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AILENTOWN; PA.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1856.
C. F. lIAINES, EDITOR
D:7LosT--L-yesterday, a gold medallion Watcb
Key, with two likenesses. It was a valued
gift from a friend; and the finder will ho suita
bly rewarded by leaving it at our office.
Final Adjournment
Both branches of the State Legislature have
agreed to adjourn on Tuesday, the 22nd inst.
There is little business of importance now un
der consideration.
Tlio 'Crops
Lehigh County from present indications, will
produce bountiful crops. Notwithstanding the
severity of the winter, we are told grain pre.
Bents an universal promising appearance--es
pecially where the fields have been covered with
a thick covering of snow. Exchanges from
Kentucky, Indiana, and Southern Ohio, also
speak quite hopefully of a plentiful harvest.
The Hausman Robbery,—Arrest of the Thief,—
"Appearances are Deceptive."
Immediately after the bold and daring rob
bery of Mr. Solomon Hausman, of $OOO, at
George's Hotel, in this borough, the particulars
of which we gave in our last, suspicion rested i
with much appearance of certainty on PENN-
ROSE F. EISENBRAEN, the junior partner of the
firm of Eisenbraun S. Co., manufacturers of
tombstones and dealers in Marble. He Was a
boarder at the same house, and although a
sharp look-out was kept on his movements,
nothing could be discovered until on Thursday
evening, about 11 o'clock, it was found out
that he intended to go to Philadelphia the fol
lowing morning. Warrants for his arrest were
thereupon immediately got out and placed in
the hands of officers ilankey and Yingling,
with instructions to arrest him at the Depot in
the morning, as it was believed he would then
have the money about his person, if suspicion
had been correctly placed. - Officer Hankey,
however, acting up to the old saying that " the
early bird feeds on the worm," laid low for his
object at Bachman's corner, on Market Square,
where he made the arrest at about half-past
five. When the officer tapped him on the
shoulder he apparently took the matter as a
joke, but on being taken inside the lintel, the
warrant was read to him, and the officer then
telling him he wanted to make a search, he be
came agitated, but very willingly pulled out
his pocket-book, which was examined but none
of the missing money found. The officer him
self then reached in the pocket and pulled out
a lot of bills, tied together, which on exami
nation proved to be part of the stolen mo
ney—six $5O and one $lOO bill on the Reading
Bank. He was thereupon taken before JOHN
F. Runs, Esq., for examination, whO having
paid the money over to Mr. Hausman the day
previous to its being stolen, immediately recog
nized it, and on telling the prisoner so, he con
fessed the robbery, and commenced crying bit
terly. He produced a key to a trunk in his
room, tthere he said the officers could find Mr.
IL's pocket-book and papers. In default of
bail, ho was committed to prison until next
Court.
This robbery and arrest caused an unusual
excitement in our midst, and although the pri
soner bore a pretty good reputation heretofore,
but few people sympathise with his misfortune,
and it is perhaps well they do not, for the sooner
our community is ridded of such a scamp, the
better. It is right and proper to deal gently
with the erring, and particularly so, when they
are led into crime by ignorance, neglect and bad
example. - But in such cases as this, where the
offender is such an outs ight hypocrite, it is bad
policy to show mercy. Ho enjoys an excellent
education, is a master mechanic, was establish
ed in a good bushiess, and had before him
naught but success and prosperity. And more
over, he was able to distinguish between right
and wrong, about as well as the next person,
as he not unfrequently,lf an opportunity offered
itself, officiated as a religious mentor, ofiering
prayer in behalf of those around him, Ro. " Oh,
thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine
own eye and then thou may'st see to take the
mote out of thy brother's eye."' With this
garb of mock-modesty around him, he was
looked upon by many with a favorable eye, but
this act coming to light illustrates to them that
"a , sea • • , • . "
Oraham'e lag
Graham's Magazine for April is on our tabl
and wo must say that it still holds its own
among the leading Magazines of tho day. We
recommend it to those who want a good Maga
zine. This number cornea richly embellished
with fine engravings, and good instructive read
ing.
Enoourago your own Moohanics.
Tithe citizens of any town do not encourage
their own mechanics, that town will not be 1
prosperous. Every article that is manufactured
at home should be purchased there and not
abroad. If you send to other
. towns for your
shoes, your hats, your clothes, your furniture,
&c.; when you can get these articles just as
good at your own door, you are lending a hand
to a system of trade, which if carried out, will
prostrate your own mechanics, your own mer
chants, your own schoolhouses and churches,
and destroy even yourself.
