X4iglj Itgiottr. ALLENTOWN, PA. WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 14, 1855. ia — 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. The Coldest Days. ....Sunday, Mmiday and Tuesday of last %•cclt were as severe days as have been experienced in this region for a long time. The thermome ter placed in the open air; on Tuesday morning stood 9 deg. below zero;:----it not'hat•ing stood so low for many yearS. While everything w s freezing up in Pennsylvania and . New the Cincinnatiang were en'o inn u” - • . The Hand We are happy to announce that the Allen town Brass Band has been4e-organized. The Band was organized in the winter of 1850, but in consequence of some of the members leaving the place, and others becoming inattentive and careless, it was disbanded last full. A few weeks ago, -however, through the indefatigable exertions of Maj. ETTINGER, it was re-organized and now numbers nineteen members. The gentlemen Avlio have attached themselves. to it are studkous and persevering, and with prettier encouragement will permanently organize in our midst a company that will prove of valua ble importance on many occasions. There is nothing that we can conceive which tends more to please the fancy of man, than the swept har mony of music. A community destitute of it, iS in our opiiihmi, almost destitute of civilization. Music softens every harsh sentiment, and drives away every uncharitable thought that seeks refuge in the human breaSt. Si. Valentine's Day. The anniversary of St. Valentine occurs to day, and many of our lads and lasses will no doubt avail themselves of the opportunity by sending a little token of love " to those who love more than life." The most generally re ceived traditions as to the origin of this custom is, that the primitive priest St. Valentine found it a Pagan festival, then generally observed, which he judiciously recognized and converted to the purposes of the church in connection with love and marriage. The pagan idea was that the birds chose their mates on that day, and it is thus that ;_4hakspeare alluded to it.— Thence arises the present custom of the inter change of billet dm' and tokens of affection, and the billing andcooing of birds is thus aptly imitated. The custom, when not preverted, is harmless, and is, moreover, productive of con siderable anmsemenkto young folks, who await with anxiety the day on which they may have an opportunity, of counting their trophies, to be treasured hereafter as mementos of the joyous days of youth. Snow—Sleighing. On Wednesday morning last it commenced snowing and continued almost without inter mission until Thursday night. The sleighing is in excellent order, and young and old arc en joying it to their hearts' content. The jingle of the " merry, merry sleigh bells" has been no unfamiliar sound the present winter. We have had more' enjoyment of this kind, thus flu', than for a good many years ptterious. hark ! " Hear the sleWscs with the bells— Silver bells ! [tells ! What a world of merriment their melody fore - llow they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night ! While the star's that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle, ' • Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinabulation that so musically swells From the bells, bellS. bells, • • Bells, bells, hells— From the jingling acid the tinkling of the bells." [lt commenced raining' last night, and the sleighing is fast disappearing.] 'WriNhlngt )fl Fire Compttfly The Washington Engine Company, No. 2. purpose giving their Second Annual Ball on. the evening of :the . 22d inst., the anniversary of of Washington's birthday. The managers pre sert the assurance that the Ball Neill be one worthy of the Company, and that all that a re fined and elegant taste and liberal expenditure Can do in the way of ornament-tall that the best of music can efibct by its " voluptuou swell ;" and a crowd of beauty and manly gal lantry can contribute to perfect its triumphant superiority—they have resolved on. Frozen Gas Incters. As the sudden extreme cold weather last Week. caused much inconvenience to the gas consumers in our town, by obstructing their supply pipes and meters, it may be useful .to many of them to know how to remove the ob struction• and obtain their usual light. This can in most cases be done in a few minutes by the application of a few quarts of boiling water. The best method of applying ib is to cover the meter and the pipe that comes *through the front wall with a piece of cloth, (the common tow linen house cloth answers very well,) awl pouring the hot water upon the cloth until it is thoroughly soaked. The cloth serves to retain. the hot liquid, and thus iu a short time the coating of frost within the pipe and meter is thawed, leaving all