TtlAt LE.II3ISI-1 REGISTER,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, SI:PM:DER 17, 1850
C. nAmcs; EmTon
• r.r - IN‘v Goons.—Guth & Schlauch. No. 41
West Hamilton street, have just received a fin
and heavy stock of new Fall and Winter Good. ,
to which they invite the attention•of the public.
Advertisement will appear next week.
Ne..v York tedgei
We have before us a copy of the " Ledger of
Romance, Literature, Fashions and Fine Ark."
published by ;faints AV. Fortitno, 1.2 and 14
Spruce street, New York. at her annum,
two copies S 3, four copies G, i i nt copies Sl2.
It is got up in the be,t etvle of t pography,
printed on a large sheet of nt paper, and
filled with a valiiety of matter, embracing liter
ature, news, poetry, music, and last but not
least, a " matrimonial eiirresliondence," making
it altogether the most elegant family weekly is
sued. Its circulation is said to be larger than
any weekly paper ever attained in this country.
The number before us is also embellished with
several line engravings. We should be pleased
to see it on our table weekly.
I 'irw,., ned.
On Thursday night last a boatman from New
Jersey was drowned in the Lehigh Basin at
this place. It is supposed be laid himself on
deck to sleep and accidentally rolled over
board. His body was recovered the following
day. He was about :15 years of age.
A t;plendid Entertainment.
On Tuesday evening next a rare and
cxcrl
lent entertainment will be given at the (.01
Fellows' Hall by the Luca° Family,—a emit
pany of Pantemitnists, Ballet Dancers:, Vocal
ists and Musicians. Entertainments lilac this
are but seldom presented out of the large cities.
and we would on this occasion advise all.‘vho
desire to see something ‘rni tit seeing to turn
out, as a longtime may claps'.! 'eve they \al
have - something similar alllmied them.
Somethin.v t:q• rop
Mons. E. Petrel,::, trartling ace nt for
John Englhdt & C 0 ..; " Patent liens 1)!ill,d
Eyed \ce,lics,' iii laid s.:•veral specimen pnehs
on our table. As WC 1.11 , w liqt little fil)tnit the
rcyuisitc 111;:l1ILCS 111 01,-.:ll'y (4) :;1*,`:i"1111 ,. ...` styli
articles good, we wi'l le, 1-1. ,•11h,
itor of Co,de).*:;l.,:t,le . g Book
factored instrument for the pitrii,:e it hi, I,,ve
been our gr,od fortune to mal:e tri,l of. 7'.
cyc—that impot tent consideration in this wea
pon of the scatustre, , s is carefully prepared
against the trouble of cutting or wearing away
the thread, and it is a ideastn:e therefore to
work with a needle so invariably sure. We
have found that our own needlework has become
pcculiary fascinating, since we have made these
well-manufactured insti unients to aid' in its
achievement, and We cheerfully recommend
them to that wide ciass in our midst with Na how
sewing is matter of daily utility —a family
necessity, and an object of tducation." .May
be had at the principal stores in town.
The Approachiii
As a matter of interest to our readers We be
low give the time for the holding of the Agricul
tural Exhibitions in this and the neighboring
( ountk
Lehigh County -r.t Anentown, on 'rues
day, Wednesday, Thu:.,day .and Friday, Sept
;;Oth, 2d and :1.1.
Nurthamith.n.r.muty -at Nazareth, 'on
Tuesday, IVetine , .day and Thurs,lay, 7th, Sth
and (Jilt of r.
Northampton t'onnty Farmer,' and leehatt
ies' In,titute 1.::.:11;1,ition,-- 1.:3,t0n, On 'ru e s
day, IVednesday, Thur, , i,ty n l Friday, 23d
24th, 25th and 20th of September.
—at Newtown, on Wed
• Bucks Comity Fai
uesday Scpt. 24th.
Burks Comity Fair.---at Rcakling, on IVed
nesclay, Thursday, and Saturday, Oct
Ist, 2d, 3d cud 4th.
Schuylkill C'ounty Fair,—at Schuylkill Haven,
on IVednesday, Thur,.lay : Sept.