Whenever you purchase an article abroad,
which you can have made at home just as well,
you do a great wrong to your own town. You
take the money which you pay for that article
from your own , meehanics, and givo it to the
support of mechanics residing elsewhere. You
contribute to the prosperity of strangers, that
which you refuse to contribute to the prosper
ity of the 'town in which you live. You may .
think you are putting a penny in your own
pocket, but in fact you are taking several out
of your neighbor's pockets, and in the end out
of your own. You are not a good citizen.
If you purchase at home those articles which
your mechanics make as good as you can get
elsewhere your mechanics will become prosper
ous and wealthy. They will build churches
and schoolhouses in your town ; they will edu
cate their children—the social virtues will
predominate, and society will become of a high
order. They will bring all the late improve
ments in the sciences to your door ; they will
create a market for the produce of your farms ;
they will change the whole character of things
about them.
If our citizens will pay more attention to
these matters, they will soon see the.result.—
Things made at home are just as servicalle as
those made abroad, and we say to every man
that has a piece of work to do, look about you
and see if you have not a neighbor who can do
it, and if you have, employ him. He will re
turn the kindness, and you will soon sec the
advantage•to yourself and others.
A Now Mill
The Allentown Water Company last week
placed a strong force of men on the work of
demolishing the old Mill on the other side of the
Little Lehigh, on the site of which the said Com
pany in tend erecting a new one, of the first
class, with all the improved machinery. It is
to be completed as soon as possible.
Railroad Accident
On Friday morning an accident occurred on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, below South Eas
ton, in consequence of a collission of the gravel
and coal trains, by which some of the cars were
thrown off the track, and two men severely in
jured—one having one and the other both legs
broken. The latter has since died from the
effects of his injuries.
Methodist Conferonco.
The annual Conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church; held its sessions in Philadelphia
last week. Among its proceedings we observe
the following appointments in the North Phila
delphia District for the ensuing year. The
friends of the Rev. Mr. Hobbs will be pleased
to learn that he will remain at this place an
other year.
North Philadelphia District.---Allentown and
Bethlehem, 11. A. Hobbs ; Easton, W. Bishop ;
South Easton, W. B. Wood ; Richmond, North
ampton Co., E. Townsend ; Stroudsburg, J. E.
Meredith ; Doylestown, Noble Frame ; New
town, J. Irwin and W. Smith.
Slatington, in this County, but Rending Dis
trict, is not yet supplied. This Conference
comprises six districts and about two hundred
ministers. The number of white members of
the church represented by the Conference is
40,336, being a decrease of 530 compared with
the returns of last year.
RD .- Within the last few months some mean,
dirty, thieving rascal stole a "composing stick"
out of our office, which fact was not discovered
until lately. It was uMloubtedly done by a
printer, and we are sorry that he does not strive
to find More honorable employment for his hands
and bruins, if he has any, and if he has, it is a
pity that he applies them to such base purposes.
We think the fellow who done it would be mean
enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes-,
and that he is in a fair - and speedy way of man
ufacturing himself into a piece of furnittire for
_the Penitentiary.
Tho Next Agricultural Fair
is to commence on the 30th of September and
continue on the Ist, 2d and 3d of October. This
then in our opinion,. is the very time to begin
preparations therefor. If the people, and es
pecially the farmers and mechanics will only
bear this in mind, and conduct their business
tiring the intervening time with reference to it,
there is no question but the next exhibition
will be as brilliant as any may dare to hope.
There is scarcely a single farm in the County
tn which sonic article may not be produced
, hich would be worthy of exhibition, and the
humblest or most delicate ,hands can prepare
some useful or curious fabric to be exhibited.
An Enterprising Man
Our friend STOPP, in West Ilatnilton street,
lately opened his new Store, and we must say
that the taste and liberality displayed in its
construction is worthy of credit. It is an or
nament to that part of the town, and it is only
a pity that some of our other merchants are so
backward in such matters. Stopp however not
only delights in, making a fine outside show,
but also in selling cheap goods. • lle is a very
pleasant gentleman to deal with, always oblig
ing and trustworthy. 110 has a fine lot of
goods, and with his clover assistants it in his
element at present, keeping yard-stick and scis
sors continually busy.
