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1,1 7 ED.N.1.3.1).1Y, JANUARY 23,1,856.'
C. F. 11.1.1NES,
talWe are under obligations to Hon. Samuel
C. Bradshaw, M. C., from this District; and
to Messrs. Laltbach and Weiser, of the State
Senate, for important favors.
4
CONOREES
TV House is still unorganized and the strug
gle for' speakership exciting as ever. All
speculation on the subject has ceased and the
liublic Solicitude respecting it has been wearied
out by " hope deferred" and eNpectations un
realized: The supporters of the respective can
didates are determined to adhere to them to
the last, and the prospect for an organization
at an early day, is extremely untitvorable.—
The btst ballot resulted as follows :
Banks 'J4 ; Richardson GO ; Fuller 31 ; Pen
nington 3.
A 'Wish
We wish every subscriber would consider
himself a committee of " one" to procure us
Subscribers. Put 'your shoulder to the wheel
arid help us to swell up the subscription list
cf the "Register." And by so doing you will
enable us to give you still a better end Trete
useful paper.
rittown and Allentown Railroad
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
this road, the following named gentletnen.were
vleeted ofileers for the ensuing year.;
President—M. S. Wickersham, of Philadel
phia ; Directors—C. Colkct, S. Townsend, N.
Rambo, J. Johnson, jr., Dr. W. Wetherill, 11.
Longaletr, J. Ilunseckur, C. Umber, S. A.
Bridges, and W. Worrell.
L:ap Year
The year 1830 is leap year, wherein, an old
author says : " ye ladyes may go a courting ye
menu, and ye gentlemenn shall forfeit a [lime
of live dollars if they refuse ye addreses of ye
ladycs." In several places we notice that the
ladies have taken advantage of their special
prerogative, and invitelthe gentlemen to sleigh
rides, paid their bills, &c., doing things as ga
iantly as the most fastidious gent could wieh.
Before the year is out we expect that the ladies
will carry the joke so far as to pop the question
to bashful young men and delaying baChelors.
It would le just like them.
Shocking Death
On Saturday afternoon, the 12th inst., a ter-'
rible accident occurred at the Alcohol, Pine
Oil, Varnish and Burning Fluid Manufactory of
Porteus Co., on Rancocas creek, in Burling
ton Co, :.`Z. J., by which Join STEIN asauEll, off
this place, lost his life, and several other work
men were sci joust). injured. While themcn w ere ,
at work a terrible explosion tool: place in the
still, throwing the deceased through a frame ;
partition at a distance of about ten rods, break• i
ing his breast bone and several ribs, and
seriously injuring him otherwise; and besides
this he was scalded in such a dreadful manner
by the boiling fluid which was thrown in large
quantities over the establishment, that his hair
fell from his head, and his skin peeled off his
face. Ile lin;;ered in great .. agony for six hours
after the sad occurrence, and then expired.
Ile was brought home on the following Monday,
and interred on Thursday. lle leaves a wife
and seven children who were dependent on him
fur support. The deceased had been at work at
the establizhment fora long time, but as it was
difficult for hint to get off he seldom visited his
family. lie had, however, written a letter to
them stating Unit he would be home on the
Monday following the accident, and sure enough
ho did return, but a corpse.
P::.1 ~ c._ ~s1o:
Mr. Wm. S. Weil sold his Hotel on the cor
ner of Sevcnth and Hamilton streets, lu. - Avn as
the " Allen House," to Messrs. Culver & Ger-
Man, fur *OlOO.
Mr. Ephraim Gunn sold several lots of ground
on Hamilton street, at the nest end of the bor
ough, at $l6 per foot.
Messrs. Weiler & Fredericks cold a house and
lot, No. 37 East Hamilton street, 17 feet front,
to Mr. James Hess, of Easton, fur $3300.
