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ALLENTOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25,.1865.
[Our advertising friends have demanded
a large share of our paper lately. We shall
endeavor to make up for it in a few weeks.
Appointments.
The following= appointments were made by
Major General DAVID LADDY
Henry C. Longnecker, of Allentown, and Asher
• D. Sheinier, of Northampton, Aids with the .
rank of Major.
Joseph Laubach, of Northampton, Division In-
Spector.
Willoughby Foge4of Upper Macungy, Quar
,
ter Master.
.OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
THE LEGISLATURE has not yet fixed a day for
final adjournment. The Senate passed a reso
lution to adjourn on the 17th, inst., which the
House amended by substituting the 24th ; but
no further action was had upon it, and cense
quiDntly it ithounts to nothing. It is not likely
from present appearances that an adjournment
will take place for some weeks to come.
American Meeting.
An open American meeting, favorable to an
open American organization, was held in the
Odd Fellows' Hall on Saturday evening last.—
The meeting was well attended, and enthusiasm
and good feeling pervaded the assemblage. On
motion of E. J. Moore, Esq., GEORGE RELIER,
was called to the chair, and Simon Boolc and
Benjamin Hagenbuch appointed Vice Presidents.
Tho meeting was ably addressed by J. H.
JONES, Esq., Editor of tho American Banner,
and E. H. Renal, Esq., Editoi of the Bethlehem
Valley Times.
ISOWN.
A licantiflii Astronomical Sight.
The beautiful astronomical phenomenon 'of
the occultation„ or eclipse of the planet - Venus,
by the Moon, took place on Wednesday even
ing last. The sky was clear and without the
least obstruction to interfere with a full view
of the wonderful occurrence, which goes to show
the great workings of creation. The occurrence
was witnessed by crowds of admiring specta
tors. Immediately after dark, the bodies were
observed to bo slowly approaching each other,
and at eight o'clock they seemed as if they were
going into one another. At about twenty
minutes past eight Venus was hid from view—
the moon having passed between it and our
earth, and when she emerged she escaped fur
ther observation by a speedy plunge beneath the
horizon. The sight was attractive and instruc
tive, giving us a faint view of the wonders of
the solar system. Altogether the sight was a
most beautiful one—seen but once in a life-time,
and over after remembered with delight.
A Word to Farmers.
Although tho prico of all kinds of grai
wheat bringing s2.so—rye $1.30, and corn $ ,
there are a large number of farmers in our
neighborhood who have great quantities on
hand, and who have determined, not to part
with it at even the present exorbitant prices.
We were told last week, that a certain farmer
in Salsburg had expressed himself that he would
not part with his wheat under $3 per bushel.
It is true grain advanced at New York within
a week or two, but the indications are that the
present high prices for breadstuCt's will soon de
cline. It is expected that they will materially,
decline on the opening of the Erie Canal, which
is to take place on the 10th of May. If any of
our farmer readers have any portion of their
last Ames, crop still on hand, which they in
tend
to sell,. we advise them let it go at the
present prices. There are an hundred chances
to one against any further increase. Those
who continue to hold back for further advances,
will be 'very apt to find, 'a month bence, that
they must sell at a lower fignre.• The.prpsent
prices are' high enough to meet the grasping
hankei of a miser : and any one Who is not sat
isfied with them will not merit much sympathy
if they hold on and take, lower ones.
The New Postage Law i
Some papers hive given currency to the idea
that under the new postage law, it is necessary
to prepay letters addressed to heads of Depart
ments, other. officials at Washington, and to
inembersef Congress. Thisvis not the fact, for
the new law makes no change as to the illuik
ing privilege, and letters can therefore still be
forwarded free of postage, as heretofore.
GUILD BURNED.
On Monday afternoon last a child of Mrs.
McHolten, in South Whitehall township, was
so severely burned that it expired about an
hour after the eccurrence. During a short ab
sence of the mother from , the house the child's
clothing took fire from a stove. It was about
4 years old.
Robbery.
