It,4lgb - ALLENTOWN. PA. IVEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1855 . 11:7^V. 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. VLECTION FOR ORGANIST. Notice was given last Sunday, in* Ger mairßeformed Church, that there would be an el‘ction held in the Church, for Organist, four weeks from that day, after the services in the morning. The candidates are Messrs. Slem mer, (the present incumbent) Faust, and Men finger. ALLENTOWN BANK. Messrs. Far and REESII have read in place bills for the Charter of the Allentown Bank. Success to the enterprise ! We hope they may succeed in getting the Bill through early in the session. That Banking facilities are much needed by our business community is acknow ledged l y Norristown and Allentown Railroad, This is a work in which not only the people of Allentown but of the whole county, are deep ly interested, and the only cause of wonder is, that there should be any backwardness mani fested in regard to it. But recent indications aro decidedly favorable, we think, to the pro gress of the work, and we hope to see the ef forts of the energetic and efficient directors of the Company, cordially and generally seconded by the people along the ,contemplated line.— Philadelphians imperatively owe it to their highest interests to give this project 'a careful and favorable consideration. The areuments in its favor, it aiwears to us, must prove irre sistible among those who have at heart their city's welfare. The completion of this road would establish a connecting link to the coal re gifts, much needed and promising the grandest results. The Concert We were pained to see those talentdd and un surpassed musicians, Mrs. E. iVaiss and Mr. P. .A.Czns, fromour neighboring town orßethiehern, so poorly patronized on Saturday evening last. If some humbug, such as " Old Lindsay," or some country straggling company of negro minstrels, would have been announced to ap• pear, the Hall would doubtless have been well filled. The entertainment given was excellent, and was indeed deserving of a full house. IC obber We are informed that some rogues broke into the residence of Mr. THOMAS Wpm, in Hano ver township, on Saturday night last, and robbed the premises, taking therefrom several vahlabl) , articles, and an amount of money.— They br lce open a drawer and took therefrom $lO4. They then went up stairs and rifled the pockets of his pantaloons which lay by his bed side where lie was sleeping. They succeeded in making their eseape without being detected. ME= • In the early part of lust week, Mr. SCHAPT, school teacher at Siegcrsville, this'county, was robbed of $l2O in cash, together with a pro missory note for $lOO. The money was taken out ofhispantaloons pocket aL night, at Weiler's Hotel, where he boarded. Suspicion fell upon n german engaged as Wafer, and after a diligent search the money was Ilmnd upon his person. was committed to prison on Thurs day night last. I=ll Last week the fire alarm bell lately pur chased by our town council for Columbia En gine Company, No. 1, was rec Lived. The bell is very large —weighing upwards of wog pounds —and throws a sound that can be heard be tween 3-and 4.miles. The bell . formerly be longed to the Pennsylvania, Hose Company, of Philadelphia. As soon as. the Columbia7snew. 'Mime is finished it will be placed in 'the Cu-' pola. The alarm bell is something that has long been wanted in our town. We would here say, that too muelqraise cannot be bestowed upon our present indefatigable "borough fathers" for the many improvements under their administration. They are things that have been wanted for• many years, notwithstanding the grumbling of seine OM fogies. Go ahead wo say. Put yoiir the wheel Hercules-like, and puslualong the long-needed borough improvements, so that we may not be behind rival towns. It is time enough toretrieve the errors of the past. Value of Real 'Estate. Last week Mrs. PE.vrat liumcs disposed of a lot of ground on West Hamilton street, above Tenth, containing one aere,lor the snug little sum of $3,600, to Messrs. Miller, Fenster macher, Helfrich and Salliday. Eighteen years ago this same piece of ground was bought for $l5O. So rapidly is real estate ialcreasing in Value, and so greatly will it continue to increase for years to come, that we would, if we had any surplus capital, purchase lots here, at present prices, and erect houses upon them, and sell them five and ten years hence, for what they • would bring; and we are certain they would yield a better profit than any thing money can be invested in. The men up town are not all Rip Van Winkles ! We know some of them who hive almost lit‘rally slept for the past twenty years ! They bad the capital but the enter- prise was