Mr. Aaron Troxell sold a house and lot on
the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, for
S2.SUO. •
Mr. Reuben (]roman sold a house and lot on
:Walnut street, between Ninth and Tenth, to
Mr. Tilghman &Anoyer, of Upper Milford, for
$773. ft
Taxation in' Ponncylvania
The lime for the gradual but sure liquidation
of the Stato.Debt, it is to be hoped, has ar
rived: Even with the heavy outlays on the
Public Works during the past year, the State
-Debt has decreased Stioo,ooo. This is,, we
trust, the dawn of better times. This result,
however, is produced not so much by increased
revenues on the canals and railroads, as by
diminished expenditures and increased taxation
.on real and personal estate. The following
figures will show the increase of revenues from
taxation
Tax on real and
versonal estate, 1651, $1,372,170 36
do. do. 1852, 1,350,636 30
do. do. 1853, 1,381,550 59
do. do. 1854, 1,510,403 39
do. do. 1855, 1,721,114 79
In 1858, the direct Taxes paid to the State
Treasury, will amount to inure than two mil
lions:of:dollars':
Doath from Dalmouro
: , On the night of the .9,th inst., CUAIMES DINICY,
of .Carbon county, was so badly frozen while
crossing the Nahoning mountain in a sleigh,
that he has since died. deceased was well
known in this section of country.
The *" Mammoth" Party
On Friday afternoon last a sleighing party of
about fifty couple started from this place for
Bethlehem, via Ilellertown and Freetnansburg.
A better day tar such an affair could not have
been selected, as rho weather was mild and
pleasant, and the sleighing capital. As the
train of sleighs was swiftly gliding over bill and
dale, merry voices were heard chiming with the
bells—sallies of wit and laughter rent the air,
and all was joy and merriment. At about 7
o'clock the party arrived in Bethlehem, and
stopped at Yohe's Eagle Hotel.. At 8 o'clock
the company sat down 'to supper at a table
bountifully spread with discriminating taste,
and to which all seemed to do ample justice.—
After this the company assembled in the Ball
room, when the dance commenced,
..c.ft. eye looked born
To eyes which spake again,
Anil all vent merry ;:s a marriaga
It was particularly gratifying to See that
there was no distinction of class among the
large company.. It was conducted in this re
gard like a private party. All was unrestrain
ed sociability. An excellent spirit appeared to
pervade the entire assembly, and mirth, hilarity
and happiness, decidedly characterized the
evening. After enjoying the gay festivities of
Terpsichore until the " wee small hours of the
morn," the company started for home, satisfied
to their heart's delight with the Mammoth
Pall y."
riro at Catasauqua
At about two o'clock yesterday afternoon a
fire broke out in the workshop of Messrs. Rerig
S.: 'Ginter, boat builders, at Catasauqua, which
in a short time was entirely destroyed, togeth
er with a large portion of ready-made work,
lumber, oakum, &c. The fire of iginated in con
sequence of some cakum catching fire while
the workmen were spinning it near a stove. The
loss of Messrs. It. kG. is about '.51000 ; no in
surance. We learn that the firemen were very
prompt, and that much praise is due them for
their strenuous exertions in saving adjoining
properties.
Sudden Death
On the 12th inst., Mr. Christian Knel., of
Lowhill township, this county, started from
home with two of his sons, to attend Court at
Allentown, but after they had proceeded about
two miles, the old man complained of being
unwell, and desired to return, but before reach
ing home he expired.
North Whitehall Teachcrs' AEseciation
Agreeably to public notice, a special meeting
of the North Whitehan Teachers' Association,
was held on Saturday the 12th inst., at the
usual place, (Dallies school house.)
The President having taken the chair, the
minutes of last meeting were read and on mo
lion adopted. .
The business of the meeting being announced, j
Mr. W. P. A. Kohler read a comprehensive es
say upon the best method of teaching the Al
phabet. A friendly discussion ensued, which
evinced considerable interest on the part of the
Teachers, and indicated their unanimous opin
ion that children should, if possible at an early
age, be taught the A, B, C, at home.
