ent Atgioter.
ALLENTOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1855
o:7l,tivr F. FRANKC was last week appointed
court Crier, in place of Daniel•Fricd.
UThe Grand Jury allowed a bridge over
The Jordan Creek, at Allentown.
Verdict Returned
In our last we gave the proceedings of. the
trial of Joseph Ritter and Wife vs. William 11.
Bush, et al, then progressing at Philadelphia,
for the recovery of damages for personal inju
iics received by being thrown out of a stage
coach, on the passage from Allentown to Phila
delphia, in consequence of tho breaking of an
axle.:` The jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiffi for two hundred and sixty-six dollars.
:Alipolnintent by the M. E. Conference.
. The newly appointed Methodist preachers for
Allentown Circuit are Revs. 11. A. Hones and
C. THOMAS. They will'pferch .for the first
time on Sunday next. Ther late pastor of the
Church at this place, Rev. Samuel Irwin, goes
to Newtown, Bucks county, and Rev. Hinson
goes on the Kent Circuit, Maryland.
Lehigh Peuelbles.
The above named company paraded under
the command of Captain GOOD on Monday
Inst. They made a very imposing appearance,
and their marching and evolutions were very
much admired. We are told that they in
tend parting with the present uniform. Their
present dress. is the adopted uniform of the
United States Artillery. and in our opinion they
can hardly find anything that will give them
a more soldier-like appearance.
Drowned
On Thursday evening last HExas P. NAGLE
came to his death by being drowned in the
Canal, just above the bridge. Tie left Meyer's
tavern on the opposite side, with the inten
tion of returning home, at about nine o'clock,
but the evening bring very dark, it is supposed
he missed the bridge and fell in the Canal.—
He was found floating on the water the next
morning near Keck & Saeger's' Mill. An in
quest was held and • the Jury derided that lie
came to his death by accidental drowning.—
He' was thirty-seven years of age.
ME 13 1111
On Monday the 2d inst., a man named MAD
DOCK, in the employ of Mr. Franklin Ritter, in
North Whitehall township, Committed suicide
by hanging. Towards evening he asked per
mission of Mr. R. to go and engage seine wood
for himself. Ile however did not return as he
had promised, and on Mr. Ritter going to the
barn in the morning lie found MAunocK sus
pended to a whip lash which had been faStened
to a ten-penny nail. He was about twenty
five years of age, and had been married but a
short time.
GEM!
Between ten and eleven o'clock - on Friday
night last our citizens were alarmed by the cry
of fire. It Proved to be the stable of Mr. ALT
GUSTI7S Krarzit, in Lumber Alley, between
Hamilton and Linden streets. In a very short
time the stable was burnt to the ground to
gether with two cows and a heifer. It is be
lieved to have been set on fire. The stable was
insured in the Lycoming Mutual Insurance
Company. Fortunately there was no wind at
the time, as it would undoubtedly have resulted
in the destruction of the extensive Lumber
Yard of Hoffman & Brothers. A reward of
$lOO is'offered by the town council for the de
tection and conviction of the persons who set
fire to the above stable. While the above fire
was in progress another alarm was created,
which proved to be the stable of Mr. Ilsxny J.
SAEGER, in Hall Alley, which was also set on
fire. It was, however, extinguished before it
had done much damage by sonic persons who
were on their way to the tire in Lumber Alley.
We hope the heartless wretches guilty of the
above named acts may be detected and be
made to suffer the penalty of the law.
On Mondaylnorning last officer Hnukey ar
rested' on suspicion two young men named
JonN BOYER and MAIN KxAtTss. They Were
held by Justice Lawall under :,',300 security for
a further hearing to-day.
Spring. •
Spring !—sweet spring—among all the sea
sons of the year, none has a name that calls up
such bright fancies and warm hopes ns spring.
