The Lehigh register., September 10, 1856, Image 2

(For the Lehigh 'Register.)
Flag Presentation.
Thursday was an excellent day for the cause
of Republican Freedom in Allentown. A beau
tiful Flog, the gift of Messrs. P. Sieger, Charles
G. Sower, William 11. Barnes, Stephen Riegel,
B. Kemmerer, Parrish Bradshaw and Jacob
Riegel, was presented to the Republican Club
by a committee of from sixty to a hundred la
dies,. who not only feel but dare express their
sympathy for the cause of true liberty.
interesting ceremony took place in the
pretty lawn behind the Court House, in the
presence of a largo number of indica and gen
tlemen. After the. Allentown Band, who had
generously volunteered their services fcr the
occasion, had played with their usual skill an
inspiriting air, Mrs. I. N. Gregory, who had
been appointed spokeswoman by the committee,
appeared upon die stand accompanied by sever
rat ladies, and made the presentation in the fol
lowing address :
" Gentlemen of the Republican Club of Al
lentown.—lt is hardly necessary to say that
very few occasions could draw so many of your
townswomen front the domestic retirement
which they are knoWn to love so well, and in
duce thcui to assume so conspicuous a position
as they have done this day. Believe me, it is
due only to their ardent sympathy with the
cause of liberty and troth: and their strong de
sire to lend it their aid; it may be indirectly
and, ns some will say, to little purpose, yet
who shall presume to limit the power of human
sympathy—of woman's sympathy ? Who will
dare to say that even this gathering of women
and men, to present and receive a flag. may
not be productive of great results in . the pro
gress of freedom ? It is one of the little rills
that help to swell the mighty stream of person
al human influence, which ever gathers strength
as it flows onward.
" The power and privilege of testifying her
sympathy with the suffering, the benevolent
and the heroic is one of woman's rights. It is
her right—it shall be her right to all ages ; and
rest assured, that while the principles of your
cause are fixed on the firm foundation of im
perishable truth and justice, she never will hes-
The County Agricultural Fair. I Rate to exercise that right in your behalf. Do
The Secretary of the Lehigh County Agricul- not doubt her heart's desire for your success :
and if the feat ful time shall come—as it may—
turn' Society informs us that Gov. Pot.i.ocic has
never fear that the women of this daywill he
accepted the invitation of the Committee, and found unworthy of the mothers of thißevolu- I
will deliver the annual address before the Soci- lion or the sterling matrons of the Fatherland.
ety on Thursday the 2d of October, that being I " Our motto, inscribed on every hearth stone
front Maine to the Pacific Ocean, is ' No Ex
the third day of the Fair. tension of Slavery.'
As we spoke at length about the importance !
" Receive then at my bands, in behalf of
of the approaching exhibition in our last, it is' these my sisters.. this beautiful banner. We
unnecessary to say anything further titan that have nccepted this commission with feelings of
gratitude to the generous donors, and no
extensive' arrangements have already been made '
lilUe
ea a n eh n t o . t ttot them, ttgh i
they
v y y o e u
re s co a re
for the accommodation of exhibitors, visitors,pe on 4 d ‘ a
w
&c. The Fair will eminence on the last day' nine us as coadjutors in the cause of justice and
ofSeptember and continue the Ist, 2d and 3d freedom.
days of October, and we venture to say, will ! " Let this token of brotherhood, prepared fur
exceed anything of the kind ever witnessed in rtoithle)3; your ivLo fellow-laborers ve , beabolld in the iofuiion ' i C n 3 it y, m o ir f
this county. Seven brass bands, from different work. Beautiful in itself, eloquent ns a gift,
parts of the county will be present to enliven sacred in origin and associations, and glorious
the crowds with soul-stirring music. 11111 AM J. !as a symbol, let it be unfurled to the free wind
ofltiaven,lending on your ranks with increas-
SCLIANTZ, Esq , the indefatigable President of
ell
energy an the cause of humanity. Its style
the Society, together with his aids, are un- is pure and chaste—so be all your deeds ; its
wearied in their enrts thus far, and we guar- colors are bright and uttfaded.—so let your
antee that when the Fair takes place, nothing , faith be clear and strong. your zeal enduring,
yiT i tti t t i c l i pies unchangeable adverse storms.
