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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.,
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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
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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,
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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.
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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. .