her father, for sho had Written to Evelyn after Let us now transport ourselves to a large and ! her arrival ; so, two years after his wife's death, luxurious apartment in ono of England's state. with his little daughter, whose childish beauty Best mansions. It was dusk, but there. was attracted all beholders, Waiter sailed for Eng no light in the room save the flickering and un- land, his early home. certain glare .of a cheerful wood fire, in front of Let us glance over the events of a few Which. was seated a man in the- prime of life, months, and take a peep into that large, old yet with deep lines of care engraven On his fashioned room, where we left Lord Arlington high brow, and traces of some bitter sorrow! and his daughter. It is evening now, and round his thin, compressed lips: but those lips', seated before the same glowing fiat two figures were parted now with a mail. of deep and fond i are revealed by the flickering light : their hands ; are clasped, and a look of unutterable happiness affection, and his eyes were fixed earnestly upon a sweet, loving face upturned to his : it was! dwells in their quiet faces ; the-eyes of one are the face of an exquisitely beautiful girl.`t to with a tenderness, a depth of love almost sat on a low stool beside him— she had ap. ho/y, upon the sweet countenance of the other. parently lien " reading, fur a large volume At a little distance, in a large arm-chair, sits lay in her lap, but now they were silent for a : Lord Arlington, his face beaming with happi long time—his hand rested on her silken hair, ' Hess as he looks upon them ; while nestling in and he seemed absorbed in thought ; at last his lap, her little white arms around him, lies n she whispered, " Dear father." A tear start- ; lovely 'child, his own .adopted_daughterhis ed to those eyes so unused to weep— second Maki. • " And do you, indeed, love me, my sweet, • forgiving Mabel. Can you so easily forget, 1 ' LOCONOTIVES.—When locomotives were first i? a few months of kindness, the cruelty, stet • ' built they weighed less than five tons. This ness and injustice Of years ? But, in truth: I was in 1828 ; since then passengepkand freight my child, 1 have been bitterly punished ; in all have increased, car after car has been supplied those long, long years I have never known hap- I piness. In the dark night a pale, sad, weeping ! for their accommodation, and ton after ton has form Would come and stand beside my bed, and , been added to the weight eV the engine, in order stretch out its thin, shadowy arms so implor- - to enable it to move (he additional burden lin ingly. I fled from society—l shut myself-up ! posed upon it, until those of the largest class in my own apartments ; 1 called to mind my j past life, and I shuddered at the review ; I I upon the English roads have attained to the could not bear the presence even of my gay and j enormous weight of 32 tons, and in the United haughty wife, and for mouths I never spoke I States to betweeri 20 and 30 tons. The first one word to her. I was wicked--proud— ! locomotive performed 28 miles an hour. They angry with the world. At last I partly over- I came my hatred and bitterness. I hoped on in ', now perform from 40 to 80 miles. This in spite of every thing that I should vet see my' crease shows a rapid improvement. The first Mabel and ask her forgiveness. When Lady ' locomotive cost $3,000. The St. Clair, belong- Arlington died I shut myself up once more, and' ing to the Hudson River Railroad, cost $12,- 1 humbly hope meditation and sorrow had made me a better man, coal before I Intl your 500. The first locomotive used in the United sweet example and precious words to be my States the " John,' Bull," on the Albany daily support. i and Schenectady railroad. This engine is now Oh, my child, my only comfort, you can ; at theryllbany Nail Factory, where it is kept as never know half the blessedness, the peace your : presence brings me ; truly I can say, • Lord, : a curiosity now lettest thou thy sei!vant depart in peace.' " There was no reply save Mabel's silent tears and the fond pressure of her hand. It was the announcement of Lady Arlington's death, which Mabel had seen in the English papers, accompanied by rumors of her father's entire seclusion, that first induced her to return to her forsaken home. Then too, she thought it would be better for her to avoid Walter and Evelyn, which she could not du, while any where within their reach, without awakening some suspicion in the-lances Mind. A thou sand times since her 'return had she thanked God who had guided her