hotat •, • • •• • • is
powder againstwhiah
ac
e,,ok on his lap,
children, a llttlezr
b: owever, remonstrated with
z;;,"6.
- "iiist his having the powder so near the
stove. Ile allowed it was dangerous, but still
took another portion between his fingers and
threw it against the stove ; the flash struck
the powder in the paper, burning Mr. K. and
child so badly that they aro not expected to re
cover. This should be a lesson to people, and
learn them not to trifle with such a dangerous
thing as powder.
Shocking A frail..
Ono of the most horrible affairs that happen
ed in this section of country-for some time, was
perpetrated at the Brick tavern, on the road
leading from this place to Philadelphia, on the
19th instant. A dispute arose between a ger
man, engaged at the tavern as hostler, and a
negro, relative to setting an egg up on its point.
After they had been quarreling some time, they
got so violent that Mr. NICE, the proprietor of the
tavern, told the hostler to leave the house. Ile
immediately started and went to a wheelwright
shop situated some distance from the tavern.—
After he had been there a short time, the negro
started from the tavern to go to the shop, say
ing that ho wished to renew friendship with the
german. When ho came there the german
held the door shut on the inside, refusing him
admission. The negro thereupon started to go
back to the tavern, and had gone but a few
steps, when the german rushed out with an axe,
and buried it in the left shoulder up to the lilt;
the negro instantly staggered, but the german
was so enraged that ho again picked up the axe
and gave him another cut in the breast, inflict
ing a gash three inches deep and eight long.—
The german was immediately arrested by
Messrs. Nice and lluber, and on being taken,be
fore Justice was committed to the Bucks County
Prison to await his trial at the next Court.—
The negro was picked pp and medical assistance
procured, and is at present under a fair way of
recovery.
Sunday Liquor Law.
Tavern-keepers and others in Lehigh county
will bear in mind that this law will take effect
on the first of April. Under this law any
tavern-keeper, beer house keeper, tippling shop,
or keeper of any eating house, who sells or
knowingly permits any spirituous or malt
'liquor ; wino or Cider; to be drank on his pre
mises, can be fined fifty dollars—One half 'to
the informer and the other half to the overseers
. of the poor. The violator may also, in addition
to the above penalty, be presented for a misde
meanor, and be fined not less than $lO nor more
than $lOO,, and. be imprisoned from ten to
sixty days. • ' ' •
Common ecnool State Convention
The Superintendent of Common Schools of
this State has issued a call for a State convention
of County Superintendents at Harrisburg, on
Wednesday the 11th day of April next, for mu
tual consultation, the discussion and adoption of
such measures as may tend to a more complete
and effective organization for the advancement
of common schools, and the cause of popular
education. This is decidedly a good move
ment.
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Exhi billion.
An Vshibition of the Public Schools of Allen
town will be held on Friday evening next, at pl
o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall. To, defray
the expenses incurred a collection will be taken
at the door. We are requested to state, that
children cannot be admitted for want of morn.
Sponging on the . Printer
The public have a funny notion about print
ers. They think it costs nothing to puff, ad
vertise, &c. And thus one and another will
sponge an extra paper, a puff or sonic benevo
lent advertisement. They forget that it is
this business that makes their business known
to the world. They forget that it is the print
er's ink that makes nine-truths of these im
mense fortunes. They forget that it takes
money to pay compositors—to buy, ink, type
and paper—and lastly, they forget to even
thank yOu for working for nothing, by gratui
tously puffing their business.
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Proceedings of the Town . Council
The new Council was organized Mai•ch 20th
Present, Messrs. Schimpf, Eckert, Newhard,
Powell and Kleppinger, of the old Board, and
Dr. J. Romig, Joseph Dietrich, Stephen fleck,.
Solomon Butz, William Maddern and Ephriam
Diefenderfer, members newly elected, who were
duly sworn according to law.
The Council proceeded to elect the officers
for the ensuing year, whereupon the following
persons Were elected to wit :
Presidentjoseph F. Newbord ; Secretary—
E. J. Moore ; Treasurer—Jonathan Reichard ;
Borough Engineer—Audolph Ashbach ; Street
Commissioner—North Ward, Solomon Gross ;
South Ward, David Daubert ; Lehigh Ward,
Amandes Trexler ; Clerk of Market—Thomas
Yeager ; Wood Cordcr—Jacob Gross. •
The following Committees were appointed by
the Chairman :
Commigee . .o Fire Apparatus,—Weteomo B.
