Itbigti .Ygiottr.
ALLENTOWN, PA
iVEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1855
to'le. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of
Third and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, is our
authenticated Agent for receiving advertise
ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register.
[l:7Messrs. Reese, Weiser, and Craig, nt
Harrisburg, leave our thanks for copies of the
Auditor General's Annual Report, and other
valuable State Documents.
03'Is any of our town readers do not receive
-44 papers regularly, we hope they will make
the fact known at our office.
T. 0. Baird 9 g Lecture.
'Air. T. 0. BAUM delivered a lecture indhe
Presbyterian Church on. Thursday evening last.
The subject was " California as it was, and as
it is." It was rather poorly attended in conse
quence of the inclemency of the weather. The
subject was handled in an able manner, and
those who did not attend missed an intellectual
and instructive treat. .
Ladles' Plo Nio Ball
Tho ball given.by the ladies last night was
a large, popular and splendid affair; Col. Et
finger's band bad been engaged for the occasion
" And when
Music arose with its voluptuous swell,"
the scene was one of fairy-like enchantment to
the happy participants in the mazy dance.
The dancing commenced at about eight o'clock,
and until the grey morn spread his light
mantle over the dark robe of night, music and
bright eyes " speaking love to eyes that speak
again," made the scene one of mingled joyous
ness.
SIDE W A LICS
. We have a communication on our table calling
attention to the shameful condition of some of
the sidewalks on West Hamilton street. We
have called attention to this matter before, but
it seems our otherwise enterprising "borough
fathers" have turned a " deaf ear" to this im
portant matter. The soft weather and the ac
cumulations of months of dirt—probably years,
have made them a pool of slime, and renders
walking extremely difficult. Put the broom at
work and let the hydrants run while there is no
frost.
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The Public Schools.
Notwithstanding the expenditures literally
made to sustain these schools, a large number
of children can at any time be seen idle in our
streets, neglecting the golden opportunity pre
sented them for an educatien that will prepare
them for usefulness and distinction in life. W
fear that there is great neglect on the part of
some parents, in allowing their children to say
'from school fur trilling excuses—permitting
them to absent themselves whenever they desire
—and waste day after day by playing truant,
without adequate and effectual punishment.
Parents should consider and instil it into their
children, that they can never sustain. or reach
a position of respectability or influence without
a good education. If parents feel the moral ob
ligation of doing their duty to their children
they should not neglect the important one of
making their offsprings avail themselves of the
benefits offered them by our present liberal and
well arranged public free school system.
VINE ICE
Our citizens were very fortunate in getting
their icc-houses filled. We have seldom seen
finer ice than has been put up this winter.—
Our hotels, confectionaries, and numbers of our
private families, have laid up an ample supply
of this hot summer day's luxury.
Progi•essing.
The new buildings, the" English Lutheran
Church, and the Columbia Engine House, are
progressing rapidly towards completion. Both
will be beautiful edifices when finished, and
ornaments to our town that the citizens may
well be proud of.
GOOD ♦VILL HOSE.
This efficient company paraded the streets on
Monday last, upon the occasion of housing their
new apparatus. The carriage is a beautiful
Piece of mechanism, and reflects great credit
upon those engaged in getting it up. We
understand that the Sinking Spring Fire Insu
rance Company intends making a donation of
ono hundred dollars to the above company for
their valuable services rendered on the occasion
of the destruction of the distillery of Messrs. C.
&W. Edelman. Also the same amount to the
" Washington."
Norristown and Allentown nail Road
An election for officers, by the stockholders
of this contemplated road, was held at the
public, house of Brant LONDAKER, Perkiomen
Bridge, Montgomery county, on Monday the Bth
inst., when the following officers and . Directors
were sleeted.,
President.— Samuel Townsend, F.sq.
Directors.—John W. Tilford, Abraham G.
Ragiiel, William Schaff, Michael C. Boyer, Jos.
