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ALLENTOWN, FA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1854
G-7 - n r . B. PALMER, Esq.. N. W. corner of
Third and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, is our
authenticated Agent fur receiving advertise
ments and, subscriptions to the Leht;gli Register.
u 6 your rival name " LVELA," and
your • " Lines to T. 0. B," will appear in our
next. It is absolutely necessary that we should
he entrusted with the real name of our corres•
pondeats, otherwise their productions cannot
appear.
Snow Storm
117,! were visited On Sunday last by ft very
severe snow storm. It commenced about seven
o'clock in the morning, and continued without
intermisidon until two o'clock at night. The
wind, from the beginning of the storm to its ter
mination, brew a violent gale from the northeast.
Tn some parts of the country we learn that the
snots , is drifted to the height of seven or eight
Met, but the. average depth did not, we should
jinlge, exceed fourteen inches. It is ahnoit
needless to say that our people are indulging in
their sleighing propensities to the utmost, and
our streets arc rendered lively from early morn
ing until late at 'night by the merry jingle of
the sleigh bells.
'Shocking Acc 'tient.
Owthe 31st ult., Dr. Orro MaissNan, of Mil
lerstown, met with an accident which nigh.re
sult!djELte..„l4l43s life. On his return
ionic from some patients he ThaV•kisited, th - -
o/' his buggy stripped a branch of al - :"
having a very high spirited horse, he 1
at the rustling noise of the leaves,
away, throwing the Doctor our of his I
the fall he broke his leg near the thigl
ted the hip joint, and bruised his
shocking manner. Shortly after tl
had happened he was found and COLIVI
residence.' Drs. Moser and Evans wel
who promptly came to his assistance
cd his wounds.
Nice Young Men.
Coining up Sixth street one night
we came across a party of would Lc
men,who were placing obstructions on
anent in the vicinity of Bechtel's stabl
in our opinion is poor fun, and might
serious accidents to the many person
and from the M. E. Church. We hay
to expose. them, as they were persons
prime of boyhood, and indeed ought
better. - We hope they may hereafti
better wo . qf spending their time. II
better it would be if these young nu
join some library association, such
'F. L.,' the Shakspeare,' &c. It might
them a fountain.of perpetual good. Oi
men can find no better way of passi
time during winter evenings than in
lectures, and by joining either of the . 1 .
cietics. From the books on their shelves'the:,
may cultivate their mental and social faculties,
in acquiring knowledge of history and of the
world. It' will introduce them to the society of
the'wise- and th 6 good of the past generations
and of the present time. They may there hold
converse with the sages and poets of all ages.—
Better, far better,"to pass evenings with books,
well selected, than in places of carousal and dis
sipation. It is an old and true saying, " that
it is the mind that makes the body rich," and
therefore too flinch care and attention cannot be '
givin to the mind.
" DI:liell J 01131."
This poor fellow, known by the above name
to almost every person in town, was on Satur
day last sent to prison at Reading, The even
ing before he went to the residence of Mr. Win.
B. Hertzell, in2outh Third Street,--(Mr. IL being
absent at the time) and told Mrs. llertzell that
her husband had sent him for a certain pair of
boots, and an over-coat, which he described so
accurately that the lady at once recognized them
ns a portion of Mr. ll.'s wardrobe. Thinking
that all was right, she gave him the boots, and
would have given him the eclat ; but he.appear
ed satisfied. with what he had got, and said he
Would call again for the last named garment.—
It turned out that it was a bold imposition ; Mr.
Hertzel having known nothing at all of the
transaction until his return home. Ile was
tracked, however, and arrested on Saturday
morning at market, where he was doubtless
Watching his opportunity to victimize some one
.elsc. On his examination before the Alderman
it was discovered that he had sold the boots for
$1 shortly after getting them. Poor fellow!
'served his country faithfully both in the
Florida and Mexican wars, and bears numerous
marks of his daring and bravery on his body,
litztralas ! he is a slave to that demon, intem
perance.
Hints to. Young Ladles•
If any young woman waste in trivial amuse
ments the prime season for improvement, which
is between the age of sixteen and twenty, they
hereafter regret bitterly the loss, when they
conic to feel themselves inferiorin knowledge to
almost every one they converse with ; and above
all, if they should ever become mothers, when
they feel their inability to direct and assist the
Pursuits of their children, they find ignorance a
severe mortification and a real evil. .Let this
animate their industry, and let not a modest
opinion of their capacities be a discouragement
to them in their endeavors after' knowledge. A.
moderate understanding, with diligent and well
direCted appliCation, will go much farther than
wore lively, genins, if attended with that de
terinined perseverance necessary to success in
. .
anYthing.
