Cp . 711:t4igi) Atgkift ALLENTOWN, PA ‘VEDNESDAY, DE(41,..311;1:R 13, 18-5-1 (1.1 7. . B. PALMER, E. 41.. ltr: corner ci Third and Chestnut streets, l'hiludelphia. is our authenticated Agent for rrcciring advertise ments and subscriptions to the I, /ugh r. ITyr,-iene nucl Pitymltilc)gy Mrs. J. A, FAGAN . ; of New York, contem plates giving a course of lectures in our place on the above named subjects during next week: She is spoken of byour exchanges as a highly ac complished and intelligent lady. We hope she may he successful. Nothing surely can present' stronger claims on the interest of the ladiCs of our borough, than the important science of Physiology and 'Hygiene ar; related to it. The Preuhlent , s Megange. The second session of the thirty-third . gress commenced on Monday the , 11.11. Ant SON, of Missouri, being unable to be at Was 1- ington in time, forwarded a letter resigning t e presidency of the Senate, and Gen. Cass was elected in his place, pro I cmp9re. , Both houses having appointed committees to inform the Pry siderit that Congress was ready to receive any communication he might have to make to them --the nuptial message was sent in, and the reading of it commenced about 2 o'clock, p. The message, if inserted in the E( tnEtt won hi occupy over eight collllllllS ; we arc tbrrefin•e compelled to give our readers aplensed ab stract. Those who read it %vill'have Mai the pith of the whole message. It is a plain and cmnprehensive statement of the finvign 'and do mestic affairs of the GOVOlllment during the year. Let our readers read it, and thus lie posted up in the affairs of the nation. p:itylgial ion Clogril In consequence or the snow storms of last week, the buating season was brought to a sudden close. A number of boats laden with goods for this place, became fastened in the ice near Freemataurg, and were unable to pro ceed any further. Their cargoes were brought here on sleighs. The water has not yet be( 11 taken out of the canal, but the prohdbilities ' that no more boats will rim this seasem. The 3 itaugurat lon A company of gentlemen of Trenton, .T., inicial visiting Harrisburg, to tvitness the in auguration of Gov. Pollock. Our ftwmer clever and gentlemanly townsman, Col. JoNArnAN Coos, has been tendered the co - Inman(' of •the company. The inauguration will lake place on the third Tuesday' in January, and will be at tended by military companies and citizens from all parts dour Commonwealth. Jn the evening there is to be a grand ball; where the Col. and his volunteers will no &alit distinguish them selves. The .11311 Season. "Tarr it lightly as ye go, On the light fantaslie, toe The gaiety of the season invites us ail to 1.!000 feelings and social intercourse. Let 116 the enjoy ourselves in the healthful ext rcise of the dance—the most innocent of amusements. On Monday evening last the order of Good Fellows gave a ball in the Odd Fellows' Hall. A con siderable numbir from our neighboring borough 1 , of Catasauqua were in attendance. Quite a large number of ladies were present, and every thing passed (Ann a most agreeable and satisfac tory manner. The music was good, and the re freshments by our friend E. J. Aum,E, in abund ance and of the most excellent quality. To night the nest anniversary ball of Columbia Engine, No. 1, will take place. We may ex pect a very brilliant and agreeable party, where the lovers of the mazy dance' can enjoy. them selves to their heart's content. We wish them all a happy and joyful time of it. Poultry Thieves We would advise our citizens to be on their guard against poultry thieves. They have commenced their nefarious business with con siderable boldness, and during the pnst•week relieved some of our citizens of their holiday preparations. We hope the perpetrators may be detected, and be taught such a lesson as will deter their fusel operations in this section in future. Educal ion Many an unwise parent labours hard and lives sparingly all his life for the purpose of leaving enough to give his children a start in the world as it is called. Setting a young man afloat with money left him by his relatives, is like tying bladders under the arm of one who cannot' swim—ten chances to one he will lose his bladders and f4O to the bottom. Teach him to swim and he will never need the Tiers.-- (live your child a sound education, am u have done enough for hint. See to it that his morals aro pure; his mind Cultivated, and his whole nature made subservient to the laws which gov ern man, and you have given hint what will be of more value than the wettjth 0f. . . the Indies.