olf)4t ,ItgLeter.
ALLENTOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1856
C. F. HAINES, EDITOR.'
u,7 EDWARD MUSNDLIM, is an authorized
agent to receive subscriptions for the " Lehigh
Register." .
Early Ilistory or Allentown.
To turn back to the past add recall to mem
ory scenes of the " good old times" when our
-- forefathers " pitched their tents upon the hill,"
is always pleasing task. But to them, as Nl' o
May well imagine the process of settling a new
country, had its pains as well as its pleasures.
To fell the forest and bring the lands under cul
tivation was comparatively a pleasure, when
compared to the struggles with the red
skins. However, (thanks
, to the wisdom and
foresight of William Penn,) they were more
exempt from these harrassing troubles, for a
time at least, than the early settlers of other
States.
Tho site of our town and the stirrounding
country, before the Penn treaty, belonged to the
Leckhaw or Lehi tribe of Indiitns, a branch of:
the Delawares. The men that performed the'
famous " walk" to the foot of tho Pecono moun
tain, it is said, passed over this ground, and
thus it was included in the treaty made by
Penn with the Indians.
The first mention of the site, whereon the
present town is now situated, is found in a
draft made by J. Schultz, in 1753, who had
surveyed a road from Easton to Reading. On
this draft the surveyor has mailced a house,
where the town now stands, which is called
" Allen's House." This house was erected by
William Allen in 1750, who had a grant from ;
William Penn for some 0,000 acres of land.— :
This and other tracts of land owned by gentle-Common Schools in Lehigh. ;
; We are indebted to Nebsox WEtsca, Esq.,
men residing in Philadelphia, was called by for a copy of the annual Report of Andrew G.
the settlers " gentlemen's land." During the
Curtin, Esq., Superintendent of the Common
hunting season these gentlemen 801 many
: Schools of Pennsylvania, for the School year
others would come from the city to engage in
'ending
, ending June 4th, 1855. Fro the tabular
the chase, and a happy time they must have:
statements we gather the follawing interesting
. had of it, for we arc told that at that time there ;
statistics of the Common Schools in Lehigh
were plenty of betirs, deer, and other game.— j county :
Allen's House, at such times, served as a de- whale number of Schools
pot for the game brought in from the chase! Number yet miuked •
until their return to the city. William Plum- I Average No, of montha tutu !a
stead and Lyndford burdner also owned large Number of Male 're:minas
tracts of land in the neighborhood. The last I nastier of Female Tenches
named gentleman was one of the Goveinor's A r12:11,'4'3 ealarira of Male Teachers
Council, and owned 700 acres of land in the Average ralaric3 of Teacher&!
•
northeastern part of South Whitehall, where Number of Male Scholarsere he: t nukibe;i:
• Female cholnrs
bad erected a house, or " Mil," as they Were: Num . u er
learning German
called at that time. Plumstcad's house was! Average emetic; of Scholars attending
situated near the Cedar Creek, about 3 miles selieul
from Allentown, and because at that time it ; Cott of teaching each schulerpor month 2S
was something extraordinary to see a white' Amount ox levied for school purpoaca $18,74.1 21
tainted house, it was called " Whitehall," and ! .thiount of tax lerled fur building p m _
hence the name of the townships Whitehall.--1
Before the erection of Plumstead's house that
' e ' e 'l iv ' e:l ° r v io u i t a l te n•
portion of the county wss called " Egypt,"!
lleteired front culleet. ' , l ; i s of Scho,,l Tax
comprising what is now North ;tad south Curt of Inetructi.m
Whitehall. In 1752 Michael Hoffman was up - colt. of fuel and eon ingcne:es
pointed a constable by the court at Easton fur ; co-t of purcha,:in : ;, buildin g , routine
the district of "Egypt." ' and repairing houses • 34,770 107
It was not until 1762, however, that Allen. Iu Peamylvanla—v..holo number of Die , trltts,
1.032 ; Number of School 10,460; NumLer yet-re-
In town was surveyed anelaid out as a town.-
030.;
, Avorpge Nu. of months taught, 5,} ; No.
this year ft petition was sent to the court,
signed by Peter Kohler,
Paul Baniet ' L°renZU 11 1 0 1".1u 1. T ve v
•r a n% li e cr e s; al; o ir ' i tl e o a 3 o 3 f c r ue ." :ll7:: T ul e . a u c io h i e l l th s,
Guth, and others, praying " fur a public road $2.,.20; Averi'gu ealaries t,f Female Tc p achers per
front Roller's mill to the place where at pre' month, ; No. Male saolitr,, 22: 039; No.