'24th, 25th and •
Grcat 27.c.:11",
On Friday t'eptenWer ;6th a tnantl I;vpubli•
can Itlass . :\lceting is to be hull in .or l'orough.
Several of the itiJA etninutit chanipi-n-; of that
cause,—the 11on. Anon Ihirlinattl.., lion: Da
vid Wilmot and Or. \Vilna:ll tiler, ha% e
Bea their will:ft„:ne: , . , ; to lie ure:;ent and &liver
addresses out the
At chic:a
About two weeks since a 12 •ear old dough
ter of Mr. JACOB licKtm, hear Seidersville, Low
er Saucon township, fell or a Pear tree and
broke both arms just above the wrist.
Maine Eleclion.
The annual dcetion for State officers, menr
bers of Congress, Legislatare, &e., was hid iu
Maine on last Monday week The result is
Republican triumph, they having cal
thing,— from Ato Z. They elected every mem
bey of Congress, the whole S ale S a Lc, except
perhaps one, ;11111 111 . .1r than low-fins of the
House. Hamlin's Rep.) mai nity over Wells
:or Governor will be t.'.1.1,11m1, and Maui: 1.5 tam
over the Demoei•atie told Whig eawiillates
blued. Lust year the Ilepublieaus . and Know
Nothings united were in a minority of ov4 7,-
000 i although they had a plurality. "
For the past few years, the country has been This has become a great evil in our country,
flooded with advertisements of various Gift En- and it is to be regretted that the party !Ass
terprises, which is but another name for Lot- , are so generally lending their aid to its exten
(cries, and a new mode of swindling. several sion. A stranger from abroad, were he to take
of the leaders of these schemes in New York : up our newspapers at this time, would suppose
an Tewhere have been taken up and fined or that we were a nation of gamblers, and that a'
'mprisoned, for obtaining money under false presidential contest was but. a mere game of
pretences, and several others we know of ought ! the national proclivity. It is to be hoped that
to be in the Penitentiary. A bold fellow, who we will mend our ways in this regard, not only
assumes the name of J. PERHAM again announ- from cOnsiderations alncting our reputtetion as ,
ces his Gift E»frrprize and wishes us to pub- a people, but for the purity of elections,—a
dish his sehetne for ten iiaels in the same ! , thing impossible so long as the practice is tole-
This is about the sixth time we have received rated and encouraged as it is. Instead of
the circular of !inn, though we have never dis_ diminishing, however, this evil seems to be
graced the columns of the Register by inserting' gathering strength with the return of every
his advertisements and notices. ! presidential election. So common has it be
lie still has " marriageable gentleman ! come, that its moral impropriety has been al
and fifty thousand dollars," and his " beauti- I most lost sight of, and it is pretty generally
ful lady and. twenty five thousand dollars" as understood that if a party refuses to gamble by
the'two grand pri:es of his sham lOttery. Now I betting on its candidates, it is unquestionable
we have, no use for his lady' whatever, and evidence that they have given up all hopes of
! wouldn't give him a brass thimble for ten success. Without going into a discussion of
acres like her: If we were disposed to patron.: the morality of bettin g on eleeMons, we have
ice ' women in the market,' we could, doubt. ! always entertained one view of the suhject.
less, find plenty of them, as • beautiful' as his, founded on its practical effects, 'which appeal's
without traveling so far. ,tousto be satisfacteny and unanswerable. It
fellow really wishes to get this . man
and woman oil his hands, why dmi'l he let them
marry each other and be dune w'th them ? How
many fools in the land invest a dollar each in
this contemptible and vile business ?
On Saturday last a large and enthusiastic
Republican Meeting was held at the house of
IVILLIANt KISTLER, in Lynn township. The
meeting was called to order by the appointment
of Plum]. FETHEROLv, as President : and Philip
Wertman,Jaeob Oswalt,Joseph Rickert, Chris
tian Kistler, Div id Mainz and David Heil, as
Vice Presidents. James Smith and Harrison
Smtl,• acted as Seer:t arks. The meeting was
addres...d by Pn.l. I. N. (;reAory in the Eng
lish language, and E. H. Illtwh, Eq., of Beth
lehem, in German. The best of feeling is said
to have 'prevailed.