will be wanting on their part to make it agree- I mission on cart
able, pleasant and profitable to all who attend. I was to prLiart y liberly to thecaptive andop
pressed. reward your honest -fruits, so that
from this day every State that shall be added
to our beloved Union shall be received free from
the curse of slaVery, and shine in the constella
tion stars in the crown of our rejoicing.' "
On taking the Flag, Dr. G. C. Hand handed
to the speaker a beautiful wreath and also a
box tied with ribbon and sealed, requesting
that the ladies would not open it until the 7th
of November.
Mr. Ancy replied to the address of presenta
tion in an eloquent and appropriate extempo
raneous speech. Mr. Gregory being then call
ed for spoke to the audience in an earnest,
manner for about an hour.
A procession was then formed by the ladies,
led by the band, and followed by the Club in
order : and numerously attended by the specta
tors, they passed up Hamilton street to the
Odd Fellows' Hall, which had been most taste
fully
adorned for the occasion by the ladies.
As the long line reached the Club room just
next to the Hall, the Flag was run out, and un
furling, floated gracefully in the gentle breeze
amid the waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies,
and the enthusiastic cheers of the members of
the Club. •
In the evening the.llall was thronged by la
dies and gentlemen, who were entertained by
songs from the Glee Club and speeches from
Mr. Rauch, of Bethlehem, and Messrs. Oliver
and Gregory, of Allentown.
Th LERial FiEGISTER.
ALLENTOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1850
O. F. lIJUNES, EDITOIt
ANNE C.—Thc sentiment is good, but the ver
sification irregular. A poor specimen of
handwriting.
'`-`7l' Valuable Real Estate.
Some very valuable Real Estate will be found
advertised in our paper, to which the attention
of those wishing to make investments is di
rected.
Telegraph Dividend.
The Philadelphia and Wilkesbariil Telegraph
Co. have declared a dividend of four per cent.
on the capital stock, payable October Ist.
13cncilt Ball.
On l'hursdar evening, October 2d, (third day
of the Fair,"). a ball is to come off in the Odd
Fellows' Ilall, the proceeds to be for the benefit
of the Allentown Brass Bind. A delightful
occasion is anticipated. Tickets, 81, to be had
of any of the memo, rs.
Gailieriip..; at flat h.
There was a kind of military and musical
festival nt Bath, on Saturday a week. A call
was issued for a battalion. but only one coin
pany was in attendance. The Bethlehem Band,
Bath Band, Fogelsville Band, and others were
present, however, and it was turned into a mu
sical glorification. Most of the people present
were highly pleased at the result and enjoyed
the day as well as could be expected.
Summer Fruits
Our town is pretty well supplied with the
Sutnmer fruits. Watermelons, apples, pears,
Plums, grapes, &c., are abundant, but com
mand stiff prices. Peaches are scarce, and
those in the market arc not flue.
Bad and Hangerens Practice.
On Saturday afternoon a difficulty occurred
between a number of boys in the lower part of
town, when one of them picked up a stone and
threw it at another named' eIIAILLES Arm,
which struck him on the head and caused a se
rious wound. Ile R'11.5; picked up by an eye
witness and taken to his home, and at present
is in a critical condition. The practice in
dulged in by boys of throwing stones is a very
culpable one, and this unfortunate affair will,
we trust, prove such a warning to boys as to
prevent theta from continuing the dangerous
practice.
Allentown Brass Band.
It cannot but be a source of gratification to
the music-loving citizens of our town, to wit
ness the advancement this musical organization
has made in this noble art since the consolida-;
tion of'the old and new 'Bands, under their efft
tient and untiring leader. Mnj A. ETTINGKIL.
They improve as if by magic. We do hope for
the credit of the town and community that all
proper encouragement will be extended to them
by the citizens, which alone cnn help to main
tain its permanent organization. There is
nothing that we can conceive which tends more
to please the fmcy of man, than the sweet har
mony of music, and a community entirely des
titute of it is indeed far behind the times of
civilization. Music softens every harsh senti
ment, and drives away every uncharitable
thought that seas rt fttp,e in the human breast.