— Yon have given him a start of which no misfor tune can deprive hint. • Remember the Poor. Now is the season of the year when every Christian blessed with world. means should have a thought and care for the wants and neces sities of the poor in his neighborhood. We arc on the threshold of a winter which threatens to ho . of more than ordinary severity on the poorer classes. It is the ditty of all to contribute to the extent of their means, to the alleviation of afflicted humanity. There are cases in ,our midst that show the necessity of action—prac tical benevelence—something more valuable than sending missionaries to heathen lands..., Remember the poor, and deal generously to wards them, and it will be well with you. rind Commissioners of Berks county have qppoipto Mr.lsAnc S. llorrsNsrirrE, of Kutz !Own, Mercantile Appraiser of Berks county, for the year 1853. Dikiiity of Labor We have heard, among the idlers', who flea like drift wood on the surface of society, con tempt UOUS flings at those whose heritage is toil. They sneer at what they tutu the Autol and swarthy hand of labor : but they forget that of all that is useful, luxurious, or beautiful of this earth, toil has Leen the creator : that front the: costly, palace, to the whit 6 kid gloves If the tailor's— exquisite walking sign. all has been wrought by human lauds —thuch of it too al a painful cost to human hearts, far more sensitive of the real dignity of manlioad than the most bedizened and perfumed of those FCOMICri; Of labor. - . lis the toil of hard hands that reared empires n the old and planted republics in the i ,t, new w id—that has hewn the reels in (Is' ' quarry , built the temples and monuments of nations that has achieved whatever fame be longs to genius—that winged the ocean with the )vhitc sails, and exchanged the produce of in - cry clime—that has measured the circles of ,the stars, and plumed the lightning descend upon wires. Labor! why, mat of idlenes, labor rocked you in the cradle a Id has nour ished your pamperedlife : without it, the woven silks and wool upon your back would be in the silk-worm's nest, and the fleeces in (lie shep herd's fold. For the meanest thing that minis• ters to human want, save the air of h0,,%(71. man is indebted to toil : and even the air, by God's wise ordination, is breathed with labor. It is drones alone who toil not, that infest the hive of activity } ke masses of corruptidn and decay. The for *of the 'craft, are the work ing-men who call build or cast down at their will and n•ho retort the sheer of the v sat handed " by pointiDg to their trophiis, whir ever in t, science, sit ilizatioit, and humanity :ire known. Work on, man of toil, thy royality is yet, to Lc acknowledged as labor rises onwards to the highest throne of power. • Abstract of thr . Itrport of 1113 Symbol . of Mc Trcasary, IVASIITNIVCON, WO. 4, .1.,'5..14 The Secretary' of the Treasurl• in his annual report, states the receipts of the fiscal year end -4n tLc ofJune, Ihcsl , from all sources, I o L. 573,519,705, which with the balance in the spry on the Ist of July, 185:1, 521 n total for the year of 805,0'2,59(i. The expen(li tures of the year have been leavin;!, a balance in the treasury on the I.d. of July, 1 c 5.1 I, of ;',' , 20.1ri,9 1 17 • The receipts for the quarter emling Sept. :;tr. 1551, are F.,-.:'21,521,202. The estimates for the remaining, three quarters of the ti , eal year :ire S-12;500,000. The amount of public debt oat standing on the Ist of.fuly, was ....417,1-:(1,51 The secretary anticipates a. falling off in the customs, owing to the Reciprocity treaty and short crops. The towing . c of the Vniled Stales S increase fur the year of 4295,802, ions. The i tnrorts for the year are :'„-;:.:13,%51,1 ex.•.tc:-.:; of the eNpork. The flattering s'Laut of the rett Note inditoes the ecta•etary a•rniu to call the attention of rout t rt to the propriety of reducing, the CUS10111::. llu ITC0111111(11thi bul three rates of duly, 100,10, and per cent., in plane of the schedules at present in use. The recom mendation fur the repeal of the fishing, bounties h reviewed. The sulticct of drawback dui its o 1 refined sugar. is also reeollllllL Mild to the emsideration of congress. T! . 41, rMvrp v e.-; a Ntalc , i.ic•ill of the nr; cu make; the total muMmt of ; ! ,old and silver coin in ci [Tidal ion on the :An h September, at ;S:241,1100.