Hunsicker, Henry Longaker, William Worrall,
Aaron Schwenk, Jacob Johnson, Jr., John M.
Line, Moses Weant, and Ephraim Grim.
Some two hundred persons were present,
among. whom were several heavy capitalists
from Philadelphia A lively interest was
manifested in the road, and the general pre
vailing opinion appeared to be, that the road
would be built, As an evidence of this, we will
state that Upwards of 500 additional shares of
stock were subscribed. Ma. TOWNSEND, the
newly elected President, is represented to.be a
man of consiErabic wealth, and of thorough
busineSs qualifications. Ho has recently pur
chased a largo amount of property hi the vi
cinity of Peri/if:omen Bridge, and it is said
will devote a largo portion of his time to - the
success of the road.
/tall Road Meeting
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the Nor
ristown and Allentown Railroad Company, held
the Bth day of January, A.D. 1855, at the pub
lie hoitse of Henry Longaker, Perkiomen Bridge,
Montgomery County, the meeting was organ
ized by electing HENRY LOUCKS, Esq.,
Chairman, and GARF.T D. HuNslcKnu, FRANCIS
B. PoLnr, and IVILLIAm M. JACOBS, Secre
taries, _
On motion of 3. IV. Sunderland, a committee
of five was appointed to draft resolutions ex
pressive of the sense of the meeting.
The Chair appointed J. W. Sunderland, L.
E. Corson, Wm. B. Shupe, John A. Brown and
nathan Todd, said committee
The committee, after withdrawing a short
time, reported the following preamble and reso7
lutions; which, after having been discussed by
the meeting, was unanimously adopted—viz :
Whereas, The time has arrived. when greater
facilities are demanded for the transportation of
coal and other products of the Lehigh Valley,
and the north-eastern counties of Pennsylvania,
to the city of Philadelphia ; and
Whereas, Tlie Valley of the Schuylkill and
Perkiomen seemed designed by nature as the
most feasible outlet for the numerous produc
tions of those regions, and by careful and accu-
rate surveys have been demonstrated to' afford
the shortest; cheapest and most practicable route
for a Railroad between Philadelphia and the
great coal-fields of Mauch Chunk ; and
Whereas, The Legislature of our• State has
already incorporated a Company with the most
ample powers and liberal privileges, for con
structing a Railroad along said route; connect
ing with Philadelphia by either - the Norristown
or Reading Railroad, at or near Norristown,
and the Lehigh Valley Railroad at or near Al
lentown ; therefore,
Rcsolrcd, That it is the duty and the interest
of the citizens of Philadelphia, Norristown and
Allentown, as well as of the property holders
and business men generally, along the route, to
subscribe•liberally and promptly to the stock of
said Company, in order to enable them to expe
date the construction of said road.
Resolved, That the amount of the stock al-
.early subscribed, and the lively interest taken
in the enterprise, .warrant tle Company in
taking measures for the immedia commence
ment and speedy completion of the work, and
.
that this meeting respectfully icon mend the
President and Board of Direct s to put the
Road, or at least a portion of it, I uder contract
at as early a day as possible.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to the
President and Board of Directors,lo co-operate
with them to the extent of our individual influ
ence and abilities in procuring additional sub
scriptions to the stock of said Road.
Resoired, That it is hoped and believed that
the property holders through whose land the
proposed road may pass, will duly appreciate
the advantages likely to accrue therefrom, and
grant the right of way on as liberal terms as
possible. On motion,
Resolved, That the papers of Philadelphia
City, and of Montgomery and Lehigh Counties,
be requested to publish the proCeedings of this
meeting.
[Signed by the officers.]
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On Friday night an interesting little affitir
came off in Seventh street. A woman who had
long suspected her husband of making a prac
tice of spending his hard earnings in one of the '
numerous "gambling dens" with which our
town is cursed--where professional gamesters
practically and hourly reduce the busineSs of
life to chance, made up her mind to " keep an
eye "on his movements. At about nine o'clock
she entered the " den " and found her "liege
lord " sitting at a table " dithering " to his
heart's content. She ordered him to accompany
her home, which he very reluctantly prepared
to do. 'The keeper of the " h-11" interfered,
when the woman threatened to go for an officer.