wanting. But the times havrCiliinged marvellously—they have lice Men there now meri who strike out boldly into the curten,t of pregretaand improvement, and achieve success where Others would despair. Granaries Magazine. The February number is one that the pub lishers can be proud of, and creditable to Arne ripen art and literature ; in typographical exe cution, a pattern of neatness ; in its illustra tions, admirable ; and its letter press solidly useful and vaiied. Oni Country,. The growth and prosperity of this country have been great and rapid without a parallel in the history enc. world : Within a single life time, within thelnemory ot.many yet living, this nation has gained in population, wealth and enterprise, to an extent never realized or dream ed of by any nation in ancient or modern times. And it has risen, not by wars of conquest and crime ; not by invasion of defenceless territo ries; not by trending upon the necks of sub dued tribes of men ; but by the peaceful arts ; by homely and toilsome industry ; by daring and large-minded enterprise ; by honorable competition in every market of the world ; by generous institutions wisely administered and cheerfully obeyed ; by liberal advances to men of all climes ; and by the benignity of God's providence shining upon her from cloudless skies, that her mighty youth had been nurtured into almost excessive greatness. "The rapidity with which some Of our cities have reached their present size, wealth and splendor, wears more the air of romance than of history. New York . •ina l ; be named an example. One hundred and fifty years ago, the whole amount of property in the now char tered limits of the city, was assessed at the value of 99,000 pounds, and was owned by 300 persons. The whole amount of tax levied was 450 dollars. Then the place was infested by wolves, and rewards were offered for their extermination. The whole number of vessels belonging to the port were three barks, three brigantines, twenty-six sloops, and forty-six open boats ; and the whole number of carmen employed was but twenty. A century ago the population Was only about 'o'ooo. Now it is one of the first coinmereial cities in the world. The harvest of (lie rivers is her revenue, and . she is a marl of nations. Philadelphia, though of second-rate commer cial importance, ranks even higher than her sister city in literary and scientific character and riches. .Some of the old people yet. living in the city of brotherly love, can remember when grain fields occupied what is now the centre of the city ; and when the entire popula tion did not more than equal that of many of the villages at .present surrounding it. Yet here are colleges, libraries, museums, collections of art, manufactories, &c., worthy c.f the oldest cities of Europe. And these two cities arc but the representatives of the thriftiness that has crowned a score of others, on which Providence has smiled, and prosperity cast her mantle. A Luxury Talk about your luxuries,--your Ice Cream Saloons, Havana Segars, Mint tulips, Lemon ades, &c. They can't hold a candle to Bill Rei mer's Shaving. We would not forego the lux ury of a shave from Bill's hands for all the edi bles in Allentown. Nice clean towels, pure water and plenty of it,--clean brushes and combs, sharp razors, and a lightness of touch that would do credit to ie New York pick pocket, arc the characteristics of Bill's estab lishmeiit. Just think of it, ye poor creatures who live beyond the reach of a good barber, whore beards are never removed without the 'starting tear,' Think of it will you, and weep over your hard fate, for we pity you from the bottom of our hearts, we do ! Franklin Fire Insurance Company. In another• column of today's paper will be found the annual statement of the assets of this Company, showing, that besides a capital of :•100,0011, all paid in, it has propeiiy amount of over a million and a half of dollars, invested in the most undoubted real estate and other securities, for the additional inchnunitica tion of its insurers. It further appears that the losses by fire paid by the Company during the year 1651-, amounted to $'282.20.1 39—a sum. which though greatly exceeding flial.of thrurcr years, is scarcely one-fah of, the available means at its disposal. Plias.lng We learn that two Trish 'abaci's, named, Edward , Doyle and William Mnlnhy,.cluployed on the Rail Road 4 .:Zbove the Allentown lion Works, are raising since Saturday. They had been across the river to ISlcKees tavern during: the day, and it is supposed that in the attempt to return they were drowned, as they were in toxicated. Tomm.isc 1.1,i 1.1.00 N A Dvi.:sTuu Thurs day morning, Miss Lot•tse BammEr, of Phila delphia, made 'an ascension from Easton. She