THE LEHIGH REk,
THE LEHIGH TIEGMTEIR. The Judgeship. RF.LIGION AND POLITIqq.
The Sheriffs of this and Northampton coon- In '.
ALLENTOWN, PA'. ties have fully determined to. include in their -
___ ______ 1 election proclamations, the election of a Presi
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• WEDNESDAY, ArGUST 13, 1850. I dent Judge to fill the unexpired term of the late
- - - ----- --- - - - - - - ,-- -- 1 deceased Judge McCartney, and then to leave
C. P. RAINES, EDErt sit. I the decision of the validity of the election to the
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n:7'll°n. SAMUEL C. Bannsunw, M. C. from I comes necessary that the people of the district
this District, has our thanks for highly valued I should hear and discuss over the names and
public documents. persons who have already been and may yet be
- • 4... s I mentioned in connection with the high and im
-I:l7'ENtomns.—The answer to the enigma in , portent office. We have heard the names of
our paper of the' 30th ult., is " Rock Dale Pic i quite a number mentioned as candidates, but
Nic,' solved by Miss M. Rosenstiel, of Allen• 1 none with reliability excepting Rouinty E.
town. The one in our last week's paper was Wntorri, Esq., and We doubt much whether a
also solved by Miss Rosenstiel. man better fitted in all respects for the station
_...._ could be selected in the district,—at least his
New Post Office. past career leads us to believe so. lie is a well
The Post Master General has established a read lawyer, with a mind capable of analyzing
new Post Office at Whitehall Station, (Sicg- , all subjects presented to him, and we believe
fried'e Bridge') and appointed STEPHEN KLEE' I possesses those other qualifications fitting a
FINGER, Post Master. man for the important station, which are—first
---..-0•41---------- of all—hohcsly, undoubted integrity ; second,
Democratic County Meeting. moral courage, firmnesss of mind and purpose:
A Democratic County Meeting will be held third, strong C 0711711011 sense. Without these fac
on Saturday next, Aug. 10th, at the public ulties no man is fit for a great public agent, and
house of C. F. Beck, (Iliery's,) in the borough least of all a Judge
of Catasauqua, to make arrangements for the I We hope to see a disposition on every side
coming elections. Two eminent speakers from Ito keep the selection of a candidate aloof from,
Philadelphia, Hon. William Witte and Charles ; and sacredly above, the prejudices, excitements
• W. Carrigan, Esq., will be present. and polutions of partizan politics. how much
--...e• better to have a Judge enter upon his respon- „ .ncocking to hii
Subscribing for a 'Newspaper., sible duties as the choice of all than to enter ...o, some allowance forth
It is wonderfully surprising how penurious ' upon them under party obligations. For how- ~cs lie was then in. Ile had g t
some people •in our town are with respect to • ever impartial and cautious he may be, yet if' - ..
newspapers. We know of quite a number of l elected from the brawling political arena, hay-
persons, any one of whom could readily spare i Mg been opposed • bitterly by sonic, and as
the amount of our subscription price, who in warmly supported by others, who may have ;
less than ten minutes after the paper is left at a 1 business before him, the door will be open for
subscriber's door, run to borrow or steal it : I evil surmise, the exposure to which will ne• I
and such per Sons too who would be horror- I cessarily more or less embarass him. ,A
. judge I
struck to be accused of theft : yet such is the should go upon the bench entirely untrammel-
fact. This meanness we hope will be stopped ! led, and as free from the prejudices of others,
without further exposure, and if they must be as he should be free from prejudices. Politi- I
supplied with the paper, let them send us a . cal excitement and bitterness, tends directly
dollar and a half and they can have it a whole 1 to create such prejudice, and to open the door !
year. Besides, any respectable man or woman for distrust and evil surmises, and ought not
too poor to pay for it, who does not keep him- I to be brought to bear on the election of a Judge. I
self or herself so by swilling whiskey or spend- I Our county, by way of alternation, is enti-
ing hard earnings on flounces and other extra- I fled to the next incumbent. I .
vagances, can re it for nothing just as lot
as we orb able to publish it.
Parade.
The" Allen Rifles," Capt. Guth, paraded
Saturday afternoon, and proceeded to
" Silver Springs" for target firing, which
suited as follows,—best two out of three Owl
Ist, Serg. George Young.
2d, Private Phaon Leinbach.
Best single shots,
Ist, Private Edwin.G. Minnick.
2d, Serg. Frank Young.
The Vexed Question Settled.
