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ALLENTOWN , PA.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1855
Ir7V. 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 RegUiler.
NOTICE.
Those of our patrons who contemplate chang
ing their residence about the first of April will
please inform us to the new direction of their
paper. There is scarcely a neighborhood where
the " Register" can not be forwarded either by
mail, our carriers, or by private convelauce:
Tempernuce Annlveisary
Jordan Division, Sons of Temperance, cele
brated their anniversary on Wednesday evening
last, in the German Lutheran Church. The
church, was crowded to its utmost on the occa
sion, and the addresses were delivered in an
appropriate lbd able manner. We learn that
the Division is steadily increasing in member
ship and wealth.
" ARRESTED.
On IVednesday night last, a party of " fast
young nags," hailing from " Mingo," came up
town, and before they were allowed to go home
in the Aiming, they found that the " wet dam
nation" they had partly imbibed before setting
out on their " expedition" had carded them
rather further in their acts than the- law limi
ted. In their perambulations about town, they
Came across a Beer House having that useful
implement, the " Anchor," as an insignia upon
its sign--in effort, a place in the suburbs of our
town, known as the " Anchor House." After
they had been there a short time " the tug of
war 'commenced," by their demolishing the
-bur, bursting inn door, breaking windows,
pitchers, &c. Officer EItIGII, however, put a
stop to their " fun," by locking them up until
morning, when they were taken before Justice
Rube, who held them under $l,OOO bail for
their appearance at the next Court, when we
hope they may be taught a lesson for their folly.
tr. S. Senator. '
Editing as we do, a Journal avowedly neutral
in politics, it would be the pink of impropriety
in us, to be biased in favor of either of the many
parties of the day. Knowing'how difficult a
matter it is to speak of political subjects without
treading on somebody's corns, w generally ab-
stain from all comments, but a sense of that
duty which we owe to our constituents, compels
us to speak of the late contest,—we might add
disgraceful contest, which has lately endedin
Harrisburg. The Senatorial Election has been
postponed until the first Tuesday in October
Now if we were . convinced, (as some would
have us believe,) that it was for no other pur
pose than to bring the matter
. fairly before the
people, we would not raise any objections ; but
a moments reflection will show us the falsity of
this assertion. The voice, or will of the people
can not be felt in this contest until the sitting
of the next Legislature in January 1856. This
Legislature which meets again in October next,
has the right (if they choose to exercise it,) of
meeting and adjourning from day to-day until
that time. Again, were this a war of princi
ples, and we satisfied that time was necessary
to develope the right, and give it a preponder
ance, we could not object ; but this is not so ;
men now are aerythipg, 7 Frimiplcs nothing.—
So this was not a war of principle, but a war
of men—men corrupt and unprincipled, fighting
for a political ascendency. The people, through
their representatives, arc to be made the tools
in this disgraceful combat, and our Legislative
Halls the arena. How long is this to be ?
How long are we to permit ambitious dema
gogues to ride roughshod over our heads? It
Must end somewhere, and if there is any fain
to be put in • the signs of the times, quick] .
Men seem to think they should find the office ;
this is a mistake. To be well governed, the
office must find the man, and when left to it
self, it surely will find the one who is most ca
pable of filling it with honesty and dignity.—
Were this rule always followed, and ambitious
aspirants to office frowned down, we would not
,so often be called upon to'recorn-defideations
. of public; monies , by pubic men. Supposing
by this rule our legislators had been chosen,
and all the Members of our Legislature were
honest, how would we noir stand ? Why, as
like seeks like,•they would have ignored these
Aspirants to the Senatorial chair,•and have cho
sen one Jike themselves, honest and- worthy,
but as it is, they. have postponed, the election,
not to give a principle an ascendency, but to
allow men to fight ftir mastery,—to bribe and
browbeat, to gratify their inordinaic ambition.
It is fast getting to be no hwtor t to a man to
- have a seat in the United States Senate, for all
the'rwlet ki3ows how those seats are obtained ;
wit by superior merit or honesty, but by mon
ied or political influence. The money this
extra session will cost us would be better ap
plied if appropriated to the pnyin6nt of that
• State Debt which we can hardly ever hope to
see paid as long as our political welfare remains
in the hands of men who haVe no thought save
• for their own aggrandizement. On the 4th of
March the term of the present incumbent from
this State expires. So with the incumbent
from California ; his term expires at the same
time. In that State (California) as here, the
Legislature has failed to elect a successor.
