EMI ilriljt Tr4lo Argidr.r. ALLENTOWN,'PA. NESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1855. WE C. I`. HAINES, EDIToIt 13: — WANTED.—An intelligent boy, of active and industrious habits, is }canted immediately at this office, to learn the printing business. CONGRESS The first session of the thirty-fourth Congress commenced on Monday the 3rd instant, but When our paper• went to press no organization of the House had been effected. They have! had, thirty-three ballots for Speaker, and from present appearances will not be likely to elect ! one for some time to come. There arc seven canEidates in the field, and as no party has majority of votes it is difficult to tell how it will terminate. The Democratic members,l from first to last, voted for their caucus nomi nee, Mr. Richardson. They number, on a full I vote, 75, and constitute a large plurality over either of their opposing factions. To give our readers an idea of how things stand, we append the last ballot. ItiAardson, Dem., of Illinois, 75 ; Banks, Republican, 100: Pennington, S ; Fuller, American, of Pennsyl vania, 30 ; with a number of scattering votes. The Senate has organized under NS old offi• cerS, elected its Chaplain, and is ready for busi ness as soon as the House succeeds in elketing an organization. The session will be an inter esting and protracted one, in consequence of the exciting topics which will be brought umler discUssion. What disposition will be made or the Kansas issue, time which brings all hidden things to light, will soon disclose. The contest between Whitfield and Reeder, we presume «•ill early be called up. There is an evident move ment among all parties towards President mak ing, and which will unquestionably occupy more time during the present session than wholesome legislation. It is not likely that much business will be done until afro• the holidays. A Shut C arson We wish to read a short - sermon to a certain class of very worthy citizens and patrons, and wo are sorry that it embraces so large an audience. Our text will be found in the Bible, and it is thus ivritten—" Do unto otlu•ns as you would that they should do onto you." The text is woi thy of its author and should be followed in spirit and in tenth, by every man in all his social and business relations. Every loan should fix it in his mind as an active principle to guide him_ through life. And it• honestly followed, his dreams at night will be sweet, and morning will find hint refreshed and with a renewed determination to follow the right. Let this be a governing principle of existence, and every year would see the world growing better and better and mankind happier. Wars would be no more, and peace and brother iv love would reign Omnipotent. Petty discords and social strifes would cease, and man would deal justly with his brother man—that is—all un:n would then pay their subscription din• the L • high Register when due. Now this is the point which we wished to arrive at, in N . .. hieli we arc •considerably interested. We p 4 our tlebts when they are due--it is first rule of husinei:s —but one which we lied great dillieulty in carrying out, unless we have the co-operation of..our patronS. Every man whose account has been running more than six months, should consider that lie is using our money, and with holding from us that which we very much need. We do not wish to complain—but we do hope that every ono to whom these rentarlcs are applicable, will give the matter due considera tion, and in view of our great necessities will extend to us a helping hand. Cclumbia Firo Comi;any To•tnorrow evening the second anniversary ball of Columbia Engine Company is to tal:e place. The managers present the assurance that the affair will be one worthy of the Com pany, and that all in their power will be (tone• to render it agreeable and pleasant to those who may attend. THEATRE Last evening terminated the present slnn•t Reason of the theatrical company at the Odd Fellows' Hall. During the week. several new pieces were produced which were received with great satisfaction. The local Drama of the ' Allentown Fireman" was a great hit, and on Saturday evening the Hall was tilled to over flowing. In this piece the members of the com pany sustained their respective characters re markably well, and particularly, Mr. Bates, as Fred. Jerome, and Mr. Hyde, as eincinatus Blubber. As It negro delineator the latter gen tleman has few equals, and will, with proper time and experience, make an actor of great omit. Farm Journal With the December numb6r of this periodi cal, Which we have just received, ends the sth volume. With the new volume commencing in January next, also commences the services of a new editor: DAVID A. Wma.s, A. M., a writer of some celebrity among agriculturists. and the author of several practical works on Agriculture, is to be the principal editor, with M. A. SPANGLER, the Original editor and pro prietor of the Journal, as assistant editor.