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ik LENTOWN, PA.
IVEDIsiESDAYi APRIL 30, 1850
/ O. P. MINES, EDITOR
[l:7The " Circassian'War Song," by" Flo
rence Cathay;" was unavoidably crowded out
this 'week.
Allentown—Ms Improvements.
We like to see people contented and happy,
and we like to bear them speak hopefully and
admiringly of their own homes. We know I
those who deprive themselves of one half of
the happiness of their lives, by indulging in a
restless complaining spirit. They never find
the best place—their home is never half so
good as some spot at a distanCe—they find this
and that thing to complain of, while some im
aginary Eden away off, they know not where,
is ever dancing before their mind's eye, and
leading them onward—but their Eden is not
found, until they eventually return to the place
they first left, and with which they were so
dissatisfied. Such people never make good, or
rather useful citizens, for they never find the
place that is worth improving to any extent.—
But we are running beyond our intent, as we
started with the idea of saying a little some
thing about our town and its improvements.
Allentown .is situated picturesquely,=the
scenery around being beautiful and lovely in
the extreme, and to strangers hardly ever fails
to render feelings of satisfaction. We are nev
er visited with pestilential diseases, as many
of the other inland towns have been of late
years, but our atmosphere is pure and invig
orating, and health prevails at all seasons of
the year. The town is watered from one Of
the largest and most beautiful springs in the
State, with water pure and limpid as crystal.
The numerous beautiful gardens, with their
varied fruit trees and shrubbery, just put
ting forth their tiny leaflets and swelling buds,
and which in a week or so, when in blos
som, will render the air pregnant with an odor
iferous scent, greatly serve to beautify the place.
On going to the out-skirts of the town, you can
behold in the distance the numerous grain fields
just starting into verdancy, -with the welcome
promise of a bountiful yield the coming bar
vest,—and the broad grass fields, so nicely
dresSed in their, fresh green robes, looking
smooth and bright enough for the dancing-green
of all the fairies and nymphs of heathen lore.
These are a few of the prominent points of our
town. If fairer or more prominent are to be
found we have not seen them, and so well sat
isfied aro we that we care but little about see
ing them.
Tho other day we availed ourself of a spare
hour and took a stroll through some of our
principal-streets. As we sauntered along, we
were convinced that the spirit of enterprise had
taken a strong hold among our citizens.—
.verywhere can be teen the busy hum of active
life. More new buildings will be erected this
summer, than there have in any heretofore.—
Numerous old•fashioned structures have been
demolished to giVe place to large and beautiful
new buildings, some of which will be ornaments
to the town.
Our town shows evidence that railroads are
advantageous. Look, if you will, at the im
provements that have been made, and can be
seen in every direction, since first the railroad
was completed to this place. It shows indeed
a strong contrast 'with " days gone by."—
Property has greatly enhanced in value, and
business generally has greatly increased.—
Town lots now sell at treble their value a year
ago. And how business-like it sounds to hear
the snottitig and shrieks of the." iron horse"
as ho plunges by the foot of our town.
EOM
On Saturday evening last a stable belonging
to Mr. GEORGE MGERIDE, ill South 'Whitehall
township, this county, was destroyed by fire,
together with a quantity of hay, straw, &c.—
,The fire commenced in a wagon load of straw
which stood alongside the stable, and is sup
posed to have originated frorria segar used by
a German who assisted in hauling the straw.—
Loss $3OO ; no insurance.
Kutztown Battalion.
This great affair, which becomes more popu
tiler each succeeding year, is announced to
come oft on Friday the 16th of May. A strong
turn-out of. lads and lassies may confidently
ba ,expected, and cat-gut, small-beer and gin
ger-bread will have to sufrer " some," unless
we are greatly mistaken. So then, yo lovers
of fun, keep ready for the battalion. •
New Counterfeits on the Easten Bank
Thompson's Counterfeit detector—last issue
—advertises a new counterfeit on the 10's of
the Easton Bank. It is described As a photo
graph from the genuine—vignette, Indian with
paddles-=medallion head eaeli side of vignette
Portrait 0:11p,Oh end-. 10 in the corner. It
Is. said to'be:a difficult matter to distinguish
the counterfbil. from the genuine.
Presidential' Candidatoi.
As the time approaches for nominating Pres
idential candidates by the Democratic and Re
publican parties, the, individuals spoken of for
that position are being brought forward into
broad day-light, their merits discussed and
their .ayailibility, which is an important-point
not to be overlooked, considered.