Powell, Johu Romig, J. T. Kleppinger. -
Committee am,kccount Finances.—Amos
Ettinger, Evbn IV. Eckert, Stephen Keck.
e'oMmilice 'Stieets.—Welcome B. Powell;
John G. Schimpf, Joseph Dcitrich.
Committee on Side. Walks and Cl'll,sfingS.
Solomon Butz, William Maddern, Ephtiam
Diefenderfer.
A CARD.
•
Seine time since Captain Ern:wart tendered
his resignation to the Lehigh Fencibles. At a
late meeting of the Company a CoMmitte . e was
appointed who drew up the following Card ex
pressive of the regret of the Company in having
to part with their late commander
Sin:—ln accepting the resignation of your
Aloe as Captain of the Lehigh kmeibles, we
ace actuated solely by a desire to domply with
your wishes, and we do so with a feeling of
profound regret that your engagements should
have rendered this step at all necessary. The
connexion which has hitherto existed between
the Fencibles and yourself has been of the most
delightful nature, and we cannot part now
without expressing to you in the most public
manner the assurance of our highesLconsidera
. lion, and
S our most unfeigned and heartfelt
wishes for your happiness and prosperity here
after. We remain,
Very respectfully,
T. IL GOOD, Committee
G. FRY, ) } of
W. IL HANGEN, Fencibles.
LAW PROIIMITINa TaE USE OF CA3ITTENE.—
Xn ordinance has been presented to the Com
mon Council of Albany, by the Mayor of that
city, inirmiNG.Sfmo of $25 upon every person
'ng eampherto ia apy house, store or shop.
Foreign Seeds and Grains.
The Agricultural Bureau is continually beset
for seeds, grains and plants, and it is found al
most impossible for the clerks and others to per
form their duties with desirable promptness
and composure. Hence, it is suggested to all
who may wish seeds or cuttings therefrom that
their applications be submitted to the office
through some member of Congress, an officer of
an Agricultural Society, in the neighborhood of
the person applying. If there is no society
near, let the farmers at once call a meeting and
form an association to promote the agricultural'
interests of their vicinity.
An extensive amount of grains, putts and
garden seed, recently selected with great care
by the excellent chief of the bureau, D. .1.
Browne, Esq. have been received from France,
and are now in course of distribution. Among
them are the finest samples of spring wheat
ever exhibited in this country. In the case of
a failure of the wheat sown in the fall, from
winter kill or other causes, the advantages re
sulting from sowing this wheat on the same l i
ground in the spring, should it prove suitable
for our climate, will be apparent to all. Con
gress, at its late session, testified its high ap
preciation of the operations of this important
branch of the government, by a liberal appro
priation of $25,000. This, together with the
amount paid by, government for printing ag
ricultural reports, will reach nearly $200,000
per annum a much greater sum than is paid
for such objects by any other country through
out the globe.
COSTLY WATCU CASE.-A jeweller or New
ark, according to the Sentinel, has recently
manufactured a splendid watch case for a gen
tleman in California, which is valued at $lB
- It seems like a perfectincrustatien of di
amonds; of which there are some three hun
dred, arranged with artistic taste. It is a
hunting case, 20 carats fine, carved from solid
gold. The ornaments upon one side are gothic
ruins, the pillars and archers being formed of
1 ) 11 ants, and the openings show in the dis
tance a view of the bay of San Francisco, the
California arms and a mining scene. The re
verse side displays a gothic se:! 011 in diamonds,
surrounding an elaborate bouquet of flowers,
also composed of . similar gems. The pendant
is also covered with brilliant;, with diamond
push piece—altogether, forming a complete ball
sparkling gems. The inside cap is richly
ornamented with scroll work and transparent
blue enamel. The stones are not scales usually
known as roses, but the finest cut brilliants,
which are so set that they show through the
case—all being entirely transparent.
USES OF GOLD AND SILVER.—The Banker's
Magazine has a capital article on the' Uses of
Gold and Silver in the Arts." It is computed
that the amount. of the precious metals con
sumed in various ways is from $40,000,0p0 to
$50,000,000 per annum. The quantities used
in the manufacture of watch cases, pencil cases,
plate; houshold materials and in the . arts, are
enormous. It is stated that for gilding metals
by the electrotype and water-gilding processes,
and in the. Statibrdshire patterns, no less than
13,000 to 20,000 ounces are annually required.
