Cie legiotrr. ALLENTOWN, PA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 185'4 B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, is our authenticated Agent fur receiving advertise ments and subscriptions to the Lchigh Red ialcr. ~ETi~®V'~L: The office of the LLIIIGII RE cilsTEn has heen..rcmoved 'to the building formerly occupied by the `Allentown Democrat,' two doors above „the Reformed Church, and directly opposite Moser's Drug Store.' To Our Subicribcre. Complaints have reached us that sonic of our readers do not get the REGISTER as regularly as they. should. This is quite as provoking to us as to the complainants; indeed, we would not have our subscribers lose a single limber for the price of a whole year's subscription, espe cially as we are extremely solicitous to convince our friends that we are descpying of their confi dence and patronage. We always have a full quantum printed, mail them regular, and if they arc not received, it must be the fault or neglect of the mail agents, or carriers. How ever, hereafter we shall take particular pains to look into the matter, and see that they are not robbed. We want every subscriber to have all they are entitled to, and they shall hare it. II The Court of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer, commenced on Monday last,—Judge Mceswrzar, presided assisted by his Associates DILLINGER and ILIA-k.ylßi. JOHN KEMMERER was chosen foreman of the Grand Jury, In our next we will give our readers a report of the business transacted. A HOP. Next Friday evening a grand Quadrille Par is to take place in the large Salohn of the Union House. The parties heretofore given at this house arc highly spoken o 1 The gentlemen who are to officiate on the forthcoming occasion are a gallant set of fellows, and we arc satisfied that they will use every exertion in their power to render the affair pleasant and agreeable to all who may be in attendance. OUR DIERCIIANT,..S Having generally got on their full winter stock of goods, our merchants are now prepared to accommodate all who call on them, either wholesale or retail. At no time have our stores presented a more attractive appearance, or been' more richly replenished with Staple and Fancy Goods. We believe the prices, except on woolen goods are a shade lower than those of previous seasons. The styles of woolen goods arc more beautiful than on any former occasion—exceed, ingly.rich and gay, The patterns and styles of Prints, both English and American, are rich and fascinating, and ladies of taste can but ad mire them. No town in Eastern Pennsylvania can boast of finer Dry Goods Stores, and. more of them, than Allentown. The gentlemen in this line of business arc all men of taste, and it affords us pleasure to say they are selling at moderate profits. Keep Tour Eyes Open. It is very necessary at this time that our dealers should look closely at the currency which is passed off upon them. Banks are be coming worthless in every direction, and their bills are floating among. us as numerous as the leaves from our Autumn trees. Great care is requisite to avoid them. itobbrey. Last Thursday afternoon a trunk containing about two hundred dollars worth of clothing and books, was stolen from the vestibule of the resi dence of 1)r. Eu.nam, in Spring Carden street, below 12th, Philadelphia. The front door had been carelessly left open. Intportant to Teachorn School Teachers under the . new law are in structed by the State Superintendent to be care. flu to make out monthly rep,orts, as- required by the 117th section. He says the duty is required peremptory, and advises Directors to withhold the compensation until it is complied with. Examine your Prenitore. Now that the cold weather has come, every house and premises should be examined thor oughly, to see if stovepipes and chimneys are • safe, and the depository of ashes should also be -looked after. It is astonkhing to see the care. lessues.§ of some families in this respect. Game tenants put their ashes in a basket; and the bas ket under the bed. Some persons keep their ashes in a wooden box or bucket thereby mak ing there own dwelling as well as their neigh bor's " extra hazardous." The War of 1 03.