THE LEHIGH nzetsTEn. ALLENTOWN, PA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1857 C. F. lIAINES, EDITOR Republican State Convention. llon. Charles Gibbons, chairman of the Re•, publican State Executive Committee, has issued a call for a State;Convention, at Harrisburg, on the 24th of March next, for the purpose of nominating a candidate Governor and other State officers. It is therefore time that mea sures bo taken by 'the Republican County Com mittee for the holding of a County Meeting, at which delegates may be appointed to represent us in said Convention. Northampton and Lehigh. The Easton Arhus publishes a letter from a llarrisburg correspondent relative to the num ber of taxables returned from these counties, by the recent assessment, as a basis for the ap portionment of the State into Senatorial and Representative di itricts. If the figures are correct as returned to the seat of government, Lehigh—the fair daughter of Northampton. has made a most wonderful and astounding increase over its Maternal parent during the year, as the following comparative table from the Arhus• correspondent shows : Northampton county return p, In MO, per Auditor General's report pnge 103, tho number was, Inert Lehigh county returns, lit ISS(, per Auditor General's report pogo ]U2, the Lumber was, Increase, Whether this increase, as upon the records, is correct, we cannot tell, but if it may be look ed upon with the degree of dependency that a matter of Such import ought to be, it would go to show a remarkable increase in our favor, and almost a stand-still in the mother county. The writer further says : " I do not apprehend that any change will be made in our Senatorial or Representative dis tricts. The number of taxables is not quite large enough for two members but with Lehigh for a Senatorial district, we will have a large ex cess. The ratio for a Senator isabout 17,000 and for a Representative about 5000. Lehigh and Carbon should have three members for the rea son that the fraction of Senator is very large, about 4.800. I have no doubt the Apportion ment bill will create much trouble and ill feel-, ing, as it generally doeS." The Co union Schools. The Common Schools of this State, Phil adelphia not being included, hive an attend ance of 531,726 pupils, the average cost of whose tuition, including building and every thing, is 621 cents per month, or S 7 50 per year. The schools, however, are kept open less than six months in the year. Including Philadelphia, the number o?' pupils is 586,743, and th_vtOtal expenses for al! the schools is $7,- 227,577. (lard Walker, the filibuster, who has been figur ing in Central America for the past twelve months, as a sort of land pirate, is likely to he a used up man. The arrival of the Steamer Il linois, at New York, lately, puts a new phase on Nicaraguan affiiirs. The intelligence brought -by her is that Walker, with a force of 500 men, was surrounded by his enemies—the Costa Ricans—who had offered him terms of capitulation which it was thought he would probably accept. In addition to this unfavor able news, a telegraphic dispatch from New York states that the filibusters, 250 in number, who were to sail that day in the Steamer Ten nessee to join Walker, were detained by the United States officers. Tlyise were shortly to have been followed by 500 moVe, who will also, probably, be preventing from sailing. It is not probable that the Gen. can maintain his position much longer. Ile may considerihimself fortu nate if ho succeeds in getting off with a whole skin and can spend the remainder of his life in reflecting that it is only such as succeed who acquire and retain an undying placd in the es• teem of the world. The Liquor Question. An effort will be made to modify the Liquor Law of last session in certain particulars, dur ing the present session, but will probably fail of success. A bill has already been introduced in the House to repeal the third sectio:i ciy the act of 1850, and that hereafter brewers and dis: tillers in all parts of the State shall be returned, classed, assessed, and licensed agreeably to the provisions of the act of April 10th, 1849 to cre ate a sinking fund, &c. This contemplates an abandonment of the present system so far as relates to brewers and distillers, and a return to the system of• licensing in operation before the existing law passed. Declines Renomination. Gov. Pollock, as we learn from the Harris burg Telegraph, declines a re-nomination. If the people were not so thoroughly indoc- trinated with the one term principle, we have no doubt a ronomination would be tendered him notwithstanding, for all