alp Trijigij Itgirittr.
Alf Eltls.1 1 DIV PA.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1856
C. F. MINES", FDITOIt
R7 - Wc have been requested to state that
Rev. 11. A. H 01,11,4 will preach in the M. E.
Church, in this place. on Friday evening next.
Local Nowa
Again we would say to such of our fricnd
throughout the county who lied inclined to
write, to send us facts, incidents, and new, ol' a
local character. Nothing is so pleasing in a
country paper as a weekly summery of news
and occurrences that transpire in the commitni
ty where the paper is pultlished. Ten lineq
from every township in Lel4:l eneli wed:.
about the most important !natters that tran:;-
pire, would make a sheet that woiild be read
by our subscribers with more avidity than ant•
romance that could be written. and would prove ,
pleastint not only to readers, but equally t;o to
writers. Every young man who has any taste
for writing, would find it agree:tide and instruc
tive, to spend a few• moments each wet k in
putting such items on paper. This, and this
only is the way to maks one home }strnals
teresting. Then friends and subscriber:,, send
us items for the " Ite,zister." Yon will rind
that whilst you feed others with nonsas
intelligence, they too will furnish you with a
feast that will be relished.
To Storc,:xer , .ns.
‘Vo were last wed: csentv,l bp '
Wilson & Iluic, of Easton. with n li.utle of
their pure chuilied Cider Vinegar, and on
giving it a trial 'found it to be a superior article,
and recommend it as sttch to merchants and
others. By purchasing of them, thr fr. 'Alit lie
tween that place and the cities call he saved.
which we suppose no small item. Sec ad
vertisement.
Tso Liconso Bill
The most eagerly looked for, and most int.
portant intelligence from Harrisburg, is the
action of our State Legislasure in regard to the •
License Law. As we stated in our last. Mr.
Brown's bill of the Senate was rent to the
Ifouse, there aimnded, returned hack to the
Senate, and that hotly refusing to rollour with;
the House amendments, a Committee or COO.
Terence was appointed by the Senate and I mse,
who have thus far been unable to conk , to a
conclusion, and as there exist some hard points
of difference to get over, it is believed that I hey
will not agree, in which ease it is doubtful
whether a License bill of any hind can he
passed the present session.
In Lehigh county. we &here the existing
Licenses expire on the Oth of April, and even
if the Committee of Conference - should agree
upon the details of a bill, and become a law,
as a substitute for the Restraining Law of last
session, several ‘veeks would elapse before new
licenses could be obtained by our hot Is. Its
provisions expressly state that time week's I
notice of an intended application for license to
sell, must be published in the nearest news
paper, before a liceme can be legally granted.
Aller.tord - a Acaacray.
The annual exhibition of the pupils of this i
Institution took place at the oda Fellows' 11:111
on Friday evening last, and was attended be
YU:I7.
probably the largest audience ever convene:l , ,
within the walls of that edifice. The exercises. ; 11 ' 18 i;;, IcaltYual . all over the country.
•
-which were well sustained, and creditable alike: ' AI ha" mine:apriviltge nit allowed in any
to the. Principal and pupils, coasisted priori- : either : you bave the
tho wheel of custom in certain little in; eresting
pally of aelamm ions, interspersed with vocal ;
o t at all necessary to name. Now, if
and instrumental music. Some of the male; :l
you neglect this opportunity to fix things for
scholars evinced uncommon talent for elocution.
; the better, you deserve to live and die old maids
and all of whom performed their parts respecta
bly. The musical talent evinced 1;y; some of; —die your own suicidal hand ; and depend
upon it, if you neglect this, your own interests
. the scholars was also highly commendable. On 1
end the demands of the publiC, we, shall never
the whole,-the exhibition demonstrated a degree
of prosperity, on the part of the Acadt my.:plead for you again.
which
must; be highly
gratifying toil; prinei.; The: c are a MN.: timid frost-bit tc'n bachelors
who dare not pop the question, poor creatures,
pal ; and the number of pupils, in attend:um
during time last year is it guarantee that our
pin i Ks of ;perfection, they would if they could,
people appreciate his eflbrts, and that they take and ii they couldn't bow would
pride iu maintaining
.such an Institution in I low girls just go to work and gert id of these
their midst. ; shrivelled nuisances—use up the last remnant of
47.Th0 Harrisburg Telegraph, (American)
gives a list of 86 anti-administration papers ii
Pennsylvania, of which 26 cuppert the Fill
more nomination, 35 openly oppose it, and 25
occupy neutral ground.