On the •17th instant, sixty dollars in gold
were stolen from MARLON GROVES, who is em
ployed azn servant on the farm of Mr. Franklin
Butz, in North Whitehall, township. The
money had been kept in a bureau drawer. A
german lad, whose name is not kno*n, and who
had been staying with Mr: Butz for some days
previous to the robbery, is suspected of the
orimo. He has not been seen in the neighbor
hood since.
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Destructive Fir; sit Easton.
On Saturday evening last another destructive
Piro occurred at Easton. It was discovered at
about half-past 12 o'elock in a stable 6n Rine
alloy, and spread so rapidly that in a short time
it had wholly consumed the Methodist Church.
and several dwellings and stables—ten build-
ings in all. Howard & Co.'s Express stable was
destroyed, together with five horses, several
wagons, and all the gearing. The lumber yard
of Kepple & Lines was also on fire. The loss
is estimated at about $20.000
Educated Farmers
One reason why Agriculture is not more es
teemed, is the fact that a man having sons, al.
ways puts the smartest into a college, or a store,
or a mechanic's shop. The cultivation of the
soil, the business above all others in the world
that requires education, talent and science, is
left to the dull and ignoratit of our own 'Coun
try, and uneducated and poor of others, who
flock here in thousands. The advantages an
educated farmer has over the ignorant and stu
pid, aro- far greater than the intelligent and
shrewd shipping merchant or banker has over
the dull, plodding trader, whose vision extends
no further than the rim of his hat. All the
necessaries of life are raised generally, by uned
ucated, hard-working men, who spend more
time, labor and expense in raising a dollar's
worth of eatables, than a scientific or intelligent
practical farmer would spend in raising five
dollars' worth ; and then when they have
raised or madeihem, they sell them to specula
tors, who in turn sell them to butchers and
market men, and they to the consumers.—
Scarcely an article comes to market that is not
sold four or five times, and at a profit each
time, before it gots into the hands of the con
sumers. The remedy for this state of things
is simple. Let every farmer pick out his
" brightest boy," and give him a suitable edu
cation to make a scientific agriculturist. Then,
and not till then, we shall see a diTerent state
of things.
fleeting of the Lehigh Pencil,les.
A meeting of the Lehigh Fencibles was held
at their Armory on the evening of the 10th
instant. Captain GOOD was called to the chair,
and John P. Dillinger appointed Secretary pro
tem. After the meeting was organized, a reso
lution was adopted to form a Rifle Company in
place of Infantry. The propriety of adopting
a name for the company was next discusSed,
and that of " Allen Rifles" was selected and
adopted. An election for officers being neces
sary, the following named persons were duly
elected : '
Captain—T. 11. Good ; First Lieut.—Thomas
Steckel ; Second Lieut.—George Fry ; Quarter
Master—John P. Dillinger ; Orderly Sergeant--
W. IV. It. Hangen ; Second Ord. Ser.—George
W. Wetherhold ; Third Ord. Scr.—Walter C.
Miller ; Fourth Ord. Ser.—George P. Young ;
Treasurer—Thomas Steckel ; Secretary.—W.
W. It. Hangen. .
Darn Destroyed.
During the thunder storm last Friday after
noon, a barn belonging to Mrs. ILuwr, near
Nazareth, Northampton county, was struck by
lightning, and entirely destroyed, with eight
head of cattle, all the farming implements, and
a large quantity of hay, straw and grain.
Drowned.
On Saturday morning last two boatmen were
drowned in Schwartz's Dam, above Catasau
qua. One of theM was a man named Joint
ROTH, and the other a lad aged about 15 year.<
whose name we were unable to learn. Roth
Easton
Cultivate Flowers.
Now is the time to attend to your flower
gardens. It is a pleasing task, which lovers
of floral beauties are not inclined to neglect. It
is true that the -work is fatiguing, but it is
healthful, and the reward abundant. The love
of flowers is universal—adults and infants alike
sharing in the admiration of garden products.