DJ The Spaniards say—" At eighteen marry
your daughter to her superior, at twenty to her
equal; at thirty to anybody who will have her."
THE LEHIGH REGISTER, APRIL 16, 1856.
L m , , , Aw.l
ls, on the Belvidere Bank, New Jersey—pho
tograph—viz, female, sheaves of grain, trait' of
cars, Sec.—Goddess of Liberty on right end.
10s, on the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank,
Middletown Point, N. J., altered from is—Vig.
boys catching a horse.
ss, on the llunterdon Co. Bank, N. J., altered
from is—Vig. State arms—Washington on left
end-rail cars between signatures.
ss, on the Morris Co. Bank, Morristown, N.
J., altered from ls•—Vig. two horses before
plow, house in distancefetuale on right end
—cattle scene on left lower corner.
1: - "Congress is dragging along with the work
before it at quite a snail's pace. The Kansas
Commitee has started for that territory with
secretaries, phonographers and Sergeant at
arms. It will be some months before its labors
in that region will be completed. It is a no
ticeable fact, also, that Mr. Oliver, of Mo., who
is the champion of the Border Ruffians, started
some days in advance of the other members of
the Committee. Was it to prepare the Ruffians
for the crisis, to • buy up witnesses, or what?
It is certainly a very suspicious looking move
ment until properly explained.
Agricultural Meeting
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Lehigh County Agricultural Society was held at
the public, house of John Y. Bechtel, in Allen
town, on Saturday the 12th inst.
President 11. J. Schantz, in the Chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and adopted.
The President reported the following persons
to serve as a Committee of Arrangement tier the
Floral Exhibition to be held in June wtpli :
Hon. Jacob Erdman, Saucon ; John Gross,
Salsburg ; Owen Schreiber, North Whitehall,
Paul Balliet, do ;C. Pretz, Allentown Charles
Seagreaves, do : M. D. Eberhard, do ; C. ILI
Martin, do ; Dr. J. P. Barnes, do ; Jonathan'
Reichard, do.
tiaid Committee to meet on the 10th of May,
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of J.
Y. Bechtel, in Allentown, to attend to the du
ties of their appointment.
The committee to make loans for improve
ments, reported that they made the first loan of
$5OO.
The committee to consult Mr. Wickes in re
lation to his Black Hawk Stud Horse, report
that they have consulted with him, and that he
agreed to come to Allentown with said horse on
the 20th of April next.
Resolved, That said Committc publish said
Horse at the expense of the Society.
Resolved, That the Secretary send special
notice to the Committee of Arrangement of
their time of meeting. ,
Proceedings of Court
Court convened on Monday the 7th of April.
Charles Peter, of Washington . township, was
selected foreman of the Grand Jury. A large
number of criminal cases were returned to the
District Attorney, but few were tried, most of
them having been settled or continued to neS:
sessions. The following were tried :
Commonwealth is. Elias Leser.—indictment
for obtaining a watch from John George Fra
lich, under false pretences. It appeared the
prosecutor, a young German buy of 15 years ofj
age, met Leser on the public road in Weisen
burg township. The boy said he wanted a 1
place to work ; Leser said he would get him a
place, if he would give him his watch. The
boy did so, but alleged that Leser did not get i
him a place: Leger sent a watch back to the boy
afterwards. which he said was the same ; but
the boy rufused to take it and said it was not his
watch. The evidence was conflicting somewhat
as to what Leser agreed to do. Verdict guilty.
Gibons and Stiles for commonwealth ; Marx for
defendant.
Commonwealth vs. Peter Stecker.--Indict
ment for the larceny of a $5 note and a dollar
in silver, the property cf Julin Mock. It ap
peared Mock went to the house of Stecker, in
Salisbury township, and enquired about renting
a house. They went together to a,Livern near
by and drank' together a few times ; Mock re
'turning with Stecker, stayed all night at his
house. Early in the morning Mock missed his
money, and had suspicion that Stccker stole it.
Upon inquiry he found that Stecker bad pass
ed the note ofl' to Daniel Ritter, in Allentown.
Verdict guilty.. Sentenced to 15 days imprison
ment. Stiles for commonwealth ; Forest for
defendant.