That our town has long been in need of n m
kot house, is a fact generally , admitted by
citizens. But the point of location was
grand rally, some being in favor of having it
the Market Square, and others to purchase
lot in ono of the side streets and have it di(
on. Petitions were accordingly put in circi
tion, and signers freely procured for anti agal
the Square, which were presented to the tot
council. Last week final action was taker
the matter by the " borough fathers," ant
was decided that the Square shall be the pl
So then the long-talked•of and warmly disci
cd question is settled.
Forgery. suicide.
Considerable excitement was occasioned During the night of the ith instant, CATIT.I- I
our neighboring borough of liethlelmn on Tin RINE BENNIMII/I , P, wid9W Of tkorge Bennigroll; .
day last, by the fact coining to light that tl dec'd., of Ikidobei g township, this county.
Post Master, WILLIAW P. AlndAut, Lad y CI COMIIIi1A(11 suicide by hanging herself to an tip
mitted a forgery on the firm of Huber '& Ly plc tree, where she was tbund in the morning.
of that borough. The facts are said to lo No cause is known that could have prompted
follows: Some time in the month of June her to perpetrate the rash deed. She was
Miller forged a note, payable at the Allenb about 50 years of age and leaves three children.
Bank, on Huber & Lynn. for $528, and it
" done" by the Bank. This note be
p a i d due . nursuay ........_•—••_ ... . A inquisition was held.by SAmi . m.,j. KISTLER,
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a few days ago. To meetit, Miller paid $228 , cr,i l ' s in dated Railroad - were in town ; and it is i Esq., and a verdict of voluntary suicide pro-
TM fixed fact that it will be made. $400,-' nounced by the .Jury.
in cash, and forged a check on lluber & Lynn
payable by the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank ' 0 0(' ditional stock was lately sold. It will 1 -------- 4 . 1 ".
be p i under contract before fall. The Potts- I Drowned.
me
of Easton for $3OO. The check was received r,
bier's Journal, speaking of it says :-- A boat boy named WiLuAu Nrxxi:mAcuna,
at the Allentown Bank, sent to Easton, and at .• Eve the Proposals and Contracts are printed, aged 15 years. son of Mr. Paul Nunnemacher,
once sent back for want of funds there to meet 1 . 01 , 1
it. This of course led to the discovery of the . di ,,,,y , .be executed with contractors. The residing at the " Big Rock," in Salisburg town
-40 miles bythe located route, and ; ship, this county, was drowned in the canal at
whole case. Miller made his escape front the ,'''" l ' is .
411 e gra, e against the trade to overcome the i Trenton, N. J., on Saturday morning last.
Place. Summit between'the waters of the Schuylkill' The sad occurrence resulted from a fall into the
and Lehigh. is 12 feet on straight lines. We : Water in endeavoring to jump on shore from
al l 3 n"'iied by Ellwood Morris, E sq . ; the En- the boat with a bucket to procure water. Ilis
gincer, that 0...., of Ross Winan's Coal Burning body Was recovered. and the saute day brought
Engines %rill take a t—iu of upwards of 100 on to his parents for interment.
cars on a regular business over this road, which I
is equal, or rather above the average trains
drawn on the Philadelphia and heading Rail
road.
Republican County Meeting.
On Saturday next a Republican County
Meeting will be held at the public house of
Gideon Yoder, in Trexlertown. Several emi
nent speakers will be present.
Canp Meeting.
A eamp meeting of the German Methodists
will commence on Monday next, in Itastian's
woods, about six miles from this place, on the
Reading road, and continue until the following
Sunday. All orderly and well dispOsed per
-sons are invited to attend.
Strange Birds.
Several weeks since Mr. O HOIIGH FRIT ZING Ell,
of Heidelberg township, this county, discover- '
ed a remarkably large birds nest, with several •
young ones, which ho secured, in a small rocky,
cave, at a place known as the " Bake Oven
Knob," on the summit of the Blue Mountain,
in .said. township. Although so young when
taken that feathers lfad not yet commenced to
form themselves, they being still covered with
a soft down, yet one of them measured four feet
across the wings. They are by some supposed
to be eagles. They are now in possession of
Mr. Alfred Hallman.
8:7 - The Democrats of Easton have chartered
a special Train to run up as far as Allentown,
on the 18th. Democrats who feel disposed to
attend the Mass Meeting to be held there on
thit day, can obtain tickets of J. T. Borhek, in
Bethlehem, and M. Hannum, in Allentown-7
GRATIS. The train will leave Allentown at
10 o'clock A. M. and return about G P. M.
' As the Auburn and Allentown Railroad,
forms a connecting link between reads which
will he the shortest great thoroughfare leading I
directly from New York to Cincinnati, St.