Flowers ! Aro they not welcome visitors, at this
season, so beautiful from a contrast with the
rigors of Winter, through which we have just
passed ? Assuredly. Then cultivate them,
that they may in the coming month, gladden
your eyes, and rejoice your heart.
Business -Notices
I:l7'Tlie Age of Impriiiicmeitt is now, and you
may Sneer' at,your:" fast young men" as much
as you please; but one has to, be fast, now.a
day4 to keep up with the times. " Things
ain't now as they used to was," but everything
o
is made to keep pace with railroad cars going
at the rale of 60 miles a minute, and telegraphic
communications flint 'reach Omni' destination
before they are sent; The person that don't
visit gropes Store, to see his new arrivals, may
he set down as, a decidedly " old fogy." We
stepped in at his Store on MoudaY evening last,
and must say that his staek in point of variety,
and beauty and richness of styles and patterns,
is not surpassed by any in town.,
rj — BAKEtt, the 'fugitiVe murderer of Bill
Poole, has not yet been heard of, but Wings of
the chase after him are expected soon, and then
there will be a freSh excitement. In the mean
time everything is quiet. People aro cleaning
house and getting rendy, for spring, and crowds
of gentlemen are rushing to the New Clothing
Store of Lichtenwalner & Stettler. See adver
tisement.
r7Runs & Wirrr , Wholegale and Retail
Boot and Shoo Manufactuters, have wakened
up this 'Spring, and drive business with more
life and energy even than has been their wont
heretofote. They have one of the most elegant
establishments to be found anywhere out of the
cities—arranged tastefully and methodically:—
They keep everything prime—the best or none,
is their motto, and it is a correct one. See
their advertisement.
11:7-S. 11. -LActsn, at Catasauqua, through
our coltinins, invites the attention of the com
munity in that section of the country, to his
very fife stock of Goods just received, which ho
selected with great care from the New York
and Philadelphia Markets.
D7The different Millinery establishments
make pretty bold declarations of their inten
tions to serve the ladies faithfully and satisfac
torily this Summer. ee the different adver
tisements.
nabNEW POTATOES.—The Augusta (Geo.)
Chronicle announces the receipt of a fine
basket of tier* , and delicious potatoes.
PRICE Or PRODUCE IN Nsw Yong.—Flour has
advanced 12 *to 18* cents per barrel. The
prices are $9.44 to $9.62 per barrel for com
mon to good State, up to $11.50 to $12.87 for
extra Genesee. Canadian flour sold at $lO to
$10.50 for common to best extra. Rye flour,
$6.31 to $7.75 per barrel, being an advance of
25 cents. Corn meal has also improved.—
Jersey has sold at $4.87 to $4.93, and Brandy-1
wine at $5 to $5.12 per barrel. Buckwheat at
the old prices. Wheat has been limited in
supply, and sold at higher rates. Michigan
has sold at $2.70 ; Southern white at $2.70.
Rye has been in demand and has improved.—
Jersey sold at $4.45 per bushel, and Northern
at $1:50. Oats were in good demand.' State
and Western sold at 73 to 78 cents per bushel.
Corn is higher. Western mixed sold at $l.OB
per bushel ; Southern white and yellow, $l.OB
to $l.lO. First quality beef cattle sold at 11h
'to 12 cents per pound ; some very extra, 121
to 13 cents. Veal 4to 7 cents per pound ;
grass calves, $3 to $7 each. Common sheep
sold at $5.50 to $8 ; extra $lO to 812 ; lambs
$5 to $7. Ohio corn-fed hogs, 5i to 6 cents per
pound ;. hogs for packing, 6 t to GI cents ; large
hogs, best 71 to 7h cents : In the retail provi
sion market prices were never higher than at
present. Butter is outrageously dear, averag
ing front 20 cents for cheap Western; to 42
cents for first class Orange county. Eggs are
remarkably dear, being two cents apiece by the
dozen. North river and southern.shad are sell
ing at three and five shillings each. Vegeta
bles are scarce. Potatoes were sold at 30 cents
a half peck, which is a rise of sixpence on the
price of last week. Salad,,radishes and water
creasses are now in market. Tomatoes are
selling at 37 cents, per quart ; radishes at 12
cents per bunch. Green peas have arrived but
are held high, and can be bought only by the
rich. The high prices of all kinds of meats-and
vegetables bear heavily on poor people, in con
nection with the high price of flour, they hav
ing to pay six cents per pound, or forty cents
for seven pounds, by retail, for that article, and
this, too, for the poorest stuff in the markei
New York Paper.
