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VOLUME X.
Court S
• J Y virtue and in iturstumee of an order issued. out
84 of tho Orphatt's Court of the Comity of Lehigh,.
;hero will Ito exposed to public sale, on Saturday the
$l4 of tieidentiter next, at one unlock in the
ittlertmom upon the iwinnise's. a certain AIESSUAIIE
Em fin , or piers of land, with the appurtenan
4tes, situate in Lynn tou•nnlrip. in the county of Le
high aforesaid, hounded by Inuds of Joims Winter,
IVenver and David Ki:tlor• eentaining notrteen
neres. The'• improvements thereon
are a two :dory log
- DWELLING HOUSE,
'f" Lo g Horn, and caller millmildings.
l'here is II stream of water near the dwelling house,
—also on e:irelleni orehord with elloiee fruit trees,
on maid ',remises. About 2 acres thereof ie meadow
laud, one acre thereof wood. tool the remainder good
thrin loud.
living the Real Eetale of Peter Milner, ileveneed,
bite of the town,liiii of hymn. hi the enmity aforesaid.
'felne on Ilw any ni the place of enle , and duo tit-
Jeuillance git en by
ii NA. REITZ.
MINAS
By the l'untri.— •.J. W. Mickley, Clerk.
411,1-t "il
S. SWEITZER'S
Piano Forte Manuraetory,
N. Pa.. W A RE ROOM, No. 122 \Vast
1:0011011114 uu hand a SHIM -
Aar us,o,rnncut td • RoSEWOOD PIANO FORTES,
of the Intent and most approved styles, including such
as have flint round corners. with bucks finished nud
polished is agrcotucnt with the trout. scroll feet. it v..
.warranted to i s of thelood materials uul workman
ship. Second-hand Pianos token in part payinek
new ones. Aug. 20—;fat
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
IN the Orphan's Court of Lehigh
. SEAL & county. In the matter of the ac
' count of Jacob and John Moser, Ad
pinistrators of all and singular the goods and
,chattles, which were of Jacob Maser, late of
~the township of Lynn, in the county of Lehigh,
,deceased.
And now. August 11th, 1850. the Court ap
point 8. J. Kistler, auditor to audit and
resettle the above account and make distribu
tion according to law.
•
From the Records.
Test :—J. W. MICKLEY, Clerk
The auditor above named will attend to the
Aluties of his appointment on Saturday the •20th
of September next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
at the house of John Moser, in Lynnville, Le
;Ugh county, where all persons interested may
? attend if they see proper,
Aug. 27.
Candidate 14 Shea
To the Voters of Lehigh County
FELI.oIV CITIZI:NS.—At the request of it huge
41111111 AT of my frieuth , . from various parts of the
County. I again ulcer myself (ettljeet. to the ileeision
.11.1 . the Democratic l'outtly Couventitin,) us II Calllli
dial: fur the office of
IMbil _lt]lt MEI 151=1111F" 1E?
at the ensuing fletobur election. Should Ihe so for
t una te ant to reeeire a majority of y o ur AMU
endeavor to perform the plutiee of the Pace tilithfully,
Justly and iuya n •tiully. to the full tattisfaction of those
who placed tlmir confidence in lite.
CHARLES 11.11AINES
lteeOr &eV beeAS.
iTo the Voters of Lehigh County
Ft:IA.OIV CHI ENS.—I hereby otter myself to
your eoncbleration its II entolidnte roc the (Mien of
It ECOILDEIt uF ItEhlt.s. fsothject to the decision of
the Detuoerntic County Convention.) at the corning
Itctober election. Should I he ,O 1 rOrtillinte os I. re
.veivu nutjority your hands, I will endeavor to at
tend to the duties of the ollice . with punctuality and
fidelity. JOIIN Tllf.llll.Art.
Ite,t6rklex I)ectis.