sent a town is being surveyed and laid out." of l'emale Schofars, 233,120 ; Whole No. or '3,hoiars,
The first mention of the existence of a •• town" i 329,009; Number learning ( 1 e1111:111, 10,015 y Avera g e
is made in 1704, called Northampton Town,; No. of-Scholars attending School, 301,516; Coat of
each Scholar, p,:r month, SSI eta. ; Aniouut
and containing, 13 families. However, in 1762
i n of tax le: ied for School purpos•.:s, $1,212,223,70;
there were three or four houses erected, and'
; t of tax levied for buildiuyourpom,, 3130 016 -
1703 a larger number...,, LI i 704 and
'65 the ; amount of tax levied: Z• 1,351.917,04
following taxable citizens' wet e residents of the!
c;iNed from State appropriation, 1)139,534,17; Ile
town :—Leonard Able, l a b orer ; Simon linen- Icared from Collectors of echool tux, 51,127,02'2,61 ;
nor, carpenter; David Deshler, grocery amid coFt of instruction, $1,011,571,00 ; Cost of fuel and
bier-house ; Martin Derr, wheelwright ; Martin eontiugouces, 5110,383.19 ; Cost of puLhai.in g , build-
Froehlich, blacksmith ; George Leyendecke r, tug, renting, tied repair;n g School bowies $2.10,198,18,
locksmith ; Daniel Nunnemacher, carpenter ;
Peter Miller, tailor ; Cleo. Wolf. laver-keeper ;
Tobias Titus, baker ; Lorenzo Houck, butcher ;
Franz Koopet, cooper ; Philip Kugler, ma
son ; Frederick Schealcler, shoemaker and tav
ern-keeper; Philip Klingelschmidt, Geo. Lauer,
Abraham Bunker and Peter &thumb. _
In 1766 the number of houses had. increased
to 33, and in 1774 to 49. Among those ;who
arrived from Europe in 1779 were Doctor Gott
lieb Bolzius and Martin Marthogi. In 1776
there were 54 houses, of which number 7 were
taverns, (they must have imbibed some at that
time.) The taverns were kept by Bullet:el
Fuchs, Balte Huber, Henry Hagenbuch, Mi
chael Kilchner, Michael Shrceder ; Gee. Weiss
and Philip Klotz ; two shopkeepers, George
Graff and Philip Boehm ; one potter, Abraham
Albert ; ono mason, James Preston ; ono doc
tor, Gottlieb Bolzius ; one hatter, Peter Berger,
one wheelwright, Joseph Derr ; two black
smiths, Martin Frayley and Mathias Dingle
one 'watchmaker, Henry Gottshalk ; three shoe-
Makers, Henry Gross, Philip Klotz and George
Schreiber ; three tailors, Andrew Gangwere,
Peter Miller and Abraham SW/HZ one tobac
,conist, Toter Keiper ; one saddler, Peter Lynn
ono gunsmith, John Moll ; four carpenters, Ja
cob Newhard, Jacob - Nunnemacher, John Mil
ler and Dewalt Miller; 'and one butcher, Mi
al of the county-seat, from Easton to Northamp-
ton Town, (Allentown,) or some other central
point."... In 1784 the Assembly was again peti 7
tinned upon this subject. The petitioners set
forth their reasons - 1' •• that Northampton Town
was the most central point in the county ; that
the country between Bethlehem and Easton
was a barren and unbroken wilderness without
water and uninhabited, and that a trip through
this part of the countrXwas almost an impos
sibility, and in short that to venture upon the
road was extremely dangerous." These asser
tions must appeal• almost like romance to the
present generation, for at the preknt day the
county between Bethlehem and iriston is one
of the most productive in Eastern Pennsylva
nia ; although it is a fact that this so-called
•• dry-land" was for a long time regarded as
barren arid improductivc. Even Count Zinzin
dorlwrote in 1743 that the country between
Bethlehem and Nazareth was a barren wilder
ness and that the lands could never be used
for farming purposes." Mien the Moravians
petitioned the court to make a road from Beth
lehem to Easton, the Count remarked that if
they allow you a road one mile in width the ;
land owners can lose nothing by it, for the land
is worthless and can never be sold." At the
present day these lauds are sold on an average :
at $lOO an acre.