The keeper of the den, finding he had " caught
a tartar," beat a retreat ; and the woman left
the field in triumph, bearing her captive hus
band with her.
la=
A'young man named JAMES EttowN, in Lynn
owitship, was-poisoned so badly by climbing a
ree, a lbw weeks ago, as to produce Erysipelas,
rdm the effects of which he died on Friday last.
County Superintendent
The Williamsport Gazale says a strong
movement will be made during the coming
session of the State leg stature to repeal the act
authorizing the electim ' f county superintend
ents of common schools. The Ga.:cite favors
repeal, and says petitions to that effect are in
circulation in Lycoming.
This would be taking a step backward, which
we would not only deeply regret, but which we
are not prepared yet to believe the present
Legislature will take. having a superintend
ent in each county is anew atujAmportant fea
ture in the common school system of our State,
which has not yet had a year's trial, and which
cannot fail to prove of great value to the cause
of Education. Let but honest and competent
men be selected, and let them receive an ade
quate compensation fur their services, and they
will be sure to contribute much to the develop
ment of the common school system.
The Tar .
It is stated that the Conunitteo of Ways and
Means 7' the:House Representmtives will en
deavor call up, at the first opportunity, the
bill r 9 forted by them at the last session, to
regurate the duties on imports. This bill con
tinues an ad valorem duty of 100 per cent. on
liquors, &c., and establishes a scale of duties on
other articles of five, ten, fifteen and twenty per
cent. ad valorem, respectively, with a free list
of a few unimportant articles. The bill re
comnended by the Secretary of the Treasury
also continues the duty of 100 per cent. ad
valorem on liquors, &c., but establishes a single
rate of duty of 25 per cent., an valorem on al
other articles except those einnnerated i an ex
t ended free list. ' • •
Sista Revenue from Lehigh
We gather from the Auditor General's Report
on the Finances of the Commonwealth, for the
fiscal year ending November 30,1854, the fol
lowing statement of the amount of revenue de
rived by the State from Lehigh county, during
that period :' t
Tax on Real and Personal Estate, $25,894 74
Retailers' Licenses, , 1,314 17
Tavern Licenses,
(i ) 1,372 73
Pedlers' License, 77 90
Brokers' License, 28 50
Distillery and Brewery • enses, 62 23
Billiard Room; Bowl' Saloon, and
Ten-Pin Alley I: enses,
Eating House, Bee House, and Res
taurant Licenses,
Patent Medicine Licenses,
Militia Tax, •
Tax on Writs, Wills, Deeds, &c.,
Collateral Inheritance Tax, '
Lehigh Crane Iron Co.,
Allentown Iron Company,
Siegfried's Bridge Co.,
Tax on enro ment of an Actjo incor
porate the Catasauqua and Fogies
vine plank road company,
Do. to incorporate • the Northampton
and Lehigh horse insurance co.,
Do. to incorporate the Thomas iron
company,
Do. to incorporate the Fogiesville
• water company,
Premium on Thomas Iron, company's
charter,
PAS'SfENTS TO I.BEIUNit COUNTY
From the same Report, we learn that the ap
propriations and payments to Lehigillnunty,
from the State, during the year 1854, were as
ILTIM
Pensions and Gratuities,
Com Mon Schools,
Abatement on State Tax,
Mercantile Appraisers,
Court Proceedings.
