[From the Mittiunflic American, Oct. lg.] Ilecilkire - attant inrillilwaulcle. A DEAD BODY To no IluttNan.--For the sak e of the fair fame of the city, and the reputation of the better portion of our citizens, who pro fess to be Christians and enlightened people, we should like to have the record which follows wiped from our memory, and blotted from the list of horible acts of which our city 'has too long.been the scene. But this is impossible.— Already the meagre accounts have flashed to the borders of our country, acid the whole civ ilized community have shuddered with horror at the terrible thoughts suggested, and any at tempt to cover it up. or apologize for its enormi ty, would make us, inn degree, parties to it. 'Yesterday afternoon, immediately after din ner we were startled by the information from a citizen of the First Ward, that at that moment a man by the name of Pfeil, a resident of the • First Ward, and who lives in one of the elegant dwellings upon the lake bluff on the 'North Point plank road, was preparing a pile of wood and other combustibles for the purpose of hurtl ing the body of his wife, who died the night be fore. We could scarcely believe it anything but a hoax. We, however, repaired at onct to I e office of the Sheriff, and found that it was ir ~ and that SheriffConover, 1 - nier Sheriff Bee -, and their deputies, had already gone to the scene of this heathen funeral. On arriving at the house we found a sight that probably never before met the eye of an American. The heathen Pfeil bpi got a gang of men at work drawing sixteen cords of wood and arranging it upon the lake shore in the rear of his house, for the purpose of burning the body of his wife, scarcely cold, according to his (and he say'S) her ideas of burial. There were the shavings, the turpentine and the fu neral pile of sixteen cords of wood. It was a sight to make Christian blood run cold and civ ilized and enlightened minds shrink with hor- Tor at the contemplation of the moral depravity that in broad day light should attempt such an ungodly act. We were anxious to see the man who ,was thus bedeviled and behent limed, and found him in remonstrance with Flurinonover, and stout ly claiming his right to burn his wife as be had laid out. But the sheriff told him that it could not be done in this eenuntunt3', cud at once took charge of mattcrs and changed the pro gramme. Acting in concert with Pfeil, was a man whose name our citizens will lie shocked with • wonder to hear, Mr. Wendt. Ile also claimed the full right of Mr. Pfeil to burn his wife, and said to the sheriff that he had no busi ness to interfere. lit! WaS pros( nt to assist _Me. Pfeil in the heathenish rights cf burning. The body lay upon tl e talilo uneebwet3 in a :Amon& all ready to be cart ied out at the back (loot and placed upon the Ole. The Sheriff told the man that if he should per shit in any such attempt to outrage the cherish ed moral senthnents of the city, that crc the pile had been half consumed there would be a maddened crowd about hint that would . put Illin 4! so upon the crackling fironc:n to meet a doom not entirely unjust for his monstrous crime.— But no talk and no remonstrance et• 11,1 convince him or Mr. Wendt that they had not a perfect right to perform any heathenish practice with the body that their hellish morality might dic tate. They : . .aid " there was no law against it in Wisconsin," and it might have - had weight with fools and heathens, but those who knew . • all law comes from the moral sense of the com munity, and should be the congelation of public ' sentiment, were not prepared to listen to such stuff. _ _ At length the Sheriff ordered a can't and 4 hearse, to give the woman a decent and Christ ian burial. This Pfeil doggedly and tacitly as sented to, as by this time a large crowd of pro ,ple had congregated around the house. not without all the while reiterating his right to burn her, and his determination to do so if the officers would permit it. Mr. Conover offered to allow him any form of ceremony', any pecu liar mode of funeral rite, but the heathenish vaide he had chosen. But no, he would give no directions, and consent to nothing. Mr. Wendt •said, " Gentlemen, it makes no difference with us if we cannot go on in our way." As soon as the coffin came, the Sheriff ordered the corpse to be put into it, and wiiely stool over it till it was done and the lid screwed down. Some gentlemen near by helped to place the cof fin ih the hearse, and it moved away, followed by a carriage containing only the influnous bus-, band of the dead. (We think Mr. Wendt, got into the carriage, together with Pr. Young, afterwards.) Sheriff Conover and. Under Sheriff Beck went to the burial place, and saw the body safely put into a Christian tomb, and away from the bands of the moral monster who had