In Paris 10,000,000 francs are used for manu
facturing ptrposes. Since the discovery of gold
in California, it is estimated that the increase
in its consumption has been doubled. In the
United Stales $10,000,000 is estimated as con
verted into ornamental jewelry.
FRICITITEL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.-A terrific
explosion occurred at the Midlothian Coal Pits,
in Chesterfield county, about thirteen miles
south of Richmond, Va., on Monday evening
last, at 5 o'clock, by which thirty-four persons
were instantly killed, and a number of Others
so badly burped that little or no hopes are en
tertained of their recovery. Five of them have
since died. The earth shook violently for miles
around the pits. Out of fifty persons who were
in the pits at the time, but three escaped seri
ous injury. Sixteen were taken out desperate
ly burned. The injury to the pits is serious,
and it will cost a considerable sum to get them
under way again.
PAnUoxs.—The Secretary of the Common
wealth announces that Governor Pollock has
adopted certain rules in relation to the 'applica
tions Tor pardon,. to protect him from imposi
lien. Satisfactory evidence will be required
that at least five days' previous notice of intend
ed applications for • pardons was given to the
District Attorney of city or county in which
the conviction . took place, and at least ten days
previons'"notice of the same was given in a
newspaper published ,where the conviction took
place.. These seem like very proper rules.
•Ichw LiTtxrloN.,----A trial of a newly-inven
ted self breech-loading and priming carbine has
been made at the Scheel of Musketry, at llythe,
in England. Sixty shots can be fired from this
weapon in seven minutes ; out of that number,
at a range of 100 yards, 47 struck the bull's
eye. Total inunersions in water of the carbine
loaded, did hot affect its explosive power, the
fuser being readily discharged. The rapidity
of the firing did not produce the slightest de
rangement, the piece neither requiring oiling
nor cleaning.
OPEN AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—There are
indications of a dispositeon on the part of the
American Order to change its present secret
features to that of an open organization, on a
well defined National Platform. The Know
Nothing paper of Bciston is out in favor of the
change as an actual
. netessity, for the perpetuity
of the order, and its efficient operation. "N •
GRAPH VINES.-A gentleman who has made
himself conversant with tho culture of the
grape, informs us that the severity of the past
winter has destroyed nearly all the young wood
of the past season, as well as that of the year
previous, Some vines in a protected situation,
trimmed by him yesterday, were Round in that
condition. •
From California.
The steamship Northern Light arrived at
New York-early last Monday morning, from
Aspinwall, bringing ten days later news from
California. The news of Page, Bacon & Co's
difficulties in New York, reached San Fransisco
on the 17th of February, and produced a great
sensation. A run on the San brancisco branch
of-that house took place, which, however, was
promptly met until near half a million of dollars
had been withdrawn. The next day the run
'ceased, and things went on as usual, until the
22d, when a renewal of the run caused the sus
pension of the house, followed next day by that
of Adams & Co., Wells, Fargo & Co., and two
Savings Banks. Several branches stood the
run succesfully among them being the Phila
delphia house of Drexel, Sather & Church.—
Page, Bacon & Co. had made an agreement
with their creditors, by which they would re
sume operations on the 28th. Wells, Fargo &
Co. give strong promise of an early resumption,
and Adams & Co. will also do so, if leniency be
shown by their creditors. The branches of
these. houses in the interior of California wore
affected similarly with the San Francisco hou
ses. There were rumors of heavy failures
among the merchants, but nothing authen
tic. N 6 election of Senator had taken place,
and the joint convention had been broken up,
by an adjournment finally. Two large hotels
in San Francisco have been burned, and sixteen
houses in Nevada and twenty-five houses in
Stockton. The Legislature of Oregon adjourn
ed on the 18th of February.
The Legislature of Washington Territory has
fixed on Olympia as the capital. The serious
conflict in Australia, is confirmed. Twelve of
the miners and twenty-two of the troops were
killed. From China we have some important
news. The French fleet had bombarded ,Shang
hae, which being in possession of the rebels,
the Imperialist forces took advantage of the at
tack to attempt the capture of the place, but
without success. The object of the French
was to silence a battery, which was planted in
such a position as to be dangerous to the for
eign factories. The battery was bombarded
for two days, after which the fleet landed a
party which spiked the twenty guns in it, kill.
ed the gunners and retreated. The insurgent
Triads at Whampoa, in a hunderd boats, aided
by American and British seamen, had attack
ed and plundered the imperial junks, and killed
150 men.