(100, against which t here is a total bank circulation of *2u.1,i159.209. Ile expresses an o;Tho,iition to the circulation of notes of small denOntinatien. Ile recommends the continuance of the coast survey, and calls for further aid in protecting human life from shipwreck on the coasts, and suggeSts Nvhether (lie law should not prOvide greater security itl the construction of steam passenger vessels, or leave them as now, to the ship owners. In view of the recent frauds by collectors of the customs at Cleveland, Oswego, &c., he calls for such additional litislation as may be deems ll necefisnr) Tlfe balance of the report ref,rs mainly to-the Mint operations, and the operations of the vari ous departments of the treasury, POSTAGE' ON LETTERS TO CALI t often happens that a letter intended tin• California is mailed in the Atlantic States with a single three cent stamp placed thereupon. The Post Oflice Department has decided that, inasmuch as this prepayment does not satisfy a single full rate of postage, it can only be regarded as a deduction of three cents front the original unpaid rate, leaving seven cents to be collected aL the office of delivery.—Sian. A DAsonnous CocyrintrMr.--A dangerous counterfeit '6:5 bill has just appeared in this sec tion, on the " City Bank of New Haven." The only distinction is that the counterfeit is on very much lighter paper• than the genuine, which is unusually dark. The counterfeit is only on these bills in which the " City Bank of New Haven" is engraved in German Text. "nom . Mom.: or PLANTING Tiums.--The fol lowing mode of planting has been acted on with success by a Bohemian arboricitturist. In place of using the process of grafting, he takes an offshoot•of any fruit tree and plant:• in a potato, both being carefully placed in the soil, so that fly.e. or•six inches of the shOot shall be aboce the ground. The latter takes root, grows with rapidity, and produces 'the finest fruits. DEATII WI) CONFESSION Or MURDEII.—AbOIa 4 ten days ago a woman, aged about 80 years died in the neighborhood of the water works, Ilba non county, Pa., who a short time before her death, it is said, confessed that, many years since, she poisoned a man named Peitz, of North Annvillo tp.,.withwhom she lived as house-keep er, and also murdered three of her own children. - - - ~- -- - .1------* To MAKE Fi . owaas Griv , W IN" vt - INTIM. —.it : horticultural work published in Leipsic, Ger_ many, contains - the following directions for making floWers grow in winter: "We saw off such a branch of any tree as kill answer our lio purpose, and hen lay it for an hour or two in a running stri• ,if we caniFfind one; th , - object of this is to;., .1 the ice front the harh, and soft.lll the buds. It is alternate.; carried into (me of our warn rooms, att'd fixed upright in a wooden box or tub containing water: Posit burnt lime ,s then addt .1 ti l t the \valet% and allowed to re 'twain in it al,out twelve limas, when it jjjAe inov,ll, Mel fresh wall r tulded, ‘1 ith which a , ntall gitanity of vitriol is mixed to prtvent its itrilving. In the court(.l' some hours the blossoms begin to make twit appearance, and afterward:Jibe leaves. If more lime be added', the process is quichcmd : while if it be not used at all, the process is- retarded, and the leaves appear before the blossoms." HOW GYNS ARE SI'IKED.—A correspondent of the London Herald describe, haw the Russians spike the guns " The spikes arc about fioe• iiwhes long, and of the dimensions of a tobacco pipe the bead flat.; a barb at the point acts as a spring, which is naturally prc:'scd to the shaft tipon being foreol into I a tomlt hole. 1_ pon reaching the chamber of the gun it reSIIIIIPS its position, and it impossible to withdraw it. It Can only be got out hy drilltihno cesr task as they a re !mole of the hardest steel, and wing a l s o 100:.,..e in the tench-lmle, there is much in making a drill bite as clli•cluall{• ns it should do. It, npplivation i., the Ivorlr. of a moment—a sii,gle tap on the fiat head with the palm of this 1,,,nd snfP.cira '' r, hrio::.-LThe discovery (.f a new perpetual motion is announced at New boric -- It is un the plan ofaa•ms and halls attached to a cylinder, so as to keep the extra weight always on the descending si,le. It requires no starting, only needs letting louse and oil' it goes. The filliculty is to stop it. The Journal of Com merce says : •• After a carefid examination we can safely say, in all serion-ness, that the pro pelling power is self contained and self adjust ing, and gives a sufficiently active force to carry ordinary clock-work. and all without any wind ing up or replenishing." EI.;:riTICITY.—The filliOlVilig remarkable stn .y is relatol in a recent number of the Court() /r kttrt, / tc, a Ft ench paper :—A gentleman em tMyed in one of the te'cqraph citlices of France iceitientally brought his arm in contact with it me Of to wires while the electric current wa: , nks . ig through it. So vMlent was the shock, hat he was raked from his chair and thrown i ith great three through an oven whitlow into 0 adjoining garden. Whenlm recovered his , :`llSes 11C ;lad 110 recollection of what had hap mid, and could only lio conviiiiicil of it by tin iin-, that his hair and Loard. a liirL In•rc usly Of Nail:. had .k FL.; ---The nalfirla (NcW 10110 S i tiw TiPirs says a gentle ...kw at lacita hi.t I nweinan of that ollice of pantaloons that Liman, the Inoir Nett'. candidate, wotd.l be tle..ted governor, and -•. flan the I. 1 1. ' 411 1.0y by wnr lril by charges 1 . lid, to the winner, a pir of satinet 1 , 1111t..': of leducall..;lo.o.; : Lentth, it feet Idet ; legs in propot.