Rather ominous this, to see these two States,
thO:Keystone and Eureka hand in hand, both
equally renowned for their mineral wealth,-
- equally celebrated for their agricultural resour
:oes, and both (politically) equally corrupt to
the corn. It is immaterial to us who is elected.
We care not, provided he be honest and firm.
'We do not want to represent ns in the Senate,
a man who will spend his (nue in composing
'brilliant orations on abstract principles, or ab
struse doctrines for the purpose of acquiring a
reputation, but, wo want - a man who will faith
fully our State, and jealously guard her
great and growing interests. :
DEATH OF REV. C. B.KESSLER.,
Tho Rev. C. R; Kr.sstun,, Piincipal of the
Allentown Seminary, expired on Saturday night
last. ,His afflictions were long and severe with
that fatal disease which baffles all medical skill,
Consumption. The messenger of death has
seldom, if ever, summoned a manfircim time to
eternity, that will cause more universal grief
than the one at the head of this article. •Rn
.
dewed with a brilliant and comprehensive
mind, and with a genius that grasped any sub
ject with avidity and mastered it with ease, his
acquirements were of the first order. In his
death society has lost an honest member. All
the characteristics of the philanthropist and de
serving citizen belonged to him. Ile was hu
: inane and steadfast in his friendship and true
Ito the objects of his love. No one could have
left this transitory and sublunary vale of tears,
that could be more regretted, or make a mkye
melancholy void in the community. In hls
death the church militant has
_lost an useful,
holy laborer, and the church triumphant has
added to its countless multitudes; another star
for the Redeemer's crown. Mr. Kessler leaves
a wife and three children on whom this bereave
ment falls with a crushing force.. She has
the warmest sympathy of our citizens. Let
the widow's heart seek that consolation found'
only in a living faith in lll3t " whose ways are
past finding ,out," and through whose grace
she may hope to enter upon that re-union which
is enduring, and whose brightness the spoiler,
Death, cannot dim.
The Old Lutheran Church.
"While systems change, and suns retire, and
worlds
Slumber and Wake—Times ceaseless march pro
ceeds!"
The Rev. J. S. VOGELIINCH preached an in
teresting valedictory sermon on Sunday last,
in the Lutheran Church,—it being the last
time of divine worship, previous to the com
mencement of demolishing the present building
for the purpose of having a new one erected on
its site. The Church was built in 1704, and
consecrated to the worship of God on the 4th
of September, 1705. The building committee
consisted Of JOHN ROTH, Sr., GOILIEB SCHROA
DER, PETER KLOTZ and GEORGE A. BLANK.-
The Trustees were John Horn, John Roth,
Peter hertz and Henry Schantz. Treasurer,
Leonard Nagel, Sr. Of these officers of the
Church, we understood 21'r. Vogelbach to say,
only one remained and was now identified with
the congregation, the rest being deceased.—
How fleeting is the progress of time ! Next
September it will be sixty years that the
first religietis service was held in this Church.
Alas ! how few are left and now travelling with
us on the road 91' life, who were present on that
interesting occasion. Most of them have paid
the great debt of nature—they have become
companions to the worm. In these sixty
years our town has undergone a great and
wonderful change. In that time too, how rapid
has been our progress as a Republic ! How
wonderfully' have the " Original Thirteen" in
creased and multiplied ! Our population at the
present time, cannot be less than twenty-four
millions of souls. Our territory at present ex
tends from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Be
tween the two oceans how vast the hive of
busy human beings. Nevertheless, we have
millions of fertile acres that have yet to feel the
ifimress of the first spade. Who can picture
alluding to the subject. The establishment has
been under our control a little over five months.
We have always felt flattered by the liberal
patronage the public has bestowed upon us,
but during the last few weeks we have felt pare
ticularly so. Our list of subscribers has been
considerably increased, and we are especially
pleased that it has been clone without solicita
tionon our part or by any one for'us. Many
individuals have called or written to us to have
their names entered on our books, thus show
ing, we venture to
.hope, that our paper is
growing in public . favor. We shall always be
glad to receive such calls or communications,
and will spare no pains to deserve the continued
patronage of our friends.