lived so long in the Eight of churches and school houses, and learned no better than to do as the natives upon the banks. of the Ganges or. the Indus. Thus ended Ae. most outrageous attack upon the morality of our community ever made— worse, if possible, than the shooting of the la mented Adams. • Pfeil calls himself a Russian, and we believe is amen of property and education: Ills house is an elegant one, and filled with the airs of luxury and elegance. His wife is said to have been a born Brahmin, a lady of culture and re. linement, although Pfeil says she repeatedly .directed him to burn the Body when dead, she haying been sick for three years. If it had been some drunken-creature, we should not have wondered so much ; but an edheated man, and backed by such a citizen as Mr. Wendt, is surprising beyond measure. • • But we do not like to let this matter rest bore There is something dark and covered up in this affair which calls for a Coroner's inquest, and one should be held to-day upon the body.— After this has been done, let some step?; be taken by which it shall be ascertained whether there is not some mode of converting the heath en iu our midst. • 41 Fr . or Love SocletV.9, One need not go so far as Salt Lake city, to find public dissolute condnct, and morals the laxity of which is most detrimental to the in terests of society. In New York city, the So• dom of America, a society has been organized, for the purpose of counpting still more the already corrupted society of that city. Under the above interesting title, the members meet, and from accounts published in New York pa pers, one would imagine that their meetings were of quite an agreeable character, to those disposed to throw Wall restraints imposed upon them by social custom. The Tribune. gives the following slietch of their mode of doing things and the object of their organization : The Club meets on Monday and Thursday evenings of each week, over Taylor's upper saloon, No. 555 Broadway. oT hi s club is comL posed of between five and six hundred mem bers with an average attendance of one hundred and fifty ; though tht‘ attendance has been much larger than usual since the Alair has gained some general notoriety. There were, as we understand, sonic three hundred present at the last meeting. At these semi-weekly meetings, the members of the Club and the strangers whom they introduce, walk, talk, waltz, sing, flirt, and endeavor to enjoy them selves as best they may—each selecting his or her associrde .4k:cording to attraction and inti• :Mies, and always with a due regard to Indi vidual Sovereignty.., Occasionally, the audience is amused, entertained, or bored—as the case may be—by a speech front the chief, or some other great man in the Free Love Israel, who may be pressed with the idea that he has an important message to communicate. Although the exercises, topics, and amusements indulged in take a wide range, the main idea which draws and holds together 'this motly party is Free Love, Passional:Attraction, as some of them prefer to call it. They repudiate the present system of marriage, deny the -right 01 society or the State to interfere in any way with the subject any further than may rightfully in terhre with any civil contract, and contend that marriage may be limited fur life partner at the option of the man or woman whe are sole and rightful judges of the time and manner of its beginning and termination. One of their favorite dogmas is that a woman has the right to choose the father of her own child. This theory has, we understand, been reduced to practice to a considerable extent in this city. One young man, whose name we withhold, had considerable (htliculty in converting his wife to the new theory, but finally succeeded, and wa!: - : rather crest fallen %viten he discovered, a few months later, that his wife was attracted" in another direction than to himself. Ile took the matter philosophically, however, and by the infallable law of passional attraction, finally discovered his true partner in the person of another man's wife ; and the four re-mated are now said to he living loving under the same Another case is that of a woman of tine to cnts and accomplishments, and rather pretty withal, who actually helieves in the new theory, and whose worse'. half not being The right one, selected the father of her child, a shta•t tine since, in the per,ton of a respectable young nun. tied gentleman. and now living on very short commons in an attic, where she is very much otizea Ly the fraternity of Free Lovers awl Leaguers. Instcad of sustaining her as they ought, if they are iu earnest, the leading and lucre respectat,le portion of them, at least, shrug their shoulders and say tluy arc sorry s lady tool: the course slie did ; they think it was very unwise and premature ; that so ciety is not