THE LEHIGH REGISTER• ALLENTOWN, PA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1856. 0. F./TATEES, EDITOR Tho Alavo Trade—Continued Agitation Since the election of Mr. Buchanan, a num ber of Southern prints boldly insist that the " right of the South to extend her institutions• and her territory was decided by the late elec tion, and that ono of the legitimate results thereof, is the right to re-open and legalize the African Slave trade," which traffic at present stands on the statute books denounced as pira cy. Wo hold it to be improbable that any sen sible member of the sham Democratic party, can really believe that Mr. Buchanan would dare attempt to favor any such scheme—it is possible he may have led them to think he would sign a bill to repeal the present laws against the African slave trade, were such a bill to pass the two Houses, but if ho has done this, it was never contemplated by him that any such bill would pass the two Houses, nor would ho sign such a bill were it presented for his signature. We regard the proposition of Governor Adams, of South Carolina, on this subject as merely intended to create a new is sue on the slavery question for agitation in the next Presidential contest, and with a view to hold the South together in a solid phalanx for the benefit of the sham Democratic party, or, possibly, for a joint and simultaneous secession from the Union, in certain contingencies, to be hereafter named by a Southern Convention. Thus the existing, and for the present trium phant sham Democratic party, is seeking new channels through which to produce continued excitement and agitation on the question of slavery. Without such agitation,. this party would cease to exist, for it has long since abandoned all. the principles of that distinctive organization created by its great founder, Jef ferson, and it has become far more latitudina rian in its legislation than any other party • which has Cicisted since the Federal Constitu tion was adopted. . At. the head of this patty now stands the man who voted for a United States Bank .and . for the highest protective tariff ever passed by the Federal Government. We would hope the people may rebuke this agi tation and put an end to it—but to do this they must put an end to the rule of this sham Dem ocratic party. The country wants repose—it needs a respite from continued agitation—let there be at least an armistice between the North and South, till the policy of the incoming administration shall be fully and fairly developed. Those who are fond of contention and strife, need not fear that the coming administration will not give them an opportunity to manifest their skill in politi cal warfare. The Northern and Southern mem bers of this sham Democratic party are only held together now by the " cohesive power of public plunder"—when the partition thereof shall be divided, the charm will be broken—one faction or the other will assuredly be disap pointed—the Northern or the Southern wing will fly off. "Samson's young foxes might as well In bonds of peaceful wedlock dwell, With firebrands tied between." The Vote for President. The returns of the vote for President as as received foot up as follows : Buchanan, 706577 ; Fremont, 1,328,185_; Fillmore, 8 620. The returns to come in will not materi ally vary the result. Mr. Buchanan is over four hundred and sixty-eight thousand ahead of Mr. FreMOnt, and Mr. Fremont has nearly half a million votes more than Mr. Fillmore. The combined vote of Fremont and Fillmore is great er than that of Buchanan by 354,528. Congress. Nothing of much interest has transpired in Congress since our last issue. The Senate has mostly been occupied by Senators defining their positions, and giving their views of the r4sult of the late election. Some half dozen bills which reached' the Senate just before the adjournment of the last session were passed on Tuesday. In the House of Representatives the question of permitting General Whitfield to take the usual oath was decided on Tuesday in his favor, by a vote of 112 to 108, and he thereupon took the oath of office as a delegate from the Territo ry of Kansas. ' From Kansas. By way of Chicago we have Kansas dates to tho third instant. The Free State militia, un der'Captain WALKER, have been disbanded at their oWn reqnest. Siiteen of tho Free-State prisoners,.tried for murder in the first degree, have been acquitted, and nine are still on trial. The Lancaster Bank. The Lancaster latelligencer learns from a re liable source, that there is a strong probability of this