— Many improvements and several new features of interest to subscribers, will be introduced into-the coming volume. A Largo Egg. We wore last Iveek shown an egg by Mr. Sot.p3m:4 BOIILER, ,of Upper Mneungy town ship, this county,' which is a regular " Shang hai," and no mistake. Its weight was 5 oun ces ; length, S inches ; circumference, el. is hard to beat. THE LEHIGH REGISTER, DECEMBER 12, 1855. WINTER, December—cheerless, bleak Dedeniber—is upon us, shaking his snowy locks in our faces, breathing his wintry blasts upon us, and walk ing up and down the earth with an icy tread. The outer world puts on its garb of frosty winter ; the days grbw shortcl, dawning late in the morning and closing early in the afternoon ; while the oblique rays of the retiring sun seem to shed a pensive influence on all below. Winter in our northern latitudes, though bleak and dreary, is not void- of charms and pleasui-es. It brings with its biting air, its shroud' of snow, a thousand little blessings which make the heart- of man better and warm er than it was before—and among these bless ings arc the long winter evenings—golden hours in the dreary wastes of snow and darkness'.— If turned to a good account, no time can be I more profitably spent than these star light hours. To the young and gay who have enough of this world's wealth, to meet win ter's coming, it brings visions of joy and hap piness. They see in its train the season of balls, parties, sleigh-rides, and the attending' sports and enjoyments, or the opportunities of display, and the only apparent elnet of the cold air is to heighten the .color upon the cheek, while indulging in a brisk promenade enveloped by, rich velvets and furs. But there is another class, in cur community, to whew the coining of ‘N inter brings tellections arafTeelingS of a dill irent character ; those who through sickness, misfortune, Cr a %vant of em ployment have not the means to prepare fur the long months of cold and storm. Not the least among the blessings of Winter evenings is the lire-side at home. There can be no happier scene than the family group gathered around the domestic hearth in social converse, or engaged in perusing useful books. Nothing more beautifully describes the advent of a winter evening to the family at home than the following lines by Cowper : .nom s::r IT. a:1 ti Cie F!:t fall ti., A r.A....•!, It:ul-hi,1:1;: urn trie El= : 2 , 1,1 i..•,1i-ont• i.:." Thu family book tab:e should not lie forgotten during the vinter. Let it be provided Acid' in teresting, but whole: , onie reading—the hi,tory of our count! v, biographies of great and good 111511, the entertaining. magazines, and promi nently among these the newspaper: ilic hur:,!•l. ttr In this age of cheap publication.,, the ntmily book table should not l neglec:ed. Let it be made inviting to all, and the childrtn especial ly, that they may be delighted in spending their winter evenings; around it, and thereby kept from the had influences which arc sure to beset them if allowed to spend their evenings in the street. Remember the Nvinter evenings, and look well to their imnrovement. li.bu Tclcli Cul. A. K. McClure and Jas. M. SLllers, : - . , :nator from the Juniata district, have pur chased this establishment and will take posses sion on the Ist January, when they propose to issue it in a nev. - and improved form, on the cash principle, on the following terms : Single copy ; five copies ~50 ; ten copies $l7 ; twenty copies . ::30—and at the rate of $1,50 per copy fur every number over twenty. The paper will be issued selni - weekly during the sessions of the Legislature, and weekly durim_.7 the remainder of the year. These gentlemen have the capacity and tact to issue a paper at the State Capital worthy of general confidence and an extensive patronage. Darkaccs In consequence of some slight defection in the Gas Works, the gas lights for the last week or so MIT in rather a flickering condition, and on one or two occasions it was no go at all, and it was of course found necessary to resort to tallow and camphene. On Thursday evening, during the perlbrmanee of Imzotnar, by Town send' Dramatic Troupe at the Odd Fellows' Ilall, the audience: as suddenly plunged into a darkness equal to that which overshadowed Egypt in the days of Noses. After some - delay, several camphene lamps were procured, and the performanoe gone through with to the entire satisfaction of the audience. Brotlicr Jonathan, BROTHER JONATHAN'S Brno or or PICTURE'S for Christmas is particularly funny this year. We don't know when we have had so gOod a laugh as while looking it over. Tuodles l—the un happy individual