GTUt A !letdown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 15.55 C. I'. ttAINTS, UDTTOR l'imutit, in Ttrekeil's Neu- Iron Building. N, r. corner cf Piflh find Chestnut atrocisc,lail(lphirt, is antbegi7ed to teeeive aAivortisttments. Ocotion Wiisenlnirg tom-To:hip 'tamp rfiltico"ta the Iron Pe o(Mrs. Jinn Ticiigon, instoocf .74:4.1mA &ibt , tling, n. Cc +'A meeting of the (I)mm:thy of Air:Nov. molts of the Lehieh County Ain y is to take pinet on the !`air t;toneht the 2Sth instant, at :2 o',•:';ock ia - QuAtratinN‘‘ IVlVertiSelllent dti.s C.),;;NeVttml the preparation of boys,. fir a kVlk t ztato or for entering at eat nytt the a: tt%r l.o.Nntess of life, will ho tonna in aiwther eoltztan. r.CP'BenKs Coryrr Coloatrrizt n nun. —William Heidenreich. Daniel Kohler and James Jameson were appointed a Committee by the Berks County Agricultural Society to visit tho Exhibition of our Society. Appointment. Tilghman Good, Esq., was last week appoi t ed County Superin tendon t of the Common Schoo in place of Charles W. Cooper, Esq., resigned: This is a good selection, and will undoubtedly give general satisfaction. Mr. Good has had much experience in teaching, and is eminently qualified in every respect. ' As there are a num ber of schools vacant in the county, the newly appointed Superintendent will at all times be in readiness at his residence, in AlleffMrtli examine applicants. =I The next number of our paper completes"thc Ninth Volume, and first year since the estab lishment passed into our hands. With pride and satisfaction we can truly say, that we have thus far been successful beyond our most san guine expectations. From the publication Of our first number our list has been steadily on the increase. About one matter—and to us an important one—we wish to sity a few words.— It is about " Rino !" that extraordinary. talis man which keeps all business " wagging, wag ging along." The saying that " a penny saved is a penny made," is very wise, and is equally applicable to half dollars. Therefore we hope that those of our subscribers who have not paid ap, will not forg-ct that if their subscription is not paid before the expiration of the year, an additional fifty cents, narking two dolla r ; ii is d i from them, according to the terms ed when the paper passed into our ham s. This will in all cases be strictly adhered to. Our expenses are by nomeans trifling—and as we are yet in the infancy of our existence, Without the advantage of an inexhaustible coffer, we trust our friends Will not consider us too " hasty" by thus appealing to them for relief. To those who have kindly paid in advance we tender our sincere thanks. IM!=!! The Fall Battalion parades of the Volunteer Soldiery are beginning to be announced. The first on the list is to take place on Saturday the 'll9ll of September, at the public house of J. Zimmerman, in Lowhill township. The Allen Rifles, Capt. Good, of this place, and eight or nine other companies will— participate in the parade. 'The Rifles will no doubt be the'" lions of the day" and well they may be, for there is not a finer looking or better drilled rifle com pany in the State. On Saturday the Pith of October the parade of the first Cavalry Battalion of the second brigade, 7th division, will take place at the public house of Owen Sehadt, in Ruchsville. A number of companies have signified to be present, and a gay time may be A. GREAT "YIELD. Mr. Charles Scholl, residing near our bo rough, last year at the close of the Agricultural Exhibition bought two pink-eye potatoes, which he planted last spring, and on digging them up last week ho found attached to the stalks one hundred and ninrty-four potatoes. This is an other evidence of the remarkable productiveness of Limo present season. The Public Schools The number of pupils enrolled in the Borough Schools, since they opened on the 3d instant, is 075. , , The directors, and especially Mr. Reichaid, deserve much credit for their atten tion to the onerous and thankless duties im posed on them by law. As a great many child ren under five years are sent to these schools, for the sake of getting them well taken care of and out of the way at home, we here give a late decision of the State Superintendent, which will probably hereafter render it necessary for moth er's to keep their -" responsibilities" . at home until they arrive at the age specified by law : 6. Pupils under Jive years: The law admits children to -- the Common Schools when Bine , five years of age ; but it would be better if the minimum were fixed at seven years, and more in accordance with the organic laws of nature, and the healthful development of both mind and body. But not satisfied with the liberal mar gin allowed by the law in this particular, moth ers are sometimes inclined to trausfur their children from the nursery to the Public School long before they have reached the legal age.