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ALLENTOWN, PA
-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. 22, WA.
tr7v. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of
Third and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, is our
autheiticatgd• Agent for receiving advertise
mentsiuul.subseriptions to the Lehigh Register.
I=lEltELC3 Ol7 . 4l .ix.
The office of the LEHIGH RE
GISTER has been, removed to the
building formerly occupied by the
Allentown Democrat,' two doors
trbove the Reformed Church, and
diirectly opposite Moser's Drug .
Store. •
rl'To-morrow being Thanksgiving Day. re
ligious services will take place in the German
Reformed Church in the morning at 10 o'clock,
and in the Lutheran Church iu the evening at
7 o'clock.
Robbery.
On Saturday last a man was arrested under
very suspicious circumstances on the charge of
stealing a sum of money from the bar-drawer of
the Farmer's hotel. Re was taken before
Justice Ruhe, where an investig,ation took place,
but owing to a want of sufficient proof he was
discharged from custody.
That:Awl-ON-lug Day.
To-morrow is the day set apart' by Gov.
Thgler as a day of public thanksgiving for the
people of Pennsylvania. IVe hope this beautiful
edstonrcrilr be duly observed by our citizens,
with a sincere desire to recognize and celebrate
the goodness of that Providence by which ice
have been so signally preserved during the last
year from the fearful scourges which have af
flicted other portions of our country. In our
State, with the exception of a few communities,
the blessings of health have prevailed. Surely
we•are under the weightiest obligations_to
praise the divine clemency that has so kindly
spared us. _ _ _
To subscribers
Last week we had a paper returned to us by
a I'. M. stating that it had been refused. Poi
the benefit of persons who arc disposed to dis•
continue their payee, we will again state, that
we are in the habit of stopping our paper only
when the back dues are paid. It is said that a
man who would cheat a printer " has a charac
tar so black that charcoal would make a White
mark on him," and yet there arc persons who
after reading our paper ever since we took pos
session of the establishment, have the " cheek"
to go to the P. M. and request him to send it
back to the office of publication, without paying
us a red cent: for the time they have had it.—
For the benefit of such we here give
TIIE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.
1. Subscribers who do not give express no
. lice to the contrary , are.considered as wiring
to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their newspapers, the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages arc paid.
S. If s ubscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers out of the offices to which they arc
directed, they are held responsible until they
have settled the bills and ordered them discon-
tinned.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publishers and the newspa
pers arc sent to the former direction, they are
held responsible.
' 5. The Courts have derided that refusing to
take • newspapers from the office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled fw, is primitfacie
evidence of intentional fraud.
G. The United States Courts have also re
peatedly decided that a Post Master who neg-
Teets to perform his duty by giving seasonable
notice, as required by the Post Office Depart
tnent, of the neglect of a person to take from the
office newspapers addressed to him, renders the
Post Master liable to the publisher for the sub-
beription price
lirllgloud lte v iv al.
Last Sabbath evening the first of a series of
Telig,ious meetings to revive religion took place
in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The pastor
announced that all who were disposal to be so
lions and who would behave in an orderly and
becoming manner were welcome to attend.—
The meetings are gerlikally well attended, and
arc no doubt productive of much good. During
the revival last winter a large number of per
sons of both sexes were brought under the in
fluence of the religion, and the accession of mem
bers to the Church was very numerous.
The Lehigh Valley Belleau...
- The work on this improvement is progress
ing rapidly to completion. The rails are laid
from Mauch Chunk down to the foot of the
l'Carrows, and the grading is so far done as to
afford' no cause for the Contractors' delaying
the laying of the rails to the dam below the Le
high Gap. The grading from South Easton to
Bethlehem is nearly completed, and if the rocky
section just above Bethlehem were out of the
way, there would be nothing to prevent the
rails being bad from Catasauqua to South
Easton. That rocky section and the ono at
Kuntz's dam afford the only obstacles to the
whole work being completed and iu running
order by the first of January.
