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ALLENTOWN , PA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1855
The Next Fair.
As will be seen by the proceedings in another
column, the Executive Committee, at their
meeting last. Saturday, resolved that the next
Fair be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed
nesday, the Ist, 2d and 3d of October. The
.remiurn list is to be the same as last year.
Dlckents Household Words.
The May number of this popular Magazine
is on our table. Almost every one has now and
then a leisure hour which ho might occupy
pleasantly and profitably by reading its short
articles. There is a large amount of valuable
information served up in a most enticing style
in its pages. We have found nothing in it
which does the least violence to our moral
feelings, and oftentimes it awakens to new
ardor. the noblest impulses ofous.nature. Wo
would heartily commend it to our readers.
Adjourned.
The Legislature adjourned sine die on Tues
day the Bth instant, after a session of one
hundred and twenty-five days, and passing six
hundred and eighty-four bills during the
session. The greater number of these were
for the incorporation of various kinds of
Companies, including a long array of Banks
and Insurance Companies. The principal acts
of general importance are the Liquor Law and
the act for the sale of the Main Line of public
improvements.
Body Found.
On Tuesday morning, the Bth instant, the
body of a young man was found in the Lehigh,
near the Allentown Iron Works. An inquest
was held, and from the evidence, the Jury came
to the conclusion that it Was the body of lIENny
SrAnt., who was drowned a few weeks since,
in company with a man named John Rath, by
their boat going over Schwartz's Darn. The
body was interred at the Poor House.
SIGNAL STROKES.
The following has been resolved on by the
Town Council as the signal strokes of the alarm
bell in the cupola of the new Engine House :
1 North
2`touth
3 "Faist.
4 West.
A rapid ringing of the bell signifies that the
fire is in the neighborhood of the Engine House.
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BROKE JA1L.,,,,,,,
On Friday night last, three of the prisoners
confined in our County Jail took it in their
heads to free themselves of their bondage.—
Their names are Levi 'Ochs, Nathan Doll and
William Schneider. The former was commit
ted a few weeks since on a charge of setting
fire to the barn of Mr. Greenawalt, in Saucon
township. They accomplished their object by
breaking a hole. through the wall near the
south-east corner of the second story, and then
letting themselves down into the lot occupied
by the Gas Works by means of a rope which
they had made by cutting their blankets into
strips. About 10 or 12 feet from the spot
where they alighted, a hogshead is dug in the
ground as a receptacle for the coal-tar from the
Gas Works. This hogshead was full at the
time, and Doll and Schneider had the good for
tune to run into it. After they got out of the
hogshead they stripped themselves partly of
their clothing, which was found in the morning,
and " made tracks" for parts unknown.—
Sheriff Weiler offers a reward of $5O for the
apprehension of Ochs, and $2O for the other two.
The New Fire Engine
The new engine for Columbia. Fire Company,
No. 1, was brought up from the river by the
members of the company on Saturday afternoon
last, escorted by the Good Will Engine and
Hose Companies. A nice display was made,
and'it had the effect of lining our.streets with
spectators. • The windows along tlui streets
through which the procession passed presented
quite an array of the fair sex, armed with be
quets and wreathes, which they liberally be
stowed upon the firemen.
The new Engine was made by Mr. John
Agnew, of Philadelphia, and displays much me
chanical skill. It has a 7 inch chamber, with a 9
inch stroke, and,weighs 2970 pounds. Espe
cially worthy of notice aro the beautiful paint
ings on the gallery panels, which were execu
ted by our former young townsman, Mr. G.
Vlrundeilich, who now ranks among the best ar
tists in - Philadelphia.
On Monday evening the new engine was
brought out for a trial. " Good Will" No. 3,
or " old machine," as she was termed, was also
brought out for a test, and the members evident
ly made it. no part in their plans and arrange
ments to be beat by the new contestant for fame
and power. After a trial of No. 1, a measure
ment was taken and it was found that she had
thrown a stream of 132 feet. The " old ma
chine" was next on the tapis. Anxiety was on
tip-too. Many of the spectators, and the boys in
particular, manifested the deepest interest in
the result. The machine was well manned,
and after the trial a measurement was taken,
which proved that she bad thrown a stream
of 140 feet.
