0 113 E LEHIGH nEsusTETI. DEMOCRACY. Our modern, patent Democracy is not only a powerful institution, but it is a beauty withal. How it keeps its fret while its champions are playing such pranks is more than one can readily see, albeit he does see that it stands - - The Spanish Colns. taM. That such will always be the case, how lastA large number of our business men refused ; ever, there appears to be some very 'reasonable week " tips," " levies" and Spanish ; " quarters," at their original value, but are doubt. To some of its varied beauties, as they now again taking them at par. The law, ; appear from time to time, it may be proper however, is not yet in force, as the bill as enough to refer. amended by the Senate in its passage, has Our readers have noticed that one of the not yet been concurred in by champions of the Democracy, (Gov. Adams, of t h e Hens°. S. C.) has lately advocated the re opening of In this condition it stands at present, bcu* f ~. S Trade, which the laws of this country no doubt, become a law. The bill, h ve e. ' ave prohibited and denounce das piracy. Yet, only reduces the value when these coins are of this redoubtable Democrat " goes in," for fered in payment of government claims,— the I stealing " niggers" from Africa, and many Spanish quarter to the value of 20 cents, the • other• Democrats defend him in his remarkable shilling to ten cents, and the tips to 5 cents, position. And their avowed intention is to but if the community will pertinaciously refuse to take them at par in business transactions, drive away all white laborers and white means ' they will soon be driven from circulation, and nics, and fill their places, with neg.ocs. We the country ridded of a great nuisance. In call the attention of the working men to this in.. lions cities the people have already been acting ; feature of our modern Democracy. The Richmond Enquirer (high Democratic upon it, and rating. the Spanish coins at the authority) lately denounced the common school value for which the government receives them.: system, saying that the mart it teaches is read- In Boston, the Transcript says, the post-office big and writing, and that reading and writing has ceased to take them except at their depre- s probably " the worst means of acquiring elation. In New Yin k, we see it stated, this I knowledge and wisdom,"-thus enunciating in is also the case. The rates fixed by Congress I but a new form the propriety of keeping corn are twenty per cent less than the coins have l mon people in that blissful state of ignorance usually been valued at, and in regard to the old which makes them so easy a prey to Southern Spanish quartets is really less than their value locofocoism. We call the attention of the he ns silver. One hundred dollars of Spanish boring p oor . o ne of the highest aims of whom is quarters weighed at a jeweller's, in Philadel- I • to teach their children " reading and writing," phis, were found to contain 79 ounces and 7 to this feature of our modern democracy. pennyweights, which at. the Mint valuation, of The Legislature of t he super-etninently Dem sl 221, per ounce, will be worth t 707 20, or I oceanic State of South Carolina, at its late ses about 23 per cent less than the nominal value. Sian, just adjourned,passed an act to amend Five hundred dollars in old quarters sent to the I the State Constitution so as to require that ev- Mint and coined netted or about fiver per cry naturalized citizen shall have a residence of cent. less value. The real value of the Spanish i two years after having been naturalized, before quarter as silver, making allowances for the; he shall hare a right to vote. We call the at wear and dirt, is about 05 to 00 cents. On the tcntion of all foreigners, who are denouncing 121;cent pieces the depreciation is about from' the American party for advocating doctrines of 10 to 12 per cent, and on the GI cent pieces, kindred import, to this remarkable feature of the depfeciation is front .20 to 30 per cent. our democracy. Our advice is, unless much defaced, keep them, Lately companies of capitalists, in New York or part with them only for what they arc real and in New England, attracted by the very low ly worth ; or any body having too many on hand rises of good tan can speedily be relieved of them by " shelling p din Virginia, have made large some out at this (Tice. Don't all come at purchases there, and have held out inducements to men of little means to purchase small farms there, and enter upon an independent life on their own soil. Among those thither attracted by the advantages offered, have been a number of foreigners. Ilow well these foreigners have been welcomed by the Democracy of Virginia, will be shown by the following remarks of that high Democratic authority, the aforesaid Rich mond Enquirer ; The energies of our institutions are taxed to resist the pressures of external aggression. fit the remoter northern and western counties of this State the security, and cons( (vainly the value, of slave property, are-well nigh destroy ed, by the depredations of Alto; it ion 'kidna ppers. At the sante time, we have reason to suspect the machinations of Yankee etni,sities in tire bosom of this State, and to apprehend sortie pus : si hie demonstration of violence limn our slaves. le all these concurrent. causes are operating with such e lfcct to impair the stability of our institutions and our social security, shall we pet • •t thes e " free lab`nr" colonies to add anoth er. and a stronger hostile influence to the power ALLENTOWN, PA.