Sinking Spring Insurance Company ,
The Sinking Spring Mutual Fire Insurance
•
Company, at their annual meeting on the 6th
inst., at Housum's Mid, in Reading, elected
thh following board of Managers for the ensu
ing year, viz : Jacob Bright, John L. Fisher,
Ocorge K. Bang, Solomon Kerby,D. Ilousum.
A t a yon John,,Van Reed, George Merkle,
and John B. Reber, of Berks county : Dr. John
W. Gleninger and Samuel Becker, of Lebanon
county end 'Dr. David 0. Moser arid Joshua
• • Lehi _h county.
TO PARENTS.
We commend the following excellent extract
to the particular attention of parents. We are
confident that there are very many who may
profit by its perusal :--It makes one less hope
d of the future to pass through our streets of
an evening and listen to the rude and profane
speeches which proceed from crowds of boys,
who ought, at such times, to be under the home
roof. Parents do not realiZe the responsibility
which rests upon them in these matters. They
forget that the future character of their children
is almost entirely under their control. We be
lieve that in most eases the parent may mould
the character of his chila as he will. and if, when
the child arrives at manhood, he is a source of
sorrow and disgrace to the parent, the only con
solation which the parent can obtain, is that
it is his or her own work. The parent may,
even in a town such as this, select the intimate
companions of his children. Be should, at
least, know the character of those with Whom/
they associate on terinsof inti Macy. There are
children whose very companionship is pollution.
well
_expect that your children may
roll in the iiiud without being bedaubed, as
that they may mingle with bad boys, as com
panions, and not be in some degree debased.—
Boys OCT ATthiz have
lovber een f
an obser l
-
yes lam a sym pathizing o boys.
like to see them happy, cheerful, gleesome. In
deed I Cali, hardly understand how a high-toned,
useful man can be the ripened fruit of a boy
who had not enjoyed a full share of the glad
privileges due to youth. But while I watch
with a heavy jealous eye all rights and customs
which infringe upon the proper rights of boys,
I sin equally apprehensive lest parents who arc
not fore-thoughtfull, and who have not habi
tuated themselves to close observations upon
this subject, permit their sons indulgeucies
which arc almost certain to result in their de
moralization, if not in their total ruin : and,
among the habits which I have observed tend
ing most surely to ruin, I know of none more
prominent than that of parents permitting their
sons to be in the streets after nightfall. It is
ruinous to their morals in all instances, they
acq . uiri! under the cover of night, an unhealth
ful state of mind—bad, vulgar, inituoral, and
profane language, islaseene practices, criminal
sentiments, a lawless turd riotous tearing. Ili
deed, it is in the street after nightfall that ) the
boys principally acquire the edneatiou of the
bad, and capacity for becoming rowdy, dissolute
and criminal men. Parents, shoal, in this par
ticular have a rigid and inflexible rule, that will
not permit a 'son, under any circumstances
Whatever, to go into the streets after nightfall,
with a view of engaging in out-door sports, or
to meet other boys for social ehanoe occupation.
A right rule of this kind, invariably adhered to,
will soon deaden the desire front such danger
ous practices..
Boys should be taught to have ideasnres
around the fatally centre table, in reading. in
conversation, and in quiet amusements. Boys
arc seen in the streets after nightfall, behaving
in a manner entirely destructive of all good
morals. Fathers and mothers keep your child
ren home at night and ce that yon take pains
to make your homes pleasant, attractive, and
profitable to them.
WINTER.
We can see standing not very " afar off" old
Winter, as if in doubt as to the propriety of an
immediate approach. Ile looks like an absent
mindtd man undecided what to. do, but still
moodily Wending his way on. fie is not a very ,
warm friend of ours, thoogh on many occasions
he has been quite an intimate acquaintance:—
We deprecate his ,advent more particularly on
account of his noisy friend Dorcas, who delights
in making thc)iieliest places his head-quarters.