Lehigh Valley Itailread.
This road is rapidly progressing and before
many months we may expect to see the iron
horse snorting. along the banks of the Lehigh
under the stimulating screech of the steam
whistle. It will be sufficiently completed
by the 18th of June to run a Locomotive over
a portion of the road. We learn from the
Eastonian that the bridge over the Delaware,
for the use of this road is in a state of great
forwardness, being nearly completed across and
will undoubtedly be finished by the Ist of Au
gust, unless some unforeseen difficulty should
arise:' It is a well constructed work, upon
which,great care and unsparing labor has been
bestowed to make it as strong and lasting as it
is graceful and original in its design.
lair. Editor :—I was surprised on a late visit
to the Lehigh . Orane Iron Works, at CUtasau
qua, to notice the enormous yield of the three
Furnaces which they have at present in blast,
not having had an idea that any Furnaces in the
country turned out so many tons per week.
Through the kindness of the Managers (who
take pleasure in giving strangers anyinforma
tion,) I was permitted to take a note of
their yield for the past six weeks. This Iron
it must be borne in mind, with a trifling excop-
tion is the very best quality of Foundry Iron.—
I ask the question through your papet, taking
the quality of Iron into consideration, has it
been beaten in the United States ? I herewith
give you the yield above referred to :
Weekend. No. 1 Fur.. No. 4 Fun,'
11 Bosh. 18 ft. Bosh.!
April 7,92 t Tons 181 Tons
" 14, 86 " 184 "
" 21, 79i " • 171 "
" 28, •80 " 193 "
May 5, 101 "
12, 102 k "
Yours Ti
We have been favored with an early copy of
a statement recently sent to the Legislature, by
the State Treasurer, containing a list of the pub
lic defaulters. It is quite a formidable docu
ment, and occupies no less than seventeen
pages. The total.defalcations are estimated at
$400,223. One individual is represented to be
behind-band to the extent of sss,343—another
to the extent of 840,530 ; another to the ex
tent of $35,094 ; another to the extent of $15,-
917 ; another the extent of $33,111; another
to the extent of s27,B47—and so on down to
sums as low as $1.20. The defaulters include
Brigade Inspectors, Marshals, Sheriffs, Auc
tioneers, County Treasurers, Prothonotaries,
Collectors, &c., &c. Doubtless, in many minor
cases, the indebtedness arose either from mis
calculations, or a misunderstanding as to the
airustment of accounts. •
I 1: 3 North East.
2 : 3 South East.
2 : 4 South West.
1 : 4 North West
• • For the Lehigh Register.
A LARGE YIELD.
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Public D'efaulters.
Philadelphia Daily Sun.
This excellent paper, came to our sanctum
last week in an entire new dress. It makes a
very handsome appearance. The Sun is at any
time the most readable daily published in Phil
adelphia. We wish, however, it would shine
with more regularity in our sanctum.
AGRICULTURAL MEETING.
A meeting of the Lehigh County Agricultural
Society was held on Saturday the 12th of
May, 1855, at the Public House of HENRY
BAUMAN, in Allentown.
President HIRAI' J. SCHANTZ in the chair.
The minutes of last meeting were read and
adopted--
The committee to audit the accounts of
1853—'54 not being present to report, was on
motion continued.
Resolved, That the Committee to attend to
the Incorporation of the Society, be requested
to have the same published according to law.
Resolved, That the premium list of last year
be adopted for the next Annual Fair, and that
Dr. Charles li. Martin, Paul Balliet, Charles
Seagreaves, Robert Oberly and Isaac Hartman, ,
be a committee to report awarding committees;
and to meet for the purpose of their appoint
ment on Saturday the 25th of May, at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon, at the Public House of HENRY
BACIIMAN, in Allentown. •
Resolved, That the loan of $2OO made by
Aaron G. Renningor and A. L. Ruhe, in April
last, for the use of the Society, be legalized
as their act and deed.
