int T-ElO Itgiottr.
Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1855
C. P. IMINES,TDITOR
[I:7IVANTED.—An intelligent boy, of active'
and industrious habits, is wanted immediately
at this office, to learn the printing business.
irrThe communication from Slatington, by
our valued friend W., came too late for this
week's paper.. It will appear in our
Let us hear from you more frequently.
Organ Consecrat lon
The new organ built for St. John's Church,
at this place, by Mr. Kilduff, of Philadelphia,
will be consecrated on Sunday, December oth.
Several clergymen from abroad are expected to
be present.
Thanksgiving Elay
Last Thursday was the day set apart by the
Chief Magistrate •of the Commonwealth ns a
day of thanksgiving and praise. Although bu
siness was not suspended, it wa3 observed by
divine service in one or two churches. IVe be
lieve a sort of a row occured in " Mingo," re
sulting from the free use of liquor. A party of
Irishmen • who were engaged in a " free fight"
among themselves, became belligerent toward
some peaceable citizens. No one was seriously
injured.
The First Snow
Winter—cold, bleak and dreary winter is
coming on. The first' snow this season, fell
hero on Wednesday last to the depth of about
two inches, giving a rather wintry aspect to
everything out of doors. It was however not
quite deep enough to start the " merry ringing
of the bells," but there is a prospect ahead that
we will have some more of the " came sort"
before long, at least if there is any truth in the
saying of the poet Campbell, that " Coining
events., cast their shadows before." To those
who have not yet prepared for winter it is a
last notice to do so ; while, to others it may be
a reminder there are poor, whether by misfor
tune or otherwise, who are ever in want of a
helping hand. Let each one see that his neigh
bor does not feel the pangs of want, either in
food or fuel, and all may be *happier when the
warm sunshine of spring and merry notes of
blue bird and robin will sing the return of
pleasant days.
Public Lect urea
The evenings at the present season are long,
and we know of no pleasanter or more profita
ble mode of conveying popular instruction than
through the medium of publl: lectures, deliver
ed by able and accomplished speakers. The
lectures before the Allentown Lyccum some
years ago were of a highly instructive and en
tertaining character. They attracted large ang.'
intelligent audiences of ladies and gentlevA,
doubtless affording them much pleasure and
gratification. We think if an effort was made
a similar society could be formed without great
trouble. At $2 for the season, admitting an
entire family, enough tickets could be sold to pay
expenses for one lecture each week during ch.
entire winter, from various speakers of emi
nence. Who will move in this matter ? The
terms would be within the-reach of every one.
It is clearly the duty, and should boa pleasure
to those who take an interest in the advance
ment of useful information, to lend their
influence and example in such an undertak
ing. The rising generation is to be intrust
ed with the development of the blessings of free
institutions, and into their hands must be
placed the perpetuity of all we hold dear and
useful ; should we not, therefore, labor to di
rect their minds in the proper channel ? A
public lecture, clamed in such a way as to
combine instruction with entertainment, conies
in to supply an acknowledged want. If the
subject be wisely selected and judiciously
treated, by ono who is competent to the task,
the hour which is spent in the lecture room be
comes a season of pleasant and profitable re
creation. Tier° the mysteries of science are un
folded to the popular mind . ; the records of the
past opened up in, the pages of the historian ;
the treasures of literature spread out in rich
and varied profusion ; or the vast realms of
human thought invaded, and the results of its
exploration added to the gathered stores of
popular information. The benefits Conferred
upon the community by the labors of a really
able public lecturer cannot be estimated. A
single evening, spent in this way, in listening
to the discussion of an interesting and instruc
tive topic will oftentimes afford more profit
than months devoted to its solitary investi
gation.
Allen Miles
• This flue company made an excursion to our
neighboring borough of Easton on Tuesday the
20th inst., and participated in the dedication
ceremonies of the Taylor monument. We be
lieve it was the only rifle company in at
tendance, and attracted much attention. We
have seldoni seen a military corps - that per
formed the various movements in such finished
style, and we venture to predict, that at no
flistant, time, it will be one-of the best drilled in
the State. The uniform and equipments are
splended, and reflect great credit on those ( who
selected them.
A Race that Didn't Come Off;
On the ltith instant a trial of speed iias to
come off on Beek's race course, at . Doylestotim,
between . Kramer's grey mare, of this place,
and a horse from Rending, fur a Purse of $l,OOO.