through so many trials to the very place where she was most needed ; yes, in her devoted heart there was no murmur mg, though all that life could give she had re nounced in resigning Walter's love : even for that she thanked Gol, since it had been the Means of leading her to be the comfort and the solace of her father's• lonely home; and Mabel saw, with a joy too deep for utterance, that her example, her words, and her constant influence were bringing her father back to the pure faith she had so nobly illustrated in her life. This was reward enough—quietly and peacefully their life glided along. Her father's wealth was in Mabel's hands an instrument of good to hun dreds—she established schools, visited the poor and the sick, and was idolized by all the ten antry. She had told her father her whole his tory, and they often now talked together about Walter and Itlr. D _ acre. L.,•4 Arlington .3.30 -.t, will. I. , ,rn;ng shame and sorrow, bin having written that letter to prevent Mr. Deere's coming to London, and to destiov all friendship between them ; and then he Would look at Mabel so humbly, and ash: hi, if !i,,.• could forgive him, could luv:: him altur all the misery lie had caused her. ",D0 nOt . think of those thtas nosy, dearest father ; you know 1 love you, and yun make me so happy now, that I can almost forget the past." 4 *. * .;. ir * * CHAPTER VII Two year; have passed since Mabel's return. It is a bright June day, and in a little cottage, covered almost by the clustering vines that peeped in at every- window, a young, fair creature, with a litart as guileless as a child's, was lying on a bed of death. In that sweet, infantine expression, in those soft, blue eyes and the elm lib mouth, we recog nize at once Evelyn Wentworth ; but alt ! how changed ; those eyes were now sunken and dimmed ; the cheeks, once so roseate, were deadly pale, and the blue veins could be dis tinctly traced through the transparent skin.-- Beside her sat Walter Lee, still young and handsome, though the struggle of life bad cast a shade over his brow, and taken something from the Gahm, serene ex 101 SSiOll naturally A little girl lay in a cradle by the 'aside, whose golden curls fell over shoulders white and round as a classicnrodel : her face, though glowed with health, was strangely like her mother's ; the fairy's name was Mabel. ‘• My own bekved," muz inured those pale lips, and Walter bent to catch the lightest sound. " Yon. have been faithful and true to me, and since fitst we met, never have you caused me a pang. I ble.ss you for all the wealth of love with which you have filled my heart ; I bless you for the smiles of fond affec tion will which you ever greeted me, and oh ! for, countless words and tones that my soul has cherished in its d(iepest shrines ; but ah my William, I know full well I have never been to You, I never could be to you', all that your soul required ; I am too weak and childish and igno- rant, to be your comfort and strength and help ; do not chide me for these words, dearest, there is no bitterness in the thought ; you arc too noble, exalted and talented for such a compan ion, and I can only thank and bless you for snaking my short life so happy, and pray that Cod would reward you with a bliss greater than your longing heart has ever known. " And now, my precious husband, limy fly last request ; our child, our lade darling will need a mother's care ; and there is only one in all . the world, to whom, withoutanxiety or fear, I can resign her ; it is Mabel Were. Go to her at once, after my death, and tell her with my last breath 1 begged her to he h mother to my child ; you will love her. William, she is far more worthy of you than I am : she' is the only being I have ever seen who could, I think, fully appreciate the depth of your noble nature ; she will love our little daughter if only for her mother's sake ; and oh !. William, she will teach her better than I tan'her duty to God. ProMise me you will do. as I ask of you, my 'precious husband, and I shall have no fear, in lay last hours that my child will pine us 1 did for a mother's love." With tearful earnestness the self. reproachful man gave tht required promise, and bending over her kissed the pale face, over which a smile of such angelic peace and love was hovering. In a few more days the sods were laid over that 4oVing heart, and Walter Lee was once Snore desolate ; but in the darkness gliMmered a ray of hope that Mabel might still be free ; could it be that her warm affections had been hoarded up for him, that she whom to see was to love, had in all this time found no one to dis place his image in her soul ; was there on earth such happiness. lie knew that Mabel was with LARGE TAXPAYERS.