Resolved, That the next Annual Fair be held
on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the Ist,
2d and 3rd of October next.
The Secretary reported the following insur
ences on the buildings on the Fair Ground
made in the " Sinking Spring Mutual Fire In
surance Company" thus :
Hall Building for $3OOO 00
Two Cattle Sheds each $3OO 000 00
Huckster Stalls 400 00
Carriage Shed 100 00
Chicken do. 100 00
Dwelling House 800 00
Total sum insured $5OOO 00
.Resolved, That Christian Pretz, Charles H.
Bush and Dr. Tilghman H. Martin be a corn.:
mittee to see what repairs aro necessary .at the
Fair Ground, and make all necessary repairs.
Resolved, That a general meeting of the So
ciety be held on Saturday the 2d'ofjJune,lBss,
at the Public House of Benjamin-F. liageduch,
in Allentown, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
A. L. RUBE, Secretary.
WIIAT IS A NEWSPAPER?-- The Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, (in the case of Bowen
vs. Taylor and other officers of Allegheny City,
a suit to recover damages for opening a street
through plaintiff's property, without legal no
tice of the proceedings,) decided
" That publication of a notice like this is not
sufficient -if made in a German paper—that
when an act of Assembly provides for notice in
a newspaper, it always means an English paper,
unless some other be expressly mentioned.—
•The notice was also published three times in
Purvianee's Weekly Advertiser. But this is
not a.newspaper in any sense of the word. It
was merely a sheet of paper covered with ad
vertisements, and distributed gratuitously at
the expense of the Advertisers. It was a hand
bill rather then a newspaper. The publication
was the same as none."
SALE or vim Mutt LINE.—Tho bill for the
Bale of the Main Lino passed the Senate finally
on the 4th, by a vote of 22 to 11. The mini
mum price is fixed at eight millions. If pur
chased by the Pennsylvania, Railroad Compa
ny, an additonal million' will be required, in
consideration of the repeal of the! tonnage tax.
[l"At the Bull's Head, New York, good beef
is selling at from 11 to 13Y cents per pound on
the hoof—the latter being the highest price ever
known in the New York market.
PVULW mourairia.
A large and respectable meeting of the citi
'teens of Nbrth Whitehall township, was held
at the house of John Schantz, jr., on Monday
the 7th of May, for the purpose of expressing
their opinions in regard to the newly enacted
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license law.
The meeting was organized by appointing
tho Mowing officers :
JOHN ERDMAN, President.
lIENRYBAER, Sen., JOSEPH G. NEWEIARD, Sen.,
BENJAMIN BREINIG, GEORGE MILLER, Sen., VICO
Presidents.
Joseph Steckel, John Schantz, jr., Secreta
ries.
The object of the meeting having been stated,
on motion a committee was appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting.
Tho committee consisting of Joshua Litury,
William J. Keck, David Laury, Tilghman
Kern, Stephen Balliet, Peter Sheidy, Dr. S.
Wilson, George Miller, jr., C. L. Knauss,
John Schantz, Sen., John och, Jacob Miller,
William Scheirer and Daniel Schneck, retired
for -this purpose, and in a short time returned
with the following preamble and resolutions :
When in the course of human events, the free
and sovereign people of the United States are
brought under the power of an unendurable des
potism, when our servants who were elected to
foster and protect the interests of the common
wealth and give expression to the public will,
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iecome such victims to fanaticism as to enact
such laws as are a disgrace and a curse to the
people, it is our right, purchased by the blood
of our fore-fathers, peaceably to assemble ♦nd
express in such terms as we see fit our opinion
on the subject of such legislation.