A largo crowd assembled on the grounds, and
at the time agreed upon the judges took their
stand, and the mare was brought to the score
ready for action; but the Reading nng was
among the missing. The mare was driven a
couple of heats in order to secure the funeit,
which was $l5O, and the crowd then dispersed,
greatly disappointed.
Thettre•
Townsend's theatrical company, after play
ing a short and successful #eason at Bethlehein,
again returned to this place; and opened at the
Odd Fellows' Hall on yonday evening. They
have been with us about four weeks, and have
the satisfaction of knowing that they drew, for
thiS region of country, very full hous a es. At
each performance they deservedly gained new
friends and new laurels. In consequence of the
liberal support heretofore extended to them, the
Manager has leased the Hall for a season of
three months, and as all their entertainments
are of an instructive and at the same time
amusing nature, we hope our citizens will pat
ronize them liberally. This evening Kotze
u,
bue's celebrated play of the " Stranger" will
be represented, and the beautiful drama, in one
act, entitled " Napoleon's Old Guard."
UNDER WAY
The projected railway between Tamaqua and
Lehighton, a distance of 17 miles "is in course
of construction. New York interest is building
this Road, for the purpose of tapping the Cata
wissa road, and diverting trade, via. Tamaqua
to New York. Wide awake place, that New
York. • .
To the Ladles.
Messrs. YOUNG & Lsn have just received a
very large and choice:stock of Furs, to which
they invite the attention of the publid. Their
prices arc extremely low, and their assortment
such as will give satisfaction to the most, fas
tidious. " You who have money," as Cmsar
says, "come and buy; and you who have
none, sit down and cry." Nothing need be
said of the gentlemanly proprietors as tl9,
speak for themselves, and are moreover men of
reputation in their line. Customers will of
course call and see them in,making their pur
chases.
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On Friday last, in consequence of the break
ing of an axle, the cars ran off the track a short
distance above the Bothlehem bridge, and were
considerably broken.
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During.the afternoon of the same day anoth
er accident, of a sad nature, occnred near Beth
lehem. A germen in attempting to get on the
gravel train, while in motion, missed his hold,
and was run over, cutting one of his legs so
badly that amputation was necessary, which
operation was shortly afterwards performed by
Drs. Martin and Wilson.
A NEW MILL
By reference to our advertising columns, will
be seen the proceedings of 11 meeting of the
stockholders of the Allentown Water Compa
ny, relative to the erection of a new grist mill.
on the site of the old mill property.
New LOOOlllOlll - 013.
Last week two more new first class freight
locomotives were placed on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad. One is named " Henry -Xing," in
honor to our esteemed townsman, and the other
" Robert If.•Soyrc."
15 - 3 - At an election for Directors of the Allen
town Bank, on the 19th inst.. the former Board
Was re-elected with the exception of Mr. Josh
ua Seiberling, who declined serving any longer,
and in whose place Mr. Charles Seagreaves was
elected.
The Taylor Monument.
The dedication of this monument, at Easton.
on Tuesday the 15th instant, brought togeth
er an immense concourse of people. There
were eight or nine military companies present •
and everything passed off satisfactorily. There
was however some complaint that none of the
lions" advertised were to be seen. The ora
1, Con of Mr. IhtowN is spoken of by those who
heard it as a very eloquent and patriotic pro
duction. George Taylor, it appears, was born in
freland, and when he came to this country was
sold to pay his passage money. He took en
active part in the events that brought on the
war, was elected to Congress, and signed the
Declaration, but did not live to see his adopted
country acknowledged free and independent.
He died in poverty and obscurity in Easton 74
years ago, and they know not now where his
bones were laid.
Pordon of Stephen T. Bente.
Gov. Pollock has pardoned Stephen T. Beale,
the Philadelphia Dentist, who was convicted of
an outrage upon the person of one of his female
patients while under the influence of ether, and
'sentenced on the 28th of November, 1854, to
four yearS and six months' imprisonment. He
has, therefore, fulfilled about ono year of his
sentence. The Governor gives a lengthy state
ment of the reasons which induced him CO par
don Dr. Beale, which were principally the re
ceipt of numerous petitions froin dentists, phy
sicians, lawyers, clergymen, editors, Judges,
and prominent citizens generally of this and
other States ; the failing health 'of the prisoner ;
the destitute condition of his aged parents, wife
and children ; and lastly, the Governor's firm
belief of his innocence. The pardon concludes
itiAlie following words
" And whereas, after a full and careful exam
ination of the facts and evidence in the case,
aided by the scientific discussions to which it
has given rise, (without any intention to reflect
upon the prosecutrix, who no doubt testified to
what she believed did occur—nor to impugn
the integrity of the learned, Judge who tried
the case, nor the honesty • of the jury who con
victed the prisoner,) I am now sotqicil that the
defendant, Dr. Stephen T. Boole, is not guilty
of the crime whereof he stands charged, and
was convicted upon evidence unreliable in its
character and insufficient in amount."