whom Mr. Burton has im mortalized—goes on an Elephant Hunt in his dream. and experiences a m altitude of:misfor tunes which the artist has worked up in the (holiest manner imaginable. This series has thirty engravings. Mr. Spoonbill's Pranks on the Ice, and Major Muggin's Fight with. Mr. Cheeks,—both comprising some twenty pie• tures—are likewise excellent. Incidents oldie War in Europe is a series of five very large and beautiful engravings suitable for framing. •The Drinkard Reformed is another huge sett, com prising four spirited scenes in the Drunkard's life. We have no room for further particulars. Brother Jonathan will afford a whole winter's amusement to any family. Send 1:2 cents, (or four stamps) to B. 11. DAY, 48 Beekman street, New York, and yOn will get a copy by mail— or ten copies for one dollar. ATIBROTYPES We invite the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. S. W. BUROAW. .I.IC has at great expense secured the right for taking Ambrotype pictures iu this county, which are far superior in every respect to Daguerreotypes. Mr. B. ns an operetor stands at the head of the profession, and his pictures are admired for their accuracy and beauty of finish. Holidays-are near at hand. Now is the time to advertise your goods ! North Whitehall Teachers' Assooiation. December Mb, 1951 Ptirsuant to public notice, this association met last Sathrday, December Ist, at the usual time and place. The president having called the house to; order,' the minutes of last meeting were read and, on motion, received and adopted. A neat and copious essay upon corporal punishment was then read by the author, Charles F. Pflue- ger. An animated discussion ensued which! was chi 4 efly confined to the necessity and expe diency of u,ing the main school. The essayist and his partisans advocated a judicious system of corporal punishment, as an essential feature of school discipline, and maintained that " to spare the rod is to spoil the child." Others deemed moral suasion sufficient to secure order in school, and therefore preferable to the infliction lof bodily pain. They argued from experience and observation, and maintained that to tux the rod is to spoil the child. Two appropriate and well written addresses were then delivered. The one in the German language, by P. G. Berndt, subject—" The school and its influence," the other in the Engt , fish language, by W. F. A. Kohler, subject— ! " The Common School System." The association then held an election for offi cers which resulted in the choice of 11. IL Schivartz, A. 8., for President ; C. F. Plliner, Recording, and 11. 11. Rhoads, Correspond ing. Secretary. Two Vice Presidents and an executive ceminittee were also elected. The executive committee appointed 11. 11. Schwartz, to deliver an address next meeting, and Jailes Kramer, A:mis Steckel and 11. 11. Rhoads to read essays on the best method of teaching the art of reading. On motion the Meeting adjourned to meet again on - Saturday the _'Bth of December. The public is respectfully invited to attend. 11. IL RHOADS, Secretary. .:S:i o %;iucrti~i The correct moral and intellectual training of the rising generation not only tends to prevent but actually to h.ssen, every kind of wicked ness. It makes tore secure— diminishes in cendiaries, riots, and all kinds of crime ; hence it lightens taxation for police estaNishments, poor-house::, and prisons. It dispels de lusions and - ;t:ilerstitioi.s like mist before the burning sun—it fosters genius, and giiTs to society the purest ref I:lenient—adds grace and dignity to families, stability and glory to the nation. The poor nven who has been disap pointed in a thousand cases ; whose early pros pects and lv , pes , have been blasted who has no earthly chance of leaving his children any pecuniary inheritance, who is often harrrassed and surrounded by innumerable difficulties ; whose body is bowed down by toil, whose spirit is often crushed " worse than the bruised reed"—loves his country in proportion 'to the excellence of the schools and the prospect his children have of attaining future usefulness, respectability and happiness. 1 3 opulation (4' the erllalta In the present state of things some exact in formation as to the population of the Climea, ma'- not be without interest to your readers, and I send you the following, which has reach ed me from an authentic source. The total number of male inhabitants in the peninsula may be divided as follows: 150,000 Tartars, of whom 80,000 are peasants, Partners or shop hem ds ; 10.000 Imamis and Mullahs, acting at the same time as priests or judges ; 10,0(10 myrsas or nobles, a kind of feudal lords whose influence and rrivileges have, not without great ditlimlty, resisted foreign dominion ; and 50,- 000 bourgeois and petty tradesman residing in The Christain population does not amount to more than 2:2,000, and is entirely of Euro• peen origin. The number of Russians carry ing on trades, who have established themselves in the Crimea since the conquest, are not calculated at more Own 3000. Turkey, and more particulatly Constantinople. have furnish ed a contingent of 0,000 Greeks, who estab lished themselvss fur the most part at Balakla. va and Eupatoria. 