The'Democratic party is divided in its Choice
for a clindidate. l Those holding offices under
Government very naturally favor the . hand that
feeds them. They, with few exceptions, desire
the re-election of Franklin Pierce. It may be
stated in this connection that Pierce claims a
.re-nomination on the ground that his course on
the Kansas-Nebraska, and other prominent
questions should be indorsed by the democra
cy ; and that if any man is taken from the
North it must, in justice, be himself.• Others,
and a large number of the delegates elected to
the Cincinnati nominating convention, are in
favor of the nomination of James Buchanan.
He has the support of Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey and Maryland, with strength in Michigan,
New York, and New Hampshire. The friends
of Douglass, of Kansas and Nebraska issue,
arc laboring earnestly to secure his nomination.
They will carry the delegation from Illinois,
perhaps Ohio, some others of the Western
States, and hope to bring over n large number
of Southern delegates. Of the three prominent
individualX, we think Buchanan has a good
chance.
The Republicans are equally busy and still
more embarrassed. Mr. Sew tau would un
doubtedly be their first choice :—and his nomi
nation would be a matter of course, but fur the
fact, that in all the Western and tl:o New-Eng
land States the Republican party owes its
strength in a very great degree to its alliance
with Americanism : and Mr. SEWARD took the
precaution at a very early day, to reiterate his
fixed hostility to the principles and policy of
the. American party. It is feared, by many,
that his nomination would repel that party
from the republican ticket and thus, insure its
defeat. Governor ems!: has strong friends in
Ohio, but out of that State the conviction is
general that his nomination would not be pop
ular. It is not at all unlikely that the Re
publicans will find it necessary to do, as all
other parties have been compelled to do,—take
up a new man,—one not identified with the po
litical struggles and animosities of the past.
Foreseeing this necessity, some of them have
been diligently training Col. FREMONT for the
course. It is supposed that 'he would concen
trate the support of the Republicans and North
Americans, and that he would be acceptable as
a candidate to Young America generally. Some
of the Western Republicans arc anxious for the
nomination of Judge Mar.tx ;—while others
at the East pronounce him too old fogyish, and
go in for IlAxxs. The contest will be settled
at Philadelphia on the 17th of June ; and will
probably be somewhat affected by the action
of the Convention of the North Americans, to
be held in New York on the 12,th.
A Miraculous Escape
On Tuesday forenoon of last week, as several
Irishmen were engaged in sinking an ore hole,
in Lower Milford township, this county, an
accident occurred which came near,resulting
fatally. After they had sunk the hole to the
depth of about 20 feet, and while one of the
men was at work in it, a large solid mass of
earth, on one side, slid from its place, and com
pletely covered up the hole, burying the man
under its weight. Immediate iffirts were made
by his comrades to extricate him, and after a
short time they found he was still alive, but
from the peculiar and critical position in which
the mass had fallen, and from fear of throwing
it in still further, it took an hour and a quarter
before he was go
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1:s not much hurt. The mass was
pcifectly solid, and weighed, it supposed, 1500
pounds. In its fall it wedged itself with a
bucket which was being drawn 'up at the time
with earth. This saved him from being crushed
to death.
Drowiictl.
On Saturday morning last, an Irishman,
name unknown, accidentally fill in the canal at
Lanbach's Mill, and was drowned before assist
ance could be rendered. His body was after
wards recovered and sent to his family at the
Clinton Furnace, below Easton.
The Law of Libel.
J. 1 4 1WRF.NCII 'Gz.rz, Esq., the nble editor of
ho Reading Gazette, and represißtative in.
ho Legislature from Berks county, delivered
'apital address in the House on the 17th inst.,
,n the " Bill to amend the Law of Libel."—
We most heartily concur in all the reasonings
and conclusions set forth by him for the pas
sage of a law more favorable to the " freedom
of the press." The bill as it stands below was
subsequently passed by both Houses. Previ
ous to the passage of this bill, the Law of Libel
in this State was very unjust,—" the greater
the truth, the greater the libel,"—the same as
that of England, where it was created to shield
royalty from attack. The following is a copy
of the bill as it passed both branches : •
" That from and after the passage of this
act, on the trial of indictments for writing or
publishing a libel, the truth of the matter
charged as libelous may be given in evidence,
I and if the jury in any such case shall find that
the same was written or published properly
fur public information, and the act was induced
by good motive's and with no malicious intent,
and that the twitter so charged is true, it shall
operate to the acquittal of defendant or de
fendants.