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1857 C. F. HAINES, EDITOR OM We hope however the country will be ridded of the Spanish currency. With one of the most convenient fractional divisions of coins in the world, we have a mean and troublesome curren cy for the small transactions of trade, which can not be subdivided without entailing loss upon sonebody. It is time that trade was relieved of the nuisance, and the pretty and convenient American coins substituted fur the old Spanish inflictions. !^cluttul Mr. Harlan has been re:elected by the 'lowa legislature ; Zebulon Chandler has been lected from Itlichigan in place of CASs, and the old Gemmel will now be laid on the shelf if Mr. Bu chanan does not come to his relict. A gentle man by the name of Simmons has been elected from Rhode Island in place of Mr. James, who was a democrat ; Ilan. CHAILLES VI'MNER has been reelected by the legislature of Massa chusetts ; and Cameron from tliis State. These are all Republicans. Two Buchanan Democrats- have been elected from Missouri, which cuts off Benton, tvho has been reported as desitous of an diction. The Republicans will have upwards of twenty Senators in the nest Congress, being a large gain. The Easton Daily E rp77 ss one day last week let fly a sort of " talk back" in regard to our article in last week's paper relative to the Do• loughs of Pennsylvania. The " catch straw," relative to " Mingo," upon which he bases his reply, does not, however, so materially change our •• odorous comparison" as he would have it appear, as the records show that said suburb contained hut 8-12 instead of •' about 2000." As to the jealousy, ete., the editor complains of as being displayed by the press of our bo• rough, we suppose is nothing more than mere imagination in his own mind at any rate we arc not guilty of the charge, nor do we recollect seeing anything of such a nature in the other• papers. One thing, however, Mr. Express, you will always find us to uphold our town, in pref erence to others, and if others see fit to deprive it of its true merits, or not give it a des.Aving recognition, we shall always speak in its de fence. Death of Preston S. Brooks. The Hon. Preston S. Brooks, of South Caro lina, who gained such an unenviable notoriety by his cowardly attack upon Semaor Sunnier, of Massachusetts, during the last session of Con gress, died very suddenly at Brown's . llotel, in the city of Washington, on Tuesday evening of last week. Ile had been in bed only for a day or two. Ills disease, which at fist was regard ed as but a slight cold, changed subsequently to that of croup, or quinsey, and so violent was the attack of the latter, that he died of suffoca tion within ten minutes. The , deceased was only 37 years old, and leaves a Wife and four children. Ills death was announced in the House by his personal friend, Mr. Keitt, on Thursday morning. lluw inscrutable are the ways of Providence. ! Brool;s,.im the enjoyment of robust health, is cut oil in a moment when least expected, while the subject of his brutal attack, who was furl so many months a physical Wreck, bids fair to • regain his wonted vigor, and to take once more lending position in the councils of the nation. rj — The Kentucky Court of Apppals has de cided that a man may marry his mother-in-law. We know several bachelors who will probably go in for partners now. Unable to conquer the daughters, they. hope to find the mothers-iu-law easily Won, • arraigned against us ? " The character of these imigrants opposes an independent. ol jection to their introduction in the State. For the most Part they are part,- culprits, dritun from Enropc s iiir they rem- Jut ionory mob nce, and frtslt the Mfectiom atmosphere al some criminal colony. Facile in struments, indeed, of Anti-Slavery Propagand ism ! Some are mdinary t.lll nders against the security of life and property ; others • are , soldiers, whom despotism dismisses'from its service,--the vagabonds of the earth in the pay of Abolitionism, precipitated . here upon us Co des troy the valud of our property and the security of our institutions. " The impudence of this attempt on the part of the AbolitioniNts of New. York and Boston, to garrison Virginia with their janissaries, and to pollute our soil with the presence of their rabble ifiumpers and criminals, provokes rebuke and retaliation. The danger with which they threaten our institutions, culls for the interfer- ence of the'Legislature." • Now to those remarks of this leading modern Democracy, we ask the