A Witorx ntatiur NUIIDERp.—The Wabash
(la.) Gazelle contains the'particulars of the
murder of a whole family of seven persons,
named French—father, mother, three girls and
two boys. Their bodies were all found buried
under the floor of a cabin they occupied. They
were murdered by another family named Hub
bard, for the purpose of getting possession of
property not worth more than fifty dollars.—
The monsters Hubbard—husband and wife—
arc under arrest for murdering still another
family named Boyle.
A OREM. TO IMMIGRATION.—It appears, from
official reports, that at the chief places for the
debarkation of immigrants, the number that
arrived in this country during the first quarter
of 1855 is less than half the average of several
preceding years.• The war in Europe is taking
off thA siirnlns lionulation, and employment
and high wages for those .
home those who usually immigrate because
of want of work. Whether this stoppage to
immigration, with the inn& of the great West
open and real.) , for agricultural cultivation,
will be a public advantage or not, remains for
time to determine.
TRAINING A BALKY HORSE.—The Michigan
Farmer says, a horse became balky in Detroit
a short time since, and neither whipping nor
coaxing could make him stir. A rope was
fastened round his neck, and ho was dragged
a short distance by another team, but this did
not effect a cure. The rope Was then taken
from his neck, passed between - his legs, and
fastened firmly to his tail. In this manner he
was drawn a short distance, and when the
rope was taken off, the hitherto unruly animal
was perfectly obedient •to the will of his
master. Nye have seen this method tried with
similar. .results. •
A COLD PLAG.E.—Mr. Nicholas Swartz, of
Point Pleasant, informs us that about five or
six weeks since, while filling his ice house, he
cut a snake upwards of four feet long out of a
solid cake of ice. The snake was as solid as the
ice itself, but afterwards showed some signs of
vitality. lie was sorry afterwards that lid did
not make an attempt to thaw the snake, and
bring his snakeship to life again—just as a mat
ter of experiment.—Bucks Co. Intel.
MONUMENT DEDICATION.-A fine military dis
play took place in Philadelphia on Wednesday,
on the occasion of the dedication of the monu
ment of the Scott Legion, in Glenwood Ceme
tery. A part of the Legion appeared in uni
form similar to that worn by them in Mexico.
The military parade consisted of one company
of cavalry, ten of infantry, two of artillery, and
four of rifles. On reaching the Cemetery, an
oration was delivered by Joel B. Sutherland.
JoussroN vs. DARSIE.—The Chambersburg
Whig has infortnatiOn that Gov. Johnston has
signified his willingness to accept the K. N.
nomination for State Senator in the Alleghany
district at the next election, and that the nom
ination will be conceded to him. On the other
side, it is nnderstood that George Darsie, pres
ent member, will be supported by a fusion of
the old lino Whigs and Democrats. This will
make an interesting and exciting contest.
A MISSISSIPPI Mmectu.—The Quitman,
(Mississippi) Intelligencer, of the 16th of March
says, that a week or two previous, a woman in
Kemper county, in that State, "gave birth to
a child covered all over with hair. It lived
three hours and spoke three distinct words—
seven years famine.' The strangest thing
about it is, half the population of Kemper be
lieve it, and are struck with terror at the ponten
ions warning." Cannot some of our churches
'send a few infinionaries to that benighted re
gion
Execution for Murder.,
. ELKTON, Md, April 20th, 1855.