We can already feel his chilling breath, render
ed more unpleasant from his arctic diet. Conic
on, old fellow—well laugh at your, folly—sport
on your frozen breath with a merry jingle of
bells, and dance and dream to the music of your
midnight howlings. We would rejoice ,if every
one whom he visits could welcome his approach
with a gladsome smile, being in all readineSs to
associate with him for a few monthi. As Bar
mini would say, let us " love God and be met . :
ry"—winter or no winter.
The Newspaper.
The newspaper is the chronicle of civlization
—thelcommon reservoir into which every strcav
pours its living waters, and at which every nit.
may come to drink. I 6 is the newspaper that
gives to liberty its practical life, its constant
observathis perpetual vigilance, its unre
'axing activit ~ The newspaper informs legis
lation of publ co&on, and informs the people.
of the acts of legislation. And this is not all.
The newspaper teems with the most practical
morality ; in its reports of crime and puinish
ment you find a daily warning against tempta
_tion ; nor a single trial of a wretched 'outcast
or a trembling felon, that does not preach to us
the awful lesson how impudence leads to error,
how error conducts to guilt, how guilt reaps its
bitter fruit of anguish and depredation. The
newspaper is the familiar bond that binds to
gether man and man—no matter what may be
aistance of climate or the dial:l.mm of race.
CASs ON CLAv.—General, Cass in his recent 1
speech at Detroit, in reply to the attack made
on hint by the Richmond Enquirer, thus alludes
to Mr.' Clay :-- 7
" I hold the name of Mr. Clay in the great
est reverence, and rank hint with the wisest and
purest patriots whose services are written upon
the history of our country, and whose memory
is indelibly impressed upon the hearts of our
countrymen. Such men as Mr. Clay may
unite ; they ever conspire. In the stormy pe
riod of 1850 it was my pride to co-operate with
him, an add my feeble contribution to his
gigantic efforts in behalf of the integrity and
perpetuity of the constitution."
—_ .
• it:7"A French gardener has discovered tha
by panting his hot-house with gas tar, the
is
sects so destructive to- plants and fruit, die.
Villainous Fraud.
The Cincinnati Enquireenarrates the follow
ing distressing afFair that occurred on Thursday
evening last, near Osborne, Ohio:
It appears that about threo' years since a
farmer named William Ricketts left his family
to seek his fortune in the gold mines or Califor
nia. About seven mouths since Mrs. R. re
ceived infOrmation from a person representing
himself as coining direct from San Francisco
that her husband bad died. The wife believed
the story and manifested much distress of mind
upon the receipt of the intelligence. 'Her in
formant, whose name is William T. Gaylord,_
manifested much sympathy for Mrs. 11. in her
bereavement, and frequently visited the house
to condole with her in her affliction. The un
suspecting wife, appreciating the kindness of
Gaylord, tendered him the hospitalities of her
house and. home. Gaylord, with an apparent
indifference, declined the offer, but finally pro-.
posed to accept the same on condition of mar
riage. The astonished Mrs. It. at first declined,
but afterwards agreed to let the matter stand
open until Gaylord should call again. In the
interim Gaylord abstracted from the post offlee
all letters directed to Mrs. Ricketts and one
from her husband ho opened, perused, and de
stroyed: The letter stated that he did not in
tend to return home for three years, but was
very anxious to see his wife. Gaylord- again
called on Mrs. Ricketts and insisted upon an
answer to Lis proposition. Mrs. li., after a few
'moments' reflection, consented to the union, anti
tlic time for their marriage was set. The day
came, they were married, and by their mar
riage Mr. Gaylord came into possession of
a .
rarm valued at several thousand dollars.
Soon after their marriage Mr. Gaylord pro
his wife to sell out and move to Kan
sas, and there locate for life. The wife con
sented, and thofarm t - as advertised for sale at
a sacrifice. The advertisement was seen by Mr.
Ricketts in San Francisco. Enraged and cha
grined, Mr. 11. took the first steamer and ar
rived in Osborne on Wednesday evening last.—
m r . R. made diligent inquiries, and learned the
facts as above stated. Arming himself with a
knife and a brace of pistols, he went to his
house about 10 o'clock at night. All was quiet.