o:7'lt is new said that lion. Geo. M. Dallas
is not eligible to the office of President of the
United States. He was born in the West In
dies, where his parents emigrated from Scot
land.
.He came to this country with his pa
rents when he was about nine months of ago.
•
VitrEngland.'
Be footalarmed,; gentle reader, though the
newspapers talc abent a-war with England, we
feel - quite ass4d thit hostilities between the
United States and the mother country will only
manifest thethaelves on paper. , It has become
a fashion in this country to raise the cry of
war at the least cloud that darkens our nation
al horizon. We are too Apt to consider our
nation insulted when no insult was intended ;
too apt to administer a hasty chastisement or
exhibit a Warlike spirit when the occasion does
not require it. But to the indications of war:
The beginning of the matter was the sending
of a few war steamers, Which had composed a
part of the Baltic fleet, to the West Indies,
either for winter quarters, or for the purpose of
strengthening the British force there during the
troubles in Central America—or probably for
the purpose of putting a stop to the numerous
Cuban fillibustering expeditions that set out
from this country. For many years the Brit
ish Government claimed and exercised a sort of
protectorate over what was called the Mosquito
Kingdom, of which San. Juan or Greytown is
the principal town. For some few years this
has been abandoned, though a nominal sover
eignty was 'still claimed. At the present time
Greytown and most of the country is under the
control of Col. Kinney and his companions, who
have succeeded in planting themselves there in
the face of all obstacles, and will soon Ameri
canize the country—and prepare it for the fur
ther extension of the " area of freedom." Eng
land looks distrustfully upon this movement,
fearing that the next step will be the acquisi
tion of Cuba to the United States, a proceeding
to which she has a strong objection. She has
also taken the alarm at what she supposes to
be. designs upon the island of Hayti, and says
that if the American Government does not or
will not put a stop to Tillibustering, she will.
Another difficulty has also been raised in re
gard to the - alleged violation of the neutrality
laws, by the enlistment of soldiers for the
British army m our seaports, the prevention of
which by the American Government, together
with-the exposure of the complicity.of the Brit
ish Minister at Washington, seems to have
sorely wounded the Tanity of the rulers of that
country.
The London Times also assumes that expedi
tions are at this moment fitting out in America
for the invasion of Cuba and Ireland, and inti
mates that our government is - too imbecile to
prevent the departure of these expeditions. For
these reasons England is going to step in and
do what our government cannot—prevent the
violation of its own laws. The Tunes says :
"it is the misfortune of the American Re
public that she does not possess an organiza
tion sufficiently powerful to crush these crimi
nal attempts. That which she cannot do, we
are compelled, at least so far as the lawless en
terprises directed again" ourselves go, to do
for her."
Well now, this sounds amusing to yankee
ears. We Americans have no notion of thrash•,
ing Johnny Bull on account of the naughty
tricks of Kinney, Walker, or any of the chief
fillibustering,movers, but if we were so dispos
ed it could be done as certain as fate. War is
not a thing to be desired. and every patriot
would deprecate such a calamity, but when
war does come, that nation does not exist, and
never did exist, since the dawn of creation that
could whip the Americans. The United States
can arm and equip tln•ce minions of as brave
soldiers as ever won a field ; one hundred thou
sand men is a mighty army, but we have the
material for thirty such armies, and of a kind
of men who have shown themselves superior to
the bravest and best soldiers of England. The
British Government has a perfect right to pre
vent, even L `n mid ocean, any &Scent of an
armed force upotr Ireland, but it has no right
to send its fleet into the waters of the West In
dies to control the action of our Government
there—to coerce els in abandoning an attempt
to purchase Cuba from Spin. Puffed up with
h'er alliance with France she may attempt the
consummation of designs that will inevitably
draw down vengeande upon her own head. The
American Government, is sensitive to any inter
ference in its concerns by a foreign power, and
is able to repel such interference with a dignity
becoming a powerful and independent Republic.