— The care of infants is a very interesting employ ment, in proper hands and under pi•Oper cir cumstances, and should be a labor of love with those whose mission it is. But Comilion School Teachers are not employed as deputy nurses, • fbr the relief of indifferent or encumbered moth ers who seem only anxious to get their children " out 'of the way ;" and Directors should not permit Teachers and Schools to be embarrassed in this manner. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. We attended the centennial, or 100th year anniversary of the congregation of the old Re formed Jordan Church, in South Whitehall township, on Sunday last: The weather was very :unraVornble in the forenoon, which had the effect of keeping. a grcattnr4\pvsons away. About noon, however, tis sun made its appearance and au immense concourse of ,pro plc was brought together. The church was very beautifully decorated with evergreens, wreaths, &c., which gave it a splendid alvear• ance. In the forenoon the congregation was ably addressed by the Rev. Mr. Herman, and in the afternoon Rev. J. Schindel delivered a very elaborate discourse. The eenrega Lion was organized in 1752, and was the first branch whieh emanated from the ' 17 ti zyrt ehun•h, WllOl was the first church on the net side of the river Lehigh, and mother :Inn-eh of all the neighboring congregations.— It Jorived its name from the Jordan creek, from the fart that a stream which bears that name runs within about half a mile,.. and that nearly all the members of the congregation reside in the Jordan valley. John Jacob Wisher Pinot berger was the first pastor, and is , also sup posed to have been the originator of the congre ption, which was nt first composed conjointly of the Reformed and Lutheran . denominations. The first church was built of logs on a vacant piece - of land, about 00 acres. At that time the land office was at Philadelphia, and it was often talked of to proceed there for the purpose of securing a deed for said land to the congre gation, but it was postponed from time to time, until on a Sunday when the Reformed portion of the congregation had service, it was announced unexpectedly that the Lutheran portion'. had secured a title for the land in their name, and that they were from that time the owners of the 6hurch and land.— This of course placed the Reformed portion in a critical predicament. After consulting with each other for a while, a wealthy Swiss named Lorentz Guth stepped forward and said, " We will no longer have religious service at this place. Come over there," pointing to a tract of land situated about a mile eastward, " in four weeks you will find a church there, in which we will hereafter hold our religious-ser vice." Tn four weeks the Reformed portion assembled at the specified place, and there found a Church with fifty acres of land, which the said Guth presented to the congregation.— This church was of course not to be compared to the palaces that are put up now-a-days. It was constructed of rude logs, with one o• two small windows. The building itself was of small dimensions. • The seats were made by . splitting logs and then placing them on blocks and stumps, the latter being left. standing in the building for that purpose. The congregation however was steadily on the increase and the building was soon found to be too small. So they decided on putting.up a new building of larger dimensions, which was also accom plished in the short space of four weeks, which plainly tells that in those days the people thought more of religion than they did of the style of architecture. How unlike now-a-days. This last building answered the purposes of the congregation until the year 1808, when it was demolished and a new one erected of stone on its site, which still remains and is in good con dition. Five ministers of the Gospel have la bored for the congregation since it was first organized. The whole number baptized by these ministers was 1759. J. ,T. W. Dillen berger baptized 2 ; J. 1). Gross 29 ; A. 