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THE TOWN BOYS.
Irgirvirr. - Standing on the corners of our streets ; hang
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' • • _ ing about oyiter cellars, and lager beer saloons,
ALLENTOWN; PA.
Sauntering along the pavements, with hands in
. • their pockets, may at any times be noticed an
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1856. allay of young men and boys that may well be
C. P. HAINES, EDITOIL " made the subject of serious reflection and
prehension by the good people of our borough.
• The License Law.
Boys of -less than halfit - score of years artfully
This bill is still in the hands of the Commit
tee of Conference. The Committee of three
puff their segars ;very young men drink freely
f ore eachwhen liquor is obtainable, and vainly boast oft
House could not agree, and two more their capability to withstand the effects of the
members, from each House, were added to the
liquid fire, as if therein consisted their claim to
Committee, but still thus far they have been manhood. Night is made hideous by their
unable to agree. The licensing of restaurants boisterousness—day is desecrated by their in
to') sell beer mid domestic wines, and the price dui( rice.
of licenses for the small taverns, are two of the I The young are exe
trmely susceptible of being
radical points of difference between the two •
Houses. re
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EASTER,.
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al . e llvater ! If the winds had been unfavorable and} Town Council, James Kleckner, Jesse Was- ; ate.
contamineted by the vioes with. which they
the roofs of houses not been covered with sir :.Judge, George White; Inspectors, Frank- ; The Kansas correspondent •of the St. Louis derany pretended law Which may be alleged to
Drought in contact : the tuitions of youth, be ,
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snow, the fire would not ha ve ny,:1 e ,,1 as l ong Iv ; tin Woodring, Solomon Smith ; Assessor:Jona- Daily Desimei•at, writing from Topeka, ,March I have taken place therein since. The Commit
, EASTER,. they good or evil, afford an index to the career 1
the firemen had to wait. The raging elenie&C! than Schwartz ; Constable, Adam Hecker ;! 8, says th.lt in joint session of the Legislatm.e ' tee have power to send for persons and pap er s
Last Sunday, which was Easter, brought of the man. Many of them have never lied an 3.
would have spread from house tu house, and School Directors; Henry Fried, Solomon Butz. on that day, Gov. he
was elected U. S. ! and to compel witnesses to give teritimony,
with it the usual egg-straordinary destruction restraints thrown upon them, and consequently !
the upper part of our town might perhaps now ; Natl.= Gaunter. S'enator on the first ballot (six years,) and Coy. I They are further empowered, if necessary, td
of eggs, notwithstanding the stiff price of the cannot be deemed alone responsible for the pro
be in ruins ! • And this is not the lien tinse ! CATASACQUA: 1 LAX); on the second, (three years.) Each can- ; call to their aid the military authorities or the
article. The connection of eggs with Easter is . fitle.ss life they are leading. While we take into
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that our houses and our homes have been in ; Burg•ess, ])acid That ; Town Council, Dr. dilate received 38 votes, 56 members hung ; country to protect 'them in pursuing their hi ,
; vestigations. After they have completed their
a custom, the origin of which appears to be lost ; consideration the fact that many of them have t
in antiquity, though it is supposed to be Jew- I parenp or guardi ans of respecta b le s t an di ng i n ; danger, simply because there was no water F. B. Martin. James W. Fuller, 'William Miller, ;present.
to extinguish a fire. D. A. Tonibler, John IVilliams ; Judge, Wil- ! Gov, Robinson faders sti•ong ground in opposi• ; report it is to be laid before the House fur such
ish. In olden times, history tells us, the ap- I society, to whom they have a right to look for s readY
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Nov is it not time that our citiz e ns wake up liani Gross : Tiispeetee•s, Valentine W. Weaver, lion to the President, whose special message' action as it may see proper to adopt in the
propriate viands for Easter were, first aiel l the means of education or employment, they
William Goetz ; High Constable, Chiles Sig- and proclamation in reference to the affitirs of premises. •
ab . ove all eggs then bacon, tansy, pudding, and i may be looked'inein with compassionate for-land gnai'd against the danger wine") surrounds
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them by day and by night ? L e t us rt i k e icy ; ConstablV. 'William Kiefer ; Supervisoi.s, ' Kansas are discussed critically end fearlessly. ; Although the Speaker has not yet announced
bread and cheesy. By degrees, however the bearance, while they whose imperative duty it I
warning before it shall be too late. • Jonas Diery, Morgan Erdman ; School Three- 'l'M Governor exposes the hollowness of the , the Committee to proceed to Kansas to in
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'other dishes have been discarded. ; is to exercise espionage over them cannot be too'.
