came and Forrest's. friend was not ep. dent Whig, pointed and the next day came, and another per. _ son was appointed. “Madam," saidiForrest, in speakfrg of the aft . fait a short time afterwsrds to a lady of Wash. ,ton City, “lie told we a chronic lie." Pierce , etiliently sent a note to Forrest inviting him incl with him, but Forrest neither accepted invitation nor answered the note. Pierce. Unwilling, to give up theactor at lastsent a friend to remonstrate avid] him against his I . ll3CiVili y. and insist elion his riming with him. "'lei llee IPrcsldeat .1 Shall dint. with him," said tae in k . dignant player. statement came to us so very direct that' 'we cannot entertain the slightest doubt of its truth Loui,,ville Journal. Struck. by Lightning. Master James -Smith aged about 12 years, son of John Smith of M. Esq., near Woods - borough, in this (Jimmy, was struck by lightning, during the storm of the 2tith ult., and remained insensible for several days.— , We are happy to learn that he has recovered from the shock, This is perhaps one of the most re. markable escapes from instant death by lighten. ing, on record.—Whilst leaning against a tree, it was struck by lightning and the fluid in its decent when on a level with the youth's head, left the trunk of the tree tore the glazed cap from his head and saparating portions of it passed down both his sides, in its course, rending in twain his null. side garments, scorching his shirt, burning his person, melting the iron spring of a p enknik in one of his pockets; and heating a tin box, which he had in anothe'r pocket, to such a degree as to sent his flesh,and firmly found its way out at dhe toes and heels of both boots.—(4lld.)lleraltf. Fatal lkstal.—Our readers will remembr, that a few weeks since, a lad named George. Richt, in Northern liberties; was bitten by a rab id dog, at a tan yard, where he was employed.— He immediately visited a physician, undimmed the bitten part with custie, and without any oth, er medical aid, the wound healed up. • :The lad continued at his work as .before the occurrence until early on Monday morning, when he went to the yard he llecame sick at the stomach, and returned home, apparently suffering great pain. The bite of the dog recurred to the family, and they supposed the boy was afflicted with hydro. phobia. Dr. U. H. Taylor was summoned, and as soon as he'observed the symptoms, was coll. vinced the fears of the family were well ground. ,cd. The usual remedies were given the unfor, tunate youth, whose convulsions and sufferings were terrible to witness. At the sight or sound of waterlie would go into convulsion. The youthful sufferer continued in this dread ful condition until one o'clock on Wednesday morning, when death put an end to his agony.— For some . time before death he would become frightfully convulsed at times, and although but fourteen years ego, it reqUired the united strength of several met) to restrain Poring his' paroxysms,. he would give utterance to Such. cries as don't drown me"—talie awayllieWa• 43., which gave fearful 0/Menne of the op, erations of the human life is too. Sacred to, be sacrificed in' this horrible tattooer for the sake of the useless canines, which are suffered by their owners to ruts the streets eironuizled. Philadelphia tun. OEM Farm Janine l.---The May No. of this period ical is receit ed:and. corn:steeds itself stiflingly .10 the "support , of those who desire to keep pace !willi.tfip a4 vaucemcht of agriculture. The Wilmot District in Motion. We learn from the Bradford Argus, that a meeting of the Democracy of Bradford county opposed to the Nebraska bill, was held at Tow anda, on Tuesday. the 2d inst., at which Col. Gordon F. Mason, formerly State Senator, presi ded, and which was addressed by lion. David . Wilmot, and who is said not to have neglected in his speech to rap the knuckles of dodging gentleman upon the Democratic ticket for Gov. ernor of Pennsylvania. When Judge Wilmot had concluded his speech, he offered a paper—in substance an address or declaration of principles, to the democracy of the State—which was passed by the meeting unani.. mousiy. In his speech and paper both, the • Judge boldly declared the Nebraska question to: be an issue, and one that would overthrow the democracy in every free State of the Union,thae aorta pied to back its passage as a party question.' The address called upon our State Represents: tiers to pass immediately, the antl•Nebraska'res-. olut ions, which have fur some tune been pendd tog before that body ; arid in case of its refusal . to pass. them, then, the deinocracy of the State . are called upon to meet in Convention, to take such action thereon as the exigency of the case' rua • y it quire. I ing sub , In d ISM IVe area Greal Country.—While Russia comes to us for steamships and engineers, and Turkey and France for pistols, even England avails her-, self of the in vedtive skill of our mechanics. The Sprittp,Geld 11?.publican says i— ..ller authorities have sent three officers oL ordnance and engineer corps, to visit our estabs lishments, and gainer all necessary information and facilities fur introducing their advantages AL Jtorne. \'• "These gen ilemen—Col. Burns, Capt. Warlow • and Mr. Anderson—are now making a minute• Inspection of the Armory here, taking notes of its various details and machinery, and have ore dared co - Pies of some of them made at the Ames , manufacturing establishment in Chicopee, to btu sent to he Thirty,sccond Staii:4A. bill has been ins , traduced into Congress, providing for the admis sion of grcgon into the Union, as a State, and thne legislature of Oregon aro taking the preliniinarye seeps for calling a convention to form a Constitu t , lion. In the year 1850 Oregon will probably b'e thy: thirty_second Stale of the Ilnion. News From Europ6 The news from Vienna, of .May 514, gives further accounts of the bombard.= tnent of Odessa, from which it appears that all'the fortifications, the batteries, and mili tary stores were destroyed. - ,The powder magazine blew up, and twelve vessels of tvar •were sunk., ..The loss of the allies was, only fire killed wounded, PRUSSIA.—It is .certain that Russia, bast. I proposed to the Prusiap government tt.Trea , .. ty• of . Commerce,on the most liberal. basis, :The anxiety of the Czar to make Prussia fa, vorablo to him is Well known— Russia!) a&ents, in' the smaller Germap, States, are showing , the greatest activity , endeavouring to prevent their illusion. In. the Treaty of4lliance. ~• The allied fleets have, thus far. captul twenty-five merchuntinen , . othio,h.tboy lot to neutral houses:.
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