ascended rapidly to a great heighth, in an easterly direction. Desiring to let off gas, to descend, she found the valve rope unmanagea ble, and in this predicament she sailed on, still higher. She had with her a long rod, to the end of which she attached a knife, and succeed ; ed in cutting a hole into the• Balloon, but unex pectedly it tore so badly, that almost instantly all the gas had escaped, and the Aeronaut, at an altitude of several miles, was left with noth ing but a mass of silk to depend upon, for a safe voyage to terra firma. She landed, how ever, safely in New Jersey, about five miles from Easton—the empty balloon forming into a parachute. Her speed downward Was proba bly nearly or quite a mile per minute, and in a zig-zag niotion. The excitement was intense until word was received that she was uninjur ed. MISS BRADLEY is the lady Ivho failed in making an ascension hist summer from the same place. SAD END TO AN ENGAGEAIENT.-A corres pondent of the Baltimore (Md.) Sun says.— ' you have already announced the melancholy death of young Alexander Bowman, of Hagers town, Maryland, by fire at Philadelphia. He was an only son. Ite" was engaged to be mar ried to a young lady, residing near Philadelphia, on the 4th of March next, on which day he would arrivo at his twenty-first, and the young lady in her seventeenth birthday. Strange to tell, that fair ono was run over by the German town cars a few weeks sinoo, and was compelled to suffer the amputation of a leg. Now they are forever separated. Young Illeohnnion. There is a cheering tone in the following from .the Newark Advertiser, which we extract for your gratification. " The day is past, when a respectable young man was pointed out with the sneering remark, He is nothing but a Mechanic.' At the present day there is noth ing, so honorable as work. This is as it should be, lest the tables be turned. Nobody so richly merits to be pointed at by the finger of con tempt as the lazy, useless drone, while lie whose mind and hands add, to this world's wealth and comfort is entitled to its highest re spect and gratitude. To us, it is a matter of pride that our city comprises a population of energetic, moral and skilful mechanics, the pro ducts of whose busy fingers are yearly spread ing our fame ewer a continent. Such a commu nity must necessarily be intelligent. Labor is an untold spring of mental development. It is the very mother of vigor. Carlyle was right when he said, To work ! what incalculable sources of cultivation lie in that process, in that attempt ! I fow it lays hold on the whole man ! not of a small theoretical, calculating fraction of him, but of the whole, practical, daring, doing enduring man, thereby to awaken dormant en ergies, and root out old errors at every step.— Ile that has done nothing, has known nothing.' It is to this thought that we desire to call the attention of young mechanics—the naturalness and feasibility of uniting mental improvement with their daily avocations. Whatever you do, Young Man, do well. Give your mind to it.— When the times are dull and there is compara tively little labor to be done embrace the oppor tunity for directly storing your mind with knowledge : and when work is plenty, and your hands are busily plied from clay to clay, let them be obeying the dictates of your mind ; let them only be given form and substance to its beautiful conceptions; so shall every succeed ing fabric be the body of a new and more COM picric thought of your soul, and you shall ever be approximating toward perfection. Such a mechanic is an artist. Ile looks not Upon re curring duties as so much drudgery, but as the means of ceaseless pleasure and improvement to himself and usefulness to his fellow men. liere's our hand, young mechanics. We wish you Godspeed, and hesitate not to predict that those of you who love work, read proper and Useful books, respect the claims of morality and religion and shun vicious associates, will as suredly attain to the exalted distinction of hon ored manhood." ' A BOLD P,onnmtv.—On Friday night, the sth inst., C. W. Castleman, a mule drovyr, while staying in Gilbertstown, Montgomery couniy, was robbed of $2-100. Tie retired to bed, locked his door as is his custom, removed his money from his pocket-book to a package, tied with a string around his neck, which he carried beneath his under-clothes. When he awoke in the morning lie noticed his door standing ajar, :end at once looked for his money, but it was gone. The door of the main entran...e. on thr• ground floor was also found open in the morn ing, leaving no doubt but that the rascal had secreted himself under the bed previous to Mr. C's. retiring. On the 9th inst. a reward o ',500 was ()tiered for the recovery of the money. A Witoi.ussix Tim:v.