Liquor Stopped
It is almost impossible to allow three months
of a year to pass away., without getting up a
war rumor concerning the 'United State's and
Great P.t stain. The press of England has re
cently been talking loud about a war with the
United States, just as though such a thing
would happen within a few months. The news
papers of this country have genetatty mad
of the blaster raised in London. 'that a little
difficulty has occurred, and will very often oc
cur, between the two nations is certain, hat
what is the use in flying into a pm.sion so soon
about it ? We may thi ea ten to whip each other
as much as we choose, but itdooks very silly
to a third party who may be looking on. We
believe, however, the recent danger of a war
has Mown over : at least we arc so tisurcil
late advices from England. The Providence
Journal talks very sensibly on the subject :
The London Chronicle thinks, that as John
Doll has paid some millionS for a fleet which
may not be wanted, and would like to have
smUctldog for his money, he might not object
to take it out in a little fighting With the Yan
kees. Ile can most unquestionably do so if he
has a fancy for that sort of thing there is no,
oo the face of the earth a country that ran be
more readily pushed to a war than the [idled
States, and such articles as that in the Chrooi
de are admirably calculated flir the pnvocatlim.
Nothing could be more foolishly wicked than
, war between the United Slate.. arid Groat
ttlii.2l7oJ Lower MaCMICV. titian : but if the people or Em;land want it.
Iht -'sittittlay last several houses were thew can undoubtedly have it. li, however. the
iidered by burglars in Lower Maciingy. They main. purpose is to find some use for the fleet
first entered the Poise of Ilenry Gabel. and
, !ar . which John .Bull has paid so much for. and
ritd oil' several P.m consisting chiefly of aliich, it must
added _treads to the profit o• the dot;v of liu;
elotldng. Al another place, the same night, land. we would sirrgest that it he sold at atic•
they enter( d a house and succeeded ..,c,etting t kn. and the proceed:: applied towards the pay
in gld,'ii ii,•ll was kept in a drawer, and , unit of the debt which he has incurred in the
exeliam:ccl an eld pair of boots for a new
pair. sot vice of his ''. . august who drove him into
the war and now driving him into peace.
and also an old Intl for a new one. Country
But he must consider that it is by no means
I.coplo cannot lit• too careful of their hottscs, thnt he may so on meal that, site ,t
the country is full el travelers just now. TlE:tins', the same ally who has not linen over
el ai halite
. for good faith in his r.litival
ac
gements. and who hats already fulfilled his
Ihi Mmolay morning. the 11 1 111 instant. the ; purpose in English alliance
carpenter shim of r. William Leinberger, near
Tho Prohibitory Liquor Law, , commonly
known as the " Jug Law," went into operation
in Montgomery county last week. The tavern
kccperS in 'Norristown found it necessary to
make an increase' over ,their - old rates; in order
to meet expenses, and have agreed upon the
fallowing as a list of prices:
Transicnt boarders, per day,
Dinner
llrcakfno-.t and supper,
Sapper, lodging and breakfast,
Supper, lodging, brudifast, and horse
one night,
Ilaif peck of oats,
Ilan,
Lotlging only,
In earlvm county the Licenses
expired on tilt: gih inst. A Convention of I lot el
keepers was held on Saturday, but have as yet
not heard of its proceedings. The Mauch Chunk
/annual speaking of theexpiration of the licen
ses says: " The 1 htel Keepers, as we
can learn, closed their bars, content to await the
action of the present Legisl a lure. The sudden
cutting °IC liipior catts . ts some very long and
dry laces, on the part of those who would be
willing to " worry . ' down a little of the critter
—but as the old saw goes, " it is as it is," and
likn true pliilosophers the public must learn Co
do withent it."
EiNG
I:llliet's Tavern, in North 11 - hitch:lll township. i
lV:1S in (' irt•ly 1•41 (Ll 1)y lire, tol.:(11( r Nei:ll
all its contents, consisting of a lot of reaulymade ()no of the most, fearful disasters veliich has
work, londier and tools. II was caused by o w • halm( mud upon the I telaware since the horning
of the William Penn, some twenty years ago,
sparks from a stove, While one of the
occurred oil Saturday night, between 8 and 9
was kindling a tire in the morning, 1,1111 sPr" l o'clock. by the destructimi of thesteam ferry boat
with sneh rephlity that nothing could he saved. New Jersey while freighted with pass; tiger.; and
The building was insured in the I,vhigh County cnissing the river to Camden. The New Jersey
Wahmt street wharf at half`-pall 8 o'clock.