clear for the flow of gas. Kansas. TIM emigrant companies to Kansas, it seems aro faring badly there. Most of them have gone with little - provision of money, food or ag ricultural implements. The result is severe suffering. The fancy cities built on paper exist nowhere else, and those who dreaMed of hous es and farms, to be had for• the tacking, find wood, prairies and rich soil enough, but noth ing to begin with. Those who to Kansas, must go prepared for all the hardships incident to prairie life. The advantage secured by the South jn• the repeal of the compromise, can scarcely be re gained by the north. It is probably doomed to retain the desease of Slavery with which it is already infected,still We thinkthis should not de ter emigrants settling from there, front the Free States. Free labor will every where have an advantage over slave labor, to the employers.— Persons wishing to emigrate will do well to start as soon as the weather gets warm enough for traveling. A crop of potatoes, turnips, buckwheat, etc., may be secured the first year, and fall wheat and other small grains planted. Timber will be scarce, but coal and iron is abundant. The man who settles there now will in ten yeari be wealthy and prosperous, if he has the requisite energy and health. Leiter from Switzerland Our readers will no doubt recollect that we mentioned some time since, that EDWARD KOHLER, Esq., President of the Lehigh County Agricultural, Society was carrying on a corres pondence with IfExav Cot - Note, Esq., United States Consul at Zurich, Switzerland, relative to the importation of Cattle from that country.— We give below a copy of a letter rect ived lately by Mr. Kohler. We have no doubt that Blooded Cattle of equal qualities could be im ported much cheaper from Switzerland than from England : Zt awn in Switzerland, January Oth, 1854. EDwAnp Konum, Should you and your friends have any idea of import ing Swiss cattle, I am in possession of informa tion whom twenty-six head most beautiful ones could be obtained, some of which obtained premium at the last Swiss Cattle Show. They are two and three years old. To make trans portation safe they ought to leave here in An gust, and would then get their calves shortly after Oleic arrival in the United Stales; sayabout October or November. The cost would be from 'to $lOO each. The company which is in possession of them promised to await my an swer until the beginning of March, before making sale to any one else. Please let me hear from you soon. Very Respectfully Yours, (1. 11. Got:Null. "%V by Don't You Clean your pavements and let Nor pedestri ans walk like 111(.11 and nui, a Preach Dancing Master cutting a pigeon's wing, and soMetimes coining down LT soc like a thousand of brick. Support Vour Count y Paper. We clip tic following, paragraph from Liji ///u.,traitti,'a neat and interesting paper pub• lished by Fowler and 11ells, at 308 Broadway, We occasionally receive letters in which the writers express an intention to 'stop' their county or village paper, and take one of our publications instead. We always regret to re ceive such intimations. We think a man ought to support his own paper f irst and then if he can aftbril to take a paper published at a'ilis• Lance, let him do so, and we shall be happy to supply him with Life Illustrated. The coun try press in our opinion, is the most important is its efiet on the enlightenment of the nation.. ft conveys, in three thousand rills, the Bence of the age, front the various sources of in telligence, to nearly every home in the county. The county press ought to receive a cordial sup port. Every place should try to have its paper of such a character that the people could be just ly proud of it. 'l'o this end let them pay promptly, advertiseliberally, recommend warm• ly, and in every way stand by (heir editor as long as they conscientiously can. Tr:lmmix PuNtsumuNT OF A SOLD! Eft Witipmmt.:—At Newcastle, Canada, on the L'd of January, Peter Eaton, aged :28, a private in the 2tith regiment., Cameronians, underwent the sentence of a Court martial, receiving 401 ashes by the eat-u'-nine-tails, for desertion, using dis respectful and threatening language to his ser geant, and for two several eases of theft. At the time appointed fur his punishment the troops in the garrison paraded in the square and were marched down to the hospital, taking up a po sition immediately in front_of it. The prisoner, after being stripped,. was tied up to the triangles by the arms and legs, while the adjutant stood by to count each stroke as it fell from the pow erful arms of the drummer, selected from amongst others for aptitude in what is called " slow titne"—a refinement of cruelty only known to the initiated. An observer of the scene that ensued (bus describes it :--I had expected .a bloody scene, but reality far ex ceeded all 1 had ever dreamed of in human torture. At the fifth stroke of the lash the flesh rose up on the sufferer's back, the welts thicker than my wrist, and the writhing of the body showed the agony he endured. As eacksuc cessive lasli fell on the lacerated and bleeding back, the blood flowed about on all around. After the 10th lash had been inflicted he was untied, and after staggering a few paces, fell fainting, when he was removed to the hospital and placed under the clugg L of the medical officer. He has yet to reserve the remainder of his punishment—namely, 101 days solitary confinement. The officers of the regiment ex pressed themselves against the flogging. (a — There are in store at Tor Onto, Canada, 13,383 barrels of flour and 9,102 bushels of wheat, the latter held by Americans. The annual meeting of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday the oth of February, 1855, at the Public House of John Y. Bechtel, in Allentown. President KonLca in the chair. On motion the minutes of last meeting were read and adopted. The financial account of they-car endingon the sth of February, .1655, was read and adopted, and on motion it was /?'eso/red, That J. D. Lawall, C. S. Bush and Paul Balliet, be appointed a cotmnittee to audit the accounts of 1852.—'33—'54, and report the same to the next stated meeting. The business for the past year Lavin been disposed of, the organization of the Society Fon a new and more per basis came u in order. Mr. Christian Prctz, chairman of the com mittee (appointed at a former meeting) for the purpose of drafting a new Coiistitt tion, which has for its object a perpetuity o he Society, reported the following, which afte being read and amended, was adopted as the Constitution of the Association : Constitution of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society. ARTICLE T. This Society shall be called the Lehigh County Agricultural Society, and its object is and shall remain the imprOvement and advancement of Agriculture,. Horticulture, and the Domestic and Mc - Annie Aks. An•r. IT. The Society shall consist of all such persons who have signed the Constitution and paid into the Treasury ten dollars, whiclt shall entitle the person to a certificate of Stock, in the following form, vii: "'This is to certify that is °Milled to one share of stock in the Lehigh County Agricultural So ciety, transferable only in the books of the So ciety, in person or by. attorney, and in con formity with the - Constitution and By-Laws," and any person holding such a certificate pro perly filled up and duly signed by the President and Secretary of the Society at the time of•its issue, shall be considered a full member of the Society, but no person shall be allowed to hold more than one share of stock at the same time, nor shall he or she be allowed to draw any div idend from the funds of the Society, but they shalt be devoted to the object expressed in the first section of this Constitution. My Dear Sir : ART. lli. The officers Of this Society shall consist of a President, one Vice President from each Borough. Ward, and Township, in the County, one Recording Secretary, and one Treasurer, (who shall reside in .Allentown,) one Corresponding Secretary, one Librarian, one Agricultural Chemist, and one Geologist, who shall together constitute the Executive com mittee. A In% TV. The President shall preside at all, general, special and executive meetings of the Society, and shall have power to call special and executive meetings when 4eemed neces sary. In case of the death, rosiOation, inabil ity or unwillingness of any officer' to perform his duties, the Executive committee 'shall elect another in his place, who shall hold his office until.the next annual election. An•r. V. It shall be the duty of the Vice Presidents' to obtain members, collect dues', watch over the aliihirs of the Society, promote its object, and perform all necessary labour connected with the t.pertitions of the Society in tin•ir respective districts. Aar. VI. It shall he the duty of the Re cording Secretary to take the minutes at all annual. special. And executive meetings, and transcribe and 1:«p the records of the Society. ART. CIF. It shall be the duty of the Cor responding Secretary to carry on a correspond ence with other Societieseaml individuals for the promotion of the interest of the Society. Ala. VII I. The Treasurer shall receive and have in safe keeping the funds of the Society, and shall disburse them on orders of the Presi dent countersigned by the Recording Secretary, and shall make a report of the receipts and ex penditures at every annual meeting, and for the true and faithful performance of his duties shall give his Bond to the President with