And whereas, our last General Assembly has
passed a most despotic and fanatical Ligt.or
law, which should rather be entitled " an act
for the encouragement of domestic intemper
ance" than for the suppression of it, we, the
free citizens of North Whitehall, have here as
sembled to express our veiws in regard to this
despotic measure. Therefore,
Resolved, That in our opinion the Anti-Li
cense law which is to take effect on October
next, is a disgrace to a free people ; that its
appearance in the moral world is calculated to
elicit nothing but pity for its miserable projec
tors, and that we have reason to believe that it,
never can be forced upon the people of Pennsyl
vania.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the people of this
State never asked for such a Bill, but on, the
contrary by a large majority refused to. do so,
it will in our opinion be highly dangerous to
attempt to force it upon them against their will.
Resolved, That we, as the Sons of the Sires
of 1776, never will consent that a band of
secret intriguers—a mere hand full of political
demagogues—shall ever fasten on us an unright
eous and unendurable yoke, which we. in com
mon .with . a majority of the people of this State,
have so emphatically repudiated at the Ballot
Box.
Resolved, That we call upon the fellow citizens
of this county, as well as the public generdlly
to stand up with us, shoulder to shoulder, in
the effort which we shall make to repeal this
most obnoxious law. •
Resolved, That we will use all peaceable and
lawful means to effedt the repeal of this law.
but are determined that if its measures are to
be forced upon us to devise means by which
force can be met with force. • •
Resolved, That we are not opposed to a
sensible and rational law for the promotion of
the Temperance Reformation, and will do our
best to support it; that which is good we
support because it is so, and that which is evil
we oppose for the same reason. No man with
a spark of common sense, no man that enter
tains a heartfelt wish to suppress intemper
ance, no man whose moral sense is at all eleva
ted, can in the contest that is now going on,
fail to see theNdisastrous consequences that must
flow from this law. With hypocritical zeal it
places upon / paper its claims to moral reforma
tion, while in reality it encourages that which it
professes to suppress.
Resolved, That in ,our opinion this law,
enforced, will operate not only unequally but
most injuriously for the cause of temperance.—
Under its provisions any one who can aflbid it,
may purchase a barrel of whiskey, take it to
his house and then become as drunk as he will,
.the law will not effect him : the lowest loafer
in the land, sunk far beneath respect, who
cares nothing for public opinion, can at any
place where liquor is sold under this law, pur
chase a quart of his faNurite drink, carry it
away, become dead drunk and still escape the
penalty of the law ; while the man who seldom
drinks and never becomes drunk, lie who would
consider it beneath him to purchase it by the
quart or barrel, is by this law compelled to do
without it altogether.
Resolved, That we do not believe that we err
when we say this lavi is a great evil, nor do we
mistake the public opinion when we say that
the sensible portion of the people will raise up
against it and use all proper means to remove
it. The expression of public opinion agl!inst
at the Ballot Box, and the manner in which it
was forced upon us, gives us the assurance that
it will have neither a long nor a peaceable cx
istence, and those who have brought it upon us
must answer for all the consequences that may
flow from it.
Resolved, That thousands of the citizens of
this State, who, relying upon the majority that
was cast against a Prohibitory law at the last
election, have invested their all in a businesv
that was strictly legal, will now be ruined if
this law is not repealed. If the people of
Pennsylvania therefore have the slightest re
spect for their own decisions, they will press
for its repeal with a power that can not be.re
sisted, and teach their servants (the law
makers) that the sovereign will must be re
spected. The law stands now by the strength
of a short sighted and fanatical government and
in opposition to the public will.
Resolved, That we tender our thanks to
Messrs. Fry and Reese for their opposition to
this hated law.
Resolved, That these proceedings be publish
ed in all the papers in Allentown.
MEXICO.—The latest news ftom this quarter
is to the effect that Santa Anna was so serious
ly ill that he was not expected to live. His
malady was an affection of the heitd and throat,
causing a state of stupor. There is a rumor to
the effect .that the Mexican Government are
disposed to sell Lower California, for which
they will accept the modest sum'of forty million
of dollars.' Santa propbably keeps a longing
eye upon Uncle Sam's full treasury.
