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ESIIAY, JANUARY •10, 1855.
oanr. PALMER, N.' W. corner of,
Third and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, our,
authililicit4 Agent for receiving adiertise
merits and subscriptions to the Lehegh Regi
THE ]MESSAGE,
The Annual Message of Gov. tigler is quite
a voluminous document—so long, that' most
re ''gers will prefer an . abstract, which be
fo •
Election.
cis'day evening last, Good Will Engine,
4, held their annual election, which resulted
dn the choice of the following officers.
President.—Tilghman Good.
Vice President.—George Fry. .
Treasurer.—Charles 11. Mille.
Seerctary.—L. F. Franke.
Directors.—J. Gangwero,
W. Clewell,
F. Weisbach,
E. Albright,
George Reiter,
George F. Henry
Are we. Improving.
The question has frequently been put to us of
late, has not the business of our town in
creased very much within the last three or four
years ? Without knowing positively the secrets
Of trade, but judging mainly from the outside
appearances, we have been led to believe that
there now exists more activity
. and enterprise
amongst our business men than at any time in
the previous history of our town, so far as our
knowledge extends. Within the past few years
our merchants have been enlarging and beauti
fying their stores, and increasing the quantity
of goods they offer for sale ; our mechanics
have been extending their operations, and en
deavoring to meet the demands. made upon
their skill and labor ; and all kinds of labor
have been in such demand as to afford a very
good remuneration. We venture to say that
during last summer More building has been
going on than has been witnessed for years in
this place. One can scarcely walk through a
single street in which, he will not see that new
houses have been erected. 'Tis true there are
some unsightly vacant lots, upon some of our
streets, that would look more ornamental if
they were filled with nicely constructed houses;
but these will soon be put there and will be
filled by enterprising men of business.
That these are evidences of substantial im
provement, no one will deny, and. all ivho feel
any regard for the welfare of the place rejoice_
in it, and will wish an increase of energy,. skill
and enterprise, that shall not only be profitable
to those engaged in business, but that will add
to the substantiahprosperity of the place.
It might be a matter of curiosity to know that
the Editors keep pace with the rest of the com
munity. So Tar as their weekly lucubrations
are concerned, they are known and read of all
men. As to their business relations, it isAvell
known that editors and publishers of newspa
pers never have .any money liud 'cannot plead
' guilty to the soft impeachMent of " being in
funds," or being on the high road to success.t
Seriously wo believe,our brother printers are
prospering, and we ourselves, for the short time
We have been in business, feel grateful for the
many evidencesid favor vve have received from
the public.
Soldiers of I SIV.
Last week Mr. BRODHEAD gave notice in
Congress that he would this week call up the
bill granting addittenal 'bounty land to the
soldierS of the war , of 1812.. The bill provides
merely for placing on the same footing, these
soldiers with .these engaged iu the Mexican
war. It is unnecessary for us to speak of The
propriety of this measure. This none deny,
and that it should receive the immediate atten
tion of Congress all admit. There neVell'exist-.
cd a single reason for making a distinction le
tween the soldiers of 1812 and those of the
Mexican war, so far. as the liberality of the
government towards them was concerned. In
both cases the country demanded of her citizens
sacrifices for the preservation of her honor, and
in both cases the demand was answered by the
patriotism of the people. If then, Congress,
in the exercise of its duties, chose to reward
NthosB. engaged hi ono of the wars by a liberal
donation of public laud, we are at a loss to un
derstand why thoso engaged in the other are
made an exception. Time bill is one which di
mandS: immediate action. Many of those en
gaged lei the war of 1812 have passed away—
hundreds Will soon follow, and if the govern
ment intends doing anything in the premises,
it sliatild be done soon. Mr. BRODHEAD de
serves the thanks of the people, and particular
ly of the soldiers of 1812; for the able and ef
&lent part he has taken in their behalf.
Court P .411Uffa,
FIRST, - •
The first week ofour Court commenced on the
2d inst., and continued until Thursday noon.--
Quite a -number of bills wire. presented to tile
Grand Jury for their action, but no cases of
any impOrtance were tried, the principal busi
ness before them being alledged offences against
the acts of Assembly prohibiting Lotteries, and
all these cases or rather the two most impor
tant of them being continued to the 19th of
February.