candid men admit that wo have never had a more able and worthy man in the executive chair than he. But one term is the order of the day. No doubt Gov. Pollock has himself advocated it, and now he „troves his sincerity by its practice in his own caso. Well, let him 'off we say—higher honors await him, fur the people will not, forget a faith fnl public servant. O The payment of the semiannual inter • eat 'of-the funded debt of the State wets cinnmen ced at the Bank of Pennsylvania, on Monday morning,.by Mr. Fennimore, the State Agent. On that day" 3610,000 was paid out, and .on Tuesday about $20,000 more making in all some $630,000, of which amount of interest about two•thirds go to foreign holders of the bonds. ;AO whole amount of th s e semiannual" Interest liayable at this time is between $900,000 and $1,009,000. EMI ""In Union there ht Strength.► The last Lebanon Courier—a paper noted for its judicious course—has some timely remarks in view of the establishment of a union be tween the Republicans and Americans in this State. It says : "-The, question is now .before the people whether they are going to allow factionists to distract them in another contest. with Locofoco ism, and by divided action make their efforts for success hopeless and futile. We know, and • every body must by this time know, that we have men in Pennsylvania, professing to be hos tile to Locofocoisin and, claiming to direct the councils of the opposition, yet whose whole sympathies are with that party. The question now presents itself whether we are again going to be weak enough to allow these enemies to shape our policy for us. They will endeavor' to keep faction in the ascendant:—success de• mands thal faction should be buried. Which shall guide us ? For ourselves, we no longer hesitate. We are sick of the nauseous doses of! these factitinal quackti. whose mean little guar- ! rels and bickelings have been permitted to an noy and distract the party quite too long al ready. We trust that the press generally will speak out frankly on this matter. Don't post pone or hesitate. The times demand prompt and manly action." We sincerely coincide in the above remarks °Mho Courier, and trust that the opposition press throuL knit the State will commence to apostrophize harmoniously upon tale prospects of the future, and endeavor to bring about a thorough union of the Republican and Ameri can forces in the ensuing Gubernatorial cam paign. Let there be union and an end to the suicidal policy pursued in the late Presidential campaign, entailed upon us mainly by the dis honest and corrupt officious leadership of Phil adelphia politicians and Philadelphia newspa pers—who, as they were the first to raise the breeze, will of course be the last to assist in.al laying it. But little is to be expected in the way of compromise and conciliation from that quarter. It wilt only be when they find that the party in the balance of the State sill no longer submit to their leadership, that they will abandon their Vocation. The lesson can not be given too soon by the county press. We sincerely believe that the people are not only in favor, but are eagerly desirous of a consoli dation. They have been taught to feel the ne cessity' for such a step by the issue of the late Presidential campaign—an issue in which the minority triumphed solely by our unfortunate divisions. The fact is, there cm be but two healthy parties in this country—and a division of the forces of either is sure to result in disas• ter and defeat. Alone the American party now stands powerless—the Republican, the same— and if neither may feel disposed to yield, the democracy will play the game of carrying off the spoils and honors the others arc en gaged in splitting hairs and dividing wool. IBM 11,003 172 10,592 7,029 ISMI 'A New Tariff: It looks not unlikely that the present Con gress will favor the country with a new tariff and without its being asked for by any consid erable number of people. Like the one it is to supplant, it is a " kind of protective," and kind of not so—a hybred between two extreme pro ductions. It is proposed by the Committee of Ways and Means, to establish a new ten per cent schedule, consisting of wool, sugar, salt, hemp and lend only. All the present schedules of five, ten; and fifteen per cent are added to the free list, with a few exceptions, and they are carried to tcntwy per cent. All dyestuff: are to be free. Brandy is to be reduced from 100 to 50 Icr cent. Spices are to he removed from 50 per cent to the tree list. It is emi mated these changes will reduce the aggregate revenue about twelve millions in all. What additional