•
At the Gene' , :;econd Tues
day of Octobi:r, t'so L• logli county will
be called upon to ‘o . o. f foliuwing officers:
One person for Canal Commissioner.
One person for Auditor General.
One person for Surveyor General.
One person fur Congress.
• Two persons for the State Legislature.
One person for President Judge.
Two persons for Assoeiateludges.
One person fur Distoici. Attorney.
One person for Sheriff.
One person for County Recorder.
Oue person for County Commissioner.
One person for Director of the Poor.
One person for County Auditor.
One pemon for County Surveyor.
Two persons for Academy Trustees.
morning and evenings arc becoming
quite cool and frost-like—while straw hats,
white pants and coats aro going below par.
The coal•dealers, however, wear smiling faces,
evidently believing that in their “ black dia.
mends" the public will find a remedy for all the
ills the approaching Frost King may impose
upon us. The month just passed.—.generally
considered one of the warmest, we must say
gave us many cold days, and it is a notable
fact that it was the coolest August known in
sixty-eight consecutive years-with the excep
tiou of 1816 and 1817.
Disgraceful Proceedings. -
On Friday evening last a Democratic Mass
Meeting was held in front of the Club Room in
Market Square, and while Mr. Shoenawalt, of
Easton, was addressing his German fellow Citi
zens in their native language, gangs of boys and
overgrown young men of the opposition assem
bled in the neighborhood and commenced shout
ing and bellowing for their favorite candidate,
and utterring abusive epithets in regard to the
speaker, like so many wild Hottentots. Stich
demonstrations are very disgraceful, and per
sons who engage in them have no respect for
themselves or the credit of their town, and are
certainly endowed with more ignorance and
'blackguardisin than reason and common sense.
Of course, the enlightened and knowing ones of
the opposition party disapproved and seriously
regretted the occurrence. Hereafter it is to be
hoped that no such demonstrations will occur,
for if they do, the participants may rest assured
I that they.stand a better chance of being arrest
ed anti held to account for it than of being
struck by lightning. Strong orders have been
given to the Police. ,
Congress Adjouriled.
PASSAGE or THE AILUY BILL.—The extra ses
sion of Congress closed on the 30th inst. The
Reuse concurred in the Senate's amendment to
.the Army Bill, striking out the Kansas amend
ment, and the original bill was passed by four
tnajority and. was signed by the President.
After the passage of the bill both branches ad
punted sine dial •
The Trado of Politics.
. ,
No greater evil has developed itself under
our system of government than the insatiate
desire for office, and the consequent induce
ment for so many people to make politics a
trade. While we look with a favorable eye
upon the ballot box, wo must confess that the
profession of politic, or demagogueism, to which
men of the most ambitious turn and best calcu
lated to di) good to their country and fellow
men aro led, is one of the most corrupting of all
pursuits or a freeman. Political warfare is gen
erally a warfare which has .a tendency to harms
and turn the mind into every, shape, and men
who are hot-headed politiciansaye very often led
to resort to means unlawful and unjust, and
which men in almost any other pursuit would
scorn. Nothing is too base or too dirty with the
downright politician, provided that by and I
through these means he can gain the end he wishes
fir his party. la this field of strife courtesy is
laid aside, and it matters not who is arrayed
upon the opposite side, and should be as ir
reproachable as an angel, still he has no shield.
The endearments that have thronged his way
side up to the time of his enlisting with such zeal'
into the political ranks, have been forgotten,
and ho is running headlong with the throng,
endeavoring to push forward. A candidate for
office, if it be sufficient to canoe political strife'
and energy, if he enters spotless, must expect
to come out charred like the brands from a
conlpit. If it is the desire of a man to become'
knave, pimp. liar, gambler. sabbnth-breaker,
blasphemer and thief, let him get the candi•
dacy for an important office, which a set of po
litical hunters are after in full chase with their
hounds. lie can thus accomplish his wishes
without the least exertion on his own part.