attention of all fOreign born men. You arc an elegant set of fellows while you vote for the locofocos and do nothing for yourselves. They will sing your praises to the sky and " palaver" around you with requi site effrontery and deceit ; but if you undertake to settle among them on the land won by the wages i f your industry, then you are " politi cal culprits," " vagabonds of the earth," a " rab ble of paupers and criminals." Did ever any nacent orator of the Know-Nothings beat that abuse ; did ever any party, anywhere, take such a position against you ? Look to these things and remember them. PI NNSA'IXA\IA 1. ISI. A TURE. SENATE. -Mr. Limbach read in place a Sup plement to the Act incorporating the Congre ration of United Bretherm of tho borough of Ilethlehem. Northampton county. On motion of Mr. Lattbaoh, the bill relative to the Allentown Iron Company was taken up, on second reading, [lt authorizes the Compa ny to issue bonds to the amount of 5200.000.] The hill was lead a second and third time and passed. Mr. Laubaeli read a bill to incorporate the Nor hampton Iron company. llousz.—Mr. Evans, a supplement to the act incorporating the Reading and Lehigh Railroad company. Mr. limes, a supplement to the act chartering the congregation of United Brethern of Betide. hem and its vicinity. r Mr. Tolen, rend in place a bill to incorpo- Tate the Carbon Iron company. Hons.—Tim number of hogß packed nt Quin cy, 11111., up to tho 6th inst., was 36,000- THE LEHIGH REGISTER FEBRUARY 4, 1857. Taxables In Pennsylvania. Part of the business of our State Legislature, at its present session, will be the reconstruc tion of thu senatorial and representative dis tricts, according to the enumeration of the tax able inhabitants in each county. The Philadel phia Bulletin has received from its Harrisburg correspondent the statement of the taxables as ra l tirned to the Capitol from every county ex cept Luzerne and Mifflin. Filling up these blanks from the report of last year, we have the following as the statement of taxables in the State for the year 1857 : COINTIES Alllllll., , . , . , Allegheny, 33,378 Lebanon, 6,992 Armstrong, 0,871 Lehigh, 10,592 13ea ver, 6,101 , Luzern°, 18,217 Bedford, 5,197 i Lyeoming, 7,374 Barba, 19,64 5c Montour, 3,102 Blair, 5,93511%1eLean, 1, 631 ._ . _ .... 1..- ._ Bradford, 9,714131ereer, 7,328 Bucks, 15,2001:M(11in, 3,4311 Buller, 8,500 , 3f0nr00, 3,357 Calabria, 5,702 ! Montgomery, 16,790 Centre, 6,oBBlNorthamptou, 11,233 Carbon, - I,s3B!Northumberland, 6,038 Chester, 16,803!Perry, 1,717 Clarion, 6,263; Philadelphia, 101,000 Clearfield, I,lsB'Pike, 1,540 Clinton, 3,600: Potter, 2,115 Columbia, 5,179 Schuylkill, 10,380 Crawford, 0.671 : Snyder, 3,115 Cumberland, 7,901 Sotnerset, 5,231 Dauphin, ' 9.021 Sullivan, 1,116 Delaware, 0,152 Susquehanna, 7,130 Elk, 1,2311, n o w t , 0,018 Erie, 9,953 , U nion, 3,215 Fayette, 7,S2sVenango, 4,514 Forest, 211 Warren, 3,709 Franklin, R,3SI , Washington, 10,007 Fulton, I,Bns Westmoreland, 11,432 Greene, 5,1:16, Wayne, 5,775 Minting(lon, s,72B'lVioining, Indiana, 11,2:12. York, • Jefferson, 3;101: Juniata, Lancaster, One hundred members of the Legislature dis tributed among this number of taxable inhabit ants makes the ratio of representation 5961. Phi'adelthia will thus have seventeen represen tatives, which will be a gain of two members. Allegheny will have five members as at present. Berks county will lose one member, and Schuylkill will gain one. Lancaster will probably retain her present number, five, as her fraction over four is large. There will be no material change in other parts of the State. For the benefit of readers out of the State— and we presume the information will be news to some of our own residents—we remark, that a Legislative apportionment is made every seven years; and is based upon the nutnber of resi• dent taxables in each county ; that the Senate consists of 33 members, and the House of Rep resentatives of 100. The taxables, in 1849, amounted to 486,733, showing an increase of over 100.000 up to 1856. The ratio for a member of the Ilouse was then 4867, and for Senator, 14.601. The taxables, in 1342, =mimic 1 to 387,417, showing an increase, up to 1849, of nearly 100 thousand. The taxables. in 1835, amounted to 318,300 showing an increase, up to 1312, of about 70 thousand. no Congressional Corruption Case The Corruption Investigation Committee of Congress finds considerable difficulty in getting witnesses to answer. questions. It is hard to tell what a witness ought to do when the good of the country conies in contrast with what he may conceive to be his honor. If he receives a communication in confidence ought he to violate the trust reposed in him. or refuse to answer the questions propounded to him ? It is not a pleasant situation to occupy ; but rascals ought to be exposed, undoubtedly, even at all cost of feeling not in violation of honor. Flan IN TAMAQUA.