Commonwealth vs. Jacob Roth.—lndictment
fur selling liquor to Charles Ritter, an intem
perate person, &c. Roth keeps tavern in North
'Whitehall, and it was alleged sold liquor to Rit
t r after notice not to do so, and that lie sold
it to . Ritter when he knew he was an intemper
ate person, and sold it also to him when lie was
intoxicated. It was proved that Ritter was a
man of intemperate habits; that Ritter gave
Roth notice not to sell him liquor, and that he
got liquor there when he was intoxicated.--
Roth denied the selling by himself, and alleged
if ho got it, it was given to him by his bar keep
er, and he also alleged Ritter was not a drun
ken man. A large number of witnesses were
examined. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to 10
days imprisonment and $lO fine and costs:
Stiles for Comthonwealth ; Bridges for defend
ant.
Commonwealth vs. Henry Hoffman.—lndict
ment for Peddling goods, &c. Hoffman .sold a
gold finger ring to one Hower, and offered to
sell him watch chains. It was also proved
that his business was that of a pedlar at retail.
Verdict guilty. Sentenced to $5O fine and
costs. Stiles for commonwealth ; Marx for
defendant. •
Commonwealth vs. Daniel Pried.—Selling
liquor on.Sunday r &c. A true bill returned by
tho Grand Jury. Defendant being called did
not answer. Recognizance forfeited.
Tho argument lists were disposed of, and the
court adjourned on Thursday.
4111 IN
Congress.
Railroad Law
In a trial at Harrisburg, in the case of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, sued for inju
ries sustained by a person who ran his wagon
in the way of a coming train, the Court charg—
ed that if by the Exercise of ordinary skill and
care the plaintiff could have avoided the injury
he received, or if his conduct contributed ..to
produce it, he is not entitled to recover, even
though the defendant was also guilty of negli
: gencp., Whilst it is right and proper for the
Company to give warning at the crossings of
the approach of a train, it is also the duty of a
traveller to use proper caution before attempt
ing to cross the track. This is a good law, and
good sound common sense. Carefulness in in
dividunls travelling in the vicinity of railroads
is jest as necessary as in the employees of the
Company. It is not the property of a railroad
only which is liable to injury by an individual
driving across a track in front of the train, but
the life of every passenger is involved. There
fore, the public policy is to condemn careless
ness in every quarter liable to produce such
mischief, and not let it take advantage of its
own wrong, by giving it damages for injuries
partly of its own causing.
Emigrants for Balsas
A company of one hundred snd thirty per
sons from the States of South Carolina, Georgia!
and Alabama, are en route to Kansas. On the
3d inst., they experienced at Columbus, Ga.,
a military reception, speeches, &c., and on the!
4th they departed by railroad, the company
having given them a free passage.
Apropos of Kansas ailltirs, we observe that at ;
a recent Kansas meeting in Columbia, S. C.
letters were read from Atchison, saying.
among other things, " it is understood by all
parties, that the fight will begin in the Spring ;
that he had at any moment the power to bring I
about a civil war ; that their organization is
complete ; that they have taken steps to pro-
vidp for those who come into the Territory
without means of support." Mr. Tradewell
made the principal speech, and regarded the
Kansas quarrel as the most hopeful means of
bringing about the dissolution of the Union,
which he avowed was his object, as he believed
I it to be Mr. Atchison's ; but he said :
" There is no chance on the earth for the
South when it comes to votes. The only
chance is to assist Gen. Atchison in the way
of men and means for fighting. If there is not
a fight before the meeting of the Convention,
to, prepare a constitution for 'Kansas, the Union
will be preserved."
A Long Train
A train of about fifty cars loaded with coal
passed over the Lehigh Valley Railroad down
from the mines on Friday. They are.driving a
pretty heavy business in coal over the Lehigh
Valley Road at present—as much as can be
done, with a single track, which is all they
have. When canal navigation opens, the coal
business, which can then be carried on by rail
road and canal, will be very extensive. The
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, will no
doubt, before long, find it necessary to lay an
other track, so as to be able to meet the increas
ed demands which doubtless will be made for
coal from the mines in this section of country.