institution being put on its feet again, by a new subscription of stock to the amount suggested by the Directors in their report to the meeting of stockholders. This project, if carried out, will give the bank a cash capital of $300,000 to commence with, and enable it to pay its present depositors in ono, two and three years. Of course the old stock is all sunk. and will, prove a dead loss to the stock holders unless the doubtful and bad assets of the institution should turn out better than the Directors anticipate. Since the suspension, the bank has redeemed over $05,000 of her notes in payment of debts due nstitution,'t h discharging her liabilities to thik amount. O:7REArI FijAZER, Esq., of Lancaster, the Harrisburg Telegraph says, lias become deran ged. His friends have taken him to .the State Lunatic Asylum. Over excitement in money and political matters, it is Supposed, has caus ed the sad event. Q:7- The population of Cuba is estimated a 1,440,652 soul& IFicansylvatila as It Is. Our readers may remember that daring the ,recent campaign, the German orator Hecker was accompanied by a fellow-laborer in the Republican cause—a gentleman of the name of Munch, more popularly known as " Far West"—a person famed for the extent 'and practical character of his knowledge and his experience as a pioueer and agriculturist in our new country. Mr, Munch is said to be a first class judge of the resources and capabilities of any region, whether for farming or manufactur ing, and of this we find abundant proof in some letters which le has recently published con cerning the States which ho has lately visited. We translate from them his remarks on Penn sylvania, which are well worth the serious con sideration of every ono : " The country between Philadelphia end Harrisburg, particularly the neighborhood of Lancaster, cannot fail to astonish even those who are familiar with the choicest beauties of European landscapes. Between broad and fer tile plains we see small ranges of hills, which aro very sensibly kept covered with woods— generally chestnut trees—while'the eye, pass ing over the low fences, observes only garde/a like fields, meadows, brooks, clean and pretty looking farm houses and pleasant little towns. These latter seem to bo multiplied and enlarged with incredible rapidity—the land is no longer able to maintain its population solely by agri culture, and the inhabitants are compelled to turn their industry to manufactures. This part of Pennsylvania is especially German— German of the fourth and fifth generationand it is certain that their ancestors could not have chosen more wisely in selecting a place for set tlement. To be a land owner and a farmer here presents many advantages unknown to the settler in the Ihr West, and there would be nothing left the agriculturist to wish for, if the population would hold to its own and change less. • As it is, the German Pennsylvanians are beginning to be found in all now regions. At home these people speak their own Palatinate German as of old, but are in most respects more nearly allied to their Anglo-Saxon fellow-coun trymen, than to the more recently immigrated Germans. If they have not, as a class, made that>progress in education which was to be ex pected of them, and if they are still men of very strong prejudices, they are notwithstanding, on the whole, of a genial, solid and respectable stamp, enviably circumstanced' in comparison with the European fanner, and; eery far. his su perior in intelligence and morals. • We would call especial attention to these re marks, as they indicate that Pennsylvania, in the opinion of one very well qualified to judge, presents extraordinary inducements not only to the agriculturalist and manufacturer, but to the mere seeker for picturesque beauty. What Mr. Munch heti applied to what he saw upon the road between Philadelphia and Lancaster is, or might be applicable to a large portion of the State. Our resources are infinitely greater han those of any other State in the Union, and tho time would not bo far distant, if our oiti zone would awake to the necessity of more rap idly developing those resources, when we should stand, in every important particular, confessed ly in advance of all cotemporaries. Buchanan an , Abolitionist.' Hon. William Bigler, Senator from Pennsyl vania, delivered a speech in the Senate last Monday. In the course of his remarks on the Kansas question, lie was interrupted by Mr. Wade, who asked whether Mr. Buchanan was in favor of making Kansas a Slave State. Mr. Bigler replied that he