A uncial discussion followed on the proprie
ty of holding a County Convention for the pbr
pose of instituting a Teachtrs' Association of
Ll:high County. -
the executive committee then handed in the
following report : " 11. K. Rhoads is appointed
to deliver an address next meeting, and Amos
Steckel to read and essay upon the best meth-,
od of teaching the art of writing."
On motion, adjourned to meet again on Sat
urday the 26111 inst., at 2 o'clock, P. M.
11. K. RHOADS, Secretary.
Court PrQoactlingo
The Court commtnced January 14th, for the
'impose of trying cases in the Quarter Sessions,
and Osposing of the argument lists.
Commonwealth rs. 11 illiam Coffin, Samuel
Coffin, Dennis Yell, Cornelius Bogart, Elias
Rerig, and Amandes llartman.—This was an in
dictment for riot at the election in Washing
ton
township, and for assault and battery on
Charles Roth, Charles Peter and Jacob Nun
nemaker. The election in Washington town.
ship, on . the oth of October last, was held at
the house of 'D. & C. Peter. The defendants
came there at about the same time, in the after
noon of the election. (lay, and after drinking
pretty freely, made consid.l.able noise, and
finally a fight took place between some of them
and Roth and some others. The defendants
ailegcd . they did not disturb tfte peace, and
that all they did wa.4 in fun and they had no
intention to disturb the election. A great
amount of testimony was given on both sides,
the witnesses disagreeing considerably as to
how the
. quarrel commenced, and as to who
were engaged in the disturbance. The jury ac
qUitted the defendants of riot, but convicted
Samuel and William Coffin of assault and bat
tery. William was sentenced to $lO fine and
costs. Samuel Coffin was not present. Stiles
' for commonwealth ; •Bridges and Mars• for de
fendants.
Commonwealth rs. J. Daniel .Reinhard and
Charles Stopp. Indictment for larceny. Bill
ignored by the grand jury.
Commonwealth vs. Elias Leaser. Indictment
for false pretence. A true bill returned. Case
continued to next term.
Commonwealth rs. Solomon Knorr. Assault,
&c. Continued to next term.
Commonwealth vs. Jacob Shuler. Selling
liquor. Continued to next term. . _
Commonwealth rs. Eli Moyer. 'Fornication
and bastardy. .True bill returned.
A large number of cases were settled by the
parties: •
The arguments were taken up and a number
of cases disposed of.
IrJ*Preity Severe.—Tho coldest day ever
known
. in England, was December 25th, when
the thermometer Bunk.to 16 degrees below zero.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER, JANUARY 23, 1850.
.The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Society was held at Harrisburg
on 'Tuesday last, when Jamitit GOWAN, was re
elected President for the ensuing year, and
Iron. GEORGIE M. Kent, of Reading, one of the
Vice Presidents. The Treasurer's report gives
the receipts of the year from all sources at
$22,133 971, to which is added a balance of
$3,640 481 remaining over from last year.
The expenditures were $24,354 231, leaving a
balance in the Treasury, Jan. 15,1356, of $l,-
423 221. In addition to this the 'Society owns
hi corporation stocks $13,000. The society
has lost about *B,OOO during the year, owing
to the small receipts at the State Fah- in Sep.
tember last. The number of Life members is
now 176, while the- annual members exceed
2,000. The Society appropriated last year
$lO,OOO to the Farmer's High School which
with other donations swell the amount to that
object to $25,000.
Sleighing is an expensive luxury, in Phila
delphia: at least it may be so inferred from
the Inquirer, which states that in some cases,
enormous prices were demanded fur sleighs.
A friend mentioned to us yesterday moring.
that he called at a livery stable, and the charge
for a sleigh, a pair of horses and a citiver was
tco do/h.rs per hour ! In other cases, however;
fire dollars per hour were paid, for three cr four
hours at a time. A new omnibus sleigh with
six horses, was engaged by a gentleman of this
city fn• the accommodation of his family, during
the afternoon, at a cost of lif ty dollars. While
these enormous prices are paid for private
sleighs, the Inquirer states that in the omnibus
sleighs it costs only a shilling from the Ex
change to Fairmount—two or three miles.