Tna RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE AT NEW YORK.-
There were received at New York on Friday,
over the Erie Railroad 'and down the Hudson
River 0,211 barrels of flour, 6,615 bushels of
oats, 720 packages of butter, and 300 packages
of cheese. The arrivals of butter in' that city
are said to be quite large, and have been so for
several days, resulting in a material reduction
In .‘
price. •
DMA man has been arrested in New York
for borrowing another man's wife, and $6OO of
a Bank President, and decamping with both.
A Hatter Tim* Coming.
So far as accounts have reached us they are
favorable to tho growing crops.. Our informa-
tion is based upon notices in the various news
papers, and drawn from conversation with
farmers, as well as from merchants and - others
who have, travelled recently through different
regions of the country. All concur in saying
that the indications are decidedly favorable ;
that vegetation has started luxuriantly, and
that tho prospects of an abundant harvest arc
most cheering. From the South, where Spring
comes earlier, and the season is further advanc
ed, wo have good accounts.
The prices of breadstutl are still enormous,
•but the indications from various quarters,
authorize a belief that the worst has been
experienced, and that a change for the better
must soon take place. We trust sincerely that
this view may be realised. Tho laboring and
working-classes have suffered severely for some
time, and the wonder is, that they have been
able to get along with any degree of comfort.
The high prices and hard times, it is be hoped,
will have a tendency to restore things to a more
healthy condition, and teach our citizens the
severe but wholesome lesson of prudence and
economy. They should now learn to reduce
their wants, and live as necessity shows them
they ought always to have done.
Flour is now selling in Philadelphia at eleven
dollars a barrel wholesale, or higher than for
sixteen years. In 1706, however, Howard
street flour sold in Baltimore at fifteen dollars
per barrel, and in 1817, it was quoted at $14.25.
In 1847, tho year of the Irish famine, the
highest prico in New York was only $9.12
It is difficult therefore, to account for the pre
sent extra rates, except on the ground, that
the crop of last year was far more limited than
was generally supposed. Now too, the country
is everyiwhere intersected with Railroads. The
fertile West is accessible by half a dozen chan
nels, and one would suppose that breadstuffs,
instead of being higher, could at least be fur
nished at moderate rates in the Atlantic cities.
But, as already observed, the crop was far
below an average, or there are too few indivi
duals comparatively speaking, engaged in the
important business of agriculture. If the Eng
lish and French crops had failed last year, the
condition of affairs would have been much
worse. As it is, we must bear -and forbear a
little longer, in the hope of a decided improve
ment. Nearly all the Western depots are
rapidly filling up with grain. The arrivals
at St. Louis are unusually large for the season.
and the Pittsburg Chronicle says that there
never was perhaps more, flour for sale in that
city at one time, than at present. The Buffalo
Republi‘ states that there arc 1,500,000 barrels
to come forward before harvest, from the West
ern States and the Canadas, and that this'vast
aggregate will be shipped the moment the canal
shall be available.
How Shall Hotels be Sustelned
The Village Record, regards this an import
ant question, now that no licenses are any
longer to be granted to hotel-keepers, to sell
liquor, affecting not only landlords but the
public. That houses of public accommodation
are essential to the convenience of citizens and
to the wants of travelers, is admitted by all.—
Heretofore, the owners and proprietors have
looked almost exclusively to the profits upon
the sales of liquor for their remuneration, and
comparatively few houses, even where kept on
temperance principles, have been able to make
a respectable living merely by entertaining
strangers and travelers with food and lodging.
It is obvious that the necessity for hotels to
entertain strangers and travelers will be just as
great as ever. It is right too, that those who
are so essential to public accommodation, and
whose hospitality is extended to all—should
have a fair and liberal remuneration. The
calling should be not only honorable but profii
able. The; profession has many attractions for
those fond of public life, and now that neither
custom nor law requires them to minister to
the worst appetites of men they will pursue it
with great pleasure. But how shall they be
sustained? There is but one way,. and that is
by increasing their charges. This will be ex
pected by every reasonable . man. In the
country and rural districts, oespecially, the
charges for entertainment should be advanced.