.To the Voters of Lehigh County.
viTizEN:;.—Elß444trapel by a large
untidier of illy trientlt and acquaintatiees, and in
view of it sI'IINC or duty to appropilitte the benefits ac
cruing from the "nice for the use turd Inflictor of the
• witlitir null children oil' Chttrlce ifross. demised, hate
Ileetortler of the County. I tun 111.1111 . 01 to otter myself
to rime consideration for the tatter. or ItEuiilttnilt
4)V lit:Ehts, (,01i,,t to the decision (atilt: Deinitera
tie County Con, entioti,) at the ensuing October eke
thin. Should Ibe so fortunate us to receive If
of yuur rote,. I trill totticaror to attend to the Ila
ties of the ollive with faithfulness and putiettinlity.
• ' if Etillti F. T. GROSS,
S,11:1 die late ... msed Recorder.)
DR. H. A. GRIM A.M .
OFFICE AT TILE 1
A111.49-Gr HOTEL,
NO. 3 WEST' aLimiuros STREET,
AI.I.IiNTOWI4,
Allentown. Poi%
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
IN the Orphan's Court of Lehigh Contily, Au g . Term,
ISSIL hp the tanner 111 t ht. ....I.( of 1,,,,ei Os
wald I .louse Oswald, Executors of the la,t 11111
and Testament of Elizabeth Oswald, late of the town
ship of Lynn, in tho County of Lehigh, dee'd.
And now Aug. 5, 1850. the Court appoint William
M. Kistler, Esq., an auditor to audit and resettlo the
above account and make distribution according to
cablaw. From the Records.
Teste—.L W. MICKLEY, Clerk.
•
The above named auditor will attend to
Atm duties of his appointment, on Saturday the 1:Ith
,of Sopteniber, at thu house of William M. Kistler, at
1 o'clock in the afternoon, where all persons interest
.od may attend if they sea proper,
• , Aug. 20,
ii.a.vaxina, Segal! S ore..
Ty D. BOAS, Manufacturer and Wholesale and Re
tail Dealer in Tobacco, Snuff andSegars, No.
,I 1 I , TUrtli Seventh street, Allentown, Pa. lie flatters
ptimself to say that tie has at all tithes tho' boat and
Otfeapost stock of
' • ;IVBACCQ ANI? SEGARS
ever. h rought to this place'. Dealers in the above ar
!tteles will Mid it In their advantage to give mo'a call as
1 .1 peel at the lowest Philadelphia and New York whole
ealco prices. A general assortment of American and
7orei g n Leif Tobacco always on bind.
P.. 139 AS. •
—ly
May 9, 1855.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES & DIEFENPERFER AT DNE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM.
GREAT RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT !
l
$50,000 LO o . f S t T
e AiLE i
r A o S ad
i N r id - 14
e G rt t a ‘t t o F l a o l
comotives precipitated into the Canal—One
man killed and several wounded. Accompany
ing this terrible disaster there still was a striek
of luck to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Compa
ny for its occurring at the time it did—on Tuesday afternoon, because on the following
morning some 30 or 40 cars were about being
loaded by merchants in New York and Phila
delphia with new style Fall and Winter Goods,
all of which were to pass over the Bridge the
same afternoon,directly to Allentown, and there
to be unloadeditt . Joseph Stoop's Cheap Cash
Store, No. 35 West Hamilton street. It is
evident that if these cars, with their heavy
freight, had been shipped in time to get on the
Bridge, that their immense weight would have
broken down the entire structure, and precipita
ted their contents into the Delaware, and thus
would have incurred a loss to the Company of
between $300,001) and $400,000; and not this
alone, but the citizens of Allentown and vicini
ty would also have felt the loss, because if this
immense quantity of cheap goods would have
been lost, it would certainly have caused a
'scarcity, and a rise of 20 per cent. But by
the aid of luck and the telegraph the intelli
gence of the accident was communicated, to
Philadelphia, and Stopp consequently had his
goods loaded during the three successive days,
on steamboats, canal boats, wagons, carts,
wheelbarrows, backs of niggers, &c., and now
they have commenced to land at his new Store
House. His clerks are now engaged both day
and night in unpacking end selling goods. As
I passed by there last night between 11 and 12
o'clock, I stepped in, and to my astonishment
found perfect mountains of goods piled from
floor to ceiling. I passed back through the
Store and saw a pile of about 500 Shawls, of
all colors and prices—froni $25 down to 371
cts. a piece. On the other side I saw about
4000 yards fancy De Laines ; and a little fur
ther along about 6000 yds. of twilled Persian
Cloth ; on the other side I hit my elbow against
14 or 15 cart loads of Calico, and a little fur
ther along there was a pile - of Bor 10,000 yds.
shirting and sheeting fromi to 21 yds. wide.