A ciTIZEN, tors, Charles Cl. Se:limner, Friederich Eber- , pretence that the acts of the bogus Territorial • tigate the affairs of that territory generally, it
Easter is a festival of the Church commemo- ! strongly rebeked.
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! hard ; Auditor, A. 11. Gilbert. . Legislature acre binding upon the people of is agreed that the Committee will consist of .
Tilting Christ's resurrection. The word which Instead of allowing them to tducate them- I,
England, France. and Bataan. t
1.051.1111. T.. Kansas, and animadverts upon the President's Alessrs. Dunn, Hickman and Oliver of 3.1 e)•, or
we use is derived from the Saxon worst issue s • selves in the schools of vice, as they are now I Join•nals on both sides of the Atlantic have
Judge, Nathan Wetherhold : InspectOrS, ; 4 01- declaration that a regularly organized resis• ;.I,etcher. Prominent Democrats have suggested
' doing, parents should s ee th a t th e i r leisure of late teemed with ruinoi•s concerning a coin
signifying rising.
union Dichl ,jr . , Charles E. Bed: ; Assessor. ranee to the decrees of that body WOUld be an to the Speaker either of the two last. Theis'
The day was observed by approptiate sir- I !muss arc spent in our common schools. In- mencing coolness, between France and England,
Reuben
„Scheirer : Assistant Assessor, Jacob ❑act of treason. Facts and precedents are cited • are at least thirty candidates for Clerk to the .
mows in the different Clitnche.s of this borough, • - stead of allowing them fo walk 1111Illf,lested ' I 141
4 , 011 L Llie manner in which Russia was t o l' s
• - s• es • • Constible David lfilllrtus • '4llper- ill the Message, to show that (lie people of Kan- Coln/Ili/CC.
by their reepeetiye pastors. down the mid to ruin, their guardianship • settled with at the Peace Conference, it being ' ' I. • " lan ' ' ' ' . .' .' ' '
rise. Jima than . 1r erlY : School Directors, l'e- sas are wholly justified in the course they have Governor Reeder left Washington err insi
, should make them useful niembei•s of society. stated that Louis Naroleon, after making a
Burglaries in South Whitehall.
ter Schtunacher, .fonas Schearc c ; Audit or ,
.I.:d. syen lit to pursue, and that the El'et-State move- home at Easton, on Saturday, and Will go from
l'hough the parent be not aware of the gross cal; paw of England, and using her to Ins !
About two w - eeks since the house of 51r.
n win %Monett:lan : Treasurer. Jonathan Werly ; I meta is not as the President asserts, a mere ; thence early next week to Kansas. with the ,
error lie is committing, in neglecting Ins child,'l licurCs content ,'hid gone • • boots,b .1 •
JosiAn SPEir., in South Whitehall, was entered . i is
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he in. measure held responsible for his err and Ireeclies ' to ‘.:llecxande°l•l over
id ltusia. -' 3 lt ' Clerk ' neinds . 1 1 !` , . i . b . el . t m . ..... , 1 prty movement, but that all parties , in - the; Commissioneis. .
by a burglar, and among other things about
Srate united in the formation of the Constitu- I
; appears, however. by the last arrival from Eng- ; ! Ihn i Ar 1 M. ""
$3O in cash were stolen out bf a trunk belong- rs '
• Statisticsf Slavery in the United States.
g 1 1 7l'he progress of slavery in the United States
It is evident, parents es a general thing do ; lend, that there was no truth in these rumors : Judge, 'Hiram J. Schantz ; Inspectors, John tint under width the new State or anisstion ! °
ing to a young man who boarded in the family .
not serei e thst si ill t watchfulness over ii I for English joernals 110 W state that the under- . Fogel, John I'. Seiherling ; Assessor, 'Levi ' has been effected. 'There
One night last week his house was again enter-
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Ea . :indict' : Constable, Francis 11. Jacoby ; Su- passages in this -Message, but ili.e ll sel l ers s larP I has been remarkable. It will be seen by the
1 • charges s that their well-being den a s. ; standing between the English and French gov-
K. t . ocutnent is following figures
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cd, probably by the same burglar, and an At_ Sufficiente
p - Prvisors "leo]) Heller Peter Guth • Seine] Di- ; ge;ic ' rally coin•teons in tone and lucid in its ar- 1
care is not taken to prevent their, ernments is as cordial as ever, end that in a re- : ,
tempt made to carry off a trunk belonging to ;
rectos, John Arno, Be . n.jamir! Fogel ;Auditor, ' ginient. The pretensions of the President and' s lenws.