Varna Journal.
The,December number of this monthly Agri
cultural Journal is now on our table. Its con
tents aro such as wilthighly interest and benefit
the Farmer, and is adapted entirely to their
practice and experience.
The veterans of the war of 181'2-'l4 are al ,
ready beginning to get ready to meet in Con
vention at Ile scat of our Federal Government,
on the approaching anniversary of !acl , ion'c
victory at New Orleans. We notice by our ex
changes that numerous meetings have been held
by the old veterans in different sections of the
Union. We can see no just mason why the of
ficers and privates, who volunteered in the de
fence of their country in the war with Great Bri
tain should be excluded from the rights and
privileges which justly belong to them in re
ceiving extra pay and bounty lands, the same as
those who volunteered in the war with Mexico.
We know of many, in•onr section of country,
who have returned sick and disabled, and are
in circumstances, that a donation of this kind
would greatly benefit and relieve them; As the
time is now drawing close, we think it would be
well for the old veterans in our neighborhood to
•call a preparatory meeting for the selection of•,
a delegate to represent them in the National
Convention. We earnestly hope• Congress to
do the justice long delayed to the gallant sol
diers and the surviving widows of those who
have paid the great debt of nature. The ne
cessary action will not occupy much dime, as
the policy is undoubted, the question has . been
fully discussed, the federal treasury is over
flowing, and the public domain is constantly
squandered for speculative purposes and the
benefit of those who have no claim upon, the
country.
The following is a copy aellio mustorroll of
Captain Jduzi Buim's company, tho " North
ampton Blues," which marched from this place
to Philadelphia, and from thence to Ma:
The New Comity Officers.
The newly elected County officeis entered
upon the duties of their respective officers on
Friday last. We have no doubt they will all
prove themselves• worthy of the trust reposed in
theni by their fellow citizens. The retiring
officers carry with them the respect and geed
wishes of all who have been compelled to trans
act business with them. Their gentlemanly
conduct and prompt attention has made them
thousands of friends. They retire, in Obedience
to the fortune of war, but laden with honor.
Beauties of Farming.
The Farmer! What a delightful calling is his !
Whitt pleasing associations are connected with
his daily toil. What romantic incidents are in
terwoven with the busy scenes of every day life
—and what pleasing dreams float around his
balmy pillow, rendered doubly refreshing by the
ncverccasing though pleasant and honorable du
ties, and toils of a Farmer's life ! Of all other
pursuits, we think the tilling of the soil is the
most noble; the most independent. The Lawyer
may amass a fortune—the Docter may live in
affluence, and the Merchant may mil) a reward
for his asiduous application to business ; but
after all none of them can enjoy the good things
of this life, nor prosper so happy under the ben
ig,nantsmiles of Heaven, as the Farmer. lie is
independent. The bread of which he subsists,
is the product of his daily labor. He feeds not
only his own family, but he supplies the world.
His verdant, fields, overspread with the green,
gentle rollingherhage, and watered, perhaps, by
artificial fountains that flow at his command;
are the great marts to whiCh the whole world
Woks for the substantial elements of our physi
cal nature. The Farmer stands at the fountain
head—the origin of that healthfubstream which
waters and nourishes the whole garden of the
human family. If his supplies should fail, there
is wailing, and sorrow, and bitterness of misery
throughout the land, such as cannot be created
by the desolating ravages of war, nor the pesti
lence blight of disease ! What cheering associ
ations hang around the mind of the Farmer,
when his daily toil is over and he is seated in the
midst of the family circle ! The Farmer is hap
py, and contented. He is God's nobleman ; ho
inherited his occupation from the ancient " till
ers of the soil," whose toils aro bountifully bless
ed by the presence of Omnipotence, and their
duties tur in deasuxes by the beneficent
smiles of holy angels 'Tis the hardy yeoman
ry that form the bone and sinew of Our loved
American Republic. Tho ploughman with the
bloom of health upon his cheek, and the beam
'of joy in his eye, as he trudges after his team,
can rejoice in his heart that lie belongs to that
class who built up the glorious temple of Liber
ty, and who are still the principal supporters of
its well tried pillars. Yes, the tiller of tho soil,
as iltere are i. thousand beauties in thy occupa
tion, so there are pleasures thy daily reflec
tions.. Go.on, then, yo yeomanry Or America,
and lot contentment. continue te.encitcle your
sunburpt brows.