modification the wise acres will make in common council, time will determine. Kansas Items. The Bogus Legislature is still in session at Lecompton, the members quarreling over the Governor's message, which does t of suit them —a fact which most clearly shows that when the Executive of the territory proposes to do right he comes in direct conflict with the Ruf fians. This is conclusive evidence of the vil lainy that has heretofore been practiced in Kansas, as charged by the Free State men. The Kansas Relief Committee has sent over eighty thousand dollars' worth of clothing and provisions to tho suffering settlers of that terri tory. A pro Slavery convention has been sitting in Lecompton, which is under the control of the notorious Stringfellow, for the purpose, it is said, of influencing the Ruffian members of the Bogus Legislature to resist the measures recom mended by Gov. Geary. Oaths and Affirmations. A bill has been submitted to the House, at Harrisburg, which provides that " executors and administrators, to whom letters testament-• ary and of administration have been duly grant ed, shall have full power and authority, in the settlement of the estates for which they have been so appointed, to administer oaths and af firmations to the appraisers of the personal es tate of the decedent under the existing laws of this Commonwealth, and also to all persons who shall present claims and demands for set tlement against the estate which they have been so appointed to settle, and that the effect of said oath or affirmation be the same as if adminis tered by a judge, alderman, or justice of the peace." The Contested Election Case. The examination of witnesses, to determine who was legally elected District Attorney in Philadelphia, is still continued from day to day, and is likely to occupy some time before the matter will be determined. Some rich disclo sures have been made showing how they do up things in Philadelphia. They do not seem to have much regard for the purity of the ballot box. The friends of Mr. Mann, Rep., think that he will show beyond doubt that he was legally elected. In the meantime Mr. * Cassidy, hie competitor, continues to sot as District Attor ney. THE LEHIGH REGISTER FEBRUARY 11,•1857. What Rum Making Costs. From the last census are compiled the follow ing important facts relative to the quantitici of grain malted or distilled, per annum, in the United States: Bushels of Corn distilled - 11,007,661 Bushels of Ryo distilled - - - . 3,143,927 • Bushels of Oats distilled- - - 511,517 Bushels of Apples - 521;,840 Bushels of Barley malted - - - - 3,787,195 Tons of Hops malted 1,^94 • Hogsheads of Molasses distilled - - 61,675 The aggregate value of these products, at average prices, will not vary much from $14,- 643,727. The capital. employed in the entire country in liquor manufacture is $8,334,254; number of workmen employed, 5,487. Ratio of dis tilled -grains, compared with the quantity grown. Of Corn, there is distilled 1 bushel in 54 ; of Rye, 1 bushel in 5 ; of Oats, 1 bushel in 2,618 ; of Barley, there is malted 3 bushels in 5. From these products arc manufactured. 42,133.055 gallonsof whisky; 6,500,500 drum ; 1,777,924 of •ale. The \ aggregate value of these liquors, at wholesale prices, will he about 519,940,807. Besides the above, there are made 221.221 gal lons of wine, and an inconceivable amount of " bad liquors," that draw heavily for their constituents upon domestic and foreign drugs in their manufacture, but which are not count ed in the manufacture, though their effects are felt, sadly felt, in the use. A large portion of the " fighting rum" comes from workshops of the city manufactories, but which is not includ ed in the above estimates. Awful as these fig ures look on paper, they fall below the real facts, and only show the domestic devil—the foriign one is still uglier. A bill has been introduced into the Senate. by Mr. Penrose, to provide for the sale of the Main Line of the public works, the completion of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, and to re duce the State Debt. It provides for the sale of the Main Line to the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company, for the sum of $9.000,000, payable in their own stock : authorizes them to increase their stock for that purpose, and also takes off from that Company all the pres ent taxes on tonnage. dividends, &c. The bill likewise further provide:, that the Governor shall be authorized to subscribe 55,000.000 for the completion of the Sunbury and Erie Rail road requiring, however, said Company to pay five per cent, on their subscriptions, until their