r f:. t THE LE M6l-3 REGISTER, ALLENTOWN, PA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1866 0. F. HAINES, EDITOR A Now Enterprise. We have constantly renewed indications of a slate of prosperity for our town, which is very gratifying indeed. We have heard within a day of two past that we will soon have in operation in our Midst an - estriblish'ment for the manufacturing of Railroad spikes. Such an establishment, in view of the great and increas ing demand now'Oxiiting- for the article, will undoubtedly prove a profitable investment. The works aro to be situated below the railroad bridge. This is another step in the right direction. Manufactories will give life to our mercantile trade, furnish markets for our agricultural pro ducts, and make our county prosperous and, happy. We have long since said that . Allen town and vicinity was peculiarly_ ,ruluted for manufacturing purposes, being amply supplied with mineral and agricultural productions, and at all seasons healthy and pleasant. The Ma chine Works and Foundry erected last summer, have alone given quite an impetus to The place, as• the numerous hands employed there from other places help to swell our population, Anti benefit trade: Why is it 'that rolling mills, forges, nail works, &0., are not established among us? This is what we yet want. The most elegible sites might here be obtained, and all would undoubtedly prove profitable investments if properly managed. Labor, rents, and living, are far cheaper than in eastern cities. By con ducting an enterprise of this kind here, many important advantages would be sustained over eastern establishments. Ist. The pig metal is on hand, which saves the cost of transporta tion. 2nd. Labor is not so high, because it costs the operator less to live—produce .being obtained without the cost of shipment. 3rd. The market, for the manufactured article is, we may say, at the door, and costs but very 'little for its transportation. Our agricultural resources aro not inferior to any in the State. Our town is healthy and beautifully situated, and inhabited by an honest and industrious people. We have railroad connection with New 'York and Philadelphia—the two great commercial emporiums of the Union, and also to the coal regions ; and ere 10n,;, , the unfinished link between this place and Reading will un doubtedly be made, so that we will then be connected with the great chain of Railroads throughout the great West. These arc advan tages not to be met with everywhere. If manufactories of this kind would spring up around us, our growing town would feel a still greater and more accelerated impulse. For every hand employed, no matter in what mechanical or laboring business, there will be an addition al mouth to feed, and soinetimes half a dozen ; for every family brought hero a house will be wanted—and of course all the ramifications of society, from the woodsawer to the merchant, will receive the benefits of the addition. There is not in all Pennsylvania besides, a'region of country so admirably adapted in all respects for manufacturing purposes, as the Lehigh Val ley. It is affluent in mineral wealth—bound less in resources—and that all these have not long since been fully developed, is not so much from an ignorance of their existence, as from a lack of enterprise and a paucity of capital—es sential elements in all important undertakings. These are a few facts which every discerning mind must comprehend readily=facts worthy the consideration of every man who wishes to engage in manufacturing enterprises. U: We know of nothing at present capable of furnishing a stronger local item, than the greasy substance sold for, and by an outrage of all common sense in language called, fresh but- I ter. Bitter, rancid, many colored, half oil, and half bad cheese, it is difficult to believe it ever passed ;through the hands of the wife of a Le high farmer. Why is it that good butter is so scarce ? Of course there is seine excellent butter made, but•what we mean is, that there is a great deal more soh ra an Werior than superior quality, and thernmount of the latter brought to town weekly is not sufficient to give character to the article in general. Certainly We must live some young women in the coun ty, who know how to make good 'butter, even if they do not. If there arc none, it is time our young farmers, who are in search of smart wires, visited some of the counties toward;, Philadelphia, to improve the breed. But we have asked the question, why good butter it so scarce, and we will give such an swer as occurs to us. If we had a Market. house and regular market days, where and when the producer and consumer . might meet, and the one get his fair cash price, while the other would be aware whose butter lie was buying, the matter would be remedied. At present the article is brought to the Stores, a little from here and a little from there, and all mixed tegether, and then sold for fresh when occasion offers. When will we have a Market house ? A