—Na.tional Convention. We are requested by the President of the Military Convention, held in Philadelphia, Jan uary oth 1854, to publish the following up tic° : • " The defenders of the country in the second war of independence who still survive, and the children of such as are dead, are requested to send .delegates to the city of Washington, to attend tv Convention, to be held there on the Bth of January next, 1855, to adopt such measures as will induce Congress not only to do justice to them, but also to the widows of those . who have gone to their last account." It. is to bo hoped the parties interested in every State of. the Union will, though county "or other ineetings, depute a large number of delegates to convene at the seat of dur National Government on the approaching anniversary of aachson's victory at New Orleans. It is deemed important that the Convention should meet in the immediate vicinity of• the two Houses of congress, so that the men of 1812 may bo seen as well., on heard by the Representatives of the people. American Prdsperity. It is hardly more than a couple of centuries since the oldest State in our glorious confed eracy received the first settlers, and up to • which period of time the land, from.the Atlantic to the Pacific, was an unproductive waste,—a mere uncleared wilderness, whose few inhabit autg were scattered and feeble tribes of Indians, destitute of knoWledge, or even the simplest mechanics, and living but a single grade above the very beasts whom they hunted and ate as food. What a change has come over the face of the laud in this period of time ! Marvellous' has been the success that a kind Providence has given to this favored country. In attempting to draw even a brief picture, however simpli, of the present degree of pros perity which we share, the mind is puzzled where to begin, the pen is nonplussed ; it is impossible to do the theme justice. This wil derness has been cleared, agriculture has smiled, and harvests are bountifid ; the arts have erect ed stately and enduring monuments ; cities, rivalling in population, wealth and importance tae capitals of the old world, have sprung up in all directions ; commerce has made this hCr rendezvous, and liberty her home. The few red men have passed away, and thirty millions of freemen, a banded nation, have peopled the land. Religious as well ns political liberty reigns cveryWhere within the precincts of our shores, and the school-house and village Meet ing-house are side by side, from north to south, from cast to west:, Intelligence is diffused with wonderful tmi- versality, a free press teems with instruction, knowledge and interest, and we have more daily journals in the United States than in all the world beside. An immense concourse of emigration to our shores is annually swelling the hosts of our population : emigrants, who, having admired the happy institutions of our land from'afar, have conic to live under their shelter, and to become nationalized and happy in their 'new western home. In contrast with their own birth-places, here they find that every man may enjoy the fruits of his own labor, and may fearlessly express his own convictions. There are no spies, no systems of absurd taxa tion, no unreasonable restrictions, but all is for the public good. Two centuries ago where the Indian drew his arrow to the head, and pierced the panther, our railroads cross and re cross each other's track ; our bays and rivers, Where the red man with his rude instincts was wont to take the tinny tribe, is peopled with fleet clippers and steamers. The electric telegraph lines intersect every county in the land, and Maine talks to Louisiana with a tongue of lightning, and with out any perceptible space of time for the transit of the language of electricity. Two centuries ? We need not go back half a century to find greater improvements and in more channels of art, science and mechanics, than the pen could well record, or the mind comprehend the rela tive value of, by comparison. Let us not be unmindful of these manifold blessings which arc, showered so bountifully upon us ; and let us not fail often to recur to the past, and contrast it with the present, that we may be led to keener appreciations. Think of That! A woman in Detroit destroyed her own life and that of her little daughter, eight years of age, last Sunday a week, by administering large doses of laudanum. Reason—because she could not earn enough to keep alive ! That, in this fece country, with millionS of acres bearing the stair of life, and millions upon millions of golden grain ! " Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And human life so cheap !" Forgiveness of Injuries It is the mild and quiet half of the world, who are generally outraged and borne down by the other half of it; but in this they have the advantage ; whatever be the sense of their wrongs, that pride stands not so watchful a sen- nelover their forgiveness, as kdoes in the fierce . and froward ; we should, all of us, be more for giving than we are, would the world but give us leave, but it is apt to interpose its ill offices in remissions, especially of this kind ; the truth is, it has its laws, to which the heart is not always a party ; and acts so like ‘ an unfeeling engine in all cases without distinction, that it requires all the firmness otthe most settled humanity to bear up against it, COLDS, ETC.