England can ill afford to risk a war with the
United States. She would be crippled on all
sides by our navy, while our land forces would
repel any force that she, could bring against us.
Why, they are even now, in their present pov
.erty of men aniline:ins, obliged to send sneak
ing recruiting officials to our country to beg
our vagabonds for soldiers. rAnd besides the
peril in which a war would place her colonies,
her best market for goods would be cat off, and
the supply of raw material which feeds her
manufactories would at once cense. She could
better afford to go to war with Prance than . the
United States. The United States is not to be
hurried by bluster into any warlike action ; but
should the English Cabinet attempt to back up
the tone of the Times, Victoria's organ, by any
demonstration of force in our waters, we feel
pretty sure that Brother Jonathan• will stop
whaling sticks and talking politics, and taking
his ride and six shooter in hand, will be ready
to give a good account of himself
_on the very
Shortest notice, and in the most effective way.
It is fortunate for the peace of the two coun
tries, that our consciousness of power renders
us less liable to sudden affront than formerly,
and that in the present weakness of England
she calls far more fbr our sympathy than anger.
A WO LAN StrimmlNG TIM MISSISSIPPI.
Lloyd's forthcoming Steamboat Directory gives
a thrilling instance of the necessity for women
knowing. how to swim. When . the ill-fated
Ben Sherrod Was in llamas' on the Mississippi
River, and the lady passengers who had thrown
themselves into the water were drowning
around the boat, the wife of Captain Castleman
jtimped into the river,. with her infant in her
arms, and swam ashore, a distance of half a
mile, being the only. woman saved out of six
teen. She had learned to swim when a girl. •
north Whitehall rreeOlierst Aosoolatloir.
North IVhitehall, Nov. i6th, '1855
Mr. Editor :—Permit me to notice in your
columns the organization of the North Whitehall
Teachers' Association. This body organized
some time ago, but by a singular• coalition of
adverse circumstances, has been prevented from
enjoying regular meetings, and consequently
also prevented from making public its exist
ence. But at a regular meeting, held on
Saturday the 10th inst., it was on motion
agreed to publish the proceedings, as well of
that meeting, as the report of the Executive
Committee, which, constitutes the ensiness of
the next meeting. At the meeting on Saturday
the 10th inst., three essays were read, as well
as an address delivered before the association
by A. Steckel.
An essay upon the best method of teaching
Grammar, was read by H. H. Schwartz, A.B.
Ono upon the - best method of teaching Geogra;
phy, by W. F. A. Kohler, and also a produc
tion in the form of an essay was read by 11. R.
Rhoads, subject,--The Teacher. It was a
master composition, full of truth, and redounds
much credit on the author. Upon the two for
mer essays, a general discussion of the subjects
followed, which educed considerable light, and
was copiously enjoyed by the participants.
According to the report of the Executive
Committee, the business of the next meeting
will consist of two addresses,—one in the Ger
man language, by Mr. F. G. Berndt, 50 the
other in the English language, by Mr. W. F. A.
Kohler. Also essays upon corporal punish
ment in schools, will be written by Messrs.
Charles F. Pflueger, and Thomas W. Benner.
After the reading of the essays, the subject of
corporal punishment will be taken up and dis
cussed. •
A general attendance of the friends of educa
tion and of Common Schools in particular. is
requested, as the discussion is expected to elicit
some new features for the disciplinary of
schools.
While writing this article it may not be amiss
to express the desire of the Association to co
operate in a movement for calling a county
convention in order to form a Teachers' Insti
tute of Lehigh County.
The Association makes this general call, and
waits for a response from the sister associations
that have been, and are about being formed in
the County. The next meeting of this asso
ciation will be on Saturday the Ist of Decem
ber, at 2 o'clock P. M.
Amos STECKEL, Cor. Secretary
LATRit FROM Emtort.—By the arrival at
New York of the steamship North Star, ive
have news from Europe one day later. From
the Crimea there is nothing new, except that
there is a great movement as Sitnpheropol,
many of the inhabitants removing north, and
all the hospitals being removed to Perekop,
NiColaief and Cherson. Provisions were un
commonly dear nt Simpheropol. The Santhnl
insurrection in India is still unsubdued, but the
depredations of the insurgents were fewer and
within very confined limits. A large and heav
ily armed piratical fleet has been destroyed or
dispersed north of Shanghae by a Bt:itish
cruiser.