Even the pale cheek of the invalid assumes, for
the moment, a glow of delighted hope, as the
fresh flowers and green fields of the merry
.
spring-time come over his thoughts. While
Nature is putting on the mantle of health and
joy, decay and mourning find no fitting place
for their dark train
,of shadows and sadness.
We know that spring is here, and that
"She will steal into the shadowed recesses
Where the timid young violet lies,
Till it wake to her playful caresses,
`And wink 'neath her dazzling blue eyes.
She will whisper within the green woods,
Till the birds catch her tones and rejoice;
And the holy and far solitudes,
Shall echo her musical voice."
FIRE.
The alarm of (ire on Wednesday evening last
was caused by a glaring light appearing in a
western direction. The firemen were out with
" der machines," but on reaching the upper
part of Hamilton street, they concluded to
return as the fire appeared to be too far in the
country ; and it was then suppmud to have
proceedeed from the burning of brush. The
next day we were told that it was caused by
the destruction of the valuable barn of Mr.
Sum GRIM, in Upper Macungy township, this
county, together with about 2.00 bushels of
oats, 100 bushels rye, a large quantity of hay
and straw, and a' valuable bull. It is not
known how the fire originated. The barn was
insured in the Sinking Spline Tneurance Qom•
Our Advert'peril..
rrit is (lainhe " Nixo-Wissers" tiereibeut
town at the late Electiom We don't know how
that may be, but we do know that our friend
E. J. ABELE keeps ono of the best Restaurants
in three counties. Give bun a call. See card
in another column. He is some" in the Ice
Cream line,—balie an invitation to call and get
a taste.—To be continued.
• o:7'We direct with pleasure, the attention of
our readers to the advertisement of W. K. Mos
sem & Co., No. 34 East Hamilton street. Their
stock of Leather and Shoe Findings is the larg
est and best in town. Persons in want of any
articles in their line would do well to give them
a call before purchasing elsewhere. See their
Card.
NELIGH & Bnsixta, of Pennsyl
vania Clothing Ilall, have just received an ex
tensive and splendid assortment of goods, suit
able for Spring and Summer. Their vestings,
cloths, cassimeres, &c., cannot be surpassed in
style or durability. They employ none but the
best workmen, and can consequently warrant
their work.---See advertisement.
1117" The general complaint about hard
times' should induce us to be cautious, and en
deavor to purchase cheap and substantial goods.
Those who have this object in view, when in
want of boots, shoes gaiters, &c., will do well
to call on YOUNG & Lsn, No. 45 East Hamilton
street. We refer our readers to their adver
tisement in another column.
(r7By reference to our advertising columns
it will be seen that Mr. Boren LAUx has again
located himself at Catasauqua. Besides the Vet
erinary business, ho is also engaged in selling
and buying horses,on commission. He is a tho
rough horseman, and persons will find it to
their advantage to give him a call.
ACADEMY.—The advertise
ment of this Institution will be found in anoth
er column. The school is in a very flourishing
condition. Mr. GREGORY, the able gentleman-'
ly Principal, is aided in his labors by a corps
of excellent teachers.
Dead Dolly Found.
On Friday last the corpse of a german named
ANTHONY LENTZ, supposed to be about forty
five years of age, was found lying on the road
side near Mr. Kemmerer's farm, in Salsburg
township. He had been an inmate of the Poor
House but left the institution about three
weeks since. An inquest was held on the body
and a verdict returned that he had died during
an apoplectic fit. His remains were interred
at the Poor House.
Household V ords.
'We have received from the publishers the
April number of this staunch and substantial
monthly, which deserves the patronage of all
those who delight in solid and instructive read
ing, in preference to the flash romance which
deluge the Mild with mock sentiment and false
delineations of life's true duties.
lcorik Pennsylvania Rail bond
From a circular just issucd by this Company
we make the following extracts:—
" The nineteen miles of the road on which the
track is now being laid down, extends from
William street to the intersection of the State
road in Gwynned township, Montgomery Co.,
where a theca communication will be opened
by stage with Doylestown, Norristown, and all
intermediate and more nothern points."