The "Old Soldlers.'r
AGRICULTURAL DIEILTINGti.
At a, meeting of the Lehigh County Agricul
tural Society, held on Saturday, December 2d,
1854, at the public house of•Vim/as 0. G inksn
get, is Alientown, President KOILE4 in the
chair.
The mioutes of last meeting were read and
on motion adopted.
The Committee on the engraving of member
ship certificates not being present, was on mo
lion requested to attend to their duties forth
with and report to the next meeting.
Whereas the funds of the Society being ap
propriated to the payment of bills incurred in
'the erection of additional buildings the past
season, and there being a number of bills and
premiums yet remaining unpaid, for which
means should be provided, therefore
Resolved, That a loan of five hundred dollars
be made, for the use of the Society.
Resolved; That the thanks of the Society be
presented to. Robert E. Wrilght, Esq., for the
address delivered by him on the occasion of
their last annual exhibition, on the 6th of Oc•
tober last,tand that he be requested to furnish
a copy of said address for publientiiin.
Resolved, That the Secretory be requested to
furnish Mr. IVright with a copy of the above
resolution, On motion adjourned.
A. L. IiCTE, Secretary
Triumph of Lemming.
Mind constitutes the majesty of man—virtu t e
his true nobility. The tide of improve:ilea
which is now flowing through the land like an
other Niagara, is destined to roll on doWn to
the latest pos c terity. And it will bear then, on
its bosom, our virtues or vices, our glory or
. )ur shame, or whatever else we may transmit
an inheritance. It then, in a great measure,
!ponds upon the preSent, whether the moth of
'mortality, ignorance, and luxury, shall sup
at her against the whirlwind of -war, ambi
on, corruption, and the remorseless tooth of
me. Gtve your children fortune without cdu
'lion and at least one half the number 1011 go
)wn to the tomb of oblivion, perhaps.to ruin.
ive them education and they will be a fortune
themselves and country: It is an inherit
ice worth more than gold, for it buys true
mor ; they can never spend nor lose it, and
trough life it proves a. friend, in death a con-
RAILROADS IN PROWLESS.—According to the
ado Item there 'are non• ill-progress, and
rely to be completed, in the United States,
ter 12,000 miles of railroad. This estimate is
elusive, entirely, of roads only " propoied,"
d embraces ()Ay those actually under way,
most cases, under contract throughout. The
tire cost of these long lines of road, will be
far from $350,000,000, of which amount
sum of $100,000,000, at least, is alt•eady
vided for. There are some sixty roads i
ded in this estimate, of which the longest is
Illinois Central; 804 miles, and the shortest
Lebanon Valley, from Reading to Harris.
g, Pa., which is 33L miles in length. The
,gliest grade is on the Southwestern Tennes
see, and is 90 feet to the mile, and the greatest
amount of tunneling is on the Alexandria,
Loudon and Hampshire road, in Virginia, which
amounts to MUG feet, or over three and a
half miles.
REMOVING THE STATE CAPITOL.—Tho Penn
sylvanian has a forcible article in favor of re
moving' the State Capitol from Harrisburg to
Philadelphia—and says : " that whatever good
reasons at one time existed fur the removal of
the Seat of Government to Harrisburg, they
have ceased to exist." It says further that
" Philadelphia is practically the centre of the
State, being most accessible to all parts of it,"
and is of the opinion that the removal would be
reformatory . in its character; by "giving us
stronger . and honester legislators:" If th
change would bring about this latter effect, we
should rejoice to see it made, as there is a very
large margin for- improvement in this particu- •
lar. The Pennsylvanian- - recommends•that the
City should agree to erect the necessary public
buildings at its own expense.
GEN. CASS AND THE PRESIDENCY. - The De
troit Timcs thus talkS of Gen. Cass and the
Presidency : " The assumption that Gell. CASS
has laid aside all aspirations for the Presidency,
is entirely gratuitous on the part of our Wash
ington cotetuporary. • Here at home his friends
protest against thus coldly dispatching him
with a single stroke of the pen, and will, by his
consent, bring his name forward in their own
titne. We say distinctly that Gen. CASS will be
a candidate before the National Convention, and
nothing is more calculated to sharpen that
determination than' just such paragraphs as the
above, and the occasional blows Which he
receives from a large portion of the Southern
Press.