I then looked for men and boys' wear, and on
one side of the store saw many thousand yards
of cloths, cassimeres, sattinetts, Kentucky
jeans, tweeds, &c., of all colors and prices.--
then began to get towards the rear end of the
store, and my eyes fell on carpets, oil cloths,
looking glasses, window shades, glass -and
queensware. By this time I began to get pretty
tired and sleepy, and as I turned around at the
end of the store I made a mis-step and down I
went, head over heels, into the cellar. When
I opened my eyes sod my senses were restored,
I saw a stack of salt in one corner from floor to
ceiling ; on the other side there was the nicest
sugar, coffee, molasses, cheese, and mackerel
ever laid eyes on. I asked one of the clerks
some of the prices, and after I was told, I felt
disgusted on reflecting that I had so long
been a
fool by paying double prices'for my goods else
where. It was almost daytime now, and I de•
termined after breakfast to send you these facts
for publication in the Register. In conclusion
I will say, both one nll, great and small, go to
Stopp's Cheap Cash Store, No. 35 West Ham
ilton street. SAM.
Sept. 3
1211
BONNETS, BONNETS , BONNETS.
w E take pleasure in informing our friends
and the public in general, that we have
just received a large and elegant assortment of
TALL AND IVINTER BONNETS.
ibbons, French and Domestic Flowers,
adieS' Dress Caps, Children's Hoods, &c.,
from the most fashionable openings in New
York and Philadelphia. We are satisfied that
our goods cannot be equalled by any other es
tablishment in town Lim beauty and style, as
we have them made after the most approved
French patterns, and are acknowledged superi
or to any in the country. We return our sin
cere thanks for past favors and hope for a con
tinued share of patronage, as we hatter our
selves that we can give satisfaction both as to
price and style, to all who may favor us with a
call. Country Milliners supplied at City prices.
MRS.
N. B.—A good experiem
employment by calling on
A good girl, to do housework
:Sept. 3.
ROSE'S PATENT II7N
▪ I Ji
1f. , 4 ▪ a •
CM
ime, the lower part may he
amarated or connected with ease. A little child can
take the Blind down, clean and replace. it. This is a
great advanhme when it is remembered that with the
old style or iniodg, a mechanic was always nevessaty
to take them down or put them tip. In other partic
ulars, too, they exceed fur beauty and emivenienve
all others. Thi s itnproN cutout will be attached to the
old-Mshioned Blinds an reasonable terms.
MB
Orders are respectrolly solicited. Persons wishing
to :Willy Patent Rights of the above in any part of
the row,. can do so by addressing the undersigned
- at Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pa.
Allentown, Sept.
FURNISIIING dOODS.—We hare in Stare Linen
.L Sheetings, Dinnitsk 'ruble Diapers, Table Clutli,
Pillow Linen, Mitrsailles Quilts, Hleaulital and
Unbleached Muslins, all widths, Furnituie and Apron
Checks. Ticking, Flannels,
GUTH J. SCHlAtiell, .1.1. W. Hamilton St.
; A curious story is related of the " fierce
wars and faithful lovers". of the Indians. It is
connected with one of the hnmense mounds which
give so striking a peculiarity to the scenery of
the prairies. "A few years since, at the base
! of this mound, a chief resided, whose young
(laughter was a girl of uncommon beauty, and
this beauty was but the external manifestation
of a pure and noble spirit. As' a matter of
course, she had many admirers among the
young braves of her nation. Her nature was'
above the arts of a coquette : and loving one
;among theM all, and only one, she hesitated not I
to let her preference be known, nut only to the
Young Eagle who'll:1d won her heart, but also'
1 to those whose suit she had rejected.