MAINE ELECTION
An election for State officers was held in
Maine on Monday last. We have telegraphic
returns which at present indicate that it has
gone for the Republicans. Eighteen towns
give Hamlin, Rep., for Governor, 18,400 ;
Wells. Dent., 10.000 ; Patton, Whig. 2,000.
It is supposed Hamlin is elected over both. J.
M. Woods is elected to Congress in first Dis
trict. and Charles L. Gilman in the Second,
both Republicans.
Accidont
On Wednesday last, while a man named
John Schmoyer was at work in an ore pit be•
longing to Mr. James Weiler, on land of Mr.
Henry Schmoyer, near Trexlertown, this coun
ty, a huge and heavy mass of earth caved in
upon him, breaking several bones and bruising
him besides in such a manner that his recovery
is doubtful.
Ca - Messrs. KECK & Nnwiman, merchant:.
tailors, No. 35 East Hamilton street, have just
received from the cities a fine and well selected
assortment of new goods. Their advertisement
will appear nest week. So look out for full
.articulars.
Doctor Elder.
This gentleman, who delivered one or two
addresses in the the Court House last winter,
will be here during the present week, and deliv
er an address on the interests involved in the
present political canvass, in the Market Square.
He has been delivering addresses throughout
the coal regions of late.
Vermont Election.
The election for State officers came off in Ver•
mont on Tuesday of last week. Last year the
Republican maj. for Gov. Boyce was about 13,-
000: The candidates this year were Ryland
Fletcher, Republican, and henry Keyes, Demo
crat. The returns show a Republican increase
on last year's vote, electing Mr. Fletcher, Gov
ernor by at least 15.000 mnj., and the three Re
publican Members of Congress ) and nearly the
entire Legislature. • .
Carbon County Demooratio Nominations
The Democratic D.:legate Convention of Car
bon county convened at Mauch Chunk on last
Monday. By telegraph we received the follow=
ing result :
Assembly—Enos Tolan ; Associate Judges—
Dennis Bonnar, John Lentz ; Commiss'oners—
J. Bullock, Peter Hartz ; Andilor—R. Leh :
Com:ressional Conferees—C. 11. Williams, B.
11. Schoonover, Tilgh. Auny.
ITerits County Democratic Nominations.
The following ticket was nominated by the
Dertiocratic Delegate Conventon of Berks Coun
ty, on the 30th of August;
Cougros : J. Glancy Jones Beading.
Assonbly: J. Lawrence Gvt z. Beading ; Wil
liam Heins, Washington ; None
macher, Upper Bern, Michael !lonian, Perry.
D.slrict Attorney: Jacob IC ideKenty, Read-
Associate Judges : David Scholl, Washing
'ton ; GeorgeD. Stitzel. Maidenereek.
Sheriff : Henry H. Islanderbaeln Reading.
County Commissioner : Samuel Summons,
Reading.
Director of the Poor: Geo. K. Haag. Centre.
County Surveyor: Andrew Kurr, Bethel.
Auditor : Samuel M. Klee, Penn.
r:/"THE OLDEST INHABITANT GONE.—M's.
Peggy Lerch died in Plymouth on. Saturday
last. She was born February 14, 1750, and
was 100 years and 0 months old. Two years I
ago we visited the old lady and found her cheer
ful and able to read her german testament with
out spectacles. For more than fifty years she'
has been a widow. Mrs. Lerch was originally,
from New Jersey, but resided some years in
Northampton county, in this State. For the
past half century she has lived on the Susque
hanna. She remembered as far back as the old
French war, although very young at the time.
We should be glad to have a more extended no
tice from the pen of some ono acquainted with
her history.-1151kesburre Times.
o'•Virtue is no security in this world.
What can be. more upright than pump logs and
editors 7 Yet both arc destined to bo bored:
NI=MIN•
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neptibitean County Convention.