The f 'lowing is the list of cases diyosef.l.
Commonwealth rs. Alexander J. Seagreaves.
Indictment for, selling liquor • without
li
cnse. The defence set up was that no money
as taken for liquor by the employees of Mr.
agreaves but that it was frequently given as
gratuity to the customers of their restaurant.
t was proved by the defendant that he had re
.eatedly warned the boys in his shop not to
ell liquor. As the only cases of taking money
roved, was by the boys Ile had in his employ,
o contended that as it Was done against his
onsent, he wa not liable. The jury, how
ver, overruled the defendant's position and
•und Lim guilty. -Sentence not passed . when
will: adjourned.
Commonwealth vs. Come! relcCowen, James
`onahue, Michael Shields, Patrick Congham,
James McCue.—lndictment for riot and riot
ous assault and battery. The defendants were
a party of Ilibernians from the Railroad, who
took a fancy one day when somewhat " eleva
ted" to have " a bit of a spree," and thereupon
knocked in the door of it neighboring shantec,
licked two or three heretical protestants and
then vamoosed. Verdict guilty of riotous as-
sault and battery ; sentenced to 20 days in the
county prisomand costs.
Commonwealth vs. Philip Klee.—lndictment
for keeping a disorderly house. The defendant,
" Don Pheelip" as he is termed hi B'hoy par
lance, it appears, is the proprietor of an Ale
and Beer House in the suburbs of our town
known as the " Anchor House," that useful
implement being the insignia upon his sign.—
The commonwealth charged Philip with keep
ing late hours, in which sundry convivial songs
were usually sung by some Syrens from Fader
land, in such a high- key as to disturb the re
pose of his neighbors ; who, in addition, and by
way of accompaniment, discoursed music upon
the harp and that antiquated but familiar in
strument known - by-the boys as the grind or
gan. Lager Beer, it appears, was a commodi
ty which circulated freely upon such oocasions,
when these queens of song, whether . from the
excitement of their musical bumps or the fumes
of " Leger" were somewhat prone, to unstead
iness in walk and conversation. To complete
the scene, on New Year's night they all got
tight and " didn't go home till morning"—
whereupon the jury found Philip guilty, and
the court sentenced him to $3O fine and costs.
Commonwealth vs. Nathan Frederick and
John Gross.—This was an indictment against
the defendants for violating the Lottery Law,
by reason of exhibiting rind getting up a grand
Panorama- and Gift Enterprise. Grand Jury
found a true bill. A jury was selected to try
• the case, and it was adjourned over till the 19th
of February next, when the case will be tried.
Commonwealth vs. William Gross.—Same as
above, and disposed of the same.
Commonwealth vs. Alexander Weaver.—
Same. Continued till April Court.
Commonwealth vs. Henry Bush.—Same
Commonwealth vs. Charles Bitting.— Indic
aunt for liiitwking and pedling tinware. The
court decided it was not the subject of indict.
ment, and the District Attorney entered a nollc
prosegui
Commonwealth vs. Stephen Nagel.--Indict
ment for hawking and pedling hats at retail.—
It appeared defendant sold at several stores two
three and four hats. The court decided that, as
the act of Assembly was intended for the pro
tection of storekeepers, this was wholesaling
within the act. Verdict not guilty.
BRIDGES ALLOWED.
The Grand Jury allowed a Bridge in While
hall between' Schneeksville and Kline's Mill
and one across the Jordan at Union street, A
lentown.
An linportnnt Lane
The following sections of an Act of Assembly,
passed the tWelffit day of January, 1852, does
not Seem .to be generally known. The want of
a knowledge of the,existenee of the la* often
subjects parties applying for letters of adminis
tration, or' letters testamentary. to inconveni
ence, • inahmuch %as . the Register is forbiden to
grant such letters without the death being first
registered t nor is Alto appointment of a guar-.
di an valid Without registering the birth of the
child:
Sec. G. That no letters of adininistration or
letters testamentary, shall be granted by any
Register, upon the estate or effects of any per
son hereafter dying within this Slate, or if
granted, shall be valid, until the death of such
person shall be duly certified to the said Re
gister, in order that the same may be duly re
gistered according to the forms and provisions
of this act, or as strictly in compliance there
with as it may be in the power of the party so
to do.