--We arc now in the season when streaks of moody.wea titer are ever and an en upon us, and when, consequently, colds will 1M al- Most everybody's portion. How to avoid them is the question, and it is easily salved. Wear thick shoes and woolen clothing—the only sure and radical prevention of coughs, colds and con sumption. They arc not, perhaps, cures, but . preventions and therefore bear than absolute cures. The fishion of wearing thin shoes, a writer observes, is more pernicious than words can express. A desire to display a little foot to as much advantage as possible, or to disguise a large one, induces many to wear the smallest and thinest shoes consistent with locomotion, to the• sacrifice of that buoyancy of movement which is, next to a noble carriage the greatest grace of a walking woman. But the sacrifice of health—who shall name it ? Look at the pale faces in our midst—the hollow checks and sunk en eyes—the victims of consumption's grasp— all the wreck of once good health and high spir its ; the sacrifice offered up on the accursed altar of fashion !---:-who will not be warned ? Beware of thin shoes in damp weather as you would be ware of a lingering death, use heavy soles, warm overshoes only when out in the my a cold will be prevented which you to the grave.. mm migl 07• Three thousand eight hundred And forty acres of land, in the town of Eaton, Manitowoc , county, Michigan, were recently sold to a com pany of Ave hundred. Germans at 83 50 per acre. NEGW BANKS. One or thO most difficult and responsible duties, says the Pottstown Ledger, devolving upon the next Legislature; will be to properly dispose of the many Bank applications. To pass them all would be a most unpopnlar as well as an injurious measure upon the currency of the State. To discriminate and pass but a few of the most meritorious, as sound policy dictates, will be a difficult matter. 'Application is made at this place. Men of all parties are in favor of iL All desire that it should be among the fortunate few, for no one has an idea that one half the applications can, nor do they think they, should be, granted. Banking facilities are a great convenience to a business community, without doubt, and banks themselves, when locabftf, place %clic re sufficient legitimate buSiness abOdiuls to earn a dividend of the stock, the stock being taken by honest intelligent men,.and properly paid up, ci li d and thOnstitution office by. prudent men,— such banks never breal : the public never lose by their establishme . ' In the case of the application for this Place, all the names attached to the notice are a guar antee of its future character. Where three or four men, or less, apply for the establishment of a bank, it often partakes of the speculative character, and as a mere speculation in the hands of the few, is not to be trusted. Such is not the case in the application for a Bank here. There is a general and wide-spread want. The capital asked for is not large, and should not ' be. Being kept down to the lowest point, all the legitimate advantages of a Bank are secured : and by keeping down the aggregate banking capital, other localities, equally entitled to an institution as our own, may be accommodated. To contend that no new Bank whatever shall be established, and to re-charter every old one, is an inconsistency. Such policy creates a mo nopoly. No one for a moment supposes that a Bank at Allentown would be far more useful than either of those existing in Doylestown or Bristol. There is one landmark which we think every Legislator may adopt, and that is to charter no new Bank where there is one or more alr9dy. If new ones are created, let them be in new lo calities, and first at such points as will com mand the most legitimate trade, as this is the grand requisite to a good institution, most dis tantly removed from banking faCilities. For instance : Lancaster county has four banks in her limits—all good ; no one would therefore, on principles of equity, incorporate wther at Marietta, or in Wrightsville—(opposite side of the river from the Columbia Bank) ; while the great counties of Berks, Montgomery, and the Schuylkill valley portion of Chester; have but two helagg s a them ; and while the city and town ii hick each is situated, are so large as to ab sorb nearly all the accommodations of them selves! If the Legislature passes any Bank bill at a —it being better to lose all than have all grant ed,—we trust it will be but a few of the most worthy and substantial, and that in the domi try—the cities already having " the lion's share." Should the applicants from this locality not -be able to show superior claims, and the tide of legislative .favor be honestly and fairly lost to them, they will have the satisfaction of knowing that othere:More worthy of a prefer ence, have been the