The arrival of the Canada puts us in posses
sion of foreign news one week later. The ex
citement in England. in relation to a war with
the United States, had abated. There is noth
ing new from the seat of war, excepting unre
liable rumors of battles near Perekop and Simp
heropol, and the bombardment of Nicolaieff
Peace rumors aro numerous, but unreliable,
Strenuous efforts have been made to bring
Sweden into the alliance. Unfriendly relations
are arising between England and Spain.
The excitement in England respecting a war
with the United States had quite subsided, and
the leading journals, ashamed of the panic they
created, attempt to excuse it, and let them
selves down gently by attributing what they
call the hostile'attitude of the A merican Govern
ment to an election ruse on the part of the Pre
sident and his Cabinet, although it is notorious
that the excitement was begun, fostered and
kept alive by the London Times.
Anxiety is now manifested to learn how the
news of the excitement and the comments of
the Times w,ill be received in America. Intel
ligent Englishman, of all ranks, express 'them
selves pained and humiliated by the whole
affair.
LARGE TREES.—There are are now standit
on the premises of John and Mahlon Carver, in
Byberry township, Penn., an elm tree that
measures. 25 feet in circumference one foot from
the ground, and the trunk retains its size with
little diminution for over 30 feet, where the
limbs branch out. A carious incident is con
nected with the history of this tree, in the fact,
that the farm on which it stands was taken by
patent from Wm—Penn, by John Carver, who
came over with him from England, and that the
premises have regularly descended from father
to son by will, and always to 'John Carver', of
which the seventh of the name resides thereon
at the present time. It is doubtful whether
there is any other property in this country
which has never been sold. There is also grow
ing on the premises two pear trees which came
from England, with the original John Carver,
one of which has a plentiful crop of pears at
the present time.
There is also standing on the premises of Al
fred Worthington, in the same township, a
chestnut tree that measures one foot from the
ground, 28 feet in circumference, and six feet
from the ground, 25 feet 8 inches.. This tree
retains its full vigor, and is probably the larg
est tree in this country.—Germantown Tel.
To MAKE YEAST.—Take one handful of hops,
one apple, ono potato sliced, boil in two quarts
of water ; while hot strain 01l and stir in wheat
flour until it is as thick as paste—coarse flour
is best. Grate one large apple, one large po
tato°, place them in a gallon jar, pour in the
batter when sufficiently cool, add a little yeast,
in twelve hours it will be fit for use.
A lisamurent.E -MAl.r.—A correspondeht of
the , Kentucky §`latesman gives the following
sketch of an -old citizen in Pulaski County,
named ELIJAH DENY, whols, perhaps, the old
est man in Kentucky : He was 118 years of
age on the 10th'of September, and is as active
as many men of 40. 'He works daily upon a
farm, and throughout his whole life he has been
an early riser. lie informed the writer thaS. be
had never drank but one cup of coffee, and that
was in the year 1848. 'He served seven years
in the war of the Revolution, and was wound
ed at the siege of Savannah and at the battle
of Eutaw Springs ; he was also present at
the battles of Camden, King's Mountain and
Monk's Corner. Ho .served under Col, norm .
and Col. MAsrox, and was an eye witness Of
the sufferings and death of Cot ISAAC' H.tTNE,
of South Carolina, an early victim of the Re
volution. He is sprightly and active, an.
would be taken at any time to be . a 4
middle age. He is a strict member the Bap
tist church, and rides six miles to eve meeting
of his church. He has four sons and five
daughters, all living, the eldest bei g now in
hie seventy-eighth and the youngest in his fifty
first year. Such is a brief sketch of this aged
soldier and republican, who is, perhaps, the
only surviving soldier of FRANCIS MARION,
SUMPTER and Houar. ''
MILLARD FILLMORR.-At a recent large meet
ing of Americans at the Trappe, Montgomery
county, a series of resolutions were adopted,
among which was the following :
Resolved, That we hail with pride the name
of Millard Fillmore, guaranteed as we arc by
his past defence of the Union, that we may
recognize in his electionto the Presidency of
these United States, a man unto whoip every
American may look with confidence for the
future peace of our country and welfare of her
institutions.
The sentiment of this resolution is that of a
very large portion of the American people.
They can never forget the propriety and dignity
of the course of Mr. Fillmore, under circum
stances as trying ns any man could well have
been placed in. They look back to his admin
istration with satisfaction,2 as one of these
periods to which American history can proudly
point, and when they consider all that has since
happened to mortify the nation, it is not sur
prising that they should look to Mr. Fillmore
as a man to whom the honor and interests of
the country may again be safely entrusted.—
Evening Bulletin.