'RAT WON'T TIN LOVE OP WEISKET DO?--
Last week one of our physicians was called to
see a sick child that seemed to be wasting
away for want of proper nourishment, and sus
pecting that a want of money made a want of
food, he gave a little brother of the sick child a
Shilling, and told hiin to take it to some person
who would give him the worth of it in good rich
milk for his sick little sister. The little fellow,
joyfully taking the money, with many thanks
from the mother of them both, set out with his
little brown mug in search of milk, and the
doctor went his way. An hour later he met
the father of those children beastly drunk, and
on his visit next morning, learned that he had
met his little boy with the mug, and took the
money from him, and with it bought a quart of
whiskey, and left his helpless babe to starve or
get its food from the ravens. The child and
family were provided for, but not the wretch
who gave them whiskey for their milk. money.—
American Freeman.
NEWSPAPER FACTS.—There are sixteen mil
lion, fifty thousand, four hundred and sixty
newspapers printed in the course of a year in
the City of Albany. This is 321 to each inha
bitant, or mote than one to each person every
week day in the year. The man that don't
read the papers—does not live in Albany.
The people of the Union spend in a year for
newspapers $15,000,000 or would if they all
paid their debts.
The newspapers that they read if all put to
gether in a continuous string, would reach more
then ten times round the world, and weigh
seventy million pounds. If they were spread
out to dry they would more than cover the
whole District of Columbia like a blanket.
The origin of newspapers is traced to Italy.
The first in England appeared during the reign
of " goos
,Queen Bess," at the time of the
Spanish Armada. It was named "Ye Eng
lishe Mercurio," itnPrinted at London, by her
Highness's"printer, 1588. Frankline's "Boston.
News Letter" was the first in Atuerica. It
commenced . tii , 1694. A hundred years ago
there were not more than twenty-five published
in America.—Albany Er. Jour.
how Forms DIFFER.-IVe chew tobacco, the
llindoo takes to .lime, while the Patagonian
finds contentment in a -bite of guano. The
children of this country delight in candy, those
of Africa in rock salt. A Frenehman goes his
length for fried frogs, while an
..Esquirnaux
Indian thinks a stewed candle the climax of
dainties.. The South Sea Islanders differ from
all these, their favorite dish being boiled cler
gymen, or a roasted missionary.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. —The returns
from this State confirm the entire success of the
Know Nothings in New Hampshire, they
having elected their Governor, Congressmen
and secured a large majority in the State Legis
lature. Upon the latter will devolve the elec
tion of two Senators, ono for the full term, and
the other in place of Mt:. Atherton, deceased,
whese term closes in 1859.
CONFERENCE. The Philadelphia Annual
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
will be held in the First Methodist Church in
Lancaster, Pa.,• commencing on Wednesday,
the 28th inst. Bishop Waugh,. of Maryland,
will preside, assisted by Bishops Janis, of Nair
York, and Scott, of Delaware. This Conference
numbers over 200 ministers.
(?Dare to be good,•though the world laugh
at you. . •
Irgigintiut 16rtarbitip.
SENATE
On the• 14th, Mr. FRY presented two•• pe
titions from citizens of Northampton county,
for the repeal of the office of county superin
tendents of common schools ; also, three from
citizens of Lehigh county, for the incorporation
of a company to erect a bridge over the Lehigh
river at the Allentown iron works.
On the 16th, Mr. FRY called up the bill to
legitimate the children of Aaron Balliet, of Le
high county. Passed finally.
On the 10th, Mr. FRY present6d a petitkm
from , Lowet Nazareth township, Northampton
county, to repeal the office of superintendent
of common schools ; also, one to repeal the act
relative to sealers of weights and measures,
from citizens of Lehigh county.
On the 20th, Mr. FRY read in place a bill,
relative to the heirs of Luke Kilpatrick, of Le
high county.
Mr. Frick read in place a bill, to authorize.
the boroughs of Norristown and Allentown, to
subscribe to the capital stock of the Norristown
and Allentown railroad.
Mr. Buckalew called up his bill, No. 162,
resolutions relative to the final adjournment of
,the Legislature ; pending his amendment to fix
Thesday the-17th of April as the day, which
after some discussion passed finally.
On the 22d, Mr. Fry on leave read in place a
bill supplement to the act incorporating the .
Thomas iron company.
On the 23d, Mr. Fry called up Senate bill
No. 585, to incorporate a company to erect a
bridge over the Lehigh river at llakendaqua, in
Lehigh county.
