The Lehigh register., August 09, 1854, Image 2

(11)e tel)igl) Register.
AllCntown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9,1861.
FOR GOVERNOR:
JAMES POLLOCK ) •.
Of Northumberland County.
FOR CANAL UNMISSIONER :
GEORGE DARSIE,
Of Allegheny County.
FOR JUDGE ..F Tilt surnumn c:1:1(T.
DANIEL M. SMYSER,
Of Montgomery County.
Visit to the Poor House
We had occasien •to pay a visit to our Poor
Muse, on Friday last. Arriving there, we were
told, that Mr. Faust, the gentlemanly steward
was out on the farm, attending to the duties of
the Agricultural Deparment. An obliging Eon
of the steward,•politely invited us in the office
and dispatched a messenger after his father,
who very soon made his appearance, halu,lrear•
ty and full of fun. In our course of converse•
Lion, we touched upon various topics of the day,
"Know Nothir gism" and many other isms, al
ter which he politely invited Us to take a stroll
through the large buildings, the House of Em•
ployment and Hospital. In entering the latter
building, we met Dr. Clau . le3 fl. Martin, the at,
tending Physician. On entering the apartment
we found the Doctor engsged in bleeding a fe
male inmate of the house. After the arm was
dressed, the Doctor j'mred us in our course
through the hospital, trrm the basement to the
attic, examined every room in the house, seen
many spoor and helpless creature, the condition
of some of which indeed affected our tender
feelings. This building from the basement to
the attic, is visited several times a day by the
active and persevering Steward, and his very
attentive matron Mrs. Faust.
Housewives will pardon us for saying that
we believe no private dwelling in the county
is meoned better, with a view to cleanliness
than is the Lehigh County Poorhouse and lies•
pital. Every-ppro in the house is airy, bed,
clean, paupers forced to be cleansed daily; and
the floors in the entire building, from lop to
bottom, scrubbed twice a week, and such apart
ments; which from the nature of the disease be
comes soiled, are washed and cleansed daily.
These sanatary measures so strictly carried out,
account for the good health that at pre,ent
prevails in this establishment. True, several
cases of cholera have been reported, but they
were brought there from along the railroad and
canal in an advanced state, but not in a single
case, has it effected the old inmates of the
building.
We also passed through every room in the
House of Employment, and we must admit
that we only saw one female confined, in this
department. The inmates both male and female
look healthy, are clean in dress u and appear to
really enjoy their situation. We happened to
pass through this department during the time
the bell called the inmates to dinner. We no
ticed several old couple, partake of their meals
in their private rooms, and they informed us
they never lived better. This Department as
well as the other is scrubbed twice a week from
the attic to the basement.
After having passed through the building.,
Mrs. Faust, the =non lady of the house invit
ed us to dine with them, and partake oh what
she in a hurry had prepared. As Me party was
about to' seat themselves to enjoy the good
things of which the table was so largely hailed,
Hiram J. Schantz, E-q., one of the Directors,
who lives within a mile of the Poor llouse, and
by the bye, one of the most. active and ener
getic members of the board, made his appear.
ance, and we all done full justice to the contents
of the sable, regardless of all dangers of "mor•
bus" or cholera. All we have yet to say, is,
that a visit to the Poor House, will convince
any reasonable person, that the paupefrs in the
Lehigh County Poor House are kept better,
than many of the wealthiest families keep
themselves.
The Public Works Again
It will be remembe'red that vie laid before
the public a short . time since, a comparative
statement, procured from the Auditor General's
office, of the Canal and' Railroad revenue lor
the first seven months of 1853 and 54. In reply
to this, our friend of the " " has pro
cured a certificate from ThornaS 1.. Wibion,
EFq., the pith of vt hich is contained in the fol_
lowing . extract :
"The following is a comparative statement
of the tolls collected in the first seven months
of the fiscal years 1853 and 1854, viz:
1853
1834
Decrease in 1854
l'aecisoly so ! We suspected as much when
we penned our former article, but thought .it
beet to let them convict themselves. The
amount collected for 1853 and 54 do not differ
sir much as the• Auditor General's books would
seem to indicate; but it has not been paid into
the Treasury, nor accounted lot at the Auditor
General's office! Have certain rumored de.
falcations on the Columbia Railroad anything
to do with thin state of tiflairs? Or is the
money required as a missionary fund in the ap
proaching election ?—Dent. UMW/.