The store of "Messrs. Ilsusn & KLADER, in
tipper Macungy township, this county, was
entered by burglars on Wednesday night last,
and 'robbed of goods amounting to near four
hundred dollars, and between twelve and thir
teen dollars small change which had been left
in the drawers. They effected their entrance
by boring a hole through a window shutter.—
The perpetrators of the crime have as yet not
been discovered.
117`The total number of hogs packed in Cin
cinnati up to the 20th inst. Ins 355,000.
In the Court Proceedings last week, in speak
ing of the motion in arrest of judgment in the I
case of the Commonwealth vs. Frederick, it was
stated that Mr. Longnecker, one of defendant's
counsel, argued as follows : " That as lotte
ries had been in existence and lottery tickets
sold in this dounty under the very noses of the
guardians of the law 'almost since the passage
of the hot of 1833, it would bo unjust to sen
tence him now, if others had committed the
same crime, if crime it was, and not been pun
ished, so should not he." This was an inad
vertant error, as we are informed that this
was not the•substance of the language used by
Mr. Longnecker and we were probably led
into the error, from the fact that after the mo
tion in arrest of judgment was decided against
Frederick, and an appeal was made to the
mercy of the Court, Mr. L. stated in mitiga
tion of the offence, that it was the first act, that
the defendant had good reason to believe ho
was committing no offence when ho sold ticket s l
in what he thought was a Panorama, when
hundreds of others, claiming to be highly res
pectable, were selling lottery tickets and had.
pursued it as a business under the eyes of the
officers of the law, and were either not prose
cuted, or when prosecuted the bills were ignor
ted by the Grand July, and that in this way
the defendant was led into error. The counsel
then remarked that if the Court believed from
the evidence in the case, that the defendant was
misled and that there was no guilty intention,
the Court would not bo warranted in imposing
a viudictative sentence.
Robbery
An Error.
The Next State rale.
Proposals are invited by the Executive Com
mittee until the first day of April next, from
the citizens of towns and cities in the State,
relative to the location of the next exhibition of
the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society.—
Communications, on the subject, will be ad
dressed to ROBERT C. WALssa, Esq., at liar
risburg. The ensuing annual Exhibition of the
Society swill be held on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, the 25th, 26th, 27
and 28th days of September next,
'he unfortunate location of Allentown—from
a want of proper Railroad communication at
present—will prevent our citizens from offering
proposals on this occasion, though we should
greatly delight in seeing the State Fair held
here. In a year or so, however, the Lehigh
Valley, as well as the North Pennsylvania .
Rail Roads, (the former probably in a few
months) will be completed, and we shall then
be able to enter the lists with more favored
localities. The last Exhibition of the County
Society was one of the most creditable ever held
in this section of the State. We have the stock
and the spirit, but lack the proper facilities of
railroad communication. These we, will have,
however, before long.
Severe Accident.
On Saturday afternoon last, a young lad
named Lewis BALLIET, n son of Mr. _X .-114.111 a.
in West Hamilton street, met with a severe
accident by falling from a pile of boards—a
distance of some thirty feet, in Dreshdr's lum
ber yard. When picked up it was found that
his hip was dislocated, and several other
bruises about his body. He made a miracu
lous escape, as he alighted a few inches op
posite a sharp pale fence; which if had struck it
in the fall, would undoubtedly have resulted
nstant death.
I=2
In Sunday last a lad named Joni DEwALD,
of Mr. Isaac Dewald, of this place, met
h an acoident by falling from the 19ft in his
her's barn. The injuries he sustained were
such a severe nature that he expired on
nday evening last. He was about fifteen
irs of age.
Farewell Sermon.
On last Sabbath evening, Mr. Inwix, the able
;tor of the Methodist Episcopal Church
!ached his farewell sermon. The attendance
Ls quite large.' Although Mr. Irwin was
coring under a severe indisposition,-the text
Ls treated in an able mid Logical manner, with
application that must, have , made a lasting,
ipression upon the congregation. Mr. Irwin
Ls been laboring for this congregation for the
it two years, and during this time a: large
mailer of persons were brought under the
(Menu of religion, and enrolled as members
the Church. .
FIRE ALARM
The alarm of fire on Saturday evening last.
'as caused by the explosion of a camphene'
imp in PIERRE'S Shaving Saloon, next door to
le Register' office. The fire was extinguished
eforo any damage was done. ' We hope our
neighbors will take good care hereafter, as our
buildings are rather a dangerous !! institution"
in case of fire.