Louis and -Chicago, both for Passenger and
i\lerchandize without transhipment, which, to
gether with the addition of the delivery of,
Coal into that City and larbor from tichuyl.
kill County, it must be o of the best paying
roads in the United States. The New York
and Eric Railroad is now the nearest route to
the West lending out of .New York—the Au-'
burn and Allentown route, in point of distance
is slimier than any ollicr route now trarded out of
Nc w York.
Miles.
To Chicngo, ' 72
To , Cincinnati, - 128
St. Louis 183-
is a road which the interests of this Re.
,l the country through which it passes,
demand, and will prove to the
- 'Ls construction,
imp
stocnolder - s, in _
one of the most proiltable in thel - 7117
All our lateral coal roads pay well, and when
an extensive freight and passage travel is com
bined with a heavy coal transportation, which
the Auburn' and Allentown Road could imme
diately secure, it would undpubtedly bea good
investment. The Road is attracting much at
tention abroad, and the question now is, how
soon can it he constructed, rather than when
will it be built."
American State .Conventloil.
• The State Convention of the friends of Fill
more and Donelson, assembled in the House
of Representatives, Harrisburg, on Tuesday
morning, August 5. Hon. Andrew Stewart, of
Fayette, was chosen President. Ho made a
happy address on taking the Chair, and con
gratulated the delegates upon the prospects of
the success of their cause. The Convention
was largely attended—there being full delega
tions from nearly every county in the State.--
The delegate from Lehigh was Reuben Guth,
Esq. A proposition was made to form a fu
sion ticket with the Republicans, but it met
with much opposition, and although Mr. Edie
and others urged a postponement of the ques
tion the vote was taken, and it was rejected—
I yeas 72 nays 18. • A En - Lairs electorial ticket
was then reported and adopted. In pursuance
of a resolution the President appointed a State
Committee, consisting of twenty-seven mem
bers, of which John P. Sanderson, of Philadel
phia, is chairman. Reuben Guth, Esq., is
named on the Committee for Lehigh county.
In the present campaign a great deal is said The following cases occupied the attention of I Elections were held on Monday, of last week,
about the religion of the several candidates for; the Court of Quarter Sessions during the last' in Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, Texas, Ar-
President, and especially is the religion of Col week : I kansas and lowa, and on Thursday in North
Fremont made the subject of newspaper con- I Commonwealth vs. David Heil and Win. Carolina. The returns which have reached us,
troversy. Ile is eliargtd with being a Roman ! Assault and Battery, on oath of ;up to this time, indicate the result with certain
; Catholic, a Jesuit, &c., while on the other hand I Henry Kemmerer. Prosecutor complained of , ty.
it is claimed that he is as good a Protestant as ; a heating received from David Heil, at the in- I KNTITKV elects. County officers only. The
any orthodox deacon in our country. - stigation of Wm. Shiffert, at an election held in accounts ns far as • received indicate the election
Millard Fillmore also receives a slice of abuse Upper Milford township. Heil not being able of five Democratic, three American and two
because his daughter studied the Italian lan- Ito repel the charge, was f o und g u ilty and sen- 1 Whig Judges. Returns complete from sixty
' gunge in a Catholic school. She died when her , tenced to a fine of five dollars and costs, and three counties show a Democratic gain of
father was President, but her bones must be; bound in a recognizance to keep the peace for 9,897.
I disturbed by ruthless politicians who do not 4 one year with all good_titizenS. Shiffigt, was Missoula elects a Governor, seven members
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hesitate to violate the sacredness of the tomb not found guilty. of Congress, and a Legislature which is to
;in search of‘capited for carrying on political Commonwealth vs. Jacob Fretz.—The defend- : choose two U. S. Senators. There were three
'warfare. ant, a boy 13 years of age, was charged with parties in the field—the Benton Democracy,
\The religious character of Buchanan does not pilfering eggs and crackers for a lowg period of who run Old Bullion for Governor ; the Anti
escape remark. He is put down as an infidel , time from the store of Albright efichall, at Benton Democrats, who supported Trusten
or Catholic, we hardly know which, and it Catasauqua. li e pl ea d e d gu ilty and was sen- ; Polk, and the Fillmore Americans, whose can
'makes little difference so far as his politics are tenced to the House of Refuge. 1 didate was Robert C. Ewing. The result for
i concerned. He ih named a monster of sonic; Commonwealth vs. John Snyder and George ; Governor is still in doubt, though it is quite
1 sort, that is certain, though the bows is not out; Snyder.—Accused of Assault and Battery, on ;certain that Benton is defeated. The contest is,
'yet that he is going to burn al the bibles and complaint of Edward (Amiss. John Snyder I therefore, between Polk (regular Democrat,) and .