Section 2. That in actions for damages for
the writing or publishing a libel, where the
truth is pleaded and given in evidence, if it be
found that the same was written or published
properly for public•information, and with no
mischievous motives, the jury may find for the
defendant or defendants." •
THE LEHT_GH REGISTER, APRIL 30, 1856.
On Tuesday at 12 o'clock both Houses ad
journed sine die. Before adjourning the Senate
refused to pass the bill repealing the 27th Sec
tion of the new License Law. The Governor
signed a largo number of bills on tholast day
of the Session. Six hundred and seventy-one ,
bills and resolutions have been passed and
signed this session.
Prevknis to adjourning, Mr. Platt, the Spea
ker of the Senate, resigned his chair to give an!
!opportunity to elect a speaker for the recess.
1 The 'Senate proceeded to elect without either!
party making ft caucus nomination. On sec
ond ballot, N. B. BROWNE, Democrat, of Phila
delphia, was elected. The vote stood Browne
117, Wilkins 10, Taggart 3, Jordan 1. Six
Democrats only voted for Mr. Brown, the other
10 voted for Judge Wilkins. The election of
Mr. Brown is a death-blow to the Liquor
League, as he was the leader of the Temper.
. ance forces in the Senate.
On Sunday the 11th of May, the new First
Presbyterian Church, in Catasauqua, will be
consecrated to the worship of God. SeCeral
distinguished clergynien from a distance will
be present. Fee advertisement.
On Thursday evening next an exhibition will
be given in the Odd Fellows' Hall, by the pupils
of the various public schools—admission free.
These exhibitions have been very popular here
tofore, and we have no doubt the coming one
will prove equally interesting. Let it be well
attended.
The advertisement of the Illinois Central
Railroad in our paper last week, (and continued ,)
has no doubt been rend with interest by many
of our subscribers. People of comparatively
small means can easily become large land own
ers, because of the easy payments S:n., and
with energy and industry, in the course of time,
become wealthy. Fol.' the benefit of such St o
give the following additional information, copied
from 4e report of the road in the Tribune of
last Monday :
" The country along the line of the Road is
rapidly filling up, and already fifteen or twenty
flourishing villages and towns have sprung into
existence at points where no population existed
when this road was projected. Other towns
wliich did exist have doubled their population.
The population of the State has increased 250,.
000 since 1850 in the counties adjacent to' the
road, and 5011,000 in the whole State. The de
mand for the lands of the Company has been
unexpectedly large, and the Crpany have
been enabled to obtain a much higher average
than the original schedule. The sales since the
Land Office was opened have reached 528,863
acres, for $5,598,577 ; this is an average of
over $lO 50 per acre, including, 105,601 acres
which the Company sold at $2 50 per acre to
prnemption claimants. The Compuny still own
2,060,176 acres, including some of their best
lands."
The distinguished Pennsylvanian, who hns,
dui ing the last, three years, represented the Gov
ernment of the United States at the Court of
Great Britain, with eminent honor and ability,
returned to his native land on Wednesday, in
the steamship Amp). Ile was greeted with
demonstrations of the highest respect, by the
authorities of New Yotk, as the guest of the
city, and on Thursday received the public con
gratulations of the citizens at the City Ball, im
mense crowds-of whom flocked to the place to
give a cordial wcleome home to the venerable
statesman, Whose long and brilliant rnibljez: t i":"
reer lies ni . a.de hilu_ttip.sl4 3 g:4l .to whole na
tion's regard and ridmiration.
range as it inn
As soon as the steamer was moored to the
wharf, the committee went on board and were
introduced to Mr. Buchanan, whom their Chair
man, Alderman Ely, addressed in highly con
gratulatory terms, offering him a welcome to
the city, whose hospitalities he was happy to
be empowered to offer.
Mr. Buchanan replied briefly, expressing his
gratification at the distinguished honors paid
him by the authorities of this city, and his hap
piness at seeing his native laud and country
men again.
The New York Post says that he is looking
rcmaikably well and seems really happy to see
home and friends again. Ile is. perhaps, stout
er than 'when ho left us, nearly three years ago,
and there is a ruddy hue of health upon ,his
cheeks, and a contented look from his eyes,
which indicate that he is physically and men
tally at ease.