fortunate recipients. WHAT UNCLE SAM _HAS DONE IN SEVENIT SEVEN YEARS,—UncIe Sam was born a nation seventy-seven years ago,—sinde then he has svhippeChis 'Maier and one of his brothers; thrashed the Barbary cousins, threatened France and made her bay up, .and " cleared decks " for battle with Austria. He has set an example of liberty and popular power, that has tho roughly frightened the despots of the earth, and periled their ancient thrones. Ile has grasped a continent and, is fast•covering it with a free and educated and thriving people. He has built more shjps than any alter nation in the same time, and his flag is now'seen . on every sea and ocean, and in every harbor and river. Ile has built more steamboats, more railways, morn telegraph lines, more school houses, more churches, more cities, bigger babies, in that seventy-seven years, than any other nation in live hundred years. And he,printed more newspapers, made more spec es, and done more bragging than any otherT , has done in a thousand years. VALUABLE Il r \—The following is given in the Norristown 7/tra' as the recipe for making a corn cake which as exhibited at the late Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, by a lady of Towemencin, and pronounced so good as to deserve a special premium.: " Take the white Of eight Eggs ; one-fourth pound each of Corn Starch, Flour and Butter : half pound of Sugar ; one tea-spoon full of Soda. Flavour with Almond, to suit the taste." A Fsnocious Salem, (\lass.,) on Sunday evening, the 22d ult., a little child, who had been put to bed by its mother a short time pretious, commenced screaming violently, and on examinationit was found that a rat had bit ten and torn all the fingers on one of its hands, and the little one was completely covered with blood. REMAIMAIR.E APPLE TREE.-Our attention was yesterday directed, says the Washington News of Saturday, to a remarkable apple tree of the Maiden Blush species, now growing in th 6 garden of Mr. Thomas C. Magruder, on E street, near Fourth. This apple tree is now in blossom and bears at the same time ; it is the sixth time of its bearing blossom and fruit during the present season. It was planted by Mr. Magruder, in April of the present year. A GREAT QUILT.--The Wheeling Intelligencer has been furnished with an, account of a quilt made by Miss Magdalena Miller, of Fish Creek, Va., containing 7,918 pieces in the middle, 1,750 in the middle, 1,750 In, the_ border, and 2,500 yards of boss.. Thanksglilag Prooli.mirtion. PENNSYLVANIA SS. In the Name and by the Au bokity AY' the Corn monwealt4 of Pm nsyletrnia. Vm. Bigicr, Coy. of said k 1 o Inwealth. [1.,. al A PROCLAM lON. Fellow Citizens:—Sincere belief in the exist ence of God, and a just conception of His at tributes lie at the foundation of true religion and civilized society. Trite free declaration of this belief becomes a christian people. This Almighty and Beneticient God has great ly blessed the Commonwealth and her inhabi tants during the year that has just closed. An humble acknowledgement of His goodness and mercy, and an open manifestation of grati tude to Him, is au act of homage eminently be coming a peoplelo highly favored. The blesSings of peace Ile has bestowed upon us. Our relations with all other States are most amicable, and the tumult of internal strife has not been heard in our midst. All the great in• terests of the people have been eminently pros perous, except only the agricultural, which ii parts of the State, has suffered much from the drought. With the exception of a few communities which claim our sympathies, the blessings of health have prevailed. Our institutions of gov ernment have been perpetuated, and civil and religious liberty enjoyed by the people. The cause of Education and Christianty has been ad vanced ; the arts and sciences have progressed. and the moral and physical condition of the country been improved. The devastations of war which are now so sorely afflicting the people of Europe—the des olations of famine and the ravages of pestilence have .not been permitted to invade our favor CommLweal t h. 1 The manifold blessings are the gift of God, and to Him our most tleVout thanks should be „offered. Under the solemn convictions ofiuty, therefore, and in conformity with the wishes of many good citizens, I, William Bigler, Gover nor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby appoint Thuriday, the 23d day of November, 1954, as a day of general thanksgiving and praise through. out the State, and earnestly implore the people, that, setting aside all worldly pursuits onthat day, they unite in offering thanks to Almighty God, for his past goodness and mercy, and be seecli Him for a continuance of llis blessings. Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and of the Commonwealth the seventy-ninth. Br. TUE GOVERNOR: C. A. BLACK, Secretary of the Commonwealth TIIE Naw YORK TRIBUNE'S PRESS ROOM.— The foreman of the Tribune gives a statement of what was done in the press room ofAbat es tablishment on Thursday and part of Friday, the 26th and 27th ult., They commenced at 4 o'clock A. M., on Thursday, and in thirty hours had printed and mailed one hundred and eighty two thousand four hundred copies of tie Tribune, or three hundred and y-four thou sand eight hundred imjwessions. 'W'far the larger portion of the blank paper was received during Aursday forenoon, and of course had to be wet and turned. Had this paper been all in one pile it would have reached the height of sev enty feet ; its weight, when mailed, 'would be about twenty-two thousand eight hundred pounds ;—in cubical measurement, about xtwen hundred and five feet and a half ;—its superfi cial measurement, if all spread out, would, be about forty-two and a quarter acres the lineal measurement would reach about one hun dred and twenty-six and two-third miles. A CALIFORNIA IVIIRAT F►s►.n.—As a specimen of what can be done on the soil' of California, the editor of the Sacramento Union mentions that he had seen a field of wheat of six hundred acres growing in Yolo county, part of which lie thought would harvest seventy-five bushels to the acre, and that ten acres had been measured oil and reaped. The owner thrashed and weighed it. The weight was thirty thousand and four pounds, which, at sixty pounds to the bushel, gives sixty-six and two-thirds bushels of wheat to the acre, and other parts would furnish a greater yield. THAT'S So.—lf you want to learn the Value of a dollar, go and labcr .two days in the burning sun as a hod carrier. This is an excel lent idea ; and if many of our young gentlemen . had to earn their dollars in that way, how much less dissipation and crime we would witness every day ! So of our fashionable young ladies, if they, like some of the poor seamstresses of our large cities, had to earn their dollars by making shirts 'at ten cents a piece, how much less finery would bo seen about them ; how much more truthful notions would they have of the duties of life, and their oblietion to the rest of the world. NUMBER OF SLAVES IN TIIE WORLD.—The African In'stitution of Paris—an association for the diffusion of civilization and Christian light in Africa—has recently issued a circular which shows that the number of blaaks held in slavery in different countries is 7,500,000, of which 3,095,000 am in the United States, 3,250,000 in Brazil, 900,000 in the Spanish colonies, 85,000 in the •Dutch colonies, 140,000 in the republics of Central America, and 80,000 in European establishments in Africa. INDIANA FREE BA.NEEL—The securities de posited with the Auditor of Indiana, by the va rious Free Banks of that State, amount, in the aggregate, to $7,821,780, and are comprised of the stocks of eleven different States, including $2,750,000 of Virginia stock, $3,000,000 of In diana, $271,000 of Pennsylvania, and $lBO,OOO of North Carolina. It is said that within the last 60 days, between $900,000 and $1,000,000 of their notes have been sent in and redeemed. IrrThe hogs of Che,stct county aro CUL acorns. A Prize Fight. ''', ' Another disgraceful Prize tight cane . i • the woods opposite St. Louis, on tl • afternoon. of qle 27th, the dombatants be t Tom Byer and an 'lrishman named MeG , wan. But few spectators were present; es the spot selected had been kept a secret to prevent - the interfe rence of the police. The prize was a purse of three thousand dollars. Both Byer and MeGow an are men 9fgreat size and strength, and when dressed in the - customary st. 4 of boxers, tight wollen drawers, flesh colored silk stockings, and black slippers, with bare bodies from the waist upwards, looked Ikrculean. Sixty.four round were fought - , - and.there was no time lost in spar ring, the men striking in boldly and - without hesitation at every fresh round. They were both much beaten and bruised, but neither was totally.whipped, Alm fight being decided on.the last round in favor of McGowan, because Byer stru , oul Mop. The account of this brutal display is given given in the St. Louis .bemocrat with (6 so much low vulgar slang that it is difficult to understand the alternations of the combat.- I.),ie New York Express says that it cannot be the genuine Tom Byer, reside n: in New T'ork city, as he recently denied that he was going to any such fight, and his friends say that for some time past he has been very unwell, so much so as to'be unable to fight. SAO EXPERIENCE of A PRINTER Boy.