New Postage 11111
The United states Semite, on Tuesday, passed
an important bill from the House, in reference
to the postage on letters. This bill provides
that for letters going less than 3000 miles the
postage shall be three cents, and over that dis
tance it shall be five cents, except where postal
treaties with other countries shall prevent.
The amendment further provideb that, after the
Ist of .January, 1850, all the letters shall be
pre-paid, and that done with stamps ; also that
letters containing money can be registered, so
as to shonn that they have been sent ; but in
no instance to make the Department responsible
for them. The amendment must be concurred
in by the House, before it goes to the Presi
dent ; but it will, in all probability, pass with
the Senate's amendments.
Grahetruhe Magog Aline.
This excellent monthly ptriodical for March
is upon our table. It is a charming number.—
The engraving of Washington is alone worth
the price of the number. " Washington taking
leave of his mother," is a very pretty picture—
showing the love the great and good
,man
always bore his mother. Terms $3 per annum.
The Bounty Lend 818.
Hon. Nor Middleswarth, representative in
Congress from Pennsylvania on the 22nd ult.,
made an appeal to the members to take up and
pass the Senate bill for the benefit of the sol
diers of the war of 1812. He urged that the
anniversary of the birth day of Washington was
a fitting time for doing justice to the veterans,
and reminded the House that before herykar
many of these soldiers will hav gone to " that,
bourne whence no traveller r urns." But dor
mant gratitude and patrio ism, could not be
aroused to such an exte as to gratify Mr.
Middleswarth's resonabl and honest desire.
He succeeded, however, i obtaining unanimous
consent to have the bll printed; and gave
notice that he would move 'its consideration on
the following Thursday. Justice to the patriotic
men who nobly served their country in the
second war of independence, demands the pass
age of this bill.
Since the above was in type, the House of
Congress passed the Bill which gives 160 acres
of land to all who served in any of the wars
of the United States since 1790. Those who
have already received forty and eighty acres
are entitled to the difference under this bill.
As the Senate had previously passed it, so that
it receives the President's sanction, it will
be ft law. The bill also includes revolutionary
widows
reedoetion of the Tariff.
The bill of Mr. Houston, reducing the tariff
was aplAded to the appropriation bill in the
House on the 24th, and passed by a vote of 120
yeas to 60 nays. The leading feature of the
bill is a general reduction of the duties imposed
by the act of 1846, of twenty Per cent. The
probable loss to the revenue (should this bill
become a law) it is said will be from ten to
twelve millions of dollars—and the probability
is that the surplus will be exhausted about the
middle of the next fiscal year, and that the
revenue falling below the annual expenditure
by about fifteen millions of dollars, will impose
upon the next Congress the duty of providing
for the wants of the government by a heavy
loan, or by the restoration of the protective
-system, as exemplified by the act of 1842.
The Senate will undoubtedly append to the ap
propriation bill the proposition for suspending
the iron duties. „It will go back to the House,
and then will commence the struggle for the
concurrence of - that body. The Pennsylvania
members who voted for the Houston amend
ment reducing the tariff are Messrs. Bridges,
Jones, McNair, Witte, Florence, Straub and
Wright.
PonneTlvan in
A correspondent of the Washington Union
gives the following figures in relation to the
population, debt, valuation and taxes of Penn
s dvania
Population. Debt.. Valuation. Taxes
840 1,724,033 $27,313.90 294,500,187
40,491.780
1843
1844 t 9 Zuo tat .751 out
11345 40 FlBl3 866 420 302 209 I 518,332
1848 40 628,949 493 340.987 1.350 129
1850 2,311,780 40 677.214 497.039 649 2 317 B'2l
1854 2.518,120 1.40,1184 913 531,731.304 1,649 967
In 1844 some taxes were laid, but in 1845
more. regular system was adopted, and valu
ations have since been made triennially. The
tax here given is only that on real and person
al estate. The debt has remained nearly sta-
onnry for more than ten years, during whic
time the assessed value of the property has
risen one hundred and eleven millions, or nearly
three times the value of the debt. In the ratio
of this increasing wealth and number of the
ieople, the burden of the debt has diminished
vhile the taxes have yielded better.
Changing Township Elections.