Ricketts rapped at the door •streral times. It
was filially opened by Mrs. Gaylord, and Rick
etts entered. Mrs. G. threw on her di - ess, and,
lighting the candle, turned to look upon the
stranger who had come at such an unseasona
ble hour of. the night. A shriek, and the ex
pression of ' Great God ! Ricketts is that you?'
followed, and the astonished, affrighted wife fell
insensible to Ow tloor. Gaylord, who was in an
adjoining room, rushed out to sec what had lump
- Ricketts inunediately seized him by the
iroat and plunged the knife into his side, and
lien went to where his unfortunate wife was
Lying cut her on the shoulder and neck, and left
the premises. The wife reowering, informed
the neighbors of what hail transpired, and im
mediate search was made for Ricketts. Relies
undoubtedly made a successful escape. Gay
lord was lying very low when last heard from,
and the probability is that he must die.
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( 'Tribute of gek:pect.
The. Philadelphia Daily Sun in speaking of
to death of I:'..;o,trr W. llamt - ms, a brother of
Ile lion. Samuel A: 'Bridges, pays the follow
ng marked tante tpfrespect to the deceased
• " Yew persons sere more extensively known
to the travelling putlic than this courteous
gentleman, who has been so Tong connected
with the various hotels in our city, and his
amenity of manners, rendered him an universal
favorite. He died - on Monday morning, after
having suffered at intervals for many years
from the effects of hereditary gout. During his
frequent painful prostrations, and - with the full
knowledge that his disease must eventually ter
minate fatally, he has evinced a resignation and
cheerfulness, which have surprised his friends.
Lately he has been partially relieved from pain,
as the terrible ravager became seated in his
head, and unconsciousness providentially inter
vened. His death will be sincerely mourned
by the many he endeared to him by his manly
qualities, and the patrons of "Jones' Hotel"
Will miss the pleasant smile and hospitable
manner that were wont to greet them. We
sympathise with Col. John West in the loss of
the partner alai whoM he has so long been
A : connected ; and to whom he was attached with
almost fraternal fondness.
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PArrazoWALL.s.--3 Md.—Many lives have
been lost from the laziness o ignorance of
paper-hangers, who have laid on the paper
above another, instead of tearing off the old one
before hanging the new. There was a very
handsome house near one of the best provincial
.towns in England, which could never keep its
tenants, and at last stood empty., and became
worthless, because a detestable fever seized
`.upon eveiy family that lived in it. A ready:
witted observer promised the owner to find out
' the cause. lle traced the mischief to one room,
and presently conjectured what was the matter
there. Ile let a slip of glass into the wall, and
found it, the next day, dimmed with a footed
condensed vapor. Ile tore down a of
paper, and discovered abundant cause for any
amount of fever. For generations, the walls
had been papered afresh, without the removal
of anything underneath ; and there was the
•ntrid size, and the fermented old papers,
Ladies deep• A thorough clearance put an end
to the fever, and restored the value of the house
Yorsia AIfERICA Aru:sm.—The Board of
Education in New York have instructed the su
perintendent to inquire and report upon the
expediency of keeping the public schools open
on Saturday, just as on other days of the week.
The boys are all up in alarm at this proposed
innovation. The matter is a subject of serious
discussion. It is argued that there will be no
use for the toys, marbles, sleds and fishing
lines, hereafter, if the Saturday afternoon holi
day is to be abridged, and strong intimations
are given out that they will have their holiday
atisfactious out of Sonday.