- ,11l huttons of Karnes leather, 31 inches diameter. The Cori !mate recipient, who, by the way, is but a 5 feet :1 inch man, after ' try ing'em on,' has come to the conclusion that clay were not made fn. him, Ile would like to dispose of Ahem to some tell chap who may bo imwant of a• ... pair of roomy pants." To Cuitn A Fcr.ox. A felon generally ap pears (01 the end of the lingers and thumbs : it is extremely painful fur woks and sometimes months, and in most cases, cripples or disfigures the finger or thumb that falls a victim to it. But in can he easily cured if attended to in time. As soon as the pain is felt, take the white skin of an (A.:4, which is found inside of the shell: put it round the end of -the linger or thumb afhcted, keep it there until the pain subsides. As soon as the skin becomes dry it will be very painful, and likely kef.eontinne fin• halt' an hour or more, but be not alarmed. if it grows pain ful, bear it ; it will be of short duration com pared to what the disease would be. A cure will be certain. Pot :oxiNt: nv VisrrlNG C 111M3.--Til a recent journal we have oh..4erved reports of four cases of poisoning in children by the iatroduction of visiting earth; into the month. They all recov ered, though the symptom; were of an alarm ing character. It shouid be generally known that in the m l anufactureCf cards—in the ename ling and coloring—various salts of arsenic, cop per and lead are used, .which are capable of producing very seriom; sickness mid even death. Children should not be allowed to play with them. MosoriroEs.--At a late meeting of the Boston Natural History Society, D. Durkee made some remarks upon the Mosquito, of interest to the numerous victims active and provoking ie iftr' insect. Among r wriltings, he stated that he had satis fi ed hi self, from repeated examina tions with the A icroscope, that the male Mos quito ha o sting, and cannot draw blood, the female No le eing endowed with that organ. The male lives upon the juices of flowers and plants. One fact of considerable interest, stated by .the Doctor; is that instead of being a four day's wonder as some have regarded them, many of them actually live in cellars and other war 1-retreats all winter. rilifty-three SlaVes freed by the will of the late Dr. Charles Everett, of Virginia, have just left, Petersburg, Vs , for Pennsylvania, where they arc to be located with an outfit valued at for each. THE PRESIDENT'S lIIESiiIG3 TO CONGRESS. AN AUSTRACT The President's Message was submitted to Congress on Monday the 4th, but owing to its extreme length we only give an abstract• 1111, YEAR Allusion is made to the events of the year, and it is remarked that if the earth has rewarded the labor of the husbandman less bountifully than iiiii:C•Ceding seasons, it has left, him with aboutian s ce for domestic wands, and a large stir. plus fin• kportation. 1 he present, therefore. as in the past, we find aMple ground for rever ent thank InlitcsB to the God of Grace and Provi dence, (be Ills protecting care and merciful deal ings with us as a la opic. OCR PACIFIC RELATIONS It has been the endeavor of the President to maintain peace and friendly intercourse with all nations. T . O itranN ixn.uxsen The United States do not admit that the 'ON - - creignspf one continent, or ofa particular corn mu.ua of states, can legislate for all others. Leavitp . g the transatlantic nations to adjust their political system, in the way they may think best for the common welfare, the inde pendent powers of this coutincnt 11111 T well assert the right to be exempt from any annoying in terference on their prt. REMITS or OTHERS Our present attitude and past course gives MIA should 'not be rjlwstioned. that our purposes are not. aggressive, nor threattning to the safety and welfare of oilier natiund. O; It TEM:ITCH:I.If. EXPA:c:;ICIN". Si2ll European power's have regarded, with disquieting concern, the territorial expansion of the United States. This rapid growth has resulted frOM the legitimate exercise of sove reign rights, belonging alike to all nations, and -. 