track shall be finishel : and then the 59,- 000,000 received from the Pensylvenia Central Railroad Company shall be deposited in the Sinking Fund, for the liquidation of the public debt. • • The steamship Baltic arrived at New York on Thursday last, from Liverpool. bringing four days later-news from Europe. On the night of the 17th the Nelffchattlprisonetis were escort ed to the Swiss frontlbr by a 'iletar" Siviss troops, and e x pelled: The Sw al Council had given orderS flw ,the i husbanding of the troops. Lord P' has issued a circular to the members tish House of Commons, stating that of great importance would be laid coming session of Parliament, and e: an earnest hope that all the member in their places. Lard Napier, the m Envoy, was to leave London for ti States in about three weeks. Mr; China say that the English at Can; strengthening their position, hut shot position to remain on the defensive receive advices from England. Vergi sassin of the Archbishop of Paris, tried and condemned. . The New Coinage 8111. The currency doctors at Washint to he in a dilemma in their endeavors of the spanish coins. They first pas: reducing their value 20 per cent. wh ed in payment at the government oflii ,der the impression that this bill would _ law, the people acted at once upon the subject in the cities and refused to recieve the Spanish coins any longer, except at their depreciation. We see now that the Senate has amended thebill. so that for the space of two years, it shall be lawful to pay out at the Mint the new cents authorized to be coined for the fractional parts of the dollar at the nominal value of the Spanish coins—twenty-five cents, twelve and a half, &c. Buying them at the Mint for their nominal value, payable in the new cents, will be an, indueeiment for persons to take them to that establishment, where they will be recoin ed in American money. It will further help, therefore to get rid of the Spanish coins, and put in circulation the new cent pieces. This amendment of the Senate will have to go to the House for concurrence. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. The supplement to the act incorporating the Reading and Lehigh Railro id Company was laid over, after passing second reading. The bill to incorporate the Carbon Ir Company was negatived—yeas 14 nays '1 Supreme Court De c e) r The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in bane, has decided a case in which the following points were ruled A guardian is not guilty of such negligence as to render himself liable for money which might have been received as his ward's share of an intestate's estate, because he did not pro ceed against the administrators of that estate at the earliest possible day : and this especially where the administrators did, within a reason able time, file an account which was not finally passed upon until after the ward came of age. The statute of limitations is a bar to a pro ceeding by a ward against his guardian, insti tuted more than six yeas after his coming of age, to charge the guardian with a liability for matters arising from the relationship of guar dian and ward, . _ [l - Col. Fremont is preparing a revised edi tion of his explorations. Important lull. Late from Europe. (Comnatticatcdfor the Lehigh Register.) DESCRIPTIVE LETTERS OF A WHALING VOY AGE, &o. (CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST PAPER.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 1856. . Upon Wednesday, October 10th, '53, wo came in sight of a sail with which we closed in a few hours; she proved to be the whaling-bark " La Grange."— She was what is nautically termed a " Plum Pudding or" or Sperm-whaler of the Atlantic Ocean; she had been out two years and eight months, had taken but 600 bbls. of sperm oil, and lost four mon, ono of whom had died on board the ship and three having abscznded. She was luimeward bound and I took ad vantage to pen a few hasty lines for home. Among the important personages on board our ship, of whom a. personal representation may not be un- i interesting, was " Our Cook," a good natured, one legged, old darkey, whose favors were by no means to be despised. As to his capacity as Cook I will have nothing to say, and the main incident of his lifo, it ,may be imagined, was the loss of his leg. lie was a specimen of the " consequences of whaling."