sureties to lie approved, of by . him, in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. A ItT. X. The Librarian shall take in charge, and under the direction of the Executive Com mittee, distribute or preserve all seeds, plants, hooks, charts,' models, &c., &c., that may come i I possession of the Society. ART. X. It shall be the duty of the Execu tive committee (any five of whom shall consti tute a quorum to transact business) to exercise a general supervision and control over the af fairs of the Society, to appropriate the funds of the same-in such manner as shall hest snb serve the interests arid tbrward the objects of the Society, to offer premiums and to appoint committees to award them, direct the'ilistribii tion of septiA. plititts, books, models, &c., deter mine the time, and make the necessary prep arations fiir the annual Fair, and give pre- vious notice of the premiums to be awarded tbereat,, and make a report of their doings at each annual meeting. • Awe. XL All competitors for preminMs must pay to the Treasurer before exhibition one dol lar, excepting regular members of the Society. ' Arm XI I. The annual meeting of the Soci-.. ety shall be held on the firSt Tuesday Of Febru ary in each year, at Allentown, at which time and place the officers shall be elected, but in case no election should take place, the old offi cers shall hold Wilco and perform all the duties until such time as an election.shall take place. ART. MIL The Society at any of its meet ings shall have power to make By-Laws for the regulation of the association not inconsistent with this Constitution. Provided such By-Law. or By-Laws have been proposed at a previous meeting. Am. XIV. This Constitution may be al tered or amended at any annual m‘eting byan af firmative vote ortwo-thirds of the members then present, provided such alteration or amend ment shall have' been proposed at a previous meeting. President Kohler having declined a re-elec tion, on motion, the association went into a nomination and election of officers under the new Constitution, which resulted as follows: Prcsidcal—lleum J. iIh:TIANTZ. -Vice Presidents'North Ward, Charles Sea greaves ; South Ward, Jesse M. Line ; Lehigh Ward; John G. Scblinpf ; catasayqua, David Thomas ; Hanover, Robert Oberly ; Saucon, Isaac Hartman; L. Milford, Anthony Mcchling, Upper Milford, 0: W. Wieand ; L. Macungy, Benj. Jarrett ; 11. Macungy, John Bortz ; Wei. scnburg, Jacob 'Grim ; Lowhill, Peter Weida; Lynn, Joseph Moser; Heidelberg, Godfrey Peter ; Washington, Charles • Peter; North Whitehall, 0.. L. Schreiber ; South Whitehall, Daniel Belsel ; Salsburg, John Gross. Recording Secretary—A. L. Ruhe. Corresponding Secretary Dr. D. Q. Moser. Treasurer—A. G. Reninger. Librarian—E. D. Leiscnring. Agricultural Meeting. Chemist—Lewis Klumpf. Geologist—Edward Kohler. On motion of Mr. Pretz it was Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to notify the gentlemen of their election to the respective offices, and in case of a refusal to accept the office to which they have respective ly been chosen, to report the same to the next meeting, , so that their places may bo filled by appointment from the Executive committee. Resolved, That a Committee of three be ap pointed to r r the new Constitution, and adopt sue rrangements to secure the speedy incorpor ;on of the Society ; said committee to consist Messrs. Christian Pretz, IL E. Wright and Di. C. H. Martin, alsothat they be further instructed to draft By-Law'in conformity with the Constitution. Resolved, That all persons wit rt their names and pay the MembershiWntribution (ten dollars) previous to the next annual Fair, shall have the advantage of a deduction of their membership contributions previously made. Resolved, That the Stock certificates shall be bound in a book, signed by the President and countersigned by the Treasurer, and issued respeCtively to the members of the associa tion. &solved, That the Secretary procure an order or check book,•and that hereafter no de mands shall be paid unless they be presented iu due form to the Treasurer. The Treasurerpresented his bond to the President for Fire Thousand Dollars, with Jacob Dillinger and 0. L. Schreiber as sureties, which was accepted by the association. Resolved, That no person shall be permitted to enter the Fair ground for the purpose of training horses, &c., unless he shall have previously obtained a permit of the Treasurer, for which the stun of twenty-five cents Shall be charged. Resolved, That the office building at the Fair ground be rented to Samuel Brinker, for one year from the Ist of April next, for the sum of thirty dollars, said Brinker to make all reason able repairs on and about the lot, and further that said Brinker shall have 25 per centum of the permits to the race ground. On motion the meeting adjourned. A. L. RUDE, Secretary. DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER.—IES BURIAL, &c.—TllO Auburn (New York) Daily Advertiscr mentions death at Wccdsport, Cayuga county, on the 28th January, of one Harmon Wecdon, aged 80. Ho had acquired a handsome competency, and many years ago made all his arrangements for his burial. He constructed for himself a stone coffin of the Cayuga limestone, well finished, the cover set ting over the sides on a rabbited shdulder, and bolted together with six half-inch bolts, run ning through from top to bottom, and secured with counter sunk nuts. He requested to be buried in that, with " his cloak wrapped around him," and no minister was to be allowed to conic near him. His coffin weighed one thousand five hundred pounds, and he gave particular direc tions how to lower Mtn into the grave. All of his directions were explicitly followed, and by his directions the coffin was not only bolted but cemented so as to be water tight. A Moron AND ins CREDITORS. -it is stated that a gentleman who•was four or five years ago extensively engaged in business in Albany, failed for about $150,000. his creditors unan imously resolved to compound with him for fifty cents on a dollar, which they realized.— He afterwards went to California, and got into a profitable business, and since that time he has remitted to his creditors $OO,OOO of the $75,000 lie owed them. 'He will no doubt soon pay the $15,000 now due them, and then be " all right" again. PAUPER AND FELON ALIENS.—There are. twelve prisoners in the New York Tombs, charged with raiirder, nine of foreign'birth and three of unknown nativity: The adult inmates of the Allegheny !Almshouse, with a .sitlgle„ex ceptioh, are of fort!ign birth. oThe eNception is an aged woman, who teaches the children. -- A VAlAnr.s Ilsx.—Rev. Mr. Pilchcr, of Adrian, Michigan,' announces in the liratch toyer, that heposesses a white Shanghai lien that hes - laid one egg every day for one hundred and ficenty-Ihrec successive dnys, and on the one hundred and twenty-second day she laid Iwo eggs. Fifty such hens would afford an income of five hundred dollari a year, which would sup4prt, a small family: WAsniNG BurrEit WITII NEW lifitx.—ln France and England the butter dealers purchase in the country, butter that has been salted, but is otherwise sweet. This is • churned in sweet new. milk, and comes out in due time a very delicious article, which is sold daily at a very high figure. It is a capital process for renova ting old butter. 1855 .txn 1849.—8 y a strange coincidence which will not again occur for a long time, the new year commences on •the same day' as in 1840, and consequently all through the year the date will be on the same day. But what is more singular is, that all the moveable religious holidays fall on the same dates and the Same days. The almanacs of 1849 might therefore serve far the present year. A DOG THAT COULD TALK.—The dog is the only animal that dreams ; and ho and the ele phant the only animals that understand looks. The elephant is the only animal that, besides man feels ennui (dull care) ; the dog, the only quadruped that has been brought to speak.— Leibnitz bears witness to a hound, in Saxony, that could speak distinctly thirty words. INCREASING THE PAY.-A bill to increase the pay of members of the Legislature has passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. It makes the pay $5 instead of $3 per day—thus increasing it more than one third. We hope this will be the last of it. prort6ingri. SENATE On the 2d of Feb. on motion of Mr. FRY, the Senate proceeded tO consider bill No. 132, en titled a supplement to the net incorporating the Allentown railroad company. On the 6th Mr. PRICE presented a petition froni citizens of Lehigh county, for a bank at Allentown: Mr. SAGER, one from Philadelphia counties, fo grocs and mulatocs from and residing therein Mr. FRY, two from citizens of Lehigh County for a bank at Allentown: ✓ Mr. WIGGLE one from citizens of Lehigh county, for a bank at Allentown. Mr. M'CLINTOCK, one from citizens of Le. high county, for a bank at Allentown. On the 7th Mr. FRY read in place: an act to incorporate the Pennsylvania and Lehigh zinc company. On motion of Mr. FRY, the Senate took up the pill to incorporate the Allentown Bank ; which passed finally, as follows: YEAS—Messrs. I)arsie, Ferguson, Flenniken, Frazer, Fry, Hendricks, Hoge, Jordan, Killing er, Price, Sellers, Shuman, Skinner, Taggart and Walton-15. NAYS—Messrs. Browne, Goodwin, Halde man and Heister, Siicaker-4. On the Bth Mr. M'CLINTOCK submitted a resolution that the Senate meet in convention in the Hall of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday next, at 12 o'clock, M., for the purpose of electing a U. S. Senator, and authorizing the appointment of a teller on its part. Passed. Ou motion of Mr. FRY, the Senate proceeded to consider Senate bill entitled a Supplement to the charter of the Thomas Iron Company.