Menial 111S111111Ce Company. The entire los.s
upon lier regular trip, there being, as nearly as
is about ! .. ..?" . .)00. Diming the high winds and can lie ascertained, about one hundred and ten
stonily weather attendant upon tin present , pos.: 'igen; on hoard. Among these were :•ev
season of the year, too ntheli care cannot be end ladies and ehildren, and a nund.A.Tr4colined
returning home front Us
taken with the il:•es about k.iii•lki.„;s.
The New Jersey, when she lift. Walnut streCt
-
wharf, headed for the canal th,..nigh
Bol'olllol. .721.2 tio".!. in Finuling this cic , keil 111,1 Willi ice. the
Ike followiog is l'he (.11 izens • 1 11 ( 10 ; 1. ' 1 d' turned her course towards the lead of the
Ticket" for t' a tu•main t uut .rough. The ticket I :inn 1, with the intention of above the
semi liar which stretches northward Mr a eon
is a G nod 03e, cor n ; ,ri.:in g as it ,10(!s, sumo of
sidirable distance. A heavy cake of ice hope.
the best citizens, dod her way at Walnut snaet, and for a moment
Bonzes , : - Pivid Thrones. tdiseked her progress almost ontirel .lt this
1.0119 e 11 19 . 1,11 " llilier, ILn i.l •\ T° l " l.l ''''• moment :onoke was seen to is.me from the tn• •
'faint's W• j'• 11 " ..pa t e room, and the cry of lire was heard irons
adu zon voices. Upon the alarm hiring
( ' 0111:11i:Li1011CI'S BiCry, !'.1 . :71 , 1 a seene o r the wr,io:l terror and confusion pre
-I.:inanin 1. nulled. Women and men ran i . rom one end el
' 1, , tat to the other, frantic with fright, the
con s table l'i"e"to• children on board elineine• to strz.mzers
Juni:re--William I 6.0.45, fi •'lends, and appealing to rn saved. The Ilinnes
Tnspector— William loetz. :•pread with the greatest rapidity, and but a
Assessor—Josiah IC `;rent. . I iry few minutes otanet bt..11/1e the after part of
Auditor—Aup,ustus ;nen. tkc r was enveloped in fire. The passen.•:
Since the above was in type, the fulltexiiqt
ticket has liken brought
Ittirgc , ss—Solommt PANT.
l'ounc it —John 11. I(nausa • Peter 11.
Harrison Ilon•cr, David A. Tonibitr,
•lariiit.
Street Commissioners —Jonas Itiery,
Itover.
114:11
dndcc of Ele,i),iiis—(l.
laspecior--Valentitie 'V. ICcacct•.
Ar...iessoi.---.losiali IC. Skin.
Augi:tiis 11. I illmrl, (3 years.)
Goetz, ( 1 ) - car.)
Schmml Directors— Jame.; Lackey, Freihricl;
E'oerliard.
the tribe. Spare not the widowers, they de
serve the same f:tic, if cf suilleiaat age. Go to
work, put on Four exquisites,- rattle your silks,
:wing your hoops .:bout the abodes of the un
married, put on your ruffles and beaus, and let
the bonnet hang &Tended ! upon the back of the
neck, and then when the next year rolls in, you
can hold of the fruits of your work, and exclaim
''sotli•r little things to come unto us."
WAR r,xrraisz3
• The existing war has already cost England
8250,000,000, which is six times as Much ac
the wlwle of the expenditure of the government
for the same time for purposes of the peace.
It is sad to think that such a vast sum, capa
ble of giving so much beneficialemployment,
should be tvasted for purpriseS of destruction,
and fin•. spreading misery over a large surface
of Europe. Add to it the expenditure of France,
and we obtain an enormous aggregate, as much
loss to the nations themselves ns if it were cast
•~ppto the sea. Russia, too, must have lavished
lit her millions, besides impovei ishing the coon-.
try, and decimating the people ; and in the
whole, we have a gigantic example of the calcium
hich the ambition of one man can inflict
tiering. world.
ply
upon a
THE LEHI - GH REGISTER, MARCH 19, 1856.