Amendments.—ollicial notice has been giv
en by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, of
the passage, by the last Legislature of two pro.
positions to amend die Constitution of the State.
The first provides that the aggregate amount
of debt hereafter contracted by the State shall
not exceed five hundred thousand dollars.—
The second prohibits municipal subscriptions
to rail made. The people aro to vote for or
against these propositions at the next general
electioni
Pardoning Power Abused
We invite the attention to an article to another
column from the "Northampton Farmer," giv
ing another remarkable instance of the abuse
of the pardoning power exercised by Gov. Big
ler, in releasing Dr. Daniel Lachenour one of the ]
conspirators in the Green case from his fine
and imprisonment. The Farmer is a Demo
cratic paper, having the name of William Big
ler at the head of its editorial columns, for Gav
enter, and its statements cannot therefore be
gotten rid of by our Louth:ice cotornperaries as
I,Vhig lies.
The sentence on hachenaar was passed by
Judge McCartney an tO•12.11(10 . 01May last, as
follows: The sentence of the Court upon you
is, that yon pay a tulle 21 $2,500 to the use of
the County of Northampton, and be imprison
ed in the County Jail for three month, and
pay the costs of this suit.
h will be seen that the time of imprisoument
would have expired on the 12111 of August. Na
one perhaps would have objected to a tiardon
of imprisonment, but to remit the fine is an
outrage, not only upon the Judge and Jury, but
upon every citizen in the county and State.
The "Farmer" says, Fields anti Dcch will be
pardoned immediately alter the election. This
no ono doubts, that has any ways watched the
doings of Gov. Bigler, since he occupies the
Gubernational chair. The Governor, from the
free exercise of his pardoning power, shows but
little respect for the opinions of the Judge and
Jury, in this case, and much less for the pock•
ets of the dear people, the honest tax-payers of
Northampton county, whom he believes better
able to pay the eight thousand dollars ; and no
doubt, it they are as good democrats as repre
sented, they will nut only pay the tine wi!hout
Intirtncr, but will roll up their old fashioned
tut.j 'rimy of twelve hundred.
The dear people of Northatnpton county are
made to pay well for their adherance to Demo.
()erotic faith. It was currently reported that the
re-charter of the Easton Bank had cost upwards
of s3o.ooo—the annuaktate taxes amounts to
near slo,ooo—the costs of the Green trial near
:58,000—together near $lOO.OOO. Qii4e a nice
little sum to be made up in a circuit of but
twenty-five miles. '
The Plubburg papers state that Gov. Bigler has
also pardoned Hazen, Law.,on, 111 orris and Da
vis, the defendants in the celebrated small note
com , piracy ea-e, and also remitted the fine of
;ilOO each, which was imposed upon them.
The "Pennsylvania Patriot s " a Locofoco Pa
per at Harrisburg, thus speaks of the men who
have of late years composed our Sate Legisla•
UM
"It is a lamentable fact that too many have
beer. sent here as legislators, who were total.
ly unfit to di.rcharge the duties which devol
ved upon them: Indeed of being qualified to
make, laws, some of them had not capacity to
construe, intelligibly a law made by others.—
We must also make another confession,
as it is, that our Legislatures, for a few
years back have been cursed with a class of.
men who cared nothing for the interests of
their constituents or their Sate—the sole ob.
j•tet seeming to be the readiest way of lining
their pockets with gold, even though the ac
complishment of their wish was at ill() expense
of their integrity and utter disregard of their sol
emn ()whs."