—ITIIICTe s a miserable being in thc3olt 1 it is a bad prin. er, such as work a few montlis in a country orinting offico,dearn how to 'set typo . , and no more, and then leave their employers and start 'as journeymen, when they arc not competent to till a situation. It is hardly possible for them to maLe a living, and they aro often forced to commit crime, or descend to the menial labor. One of these chaps turned up in Police Court this morning. His name is Luther McGrew, and he says he came front where Ile worked at the printing business. He has been here about three weeks, and boarded with Mr. Vance, and to get work he resorted to pilfering from his fellow boarders. He was de tected 3:es:ereay, arrested, and after a hid in the Police Court 04 morning, sentenced to the chaingang for him monthS. If this Ind had ser ved a regular nppenticeship, and made a compe tent workman or himself, he would have fimml no difficulty in getting a situation. Let his fate be a warning to cubs, everywhere.—CM. Times. SLEEP OP PLANTS IN TOE ARCTIC REGIONS.- Mr. Seeman, the naturalist of Kellett's Arctic expedition?states that. a curious fact respecting the condition of the vegetable world during the Jong day of the Arctic slimmer. Although the sun never sets while it lasts, plants make no mistake about the time when, if it be not night, it ought to be, but regularly as the evening hours approach, and when a midnight sun is several degrees above the horizon, droop their leaves and sleep, even as they do at sunset in more favored climes. 'lf maq,' observed Mr. Seemann, should ever reach the pole, and be undecided which way to turn when his compass has become sluggish, his timepiece out of order, the plants which he may happen to meet will show him the way; their sleeping, eaves tell him that midnight is at hand, and that at that time thcsun is stand'ng in the north.' _ _ _ MOTITERS AND DAMITERS.-11 is a most pain ful spectacle in families where the mother is the drudge, to see the daughters elegantly dressed, reclining at their ease, with their music, their limey work, and their reading—beguiling them. selves to the lapse of hours, days, and weeks, and never dreaming of their responsibilities ; but ; as a necessary consequence of a neglected duty, growing weary of their useless lives, lay hold of every newly-invented stimulant to rouse their drooping twrgies, and blaming their fate when they dare not blame their God for having placed them whme_they are. These individu als will often tell you, with an nir of affected compassion, that " poor mamma . is working herself to death," yet no sooner,do you propose that they should assist her, than they declare she is quite in her element--in short, that she had only half as much to do. llELtisrt DEPRIVITr.—An effort has been made to destroy Earle's Hotel, in New York, and its inmates. A valise containing a keg 'of 12 pounds of powder with machinery inside of it to cause an explosion, was placed among the baggage behind the counter of the office. For tunately the force of the explosion did not pros trate the building, owing, it is supposed to the large glass front which gave vent to the powder. One of the waiters was badly burned. The clerk behind the counter at the time was singu larly enoug lifted from his feet, and thrown on-the outside the counter, without receiving • any injury. CANMIIALISNI.—It is said that the Ojibuway Indians, a tribe which has long been the espe cial care of the Atherican Missionary Society, has been reduced to the necessity of cannibalism. Their entire stock of proyisions has been ex hauSted, and the society on whiCh they relied for a supply, leas not been able to furnish It to them. If they had been taught how to earn their bread, this state of things would not now exist. We doubt whether preaching will do any good for these savages, unless they be first taught the necessity of industry: Idleness and civilzation are incompatible. TERRIBLE Dxsntuenox.--An explosion of seven tons of powder occurred at Gateshead; near New Castle upon Tyne, England, which destroyed property to the amount of £l,- 000,000 and burned 20 persons to death and wounded 100 others. Many houses were shaken to the ground by the violence of the con cussion. • 0 7A match race, for $2,000, between Mac and Tacoi'y, under the saddle, catch weights, paw efF, .n Friday last, on the Union Course, d.•• Mac won the first heat in 2.32, secondivas diqtanced by Tacony.in ~. - —......—.... ............ ....... .oThe time was when ladies w Ring took their work with them. • i reason why we have such eicellent. ~ rs. it e How singular would ar,ay woman I in fast' ionablc circles, darning her father' king, or carding wool. Would_ not her ipanionr laugh at lier, ? And yet such awo n woulci be ;Lprize for somebody. ..I)lessed is ie man' who chooses his wife from among the poor do: qpised girls "who have to work for a living." . . [a - Courting in the country is altogether ti• different institution from the city article. In' the former place ybu get ro:sy lip, sweet cider, johnny cake, and girls made by nature ; ati4 iii the latter, a collection of starch phrases, fortnd manners, fine silk, great jewelry, and girfstof _up secuindem artem. Always take tlie rural' district when you want to get a good style(if • lico. - • • ~ l'A . Younj rely of our acquaintance is so exceedingly modest that site will ivear no roses' in her bosom, unless they are Mush roses.