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FEARFUL PAICIDIENT AT PITILADELPEIA
gerr; rushed forward to escape the ftiry of the
(It vont h!g, element, many with their cloaks,
shawls. and other appal el ill a blaze. and all
s , •rt arcing in the wildest Z11:11111. The captain.
who was in the pilot-home at the time of the •
fright ful OCCUITVIIee Ileseended al the ea rliest mw
' trent, and, with the rest of the hands, used every
elf 4-1 to cheek the progress of the flames : the
pilot in the meanwhile endeavorin.!; to make the
pier below Arch street. in order to put th e rai ; -
sentrers on shore. The Nev Jersey. when
within hut a very re W . f. et or ihe wharf. sheered
off. and the riled 11(1S0 falling in, bringing
with it the chains connecting. with the ru.hkr
rendered all attempts to make the point pro
p sed futile : and the burning vessel theretbre
floated up the stream with the tide, which was
setting in strongly at the time.
'Before this time. however, the fire was raging
with the wildest fury, almost: enveloping the
unfortunate passengers in flames, and driving
them forward to the very verge of the deck.
Many in their extreme alarm jumped into the
water regardless (:f everything but escaling
front the burning steamer. Before this time,
however, most of the passengers had jumped
over board, some of whom managed to get upon
cakes of ice and others were taken from the wa
ter by personF, in small boats. Many of the pas
sengers, :11110117, whom were sonic females. re
mained on the boat until the binming of their
chnhes drove them to leap into the water.
The pilot and two or three other persons sue •
ceeded in leaping safely ashore when the boat
neared the wharf, but others fell short. and were
either drowned or were rescued by those who
were on the wharves and upon the vessels lying
along them. Boats were put out front the shore
as promptly tt possible ; a number of tire com
panies were upon the wharf, and tome of the
members were instrumental in saving life.-
1 lose was laid in readiness for putting the water
on the flames, in case the boat was secured to
die wharf.
The boat floated over towards the bar and fl•
nally lodged on the bar among the ice. She
was towed afterward by a ferry boat over to
the Jersey shore, were she now lies sunk, her
paddle boxes alone visible at low water.
The fact of the pasF,engers coming on board
in the night, renders it very uncertain how
many persons were on board at the thne of the
accident, and most of their naMes would be un
k nown.except as far as the individuals would be
recognized by actin:Milani:es on board who have
escaped. There are five dead bodies renvered,
but some thirty persons are still missing, most
of whom aro supposed to be either burned or
drowned
Thcre fire seventy German papers in the
United States, edited and published hyl/freign
cTs, of which 33 are Republican in politics, 11
neutral but anti-slavery, and 20 Democratic.—
There arc others, mostly local papers, and of
less influence, who may be about equally divi
ded; a majority of which arc 'Published by
native-born citizens.
[l:7onr townsman, Dn. DUNOWSKV, the Con
tractor to erect the (las Worlis in Danville, is
there, preparing tp 6 mnmenee operations.
THE WAR CRY
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41. -
The German Press
(CorreTondenve of the Philadelphia Perav•ylvaninn.)
Lctfer frcra . Allxitown
OWN, P:I., .`Limb 7th 1850
To ge .7,/,tors n( tier I'rvur ;vi'wutiatl
You cannot believe what an interest we take
in reading your paper since, it. has come out in
its new pataphernalia. Ire also rejoice that
Philadtlphia at longth has a paper which con
tains, not only the news of the city, but of the
;Mato. 11,2 sides. Pennsylvanians need no longer
subserihe fair New York papers, in order to be
informed of the news of our own State.
Allentown, although no yet in her i;tfancy, is
alout emerging from that gloom of darkness
which has so long bedimme.l and retarded her
progress. But rt„few years ago the population
ors: hub four thotzs!lnd present-it nun bars
(i . vht thousand. ..daitufactoi ies are sptinging
up on cvcry side, and the money which has so
long laid dormant in the pilfers of wealthy old
fat iner,;, is now being developed in improve•
BEE
'.1.1e Allen tot% n and fort Clinton Railroad is
about being located. 'l•he people are very
amkion:.; about the Allentown and Norrktown
Railroad, which would give them a direct line to
Philadelphia ; whereas, just now, it is more
convenient for them to tali.e their produce to
New York, and consequently they also purchase
most of their goods there, to the detriment or
your merchants. 1 . 611 will hear from tne soon
ME
Th 3
The Cunard stctutt,l,itd fintn
root on the I,:t in:tt.. arrivea at I lalifax on the
ittaliing a remarkably tiniet: passage for
Ilk season of the ytar.