Prolific Con•. Mr. Jana HEMS', of Lower Macungy town ship, has the smartest cow we ever heard of, and we doubt whether there is another in the County that can beat her. Although in her seventh year only, she has produced ten calves. When two years old sho produced one, at three years old three, at four years old one, at five years old two, at six years old two, and now in her seventh year one. Mr. U. told us, that he intended to exhibit the cow with her entire offapring at the next Fair. Quite wfamily ! (0 "The editors of the Farmer commence the publication of a Daily in Easton, next week. Easton will then sport two dailies. Fatal Accident On Monday noon last a sad accident occurred in this borough, which .resulted fatally to a ten year old daughter of Mrs. PrrsieLstssicnixor, and injuring several other children, among them a sister of the deceased. It wajiecaSioned by j etf a pair of runaway horses, atta .., to a•Wagon, belonging to Messrs. Keck & aeger, opposite the Lehigh, who had startee'Retn the Fair ground. On their homeward riki . , they' conic along Fourth streit..;stpasSd lionvontin ned down thaiiiirtrii? turtle - eon the little Jordan bridge, where unfortunately some six or seven children were nt the time. Two of thern'belonged,to Mrs. Le?senring, the eldest of Whom Was' — cauglit.,by eta ofAhe wagon-hubS, which jammed and stripped her along the wall, injuring her so severely, that she died shortly after being brought home. Her sister was run over by one wheel, which passed over the fore head, and otherwise injured, but at present not supposed fatally. The wagon then upset, and one or two of the others were slightly injured. Several persons were near by . 4ind saw the hors es rush on, but they'being at their utmost speed, nothing could be done to arrest them in their apparent course of disaster. Thus has been snatched away, in a few moments, from the home-circle, of which she was one of the buds of life and joy, a little girl just in the sum s mer of her existence, and buried in the eternal I world. What a sad warning this ought to be 1 to persons not to leave horses stand unsecured in the public highway. Congress. Proceedings in Congress are moving along slowly. The Panama massacre and the Nica rogues' war has enabled several .members to make the hair stand on end by their wonderful eloquence. As the time for the Presidential nominating conventions approaches the pall cians strain their patriotic lungs almost to bursting. It seems to be a strife with them as to who shall promise most for their suffering I country. Uncle Sam pays for all this gammon at the rate of about C 4400 per hour. In the j Senate - a bill was introduced to incorporate -1 the Atlantic and Pacific Union Railroad Com pany. Considerable amusement was caused by the reading of a letter from the author of : the bill, styling it the most important one ()Ter ed in Congress since the adoption of the Consti tution, and prophecying the success of the party first adopting it, in the coming Presidential campaign. If politicians could be made to be lieve that, the bill would be passed immediate ly. Mr. Weller offered a resolution calling on the President for.all the correspondence regar ing the recognition of the new government Nicaragua. Messrs. Weller and Douglas cc snrcd the course of the administration. 111 Weller said that no man had been more sham fully misrepresented, than General Walk( [[lere some of the Senators laughed.] With gard to the outrages at Panama, prompt 1111 sures, it is said, will be taken to obtain indei nity for the past and security for the futtu The House has been principally occupied Nvi talk upon Kansas affairs, the negro questic and private bills. It is thought that Presidi Pierce will now recognise Walker's govcrnm and receive the new Minister. Graham's Magazine. This old and popular Magazine has pas: from the proprietorship of A. H. See to W. sox & Co., who will hereafter assume its pi lication. The new publishers promise to ml this periodical worthy of tho high reputah it has always borne, and hope to enjoy a libel share of patronage. Ever welcome as a glen of sunshine, is this monthly periodical. , Amputation. cin Wednesday last, the operation of ampu tation the -leg was performed on Miss Scimcz, aged 11 years, of North Whitehall township, by Dr. Edwin G. Martin, of Allen town; assisted 'by Drs. Charles H. Martin, Wil liam Kohler and Walter P. Martin, and Dewees J. and A. J. Martin, Students of Medicine, while the patient was under the influence of Ether. She had not 'the least sensation of pain during the operation, but was in the land of dreams, and when she recovered from the effects of the anaesthetic, she could not-be con vinced of the removal of the limb until she beheld the slump with her own eyes. The gill had her feet frozen several months ago, and was attacked at the same time with Typhoid fever ; a slow intimation of one of her feet took place, and at length resulted in mortification, which rendered the operation