" From the Norristown and Doylestown
stage rou)to the Lehigh river, a distance of
about thirty-six miles, the work of gradation
is rapidly progressing, and will be completed
to the junction of the Doylestown Branch by
January, 1856, and, to Bethlehem by April Ist,
1856."
" EARLY OPENING OP ONE-TDIRD 07 THE MAIN
ROAD.—The iron rails are now being laid down
on nineteen miles of the North Pennsylvania
Railroad, which portion will soon , be put into
operation ; the locomotives and cars are on
hand, in readiness for the event. „
As -these nineteen miles pass out from the
city through a populous and productive country,
a profitable business is anticipated.
DOYLESTOWN BRA:CCM—In the spring of 1850,
one year hence, the cars will run to Doyles
town.
NORM END OF MAIN IROAD.-By the first of
April, 1856, it is Stipulated by contractors of
unquestionable responsibility and experience,
that the gradation for a double track will be
completed to Bethlehem : whereupon the iron
rails will be laid down, and the cars passed
over the whole road from Philadelphia to the
Lehigh river."
County Treasurer
The following bill has been reported in rela
tion to the office of County Treasurer. It pro
poses to make the term three years instead one
year as it is at the present time ; those in office
to fill out the term of three years, comtnene•
ing from the time they entered upon their
duties :
A Supplement to the Act entitled act re
lati»g to the Election of County Treasicrer."
SEC. 1. 13e it enacted, &0., That the County
Ti ens:sere. in office in the different counties of
this Commonwealth shall hold and enjoy their
respective offices for the term of three years
from the time they entered upon the duties
thereof, and that hereafter all County Trea
surers shall be elected for the term of three
years and shall perform the duties and be sub
ject to the provisions of the act to which this
is a supplement : Provided, That the Trea
surers now in office whose terms are extended
for ono year shall give bonds according to the
terms and provisions of the law under which
they are elected condilionedlor the faithful per
formance of their respective duties for the time
herein added to their terms of office. •
SEC. 2. That so much of the said Act of As
sembly as is hereby altered and supplied is
hereby repealed.
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Richard M. Brodhead is' now On a
visit to New Orleans. •
COUfIT PROOMEDINOII.
FIRST WRIER.
Court mu: mewed on Tuesday the . 3rd, for
the trial of the criminal cases and argument
lists. A large number of cases were settled by
parties, and a number before the'dmirt.
Commonwealth vs. Solomon Groman.--In
dictment for Fornication and Bastardy, on oath
of Betty Sell. Verdict guilty. Sentence that
the defendant pay a fine of one dollar, to pay
Hetty Sell the sum of thirty dollars ibr lying
in expenses and maintainance of the child to
this day, and pay the further sum of fifty cents
a week until the child arrives at the age of seven
years,—to pay the costs of prosecution and
stancommitted until the sentence be complied
with.
Commonwealth vs. David D. Been—lndict
ment for Fornication and Bastardy, on oath of
Fianna ltlichaelbach. Verdict guilty. Sentence,
that the defendant pay a fine of one dollar, the
sum of fifty-five dollars for lying in expenses,
the further sum of fifty cents a week until the
child arrives at the age of seven years, pay the
costs prosecution, and stand convicted until the
sentence be complied with.
Commonwealth vs. George Walton.—lndict•
mcnt for Assault and Battery.. Defendant plead
guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars
and the costs of prosecUtion, and stand com
mitted until the sentence be complied with.
Commonwealth vs. John H. Hess.—lndict
ment for Assault and Battery. Defendent plead
guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $25, the
cost of prosecution and stand committed until
the sentence be complied with.
Commonwealth vs. Jacob Erdman.—lndict
mint for Assault and Battery. Grand Jury
ignored the Bill and directed the prosecutor to
pay the costs of prosecution.