A. 11. Emley vs. Forge Baumgard er.—This
was an action of ejectment brought by the
plaintiff against the defendant to recover the
possession of a certain house. and lot, which bad
been sold by the sheriff on an execution by the
plaintiff Emley against the defendant, and pur
chased by the plaintiff for the sum of ten dol-
tars. At the sheriff's sale a notice was read to
the sheriff, wherein Charles Ritter claimed the
properly as his own. The deed froM the sheriff
to Entley was produced, in answer to which
Charles Ritter* (who upon 'a motion was admit
ted to defend his title) produced his deed from
Baumgardencr, which was prior to the sheriff's
deed. It further appeared on the part of the
defence that Baumgardener considering himself
in insolvent circumstances at the time, made
this assignment of his real estate, for the pur-
ose of obtaining funds to pay off his debts
had also been indebted to - Ritter. It was con
tended on the part of the plaintiff that this as
signment was intended to delay, hinder, and de
fraud other treditors, and that consequently
fraudulent as to them. The jury returned a
verdict for the defendants generally. King.
Brown awl Stiles for plaintiff. Bridges force.
tendant.
Charles trader and John loung. partners (lc
ing bt siness tinier the firm of Bender & Young
vs. John Kt rn.—This was an action to recover a
balance due for a horse power 'and threshing
machine which plaintiffs sold to the defendant.
It appeared in evidence that the defendant in
company with henry Leh, (who was indebted
to Kern) went to the shop of plaintiffs and
while there the defendant selected a machine
valued at ninety dollars. In consideration of
the indebtedness above mentioned, Leh prom
ised to pay for the machine (which it appeared
was the private understanding between Leh
and Kern, but of which it seems Young was ig
norant,) to which Young replied that it was im
material who paid the money so that it was
paid, Under this state of facts the defendant
coneaded that the machine had been sold on
the credit of Leh, and that consequently he was
not liable. Jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiffs for the sum of fifty dollars and ninety
cents debt and six cents dr.mages and six cents
costs:. Runk for plaintiffs. Wright and Marx
for defendant.
. Lucas Schlough vs. Samuel Heffner.—This
was an appeal from the judgment of a justice of
the pie(4. Plaintiff. is a botcher in Weisenburg
township. He purchased two heiffers of the de
fendant for which he was to pay nt the rate of
seven cents a pound. It appeared that one of
the heiffers was slaughtered by the plaintiff.
the sum of forty-fi'e dollars having previous to
its removal from the possession of defendant,
been paid. Some misunderstanding nrose in
Consequence of the plaintiffs' not-Weighing the
heiffer according to the directions of the defend
ant in consequence of which. he refused to de
liver the remaining heiffer when applied for.
The suit was brought to recover the balance of
this. purchase money in the hands of Heffner.
In consequence of an inadvertant remarks i
by one of the counsel in the case, the
withdrew a juror, thereby putting the 11
back to next term. Lougnecker for plaintiff.
Bridges for defendant.
Louis Benry vs. Nathan Miller.—This was an
action brought to recover damages which were
sustained in consequence of a mule which it was
alleged was killed by the negligence and care
lessness of the defendant's driver of an ore team.
it seemed that the parties have ore teams which
are in the care of their teamsters, that these
teams encountered each other ht a narrow Place
where the accident took place, when Beary lost
his mule, ' Jury returned a verdict for defend.
ant. Wright and Marx 11 - 3 r defendant. Brown
and Stiles for plaintiff.
John Kt ngle vs. Jacob Bogert, jr.--This was
an action for seduction and loss of services.—
The evidence in this case, proved. the following
facts. That the daughter of the plaintiff had a
child by the defendant and that in consequence
she was unable to do any work for the term of
half a year, that the family character of the
plaintiff has always been very good, and that
the daughter stood high in the estimation of the
neighbours. An ineffectual attempt was made
on the part of the defence to assail the diameter
of the young girl.
A. & G. Taylor and others vs. Thomas O.
Ginkinger, his &flees . and; terro tenants.—
This was an action of Ejectment to recover
the possession of a certain two story brick
building and GO feet front lot in 7th street.—
This property was sold - by the Sheriff in 1853
as the property of T. 0. Ginkinger, previous
to this Sheriff sale the father-in-law of T., 0.