The "Patriot': applies these remarks to both
parties. We suspect, however, they are chiel•
ly applicable to their own.
important Discovery
Well the cat is out of the bag,—the mare's
nest is discovered. These Know Nothings, who
have been so terribly worrying our neighbors'
the Gazette and Adler, are found out, shown up,
used up, and done up, brown. The Pcnnsyka.
nit/ has found cut all the secrets, paSs.words
signs, grips, &c., (at least it says so) and pub
li•hes them to the world. Nobody contradicts
the Peansylvanian, and therefore what it rays
must be true. Some one has carried off a copy
we had of the paper but if we can lay hands up.
on it again we will publish the expose in anoth
er column and thus do our share towards gratis
tying an enlightened curiosity. The watch
words, if we remember rightly arc Traitor Be
ware No. 13, Freedom No. 32—so all that is
to be done is to use the mysterious words
and walk into any lodge if you can find
it. The grip we forget, but the sign is by draw,
ins the hand across the forehead as if wiping off
perspiration—at least so says the Pennsylvania.
That sign we ha've seen frequently—especially
during warm days,—and judging by the number
who use it the society must be very extensive.
But the difficulty is, nobolly knows whether
thePronsykania is right or wrong. And then
we can find no one who can tell.- Beery one
we have asked about it seemed to be a Know
Nothing—and what is . worse, with all our inquit
ries we have not been able to find a member of
the society. We have seen books containing (as
they said) all the secrets of Masonry, Odd Ft:_
lowship,•&c., but everybody seems to distrust
them and we cannot see that those societies gel
along any the worse. for all the rapcses. So we
fear time is some humbug about the matter, and
have some apprehension about trying it on, hav
ing the fate of one of Gov.Bigler's officeholders
before our eyes who, if the story current in town .
is true, was soddenly walked out of a room into
which he had got 'lithe exercise of his wits. The
Pennylvania does not give its author, so that we
might judge of his credit—propably because if
what that paper says of oaths, &e., is true, its
informer must have committed perjury. Won't
some clever Know Nothing step up and tell us
all about it for our private satisfaction. We
won't say a word about it, not we, and we
want to be sure we are right, before we gb ahead.
—,lleading Journal.
y , 979,923 01
937,131 bl
ti 42,791 70
A Ceitteporion.—Amon] the deaths at the
Chester County Poor House, last week, was that
of a negro, who had attained the age of 103 years.
lie was a tsameler in the army of the American
Revolution.
A Sorry Picture
For th.e Lehigh Regidcr.
What is Politeness. •
Ma. Flunc,—Dear Sir Is it the mark of a
gentleman to sit upon a dry goods bk, with
some half dozen or more of. companions, and
while away a Sabbath chernoon in descanting
upon the beauties or deformities of each lady's
loot or walk, or peculiar style of dress, as she
passes?. We ask the question for information
not knowing how our good natured beaux re•
gard this custom.
!lave they ever thought that possibly it may
be very - embarmssing fur a lady to hear it
flounced by some one of the smoking, chew
ing and spitting group, that "she has a very
pretty foot; but a rely bad nose," and such
like observations. It they have any criticisms
or compliments to bestow, would it cot Le us
well fur the "L9rds of mewl on" to check their
enthusiasm until the lady had passed out of
healing distance?
IVe frankly confess that . "we fair ones" some
limes feel complimented by being gazed at,
but when in the public streets a lady' be
comes the locus of Irdm six to twenty pairs of
eyes, all staring at her as she approaches, and
watching every motion as she passo:;, we are
I sometimes constrained to blush fUr the impu
dence which.suggeste such an excess of coup
ph ment.
For a lady to pass Harrill:cc: street on an al.
ternoon requires more courage than to have
stormed the entrenchments of Cerro Gordo.—
Batteries of glaring staring eyes, planted upon
merchants' boxes threaten to annihilate one at
every step. We "angels without wings" want
more bravery than wo possess to get through
the hiected diktiet with any degree of con:,
fort or composure.
We are by no means actuated in what we
ray by a faulrfinding rpirit. OA the contrary
we are always happy when we see the getole•
men cheerful and sinning, any would not for
the world ray aught to dimidiAt their cheerful•
gloss or darken their smiles.