1 coming; in contact with the haunts of brawlers, cent interview between the Emporor of the
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the same boarder. Iths Spiel and the boarder
I.„ltt in Isradilich; 1 reasurer. Solomon Albright. his advisers ere met with a firniness .. which sa ! 1800,
! 1 drunkards and gamblers. Often they make no ; French and Lord Clarendon, the former de
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were awakened by what was supposed to be • 's -
Hs NOVEI:. ' are solution to ndlieiT tin v ield ins! vto 1810 ,
efforts to give their sons honorable employment, ! dared that he would not abandon for an instant
rats but ou looking up a man was discovered':,
I - 11 . ' 11 fetter• 1 - 5.01's
of'
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, L , ,P, el 1 .. 11a11 . , ... , nspectoi's, oani- the principles atioweel in the State Constitution. : I :7°o'
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and perhaps oftener sons who have become re- the line of policy they had traced out together. . •
182,0. : : • ' : 2,009:0'1
standing by the window. Ile fled on being
1 erilinond il int ; Assessor, Henry; and the threatening language of the recent Prop. Q n
(rectory by parental misinimagement refuse to : The Peace Conference has already commenced nel Kci P er •
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spoken to, and it was then ascertained that he ;
Elierlinist : Justice, Jacob E. Eogli ; Constable. Intion =ls out a rejoinder which resembh:s ' Isso.
' engage in manual labor because of the miscon- ; its sessions in Napoleon's gay capital ; and be
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lUD , out 0 IC room, 1111 I/10- /
had dragged at • I- 1 f tld •
Richard Miller :. Supervisors, Joseph licliline. a defiance. The GOVCI•nor distinctly says that ! Delaware also Contains 2290-• the District of
caption that it is degrading. Some of them fore ninny suns have risen and set. we shell
bably intended to carry it off. Ile entered the ;
plea, as a paliation for their vicious- I Probably hear that the nritish lion and the • rstinc ilei i ler ; Sehool Directors, llerman 31. orders have been received by the Federal officers ; Columbia 267 --and New Jersey 09 2.
house through a window and had taken the ; ur g c the
cannot find employment, and I Russian bear are lying down to ether, in Kensas to arrest the State autlicnities and • In 1790. Pennsylvania contained 3737 slaves
• unfastentl i doors,before coin- ;'less, that the)"
precaution to IC
flad Fetter, IVilliam Wind.
urge indigence as an excuse for not educating that the French eagle is fluttering in play- Wssnisetrox. the members of the Legislature upon a charge; --in 1800, 1706,-in 1810. 795-in 18°0, °H
of treason.; but, in announcing this fact, lie iin 1820, 403--in 1840, 14-and in 1850, none.
mng depredations. Country people should I
pre .. their children. 1:11fOrtlIllately this; Illay be true I ful dalliance with those now docile noddy ads. ! • rm. dom . :, rqf Election plaer.
, ISB catithms the legislatiii'e against instant resis- ' The total to of the'. • Slave States in
keep on their guard, as the country is at
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• of many of them, though We are confident all : -
sent full of straggling vagabonds. !
wer Hsi setieli Itisi , t• st : John Treieliter, . 75 tance, recniumending •• that no finger be raised ; 1850, was 0.664,646.
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Edito U r nLon h e• l en o te u t i ci l y ist E w le v eti k e , i s i. I
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Approach of ":::pring. ' inn. their time.
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. . ! , Litige„Toscpli Peter ; Inspectors, Gideon against the Federal authority until there shell
Long, cold and dreary has been the past Such being the case, it behoves our citizens, I . . 3 ' (.. issue Sall Lentz, 'nigh. Kuntz ; Assessor, Levi Krauss ;be no hope of relief but in revolutfo n ."