;tear down all the protestant • hool houses if - was found guilty.. - and - sentenced to pay a fine ; Ewing, (American.) Reliable returns tip to the
;elected. lof five dollars and the costs. George Snyder ' 10th indicate Ewing's election, he being 1400
Now, the facts are simply 1.1 : Col. Fre- I was acquitted. I, ahead of Polk. •
mont is an Episcopalian—a dent oinat ion which 1 Commonwealth vs. Win. F. Yaeger.—De- ; ARKANSAS.— Returns from Arkansas indl
, approaches the nearest to the :allelic order of, fendant was c h arge d with au assau l t an d bat- case the election of Elias N. Conway. the Dem
; any among the thousand and ne persuasions; tery on oath of John Knecht, and found guilty (terrific candidate for Governor, by a largely
lof christians that we hear at 1 rend of. Ile ;of an assault. s en t enc ed to ' pay $1 tine and ! increased majority over the vote received by
I was married by a Catholic el gyman ! • This , costs. Pierce in the Presidential election. -
is something very shocking to high of, but wei Commonwealth vs. Stephen Lentz.—Defend-1 ALABAMA /6.ECTION.—Momr.u: August 9th.
must make some allowance for the circumstan- ; alit was charged with assault and battery, on —The eleCtion has resulted very favorably to
ces he was then in. lie had fit into just Such' oath of Jacob Wyend. Found guilty and sen- the Dentocrats, fully as much so as at the:last
" scrape" as some other Pee le have been in. I fenced to twenty days imprisonment, a fine of; trial, but the general vote is much lighter than
He had committed the helm crime of run-and costs. it then was.
ning away with a PrettY-100 'ing girl named ,
Commonwealth vs. Pennrose F. Eisenbrann:l NORTH CAROLINA chooses a Governor and
Jessie Benton. who was as will ng as he to have ' —Charged with the larcency of $725 from , Legislature. The election took place on 'Plums
the nuptial knot tied aroun , them both. A I omon Hausman. Defendant plead guilty and day. The candidates for Governor are Gilmer,
was sentenced to two years solitary confine- ' American, and Bragg, Democrat. Returns up
Catholic clergyman was the I tidiest to be got
at, and lie united them •as st ongly as a Con• cent in the Penitentiary of the Eastern Dis- to the & Oth leave no doubt of' Brag g's election.
gregational or Methodist minister could have trict of Pennsylvania. • The.inislature is also largely Democratic.
done. This is about the sum and substance of, Commonwealth vs. Michael Deal.—Defend-1 lowA elects two members of Congress. State
Fremont's catholicism. I ant was charged with purloining money . from officers, (no Governor) Legislature and County
In brief. Millard Fillmore we believe, is of t the store of Jacob Michael. Plead guilty, and I officers. Returns front 25 counties give the
the Congregational persuasion—a pious and 1 was sentenced to the House of Refuge. I Republicans 4,500 majority.
very good man, who is beloved by 0: large circle Commonwealth rs. John Young.—Charged TUNNESSVE and TEXAS elect County Ofireel'S
of friends notwithstanding licence had a dough. with peddling w ith ou t li cense . D e f e ndant found only. No Returns have reached us.
ter who learned Italian in a Catholic school. guilty and sentenced to pay $5O fine and costs.
Buchanan is a protestant, of what denom- TAittys Tritsno.Our readers will
ination we know not; but we can assure the Republican Meeting• doubtless remember the deep feeling oecaAion
reader with a great deal of 4.nfidence, that In pursuance of a call, a public meeting, hay- I ed by the exhibition of a mulatto girl in Rev.
is not an infidel nor a cannibal, that lie is at ing in view the organization of a Republican IL, Ward Beadher's Church, in Brooklyn, N.
great statesman, and furthermore, that hel party in the County, was herl on Saturday Y., for whose ransom from servitude eight bon
stands a pretty good chance of being out next last, at the Public House of John Schantz:
. jr., dyed dollars and a valuable diamond cross was
President. in 'North Whitehall township. The following given by the congregation. The surplus of the
named gentlemen were chosen as officers of the money collected, together with the diamonds.
meeting : I were given to the girl, and the eight hundred
President—TuomAs B.tutu. dollars were sent to her master. We now
Vice Presidents—Mnj. John Smith, J. Koch, learn from the correspondence of the Baltimore
Ellis Jones, Jacob Clanss, Frederick Krauss. American that the girl has lately absconded,
Jeremiah Troxell, Dr. 11 1 Vin. J. Romig. Daniel taking with her certain little articles of proper-
Steckel. ty which are not her own. The, whole allith• is
Secrctorics.—Dr. C. C. 11. Guldin, Amos' said to have been concocted by thegirl and her
Steckel, Aaron Balliet. • master to raise the $l2OO. The slave is back.