The following is a Supplement to an Act
passed last winter, in relation to changing the
place of holding township elections, by a vote of
the people :
A SUPPLEMENT to an act in relation to establish
ing and changing the places of holding gene
rat election's throughout the Commonwealll
,passed Apri1:20,4851-
SEC. 12 ' Be it ena c ted, That in all cases
in which new townships, boroughs, or election
districts,.shall be erected, or the bounds of any
election district changed under the provisions
of the act to which this is a supplement, the
Court of Quarter. Sessions erecting or changiiig
the same, shall fix places of holding the elec
tions until the same shall be changed according
to the provisions of said act ; and the courts
shall also appoint the officers for holding the
the first election in any township, borough,
or election district so erected.
Tag Onto WasAT CROP.—The Trumbull
Democrat remarks that the farmers in that re
gion of country, say that the wheat crop sowed
last Fall looks exceedingly well at the present
time, and the prospect of . a good crop is very
flattering. The farmers in Lawrence county,
according to the Journal, report similar, news
in relation to the crops there. The fall of snow
is very opportune for this crop, and it is provi
dential that the fall grows deeper and more
serviceable as you advance into the great
Wheat growing sections. The whole crop in
the West and North-West is now comfortably
Clothed with its winter covering and everything
bids fair for a bountiful yield. • •
GREAT SALE op STOOK.—Tho sale of jacks and
jennets, imported recently from Spain by the
Kentucky Impelling Company, took place at
Germantown, Ky., a few days ago. The prices
were remunerative, ranging from $395 to, $l,-
550 per head, with the exception of ono, which
sold at $325.
BIMAKFASTVAKE.-Stir into a quart of sour
milk a tea-spoonful of saleratus, a teaspoonful
of salt, and sifted Indian meal enough to make
a thick batter—a little .cream improves the
cake.. Bake it. in deep cake-pans about an
hour. When sour milk cannot by procured,
boil sweet milk and turn it on the meal, and
when it is cool, put in three well beaten eggs.
frontbings.
SENATE
On the 28th Mr. Fry presented two petitions
from Lehigh county for the abolition of county
superintendent of common schools in said coun
ty ; and one of the same tenor from Northamp
ton county ; also, three from Northampton
county for the extension of the law relative to
building associations in said county.
On the Ist of March, Mr. Fry presented a
petition from Lehigh, and one from Northamp
ton county, to aholish the office of county su
perintendent of common schools.
A message was presented informing that the
Governor had approved and signed the follow
ing bills :
An act to incorporate the Farmers' High
School of Pennsylvania.
An act to prevent the sale of intoxicating li
quors on the first day of the week commonly
called Sunday.
A supplement: to an act entitled " An act to
incorporate the Allentown railroad company,
approved April 10th, A. D. 1853. -
On the 24th of February Mr. Reese reported
a bill to authorize Wm. Call to sell real estate.
Mr. Craig reported a bill for the relief cf
Mary Johnson and Elizabeth Clover, widoWs of
old soldiers, with negative recommendations.
Mr. Laporte reported a bill relating to the
Lehigh Valley railroad company.
•
On the 2Gth Mr. Craig, presented a remon
strance against the Mauch Chunk Bank.
On the`2Bth Mr. Craig, read a bill in place
fur a poor house in Carbon county.
Mr. Edinger read a bill in place to incorpor
ate the Lehigh and Delaware plank road coin
pony.
Mr. Johnson read an act to protect the
keepers of hotels ; also, a bill to incorporate the
borough of Bath, in Northampton county.
On the Ist of March Mr. Clig presented
a petition for the incorporation of the Mauch
'Chunk Bank.
Mr Reese presented a petition relating to
school superintendents.
Mr. Bush _presented a petition relating to
county superintendents of common schools; also,
one relating to building associations.
Mr. Bush called up n tlie bill to incorporate the
Allentown Bank, when the House went into
committee of the whole on said bill, (Mr. Dun
ning in the chair.) The bill being reported
from the committee, came up on second read
ing, and passed finally':—Yeas 57, nays 12.