-A good deal of notori ety (says the St. Louis Republican) has been given to the fact that N. Longworth, of Cincin nati, pays over s2l,ooorof taxes' annually.— This is a large sum, and he is unlike all other tax-payers, large and small, if he does not think it a great hardship to have to appropriate:so much of his income ill this way. But one of our citizens pays a still greater tax than Mr. Longworth—wo allude to •James IL Lucas, I!:sq., of the banking-house of Lucas & Simonds. The amount of lax paid by him for the year 1855 was $25,439 19. RPM'S DOINGS. -A member of the Bar of Lancaster came home intoxicated a night or two ago, and commenced abusing his wife. A step-son, about fourteen years old, interfered, when the step-father turned upon him. The boy seized a pistol, and shot his step-father through the right. side of his face. The wound is not likely to prove fatal. The father if we arc not mistaken, was one of the orators at the Runt meeting held in Reading last June. Comment is unnecessary.—Ex. Holloway's Ointment and Mils. the best Rcme dico tho C.lro or romoto Complaints.—The extraordinary Elli!et these Pills have upon all complaints peculiarly incidental to females, would appear incredible to the citizens of the Union, if it were not confirmed daily by the wonderful cures they eflixt in the various States. It is an unquestionable fact, that there is not any remedy to equal them for extermin ating suffering from the softer sex, particularly for young girls entering into womanhood, there fore all arc requested to give them a trial, which will insure their recoinmendatim. REMEDY FOIL FROSTED FEET, SLC,—Many per sons were frost bitten during the recent severe weather. It is important, therefore, to know the best remedy, which is as follows :—Dis solve a small portion of alum in water and soak and bathe the parts effected, and it will be found to give immediate relief. We know this to be elfectual—having given it many a trial without a single failure. Inox llousEs.-- The consumption of Iron for building purposes has now grown to be im mense. In each of our cities founderies are in full operation, solely engaged on building cast ings, and the universal favor with which iron buildings are regarded betokens an incalcula ble increase in the amount of pig iron that will be required for them after a feW years. SCHOOLS is 111:ADIG.—The number of schools in the city of Reading are 33, teachers 62, and scholars 4101. The amount expended for school purposes in the Reading school district for the year ending June 1, 1855, was $18,074- 05—being an excessof $1,44319 over the receipts. Night schools for males and females have, with in the last ten months, been opened iu various parts of the city, and attended by a large num ber of pupils. GRAPE CrI.TCRI: 01110.--ThOTC are, at pre sent, within a shortdistaner of. Cincinnati, 1,200 acres under cultivation s and of them, about 800 to 1,000 acres arc in bearing condition. Partic ular spots under favorable circumstances, have produced as high as 1,000 to 1,200 gallons of wine to the acre. A fair average will be about 400 gallons, which, allowing there to be 1,000 acres in bearing, will produce 400,000 gallons of wine. This, at an average price of $1.25 per gallon, amounts to half a million of dollars; in value. Two Los - sits BURNED TOGETIIER.—The dwell ing house of Mr. Richmond, at Prince Albert, Canada, was consumed by fire on the morning of January 12. The inmates fled 'naked from the house, but one of the daughters was not in time to save her life. A young man named Foley ran into the flames to save the girl, to whom he was to be married in the ensuing week, but never canto out again. At daylight the charred remains of the young couple were found, their bones protruding through the blackened flesh. They,had died together. IrrsArmbruster, the Bucks county murderer, is to be executed at Doylestown on Friday the 15th inst. TILE LYHIGH REGI,TER, FEBRUARY 13, 1856. (t4e 3E04 Itgiottr. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY U, 185 G o.lV'e have been requested b Gsonon L. Rene, Esq., to state that he has Oppointed D. M. KRAUSS his agent for Sealer of Weights and Measures. The American National Convention, to make nominations for President and Vice Tresident, is to be held at Philadelphia, on the 22d inst. It is generally believed that Millard Fdimore will receive the nomination. We learn that RsunaN Guru, Esq., editor of the " Lecha Patriot," has been .elected delegate to represent oar Congres. sional District, Lehigh and Bucks, in the Con vention. Our friendS should remember that all kinds of Job Printing is done at our office. We lately added a large supply of new type, &c., to our Job Department, which enables us to turn out work in the best style, at exceeding low rtes. We therefore invite our friends and the psblic generally to give us a trial, whenever they May want anything in our lino, either Cards, Hand bills, Posters, Programmes, Tickets, Labels, and in short any and all sorts of plain or orna mental printing. Orders from the country promptly attended to. The citizens of the enterprising little town of Bath, in Northampton county, made application during the late term of court of that county for a Borough Charter, which was granted. Such go-ahead manifestations on the part . of the citi zens is highly commendable. On the sth inst., an election for officers of this company was held at Easton, which result ed as folloWs : President—William Longstreth ; Secretary and Treasurer—John N. Hutchinson ; Direct ors—Wm. 11. Gotzmcr and E. A. Packer, of Philadelphia, John T. Johnson of N. Y., Asa Packer of Mauch Chunk, and David Barnet of Easton. The retiring President is Hon. J. M. Porter. Mr. Longstreth, the President elect, is also President of the Beaver Meadow Road, which is a continuation of the Lehigh Valley Road, from Mauch Chunk to the Beaver Meadow coal mines. It is believed that under the new man ageinent the Lehigh Valley Road will be speedi ly fitted up for a very extensive coal business, and also that another track will doubtless be laid. One bitter cold evening last week, while coming down Ilziantun aucut, we th.iitia a spectacle near Wilson's store. 1 little boy very thinly clad, live or six years cid, was lead ing by the hand his father who was in such a beastly state of intoxication that he staggered from one side of the pavement to the other, dragging the poor little fellow after him. This man was once a respectaCle citizen, but is now a confirmed slave to the intoxicating cup. his family is often maltreated, and oftentimes have barely enough to cat. And who causes all this misery anttwoe ? 'Who robs this family of their earthly happiness 'Why the very men who sell him liquor contrary to law—yes, in viola tion of the law now in force ! 'We have in our mind several groggerie's in town, that ought to be broken up. It is quite time that deserved punishment should be extended to these de spoilers of the lionws and happiness of others. Military Ball. The " Allen Rifles" will give a grand Mili tary and Citizens' Dress Ball, at the Odd Fellows' Ball, on Friday evening, the 22d inst., in commemoration of Washington's birthday. From present appearances we judge it will be a grand Mild'', and all who can mak& it con venient to attend will be sure to get the full worth of their money. We are acquainted with most of those whose names appear as managers, and we know that they never have been—and never will I)a—connected with an entertain ment that. did not most gloriously succeed. To-morrow is the anniversary of St. Valen tine, and we doubt not many beaus and belles will avail themselves of the occasion by send ibg little tokens of love to their sweethearts. Before the interchange of the poetical epistles known as Valentines was introduced it was t practice fur gentlemen to consider the first they saw on the morning of St.Valentine)a Day as their sweetheart or Valentine, to whom they were expected to make a present. These Valentino gifts aro often mentioned by old writers as a source of great expense ; some are mentioned by Pepys and others of the reign of Charles 11., as consisting of jewels, Am., worth hundreds of pounds. This custom, divested of its costly accompaniment, is still pursued by many, and will be remembered, long after it has fallen into disuse, from the allusion to it in Shakespeare's "'hamlet," where Ophelia sings— "Uood morrow; 'tis St. Valentine's Day, All in the morning beanie, And I a maid at your Window,: To be your Valentine!" It was arse usual, when a party,of ladies and gentlemen met on this day, to write tlieir names on pieces of paper, which, divided into two parcels, the ladies drew for the gentlemen's names, and the - gentlemen for the ladies'; those drawn together being considered Valen tines. These have all succumbed to the practice of sending poetical letters. adorned with pictures, some satirical, some loving, and nearly all non sensical. ALLENTOWN, PA. C. F. lIAINF.S, EDITOR