1) . y many liberally exercised. OCR FOREU:N COSiNIERCE Our foreign commerce has reached a magni tude and extent nearly equal to that of the first maritime power of the earth, and exceeding that of any other. TUI RIC TITS Or NEI:TII.ILS A propo s ition, embracing not only the rule, that free ships make free goods, except contra band articles, but also the less contested one, that neutral property, other than contraband, though on board enemy's ships, shall he ex empt from confiscation, has been submitted by this government to those of Europe and Ame rica. PRIV.ViT.I:IIS The proposition to enter into engagements to forego resort to privateers, in case this co4ptry should he forced into war with a great naval power, is not entitled to more favorable con :;iderat ion than would be a proposition to agree not to accept the services of volunteers for op rations of land. 1E:111111(11'i AND 79if : Ii it EnTcS C....r,.,._., neat ions of the Ireal)• lleEWeen the tltitedMates anti llreat, Britain, .rt•lative to coast fisheries. and to reciprocal trade Willi the British North ,kine l , len li provinc e s, bare bull exchanged, and some 01 its anticipated advantages are alrcady ..iijove.l by us. although its full exeoution was to abide certain acts of legislation not yet fully perforined. THE TEltlcrron . , - cir• W.1:;11INWrO It is zwominended that provision be made for n commksion, to he joined by one on the part of her Brilamiio :11 . ajesty, for the purpose tic running. and establishing the line in contro versy. On. RELATIONS WITII FRANC! The case of Mr. Dillon and that of Mr. Soule is alluded to, but France has uncquivocVy Lisa vowed any design to deny the right of tranfa to the minister of the United States, `and, after explanations to this effect, he has re sumed his journey, and actually returned through France to Spain. ISM No change in the aspect of nflitir:, 10c there is reason to believe that our Minister Will find the present government more favorably in clined than the preceding to comply with our just demands, and to make suitable arrange ments for restoring harmony, and preserving peace, between the two countries. EMERIM Negotiations are pending with Denmark to discontinue the practice of levying tolls on our vessels and their cargoeS passing through the sound. MEI The naval expedition, despatched about two years since for the purpose of establishing rela tions with the empire of Japan, has been ably and skilfully conducted to a successful' termination by the officer to whom it was en trusted. MEM The treaty lately concluded between the United States and Mexico, settled sonic of our most embarrasSing ditliculties with that coun try, but numerous claiMs upon it for wrongs awl Mjuries to our citizens remained unadjust ed, and many new cases have been recently added to the formerlistofgrievances. Our lega tion has been earnest in its endeavors to obtain from the 'Mexican government, a favorable con sideration of these claims, but hitherto without success. =II The commission to establish the new line be tween the United States and Mexico, according to the provisions of the treaty of the 30th of Dezember last, has been organized, and the work is already commenced. URUGUAY, PARAGUAY AND TITI4 AMAZON Our treaties with the Argentine Confedera tion, and with the Republics of Uruguay and Paraguay, secure to us the free navigation of the river La Platte, and some of its larger tri butaries ; but the same success has not attend ed our-endeavors to open the Amazon. CENTRAL AMERICA A ro•adjustment of 'the points in dispute is under consideration, THE isunNING or SAN JUAN The facts of the case are recapitulated at con siderable length, and the President says : '• This transaction hasbeen the subject ofcote plaint on the part of some foreign Powers, and has been characterized with' more of harshness than of justice. Ifcommparisons were to be in stituted, it would not be difficult to present re peated instances in the histoty of States, stand ing in the very front of modern civilization, where communities, far less offending and more th fenceless than Greytown, have been chastised with much greater. severity, end where not citi,s only have been laid in ruin; but human life has hcen recklessly sacrificed and the blood Of the innocent made Profusely to mingle with that of the prNAxcrs According to the report of the Secretary, it appears that the amount of •revenue during the last fiscal year, from all sources, was seventy three million five hundred and forty-nine thou sand seven hundred and five dollars ; and that the public expenditures for the same period, ex clusive of payments on account of the public debt, amounted to fitly-one million eighteen thousand two hundred and forty-nine dollars. During the same period, the payments made in redemption of the public debt, including interest and premium, amounted to twenty-four million three hundred and thirty-six thousand three hundred and eighly dollars. To the sum total of the receipts of that yea is to be added a balance remaining in the Trea d sury at the cemniencement thereof, amounting to twenty-one millicn nine hundred and forty two