necessary in order to save the life of the patient. Independent Candidate for President. Gen. Sam Houston has determined to take the field as an independent candidate for the Presidency, trusting for his election to the great body of ti:e people, and not to political wire•workers. He is now fairly in the field, and announces as his platform—opposition to the domestic and foreign policy of the present administration ; a restoration of the retired na val officers, and the condemnation of no chin!) without a hearing. • Improvements at Siegfried's Bridge. The citizens of the neighborhood of Siegfrie(Ps Bridge, subscribed sufficient funds to secure the. erection of a very handsome Academy, which is also to be used as a Church. Thomas Barr, Esq., has been selected as the Principal of the Academy, and the Rev. Alfred Dubs, has been chosen to hold Services every other Sabbath. Philadelphia Election. The election for City Officers, in Philadelphia, came off on Tuesday of last week, and resulted in the entire election of the Democratic ticket, by an average majority of 4000. Vaux was elected Mayor. Conrad, American, the former incumbent, was elected two years ago by a ma jority; of .8428. litA Deluge of M. D's.—From twenty•six medical colleges in • the United States there graduated last year, about 1300 doctors. THE LEHIGH REGISTER, MAY 14, 185.6. 9 Parade. The ". Allen Rifles," Capt. Good, paraded on Monday afternoon, accompanied by the." Allen Brass Band," tyho played a very soui-stirring air as they passedmer - offled.' There is some': thing very touchisifri good music. The " Ri fles," with their t4teful uniform, male a neat and soldier-like appe‘ranee, and - weip greatly I admired by the numerous strangers in; town on the occasicP 'fr he Bacid we believe is about attraifig itstlC r'• , er anently to the company. They intend shortly to get a tasteful uniform. Considering the short period which has eltipsed sit Ce; their organization, they certainly htir.e.itccoMplished a g'reat deal. l'ire hope that our citizens and neighbors will extend to the Band a liberal sup port and hearty encouragement on every proper' and practicable occasion. New Arrangements New arrangements have lately been made on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. But one train runs to antl frwn Mauch Chunk daily, which leaves that place at 0 A. M. and returns at 3 P. M. This arrangement does not, however, effect any station between Siegfried's Bridg and Easton, as between these points two trains run daily. The down trains leave here at 5.41 and 10.30, A. M., and the up-trains at 1.20 and 8.24, P. M. A Terrible Death. We recently gave a brief account of an acci dent on the Little Schuylkill Railroad near Port Clinton, by which a train of cars was thrown ofr the track, and the engineer Redding Ritter, killed. It appears that the tender was thrown forward on to the engine, which was badly crushed, and Mr. Ritter thrown in and wedged between parts of the wreck, where two steam cocks were opened directly upon his bowels, subjecting him to the most intense torture, and from which he had no power to extricate himself. As soon as his horrible condition was realised by those who were anxious to relieve him, the escape valve of the engine was opened, and every effort made to release him. In order to do this, however, it was found necessary to call into requisition several jack-screws ; and by means of these the iron arms of. death, which inclosed him in their unyielding embrace, were opened and the unfortunate man taken out, when it was found that, in the intensity of his agony, he had actually torn opus his own bowels, which in addition to the dreadful effects of the steam, presented a most shocking and terrible appearance.—Journal. Mr. Weller, Senator from California, read a letter in the U. S. Senate n few days ago ad dressed to him by Gen. Wallter. - k . The filibus ter General has greatly changed his tune with in a couple of months. -At that time he knock ed off intercourse with Uncle Sam, and gay° our minister notice to that effect.. Now ho wants aid from home. He says in his letter to Sena tor Weller : "So far we have had great moral odds against tn. The Government to which we all naturally look for aid and comfort, has treated us with coldness and disdain. There has .been no Government to encourage us and bid us ' God speed.' Nothing. but our own sense of the justice of the cause we are engaged in and of its importance to the country of our birth, has enabled us to struggle on as far as we have done. We may perish in the work we have undertaken, and our cause may be tr a time lost. But if wo fail, we feel that it is in the path of honor." . [a — A. LIMAN CALF.