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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.
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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.