presumed that the views of Mr. Buchanan were those of the Democracy Igenerally. He was for allowing the people of a Territory or State to make their own institu• tions to suit themselves, but like most Northern people, if he could have his choice he would no doubt prefer it to be a free State. This is pre cisely the position of the free State men in Kan sas, who were stigmatized as Abolitionists' by the Border Ruffians, and nearly identical with the views of the Black Republicans' every where. WO arenot surprised to learn that this exposition:of Mr. Buchanan's views kicked up quite a ' muss' among his Southern supporters. They begin to think they have caught a Tartar of the worst sort. So mote it be. But the idea that Buchanan is an ' Abolitionist,' as well as an old old Federalist,' mush be peculiarly galling to the Union Savers who wore induced to give him their support. Strong Testimony. We recently met a gentleman who has been more than eighteen months in Kansas, and has returned to make preparation for a permanent residence there. We learned from him many facts of interest in regard to the history of the past and the prospects of the future. He was a thorough-going Deinocrat when he went to the Territory, and would have remained so, but for the stern &mends made upon him to prove his fidelity to marauding, house-burning, murdering, bogus Democracy, by casting in his lot with the Border Ruffians. They insist ed that he should shoulder his musket and join them in their crusade against the free State men. He asked' why—what have they done I' Tho only reply was, " they are cursed aboli tionists, and wo mean to exterminate then.." This was an interpretation of the principles of Democracy which our friend had not learned, and ho refused to join these piratical bands. They said, " if you are not for us, you are against us," and they commenced, in various ways, their malignant assaults upon him. They stole his property, riddled his cabin, and threatened his life. He said he was sure that no system, except that of slavery, could trans form men into such monsters and demons. It is hardly necessary to say that he goes back resolved to make Kama a free State.—Phila delphia Times. 0:71n the Senate, it will be`noticed fromtthe report of the debate, that Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, who is supposed to possess Ithe l i fUll confidence of Mr. Buchanan, declared, hat while the people of Kansas would be alloi to settle the question of slavery for thems the new President would prefer that Km id corns in as a free State. This deolarlon has not in the least encouraged or consoled the Southern,men. THE LEHIGH , REGISTER,. DECEMBER 17, 1856. (Communicated.) Lynch Law in Ohio. The Buchanan 'Hickory Pole at Cooperaburg. HORRIBLE AFFAIn.—The Adams county Dem- Enrron.—Can you inform your readers ocrat gives 'the particulars of a most brutal what is the matter at Coopersburg ,The crime and terrible punishment of the offender. Democracy (!) recently raised a pole there some ;On Friday night the house of Mr. Israel Mor -die to it ris 1 Manchester, was broken into during the ri ,s • hundred Or Moro feet high, and attac ted to it a large flag—intended to represent the Ameri can flag; but, there are two striking. features about it. The first is, thiCthe flag has ti dark or black stripe, alternativitly with: the 'red, and white. Some say it is a kind of mourning flag, and wonder who's dead. • The nest is the flag is suspended " Union down," which all the world over is the signal of distresi, and Others ask " What's the matter ?" Really it does seem that there must be something the matter. Can you tell ? The following dialogue may be near the truth : . Irish John—Faith Jimmy, an what are yo afther a lookin up that are pole ? Irish Jimmy—Be jabers an its not the pole looken at, at all, but its the Amirican flag up there. Sure an didn't I larn'in ould Ire land that the Amirican flag had a red and a white stripe, and don't you see the big black stripe botwain them, and divil take me if I see the raison of it. Irish John-00h mon ! an ye're not a bit of a pollytician. Divil the bit, sure an don't you . know the Dimmecrats go wid the nagers down South, and this black stripe between . ! the two is for the nagers! Irish Jim—Faith an you've genie there.sure: . Irish Pete—Bad luck to both ,o! yon, qiae. of ye's sees half and the otheeknotes half .of .it. I Sure an didn't you hear the boss say 'tether day that President Pierce was &Salsa doornail;. and do you think it would' be (rating hig're mains