- - Iler modesty exceeds that of another young lady who refuSes to wear her Watch in the same' place, because it has hands. in -- A spOrting gentleman in Mobilo has of fered five hundred dollars .W . any man who will drive six cats together in harness. -To keep up the fun we offer another five hundred to that man who will drive two sorrel-pigs up an alley without using cane or-blaspheming. . fl There are in the United States • 40,565 physicians, 191 surgeons, 6,139 apothecaries, 495 chemists, 2,923 dentists, 10 oculists, and 59 professed medicine makers. It is no wonder the population of the United States is almost decimated every year. . . l - Great Britain, according to the Censitsre turns, contains 3,391.371 husbands; and 3,461,- 524 wives ; 38 0 ,969 men who have been hus bands—widow s ; and 795,590 women who have been Aviv s—widows: .If we take only persons of the a of twenty and upward, the bachelors amount o 1,686,116 ; the spinsters e\ i to 1,867,194. U is a sacr css in ears. They me not the mark of weak , hut of power ! They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of over whelming grief, of deen_c_o_ntribution, and un speakable love: — \ CO- It is said that the income ocWilliant B. Astor, of New York city, is $1,200,000 per an num. P,aor man ! I Ile can neither cat, drink, nor sleep, more than a hod carrier who lives happily on a dollar - a day. 0:31t is stated that there is a woodstiwer in Boston, whose annual income is $BOO per year, and that his occupation yields him an average income of $4 per day. IT - Tlte great race between the night-mare and the elothesdcorse; (distance from . pole to pole) came off yesterday, the two parties com ing in neck and-neck. - . - •„.- .: 11 - It is said that in Kent county; Canada West, more than eleven thousand negroes have settled during the last few years. (0 - They write home that there are fleas enough in Turkey to dam-up the -Bosphorus.-- The Turks wear them for lining for their shirts. fl Six years i'go, there were s,ooo.priests in Ireland ; now there are about 2,000. Roman heriarchy is disappearing there. 13:7'Th° total population of the Island of Cuba is set down at 1,000,000 ; white, 501,980 ; free colored, 176,647 ; slaves, 330,429. r:7 - The Court of Appeals of Virginia, have awarded 810,000 damages to a Mr. Reigle, who was injured by the upsetting of one of Parrish & Co's singes. r_i- More than sl,ooo,ooo'are said to by lying unclaimed in the Savings Banks of New York city; Some of the money unclaimed was de posited upwards of fifty years ago. 13 - A good life is the best-philosophy, a clear conscience the best law, honesty the best policy, and temperance the best medicine. . IT7Half a million bushels of grain arrived in Buffalo during three days recently. Ca- - It is said that of every seventy-three in habitants one dies every year. (a — Flattery is a sort of bad money, to which vanity gives currency. • . (I - Permanent rest is not to be expected on the road, but at the end of the journey. (a•••A chip down east has invented a machine to make pumpkin pies. It is driven by the force of circumstances. . 1 (a - Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. [U - 'Blushes are flying colors, which maidens carry becomingly. [l:7lVe aro glad •to learn that the prices of provisions generally are falling. The crops are abundant. La - ',No labor of the farmer pays s better profit for time and money than raising the best of fruit. 1:1:7To love even a bird or a flower is no small gain ; to love a virtuous woman is the height of earthly happiness. [I:7To euro scratches on a hoMo, wash the legs with wann soap suds, and then beef briny: Two applications will cure the worst case. (I:7•When a wife kisses her husband, and looks with unutterable- affection at him, she is in want of tin. DMA Western paper speaks of a man who. died without the aid of a physician. Such in,• stances are very rare. ()CY'A. horse, fifty years of age, died in Bucks' county on the sth. 03Stick to your trade and it will stick to you. [I7A young lady up town declined returning to her couch, because the Salem Observer, was • in•her room. flJDocs a man feel girlish when he maketa. " maiden speech ?" ' Answer next week. [r7Bare•faced falsehoods—fibs told by. the' ladies in the present Style of bonnets. , (l7Mankind is divided into two those who cheat AO .those-who met.-