,an election advertised for officers of the " Union - ," , s .
winter ; yet there are some who will descant individually and collectively, to give the matter , „ eine . ei. „ . . s oust:tow, donn Kern ; Supei•visors, George The statement that orders had bee n receiv e d
L t . y. .On inquiry I found that no per-
Ilex, Henn- Ilem•ilze ; School Dh•ectors, Peter for the arrest of the new Government scents to
upon the " heauties'ef winter," and try to be • their serious attention. They can certainly do 1
sons had as 3•et been named to fill said offices, , Reber, David Krauss : A uclitor,dlenry Kuntz ; lie confirmed by other testimony. !rite . Deputy
cheerful and happy over inanimate nature.- much now that shall ellixt the future social !
Marshal is said to have received private order;
i and teerefore would respectfully suggest-the ' Clerk, R o b ert
. m.n owe u . .
But winter has no solace for usswhen ;condition cf our plebe for good. Let them hold ' following .
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Uereit Ssi - cox. to this effect : but up to the date of our latest
Th e 1,1,„ k „.; m 1 whi,.:1,...,„,,, ,1i,,,,,,, c„,. „„,1„,.,„..' out ithlticcinents to industry--give them cm- 1 g • •
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1 Par:sun:sr -Charles Keck, Esq.
Drift without ',Lilo to the lll:truin g ;mound. ' ployment When possible, and tenderly rebehe i
, ! Jude, amps Herring ; Inspectors, Vriali ; advice 110 . steps to that end had been tal:en.
SI:CT'T IltY IVillii I II Newhard.
• Hence we hail with pleasure the approach of! them in their errors. Ever, we believe, should , ...; t :' ' - ' ll " - ; The Governor does net appear to be alarmed at
. .1 stsuitiet-J. P. Barnes.
gar : Justice, Henry B. Pearson ; Constable, ; the prospect.
spring. 'We arc not alone in our longing. The be kept before our minds the fact that we have I
MANsthsie -Pet R. Wollter, William . IL
poor laborer Who has consumed his scanty ,a large class of beings among us who are every :
Daniel Treichler ; Supervisors, Thomas Ott, ; The minor recommendation of the Message
Blunter J. IsseeP; .' ''••• . -
Winter store, bids it welcome : the trees, torn ,'day taking long strides down to a life of vicious.; ' . l ' illi b .
LOT i [OLDER,. James Reinhart. : School Directoiss, Enos Erd- relate': to public education, the formation of a
man, Jaeob Cooper; .indite, Lewis 51. Engel- Slate militia, homesteads and finances. The
and tossed by lliC wintry breeze : the blighted ness and crime` and it should incite our well !
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vines and floweis ; the joyous birds,- all sigh directed efforts in their behalf, that they may ; Allentown Teachers' Astociation. ; man ; Clerk, .folin SI:1111er. propriety of enacting a prohibitory hone' law
fur itsspeeely coining and bid it welcome. Then ibe reclaimed while - young, and instead or be. ; s leit•lss Eienieg. 51ar.•11 17111. Is:tlt. i ( . 1.14:It Alrixenn. is broadly hinted. The Legislature had done
The President being absent, the Vice , Presi- , Judge, David hern ; Inspectoi•s, hetil,en 11. I nothing beyond effecting its organization.
coin, ! r.t. es's.: ! lie pho. l',.r lilt, ' eothing, curses to society, bright ornaments in
I dent took the chair.
; Kemmerer, Francis Schwartz : .Assessor, Hen- ; The event of the birth of a new Free State
./1,/ ph,s, the svand, ~.r rot. 1,m1.. at .Ili! the human fitbrie.
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We ritr,lt for the inlitunet. th.tt 1;li. rt.octts.
1 The minutes of the previous meeting were ;ry Jordan : Constable, Charles E. Reeder ; Su - I has thus been peacefully accomplished. Tito.
For Ilio.bp.ll .•r ~:11 .mo:-Iiino on.l holio.,' d... 15 , ,,
read and atloptCd.
; pervisors, Aaron Sslitilcr, John Lorenz : Schad , result of this act of the people of the State re-
Far 111, , genial nin• Inll4l ill , pli/1,1111 rain.
To Wahen our 1110F,11111:, no
:•treants agitill.
An essay was read by Miss Ellen Gibson, on • Directors, Clemese W. Hertzel, Reuben Stall- ; mains to be developed. If the report of the in
." School Examinations and Exhibitions." ; lei : Auditor, Peter Henninger ; Treasurer, Jo- ! tention or the “evernment to arrest the new
" The state of Common School Education as nas Kern ; clerk, Charles Sicher. officers proves to be authentic, the next intel
presented by the Superintendent of the Common I 11-risi:NnunG. I, li;zenee from Kansas will be highly important.