In the course of the reading of the bill,
Mr. Crab') inquired of the Senator from Le
high, (Mr. Fry,) what was meant by the words
" pro tem ?"
.Mr. Fry replied—" Das kann ich gewiss nick
sagen !"
The reply convulsed the Senate with laughter
Mr. Crab].) asked—What's that ?
Mr. Fry—Why that's dutch. The Senator
can't understand it. Neither can I understand
or explain Latin.
The bill passed finally.
HOUSE
On the
,17th, Mr. Fry read in place a bill
authorizing certain boroughs and townships, in
Montgomery and Lehigh counties, to decide by
ballot whether they will subscribe to the
capital stock of the Norristown and Allentown
railroad company.
On the 20th, the following bills passed first
reading, and were ordered to be prepared for a
second reading.
" An Act relative to the payment of certain
collateral inheritance tax upon the estate of
Paul Balliet, the elder deceased."
" An Act to incorporate the Lehigh and
Delaware plank road or turnpike company."
On 21st the following bills which passed first
reading yesterday, passed second and final read
ing :
" An Act to incorporate the Lehigh and Del
aware plank road or turnpike company."
" An Act regulating the • pay of the count)
commissioners, jurymen, poor directors and au
ditors of Northampton county."
LIQUI n GLur.—A strong liquid glue, that
will keep for years without changing, may be
made by placing in a glazed vessel a quart of
water and about 3 lbs of hard glue. This is to
be melted over a gentle fire in a glue-pot and stir
red up occasionally. When all the glue is melt
ed, drop in gradually a small quantity of nitric
acid, when effervescence will take place. The
vessel is then to be taken off the fire and allow
ed to cool. Liquid glue made in this manner
has been kept for more than two years in an
uncorked-bottle without any change,. It will
be useful for many traders, where a strong
glue is required, without the trouble of melting.
DANGER IN AD ' ISIINISTERING CUL OROPORII.-
A _lady in Boston piesented herself before a
dentist of that city, on Thursday beforo last,
for the purpose of having a tooth extracted ;
and dreading the pain accompanying extraction,
desired the administration of chloroform.—
Questions respecting her health, the condition
of her lungs, &c, were propounded, and being
answered favorably, the dentist applied the
ether to her nostrils and death ensued in a few
moments.
FALL OF BLACK.. SNOW:—Prof. Fairchild,• of
Oberlin, Ohio, states that on February ith,
they had in that region a• fall of dark-colored
snow. Tho crystals were in the form of dense
icy pellets, about twentieth of an inch in diame
ter. It fell to the depth of nearly an inch, and
when melted it yielded about half an inch of
water. The snow had a distinct smoky taste,
and on filtering
r it, through paper a dark, sooty
substance was obtained.
Pons SPECULATION.—We know of ono man
who has, in the last two weeks, shipped six
thousand dressed hogs from this market to New
York, clearing some $lB,OOO by the operation
in that time. It is supposed about ono hun
dred and fifty thousand hogs have been in this
market this season, about one-half of which
were packed hero and the other half shipped
East. There is not much barreled pork in
market, with a good demand for it. —Chicago
Tribune. .
Osstert's BARDS.—This excellent company
are singing to crowded houses throughlrermont
and New Hampshire. Our exchanges are filled
with praises -of . the ballad singing of Charles
Atherton, who has joined the Bards. Many
pronounce him even superior to Russel.
A GOOD PRICE Foxe HORSE.—The colt Mor
gan, from the original Black Hawk, owned by
David Hill, Bridgoport, Vermont, five years
old, was sold last week, in New York, by James
M. Hill to Mr. B. F. Fields, of California, for
$4OOO. Height 15h hands . ; weight 1125 pounds.
- -
nub eibo.
Ga'The excess .oftkmales over males, in the
United States, is 600;000.
Jr7*An object of • interest'—A girl whose in
come is three thousantia year.
Dalmaginative—to eat a mackerel and sup
pose you are a mermaid.
U7Tho reason why somwpeople put on airs
is because they have nothing elks to put on.
flEvidonco of friendship—ltissing a roar
riadi lady out of pure love for her husband.
00 - Those who aim only at acaomplishminta r
will accomplish but little.
o:7'God hears the heart without womb—but
he never hears words without the heart.