5000 plc; and 6000 Poles, Germans and French, forming a mere floating portion of the population, complete this census. A Nine Mnl'lClNE.—•' When was there a time when there was not ?'' asks the reader. There never was any very long time elapsed ; we think, but some new nostrum made its appearance, but as one medicine cannot cure all diseaser, whatever the vendors may say in their adver tisements, we think that there is room for sci ence yet. Dr. L. B. Wright. has discovered and prepared a vegetable 'Liquid Cathartic,' which merits some attention. If we can administer good medicine to our children or our invalid friends without producing nausea or any of those severe pains attending any other purga tives, we will consult not only their health, but idso our own comfort by so doing. This Cath artic or Family Physic is very pleasant to take, and is, we are fully assured; prepared, by an old experienced practitioner personally, he as sures us there is nothing in it but what is pure ly vegetable and wholesome in all cases (old or young) where physic is required. give it a trial. FROM CAuPottnA.--The steamship Star of the West-, arrived at New York on Thursday last, with dates to Nov. sth. The steamship Sono•a shipped e 2,000,000 in gold. The Indi ans arc getting exceedingly troublesome. Nearly all the tribes north of Columbia river have confederated together and sworn to exter minate the Americans. Col. Walker has been reinforced' by another party of recruits from San Erancisco. Indian hostilies still continue in the southern part of Oregon. EC7Cream upon milk is abOut the only arti cle which has not risen of late. Nothing has gone down but the mercury in the thermoraa- War in Kansas ! At last, war appears to have commenced in the Territory of Kansas, between the " Free State" settlers and " Border Ruffians" and , Missourians. There has been some fighting and burning of houses. The Free State men do not acknowledge the laws enact6d by the re cent Legislature, chiefly on the grounds that said Legislature was nut elected by the citizens of Kansas, who were driven from the polls by the armed Missouts, who flocked into the Territory on electionlay for that purpose.— On the other hand the " Pro-slavery" party contend that the Legislature has been legally chosen, and that its acts are law, and this state of things caused the outbreak. Up to the time of writing, only ono side of the story has been received, which is, that near llirkory Point, three Free State men, armed with . rifles,nrdered a Mr. Coleman, a pro-sla very man off his claim, threatening to shoot him if he refused to leave. Ile returned, arm ed, and met one of the three, who fired but missed, whereupon Coleman shot the Free-Stat er dead, and del iver,d hinistlf up. By telegraph from St. Louis of the'.3d inst.; we learn that advices received from Kansas. state that Governor Shannon had telegraphed to the President in relation to the threatening aspect of nflitirs, stating that one thousand men had arrivtd in the town of Lawrence, and res cued the ringleaders in the attack upon Mr. Coleman, of Hickory Point, who had been taken prisoner by Sheriff Douglass. The mob burned a number of houses and other property. Governor Shannon has re•!nested the Presi dent to order the troops; from Fort Leaven• worth, to aid in the execution of the laws. Despatches from Weston announce the start ling news from Atchison, that the Free State officers had taken posse,sion of important pa pers. Aa nttael: upon Atchison was anticipated. and a requost had been stilt to Weston fo fifty armed men to aid in repelling the assnyilt. The National Intelligencer of the 3d confirms the re sorts received from Kansas. The des patch from Gov. Shannon, making! a demand for troops, w•as received by President Pierce yesterday. It stated that civil war was threat ened and requested prompt assistance. The immediate transfer of troops freiM all tho near est hosts was transmitted by telegraph by the Presid,r.t. Lat etEnropcdr News The steamship Atlantic arrived at New York last niday night, from Liverpool, bringing news from Europe one week later. A victory was gained by Omar niche and his troops over body of ten thousand Russians, at the river Ingour, which the Turks, twenty thousand strong, crossed at. four different points, taking sixty misoners end three guns, and causing a Russian loss of four