IL is with deep regret that we have again
to announce that no tidings are received of the
stem - If:ship Then. is a report,
it is true, that the screw Ste:llller Pri,n/Mr,:, on
her passage from New-Vork, encountered large
fields of ice . upon which there was a quantity
of broken cabin furniture, which, it was
though', might have belonged to the P(*teific..
But even this hope -of having discovered some
trace of the missing - steamship-rests on a very
':.bender f mutt t
'the Peace Conferences had assembled in
Paris, and, Mien the left. hail • hi:en in
session four days. (In the authority of the
London Ael n r, a la.pOlt had been spread
abroad and hail created no little consternat
that the Conf.rences were about to terminate
in a break-up. It was said that the Russian
Plenipotentiaries had advanced the new and
unexpected objection that the proposals should
nut he decided upon in the present Confer
vacs.;, but in a ga 'writ' assembly (.1' he repre
sentativcs of all the European Powers. The'
London Tinos, how ever contradicts this state-
merit, and when we' remember that the ..I(tr. r
(jar,. hits unite earned a rep:tuition for announc
ing Om ,nut startling, hut, itnlhrtunately for
itself. the most in ,erred information upoh the
exciting topic; of the day. we are not dis•
Is - rsed much reliance neon the story it
has now, in all probability, concocted. It is
also alleged that Russia. while site is even will
ing to concede the di-mantling of Nicol:MAl, re;
fuses to aband.m her Prote.?toraiv over the,
Christian sul.jce's of the Porte. This is also
highly improbable. from the contradictory'
()pinions ti c prevailed in relation to the Con
fennmes at the time the left Liverpool.
it seems to be piety ie that nothing de
!inite wit; \tilltt had been said or
done by the Plenipotentiaries during the four
days they had been in session. II MIS VOll
- likely that if Peace followed upon the
pending negot iqt ions, a general European Con-
Would immeliately he convened to re-ad
just the Balance of Power.
Among the mbanllancons news el liy
the tulegraph, i; the rumor that OM tut Parmt
bad resigned his command of the Ottoman
'ontinent. in the Crimea, an armistice until'
the end of March had been officially announcod
to th... armies.. It was not, however; to aired
the existing Idoekade of Flussian
.\ II xeitentent in relation to the threntenell
rupture between Great Britain and the [tilted
Sint to IltlV StlbSidtal ill England for
the time Lein
(77 - CiREAT lox IN PHILADELPHIA.—
On Wedlles4lay evening Of last week an im
mense Matt; Meeting rm. Pillinore, Done!son and
the Constitution. teas laid at Concert hall, in
Philadelphia. 'Pile American nominations were
enthusiastically unlined. Hon. John M. Scott,
presided assisted by a large number of Vice
PreAden s. A !:teries of 1:solut ions Nvere adopt
ed, and elotpunt addresses delivered by the
I lion. J. M. Scott.. lion. Henry M. Puller. Hon.
Jac-oh ilrootn, lion. Henry I). Moore, Win. I).
Baker. Ksq.. and lion. Chalks Gibbons. They
elicited much applause, and prove that spite
of cohine,ts, intlitrer. n-e and malignity, that the
people or the 'Coiled States, en niasse, trill sup.:
port the Anwricatn`notninees for the Presidency.
.7.7.Nrw ‘mr.-onat: --It is now
settled that the State has been carried by the
Auterieans and Republicans, they having a
majority.; in both branches of the Legislature.
If :datealf the American candidate for tlovernor
is not elected by the popular vote, which is yet
doubtful, he will by the Legislature in joint
convention.
:; -- .11 - ousrs Pon:lust:m-11e Lockport COW .-
jot', of Feb. 15th, relates that a Mr. Farnham,
of that place, threw out some cotton carrots
from his cellar, which were partly frozen.
They were eaten by his horses, and four fine
colts died of inflammation of the stomach.
Farniers.should be caul ions about giving do.
cayed vegetables of any kind . to cattle.
CTI'TP.N.WITY or• LIFE 1N .1 0)1/Sr.--A goose
on the farm of James Budd, near Pemberton,
N. was missed in the snow storm of the sth
ult. Search was made, but without avail, un
til Saturday. 9th inst., when gooscy was dis
covered in a large bank of snow, alive, and ap
parently uninjured by its five weeks" impri
sonment.