At the annual meeting of the above named
Society, the following gentlemen were elected
officers for the ensuing year :
President, P. B. Steinmetz. ; Vice Presidents,
David Sandt, Peter Kemmerer, Jacob Stier,
Jacob Boorem, Francis Micksh, Joseph Keller,
S. Reigel, John Agnew, Tilghman Biery, Adam
Ehert, Jacob S. Heller, Samuel Wetherill, John
Best, Edward W. Barnet, Thos. Oberly, Jacob
Shall ; Recording '..ecretary, C. R. Hoeber
Treasurer, C. Senseman ; Corresponding Sec
retary, Wm. Beisel ; Geologist, Trail Green ;
Executive Committee, Aaron Dreisbach, Thos.
Condemn, J. C. Seigfried, John P. Beisel,
Christian Lerch, A. IL Senseman : Committee
of 'Agriculture, Peter Best, Paul Seigfried,
Amandes Heinly ; Committee on Manufactures,
Henry Sellers, Henry Bender, Samuel Hoffman ;
Committee on Domestic Animals, A B. Steend,
Charles Bellisfield, Sam. Stroub ; Committee
on Finance, C. D. Busse, Joseph Cole, Chas B.
Daniel. •
The ArKean county, Pennsylvania,
contains the following paragraph :
" REMEDY FOR MOSE WTIO WWI; TIM WESTERN
FEVEIL,-- Mr C. IL Sage, of Shippen township,
this county, raised, on fifty acrcs cf land, GOO
bushels of corn, 400 bushCs of oats, 2.10 of
wheat, 75 of rye, 70 of potatoes, and 5 tons
of hay. This is now selling at his door at
prices such ns will yield an income of $1,450.
Let those afflicted with this fever read this
article. All the labor employed, beside him
self, was ono hired man, and a one-horse team,
and about 90 days'.work in planting, hoeing,
harvesting, &c."
To this the North AmPrinin appends the
following judicious and truthful remarks.—
They should be conned over by every one who
is now rink:led with thtkwestern fever:
" M'kean county, whereibi4larmer has done
so well, is in Northern PenUTiPvania, and is
one of a whole tier cf counties where thousands
of acres of excellent land may now be had as
cheap, if not cheaper, than pull° aro paying
nt the distant west for farms. Hundreds of
industrious cultivators leave the Atlantic States
every year, and move a thousand miles west
ward, in search of an opening which might be
found much more easily nearer home. The
whole interior of this State abounds in arable
land which never• yet has been k . ought under
cultivation, and may be had at low rittes."
Were a Liverpool steamer over due a day,
or a California remittance of gold half a million
less than usual, it would create greater anxiety)
than does the delay of Congress in organizing !
for business. But there is one view of this bat
tle in the House—the war in a triangle—sug
gested by the Boston Advertiseri which rises to
an importance that no indifferelwe to public
alihirs can ignore. Tit:House, distracted as
it is, may be called upon td elect3rthe next
President, and the same partizan divisions
which impede the election of a Speaker, must
embarrass the se!ection of a President. In
case of the failure of the Electoral Colleges to
choose a President the election devolves upon
the States, through their representatives in
the popular branch of Congress, and sixteen of
them must unite on a candidate to secure his
success.. The State delegations stand : 14
Republican, 10 Democratic, 4 American and 3
divided. Those who remember the agitating
seems of 1824 will regret to anticipate a re
currence of such a crisis.'
State Agricultural Society
Clcighinu, in Philadelphia
Northampton County Agricultural Society
AN EXCELLENT HINT
The Next Pre3idency
LANDTSALESIIN VIRGINIA.—Ten thousand
acres of land in Dodridgo county, Va., were
recently sold at auction for two cents an acre,
18,000 acres in Randolph' county for ono cent
and three quarters, 1,000. acres in Gilman
County for two cents and a quarter, and 44,-
000 acres in various other portions.of the State,
at prices ranging from ono cent to two and-one
eighth per acre. These prices ma/batiot down
as one of the ltiltimate fruits of the :nstitution
of slavery,
111151
(1:7 - Mr. Buchanan; it, is said,ECkpresses in
his despatches a confident belief that peace will
bo concluded before spring, !