'tinnier 511 ; J. Gobrecht 08, and the present able minister, J. S. Dubs, 755. Dun Rice's Circus. On Saturday next l)an Rice's popular eques trian company will be in . Allentown. This can emphatically be called the best circus in the Union, constituting in an unexampled degree, exquisite music, unequalled performers, and a collection of the most perfectly trained wild ani mals ever seen, including a trained elephant taught to walk the tight rope. And besides all this you will now again have a chance to see the famous Dan in the ring. He is so popular and well known here, that to say much in his praise is superfluous. Ile cormuenced•his pro fessional career as the exhibitor of a " Learned Pig'"—the Strong Man, Canfield, who pulled against four horses, &c., in which capacity ho visited Allentown some twelve years age, and subsequently connected himself with "old Lind say." He has met with a good many " ups and downs" since then, and now travels the country in state, as proprietor of one of the most extensive Circus Establishments in Ameri ca. He is a perfect galvanic battery of humor, evolving the electric sparks of native wit, which never fail to elicit claps of thundering apUanse, until in accordance with the principles or elec tricity, the bodies negatively' charged become full of fun. Indeed, you might as well seize the pole of a galvanic machine and expect not to experience a shock, as attempt to sit within sound of his voice and not have your risibility excited. . • Serious Accident Yesterday morning a young man natned Erna Ant WALTER met tvith a serious accident at :Weiser's new building. in Seventh street. it was caused by the breaking of, a temporary hoard laid across the garret joists, which preci pitated him to the first floor. When picked up he was insensible, and his face and leadshock ingly cut and bruised. Military Ball On Tuesday evening, October 2d, (second day of the Fair,) a grand Military and Citizen's Dress Ball is to lake place nt the Odd Fellows' Ilall. The Allen Rifles' are getting up the af 7 fair, and the managers present the assurance that the Ball will be one worthy of the Com pany, and that we may confidently expect that it will not be excelled by any ball heretofore given in our Borough. . . 1:0'1Iorace Greely has consented to deliver the address before the Agricultural Fair of Erie Co., N. Y. Democratic' Connt Ticket Pursuant to public police, the Delegates of the different Wards and Townships of the County assembled at the public house of Sam uel Kuhns, in 'Macungie township, on Saturday last, for the purpose of forming a County' icket to be supported by the Democratic party 'at the ensuing election. The Convention was organ lied by the appointment of llon. JAcoa FAM. MAN, as President, and Willoughby I4el, Esq., and John Schantz, as Secretaries. The Con vention then proceeded to form a Ticket, which resulted as follows: Asseinbly—Joshns Pry, of Upper Saucon Treasurer—Jacob Fisher, of Upper•Macungy Commissioner—John Erdinan, of N. White MR Director of the Poor—Samuel B hard, U Macungy. Coronor—Joshua Stabler, of Allentown. Auditor—Reuben Stabler, of U. Macungy. Trustees—Dr. Tilgh. 11. Martin, Allentown Jesse M. Line, William S. Marx,. tI Town Council Proceedings. Stated Meeting of Council held August 14, 1855. Present—Messrs. Newhard, Schimpf, Romig, Dietrich, Ettinger, Keck, Diefenderfer, Barber, Powell and Madden. Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. Mr. Stiles appeared on behalf of the Commis sioners of Lehigh county, for the purpose of making a proposal to the Town Council relative to the building of the wing walls of the Jordan at Union street. The Commissioners through Mr. Stiles ask, of the Town Council an appropriation of four hundred dollars, towards the completiml of said bridge by erecting the said wing walk). On motion of Mr. Powell the application of the Commissioners is postponed indrfinitely. Mr. Stabler appeared and desired Council to order the removal of obstructions in Sixth above Linden street. (Ordered.) Mr. Enos Weiss appeared and asked information relative to the regulations in Hall Alley. Referred to commit tee on streets, and the Borough Engineer to re port next meeting. Solomon Gross, Street Commissioner of south ward, appeared and requested information rela tive to the grading of Gordon Street. The in structions of Council arc, that the said street Commissioner commence the grading of said street as soon as possible. Street committee *port, that they have ordered the construction of a culvert at Fourth and Linden streets, also a gutter at Fourth and Walnut streets. The last instalment (amounting to the amount clue John Agnew, for the Columbia Fire Engine was ordered to lie paid. Resolved, That Mr. Ettinger in conjunction with the Chief Burgess he appointed a commit tee to superintend the erection of the Hook and Ladder House. Resolved, That the Burgess he authorized to make any suitable arrangements xvith Mr. Pretz, in relation to making a gutter in Walnut street. On motion resolved that the grade of pave. ments on the south west corner of Seventh and Walnut streets be corrected so as to correspond to the old grade. A djonrncd. J. F. NEWIIARD, President. —E. J. Moore, Secrete:l.y. Attcst AMERICAN TICKET IN NORTHAMPTON COCNTT. —On Wednesday last the American ticket for th. suing election was formed as follows : .S'rnntor.—Maj. John Best of Williams. Assembly.—Philip Bartow of li. Mt. Bethel. Valentine Alutelder of Forks. Trrasurrr.