Custom has made it quite easy fat us to cut
our way to and from church through a cloud of
cigar smoke. With our thick-shoes we can get
along quite comfortable over the side walks
II roping with tobacco juice. We would out
drive the gentlemen from that paradise of the
tobacco chewer—a dry goods box. It they
choose to spend the greater part of the Sabbdth
in this way, they are privileged to do so. lint
when the ladies are passing, would it be too
much to ask, that they smoke arid chew and
spit with all their devoted energies, so as to
engross for the time being their undivided at
tention, and thus relieve us from the gazing
and gaping, and our feet, our peculiar walk,
our style of dress, form, mouth, eyes, nose
and bonnet trimmings, hoot the diseritn-
Muting and enlightehed criticisms so frequent
ly passed upon Morn in our very homing.
Yours only, EA I I' DARLING. •
What Does It Mean?
The \\'a-hingmn muiespontlent of the Har
risburg Democratic UhiAi, of July 30,11, 1854,
says: The prudent friends of the adminisira
tionn are not favorable to the proposition of
placing ten millions of dollars at the disposal
of the president to meet certain contingencies
in our diplomatic relations with Spain. The
president is commander-im•chief of the army
and navy of the United Slates, in virtue of the
constitution ; and to vest him with authority to
draw money from the treasury for purposes not
known to cofigress, would be establishing 'a
precedent dangeroug to pnblio liberty. It is
not supposed for a moment that any improper
use would be made of the public moneys con
fided to President Pierce, but it is the evil of
appropriating any sum of money, for ot•jects
neither known nor under:cood ty the legiti
mate ,gutudiatis of the public purse, that forms
the ground of oljmtion to the propot ed we:a
ura. Should the executive deem it advisable
to negotiate with Spain for the purchase of Cu
..
b I, he may do so, and stipulate for Om faithful
performance of a treaty of cession on the ear
ty of the other branch of the treaty-making
power. And if money be required to carryout
the provision's of national engagements, the
president is empowered to convene congress
within sixty days Irm a given date.
The inquiry demanded by congress touching
the instructions of the navy department to cow•
wander Hollins, will be pm:nptly answered;
and if I am correctly informed, it wifl appear
that the burning of Greytown was no part of
the orders issued for the adjustment of the out•
rage upon the person of the American minister.
The homestead bill will have to ho postpon
ed. :rhe southern members very generally are
oppo.•ed to donations of the public Is.nds. This
trust estate is the COlllllllOll property of the states
and cannot right tally be approprialed to objecui
ii.jorious to the interests of any member of the
confederacy. The bill requires various amend.
meats to make it palatable, which demand
time to consider and arrange. At tho nex ses•
lion the subject may engage the attention of
able constitutional lawyers tor its adj istniet.
O - 75-I'he same correspondent in another part
of the letter F aye: , Mr. Forney, clerk ct the
house, was not censured for his very improper
conduct in permitting certain alterrivions upon
the record of the Minnesota laud bill. It teas
nut for the clerk of house 'to assume the re.
sponsibility of mutilating public. ante. Ile
should have regnisteil the gentlemen interest•
ed to bring the matter to the notice of the house
and have leave to amend. There is Ito safety
no certainly in legislation, if important chang
es are permitted to be made itlier bills have
passed the house. 'flta miiinbors in both hou
ses condemn in public the indiscreet conduct
of the clerk, in this particular case. •
• 4nother / Rcrolutionary Patriot Gone.--Died Zt
his residence in•Uniontown, Carroll county, 111 d.,
on the 15th inst., John Derr, in the 95th year of
his age. Deceased was an old resident of Fred.'
crick County, and well known to many of the
last generation. lie enlisted in the American
army in 1779, under Captain Weiser,
Newspaper Subscribers
The following classification of newspaper sub.
scribers we lake from the Prairie Farmer, and
from oar own experience we can safely say that
the picture is drawn as natural as life. First
come (he
Uprighk—These arc men who take newspa•
pers, pay for them and read them. Observe the
order in which these things are done; the pay
comes first—the reading next. These men eou•
cider they get the worth of their money in the
bargain. 15 seems as fair and just to them that
the newspaper should be paid, fur as .a barrel of
sugar or a new coat. They never entertain any
other opinion. When the year runs out or a lit
tle before, they are on hand with the pay. There
is no more difficulty with them in remem
bering this period than Sunday or the first of
January. If one of them wishes to stop his pa•
per, he either calls or writes a later by his` post
master, in due season, like a man. This
class is dear to the heart of the editor. Their
image is embalmed in his warm affections. May
' they live a thousand years, and see their sons'
suns, to the fourth generation. .The second class
now in mind is the.