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Lewis Pauli, who
is in .the employ of Mr. James Hess, Of this
borough, started from Mauch Chunk, with his
twoborse team, intending to reach Easton early
the same day. When below Perryville, be
found that the water had overflown the road,
and the horses, by some means, grit off the road
and fell over the slope wall into the river,
dragging wagon and driVer in after him. The
horses, through their struggle, became detached
from the wagon, and were drowned before any
assistance could be procured. The wagon float
ed off with the curreht. Mr. Pauli saved him.
self by swimming. The loss will be quite n
severe ono to Mr. Hess.—Erasion Argos.
.
- 71 - Froin a recent communication of the Sec•
rotary of State to the House of Representa
tives, we learn that the total number of pa:ssen•
gers arrived in the United States for-the year
1855, was upwards of 230,000. Over 100,000
of these arrived in New York. Germany . fur
nished
. 60,000, Ireland 49,000, and England
39,000, in round numbers. The'total number
of passengers arrived in this country singe the
30tlf Apiil 1853, is 9,400.001):
(Figs and peaches aro spoken of by the
New Orleans papers as " in market."
The Legislature
Church Dedication.
Exhibitfoi.
Cheap Farming Laud.
lyrical of illr. Bucluu
Accident In tho
North Pcnns3•lvanla Railroad.
This gt'eat work, in which the interests of
Philadelphia are.so. largely involved, says the
Philadelphia. North American, is, we are glad
to say, placed in a position which insures its
early completion beyond peradventure. The
subscription list to the one million mortgage
loan, which was proposed to relies-0 it from pe
cuniary embarrassment, has been filled, and
from this time forward it will have no financial
difficulties to encounter. We have especial
satisfaction in announcing this result. The
North Pennsylvania road is entirely a Philadel
phia and Pennsyliania project. It is intended
to place the city in connection with portions
of the State to which access hitherto has been
circuitous, and disturbed by conditions that
limited intercourse. It will open to the enter
prise of our citizens a rich and inexhaustible
field of traffic from which they have hitherto
been • comparatively debarred. The valley of
the Lehigh, with its vast mineral and agricul
tural resources, and the immense manufactur
ing establishments located within its borders,
has, since the opening of the New Jersey Cen
tral Railroad. been made in a large measure
tributary to New York. Prior to the construc
tion of the Trenton and Belvidere extension,
Easton, and Bethlehem, and Allentown, and
the other numerous towns an villages that
flourish in that region, were a long journey from
us, and even after that improvement brought
its into closer contact, they were far more re
mote from the metropolis of the State to which
they belong than from its rival emporium.—
All that will soon be changed. By September
next the North Pennsylvania railway will reach
to Bethlehem, where it will unite with the 'Le
high Valley Road, and thus furnish a direct.
communication with the farms, and the furnaces,
and the workshops, and the growing trade—
centres of that prosperous and teeming section
of our Commonwealth, as well as the rich in
termediate country which it will traverse on its
way. Mr. Edward Miller has resigned the
Presidency, continuing to act, however, as
Chief Engineer. Mr. John Welsh, a gentleman
spoken of in the most flattering terms, has
been elected to fill the place. We are glad to
hear that the prospect for the completion of
this road is so favorable.
Late Foreign News.
By the arrival of the steamships Arago, at
New Turk, and Arabia, at Halifax, on Wednes;
day, we have dates from Liverpool to the 12th
instant. Among the liassengers in the Arago
is the lion. James Buchanan, late U. S. Minht>
ter to the Court of St. James. The news is
not very importent. The Cunard steamship,
Persia, reached Liverpool, saf ly, staving made
the passage in nine days and a half. The
Peace Conference continues its sittings nt Paris.
The allies had ordered the raising of the block
ade of the Russian ports, and the Czar had per
mitted the resumption of the exportation Of
corn from Odessa. There had been another
unsuccessful search for the Pacific. The French
army is to be reduced to 400,000 men. Bread
stuffs had suffered a decline.