Sec. 7. That no appointment of any guardian
to the person or estate of any minor hereafter
born, by the Orphans' Court within this State,
shall be valid, until the date of the birth of such
minor, and the date of the death, as Well as the
name of his or her parent or parents, shall be
duly registered
,according to the provisions of
this act, as strictly as the same can be complied
with, unleSs from the death of any witness, or
from some other cause deemed sufficient upon
strict investigation by the said Court, such
proof cannot at the time be conveniently made,
in which latter case it shall be made as soon as
it may be practicable.
o:7Eiglaty full bands of music will perform
at the coming Philadelphia firemen's annual
parade.
Message of Governor Bigler.
AN ABSTRACT.
The Condition of the Country.
Allusion is made to the general condition o
the country, lo.the blessings enjoyed, and re
verses experienced, trd the duty of charity.
!'he Finances of the State
The aggvgate receipts for the fiscal year of
1854, including loans and the balance in the
Treasury, on the 30th of November, 1853,
amounted to the sum of $6,605,012.01. The
gross payments for the same period, to the sum
of . $5,424,983.20 ; leaving a balance on the
30th of November, of $1,240,920.71
The Public Works
The aggregate receipts on the Public Works
for the past year, as reported by the Canal
Commissioners, amounted to the sum of $l,-
876,078.881- and the expenditures to the sum
of $1,161,570.54 ; leaving a balance of $774,.
508.3-1, from which, however, should be de
ducted the sum of $37,000, properly charge
able to the year, for new locomotives andpther
unavoidable expenditures—thus reducing the
net profits to $726,608 34. If we add to this
$131,000.00 received from the Pennsylvania
Rl:inroad Company for the three mill tax, which
is claimed by some as a part of the income from
the Public Works, we find a net revenue of
$867,000 ; a sum equal to the interest on sex -
enteen millions of the five per.cent. debt of the
State.
Canal Tolls
It is suggested that so much of the law as
binds the Canal Commissioners to a fixed rate
of tolls fa the whole season, should be re
pealed.
Neit , Improvements
No new improvements should be undertaken
upon any pretext whatever. The payment cf
the debts, and that only, should absorb the
surplus revenues of the Treasury. If this
policy be pursued, no other financial scheme,
to pay the debt, will lie necessary. The large
annual surplus will reduce the State's indebt
edness, with sufficient rapidity.
The North Branch Canal.
The North Branch Canal is not yet In fu
opertaidn
The Main Line of Public Works
No sale having been effected, this improve
ment is, therefore, still the property of the
State, subject to such disposition as the Legis
lature may deem necessary.
• The Policy of Sale.
The Governor thinks that the policy of the
measure depends mainly upon the price that
can be obtained, and the 'conditions on which
purchasers may be willing to hold these Works
for the use of the public. With a full and fair
consideration, and on terms amply- protective
of the rights and interests of the people, in the
future enjoyment of these highways—a sale
might not prove injurious to tlic public weal.
But it is certainly neither wise nor politic to
assume that they must be sold for whatever
can be obtained ; or that they should, in any
event, be given away. .
The Pennsylvania Railroad
The Governor takes ground against the re
peal of so much of the act incorporating the
PenUsylvania Railroad Company, as requires
it to pay into the Treasury an,unally a certain
per centage on the amount of tonnage which
may pass over that road, as an equivalent for
the privileges granted by the Commonwealth.
The Issues
In the spring of 1853, the policy of cancella
tion was again resumed, and up to this date,
$485,384.88 had been received into the sinking
fund, applicable to that purpose, leaving the
meagre sum of $154,778.12 to provide for. The
gratifying fact is apparent, therefore, that with'
out any further legislation on this subject,
the entire outstanding balance of relief notes
can be withdrawn from circulation and destroy
ed during the current year.
The Bank System.
The Governor alluding to the Banking Sys
em, says :
" An extensive increase of banking capital
and other expedients will, doubtless, be pressed
upon your attention ; but it is hoped that no
such fallacy may find favor. Nor is,there any
sufficient reason for the alarms and sensitive
ness manifested in certain quarters ; the real
wealth of the country still exists, and the
natural elements of prosperity arc no less than
heretofore. It is the shadow not the substance
that is passing away. The business commu
nity should look the danger bravely in the
face, and by their energy, hontsty and enter
prise, overcome it. Mutual confidence and
forbeartince should be cherished by all, as a
means of accomplishing this desirable end."