Among the rejected suitors, one alone so laid
it to heart, ns to desire revenge. Ile, the:
Prowling Wolf, was filled with rage, and took
little pains to conceal his enmity, though he'
manifested no desire for open violence. Both 1
these young men were brave, both skillful in
the use of weapons, which far away in the buf
falci plains had sometimes been used in battle:
but while Young Eagle was noble, generous in
spirit, and swayed by such high impulses as a
young savage may feel, the Wolf was reversed,
dark and sullen ; and his naturally lowering ;
brow seemed, after the maiden had refused hint,
Ito settle into an habitual scowl. The friends I
of Young Eagle feared for his safety. Ile, how- !
ever, was too happy for the smiles of his chosen
bride to trouble himself concerning the enmity
of another, especially when he knew himself to
;be his equal both in strength and skill.
The happy couple were in the habit of meet
ing °
rat the top of the mound—Youno , Eagle ;
armed with a revolver he had received from a
I white. " One summer evening, just as the !
1 moon was up, Young Eagle aought the top of!
, this mound for the purpose of meeting his fu
tore bride, for their marriage was agreed upon,
and the appointed day was near. One side of
this mound is naked rock, which for thirty feet
or more is almost perpendicular. Just on the
edge of this precipice is a foot path, and by it a
large flat sandstone rock forms a convenient
seat for those who would survey the valley,
while a few low bushes are scattered over a
part of the crest of the mound. On this rock
Young Eagle sat him down to await the maid
; en's coming.
In a few minutes the bushes rustled near him.'
! and ruing, as he thought, to meet her, a tonna- I
; hawk flashed by his head, and the next instant
; he was in the arms of a strong man and forced
to the brink of the precipice. The eyes of the
two met in the moonlight, end each knew then!,
; that the struggle was for life. Pinioned as his
arms were by the other's grasp, the Eagle frus
trated the first effort of his foe, and then a des
,
, perate wrestle, a doath-wrestle followed, in
which each was thoroughly maddened. The ;
I grasp of Wolf was broken, and each instantly
; grasping his adversary by the throat with the
j left hand, sought his weapon with the right -1
; the one his knife, the other his revolver. In 1
the struggle, the handle of the knife of Wolf'
I had been turned in the girdle, and missing it
; at the first grasp, ere he could recover himself
the revolver was at his breast and a bullet
through his heart. One flash of hatred from;
the closing eye, and the arms of the dying war
rior
relaxed : and as the body sank, the Eagle I
hurled it over the precipice, and in his wrath
I fired bullet after bullet into the corpse as it
rolled heavily down : and this not satisfying his !
revenge, he ran round and down the side of the
mound, andlore oil' the scalp of his foe."
There had been no witness to this combat,;
; for the young girl did not arrive till its termi-
I nation, when her, lover was scalping his victim.
Ilis life was therefore in imminent danger from
the justice of the tribe and he knew that his 1
' only chance was to stand upon his defence. j
His chance arose front the custom of the Indi- I
ass, that if the murderer escapes the blow of
the avenger of blood—the nearest relative of I
I the victim—the family were at liberty to accept
a ransom for the life of their kinsman. " The;
Young Eagle at once took his resolution, sus
, tanned by the advice of his friends. Complete,
ly armed, ho took possession of the top of the
mound, which was so shaped that while he
was himself concealed, no one could approach
hint by day without being exposed to his fire
and he had two devoted and skillful allies, !
I which together with his position, rendered him
; far inure than a match for his adversary, the
' avenger of blond—the brother of the Wolf. 1
!These allies were his bride and a large saga
cious hound, which had long been his hunting ,
companion, and had guarded hint many a night I
when camping on the prairies. The girl had in
1 her veins the blood of Indian heroes, and she
quailed not. She demanded with lofty enthu
siasm to be made his wife, and then, acquaint- ,
ed µith every stratagem of savage war, and
with every faculty sharpened by affection, and
her •husband's danger, she watched, warned, ;
and shielded him with every art; that the roused !
spirit could suggest, and which could be safely
practised."