Commonwealth vs. Henry Savitz.—lndiet
ment for Assault and Battery. Defendant
plead guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of six
cents, costs of piosecution, and stand committed
until the sentence be complied with.
Commonwealth vs. John Klauss.—lndict
ment for Larceny. Verdict not guilty, where
upon the defendant/ was discharged Ly procla
mation.
Commonwealth vs. Alexander Weaver.--Tn
dictment for selling Lottery Tickets. Grand
Jury ignored the Bill, and directed the prose
cutor to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs.7illiam Diehl. For sell- .
ing liquor to minors under the act of Bth of
May, 1854. Defendant keeps tavern in Salis
bury township, and plead guilty to the charge
of selling to minors, but gave as a reason that
he did not know it. The Court sentenced de
fendant to 10 days imprisonment arid 850 fine
and costs.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Iliskey.--Indiet
ment for selling liquor to persons of known
intemperate habits. Verdict guilty, (not sen
tenced) April sth bench warrant awarded
against tho defendant.
Commonwealth vs. Aaron Krout.—lndict
ment for Larceny. Grand .Tury ignored the
bill and directed the county to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Stephen Lentz.—lndict
ment for keeping disorderly house. Defendant
plead guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of ten
dollars, the costs of prosecution, and stand con
victed until the sentence be complied with.
Commonwealth rs.. Jacob Ruckel.—lndiet 7
inent for keeping Tippling House. " True
Bill."
Commonwealth vs. Philip Klee. Indictment
for keeping a disorderly house. Postponed to
next term.
For the Ladle•
SPnTNG FASITIONS.—Last Thursday was the
" opening day" among the New York milliners,
and from the account of the great proceeding,
we glean the following description of the Spring
bonnet :
The bonnets this season are not so much flared
as last ; the crowns droop more, and the front
is lightly projecting, and very many are cover
ed with dotted lace,, either white or black.—
'They are trimmed' with a profusion of flowers; :
intermingled with' white or black blonde.—
Flowers are much usedin trimming, both inside
and out, and quite a novel effect is produced
by the combination. of white and black blonde.
Straw enters largely into the composition of
bonnets this season, the fronts of many being
formed of it, and the trimmings of others, re
ceiving additional' beauty 6om the intermixture
of flowers of the same glancing material. Ma
dame Ferrero exhibits two splendid specimens..
The crown and edge of the front is made of the
'finest split straw, and the front and part of the
`side crown is of hair, - arranged so as to resem
ble puffins ) each puffing being confined by
single row of braid. An exquisite border of
hair lace, with a shell-like edge, light as the
blonde and far more beautiful, is attached to
the front rim of the hat and thrown back.-
IQII the exception of the crown, the hat is trans
parent, and it is without exception, the rarest
and most recherche we have ever seen. Ladies
will learn with pleasure th 6 new style of sleeve,
which open in the front from the shoulder to
the wrist, connected by rows of pearls, and ex
hibiting to the admiring gaze the richest and
most expensive under sleeves. Then we have
another style fitting close to the arm, and end
ing in a deep frill, falling over the elbow.
SCITUTLICILL CANAL.-oificial notice has been
)3
given to suspend all boating on this line on the
Sabbath the current season. The regula n,
we understand, was warmly urged by s eral
of the largest boating firms on the Canal, and
meets with very general favor among all engag
ed in the navigation trade. Besides the moral
right of the question, the fact was fully estab•
lished that the interests of the parties concerned
actually suffered under the old regulation—that
the fatigue of the men, and the wear and tear
of horses and . mules, macrinery, &c., for seven
days in the week continuously, throughout the
season, cost more in the end than the extra
time paid for. So much in testimony of the
Providential wisdom and benignity of the Sib
bath's institution. .