Iu purguance of public notice, the Repub
lican County Convention, for the purpose of
nominating a County ticket, was held on Satur
day likst, at the public house of Jesse Miller, in
Guthsville. Ou mention, Capt. C. L Mona; of
Saucon, was called to the chair, assisted by a
ii - Mkther of Vice Presidents. After the object
of tf4t meeting was stated by the President, it
was on motion resolved that the Convention pro
' ceed to the nomination of a ticket after the plan
adopted at the Trexlertow n meeting. Numer
ous persons were thereupon nominated for dif
ferent officers, and on the vote being taken re
suited as follows :
Assenibly,—Owen Sehrieber, N. Whitehall
Assoc/a/c Judgec—CharlesKeek, Allentown ;
Edward Kohler, North Whitehall. „,
Sheriff,—Jacob Schleifer, Allentown.
Commissioner,—John Seiberling, Lynn.
County ;I:urreyor,—Elias Mertz, Allentown.
District Attornry,—Charles M. Runk, Allen-
MIMI
Recorder,—Beninmin M. Krauss, Allentown.
Dirt din. If the Poor,--David Getman, Low
er Milford.
editor ,-,-Franklin P. lickley, North White
hall. .
Trusirrs,--Michael D. Eberhard, Allentown ;
Stephen Barber, Allentown.
A committee of seven persons, consisting of
Messrs. James W. Mickley, Thomas C. Breinig,
Joseph Young, George Roth. jr., A. 11. Aney,
Preston Brocic and Dr. S. S. Schultz. was ap
pointed to meet a committee of equal number
from Bucks county, at such time and place as
may hereafter be designated by themselves, to
nominate a candidate for Congress, to be sup
ported by the voters of the District.
Messrs. E. J. Moore, Tilghman Good, Joel
Gross, A. S. Keck, W. 11. Gausler, Ilenty Yae
ger, Moses Wieand. James W. Fuller, Samuel
J. Kistler, James Weiler, Wm. M. Kistler, F.
11. Weidner, Aaron Balliet, Samuel Stauffer,
John Culbertson, Charles F. Stabler, Andrew
Knerr and Klemm Kramlich, were appointed a
standing County Committee for the ensuing
year, whose duty it shall be to issue calls for
meetings of the Party, at such times and places
as they shalt deem necessary and suitable.
A series of resolutions expressive of the sense
of the meeting were then reported by a com
mittee appointed for the purpose, and adopted,
but as they were in German, and being unable
1 to get them translated, we are prevented from
laying them before our readers.
7Dan Rice's Circus visited Reading on
Thursday and gave an afternoon and evening
Exhibition—the hitter to immense audience.
Every available space outside " the ring" was
densely packed. The hillowing is said to be a
correct report of the day's business :
Evening Performance
4.500 qr. dol. tickets sold,
1,100 taken in cash at door
300 Complimentary tickets issued, 000 00
5,000 persons
Afternoon Perfurtnance
2,400 Tickets suld, amounting to
8.300 persons. Total Receipts, $2,000 00
—The expenses of the concern, including Ii
ePIISU fees. rent, aground, and all charges, hard
ly exceed, we presume, $BOO per day, leaving
a clear profit of 81.200. This may bo called a
very handsome day's work.—Reading Journal.
rE . ,r INFLUENCE OF GRAPES Cron TEETIL—In
the western Dental Convention, in session at
Detroit, Dr. Perkins of New York. stated that
a pupil of his who had visited Demascus and
Mosel, in the Mediterranean, found that in the
latter place, where grapes were abundant and
eaten freely by the people, they were not subject.
to premature decay of teeth, while in the for
tnercity, where this fruit was scarcely indulged
in. the people had their teeth in no such health
ful degree of comparison. Dr. Perkins said
there were inure dentists in the United States
than in all Europe.
UThe chain•gang is about being put into
operation in Richmond, Va., and Charles Cook,
a white fellow, and Samuel Randervail, a free
negro. are the prisoners to break ground under
the city ordinance, with balls and chains ap
pended to their ancles.
[a - MAIN AND SNOW IN NonTn CAROLINA.—
The rain storm which set in at Wilmington,
N. C., on Saturday. night continued until noon
On Sunday, and the rain fell in torrents, while
the wind on Sunday night blew a violent gale.