(Every sorrow we meet is a billowonithiee
world's troublesome sea, which we muse moms►
to bear us nearer home.
o:7•What mechanic may be expected to out
live all others ? Ans.—The boot and shoe
maker ; for he it ever-lasting.
o:7•Why is the kingdom of heaven and our
State Prisons alike ? Because the rich keep
out of both.
D'lt is said that North Carolina produces•
within its boundaries the staple of every State
in the Union, and is the only one that does it.
Lla''There is but one paper—a monthly—
published in Egypt ; three in Iceland, and one.
in Sicily.
Smicksolputs everything to use. His
wife has a bald head, and he straps his razor
on it.
(r7The New York ice companies have
" harvested" 294,000 tons, about the same
quantity as in 1854.
CCnish are caught in Puget sound, Ore
gon, which when dried and Et by the tail, burn
like a candle ! •
0:7 - Tacnn are about seien asullion pores in
the body of a man of ordinary size. If these
were joined lengthwise, a tube would be formed
twenty-eight miles long!
[1 ?There aro 10,000 street gas tamps in
New-York, which burn 30,000 feet of gas per
hour, or 430,000 feet per night. Tha cost of
one night's burnij is about K4®&
CC7The Elmira Gazette says that Wm. Derr,
the celebrated English trainer of horses, is at
Wellsburg, training a large troxpe•af horses for
Washburn's famous Indian Amphitheatre.
UChurch•going has become a very expen
sive matter in San Francisco. At a sale of
pews several sold as high as twelve• thousand
dollars, equivalent to about 623 per Sunday.
I]7APPLICATIONS FOR BOUND/ LANDS.-
About 1800 claims for Bounty Land. ender the
act of tha last session, the Slur says, were re
ceived at the Pension Office, at Washington on
Monday.
Da - Nobody likes to bo nobody ; but every
body is pleased to think himself somebody.—
And everybody is somebody ; but, whsn. any
body thinks himself to be somebody, Pa. gener
ally thinks everybody else to be nobody.
cri - >--ir a streak of lard is worth a shilling,
what would a dap of butter come to. Multiply
the milk by the age of the cow, and divide by
the square root of the chalk contained therein.
The quotient will be the answer.
That man who is afraid to make. an en
emy, or is afraid of his enemies when they
come ready made, as come they will, is nt t
made of quite the metal to cut his way through
this world.
Our Devil woke up the other tivrning,
and was astonished to see a bedbug sitting on
the back of a chair near his bed pulling pins
from his jacket, and innocently pieking his
teeth.
1 - " The Seneca Lake, it is stated, is now
frozen over at the northern end for miles. The
ice is a foot thick, and horses and sleighs go
over on the lake to Geneva. The lake has not
before been crossed on the ice, in sleighs, since
1834.
successful inventor has offered the
English war office an electric rifle, which
greatly surpasses any weapon in use, flinging a
ball from 1000 to 2000 feet, at the rate of some
sixty shots per minute.
0" - It is stated that the number of missions.
'ries laboring throughout the world is about
3,612. These, if equally. distributed, would
allow but one missionary for about 167,000
souls.
Cr.:7A city , editor says a man in N. Y.: 7
himself into trouble by marrying two, `.` ; A
A western editor replies, by assurin t :
tompory that a good many men in n
have done the same thing by only marrying
one.
is not high crimes, such as robberies
and murder, which destroy the peace of society,
so much ass tho village gossip, family quarrels;
jealousies and bickerings between neighbors—
meddlesomeness and tattling, which aro the
worms that eat-into all social happiness.
A nusr BURNED &avg.—A stage driver on
one of the line of stages between Tiduouto and
Franklin, as we aro informed, was taken with
the small pox, a few days since, and was con.
voyed to a shanty, about half a mile this side
of Tidiouto, where he was left to the tender
mercies of a man who was hired to take charge
of him for'the consideration ore pint of whiskey !
This man, for some reason or other, absented
himself from the shanty ibr about half an hour,
and, when he returned, fbund it almost wholly
consumed by fire; and all that was left of the
poor stage driver was his bleached and crumb•
ling bones. How the fire originated it is not
known ; but disease had stolen so much of the
poor man's strength that he was unable to drag
himself from the building, and consequently
fell a victim to the raging element.—Warren
(Pa.),, Ledger. , . .
To Pasnuir CRUST FORMING Isms or TiA
KNITLE/3.-Ptit into the teakettle' a fiat oyster
shell. It will attract the stany .partieles that
aro in the water to itself, and 'preTept their
forming upon the k ftte.