Schools," was discussed. i Judge, Francis Weiss ; Inspectors, Davidl Meanwhile, we have intelligence of the seizure
On motion, the sam e t o b e a ga i n t a k en up at B enner , Stephen Ebert ; Assessor, David Zim- I of rifles and cannon on the Missouri frontier,
nest me cling.
' merman ; C'oestable, George Grim ; Supervi- ,
S td te am to he intended for the use of the Free
On motion adjourned, to meet the 3lst of, sers„Jona:s Ebert, Thomas Grim ; School Direr- men in Kansa and a determination is
tors. William Stine, 1 year, Solomon 11. .1 ,del, ;Stale xresd by the Pro-Slavery Party to seize
March - at the same place, at 7 o'clock.
E. JII MONS, S...cretary. Nathan litichinan fur 3 years ; Auditor, and confiscate all.property of this nature that
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A Great Freshet. 'ides Steller. . 1 may find its nay toward Kansas.
1119C11 of the snow of the winter has -melted LYNN.
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away, and the danger of a great freshet has iiifi g o. Jacob Moser ; Inspectors, Jacob Kist- I CST's✓ l'iner's SistrisTics.--It is stated that
; ter, David Moser : Assessor, Joshua Weida ; there arc twenty-th Fee circus companies in the
therefore abated to a very considerable extent. :
It should be remembered however that w 1 - • Constable', Daniel Zenner ; Supervisors, Jesse . United Stales, and the average expense of each
' c 'as e' D. Follweileis Samuel Schneider : School Direc- ! daily in (Inc summer season, is $350-in all
hot had a heavy rain for weeks, and that one'
may. be constantly expec te still ice•bound, and tor , , d. Many of the ,
tors„Sainuel Oswalt, Henry Mti
umbaer ; Audi-' about $3OOO. The cost of fixtures, horses,
rivers and creeks, too,
Samuel 'lemony ; Tseseurer, Elias Hart-; &c.. is about $750,000, and employment is
are
I given to 2000 men, and On equal number of
man ; Clerk, Jonas Seiberling.
thus the water from the mountains above would •
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not find its natural channel, but would be Ilisninsien
forced over the frozen ground, and into new lei' ni„, R„ dy . Assessor, Nathan Kemmerer ;
Judge s David Bless ; inspectors, horses.
ctors, Owen Mil- I
directions, and in many with a power ir
resistible. 'flue parties immediately interested
,ors, George Heats.. Henry Krum ; School Di-
Constable, Peter ' Miller, (Farmer) ; Supervi
are doubtless aware of this condition ()rattails. s
and yet there are sonic who are lulling (hem- i rectors. Christian Hunsicker, Jacob Herter ;
selves into a false security. The-first licit`)licit`)Auditor. David Smith ; Clerk, William Fry;
. . . L ows! , sfismu ns
rain will doubtless produce an extramilinary Judge, Willoughby Gabel ; Inspector Da
freshet, and such a movement of the waters yid Schuler, Joshua Reinhart ; Assessor, Geerge
should therefore be anticipated. Heretofore, It. Carl ; Constable, Charles Schneider ; Super
under like circumstances, property to the visors, Silas Ott, George Kline ; School Piece
antount of tens of thousands of dollars in value tors, Daniel Stahlee, John G. Schantz ; Audi
has been destroyed, which might have been t 0, , ,,.
sulornon L . ... Hotter ; Clerk, Edward Fry ;
saved by the exercise of a little caution.' Treasurer, Peter Stoudt.
In 1831, the eccentric Lorenzo Dow made a :
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prophecy,
prophecy, that in 1856, the greatest flood since I udge, Adam Scheirer ; Inspectors, Jacob Lin
the time of Noah, would prevail all over the! Lin
demon, John IL Heebner ; Assessor, Reuben
world. From rho vast quantity of snow n c w .; Saeger ; Constable, Daniel Boyer ; Superisors,
on the ground, and ice in the rivers, it would : mi c h el Keieb„er, Solomon Delong ; School
only require a couple of days' continuops warm ' Directoreter Ilendricks, Simon Kemmerer ;
rain from the South-west, to produce pretty Auditor, Jacob Scheirer, sea.
much of a flood in some Of the United States.