daqpntly to be puttin up tvflag of rejoic ing. Look sharp. me boys, an you see : tho flag's put up " Union down," an do you re member when we come over in the ship Sally Ann" when the sea sarpent knocked that big hole in our larboard bow, that up went the flag " Union down" as a signal of diStress, and the ship Gineral Jackson come immediately Whelp us 1 , Irish Jim—Como along boys to the tavern an drink wid me. As true as I m spakein to you, an I've been ti bothering me head for an hour a considering over the botherifig thing, an I'll own up I'm a green-horn an trate ye. Irish John—l'll agree wid ye's, and we will drink on it. Hurra for Buchanan! Irish Pete--Hush up now. Sure an you're no better than a brute baste to be delighten in sich circumstances. Don't you see the flag's rolled up. and yo .can't read, tha ramel on.it purpose because there'& troubhs.. l .Try and be .behavin yourselves clammily. boys, „ The last remark comes from the fact that the day tho flag teas raised a heavy storm set in,: find the flag blew over the staff and' twisted up' into a kind of rope, and since then the nines of " Buchanan and Breckinridge,". which are upon it, cannot be seen. What's the matter? A. [Wo,can throw no enlightening upon the queries of our correspondent, but .presume that these singular circumstances are signifi cant of the;" wailing and weeping in camp," and " a shadow on the wall" of the destiny awaiting the once great and . powerful party.— En.] BATTLES IN NICARAGUA, AND SUCCESS Of GEN. WATS/IR.—New Orleans. Deo. 10.—The.steam ship Texas fromliSan Juan, brings. dat4s !tom California to the 20th of November. The vote of California stands ; 60,000 for Buchanan ; 35,000 for Filmore ; and 19,000 for Fremont, From Nicaragua we have reports of further successes by Gen. Walker over the Costa Moans. The battle of Massey& lasted four days, re salting in the complete rout of tho Cost Rio ans.. Gon. Walker had burned Granada and re moved the capital to Rivas. O:7BAYAILD TAYLOR A " BLACK" RHrUBL!• OAN.—Bayard Taylor is at presest triv elling in Northern Europe. His first letter to the Tribune, written at Gotha, Germany, 14:et. 185 G, contains thefollowing-pararaphi:. " More than three months hive 4441131 mm I sailed from New York in the Asia, and not a link has yet-been forged in that chain which is to connept the Tribune and its readers with- their roving frieni and correspondent. " But the relief of a summer holiday in Eu rope! The sober and respectable repose of staid and starched Old England—the giy non chalance of Parisan streets—the drowsy quiet of slow, good-humored, patient, warm-hearted Germany—the deep delicious draughts of Al pine air, cool from the eternal glaciers, and musical with echoes of the cow-herd's horn—' the silent dream of Venitian days, and the sub- lime desolation of the Roman Oamlagna—to feel all this and to see it anew through three pairs of young American eyes, which looked on Europe for the that time,. was indeed an ample overpayment for all foregone toils. I gave my self up to it with an idle satisfaction in which there was no reproach, mop). when a stray Tribune fell into my hands, And I remembered , that two votes were lost to Fremont (mine and my 'sailor's) by my absence. It is sometatls- Section; however, to knbw that the spackwhich my jotters would have occupied, hadTtititten sooner, has been used to, better advantage in the momentious campai gn which now draws near its close. God grant that tomorrow a week may give to Freedom that victory which must be hers in the end !" [I:7DANCIER AHEAD. -A correspondent writes from Washington: Senator Bigler's speech - of yesterday is kicking up quite a bobbery among the Southern supporters of Mr. Buchanan—not because of any especial value in the speech it self, but because it is supposed to foreshadow the policy of the President elect on the slavery question. ' The speech was essentially Freesoilish. The Senator declared that if ho was himself .a citizen of Kansas ho would vote against the introduc• tion of slavery there, and gave us to understand that Mr. Buchanan would pursue 00 same course ; and that, under the influinnesWhich will be paramount in the early future, itaiisas is certain to become a free . State. • Southern Senators looked aghast when such expressions as these fell from the lips of, the speaker; and the more they think of ito the more they don't like it, and the more they sus pect that in electing Mr. Buchanan they have caught a Tartar. So let it be. Mr. Bigler was dulikb last week when the present debate