—A very destructive fire occurred in the borough of Tamaqua. Schuylkill county, on Sunday night about 12 o'clock; which, before it could be subdued,• destroyed totally or partially twelve houses, with their contents. occasioning an aggregate loss estima ted at $41.500. The particulars are given in an extra from the Tamaqua GaFtlic. The fire commenced in the Dry Goods and Grocery Store of William Broch & Sons, on Broad Street, whose loss is estimated at slo,ooo—insured for $5 500. The principal losers arc Stephen Jones, who owned the building occupied by Broch & 'Sons. loss $4.000, insured for $l,OOO Jacob L. Ilill. liquor store, loss $7,000, insured fur $4,200: John. W. Webber, of Pottsville, who owned the building occupied by Ilill, and others. loss $B.OOO, insured for $2,200. Beard's Hotel was several times on fire, but was saved with a loss of about $l,OOO. The fire is sup posed,to have been caused by an incendiary. QrITE Pnounc.—The wife of Mr. Thomas Cullum living near the Gen. Wayne tnveru, iu Lower Merion township. Montgomery county, presented her husband with three children at a birth—two girls and a boy; on the 27th ult. The parties are doing well and getting along finely. SEIZURE or DIAMONDS.-NEW YORK, Jan. 24. —The'officers of the U. S. Custom House have seized the entire stock of Messrs. Heule Bro thers. Maiden Lane, consisting of diamonds and other precious stones valued at 5150,000, on suspicion of having been smuggled into port. A BASE SLANDER..—Pretty women kiss one smother in coining into a room because it is a graceful custom ; they do the same on going away, because they arc delighted to lose eight of one another. A lIINT TO TOE LADIES.—There is not an hour in the. day in w..ich a man so much likes to see his wife dressed with neatness, as when she leaves her bedroom, and sits down to breakfast. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.--TH the tables accompanying the report of the Treasu ry the whole population of the Union is stated to be about twenty-seven millions. (17• Good exercise—Washing dishes. • o:7' ll lultiplying,Gubernatorial candidates. A;/ Remedy against' frosted feet—Spin less street yarn and wear thicker shoes. Oa - Wailing to be asked—A number of girls to go sleighing. 11:71Ingus ten cent pieces, of the coinage of 1856 are in circulation. 10• Wrong—to ask a woman her age. We saw a chap get into a scrape for doing so. TA XADLES. COUNTIES. TAXAIILES. 5,740 Lawrence, 5,020 3,2671 Total, 2S, I 1.;1 (Communicated /or the Lehigh Register.) DAVID H. HUNTER'S DESCRIPTIVE LETTER OE A WHALING VOYAGE, Ac. (CONTINUED FROM Dun PAPER ON SEPT. MIL) SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 1856 The process of " trying-out" the oil having been determined upon, active preparatiuus were couuneue .ed by your humble servant being ordered into a huge rusty old iron pet whose gigantic dimensions were imbedded in a muss of brickwork upon the ship's deck, with a lire-place underneath it, and with a brick iu hand to scour its rusty sides and bottom &edit the effects of a six months exposure and negligence to wind and rain. Oh, what a pleasant task it was, to no doubled up, squeezed in and)aunned down iu sixty gallon put fur a couple of hours—pshaw, pur gatory can be nothing compared to it I but as every thing hes its end, so had this, and the pots now ready, some of the loose oil was first thrown in and a roar ing fire built in the fire-place. having thus "start ed" the pots, the " blubber" was next thrown in soil allowed to remain in a boiling state until every drop of the oil was secured, the whole being in the mean while kept in motion by brisk and continual stirring up to prevent its being " burnt." The oil is then dipped out by the Cooper and allowed to run off into a tamper cooler, from whence it is drawn off into bar rels or casks ; the most singular part of the 'modes operandi is the fuel—many would suppose it requir ed au enormous amount to " try-out" so many bar rels as some ships are known to do in the course of a voyage, but the fact is, it requires comparatively none, for the pieces of blubber, utter the oil is ex tracted become parched and crusty, not unlike "dough nuts" in appearance, which aro culled '• scraps ;" in this state the scraps aro raked out of the button, of the pots and thrown intuit tank, where the " dripping" having had tiane to run off and be secured, they are then used, and ere the very best of fuel, being light for the purpose and affording an intense heat. Our first experience iu the mysteries of the pro fession was further commemorated by a pugilistic combat, which though in itself unworthy of mention, still was at era of great importance to us (green horns.) Among our ship's crew were four men who land made a voyage at sea, and in consequence were ranked us " ordinary" seamen ; the distinctions which characterize personal position sea-life are zealously upheld by those deriving privilege there from, and all exactions are rigidly enforced, conse quently the immortal four I have mentioned, bad to a great extent assumed and exercised a sort of half way tyrannical sway over the " greenhorns" in the affairs of the lure-castle. It was very natural for us to be a little submissive in return for their instruc tion and experience, but the time having arrived when we all felt ourselves " sailors," we could nu longer brook their insolence, and resolved upon put ting some of their threats and braggadoicio to the test. J.