---Dr. Samuel Sandt of Eashin. Conanissioher.—Conrad Kichlein of U. Naz areth. Director.—Charles L. Whitesell of L. Naza reth. A uddor.—Chrislian D. Busse of Upper Naz areth. Brass COVNTY.—The Democracy of (lie Sin le of Perks met in County Convention on the 4th inst. The Gazdir says, a Motion was adopted, with but few dissenting voices, that the Dele , gates, before being admitted to seats in the Con vention, be required to take the following obli gation, with the right hand uplifted : "'You do swear, that you do not now belong, have not for six months past belonged, and do not intend fin• the future to belong to any secret political society, and particularly that called lcnnw•Nothings. If you so swear, say yes." The election districts were then Called over ii alphabetical order, and the Delegates presented their certificates, took the obligation prescribed, and were admitted to seats in the Convention. The following, ticket was then placed in nomi nation. Senate.-John C. Evans. Asseinbill. —J. Lawrence Getz, Benjamin Nunemacher, William Hines and Geo. Shenk. Treasurer.— George Feather. Commissioncr;—Wm. Knabb. Director o/'lLe Poor.—J. R. Edelman. Coroner. —Wm. Keen. fluditor.—John F. Moers. PRjeE3 or• Plt(iDreFl TN NEW YORK.—The prices for &lir on Wednesday last were as fol lows :—Common to good and extra .State, $7.62 to $8.27 per. barrel. Rye flour 86 to $7 per barrel. Corn meal, 84.75 to $5.12 per barrel, Wheat sold at $l.BO to $1.85 per bushel. The prices for live beef cattle were 7 to 10 cents per pound. Veal calves same old prices. Ordina ry to good cows, $25 to 840 ; same extra with calf, $5O to $75. Sheep, common, $1 to $5: extra, $8 to $lO ; lambs, SL7S to $2,10. Live swine, WI to 7 cents per pound ; dead weight, from cents up to 0 per pound. TERitcron - .—The Kansas Legisla- lure adjourned on the 30th of August. They adopted such portions of tiro Missouri 'code of laws as wore not locally inapplicable or incon sistent with the laws of Kansas already passed. The pro-slavery convention nominated General Whitfield as delegate to Congress. In the Kan sas I louse of Representatives, the bill to exempt slaves from sale under execution, \vas rejected. The Squatter Sovereign nominates David R. Atchison for the Presidency, and hopes the last. The editor Writes as if he had just taken a strong pull at the whiskey jug. Jr.ST 400 YEARS AGO.—The first book ever printed with a date appeared in . 1855. just four centuries ago this very year. Nine years after, the Koran began to be publicly rend at Con stantinople,. and at the same time the Bible was sent forth on the wings of the press. . . 14TETt. FROM EOTIOPE.—The arrival of , the Africa at Tlalifas and of the Arago at New York, puts us in possession' of advices frtnn Europe to the Ist inst. There is nothing new of great importance. At Sebastnpol there are still no immediate indications of the long-ex pected assault upon the Malakoff and Redrin2 We are now told, however, that the English advances are within sixty yards of the Russian outworks, while the French on the right of the Malakoff, aro within thirty yards. Indeed, if we may judge by a dispatch from Gen. they are still nearer, for he informs us that on the 24th tilt. they captured a Russian ambuscade on the very glacis of the Mnladkoff and turned it against the fortress. Meanwhile the slaughter in the works is daily very large. The English say that they alone lose sixty men Of the battle of the Chernaya, or ns it is now called the battle of Tralitir Bridge, we have detailed accounts. Generals Simpson and Pelissier both furnish reports. They say the Russian attack was a deliberate effort to raise the siege of Sebastopol, and if the Russians had succeeded in holding the heights on the Allies' side of the river, they intended further to attack the Allies from four points, namely : a main attack on Balaklava, another onthe British camp, and another simul taneously on the extreme right and left of the French lines. Documents found on the body of a Russian general indicate this. Gen. Simp son estimates the Russian forces at 55,000 in fantry and 0,000 calvary, with 160 guns. The French had only 12,000 men and four batteries engiiged. The Sardinians had 4,500 man and twenty-four guns engaged, while the English had only one battery in play. The battle began at break of day. The Russians crossed the river on flats and drove in the allied outposts. Gen. Simpson says the Russians advanced three times with the most determined bravery.