—The Whilehall (N. V I - Chronicle says —One night last week, Mr. .7tiney )egolyer, of West Fort Ann, was robbed an orchard of young apple trces, seine 200 in number, the trees being dug up by the roots. They were afterwards found about a mile fnati their =I'VE'S With their routs nicely buried, it no doubt being the intention of the thief to transplant them in the spring. The fellow that stole them nay he set ddwn as a go•ahead a - rioulturaliM. We expect to see next that he has stolen a stream of %water and a saw-mill. " Tiu FIRST :MALL L ‘rsr."---The Evans ville (Ind.) lonr»a/ says that an old gentleman aged sixty-five years was married a few. , :days ago, in Knox county, in that State, to his sialh Wife, and lie has only married jig(' women. Ills first wile is his last wile, and she is now in lier forty-firth year. She has been marriedihree thnes,ttud bier first husband is her last lms baud. AAeIDE!) Extrnovan ENT. —Housekeepers making their own candlcs will secure a more brilliant light and more cleanly candle by sat o rating the wick in turpentine and drying it., previous Co moulding: There Will he no smoky dregs to settle down into the melted tallow, to disligure . the candle and interfere with proper combustion. Tidy yarn, No. G- —three strands double makes an excellent wick for such can dles. Those who try this method will be so much pleased with it. That they will never go back to the old and ordinary method. A RARE LUXURY .—The gentlemen of Ws tham, Mass., arc enjoying the luxury of a fe male barber. She is young, pretty and nen. She operates, it is conjectured, like chloroform, so that when she shaves a man he fancies him self kissed. SHOE noaTAcTuniNG.—Abort 1,000 persons including men, women and children, aro ont of employMent in Lynn. The shoe mannfacturers have been obliged to contract their business, which throws many out of work. AN ENORMOUS TAN.—The taxes of Nicholas LongwOrth, Esq., of Cincinnati, amount this year to thirty thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars. That is the amount he has paid into the Treasury this year as the tax upon his property. It is a fortune within itself. CALIPORNLCLION.—The Mariposa Chronicle tells of a lion killed on the Choivehilla by Mr. Ashworth which measured eight feet in length, and weighed. 250 pounds. The day previous he had killed and carried off a hog weighing 150 pounds. • K7From impure air we take diseases ; fro bad company, vice and imperfection. Singular, Developments. The .12,1cgcl Robbsry—Arrest and Confession n/' the Offender.—On Saturday, before Ald. Kenney, a young man, named Henry Wilson Williams, was charged with highway robbery, in knocking down Mr. 'Jacob Riegel, in July last, and robbing him of a gold watch and I chain. A few weeks after the commission of the offence, a young man known as Dock Ennis, -was arrested from the description given by Mr. Riegel and another gentleman who had seen him, and he. was tried before Judge Kelly and convicted, though quite n number of wit nesses swore to his being elsewhere at - the time of the robbery, as fixed by Mr. Riegel. A nio- Lion was made for a new trial in the case and it was granted. Ennis was liberated on - bail, and was not, tried a second time. A few days ago a gold-watch was left at a watchmaker's in this city, for repair. It curiously enough hap pened that out of the several hundred watch makers in this city, it was sent to one who knew it to be Mr. Riegel's, from his having put new cases on it. Mr. R. was apprised of the fact, and after a consultation with Mr. Reed, the matter was placed in the hands of officers Seed and Sommers, of the Mayor's Police, who, with the aid of officer Ilicknian. of the Thir teenth Ward, traced it to Williams, the pris oner. He soon after the robbery had sold it at an auction store in Spring Garden, and passed through two or three hands. On Satur day, Williams made a clear breast of it, con fessing that he did the deed, and professing some little contrition. At first be implicated Ennis, but afterwards disavowed that he had any connection with it. Mr. Riegel was exam ined before the Alderman, on Saturday, and gave a detailed statement of the robbery as far as he could recollect the circumstances. The weapon used by the robber to knock Mr. R. down was a slung shot of a deadly character, being a heavy paving stone tied up in a hand kerchief. The injuries of Mr. Riegel were so serious that his life was despaired of for several weeks. Williams is about the built man of Ennis, but of differ", features and complexion. Ile is a brother to the young butcher, who twelve years ago, murdered a lad in High street market. The worst feature in the case.is, that he was not compelled by his necessities to the commission of the crime. Ile was committed to answer the offence, $3OOO bail being requir ed.