Northanipton Town was settled principally
by Germans ; Irish settlements there were none
in the county, (Lehigh.) They were principal
ly of the Lutheran and German Reformed
churches.
Of ]atcr years it is hardly necessary to speak.,
because we might be only repeating events and
facts that are yet fresh in the memory of the
present generation. However, We may, at
sonic future time, resume this subject, and
make the history of our town and county com
plete.
Th:s Conventioli7aq...cm audit Oj -`inns city
has as yet effected nothing. The sittings have
been but a renewal of the scenes Of disorder and
confusion which marked the proceedings of the
National Council. There is nothing as set to
indicate that the Convention entertains any
broad national views upon which to base a
great political party representing a popular sen
timent of the country. Several platforms have
been raised, but they Lave broken down again,
ing too narrow for a national party to stand
on. The Convention is in as great n state oil
sorder and of doubt as any public body could
ell be placed in. . Ilow it will extricate it
if and inspire confidence in the Ifisdom of its
'tinsels and the patiiobism of its objects, is a
uesiion which would puzeo abler and more
gacious politicians than seem to be relied
pen
'a the Convention. Affairs now threat
a general disruption.
Since the 'above was put in type wo re
eived:a telegraphic dispatch stating that on
onday Fillmore, of New York, was nominated
r. President, and Donaldson, of Tennessee, for
ice Presideut.
Since our Inrit issue the weather has modi
fied in severity, and the snow has so much
given away under the warm . rays of the sun,
that sleighing is altogether no go,' and a return
to wheeled vehicles is rendered necessary. The
present winter has been unprocedentedly severe
in all parts of the country. For near eight weeks
there has been a spell of weather throughout
the whole country, the like of which has no
place in the memory of the oldest inhabitants.
In the south the season has been almost
equal in severity to the ordinary winters of the
north, while in the northern States the themo
meter has been below zero half time !—This has
occasioned an unusual ambunt of suffering and
the loss of many lives.
Aller.tovra Teachers' Association
Allentown, Feb. 18t1 t, 1856.
Upon the meeting being called to order, the
minutes of the last meeting were read ; upon
motion 'the following clause thereof English
Grammar, the subject appointed for the even
ing's debate, was discussed not so pointedly as
some heretofore selected subjects" was altered
by striking out all that part after the word
" discussed," with sonic other corrections, the
minute's were adopted upon motion. -
On motion, teachers and friends of educa
tion attendhig our meetings be invited to par-
lid pate. in our proceedings.
Upon the leading of the constitution a new
member was added to the associaticm
An article entitled " The teacher's care of his
health" was read by Miss Cole.
Two essays on " History" were read.
On motion .‘ Ilistcry" the subject for debate
was postponed fur the subject of the next
meeting
Moved and adopted that the minutes-be a
• - pie record of proceedings. •
On motion the society was adjourned, to meet
the 2d of March next at 7 o'clock, in the
Female Grammar School room of the Eastern
Public School building. E. J. (MONS, Sec.
EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
For the free instruction of the' people, it
seems, there are now in the whole United States,
in round numbers, 60,000 schools, which arc
snpported at un annual expense of something
over six millions of dollars, of which sum
more.thnn half is expended by the two States
of New York and Massachusetts. In this sur
vey of the common school facts ofthe different
States, we find little anise for boasting, though
much for hope. For, though nearly every State
in the Union Las recognized its duty to see that
no child within its borders grows up in igno
rance, yet only a few of the States have taken
up the subject of universal education with
anything of the earnestness which its import
ance demands. Teachers generally arc ill
paid, and hence ill qualified ; and it is a start
ling fact, that the people of the United States
pay quite half as much every year for the sup
port of their dogs as they do for the education
of their children. A well-informed man is still
a rarity, and multitudes of the people " spell
character with a lc" and arc ready to affirm
that oats is cheaper than they was last
22.2
$15.01
51,811 CC
520,588 27
52,773 15
51:,9811 86
517,262 11
52,123._2
year.''
Landldrds and Tonants
A bill is pending in the Legislature, which
contains provisions of importance to Landlords
and Tenants. It contemplates the repeal of
that portion of the old law which requires a
jury of twelve freeholders in proceedings by
landlords to recover possession of real estate.
nod authorizes two Aldermenor Justices of the
Peace alone to hear and decide in such cases.