-1.1 a native of Utica, New Yerk, the sun of a wealthy and respectable parentage, who upon having first juiced our little band in New York, gave no promise of the gigantic proportions and Herculean strength which he had now in so short a time attained, was chosen as the eliampiun of the "greenhorns." lie was mimed " Utica," and rig well was Utica represented. Of tae four " ordina ries" there were two noted fur their agility. and one for his size end strength. The choice, however, upon their part fell upon .I—n of Huston, whose overbearing conduct and insolence hail rendered him in bad odor, while at the same time his cat-like agili ty and reckless daring in the rigging and other peril ous parts or the ship enchained our admiration. Be sides the great question of " which party should pre duntinate It netifter," there was settled, the vex ed and long contested question of the superiority. of „ strength vs. agility," in this combat. Ist. round, (Boston,) led off, and before Utica could return both rolled into the lee scuppers front the force and effect of the blow given and re ceived, and by the slight rolling of the ship. 2nd. round, was commenced by tremendous coun ter blows ; C—n reaching swell home on . the cheek of Utica, while the dangerous nutwler of P aints broke through the guard of his antagonist, thumped heavi ly upon the lower jaw or C—u, lifting hint front his feet and throwing him with a clean sweep across the fore.hatCh into the lec-scuppers. Three cheers, by the greenhorns. 11d. round, "Boston came up warily, evidently re garding the irresistible right mawler of Utica with the most intense ffirocity mid hate, and finally led all by planting right and left on the ears of Utica with the speed of lightning-dashes, but all was of no avail, Mr although Utica's ears were set a buzzing for a week, another tt•einenduus blow laid Boston vanquish. ed and elm ost senseless MO the tar-bucket. Three cheers were given for 'our success, when the Mate rushed up from the cabin and we beat a hasty retreat. After this we had peace and equality" in the fore castle, having like our heroic forefathers in the llev. °ltalian been compelled 10 - assert mid maintain our rights "riet al mid." I have noted the libelee inci dent. not became I could delight in such SelltleS, hw to correctly and trattlifailly exemplify the " incidents of a whaling voyage." Octo'aer 13th, 'a:l.—Cruising off the coast of Brazil, we were entering the „ old fishing grounds" where ships many years ago found no difficulty in filling up their huge black hulks with the greasy treasures of the deep, and never dreamt of rounding the battle field of the elements--Cape Horn, ih pursuit of their victims ; but those slays have gone bye. Yankee in genuity has stretched forth its magic wand, and the proud, mysterious, boisterous elements have yielded; the sharp cutting prows of a thousand clippers now gracefully and fearlessly cleave the briny waters of the treacherous deep ' and dash' aside' the spray in proud huge monsters of the deep have fled the field where their mother the old, old sea, has been so ignamiin'ous • luislied, and with at few exceptions, their Mowing tunes of thunder are now only heard auaid• vast fields of clashing, gridding ice in liar-off, remote anal dangerous Pular seal—but enough of this, I must nut impose upon your columns by digressions. It was about this time, that being, in company' with C—n, engaged in the mizzen-H....1ug t• ser. vinetting" sums of the " back-stays," 17runt an op portunity of becoming better acquainted with the , characteriSties of the Shark than by tun unceriniu dependence upon antiquated "stories" by motile- I vitas. It happened that during the process of the work, C—n deseouded to the decks for some mate rial, and in the meanwhile I diverted myself by rang_ ing my eye carelessly over the wide waste of waters around me, when my attention was attracted by a triangular ripple which was moving backwards End fufwards on the stern of the ship, where the assistant steward was towing some linen by a line which lie had just been washing. I soon discerned the fins of a very large shark ; when within about ten yards of the linen Ito halted for Liniment, then with a spring and bound he leaped at• the floating, dancing mass, his velocity carrying him over the spanker boom with the fleshless, unnutritious prize tangled and fastened among the double row of crooked teeth which ombol- . lished his jaws as if scared by his novel appendage, lie sped over the ocean with his colors flying, much to my amazement, until he disappeared in the dis tance. Now, I must say that I was somewhat sur. prised by this incredible activity and boldness, after all that I had heard and road concerning the cow