Wir.n ANlunt.s.-The grand public sale of
the collection of wild animals belonging to
Howe's Menagerie, came offat the Hippodrome,
in New York, on the 12th instant. Barnum.
and pretty nearly nll the other leading show
men, were present. The first animal sold was
a white polar bear, said to be the only living
specimen in America, and cost to import $llOO.
Knocked down for $450, including wagon, cage.
&c. The next was a royal Bengal tiger, whielt
brought $225, followed by three performing li
ons at's37s : a zebra and leopard, $285: a lion
and hyena, $75 ; lama and a grizzly bear.
„WO ; a young zebra, $375: a cage of monkeys.
English falcon, wolf, &c., $l2O : a rhinoceros,
5575 ; the elephant Canada, used for ring per
formances, $l4OO : the elephant Fanny, $lOOO :
the little elephant Mickey, $llOO the elephant
Mogul, $1100: a camel, in Ohio, the purchaser
to pay for his keeping from the 20th of August
last to the day of sale, $lO. It is remarked
that most of the animals sold to-day were for
less than half their orighkil cost.
SALT MANCFACITILED7ITiTHACUSE.- As was
predicted some six months ago, the quantity of
salt manufactured the present season at the
Onandaga Salt Works. Syracuse, N. Y., will
reach 6,000,000 bitshels. If other salts in this
country furnish in proportion, the partial fail
ure of the crop in the West Indian Islands
will not materially affect the supplies in mar
ket. The average annual product of solar and
fine salt iA about 5,500,000 bushels, showing an
excess the present season• of 500,000. The
average price will be about $1 40 per barrel,
making The whole crop worth $1,600,000,. The
salt manufactured at these springs is of a su
perior quality, and generally finds a good mar
ket; if, hon ever, sales aro small, the price
never falls below $1 25 per barrel of 280 lbs.
GfiNERAL CAss.—A visitor to the residence
of this veteran statesman writes :—" I spent a
•renoon with Gen. Cass. The old man "still
li es in the autumnal glories of a well spent
life ; is hale, hearty, and worth four millions.—
His career has, indeed, been successful. He
speaks in foreboding language of our national
prcispects, snd is strong in the belief that disu
nion will yet carry its banners over the Re
public."
A NOVEL WEDDING PARTY.-At Waterford,
Michigan, on the Ist instant, four sons of asset
CHAPMAN, Esq., living in different Tarts of the
State, all made their appearance at the pa
rental mansion with a lady accompaniment.
followed by a clergyman'. who joined the whole
quatern in the bonds of matrimony. After a
chat with the " old folks" the boys and girls
started off on their wedding tour.
WIDIAT i e iTIFI Vir'ssr.•— The St+ Louis RepuL
/icon gives the receipts of wheat at that point
for five days of last week at 69,140 sacks and
53 barrels, or about 148,000 bushels. Of this
amount the Mississippi furnished 34.828 sacks ;
the Illinois 22,675 ; Miagoiwi 10,262 ; Ohio
1,375.
GMAT FALLING OFF.—The number of immi
grants who arrived in this country for the ten
months ending with 21st October was 118,420,
being a decrease of 154,151 from the number
which had arrived during the same period of
last year.
A GREAT' TURNIP. — 7 Charles Lawrence, of
Danvers, Mass., -has raised a turnip which
weighs fourteen pounds. This is the greatest
turnip that has turned up of late.
Our %ad
•El:7'Beauty is a fleeting flower. llandsame
is that which handsome does.
IBrigham Young, the Mormon, is reputed
to be worth nearly $300,000.
11:7 - High.—the wind on Saturday and the
price of all kinds of provisions.
(131'herc are only a little over one hundred
and sixty lawyers in Chicago.
03It is estimated that 40,000 . hogs will be
slaughtered this season in Gibson co., Indiana,
3" - Experience keeps a dear school, but fools
will learn•in iv:pother.
03On Saturday thirty-three slaves, inclu
ding thirteen children, were sold at Richmon4,
of The Grand JuryorPiTtaburg has " pre
'sented" female equestrianism at agricultural
fuirs ns a nuisance.
f -- . Sally Jones says a - hen she was in love
she felt as if she was in a tunnel with a train of
cars coming both ways.
