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..
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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
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.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. - • •
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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: —
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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.-