Do We(!s.—•Phis class is nearly related to the
other—so near, that it is haul to tell where one
begins and the other endso4 These men always
pay in advance in the beginning, and intend to
do so continually. Hut memory fails a little, or
. some mishap intervenes, and the time runs by—
; sometimes a little—sometimes forquite a period.
Hut their recollection, though nodding occasion,
I ally, never gets sound asleep. It pronounces the
word in due time,—“The printer is not paid,'
their will to do well, kindles into activity. Now
comes the paying up—" Meant to do so before.—
: Don't mean to let such things pass by." A pub.
fisher can live with such men. They have a
warm place in his mcmory—only a I:itle back
of the Uprights. If such a man dies in arrears,
his wife or sun remembers that he may nut have
paid up fur his newspaper, and forthwith insti
tutes inquiries. They remember that part of the
benefit was Theirs, and estate or no estate, see
I that the pt inter's bills are not among their fath•
er's unsettled accounts. Next nitrite the
. -
I Eau Docrs.—These men believe in•newspa-
pers. They have fully settled it in their own
minds that a newspaper is a good thing. They
take them too. Often pay up the first ear—al
any rate they mean to,pietty soon. If'they have
datie so, they sit down with the comforting con
viction that their newspaper is now settled fur;
-and this idea having once got into their heads,
refuses obstinately to be dislodged, but keeps its
hold from yCar to year, a truth once—now an
illusion, grey and rheumatic with years. The
editor unpleasantly mat king the elongated and
elongating space in the accounts current of their
dollars, begins to ask if they are dead, ur have
gone to California. Now he begins to puke bills
at them. They suddenly start up at the reality
they are in arrears; and like men, as they are
at the bottom, pay up. They never dispute his
bills—they know hooks tell better stories than
moss covered memories. If the publisher has
laith enough, or a ling purse, and can live a bib.
crusting bear he may survive these men. But
if he is mortal only, woe be to him. The next
class is that of the
Down Ilillers.—llere we begin to slide over to
the other stile. The picture suddenly gets Som
bre. We shall despatch the down - hillurs sud
denly. One-of these may take a paper because
his wife wants one, or the chilthen are zealous
to read it, or a neighbor persuades him. When ;t
begins to come he dismisses all thoughts about
it further. If the edit r sends a man directly to
him at the end of two or three years he may get
some pay for his paper, but with growls and
surly looks, lle never pays any debt if he c.tt .
get rid of it, and a newspaper least of all. still
he hates lawsuits and constables and all that.
A dun has the same (Arco on him that a bullet
dues on a hippopotamus, glancing from his hide
or stuliing into the blubber harmless. He is al-
ways sliding down hill and soon merges into
another class, that of
•
?he Xix'Cims Rouse.—tio rrmeter how the man
began has subscription, he never pays for H—
iatt he. "lie don't like that sort of paper. It
don't give no news. Ile never did like it. He
didn't want tt in the first place, and told the post
master so. Ile sent back one more than a year
ago—besides he never began to take it till along
time after it came, and he hadn't had mily two or
three of them at any rate, and those he hadn't
read." Whip him ott. Here comes the
Scope Grace.—lt is.eitough to say of hint that
he never (ails to have a newspaper—two or three
of them. When he thinks they have come about
long enough for the pnblishet to want pay, he
sends back with ' , stop it." Or, he takes up his
quarters and leaves for parts unknown. Ile
does not want to pay, and he don't mean to.
Oat it if you can. Enough fur hint.