We expect a busy summer for coal transpor
ters. A branch from the Railroad, at the cast
end of the bridge over the Delaware, at this
place, is now being laid around the bluff of
Philipsburg, which, when finished, will enable
them to carry coal to a point on the Morris
Canal where boats can be loaded with the great
est ease and convenience. The distance from
where the branch track leads off from the main
road to where Morris Carnal boats arc supplied
is only about a quarter of a mile.--Easton
WIZ
Fire nt Philqdelphia
A destructive fire occurred at Philadelphia
early on Friday morning,. It broke out in the
upper part of the Artisans' building, a vast es
tablishment, five stories in height, forming a
hollow Frynare in the rear of Chestnut and Fourth
streets, occupied by various branches of man
ufacture, which, together with nearly 'all the
contents, was entirely destroyed. Every par•
of the building was tenanted by workshops,
with valuable machinery driven by an eighty
horse_power engine in the basement. The
rear o} the United States Hotel oa .Chestnut
street 'adjoined the building, and its destruc
tion seemed inevitable. The boarders took
alarm and fled for safety, but the damage to
the building from fire was very slight. It was,
however, flooded with water.
The Artisans' Building was occupied by
Safnuel Aikens, electro plUte guilder ; P. S.
Duval, lithographer ; George 1 teppard, jewel
ler ; Gaskill, bookbinder ; Nathan E Morgan,
spectacle•maker ; 0. W. Simmons, pencil-case
maker ; Messrs. Kite & Walton, book printers,
and others.
The entire loss is stated at 5250,000. The
loss of Mr. Duval alone is stated at nearly one
half die amount. lle had forty steam presses
and an immense stock of stones, &c., including
the lithographs of Commodore Perry'S japan
Expedition for the government, and plates
worth 510,000, all complete and ready to sent
off.
• [a'S'ilocKlNG Occunamen.--On last Thurs
day night, about 10 o'clock, a man went to
Mr. Oberhaltz's,, in Warwick township, Lan-
Taster county, Pa., knocked at his bed room
window, and calling him by his name, deman
ded fifty dollars of money in a hurry, or ho
would set Mr. O's house anti barn on fire.
Mr. 0. did not do as requested, and the barn
was soon all in flames. It contained forty-sev
en head of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. Not
one head was saved. The family did not dare
to go out to Save their stock on_account of the
• burglars. A man, after the fire was over, was
found under the foreshot of the barn, burned so
badly that ho could not be recognized. How
he came there nobody knowq.Lancaster paper.
A Shocking Soono in the Wost
We have already alluded to the murder of
Captain E. Stevens, of the Ohio Belle, by a
man named Jones. Tho Memphis News gives
the sequel to this terrible tragedy, Tho details
are truly awful, and well calculated to cause
a thrill of horror. Such atrocities cannot but
damage the national reputation, and induce the
belief that in some portions of the Union mad
ness rules the hour. The News, alluding to
Jones, the alleged murderer, says :
lie was taken abaft the shift and lashed to a
stancheon, commencing with the rope at his
feet, and winding it around his body in contin
uous folds until it reached his neck where it
was drawn very tight. It was then' passed
around his head and across his mouth so tight
that it stretched the corners of his mouth back
considerably, cutting them so that the blood
ran down his jaws ; and leaving him in the
greatest agony. A lady, hearing of the manner
in which he was being treated, went below,
and begged them, for Coda sake, not to treat a
human being in such a manner. At her solici
tation
he was released, and bound fast in an
arm-chair, and the chair bound to the stancheon
by a dillerent rope. In this situation he was i
left. In the mean-time a cabin passenger was
making himself conspicuous by boasting that in
California he had helped to hang over fifty per
sons—that he had hung men for as low as five
, dollars—and if they would give him a chance
• he " would soon dispose of that scoundrel."
A short time afterwards this " hangman extra
ordinary" and a friend were missing, and soon
after our informant heard a splash. lie and
SOITIC, other passenger then went below to see
the prisoner, but when they had gone aft they
found the rope that bound the chair cut, and
the man and chair both gone.. His fate can
well be imagined. While hound in the chair
he.acknowledged that' he had:done wrong, and
said that all he wanted was to be placed ,in
jail and allowed a fair trial, and if the law hung
him he was willing to die. lie said he was the
son of a planter, living near Raleigh in .this
State, and that he 'had been forced to leave
home on account of a warrent having been issu
ed for his arrest for having threatened to shoot
a man. Thus has ended a double tragedy. the
primary cause of which may be attributed to
An Unfortunate Traveler
A Mr. Watson. of St. Louis, commenced an
unfortunate career of railroad travel last sum
mer, at the time of the Gasconade disaster, at
which time he nearly lost his life. Scarcely
had he recovered from the injuries then receiv•
ed, when he again narrowly escaped death,
from an accident which occurred to the train
while he was coming east. He was laid up
some months at the ( tirard House, Philadelphia,
on account of the injuries received. As soon
as sufficiently recovered, he took passage for
Pittsburg. Some gentlemen who intended to
go in the same direction, purposely delayed
their departure, in order to avoid participating
in his apprehended misfortunes. But as it sin
gularly occurred, Mr. Watson's train met with
an accident after proceeding a few miles, slight
indeed, but sufficient to detain the train for
several hours ; and before arriving at Harris ,
burg, a second accident occurred, with a deter) :
lion of twenty-four hours. In the meantime.