Robert Swift was executed at Elkton, Md.,
to-day. Ho was convicted at the last fall term
of the Cecil County Court, of the murder of a
man, named Killour, residing in Harford coun
ty. Swift was a man over six feet in height,
and weighed, at the time of his conviction, near
two hundred. pounds, but the . effects of his im
prisonment, and the awful situation in which
ho was, placed hint to at least one hundred
and fifty pounds.
The prisoner, since his, conviction, has been
attended by the Rev. E. J. Way, of Philadel
phia,- and last night, in his presence, and that
of Rev. Mr. Hum, Wm. Torbert and others,
the prisoner professed entire faith in the redeem
ing power of the Saviour. These gentlemen
left him at eleven o'clock, when the prisoner
retired and slept soundly, until he was aroused
this morning, and after partaking of a slj . ght
breakfast, joined with apparent sinceritrin
religious exercises, which were closed by the
administration of the Lord's Supper.
The prisoner was conducted from the jail to
the top of a high hill, surrounded by stunted
cedars,, oaks, &c., a mile and a half from the
town, guarded by several military companies,
under the command of Col. Howard, the sheriff
deeming this course necessary, as it was feared
that a largo concourse of persons would be
present from Philadelphia and Baltimore. The
unhappy prisoner, on reaching the scaffold,
ascended to the platform with a firm step, and
during the religious services thereon., frequently
exclaimed in a loud voice, " Lord help us ; Lord
he 'therciful ; bless the Lord !" &c. After all
had shaken hands with the condemned, the
sheriff removed the key holding the drop, and
the unfortunate man was left suspended in
mid-air. Owing to the shortness of the drop,
or an improper adjustment of the rope, the con
demned stvuggled hard for seven minutes, dur
ing which time he. made a number of efforts to
clutch the uprights or supports of the scaffold.
The crowd on the ground numbered about two
thousand, among whom we noticed a dozen
women.
After the body had been suspended about
thirty minutes, it was examined by Dr. Emory,
then cut down and given in charge of a relative,
who removed it to Harford county, his native
place.
The utmost decorum was preserved, and we
noticed a pitying tear from many eyes, as they
viewed the sad spectacle. The appearance of
the condemned was rather prepossessing, tall
and muscular , , his head being nearly bald,
giving him quite an intellectual appearance.
Tho prisoner, during his confinement, con
fessed to the Rev. Mr. Way that he shot Killour
with a double-barreled gun, firing both barrels
at the same time ; that the murder was not
premeditated; but, having heard that Killour
had charged him (Swift) with stealing water
melons, and also . that Killour had threatened to
shoot him, ho (Swift), on passing Killour's
establishment, and being set upon by Killour's
dog, and being under the impression that the
-3 h^^ hoe ) , induced bv his master to run at
him, fired his gun, mineling me WOLIIJUb
resulted in Killour's death.
A few nights previous to the day appointed
for the execution, Swift made an attempt to
escape from prison, by picking a hole through
the wall. He was only prevented from succeed
ing by the cries of a negro in the prison, who
attracted the attention of the Sheriff: • On enter
ing the prisoner's room, he pretended to be in
a deep sleep ; but, on an examination, it was
found that he was shamming.
PRODUCTION OF LOCOMOTIVE'S—There are 40
locomotive shops in the United States, 10 of
which are west of the Alleghanies. These
works are capable of producing 1200 locomo
tives per annum. About 400 engines are re
quired yearly to replace the depreciation of ex
isting engines. The other 800 are - required for
new roads, and the increase of business on
existing roads.. 2,000 miles of new road,
opened yearly require about 500 engines for first
equipment.
•
PAST NAGS.—A GREAT RACE came off on the
Metairie course, New Orleans, on the 10th inst.,
between Brown Dick, a colt, belonging to Col.
Goldsby, Arrow, Mary Taylor, and Ifornpike.
The race was three mile heats, and was won by
Brown - Dick, and the first heat was run in
5.301, and the second in 5.28, a performance
which astonished the sporting world, and sur
passed, it is said, by far the performances on
any other turf in America or Europe.