The brother of . Wolf prowled about the for- I
tress night and Jay. In the day-time, to as
cend
the mound fay enough for action would be !
to place himself helpless, and without care, ;
Within the range of the young warrior's rifle :
and at night he could not even put his foot upon ;
its base without the baying of the hound giving j
its master warning. He at length hit upon a 1
stratagem ; and •by careful observation of his I
young wife, who was framently going and com
ing, that she might supply her husband. suc
ceeded in imitating her dress, walk and man- 1
ner so completely that he hoped to deceive both
dog and man. His scheme was skillfully exe
cuted. The dog wagged his tail. and his master
spoke to the avenger as his wife, when there
were only a few feet, between them, but sod
denly the gallant hound, discoVered the mistake,
threw himself with a yell upon the throat of!
the enemy, and bore him to the, ground. The
Young Eagle now deprived him of his weapons,
and pinioned .this arms ; brit the next moment,
front an impulse of generosity, he set him free,
and sent hint home armed as usual.
MI
lured, and aro secured by
Letters Patent, known as
" P:4.)se's Patent." They
ary greatly superior to
all Miters in the Met that
they are constructed with
upper and lower heads,
in such a manner that
when the upper head is
ROSE 4: HUMBERT
ME
Allentown, Pa., September 10,1856.
THE RIVALS,
THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER.
This was the turning point of the savage dra
ma. The shedder of blood surrendered himself
to the justice•of his tribe to offer a ransom, or,
if that was rejected, to lay down his life with
out resistance. "At the day appointed, the
parties met in an open space with hundreds to
witness the scene 'around. The Eagle, all un
armed, was first seated on the ground, then by
him was laid down a large knife, with which
he was to be slain if the ransom was not accept
ed:- By his side sat his wife, her hand clasped in
his, while the eyes even of old men, were dim
with tears. Over against\ them, and so near
that the fatal knife could be easily siezed, stood
the family of the slain Wolf, the father at the
head, by Whom the question of life or death was
to be settled. Ile seemed deeply moved, and
sail, rather than revengeful. A red blanket was
now produced and spread upon the ground. It
signified that blood had been shed which was
not yet washed away, the crimson stain re
maining. Next a blanket all. of blue was
spread over the red one. It expressed the hope
that the blood might he washed out in heaven,
and remembered no more ; and last a blanket
purely white was spread over all, significant
of a desire that nowhere on earth or in 'heaven
a stain of the blood should remain, and that
everywhere,• and by all, it should be forgiven
and forgotten. •
These blankets, thus spread out, were to re
ceive the ransom. The friends of Eagle brought
goods of various kinds, and piled them high be-
fore the father of the slain. Ile considered :
them a moment in silence, and then turned his
eye to the fatal knife. The wife of the Eagle
threw her arms around her husband's neck,
and turned her eyes imploringly full on the old
man's face, without a word. Ile had stretch- j
ed hir hand towards the knife when he met
that look. Ile paused : his fingers moved con
vulsively, but they 41 not grasp the handle. ,
his lips quivered, and then 'a tear was in his
eye. • Father,' said the brother, •he Spared
my life.' The old loan turned away. • I ac-•j
cept the ransom,' he said : ' the blood of my ;
son is washed away.' I see no stain now on
the hand of the Eagle, and he shall be in the !
place of my son."
(For the Lehigh Iteg,ieter.)
TUC FUTURE.
Dr H K. 11.110.1DS
Although in the course of human afiltirs; na
tions rise, fall, and pass away, the Republic of
North America, with heaven-built freedom,
' may endure to the end of time. • The mournful
; histories of Greece and Rome, once the peaceful
abode of a free and happy people, give indeed
a melancholy proof, that governments deprived
of the inherent qualities, strength and firmness,
must, like the unstable mind of man, be inevi
tably tossed about by the ebb and tide of Lir
! eutnstances. But in these United States, such
a fate is obviated by a form of government
which secures the permanency of the Republic.