the cautious gentlemen before alluded to, pur
suing their journey, overtook Mr. W., and un
willingly got on the same, train, for Pittsburg.
Before reaching its destination, however, the
fated train was thrown entirely from the track
by the breaking of a wheel. The passengers
alighted, and greatly to their consternation,
found that Mr. W. (Jonah) was' on board.
Thereupon the whole company became greatly
exasperated, and respectfully informed the con
; dilator that it would be utterly impossible to
proceed in his company. Our informant states
that Mr. W. has succeeded in reaching Pittsburg
and is recovering from his contusions, at the
Monongahela House. Mr. W. declares that,
once more at hoino, he will remain 'there.—X.
Journal.
Tax I'ROSPECT;3 ur• WA Mint- —The New
York Daily Courier says that private accounts
brought by passengers, repreScnt that there
has been great mortality among the recruits of I
Gen. Walker's army, who went from the north
ern part of the 'United States. Many die daily.'
while those who survive are emaciated and en
feebled to a sad degree. Numbers are without'
boots and shoes, and other comfortable cloth
ing. The officers try to keep up appearances
and their 'own courage ; but 'the privates si•e
quite dispirited, and complain loudly. They
are unable to get their pay. 'Walker presses)
men into his service for the slightest pretext.
It is also stated that the Costa Rica army is
officered by English and Irish-who have seen
service, and includes many European troops.—'
Nevertheless, the adherents of Walker were
confident of his success over his enemies. Tho
appearance of his troops Was not such as to in
duce
impartial minds to share this confidence.
It was thought ho must be driven from the
country. The natives of Nicaragua were held
in strict suhjection, but did not conceal their
hatred of Walker and his followers..
1:0 --- GrrrA PuncutA.--Among the latest and
most valuable uses to which gutta percha has
been successfully applied is for dental purposes,
replacing metal 'in putting in sets or parts of
sets of teeth. Instead of gold or silver plate,
gutta percha is used and found to work well,
being Of an elastic nature and fitting more rea
dily to the mouth and gum, working its way up
as the gum recedes.
FURTHER NEWS.—Costa Rica, having no de
sire to bo
.ruled by a filibuster, as Nicaragua
now is, has declared war upon. the latter gov
ernment. Walker has mustered his forces,
about six hundred men, and marched against
his new enemy. This is rather a small army
to effect much, and as the steamers have stop
ped running to Nicaragua, the.chances of any
accessions to his numbers aro not promising.
The Chemistry of Food
Liebig hasbeen lecturing recently at Munich,
the capitol of Bavaria, upon the chemistry of
food. A correspondent of the New York Tri
bune furnishes the following abstract of veiws
of the great chemist in regard to the particular
merits of beer ;
Beer is worthless for the formation of blood;
it is of value only to support respiration and
warmth. The nitrogen portion of the barley
becomes soluble in brewing, passes off in the
sweet beer, and - is separated partly.by boiling
and partly by fomentation. A little of the
dregs remain; the brewer makes it as little as
possible, or else the bear sours. A chemist at
Munich eleven years ago asserted that our
brown beer contained gum, two grains to the
quart. Throwing out of account the nitrogen
which appears in beer in the form of ammoni
a cal salts, and, estimating only that which is
present as gum, a man who drinks eleven pints
per day would get no more gum in a whole
i year than a five pound loaf of bread furnishes.
Beer serves to make people fat who aro thin in
flesh, it has the same effect as starch in bread.
It has its value in supplying. warmth, but not
in the formation of blood. It has its use also
as a means of enjoyment and as a stimulant to.