Itoading and Allentown Rail Road
A Charter, says the Reading Journal, has
just been granted by. the Legislature of this
State for a Railroad from Allentown to Reading,
which is designed to form the last link needed
to connect the west and south with New York
by means of the Roads centering in :Harrisburg,
and thence by way of the Lebanon Valley to
Reading, Reading to Allentown, and thence via
the Lehigh Valley and Now Jersey Central
Roads to the great commercial etnroriinn. The
completiott place Reading
within a few hours of New York. It would
also make this the centre of a.largo business,
and greatly tend to developo and promote our
manufa,cturing advantages. Every good
therefore, should lend a hand, to the extent
of his ability, in pushing through the enterprise
with the least possible delay. We observe that
the Commissioners named in the act of incor
poration have already given notice of the open
ing of The books for receiving subscriptions to
the Stock—an earnest that the Company will
be organized at once.
Since the above was written we understand
that a 'corps of Engineers, under the direction
of M. E. LYONS, Esq., are about making a pre
liminary survey. The matter could not be in
better hands. We take it for granted, if the
Road is made, ns we doubt not it wilt be, Mr.
Lyons will be the principal Engineer. As
principal resident Engineer cf tht4Lebanon
Valley Rail Road, he has gained a high, reputa
lion fin• scientific and professional ability and
general business talent. Mr. •L. enjoys in an
eminent degree the respect and esteem of our
citizens. and his appointment to the station
would at once secure the confidence of the coin.
ntunity in the work.
C=7THE INKSTAND used by the plenipoten•
tiarics for signing the Peace Treaty in Ell. ope,
was special ly manufactured f,r the purpilise:
It is a splended work of art, in the style
of the first empire, and the cost is estimated
at 11,000 francs.—English Paper.
Tlfo instand used by Jtfferson, in writing the
Declaration of Inapeatence, did not cost one
franc, and the writing will stand long after the
Paris Treaty has been buried in the rubbish of
fallen despotisms. •
Ca" Herr Driesbach, the "Lion King," got
married two or three years ago, and become a
farmer in Ohio. The other dtty he visited at
Zanesville; where they have been wintered—his
pet animals, which had not seen him for more
than two years, and (with one exception;),they
appeared to recognize himl—and those Which
had been his especial favorites become jealous
of the caresses ho bestowed upon the others.
11:7.Wili4WatIsli once said, in the empire state
House of Assembly pat it required more brains
for.a:Men. to keep 'from being run • over in the
streets of New York, than it did to discharge
tho duties of a justice of peace in the country !
DISTRIBUTION OF SICBII.-7he Agricultural
Bureau of the Patent Office is actively engaged
is distributing rare and valuable seed, procured
in this and other cities. It is said that the
amount thus scattered over the land will
amount, by the opening of Bummer, to over
five hundred bushels. These seeds aro put up
in packages varying from a thimbleful to half
a pint, and are distributed through every part
of (lie country to the most noted of our scien
tific agriculturists, through the mail or through
the M. C.'s who represent their districts. Rev.
Robert Allen, Commissioner of Public Schools
in Rhode Island, having received some of these
seeds, conceived the idea of distributing them
among the school children as rewards of merit.
This coming to the head of the Agricultural
Burbau, orders were given for the immediate
transmission of 400 packages of assorted gar
den flower seeds of the best kind to the Commis
sioner—one for each school in the State. This
idea of stimulating scholarship, and awakening
nt the same time a loveof agriculture and hor
ticulture in the minds of children is worth
thinking about—i 9 it not
O:7'STARTLING STATISTICS. An interesting
report of pauperism in the State of New York
has just been presented to the Legislature.—D,
embodies the following results: County paupers,
84,934 ; town paupers, 18,412. Total nnmber
received and supported, 204,101 ; "temporarily
relieved, 170,092. Expenses of county poor
houses, $899,094 80 ; expenses of temporarily
relief, $480,264 71 ; making a total expense to
the State, for the year ending Ist December,
1855, of $1,879,956,51.—The nativity of pau
pers is given as follows : United States 80,-
324 ; foreign born, 119,007.
Ca - TAMERS, RAISE YOUR OWN HORSES.-A
farmer furnishes the following statement to the
Village Record, to show what may be made by
farmers raising their own horses, if good stock
be selected :—Six years since, J. D. Perkins,
of Coatsville, Chester county, bought n mare
for $l2O. On the 14th ultimo he sold the mare
and her tinnily at jpublic sale. The mother
(with foal) now a cripple, brought $62 ; her
first colt, five years old, 8196 ; her second
169 ; her third, $154 ; her fourth, an unbro
ken colt, S9OL-total $6Bl. If this is not suf
ficient encouragement for farmers to invest in
good stock, and raise horses, I do notoknow
what inducement could be offered.