The traveler can afford to pay almost any price
for a clean, well aired bed ; and should refuse
at all times to be stuck into a dirty one. So
also, he should pay liberally for good wholesome
food and the shelter of himself and horse. For
these luxuries he should bo willing to pay a
liberal compensation.
A Bin BABY AND ♦ Ltrrtx Ors. There has
been exhibiting in New Orleans a female _ infant,
nine months old, who weighs sixty-six pounds,
and is growing at the rate of five pounds
,per
month. 11cr name is Elizabeth Cox, and she
is to compete for the prize at Barnum's Museum
in Neap York. Captain Alfred Nurky and wife,
at Bing-Sing, New York, have in infant child,
between four and five months old, which weighs
a *trifle over five pounds, and weighed precisely
one pound and fourteen ounces at birth. Of
the two " babies" it is hard to say which is the
greater curiosity.
/‘ LAnos. Roma.—The largest room in the
world, under a single roof and unbroken by pil-
lars or other obstructions, is at St. Petersburg.
and is 650 feet in length and 150 feet in
breadth. By daylight it is• used for'military
displays, and a battalion can conveniently
manoeuvre in it. In the evening it is often
converted into a vast ball room, when it is
warmed by sixteen prodigious stoves, and
20,000 wax tapers are required to light it prop
erly. The roof of this structure is a single arch
of iron; the bars alone on which it rests weigh
ing 12,830,000. ' •
077" The most terrible punishment that a man
can be made to endure is to hang himself
around his gal's.neck until ho is dead, dead,
dead ! • •
AWFUL SIUPWREOK AND SUFFERING-SEVEN .
MEN LIVING ON SHAM. OIL AND OAMMENE.-
The schooner John Clark, Captain Mcßay,
sailed from Now York for Jackmel on, the 3d
day of March, and on 'tho 7th a squall struck
the schooner and threw her on her beam ends,
and it was an hour before they , succeeded in
cutting away the weather rigging, when the
mainmast and foremast went close , by the
deck, then she righted. The hatches had
bursted and the vessel was full of water.—
They were left without food or water, but on
the next day obtained a keg of crackers that
were wet with salt water. After which, they got
a bucket of vinegar, some shark liver oil and
some camphene ; the latter made them stupid
and feel as if they were on fire. The fifth day
after the catastrophe the captain, mate, steward
and two men died, and they, tht; two remaining
men, had nothing to eat for eight days previous
to being taken off. Those that died went crazy
previous to death; They also state that they
saw two different vessels, one of which—a fish
ing schooner—came close to them, so that they
could see the man at the helm. They hallooed
to them, and she hove to and came close up
under their lee, and after surveying them, bore
away without offering any assistance. All
were living at that time, and but for it being
before daylight, could have read the name, as
her letters then were indistinctly visible. The
weather was good and nothing to hinder them
from saving all hands. On the eighth day the
bark Clara came in sight and saw two men on
the bow waving their hats. The bark hove to,
got out 'a boat, and succeeded in taking them
off. The names of the two men saved were
Charles Lowell, and Robert Mcßay, the cap
tain's son.
TAIL, FEATHERS, AND A COWHIDE—MEDICINE
FOIL A BRUTAL HUSDAND.—The Chicago Journal
tells the following : " A man named Billon,
living at Galena, Illinois, of considerable wealth
and very respectably connected, had been in
the habit, for years past, of maltreating his wife
and family in the most brutal manner. On
Sunday last, having made an attack upon the
unoffending woman, ho was thrown in jail,
and on Monday morning was brought out and
fined twenty-five dollars—a sum so inadequate
to the offence that the citizens—to the number
of about seventy-five—determined to take the
law in their own hands. On Monday night the
party preceeded to Billon's residence, and—
though they•found it guarded by Billon him
self, armed with a two-barreled gun, and a
constable, carrying a revolver—took him pri
soner, tied and stripped him, and with a good
cowhide applied to his bare back, settled the
score that has been running up for years.—
Then applying a thick coat of tar and feathers
to his person, they left hint with an admonition
to sin no more."