Ginkinger, Henry Miller, purchased the proper
ty at a private sale, for.which he gave as .con
sideration, a bond for $BOO and the balance in
a duo bill dated a day after date. The plain
tiff alleged that this salejo Miller was fraudu
lent and therefore void to the creditors of T. 0.
Ginkinger, inasmuch as he was greatly indebt
ed at the time. The jury returned a verdict
for the defendants generally. King, Wright,
Longnecker and 'Marx for plaintiff, Bridges and
Moore for defendant.
28 50
95 00
4 75
263 04
279 85
161 54
1,600 00
500 00
13 00
Wm. 11. Blumer, Jesse M. Lino and Wm.
Kern, doing business under firm of Win. 11.
Blumer & Co.-vs. Godfrey Roth.—This. was an
action on the case to recover of the defendant
100 00
the amouut of the promissory note which he had
endorsed. Plaintiffs proved the protest of the
note, but failing to prove that notice of said
10 00
protest was served on the defendant, the Court
directed the jury to find for defendant, when the
plaintiffs took a non suit. King, Brown and
Longnetther for plaintiffs, Wright, Moore and
Marx tor defendant.
200 00
10 00
250 00
The whole country is suffering at present un
der a pressure in the money market that has
seldom, if ever, been equalled. Business houses
are suspending, banks and bankers are failing,
laborers are thrown out of employment, and
hard times ! hard times ! is the cry throughout
the length and breadth of the land. 'While
thousands are suffering, and tens of thousands
are repining, the inquiry naturally arises,
whence this pressure ? why this distress ? To
convict a man of the wrong which imposed suf
fering, is but a poor consolation to him under
existing and enduring misery, but the lessons
taught by calamity are the most impressive, i
$4O 00
1,429 56
1,294 73
C 63
woperly understood, and rightly appreciate
To ourselves alone, do we owe theliresent de
pression of business ; the burden is self-im
posed ; as a people, we have madly rushed upon
ruin, and must bear the consequences as best
we may. Political folly, and personal extrava
gance, such as this nation has been guilty of;
could end in nothing else but bankruptcy and
beggary. With a country extending from the
frigid to the torrid zone, yielding abundantly
every production of so diversified a climate,
with agricultural, manufacturing and mineral
resources, surpassing all the balance of the
world ; with the teeming mines of California
pouring monthly millions into our lap, why?
why in the name of all that is wonderful, should
a monetary calamity over take us ? Simply,
because as a nation we arc political fools, and
as a people, we are mad with vanity and con
ceit. Take as a specimen, but three articles
from the list of importations, for the last fiscal
year, and then wonder not that we have a crisis
in our money market, and that hard times are
knocking at the door. Thirty-four millions of
dollars worth of silks, twenty—seven millions of
woolens, and twenty-seven millions of cotton
goods were imported during the last year. Is
it any wonder that at the present time there is
seventeen thousand mechanks out of employ
ment in the city of Now York ; and that the
question is daily asked all over the land, where
is food and employment to be found for the des
titute and idle ? Why is it that our mechanics
arc out of food and employment ? Look at the
list of importations and answer why. It is be
cause we have preferred the laborers of France
and England to our own ; because we have sup
plied our markets with the products of their la
bor instead . of employing the laborers of our
own country, and now in every city and manu
facturing place of importance, committees arc
daily meeting and doling out the means of sus
tenance to the destitUte ; who, if their honest
industry had been protected by the government.
would, instead of eating the bitter bread of char
ity, have been adding to the wealth of the na
tion, and earning for theniselves and families
the necessaries and comforts of life.