Amorloan National Convention Job Printing A Nov Boroligh Tho Lehigh Vailoy Rail Road Who Hells tho Mau Liquor St. Valontino'a Day Allentown Teachers' &iodation. , Monday Evening, February 40,1850, The President having taken the chair, the Meeting was called to order on the evening of the above date. Minutes of the former meeting having bett read, were adopted. • A dissentation " On the conduct of the Un derstanding" was read by Mrs. I. N. Gregory. English Grammar, the subject appointed for the evening's debate was discussed, not so pointedly as some heretofore selected subjects. By the committee, Elementary instruction in History," was chosen as the subject for next meeting's extemporaneous discussion. On motion the society adjourned, to meet at the same place, (Allentown Seminary,) on the 18th of February next, at 7 o'clock in the even ing. All friends of education are invited to at tend. E. J. GIBONS, 'Secretary. To Advertisers For the advertising of Personal Property, and for all other kinds of advertising the Register offers superior inducements, as it has 1< larger circulatioe than any other paper in the English language published in the county. True, it is not as old as others, but then there is an adage which says " It is not the oldest calf that makes the best veal," which in our opinion illustrates the case with the Register and some other papers. Nor are wO as large as some of our neighbors ; but it should also be remembered that our subscription price is only a dollar and a half. But give us a little time and by and bye we shall occupy as much space on this side of the Allegheny mountains as any of them.— " Walk before you run," says the adage. So did our neighbors before us. When first ushered into existence they were, real pigmies compared with our paper. But as they grew older and richer they grew haw - cr. And that is what: we intend to dO. Diad Dogs We hear that mad dogs aro quite numerous in North and South Whitehall townships. One was killed in the latter township on Friday last, aftes a long chase, and after he had bitten several head of cattle, and five or six dogs, that are now running at large. Too great care can not be taken of dogs of this description, when a little carelessness may lead to such horrible consequences. Every dog manifesting the least symptoms of the disease, should be immediate ly slaughtered, as one human life is worth more than that of all the useless curs in Christendom. North Whitehall Teachers' Association As per adjournment this association met on the 26th ult., at the usual time and plaCe. The meeting being called to order by the President, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and on motion adopted. Mr. Amos Steckel then read a copious and critical essay on Penmanship. Au animated discussion ensued, which was chiefly confined to the necessity and expediency of using quills urrAca pc,,. The Secretary's address was deferred till next meeting. After a brief discussion on the pro priety of establishing a naclars' institute of Lehigh county, the corresponding secretary was instructed to write to the County Superintend ent in regard to the matter. The executive committee then withdrew and after a short, interval reported' the appointment of Messrs Berndt, Schwartz, Kohler and Niue ger, to write essays on the higher branches of Mathematics fur next meeting. On motion, adjourned, to meet again on Saturday the 23d of Feb., at 2 o'clock, I'. M.— The imblic is respectfully invited to attend. U. K. RHOADS, Corresponding Secretary. to Act relative to tho Catasattqua and 100 gelsville!road Conipany. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and blouse of Representalrees of the Commonwealth Penns . tdcania in General Assembly met, and it hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the time fixed by the act incorporating the said company as a plank road company approved the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, for the com mencement and completing the said work, is hereby extended three years. SECTION 2. That the said company may at any time extend its railroad••Or -construct a branch therefrom so as to connect with the iron ore mines in Long Swamp township, Berks county. SECTION 3. That the rate of tolls which the said company may charge and receive for each ton of two thousand pounds of freight trans ported over their road shall not exceed five cents per mild. 1 • Hon. James Buchman. The Pennsylvanian publishes an extract from a private letter to a gentleman of this State, in • which, rcfcrring•to the connection of his name with the Presidency, Mr. BUCHANAN says : " This I neither desired nor expected. The movement in my favor has, therefore, originated without my previous knowledge or consent, and I should be quite satisfied should another be selected. The next will be the most important and responsible Presidential term since the last agar with England, or. perhaps, since the origin of the government. Both our foreign and our domestic affairs will require the guidance.of an able Arm and skilful pilot to steer the vessel of State clear of the breakers.