A committee of thirteen was then appointed; with " masts," once more—and those who
to draw up a preamble and series of resolutions, . should know, say, " quite happy."
who after retiring for a short time reported as ;
fellows :
WinateAs, in pursuance of the great doctrine
of the early founders of the Government which
first gave rise to a gradual abolition of Slavery
by inhibiting the trade with Africa, working
such happy results in alleviating the deplora
ble condition of the unfortunate slave in seven
of the original States of this Republic, it would
be wholly incompatible with a moral and re
ligious sense of duty,--the great fundamental
principles of the government anti with national
progress, to remain silent when the qucstion of
a further extension of Slavery is agitated : and •
whereas slavery IS InC only source en
that ever mars the harmony of the Union, its
further extension could but influence sectional
strife, therefore,
Rcsolred, That the abrogation of the COM.
premise Measures of 1820, prohibiting the in-'
troduction of Slavery into Territory north of,
36:30 was a wanton and cruel invasion of time
rights of the North.
Rcsoired, That in the opinion of this Con
vention, justice, a proper protection of the
rights of the North, and a restoration of:
peace and harmony in the nation, demand thel
immediate re-establishment of the Missouri
Prohibition, or that no advantage shall accrue to'
the Slave Power from its abrogation.
Resolved, That the murderous attempts of
the Slave Power to prevent free discussion in'',
Congress and freedom of speech elsewhere, or a
truthful representation of the iniquities of the',
usurpers of Kansas, and' the rights and inter
ests of the North Freemen is an outrage upon.
American.
Resolved, That however favorable some of us
may have heretofore been to Millard Fillmore,
yet as he has been abandoned by the North, we
regard his election as utterly impossible, and
we cannot throw away our votes at a time so
critical to the true national interests, and we
hereby express our hearty approval of the Re-
publican nominations, and we will give our
faithffil support to John C. Fremcint and• Wi
lliam F. Dayton.
Resolved, That we earnestly solicit the friends'
of Freedom of all parties in the County to aid'
in the common eflbrt to restore the action of
mu. National Government to the principles of
Washington and Jefferson.
The 'pectin.' was addressed by I. N. Grego
ry, W. Ley, E. IL Rauch, and Edm. J
.100 0, Esq.
Keep Cool.
Political excitement runs high in Allentown
at the present time, and all parties arc positive of
electing their candidates. We can assure them
of one thing which is certain, viz : That the
man \vim gets the most votes will occupy the
White House for the next four years. We have
one salutary caution to give our readers and
friends. Keep cool. Do not let your feelings
in favor of any one candidate betray you to any
undue speech or betrayal of feelings, which you
wool.] have cause to regret in your cooler mo
ments. Erer o spat byurydres under all cir
cumstances, and let your candidate stand or full
by his own Merits. When the hour comes to
deposit your vote give it to the one whom you
honestly believe to he the best qualified to gov
ern this vast Republic so as to preserve peace
at home and abroad, and who is above all party
influences and possesses sufficient vigor and
power of his own, to govern as the Constitu
tion directs.
ICau~as.
Ad vices from Leavenworth to July 30th, ,
state that (ho. Lane and company bad not,
then entered the Territory of Kansas ; and Gen.
Smith had threatened that if they attempted
to enter, he should proclaim martial law. The
territorial authorities were corioneneing to levy
taxes. Trouble was apprehouled;as both pan--'
ties refused to pay. Col. Geary, the new Gov
ernor, has sthrtad•for Kansas. Very few mi.
grants from tither North or South have entered
the Territory recently. Col. Buford, of Ala
bama. who come time since raised a party of
360 Southerners to go to Kansas, with a view,.
in his own words, to see " fair play" with the
Free Seiler), has returned home dissatisfied.
He Says the men he took with him could not
be induced:w settle on pre-emption claims, but,
(to use the Wolters own words) "preferred
roving over the country in organized bands, de-.
I pending upon their too hospitable friends in
Kansas and Missouri for the Means of support.