[I:S.CRIPTURAL EXPLANATION.—In Psalm
cxxi, 6, is the expresion The sun shall not
smite thee by day, nor the moon by night."
In explanation of this somewhat peculiar pas
sage, Mr. Crane, in his " Letters from the
East," says: " The effect of the Moonlight on
the eyes in this country (Egypt) is singularly
injurious. The natives tell you, ns I found af
terwards they also (lid in, Arabia, to always
cover your eyes when you sleep in the open nir.
The moon here really strikes and effects the
sight when you sleep exposed to iwnuch more
than the sun. Indeed, the sight of a person
who, should sleep with his face exposed at night
would soon be impaired or lost.
Er7PREE COLORED PERSONS IN VIRGINIA.-
The House of delegates of Virginia, has passed
a bill which provides that free negroes migrated
to or voluntarily, of law are to forfeit their
freedom ; Hotel keepers employing free ne•
groes of another State, shall be liable to a fine
of 850. The emancipation of slaves shall be
null and void, unless $l5O be provided fur the
removal of said slaves from the State tthilio
-nrcire-months. Free negro convicts, at es•
Oration of their term of imprisonment in the
penitentiary, are to leave the State in thirty
days, or forfeit their freedom.
DnIITCCMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.-A German
was arrested in Cleft viand last - week, on a
charge of murdering his wife. It was proved
that ho had struck her, and that she had at last
strangely disappeared. The evidence was get-
ting dark against the man, when the door
opened, • and in walked the wife, in perfect
health ! Tired of his abuse, she had gone to
the poor house, and had been living there for
six weeks, when hearing of his arrest, she came
into court as a witness, and produced, of course,
much excitement. The couple arc now living
together.
--- IVtipss Wm' is Ir ?—The Boston Post
has a Paris correspondent who writes' that
there were those so given .to unbelief in the itn
plicit honesty of Louis Napoleon as to credit
the rumor that the " sound, lively boy" who
has been palmed off upon the empire, is nothing
but an usurper, and that ho takes the place of
a certain girl baby who was the real heir. The
aforesaid tumor was to the that for some
time previous to the Empress's accouchment,
it was well understood that whatever the event
might be, a line healthy boy would be ready to
be presented as the legitimate child of the Em
pire. This being so, at once accobuts fur the
fa'A• of the King of Igieis being as big at his
birth as his nurse's baby at two months old.
OZ7TEATIL PROM JUMPING ROPE.--WO un•
derstand - that a little girl named Trask, con
fleeted. with one of the Primary Schools in East
Boston. died a day
. or two since front excess of
exertion in jumping rope. IL is said that she
jumped about two hundred times without stop
ping. Sue was immediately after taken ill, and
tied the next day.—Buslon Journal. .
(7 - 'sl physician in Allegheny city recently
extracted a piece of a gunlock, weighing nearly
two ounces, from the head of John Gallagher,
residing near Silisburg, Indiana county. It
was necessary to -perforate the arch Of the
palate to get at it. Twenty ono years before,
the man had his face badly lacerated by the
bursting of a gun, but the presence of the flag.
areal was not suspected until recently, when
he was attacked with severe pains in his head.
o:7The . Coulet of 1856, known as " Charles
the Fifth," is expected this year.
Leather and the Shoe Bustueas.
The Newburyport. Herald has the following
remarks on tho high price of leather and its
connection with the shoe business':—
" Thinking of leather suggests to us that the
time must shortly come for the nse of other
materials in this manufacture; What these
will bo, does not appear, but necessity is said
to be the mother of invention, And from the
consumption so much exceeding the supply that
necessity will soon be upon us. Hides are not
so much more costly than formerly, because
freights are higher or the prospects of the im
porters larger, or because there is any conspi
racy to defraud purchasers or make them go
barefooted ; but the plains of Brazil and Buenos
Ayres, and the shores of Africa, cannot furnish
them for Massachusetts tanners and shoema
kers to - waste. They are as high abroad as at
home, and the prices will never godown to the
old figures. Only look at the importations of
hides and leather into Massachusetts.