• I pray Heaven that . the best man may be selected for the crisis, and to me it is a matter of indifference whether he comes from the North or the South, the East or the West." ChM IN THILADELPIIIA.—According to the Armpal Address of Mayor Conrad, no less than 38,651 arrests were made in tho City of Phila delphia, during the year 1855. The principal offences were assault.and battery, breach of the peace, intoxication and vagrancy. Twenty two cases .of murder arc mentioned, and thirty eight of picking pockets. - Of the total number, 10,470 were natives of the United States, and the rest 'were foreigners. [l, - Tlio injuries we do, and those we suffer, are seldom weighed in the same balance. Court Proceedings'. An adjourned court for the trial of civil cans es qgnmenced on Monday, the sth inst. The following •cases were tried: . Jesse Kline vs. Kautz4 King.—Suit brought 'to recover a.claim of $l5OO, alleged to be dud the plaintiff for meat furnishbd the hands of. defendants, while working on the Lehigh Valley Rail Road. Defendants denied their liability to pay the claim, and further alleged the plain tiff was paid for all meat delivered. A good deal of evidence was given, the case occupying the court two days. Verdict for plaintiff, $333.00. Longnecker and Runk for plaintiff; Stiles , and Reese for defendants. Werly & Snyder vs. Ott & Moyer.— Suit on a noteof 880 for Orcutt's Patent for burning Limo. The Patent was warranted to burn 140 bushels of lime to a ton of coal. The plaintiffs alleged the Patent to be good, the defendants contended it was worth little or nothing, and would not burn 140 bushels to the ton of coal. Verdict for plaintiff 897. Runk and Reese for plaintiffs ; Longnecker and Goepp for defendants. Benjamin Wannemacher vs. Charles Mertz.— Suit brought to recover the value of a bay mare valued at $125. It appeared that the plaintiff came to Lehigh County in 1854 with six or eight horses for sale, that a german was with him who attended to the horses and assisted in the sales. The parties tried to sell Mertz the mare in dispute, but could not and left. A few weeks afterwards the german went to Mertz again to sell the mare, and sold her for $49. The plain tiff contended the german had no right to sell the mare and that the price was far below her value. The defendant contended the german had authority from the plaintiff, and the price was the full value. Verdict for defendant.-- Wright and Marx for plaintiff; Bridges and Stiles for defendant. Elizabeth Swartz vs. Charles Sigley.—Suit to recover.the value of five hogs sold by defendant as high Constable of Catasauqua. There was no dispute but that ddendant sold the hogs, but he justified the taking and dwelling under the borough ordinance of Catasauqua. 'The plaintiff contended the provisions of the ordinance had not been complied with. Verdict for defendant. Stiles for plaintiff; Reese for defendant. . John 11. Bernd's use vs. Hamilton 11. Salmon. This suit was brought to recover a balance of book account. The plaintiff was a store keeper and miller in Allentown, and the defend ant a Commission Merchant in New York.— George Wenner as agent for Salmon made a bargain with Bernd for the pnrchasing and manufacturing corn into meal, and sending to Salmon. On the contract Wenner paid large sums of money, and Bernd delivered some meal. The plaintiff contended there was a balance of $6OO and upwards due him, and the defendant claimed about the same amount. Verdict for plaintiff $lOB. Wright and Marx for plain tiff; Stiles and Goepp for defendant. George Warn vs. Reuben Helfrich—Suit to recover the value of a horse alleged to be pro perty of plaintiff and now in possession of de fendant. It appeared that in 1854 the horse was stolen from the plaintiff in Cayuga County, N. Y., that a 'Hanby thename of Youndt brought him to Lehigh county and sold him to Helfrich. Verdict fur plaintiff 8102. Wright and Marx for plaintiff; Bridges and Runk for defendant. CATASAUQUA BOROUGH ITEMS,. 