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.
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