EMI
Internal Navigation
The St. Louis Republican notices the tom to
that city of the steamerilieneva, from the mouth
of the Yellow Stone, river,. alter an ab . sence of
fortpfuur days, which is said to be the shortest
trip ever made. The following is an extract
from the captain's
"July I.—Fell in with a grisly bear swimming
the river; opened a fire upon him without effect
after receiving several rounds, nothing daunted,
he made direct for the boat, apparently with the
design of boarding us ; but, finding that rather
inconvenient, he sheered off with a terrific growl
and dropped astern .10 made for the opposite
shore, which he failed to reach, fur about this
time Capt. T. brought: his gun to bear upon him
and place an ounce ball in his shoulder, which
shattered the blade anti caused his hearship to
utter another terrific complaint; anti notwi:h
standing his loud protest against such treatment
the captain scion gave Mtn another. The two
shots rather had the effect of retarding than ac
celerating his onward movement. By this time
Mr. Wilcox with his rifle, made for the enemy,
with intention of bringing him to terms ; but, ref
fusing any hind of negotiation and at the same
time assuming a very menacing attitude, all,ne ,
;lodation was terminated•by Mr. Wilcox putting
a ball through his head and in a few Minutes
he was seen suspended from the stern derrick,
heels uppermost. Thus ended the bear fight and
we went on our way rej•ticing." .
The Lager Beer Dodge.
'the Democratic Union announces officially
that Gov. Bigler has resolved to •dodge' the La
ger Becr Bill passed by the laSt Legislature—or
in other words he will pocket it until after his
defeat in October next. The Union thinks that the
o?.iaion of the Attorney General of the State on
the. constitutionality of the bill in question should
he placed upon record for the information of the
Dgecutive before he signs or vetoes it; and
"The feverish slate of the atmosphere—the ex.
cited elements of political warfore, admonish
the Attorney tiener4l to WITHHOLD hi; opin
ion on the hap,m , Derr Act UNTIL AFTER THE
ELECTION." •
So, Gnv. Bigler cannot sign or veto the bill tin
ttl the Attorney General writes his opinion of it.
and that officer will not place his opinion on re.
cord until alter the election, because of tithe ex
cited elements of political warfare, &c."—
i•llndge" is therefore the game, and the Lager
Beer bill holds over for the sake of trapping I.A.
OEVL Been VOTER because ;le has tint signed 11 ,
and Tmiteenxsen votes because he has not veto,
ed it ! Gov. Bigler will likely be able to inform
us of the dividends that investment pays 'after
the second Tuesday of October.—Petins.tiltiania
711(graph.
Consorts after Death
There having been some speculation lately ;in
the Swedenborgian ceremony of marriage, we
give the following synopsis of Swedenborg's
chapter on the state of consorts after death t"
1. The laws of the sex remain with every man
after death such as it was in his interior will and
thought in the world.
2, The same is true of conjugal love.
J. Two consorts mmt commonly meei,alter
death, know each other, again associate, and for
some time live together. This takes place in the
tirst stato, while they arc iirestermits, as w tl.c
world.
4. As they successively pat (4f their externals
and enter into their internals, they pet ceive in
: what love and inclination tow;ords each other
they had mutually been, and consequently
whether they can live together or not.
5. If they can live together, they remain con.
kt, sorts ; but if they cannot, they separate them_
selves, sometimes the Man from the w•fe, and
sometimes wife from the mare, and sometimes
each from the Miter.
6. Then there is given to the man a suitable
wife, and to the wife a man in Ulm manner.
.7. That consorts enj situ:tar intercour , e
with each other as in the world, out wore p!ca'ant
and blessed; yet without prollicaiton,. in the
plaice of which ihey have spiinual Hullo:atom,
which is of love and wisihmi.
8. Such is the case -with those who go into
heaven. but...otherwise with those who gu into
An Eventful Career
At the late term of the Z. 4 upreine Court 01
Lowniles county, Ga., a man by the name ot.
Graham was convicted of inatislituchier, and
sentenced to Me penitentiary at itir age of nine
teen years.—The Wargebai (Florida) Tones
gives a lew incidents io the lite ot this pion
man, which ate well calculated to excite sympa•
thy in hismisforittnes ;
At the age of thirteen, he was attacked by a
tiger, who alter tearing him badly, and crushing
both his jaws, left him fur dead under a cover.
ing of leaves, which had been piled otehrm.—
Subsequently he was caught in a sugar mill
and lost one arm ; was bitten twice by. rattle.
snakes, and snuck senseless'hy a !lash of light
ning. Ills greatest calamity to - curtit a few
months ago, when he killed one of his neighbors
in a drunken frolic, by stabbing.—Since then he
has laid in prison, and has now a term of years
to serve at sonic trade suited to his peculiar
physical condition. If, there be any extenuat
ing circumstances in his case, we should be glad
to see •thein brought to the notice of flit Exe
cutive, for the exercise of official clemency. We.
doubt very much whether any man living cv.
er encountered similar perils. This is said to
be a true record, without the least fancy of in
tention.