On Friday afternoon a terrible riot occurred
in Baltimere between a Fillmore fishing club
and a party of men at the Seventeenth Ward
Demorratk headquarters. Two men were shot
dead, and some twenty others' wounded, sever
al, it is believed. fatally., The fight lasted only
a mina!(;;, but Iltc firing was heavy and
severe. Neither of the men killed w e re engaged
in tile fight, and most of those womnle4l were
residents in the vicinity, attracted to the spot
by the disturbance.
, !,r 11171,11
The steatnar George Law arrived at New
York on the 14th. On the 7th ult., Judge
Terry was unconditionally released from custo
dy by the Vigilance Committee. On the 18th
ult., the Committee had a ,c rand review and
parade, when their entire force, numbering near
5.00 well appointed troops were under arms.
The Commit tie lia , l not °Mei:illy clkbanded but
it was understood that their functions ceased
for the present, with the imposing demonstra
tion of die 18th. The several companies are,
however, to retain their arms and maintain
their organization, and it was understood the
Committee would re-assemble in case of neces
sity.
Er..7The Lehigh Navigation Co. shipped, for
the week ending on Saturday, August 30th,
38,576 tons, making for the season 743,688
tons, being 73,773 tons less than to the corres
ponding time last year. For the week ending
at the same time, !here were carried over the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, 5,794 tons, and for the
season 94,059 tons, which, added to the pres
ent season's tonnage by the canal, gives an ag
gregate tonnage figrun the Lehigh region of 837,-
747 tons, exceeUing last year's tonnage by 20,-
:::,..- G ton=
committee of the National Kansas So
ciety galled on President Pierce at the White
House, last week, to make respectful represen
tations of facts Within their knowledge as to af
fairs in unhappy Kansas, and to request " His
Excellency" to interfere. The President dispu
ted sonic of their statements, and attempted to
ratite some of their arguments, and further in
timated that there would have been no trouble
hnd the Free State emigrants not talked so loud
ly about making the Teri itory free,
:Lskel the President if it
was probable tln-re would be any change in the
!,,,u,s a the i;overittneut regariling Kansas.
The P:lA.letit cxelitinica Nu sirs ! there will
be none :"
71%! . .1::%
[l:, , 'A reliable breadstuff circular prepared in
New York, shows that the total exports of
breadstutls to Great Britain and Ireland, front
the various ports in the United States, during
the year ending on the 31st ultimo, were as fol
lows, as near as can be ascertained :
!lour 1,635,733 barrels, against only 172,-
• 61 to about the same period in 1555 : wheat,
7 }•511.111'1 bushels against 309,077 : and corn,
6.722.206, against 5.784.555. The reports of
the latter part of August front distant ports
have to he added to the ttbovo•figures : but the
statement is a sufficient illustration of the int
toense increase in the shipments of.llour and
w h o m, ( luring the past. twolve months over the
year preceding. The exports to the continent
of Europe. which are but a small fraction of
those to Great Brizain, exhibit, an equally large
increase.
rD - The present postmaster at Jonestown,
pp., Was appointed under. Thos. Je[h•rson's ad-
MEM
minis; Lie is nuw B l years ohl
,T - During August tits l'entral Pail
road sold about 5275,000
mostly to actual settlers.
I ST7'ST. PAUL, .11innesota, is now sail to have
a population of ten thousand souls. In 1810 it
tel not contain five hundred. During the tires- CD — Since the Ist of January last, thCra Uas
eat season 28,000 persons stopped at three of been landed in New York from California, the
the leading hotels. I sum of $21,520,47.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 17, 1856.
CM Enterprises.
Republican Illectlng
1:!:,1 at ISaillmore.
I.'ate News from Califlwein.
Betting on Elections.
is this : If one man lois . a moral right to bet on
an election, every voter throughout the limits
of the Union has the same right. Suppose,
then, that every voter, at a presidential elec
tion for instance, had a wager depending on its
result, what would be the principle to govern
-in the contest ? Would it he controlled by an
enlightened patriotism looking only to the wel.
fare and glory of the nation, or would that
great prerogative of a free people, the elective
franchise, be degraded to the servile instrument
of the basest of human passions, avarice ? In
this country, particularly, where we learnt to
regard the government as a wall of adamant
that nothing can move or battle down, when
millions are at stake would men stop to count
the cost or to deliberate upon principles ? It
is wholly unnecessary to enlarge upon the sub
ject and trace out such a state of things to
their legitimate results. 'We may only ask,
how long would our glorious constitution last
should it once become inaugurated as the estab
lished custom of our people ?