—Dally News. 07'We have no doubt our readers will re collect the details of the above affitir, as they were published in the Register at the time of the occurrence. Mr. Riegel is one of the firm of Sieger, Lamb & Co., Third street, Philadel phia, and son of Mr. John Riegel, near Heller town. . I=l A distressing afihir occurred in front of the National Theatre, on Saturday evening, and as it is likely from the circumstances under which happened, the respectability of the young men involved and their numerous friends, to excite a very great sensation, we have been to seine trouble to procure the facts of the case.— The parties to the allhir were two young men, clamed Highland 11. Ortmlice and Thomas Jcn- LEE Jennings is reputed to have been anxious for the reputation of a lady-killer, and from the curious vanity of wishing to be thought a de bauelae, is said to have been in the habit of boasting of seductions lie had accomplished. it seems that he was acquainted with a Miss Eckert, to whoin Ormsbee hail been for some time paying his attentions and whom, about four weeks ego, lie ((Irmslice) married. In conversation with some of his 'youtlifid associates, Jennings Wasted that lie hind, on , one occasion, got Miss Eckert. now Mrs. Orms bee, to take a buggy ride with him, and that he had, al some hotel in the country, effected her seduction—staid all night, and returned to the city next day. These boasts lost noth ing by their passage front one person to another until they reached the ears of Mr. Ormsbce, who is of a highly sensitive organization, and was stung to madness by them. The vicy soul of honor and feeling, he was shocked at the iro ns on the honor of his wife, and at once an interview with Jennings. The latter Avas . standing by the stove in the lobby of the National Theatre, at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, when' Ormsbee tapped him on the shoulder and asked him to step to tlte door.— Ile did so ; and as they got out-side the house, Ormsbee asked him if lie had seduced Miss Eckert: Ile smilingly replied that lie had, and Ormsbee, drawing a pistol, placed it to Jen ngs' face and fired. The ball shattered Jen. ngs' nose, tore his face badly, and lodged in Le head. ME Deputy Marshal Gray was standing within a few feet of the parties when the affair occur red, and at once arrested Ormsbee, who made no resistance, and only said : " I don't care if am hung for it ; he said he seduced my wife." The wounded man was carried across the street to the Woodruff House, and the medical aid of Drs. Wood and Poster procured. It was found that the ball, which had been of large size, had entered the left side of the upper lip, tearing and fracturing extensively the bones of the nose and face. The Grand Jury refused to find a bill against Ormsbee alleging that he was justified in the act.--Gincinniiti CohwiLion, 14th inst. A IIIXT•FOR IlousutteErEns.—A few drops of carbonate of ammonia, in a small quantity of warm rain water, will prove a safe and easy antiacid, &c., and will change, if carefully ap plied, discolored spots upon carpets, and indeed all spots, whether produced by acids or alka. dies, one has the misfortune to have a carpet injured by whitewash, this will immedi ately restore it. - • A Caxmn HINT--A congregation . who were offended at their preacher, yet who did not wish to take the responsibility of dismissing him immediately, sent him word to leave at the end of six months, and in the meantime to preach ay little as possible Itgiginflut SEN ATE On the 10th Mr.. FRY presented a petition from citizens of Lehigh county for a bank at Allentown.' Mr. FLENNIKEN moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill entitled an " act relating to justices and constables fees in the county of Greene." Mr. BUCKALEW moved to amend the first section by striking out the words "in the county of GMeno;" and making the act general throughout the State. Mr. FRY moved fdrther to amend' by exclud ing the counties of Lehigh and Northampton. The Senate, however, refused to go into com mittee of the wholeSor the purpose of general amendment, whereupon the bill coming up on its final passage, was agreeil to. On the 23d Mr. FRY presented a petition from citizens of Northampton county for the incorpo ration of the town of Bath. On the 2-Ith Mr. FRY presented a petition •om citizens of Lehigh - county for the incorpora- tion of a bank at Catasauqua. On the 25th on motion of Mr. FRY, the Sen ate proceeded to consider bill No. 19, entitled an act to authorize the Bear Creek and Lehigh plank road company to borrow money. Passed its several