Sl.AvEit v.-A roan named
I,lt•rint. has been fined $lOOO, and forfeited six
slaves at New Orleans, for selling them in such
a manner as to separate mother and child; con•
trary to the laws of Louisiana.
fr7 - 1..t50 SALES iti. TOWA.—In eight hours
and fifteen minutes of one day, at the Council
Bluff; Land Mice, teeently,2.Bo land warrants
were located amid ninety-rive cash entries made.
fr7r - The Philadelphia Mayor has discharged
191 policemen, as required by a recent act of
the Councils.
n - The horses in Now York have Suffered
beyoml endurance. in consequence of snow.
The spirit of the Times says that no less than
nine hundred were killed or died in that city
during the late snow season.
UTAH %Z.lNl7.ti
Tut.: Nl.tuAztxx 1)o-ATti.—The grounds
helonging to the I iiited States Arsenal, at
t o n Rimge, 1,1., embrace an area of twenty-std
en miles. Tit the three magazines there are
:10.000 pounds of powder and 0000 round of
'cartridges for small arms and cannon. The
storehouses contain :15.000 muskets, rifles, ear
' bines and pistols : 2500 sabres, 100 cannon.
000 000 cannon halls and shills, 10.000 pounds
canigter, and accoutrements for 100.000 liwn.
The total value of the land and buildings, with
contents, is over .'blooo.ooo.
7. l 7rit.r.moan A K Noyn Ntt.-111 the New
York K. N. State Council. at Canandaigua, Ow
statement made in the Philadelphia Convention
that Mr. Flu.lnim: was not a member of the
Order, was contradicted by the President of
Council 177, of Dotfalo, who gave the assurance
that he himself was present when the obligation
of each degree was administered to Mr. Pim.-
mom.% and that he is a member of the Order in
good standing.
1 31713arrAT. Crossly, negro,
was arrested in New Castle county, Delaware,
on the 2.d instant on a charge of coming
.into
that State chntrary to law. For this act, he
was lined 850, and being unable to pay The
line was committed to jail, whet•e he Was liable
to be sold it' the fine was not paid. Crossly
had been working for Samuel Wilson, of New
Garden 'township. Ile has been taken before
Judge Mdligan, and liberated—on the ground,
we suppose, that he had been a resident of that
State.
Fri - A SmAirr Sitomm.umt.—Mr. Francis D.
Rhodes, who has worked for many years thy
Nathan Breed of this city, made in fifty days
792 pairs of ladies' shoes, thi' which he received
22 cents per pair, making the sum of 8174 24,
which he earned during that time. lie has fre
quently made over $5 in a day by working on
the bench. Ile is not only a smart, but a good
Workman.—Lynn Bay State.
llncrit Evfn.toRDINARY.—The last with
her of the herald, published at Camden, Ark.,
contains the following ;
"A few days since a negro woinan belonging
to Col. John Dockery, the worthy President of
our railroad, was delivered of four children at
one birth—three girls and one boy , their aver
age weight is seven pounds each. When last
heard from, the' mother and her little darkics
were doing well." •
r..0 - 7 - INNsyl.v.inu Ml r ITIA.—Tt appears from
the Adjutant General's report that the military
force of Pennsylvania together with the public
arms aro as follows : Number of companies in
the State, 382 ;• uniformed men, 16,805 ; field
pieces, 80 ; muskets, 10,438 : beyonets, 0621.
10 -- E7c-President Filltnore was entertained by
our Alinisterat Naples, lion. Robert Dale Owen,
on the 7th of February.
13:713EAu. Putnam Outdone:—
One day last Week a large bear was seen on
the Schrader branch of the Towanda creek, and
a number of hunters turned out to capture
brain. He was tracked through the snow for
three days, and finally found, securely en
sconsed in his den, a fearful looking cave, on•
the bank of the 'creek. All efforts to dislodge
him from his retreat having failed, William
Northrop made preparations for " bearding the
bear in his den." Furnishing himself with . a
torch and his trusty rifle, and with . a rope tied
to one leg, a la Putnam, to expedite his retreat,
should it be necessary, be entered the cave.
The ascent, for about . eight feet, was nearly
perpendicular, and crawling about twelve feet
further. the aperture widened sufficiently to
admit of his standing upright. The light of
his torch showed him the bear sitting upon his
haunches, at the further side of the cavern,
awaiting. the attack. Aiming at (lie eyes, which
gleamed from the torchlight, he fired, and made
his exit as speedily as possible. ;Having every
confidence that his aim had been true. and the
shot effectual, in a short time lie returned. and'
nuul the animal dead. A rope having been
procured and fastened to the bear, it was
drawn out hr the aid of those outside. lie was
I;flinil to lie a ninnstrom: animal, weighing over
500 pounds.--Bradj;Jrd 'error/cr.