What to a Tea Weeght;
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recent-
Ty .decided, that according to the laws of this
State a ton weight consisted of 2000 Thshi and
that a greater number of pounds could not be
legally exacted in purchasing a ton of coal,
notwithstanding the custom of giving .2,240 in
ono part of the State, and 2,288 in another.—
The U. S• District Court on Monday Ina deci
ded in a suit in admiralty, that the legal weight
of a ton of coal is 2,240 lbs., and that the coal
dealers have no more right to give less, than
grocers would have to give less than sixteen
ounces to the pound. As the Constitution of
the U. S. gives to Congress the rower to " fix
the, standard of weights and measures," we
suppose that the net of 1834, passed by the
Assembly in Pennsylvania, must yield to the
higher authority, and all the laws of this State
prescribing the size of the yard measure, the
cubic contents of a bushel and of a gallon, are
null and void where they differ from the U. S.
standard. If this be the case, the Sealer of
Weights and Measures and other analogous of
fices in the Commonwealth are entirely useless
and illegal. The State laws will doubtless be
made to conform to the U. S. laws in those points
where they now differ. The importancWof hav
' ing but one standard will be perceived from
the suits at law to which various standards
give rise.
ENLISTMENTS FOR THE EASTERN WAR.-II is
settled beyond a doubt that recruiting offices
aro now actually open in Philadelphia, New
York, and other American cities, to procure
soldiers for the British " foreign legion," to
serve in the pending war against Russia. The
agent in New York has shipped off eighty per
sons) already to II lifax, where they aro sworn
and regularly m tered into service, and he
says he could proc re five hundred men in New
York in a week, ' he had the means of ship
ping them. I? that number have already
shipped, tho i the agency had been open but
a few day These agents are regularly com
missioned by the Governor of Nova Scotia.
and have issued advertisements, offering a
bounty to recruits. The office in Philadelphia
has done as large a business as the New York
office, most of the applicants in both cities
being Germans. The.agents do not profess to
recruit, but only to take charge of the men of
fering, and furnish them with a passage to llali
fax, where they may be recruited.
THE WHEAT CROP IN OEM AND PENNSYL
VANfA.—The Ohio Cultivator publishes letters
from various counties in Ohio, embracing
the principal wheat growing sections, and
the letters all concur in sayingthat the breadth
of ground covered with wheat is from one-third
to one-fourth less than an average. This is ac
counted for by the fact that the long drought of
last "summer and fall prevented the plowing of
sod lands, and fall sowing was therefore con
fined to stubble and corn lands. Resort will
be had, as far as possible, to the sowing of
spring wheat ; but as the growing of that va
riety of wheat has not been common in Ohio,
seed is scarce. In the counties of • Western
Pennsylvania there is an increased breadth of
.ground covered with wheat this year.
A NEGRO KILLED BY WlN:rm.—Report says
that a few days since a negro man belonging
to Mrs. Batson, a widow lady residing in Ro
ger's Prairie, Madison county, Texas, went out
into the woods to chop timber, and did not re
turn. Search being made for him, a piece of
one of his legs was found near the post where
he had been chopping, and five dead wolves.—
It is supposed that ho had been attacked by a
gang of these animals and that he had killed
five of them with his axe before they had de
stroyed him.
ENLISTING SOLDIERS FOR TAE WAn.—Exten
sive arrangements have been made for enlisting
soldiers in the United States for .the British
army in all our principal cities. Fifty re
cruits were sent from Boston, on Wednesday
last to Halifax—ln Philadelphia,a considerable
cumber of Then have beeti shipped to Bali
'fax. 'oil Wednesday lait,theU. S.: Marshall
arrested a number of men on board a steamer,
in . the Delaware river, bound for. New York,
who had been enlisted or engaged hero for the
British army. The recruiting agents were also
arrested and • the whole party had a hearing
before the U. S. Commissioner.