A CHILD KILLED BY A RAT.-A singular oc-
currence took place a few days since, at the
house of Mr. M. B. Morris, Richmond, Va. It:
seems that some time ago, a negro woman in
the employment of 111 - 1 — .. - Morrisc heard her child
cry in the room'next to her, and went in to see
what occasioned it. She saw as she entered
the room, a large rat running off from the child,
who was lying on the floor, and upon approach
t e infant, she found a bite upon its .cheek,
vhich bled profusely. The mother thought
nothing of the accident, and about two weeks
since was again called into the room by the cry
of her child. Upon getting in, she saw a large
rat leap from the bed, and taking up the infant,
which was about seven months old, she found
that it had been severely bitten on the mole of
the head. -- No attention was paid to the mat
ter, in conFoluence of the trifling character of
the wound, and a few hours afterwards the child
died. 'Dr. Wilson, who had the case under con
sideration, gives it as his opinion that the death
of the child was caused by the bite upon the
head.
THREE CHILDREN DROWNED BY THE BREAKING
OP ICE. —Late on Saturday afternoon, three
children, two girls and a boy, were seen to fall
through an air-hole in the ice, opposite Ogden
& Copp's commission house, of this city, and
were drowned. The unfortunate children were
those of Mr. Owen MoCallen. The girls were
aged respectively twelve and seven—and the
little boy about five years. The eldest is sup
posed to have lost her life in her affectionate
but vain attempts to save her little brother
and sister.—Burlington (lotaa)Telegraph, Jan
uary 1. .
Hard Times.
rtfookiiil# iT6.toroing.g.
SENATE
On tho oth the Secretary of the Common
wealth was introduced, and presented the re-
turns of the election held in the several coun
ties of the Commonwealth for Governor.
Mr. FRY offered a resolution that the officers
of the, Senate, who have not been re-elected, be
retained in their offices one week from to-mor
row, which, atter some little debate, in which
Messrs. FRY, DARSIE, and HALDEMAN par
ticipated, was agreed to.
Mr. FRY, read in place an act to incorpo
rate the Allentown Bank.
On the 10th the Speaker announced the
several Standing Committees for the session,
of which the following are the more important.
Finance.—Messrs. Parsie, Buckalew, Crabb,
Hamlin and Killinger.
Judiciary.—Messrs. liamliu, Quiggle, Hen
dricks, Price and Pratt.
Bank.;.--Messrs. Haldeman, Crabb, Fry,
Lewis and Brown.
Railroads.—Messrs. Quiggle, Skinner, Price,
Iloge and Taggart.
The following are the chairmen of the Other
Committees:—Canals, &c., Mr. Buckalew ; Es
tates and Escheats, Mr. Price ; Pensions, &c.,
Mr. Hendricks ; Education Mr. McClintock ;
Militia, Mr. Fry ; Private ,Claims, &e., Mr.
Skinner.
Mr. FRY, read a bill in place for the incor
poration of the Allentown Bank.
Mr. FRY, read in place an act to authorize
the trustees of a church in Catasauqua to sel
real estate and borrow money.
On the 11th a committee from the . House of
Representatives was introduced, who informed
the Senate that the House was ready to count
the votes of the election held for Governor on
the second Tuesday of October last.
The members of the Senate were then escort
ed by the committee to the Hall of the House of
Representatives.
After a brief period, the Senators again re
turned to the Senate, When Mr. BUCK ALEW,
as teller on the part of Senate, reported the
followhig as the result of the election : •
Whole number of votes 273,040
Win. Bigler IGG,OOI
James Pollock 203,822
t. Rush Bradford 2,194
Scattering 23
JAMES Pot,r,ors having received a majority of
the whole number of votes cast, was declared
duly elected Governor for the ensuing term of
three years, from the third Tuesday of January,
A. D. 1855. The convention then adjourned,
after which the House adjourned till to morrow
at 11 o'clock.
After which the Senate adjourned.