The IYar to I:ain,as
It is difficult for an unprejudiced mind to
form a just opinion as to who are the outlaws
in 'Kansas, from reading the reports as they
come from both sides of the contending parties.
The pro•slavery papers give fearful accounts
of the-depredations of the abolitionists, whik
on the other hand the anti-slavery prints are
tilled with outrages perpetrated by the border
ruffians. Sometimes we turn from these ac•
counts with the wish that the whole territory
might be cleared of its inhabitants, and the or
iginal quiet of its prairies restored. Great al
lowance must be made-for the reports we ge!
from Kansas. The truth is bad enotot, but
there undoubtedly are men interested in Loring
Kansas news exaggerated and painted in horri
fying colors. We copy front both sides :
The Kansas //rraid of Aug. 2:1,1, says :
Kansas is again invaded, and the work of de
vastation. again commenced. Armed bodies of
men from the north are marching over the ter
ritury, ravaging peaceful settlements. destroy
ing
our coops, binning out• -houses, driving Off,
imprisOning, and murdering our citizens. Out
rage follows outrage with fearful rapidity. Re
bellion, murder, house-burning, bloodshed, and
every crime that can disgrace humanitv, are
being perpetrated in our territory by Lane's
armed band of marauders. No place is sacred'
from the violence of the blood thirsty ruffians.
Stealthy assassins rosin over the country. un- '
der cover of night, dogging the footsteps of un
suspecting citizens, and ‘vatehing the opportune
moment to strike the cowardly. blow.-- No man's
life is safe from one day to another froin these
Wood-hounds, if he has declared his opposition
to the Abolitionists in Ktumas. They are wag-
Mg a war of extermination upon ,/// pro-slavery
men, They have boasted that they will drive
out of the territory all pro-slavery men, or re - -
(Moe them to submission.
Let, us turn to the other side. Accounts of
murders come to us from every hand. . A Mr.
Hopps who married the sister of Rev. Mr. Nnte,!
has been shot and scalped by a border ruffian.'
His wife was not allowed to sec her husband's
corpse
Mr. Nut°, in his last letter from Lawrence,:
stated that he was about leaving that place in I
company with a small company of voluntenrs, l
fir the purpose of recovering the body of Mr.
rffij7Ps, together with his poperty, andwhile'
on his brotherly errand he was arrested. on the
27th ult., by a party of men headed by a Mr.
Emery, Who is a United States mail agent. In
company with Mr. Note were some fifteen or
twenty persons, among whom Was Mrs. Ihmps.
Mrs. helps made her escape and has arrived 1
at the east. It was feared that the ruffians
would hang Mr. Nute, •
Advices from Kansas received at St. Louis,
state that a battle was fought on the morning.
of the 30th, at Ossawatlomie‘between 300 pro
slaVery troops under Capt. Reed, and about the
saute number of free miners under Capt. Brown.
The battle lasted an hour, when the free soilers
were routed, with the loss of twenty killed and
seven wounded.--Brown and his son are both
reported killed. Five pro slavery men were!
wounded. All the provisions and ammunition
were carried away front Ossawattomie, and
the town burnt,
. [O'CIIII.D ATTACKED DT RATS.—On Wednes
day night last, a negro woman in the service of
Dr. B. F. Chewning, left her infant child in the
cradle in the kitchen ; and was absent .some
time. When she returned; she found that the
child had bee - ii attacked by rats, and its flesh
eaten from both arms to the bone, and also a
part of its legs devoured in the same way. The
cries of the child were heard by the neighbors,
but of cz;:rse they thought its mother was in at
tendance upon it.--i•';t'dricksburg Herald. .