6itasaugun, Feb. 1 Itb, 15513 Mr. Editor :—To-morrow heralds in an epoch in the history of our borough, fur to-morrow night for the first time our place will be lighted, by gas ; and we look for a speedy banishment of sundry greasy looking candle-sticks, oil cans and superanuated lamps. We have no idea of being a jot behind our enterprising neighbors in anything that gdes to improve and build up.— In fact, when we consider the age of our place, we are somewhat disposed to turn braggart over her ; for, as a place, she is now but just in her teens—not yet of age—and three years have not yet passed since she stepped from her cradle and made debut, a borough among boroughs— too young, by far, to settle down into dull hum drum sameness yet, Now she takes her place among her older sister boroughs, and claims acknowledgment and respect from them ; and is disposed to make merry over a certain neigh bor, that, after having seen years enough to make the crow's feet plainly visible in the cor ner of her eyes, and to exhibit the bend in the back of age, has not, till now, dared to venture out into borough-hood. •__ The past twelve months has been with us an epoch of epochs. It has witnessed the completion of the Railroad by the place ; the completion of a fine church within it, and the introduction of said gas. Moreover, it'has wit nessed the .commencement of a railroad from this place to Fogelsville, flu' the purpose of con veying oar from thence hither, and, although this is a local affair, nevertheless, Mr. Editor, if, when the toad is finished, you will make us a visit, we promise you the aid of our influence to procure for you a dead-head's' ride upon it. In regard to new churched, for external beauty we are forced to yield the palm to you, inasmuch as we have not yet fully " carried up" our spire. • Our excuse is, we haie not yet been able to determine how far up we own, and do not like the idea of thrusting our spire up into etherial regions owned by others. As to internal beauty, there is where " doctors dis agree." With our school-houses, we claim to'be sec ond to none in the county, as we have two fine substantial two-story brick buildings, each twenty-eight. by forty-six feet, and finished in the most approved style. But ono of our four schools is now " laid up" with—as I undr stand—a pressure in the chest. Quito an eXcilenamt, was caused in our quiet place, during the two weeks before the last, by the tying, by our doctors of divinity, of six of our people into three, and the reported inten tions of as many more ; but all fish are not caught that nibble. R. Agricultural Meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday the sth day of February . last, at the Pubßeßousar Of John Y. Bechtel, in Allentown. President H. J. Schantz in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and on motion adopted. The committee consisting of the President, Secretary and Treasurer reported by presenting printed copies of the Constitution and members of the Society, wa3 discharged. Mr. Reninger, from the Committee to build a culvert and make other improvements to drain the Fair Ground, reported the same as finished, and the Committee was on motion discharged. The Committee to purchase the adjoining three acres of ground belonging to Mr. Owen Saeger reported that they had purchased the same for the Society for $l2OO, and have order ed the deed together with the ono of William Maddern to be placed on record, a mortgage for the purchase money being executed in favor of Mr. Maddern. The Annual Report of the Treasurer being presented, also a report for the years 52,53 and 54. which was read and received, whereupon it was Rrsoll•Pd—That Messrs. Christian Pretz. Charles Foster and Jacob Erdman be appointed a Committee to audit the same and report to the next stated meeting. • Rosolecd —That the Executive Committee be instructed to fix salaries for the Secretary and Treasurer, and that the auditing Committee be instructed to fix" the same for the officers for the past year. Resoived—That the duty of the revising Com mittee shall be so constructed, as only to bring reports into proper...shape for publication and not for any change in regard to prentiums, and that all reports after being handed in by the chairman to the revising qommittee shall be finally closed. - • Itesolred—That a Committee consisting of three be appointed to report upon the best Mode of adopting arrangements fur the value of Uuthis aml Stnek at the Fair clays. Reso/red—That for the use of the members of the Association, a Committee of five. gonsisting of Edward Kohler. Owen W. Schriber, Christian Bretz. Robert E. 