-- 'Passed committee, and laid over. 110USL On the sth CRAIG, read a bill in place to incorporate the White Hall association. Mr. CHAMBERLIN Offered a resolution for the payment of THOMAS Bann, in contesting the seat of Mr. Bt:su, of the county of North ampton ; which was agreed to—yeas 55, nays. 17. Honitmr.E PAIIRICIDE.—A few days since, in Logan county, Va., n Man of t`..e name of Mark ham, being engaged in something about which he wished the aid of one of his sons, called:on him for assistance. The young man refused aid in an impertinent manner, whereupon, the father calling to another son to take, charge of the matter in hand, started to chastise the dis obedient son. lie fled round the house, the father pursuing, and scon after disappearing from the sight of the son who remained behind, he heard a blow of so singular a sound as to induce him to fun at once and see the cause.— On turning round the corner of the house, he found his father lying on his face, his bitch-hour literally cut in twain by n blow with an axe, and in the agonies of death ; in fact, he lived but about 30 minutes. The murderer, (the son w . ho had fled), was apprehended; and on the in troduction of the axe upon an examination before a Justice of the Peace, admitted it to be the weapon with which ho killed his father.— The name of Markham, says the Tazwell _li/ro c/de, has been for years notorious on the waters of Sandy, by its connection with bloodshed and homicide. CALIFOiLNIA Inims.—ln.his message to the Legislature of the Golden Stale, Governor ]Sig ler represents the total amount of the indebted ness of the State, that is unprovided for, is $1,284,142,22, lie recommends the sale of a sufficient amount of the property of the State to liquidate its entire debt. lie also recommends measures to be adopted for full experiments to ascertain whether the fule (fl king of flag) which covers the public lands in greatluxurfance, can Ue substituted for rags in the mantglicture of paper. The total amount-of gold bullion ex ported to Europe and the. Atlantic; tate's during the year 1554, lie represents ':as amounting to $50,434,873 44. The total value of the quick; silver shipped from San Francisco during the same period was $750,000. The floating debt of San Francisco amounts to $1,200,000. The total number of deaths at San Francisco for the year 1854 was 1,765, of which 322 were China men. The total number of fires at San Fran cisco during the year 1854, was 189, and the total loss $325,000. A TRAIN FROZEN IN ON THE PRAIRIES.--A dispatch from Chicago (Ills.,) says: The train on the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad, with a large number of paSsengers, including several members of the Legislature, froze up in the prairie on Friday, in nearly eight feet of snow. The passengers burned the cars to keep from freezing, and robbed. the express car of a con signment of oysters to pieserve themselves from starvation. PENNSYLVANI:. EX-G ,1 1"1.1i`:.:•. , --- There are but four ex• Governors of Pommylvania now living., viz :—Joseph Ititner, David It. Porter, Wm. F. Johnson and Wm. Bigler. The last three named were on the platform at the recent inauguration of Gov. Pollock, and aoy. Ritnor had been at the capitol but a few days before, on his return from the Convention of old sol diers. Three of the four—Porter being the ex ception—were beaten in contests for re-election, and Ritner was twice defeated before ho was chosen. A GOOD AND Cuw DESERT Dism—Wash a pint of small hommony very clean, and boil it tender, add an equal quantity of sifted meal, make it into a batter with milk, add.two table spoonsild of butter, and four eggs. Beat it well, grease your griddle or frying-pan with a. little butter or lard. Then pour in your batter, allowing enough to make . each cake the size of a desert plate. Eat them with cream and su gar, or butter and inolasses. [1:" Sealed proposals," as the cl when he kissed his sweetheart. (1:7•111ore than 10,000 persons are under re straint as fanatics in England and Wales. CO"Fifty-five mules sold at Richmond the other day, averaging over $l5O eael . . 13:7'An artesian well in Banal str %t t, New Orleans, has been bored to the depth 2 0 feet. 137'The State debt of fndiana amounts for something over $7,000,000.