A MAlntarn Tuirs-PiccE.—The largest clock
ever constructed has just been furnished by Mr.
Dent for the new houses of Parliament, London.
Tho dials aro twenty-two feet in diameter; the
point of the minute-hand will therefore move
nearly fourten inches every minute. The pen
dulum is fifteen feet long. The hour bell is
eight feet high, and weighs fifteen tons. The
hammer weighs four cwt. The clock, as a
whole, is eight times as largo as a full-sized
cathedral clock. •
RELATIVE SPEED.—The velocity of a ship is
from 8 to 12 miles an hour ; of a race -horse,
from 29 to 30 miles ; of a bird, from 50 to 60
miles ; of the clouds in a violent hurricane, 80
to 100 miles ; of sbund, 823 miles ; of a can
non ball, as found by experiment, from 600 to
1000 miles ; of the earth round the sun, 68,000
miles ; of light, about 800,000,000 miles, pass
ing from the sun to the earth, 95,000,000, in
about eight minutes, or about a million times
swifter than a cannon ball.
A NOVEL. THEORT.-A new idea with regard
to the cholera was started a short time since,
by an American physician. Ile maintains that
sores of any kind will act as a preventive to the
cholera. lie accordingly recommends that on
the appearance of the cholera all people shall
be innoculated by caustic issue: The idea has
been lately tested in St. Petersburg with very.
satisfactory results, •
rtgiglattut prargtbingg.
On the 14th, Mr. Fry read in place a bill, to
change the name of the Northampton Water
Company.
. On the 16th of April, Mr: Fry presented a
petition from the citizens of Northampton coun
ty, to change a ferry over the Delaware river at
Mount Bethel, in said county:
On the 17th of April, Mr. Fry read in place
a bill to authorize the Allentown academy ,to
borrow money ; which, on his motion, was
forthwith taken up. -
Mr. Price showed from the general law that
the courts had power in the case ; when Mr.
Fry, on leave, withdrew the bill.
RARE INSTANCE OF LONGEVITY.—Died, at the
house of her son, George K. Smith, in Selins
grove, Pa., the 15th of March, 1855, Widow
Rebecca Smi th,lacking but two months of being
one hundred and twenty-fire years of age. Her
birth is identified by a Record in a Testament,
copied by the family physician, Dr. Sample,
(since deceased,) from the Records of, the
Thomas family, of Havre do Grace, Maryland,
where her birth is recorded in May, 1730. She
was a slave in that family, but with her hus
band obtained her freedom, and about the year
1800 removed, with Dr. Sample and other
families, to Strasburg, Lancaster Co.; Pa.—
She find four children, born at intervals of ton
or twelve years, the last of which she bare when
over ninety years old. She retained her senses
almost perfectly until the end of life, and sus
tained herself by ordinary household labor,
until last December, when her strength began
to fitil, and she gradually died with no particu
lar disease :mani . festing itself. She had the
usual characteristics of longevity, having de
scended from long lived parents, was " early
to bed and early to rise," a moderate eater,
strictly temperate in all things, and never
sleeping in a room with fire. She united with
thenithodists, upon the first organization of the
denomination in America. ' The record having
been confirmed by her memory of events of over
a century's occurrence, her age is doubtless
correct ; and the other particulars we derive
from her son, an intelligent and respectable
barber, who has recently established himself in
Lewisburg.
The birth of Mrs. S. was, by the account,
two years before that of Washington, and she
was full, a quartet:ore, century old at the defeat
of Braddock. She was much older than the
United States—older than the Methodist de
nomination ; and a thousand events, to which
we look as " far up the stream of time," -
to her but as parts and parcels of her ow
history— only " things of yesterday !"