Latest from Europo
The steamship America arrived at Halifax,
on Wednesday, with Liverpool dates to the sth
inst. Count Nesselrode has issued'a circular
stating that Russia will accept the third point,
relative to the n tut rality of the Black Sea, pro•
vided no ships of war shall be admitted there
save those of Russia and Turkey, and that these
two Powers shall alone arrange the number.—
The Allies reject this interpretation. Count
Esterhazy has laid the propositions of Austria
before the Russian cabinet. Russia is expect
ed to withhold her assent to the opening of the
Danube. It is stated that Austria will refuse
to join the Allies. even though the Czar may re
ject the terms of peace. Sweden is thought to
be preparing to take the field in the spring.-- 7
Denmark is reported to have consented to the
British fleet forming a rendezvous at Kid.—
Prince Gortschakoff announces, December Nth,
that a detachment of Cossacks had defeated a
squadron of Cen..Vivian'scavalry near Kertsch,
and taken the English commander prisoner.—
The Russian army in the Crimea has been rein
forced by two regiments of hussars. Russians
are marching to Bessarabia. Onntr Paella has
renounced his intention of attacking Kutais.—
The Russians had taken possession of the de
files of Hassam. Many people apprehend an
attack on Erzeroutn by the Russians. The
greater portion of the Russo-Asian army will
winter at Kars.
Pour Gac
A singular fact has just been brought to light
in London, in regard to Gas meters. A care
ful examination of the Gas works of London
has established the fact that the " lower the
quality of the gas, the greater the velocity
with which it flows through the meter : that
is, the quantity registered is increased, in
proportion as the quality is deteriorated."
Thus by the simple process of supplying an
inferior article, the bills of the consumer may
be made larger, although he burns the gas no
longer than before, and the Income of the com
pany considerably augmented, without any
corresponding augmentation of the actual cost
of product.
11611111 D A ITALIC. —A t Maysville, Ky., on
Thanksgiving day a couple of young men whose
family connections are of the highest respecta
bility,' while on a drunken frolic at the Prirke
House set fire to a colored waiter whom they
found asleep in order to awaken him. They
first poured camphene upon his whiskers, and
then applied fire to them. The poor fellow
was terribly burned, and lived two weeks in
the most exerutiating agony. he young men
being rich, have settled the ail - lib: with the own
ers of the boy by paying him $l2OO, their 'high
position' sheltering them from any movement
for legal investigation !
i Tor; 1C......,. T 11,TrIVIT T trool
number of hogs slaughtered aroum he falls
up to Monday was 293,363 and 5,652 in the
pens. The excess at the close of the season,
says the Courier, will be about 25,000 hogs
this year over last, with an increase of fully ten
per cent. in weight. .1 ,
The Pork market had been dull during the
previous week, with no transactions reported,
the nominal price of hogs being C 5 25 net.
R.tn.itoAns tx 7111.: UNITED STATES.- Accord
ing to Dinsmore's Railway Guide for January
the number of miles of Railway now•in opera
tion in the United States is 22,242, which is an
increase of '3,4E3 since January of last year.
Valuing the completed railroads at ti'3o,ooo per
mile, the capital now invested iu this interest
amounts to *G97,250,000.
COLD WVATIIKII: IS KA:MM.—They have ter
ribly severe weather in Kansas. On the night
of the 2.5111 of December, the thermornetor rang
ed from 22. to 30 degrees below zero. A deep
snow lies over the whole country, end ns the
people arc poorly housed, and have made but
little preparation fur the winter, there must be
much suffering. How it is in lowa and'Minne
sota we have not heard.
A SOAP MISH.—It is said that a bona fide
soap mine has been discovered in California.