hundred. Anather des patch, referring to the same encounter, says that the Turks creased the river at the sea-port of Anaklia , and stormed the Russian redoubts, after which they pushed forward towards Kutars. Russia and Turkey have both pro hibited the export cf breadstufl7-3. By the anival at Halifax of the steamship Atlantic, we have news from Europe one week later. There is a report that General Canro bert has concluded a treaty of alliance between Sweden and the Western Powers, to take active effect both by land and sea early in the spring. It was also said that the Emperor of Russia had assented to Prussia's informing the West ern Powers that he is willing to treat for peace. The allied Generals at Sebastopol arc said to have determined to bombard the Russian for tillations on the north side of the harbor.— The King of Sardinia had arrived in Paris.— The London Nat authoritatively contradicts the reported Swedish alliance, and says that there is no prospect of such an event at present. Lady I:incline Stuart Wortley, well known as the author of a book of travels in America, died at Beyront, on the 29th ult. General Sir Colin Campbell returns to the binn a. at the end of his leave of absence. In Asia, Omar Pasha was expecting a battle, General Mouravielf the Russian commander having detached a division of his army which was making forced marches for Kutais. In the Sea of Azoff, the town of \Ia•ionopol was bombarded by the Allies on the 31st, and set on fire. It is rumored that Gener al Wrangel menaced the allied position at the Straits of Yanikale, but the Allies had 30,000 troops there, and expected 15,000 more. A British steamer is watching in the Baltic for an American clipper, laden with a cargo of revolvers. The fanatical Turks at Constanti nople arc persecuting the Christains. Three magazines belonging to the French Artillery, had blown up near Inkermann, kill ing seventy soldiers and two officers, 'and wounding one hundred soldiers and ten officers. The magazines contained 30,000 killogrammes of powder, 600,000 cartridges, and 300 shells, all of which were destroyed. A large quantity of Russian grain had been destroyed on the Gheiskcinan coast. A terrific fire had occur red at Paris in the government bakery.— Twenty-eight thousand quintals of corn and an equal quantity of flour and biscuit were burnt. The destruction ofßussian train on the coast near Gheiskeinan, was 'effected by an allied flotilla sent for the purpose. Tho grain. was intended for the Crimean army, and was pack ed in six tiers, which extended two miles along the coast. The Czar. has dismissed. Prince Menshikoff as Chief of the staff, and appointed General Adlenburg' in his stead. Advices from ' Kais state that .General Itlouravieff, overcome by his befeat before Kars, had become insane, and Gen. Bubutoff had been summoned to as sume his command. [ll",),ltestton" for a Debating Society:—" If a'rellow has nothing when he gets married, and the girl has nothing, is her things hizzen or his things hearth" , (I•Young ladies, remember next year is Leap Year. - • Lynch Law in California. The California papers abound with accounts of crime. Murders appear to bo of almost daily occurrence. Lynch,Law, too is carried out freely and frequently. We have before us several accounts. Three Mexicans and a Ger man, charged with horse stealing, were recent ly arrested near Dill's Ferry, tried by the Lynch code, and all hung in a row. Six Span iards had also been arrested on State Creek, on suspicion of having murdered - several Chi nese, but as there was no evidence against them, they escaped with their lives. In another case however, a man named Barclay was hung by the mob at Columbia. He was charged With having murdered a female: After this execution, a reaction took place in his favor, his body was exhumed, and buried in due form in a cemetery. Before, his arrest he enjoyed an estimable character, and had many friends. A meeting was also held at Chinese Camp, Columbia, when his execution was denounced as downright murder, and the meeting pledged itself to secure the punisment of those who participated in his illegal execution. The Placerville American has the following account of a legal execution of two men, named Free and Crane, (the latter a firm believer in spiritualism.) which took place at Coloma, on the 26th of October, in the presence of 6000 persons. At 1 o'clock P. M., accompanied by Sheriff Carson and his assistants, the prisoners cams forth and took their seats quite gayly in a wagon. Crane was elegantly dressed in a full summer suit of white—pants trimmed with blue, a blue sash, with rosette or star upon his breast, and looked and acted a perf.Tt Kentucky gentleman. Free was also well dressed ; light coat, trim med with red ; an elegant low-crowned blacl