The License Laws
The existing License Laws might, in 'th e
opinion of the Governor, be usefully revised—
the object of such revision being to lessen the
vice of intemperance. That those laws need
such revision, is conecdid ai So far as relates to
the city of Philadelphia, they arc peculiarly
prejudicial to'public morals, and\seein to have
been constructed to promote the convenience of
drinking, far more than to restrain its evil con-•
sequenceu
PojntAar Education
Our existing system is warmly commended,
and various improvements are suggested.
The State Lunatic Asylum.
. The State Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg,
under its present, efficient control and manage-
molt, meets the just anticipations of its wise
and benevolent advocates. •
Other Benevolent Institutions.
The Asylum for the Idiotic, that for the Denf
and Dumb, and the House of Refuge, are all
contended.
‘ Agricult.
An Agricultural Qoßego is suggested.
These are protested against.
The State Arsenal.
This property has been sold for thirty thou
sand dollars. A site for a new building has no
yet been determined upon.
The Monuoieta to the Sigizers.
The Governor expr R y ated solici
tude for the sucoesi ovement.
Peasylvania
Tho Governorl,ldulges in a glowing pane
gyric upon.the position and resources of the
State.
' Nation.
He also refers do happy aspect of our
common countryld the elevation it has
reached among the' ations of the earth, in the
light of libertrand through the working of its
benign institutions.
Secret Societies
The Governor says :—What admirer of the
venerated father of his country, but must now
feel with resistless force, his solemn warnings
against secret societies for political ends, as
placing a powerful engine in the hands of the
selfish and designing, and enable them not only
to acquire power unworthily, but also to sap
and destroy the most sacred principles ot\our
government ?
The Conclusion
The Governor alludes to one or two other
matters of minor importanceAtmd invokes the
bleisings of Providence upon the labors of the
State Authorities.
MUM lA - FORMATION IN Fsw Woans.—As an
evidence of what has led to foreign indebtedness
and domestic extravagance, we quote from the
Secretary of the Treasury the following facts .
—ln 1844 the population of the Union was
19,241,000 ; the importations for that year
amounted to the sum of soo,oso,ooo—being a
trifle over five dollars to each inhabitant. In
1854 the population is estimated (allowing for
the increase since the last census) at 25,500,-
000 : the importations for the year amount to
8270,612,000—being nearly &ran dollars to
each man, woman and child. That is, in ten
years we have more than doubled the average
proportion of our importations for each indi
vidual in the country. The, Secretary of the
Treasury also tells us that in our last financial
year we imported thirty-three millions worth of
silks. These facts need no comments.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES OF LIE PAST YEAR.
—We find in other exchanges tabular state
ments of the crimes and casualties in the United
States, during the year which has just closed.
The total amount of property destroyed by lire
is estimated, in round numbers, at twenty-five,
millions of dollars. The number of persons
whose lives have been sacrificed' by burning
buildings, is put down at one hundred and
seventy-one. There have been one hundred
and ninety-three railroad accidents, killing one
hundred and eighty-Six persons, and wounding
five hundred and eighty-nine. There have also
been forty-eight steamboat accidents, killing
five hundred and eighty-seven persons, and
wounding two hundred and twenty-five. Du
ring the year six hundred and eighty-two mur
ders were committed, and eighty-four persons
were executed. In the State of New York alone
there were seventy-four murders and seven exe
cutions, and in California sixty-four murderS
and fifteen executions.
CaithlsTat, RECORD FOR 1854.—The official.Fo
- of convictions and acquittals in the crimi
nal courts of New York for the past year ex
hibits a falling•off in the number of arraign
ments from the record of the previous year.—
Five persons were tr
one convicted ; for in
convicted; for arson,
grand and petit larcen
rict,cd. Whole numb
acquitted, 3,509. Number sentenced to,state
/ prison, 205 males, 20 females ; aggregate-term
of their imprisonment, 804 years. Sentenced
to imprisonment in penitentiary, 932 males,
123 females. Sent to city prison, 204 males,
44 females.