It closely resembles misfile soap, and is exten
sively used in washing among the miners, and
has been tried in San Francisco, suflicitntly to
prove that there is no mistake about it.
.I.soitmocs.--The estimate expenses for the
city of New York, tho coming year is. over six
millions of dollars ! It exceeds ten dollars a
head for every inhabitant of the city. The ag-,
gregate is more than $600,000 greater than it s
was last year. . .
LAUGH . TRAIN OF 110G.5.-A train of seventy
three can, all full of live hogs, recently came
over the Eaton and Hamilton Roared. to Cin
cinnati. There ware 4,380 hogs in he train,
which were worth 552,000.
AMERICAN RIVERS.—The total' length of the
Mississippi and all its tributaries is fifty-one
thousand miles which is more than twice the
equatorial circumference of the earth.
.To Hon EATERS.—Tho medical Gazette says
that the tape worm is produced from a small
parasite worm which much affects pork,. and
that, those who do not indulge in that food are
never afflicted with it.
Gtovs.s.-11elginm is the great glove man
ufactory of the world. It is stated that from
one establishment last year, 400,000 dozen pairs
were exported to England and America. There
are three thousand hands employed there.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.-The men who
won our liberties have nearly all passed away.
During the last year 343 revolutionary soldiers
died, leaving only 720 still on the National
Pension Roll. In the course of nature, a very
brief period must elapse 'ere the last patriot
who fought for our Independence will have
been gathered to his fathers;
Ics Truns.—:The ice trfdo• has
.become, 'of
Into years, an important branch of industry.
Ice, no longer a luxury, .is considered every
where an article of necessity. Almost every
well-ordered plantation has its ice house, which
is essential to health and economy. The cities
and towns are supplied by 'regular dealers,
who either gather the ice in their. own vicinity,
or import it from the North. Ice and granite
have been said to be the only articles of do
mestic natural product that the State of Mas
sachusetts, with its million of inhabitants, ex
ports.
It is estimated that in the ice business, in
all parts of the linitcd States, a capital of six
or seven millions of dollars is invested, and
that it affords employment in the winter sea
son to eight or ten thousand men. The total
consumption of. ice in the city of New York is
said to be one hundred thousand tons a year:
in Boston, fifty thousand and an equal amount
in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The consump
tion in Washington cannot be less than thirty
thousand tons, a great part of which is import
ed from New York and Boston.
Smammt, INciusxr.—The Buffalo Republic
says that two servant girls went to bed in the
house of one of their citizens last week, shut
ting
off the gas as usual. Finding a shoe on
the bed, one of them threw it across the room,
when it hit the key of the gas-burner and Wined
the gas on egkin. Next morning another girl
arose early for the ourpose of awakening these,
and after vainly endeavoring to light a candle
with matches, went out in the dark. On open
ing the door she was overpowered by the nox
ious vapor. Had she carried a light a terrible
explosion would doubtless have ensued. The
two girls were found almost in the agonies of
death, and it was not till noun of the next day
that they were fully resuscitated.
'EAR FLANNEL.-A young but distinguis'i
cd surgeon of this city lies quite ill at his resi
dence, with no hopes of a final recovery. A
year or tyro since he was in robust health, and
accustomed to quote his iiwli,exccllcnt health as
a proof of the folly of wearing flannel and over •
coals. A frequent change of linen and free use
of cold water he thought a sufficient protection.
Ile is full now of rheumatism, and looks as if
he had consumption. Don't be too confident of
your ability to bear the changes of our varia
ble climate. Woolen stockings, warm shawls
and overcoats, and flannel worn next to the
skin from October to May, plenty of exercise,
generous diet, cleanliness of person and of con
science—these are the agents that - preserve
health and give one a fine flow of spirits.—N.