1101 811
On the oth Mr. REESE.: offered a petition con
testing the seat of Mr. Bi:sn, a sitting member
from Northampton county, stating that this elec
tion had been illegal and void, and praying for
the appointment of a committee to investigate
the same. The petition was read, and the time
for drawing the committee according to law,
was, after considerable debate, fixed for Wed
nesday, the 17th instant. •
On the 10th Mr: SMITH (city) moved P. re
conSideration of the vote given yesterday, fix
ing the day for drawing the committee in the
contested election from Northampton county;
which was agreed to. •
Mr. SMITH then moved that Saturday next
be fixed as the day for drawing the committee
according to law. Agreed to.
DEATH OF MARTIN' VAN Bulb .--Itis With
no small degree of regret that we announce the
death of the celebrated lion Martin Van Buren.
He died a few nights since in the Menagerie
Rooms of Raymond & Co., who are wintering
their stock of animals in this city. The lion
was presented to Martin Van Buren, during the
time he was President, by the Emperor of Mo-
rocco, who also sent the President at the same
time, a pair of full blooded Arabian horses.—
As the President of the united States, is not al
lowed to accept any gift from a foreign govern
ment, these animals were sold at auction'inAe
City orWashington, soon after their arrival.—
Raymond & Co., became the purchasers of the
lion, and ever since that time he has been known
only by the name of Martin Van Buren. This
lion at the time of his death wag about thirt
years old. Ile was doubtless the best trained
animal that ever was exhibited in the United
States.—Auburn (N. I',) Advertiser.
COAT. ASITES.-A writer in the Practical Far
mer give& his experience in the us6' of coal
ashes. lie says, I have now a bed of carrots,
about two hundred feet long, and ten wide, in
drills. The seed was sown unusually late, and
I did not expect much of 6 crop.' I had about
a cart load of coal ashes—the result of the
cooking stove—which had been mixed in the
manure heap ; and not having any other use
for them, I had them spread on one end of this
piece of ground which I sowed with carrots.—
The ashes spread over about a third of the bed,
and the carrots, where the ashes was spread
arc more than twice as large as in the other por
tions of the patch ; the stalks . are much green
er and also double the size of the others. The
whole piece WIN manured very lightly, as the
manure yard was empty at the time.
RUN UPON A, BANK.—A curious scene took
place yesterday in Third street, P4iladelphia.—
A flock of sheep was driven down along the
railroad from Chesnut st., and when nearly op
posite the Girard Bank, the bell-weather started
off at a tangent, and entered the gateway north
of that building. Of course the whole flock
followed the lend, and pretty soon the bank was
entered at the rear by the entire flock. This
novel run upon the bank caused much merri
ment among the crowds awaiting their turn at
the counter ; and also to the claimants of inter
est who were besieging the city
.Treasurer's
Opartment.
Ottb's altb'etitto.
[l7•Anlivra paper says that the people
there have added another measure to their
arithmetics. It is called " drunkards weight
or measures."
It is as follows :-
2 glasSes make .
8 drams make
3 drunkards make
4 groggeries make
5 jails make
6 penitentaries mak) -
1 - " A. maiden lady in Georgetown, some flf
teen years beyond twenty, asked a waggish , .
cousin his opinion of fashionable prie,ateparties..
After some little hesitation ho replied :—" Well,
cos, my opinion is that—that—that—they aro-'
mock auctions for the sale of ugly young girls,
and—and--(placing himself in an attitude for
a bold retreat) and old maids." It is needless
to say that his hasty retreat was all that saved
his head from the vengeanoe of the broomstick.
(1:7In order to try yder lover's affection for
you, take an opportunity of dancing some even-
ing continually with somebody else, or of other—
wise flirting whilst in the meantime yoiiimub ,
and slight him. If this conduct does not de
stroy his regard for you, he loves you indeed!
sincerely ; but he is a fool, and don't you hare
him.
1371Vomen, though so amiable in them
selves, are never quite so amiable as when they
are useful; and: , as to beauty, though men may
fall in love with girls at play, there is nothing
to make them stand to their love like seeing
them at n-ork. '
g' Some delusions are of such a character
that time only can dissipate them. When the
minds of men arc excited to a 'certain pitch.
argument is useless. It is then our place to.
wait till they recover their former self poSses
sion.