If the whole amount was as thoroughly and
properly 'tanned as it is in Europe, and the
shoes were as well made as they are in Germa
ny or France, the Massachusetts manufacturers
alone would shoe the whole human race ; but
it is considered a great object to get cheap
shoes, and we do get them. The tanner pur
chases his hides. on six months credit, and they
must be out of the vats and into money before
the notes mature. Ho burns the life and
strength out of them to begin with, and we
can scarcely get them on to our feet before the
stock breaks to pieces. Then the trade of mak
king is learned in a fortnight, and the person
sets up as a master mechanic before he can
make a thread ; and where the leather don't
break, the seams do rip, and a man with a half
dozen children has to keep one of them all the
time running to a shoe store to keep their feet
from the ground. Under such .circumstances
it would be impossible, if there were whole
worlds of cattlo breeders, to keep a supply of
skins. Either there will be improvements in
the stock and the work before long, or they
will have to find something beside leather to
make shoes of."
[I:7"A SHANGHAI TWENTT-NINE DAYS IN A
WILL.—A correspondent of the Virigin Senti
nel, writing from Fauquicr county tells a story
of a shanghai pullet that fell through the cover
ing into a unfinished well, 70 feet deep. It
was not considered worth while to look after
it ; but after the lapse of 20 days, the covering
being removed, it was discovered yet alive. A
boy was then lowered by a rope, and biddy
rescued from an imprisonment in her dungeon
where for so long a time she had been-without
food or water.
071'1111 SOLID METALS.—The ancients knew
but seven metals—gold, silver, iron, copper,
mercury, lead, and tin. Antimony was first
discovered by Basil Valentins, in 1490, and that
by accident, while following his alchemical pur
suits. Bismuth and zinc in 1530 while from
1733 to the present period there have been
found no less than forty-nine new metals, by
chemical research. These aro known to be dis
tinct in identity and characteristics from each
other.
Oa'A PORK Pl'Elf. —Seven hogs were sold in
Cincinnati last week whose weight is put down
as follows: 775, 749, 742, 500, 592, 805, 760.
Total 4,923 lbs. Average weight. 703 lbs. The
price paid was 86 per cwt. gross.
g=7 . LAND AT $3,484,800 NUL Aciu.—Tho
rite et which the on :ha copper of S:ate and
Exchange streets, Boston, was recently sold
was $BO per square foot, and at the same rate,
the cost ol'..an acre of land would amount to
$3,484,800 per acre.
OF ICE.—A gentleman of Hart•
ford weighed a branch of a tree that had been .
broken by the weight of ice upon it, and found
that it weighed eleven pounds ; when the ice
was melted, the branch weighed only half a
•
pound.
p3Now AND TnEN.—lt is said that in 1575,
in the time of Henry 111. of France, there were
but three carriages in Paris, two of which were
the king's . ; now there are six hundred omni
buses.
O:7 * MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED &Am.—
The value of Clio manufactures in the United
States in 1820 was $52,766,530 ; in 183 . 0, $ll2-
645.446 ; in 1840, 3483,278,215 ; in 1850, $l,-
055,595,079.
lE7Since Greenwood Cemetery, on Longis
land, was opened for use, September, 1840, the
buryings amount to 47,223.
Ir7The pen with which the Treaty of Peace
was signed in Europe, is to be presented to the
Empress of France. .
11 -- " The Liberty Guards, Capt. Thompson.
and the National Guards, Capt. Lyle, of Phila
delphia. will visit Easton next month.
[l3The next Annual State A gricultural Fair
will be held at Pittsburgh, if the people of that
city pay 82,000 towards its expenses, which we
suppose they will do.
[l:7Among . the curiosities lately added to the
Boston Museum is a musquite's bladder, con
taining the souls of twenty-four misers, and
the fortunes of fifty-ono printers—nearly half
11:7 - The Temperance men in Philadelphia,
have held. a meeting and passed resolutions to
sustain the new license law, with the hope that
the people will soon be constrained to apply for
one which will not sanction the sale of intoxi
cating, drinks as a beverage. They state the
faithful enforcement of the law will close up
three thousand five hundred drinking resorts.
Da - We learn from the Chicago Press, that du
ring the 48 hours ending Saturday morning, the
eight trains on the Michigan Southern Road
brought 81 coaches, containing 4,000 •pxssen
gers ; and in the same time, the six trains over
the Michigan Central. A. R. took into that city
63 coaches, containing 4,662 passengers, nearly
nine thousand passengers arriving in two days.