(O'MOILMON LIPS 114 UTAIL—We have seen
a letter' from a merchant in California, says the
Salem Register, who writes that ho had an in
.terview with a highly respectable gentleman,
whose duties compelled him to dwell in Utah,
for more than two years. He writes that " his
description
4 of 311ormon ,.. jilet . a . nd customs is re
volting to decency, and shows the sect to be a
disgrace to the age. Ile estimates the number
of fanatics—for they cannot be called aught else
—at 80.000, and s. a stranger is watched,
and his words note( , n n he time he enters
till he leaves the place. t h of all you have
is taken, also, even if you Be but a traveler.
Brigham Young's hold open them is through
t fear. He is a revolting character, and his tal
i ent lies in blasphemy and obscenity of language,
I united to keen perceptive faculties, that enable
him to pick good tools out of a crowd of per
t sons, and to detect those that will prove trou
blesome. The latter he gives ten days to set
tle up their (Meets, and sends tin In on a mission
of live years to A ustralia, England, or elsewhere.
if they do not go they arc secretly murdered ;
and he says that ha knows of thirty who have
'been killtd for this ofince, but done so secretly
that the murdererscannot lie detected.'Plough
a strong minded man himself, he is so intensely
, • disgusted with the vile doings of the people, that
he has left the-country."
Ax OLD Oxi , ..—T:te Newhuryport Herald
says that Mr. &Amnon P. Felker, in cutting a
slick of white oak timber, the oilier day, opened
a tree toad that had " come down to us from
former generations," as Welter said to his fish.
Over hint had grown sixty seven grains, or rings
of the oak, indicating that that had been his
home for sixty-seven years at least, where ho
had existed without air, without water, without
food. At first he paid no attention to being
turned out into the world again, and remained
in a pc] lectly torpid state : but after lying in
the sun a few minutes, lie marched oil' " Imp
ping" mad, and just as fresh and vigorous as a
new one.
lr — r•A Cosrucr.—Some excitement was crea
ted in Hanover township, this week, in conse
quence of a conflict of authority. It appears
that a school house' and residence is attached
to the SchoenersVille elnirch. The Directors of
the township engaged Mr. J. W. Held, of this
borough, as teacher. Thq,organist of the build
ing engaged Mr. Miller, of :4attcon, who took
possession by moving into the dwelling. Mr.
11,1 d, a day or two alter presented himself, and
ready to move in. Mr. Miller r;!ceived due no
tice to quit within an hour, but during this pe
riod a number of
. persons, favoring the action
of the organist, gathered and defended his right
to occupy the premises. Miller, we believe,
cmilinues in the occupancy of the dwelling.
Miller and Nathan Lerch have prosecuted fur
Times.
cntr3
NARROW 'ESCAPE —On Thursday last
& Rogers' circus company was about
to cross a bridge on ent eying l'ort Wayne, la.,
when the driver of the npolonieon, to which was
attached forty horses, four abreast, saw the
bridge giving away. Ile applied the lash to
his horses, and they sprang to their'sp , ',l at
once; so that all but the wheel. horses 1 , , .1
the bridge. The four wheel horses, the a:, ,! o
icon and the driver plunged into the river. , a hich
at that spot was fifteen feet deep. The horses
were immediately detached by sonic of the mem
bers of the company, and swam ashore, and the
car, in a few hours after, was released from its
unfortunate position with but slight injury to
anything or anybody:
1:a - Sisurr.an l'imslivrimixr.—A wealthy
farmer named 'Simonds, re s iding some twelve
Miles from Newbur;‘ll. on the Hudson river,
" had a presentiment" ten years ago that he
would die on the 2.oth of August, 1856. Ile
set it down as a fixed fact, selected a spot for
his grave, bought an iron fence for it, a fine
tombstone and an elegant coflin, and had every
thing in readiness for the solemn event. On
the day fixed for the event he had a clergyman
and a sexton at hand, ate a hearty dinner with
his friends, and went to bed to die. He did his
best, but his ghost would not be given up, and
he now confesses his ludicrous fully.
GT/PRICES or PRODECE ix NEw Youx.—Flour
:old at tf286. , 10 for common to good
state, up to per bariiiNtit - n - fra.