Singular Sureide ,
Early yesterday morning - , says the St. Louis
Republican of the 3d instant, the body of a
young man, genteelly dressed, was timnd on the
levee, between Myrtle nd Elm streets. Ile
was about five feet seven inches high, had on a
black cloth overcoat, black cloth pants, patent
leather shoes, gingham shirt, and black 'silk
handkerchief. The cause of his death is ex
plained in the following letter, written in the
French language, which was found upon his
person :
" 1 beseech the person who finds my body not I
to make inquiry, for the act was mine—l am I
my own murderer. My name is Francis Henry
de Longuille. I was born. in Paris on the 4th
day of April; 1828. My family were in the
great enterprise of 1849. I was married to a
rare spirit, and I thought my happiness would .
always contidue. I left my =five land with a
small family in the month of May, and arrived
in New Orleans the 24th of July, 1854. But
alas! after tasting of happiness for fifteen days,
a great fatality overtook me. My dear be-
Loved wife was attacked with cholera, and, after
two hours of great suffering, she died. She was
hardly enshrouded when my little boy, aged
three years, died of the same disease. My dis
tress was great, but God had left me a little
girl, thirteen months old, which gave me
strength to resist the misfortune that had oc
curred to me, and in this little innocent I could
see the likeness of my beloved wife, and I could
ask no more of Cod but to live for my child.
But God Was willing again to afilici by taking
everything thas was left for me in this world.
On the 20th of October last I had the misfor
tune to close the eyes of my treasure. my child
pacing nothing to condole nw. I resolved to qui
life myself. Let no one •blame me, for Life wa:
a burden."
STATTSTICg OF LIQUOR. 31ANCFACTUTM IN TITS
UNITED STATES.—From the last census we
glean the Mowing importnnt s facis relative to
the quantities of grain malted or;diitilled., ° per
annum, in the United States.
Bushels of Corn distilled, 11,067,661
Bushels of Rye distilled, ?k,14:,92.7
Bushels of Oats distilled, • .56.517
Bushels of Apples distilled, 526.840
Bushels of Bailey distilled, 3,78'7.195
Tuns of paps malted, 1 . 94
llog,sheads of Molasses distilled, GI .175
The aggregate value of these products. at
average prices, will not vary much from $14,-
60,727. What a waste!
The capital employed in the entire country
in liquor manufacture is $8,334.254
Number of workmen employed 5,457
Ratio of Distilled Grains, compared with
(pundit,/ crotrii. 7 —Of „Corm there is distillk ,
bushel in 54 : of Rye, I bushel in ,5 : of Oats,
bushel in 2,1118 ; of 11.11:ky, there is. malted
bushels in 5.
1 From these product.; are marmfitetured:
Of Whi5key,42.13::.95 7 allo.kis,
Of Nurre,
Of Ale. • 6.5( ti OW
1 .777.924 barrels.
The aggregate value of these liquors. ai
wholesale prices, wM be about r.:419.946.5 97 .
Besides the above. there are made 211.221
gitllons of wine, and an inconceivable arrxinnt
of " batl-„liquors," that dr l aw heavily for their
constituents neon domestic and foreign drug: ,
in their manufacture, but which are tort cotmteil
in the manufacture.
Sixurt..in Ciu - sE or fh:Avn--The Des Arc
(Ark.) Citizen, of the 20th ult., says :—We
have been shown an extract of a letter from a
gentleman residinkpear Lawrenceville. Monroe
county, in which he states that Aaron McMul
lin, awl some ten or twelve years, was killed
by the bite of a rattlesnake under the following '
circumstances : It seems that the head of the
snake had been severed from its body and laid
on a log. The little fellow had forgotten the
head was there, and laid his arm in its mouth,
which WAS instantly closed on it, and was only
disengaged by pulling it off with his other
hand, tearing a vein and an artery of his arm.
Ile died in 24 hours from the effects of the bite.
Twining IVAitsno:.—A short time since, a
young man, residing a few miles from Syra
cuse, New York, canie to that city, imbibed a
quantity of whiskey, and under its influence
went home and into his father's barrel fitctory,
where he insisted on putting a block through
the machine. In doing so he got both wrists
under the blade, which severed his hands from
his arms, so that they barely hang by the skin.
Too much besotted to know what liad happen
ed, he went to the brook to wash off the blood,
when he discovered his terrible condition—for
attempting to use his hands, they dropped from
his arms. Thus mutilated he met his mother
in the door, who swooned at the fearful sight.