- ir - Snow is six feet deep. in some of the north ern towns in New Hampshire. Gli - The annual ball of the Nevr York The Department realized a profit of $6,750. • 17It is said that the Russian war has all. ready made eleven thousand widows in End land. ,f Pucks and prohibit no- Ito the State 1:11'lle largo hotels of New York City man ufacture their own gas at a saving of a hundred per cent. 10 According to the census of 1850, there' were, at that time, 4,000,000 children at school in the U. S. • .I'ln what month do ladies talk the least February, it being the shortest. • ID - WnAT is it that makes everybody sick: but those who swallow it ?Flattery. 1:1" - ir are a pair of skates like an apple ? They have occasioned the full of man. [l:7ln Philadelphia over slB,ooo' have been contributed for the relief of the suffering poor. I:a"'Thomas Jefferson's grand-daughter is teaching school in Washington city, rr - Which can smell a rat the quickest, the man who knows the most, or the man who LI'S the most nose ? is stated that of 180 fires that occurred in New York during the last six months, 58 were caused by incendiaries. (a 'There is a shop kept by an old maid in New York, in the window of which appears these words : " No reasonable offer refused." rnlrs. Sinclair (late Forrest) has been pre sented with a diamond necklace. ($3000) by some of her admirers in San Francisco. (I:7•An old 105 n, aged GO years, ran away from Cincinnati last week, and carried with him a lass of " sweet sixteen." (0 - None should despair; because God can help them ; and none should presume, because God can cross them. (0 - - The earth was nearest to the sun on Jan uary Ist, when it was distant 02,505,707 It will be 96,585,200 miles distant on the 3d of July. • CC - 17nn Ltutm; —The only successful Ho meopathists. They cure man's greatest mala• (Iy—of. the heart—by a " leak:" of the sumo sort ! a - The number of acknowledged rauper families landed at New York, from Europe dur ing the last year is 427. The number of pau pers 1624. riz-P. S. Dcvlan, of heading, has invented a parent brick machine,•which works admirably. lto has sold nine States for *50,060 and lie ex pects to realize 4500,000 more front his new in- vcntion. p 7 The Sardinian frigate expected to arrive at New York with a large number - of foreign criminals on board, has been ordered by the U. S. government to be seized on her arrival and detained until rm investigation can be bad. 07 - Ibwing the year 1854 no fewer than 73,697 persons died in London out of a popula tion of two millions and a half; 4765 more than died during the disastrous cholera year 1849. rillartford . was a tolerably healthy city • until the liquor law was enacted in Connecticut. Since that law went into operation, spirits to the value of 11,000 dollars have been sold there for medical purposes, within four Months. ..1 young lady declared, in our hearing, the other day, that she would marry no ono who could not keep her a carriage and horses.. Wo presume her favorite air is;. :Wait forthe Wagbn.n' a -- A• hair drdser under the Marlboro' Hotel, Boston, Mass.,lias,a razor that • came over in the Mayflower, whieh has been in use in Gen. Gates' family nedrly- ever since. It is still bright and keen, and looks enough for an ' other 230 years. service. . o-o-The most "valuable . crop - in the United States is that of Indian corn, estimated in 1850, at $200,000,000, and bOing nearly three times as valuable as wheat, and - more than three times as valuable as cotton. 1 - IVlien once you allow a girl's head to got full of finery and beaux, and her heels Allkof waltzes, polkas ; and cotillions, you nig; about well as throw her books In the fire, and marry her to the first simploten who will take her oil' your hands, for her days of study and immive. ment are at 'an end. [l:7The import of foreign dry goods into Now York last week' amounted to only $1,026,723, against $3,131,646 the corresponding week' last year. The difference in the silk import* , tion alone is about $007;008, 'Jr $221,000 against $828,000. flan Ye. find the following estimate of the annual cost of articles of dress in the. United States, in - our exchanges : $500,000,000 are spent annually in the United States for such articles of dress, as aro subject to fluctuations of fashion. Of this sum it' is computed that $16,000,000 are for hats, and probably. $20,. 000,000 are for caps and bonnets, and for other articles of dress no less than $40,000,000,—50 that not far from a million and a half of dollars ,are spent daily for .clothing, • DESTITUTION IN Pmzumume.—The Phila. delphia American says :—From facts which have come to light, we are inolined to think the number of destitute persons in the city .tci be over 25,000, as all the sociotary organizations have many more applicants for relief than wo previously calculated: The greater portion of this poverty is of foreign origin', a fact shown beyond denial, by all the statistics which haTo being gathered. stbbri nlO enbs. I=3 flp sant
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