— Thrice they carried the bridge and crowned the heights, but were thrice driven back by the French batteries. The Zouaves charged them witlhhe bayonet, and the English battery made great havoc as they retreated to the river. Gen. Pelissier calls the French loss 17 offi cers killed and 53 wounded, 172 men killed, 150 missing, and 1,150 wounded. The Sardi nian losS'was 250. The loss of the Russians was 3,000 killed and 5,000 wounded, including 1,600 wounded prisoners in the hands of the French and 200 in the hands of the Sardinians. The Turks were not engaged. The Russian report admits great losses and three generals killed. . It attributes the loss to the too great impetuosity of the right columns of attack. The Russian troops engaged had just arrived in the Crimea. FllO5l CALIFORNIA ANT) TRII PActrm. --By the arrival of the Northern Light from San Juan we have California news to August 18th, seven teen days later than our previous advices. This steamer brings upward of $1,000,000 in gold. The yield of the mines continues to be abundant. Several exciting events have occurred in San Francisco, among which are an attempt to blow up a broker's establishment by an indignant Frenchnutn, the sudden departure of Mr. Woods of the firm of Adams &. Co., for Australia— and the discovery of a bogus gold-dust manu factory. A dreadful massacre of Americans by a party of Mexicans at Rancheria took place on the Oth of August, a frenzy of excitement ensued, several Mexicans were lynched on the spot, and every Spanish house in the place was burned. Our accounts from Central America announce the landing of Col. Walker, flit: re nowned filliluister, at San Juan Del Stir, with a force of some 300 men. Col. Kinney, with his party, is still at San Juan del Norte. Tic was in full flush of hope. having completed a contract for thirty-five millions of acres of land on the Mosquito Coast. A bloody battle was fought on the 19th, between the Castilkin party, under Munos and AlvartCz, and a body of Cha morro's adherents, under Guardiola. As re gards numbers, the armies were nearly equally matched, the former comprising 900 and the latter 800 men. The battle lasted seven hours, and about 500 were killed on both sides. Guar diola was badly beaten, and fled to' the moun tains, while Munos was reported among the Col. Walker was menaced by a strong force of the Chamorro party, posted at RivaS, only fifteen miles from San Juan. His position was liable to attack as soon as the knowledge of his landing reached Boska, the commander at RiVas. From the Sandwich 'lslands we have news that it destructive fire broke out in the Varieties Theatre on the morning of the 7th of July, ikstrOyini the building, the police station, and three large stores,-in a few hours. Tnl•: GREAT REMEDY or TIME AGE.—Dr. L. B Vright's Liquid Cathartic" is taking the ead of all other Family Medicines. Its supe •ior alterative powers, together with its active waling and purifying qualities, render it the most reliable, and the absence of all those pain ful sensations in its operation upon the stomach and bowels. its pleasantness of taste, have giv en it a popularity equalled by none. We are informal that 1)i. Wright will be forced to withgo his practice, as his time is now nearly exclusively taken up with compounding this waluable remedy. Our children could. not now do without it, :and the worst thing that could happen to our family, would be a want of this remedy without the power to obtain It.— Our children love it, and our better half says it is the gt 7 eatest blessing of the age. A clear conscience and plenty of Dr. Wright's " Liquid Cathartic," we think may carry us through. Five la Cathartic. SEMI-ANRUAL REPORT OF CRIMINAL ARRESTS :4 NEW YORK.—Total number of arrests for he six months ending Juno 30th, 26.824. Of these there were for intoxication, 6,077: dis orderly conduct, 7,145 ; murder, 18 ; petit lar ceny, 3,533 ; grand larceny, 411 ; forgery, 21 ; arson, 16 ; assault with intent to kill, 100 ! Trm Y17.7.03V Pnvga. • —The:ravageS of the . yellow fever in 'Norfolk and Portsmouth has been really terrible. The money sent fait other places is nearly all expended, and some of the inhabitants are suffering for the common neces(qaries of life—all -thiS, together with the breaking out of the small' pox among the re mainhig, inhabitants, form.a. combination of horrors that is really fearful to contemplate. Several boat loads of provisions and neces sary medicines have been sent down from Bal timore. In New York, Boston, and other places ; the good work of collecting finds goes im with remarkable activity. Madame Rachel has giVen one thousand dollars towards the fund. The population, of both Norfolk and Ports mouth is now reduced to a very low figuce, and hence the relatiVe morality is so alarming.