The Rush fin. the New 7err,/ur:es letter to
the St. Louis llepublican,clating from St. Joseph,
which is a great centre and haltitig place for tjhe
emigration, says
They came by boats, stages, carriages,
wagons, on horseback and tntileback, and it is
no ant:sun] thing to see troops of hardy pioneers,
passing on loot, with their axes and knapsacks
upon their backs, ranking their way into the
forests of Kansas and Nebraska to hew oat a
hunt t'. . The Emigration to these territories is uni.
precedented, except . m the history of California.
Thousands of sturdy and enter prising men are
flocking thither to select the choicest spots for
their -lutate homes. The terry boats here are
busy in transporting them front daylight to (talk.
They arc thus far all from Slave States, except
a few from Illinois and Indiana, and dose are
of slay ery proclivities."
The Prke rf Whent.—A table ha 4 teen pub
lilted toviog .the price of wheat fur the last
ixtrone (ram which it apdears th at io
that space of time—from 1713 to 1854—wheat
has only five times ham 52, or upwards per
bushel, while it was seventeen times at 81 or
under—twice at seventy•five cents. only ones
in thirty . ..seven years, that is hum 1817, to wit,
1837, has it reached 82. Average price for the
whole period was 81 3S. For the first thirty
years it Ayes 51 25.
The Know•Nolhimg Family—mi. Know Noth
ings seem to have flourished in England
two centuries ago John Bunyan relates in the
second part of the Pilgrim's Progress, that at the
lime of Christiana's settling forth on her journey
there were assembled at the house of MrS. Tim•
orous, sundry 'ladies, among whom mr.,F Mrs.
Bat's Eyes, Mrs. Inconsiderate, Mrs. Lig7hk Mind
and Mrs. Know A'othing. In the somewhat spi•
cy conversation which ensued, Mrs. Know Noth
ingmerely risks a simple questitin—refraining,
with that taciturnity which still distinguishes
those of her name, from any definition of her po.
sition in the matter under consideration.
Ro m3ritio Marriage.
A few evenings ago as the cars of the Carrol r •
ton railroad were approaching the city, a little
girl about three years old ran in Iront of the en..
gine and stopped on the centre of the track.—
The brakemen at:empted to strip the engine as
soon as the child was perceived but on and on
hurried the iron monster, and just as it was
about to crush into the earth the beauteous via.
rim which thus so innocently braved its coming
the strong hand of an athletic young man was
stretched forih, and at the hazard of another life
the child was saved.
Loud was . the shout of applause from the few
who witnessed the daring deed, and in triumph
the young man bore the child away, and deliver
ed it to its mother. Any attempt to describe a
mother's feehngs on such occasion _would be
more than vain. She felt as a mother alone can
feel, when the darling of her heart—her only
chill—is rescued from the jaws of death; and
with an eloquence which no words can convey
she looked and spoke her thanks.
Thai mother was a widow young, and fair as
the incarnation of a poet's dream ; and _withal',
she was blessed with no little of this- world's
goods. Of course she was grateful to the p'reser.-
ver of her chiliffe and as ho was poor, sbe of.
fered to bestow a.on him a goodly largess, Hp
however, refused to accept any reward for doing- .
what he considered to be his duty, and su the:
matter fur the time rested.
Since then an intimacy has sprung up-between:
the young man and the grateful widow, and the
result was, that yesterday they went together to
Mobile, wherethe withm's name is at the lly.