— Ho was then for a second time, embarked in nu en terpize of which ho should have had experienceenough iu his first voyage. When upon his former voyage he was shipped as a foremast hand, and in common with his shipmates was one day called upon to " lower away" and suun found his boat among a scoal of whales; they fastened to ono, who, however, instead of running away as is generally the case, turned upon them, and after some manumvering so far-got the advantage of them that his immense fluke (tail) hung quivering. high in air, right over their heads; the sharp and deadly lance was thrust to its fiistening into the whale, yet7he weight and velocity of that falling, mass could not be avoided—the condition of the hurrur-:itrielien wretches may be imagined but can not be described in the short interval—down it came, carrying death and tiestructital with it; the boat was smashed to atoms—. our cook" found himself much better off than he had reason to expect, for while he beheld three of his companitmd floating in a horribly mangled condition among broken oars, spars, Se., and himself but Minas a leg, he was disposed to feel thankful,—but la- dangers were not over—another of his crew rose to the surface of the water and be ing nimble to twits, fixed the drowning man's death grip upon poor "Jake," and commenced dragging him down, down Into the sea; he made super-human efforts to free himself from the vice-like hold which the drowning man bad fixed upon, but each effort only served to aid the downward passage; lie then struck out manfully, and managed, encumbered as be was, to reach the surface ; but his strength Ives fast giving way—he kicked, struck and bit the inani mate form which was dragging him to destruction ; as a last effort he fastened his fingers into the nostrils of the man, and to his great joy and relief the firers at once relaxed and the poor fellow sank to no more into the vast depth of his grave—the ocean.— "Jake," although now relieved front his second im mediate danger, had still another dreadful ordeal to pass through ; the horrible tins of several large and hungry sharks, attracted by the smell of blood, com menced playing around him in fearful proximity, some now tearing a morsel from this, then from that body ; his only hope was centred in a boat, the splash of whoic oars he heard coming to his r.dief. Jake was dressed, unfortunately for him, in white duck pants, a color very attractive to the shark, and immi nently increasing his danger—the boat drew near, a few more strokes of the oars and he would bo safe— a few moments of horrible slipcase and terrible agony, when the shark, fearful of losing, his prey rushed upon lain—all was darkness and coafusion, his head swam, he heard the rushing of waters in his ears,— and was, when restored to a state of animation, very happy to find himself on board the slap with tot greater loss than that of his leg. It appeared, how : eVcr, that the shark in his blind rush had seized upon the seat of honor of old Jake's white duck pants, which !nut been bulged out with water, and which were carried away, cinch to his (the Cook's) satisthe„ tion, who preserves the said pants its his chest as a memento. It has had a good cilia upon him, as up to that day the" poor innocent fellow would remain seated upon his chest for hours with his eyes intently fixed upon the pages of a well-thumbed Bible, al though unable to real a syllable. The capture of the clack fish, which after being "tried-out" inside bbls. of oil, was succeeded by the ordinary routine of slap duty, with nothing. oe- pm. ..,u rep clew•." (nu oil.) She was manned by boys,--all, or nearly all of them in their minority, and many appearing to be about fifteen years of ago. It ap peared a most Unaccountable thing-to the how it could ever come to pass, that notwithstanding the well known objectionable grade. of whaling men in the eyes of the world, and the severe labor and privation to be endured, this service is almost wholly manned by en intelligent, honest and industrious, though, young and inexperienced portion of our population, while so many thousands—the scum of our city popu lation—of idling vagabonds nud vagrant thieves who are well fitted for the "profession," never enter it. However, so it is, and I may safely venture to say that hardly a whaleship sails from the Atlantic sea ports that has not mire Went, genius and worth in its forecastle then could be found in the cabin. Our Captain had no sooner retnrned in the evening, bringing with hint a fine large dolphin wbieb with three others had been captured on the " Charles," than the winds rem and whistled G •reply through the rigging, warning us to shorten sail. We were new off the mouth of the river Platte, in Brazil—next to Cape horn, most famous as the head quarters of the Storm King," front "whence his sweeping man dates are sent whistling o'er the wide spread seas." We clewed up and furled our top-gallant sails, double reefed our top-sails. and clewed and furled the fore end main sail. Unfortunately in the appalling dark ness and confusion, the jib, which should have been one of the first sails taken in and secured, was over looked, by the officer of the watch, and I, who was posted as the " look-out," took•no notice of it, being almost blinded by the sleet and spray which the angry winds tore up from the cresty waves mid hurled with wonderful velocity in a horizontul direction through the air. [TO DE CONTINUED.] (C7Many persons wear India rubber over shoes in cold weather, to keep their feet warm. This is an injurious and unhealthful practice. 