—At the village of Apu• lia, Onondaga county, New York, is a calf of most extraordinary formation, which the Syra- Ouse Journal thus describes : " The neck and front of its shoulders resemble those of a hu man being. Its legs have the joints reversed, or, in a word, its running gear is constructed Ibr travelling backwards. ~ The fore legs are the same in shape nearly as those of any calf ; but tho toes differ, being three upon ono foot and two upon the other, of a round linger like shape, and covered with hair nearly to the ex tremities ; they are from two to, three inches in length, and partly conjoined by a thin, body web. The hind legs are much longer than the fore ones, and arc footed more like the camel than any other animal I can mention. Had the, singular creature lived, it would have walked upon two legs, as well, 9c More conve niently than upon fuur, though ills ambulation would have been in reverse of the common or der." [C7WATER PIPES. —Gotta perda pipes aro, .to a great extent, superseding the use of lend pipes for conveying water in London. Being free from'poisonous deposits and the attacks of frost, they are much preferred. Vulcanized,ln• din rubber pipes are used to some extent. Kansas. The outrages in this distracted Territory have commenced again. The shooting of Sheriff Jones is confirmed. While sitting in th 9 tent of Lieut. Armstrong he was shpt - at by a party outside and dangerously wounded. Jones had made -twelve arrests during the 'day, assisted by a company of dragoons under Lieut. Arm strong. Much excitement prevailed in regard to -the affair. The perpetraktir of the deed is gknown. Gov. Robinson has offered a reward of 5500 for the perpetrator. At the latest dates it was suppose 4 Jones would rpoover, ; — Col. Sumner arrived at Lawrence on the 2,Gth. April with'his whote'Command, and severely censured the people fir firing into the tent of his Lieutenant. Governor Robinson charged the act on ,the pro-slavery party. Col. Sumner denied this, and said if things were left to him, he would giddily settle the matter. The Depu ty Sheriff of Douglas county is having writs is sued for the arrest of one hundred citizens of Lawrence, charged with the commission of clime under the territorial lawS. A standing army will be stationed at Lawrence until all the arrests are made. The prisoners will be con veyed to Lccompton. The U. S. Investigating Committee had commenced their sessions at Lawrence. Sffingfellow. and Whitfield had left Lawrence, saying they dared not remain in the town. Loss of limo by Into Rising. Let us suppose two persons, one of whom rises at nine o'clock a,nd the other at six. Sup posing each of these persons to live fifty years, the one who got up at six will have enjoyed 63,875 hours, or 2,661 days more of active ex istence than the one who rose at nine. Supposing that out of a million, five hundred persons, who now rise at a quarter after nine, nine hundred and fifty thousand could be use fully employed and would rise at six o'clock instead of nine, in fifty years there would be 6,432,292 years contributed towards the me lioration and social improvement of the world. Now, as nothing is more favorable to health than early rising, let us suppose that out of nine hundred and fifty thousand persons, five hundred thousand would live four years longer than they would otherwise have done ; the world would gain two extra million years of active occupation, which, added to the 6,432,- 292 years before mentioned, would make in fifty years 8,432,292 years of extra labor, both mental and manual, contributed towards the improvement of the world. And all obtained by a certain number of individuals sleeping two Lit's and a half less than they do now. Lnte Foreign News. !he Steamship City of Baltimore, arrived at iladel 'Ade on Thursday, with Liverpool dates :he 23rd April. The news is not important. London papers publish the Treaty of Peace. . its contents are nearly as anticipated. It •eported that Great Britain has made conces• is in the negotiation upon the difficulties .11 the United States, but that Mr. Cramp is not to be recalled. Changes in the Sar ian ministry aro reported as about to take 2C. Clic steamship America also arrived at ITali• the same day, with Liverpool dates to the :h. We have by her a statement of the con its of the treaty of peace. It provides thr an :ernational commission to settle the affairs of principalities, which, with Servia, remain lenelencies of Turkey, but the latter is forbid to exercise armed intervention therein. ie Black Sea is to be completely neutralized. IC treaty has beeie published in the London n with a mourning border. =I recovered a little, but only thr a time. The opening of navigation on the lakes is expected lo release mountain; of hour and grain, And of course there will then be a further depression here in prices. Common 'to good State flour sold at $5.68 to 85,87 per barrel. Rye their, 3,75 to $;5 per barrel : corn meal *3,12 per barrel. Wheat sold at :E1,62 to $l,BO per bushel ; rye, 78 to 70 (lints ; oats, .10 to 45 cents : corn 56 to 61 cents. Mess pork sold, at $17,75 per barrel ; prime, 515,62 ; prime mess $16,75 to 17,50. Country mess beef, ES to $9,50 ; country prime, 57,50 to es. :bad are 25 cents each. Butter has fallen again. Good Orange county is selling at. 25 cents per lb ; State at 20, and Western at 18. Ca — IMPROVEMENT SOAP.