commenced ; but the Electoral Colleges have made , up their record now, and the Senator's Inagua can wag fearlessly and fro. Late from Calltbrnta. .ts, L. absence, of Mr. M. The person of Mrs. Mor ris,(who was alone with two small infants) was violated in theltpost shocking manner. When discovered next• Morning, by cries of the chil dren, it was found that her jaw was dislocated, and.otherwise injured to such an extent as to render her entirely helpless. When sufficiently recovered to speak, she said that in the conflict she had scratched the lip of her assaulter so that it bled freely. This led to the arrest of a brute negro named Bill Terry, who bore the mark upon his lip. An infuriated mob took him to a neighboring tree and swung him by the neck until he confessed. Be was then sent to West Union and confined ; but the husband of Mrs. M. returning and learning the.particu lars of the crime, aroused his friends—went to West Union—forced the jail—and returning with the negro, swung him upon the limb of a tree until he was dead ! On his way from the jail, and even under his gallows, the negro curs ed and swore terribly, and vowed if ho got off alive be would kill Mrs. Morris at sight. After hanging until he was dead, his body .was cut down, and with the chain still fastened to him, deposited in a box and buried on the Island.— Mrs, Morris is lying very ill, and 'it is quite doubtful ' whether she wiU recover from the brutal treatment she received at the negro's hands.. The negro's own wife was so shocked witii,the horror of his crime, and his repeated villainies of the kind, that she did not even beg the crowd to spare his life. IN &anon OF A Busamin.—Some time since we noticed the appearande of a female in this city who claimed several gentlemen for her hus band, and she was only stopped in• her career by being arrested. Lest week another female made her appearance in this city, called at the house of a respectable gentleman in the eastern section of the city, and in the presence of his family claimed him as her husband, and father of her children, none of the last named of whom appeared. She insisted in her demand, and went before Justice McAllister to see if she could not compel the party claimed to support her. She stated that she resided in New Jersey, and when the effort failed to frighten, proposed to relinquish all right on the receipt of S6o. To this, too, the gentleman demurred, and when she found that other testimony , than her own ,was necessary, on Friday left for Philadelphia, in search, as she alleged, of proof of her state- Mints. She is apparently about thirty years a age, and of good appearance. The gentle man to whom she laid claim as her husband has resided in this city all his life, and has sere ral children grown and married. It was, of course, an effort to raise money, and it is not probable that she will again return to the city. Quite an excitement was created in the neigh - borhood, and the impression prevails that the female was prompted by some heartless wretch to jeopardize the happiness of a largo household. in the hope of pecuniary gain.—Baltimore American. 07"DRSADFUL DISASTER.—The canal boat " Daniel O'Connell," from Glendon Iron Works, above Easton, loaded with pig iron, sank at the Market Street Wharf, Philadelphia, on Sunday night last, carrying down with it the Captain. James Brady, and two boys, brothers, named Edward and John Melarky, who it is supposed were asleep at the time. They were all from Glendon. Brady was a. single man about 25 years of age, and the boys were aged respectively, eleven and fourteen years. The news of the accident was telegraphed to Glen don yesterday. The boat had 66 tons of iron upon it, consigned to Messrs. Cabeen & Co. The Iron was valued at $l6OO. It is not known what caused the boat to sink, as it was considered in good condition, nor is it known at what time during the night it went down; not being missed from the wharf until the next morning. - Preparations were made immediate ly for the recovery of the bodies. a:7lh° Trenton Gai:etic says,--" Two corti panics of Continentals are being formed for the purpose of taking part in the approaching cole bration of the anniversary of the capture of the Hessians in this city, on the 26th of December, .1.776: This will make the whole number of military companies paraded by our citizens in the sham fight, amount to seven, viz : The Stockton Artillerists, the Liberty Rifles, the Trenton Rifles, the Irish Volunteers, the Sars 'field Guards, and the two Continental compa