-- , , It is stated that at Norfolk there are only 1500 whites and 5000 blacks, and yet the number of invalids is 000. This is, indeed, awful. The dead have multiplied so largely that it is im possible to bury the corpse in graves, and thus of necessity trenches aro dug, in which the bodies are deposited. The details are, indeed painful, and well calculated to sicken the heart. Several well known Philadelphians, who vol unteered their services as physicians and nurses have been taken down with the fever, and sev eral have died. The city council of Norfolk have appointed a committee to superintend the digging of tren- ches, at " Potter's field," in which to bury the dead, as the mortality is becoming too great to admit of burying them in the usual manner. The epidemic has extended to animals, and dogs and cats are found,lying about dead, with unmistakeable evidences of the " plague?' —such as blixding from the nose and mouth, &c. 11LtixF.ELEcrtoN.— The election in Maine took place on Monday last. As it requires in that State a majority of all the votes to elect, Mor rill, the temperance-candidate, has been defeat ed —tile combined vote for Wells (Democrat,) and Reed (Whig,) being the largest. The anti-temperanco parties have also secured the House of Representatives and. Senate by a large majority, and will therefore elect either Wells or Reed for Governor. Of course the repeal of the prohibitory liquor law will result from the defeat of the temperance party. The meeting of the Legislature does not take, place until the second Wednesday in January next, when the Governor twill be chosen. Until that time the dry-throated old codgers must take thi!ir " tod" behind the screen. There will, however, undoubtedly he a tremendous rattling of toddy sticks all over the 'Union in rejoicings for this unexpected victory. • A lln.tvr CLAIN( PnosrEcr.--Mr. Chas. Ingersoll; of Philadelphia, one of the killed by the Camden and Amboy Railroad disaster at Burlington, would have inherited a fortune of $500.000 had he lived until he arrived at the age of 21 years, which would have been the last of the present month. A clause in the Will provided that in the event of his decease bdbre arriving at age, the Ihr(nne would NI to another branch of the family. It is said that an effort will be made to recover this amount from the Company, as in all probability, had . not this accident occurred, lie would have lived to come in possession of the fortune. WHAT tr COSTS.—The French, it is said,'have not more than fifty-five thousand bayonets, and the British seventeen thousand, en ligne before Sebastopol. This, however, does not in clude the garrisons at Kamiesch and Constanti nople, or the army of reserve nor the sick, wounded and convalescent in those quarters.— The nocturnal fights, the shells thrown into the camp by the Russians. exposure, hard duty, and casualities of every kink, occasion a dread ful waste of life, costing, in killed, wounded and sick, an average of six hundred men daily. GREAT HORSE CONVENTION.-NOW that the politicians at the North have got through with their convention too at Spring,field. Mass., on the 13th of September—not to make a platform —hut to exhibit the best breeds and the fastest nags. Tt is said it promises to be the greatest exhibition of the !rind ever held in the United Slates. no.—We find the following tele graph dispatch in the city papers : ARRIVAL OF GOV. SIIAIs;NON IN KANSAS.—St. Louis, Sept. 10.—We learn from Westport, Kansas, that Gov Shannon arrived there on the 31st ult. He was serenaded, and upon being called out made a Speech, in which he said ho regarded the Legislature as legal, and its acts binding, and would exert his authority to en force them. He declared himself in favor of slavery in Kansas. A CURIOSITY FOR BARNUIT.TIIO Bangor (Maine) Mercury says there is a man named Or land, in that State, about sixty years of ago, who is the father of twenty two children—four by his first wife, and eighteen by his present wife, who is forty-nine years of age. Between the oldest and youngest of these children, there is a difference in nge of but twenty and one-half years, but there are six pairs of twins among the children by the second wife. RECkONINQ STEAU BY HOMO POWER.—The power of a horse iS understood to be that which will elevate a weight of thirty-three thousand pounds the height of one foot in a rinnuee equal to about ninety pounds at the rate of four miles an hour. RESULT or TOE SINGLE TRACIC.—Since the late terrible accident on the Camden and Amboy Railroad the stock of that Company has de clined ten dollars per share. Tho numerous suits commenced for damages have frightened the monied community. In-Do not expect others to keep for you a se cret which you could not keep yourself. aisb.ls nub enbs. 13 - 310 neym nkes them ar ego. n-W. Stone, the well known clown; died recently in California. " Alas, poor Yorick !" 03Putzle.