The Journal say 4 the rico crop suffered to some
extent. It is stated in the Petersburg Express
that on Sunday afternoon last, about 7 o'clock,
when the Wilmington and Weldon cars passed
through Goldsborough, N. (3„ snow was falling
quite as thickly and as prettily as it ever fell in
these parts during winter.
MA3IStOTII PIE.—Tho citizens of Bur
lington, (Vt.,)recently had a pic-nic, and Among
the articles of the entertainment was a large.
berry pie, in the making of which two and 'a
half bushels of berries were used.
[l:7SrEnst PLOUGEI.—Iron. BRONSON Nun-
RAY, in a letter to the . Prairie Farmer, publish
ed at Chicago, Illinois; proposes to be one of a
hundred subscribers to a fund of $50,000, to
be awarded as a premium for a perfected steam.
plough suited to farm use, and capable of per
forming the work at an expense in money not
greater than the average cost of performing the
same work under the present system.
1:17BAD Buss.—The Cincinnati Gazette of
the 15th says, . the Brokers are buying the
notes of those banks discarded by the bankers
yesterday, at the following rates,—
Warren County Bank, Pa
Bank of Newcastle, Pa
Erie City Bank, Pa. lO "
Cumberland Savirizs Bank, p#..
..3
It is somewhat singular to trace the manner
in which arose the use of the common beverage
of coffee, without which few persons, in any
half or wholly civilized country in the world,
now make a breakfast. At the time Columbus.
discovered America, it had never been known
or used. It only grew in Arabia and Upper
Ethiopia. The discovery of its use as a bever
age is ascribed to the superior of a monastery, in
Arabia, who, desirous of preventing the monks
from sleeping at their nocturnal services, made
them drink the infusion of coffee upon the re
port of shepherds, who observed that their
flocks were more lively after browsing on the
fruit of that plant. Its reputation spread
through the adjacent countries, and in about
200 years it had reached Paris. A single plant
brought there in 1714, became the parent stock
of all the French coffee plantations iu the West
Indies. The Dutch introduced it into Java rind
the East Indies, and the French and Spanish
all over South America-and the West Indies.
The extent of the consumption can now hard
ly be realized. The United States alone annu
ally consume it at the cost on its landing of from
fifteen to sixteen millions of dollars. That of
tea is little over eight millions of dollars. The
Java and East Indian, next in quality, are lar
ger and of a paler yellow. The West Indian
and the Rio have a bluish or greenish•grey
tint.
$1,125 00
275 00
Cash receipts, $1,400 00
600 00
3 disai4n
5 4 6
How Coffee Came.to be Used
O:7•AN OLD LADY.-A mother of five gener
ations, named Katurah Cleveland, widow of
Ichabod Cleveland, a Revolutionary soldier, died
at Hackensack. on Monday, aged 92 years. She
had 10 children, 55 grand-children, 106 great
grand-children, 10 great great grand-children.,
making a total of 181 offspring, 135 of which
number were living at the time of her decease.
She had a son aged 71, a granddaughter aged
50 years, a great grand-daughter aged 26, and
a great great grand-daughter aged 7 years—all
living at her death.
Holloway's Ointment and Pills are a certain
Cure 'fur Scurvy.—Edward Hope, of Charles
ton, South Carolina, suffered more than most
people from the scurvy, and the whole of his
body was covered with this unsightly eruption,
he tried a great number of reputed remedies,
but he was not benefitted by the same, indeed,
it became doubtful to his friends, whether lie
would ever overcome this disfigurement. At
length he tried Holloway's Oiniment and Pills,
and*theso medicines quickly produced a bene
ficial change, by continuing . these excellent
medicines for eight weeks, lie was radically
cured.
r7LIGIITNING WITH A CLEAR SKI-.—Three
barns in Feeding Mills, Mass., belonging to
Comfort Kent, were struck by lightning and
burned on Monday last. There was no storm,
it is said, in the vicinity, nor cloud of any kind
near the barns at the time they were struck,
although a violent storm was prevailing in other
sections.