nies. Besides these, - the National Guards, and Minute Mon of '76, of Philadelphia, have al ready declared their intention of being present. Invitations have been sent to about a hundred companies, and it is expected that from five hundred to a thousand soldiers from a distance will take part in the celebration. From the in dications this affair will be more creditable to the Military and the city than the abortions of former years." (ErThe largest Congressional district in the United States, beyond a doubt, is the Second District of Wisconsin. The usual average for Congressional districts is from eight thousand to fifteen thousand votes, but this district, at • the late election, voted thus for Congressmen : C. Billinghurst, 25,800 11. C. Hobart, 23,- 448 ; Total vote, 49,248. This is enormous. and well illustrates the prodigious growth of Wisconsin within the last five years. rrldnixisom.—Gov. Gorman, in his mes sage to the Minnesota Legislature last winter, stated the population of the Territory at 70,000, as shown by the census taken in the summer previous. At the opening of navigation in the Spring it was estimated at 120,000, and now, near the close of navigation, it is set down by a St. Paul paper at 200,000. At the present rite of increase, Minnesota will have a popula tion of at least half a million in 1860. Pnonufn. OF ex Aonit.—A correspondent of the Now England Farmer, writing from Plain field, Mass., says that he has raised on his' farm forty bushels of good sound corn, one hundred and fifty bushels of potatoes, seven largo cart loads of pumpkins, fifteen bushels of carrots, twenty bushels of turnips, three bushels of on ions, forty cabbage heads, one bushel of beans ; after using all ho needed for his family, a lot of peas, and fifteen bushels of sugar beets: ,- Than PRICED APPLES.-Mr. J. W. Dodge, of Cumberland county, Tennessee, raised and ex hibited some apples at the County Fair which were sold at auction at $lO 50 a dozen—about a barrel and a half brought $lll. A:7 - Mr. Thomas McCarter, who in life weigh ed 527- pounds, died in West Tennessee last week. His coffin measured 3i feet across the top; 28 inches deep,end 7 feet long. 117 - Theophilus Fiske, Esq., announces his withdrawal from the Philadelphia " Pennsyl •m 1, vaan. 11:7Judge Packer, of Mauch Chunk, is named by several of our cotemporariee as the next Degkocratic candidate for Clovernor of this State. LOCAL AFFAIRS. Revenue Commissioner.—llon. Jacob Erdman has been appointed by the Court, Revenue Corn inissioner for the Counties of Northampton and Lehigh. Lehigh Valley Railroad. —The quantity of coal transported on this road for the week ending December 6th, amounted to 5,148 tons ; for the season 170,886 tons. Lehigh Coal Trade.—The shipments of coal from the Lehigh Region, for the week ending December 6th amounted, to 5,550 tons ; total for the season, 1,186,161 tons. This we pre sume completes the shipments by canal per tide water this season. - 1:115ur borough subscribers will please in form us if our carrier commits any irregularities in serving their papers. lie has strict instruc tions to deliver them into the dwellings, and if he fails to do so we would be thankful for the information. (D'• The receipts of the Lehigh Valley Rail road for the month of November were : Passengers - • - - $6,089 88 Fieight - - • - - - 2,085 28 Coal - - - - - 23,501 80 Total - - - North Pennsykania Railroad.—This road will be completed in a day or two and probably formally opened this week. Last Monday only about two miles of track remained unlaid with setts of layers approaching each other from each end, day and night. It will prove a great convenience to travellers from this point to Philadelphia. See to It.—The authorities should make ar rangements immediately for the protection of the fire plugs of our borough from the severe frpsts of the approaching winter, by packing the boxes with straw or some other good non conducting substance, An ounce of preven tion is worth a pound of cure," and we trust the Town Council will appreciate that fadt as far as fire plugs are-conceined. Another Horrible Death from Hydrophobia.-- We learn that on Monday dint week another person—a lad about 11 years of ago, whose name we were unable to learn,. fella victim to that horrible disease, hydrophobia, at the Lehigh Gap. All that could bo done by 'competent medical aid was brought into service, but it was of no avail, as the' fatal poison was too long and deeply instilled in the system. For the Ladies.