; enesee ; .rye flour, u I to S 5 for extra ; corn
meal, *3.15 to s 1.12. Wheat sold at $l.-15 to
81.70 per bushel ; rye, SS to 00 cents : oats,
45 to 18 cents ; corn. 66 to 73 cents per bush
el. Mess pork sell at *519.50 per barrel ;
prime', $17.75: prime mess, $lB. Conutry
mess beef brought $8 to 89.25 ; country prime,
86 to $7 : repacked Chicago,'BB.7s to $ll ; ex
tra mess, $ll to $12.50. Live beef cattle
brought 7 to 10 cents per pound—average, 81‘
cents. There is nothing to notice in.the retail
market. Fggs are 6 for 12 cents, and butter
18 to 28 cents per pound.
The Louisville Journal states that Mr. Alex
ander, of Woodford, Ky‘, has purchased the
celebrated race. horse Lexington. He met Mr.
Tenbroccic in England, and the pm:chase was
made. The price paid was 815.000. This is
the highest price that 'was ever paid - for any
horse in the United states. It is also stated
that he ,has sold Lecompte to tho same gentle
man for 810,000. •
ir7 . TIT FOIL T.yr.—The people of New York
begin to threaten that if the San Francisco Vig
ilance Committeb does not stop sending all the
rascals in that place to New York, they will be
Compelled in self-defence to banish New York
rascals to San Francisco.
r 7 Since the opening of the pound in New
York, eight thiusfind right hundred dog , •ef
high and low degree, have been received into
it. Why not have a pound for dogs in Allen
town. We know of several that need pounding.
Destruction of a Large Hotel. A Mammoth Printing Press.
The Mount Vernon Hotel, at Cape May, was A New. York correspondent of the New 0$
entirely destroyed by fire on Friday night the I leans Picayune, in a recent letter, writes as
sth inst. Five persons were burned to death follows
in the flames. They were Air. Cain, one of
the proprietors, with his family. It was the
work of an incendiary, supposed to be an Irish
woman, to whose husband Mr. Cain owed a
hundred dollars, and who was heard to utter
the most serious threats against Mr. Cain. She
has been arrested, and sent to jail on the
charge. The loss is very' heavy, but the.mort
gage holders, we are informed, are insured to
the atnount of from $BO,OOO to $90,000. Most
of the fu-niture. it is said, had been removed.
The body of Philip Cain, Sr., was found on
the Sth inst., among the ruins of the Mount
Vernon Hotel, much charred, but yet Capable
of being identified. Near it were also found a
number of bones, which are supposed to be
those of his two daughters, Martha and Sarah,
and indicating that the family were endeavoring
to escape from the building together. The wo
man under arrest, Bridget McGarney was dis
charged this afternoon by the Mayor, he not
deeming the evidence sufLient to justify her
commitment for trial.
It was the largest hotel in the world, and
capable of accommodating 2100 visitors. It
was originally deigned to have the buildings
occupy three sides of a hollow square, or court
yard, and the front range and one wing were
up. One wing had never been commenced.—
The building was constructed entirely of wood ;
it was four stories in height in the main, with
four towers each five stories in height. Three
of these towers occupied the corners of the
building, and one stood midway of the only
wing. In addition to these towers, there was
an immense tower six stories in height, in the
centre of the front. The entire structure, both
outside and upon the court yard, was surround
ed with wooden piazzas that extended from the
ground to the roof, with floors at• each story.
The wing was a quarter nfei mile in len,!, , th, and
the - front covered nearly an equal extent of
ground. The dining room, which was 425 feet
long, and 00 feet in width, was capable of ac
commodating 3000 persons. There- were 432
rooms in the building.
10 - MURDERED AND NEABLY DEVOCILEII BY
MB:S.—Paschal D. Craddock, a notorious in
dividual living near Louisville, Kentucky, was
murdered, apparently by several pistol shots,
on the 26th of August, and his body was dis
covered nearly devoured by hogs. his faith
ful horse was found standing near by, proba
bly the only witness of the deed. Craddock
was a notorious character, and had been warn
ed by a committee of a great majority of the
most respectable citizens of the county. his im
mediate neighbors, to remove front the county
and State in six months. The allotted time
expired on the 27th of August. At the scene
of the murder, which was in a lane leading to
the Bardstown road, wore discovered the tract: s
of three horses, two leading to the road, and one
to the woods.