The constitution may be peaceably amended,
whenever the altered condition of the times de
mand it: common interests protect the country
against foreign foes and domestic traitors ; and
the federal league carries within itself the seeds
of Union. Dark clouds, on the political firma
ment, may occasionally endanger the glorious
edifice of constitutional liberty, but firm as the
pyramids of Egypt, it can not be hurled to the
ground. Even those tierce tempests which
wrecked the renowned republics of antiquity
. can not submerge our own. Anarchy like that .
which now prevails in Kansas may for awhile
disturb the peace of the country ; personal in
terests dependent on the institution of slavery ;
may give.rise to deeds of atrocity and blood :
sectional hatred may threaten the dismember—
ment of the Union; but will the states, under •
any sense of injustice, ever redress their wrongs
by the sword ? Will they engage in the horrid
strife of civil war ? Will they drench the land
with fraternal blood ? Will they separate into
as many weak and hostile nations ? No, never. :
The people of the United States are too happy
—too free—too patriotic to oppose by force of,
arms the administration of a government which
.is the very instrumentality of their prosperity
at home and of their high consideration abroad.
During our presidential campaigns party spirit
runs high, and men of different opinionS are
stigmatized traitors and enemies •to the consti
tution, but whether a man with good old con
servative principles or an other favorable to
change and innovation, whether Old Fogyism
or Young America, be chosen to guide the ship
of State; the whole country will always yield
to the irresistible sway of the majority. Though
in the midst of the uncertain future, questions
of national importance, like the extension or
abolition of slavery, may yet shake the Rcpub
lie to its very centre, we are at least sure that ;
ono universal sentiment eloquently expressed
by the distinguished Webster, will inspire every
true American heart—" Liberty and Union, •
now and forever, one and inseparable." Where •
then is the danger ? • What else need we fear ?
Let the despots of Europe conspire against our
free institutions and the sacred right of self
government ; let the encroachments of a few
Fillibusters aftbrd them a pretext for declaring ;
war; let them invade the liberties of free America.
A nation that resolves to remain free can ne'er
be conquered. We are still animated by the
spirit of Seventy-six, with which file weak con
federacy of thirteen• United Colonies triumphed •
over the boasted mistress of the world. ..We
fight not for glory,—not for conquest, but for
liberty and conscience. Our cause—our glori
ous cause will arouse tho dormant strength of
millionS nursed in the lap of freedom and
reared on a soil consecrated by the blood of our !
ancestors, those brave antagonists of oppres
sion, who toiled and bled that their posterity
might be free. And, do we not still pre , :rse ;
the rich inheritance of freedom ? Who is not I
moved by the thrilling injunctions of our f
fathers-- My sons scorn to he slaves,"—"
sons forget not your
.fathers ?" Who does not
seek lessons of patriotism on the historic pages
of the American revolution ? The destructioti
of tea in Boston harbor—the battles of Lexing
ton and Wunker's Hill,—the memorable EmirElt
of July, now a day of national jubilee,—the
plains of Benujugtou and Saratoga,—the patri
; otic deeds of Washington. Putnam, Green and
others,—the surprise at Trenton and the siege
• of Yorktowth—the bravery of those nameless
heroes who left their homes and firesides to dare
the perils of a long and distressful war. These,
all these, will ever add vigor to our arms.
Cheered and animated by such ennobling recol
lections, the freemen of America will ever ban
ish the haughty aggressor front our shores,—
drive his armies froth the lands,—sweep his
fleets from the Ocean,—restore peace and order,
and keep the star-spangled banner, the glorious
ensign of the repulllic, now and forever, trimn
pliantly floating on the top of the Capitol. But
while the nobility and crowned heads of Europe,
would overthrow our liberties, and crush the
spirit of human freedom, the masses,•—the op
pressed and downtrodden of all nations, pray
for our safety and happiness. In war, they
will never use all their resources and exert all
their strength in opposition to a land consecra
ted by their prayers. In peace, they will al
ways seek a refuge here, the only land where
the equal rights of all are secured and protect
ed by the constitutional laws of government.—
if aught baffles the imagination when we con
template the grand panorama of the future, it
is the increasing tide of foreign emigration
ever rolling onward. The restrictions of their
political privileges, now advocated by some;
Americans, cannot stay it. You may even de- !
ny them the right of suffrage, but a deluge of
men will be driven forward, as it were, by the ;
hand of God,—driven from their native homes
to the exuberant soil of the Mississippi valley.