(17,r - G,lod advice.-1% hen you buy or sell, let
or hire, make a clear bargain, and never trust
to " We shan't disagree about it."
[3:7 - Sent bock to Gerrne, y.—the Dutchman
who stabbed himself with a pound of soap, be
cause his " krout" wouldn't " schmella
6:7 - Jenny Lind Goldsmith, it is said, has
been attacked with some terrible disease in the
Buchanan will return home by the
way of the West 'lndies ; and expects to be in
Isrew York about the Ist of..innuary.
r_rif you wont to know the wny to the pen.
iteutiary, follow the man who believes that the
world 'owes him a living.'
11.7" If girls would have roses on their cheek 4
they must do ns the roses do—go to sleep with
the tithes and get up with the morning glories.
yon want an ignoramus to respect you,
'dress to death,' and weer watch seals about
the size of a brickbat.
I - 0 .- Apples are so plenty on the Western Re
serve, Ohio, that they are sold on the trees for
ten cents per bushel.
a father in Turkey refuses his daugh
ter to a lover and the lover kills himself in con
sequence, the father is liable to a charge of
murder ! •
t i ." - The Philadelphians are about to petition
the Pennsylvania Legislature to appoint weigh
ers of conl for that city. Competition and short
weights have caused them to agitate this
•
mensuz e.
,ID: - Great Increale.—Oakley Lewis, of Le
Roy, Bradford county, Pa., counted the grains
upon one stock of buckwheat, two thousand and
sixty—a large increase, from one in a single
•
season.
One hundred and forty-eight patents
have been granted on steamAoilers alone du
ring the past year—forty-two on India rubber
—and two hundred and twenty-seven on water
wheel inventions.
G7 - Ahrays in order—for subscribers to the
Prgister to renew their subscriptions. We in
tend to make n number of improvements shortly
that will increase its interest. But, " conic up
to the trough, fodder or no fodder."
0 - 7 . Two more villages in California have
been almost entirely destroyed by fire—James
town, in Tuolonine county, and Scott's Bar,
near Eureka. They were both small towns,
and the total loss Will not exceed $160,000.
CPA lady walking, a few days since, on one
of the wharves in New York, asked sailor
whom she met, why a ship was called " she ?"
The son of Neptune replied that it was" be
cause the rigging cost moro than the hull."
rj - Bainboo:lrd.—A number of our citizens,
on Monday, by It fellow peddling silver wash.—
Served them right. They ought to keep all the
money they can at home just now, and not give
it to a set Of lousey pedlars to carry out of the
county.
Li The Norfolk (Vs.) News publishes a for
mitlable list of letters remaining in the Post Of
fice of that city on the let instant, which occu
pies almost half a page of the paper. Most of
them are literally " dead letters," for those to
whom they are addressed are sleeping in the
,trenches outside the town.
Chappul Lips. During the coming
weather it will be found by many, ladies espe
cially, rather difficult to keep the chaps from
them. We can, however, recommend the fel
lowing.means for keeping the lips smooth. Get
a lemon, and having cut it into two parts, rub
therewith the lips frequently daily, and more
particularly before exposuie to the open air.
133 A t Medina, N. Y., a young man twenty
two years of ago, who had been deaf andi dumb ,
since Ills ninth year, was taken with violent
spasms of the chest about a week ago, and after
throwing up a small quantity a blood, found
that his hearing and power of speech wore
entirely restored.
ity-Lecompton, the capital of Kansas terri
tory, appears to be a groat field of speculation..
At the first public sale or town tots there, ow
the 2:ld ult., the average price paid fbr lots was
three hundred dollars each, and a large number
were sold. The Legislature granted a . charter
for a railway from Leavenworth to Lecompton.
and a company 18 said. to have fanned to
built it.
HOW LONG THE WAR HAS 1./ASTEDI—The war
in Europe is already two years old. The Rua;
sian ambassador left' Constantinople on• the 224
May, 1853, and on the of 4th June the English
and French fleets received orders to approach
the Dardanelles, and they anchored in Be
sika Bay. On the 26th ofJune the Emperor of
Russia ordered his army to occupy the Princi
palities. On the 14th of September two French
and two English war steamers, from the fleet
at Besika Bay, went to Constantinople. On
the 27th the Porte declared war against Russia,
and inivited 'the English and French fleets to
Constantinople. On the 2d of November the
Emperor of Russia declared war against Tur
key. The Fench declaration of war was made
in March, 1854.