Tenants' goods liable to distress for rent, if'
sold on execution, shallflrst go to pay rent till
on the day of sale or removal float the premi
ses, or surrenderof the latter.
Recovery of rent and other charges on land
to be had within six years after they become
duo ; but no bar to be suffered under this pro--
inn for two years from date of Act. A spec.
and effectual remedy is provided for defend
it in ease of a nonsuit suffered -by plaintiff
a verdict against him in action of replevin
goods distrained for rent.
American National Council
The American National Council convened at
ladelphia last week. Those which stoodup
the 12th section of the platform ador ted last
ne, -received the go by—the delegates from
t bran2h being refused admittance. The
as 12th section, too which occasioned the
has been stricken out, and a new,' plat:-
adopted instead.
Amendments to the Constitution
n the State Senate, Mr. Buckalew, from the
nmittee on Finance, has reported a resole
proposing several amendments to the Con
union of the State. The first is relative to
Public Debt, p . rovidirig that the aggregate
amount of debt that may hereafter be incurred,
shall not exceed the sum of five hundred thou
sand dollars, except in case of war or insurrec•
tion ; providing fur the payment of the public
debt, and forbidding all municipal or county
subscriptions to the-stock of any corporation.
The second amendment forbids the division of
any county to the extent of more than one-tenth
of its population, without the express assent of
the electors of such county: The third is rela
tive to representation in the lciwer house of.
Assembly. The fourth is intended to give the li
Legislature authority to revoke or annul any 1
charter of incorporation which may hereafter be
conferred, whenever in their opinion it may be I
injurious to the public good.. These preposed
amendments will have to be passed by two Leg
islatures in succession, and subsequently be
submitted to a vote of the people for approval.
(17" After seven weeks of cold weather, and
constant sleighing, old Dorcas evinces a little
disposition to "gin cont." Well, be's had a
a good old time, frecain' toes, nipping , fingers,
and biting nom.
The Woathor
117" Hoop" ACCIDENT.—Hoopb are danger
rous—in some places. Read and tremble. In
New Yolk, a day or two since, a full•rigged
lady was walking•up Broadway,. when one of
the hoops with which her circumambients was
inflated, the ends of which had not been strong
ly. secured together, suddenly broke loose, and
flying back with great force, tore completely
through the outer garments and struck a small,
boy who was standing on the sidewalk about
twenty feet from the lady. Tho small boy
was taken home senseless, and it, is feared will
not recover. The hoop is already re-covered
• fri - A cow belonging to Alexander McClure
Sr., of Tuscarora township, Juniata county,
reeentlY gave birth to three calves. The cow
and calves are doing arwell as could be ex
pected,
LATE NEWS FROM EUROPE
The Steamship Canada reached Halifax last
Sunday morning, and Boston on Tuesday, with
news from Europe one week later—having left
Liverpool Feb. 2d. At the date of her sailing
the Pacific had not returned to Liverpool, nor
harany.news been heard of her on either side
of the Atlantic, except the vague and uncertain
information based upon the authority of a young
man named James Campbell, who went to Eng
land in the stealer Canada, on her last trip,
and writes from liverpool to Messrs. Murdock
St Co., at Halifax, that in , consequence of severe
weather, the Pacific was obliged to put into thio
Shannon river on her way out of the Channel.
Tho truth of the. statement is however general
ly doubted.
The prospects of Peace between the Allies
and Russia were sill brightening at the last
accounts.- - A.,Peace Congress was definitely
ordered to assemble at Paris on the 17th Fetr
ruary to arrange the terms. According to the
London Advertiser, Mr. Buchanan, the AMe
rican minister, and the Earl of Clarendon, have
had angry words in the course of an interview
in the British Foreign Office, touching the Cen
tral American question, but the truth of this
statement is doubted. Queen Victoria opened
the British Parliament on the 31st of January.
The Earl of Derby characterized the speech as
very bare, cold and meagre—thought it ought
to have referred to the affairs with America,
India and the Colonies, as well as in relation to
affairs in the Critnen. He asserted that the
Government had violated the laws of the Uni
ted States, in enlisting men, and owed our
government an apology. Lord Clarendon re
plied, and, in the course of his speech, stated
he had offered to refer the difficulty with the
United States in reference to the Clayton Bul
wer treaty, to the arbitration of a third party,
but the proposition had been declined. He had
renewed it, however, and it was now under
consideration. Ile stated that the government
sustain the conduct of Mr. Cramptcin, but
thought the whole difficulty susceptible of an
easy solution. The despatches by the next
simmer arc looked for with much interest at
Washington, as they expected to bring the re
sults of the last interview between Lord Claren•
don and Mr. Buchanan.'