These friends are becoming t ied of them, and
no doubt desire their depart t e." A letter in
the-Mobile Tribune from a m ober of the same
company in Kansas, says th . of the 360 only
•.• main. The write says M ost
of the others two returne home to hang
around their mothers" rot strings, leevi
the energetic and persevering aiikees to rule
Kansas. '
(1--PRICIN or•• PRODUCE IN NEW 'YORK.—
Flour sold at wholesale on Friday at a slight !
advance over previous prices. Common to good
State sold at $5.05 to ti-'0.15 per barrel ranging;
from that up to $0.75 to $0 per barrel for ex- I
tra Genesee ; rye flour, $3 to $5.25 per barrel ;
corn meal, $3.50 to $4.12. Wheat brought
from $1.23 per bushel for inferior old, to $1.85
for new white Ohio ; rye 8G cents ; corn 61 to I
72 cents ; oats 42 to 44. The prices for live
beef cattle were 8 to 10 cents per pound—aver-
ago 0 cents. In the retail market meats are a
little cheaper ; beef selling at from 11 to 22
cents according to cut, and other meals in
proportion. • .Vegetables arc beginning to come
in, such es green corn, tomatoes, though still
very dear. Potatoes look very fine notwith
standing the late drought, and ate selling at
from $2.25 to $2.75 per barrel Musk and
water melons are in market, scarce and dear.
Buttet and eggs are dearer-18 to 28 cents per
pound for the former and two cents each for the
latter is the figure.
r7LAND WAURANTS.—Upwards of 9,000
land warrants were issued at Washington in
July. The whole number issued under the act
of 1855. is 150,475, covering upwards of nine
teen million acres.
ISTER, AUGUST 13, 1856.
Court Proceedlnge.
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A Rum Pottrwm, Jose,LlVe have pri
vate authentic advices of an amusing mis-,
take, N. Y. city, last week, the Free Soil can
didate went on board the steamship " Orizaba"
to say , adieus' to some California bound
friends. A gentleman who was with Fre
mont, said to Padre Yip, the Nicaraguan mi
nister, who was on board; " Allow me to in
troduce your excellency to the next President
of the United States," (making a motion to•
yards Egmont, but not calling him by name.)
—The Padre stepped forward, raised libibat,
bowed, and said, " I am very happy to see you,
Mr. Buchanan !"
tLr SENTENCED TO FIFTY YEARS IMPRISON
MENT.—MichaeI Gleason was recently tried, in
St.• Louis, for committing an actual rape upon
the person of a girl aged only three years and
eight months ! Gleason is married and has
two children. . The jury found him guilty, and
he was sentenced to fifty years in the peniten
tiary. •
• Li-"LEN'oTo op no: DAY AND Nuarr.—To as
certain the length of the 'day and night, any
time of ithe year, double the time of the suh's
rising, which gives the length of the night, and
double the time of its setting, which gives the
length of the day.. This is a little method of
" doing the thing" that few of our readers arc
aware of.
tri" FASHION COI7IISE, L. 1.-TROTTING. -
This was decidedly one of the best trots that
ever took place on any track, between Lancet
and Flora Temple, mile heats, best 3 in 5.
The race was won by Lancet. The time made
in the first heat was 2 minutes 20 seconds, over
a heavy track. Time-2:29, 2:20, 2:30.
fr'Newark (N. ,T:) contains now fifty eight
distinct church organizations, or one to every
thousand inhabitants.
State Elections.
Q 7 - q 11111.31 CRI3IES AND T 11 1 ,311 REWAILDS•—In
the jail at East Cambridge, Massachusetts, a
man is undergoing four months' imprisonment
for unmercifully beating his own horse. At
Washington, the national capital, another man
has been fined .5:300 fur knocking down and
pounding a defenceless man in the Senate Cham
ber and another man who provoked a (marvel
with a hotel waiter and then shot him, has been
acquitted as guilty of no offence !
monmoss.The Morinnus near Salt
Lake were at last accounts suffering from ac
-j
Sitqlst of the more death t e went
up to :a am, ......
and greedily consumed, or carried away to be
eaten by their families, every Qnimnl that died.
no matter from what disease. e evastation
by the grasshoppers is one cause of the scarci
ty, and the arrival of the hundreds of pnor em•
igrants now making their tedious way across
the plains, will only increase the general ilia
tress.
1 17 - GREAT FEAT IS SIIOE FEGGIS{;.—Wtn.
Rickets, of Wales, pegged and heeled on Satur-
day last, sixty pairs of men's russet brogans.
working fifteen hours, eating his regular meals
in the time. The number of pegs driven was
21000 ! Mr. Ricketts challenges the world to
beat him.—Mass. paper.