TRAGICAL AFF ' AIII---A FATHER KILLED BY
ins SON.—A tragical occurrence took place
about three miles from Rushville, 111., last
week. A respectable citizen was chastising
one of his sons, for some misdemeanor, when
an elder son, who from some early symptoms
of mind, has been per
mitted to grow up to some eighteen years, un-
knowing to restraint, thinking his brother's
fault too trivial to merit such punishment, flew
at his father and struck him so violently on
the head with a spade, repeating the blow, that
after lingering a few hours he died next morn
ing. Nothing has been done with the murder
er, who it is' said waited on his father in his
dying hours with scrupulous attention to his
wants, but with apparently quite apathetic
feelings in reference to the circumstance.
NEWLY DISCOVERED FISII-BAIT.-Tho Free
Press published at Burlington, Vermont, slates
that a short time ago, a wood-chopper at Hyde
Park, in• that State, being thirsty with labor,
chopped a hole in the ice of a mountain stream,
and laid himself down to drink. While in the
act.his nose was suddenly seized by a hungry
levid.than of the brook, which buried its teeth
deeply in his nasal organ, The astonished
wood-cutter threw up his head' with a jerk, and
pulled out upon the ice a splendid trout;
weighing two and a half pounds ! The editor
of the Free Press has talked with a man who
saw the lacerated and swollen nose, and vouch
es for the authenticity of the story. The e*.
pens° of this new kind of bait will probably
prevent its general use. .
C1.711101:5 FACTS. —lf a tallow candle be placed
in a gun and. shot at a door, it will go through
without sustaining any injury ; and if a musket
ball be fired into water, it will not only re
bound, but be flattened, as if fired against a
solid substance. A musket ball may be fired
through a pane of glass, making a hole the size
of the ball, without cracking the glass ; if the
glass be suspended by a thread, it' will make
no difference, and the thread will not even
vibrate. Cork, if sunk two hundred feet in the
ocean, will not rise on account of the pressure
of the water. In the arctic regions, when the
thermometer is below zero, persons can con
verse more than a mile distant. Dr. Jamieson
asserts that he heard every word of a sermon at
the distance of two miles.
How MILWAURIE GROWS.—Milwaukie, the,
big town of Wisconsin, is only money years old,
and it has a population this day of 40,000.
It was laid out in 1835 ; in 1838 the population
was 700 ; in '1847, 14,000 ; in 1850, 20,000 ;
in 1855, 40,000. Banking capital amounts to
$750,000, but they say the business requires
$3,000,000. Tho Manufactures during the
year amounted in value to $4,600,000, against
$2,100,000 in 1853 ; showing that the amount
has doubled in two years. Tho imports were
811,000,000 ; the exports $7,709,000. Divide
up these amounts among 40,000 men, women
and young ones, and you hail a sum total to
each that is a comfortable amount to think of
be it as imports, exports or manufactnres only.
The Pork packed last year amounted in value
to 0.13,000.
SENATE
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1:1:7 - A wife cannot make home comfortable
who dears' and 'my loves' and ' pets' her
husband, and don't sew the buttons on his
shirts, or the tapes on his drawers.
[l:7'lt shows good sense when a girl whb has
been jilted is cautious how she forms a fresh en
gagement. Continue to be attentive, but not
too importunate. Honest love half returned
soon warms into a mutual flame.
[I"7.A PARENTAL VILLAIN.--John B. Ascough.
aged 41, has been found guilty at Manby,Eng
land, fora rape upon his own daughter, aged
19 years. The fellow overcame the girl's resist
ance by threats. He was sentenced to trans
portation for life.
03Goon.—A lawyer being sick, made• his
last will, and gave all his estate to fools and
mad men. Being asked the reason for so doing
he said,—" From such I had it, and to such I
give it again."
Lovers' quarrels are . like April showers
—soon. over ; and to some dispositions they
seem to be quite as necessary as those spring
visitations are to the earth. Smile kindly on
the returned truant. In those matters there
are faults on both sides.
I"=?The census of the Philadelphia Ahem
house shoWs it to contain 2133 persons ) being
an increase of 321 over the number at the nine
time last year. Number of persona reeeiv-
ing out-door relief, 2173, of whom 862 are •
Americans, 871 Irish, 203 Glermans.