•
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SALE OP ME MAIN LIXE.—Gov. Bigler has
caused to be advertised, in accordance with the
requirements of last winter's act, that " scaled
proposals, for the purchase of the main line, or
any division thereof," will be received at the
office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, up
to Monday . , the Ist day of January next. The
proposals will state distinctly whether the bid
is for the whole line or a part, and for what
part. Said proposals will be addressed. to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, under seal,
and marked, " Proposals for the Main. Line of
the Public Works."...
NEV YORK ErxerioN.—lt is ksingular Fact
that while for Governor, Clark, :Whig, received
156,774 Votes, and Seytnpur Dem., 156,955,
the combined vote of Ullman and Bronson
amounts to 156,150, thus showing a curious
division of the People into three equal segments.
ILLxitss of Gov. Itiamat.—lt is stated in the
Pettsburgh Post that Gov. Bigler is again so
severely Hills to-be confined to his bed. It is
disease of the liver, and appeared suddenly, in
an 'aggravated form, on Wednesday Of last
week, since when he has been unable to leave
his room for a moment.
Extraordinary Feats
On Tuesday afternoon, Mons. Godard made
an extraordinary kialloon asecakion from New
York, the following account of which n e find
in 'the Sun :
AL half•past 3o'clock, accompanied with Mr.
Aritta, of Havana, Mons. Deean, Isaac IL Dm
edict, and one of the animals belonging to the
Hippodrome, fastened iii the car of a parachute,
he cut the cords asunder which bound him to
earth, and taking his scat on a trapezium—a
wooden pole, suspended at each end from the
car with ropes, twenty feet long—bounded up
at a rapid rate, amid the 'ulnas of the multi
tude. When about an eighth of n mile up he
cut the parachute loose.from the balloon, and it
descended safely to the earth, with, its freight
unhurt.
Mr. Godard then commenced the performance
of his gymnastic feats in the air. At one time
lie whirled over and over the pole. of the tripe.
slum ; at another time, grasping it with a sin
gle hand, lie swung his body to and fro as a
school boy would ou a swing. Then again, he
appeared to be hanging to it with his chin only,
then standing upon it—both hands hold of the
ropes—then on one leg, then without any grasp
of the lines, and finally as the balloon ascend
ed near! out of sight, the daring voyager
stool .d, r died over upon flit trapezium, and in
ens hung suspended from it, head
downwards, with a single foot locked over the
°le r
'744 re perhaps could not be a greater exhibi
t daring than this. Many persons who
wit he th feats trembled in their shoes as
they saw him pass through his aerial evolutions.
Ile, however, restored them to their natriT 4 4.
equilibrium of composure on ascending by the
ropes of the trapezium, a distance of twenty
feet, into the car of his balloon and to the com
pany of his passengers.
I NTEItrSTING TO CLERGYMEN AND ODD FEL-
Lows.—The Rev. F. G. Zeinner, .pastor of a
Lutheran Church at Pittsburg, was tried at
that place, a few days ago, on a charge of inter
fering whittle William Tell Lodge of Odd Fel-
lows, while performing ftineral service over the
remains of a member of the Order. The Dis
patch says :
The first second counts of the indictment
charged the defendant with interrupting the re
ligious exercises of the Odd Fellows, but the
court held that the burial service spoken over a
fellow being is not a religious exercise, but only
one of the incidents attending the funeral.—
There was not in existence an act of Assembly
making it an offence to interrupt a funeral, and
hence it was that the first and'seconetcounts of
the indictment, which charged the defendant
with acting contrary to the statute, were defec
tive. The third count, however, contained
more then was sufficient ; it charged the defend
ant with interrupting the Odd Fellows, not as
an order, but as men, and this was certainly an
indictable offence not to bury the dead as every
one knew it was,• the person who, sought to ob
struct or prevent their interment, was certainly
indictable fOr so doing. Sentence was deferred.
A FATHER CONVICTED OE TIIII MURDER OF HIS .
DAUGHTER.—AIirIiS t of Shelby county,
Ohio, was tried last wee and convicted of
!c ,
murder in the first degree. . he charge against
him was that about a year ago he caused the
death of his own daughter, quite a young girl,
murdering her by the slow process ofstarvation
exposure, and the most disgusting and fiendish
cruelties. Another daughter older j.liair the
deceased, It -as witness against him.