readings. Mr. FRY, presented a petition from citizens of Lehigh county for a bank at Catasauqua. HOUSE On the 22d Mr. CRAIG read a bill in place relative to the division line of Luzerne and Car bon counties. Mr. Gross read in place a bill to repeal the hree hundred dollar exemption law. On the 24th Mr. Stockdale offered a resolu- ion that the committee on the contested elec- tion case from Northampton county, have leave of absence for four days, for the purpose of tak ing testimony in said case. Mr. SIMPSON opposed the resolution. Ho thought it unusual and unnecessary. Mr. STOCKDALE urged the passage of the resolution, on the main ground that it would be a matter of economy to all the,interests con cerned. Mr. FItAILEY advocated the general charac- ter of the resolution, but did not think it ex pedient that all the members of the committee should be allowed to leave the Hall of the House. Ile moved to limit the -number to three, who should proceed to Northampton county, and discharge the duties of the commit tee; in taking the evidence alluded to. He thought if the whole nine members-of the com mittee were to absent themselves from the Hall, it would seriously interfere with the business of MEE Mr. EYSTER thought the committee might appoint a commissioner to take the testimony, and adjourn from day to day till the evidence w•as received. Mr. H ESE, thought the amendment moved vas opposed to the rules of the House Mr. SIMPSON thought it incompetent to scud less than seven to transact the business re quired of them: The SPEAKER decided the amendment out of order. Mr. FItAILEY insisted that it was wrong to send away the committee, either in whole or in part. The resolution was then agreed to. • • Mr. REESE, reported an act to authorize the Lehigh Crane iron company to sell their bonds at a less than par value. The vote allowing the committee on the con- tested seat front Northampton county to take testimony in Northampton, was reconsidered, and after a lengthy and auimated debate, was negalivcil MANUFACTURE OPP•. Br3t.—Probably the only manufacture in the northrn States, which is carried on profitably at the present Gme, , is• that of rum, and this was never before so pro fitable as at the present time. The distilleries all through the country have orders for many weeks and months ahead, at prices which yield them a hundred per centmn profit. This state of things has been occasioned by the prohibi tion of the distillation of grain in France and. Belgium, which has caused large orders from those countries for rum from the United States, Every packet ship from New York for France and Germany, now carries out all the rum whiCh can be had in the market as part of her cargo. The article sells• at ftirty-severrand for ty-eight cents a gallon, and the profit may easily be calculated, when it is known that the molasses costs but little more than twenty cents a gallon, and one hundred gallons of molasses will Make ninety-five gallons of rum. A large portion of the molaSses in the United States has just been bought up on French account. At Portland, three thousand hogsheads were pur chased last week for shipment to France. CURIOUS INCIDRNT.—The Boston Traveller relates the following : A short time since, a young lady in Roxbury trod upon a needle, and run it into' the ball of her foot, through an india rubber shoe. Her mother immediately drew out the needle, and nothing more was thought of it, though about a quarter of an inch of the point end of the needle was broken in extract ing it from the foot. Some Six or eight days after this, the young lady felt a slight prickly sensation just above the knee, and on putting the hand upon the spot, found the lost point of the needle just making its way through the skin. Thus in about a week's time, the needle found its way through the foot, ankle and leg to the knees AN ALLET-GAITER. - The Lynn (Mass.,) News, relates the following, which cannot be considered a bootless job :—Mr. Blaney Alloy, of this city, made twenty pairs of gaiter boots in twelve hour's, last Friday. lie received twenty cents a pair for making—tt4 for his day's work. lie can take the front seat, for the present. stur eijip 9,10510 t. EMMM= 'CO - One of the " Merry Young Bachelor's" sends us the following antidote for love. He says that he has tried it, and not - only found it effectual but lasting. The precocious youth recommends it to the "Association," and. young men generally : ‘ Take a grain of sense, half a grain of pa-. tience, one drachm of understanding, one ounce of disdain, a pound of resolution, and a hand ful of dislike, mix them together, strain, clean from the dross of melancholy, stop it down with the cork of sound judgment and affection. This, rightly made and