BAs Isr•ras:tt. MINE or• 'WEALTH. —The
Mexican papers announce that the volcano of
Popocatepetl has been discovered to be coated
with n solid deposit of pure sulphur to the depth
of from one to ten feet. The commerce of sul
phur and sulphuric acid with the United States
alone will vivid at least thirty million dollars
annually. We now • pay IS 000,000 doll:u•s
annually for the single article of imported sul
phuric acid.
11T7 Tae; Vumms.—During three yenta there
have been 265 killed and 528 wounded by the
principal railroad accidents in the United States.
The most destructive catastrophe on the list is
the recent one near Philadelphia. by which 62
were killed and nearly 100 wounded.
ur• TOASTS.—We think this sen
timent, and think it better even than the
standard '• day we celebrate," toast. -" The
Women of the Revolution—mothers of men and
patriMs The Women of to-day—Hoop ! hoop !
hurrah !"
Catnnnce MAKING.L. There are about 1,-
430
persons and 8745.000 worth of Capital em.
ployed in carringe making in the two cities of
New Haven and Bridgeport, Conn., alone.—
Some one has proposed to change the name of
the latter to Coachport, on account of the
prominence of this business.
IrPTo PRBVHNT HYDROPHOBIA IN Dons.—An•
exchange recommends the following :—" To
prevent dogs_ becoming mad, take as much
African "Cayenne pepper as will make a pill
about the size of a large pea. Give this in raw
meat, once or twice a week, during .the warm
months, and you will have no mad dogs."
13:7 - Sorne brute in human shape recenily out
raged the person of a little girl named Sobrina
Merrill, aged ten years, in Buffalo, and then to
prevent discovery murdered his victim. The
Mayor of the, city has offered a reward for his
arrest.
10 = 1CHE NEW CENT.—The Director of the
Mint proposes that the new cent shall be eighty
eight parts copper and twelve parts nickel.
This will make a coin of dark reddish color.
1 t is to weigh 72 grains—less than half the pre
sent cent, which is 168 grains.
017 -- As the men were erecting the canvas for
Dan Rice's circus, at Lawrence, (Mass.) a pole
fell, striking a boy named Smith on the head,
breaking his skull and arm, and probably in
juring him fatally.
ri-The special elections in the diStricts of
South Carolina, lately' represented by Messrs.
Brooks and Keitt, have resulted in the unani
mous re-election of both.
o:7Vessels having yellow fever on board,
have reached Quarantine, New York.
03Two thousand dogs have been killed by
the Now York authorities this summer. •
(Commimicated for dm igh Regkter.)
DAVID H. HUNTER'S DESCRIPTIVE LETTERS
'
OF A WHALING VOYAGE, &c.,
(CONTINUED FROM uric LAST.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Mardi, 1856.
Towards the close of one fine afterhoon we
were aroused from our monotonous duties by
the cry of " There-she-blows !" from the mast
head, wherenpon " what way?" shouted the
Captain. " Two points off the weather bow,"
was the answer. " How far off?" was thelast_
query, which proved to be " four miles." Tho
continuous cry of " There-she-blows" served to
show there was a scoal of whales, and rare
sport was now anticipated. The ship was put
upon the course, and we gave chase, but ilia
Captain upon observing the slow progress of
the vessel or " ty•cgose haul to the wind" or
dered the crew to stand by and " lower away
the boats !" In a moment three boats slid rap
idly into the water from the ship's sides, ani
beino• a manned, wpre off in hot pursuit. Tho
boats under the falpulse of the springing oars
shot rapidly ahead of the ship, while the whole
scoal of whales, now plainly in view, were purl
fing and blowing ; as they at regUlar interval
of every half hour rose to)ke surface to breather
The chose was exciting.—,each rival crew erg
deavoring to outdo its fe,lhiw and come up first;
—their velocity was surprising. for the whale%
now cognizant of the dangerous vicinity, wera'
flying and ploughing the waters like so teal*
tonadoes sweeping o'er the sea, but still tire
boats kept nearing them, and but for the time
ly sinking in a perpendicular line, of the whore
scoal, several had fallen victims to the superior
speed of the boats ; this sinking of the whale
at such periods' is extremelyiinnoying to thcf
whalemen, for none can tell where they may
rise in the next half hour. It is nt this time
that the value of a good whaleingman is experi
enced, for ten chances out of eleven, he can tell
where they will come up ; this some do, with
such fearful 'exactitude, that, they are made
aware of the fact by the whale's rising imme
diately, under the boat and hurling it into the
air. It was just at this time too, that the sun,
like an immense ball of livid. glaring rod,
dipped its lower orb into the distant horizon.