'Wright and A. 11. Rube, be appointed whose duty it shall he to collect as near possible the records of the Association. The business of the past year being closed, the election of officers now was in order. On motion a Committee of one member frohrt each Ward, Borough and Township, be appoint ed to report nominations fur the respective offi cers about to be filled. South Ward, C, Pretz : North Ward, E. R. Newhard: Lehigh Ward. J. G. Schimpf ; Up per Milford, Charles Foster : Hanover, Robert Obet ly : North Whitehall, Paul Balliet ; South Whitehall. John Schitz : Upper Maoungy, John Bort z Salisburg. John Gross : Upper Saucon, Jacob Erdman : Ca trasautpt. Sol Burry : Wash ington. John Treichler : Heidelberg Til. Biery. On motion Joss° M. Line, Joseph Witman and Jacob Erdman were appointed Judges of the election. The nominating Committee retired and or ganized by appointinm ' Char/e.lFusicr,President, and Christian Pretz,Secretnry. Resolved—That two persons be appointed for President, two for Secretary, and two for Treasurer. For President—ll J. Sehantz.Charles Foster. For Secretary—A. L. Ruhe, Joshua Stahler. For Treasurer—A. G. Reningor, Jacob Da . linger Corresponding, Secretary—Dr. D. 0. Mosser. Librarian—E. D. Leisenring. Chemist—Lea is IClumpf• (.colorist-Edward Kohler. Vice Presidents—North iVard. Charles.Sea greaves : South Ward. Jesse M. Lino : Lehigh Ward, John Sehimpf ; Catasauqua. Sol,Biery : Hanover, Robert ; Simeon, Isaac Hart man : Lower Milford, A n tunny Nleehling ; Up per Milford, Henry Diefenderfer ; Lower M. eungy, Peter Romich Upper Macongy, John Bort z Weisenburg, Sam Grim : Lynn, Joseph Musser ; Washington, John Treichler ; North. Whitehall. Paul Barnet ; South Whitehall, John Schitz Salishurg, John GrOYN. Northampton County—Allen Township, Tilghman Biery Bethlehem Township, George Jones. After the ballots were counted for President. Secretary and Treasurer, it showed that Hiram .1. Schantz, was elected as President. Joshua SMlder, Secretary. • A. G. Ileninger, Treasurer. On motion the meeting adjourned. FtwitrzTur. RAti.nomi AMIMNT.—A serious accident occurred on Tuesday night to the Express train for the west, on the Columbia Railroad ; a short distance from Philadelphia. The train consisted of a Locomotive, baggage car nod two passenger cars, and was going up . the grade at the rate of about fifteen miles an Why, when a rail broke into three pieces anti threw the front wheel of the forward passenger car from the track ; the momentum or the train caused this car to regain its position on the track, but the rear car was thrown off, and the' axle breaking, it was precipitated dosin an embaiilinient of about • twenty feet. In the descent the car struck a large tree, which split the car• open and enabled the passengers to crawl out of the wreck. This was a fortunate circumstance, as the flre in the stove being scattered about by the descent of the car, set the wood work on tire almost itmuediately, and but for the facility aftbrdcd for their escape, some of the wounded would have perished in the flames before relief could have been afforded them. There were upwards of 40 passengve in the car, ono of whom, Mr. Abraham IL I,lart. of Cincinnati, Ohio, watt killed, and quite• a number injured. B:7lVe learn from Harrisburg,. through pri vate sources, that Thomas Craig, Ir., one of WIT representatives in the State I.egislatore, and James W. Fuller, Esq., were both slightly, but not dangerously injured by the above acci dent en the Philadelphia and Ilarrisburg Rail Road. No Moss Lorrrsms.—The State of Mary land derives an annual income of $21,000 from lottery licenses, but the Legislature has wisely provided Am the extinction of the whole system in that' State, after the expiration of the term for which the present lottery grants were issued. LONG DOCONF.NT.—Among the petitions pre sented to the Pennsylvania Legislature, for the repeal of the restraining liquor law, .was one from Allegheny county, said to be sixty feet in length. It contained three thousand signatures. Wares. Domas.--According to the Albany (N. Y.) Evening Journal, the. entire number of men killed by the wars of 1855 is over *MOM Seventy-three battles have been fought, and no such bloody record has been presented ist any year since the days of the field of Waterloo. (. -.. Gretaing,'Leager.—The luarriage lists in our exchanges as the weather grows colder.— A warm bed-fellow, la a cold night, isn't the worst institution that ever wait invented, by ft long chalk. .
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