7s - NEI.IN , ; Luc to Moi•NTAIN% The
811111)111'y American says Judge Ilelfenstein is
making the excavation or a tunnel through the
Broad muntain, the special object of his atten
tion. Ile has recently- made a trip to Europe
fbe the.purpose or raising funds, and it is to be
hoped that he has succeeded, as we should like
to -tie the enterprise accomplished. The Amer
ican informs us that this tunnel would be
something over three and a half miles long, but
such is the nature of the mountain through
which it is inlowlcd to he driven, that while
the work Winild be progressing, sufficient coal
could be taken out to pay a considerable lior
tion of the expenses. Its excavation would be.
to some extent, like driving a vast coal shaft.
which would ultimately be used for a highway.':
tommn Ta.km: op TAN [Num) STATEs --
The total receipts of Coffee in the United ;hates
for the year . ending; December :11, I 555, were
1.704 857 pkgs., weHting 2:18.214,5:13
ttgain4 receipts in 1854 of 1.813.604 pkgs., or
IB''.-17:1853 lbs. While the consumption in.
1855 teas '216,418.175 lbs.. against a c'onsump-
Don in 1851 of 179,481,9tit4.1b5.. being the
large increase in the consumption of 1855, over
that of 1854,•0f more than 311 per cent.
The consumption of the Southern portion of
the l'nion is, and always ha.i been. much great
er in proportion to the population than that of
the Northern and Eastern States. owing to the
Etc!. that the bulk of the residents of that sem
ties of the country use colfoe as a beverage.
both at the morning and evening meal. and
indocd not a, small part consider the voirce urn
an 'indispensable accessory even to the dining.'
table.
r -- ;'' . lhdloziwiis (bra Ilif ni null / ' IRS astonish
ing Remedie's for Scrofula.—Mr. I.lenry Judd, of
Detroit, Michigan. was in a most. alarming 1
state of he.:1111. lie had been a great sidiever!
from thr a number of yoars, and raudiy
:dl lei of his body broke out into sores, Fen
,lermg hits an object of horror Lo every one, he
tried some of the most reputed remedies known.
but they ilia not totteh his complaint, and in ,
tbe greatet alarm, he consulted a friend as to
what course he omllit to adopt, when Iloilo
way's Dint:lie:it and Pills were recommended,
which lie commenced using, and by persevering
tvitli these remedies fo• a short. Limo. he Was;
perfectly cured after every other remedy bad
ht•ep shearing machines are now coming
into general use. The apparatus is a box about
the size and something (if the shape cf a co lt ,
111011 brick. It is fastened to the arm of tlu•
shearer; who works the cut tiug part by moving
a lover with his hantl so as to produce a rapid
oscillating. motion of the knives. The knives
are shieltletl by gnarls, similar in principle to
those which are used Mr mowing machines,
anti although theycan be made to cut very close,
it is impossible-for them to cut the skin. The
machine works more rapidly than shears, mid
cuts more evenly.
EC7*I r ERRIDLEI SUFFERING AT STIA.—The bark
Amelia,) seized by the United States govern
ment at Port au Prince,) left on the first of De
cember, and had not, been at sea many days
before the vessel commenced leaking, and sail
ing badly,Made very slow progress.
On the night of January sth, when near New
York, expecting the next morning to bo inside
of Sandy Hook, the wind, which had been
westerly and south westerly for a few days pre
vious, shifted to the north, and from that point
all around the compass. Finding the vessel
was a complete wreck, and being out of pievil
sluts and water, all hopes of making a port in
the United States were given up, and they at
tempted to go into Bermuda, but that was not
accomplished. Supposing there might bo some
provision in the hold of the vessel, an exatnimi;
tion took place, when a barrel of rice and bread
was found, but in a damaged condition. They
then discovered the hold was swarming with
rats. They went to work and caught the rats,
which, with the ice, kept them from starring.—
They were in this condition for twenty two (hp.
At daylight on the morning of January 28th, h
vessel was discovered which proved to be the
English brig Ida, Captain Williams, three days
from St. Johns, Island of Antigua, bound to
London. A boat was sent on board, and re
turned with part of a half-barrel of flour, and
nothing vise. With the rats and the rice, they
rared quite well. They made the port of St.