The setting of the sun is the whalemen's signal
to relinquish a chase and return on hoard, and
nothing short of a dead whale alters the obser
vance of this custom, to which a superstitious
notion is annexed. So our boats returned emp
ty handed and the officers and crews much dis
appointed. The second rwtte stated that had
the sun been a short half hour later, he would
have had a whale ; we much wondered why
officers should be so flailishly exact in such a
matter apparently against their own interests.
. Upon this Bill, the Boaisteerer, looked sur
prised at our ignorance, and told us that ho
•• never would strike a whale after the sun had
dipped," because after that time there would
be no luck." We laughed at 111111 fin• his su
perstition, but he stoutly maintained his ground
and told us what he could tell if he had a mind
to, a common expression of the old tars to be
coaxed fur a yarn. Alter supper, being all
gathered around the fore-hatch, he promised to
tell us of a horrible calamity which befell our
ship in the preceding voyage. After disposing
of a huge quid of tobacco, and a few prepara
tory hems, he was about proceeding, when a
head suddenly popped up out of the forecastle
which no cue could recognize ; the hair wero
still' and erect, pointing in every direction,
while the face was ttuuoed in a manner highly
sad:into ory to a Hottentot, widi an enormous
moustache reaching from car to ear, relieved
by a heavy jet black beard. Who could it be
was the involuntary ejaculation of till—but, that
voice. there was no mistaking it ; it was poor
should hiive been on &xi:Trento rfC)
a It beret coat of tar by one of his ship mutes.
The roars of laughter for awhile drowned even
the raving of mad Bally, who vowed vengeance
on his persecutor. Order being once more re
stored, Bill commenced :
The Benjamin Rush was fitted out liar a
Nortlowest voyage, well manned and a. flicered.
(with the exception of the niate,) three yeats
ago ; she was then. I suprose, as we are now,
jogging along over the wide open sea in search'
ut whales, the hearts of every one beating high
with the hope and anticipation of a quick and
profitable voyage, (God save the mark thought
!) She got round Cape Horn, however, with
out getting any oil, and entered upon the more
genial and friendly waters of the Neill.; Oct-an.
Here they soon fell in with whales, in the cap
ture of which nothing extraordinary occurred,
no lives being lost, and everything seeined;to be
going on smoothly. At' the close of one busy
day. just es the sun was settling his bright
blood-red orh in the distant horizon, and the
moon,—bright queen of night, •was using to
bathe the smoodie and glassy surface of the
ocean with heir golden mellow light, they were
all much surprised with the appearance of a
large scent of sperm whales, all round the ship,
huge fellows, wIM displaying their gigantic
proportion by the clear moonlight, seenuld to
he aware that by all rule and regulation of the
legitimate business, they were all safe. It was
a. tempting sight; they Were lazily rolling
round and round, now showing their pondrous
square-nosed heads above the surface of the
water ; now raising high as the foretop their '
massive fearful flukes, (tails,) ; and again leap
ing in frantic glee high above the water, and
descending with such a fretful crash as to stun
all near and sending the water in clouds
through the air. In fact it was too much for
such flesh and blood as a whalesman's body is
composed of, to, look upon, without wielding •
his harpoon and securing the thousands of dol
lars.
floating around. The Captain walked the
decks, now looking over the rail at their provok
ing proximity, then at , the moon, watching
the light fleecy clouds as they drove across its
surface, as if to divert his attention, but it was
of no use, for, at last tired beyond all patience
and goaded to desperation by the alluring spec
tacle. he asked at' the.crew_ta IPAPLAWAy : . but
the officers would not go ; the men were ready,
and so he was compelled to go himself; he was
advised by the officers to desist from his pur
pose, because it was a summon-occurrence to
meet with seine great calamity whenever any
thing of the kind had been attempted, (not
wishing openly to avow their superstition.)
DAVID H. HUNTER.
[TO Be CONTINUED.]
QUA MAN KILLED IIY lIIS OWN COFFIN.—
About a year since a resident of Twentyninth
St., New York, a man of considerable wealthy
entertaining the idea that when he should die,
his relatives would put hiS body into a.cheap
coffin, bought a handsome rosewood ono, lined
with white satin and trimmed with silver, for
$75, and had it taken to• his bed=room. Ho
was found on Sunday morning dead on the
floor, and the coffin beside him, and it was
thought that he had got up in the night, and
by some means capsized the coffin, which fell
upon him, crushing his skull and causing in*
stant death.
(17. LIBERAL.—The congregation of Rev. Dr.
Mandeville, formerly of Albany, but now of
Mobile, Ala., pay him a salary of three thousand
dollars a year, and they have voted him per
mission to travel three months and a present of
8500 to pay expenses. •