SOUTH 11 lIITETIALI.
Judge, Thomas Faust ; Inspectors, Elias
Henry, Joseph Gackenbach ; Assessor, Robert
Steckel ; Constable, Samuel llerwick ; Supervi
sors, Lorenz 15e . ek„ Andrew Sheldon, Thomas
Yundt, Peter Blank ; School Directors, James
l's Kline, Charles Wenner; Auditor, Josiah
Strouss.
Trees aid Shrubbery.
Now is the time to Order Fruit and Shade
Trees, Shrubbery; &c. All who love the shade
of trees and the blossom of fruits and flowers,
should now see to it, as the planting season is
near at band. Let every ()WIRT of end estate en
.deavor to improve and beautify, by means of
trees—whether for shade or for fruit. There is
not merely a pleasure in s plantirg, but from the
happiness which a fine tree yields, not only to
the owner of the property, but to every passer I
by, it seems to us that good Men must encour
age the di.spositiow to set out trees.
These remarks will apply not merely to our
beautiful Allentown, but to the various villages
and farms throughout the county. Those who
arc favored with shade trees need fruit trues,
and those who have neither need both ; and
where they have shade and fruit trees, they
can be mindful that shrubbery beautifies every
home, and will render even an indifferent house
pleasant. Whatever adds to the innocent at
tractions of home is certainly deserving of con
sideration. Orders for all kinds of trees are re-
ceivcd by Mr. C. B. IlAimz, who makes selec
tions from the best York State Nurseries—and
warrants trees true to name. See advertise- ,
went.
Allentown Seminary.
• By reference to our advertising columns it
will be seen that the Sluing 'examinations of
this institution tale place today and to-mor
row,.and on Thursday evening an exhibition,
consisting of *music and declamations, Will take
place at the Odd Fellows' ball. These exami
nations and exhibitions cannot fail to be inter
esting, and should be encouraged by all inter
ested in educational matters, especially by
parents. Their Valeral introduction we feel
satisfied would ho attended.hy the most bencli•
cial results.
No Sowing in Mich.
During other seasons of spring, it was be
coming quite customary fur some of our farmers
to sow Their oats•quite early, but this year it is
not likely to be done, tho snow preventing.—
When, however, the fine weather Eats in, which
we have no doubt will happen before Ibng, it
will ho likely to continuo, and give all the seeds
ample time to grow and arrive at maturity
within the proper season:
ra — Tlon Linn Boyd, of Ky., is spoken of for
the Vice Presidency.
FIRE.
At about 0 o'clock on Wednesday evening a
fire broke out in the frame dwelling or Mr.
Wit.f.mm liens, in IValnut street. above Ninth,
and in n short time was reduced ton heapofruins.
It is not positively known, but is supposed to
have been caused by a piece of carpet on the
second floor coining in contact with a stove pipe,
hich through the ceiling. We have
nut heard how much the loss of Mr. Rube
amounts to, but everything on the second story
was destroyed. The building was oWned by
Mr. ()wen and was insured for F., , 250
in the Sinking Spring Insurance Co. The build
ing stood immediately alongside the large lum
ber yard of Nathan Dresher, and but owing to
the wet condition of the lumber and favorable
state of the wind, we are probably spared from
recording a disastrous conflagration. The fire•
men were promptly on the spot, but there was
no water lo Ic had ! Who, then, would have been
to blame if half of the upper part of town had
been laid in ashes ? Why can not the Water
Company arrange matters in•such a way that
there is always a full supply on hand ? Who
knows at N hat hour a fire may break out, and
if the town is not better supplied than it was
on the above occasion how is the devouring
element to be arrested. We all know that our
town is stipplied with ri good and efficient fire
depat tment, and the members of the different
organizations " ever ready when duty calls,"
to do service, but it is of little or no use
to be ever so well pktvided in this respee
if there is no supply of water.
Breadstuiro coining bown. •
Flour and grain have a downwaril tendency
all over the country, with the exception of
Allentown,—our dealers being always ready to
go up whenever there is a rise, but mighty
slow in coining down when there is a decline
in prices. Farmers who have been holding on
for higher prices may expeot to realize a hand
soine—/uss. In New York on Wednesday,
Flour sold at 86.66 to G.Bl per barrel, which is
a fall of fully 25 cents per barrel. Itye sold at
$4 to $6.25 per barrel, and corn meal $3.50 to
$4.15. Wheat sold at $1.72 to $1.90 pe'r
bushel; rye, $l-10 to $1.17 per bushel ;. eats,
43 to 44 cents ; corn, 65 to 70 cents per bushel.