A TERRIBLII TRAGEDY IN WISCONSIN.—On
the night of the 23d ultimo, according to the
Chicago Tribune, a respectable citizen of Beloit,
Wisconsin, was awakened by the screams of
his wife,. who saw a man in the house. The
husband as he sprang from his hed, was fired
upon by the intruder, who missed his aim.—
The husband' then snatched up his own musket
fired, and the intruder fell dead. Both occu
pants thereupon fled to the house of a neighbor,
told what occurred, and, in company with sev
eral persons, returned, when the father and
mother were horrified to recognize it as the man
gled body of the their own son ! It app'ears he
had descended from his own room by means of
a rope ladder, and entered the room, where he
was shot, through a window. The house had
previously been robbed very mysteriously, of
two gold watches.
FLOUR FOR SCALDS AND BURNS. -Dr. Reese,
editor of the American • Medical Gazelle, reite
rates his advice to apply wheat flour to burns
and scalds. He says :—We have never known
a fatal case of scalding or burning, in which
this practice has been pursued during more
than thirty years experience, and have treated
hundreds in both public and private service.—
We have known the most extensive burns, by
falling , into cauldrons of boiling oil, and even
molten copper, and yet the patients were res
cued by this simple and cheap remedy. Hun•
dreds of victims have died in excruciating
agony, when a few handfuls of flour would have
calmed them to sleep, and rescued them from
pain and death."
No CONNECTION OF ODOM'S AND STATE.-
Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1802 as follows :
" Believing with you that religion is a matter
which lies between the man and his God, that
he owes account to none other for his faith or
worship, that the legislative powers of govern
ment reach actions only and not opinions, I
contemplate with sovereign reverence that act
of the American people which declared that
their Legislature should make no laws re
specting an establishment of religion, or pro
hibiting the free , exercise thereof,' thus build
ing a wall of separation between Church and
State."
Pitommo.—There is now living at Great
Falls, N. 11., a married lady who is the mother
of 18 children, the oldest being , but 20 years of
age. She has had two pairs of twins, a boy
and a girl at each birth, and at ono time trip
lets. All the children are alive, and the pros-
pect is good for an addition to their number.
NEW YORK RACE S-GREAT TIME.—The great
est trotting match of the season, between Son:
tag and Flora Temple, for $2,000, came off at
the Union Course. Again " the best time on
record" has to be recorded. Sontag, carrying
three hundred pounds, won the race in three
.straight mile heats, in 2:31-2:33-2:35. • '
pa -It has been ascertained that . people who
take the papers and pay for them in advance are
seldom struck by lightning. The season of
thunder showers has arrived and delinquents
will find it cheaper to pay up than to purchase
lightning rods. That's so !
(bur stbip VOW.
' Ir7A dog that will fetch a bone will, take
One. No allusion to female tattlers.
o:7Thus far 113,000 Bounty Land applica
tions have been received at Washington.
tSalene, a celebrated racing mare, has been
sold at Richmond for $l3OO.
(Ci'Four thousand bushels and 100 barrels
potatoes arrived'at Boston on Monday.
117 - It was nine years ago last Tuesday; since
the battle of Palo Alto was fought.
[7During last week 18,483 bushels of pota
toes arrived at Boston from the British pro
vinces.
' 0:7" On Wednesday 1,000 bushels of pota
toes from Michigan arrived at Columbus, Ohio.
11,7 - The rate of interest as established by the
Nebraska Legislature, is ten per cent. per an
num.
na'The horse is eaten in some parts of South
America, especially in the southern portion, and
its flesh is esteemed a great delicacy.
(}7A woman that loires to be at the
wondow, is like a 'bunch of grapes in the
highway.
fri - It is a curious fact, that during the pa
riod of 138 years, the first born in the Austrian
house has always been a girl.
(Snuff boxes, containing snuffemnisitely
scented, are said to be the fashion in Paris at
present—for ladies. An abominable custom !