YEAS —Messrs. Avery, Barry, Boal; Bow
man, Bush, Caldwell, Chamberlain, Christ,
Clapp, Clover, Craig, Criswell, Cummings,
(Phila. C 0.,) Donaldson, Edinger, Eyster,
Fernon Fletcher, Franklin, Free, Guy, Gwinner,
Harrison, Herr, Ilubbs, Johnson, King, Kirk
patrick, Lane, M'Clcan, WConkey, APCullough,
Maxwell, Magill, Mengle, Morris, Muse, North,
Palmer. Reese, Rittenhouse, Rutter, Sallade,
r 1,7,
Steel, Stehley, Stewart, Sturdevant, Water
house, Weddell, Wickersham, Wood, Yorks
Ziegler and Strong, Speaker-SJ.
NAvs—Messrs. Bergstresser, Carlisle, Down
ing, Foster, Fry, Gross, Hodgson, Laporte
Morrison, Orr, Pennypacker and Wright-1?.
533,9
IMPOILTANT ` AMERICAN" MOVEMENT. A
handbill is posted around the streets of Trenton
this evening, calling upon " Americans" to meet
tomorrow evening ut the City Hull, fur the pur
pose of funning an open American organization.
All are invited to attend who are in favor of
Americans ruling America," of an open Ameri
can organization as the only true republican
attitude for an American political party ; of an
extension of the naturalization laws to a period
of 21 years, or a repeal of the same ; of a capi
tation or head tax sufficient to exclude Europe's
paupers and criminals and protect American
labor as well as American capital ; all who are
opposed to corruption and time serving trnck
-ling to a foreign balance of power vote, by the
two old parties ; who aro opposed to foreign
sectarian dictation in our system of public
schools.—Newark Daily Advertiser, Feb. 14)th:
A Goon EXAIO'LIi.--jt is very well for men
to be rich when' they, possess largo hearts.
Gen. RobertliAlsey, of "Ithaca, New York, has
recently been doing a vgry handsome thing.
Ho requests the tax-gatherer of the town in
which ho resides, to pass overltll cases where
i
taxes have been levied upon ndividual§ who
cannot pay them without depriving themselves,
or their dcpehdent families, of the necessaries
of life, or, means of—comfortable subsistence,
and present the same tqing fcr payment.
MEDICAL Srunsrp.—The catalogues of tho
present term,_in the several schools in Phila
delphia, exhibit the following totals : Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, 350 ; Jefferson College,
500 ; Pennsylvania College, 120; Philadelphia
Medid'al College, 100 ; Horuceopathetic Medi
cal College, 80 ; Female Medical College, 50.
These constitute an aggregate of twelve hun
dred students—a pretty largo number for one
city.
SLUM' SLIOOTING IDt NATWIES.—Tho best rile
shooting we have over seen, wo saw made on
Tuesday last by Mr. H. J. Newcomb, of this
city, with a rine of his own make, and with an
improvement invented by himself, At the dis
tance of two hundred and twenty yards, Mr.
Newcomb placed five successive balls within the
circle of which the radius was 'less than an
ihch.—Mississippi Free Trader.
A BRAVE Gm.r..—A few days ago, a girl, only
14 years of ago, ou her way home from school,
iu Raynham, Mass., had her veil blown off;
which fell 41 the ice in the river. In pursuit
of it, she fellin the water where it was ten feet
deep, but managed to keep afloat, by pieces of
ice, until the current carried her down to the
bridge. Clinging 'to the .stone pier,. she suc
ceeded in drawing herself out of the water; and
soon reached home. It was one of the severest
days of the season. •.• •
HOUSE
Obbs nittl
I -
-- There are 100 Churches in Pittsburg; 4
(17Irear no ill Of a friend, nor speak any*of":
your enemy.
(1:7 - A gentleman in Detroit has a pair of:
rein -deers, whiCh he drives about like horses.
E7Tho excess of females over males, in the
United States, is 600,000,
11:7'Constant success shows us but one side
of the world.
[l:7Count not a man evil because he is un
fortunate.
17The mother who saw another baby pret-
tier than hor own, has been sent to the lunatic
asylum.
Q a - Never repose confidence in a blockhead.
The more shallow the water the more danger
ous the ice.
[l:For the community to honor one 'who
spends his life in genteel idleness is like dress.
ing a hog in silk stookings.
(117"" Business before pleasure," as the man'
said when ho kissed his wife before he went
out to make love to his neighbor's.
`3"*The daily delivery of water to London
during the past few months has, been little
short of 100,000,000 gallons.
CC7 - " The smiles of home aro exceedingly
pleasant," but there are many people who
prefer " smiling" with a friend Outside. .