[Ti.'..' thimble mode of California gold has
been presented to Mrs. Fremont by Messrs.
Ketchum & Brother, of New Pork. It contain.
three devices, the first representing Col Ft c
utout planting the Amin iean Flag on the peak
of the Rocky Mountains : the second a view of
the National Capitol at Washington : the third
an Eagle holding the national shield with a belt
on which is inscribed the name ' fees;e.' Around
the rim are the words 'Free Soil,' 'Free Speech
Free Men," Freeniont,' the latter immediately
under the name Jessie and in the same style of
letter. It is said to be very beautiful.
133 -- Exammti Lioxiiss.—At about 11
o'clock Wednesday forenoon, a lioness belonging
to Van Amburgh & Co., kept with other ani
mals belonging to the same Menagerie, in a
building atNewport, near Cincinnati, Ohio, en
raged at her cub being taken from her, with
her claws tore the iron bars from their fasten
ing and breaking from her den, attacked and
killed a dog that was kept about the premises,
after which she seized a panther and lacerated
him so dreadfully, that he died shortly after
wards. A young tiger cub, which the splendid
Bengal tigress now travelling with the caravan
had given birth to about four months since,
was the next victim to her .rage, after which
she demolished several cages of !Are and value
14c birds. The keeper arrived at this juncture
-
and succeeded in chaining this ferocious brute,
to the great relief of the surrounding neighbor
hood, the people of which were afraid she would
succeed in breaking from the building.
Ir7UNIMIECEDENTED TIME IN llAnsuss.
Those celebrated trotting horses, Flora Temple
and Taconey, contended for a stake of $lOOO
over the. Union Course, ten miles from N. York,
last week—Flora in harness, Taconey in saddle
—mile heats. The race was won by Flora in
one heat, which she accomplished in the aston
ishingly quick time of 2 minutes 241 seconds,
distancing her opponent. This is the quickest
time upon record in harness. Flora made the
last half mile in 1 minute 111 seconds—an av
erage of 30, feet per second. . , •
J'A REMARKABLE Biavrr,—The Journal des
Announces, of Lisle; announces that a married
woman residing in a commune near that town,
and who has twice been brought to bed of
twins; has just been safely delivered of five
children—three boys and two girls. All the
children are well formed, but small, and are in
good health. A singular phenomenon is stated
by the journal to have attended the pregnancy
of the Woman. During the last two months all
the objects before her eyes appeared to be sev
eral times repeated, but since her delivery her
sight has returned to its natural state.
The Rev. Mr. Gates recently married Mr.
Joseph Post to Miss Martha Rads.: If that trio
don't make a good fence, we should like to know
what will.
Perhaps when the London Times ordered a
ten cylinder press from the Mesira. Hoe, it im
agined it was leaving even the most enterpris
ing of the American journals in the back ground,
but it will soon find out its mistake, for I now
learn that the circulation of the Philadelphia
Ledger (running well on to one hundred thou
sand !) has compelled the enterprising
pi•oprietors of that paper, Messrs. Swain s
Abel, to order from the manufacturers two
twelve cylinder presses, at a cost of S10,000!
To accommodate these gigantic pieces of work
manship, the Ledger folks have been obliged to
pu - rchaso• two adjoining buildings, at a heavy
outlay, and in which the presses are to be
placed. When these are in&duced, the Led
ger will be able to print sixty thousand sheets
an hour, or equal to one thousand sheets per nub-
ute ! and all this immense circulation—building
of the fastest presses in the world—and un
bounded prosperity generally, is the result of
an unflinching integrity ;. an indomitable per
severance, and a business tact that sees no
motto ahead but onward !
tri - SitocKm: cabinet maker,
named Nathaniel West, residing in Merchant
street, Philadelphia, on Monday evening mur
dered his wife and attempted to kill himself.
Ile gave himself two wounds in the breast with
a dirk knife, one being quite dangerous. West
and his wife had agreed to separate a week pre
vious, and West had been absent since then.
On returning, and finding his wife removing his
furniture, against his will, a quarrel ensued
which ended in the terrible tragedy narrated.