thousand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars ; and at the close of the same year, a corresponding balance, amounting to twenty million one hundred and sixty-seven dollars of receipts above expenditures, also remaining in thesury. Although, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the receipts of the current fiscal year are not likely to equal id amount those of the last, yet they will undoubt edly exceed the amount of expenditures by at least fifteen millions of dollars, and the Presi „dent will therefore continue to direct.that the surplus revenue be applied, so far as it can be judiciously and economically done, to the re duction of the public debt, the amount of which, at the commencement of the last fiscal year, was (17,340,628 dollars ; of which there had been paid on the 20th day of November, 1854. the stun of 22..365,172 dollars : leaving a bal ance of outstanding public debt of only 94;475,- 456 dollars, redeemable at diflerent periods within fourteen years. 'IIIP. DUTY ON IMPORTS The President renews his recommendation fo a reduction of the duty on imports. THE REVENUE LAWS Various changes are proposed, the objee being to protect the Government frcm hnposi liou, SEEM The recent frightful massacres are allud e d ( 0 , and an incr.( ase in the Army suggesteo, to n extent of four new regiments, two of infantry and two of mounted m en. Changes are also suggested in the organic arrangement and ad ministration of this branch of the national ser vice. TM. NAN Y The sngg,estions of the Secretary for the re organization and gradual increase of The Navy are concurred in, and especially the propose( ApPrentice System. THE COAST DISASTFRS In most of the States severe penalties are pro vided to punish conductors of trains, engineers, and others employed in the transportation o persons by railways, or by steamboats on Whyriv q. :. should not the same principle be applies tu d ,ts of insubordination, cowardice, or other misconduct on the part of masters and marines, producing injury or death of passen gers on the high seas, beyond the jurisdiction of any of the States-, and where such delin quencies can be be reached only by the power of Congress ? CITHAP POSTAGE The increase of the revenue of the depart ment, for the year ending June no, 1854, over the preceding year, was nine hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and ninety nine dollars. No proportionate incrett d, how ever, can be anticipated for the current r, in consequence of the act of Congress of JUn, 23, 1554, providing foy increased compensation to all postmasters. From these statements, it is apparent that the PoSt Office Department, in stead of defraying its expenses; according to the design at the time of its creation, is now, and under existing laws must continue to be, to no small extent:, a charge upon the general treasury. TIU PUBLIC LANDS During, the last fiscal year eleven million sev enty thousand nine hundred and, thirty-five acres of the public lands have beeti`surveyed, and eight million one hundred and ninety thou sand and seventeen acres brought into market. RAILWAYS The President takes ground against granting alternate sections of land for railways, and argues the matter'in considerable detail. TIIE: JUDICIARY The judicial establishment of tho United States requires modification, and certain re— forms in the manner of conducting the legal business of the government, arc also much needed. THE CONCLUSION The Message closes with a brief appeal in favor of religious toleration and preservation of tho rights of all. It affirms a doctrine that we should never'shrink from war when tho sights of the country call us to arms ; but we should seek, nevertheless, to cultivate the arts of peace, to enlarge the privileges of neutrality, and ele vate and liberalize the intercourse of nations ; and by such just and honorable means, and such only, whilst exalting the condition of the Re . - public, to assure to it the legitimate influences and the benign authority of a great example amongst all the powers of Christendom. "rub 110 laiirirrzi. ........ .... The bullet by which General Joseph! Warren was killed at Bunker Hill in 1775, is still preserved. It is an ounce ball, and was• exhibited by Alexander 11. Everett, on the de , livery of an oration at Charleston, Juno 17', IS G, in whkii he exclaimed : " This is the one . fellow-citizens which I now hold in my hand ! The cartridge paper, which-partly covered it is stained. as you sec with the reigs — lilood.”