OatxmvssEs.—There are twenty-eight lines of
omnibusses running in the city of New York.
The largest company is that of the New York
Consolidated Stage Company, who run seven of
the prominent lines, and have one undred and
eighty-nine stages, giving empityment to ono
thousand two hundred and ninety-five horses,
two hundred and seventy drivers, and one
hundred and thirty-five mechanics. The aver
age receipts of this company is from $1,650 to
$1,850 per day. The whole number of vehicles
run on. all lines in the city is six hundred and
eighty-two, giving employment to three hun
dred ant sixty-ffve drivers, six hundred and
sixty-four mechanics, and four thousand five
hundred dnd forty-six horses. Allowing each
stage to earn eight donors per day, which is not
fur from the average, the receipts on all the lines
amount to $4,456 daily.
WIIAT CONSTITUTES INTEMPERANCE.—Judge
Pearson, in a recent charge to the Grand Jury
at Harrisburg, decided that an individual who .
Visits from tavern to tavern, drinking five or six
times daily,' is emphatically a man of intemper
ate habits, and that tavern keepers who sell to
such are liable to prosecution under the act pro
hibiting the sale of liquors to " men of known
intemperate habits." If this construction of
the law be correct, there are few tavern keepers
but are liable to be prosecuted every day in the
week.
MINCE Pim—Boil three pounds of lean beef
tender, and. when cold chop it fine. Chop
three pounds of clear beef suet, and mix the
meat, sprinkling in a tablespoonful of salt.
Pare, core and chop fine six pounds of good
,apples ; stone four pounds of raisins •and chop
them ; wash and dry two pounds of currants,
and mix them well with the meat. Season
with a spoonful of powdered cinnamon, a pow
dered nutmeg, a little mace, a few cloves,
pounded, and a qpart of white sugar add a
quart of Madeira wino and a pound of citron cut
into small bits. This mixture put down iri a
jar- and closely covered will keep several weeks.
Maine Farmer.
A PROLIFIC PEA.—Tho local Editor of the
Richmond Enquirer states that ho planted a
single Gregon Pea on the 28th Juno last, and
one stalk yielded 6,600 peasoerfeetly matured
and fit for planting. lie thinks if planted in
May it would have yielded 1.1,000, as more
thin half did not ripen on account of the frost.
From the Maeoupin (Illinois) Statesman.
ElghtecieYeitre among the Indians.
We were visited, le few days :r;o, by a man
by the 1::1311C cfJos: p!I Barney, %Az° says that lie
is is sc•ar:•:1 of a son, wizorn he supposes to live
somewhez o near Alt mi. Ile made his escape, on
the sth 6f last, from the Mat Head Indians
near the head of the Flat Head river, in Oregon.
He stated that ha has been with this tribe of
Indians eighteen years. We listened fur some
length of time to his history, many portions of
which are truly thrilling. He wac taken prison
er in 18:1G, on the Upper Missouri river, while
in the employ of a fur company. He is a native
of France., and speaks English poorly ; but we
give what lie communicated to us as nearly as
possible. Ile was with a man by- the name
I ., John Robertson, both or whorn were captured.
They attempted to defend themselves, and kill
ed two of the Indians, but they were overpow
ered—there being twenty-five Indians to con
tend with. They were secured hand and foot,
and placed on ponies, and started to the north
ward, and travelled five weeks, when they came
to the hunting ground of the tribe, where they
were given up to the chief, who shook hands
with them, and manifeSted much joy at their
capture. They were unbound and confined in
a hut, where they were fed, but not allowed to
escape. The chief offered them his two-daugh
ters if they would marry and remain with the
tribe. Finding escape utterly impossible fur the
time being, the terms were accepted, and the
marriage took place. The fruits of this mar
riage were two children, both of which are Still
living, a daughter sixteen, and a son, fourteen,
both of which he left with the. tribe. Two
years ago, Robertson attempted to escape, but,
was retaken, scalped, and burned alive, leaving
thr'ee children with the tribe. Seven years ago,
Barney attempted to escape, but was recaptur
ed and would have been put to death but for
the interposition of his wife, who was the
daughter of the chief. Daririg the time of his
captivity, Barney states, that he was engaged
with his tribe in three battles—two with the
Black Feet, and one with a tribe the name of
which we do riot know—in one of which he says
over seventy Black Feet were killed.