Eallerr Dreisbach, the celebrated " Lion
Tamer," has taken a yrife, and settled down
near Potosi, in Illinois.
(17 - The cholera has appeared in St. Louis.—
The papers of the Ist instant announce several
deaths from it.
is reported at Washington that the
government of Kansas has been tendered to
Judge Loring.
K7Gen. Cass and Gen. Wm. 0. Butler ex
press their hostility to the Know Nothings by
published letters.
ll*" How do you keep your books I" "By
double entry." I make ono entry and father
makes another."
CC7German silver spoons of a yellow color
contain copper and arsenic, and should never
be used. Pure German silver is white.
10-Three essentials to a false story teller-L.a
good memory, a bold face, and fools for an an-
dience
[I7•A thousand dozen hens' eggs were re
cently imported into New York from Havre,
France. This is rather a disgrace to our poul
try-mania people.
(0 -An editor " up in the country," talks of
feasting on strawberries when they get ripe.—
Where's the money to come from? Printers.
feast on Strawberries—nonsense!
frßoston issues 113 papers, with an an
nual circulation of 59,000,000: New York. 104
papers, circulation 78,000,000: and Philadel
phia 51 papers, circulation 98,000,000.
human is the term that should
plied to the females whim) uod made—ladies to
those beings constructed by milliners and fash-
onable society
New YonK paper. in a fit of revolu
tionary enthusiasm, says, " Hurrah for the girls
of '76." No, no—say we—hurrah for the girls
of 17!
o:7•The average wheat crop of Scotland last
year was 28 to 3G bushels per acre in the best
districts, and in the worst even less than 21
bushels per acre.
Li-Philosophers say that shutting the eyes
makes the sense of hearing more acute. Our
devil (Pete) . says this accounts for the many
closed eyes that are seen in the churches on
Sunday.
13C711r.eurn.—An indispensable requisite for
business as well as amusement, which. young
men spend the greater part of their time in
damaging, and old men the greater part. of their
wealth in repairing.
(r7•Three hundred and nineteen babies pass
ed over the Southern Michigan R. It. in ono
train of cars last week. The conductor en
countered a terrible squall but steered safely to
port.
o:7•lngenuity seems to be abundant enough
in the United States. Since the year 1835, no
less than 42,000 patents have been granted.—.
During the first quarter of the year 1855 the
dumber granted was five hundred.
(r7Seventeen years have elapsed since the
first Atlantic steamer arrived at New 'York.—
The first boat was the Sims, and her arrival
was followed but a few hours afterwards by the
Great Western steamship.
[a•At Milwaukie there are 70,000 barrels of
flour and 550,000 bushels of wheat bound for
the East as soon as the lake opens. The ship
ments of 41ilvraukie will double those of last
year.
11:71hree powder mills in Marlborough town-,
ship, Montgomery county, have blown up with
in two weeks. No person was killed by the ex
plosions. They were the property of Joshua ,
Johnson, Jacob Reed and George Miller.
9p-There arc now in the United States, thin,
ty-two insane hospitals in active operation, and
nine others in construction. Twenty-eight are
State Institutions, and the number of insane is
nearly twenty thousand.
o:7l.utos Hens OF SIIAD.—The Hartford
(Md.) , ltepublecan •states that 9000 shad were
taken at one haul, near Havre de Grace, Md..
on Tuesday last, and, in the same neighborhood
8000 were taken the same day.
97The board of managers of the Western
Virginia Agricultural Society have awarded a
premium to Daniel Steenbed, or Ohio county,
for the " best three acres of Corn." Mr. S. was
the only competitor. His land produced 104
bushels to the acre.
n''Tua latest folly enjoined by the goddess
of fashion upon her abject devotees, the ladies
of New York, is the wearing of bonnet ribbons
four feet long. The bonnets, meanwhile, con&
tinue to recede from public observation. They
have long been invisible to the naked eye—of
the wearer.; and they now threaten to Ink Vin'
Only to ribbbn..