ardice and sluggishness of this fish ; I had ex peeled to see him flying round and round his victim until a favorable opportunity presented itself, which has might take advantage of to seize it, but here I hail ocular demonstration of his courage, forwardness `and activity—a single leap without hesitation sent him flying at least twenty feet through the air, with the prize in his maws. The steward made 6 very wry face at the proceeding, lint as he could not get a writ of " (rover and conversion" against Mr. Piecce, he was compelled to put the best face he was able upon the matter. I could not refrain from a hearty laugh at the rediculous figure lie cut Italie hauled in the lino with but a small portion of •his wash left, and which the generosity (?) of the despoiler had been pleased to leave him. [TO DE CONTINUE(.] 2,50 t 1.1,007 500,132 ri'Llappiness is a pig with a greasy tail, which every one runs after, but nobody can hold. 1:a'" In one day last week there were five tons of eels shipped to New York, by a single town in Massachusetts. n'They are now making candles out of coal —we suppose we shall next hear of bread made out of the same article. 0:7"Tho population of New York is dying away at about the rate of one in every seven teen minutes, day and night, ull the year round. I[l:7°Cata brandy, made at Cincinnati, has been purdirstred at five dollars per gallon for exportation to France, for tho purpose of As. voting foreign liquors. LOCAL AFFAIRS. (rr.The earnings of the Lehigh Valley Bo' road Company were—. 819• 6 ! 0 • °9 For the month of Dec.. 197 0 . - • For tho same mon • • ---••102mwmo•• Increase, 125 per cent., Held under Bad.—JAMES MCFETRIDGE, whose arrest for'alleged post office embezzlement at ; Cincinnati, we chronicled last week, was taken to Philadelphia from here for examination be. fore the T✓. S. Commissioner, and by him re• leased under $4OOO bail fur a further hearing in July next. Brass Band's Bsll.—The friends of the Allen town Brass Band will bear in mind that their Benefit BMI will be given at the Odd Fellouir Hall, on Friday evening, 20th inst. Their balls heretofore have given general satisfaction, and from the arrangements already in progress we should judge the coming one to eclipse all pre vious ides. Sleighing Pariies.—On Wednesday evening last about thirty couples came over from Beth lehetn, merry and happy as n sleigh-ride could make them. They stopped at the " Ameri can," where they enjoyed the hospitality of Becidd to an eminent degree--ate a good sup per, danced, sung, and made themselves gener ally happy till their return to Bethlehem. On Friday afternoon some fifty odd of Ow scholars of the Female Seujinary, at Bethlehem, also took a sleigh ride to this place, via Cata sauqua, having air jolly a ride as a visit to Al lentown. and the good sleighing could make them. Numerous other parties, from other pla ces, visit us almost daily, giving our town quite a gay and brisk aspect. Counterfeit Flocs on the Allow °yin , A llank.-- Counterfeit five dollar bills on the Allentown Bank have lately made their appearance in New York city, and will doubtless soon be afloat all over the country. They are altered from some broken Bank ; the word Five" in red letters on the bottom of the note looks blurred. Thegen uine may easily be distinguished, as they have the fi gure 5 " in red on the right and left at the bottom, whereas the spurious have the single word rase in red hilt, In Saturday's New York Times we sec that Jane De Clark, a yonn married woman, about 10 years of age, was ar 'rested the other evening for attempting to pegs ono of them at a store in Grambstreet. She add the ittorekeeper (who detected the charac ter of the bill) that she had no other money, and that she lived in Second-avenue: but acknow ledged to the policeman who was sent for to take her in custody. that she resided at No. 108 Bowery. The officer searched her trunk and found in it F. 311 in good money and another of the counterfeit kills. Justice IIitENAN, before whom she was brought, committed her to an swer a chargx of 11.rgere. Spurions tens on the 'same hank are also all , mt. of which we gave a description come weeks since. • Thr Co teed Ponip's Easton Cornet Mind —lt does us good to notice a grind thing. and we tituA candidly say that the Concert in the Court house on Friday evening last. by Pomp's Easton Cornet Band, was one of the best , Dud most satisfactory ever given, here. We pride ourself on having heard some six or ' seven of the best Muds in the country,—among them "Julien's." with her Kamig, the •-• German• in's," with her Dotlworth's and Ad. kin's of New York, Kendall's of Boston. and Beck's. Bayley's. Nester's and Gaul's. of Phil. ndelphin, all of Wide spread fame. but consider Pomp's Band. as at present organized. with her Pomp, Coates and Douglass, inferior to neither, and that it may be classed among the best in the country. Their programme embrac ed some very choice selection,. among them several original pieces by Mr. T. Coarl :. the conductor.