I the nerves ; but that does not come into the
I account of chemistry ; chemically the 'use of
meat may be recommended with bread instead
of bcer. Liebig, intimated in conclusion, that
the host proportions of food for use were one of
nitrogen to three of carbon--the proportions in
women's milk.
TRE NEW YORK TRIRUNE.—This well
known establishment now issues three distinct
papers, namely, the Dnily, Semi-Weekly and the
Weekly. The combined circulation is said to
be shout .220,000, of which, the weekly contri
butes the largest figure, being about IGO,OOO.
It circulates all over the country, but most
largely in New England, New York, Northern
Pennsylvania and in the Western States. The
proprietors formerly charged 50 cents per line
for advertisements in the weekly for every in
sertion, without regard to the length of adver
tisement. Some time ago, finding that advertise
ments were pressing upon them, they raised
the price to 75 cents per line, and even at this
rate they found it necessary, last week to an
nounce that they have raised the price to ono
dollar for ealh line, that they prefer Short cards
to long ones, and would be glad if the enhance
ment would impel their patrons to study brevi
ty in their announcements.
A " FAST" YOUTlL—Special officer Cal
lahan last evening received a telegraphic dis
patch from a Mr. Lippincott, at Easton, stating
that n boy named Jacob Crouse, had stolen one
hundred and seventy-five dollars, and started in
the cars to this city. Mr. Callahan repaired to
Walnut street wharf, and reached there jnst in
time to take into custody the youth referred to.
The prisoner is a rustic looking shaver, twelve
y cars of age, who was evidently fixed up for tt
.spree. Upon searching his pocket', a wallet
containing two hundred and forty4wo dollars
was found—a pretty substantial looking "pile'
for so young a poSsessor. The youngster did
not seem at all disconcerted at finding himself
in custody, and evinced much shrewdness by
professing to know nothing when questioned
concerning the money and his movements in
respect to it. Tho " fast" youth was detained
until the people at Easton' area heard further
from.—Phi/a. Di.cpatch of the Gllt inst.
As Tmstexsu Cia.ktx WAIIIIIIOUSE.—The MM.
moth grain warehouse on the grounds of the
Illinois Central Railroad depot at Chicago, is
now nearly completed. On Monday the 31st
inst., the first grain was received into it and el
evated. The building is 206 feet long, 102 feet
wide, and 105 from the grolind to the comb of
the roof. its present capacity for grain above
the first story, which is .fourteen feet high, is
050,000 lyushel, and if desired, the bins can
be run still higher, increasing their capacity to
700.000 bushels. The bins arc 153 in number,
and foil.y-six feet deep. There are eleven sets
of elevators to take grain from the cars, and
distribute it over the building. The engine
which drives the elevators is of ono hundred
horse power. The building was erected by
Messrs. Sturges, Buckingham 8: Co., at an
expense of nearly, $160.000.
[ - •"Nr.WSP A PER FOLDING MACHINE. -WO
have recently added to the machinery in our
office a folding machine, manufactured by S.
Weeks, of Columbus, Ohio. It is a great saving
of time, labor and expense. It enables us to
dispense with the services and annoyance of a
number of boys, that were hitherto required to
fold our paper. The folding is done more neat
ly, accurately, and with greater uniformity
than it can be done by hands. The machine
is compact, simple, and substantially made.
The entire frame work is of iron, the rollers of
wood. It can be regulated so as to fold them
.at the rate of 2,700 per hour. Every newspaper
having a large circulation would find ono of
these machines very economical.—Louisville
Journal.
1;•" - Kto (Thor ss.—Most of the French Kid
gloves that we buy are made of rat skins!—
Just think of that, ladies. You who scream
and almost faint at the sight of a rat, feel proud
to draw his skin over your little white hands,
thinking they aro still prettier with 'Such a cov
ering. Rat skins aro getting scarce in• Paris,
consequently kid gloves, are on the rise. It
would't be a bad speculation for some Yankee
to collect a cargo of rats skins, send them to
Paris and receive in return a cargo of kid
_lov,
6:7A Mon 111. ex DEAD.—The Will of the late
Nelson Robinson, of New-York, leaves to his
two sons by his first wife, about 200,000 each ;
and to his three sons by his second wife, about
$60,000 each. To his mother and one of his
brothers he gives $20,000 each ; and $lO,OOO
each to the remainder of his relatives. His
whole estate is worth net far from $BOO,OOO. .