'they may be w irti during wet and sloppy weather, but should be. worn as little as possi ble in the house, because they are air-tight, and both retain and restrain the perspiration of the feet. Their sole use should be to keep out wa ter; and in any other way they are positively injurious to health. I:l7"The Rochester Union says that Mr. D'art of Buffalo, hits commenced n suit against the city of Rochester, for injuries received by fall : ing into an unprotected cellar on State street at the time of the American Convention. Ho lays his damages at $5,000. OJIt is estimated that the 'number of per sons afflicted with insanity in the United States, reaches et present 25,000. LOCAL AFFAIRS. Agricultural Meeting.—The annual meeting of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday the 3d of February, 1857, at the public house of John Y. Bechtel, in the borough of Alle n town. President 11. J. Shank in the chair. The minutes of the last annual meeting wero read and on motion adopted. The annual report of the Treasprer was pre- sented. read and received, whereupon it was Resolved, That Messrs. J. M. Line, Christian Pretz and Charles Wittman be appointed a committee to audit the same and report to thc next stated meeting. Application was made before the meeting by John J. Thomas. for an additional pay for extra work done by him in excavating and grading the Trial Course. On motion of Mr. Barnes the committee on improvements was instructed to report a cer tain sum, such as they thought proper should be paid for said extra work. Said committee, reported that 820, in their opinion, would he sufficient for the same, which report was on motion adopted and ordered to be paid. The Secretary was instructed to send a copy of the proceedings of the Society of last year to the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society. • Resolved, That inasmuch as great imposition has heretofore been practised upon the society by the transfer of season tickets, no season or dollar tickets shell be hereafter issued for ad mission to the exhibition. Raolml, That the President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be authorized to make a loan of $l6OO to satisfy...a mortgage due by the Society to William Maddern. Rexolted, That the present tenant (Mr. Brinker) shall :occupy the dwelling house for one year longer from the first clay of April next, under conditions and restrictions as before. The business of the past year being closed, the election of officers was now in order. On motion, the chair appointed a committee of nine, to wit : Ephraim lobe, Jesse M. Line, Robert Oberley, Henry Fa tzinger. Edward Kern. Andrew Mohrey, Jacob Reichard, Owen Faust and Joseph Witman, to report nominations for the respective offices about to be filled. On motion, the chair appointed Thos. Mohr, Edward Kern and Edmund R. Newhard, judges of election: The nominating committee retired and organ ized by appointing J. M. Line, President, and Robert Oberly, Secretary. Said committee re ported the following nominations, viz : For President—ll. J. Shantz, Chas. Wittman. Secretary--Joshua Stabler, J. P. Barnes, J. F. .Newhard. Treasurer--A. 0. Reninger, Chas. S. Bush. Corresponding Secretary.—D. 0. Messer. Librarian—E. I) T.eisenring. Chemist—Lewis KI Geologist—Edward Kohler. Vice Presidents.—North Ward, E. R. New hard: South Ward, Thomas Mohr; Lehigh Ward, T. J. Kleppinger ; Catasaugna, Joshua Hunt; Hanover. Robert Oherly: Upper Saucon, Isaac Hartman ; Upper Milford, Chas. roster; Lower Milford, Anthony Mechling ; Lower Ma 'cungie, Peter Romig ; Upper Macungie, John Bortz; Weisenburg, Jacob Grim: Lynn, Joseph Dosser ; Washington. Jim. Treichler : North Whitehall. Owen Schreiber; South Whitehall, Tilghman Biery ; Salisbury. John. Gross ; township Norihamptor P coon ty, Dr. Ed r I Martin : Bethlehem. Dr. IVin. Wilson : hem township. George .Tones. • After the ballots were counted for the offices President. Secretory and Treasurer, it ap. !tired that 11. J. Shantz. was elected Presi• nt : Joshua Stabler, Secretary ; A. G. Ren iger, Treasurer. On motion, meeting , nd . jonrned. Attest: STAtmatt, Secretary Court Procerdinzs.