—one of them entitled the " Emma Polca." 4dicated to the daughter of Killian Pomp. Esq., the lead, r. which is a sweet and Nail inspiring eomoosition, and elicited the conimendation of all present. One thing we were sorry to witness, that the house was not as well filled as it should have been. It is a singular trait of our community, that when a good entertainment is attired they are very spat in; in patronage; and rice rfrsa' when a poor trifling show ha . ,pens along. they turn out en :Hasse. It could not be for want of apprecht lion of melody'and harmony that our townspeople did not turn out in greater num• hers to hear the Band ; for, "The man that bath no musk. in his soul, Nor is net 1110Ved with eonear.l of sweet sounds, 'ls lit 11,r tronson:4, stratagems, and spoil+ ; The 111.111"11s 4.1 . his spirit are .11111 is night, And his alleetions dark as Erebus. Let - 110 LllOllll.lll lie 1111,11.'11." Scarlet Ferer.—Almost every exchange paper that comes to us brings tidings of the ravages of the scarlet fever. Nearly evely town in the 1 State seems to be more or less afflicted with it, and in some of them has made sad havoc.— Three and even more children in some quarters fall victims to the scourge in a single family, an.l instances are not rare of its communica ! tion to adults. And nor only is the fatality oc• casioted by this fearful disease tnost distress• ing, but even • when the unfortunate sufferer es• capes with his life he is frequently left with in jured sight or hearing. It is however gratify ing in the extreme, that but few cases have (to curred as yet in our town, and those have not been malignant. The prevalence of this disease during the winter, has induced the publication of various remedies and alleviations. Belladonna has been highly recommended by some and by others condemned. The latest prescription so far as we know is recommended by Dr. Lindsley, of Washington. It is said to have been resorted to by Dr: Scheenman, physician to the ICing of Hanover, which of course, would he conclusive evidence to some minds of its efficacy.: It is as follows : "From the first day of the illness, and as soon as we are certain of its nature, the patient must be rub bed morning and evening over the whole body with piece of bacon, in such a manner that with the excep tion of the head, a covering of fat is every where ap plied. In order to make this rubbing in somewhat easier, it is best to take a piece of bacon the size' of the hand, that we may have a firm grasp. On the soft side of this piece slits are to be made in order to allow the oozing out of the fat. The rubbing must be thoroughly performed, and not too qUickly, in order that the skin may regularly be saturated with the fat. Tho beneficial results of the application are soon ob vious; with a rapidity bordering on unigic, all, even the most painful symptoms of the disease are allayed; quiet sleep, good humor, and the appetite return, and there remains only Thu impatience to quit the sick room." • Clear as Illta.—Two Chinese, named Dor- Ming and Ar-Boi, gave several entertainments in the Hall last week, consisting of feats of jug glery and magic. They had intended to give an afternoon entertainment on Saturday; and occasioning to meet one of them about noon, we enquired at what hour they would com mence, to which he replied " Tseung knong ham manna leo Sui hi p'o tung yau. ' This was about as " clear as mud" to us, and we " sloped" before Mr. Chinaman hid time to ex press himself more definitely! 411,013.64 ..arc yas rer.—The Sleighing is es lively as ever though it has been in vogue over two weeks: Indeed it seems to have taken a fresh start since the fall of snow on Saturday.— This afternoon a mammoth party of about one hundred couple will leave for Hellertown, Free manshurg and Bethlehem, where they design. to take supper and have a " hoe down." We trust they will have a jolly time. 11:70f late we had sundry ocular demonstra tions along the south side of Hamilton street. that " The wicked stand in slippery places." and also the righteous, for the pavements aro covered with a - glare of ice," making it ex-. ceedingly disagreeable walking, and reminding us very forcibly of a "conundrum" we once heard, which is, " Why are the streets of— ( Allentown you may say) like certain letters in . music ? Answer: Because you must C sharp or you'll B flat." Muir° and After Election. The Richmond Enquirer, which has candid ly confessed that the cry of " disunion" was a " good enough Morgan" to frighten the North with before the election, took the trouble, on the 14th of October ltist, to play the bully to the North, and threatenthe " black Republi cans" with summary vengeance, in case they dared to elect Fremont, after this fashion: The black Republicans are as little aware of the superiority of tbi South over the North in their military resources and establishments, as in the other respects to which we have ad• vented. Take Virginia alone, fur instance. Do they know Ord she has an arsenal and armory of her own —estaltlislied in the cood old State sovereignty era of 1798 and 1799—from which she can equilj, 130,000 troops at ten days' no . tice 9 Do tit 'y know that site has till nucleus . of a standing lartny at her capital, consisting of a standing public guar.] of a hundred men, in •ndar pay by the State—and a volunteer force n, mond larger. in proportion to population, than any city in ,the Uttiutt,2.