Menial alter to be changed, and the young mart
is to become not only the protector, but the
step-father of the child he saved
May the joys of the twain increase, anti their.
days be many.—Ncto Orleuus True Della, July IGT
EffiTh,f f,4p 11',rin Weather.—The Pottstown
Ledger says it has a refreshing piece of coulness .
to ri cord this warm weather. Ou Monday night
a week a person called at the hotel of Mr. Yohn,
and wished to engage a very . comfortable room
for a short time, this hot season.. The Become,
modations were shown to him, and proved M..
ceptable. The gentleman was very particular,
lle must have everything of the best, and at the
table showed his Epicurean taste to be , well
cultivated. At the expiration of four days, or
thereabouts, the nights being rather warm, we
presume, to admit of sound sleep, he got up about
I l'u'Oock. I'. M., and a ppr 'primed to his use one..
of Mr. Yeihn's coats, and b uk ' a
tt alk westward
in the •stilly night." Mr. Y., n t liking such a
summary departure, next morning followed, and .
overtook the fastidious gentleman in the neigh..
but hood of Unionville, Belles coon ty, procured a
tough sapling from a tree near by, gave him a
neat dressing of hickory oil !erste:tie:lg his coat,
male him fork over the prier of his good
and sent him .111 his Way . 4 rej 'icing " over the
red:Mon that he got just what he deserved..
A Pettrfttl Vont:v.-1\ c lentil from Got. Ste-,
ens of Minneapolis, that on Satioday night a,
num named Ilickery unite nook to cross the M s„
sissippi al rive the Falls of ShAnihoriy, in a aka,
piing unacquainted with the ehatint I, arid be.
wintered by tie darkness, his boat was drawn
into the swift current above the laps, where all
eff-rts to extricate himself proved unavailing,
and he was forced in talte the frightful jdunge
in the d rep waters below. Strange as it may
seem lie was neither killed or drowned, but by
some means, it loch we dal not learn, succeeded
in regain:lig the shore almost entirely unharm.
ed. This is, we believe, the first time Milt
body Inns been known to go over the falls-14;d
escape with life. Since the days of Amcate Se
pa, the descent has been regarded as certain
dea , h, and Mr. Hickey may certainly congratu
late himself for having done t.somethings" with
mire success titan Sam l'Ach did "others."
.4 Cosily Nolc.—California, w:111 nll its wealth
h proven a cosily possession to the United;
Biairs. The rate at which it consumes the mon
. y at the national treasury may be judged by the,
fact that one bill now pending in Congress con
gress contains appropriations to the amount of
$2,003,0111; $050,000 bring for suppressing
claim hostilities, $263,000 for a custom house and
storehouse, t'3110,6V0 for surreys of the public
lands, $4C0,000 for the expenses of the State gore
ernment in 1819 and 1850, and $250,000 for a
survey of the boundary line.
Ki d by a Panther.—We learn Cram the
Abingdon Virginian that a little daughter of Mr.
Barker, living in the lower part of Washington
county, was killed a few days ago by a panther.
Mrs. Barker had sent the little girl to a spring,
for water. The child staying longer than was
necessary:, the wilier went in search of her.
Near the spring she found traces of blood, and
shun ilistslWe beyond a portion of her child's
body. Mr. Bariter was not at home,,but the,
agonized mother succeeded in raising a small
company, who went in search of the animal that .
had torn from her a beloved one. A few steps
from the place where the remains of the child,
were found a large panther was discovered in
tree. The unerring rifle of one of the company,
a.: soon as the monster was observed, brought
him to the ground.
Gen. Cumeroa.—The Editor of the Patriot r‘
lew weeks since, heaped a mountain of abuse.
upon general Cameron, and his wing of the.
Democratic party; since which time he has .
"dropped the subject like a hot potatoe." .
Democrat of the Cameron school informs us that.
Governor Bigler told the Editor that articles of
that character must not appeir until after Ow
e lection.—Dem. Vaiom. •
Illortulity—Coating to Life,—A man name 4.
Amos Ewing, residing itt Downingtown, was at.
tacked by cholera, and died on Friday of last.
week. On the following day his daughier died
of the same disease, and on the following day
his wife died. Strange to relate two hours after
the latter was supposed ito be dead, and while•
they were preparing the coffin, she came to lifer
and is 110 W doing well.— Pillage Record.
Vain Chit,c.—ltuaning after a telcgraphik
message to star it:
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