Thomas, on the first of February, having been
sixty-two days at sea, and most of the time ex
periencing the greatest sufferings.
IVcm.in NEW Tom: firs•.—The
money article in the New York Times shows
the enornums individual and city wealth of
New York. The figures are taken from the
reimrt of the City Compti•oller, and the Times
says:—
•' They exhibit the almost imperial wealth
of New York at five hundred and twenty-nine
millions of dollars to 024,000 inhabitants, or
88,815 qualified electors, equal to $5,965 to
each elector. The separate wealth of the City
Corporation, $42,681,769, including the .Cro
ton Aqueduct, is five fold greater than the pub..
lie debt of 8,466,130 that encumbers it. The
area of 750 acres set apart and assessed for the
new Public Park is equal to 7,700 building lots,
25 by 100 feet each. The property has been
taken for this object at an assessed valnation
of 85,189,969. to which is to be added the cost
of grading, incloAng . and ornamenting the
grounds. The money to these ends will be
raised bt• a city loan, which, under such an
exhibit of wealth and incinhrance, need scarce
ly bear five per cent. per annum to command
its par value."
1 . 111: PCLII.U! LANDA.—A report prepared at
the General Land Office, in compliance with a
resolution of the House, but not yet published,
shows the amount of Territory subject to the
act of August, 1854, to graduate, and rtilluch
the price of the ptild!c lands to actual. settlers
and 'iii ivators, as follows:
Of the first class, one dollar an acre, there
are 18.708,759 acres : of the second, at 75 ets.
15 051.118 acres : of the third, at 50 ets. 11,-
510.920 acres ; of the fourth, at 25 ets. 6,485,-
839 acres ; of the fifth, tit 19 , 14 ets. 25.114,35 t,
The Land is divided among the States as
follows: Ohio 711,495 acres ; Indiana 458100
loves : Illinois 1,381 010 acres ; Wisconsiltrt.7.
906.057 acres ; Michigan 8,785,800 ncretr;
fowa 575.480 acres ; Missouri 13 850,030 ;
Arkansas 14,212,610 acres: Lousiana 7,806,-
310 acres ; Miss. 7,7',12,013 acres ; Alabama
14 081.502 iteres : Florida 8,048,500 acres--
making in all 77,651,007 acres,
rr7SAD EFFErrS or REVERSED Pausrxcrs.
—We learn that a farmer near Galt, Canada
West, who hail SOO bushels of wheat, for which
'he mind been ofrered the high prices of last sea
son, but chose to keep it in the hope of getting
more, hung himself last week. Another farmer
near London, hail three years' crops on hand,
which he had • refused to sell at the extreme
rates of last Fall. Ile is now insane, his rea.
son giving way at the prospect of having to
sell at a greatly reduced price. —Rochester
liwerat.
!1 - 7 BEcistox AINST A BtuTtsn Cosset..
—The British Consul at New York, Mr. Bar
clay, has had a judgment of $1,500 awarded
against him as damages for failing to come up
to his bargain, he having engaged a vessel to
take, persons recruited for the British Army,,
in violation of our laws, but which design he
abandoned, after the arrest and indictment of
one of the agents. The Consul referred the
matter to arbitrators, and their award was
$1,500, the claim being $2,700.
frf --- Dnuatn Surn.LED.--Some double:shelled
eggs have been shown to the editor of the New
Haven Palladium, The outer shell of ono
measures 9 1-2 inches lengthwise, and 7 inches
around it. Within this was another perfect
egg of the ordinary size. The hen that pro
duced this singular specimen was a common
barn-yard fowl. •
&WHAT A EOOLISII EXPECTATION !—The
London News calculates, in case of a war with
England, that the Abolitionists will be on their
side: This shows how little knowledge the
writer in that paper has of our pCople.
(1:7 - Ton .DRAll.—Kisses are rather high at
Vinegar Hilt, Illinois. A justice there charged
John Waters $2O for kissing a lady twice. Mr.
Waters will beware• how he steals pickled
kisses on Vinegar Hill.
07Lucicv.--A lucky fellow at New Orleans
bought three tickets in a Havana lottery late
by, and all turned up prime, 860,000,8400 an
$2OO.
El:7lklr. John G. Moser, an old farmer; long a
resident of Ashland co., o.,died last week.
During twenty-one days immdiately preceding
his death he refused to partake of medicine or
nourishment of any kind.