—The weather within the last week was of a kind to give us a fore taste of winter. The air has an icy chillness, and it may therefore not bo amiss to remind our lady readers that the fur department at Young & Leh's, in Hamilton street, is replete to a point. To enumerate the styles, qualities and descrip tions of their stock, as well as the extremely low prices, would occupy a column or two in our pa per. See their advertisement. For Christmas and New Years.—The Mam moth Pictorial Double BROTHER JONATITAN is already in the field, and is filled, as usual, with largo and spirited Pictures for the Christmas Holidays. Published by B. 11. Dar, 48 Beek man street, New York. Sent 12 cents (post age stamps or money) and you, will get this ele gant picture sheet free of postage. Nino are sent (post paid) for Ono Dollar ; or Eleven, if not post paid. Fatal Accident.—On the oth instant, i man named GEORGE MARTIN, an employee at Yaeg er it Korn's Lime Kilns, in Lower Saucon town ship, mot with an accidentsresulting in instant death, by accidentally falling head-foremost through the Railroad bridge, near Hess' Mill, while passing over it on his way homeward from Heßenown. He was about 48 years of age, and loaves a Wife and eight children, on whom the sad,bereavement falls with crushing force. D3lf every subscriber would ask his neigh bor to subscribe and send his name along to us, it would not only double our subscription list and encourage us to publish a still better pa per, but it would be a perSonal advantage to every subscriber. There is more happiness and prosperity in a neighborhood where every family takes a newspaper thin where theytake none. It makes home happier, the father more thoughtful, the mother more cheerful, and the eyes of 'the children sparkle with joy whenever the newspaper comes. The Holidays are Coming.—So says the Al manac, so say the merchant's show-windows and counters, which are filled with Toys and Holiday Gifts appropriate to the season ; and, above all, so says the with its clear, sparkling atmosphere, and spirit-animating edge. It is mete that we all should unbend at times and mingle in the enjoyirents which light en the perplexities of life, and we hope that every reader of the REarsrrEn may be the hap piest of the happy participants in the coming festivities•—notwithstanding Fremont has not been the successful candidate for the Presiden cy. A Regular Scamp.—Chirles Tomer, the in dividnal arrested in Philadelphia for the forgo ries committed on several country banks, among them the Allentown and Easton Banks, within the past year, had several hearings before Al derman Enue, of Philadelphia, and was taken to Diuphin county on Tuesday, by the sheriff of that county, to take his trial for forging the name of Gen. Simon Cameron to an order for over three hundred dollars, on the Middletown Bank. Tomer is a " bird," and is said to have been an inmate of th 6 Penitentiary some three or four years ago, on a conviction for counter feiting. He stands a far better chance of get• ting there again than of being struck by light ning. 11:7Dr. John J. Detweiler, of Easton, has been appointed by the Directors of the Poor, to give medical aid and medicines to the out door poor of Easton and South Easton.- Terrible Accident.—A most distressing and Tainful accident' occurred to Mr. Markwertlt, of Freemansburg, on Saturday last. It appears that his gun had been very heavily loaded and whilst in the act of discharging it the barrel bursted and caused a most terrible wound on the hand and fore-arm, a part of the hand be ing blown off. Dr. F. A. Kitchen, of Freemans burg, was immediately called, who, with the assistance of Dr. Ilillman, of Bethlehem, ad justed the fractured bones, and amputated the shattered portion of the limb, and - otherwise attended to him, rendering him as comfortable as circumstances would permit. We have sinco learned that the patient is doing well.—Easton Daily Express. The gaiety of the season invites us all to good feolings and social intercourse. .LIA- us.then... enjoy ourselves in the healthful exercise of the dance—the most innocent of amusements. This evening the first annual ball of the Mechanics and Workinginen will take place at the Odd Fellows' Hall. We trust they may have a very agreeable and pleasant party, and enjoy themselves to the fullest extent. Tickets $l, to be had at.thcdoor. - - $32,696 96 On Friday evening, Dec. 26th, (second Christ mas,) a Military and Civic Dress Bill will be given at the Odd Fellows' Hall for the benefit of the " Allen Rifles." A brilliant and agree able affair may be expected, if we may judge from the cost and labor of preparation. Tick eta $l, to be had of any of the members. On Wednesday evening, Dec. 31st, (New Year's Eve,) Columbia Engine Co., No. 1, will give their third Annual Ball, nt the Odd Fel lows' Hall, and the friends of the Company May safely rely that nothing will be left undone that taste can suggest, or labor secure, to con tribute to their pleasure. Judging from their former entertainments, we prophecy a joyful time. Tickets $l, to be had of the members. Arrested for Passing Counterfeits.