1: - '11re may live without a brother, but not
without a friend. In order to deserve a good
friend we must become one.
G'Young men should bear in mind that
coat tails, cigars, profanity, tall shirt-collars,
and bluster, do not make
r_7l ' Its a very solemn thing to be married,'
said Aunt Bethany. • Yes, but its a deal more
solemn not to be,' said, an old maid of forty.
ll'Actuututt a reputation fur speaking the
truth—so that if it is ever necessary for you to.
speak a falsehood it may be believed.
Maryland has the heaviest debt, in pro
portion to population, of any State in the Union.
It exceeds fifteen millions to a population of
live hundred and eighty thousand, bo . nd and
free. '
1 -- " The number of languages spoken in tho
world; amounts to three thousand and sixty
four. The inhabitants of the globe profess
more than one thousand different religions.
[I - A genius has dis.::overed a process for
converting old topers into a cartridge box.—
Their superiority for that purpose consists in
their being always dry.
1: --- Quakertown, Bucks county, has been
incorporated into a Borough. The first elec
tion will be held on the 15th day of the present
month.
(a-LAmENTAnLE.—Monkeys have been dying
of - cholera in the Island of Trinidad ; and .their
nearest relatives, our town dandies, are all-of a.
tremble in consequence.
ca'Tho total consumption of timeign molas
ses in the U. S. in 1854, was 24,44MAR1
tic, 54,492,010 gallons.
[a - The discovery has been made by
Modern writer, that without a mouth, a man
could neither cat, drink, talk, kiss the girls or
chew tobacco.
western editor bins delivers himself
—We would say to the individual who stole our
shirt off the pole, while we were waiting for it
to dry, that we sincerely hope that the collar
may cut his, throat.
fr7The Directors of the Poor of Schuylkill
county estimate that in addition to the produce
of a farm of 200 acres, it will require $17,200
to support the poor of that county during the
current year.
G7)- - By the operation of our mileage sys
tem, mie Senator receives $5,282 and another
$33 50 per session fur traveling expenses, while.
the difference between the actual eiTettse incur
red is little less than $250 !
[C7"'" Do you think you are fit to die ?" said
a stepmother to her neglected child. " I don't
know," said the little girl, taking hold of her
dirty dress, and inspecting it—" I guess so—if
ain't too dirty. "
.
Lsr parents see to it that scholars . , at
tend schoulecogularly, are there at proper time
in the morning and at noon, and Nat they
study lessons thoroughly. The School-master
cannot do everything. •
11 - " A California paper advertises a grand
bull fight, in which a woman will fight with
and kill one of the wildest bulls that can ho
obtained ; also, a fight between a bear and:a
jackass, all to come °iron Sunday.
l'Jfinuary was a' hard month for ship
owners. In that month 43 American vessels,
valued with their cargoes at over amillion of
dollars, were wrecked, mostly on ourAtlantio
coast.
13/1. lady (?) and gentlenian (1) quarrelle4
in the streets of Jackson, Miss, the other day.
Lie fired four shots of a revolver at her, which
, collon rendered harmless. She knocked him
down with a brick-bat, and the bystanders
then separated the billigerents. '
, •
1:1:7% largo cargo
,of Indians, captured in the
Peninsula of Yucatan by Santa Annale-direc
tionsia were , landed in Banns to be sold as
slaves. At the very urgent reiligipsOlgice of
the British Consul, Gen. Concha isaiMpt s te
in
quire into tho legality cd' the,transsctioni—
Santa 'Anna has already received $20,000 for
his share of tho business. .
Swonn PastutterATioTr. —An interesting Fens
occurred in the United States &natt; on Tuesday
last. The sword Wtich Gen. Jackson Wore
through all, his campaigns,
.snd which, while,
on his 'death bed he presentedto his friend and
companion in arms, the late 'Gen. Armstrong,
was presented to' Congress. Gen. Gtcljt, in
presenting the weapon, aelit!iF d an eloquent
eulogy upon the public .sere . es ezd - ,prkict t e
virtues of the gallant Hero of New Okiettns.--
Mr. 'licit followed in:a similar sirti4 -1 1. - n4(Lat the
conclusion of his remarks offered':l4,t; resit.
lotioninti accepting the itiviira;ttnti'thanking the
family of the late Ckn. Ariiititniiitliqbe