Arni for tho Coittliot
The rapidity with which the people of .this
country develop plans, execute gigantic objects ,
and surmount difficulties is witnessed daily,
and ns common has it become to accomplish
great schemes, that the greatest triumphs of
genius have almost ceased to create astonish.
ment. Railroads are projected and, built in
half the time that an ordinary road could have
been constructed fifty years ago. Cities, are
laid out and built up in a few years, and States
aro settled with equal haste. Energy, with
creative power, lays out the path of empire.
Men cease to hesitate but lay hold of means
with a determination that makes doubt and
opposition vanish. Achievements that would
have astonished the world in every former age!
are now received as if men had been expecting
them. We are never' astonished—indeed.-as
tonishment seems to have been banished from
the American vocabulary.
The changes in the Ihrtunes of men conse•
quent upon such a condition of things are more
various and rapid than in any former age of
the world. Poverty is no longer an insur
mountable obstacle in the path of success. The
man who possesses a determined heart steeled
fir the conflict of the world, and who is willing
to endure the buffeting of his fellow-men may
soon place himself beyond the pinchings of
want. Let a man resolve to go ahead and
nothing can stop front a brilliant career,
To the young, then, we would say, purpose
a noble part in life ; resolve to do something
that may give you a position where the smiles
and blessings may ever greet you, and cast
aside all hesitation where a benefit may be
conferred upon a fellow creature. You have
your part to perform in life's great drama, and
now is the time to prepare yourselves for acting
that part propt•rly. Remember—. industry and
perseverance move mountains.'
O:7DANGEII. OP BilltYCs; TOO Stio:v.—The
danger of too rapid interment was exemplified
in an extraordinary manner, recently, according
to one of our exchanges. A young man who
had been suffering from a malignant fever, to
nll appearance died. To avoid the danger of
infection which might arise from a corpse re
maining in the house all night, a coffin was im
mediately commenced, the certificate of death
sent for, and urgent. application was made to
the incumbent - of a church to allow the corpse
to be interred the same evening. This, how ,
ever, he declined, considering the proceeding
too hasty, but consented to the interment tak,
ing place the following morning. The result
proved the propriety of the delay. The grave
was dog. and the coffin ready ; but the dead
man, in the course of the night, made signs of
returning animation ; and at the hour fixed for.
the burial was in the comfortable enjoyment of
a cup of coffee, which bottled requested, with
every prospect of recovery.
U 7 - A FEARFUL MAN TRAP.—The New-York
Tribune describes a man trap sot by an engi
neer residing on 21st street, to catch burglars
Who had infested the neighborhood. The ma
chine consisted of a plank 20 feat long with a
sharp tobacco knife affixed to one end, and was
made to operate by springs. The trap was
placed near a low point in a back fence, and so
adjusted that the weight of - a man upon the
fence would spring it. After remaiming sever-'
al days the bird came and was slightly caught.
The family were aroused at midnight by the
trap, and the proprietor and another person
ran out to see what game had been secured.
They found the knife had been forced through
a two inch plank, beside which was lying a l
brogan containing three toes and a pint of a
man's foot. Tracks of blood were found in
tho street and it is supposed that the maimed
rogue was speedily borne off' by accomplices.
(a - Kaxses.—Governor Shannon left Wash
ington on Saturday for Kansas. It is said he
will make every endeavor to reach his.destina
tion in time to prevent the meeting of the Free
State Legislature on the 4th of March next.—
It is further said that ho is clothed with plea
nary powers to quell any rebellion in the Ter
ritory, and the War Department has issued
orders to the troops at Fort Leavenworth and
Fort Riley, numbering ono thousand men, to
assist him if deemed necessary. Late accounts
from Kansas state that the abolitionists there
are organizing troops, erecting fortifications,
and collecting munitions of war at Lawrence,
in order to be ready for instant and effective
service. •
13:7'SP1UNG BONNETS.-Our lady readers will
be interested to know that in New York, as to
spring bonnets, they aro said to be bewitching
in their new beauty, composed of silk blond
and flowers, put together in the most artistic
way. The form is greatly improved—more
room in the crown. In short they are more
overcoming as well as becoming to the fair faces.