FORCE. OF THE WIND IN A TORNADO.-7011 the
Ist of January. Bombay was visited by ,a
cyclone or huricane, which commenced about
midnight 'and lasted six or seven hours. It
began at S. E., and before its force was ex
pended had gone round the compass to W. N.
W. At the height of the gale, the pressure of
the wind was equal to thirty-five pounds to
the square foot—a force against which nothing
living could stand up on open ground. The
next ruornipeflie gardens appeared as if a
heavy raot had passed over them, and the
various directions in which the tall Palmyra
palms had fallen, afforded a palpable indica
tion of the revolting character of the storm.
REFORM IN NEW Yonx.—One day lass week.,
about forty unfortunate women of bad charac
ter were brought before the Mayor. As they
marched in pairs along the street, some of the
Women were laughing, some crying, some curs
ing. some swearing. Some were gaudily dress
ed, and others clothed in rags. The most
hardened were sentenced to six months in the
penitentiary ; others who manifested symp
toms of repentance and contribution, were sent
up for a less period, and a very few, who seem
ed to - feel the humiliation of their position, were
told to go and " sin more."
A GOOD Hrr.—A few days since, inlthe North
Carolina Legislature, while a bill was pending
which imposed a fine for selling liquor to free
negroes, a member objected on the ground that
" such a law would make the free negroes more
dpeent than the whites r,
Itgiotritiut ?rorttblings..
SENATE
On the 30th of March, Mr. FRY presented
petition from Lehigh county, for the incorpora
tion of a company to erect a bridge over the Le
high river atsr near the Allentown iron. works.
The following reports of Committees were
then presented
Mr. HAMLIN, (Judiciary,) with a negative
recommendation, House bill, No. 844,. resolu
tions relative to inoperative' charterA'in the
counties of Northampton and Lehigh.
Mr. LEWIS, (Corporation,) with amend
ment, Senate bill No. 207, to incorporate tho
Pennsylvania and Lehigh zinc company.
Mr. SKINNER, (Railroads,) with a negative
recommendation, the bill to authorize •the bo
roughs of Norristown and Allentown, and cer
tain townships in Montgomery and Lehigh coun
ties, to subscribe to the capital stock of the
Norristown and Allentown railroad company.
Mr. LEWIS called up Senate bill, No. 207,
to incorporate the Pennsylvania Lehigh zinc
company. Passed finally, as follows :—Yeas
18. nays 8. "
Mr. FRY, tilt) bill to incorporate the Hano
ver and. South Whitehall bridge company.—
Passed finally.
Mr. WALTON, House bill No. 778, to estab
lish a ferry over the river Delaware at of near
Aten's ferry, in NOrthampton county.—Passed
second reading and laid over.,
On the 3d of April, Mr. Fry, House bill No.
527, supplement to the act authorizing the ap
pointment of sealers of weights and measures.
[The bill relates to Franklin, Northampton and
Lehighcounties, repealing the office of measurer
of weights and measures in said sountics.]
Mr. Darsie opposed the bill, on the ground
of its interference with the general law on the
subject.
Mr. Fry supported it, on the ground that
they did not require such an officer in his
district.
The bill was lost as follows :—Yeas 8,
nays 10.
On the oth Mr. Fry, presented a petition re
lative to the Lehigh Valley railroad company.
HOUSE
On the sth of April, the Governor informed
the Legislature that he had signed the bills to
extend the charter of the Bank of Pennsyl
vania, to incorporate the Mechanics' Bank, of
Pittsburg, the Mauch Chunk Bank, the An
thracite Bank, the .Tamauqua Bank, the New
Castle Bank, the City Bank of Philadelphia,
and for the partial restoration of the capital of
the Bank of Penn Township.
On the 23d an Act to incorporate a company
to build a bridge over the Lehigh river was
passed finally.