A Goon Cow.—Mr. Wooster B. Seymour o
this town exhibited a native cow at the late
Hartford County Fair, which he certified as
giving on an average 20 quarts of milk per day,
and making 156 pounds of butter per week,
from the Arst of November to the first.of Nay.
The butter was sold at 31 cents per lb., and
the milk after being skimmed, at 2 cents per
quart, thus averaging nearly 88 per week. It
ought to be borne in mind that this was in the
six winter months as they are usually called,
when a cow will not give as great a quantity
of milk yield and as much butter as in sum
mem—Hartford Courant.
A SWEET .ENTERPRISE.-Mr. M. Quimby, of
the State of New York, has spent nearly a quar
ter of a century in the cultivation of bees, and
has met with extraordinary success. The pro
duct of this year's labor s is about five tons of
honey, the most of which has been sold, at I
wholesale, in the New York market, at 25 cents
a pound. It iscarried to market in the caps or
boxeg, just as they aro taken from the bites.
BOOTS AND SHOES DT MACIIINERT.-A patent
for making boots and shoes by machinery has
been taken out in England, and a company
formed for the erection of extensive works,
capable or turning out seventem_thensand.pairs
of boot and shoes per day.
CARROTS FOR IlonsEs.—The stable keepers
arc beginning to find that these vegetables form
a cheap and nutritious food to mix. with grain .
for their horses: It is better to givo a working
horse a peck of carrots and four quarts of oats
or corn-meal a day, than to give him six quarts
of meal.
SALE OF NEGROES. -- On Saturday Messrs.
Thos. Branch & Sons, sold at auction some valu
able negroes. Farm hands sold from $334 to
$765 ; Wagoners for $585 ; small boys and
girls from 350 to $500: A woman and child
for s32o.—Peteuburg (Va.) Intelligencer.
Irgiiilnti* . isPriletpig,i',
This body assembled at Harrisburg ori the .
2d, 'at 11 o'clock. • The House of Repiesenta
tives was called to order by Win. Jack, its
Clerk. The Deputy Secretary of the Conimon;
wealth presented the returns of the late election
of metnberir Mr. Fletcher moved that they be
opened and read. Agreed to. The roll of
members elect was then called and ninety 7
nine answered to their names, Mr. Allegood,
(American and Whig) from P,hilitirelphia, being
the only absentee. Mr. Chamberlin moved
that the House proceed to the election of a,
Speaker, which was agreed to. The result on
the first ballot, was as follows :
Henry K. Strong, (A. and W.,) of Phila., 76
Richardson L. Wright, (Dem..) Phila., 18
Charles Frailcy, (Dem.,) of Schuylkill, 2
B. B. 'McCombs, (Whig,) of Beaver,
41r. Wright, was the Democratic Caucus
nominee for Speaker, having been selected the
previous evening on the eighteenth ballot. The
dominant party in the House did not hold any
caucus, but Mr. Strong received the full Ameri
can and Whig vote, which is even larger thin
was anticipated, was elected on the first ballot,
and , made a brief and appropriate acknowledg
ment of the honor conferred upon him. No
other business beyond swearing in the mem
bers was done in the House.
SENATE.—Tho Senate met at 3 o'clock the
same afternoon.
After the usual preliminary business, Mr. E.
S. Goodrich, the Deputy Secretary -of the
Commonwealth, WAS introduced and presented
the returns of the late election, which were
read.
The roll being called, thirty Senators answer
ed to their names.
On motion of Mr. Crabbe, the Senate proceed
ed to the election of a Speaker.
Mr. E. W. Ilamlin, of Wayne, was the Dem
ocratic caucus candidate, and Mr. Hendricks,
of Schuylkill, the Whig caucus candidate for
the Speakership.
The last ballot stood :
Hamlin, 14
llendricks‘,. 13
Scattering, 3
The Senate then adjourned until 11 'o'clock
Wednesday."
There was a great deal of caucusing by ho
parties.
Mr. Buckalew, of the Luzerne District, has
not yet returned front South America.
WEDNESDAY.—SaNATE.—After the usual
preliMinary business, u fourth ballot was had
for Speaker, with the following result :
11. D. Hamlin, Dem., received 14 votes.
John Hendricks, Whig, 13 "
Scattering, 4 "
So there was again no choice. The vote was
every respect the same as on the first ballot
esterday.