—The wife of nn American agriculturist has been experimenting in soaps, and (Inds that an addition of three• quarters of a pound of borax ton pound of soap, melted without boiling, makes a saving of one half in the cost of soap, and of three fourths the labor of washing, improves the whiteness of the fabrise, bes ides the usual caustic cfll!ct is thus removed, and the hands are kit with a peculiar soft and silky feeling, leaving nothing more to be desired by the most ambitious washemvo 7 man. [D -- "WILL NOT MAIOI.T.—Tho report that rta.: chel, the great French tragedienne, was soon to be married, is denied by the.lady herself in a gracefully written and witty epistle which she caused to be pudlished in a Persian journal. She assigns a number of reasons why she should not be deemed " capable of committing such a useless piece of folly ;" ono of them is that she has two sons whom she adores, and another, that she is too old, being thirty two. Neither of these objections to a change of condition is apt to ,be urged by ladies on this side of the big water. [a — Wilintrr OF Lute.—A bushel of limestone weighs 142 pounds.; after it is burned, if weighed .directly • from the kiln, 75 pounds— showing that 05 pounds of carbonic acid and water have been driven off by fire. This bush el of limo will absorb 20 pounds of water, grad ually applied during several days, anti will then be in a state of thy powder, weighing 93 pounds—showing that 28 pounds of water have .been converted into a solid; dry substance. Gipsey Victim. A shOrt time ago,,a party of travelling Gip sies squatted in the neighborhood of Fencers iVille„Monroe County, where they spent several 1 weeks '. telling the fortunes" of those' ho were foolish enough. to part with theirltnoney for so trilling a Consideration in return. One of the party, a cunjng girl became acquainted with ITENRY FENNER, usually known and respected by all his neighbors and acquaintances as a I pretty shrewd business man, too keen to be 1 taken in by a.black eyed Gipsey. But she told Mr. Fenner that she had made the discovery 1 that a large amount of money. was buried at a certain place on his farm,''wbich had doubtless been deposited by the Inilianseambslte persua ded the old - ibntleman to believe her story to be true. For a trifling reward she professed a willingness to disclose the Flace of concealment, land place him'in possession of the long-hidden treasure. Before she would do so, however, i she convinced him that a good sum of money must be obtained by him to be used in the prosecution of the work, which she assured 1 Mr. Fenner should not go out of his possession. Mr..F. succeeded in scratching together the sum of SlBOO, which ho handed to his wandering friend, who took the money, counted it over, then rolled it securely in paper, and handed the 1 bundle to him. with strict instructions not to open it until the end of a week, when she would return to his house and conduct him to the place where the money was buried. Ile obeyed her directions. Last Tuesday the week expired, when Mr. Fenner opened his package, but instead of his Bank notes he found a bun dle of brown paper, carefully rolled up. Of course the Gipsey had disappeared from the neighborhood and the 84800 with her. Mr. F. telegraphed to the New York police, to put them on the track of his fair friend, but we fear he will never succeed in finding either her or the buried treasure. What makes the matter worse, is the fact that Mr. Fenner had borrowed the money nom his neighbors, the largest portion of it, at least, in order to accommodate the Gipsies aml has been obliged to mortagage his property to sa tisfy his•friends. At the same time be owed a note of $2OOO in one of the Easton Banks. It astonishing that in this enlightened age, and when similar cases have been repeatedly pub lished, a man claiming to be in possession of his common sense, should be so " green," as to be taken in by a miserable wanderer and for so large an. amount. A man who can be so abom inably s stupid almost deserves to be imposed upon . --Ellston A rAr us. A CIIANCE TO MAKE Flrr•, Dor, Litts.—Mr. N. Flames , of Nashville, Tennes see, is in search of information as to the Means of securing to himself two millions of dollars, which some one had told him was quietly re posing in one of the Philadelphia - banks, wait ing for the heirs of "Michael Frey, who mar ried Mary Dnrathy Smith, about the years 1764 to 1771, 1772, in Lancaster, Pa," to " turn nit," and he offers live hundread dollars if he can secure the above trifle. Does the " oldest inhabitant" know anything of Mickey :" or will the Dank receiving the above two millions, honestly "confess the corn' and disgorge? Mr. Haines has no objection—being an heir to the lamented Michael Frey—to his portion of the legacy, and we have no objections to the sum he so generously cffers. Reveal ? Art . r.criox.t.rt: Doc.