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THE EXPENSES OP CoNcassn. 7 Congressionnl
expenses increase enormously with each suc
ceeding session. The appropriation of the last
session. shows that the aggregate expenses for
the year were• , :1,472,61.)9. The amount is
made up of the daily pay and mileage of nvin
hers, compensation of officers, etc. Many of
the sums comprehended in this aggregate were
iippropriated without any just reason. For
instance, about $lO,OOO were voted to the re
porters of the Globe: These reporters are fully
and handsomely paid for services by the pro
prietor h
salk ,
e Globe, who in their turn are alSo
liberally id by Congress far the publication
of the deba es.
TTIE NEGRO AND TIIE RAM--In the Callao
(Peru,) News of Feb. 10th, we read as follows :
HEADS WlN.—The approaching Carnival
season promises to be rich, rare and racy, in
its character. By reference to our advertising
columns it will be seen that a Butting match
is in contemplation, between the Steward of
the Wild Pigeon, and a rem celebrated for his
strength and courage. It is almost unneces
sary. to add that the challenging party is a
colored man.. Some idea of the strength of his
skull may be formed, from the fact of his hav
ing a day or two since butted in the head of
porter cask, upon Which a heavy hammer would
make nq impression, '
BITTEN Dr A 1114.--A few days ago•a" young
lady at a boarding school in Flushing, had
her hand bitten by a rat, while she was in bed,
asleep. It soon commenced swelling, and a
physician was called in, whO pronoAnced it to
be badly poisoned, and expressed the opinion
that it might have to be amputated: The
young lady had:been compelled to leave school,
and is now at ber Itme in Brooklyn. She says
that she was awakened in the night by a nib
bling at her hand, when she grasped the rat
and threw it from the bed. Her parents are
greatly exasperated to think their daughter
should be put in a room infested with rats.
GOOD YIELD.-A friend in Honeybrook town
ship, informed us that during the last season
he has sold upwards of 3000 lbs. of Butter,
the product of three cows; besides supplying
his own family consisting of eight or 'nine
persons. We are always pleased to hear of
cases of thrift. During the winter his butter
has been sold at prices ranging from 35 to 45
cents.—Vlrest Chester Record.
SPORTING INTRLLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.-
A " sporting character" of New York city, has
offered to bet that during the next summer ho
will drive a team of ono hundred, rats harnessed
to a light wagon, from the Astor House to Union
Square, through Broadway.
INSANITY OF QUEEN VIOTORIA.—II is said in
diplomatic circles at Washington, that a pri
vate despatch has reached that city saying that
Victoria was fast going theway of her ancestors
—that is, becoming deranged, the symptoms
having shown themselves in her recent illnes.s
To Tn Ouu.s.—Mrs. Swisshelm says :
" The secret you dare not tell your mother is a
dangerous secret, and.one that will•be likely to
bring you sorrow."
itur Olp 9holot:
Iri'Running.—Tho boats.
D'lmproving.—Our town_
fri - See new advertisements.
[l:7lncrepsing.—Loafers.
[l:7 - Chlingeablei—Tho weather.
[3Coming—Garden making time.
Ea - Interesting—Our outside. Read it.
[l:7'When one will not, two cannot quarrel.
[O - Woman should rule but not govern.
[That is a base and narrow mind to 'iihictr
suspicion is natural.
who would have his business well
done must either do it himself or see it done..
[I3IIe who finds a thing and does not restore
it, steals it.
117 Tunning and treachery are sure evidence
of want of brains.
[ - The first school in Pennsylvania was es
tablished in 1683.
• [onf folly were a pain, there would be
groaning in every house.
[l:7-In Virginia the wheat crop is looking.
well.
[l'Shiu.l are being caught in the Delaware in
large numbers.
ir7Oiled sawdust, acted upon by the rays• .
of the sun, will ignite spontaneously in sixteen
hours.
(17Tliree vagrant negro men were sold at
Easton, ud., last week, at prices ranging from•
$4O to $9l.
liTliomas Muffin was the first Governor of
Pennsylvania, under the state Constitution
which was adopted in 1790.
ri—The Mauch Chunk Bank has been signed
by the Governor—so has the Pittsburg and
New Castle.