To cut BuAss.--- , lf brass is corroded wit
ox de—green or black—it can be removed by
rubbing it with some diluted acid, such as sul
phuric. This is rubbed on the brass with a
cloth or sponge, and the brass then washed in
' hot water. After this the brass must be well
rubbed with rotten-stone, and sweet oil, and
finished with whiting or tripoli. Some persons
use oxolic acid dissolved in water, instead of
sulphuric acid, for the above-named purpose,
and it is indeed more convenient, byit it is very
poisonous, and is therefore danges to keep
in houses where there arc children.
CLItE FOR RINGISON'E.--I noticed in the Cul
tivator for May 15th, an inquiry for the cure
for a ringbone in a colt, and answer, take high
wines of cider or brandy, add saltpetre as much
as will dissolve, and wash the ringbone two or
three times a day: One of my' neighbors cured
one of three or four years standing, by the ap
i .lication a few times. , .
Cue :calcium can Rica Jsux.--Boil and press
the fruit, strain the juice, and by degrees mix
it with as much ground rice as will, when
boiled, thicken to a jelly, boil it gently ; stir-
ring it, andswecten to your taste; put,it into
a basin or form, and serve with cream or milk
Ages of Different Antmnls.
A bear rarely lives more than twenty years
is dog lives twenty years : a ifix fourteen or six
teen ; lions sometimes live to the age of seventy.
.The average of cats is fifteen years rt a squirrel
.and hare seven or eight years : rabbits* seven.
Elephants have been known to live to the age
of four hundred years. When Alexander the
Great had crmquered one Porus, King of India,
he took .ft great elephant, which had fought
valiently for the king, named hint Ajax, dedi
cated him to the swn. and then Et him go with
this inscription . : " Mexauder, the son of Ju
piter. Lath dedicated Ajax to the sun." This
elephant was found with this inscription
three hundred and fifty years; after. Ph o rt have
been known to live to the age of thirty years;
the rhinoceros to twenty. A horse has been
known to live to the age of sixty-two, but aver
ages twenty-five or thirty. Camels sometimes
live to the age of one hundred. Stags are long
lived. Sleep seldom exceed, the age of ten.
Cows live about fifteen years. redrer consid
ers it probable that, wliales live one thousand
years. The dolphin and porpoise attain the age
of thirty. An eagle died at Vienna at the age
of hundred and four years. Ravens frequently
_he age of one hundred years. Swans
,ave been known to live three hundred years,
and the tortoise a hundred and seven.
FM
Coon Aov ten TO Yot'su LAnws.—Trust not
to uncertain riches, but prepare yourself for
every emergency in life. am to work, and
not be dependent pon s rva is to make your
,read :—sweep you floors and ,darn your own
Ab • 1 things, do not esteem too
.iv tbose(lniorable young men who sustain
keinsclves and their aged parents by the work
f their own hands. while you care for and re-
Nive into your company those lazy popinjays;
who never lift a finger to help themselves. so
long as they can keep body and soul together
and get sufficient to live in fashion. If you are
wise you will look at this subject as we do, and
when you are old enough to become wives, you
will prefer the hottest mechanic, with not a cent
to continence life, to the fashionable loafer, with
a capital of ten thousand dollars. Whenever
we hear remarked, " such a yonng lady has
married a fortune," we always tremble for her
pros , erity. P.iches kft to children by wealthy
parents often become a curse instead of a bles
sing,. Young woman, remember this, and in
stead of sounding, the purses ofyour lovers, and
axamining the cut of their coat, look into their
.tabits and their 'hearts. Mark if they have
tildes and can depend upon themselves ; sec if
hey have that which will lead them to Took
bove a butterfly eaist cum Talk not of the
Alfa' white skin and the soft delicate hand
to splendid form and fine appearance of
tog gentlemen. Let not those foolish con
erat ions crempy your thoughts.