—At the last stated ses• in of our court of Common Pleas. the goes to in relation to the judgeship still remaining ten and mrlecided by the 'Supreme Court, our ;sociate Judges postponed the hearing of cau -1 until Monday the °nl inst., provided the toted point should then be deterniined. A ijority of the Supreme Court having, in the can time. decided against the Han. J. K. ndlay, and in favor of the present incumbent. m. Henry D. Maxwell. the latter was present the day above specified and proceeded to the taring and determining of the following cases : Borhek & Knauss vs. Simons & Newhard.— . 1853 Sheriff Newhaid, under an execution John Simons, levied upon and sold a large taunt of materials nntl stock in a paper mill. irked by Anthony. Kelchy, under notice from tintiffs that the ownership was in them. In is case the plaintiff.; substantiated their otim dtip, and recovered $38.6.55 as damages for trespass committed upon their -property. ongfully seized as that of Kcichy. Wright plaint iffs ; Reese for defundiants. John Hunsicker vs. DaviU Snyder.—This was an action of trespass to recover damages for the cutting of timber on land claimed by the plain tiff. The jury found that the title, was not in the plaintiff, and pronounced in favor of defend ant. Gcepp, Longnecker and Oliver for plain tiff: Bridges and Reese for defendant. Henry Yeager r.s. Isaac Lewis. Sheriff James Winters, of Luzerne county, at the instance of; I. Lewis, in order to obtain satisfaction fpr a debt due to defendant, by Thomas Yeagbl., a son of the plaintiff. unwarrantably seized Upon the boat of the plaintiff, at two several tithes, whilst being loaded with logs at White Haveb —besides illegally subjecting plantiff to consid erable expense and trouble. Verdict for plain tiff $487.50. Stiles and Geepp for plaintiff; Bridges for defendant. _ • _ Thomas Seip vs. Peter H. Butz. —Suit brought for the recovery of the amount of a promissory note. Verdict for plaintiff $183.10. Bridges for plaintiff; Wright and Marx for defendant. Jacob A. Leiby vs. Benj. S. Levan, Aaron Balliet. William Albright, Jonas Ebert, Jonas Miller and Daniel Flint.—Trespass for cutting timber on land claimed by Leiby. After hear ing the evidence, plaintiff suffered a non-suit. Bridges fur plaintiff; Brown and Stiles for de fendants. James Creader vs. Reuben ReisS.—This was an action on the case demanding damages for a criminal conversation had by. defendant with plaintiff's wife. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. of s23o—and 6 cts. costs. Bridges for plaintiff ; Wright and Marx for de fend an t. Aaron Lorash vs. Henry J. Seagreaves.—Re. plevin brought to reclaim a horse (or his value) bought by defendant at a public sale held by Lorash, and removed by him without comply ing with the conditions of sale. Verdict in favor of plaintiff for $102.46. Marx for plain tiff; Reese for defendant. Reuben Henry vs. Robert Goble.—This was an action brought to recover damages for the seduction of plaintiff's daughter by defendant. Verdict for plaintiff $325. Stiles and Gibons for plaintiff; Brown, Mars and Johnson for de• fondant. (17" Mr. Charles J. Kookier, of Bethlehem, has been appointed an aid to Governor Pollock, with the rank and title of Lieutenant Col. Allentown and Auburn Kutztown Geist der Ze readers upon the prospec which is to pass through menced at nn early day. cent meeting of the COM committee. consisting of vid Kut z, David Fister an appointed to wait upon tween Kutztown and Ab , them the right of way. was appointed for that tween Kutztown and All mittees are to make repo instant. Should the to Company will at once pr under contract. So fa have progressed in their • has been extremely fay in view of the advantage arefor the most part o terms.. From what has plished the Geist del' Ze the road will be comtne.. the present month. 6:7' The' query of th to the pecuniary circa friend Guru, of the " shighing party to,Bethl easily answered, on our owing with us to the two weeks previous to s. we could muster up ab. the old silver coins, caused the farmers a throughout the country and bring the " conden a large portion of whic causing with us quite it not been for this fort would have been among casion. As for our n piles on interest, and ' the world. N. " Quart for subscription, adver Franklin Fire Insura c Company.