—Ono day last week a dog in the family of the late Mr. Isaac Pearson, died from actual grief for the loss of his toaster. The dog was over ten years old. and Mr. Pearson had always taken the utmost care of him, giving him meat and drink with his own hand. at certain hours of the day. Af ter the death of his owner he went into the house, nod appeared, as much as any person there, to know the event that had taken place. and front that hour he refused to eat and drink. and went mourning about till he pined away and died, without any appearance of disease.— ..Yettburyport Herald. _77 - - A CIIMAT TICOTTING MATCH, between Lantern and Buz. the latter owned by a gentle man of Philadelphia, occurred on the Union Course. L. I. on Tuesday last. The match was made sev . eral rbonths ago, and the owner of Lantern, in consequence of the lameness of the horse, offered t. 12,000 for leave to withdraw, but $2,500, the whole amount of the forfeiture was claimed, and the owner determined to abide the issue. It was fortunate to him that he did so, for Lantern beat Buz badly. The race was mile heats, best tin co in . five, in harness, for $lO,OOO, being the largest stake ever trotted for it is said in any country. In point of time it was the quickest that ever took place so ear ly in the season-2 : 35, 2 : 2 : 324, 2 : 37. rPTATAL AFFRAY AT WASHINGTON.-A des• patch from Washington states that Mr. Philip T. Herbert, member of Congress from Califor nia, had a difficulty on Thursday morning.with the head waiter at Willard's hotel , during which he shot the head waiter, causing death instantly, and severelS, wounded another—both white men. lt 'appears that while eating a late breakfest the waiter gave .some insolence, which was returned. A tight en sued, and in the course of the scuffle the M. C. finding he was getting the worst of the battle, drew a pistol, which he carried about his per son and shot his assailant dead. Herbert has been arrested. • PEARS.- The New York Jour nal of Commerce says that a recent attempt to import some pears from France was quite suc cessful. The penis came by ono of the linvre packets, and arrived-in g0941' condition, The largest weighed about one pound; and sold read ily fm: one dollar each. Smaller ones sold for seventy-foie cents, and those of ordinary size for fifty cents. The pears were imported in cases, each of which contained from 125 to 120 pears, and they cost in France iibout SlO a Case. The fruit was all grown in the open air. [lC'Pitonlarnoti.—Tempo (Ince • rages down South in many sections quite as.much as at the North, though it is usually considered one of the isms of the latter section. In the towns of Ala baum, for instance, the price of a license to re tail liquor has been raised to $l,OOO. [1:711r. Jonas Cox has been ro•olecteJ Presi dent, and Mr. Edwin Walter, Secretary of the Lehigh Coal Navigation Company. [l:7•TurßovEp Soon.—The Philadelphia Led ger describes, a newly invented shoe, which is, we should think', it very decided improvement in the heavy,inconvenient, ancTtmhealthy India rubber over-shoe. Tho shoo is made entirely of gutta percha, the shoe otherwise being like the ordinary shoe., Tho solo is applied to the upper part by pressure : 'The inner sole and upper portion, when stretched over the last, is first punctured by percha. in e mift. mato; Is then pressed, by mechaniCat means, upon this inner sole, the material is. forced through the punch holes, and the shoe is held together as if it had been pegged, though much more securely; for the gutta percha fi b s entire the putTch hole, and even form. 4 a sort or rivet head on the inside of the shoe. These shoes, the Ledger is informed, can be made thir ty per cent. cheaper than the leather soled shoes, the price of leather having recently gone u p very high. They are as serviceable to wear, and arc, of course, entirely impervious to wa ter.- They may be worn like leather solid shoes, any season of the year, without income. nience. EL - 7 MURDER 1/7A FATIiER 1W A SON !—Tnosr- As B. BORDEN, Esq., one of the most respects , H e and esteemed citizens in Green ,County,Ala.„ was shot and killed by his own sop, while lying in' his bed, on the morning of the 28th ult.- His mother had gotten up and come out of her room, leaving his father lying in bed. The voting wretch walked delibe into the room and blew out his hrainsar" ay asleep. He then escaped, and got its far as Lauderdale Springs, in Mississippi. where he was Srrested and carried back to Alabama. Young Donnas had been accustomed, from his childhood; to threaten his father'silittt, but his tlueats were regarded as the mere vapor ings of a depraved nature. The deed, as we learn, was finally committed from mercenary motives. the young fiend thinking by the mur der of his father to get possession of his patri mony. The criminal records of the country may he searched in vain for a more cold blodded, unnatural, and devilish act. Z7A REVOLUTIONARY RELICI.A week or two since'an unexploded