—Neverfendyourpapertotheporion whoistoostingytosubscribetoono. Ir" September 13, 1847, Americans entered Mexico. (IJTho subscriptions for the relief of the yel lotrever suiltrers in Virginia, amount to' over 572,000. (:a - Do not suppose that any one can assist you in building up a good character unless you lay the foundation yourself. • Ea - Ah Illinois paper says there is a man in Olney so dirty that the Assessor puts him down as " real estate." [a -- Don't boast of what , you are going to do., but go to work and let others tell what you; have done. [1"" I have a good ear, a wonderfhl ear,' said a conceited musician, in a ermversation.— " So has a jackass," replied a bystander.• I:l•Some of the New Jersey Whig Journals are out in favor of Mr. Frelinghuysen for the Presidency. . D'There was an insurance on the life of tho late Abbott Lawrence to the amount of $40,000. By his will this is left to his widow. o"Jacob Armbruster was convicted at Doylestown on Thursday, of the murder of his wife on the 3d of July last. o:7•Nonscnse—To think of curing a disposi tion for telling white lies by eating black- _ ._.gislature has passed a bill' to appoint all officers in the territory for the term of six- years. buckwheat crop of New York is said to be as large as in Pennsylvania—doubling the average crop. la - Since March, 1854 no less than 106 per sons have been killed and 292 wounded, by railroad accidents in the United States. I:a — One in every six of the men, women and children of Newcastle, England, is a pauper,. and the total.number of paupers in the town: exceeds 16,000. EOTwo thousand and seven hundred new buildings have been erected, or are in progresS of erection in Chicago during the present MEM Ca - None are so fond of secrets as those who don't mean to keep them ;—such personS covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money —for the purpose of circulation. . Calf some men could come out of their graves and read the inscriptions on their tomb stones, they would think they had got into the. wrong grave. Will you take something ?" said a teeth teler to his friend, while standing near alavern. " I do not care if I do," was the reply.— " Well," said Frank, " let's take a walk." fr - Dissolution of Partnership at the An chor.—Philip and Catarina last week dissolved partnership by mutual consent. They are henceforth and forever to be two separate and; distinct " institutions." Growth of Trenton, N. J.—This city has; now a total of 13,810 inhabitants, being an in crease of 3361 over the total of the year 1850, which was 10,445. Of the present total 3368 arc of foreign birth. Garbut, a well-known farmer and miller, of Monroe county, has proved,. by care ful experiments, that " grown" wheat retains• all its vitality, and is as good as the best for seed. Ca - "Peppermitit.—A good business is said to be made in Canada, by cultivating fields of pep permint. It is easily done, and the yield is or dinarily the value of about eighty dollars to the acre. [l:7The Wayne County (Pa.) Democratic Convention met on Tuesday evening, and adop ted resolutions endorsing the policy of Gover nor Reeder, and denouncing President Pierce for dismissing him. • U7Jonah wrote to his father after the whal'o. first swallowed him, stating That he had found, a good opening for a young man just going into business ; but afterwards wrote for money to bring him home, stating that ho had been sucked in. I)7llroinan.—As a mother she scolds and spanks us ; as a sister, she tells of and pinches us ; as a sweetheart, she coquettes and jilts us as a wife, she frowns, frets; pouts, cries, and torments us ; without her what would there be to trouble us ? [l:7Twenty-six persont have been arrested and committed to the jail of Cambria county, charged with stealing iron and materials from the Pennsylvania State works, valued at 146,- 000, considerable quantities of which have been recovered. Ea-A Fast Age.—At a picnic which took place at Media, Delaware county, on Wednes day, a birth of a child took place. Mothera will conclude that there was a ".miscalcula tion" here, but there is no telling what may come to pass in this fast age. 13:7•The Whig State Convention, which met at Harrisburg last Tuesday, nominated JOSBCPII HENDERSON, of Washington county, for Canal Commissioner. Only twenty counties were represented and most of them by but a single delegate. Thomas E. Cochran, of York, was President. Tho vote stood: For Henderson, 30 ; Passmoro Williamson, 6 ; and R. M. Lem. on, 4. fla - The Salt Lake City people have their troubles as well as others. The U. S. soldiers have been playing the mischief with the hearts of the Moimon girls. Brigham Young says they have corrupted the morals.of the women, and 'he threatens the soldiers terribly if they return to play the same game again. The soldiers have gone, and with them a number of the Mors mon girls, T in death than in life r ien. If you don't believe. .fter boiling.
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