0 - ylf thou starriest for beauty, thou kindest
thyself all thy life fur that which perchance
will neither last nor please thee ono year.
Ey - It is stated that there are a thousand•
Know Nothing Lodges in Ohio, and from 125,-
000 to 150,000 members.
_l77 — lf you want your neighbor to know
" who you are"—give a party and don't invito•
the folks who " live next door."
rj - J - It's provoking for a woman who has.
been Working, all day • mending, her husband's.
old coat, to find a love-letter from another Wo
man in' his pocket. Is'nt it
-- The fact should be every way announced,.
that no letter can pass through the mails after
the 31st day of March, ult., unless the postage•
,s paid in advance.
G... Onions are selling at retail for two cents
apiece, and small ones at that. What are vice
coining to, when even onions put on such ex
travagant airs ? •
ga - The heart that is firmly anehored on the
faith of the promise, " that all things shall
work together for good to them who love God,'
can never despair.
10.14‘,
B - Why are the United States' Color* li':e
the stars in Heaven ? Because they are be
yond the power of any nation to pall th9n
down.
Ea -- -A beautiful and chaste woman is the per
fect workmanship of God, the true glory of
Angels, the rare miracle of the earth, and solo
wonder of the world.
1177 — A sale of 7000 bushels of Genesee wheat
was made in New York on Saturday at $2,.70
per bushel. This is the highest pries that
wheat has been sold at for many years.-
[l7/"Money is so scarce in this neighborhood
that when two dollars meet, they are such
strangers to each other, that the fortunate pos
sessor has to give them an introduction.
fr7The orange trees of Florida are in blos
som. The perfume of the orange groves is said
to be wonderful ; being perceptible at sca, a
distance of from ten to fifteen miles from land.
3_r Ilow does it happen that whenever you
chance to stop out late,' upon your retirement
as quiCtly as possible, every door creaks ten
times as much tis usual, and the stairs go on
like parks of artillery
I'."Cash helps along courting amazingly.—
Astonishing what oyster suppers, bracelets,
" love of a bonnet," suburban rides and balls
will do towards expanding the ,feminine heart
and getting into the parson's house.
(a — Parson Brownlow, of the Knokville
(Tenn.) Whig, intimates it'as his belief that
two-thirds of the Methodist clergy belong to the
Know Nothing organization. The Parson is,
of course, a member.
[CPTIIN. BOUNTY LAND. LAW.--SiDeCtllO 18th
ult., 13,400 applications for bounty lands under
the new law, have been received at the pension
office. This, .it will "be remembered, iP the
result of only ono of the many bounty land acts
of Congress+
[I:7A contemporay describing a' dance 'at a
country village in his neighborhood, says:
The gorgeous strings of glass beads glistened
on tho heaving bosoms of the villiage belles,
like polished rubies resting on the surface of
warm apple dumplings.' Did you ever!
pear tree, brought to thistoun*Prom,
England, in a flowerpot by Captain Samuel, son
of General Harrison the Regicide, billow stand.
ing near Gloucester city, the property of a Mr.
Johnson, having stood there for more thin one
hundred and fifty years.
13:7 - The word Pennsylvania is derived from
Penn, the name of the founder, ally°, a wood
or forest, and lima a Latin termination - signify.
ing that the word of which it forms a part is
the name of a country. The literalmeaning of
the name, therefore, is " Penn's Forest Coufi..
try."
():7 - A lad was recently arrested in Wyan
dotte, Pa., sharged by his pretty young
" school marm" with snow-balling,. washing
her face, and finally (oh, chocking !).with being
strongly tempted by
.the reddening cheeks
imprinting a kiss upon them. For the imper
tinence, the lad was arrested for assault and
battery. Very unpretty" on her,part, floor.
tainly.