—from the Rocky Mountains to the unpeopled
and far distant west. They will come—not
' only front wretched Ireland ; not only from the
depths of Germany, swayed by a host of petty'
tyrants, not only front the persecuted districts
of Italy ; but from every land and clime where
dark and tainted clouds of despotism obscure the
light of freedmin. Has then love of country no'
attachment ? Or what 414 man from his na
tive home, from the refineffieffls of civilized life,
• from fields that teem with golden harvests, to
the trans-atlantic North America ? What im
pels him to take up his abode among strangers ,
in a strange land, far from the hallowed tombs 1
of his fathers, far from the beloved freinds and
companions of his once cherished home, far
front all those endearing scenes, which have so
often shed their mingled delights around him ?. 1
It is independence,—it is an innate love of free
dom. This sends him to the hallowed asylum ,
of America, where his industry is encouraged, l
his skill rewarded, and his genius animated; :
where he may worship God according to the I
dictates of his own conscience ; and where
thought, speech, the press, and every thing is ;
free. Here, then, the melodies of foreign lands,
though beautiful and afflicting like the " Switz
er's Song of Home," will always be subdued by
the ever ringing notes of " Hail Columbia."—;
But the time is coming when the golden sun
of liberty will illumine the whole world. We
now sway the destinies of mankind. The flag 1
of the Union is everywhere respected, and the
influence of American independence is felt
throughout every quarter of the globe. The
unexampled prosperity of the United States is
a subject for human congratulation, and the
name of the immortal Washington has become
a household word in the great family of nations.
South America has already in part followed our
examples, and the monarchs of the Old World i
begin to tremble for their thrones, now totter
ing and any moment ready to fall. The names
of Washington, Wallace, Bruce, Tell, and other I
champions of freedom kindle the wildest enthu
siesta, while kings and military despots sink ;
into merited oblivion. All these facts "show
that the people, after a long and afflictive night'
of darkness have at last awakened ; the feudal
ism of the middle ages can no more enslave I
them, and though it have the air of prophecy.;
we may venture to predict the decline and fall ;
of empires. Freedom will once more spread
along the smiling shores of the Mediterranean ;
France will yet be the fairy land dreamt of by i
Napoleon the First ;England will have a re'pub•
lican constitution in the place of her famous
Magna Charta ; the German states will consti- ;
tote one republic ; the independence of Poland'
will be restored ; and even the formidable pow-
er of Russia will not be able to resist the corn
mon impulse. In the course of centuries the:
advancing column of civilization will subdue;
the harbaric hordes of Asia, and the sable mil.
lions of Africa *ill yet rival The greatness of:
other races. From the icy regions of the poles
to the sultry climate of the torrid zone, the tree
of liberty will everywhere spread its branches.'
Then peace and righteousness will begin their ,
glorious reign which shall endure to the end of '
the world. Then, and not till then, will the
problem be solved—the grand problem of Con- !
stitutional American liberty.
Curiosities of the Bible.
In the Old Testament the name " Lord" is
found 5,002 times ; thenanie " God" is found 2,-
725 times. 'The name " Jesus" occurs 925 times
in the New Testament. The word " Christ"
555 times in the Bible. The word " Selah" is
met' with 7•I times in the Bible th( w.ird
" eternity" but once ; the double
" Very, very," is to be seen 25 tiny
gospel, and nowhere else. The ph
God said" occurs 10 times in the first
of Genesis. The names " Jesus" and " Chrkt"
are neither of them in the third epistle or John :
Ile word " fore•or-dained" is mentioned but
once in the whole Bible, and the word .‘ perse
verance" but im , !“ the our I‘• atonement" is
mentioned hitt :lie T..stAnien• :
the word ....1•• f" • 'Mies into
13i ,le Tty ;,:•. •ii•ide of ••
(Id" lori•initi sin 'r he • covenantsof grace "
'rho 21st verse of the seventh chapter of Ezra
has all the letter.: of the alphabet in it ; the
10th chapter of tae second hook of lings, and
the 37th chapter of Isaiah are alike : and in
in the book of Esther, which has ten chapters,
neither the word Lord nor God arc found.