smiling out from tha blushing buds and blond
frills. Favor seems rather to lean to the full
crown—capes very deep—with an over frill of
blond ;—and from between the two, tendrils
and leaves of the most delicate grasses and
moss, peep daintily out, as if to make sure that
. the reign of stern, cold winter was over before
presenting their buds and flowers.
rPNortyots °rms. TRADE.—About 1,800
gallons of oysters were shipped at Norfolk for
New York last week, to be repacked for trans
portation to the western towns. It is estima
ted, says the Argus, that three millions of dol
lars are expended each season for oystcrs.from
the waters of the James, the Eliza:6'oth and
other rivers of Virginia alone. From five to
seven hundred vessels are said to be engaged
in loading and transporting them to other
markets.
OA DISCOURAGING FACT.-It has been ascer
tained that the North Pennsylvania Railroad.
when completed to the Lehigh River with a sin
gle track, laid with rail, and furnished with
moderate equipments, will have a debt upon it
exceeding 850,000 per mile, which is more than
the original cost of the whole work.
TOBACCO.-A petition from the citizens of
Indiana and Westmoreland counties has been
presented to the Legislature of Pennsylvania,
in which they pray for the passage of a law
prohibiting, under sufficient penalties, the sell-
mg or giving away of tobacco, in any of its
forms, to minors or persons under 21 years of
age; except on the written order of the parents
or guardians of such minors.
[3:7"AN ELEPHANT SWIMMING THIRTY MILES.
The Charleston " Evening News" understands
that the elephant which was lost overboard
from a vessel bound to that port made its way
safely into Mount Pleasant harbor ! The ves
sel was thirty miles out at sea, and a heavy
gale was blowing when the elephant went over
board. Its feat of riding out the storm is, we
suppose, the most remarkable instance of ani
mal strength and endurance on record.
Q SINGULAR
DEATIL—The Petersburg In''
telligencer has received a letter from Lima, Pe
ru, dated January 9, 1850, which states. that
the late Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru to the
United Statis, who returned to that country
about Fix months ago, died lately in Lima in
a singular manner. While asleep, ho swallow
ed three of his false teeth, with the gold hand
which confined them, and died from the effects
shortly after.
naIJAKE MICHIGAN FROZEN OVER.-11, is as.
sorted that Lake Michigan is frozen completely
over from one side to the other. This, is a fact
that has never occurred before in the memory .
of the oldest inhabitant. With the best glasses,
from either side of the lake the • clear water
cannot be seen.--Chicago Democrat. .
EaIIENS IN WINTRR.-S. W. Cole, says4hat
hens will never lay well in winter, unless they
are made to " scratch foi a living." This is
done by burying their grain' several inches in
gravel. He states that eight hens, which did
not lay an egg in a month in winter, by adopt
ing this course, laid three times as many eggs,
the following winter, as their whole food cost.
O:7FLGUIL COMING DowN.—Three sled loads
of flour sold on Saturday at $6.50 per barrel.
SeverAL months since it was selling in our city
at nil% and ton dollars. To consumers, this
reduction is certainly hailed with pleasure,
as there are families who have been compelled,
heretofore, to . seek a cheaper expedient.--
Wheeling Times, Feb. 11.
()3'QaEAT HAUL OF FISH.—WO learn, that
Mr. Leonard .Cueley, of Upper Leacock town
ship, some short time ago, put two set nets into
the dam of Mr. Hunsecker's Mill, in Big Cones
toga 'creek, and, when he lilv4d them, there
were no less limn 1815 suckers in them. Who '
can beat this I—Lanni:ler Reim!licem. •
Obbs anti (Butts.
07.7 - In company, set a guard upon your
'tongue ; in solitude upon your heart.
. 6:7lleautiful extract—helping a pretty young
lady out of a mud-puddle. '
11:7'Speak well of your friend ; of your enemy
say nothing.
[t7 What is the difference between a butch
er and a gay young lady. The former kills to
dress while the latter dresses to kill.
1171 - 31 r. Dallas will take his whole fatally
with him to London. Ills son will fill tile po
sition of his private secretary.
0:7 - A man that hoards riches and enjoys them
not, is like an 'ass that carries gold and eats
thistles
Ita•A lover watch contains two hundred and
two pieces ; a locomotive, five thousand BYO
hundred and sixteen.