The most of the time of his captivity he lived
on the head of the Columbia river, and at times
as far up as the head of the Mat Head river: 7 --
During these eighteen years, he saw neither
salt, bread, potatoes, coffee, tea or anything of
tlie kind, living upon meat of moose, deer,
skunk, rattlesnake, turkey, prairie hens, ac.—
At the time he made his escape he was near
Lake Superior, about sixty miles from a trading
post of the American Fur Company. - Tho chief
(his father-in-law) was a doctor, and on• the
15th of May left, and while he was gone ; Bar
ney succeeded in making all the Lidiiiiis7 dead
drunk with the whiskey which had just been
received, giving one and a half pint to each In
dian. After they were asleep, he took his bow
and arrow, tomahawk, pipe, two and a half
pounds of tobacco, flint and steel; and two
pounds of meat, being all there was in the lint.
Ile started and travelled all night, having his
dog-along ; the next morning he killed his•dog„
to prevent his returning to give a elite to his
traec,
About 11 o'clock the same day, when about
thirty-five miles, .he was overhauled by his
father-in-law's (the chiefs) dog. which he killed
with his bow and arrowomd carried the carcass
away from the path and concealed himself in
the brush ; while he was thus• concealed the
chief muttered to ,himself, in his language—" I
will pass the mountain, and at the foot of it I
will take the left hand." Overhearing. this ;
Barney availed himself of this informationt—
Following the chief to the foot of the mountain,
he found, sure enough, that, he had taken the
left hand road, which he ascertained by the
tracksorhispony. Ho continued his journey
to the east until about two.hours before day
break on the next morning, when he sat down,
fatigued and hungry ; after daylight he killed lit
rattlesnake eight feet four inches in length,
it
which be roasted a(I ate for breakfast. Ile
kept on in the se m direction, when about five
o'clock he was erhauled by his brother-in-
law's dog. which he killed immediately and pass
ed on. On the next day, about five o'clocl
he was overhauled by another dog belonging to
the tribe, which lie despatched in the same man
ner as •the others-; after- which ho. proceeded
without any molestation, travelling four days
without daring to build a fire only in the day
time. Ire was seven weeks travelling before he
came to'any tribe of Indians, during which time
he had spent one week,iit despair, not travelling
or expecting ever to reach a habitation. of
whites.
• At the end of the above time ho came to a
tribe which hp-Calls thi p romahawks. Ile was
kindly treated by them. For fear of being taken
again, lie assured them that he belonged to the
Flat Heads and was in search of two crazy In
dians who had made their escape. After askilig
some questions in English concerning the
" crazy Indians," he departed, and after nine
miles travel, came to the Missouri river lle
made a raft of logs and crossed over: Traveling
due cast, he continued his journey nano weeks,
before ho arrived at White Lake, in Minnesota,
during ( idi-dWlich time he had subsisted upon
game, which he killed with his bow and arrow..
Ho remained there three days, and sold his
accoutrements for clothing, and then made his
way for this State. He arrived here in the ears.
Barney is a man of considerable intelligence,
and seems to liave a vivid recollection of nearly
all that passed during his captivity. Ho seems
familiar with Indian life, and gives many of
their signs for determining "Courses, curei,for
diseases, Se. Ife would like to see his childi'en
again, but would rather forego the . plea Sure
than to go back and remain with the Be
was married soon after he came to this'ethintry;
and lived in Otsego county; New York, *here
his wife died ; after which ho was employed by
tho Fur Company. Ho is 03 years old, but
still seems active and hardy. He describes the
country where he has been as being the hand-
sows!. Lo evil.' saw
Stiff tiO Autrirs.
black minister was closing up
prayer whcn some white boys in the Corner had
the ill manners to laugh; so that the sable`
suppliant heard them. Ile had said but a mo:
meta before, and• very earnestly—" Dress all'
chit is human," when the laugh occurred: and .
commencing again just before the "Amen" the
pious old negro said :—" 0 Lord, we are not in
the habit of adding postscripts to our prayers;
but if de 'spression, 'Dress elf dat is human,'
won't take in dese wecked white fellers, den wd
pray dat de lord will bress some dat ai'nt
human, also, besides."
(1 - One evening last week a young lady
named Ellen Tompkins, residing in Cincinnati,
dressed herseWto go to a ball: After sha.had'
completed-her toilet, and while waiting fir
her
- partner, - she was seized with an apciplectie
and fell to the floor. Whempicked up she was
dead.