Mr. West's sister and Li., three children were jn
the house at the time. Jealousy was at the
bottom of the Won.
WALsrxe, ox WArmt.—Galignanrs Mes
senger gives an account of a man walking on
the river Seine, at Paris, recently, with appa
rent ease. Ile had each tbot in a small trian
gular box, securely fastened with straps round
his legs, and in his hand he carried a Jong bal
ance pole, sithilar to that used by rope dancers,
except that at each end was attached a large
intlat , d bladder. When getting drills balance
he dipped the end of the pole, and the resis
tance caused by the bladder touching the water'
restored his equilibrium.
ri - "Paper making in the United States has
become one of on r greatest productive interests,
in consequence of the unrestrained liberty of the
press, the prevalence of common school educa
tion, and the appetite for literature of all de
scriptions. There are in the Republic, it is
said, seven hundred and fifty paper mills in ac
tual operation, having three thousand engines,
and producing in the year two hundred and fit=
ty pounds of paper.
' Pacery Goon. --" Fremont run oft with
a it<pe•rable man's thi:Ater—he is a thief!''
ti; it ky Bepuldican in reply--" He Ind better
steal a will• than live a ba'•he',or !" Hot Dem
oerat in rvjoinder—'; if you mean to insinuate
that Buchanan :lint married, I can tell you thnt
he married, his Country over forty years ago,
and has taken good care of her ever since."
Republican, in magnificent cur-rejoinder—
" Fremout did run off with Tom Benton's
daughter, and next November he will run oft'
with Jim Buchattan's wife, old as she is !"
11:7COST OF DRHSSING THE LADIFS.—The im
ports of silk have risen in value since the year
1847 from less than $12,000,000 to over *24,-
000,000, and the customs from $1,838,850 to
$6,120,583. In these nine years the total
amount of duties received into the Treasury
from manufactures of silk is $51,80 %,871 while
the total revenue from iron, manufactures of
iron, and iron and steel, amounted to only
$50,130,042. •
[a - TIDING ACROSS Onto RIPER I A
BUGGY.—The Cincinnati Columbian says that
the Ohio river is so reduced by the drouth that
on Saturday week Mr. Patterson, of Adams'
Express, and.one or two other gentlemen, rode
entirely across ,the channel in a buggy ! The
point of crossing was near Louisville, a short
distance below the Palls.
j -
"The Cincinnati papers state that the con
struction of a Lridge• across the Ohio nt that
point, is no longer a matter of i 10414. The es
timated cost of the bridge is ..;600,00 - 15 of w i •
over 5300,000 has already been taken.
(r:/"The largest angel we ever read of was
seen' by Alahomet in the third heaven, which
the Koran says had two eyes seventy thousand
days. ourney apart.
117" -- A Boston dentist claims that ho has dis-
Covered a method of extracting teeth without
pain. This is accomplished by congealing, or
freezing the local nerves.
• 0 7New calico, pocket-handkerchiefs,.
may be prevented from fadingby dipping in salt
water.
Ca - Ambition often puts men upon doing the
meanest offices ; so climbing is performed in the
same posture as creeping.
.irer.k SERIOUS TALK.—We wish to impress it
on the people of this rapidly growing country ; many
of whom are bearing about their bodies the seeds of
disettso which may in time develop° itself in the form
of Seruftilit, Rheumatism, Syphilis, Murourial affec
tions, or other kindred diseases, which when they get
fast hold of the system soon leaves the constitution
but a shattered wreck, that swung all the medielnee
yet known, Carter's Spanish Mixture is the only
positive and unfailing Purifier of the Blood—contain
ing neither Mercury, Arsenio, Oplum, or any other
dangerous drug or noxious herb, so generally use 4 in
such cases. It still possesses a power over, the
blood, rendering .it pure and healthy which be
fore its discovery was of all others the thing to bo
desired. It cures Se:rattle, Itheumatism, Syphilis,
Fever and Ague, and all that doss of diseases, by ex
pelling from the blood all impurities which clog
and disturb the correct Ration of tho system. More
than n thousand such cases have been permanently
and radically cured by its use, and we take pleasure
in extending its field of usefulness by advising our
friends to try It. . •