Y. Trims.
Nurtcm— The nauseating doses of Castor Oil
or Epsom Salts, the bare recollection of which
causes a shudder, need no longer make us sick.
practice and now offers to the public a trust
delightful substitute—his " LIQUID CATlLtaTlC—
ought to be known to everybody requiring such
medicine, especially to invalids, whose stomachs
have so often heaved at the bare mention of a
dose of Oil. This " Liquid Cathartic" is flee
from unpleasant taste, and its effect is mild,
though efficient, not leaving the patient in a
worse, but greatly improved condition. Try
it, ye suffering.—Nctrotk Daily Adtlitistr.
FASIIIONABLF: FOLNS —An upper crust wed
ding took place last week in New York, a full
description of which would occupy about two
columns of our paper. There werelifteen hun
dred invited guests, and upper tendon, nude
and female, put on their best clothes.—The
handkerchief carried by the bride cost '.:'230 and
her entire dress 5. 5000. How many of the poor
of New York might have been relieved with
half of that sum ?—And it may be probable
that the " happy couple" may want what they
have extravagantly thrown away. "
ONC HUNDRED AND SIX T.E. 1113 01.1).-A dap
or two since a mulatto woman, named Rachel
Myers, died in Philadelphia, who,•it is believed.
from ascertained dates of other events in her
life, had reached the age of one hundred and
six years. She was the mother of fourten chil
dren, the youngest of - whom only is living and
he is an old man. She was the mother of those
children at the period of the Americanßevoln- !
lion. This aged womv.n continued to support',
herself with washing clothes till within the last
year or two of her existence, since which time
she has been bedridden.
lloteali's Pills a certain Remedy for Indi
gestion and Liver Complaint.—Maria Arm
strong (27), of Edgartown, New Jersey, suffer
ed more than most people from indigestion,
accompanied by liver complaint. Several very
clever medical men told her she was in a
consumption, and her friends despaired of her
ever recovering, as she ha , l tried every thing
they thought likely to benefit her, without suc
cess.. At last she tried Holloway's Pills, which
quickly assimilated with the Ailcod, removed
the obnoxious matter, and thoroughly cleansed
and renovated the system. The result is, that
she was perfectly cured, and now enjoys the
best of health. These pills are also a certain
cure for all diseases of the stomach and bowels.
AN INCIDENT.-A singular accident occurred
to some burglars in New York on New Year's
night. Having.stolen $BOOO worth of silks,
&c, from the store of Kcely, Beatty & Helfor,
No. 102 Fulton street, they were proceeding up
Broadway with them, when they ran into a six
horse sleigh, which wrecked the wagon, and the
hornet ran away as did thir•theives also—and
the goods were consequently recovered.
PROFITABLE Cow.—The celebrated cow,'Flo•
ra, had twin calves in December, 1854, and
in the following December, 1855, had twins
again. This cow is tho property, of J. &M.
Bennett, of West Chester. Four calves in ono
year ! Beat that if you can.—Wcat Chester
Record.
otbbe nn r 0100.
I:0 - We understand the snow is twice as deep
at Philadelphia as it is in this region.
() jDuring the past year the police of Boston
made 10,200 arrests, or 'over 2000 more than
in 1854.
-- To prevent Griddle Cakes from sticking
rub salt over the griddle with a piece of bread
before greasing.
(a — There are 500 miles of streets and 1000
miles Qf pavements in• New York. The Tribune
estimates the cost of freeing these latter from
the snow that fell on Saturday, at $50,000.
1:1",1 woman was arrested in ttuff►lo for
scalding her child intentionally, by : pouringhot
water down the back of the Child's neck. 8103
was tined e5O.
,3 - " To cure poverty—sit dew find growl
about it. By doing so you'll be sure to gels .
rich and make yourself particularly agree
to everybody.
VAlmost every man wastes part of his fife
in attempts to display qualities which he doeth
not possess, and to gain applause which he can:
not keep. •
Lrf - Thefityette and Indianapolis Railroad
is to be kneed its entire length. In France the
roads are not only fenced, but haVe itedge a
planted along them, which, when fully grown,
will be impenetrable to men or cattle.