rowdy hat, which he wore a little on ono side and appeared not like an unconcerned jolly sai lor. Arriving at the foot of the gallows, both as cended with a firm step to the platform. Free, quite gaily (not being entirely unconfined) skipped upon the platform, sniffing upon the arrangement. They were now permitted to address the assemblage. Crane, in a very gen tlemanly manner, and aprarently without the slightest hesitation, read in a loud, firm voice his address. lle seemed to regret nothing ex cept he hail not been permitted to take his own life long before that he was soon to be with his beloved bride, but who the world called his murdered victim, and continued to speak for nearly twenty minutes. Free said he had concluded not to make any remarks, as it would only excite the people present, and stepped back from the edge of the scaffold. Calls from the crowd of "Go on ! let us have it," brought him forward. He then said, " I'll give you Mickey Free's scaffold song," and commenced, but after singing three lines stopped, toying, "Gentlemen, I can't go through with it ; you must excuse mc." Crane came'forward and commenced singing a hymn faom manuscript, probably of his own composition, in which Free heartily joined.— They were attended upon the scaffold by the Rev. James Rogers and Rev. J. Petito. They were clothed in the habiliments of the grave, and step - ped upon the drop without the slightest apparent reluctance. The ropes were adjusted about their necks, a prayer offered up to the Gad of Heaven and of Earth for mercy on their souls, and with the " Amen" fell the drop and the two murderers. The last words of Free were, " Now. boys. see that this is done up right." Crane's last words were " Susan, receive me ; I'll soon be with you." The above is the sequel to two of theblond icst tragedies ever enacted within the borders of this State, the particulars of which were pub lished in this paper at the periods of their oc currence. Crane was tried and found guilty of the mur der of Miss Susan M. Newnham, near•ltinggold. El Dorado colinry, on August 10, but she stir• vivcd until the 15th. He shot her witli a Colt's revolver. In his confession he stated that he had form ed an attachment for her some fifteen months previously ; that they • had been married, but only by God himself, that another, who was suites for her hand, and who was favored. moreover, by her parents, had caused all the difficulty. He confessed that a bar existed to his marrying Susan openly. viz : that he had a wife living in the Eastern States. Crane was over thirty years of age, and has four children living near Lexington, Kentucky. De was an enthusiastic Spiritualist, and on this subject was regarded as a monomanaic. Free had, according to his confession and the evidence adduced on his trial, led a long career of crime. He married a good, true and virtu ous woman, whose precepts and example had hefollowed would have deferred him from vice, He, however, robbed her of all her money, and left for California some years ago. Here he had been known as a thief, highway robber, and finolly it is satisfactorily demonstrated that be was engaged in several murders before jus tice overtook him. The crime for which he has just 'suffered the extreme penalty of the law was committed some months ago. He was then, in the' region of Lake Valley, El Dorado, in company with one Kelly Wilson and others, where they encountered two . traders. They decided to kill them. 137*Tna Summer DAY in the year is nine hours and four minutes in length. 'This will occur on the 18th of December, and the length of the day will only vary a fraction of a min ute for nine days from that time, ino;•easing a single minute on the 27th of P'ecember,, when the day is nine hours and. five minutes long.— This day, (Dec. 12th,) is nine hotir . s and four teen minutes in length. The decrease will only be ten minutes more before the days will begin to lengthen again. CRUCIFYING IN CIIINA.—Tho special corres• pondent of the Neo York Times, writing from Canton, relates the following : " A woman was crucified for the crime of having given birth to ono of the rebel chiefs.