MEM
ME
Pin t..t ara.rmv AND NEW Yonx.—The Mile;
lel phians Alvin t hat t heir city cent aim; more
uhaliit ants than New Yok; although the cen
-ais'pla,!eS the latter place one hundred tho
sand ahead. Tie rem v anian says Philua
delphia has t went y• four thousand more houses,
and casts four thousand more votes than New
York. It adds :
Great efforts were of course made in New
York, while the marshal was taking the census,
to run the number of inhabitants up to the
highest possible frg . nre, in order to claim pre
cedence of Philadelphia. With this object
iu
view, the entire number of seanien on board all
the vocals ill port. dining the several months
the census was in the hands of the marshal,
whether connected with foreign commerce or
otherwise. was counted on board their vessels,
again, in addition to being reckone . d at Unir
various places of residence. The transient pop
ulation in the numerous hotels and private
houses were taken into the account, and each
head of a family was made to constitute a family
that the number of families 'MOt bear some ap
proximation to the aggregate population, ac
cording to the usual mode of making the calcu
lation. The floating population of New York
cannot amount to less titan one hundred thou
sand daily. The permanent population is not
now, and we doubt much whether it ever has
equalled that of Philadelphia. The grtiter vote
in the latter city, and the larger number of
ti:iuses, plainly indicate the truth of this asser
ion, and however mortifying, it may be to the,
ride of the New Yorkers, they cannot avoid
to convincing testimony of these two clear
BEN
BF:A(7TV, 110 W OBTAINED Alm now PRESEBVED.
—The true foundation of beauty in woman is
exercise in the fresh air. No cosmentic is equal
to this. English ladies of rank are celebrated,
allover therworld„ for their splendid rersons and
their brilliant complexions ; and they arc pro
verbial for their, attention to walking and rid
ing. The sallow cheeks, stooping figures, sus
ceptibility to cold, and almost to constant ill
health,which prevail among the American wives
and daughters generally, are to be attributed
almost entirely 'to their sedentary life. A
man can no more become beautiful, or remain
so, without healthful exercise in the open air
lan a plant can thrive without light.
LOOM:011YR SEWS IN TRH LRMILI STAMM
There are forty establishments in the United
States engaged in the manufacture of LoComo
tive Engines. These shops, it is estimated; turn
out in busy times, at least 1200 locomotives in
a year. Above 9000 hands are employed,.
whose wages aro about $3,500,000 per annum.
The iron consumed exceeds '45,000 tons annu
ally. The value of the products of these Works
is full $10,000,000 per annum
Soto°Ls Axe COLLEGES.—The federal gov
ertunent has granted over forty-eight millions
of acres of land for school purposes, and over
four millions for universities. Maine has a
larger proportion of scholars at school than any
other State or country in the world. Denmark
exceeds the United States; the United . States
exceeds all other countries, even including the
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flutti n 4, cfluitirti.
lon eau-learn an old maid's disposition fir
her household gods. If she has seven kittents,,
five poodle dogs, hair a dozen cages of ca-nary,
birds, several images of the virgin, and a Lou- ,
quet or two of hollyhocks, make np your mintr
that she is as sweet and' happy as a bee in et
honeysuckle. iltd if she tolerates none of these
institutions, and fills her apartments With pic
tures of forked satans, whoppered jawetr
fogies, and disres of sour-krout. put it. down
that she is as cross aS•the letter X, and as sour"
as, a pickle keg.
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['One pair of pigs. according to Alinutt,
will increase in six years oite hundred and nine
teen thousand one 1 dyed and sixty nine—
taking the increase at fourteen times per annum.
A pair of sheep in the same time would be but.
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sixty-four.
1 71 -- There are about 3000 Negroes 'entitled to ..
vote in New York city under the provision 05--
the State Constitution, which requires at colored
roan to have been three years a citizen, snit -
possessed of firehold estate of the value of $259
over and above all debts and incumbrances -
charged thereon, and upon which a tax shall
have been paid.
trot between Mac and Know Nothing.
aver the Cambridge course, on Friday. drew an
immense concourse of spectators; said to be •
the largest number ever before gathered on the
track. The betting was very spirited, Mac the
favorite. Ile won the trot in two heats, dise
tancing, his competitor. Time, first heat, 2,35;
second heat, 2,30.