fully applied, is the most effectual way 'in the world. You may get it at the house of Understanding, in Con tent street, going up the hill of self-denial, County of Forgetfulness, and in the State of Peace." flr.l. woman will cling to the chosen objed of her heart like a possum to a gum tree, and you can't separate her without snapping strings no art can mend, and leaving, a portion of her 'soul upon the upper leather of your affections. She will sometimes see something to love where others will see nothing to admire ; and when her fondess is once fastened on a fellow,:it sticks like glue and molasses in a bushy head of . hair. [a — President Hitchcock says there aro in Great Britain, at the present day fifteen thou sand steam engines driven by means of coal, with a poiver equal to that of tWO, millions or men ; and thus is put in operation machinery equalizing the unaided power of 300,000,000'0r . 400,000,000 of men. The influence thus ema nating reaches the remotest portion of the globe, and tends mightily to the civilization and hap piness of the race. Ixciusx'r.—A lady entered a dry goods store instreet, and ex pressed her desire to see some wool delaines. The polite clerk, with elegant address, showed her a variety of pieces, of fine texture and coloring. After tossing and examining to her heart's content, she observed, , - " The goods are part cotton, sir !" " My dear madam," returned the shopman, " these goods are as free from cotton ns your breast is --(the lady stares) " free from guilt," he added. Ob The wife of Mr. Solomon Rose, of Cincin nati, Ohio, made her husband a Christmas present of three blooming boys. The Sun of Chat city thinks this is a pretty fair specimen of budding for a rose in winter. - 11:7 - Governor Pollock has restored General. Small to the command of the Second Brigade, and revoked Governor Bigler's order for a new election. 117'in Barnum's great poultry show which opened lately at the Museum, in New York city, over seven thousand .specimens were ex hibited. r,7 - Maily a true heart, that would have coin hack, like the dove to the ark, after its first transgression, has been frightened beyond all recall by the savage charity of an unforgiving spirit. ' r7Whon a young man and woman arc seen walking down street, leaning against each other like a couple of badly matched oxen. be you, assured that they arc bent on consolidation. Irri — Give a man brains and riches, and he he a king. Give a man brains without riches, and he is a slave. Give a man riches without brains, and he is a fool. - C,...iThere is a gentleman living in Xcw Haven, aged 41 years, who is the youngest member ofa family of 10 children, all of whom arc living. The oldest is C.O years old, and their united ages amount to 553 ytars. would suppose, on a first thought, that more money is annually p;pend-, ed,in th? , United States for cigars,. than fur all the con;Mon schools in the Union ; and yet it is said to be a fact. EICTA case of absence of mind occurred tlie lasi, rainy night, when Mr. S. came honk. 110 put his umbrella in bed with his wife, and stood himself up in the corner of the room. Oranges and Lemons are said to be plenty in New York, and cheaper than they were over known before, being sold from sixpence to a shilling a doien. CO - Somo enemies, as well as friends aro necessary'; they make us more circumspect, : more diligent, wiser and better. • [C7°The hog killing season is over iii Ken tucky. The number killed up to the 22d was 28000. 13:7Sores are not cured by sorrows, nor time broke from us pulled back again by sighs. 07-Small pox is very provalent in Pitts burgh. Fon DILSTROYING RATS.=Mix EOM arsenic with any sort of grease, and plaster it pretty thick all around their holes. The rats, if they do not eat the poison, will soil their coats in passing through the holes, and as, like all furred animals, they are very cleanly, and cannot endure any dirt upon their coats ) to re- Move the offensive matter, they would lick their fur, and thus destroy themselves.--Gencue Farmer. ONE OF TEE MEN.- The Rockingham (In.) Register thus describes a citizen of Pendleton , county, Frederick Keister by name: Ile is now in his 88th year, and has kill ed during his life one thousand deer; ton elks, three hundred bears, thirty panthers and fifty . - three wolves. Ile was a volunteer in the whis key insurrection, and has a very young wife, with two interesting young boys. • POTATOES IN TEEAS.—Tho Galveston News says five hundred bushels of potatoes can bo raised on ono acrd of land in Texas. Ono man can cultivate ten acres, which gives 5000 bush-, els to one laborer. They will average (says Ma News) fifty cents R bushel. ,
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