-- This bail is now deposited in the library of,the C7nited States Historic-Genealogical Society. fry - 1f you would keep spring ha your heart learn to sing. There is more merit in melody than most people haVe any idea of. A cobbler who smoothes his wax ends with a song, will do as much work in a day as a cordwainer given to ill-nature and cursing' would effect in. a week. Songs are like sunshine, they run to , cheerfulness, and so fill the bosom with buoy. ance that for the time being, you feel like a yard of June, or a meadow full of bobolinks.— Try it on. Acotnac county, Va., an amiable . young man named James Ames had a dispute with his step-father, and ripped open his bowels Gram the breast down, laid open his heart an inch or two, then propped him up against the fence and cut his throat from ear to car, and was convicted in a court, of murder in the sec- d degree, and sentenced to 18 years impris onment. Hon. henry A. Wise defended him, nod saved his life by one of the most thrilling appeals ever listened to. Grisby, a successful pedestrian, announces that lie will undertake, on the Union Course, L. 1., the extraordinary feat of walking one mile, draw a sulky containing a boy • years of age two miles, go backwards one mile and pick up stones fifty yards itpart, and place them one by one in a basket, all to be done in one hour; A bet of $lOOO has been staked on the result. 117-A Goon ANECDOTE is told of an old me thodist, preacher, who rode a circuit a fi4 years ago. While going to one of his appointments, he diet an old acquaintance, - Who Was one of 0 e magistrates of the county. lle asked the minis ter why hr didn't do as the Saviour did—ride an ass. " Because," said the divine, " the people have taken them all to make magistrates of." [1:17 Test satisfied with doing well, and lot others talk of you as they please. They can do you no injury.) . lthough they may think they have nund a flaw in your proceedings, and determined to rise on your downfall or profit by your injury. man in Brownsville, Pa., recently ate yard of sausage on n wager of five dollars.— After performing the feat, he pocketed the money. ale four dozen of eysters,'and then of fered to bet ten do ars that he could cat another .A you r . lady, whose name was Patty, inbiri , s , ..ed by a Mr. Cake. accepted him on condition he would change his name, declar ing she would never consent to be called a " Patty Cake." r 7 -" Mister, how do you sell your beef this morning ?" " Fourteen cents a pound." Four teen cents, ell I—have you a heart ? "No just sold it." " Well, I know'd you couldn't have s heart. and ax fourteen cents for beef." G7 - 01ivcr 11. Toumlin was sentenced in Br •Oohlyn on Friday last, for a rape upon a little girl only 11 years of age, to 10 years imprison ment in the State Prison. The culprit is a music teacher and is 61 years of age. Li - in St. Louis 40,000 quarts of milk aro daily consumed—making two quarts to each thmily. The value is $2400 per day, 0r•3870,- 000 per annum. The Rrpu4lican thinks that of this amount $lOO,OOO is paid out for water that is mixed with the milk. irt - A Fireman's Tonst.—The Ladies—Their eyes kindle the only flames which wo cannot extinguish, and against which there is no in- MEE@ PROBLEII- To be worked out by a newly married Young lady.—A sufficient quantity of linen for the manufacture of her husband's shirt being given—to make it. fr, -- r A house in Cincinnati advertises for two thousand live rats, for which five cents a head will be paid. The skins are manufactured into kid gloves. • The agricultural produce of this season in. Treatl,lyirl reach $10,000,000 sterling above that of last veer. 10Alcohol tins first invented and used to stain the cheeks of the ladies of Arabia, nine hundred and fifty years ago. G7 - A man of souse should never swear. The least pardonable of all vices to which the folly or cupidity of man iladdieted, is profanity. [P7A man who has a daughter, and can, but won't educate her, deserves to have her stolen from him. 13 - " An exchange paper has this advertise ment: "Two sisters wan.thing." We hope they may get it. 11 - The newspaper is the law book for tho indolent, a sermon for the thoughtful, a library for the poor. It may stimtilato the most pro found. Ca - Sorrow and joy, like the cloud and the rainbow, are oft cotompomry ; the ono threat ens, the other is full of promises. 1:a -- Ex•President Fillmore's property is val ued at $150,000. [l:7'A field of sweet potatoes in Scott county,. lowa, yielded seven hundred bushels to the. acre. I:l7 6 The U. S. Land Office Report shows that the land sales this year exceed those of last year $5,052,239. Balt is estimated that the increase of fish population of lowa this year by emigration, wilt reach 100,000 souls. [ - • - •It is estimated that there are three hun dred'milliWpounds of paper used in the United States annually. 11:7 - 11are-faced falsehoods—fibs told by th4l ladies iii the present style of bonnets. U
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