-- 11 7 hen you full in love; young man, look
and see whether it is among a heap of cotton,
whalebone, kid, cologne, and other nonsense, or
into the arms of a true
-. agipatural woman.
Upwards of one Mika]. of gallons of
common whiikcy- have rem* Been shipped
from New York for France, to rie treated chem
ically in, that country, and then reshipped'
hither as Cognac brandy of the best brands !
Losr.—Yesterday, somewhere between'
the hours of sunrise and sunset, two golden'
hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes.
No reward is offered, for they are gone forever..
0 .- 1" t is said 'that small twigs of cedar,
chopped fine and mixed with the grain, will
cure a cough in horses, and that this ha.s.bean.
used with complete success.
• The tree is known by its fruits." The
only exception to this• iS•the dOgwood, which is
known by it, lark.
glilany a poor man .. could . build a, lionko
overifis head with the price of the cigars and
tobacco lie has used.
Da - Apples never were more plentiful in New
England than this season. • They are selling in
Boston at - $1.25 per barrel.
[l:7•They who drink away their estates, drink .
le tears of the widows and the very blood of
leir impoverished chiblren.
ICultivate your heart aright as well as
your farm ; and remember, " whatsoever a man,
sowcth that shall he also reap."
13:7'A Know Nothing Lodge of Colored per.
sons was organized in Elmira, N. Y., last week,
being the eighth of that complexion in the-
State.
137. A: judgo•ni Cincinnati' said . to•have so
much real estate on his hands, that nothing shore
of soap and water can relieve him.
fl — None more" impatiently suffer injimies
an tlioso who are most forward in. inflicting
I . 77`.Taeob Di ffenbach. of Bloomsburg; sayathe
raised this year 70 bushels of buckwheat from
3 pecks of seed.
( - '!".:very one praises the rose while it gives
pleasant odor.
fhi'When you steal another man's hen, tie
your own by the leg.
?" I am an Owe Nothing," sail a neighbor
as he paid up a newpaper
CC7•The red, white, and'brue ;—Rosy cheeks,
pearly teeth, and . brue eye's.
is a wonder when Ere went out walk.
ing, what she did without a parasol.
KNITTING.-A merchant in Cleveland says
:that he has purchased from a lady in that vi
cinity, 750 pairs of woollen 'mittens, all of her
own knitting, for which ho had paid twenty—
five cents per pairomaking the sum of $lB7 Coi.
being some $47 a year. And besides this 750
pairs of mittens, quite a number were sold to
persons in the neighborhood where she
,This work of knitting was done, besides doing
the house work of her family, by a.lady who is
now over sixty-five years of age..
Glum mom CALIFORNIA.—A letter from. San
Francisco states that ah effort was then in pro.
gress, to induce the large wheat growers of the
State to charter a clipper ship, and load her
with 50,000 bushels of wheat and: barley, for
New York. Many of the farmers had already
come into the arrangement, and agreed to ship
about 25 per cent. of their crops. The height
would' he about fifty cents_ per•busholi
PAST Hussuza.-Jesse Christy, of Wmit.
adelphia. husked. seventy-six shocks. or' corm,.
from sun to sun, and tied up the fodder. When
measured, it was ascertained that it amounted.
to one hundred and fourteen bushels of ears.--.
On the 3rd of the preserdmonth, the same per,
son husked eighty-one shooks, tied up the ibdder.
and stacked it up, in ton hours and a half by
the watch. It made ninety-three bushels of • a)
corn. This is good work, and but few men are•
living Iglu; could accomplish the same amount
of world in the 4lltne. time,
•
NATIONAL K. K. Coxvimiiix.7qlp.ppposP,•.
tion papers say that there was a National Know,
Nothing Convention at Cincinnati, which ad ? .
journed on tho - 25th ult., after a two week's.
session. It is further said that every State in
"the Union was fully represented, that the utmost.
harmony prevailed, that important changes hays
been made in .the constitution, a now ritual.
adopted, and 4 thorough 'change in the Asa
words. The Presedential question was not.
mooted.
ADVERI7BI4IINT e EiTRAORMNAItY. -- The 114?,
!Owing carious tidveriisement' appears in a
Western paper—" Whereas at particalar
Imay• importune •i!IY
me * Nava and
detrimental to society—this is tlierifoiii
all persons'selling molitoOr - or lOtting
it on any account' or pretenoe fbr if"they do;'
I will positively proseettte.therni notwithstand
ing any promises I make to thn contrarrat.thei
time they may let ma hare it." . .. •