Western editor, in an answer to a
complaint of a patron that he did not give news=
enough, advises him, when news was scarce, to
read the Bible which he had no doubt would be
" new " to him.
rTlu ship New Era, of Bath, Me.; from
Bremen, with about four hundred passengers
Went to shore in a dense fog on the night of the
12th inst., off Deal, on the 'jersey shore. The
ship was wrecked and 200 victims found a wa-.
tery grave.
There were in 1775 thirty-five newspa
pers in the United States circulating annually
nearly five hundred millions of copies. Of the
newspapers in 1854, 855 are Whig, and .745
democratic.
r - i - The New York Sun has imported paper
from France. paying a duty of thirty per cent.,
and three. per cent. more for freightage, and
then getting a better and cheaper article than.
that made at home.
77 - An affray &cured at Lawrenceville, Ps.,
last week, in which it appears that seven Irish
men assaulted an Ameiican by the name of Hol-
Ileing,.arnied with a revolver, he fired upon'
them, killing four of the number. Ile immediate- -
/3- gave himself gp to the authorities.
:":7 - Two fine ships—the ' New Era,' and the
'—were t'. within the past week
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Frarfill loss of life attended the destruction or
.IL‘‘e , s '
these yei,SCIS.
::::,,—::,r Territory is two hundred and severe
miles wide, and averageesix hundred miles in
length—capable of division into three States of
the size of Ohio.
rr,.=) - The entire delegation in the next Congress,.
from, Ohio; twenty-one in number, are anti-:Ke-
Imisha, and have been elected by majorities of
from two to seven votes. .
C.T7The whipping post is still in use in
Covington, Kentucky. Lawrence Ilant was
publicly whipped in that place last week, for .
stealing caps.
1 - _- - A benevolent man. who prates his wiser
to save time by throwing it away on foolish
calculations, has discovered that in forty years'
a snuff tidier devotes twenty-four months to
blowing his nose !
(CT"— My son,' said Mr. Smith to his little'
boy, who was devouring an egg, (it was Mr:.
Smith's desire to instruct his boy. .My son;_
do you know that chickens' come out of eggs !" •
Aii do they Wier?' said the young hopeful,..
I thought that eggs came out of chickens !'
J -Duriur, the last nine months over 26,000' '
persons were added to the population of Califor
nia via San Francisco, and one half of them .
were Chinese !
Ca 'Vermonters live to a great age as is well
known. There are two men so old, that they
have forgotten who they are, and there ars no
neighbors who can remember.
(o — Dan Rice was "stuck " for the nice little
stun of 53,500 the other day by the court at.
Albany, in his libel suit with his rivaleirces
proprietor, Mr. Spaulding.
13:7 - The man who is too poor to take a paper
has bought a slab-sided dog, an old shot, gun,
and a twenty shilling gold watch. -He educates.,
his children in the street, and boards his shang-, .
hais on his neighbors.
Li - The young ladies of Vermont, it is said.
still continue to kiss the lips of young temper
ance men to see whether they have been tamper
ing with toddy. • .
11:71Vhat is the difference between a bare head
and a hair bed I The one flees foe shelter L ths
'other is a shelter tbrireas
IrrA dandy is generally suppose:l'W be about'
ono-fourth walking-stick, and the rint --ki' IL
,gloves and hair: *.
11:711.any young ladies make fools of them , '
serves beithe looking-glass--niany young. men .
,by the drinking-glass. '
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Mount Washington.
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[l:7Waitted—A good strong adhesive plaster.
to make busy-bodies stick to their own lani-
ness.
B :7-A New York Fireman—two and a half
cords of noise three and a half yards of red.
flannel.
moldier of culprits in jail in.Eng,-
land new esceeds twenty thousand.
tr7Where' the world rebuketh, there look
thou for the excellent.
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Satiirday_last,.no less tban 1490 im
migrants arrived at New York, in four ships.