The balloting• was then continued with the
same result, until 15 ballots had been had.
Mr. McClintock then moved that the Senate
adjourn ; but the motion was lost by a tie vote
—yeas 15, nays 15. •
Three further ballots were then had, with no
!ssrs. Darsie and Price
change
each vot
Mr. ? the 18th ballot, re.
Dewed his motion to adjourn, which was agreed
to.
HOUSE.-Mr. Foust read in place a bill to
prevent the sale of intoxicating liqqors on the
Sabbath, and to prevent the sale of adulterated
poisonous liquors as a beverage.
Mr. Cummings read in place a bill to repeal
the tavern license laws of the State.
Mr. McCombs also introduced a series of
joint resolutions, relative to the rights of for
eigners in the United States.
THURSDAY.--.-Tita &MATE held a morninT
and afternoon session. In the first, the 19th;
20th and 21st, ballots for Speaker were had
with precisely the same result as — b - Cfdr'e. In
the afternoon, two more ballots, as before. On
the 24th., the Whigs, dropped Hendricks, and
voted (as did also Darsie and Price) for James
S. Skinner, Whig, of Erie and Crawford, thus :
—Skinner, 15 ; Hamlin, 13 ; Scattering, 2
Skinner voting for Darsie, and' Hamlinfor
Walton, The 25th and 26th ballots were then
had, the same as this last; when the Senate
adjourned.
house:—Mr. Smith, of Philadelphia, rend in
place a bill to abolish the Board of Canal Com
missioners, and for the better regulation and
xuanagment of the pubic works of the State.
Mr. Smith, of Allegheny, read in .place
bill to confer on colored persons the rights of
citzenship.
Mr. Cummings read in place a bill to incor
porate the Coal and Tron Bank of Pennsylvania.
The House then, on motion,
_went into nom
inations for Clerk and other officers. A largo
number of nominations were submitted.
The rules were then, on motion suspended,
and the • House proceeded to the election of a
Clerk ; when on the first ballot, • A. W. Benedict,
(American) of lluntingdon county was elected,
receiving 00 votes.
A. L. Hennerlioltz, of Berks, was appointed
Assistant Clerk.
E. Cowen, of Warren, J. L. Wrightmyer, of
Barks, E: Smith, of Wyoming ; S. C. Slay
maker, of 'Lancaster, and Wm; W. Taylor, of
Lawrence were appointed transcribing clerks.
James Bently, of Washington, was chosen
sergeant at arms. •
The House after completing its organization
by the election of subordinate officers, ad
'ourned.
FRIDAY, Jan. 5. The Senate, this mor
ning, on the 28th ballot, elected WILLIAM[ M.
lIIESTEII, of Berks county, Speaker. The vote
stood : •
For Mester, Dem.—Messrs. Browne, Cress
wel), Darsio, Wry, Goodwill, Haldeman, Ham
lin, Hoge, Jamison, '&olb:dock, Platt, Walton,
Quiggle, Sager and Wherry-15.
I=ll
r.Whig. —Messia. Orabbe,.Fetti:;-1„-:
so* Flenniken, Frick; .T4ifaak Ifilliager;teariti,;
Millinger,,Sollers, Sheri:nal-end Taggart--11....
For ll'endriCks; li r hig.-L-Mesare.,:Frazer and
Skinner-2.
Fur Mr. Frazer -41r. Hendricks-1.
Messrs. 'heater and Price did not 'vote, and
as the 15 votes received by Mi. Iliester were ft
majority of all cast, he was declared'elected...
The Message from the Governor was then re
ceived and read ; after which the Berme ads-
journed until Tuesday afternoon, in order to •
.give the Speaker an opportunity to prepare the
standing committees.
CAUNIVORQUS PROPENBITIES oa Niw YORK.
ERs. — According to our estimate of•thd value of
the slaughtered animals of 1854, in New York I ;
the farmers have been paid the snug sum of.
fourteen million six hundred and sixty-nine ,
thousand seven hundraand ninety-one donate,. ..L •
which is an average of two hundred and eightgre—'.l
two thousand, one hundred and eleven dollars•
per week. The beef. cattle alone will average
one hundred and seventy-five thousand, eight
hundred and seventy-eight &Haas per week.