—JosErn K. SHEEN, a Merchant Tailor in our neighboring,, borough of Catasauqua, was arrested in Easton* on Wednesday afternoon last week, for passing counterfeit money. Tho first, a five dollar bill, ho passed upon Mr. James Templin, keeper of an eating-house, where he procured something to eat, and after getting change left. From this place ho went to the Oyster Saloon of Mr. John T. Hartzell, where ho also procured some thing to eat, &c., and gave another five dollar bill on the same bank, getting his change. Ile then went into the store of Mr. Jacob Rader, in Northampton street, and purchasing a small amount from one of the clerks, passed another bill on the same bank and of the same amount, getting his change also. From here he went to Whitesell's Hotel, whore they refused to take one of the bills. At Rader's they soon discov ered that the bill passed was counterfeit, and set out in pursuit of Seem. At length they found him somewhere about Whitesell's shed, and had him arrested, and taken before Justice Arndt, by whom he was committed to jail for want of bail in $1000,.t0 answer the charge at the next term of court. The bills were all of the denomination of $5 upon the Mercantile Bank, of Ilartford, Conn., all seeming to be new, and well calculated to deceive. The accused is of respectable parentage, and has a family at Catasauqua. Tho Easton Express says :--" A great deal of sympathy we learn is expressed for Seem, the yount gentleman who was caught in the attempt to speculate in counterfeit money at the expense of some of our citizens, and a move wo under stand is on 'foot to have the matter settled. It is represented that he is very respectably con nected ; that be has heretofore been very cor rect in his deportment : that it is altogether probable that he was the tool of some sharper in the business in which he was engaged, and that for these reasons ho ought to be mildly dealt with. The strongest argument in his be half with those who seek to obtain a settle ment of the affair is is " respectable come. - tions." .But giving this fa all due considera tion, we can see no good reason to tree hits from the punishment which the law prescribes for the crime in which he has been detected.— Tho law should be impartially administered, and if Seem be found guilty he should suffer the same punishment that would be meted out to the most friendless criminal ; his' rich con nections should never be permitted to screen him from punishment." (rrA RAILROAD CASE has recently. been de cided in the Court at Harrisburg, of importance to the community. The points involved in the issue were as follows :—A suit was brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Gross, for the burning down of his house, alleged to have been sot on fire by a locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad.— Thcire was no question that the house was des &eyed, and that sparks from an engine set it on fire. But the defence took the ground that damages had been allowed by the jury of inquest upon the premises some years ago. It was had in proof that a certain amount had been paid for tho covering of the house thus consumed.— The owner had neglected to secure the roof ; and the defence was that in as much as he had been paid for slating the roof, but had neglect ed to db it, he could not claim damages for his own negligence. This view was sustained by the court. The jury found for the defendant. &MINIM& —ln Massachusetts, N. Hampshire, and some parts.of New York, they have good sleighing. In Minnesota, the St. Croix Lake has been frozen over so thick that persons have crossed upon the ice. The Upper Mississippi is closed by ice. The Ball Season.— " Trip it lightly as yo go On the light fantastic toe." 11:7" The wages of the firemen of Cincinnati for the month of November amounted t0.*5855,- 50. O It is said that there are at least 2000 gambling houses and 100 faro banks in the city of Now Yark.
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