-ett7; Well, the election passed over—and scarcely had three monthsaranspired. when there were . rumors of slave insurrections and risings, upon• which the Enfpnrcr, having an honest home mo• tive to show the South its weakness, and no di hones[ political capital to make, oh the Bth of January, gave the real state of the case, as Tellows '• Few people understand how utterly desti tute• this State is of any organized means of de fence against a servile revolt. We have no per main 01 patrol : tin i it is quite impracticable to provide an al.:tent system on the spur of a sud den alarm. Anil not tally are we thus expostd. to the hazard - of an unexpected ruthrealt. but we are absolutely destitute of the military roma Cw its suppression. 'the last report of the Ad jutant General of the State discloses a condition of things which should not be suffered to con tinue for another moment. TO be sure the Governor's staff is large enoligh for the general- Irs,dino of an infinite army, but the entire . mill tar). burro of the State might be garrisoned in a country meetinghouse, or paraded on the play ground of en oil 1141-sehool. But Ijr the boll day regiment of the gallant (Jul. August, and ail occasional company in some of the interior towns, the military force of Virginia would not suffice fur a salute On the Ilturth of July." M11.1.11)N.11 It N IiMO SING NIL —A mong the celebrijes of New York is E. P. Caristy, the negro minstrel, who, having made a prince ly fortune out of burnt cork and Ethiopian mel odies, now lives the life of a wealthy and fash ionable New .Yorker. He recently made a , great dash in the streets, with a magnificent sleigh, which attracted unusual attention from its splendor and the beauty of the prancing stud.of snow-white horses to vi hich it was at- Cached. In the Summer he drives out in an eliTant carnage, behind two splendid bays, with a file large coach dog running undtir the carriage. is quite a connoisseur in horse fleSh, and, in driving out, alternates between. his bay and white horses. In his promenade he is accompanied by t large bullterrier. a splendid specimen of the canine race. His. wealth is prodigious, and, as lie has been e'en nomical'and laborious while earning it, he feels authorized to spend it freely. lie may be fre quently seen in the dress circle of the Italian Opera, anti is always the observed of all obser vers.—Eat/auk.; e. PAT AND TIM TIIKANIOMATIA -hi Auburn, last winter, an Irishman walking along one of the streets saw a thermometer hanging at the side of the door on the front of the house. Stopping a moment he looked at it, then ap proaching it, raised his shelath,and exclaimed, •` An' faith, and you're the little creathur what keeps the weather so cowld, are ye ?" and with a terrific blow, accompanied with usual Irish. oaths, brcught it in a thousand pieces to the. ground. ONE lICNIMED DOLLARS A I►tlEK.—There is a case now pending in the Boston Superior Court, in which the plaintiff, Barnabas B Bay ley, seeks to recover for services as a singer while engaged 'by. Ossian E. Dodge. The de fendant refuses to pay for these services because there was an agreement that if the plaintiff used' ardent spirits should forfeit $lOO for each drink : and the defendant alleges that the plain• tiff has used ardent spirits live.separate times. and claims as a setoff $5OO. If the plaintiff loses the case he had better exhibit himself as. the man that paid $lOO each for five drinks. OUT WITH IT.—MT. Simonton, the correspon dent of the New York Times, refuses. to tell; what he knows in regard to the charge of bri bery in Congress, on the ground of its being a betrayal of confidence. This is a pretty excuse. after causing, by his own letters of imputation, the investigation to be instituted. Silence, in his letters on the subject, would have been con sistent with his latter plea. It is too late now.. We freely accord to Congress the privilege of forcing men to testify in such cases, under pen. [l:7rhe question is gravely agitated in tea— thetical circles, whether the baby .bonnets that ladies wear now-a -days are becoming, over the• monster hoops that prevail. The old rule was that a tree should be as large at the branches as in the roots, and a clipper with all sail set certainly has a finer look to the uneducated eye than a steamer which carries nothing Weft. • fIC?A shad, " the first of the season," wag caught at Savannah on the 25th ult., and Bola for M. 11:1 2 Trom the SL Paul, ota, Tipaes we learn that fire wood in that Minne city iss selling at $9 a cord, and hay from $lO to 08 per ton. .
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