quite ready for the reception. and exiierimental illustration Air their ideas, while they go on preaching the theory trhich they condemn in this zettions ailvocate for reCinein,l7 to practice. The faiher of her child, who is said to he abundantly aide to sul , port her, de• cline:; doing so on the plea Putt such assistance would not leave the lady free, but her in bonds, etc. It is - due to her to say that she is very heroic : and in reply to a letter of condo lence was quite' indignant at expressions of pity and sympathy for her condition. She net derstands she says, very well what she -is about. She knew beforehand what she was taking upon herself. This was the way by which society was to be reformed and purified, and she was willing—naY, even proud—to hear her full share of the burden and disgrace, if the world chooses to call it so, attending such re• formation. On. Thursday night of lost week the police made a descent on the above named den, or place of meeting, in Broadway, and broke it up. It SCQIIIS the expose in the papers drew a ,urge and somewhat riotous crowd, whose am atory notions were a little too free' for these would-be Reformers. The rush to the rendez vous attracted a crowd on the sidewalk, and a posse of police joined the throng in the club room to sea what was going on. They found Alfred Brisbane the Socialist, making an incen diary.specch, and soon after a row was kicked up at the door by some one who tried to get in without paying his quarter. A scuffle ensued between the visitor and the door-keeper, wher up-NI the officers interfered, cleared the rooms, took several of the leading Free Lovers prison ers, and marched them off to the Tombs. Among the persons arrested was Brisbane,' Harlan, the door-keeper. and several female members of questionable reputation. After being locked up over night in the Tombs, the parties were taken before the Mayor, who al lowed them to go scott free. A great place is Gotham for all sorts of ideas, and the license which is allowed to reformers generally. The Free Love establishment is still kept up at the old place. . BARK PArsn.- 7 A company has estalished, Portland, Mc., a factory for the manufacture piper from the bark of trees. The paper is al ready extensively used, and a good printing pa per, it is said, will soon be produced. Ilorrible Murder and Suicide About three weeks since, a young man, a stranger; who stated that his name was Au burn, and that he was from Boston, Mass., emit) to this city and sought and obtained work at the cabinet establishment a Messrs. Binford & Porter, as a designer and. carver. After Working a few days, and proving himself a first rate carver, and earning S3S, which were paid him, he rented a house on Main ,street, near Twenty-second street, and employed a carpen terl;to fit the same up for a grocery, oyster and drinking house. Ile also employed a young man to assist him in the grocery, which was to be opened on Monthly, (to -day.) On Friday night last, Auburn was arrPsfed on a charge of enticing away and harboring two negro men, belonging to Messrs. Jesse Williams and IL Grant, and who had disappeared a few days previous. The time of arrest was about 1:2 o'clock, Friday night, and was effected by the police, who stationed themselves around. Auburn's house, and awaited his return, which was at the late hour named. lie resisted the officers with pistol, and bowie -knife in hand, but was - overpowerea and taken to the cage. On his way to the prison he drew from his pocket a phial of sctrychnine, and drank a portion of it, and spit out a portion of it in the face of the of ficers who had him in charge. TINT physicians were immediately called to his relief but he died from the effects of the strychnine about two hours after swallowing it ; and the Coroner held an inquest over his body on Saturday morning. The charge on which he was arrested was satisfactorily established, as follows :-11e had received about $,:l100 from the two negro men, under a promise to convey them to the North, and had concealed them in the third story of his house, preparatory to sending them away. One of the negroes having complained cf bang, un well, he gave him what he said was a dose of medicine, but which was no doubt strychnine, as the Ilegril died soon after taking the dose.