bomb-shell was plowed up in the field of Mr. Caleb Billiton. Jr. , in Birming ham township, Chester county, about a quar ter of a mile north of the village of Chadd's Ford, and on the bloody battle ground of Sep [ember 11, 1777. it contained a considerable quantity of powder end is yet n perffet missile of death, with the exception of having lost its match nll4l being considerably rusted. Tho field in which it was fiend is within a stone's throw of the Brandywine. and lies in the veto directly between the hills on which the Ameri can army under Wayne, and the British under Knyphousen were stationed : but whether it was sent on its death errand from the patriot gun. or from the royal mortar; is a question which may not be solved. This shell has been buried in the earth for almost fourscore years and has at last been turned up by the plow. share to make forgetful man think of the times when the flies of liberty were abroad in this fair hunt.-11 - 4s! CArsier Record. ll'Pot.ivnxn , s.—An exchange says, accord ing to the latest rules of politeness, visitors t.hould never he shown into a room where there are other persons unless rtreceded by the per son who meets them at the door. A gentle man should always precede a lady in going up or down stairs—especially in going up. A la dy shnul l always keep on the right of a gen 14 1 1111111 when walking in the street; shif.ing sides at every torn' of the street so as to bring the lady upon the in,h!e of the walk is _very awkward and ungractful : walking between. wo ladies is ridiculous in the extreme, and none but n clown will practice it. At the ta ble. if accompanied by two ladies the gentle-. man should scat himself between them, being oartic•dnr to 011 S( lye that the one with whom he is least acquainted. or Who is seldom in his company, should he helped first. We would also nail that it is just as impolite to take ofr your glove 6e fore shaking hands with n man Is it would be to remove Your boot before kick- ing him friA Gam'? lin• the Nantinwion.— A Wash ington despatch to the New York Herald sacs: There is already existing the very next thing to a regular understanding between the Pierce and men, (lint the first thing required is to kill off Buchanan : and as this work is to I e done not among the masses of the people, but among the delegates to Cincinnati. it is among those gentleman that the work of min ing and countermining is going en. The ro• suit.; at Cincinnati will most probably be the same • as the Convun ions of 1844 and 1852. First, the most conspicuous candidate will be thrown overboard by a combination against him; and that being done,, the remaining prominent candidates will destroy each other, and be driv en to the, old alternative of some unexpected' and glorious discovery, that the happy man is :lent her ea Polk, Gen. Pierce, or Captain John. Smith. SUCCULAIt CASE.—Not long ago. a dead body was taken from the water nt Alexandria. Virginia: Having been recognized and claimed by the wife of a citizen as the corpse of her hus band, it was borne to the grave with due solem nity, followed by the widow and children in'all the habiliments of woe. Several days passed, when the husband find t`ther whose 'funeral had lately been celebrated, suddenly returned in the full enjoyment of perfect health. Tiur surprise with which he was greeted, and his own at learning what had accurred, may be imagined. The sequel of this strange story did not terminate so happily. The sexton, it seems, had run up a large bill for funeral ex penses, which the city authorities refused to allow. and the consequence was that the maw actually had to pay for his own burial. 07 - COURAGEOUS WOMAN.—In Jersey City a few days since, a bold attempt was made at robbery. About midnight the lady of the house woke up, and . seeing the burglar, demanded the cause of his intrusion, when he stepped to her hedkide, and raising his clenched fist said •• lie still or I'll take your life !" '• Take my life, ha 1" responded our undaunted heroine, " take care that you don't have your own taken 1" . 'and suiting the action to 'the word, she said,. •• John hand me that pistol !" Nowollthough there WAS no John in the room, (the heroic lady being all alone,) yet her 'Tartan courage had , the desired effect, and the burglar, with several of his accomplices. fled froM the premises with.- out.earrying MI any booty. E7Two twin children, about 3 years old:- belonging to Daniel Seeman, were drowned near Hamburg, Berks county. Pa., on Wednes day afternoon last. The mother had been wash-• ing. and while leaving the tub fora few minutes;. to attend to something in the house, the child-• ren commenced playing in the water, and acci dentally upset the tub. Two or three coverlets' which. were in the water at - the time, fell upon the children and when the mother returned; she found that both were (load.. 07. The Mauch Chunk Bank havdeolared aerui-annual dividend of 4 pee cent.
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