O:7DIFFICULTIES Wren SPAIN.--All accounts
concur. in the belief that a large and cificiene
fleet is to be despatched by our 'government
to cruise in the gulf of Mexico, with an eye on,
Cuba and Spanish men-of-war.. But all this
is not " war on Spain ;" it is simply protec
tion of our commerce. We apprehend that
Spanish outrages in the gulf will soon cease— -
or if they are repeated, it will be manifested
that Spain is backed by England and France.
If so, we ought to know it. The sooner the
better. , a The President is for war," . Say the
letter writers. We guess not--Int for piata,
to be procured by resenting insults.
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(r7'California has no bank.
[l:7l,ong ears generally indicate a short head.
ID - Self-exaltation is the fool's paradise.
117 Strawberries are abundant in the New
Orleans market. 0, cream-iny !
K7California emigration has again becoint
large.
13 - A Prohibitory Liquor Law is in operation
in Kansas.
'Galt is said that New York has a non-re
sident floating population of 100,000.
Er7"There are fourteen papers published in
foreign languages in New York city.
EaThe floating debt of Baltimore is esti
mated at 8682,000.
1[1:7110 who pretends to bo everybody's
friend is nobody's.
I:l7Error hurts an empty head most as much
as poison does an empty stomach. •
[r•The New York Canals will not bo opened
until the Ist of May.
(a - In the Eastern State Penitentiary there
are 270 convicts.
CaThicago is a word derived from the In.
dian meaning skunk.
[1 . SALLY JONES says, when she Was in love,
she felt as if she was in a tunnel, with a train
of cars coming both ways.
I:l . .Barnum has an elephant on his farm, near
Bridgeport, which ho employs in helping to
plough the ground.
(r - The Mayor of Rochester has notified all
the barbers that they must not open their shops
on the Sabbath hereafter.
Ba-Ncarly all the wino on the Moselle has
been purchased by the French diovernment, to
be sent to the army in the Crimea.
7A woman, aged 98, lately died in Cuba,
leaving 15 sons, 150 grandsons, 153 groat
grandsons, and 0 great-great-grandsons.
a:7•Louis Kossuth has become connected
with the London Atlas, a weekly paper of high
standing.
o_r Salesof oats have been made in New
York, it is stated; at 82 cents per bushel, for
the Crimea.
fa'Some malicious persons assert that the
letters M. D. which are placed after physicians
names signify Mency Down. Our imp, (Bully,)
says they mean Man Destroyer. •
-- "'l`hcre is an abundance of stone•coal in all
parts of the Territory of Nebraska. Fino spe
cimens have been found at the mouth of tho
Platte river.
soup houses in Boston have closed
for the season, after having distributed 17,477
gallons of soup which cost nearly 8 cents per.
gallon.
[a — The House of Representatives of Wiscon
sin, by a vote of 44 to 27, have restored the
death penalty in that State. The Senate have
yet to act upon the matter.
1 -- " One young man in the vicinity of Boston
shot himself last week, because ho could not
get a wife, and another because he could not
get a divorce.
11 - Ten dollar notes of the Exchange Bank
of Pittsburg, altered to F,so's, are in cireula-
Lien.
[o — England imported 30,543,533 pounds of
tobacco in 1854, from which she .received a
revenue of £4,648,478. •
rj• - -.A hen's egg was found on the 11th inst,
-•
at Chilicothe, Ohio, in a huckster's lot, with
protuberated letters in the shell containing
these words :—" Consuming fire in 1856."
rflohn Adams, warring on the moustache,
says its influence on the lower part of the
intestinal tube, tends to constipation. Young
men—this requires looking to.
13:7 . There is a lady somewhere near Cincin
nati that talks so fast and so much that her
neighbors were compelled to indict her as a
nuisance.
(There are 123 banks in the State of In
diana. Of these 15 are at par in Cincinnati.
the balance varying between 5 and 75 per cent.
discount.