Mess • pork - sold at $15.75 per barrel, prime
mess, 817.'5. Country mess beef sold at $0.25
to $ll per barrel ; country prime, $8.75 ; re
packed Chicago, &c., $l . l to• $13.25; extra
mess, $l4 50. The prices for live beef cattle
averaged 12 cents per pound . : •
D✓ - Arrived—Sundry blue birds and robins.
, (For the Letagfi Register.)
Allentown in Danger. ,
Mu. Eiorron.:—How does it happen that our
Borough is so poorly supplied with water to ex
tinguish fires ? We have slpendid Engines,
fine Hose Carriages, glittering with silver, and
large and commodious Engine Houses, but of
what use are these things to put out a fire and
save our town from being burnt dowrf, as long as
there is sodill le water at command ? Our fire
men are A noble set of men, always willing to
venture their own lives in order to save the
lives of others, but what Can they do with their
Engincs and their Hoer, if they have no water ?
Look at the state of things on Wednesday
evening last. 'She fire was near a large lumber
yard, and tliA the firemen stood Waiting ft'
The Steamboat Accident at Philadelphia.
Great excitement still prevails at Philadel
p na in regard to the Steamboat disaster on the
Delaware, the particulars of which we gave in ;
our last. The number of lives lost is not yet
definitely known. Twenty-eight dead bodies I
have already been recovered, and about twenty
five persons are still missing. The loss of life
is chiefly, owing to the neglect of the company
to furnish the boat with- small boats and life
preservers, not ono of either being on board.—
The origiwof the fire is unknown
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'Growing small by degrees and beautifully
tess.—Plates of oysters.
Result of tho Spring Elections.
ALLENTOWN.
Burgess, Thomas Mohr; High Constable,
John L. Hardie ; Auditor•, John P. Dillinger.
• Nonni WAnir.
Town Council, Ephrainl Yohe, Enoch New
hard Judge, Jesse Samuels ; Inspectors, Wil
liam Mnddern, William 11. Moll ; Assessor.,
Elias Merl z ; School Director, John D. Stiles ;
Constable, Samuel Burger.
Soren WARD.
Town Council, Charles L. Martin, David
Schwartz ; Judge, Amos Ettinger ; Inspectors,
Henry J. Saeger, Jesse M. Line; Assessor,
George Wetherhold ; Conkable, Samuel Hart
man ; School , Director, Joseph Diet! felt.
S.rr.rsncrnr
Judge, Solomon Diehl ; Inspectors, John J.
Gicring, John Eshenbach ; Justice, Jacob Eck
speller' ; Assessor, Gideon Ritter ; Constable,
Isaac Hassler ; Supervisors, Joseph Herbst, Ga
briel Klein ; School Directors, Morgan Ap•'
pel, George Laubaell, Jacob flitter, 2 years ;
Auditor, Allen Apple. • s
Important News from 'Canons.
Tho' news from Kansas possesses features of
unusual interest. The inauguration of the new
Free-State Government was quietly accom
plished on the 4th inst. CHARLES Romxsox
was sworn in as Governor, and W. T. ROBERTS:
took the oath as Lieutenant. Governor of the
State. The Legislature was duly organized ;
Lieut. Gov. Rounirrs presiding in the Senate,
and T. A. MIXATID being elected Speaker of the
House. Governor Romxsox deliYered a brief
inaugural Address upon taking the-oath of of
fice, and afterwards sent in his first Message.
MIA RolinnT K Lon has received the appoint
ment by the Governor, of Secretary of State,
in the absence of P. C. SCIIETLE, and hr
I - 7V(STF.ItS MUST i u ABLE TO P,DAD AND
WIOTE.—The. MDSIICIIUSCUS House have passed
by just the requisite two-thirds vote one of the
new amendments of the Constitution, which
originated in the Senate at this session—that
which provides that any person who deSires to
exercise the' right of suffrage in that Common
wealth, shall be able to read and write, unless
prevented by physical disability.