— If a father is a rebel his family is considered the same,. and the whole family, from the old man of four score, to the child of four years, share the same fate. The poor woman was nailed to the . cross while living, a gash made across the forehead to the bone, and the skin peeled down so as to hang over her eyes ; after which the breasts were cut off : they then proceeded to break every bone in her body ; a large knife was thrust into her throat and passed down ward, cutting the chest open. The executioner then thrust in his hand, and grasping the heart, tore it from its socket and laid it beating end reeking before the Judge. At Shanghai they drown them by dozens." Out Buhr, Orrnom—Mr. Benjamin Adams, a genuine son of Connecticut, thus writes to the editor of the New York Tribune I wish to prove wo have a 'Yankee born citizen who is superior on the violin to any that have come on the stage. I can do it. I can play four parts at one time on the violin. I can play whole pieces on one string with one finger only. and with rapidness, and many curi ous executions I can perform ; also, my music will be wholly miginal, nod beholdcd to no foreign compositor. I coin enced playing at seven years of age; have pr tised for twenty nine years, more or less ; nevt went to music school in my life ; am. therefore self-taught-- a regular Yankee genius in music as some would term it. I could give you quite a his tory of my life, and manner and style of playing together with my su.tcess in gaining the point of playing the instrument, as I con sider, to the nicety of it. I can play it with my arms laced with a cord to my body, as well c..a to have then at lih,..Ky." CntcAon GnAIK MAttizar.—Chicago, as a great grain mart, is attracting much attention. Within the last eighteen days, says the Chicago Press, the Marine Bank has paid checks of Mr. E. IL Badduck, of Chicago, to the amount of $1.200,000, all of which have been given for the purchase of wheat.,. Among these checks was one to a well•knotrtt;gruin and commission house of Chicago for $62,000, and one to another extensive business house for $68,000. - Mr. Haddock is still in the market, as are other parties also, and we presutne will continue to purchase as long as shipments can be made by lake. Last year the total grain trade of Chica go fell short of 1,5,000,000 bushels. This year it will exceed 20,000.000 bu4tels. Powonn Mtm. Exnustos --We learn that an explosion took place Lout 8 o'clock on I uesday morning, at the powder mill of Mr. Johnson, situated a short distance below Nor ristown, in consequence of the derangement of the machinery, whereby 500 pounds of the dan gerous compound was ignited. The explosion caused an intense excitement in the neighbor. hood, and the shock was felt for miles around. The mill was blown into atoms, and we aro pained to stale that one of the workmen, named Michael Webele, wnd.SO shockingly burned that he died at 1 o'clock I'. M., slier suffering tho most excrutiating agony. The deceased leaves alarge family, who, by this sudden casuality, are deprived of the head to whom they looked for support. Sun. DURATION 01' POSTS.—The result of forty years, experience and observation with me is, that common fence posts set in the ground 4 , rren, end butt end downwards, will last, in a sandy loam about tin years.' The same set in a like situation,lnverted, will lust fifteen or eighteen years. The same timlier, (and soil, the same,) Well seasoned before setting, wilt last much longer made into posts than when cut at any other time. I have chesnut and white oak posts standing well that were set 28 years ago.—N. Earmrr. TIIK GRAM Ciwe of CALIFOUNIA. Tho grape crop of California is said to be very large this year. Last year there were shipped to San Francisco from Southern California not over 500 tons of grapes whereas this year it is confidently believed the shipments will reach• 1,500 tons, exclusive of 200,000 gallons of wino which will be manufactured at Los Anga los. The grapes at San Francisco average from 10 to 12c. per pound to the trade, and from 15 to 25a. at retail. The Most extensive arrangements have been made at Los Angelos for the manufacture of thcjuico of the grape. NOVKT. LEGISLATION.—In the House efltepre— sentatives of Pennsylvania, in 1833, while a bill; granting pensions to certain revolutionary vete-. vans was pending in that body, Mr. Matthias moved to add a gratuity of forty dollars to one. Sarah Cross ' the sweetheart of an old soldier," which motion prevailed, 45 to 36 . ! ,frA gentleman residing in Mount Vernon, Me., has raised in the open air, for .the list three years, the coffee plant, the seed' of which was brought five years ago from Cuba. It grows about fwo feet high, and produces its berries. in po.is something like peas. Tho plants, he says, have matured, even this season,. and berries ripened without injury. 1:0 - Cigars.—Our young friend C. IL Rums last week favored us with a bunoh of Opera cigars of -exceeding fine flavor. Those wbo use the weed will always find a good article at his Store. WHAT GIVES TILE SOUTH POWELL—The N. Y. Express gives an article, with a table, showing that the secret of the power of' the South in Congress, is iu keeping its titembers in those bodies continually. The north changes its representatives often,, and in this way loses that power which old and experienced members command. • -
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