We are gratified to announce to our renders
a CATHARTIC PILL, (of which see advertise
ment in our columns,) from that justly celebra
ted physician and Chemist, DR. J. C. ATER.
His Cherry Pectoral, every where known as
the best remedy ever offered to the Public for
Coughs, &c., has prepared them to expect that
any thing from his laboratory would be worthy
of attention. As no one medicine is more uni
versally taken than a Physical Pill, the public
will be glad to know of one from such a trust
worthy source. We happen to know and can
assure them that this article has intrinsic me
rits, fully equal to any compound that has ever
issued from his Crucibles, and consequentl is
well worth a trial whenever such a medicine
becomes necessary.—Racine Con. Adv.
(a - SNow IN AUGUST.--A letter from Gor
ham, N. H., of the 27th of August, states that
snow'to the depth of three inches was then 'on
Mount Washington and other peaks in that vi
cinity. On Tuesday the Mercury at Mount
Washington was at 21 deg.
IJ LAND WARRANTS.—The whole number
of land warrants issued from the Pension Office
under the act of March 3d, 1855, is 165.951.
It will take 19.827,040 acres of land to satisfy
these warrants. About 9000 warrants have
been issued during the present month.
EXTENSIVE•MANUFAOTURING COMPANI.-Tlll3
Boonton Iron Mines, N. J., manufactured last
year 130,000 kegs of nails, each keg weighing
100 pounds, and 15,000 kegs of railroad spikes.
They contemplate manufacturing this year
145,000 kegs. The establishment now employs
six men, and works two mines—the Swede
and Mount Pleasant—and embraces the various
operations of mining, smelting, rolling iron,
nail and spike making.
(0 ;The Cincinnati papers record the death
of Mr. Robert Orr, in the 88th year of his ago.
He was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1771. Mr.
Orr, 57 years ago raised corn and other grain
on what is now the densest part of Cincinnati.
DC7*About one hundred emigrants from Ale
bama and Georgia, of whom sixty were men,
and the remainder women, children, and slaves,
passed through St. Louis on the 19th ult., en
their way to Kansas.
(7The failure of Joseph P. and Austin D.
Moore, of the Frankstown Furnace, Blair coun
ty, is announced. The indebtedness of the firm
is set down at nearly, if not quite $200,000.
13:7The editors of the N. 0: Creole propose
and offer to send their paper to all Democrats
for ono year, foayable when Fillmore is elected
President of the United States.
Sitnon Green, convicted at Harrisburg,
Pa,. of the murder of Michael Kelly, was, on
Tuesday, sentenced to be hung.
1:1:7A single female house fly, it is said, will
produce in one season, twenty millions.
II:7A mixture of honey with the purest char
coal will make the teeth as white as snow.
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(Communicated for the Lehigh Register.)
DAVID H. HENTER'S DESCRIPTIVE LEM=
OP A WHALING VOYAGE, Re.
(CONTINUED o into, on LAST.)
SAN yir o, Mardi, 1858.
The Captain looked on fro he quarter-deck
and soon became enraged at the failure of the
two boats, until at last in a towering passion
he called fora boat's crew, and with the re.
maining boat put out after them. Now com
menced a ludicrous scene, for the four Porta-
guese we had shipped at the Western islands
were in the boat, and they seated themselves
in every direction, some hindforemost, some
pulling this way and some that. The Captain,
who had stepped into the bow of the boat and
picked up an iron, consequently bad not notic
ed the condition of things until finding that the
boat made no progress, when he turned around.