[I:7 < WALNEAt AND VierrottiA,—A respectable
ship owner has assured the New York Journal
of Cwitincrec that he is in possession of evidence
going to prove that the government of Presi
dent WALsztt, of Nicaragua, has been recog
nized by Great Britain, which has likewise
concluded with his representative at the Court
of St. James a treaty consenting that the Mos
quito territory be annexed to the Nicaragua. re
public. If WALKER receives the cold shoulder
from his brother Jonathan, he. is right in malt
ing friends with his old father John Bull.
Ea'TIIIC MISSING ST EAMSI 7 IP.—Nothing has
yet been heard of the steamship Pacific, and it
now seems probable that she went down with
all on board. The only hope remaining is that
she may have put in at Azores Islands. More
than fifty sailing vessels, of an aggregate of
0,000 tons, are now overdue at this port from
Europe. Some of them have been out over
three months. •
13:7..W ha tis it that you must keep after you
have given - to another ? Your word. •
[ilt is said that 300 slaves have escaped by
crossing the Ohio River on the ice, within the
last uionth.
Doings in Congross. — •
KANSAS ArpArns.--In the H. S. Senate, last
Monday, Mr. Honglass, from the Committed
on Territories, reported a bill authorizing tho
people of Kansas to form a Constitution for a
State government, - preparitory to admission
into the Union when the territory may have the
requisite population.
In the House, on Wednesday, a resolution
was adopted by a vote of yeas 101, nays 92:,
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providing for the appointment of a Committee
of three members of the House to proceed to
Kansas to collect evidence in regard to' the
troubles in Kansas generally, and particularly
in regard to any fraud or force attempted or
11-Wito wom.n swallow Croton Oil, Calo
mel, or other hurtful and dangerous drugs, if
they knew it. There is little use of sugaring it
; over in order to get it taken. The fatal poison,
as from the bite of a venomous snake, steabi
through every avenue of life, and mingles with
blood before the eff...ct is felt. Therefore, all
should be careful to procure Dr. L. B. Wright's
" Liquid Cathartic." Besides being entirely v 3
getable and wholesome, it is pleasant, without
containing one grain of Calomel or other dan
gerous compound. ft is the hest and most
pleasant Family Physic and Alterative in the
world. We except none. Purchase without
delay, and never he a moment without It. See
advertisement.
sObri nub enbri.
fIJ "Chore
are seventy-six thousand barna in
Massachusetts.
lingering.—Winter in the lap of
spring, and the chap who has been courting for
twelve or fifteen years, in the lap of his girl.
Robert Schuyler, the New York
I defaulter. Re died at Nice under the name of
Robert Sears,
13".:1 Yankee has invented a plague which
kills off nil who do not pay the printer. It is
more destructive than the consumption.
f - A. paddy writing from the west, says
pork is plenty ; that every third man you meet
is a hog.
ri - One man in Philadelphia holds a million
of dollars of the Tekan bonds, soon to be paid,
which he bought of the U. S. bask at the rate
of 15 cents to the dollar.
I:a - "It is said that Barnum, notwithstanding
his failure, has secured $150,000 in such a
manner that none of his creditors can touch it.
Poor Barnum !
BC7'The tax levy in Philadelphia for city
purposes has been fixed at $1,90 in the $lOO.
This is a higher rate than property-holders aro
usually required to pay. •
g7'lt is reported that the city of Jeddo, in.
Japan, was destroyed by an earthquake, No
vember 11th, by which. 100,000 houses wero
demolished and 20,000 lives lost.
GC)=A. country editor thinks that Columbus
is not entitled to much credit for discovering
America, as the country is so largo he could•
not have missed it.
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•Or DESIRMILII.—FIour is coming down a lite
tle.• We hope it will get low enough for poor
people like editors and printers to get hold of
a barrel.
O;7 * THORATE OF or:mos.—An editor in lowa
has become so hollow from depending upon the
printing business alonelor bread, that ho pro-
poses to sell himself for a stove pipe.
IloG.—The carcass of a hog,.
weighing 1040 pounds, and measuring nine feet
two inches in length, seven feet four inches
girth, has been on exhibition at a market in
ltondout, Isiew York, according to the Courier
of that place.
07} verything costa in New York—even s
snow storm. The expenso of loading and:cart
ing the snow from that portion of Broadway,
between Libertpstreet and Bowling Green, was
$O5O, or about $9O per (abort) block. Eigh.
teen hundred and sixty cart loads were takes ,
away in • that distance.
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