The average number per week of all animals
received for slaughter is twenty thOusand,
three hundred and fifty-nine. What a bloody
record ! -
IGNORANCE AND CRIME.—in a recent Ciami
nation made at the State prison in Auburn, N.
Y., it was ascertained that out of 900 conviota,..
only 47. had ever been in a Sunday school ; and' .
that of these, ony 17 had ever been mania*.
scholars.
. A SEDUCER SENTENCED.—E. F. FrCITIAII,
school teacher of Marion, Linn county, lowa,
who seduced one of his lady scholars about a
year ago, has been sentenced to three years im
the penitentiary for the crime. Ile has a largo.
and interesting family, and before the affair
took place was a prominent member of the•
Methodist church.
0" - Williatn A. B. Paco, printer, who died in
New Orleans recently, at the age of 20, was the
swiftest type setter in America ; he averaged
two thousand ems in an hour and could sustain
this speed for ten hours. To accomplish this
he has to pick up and place in a stick, on an av
erage, 4100 separate pieces of metal, beside
justifying them in lines, which is more than
one piece of metal a second for the hour.
11 - Fourtecn years ago but a single house,
and that a log cabin, stood
,upon what is now .
the site of St: Paul, Minnesota, a city that sup
ports four daily newspapers, and where up
wards of forty-three thousand passengers have•
been landed within a year.
frTI - If a young man wants to choose a wife,
let him iuvite the lady he has in view to take a
walk, a long one ; and when he comes back, if'
he finds his companion obliged to go to bed
with a headache, let him look somewhere elso
for a wife unless he is fond of paying doctors;
C.17 - Sulky females generally die old maids.—
If a girl wishes, therefore, to taste the sweebi'
which spring from love and corduroy, let her goi
in training fur good nature, and become musi
cal with gladness, like June crowded with hobo-
ryThe estimate of. expenditures for the city
government of New York, for 1855, amounts to
nearly sir millions of dollars, or a million more,
than last year.
friOur printer's'ilevil, who pays special at
ention to a young lady up town, without mak—
ig any decided advances, was returning with
her from meeting the other night, when she
feelingly said, " I fear I shall never go to
heaven." " Why," said our typo. " Because I
ove a devil so well."
10 - -It seems onr " foreign relations" aro very
fond of visiting their friends " this side of
Jordan." Only eleven thousand of them-hinokct
in New York, iu two days, lately.
[L — rThere is less than eighty• - milliOns invest- _
ed in mccting•houses in the United States, and
this sum would not have built St. Pekes, at
Rome. England pays her idle Queen more in
one week than America pays a mastuline Presir
tight in whole year.
[ll7'ilie public debt of the United Siam/ors
the 20th November last, was $44,975,450, hay
ing been reduced *2206,750 since Ist July.
CC7There are at the present time about 27,-
000 femaleti out of employment in Now York,`;.; .
city, and wholly unable to support themselvii
in consequence of the general: depression.of
business.
Ba•A. cow was slaughtered, a short time
since, on the farm of Andrew MoMurry, in
Bryant, N. Y., and imbedded in her heart, WAS
found a cut nail, over two inches long, - The
heart appeared to bo considerably decayed in
consequence. The animal, to appearance, had
always been healthy.
o:7'rhe true picture of despair is a pig reach
ing through a hole in the fence to get at a
cabbage lying only . a few inches beyond his
nose.
[l'" If you don't givo mo a penny," said • ;
young hopeful tolls mamma, " I know a boy,•
theta' got the measels, and I'll go and catch.
them, so I will :"
r.rlt is chiefly young ladies of narrow uni. -
derstanding who wear shoes too Small fin' them.
Irishman's• description of 'making a
cannon : " Take a king hole and pour braes: "T
around* it."
[l:j' Yeats of joy glide unperceived away;ser. ,
iv* counts the minutes as they pass.
f.al:li , er 400,000. barrels of ale were crPOrt.."l:.
ed from England last year !
• DJ Franco. produces annually 900,000,000..
gallons Of wine.-
Da"Tho •beat capital !bra young man, ia.a
capital young Wife. So a young gent inform*
us, who hasjuit "gono and dono
(bb i 1I 1 1 ce,