With a loud oath he sprang in among them,
seizing one by the nape of the neck, and the
other by the seat of the breeches, he raised
them from their seats and droppe'l them in a
proper position, btit as " things love to go by
contrarities," the poor fellows commenced
hacking up instead of pulling in their oars ; ad
ded to these untoward events it turned out that
the boatsteerer was a perfect ignoramus, (al
though a good-hearted, kind, innocent fellow,)
and not able to keep the boat straight : the
scene was ludicrous in the extreme, but the
conduct of the Captain by his furious gesticu
lations became of too serious a nature to creato
a laugh, in view of the probable results. The
boat accidentally pushed up against one of the
fish, who had become exhausted and separated
from the scoal ; the Captain successfully drove
' his iron, but the fish got away. The loud
oaths which followed from the Captain at his
failure were not sufficient to retain my atten
tion, •
on, as the haat of the chief mate had now also
become successfully fastened to one of the fish ,
but as I looked again in the direction of tha
Captain's boat, I beheld a sight which turned
limy blood to molton streams of fire, and well
WAS it for me I was not in that boat ; with one
blow from the gigantic fist of the Captain, the
boatsteerer had been felled senseless into the
bottom of the boat, and the demoniac fiend was
then stamping the head and face of the appa
rently lifeless form. But as it. is unpleasant to
dwell upon such horrid sights, .1 will close this
inhuman incident by merely stating the feet
that it was weeks 'before any one could recog
nize his features as the same which had always
beamed with good nature and pleasantry.
• The boats returned to the ship in answer to
the return-signal which was now hoisted on the
mizzen-gulf. First came the Captain's boat,
which was hoisted to its place on the sides of
the ship ; then came the second mate's boat,
the crew laboring manfully to tow their fish
alongside : this was soon accomplished, and the
toiling, perspiring men, instead of words kind
and encouraging, received the curses of the
Captain in return. This boat brought in with
her a scoal of sharks, the blood-dyed sea allur
ing these monsters of the deep ; then came the)
third mate's boat, unsutr:essful, and soon after
the chief mate's boat came alongside with a
fine fish. The fish were hoisted over the sides'
of the ship upon deck, bodily by the aid of lingo
blocks and tackle which were lashed to the
main•yard arm, the fall (rope) of which was
fastened to the windltiss. 000 was about 12
feet in length and the other 13. The third
mate took. what whaling men call a " spade,".
(which is something like an immense chisel
fastened to a lung pole) and with the sharp ins
strument he severed the head from the bodies,
then cutting a slice of about S inches in width
the full length of the fish, a pike (boat hook)
was inserted in one end of the slice, and while
two men were pulling, he scientifically separa
ted the blubber from the carcass until the
whole of it was peeled off; the fat }vas then •
carefully trimmed of all lean with sharp knives
and cut into square slices of about an inch, so
that the whole slices or "horse pieces" (as they
are called) are kept together only by the skin,
in order to make boiling easier. The blubber
was then thrown into a vat where it remained
until it became putrid and the , oil which had
separated in, part bore the pieces upon its.sur
face. This the mate called " ripe," and prepa
rations were made for " tying out," the process
of which I will give you in my next.
DAVID 11. uusTEn.
[To
il - ENDOIISING A BANK BILL.-A gentleman
writes to the Hartford Courant that about a
year ago, while engaged in counting over
money, he carelessly put his name on the back
of a $2O bill. A son of Erin came into his of
fice a few days since with the hill, and said he
had come from East HardfOrt, to get gold from
the endorser. The gentleman looked in the
Bank Note Reporter, and found the bank ind
suspended payment, and was obliged to give
the num a good bill for it.
E7The receipts for grain e,t Qhicago fin tho
month of August, will, it is said, amount to
nearly 5,000,000 of bushels.
[There are in New Orleans, twenty-eight
hundred drinking houses to a population of 80 0
000.
- -
o:7"The amount in the V. S. Treasyry, on the
25th ult., subject to draft, was nearly twenty
five millions of dollars.
7Eleven children were horn on the steam
er St. Nicholas, on a trip from Now Orleans tq
St. Louis, with a company of German emigrants,
week before last.
7Trustee, a well-known race horse, died
in Westchester county, N. Y., last weck.
1:1:7•The highest point reached by the mercul
ry in the thermometer in England this sum!
mer, as ,far as we haver accounts, as on tha
4th of July, when it reached 74 degrees. July
the•thermometer was repotted at 60 deg.,
which was the highest point on that date. On
the Bth of July it only rose to 56 deg : . on the
morning of July Bth the, thcrtionwtef mdioatid
only. forty.nime degrees, •