— Auburn then dug a grave in his cellar, and, with the assistance of the other negro, buried his mltrdered subject, first culling his throat, ripping open his abdomen, and horribly mutilat ing the holy in other places. This was done, it is supprised, to prevent the negro from recovr crier; from the elfats of the strychnine. These Moody scenes occurring before the eyes of the oilier negro, naturally prodixed much alarm and uneasiness in his mind, consequent ly, he embraced the first opportunity to escape from confinement, which lie did by leaping from a window in the third story of the house. Ile then returned to his master, and revealed all he knew about this most singnlar and horrible transaction. It is believed Auburn was in league with others engaged in the business of running off slaves, but no accomplices have yet been ticketed. Auburn was a yonng man of genteel appear ranee and manner, and had capacities, as a car ver and designer, to earn from *5 to *S" a day. Ile gave as a reason for renting a house and opening a grocery, the expected visit of his mother and some of her family fiwn the North, to reside with him in this city.—llichmond Eit zn., SCOMU: S'CII 4 qIIINO. — The scourge which I as Stllicted the cities of Not folk and Ports non; h for the past two months, is subsiding.— Pen ple arc beginning, to return to their stricken homes, and business to sonic extent has been resumed. The publication of the newspapers in Norfolk has been renewed. The Norfolk Herald of the 15th instant, contains many heart-rending incidents of the pestilence which swept off whole families and sent sorrow to hun dreds of others. Sorrow and mourning prevail in nearly every household. lii Norfolk alone, in a population averaging about seven thousand there haVe been over two thousand deaths.— Much suffering and sickness still exists in both cities, many families arc in want of the neces saries of life. A Qrzint 'WAY OF LlVlNt;.—TliCre is a family within eight miles of West Eillingly (dorm.) who are to all appearance in the full enjoYment cf an uncivilized existence. The family con sists of a man and wife, with four or five small children ; and the habitation where they " stop" (fur they cannot be said to lire) is a mud and Si.OllC hovel, without a window, and containing no furniture. The inmates sit on the bare earth, lie on time hate earth, eat on the bare earth With their fingers ; nor do they seem aware of the existence of the slightest ar ticle of domestic comfort in• a civilized life.— Kt . /tingly Telegraph. Ilii.k;rnEsnom.—There arc live hundred mil lions-more of heathens than of Christians in the world. For this mighty mass it was re cently stated at an anniversary in Berlin, only fifMen hundred missionary stations exist, and only thirty-seven societies have been formed to iromote their conversion. Com:Ans.- 7 There are 2,100 women engaged in Troy, New York, in the manufacture of linen collars for gentlemen's wear. There arc twice as many clergymen in the United States who are daily engaged in making collars for single gentlemen. . MARRIED On the Nth inst., by thewaßev. J. S. Dubs., Mr. C. F. IluumAN to Mrs. A. M. Kussunt, widow of the late Rev. 0. R. Kessler, both of, this borough. On the 25th inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev..B. M. Schmucker, Mr. PitimP S. Pam, to Miss MARGARET E. DHAANor.a, both of this place. . The above happy couple furnishe'd us with a a slice of bridal cake, for which we return our thanks and best wishes. Oti the 12th of October, in Wescoesville, by Walter P. Huber, Esq., Mr. St3toN Rittam, of Walnut Port, Northampton. county, to - Miss MATILDA BOGER, of South Whitehall. On the 28th of October, by the Rev. ,T. Vogelbach, Mr. WILLIAM GROMAN, of Salis burg, to Miss Esttrot RoTn, of South White hall. DIED On the 27th of October, in Allentown, MARIA, consort of Rev. Daniel Zeller, aged about 80 years. 1 27' :ETA- 1VE.A.:171.1:3217-Tglat7 ALLEN TOWN MARKET, Flour, per bbl. - • - . - - Wheitt, - - Corn, - R 3 c, Oats, - Hay, Salt, - Pohtoes, 11am. per 11.).., Sides. - Shoulders, - Lard, Butter, - Eggs per doz A Valtb - Lble Property AT PRIVATE SALE. THE well known Island commonly called ii " Tilginnren'stlsland," lying close to the borough of Allentown, and near the Lehigh Valley Railroad, owned by George Butz, Jr., of Philadelphia, is offered at Private Sale. It lays in River Lehigh, a branch of saidr iver runs along the Western side. and connects on its south-eastern point with the genet* al stream. It contains about £3 acres of land in a good cultivated condition for raising trucks and vegetables. The improvements arc a two story AfiP 1.? • i Kitchen, with a Piaza. h new Barn is under contract to be built•and finished in a few months, and a good well with a pump. A large new bridge. leading across the River Lehigh to the Island. has been built and belongs to the property. There are on the place 7or kr 800 r nit Trees 2 a rich choice from the New Jersey Nurseries, two-thirds of which are Peach trees, the rest apples, pears and cherries. Likewise a large bed of strawberries. This place has a great advantage to sell and send its productions with the Railroad to dilllsent places. For terms. &c., application must be made to - JOHN F.. HALBACII, Agent for George Butz. Allentown, Oct. 31 Assignee Sale, • WILL be soll aLl2dilic Sale, on Saturday the the 11 of November next, at 11) o'clock in the forenoon, on the premises, the following described valuable real estate properly : No. IL--A cetiala Tract of Land, situated in North Whitehall township, T,e high county, adjoining lands of Henry Del •frich and henry Deibert, containing 19 acres and -10 rods, strict measure. The improve ; limits thereon are a good ; ;:; 1 ' DlATenirh ErCittiSe ir-V.Xl3Slable, Smoke House, and other out buildings, two good springs of water, and an excellent apple orchard. This is a valuable tract of land, the fields being very suitably laid out, and is well worthy the attention of those in want of desirable home. ALSO.