LIT The New Hampshire editor who wrote•
his editorials with chalk on the soles of his
shoes, and went barefoot While the boys set up
the copy, has purchased a ream of second-handl
envelopes, and engaged a girl to turn them
inside out.
[r Wood is the thing after all, as the man
with the oak leg said when the mad dog bit it.
(17/"An Irishman, said if a few goosberries
gives so fine a flavor to an apple pie, that it
would be a darlint of an apple pie which was
made of goosberries entirely.
[ry'When cats wash their faces, bad weather
isidhand—so says the old superstition. When
ladies use washes for their complexion, it is a
true sign that the beauty of their day has goon
by—no superstition Char.
01114rulgarians always value people accord
ing to their success. To men worth 10,000
dollars they bow twice as low ns to the ono
who only lays claim to five thousand. If you
want an ignoramus to respect you, " dress to
death," and wear watch seals about the size of
brickbats.
[I" - Elijah Moore, a Virgini- farmer, who "re
moved to lowa, took the premium for corn at
the Washington county fair ; ha raised 120
bushels to the acre.
Irg - The citizens of Louisville have erected a
beautiful monument to W. G. II: Butter, the
teacher whom Mat. Ward murdered. It is of
Italian marble, "about ten feet in height, of
chaste design, and beautiful workmanship.
0.. - One young lady in Albany, N. Y., re
ceived 480 calls on New Year's Day, not count-,
' ing four military companies, ono fire company,
and'a host of poor relativ a
(3 - In this country there were killed during
the past year: —Wives by their husbands, 36
husbands by their wives, 6 ; children by their
parents, 21 ; parents by their children, 3
brothers by brothers, 5.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—Last week one of
the prisoners in the New Jersey State Prison,
who was insane, committed suicide by.cutting
or breaking the steam pipe which liaised .
through his cell, and inhaling ttte steam. Ho
Was heard making considerable noise about 11
o'clock, and at 12 was found dead.
KECP YOWL STOCK. 11 - Am.—Nothing will pay
better. at this season than the care given to do-'
mcstic animals of every kind. Adollar in time
or expense devoted to sheltering them from cold,
will save many dollars in food. A cow or flock
of sheep will thrive better and keep in better
health on 7,500 lbs. of hay in a comfortable
stable, than on 2,000 lbs. if left exposed to wind
and storm.--American Ag,ritediurist.
RELIEF NOTES.—Wo aro glad to learn—as
no doubt everybody else will be—that there is
a prospect- 7 a pretty fair one, wo should judge
—that thest detested notes will soon be out of'
the way. At the State Treasurer's office, last
week, there were no less than 121,000 of these•
" rags" cancelled and burned. Of this number
72,000 were from the Lancaster' Bank, 21,000
from the Middletown, and 17,000 from the Har
risburg Banks.
KILLED BY PEPPBBMINT.—The SiMngly
(Ct.,) Telegraph eludes to the death of a person
in the neighborhood of that town, by drinking
excessively of essence of peppermint. He had
been a . moderate drinker of spirituous liquor.
but his supplies being cut off by the Maine
Law, he resorted to peppermint, turd it killed
him.
SERVED HIM RIGIIT.-A tea pedler has been
arrested in New York, for selling tea in packs."
ges purporting to weigh six pounds. On ex
amination, these packages were found to ba
cd at either end with about a quarter of an
ounce of tea,; the balance was white sand. - He
was sent to the State Prison for 2 years.
A disarms DnowNsh.—On the 30th ultimo,
a monster giraffe belonging to the menagerie
of Mr. Van :Amburg, whilst being removed
from the steamship Philadelphia at New Or
leans, fell overboard and was drowned,. olt id
said to have cost $15,000.
I dram,
1 drunkard,
1 groggery,
1 jail,
Y penitentiary,
1:h-ll.