~7- y - N ever trust a secret with a married man
who loves his wire, Tor ho will tell her—she will
tell her aunt Hannah—and aunt Hannah will
impart it as a profound secret every one of
her ft male nerpui int ;ma a.
CJ If you d sire to be certain that pour eggs;
aro good and ft e,h, put them in water if the
butts turn up they ore not flesh. This is an
inCdliblc ride to distingukh a good e,gg, front a
bad one.
(13 --- THERE nre now laid up in %linter quarters
at Chicago two hundred and eighteen steamers
and sail craft representing rnrrying room for
sixty thousand tons. These ships and steam•
era all leave with full loads fur Eastern porta
in the spring.
a7 - It is rumored that the Allentown girls,
without distinction of dollars and cents, intend
getting up a grand jollification for the 2211
February, to which all the unmarried young
men who won't swill the gradeS'bt!tween brandy
and slop until then are to be invited:* The bill
of fare got up by such hands will no doubt be
hyperboienaically sumptuous.
[l7'l Boston paper gives an account of t►
prisoner con fin ed n Cambridge street jail, who
has during a confinement of five months, made
a model of a steamer live or six feet in length,
completely rigged with engine and machinery,
all put together so correctly, that upon moving
a lever the winks are at once put in motion.
Iris only tools were a in , . -
is Uo Suiet, Thston paper relates
that a dog at the Smith end committed suicide,
a few days since, by putting his neck across a
rail, on which a train of cars wore approaching.
He had stolen some venison and had been taken
to account for it. 'Dogs are getting more sop
skive than men.
A (Wive bras Party came off in Potts
ville, on New Year's Eve, at the private resi
dence of one of the principal citizens, which not
only accomplished a praiseworthy charity, but
also afforded a splendid entertainment. Goods
to the amount of one hundred and twenty-five
with live dollars in cash, were placed
in the hands (.1 . dm Dorcas Society for distribu
tion among the needy, as the proceeds of the
party. ,
IrgiL~latiu rorcriliuga.
SEN 3,111
"Mr. Laubach, on the 11th presented a peti
tion from citizens of Northampton county, for
the incorporation of the Fsrtners' and Mechan
ics' Institute of said county.
Petitions fir the repeal of the Act to restrain
the sale of Intoxicating Liquors, were prisent
ed, Mr. Lanbach presenting Three from North
ampton county.
Mr, Straub, (of corporation comMittee) re•
ported a Lill to incorporate the congregation of
United Brethren of Nazareth, Northampton
county
Mr. Jordon, (of com. on Roads and Bridges)
reported a bill to incorporate the Hanover and
South Whitehall Bridge company, in Lehigh
county.
Mr. Laubach, read a bill in place to incorpo
rate the Farr4rs'lnstituto of Northampton
county.
Mr. Evans, on the 14th of Jan. read a bill in
place to take up the bill to incorporate the
Reading and Lehigh Railroad Co. Agreed to ;
and the bill being on its final passage.
Mr. Limbach, read a bill in place to postpone
it for the present ; which was then agreed to,
On the 14th, Senate . bill No. 31, to incorpo•
rate flit! Reading and Lehigh railroad company;
came up in order on its final passage.
Mr. Laubach said he did not know that he
had any particular oltjections to urge agaiitst
the passage of this bill ; but as it passed
through his district, and interested a portion of
his constituents, he desired to hear something
front them upon the subject, before it was fi•
nally acted upon. He moved its postponement
for the present ; which was agreed to.
On the 18th Mr. Laubach, presented a bill
to incorporate the Catasatiqua and Fogehiville
Railroad Company.
t[OrSE.
On the 11th Mr. Craig, read - in place asup
plement to the act for the employment and sup
port of the poor of Carbon county.
Mr. Craig, on tho 12th inst., read a bill in
place to incorporate the Carbon Mutual Insu
rance Company.
On the 14th Mr. Oraig, presented s petition
from Catasauqua, fin tho repeal the restrain
lug liquor law.