—On the same day,At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at the public house of Mr. Dyer, in Slatington, Washington townsl dp. Lehigh coun ty, to ill be exposed to public sale : No. 2.--The 1011(11114M Half of a Slate Quarry and tract of land, sitnnted . in said township and County. adjoining lands of 1). Howell. John Remaly and George Dourly, con taining 5 acres and :lt; rods, strict measure.— The improvements thereon are an excellent young tipple G?-chard ) just beginning to bear fruit. The Slate Quarry has been opened at three difrerent places, and is excellent. The tract is admirably situated, and well adapted to be laid out in town lots. The conditions will be made known on the day of Sale and due attendance given by B. :T. lIAGENIWCII, ELIAS M. KUNTZ, $ Assignees If Franklin Scull: and October 17 7 ~1~. ~t~ ~~~'~, ~:..i , ~ ~.'. '~ Cl ::r NOTICE is hereby given that an instrument -1 of writing purporting to be the constitu tion of the " First Presbyterian Cinn•ch of Ho kendaqua," has been filed in my office, and that application has been made to the Court of Com mon Pleas of Lehigh county, to grant a charter of incorporation, and that the same will be granted on the 12th day of November nest, un .ess sufficient reasons be shown to the contrary• F. E. SAMUELS, Prothonotary. t—tc Oct. 17 T. C. lE.ramer's a 3R., 3M "a" 1-1 CD) 11- 40 71 Courtlandt Street, near Jersey City Ferry, NEW YORK. THE above house is now fitted uji - for the ac commrOation of strangers and the public. The proprietor, therefore, invites his friends and all others whO desire a convenient stopping place when visiting the city, to give him a call. THOMAS C. KRAMER. New York, October 17. ¶-3m xe,c - at, , oy 's Notice is her6by given, that the undet signed are appointed Executors of the last will and testament bf Anna Albright, de ceased, late of the-Borough of Allentown, Lehigh county,thcrefore all those who know themselves to be indebted to said estate, he it in Notes, Bonds. Book-debts or otherwise will make payment within six weeks from 'the date hereof, Also those who have anv legal claims against said estate, will bring in their accounts will authenticated within slid time. 'NATILts DRESIIER, Executors • Gummi: licaTcn, Allentown, Oct. 17 LW - Hello, Jack, where ate you 'going To stopp's, Cheap Cash Store to get my wedding suit t oho u attorney at Law. Office on 7th street, three doors North o the Public Square, Allentomin, Pa October 4, 1854 • Job Printing, , Neatly Executed at the ‘‘Register office Register's Notice. NOTICE' is hereby given to the heirs, credi t 1 tors and. others, who may be interested in the estates of the following deceased persons, in Lehigh county, to wit: 1. The account of Christopher Henrit ze, Ad ministrator of George Ilenritze. dec'd. • 2. The account of David Williams. Jr., Ad- ' tninistrator of David Williams. Sen., deed. 3. The account of George Reinhard, Guardiim of' John Portz—, 4. The account of Adam Litzenberger, Guar- 1 dian.of Lewis Mohr. 5. The account of Charles Peter, Guardian of Florkt Handwerk. 8: The account of Jonas Sensineer and Reu ben Sensinger. Administrators' of George Sen. singer. (Guardian) or Ephink Reber. 7. The account - of Abraham Muthart and Charles Zeigler, Executors of George Muthurt, dee'd. 8. Separate account of ,john Metzger. one of the Executors of Elizabeth Trexler, dec'd. 9. The account of Lewis Schmidt. acting Ex ecutor of Frederick G. Ruetze, dec'd. 10. ,The account of Jesse Grim, Guardian of David J. P. Deshler. The account of William Landis, Guardian ilda Shoemaker. The account of Gabriel Miller, Adminis r of John Miller. dee'd. - SO 50 1 00 - 75 1 25 - 45 2000. - 50 40 - 11 12 - 12 14 of Ma 13. The a'.atount of Reuben IVeiss and Eliza eth Weiss, Administrators of Thomas Weiss, ec . 14. The account of Peter Snyder, Guardian of Co tharine Kroninger. 15. The account of Jonas Heller, Exo7utor of Eve Kuntz, deed. 16. The account of-Charles Foster, acting, Administrator of John I ki-tt and, deo'd. 17. The account of Christian Kistler, Ex ecutor of Magdalena Kistler, dec'd. IS. Separate account of Jonathan Trexler one of the Executors of Eilzabeth Trexler,