(CP•Gas at Putistown.—Thu citizens of Potts
town arc petitioning the Legislature for a char. ,
ter to organize a Gas Company in that place.
faTighteen miles of the first railroad in
California had been laid at the latest dates
from San Francisco.
na - A bill declaring that any will. freeing
slaves, shall be null and void, so far as the man
utnission is concerned, has passed the Senate of
the State of Georgia.
(They that always speak to the point, are
the most worthy of confidence. There is a
power of meaning in those little words, Yea
and No.
n'Tear in mind that we stand in readiness
to do all kinds of Job Work, Cards &c., as
cheap as can be done elsewhere. Our motto is
" to give satisfaction."
ljtTo enjoy life you should be a little mis
erable occasionally. Trouble, like cayemie, is
is not very agreeable in itSelf, but it gives great
zest to other things.
6"7"" 1t is a solemn thing to be married,"
said Aunt Bethany. Yes, but it's• a deal
more solemn not to be," said the little girl,
her heiee.
C3' U. S. Senator froni Maryland.—Anthony
Kennedy, the American candidate for U. S. Sen
ator, was elected on Thursday last, for six
years from the 4th of March, 1857.
G:7"Twelve tavern keepers of Wayne county,
Pa., convicted of selling liquor without a li
cense under the new law, have been sentenced
to fine and imprisonment.
✓'They catch trout and pickerel now in
Canada, film them into blocks of ice, and,
restore them to life by warm at any future
place or time.
Ca• John IL Manny, widely and favorably
known as the inventor and manufacturer of
Munny's Reaper and Mower, died at his resi
dence, in Rockford, 111., the Ist inst.
10 - In the "United States thcie are six thou
sand brokers and six thousand barbers, but the
census does not tell which does the most shay-
I:l•llfanufacture of Browns.—There are eight
manufactories of brooms in the town of Portland,
Ohio. which turn out about three hundred doz
en per week,or 150,000 dozen through the year.
0 - " An exchange paper tells the story of a
' man who was found on a Sunday morning
without a hat, sitting on a block of granite
with his bare feet in a brook, trying to catch
a lied cold, so as to sing bass at church.
0:7 - This is leap year, and the women have
a right to pop the question. If we were one of
them, we would not offer to any man who
drinks, plays, swears, smokes, chews, and
doesn't pay the printer.
[?SAVINGS BANKS.—There are eighty sa
vings banks in the State of Massachusetts; in
which are deposited twenty-Seven millions two
hundred and ninety-six thousand two hundred
end sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents.
BC7'Counterfeit two dollar bills of the Far
mers' Bank of Delaware are in plentiful circu
lation. They may be easily distinguished from
the genqine notes by the paleness of the impres
siim and the indifference of the paper.
1:1 - A fool, says an Arab proverb, may be
known by six. things—anger without cause,
speech without profit, change without motive,
inquiry without object, putting trust . in a
stranger, and not knowing his friends from his
foes.
13The Nebraska Legislature has adopted
a resolution requesting Governor hard to
proceed to Washington, and use his influence
in obtaining the passage of a bill granting 160
acres of land to actual settleis in that Torii.
tory.
1[1:7 - Frozen to Death.—Joshua Smith a resi
dent of Limerick township, Montgomery coun
ty, was found frozen to death on Monday . of
last week. It appeared that Mr. Smith had.
been on a visit to Pottstown, and at which
place ho was seen about 4 o'clock in the after
' noon, of that day, very much under the influ
ence of liquor. His body when found was in a
sitting posture, with his watch lying on the
snow by his side.
pa'To KEEP A STOVE lIRIORT.—Bfake a weak
alum water, and mix your " British Lustre"
with it ; put two spoonfuls to a gill of alum
water ; let the stove be cold, brush it with the
mixture, then take a dry brush and lustre and -
rutrehe stove till it is dry. Should any parts,
before polishing, become dry as to look gray,
moisten it with a wet brush, and proceed as be: ,
fore. By two applications a year, it can be
kept as bright as a coach body.
BOMBARDMENT OF CRONETADT.-A present
for Cronstadt is being constructed at the Low
moor Iron Works, England. It is a shell nine
feet five inches in circumference, and thirty-Six
inches in diameter. Its weight is over a ton.
It coats £25 unfilled, and the mortar which is
to discharge such a shell weighs thirty-five tons.
This shell is intended to bombard CronStain,
• and it IS .expeote4 that a bombardment well
sustained with 844 . a 'Weight of
'crumble the walbilethitt &thief) like
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lad