—An im mense amount of prop. ty in the borough of Allentown and surroun iing countr l y is insured in the above named Co pany, which is with out doubt one of the se st in the United States, and is noted for its pro!. pt liquidation oflosses. In another column we give a statement of the assets of the Company, on January 1, 1857, published in conformity with an Act of Assem bly, which shows that besitics a capital ofs 000, all paid in, it has property to the of over a million and.a half of d ed in the most undoubted real es securities, for the additional lode insurers. The company paid • ing the last year amountin of 301,038 84. Applic made either personally o promptly attended to b agent for the Company Maher floggish.—Mr. A. CLEAVER, hotet keeper in Seventh street, on Wednesday In. slaughtered a hog, which weighed dressed 66 pounds. Two teeth or tusks protruded fro her mouth, which measured 12 inAtes each. On Saturday Mr. PETER KEISER.. hotel keep at 'l'rexlertown, also slaughtered ono th, weighed dressed 087 pounds. Very ' extensiv porkies, these. 'fatty body out of Lehigheoun' ty can go ahead of these specimens in the pork line, we should by-happy to spread the infor mation. On I tlie 3rd inst., about noon, a fire broke ouy'in a>frattie carpenter she.) of Mr. Wll.l.lA)r - FxaL. at ,Catasauqua, which was entirely destroyed, together with tools, ready made well:, &c. The origin of tho fire is not known, but is supposed to have resulted acci dentally from the sparks of a stove. Loss es timated at 81;00. " Dcr Oekonom."—Under this title we have received the second No. of a neatly printed monthly Agricultural journal. published in the German language, at ne:hlehern, by Messrs. Gangwere & Masslich,. at $1 per annum. It is replete with matters of general interest to the farmer, and worthy of a liberal support. Sudden Death.—Samuel Shultz, a resident of Bethlehem, died very suddenly on Saturday evening last of disease of the-heart, in that bo rough. lle had been in Easton, attending Court, and had just returned home, and whilst in the net of taking o ff his overcoat, fell dead. lie was a wan of about GO years of age. ir:7lt is stated that within a circle of ono hundred miles around Cincinnati, during the last six months, between 60,000 and 70,000 hogs have died of a distemper resembling in some, symptoms of cholera, in others, erysipe las, which seems to be incurable. Western New York has also been ravaged by the same pest, one distiller in the neighborhood of the town of Jordan having lost 15,000 in one month. rillon. Jonathan Ely, State Senator from Bucks county, has presented a petition with one hundred and eight signatures, asking the pas sage of a general law prohibiting negroes and mulatt. - es from coming into our State with a view to acquring residence. r7There are now twenty-four thbusand and one hundred and ninety-two miles of railroad in the United States, of which ,three thousand four hundred , and thlrty-four miles have been built during the last year. (I:7During the year 1856 there was import. ed into this. country nearly seven millions of dollars worth of sugar more than. in 1855. The increase in dry goods was nearly thirty mllions of dollars. 11:7•A negro preacher, referring to the judg ment day, in one of his sermons, said : " Bred eren and sisters, in that day the Lord shall de wide the sheep from de goats; and, bress de Lord, we know which wear de wool." [l:7"At a raffle in St. Louis. Dr. Stickney, by investing $lO for a chance, won a pair of Mor gan horses worth $2500. Two hundred and forty-nine other fellows were not quite so lucky. 1117" It his been ascertained that the average quantity of sugar consumed by every man, WO. man =and child in the United States is 29 pounds per annum. adroad.—Tho last , congratulates its .1 having this road, that borough, corn t says that nt a ram . ny in New York, a r el. D. B. Kutz, Da , rancis Fisher, was e land owners be n, to purchase from • similar committee rtion of the line be ,town. These om en or before the 13th •s be favorable, the red to place the line ~s these committees gotiations, the result ble. The farmers. .f the projected road, 'ng the most liberal (ready been accom is of the opinion that cd before the close of I 'alley Ti Mt, relative tances of ourself.and !riot, while with a ' em, on Wednesday, is rt. It was altogether •rethought we had for I all the "orful" things t the depreciation of jell as we expected, other monied men o stir up their coffers, ed" currency to town, oil to the printer's lot, " flush" time. Had ate circumstance we e missing,' oil the oe ghbor he has several situate well• to-do in s" still taken at par sing and jobbing.
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