NUMBER 501,
The Prtisidentm.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died
on the 4th of July, 1820. John Adams died
in his 01st year, and wAs eight pears older tliant
Thomas Jefferson ; Thomas Jelfierson was eight
years older than James Madison ; James
ison was eight years older than James Monroe ;
and James Monroe was eight years older that,
J. Q. Adams. The first five of our Presi4eß4
—rill revolutionary 'men—ended their term of
service in the Cdth year of their age. Wask%
ington, born February 22d, 1732 ; inauguroe4
1787 ; term of service expired in the 6Gth year
of his ago. Thomas Jefferson, born April 2d,
1743, inaugurated 1801 ; term expired in tho
60th year of his age. James Madison, born
March 14th 1751 ; inaugurated 1800 ; term ex
pired in the 66th year of his age. James Mon
roe, born April 3d, 1750 ; inaugurated 1817 ;
term expired in the GOth year of his age.
COLD
For every mile that we leave the surface of
I the earth the temperature falls five degrees. At
tbrty-five tniles distance from theglobe we yet be
hold the atmosphere, and enter, strictly speaking
into the regions of space, whose temperature is
225 degrees below zero ; and here cold reigns
in all its power. Some idea of this intense
cold may be formed by stating that the great-
est cold observed in the arctic circle is from 4Q
to GO degrees below zero ; and hero many sur
prising effects arc produced. In the chemical
laboratory the greatest cold that we can pro
duce is about 150 degrees below zero, At this
temperature carbonic gas becomes a solid sub
stance like snow. If touched it produces just
the same .effect on the skin as a red-hot cinder ;
it blisters the finger like a burn. .Quicksilver
or mercury freezes 40 degrees below zero ; that,
is, 72 degrees below the temperature at which
the water freezes. This solid mercury may
then be treated as other metals, hammered info
sheets or made into spoims ; such spoons would,
however, melt in water as warm as ice. It is
pretty certain that every liquid and gas we aro
acquainted with would become Njid if exposed
to the cold of the regions of space. The gas wo
light our streets with would become wax ; od
would be in reality as hard as a rock ; pun,
spirit, which we have never yet solidified, would
appear like a block of transparent crystal ;
drogen gas would becothe quite solid:and re 7
semble metal ; we should be able to turn but
ter in a lathe like a piece of ivory ; and the, fra
grant odor of the flowers would have to be hot
before they would yield .perfume. These are a
few of the astonishing effects of cold.—Septimuf
Piesse.
The Earth a Graveyard.
Scientific writers assert that the number of
persons who existed since the beginning of time
amounts to 36,627,813,275,075,845. Theso
figures when divided by 3,095,000, (the num
ber of square leagues of land on the globe,)
leave 11,320,089,732 square miles of lam/ op
the globe, which being divided as before, give
134,622,076 persons to each square mile. Let us now reduce Miles to square rods, and the
number will be 1,853,174,600,000, which be
ing divided as before, will give 1283 inhabi 7
twat; to each square rod ; which being'reduce4
to feet, will give ahout .five persons to CALL
square foot of terra firma. Thus it will be per
ceived that our earth is one vast cemetery.-
1283 human beings lie buried on each square
rod—scarcely sufficient for ten graves. Each
grave must contain 128 persons. Thus it it;
seen that the whole surface of the globe haq
been dug over 128 times to bury its dead.
Hard to Find.
A man who never declines office on account
of " circumstances oiler which he has no con-
IMNI
A merchant who has neN'et said that his bu r
siness was " only tolerable good; and money
hard to get these times."
A man who never took the beam out of his
own eye without poking it into somebody's
else.
A creditor who is never' very much in need
of nioney.'!
A politician who never invited particular at
tention to his public acts, or challenod F strict
L.,!igatibn without patty pri!iivi; c his
while representing hi.: .. :•!i!. , •,n
!n, r occasion."
A statesman who is govern'. •
sire to benefit the public.
thinking man who is not di-
7:7THE FROG TILADE.-1:11.
1.:14.11 , ;• ,ays that a ft!.111
'n i.t
Y' • I: -,7 1 t .
i' N.w 1,1 -I
last.
(77.7 — EusAin is forty tin;e3 the size of FeIMCC,
and one hundred and thirty-eight times that of
England.
fl" - The whole nuinher of persons killed by
thd recent railroad accident near Philadelphia,
as far as ascertained, is set down at 63.
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