THE LEHIGH REGISTER.
ALLENTOWN. PA.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1859.
IPETIIII.O. HUBER & JOHN H. OLIVER,
EDITORS AND PROPRINTORS
TO ADVERTISERS.
THE "LEHIGH REGISTER" HAS A LARGER
CIRCULATION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED
THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN
THE COUNTY 6
soft REMOVAL .129
SHE OFFICE OF
Etc Yetigt ge g ista
Has been removed to the room on the second
story of the new building now occupied
by Neligh & Breinig'a Clothing Store,
" LION HALL," second door above
the German Reformed Church.
The Result in our County.
Our party have reason to be proud of
what they have accomplished in our county
at the recent election, and the Democracy
have reason - to be-dismayed-in view of - the
future. At last fall's election, it was alleg
ed, that the success of the opposition in the
county on the , congressional election was
owing to a want of effort on_the part of the
Democratic party, and to a failure on the
part of the voters to turn out. This fall's
election, it was boasted, would show a dif
ferent. result. A majority of five or six hun
dred was confidently expected. To accom
plish this result no effort was spared.--
Meetings were held in every nook and corn
er of the county. Lecomptonites and Anti-
Lecomptonites, to save the spoils, present
ed an undivided front. Money was at band
in abundance. If candidates had no mon
ey, others could tuivance money for them.
Never was a greater effort made to bring
out the full vote of the party. The effort
to-bring_out_the Note_was_successful. The
votes polled, although the loss of the Dem
ocratic State Ticket was conceded 'in ad
vance, to save the county ticket, fell but two
hundred short of the mamense_poll at the
Presidential election of 1856. Then it must
be borne in mind, that the floating vote, scat-'
tered in 1856 along the rail-roads then in
process of completion, had gone. And yet
with this tremendous effort, and this un
paralleled exertion to simply elect a county
ticket, what was the result? The Demo
matte State Ticket has a majority, slightly
exceeding two hundred in the county,
whilst the Opposition succeeded in electing
a Recorder, County Commissioner, and one
Assemblyman, and the democratic candi
date for' County Treasurer is elected by a
majority of nineteen votes. The Opposi
tion went into the struggle knowing that
the Democracy would spare no effort, and
weighed down by the gloomy impression,
that there would be a large democratic ma
jority in the county. Well may democratic
leaders exclaim, as did Wellington after the
battle of Waterloo; " Another such victo
ry, and we are undone." We are satisfied
now, as the pages . of this paper proclaimed
before the election, that if every Republi
can' had voted on last election day, the op
position State Ticket would have had a.ma
jority in the county, and the whole county
ticket would have been elected. Catasau
qua, Heidelberg and Washington gave un
exampled majorites. Other parts of the
county did well, but there are districts in
the county, in which the opposition might
have done better. 'Let us in the future take
warning by the past, and inspired by past
success, let the friends of good and pure
government buckle on their armor for the
great battle of 1860, and let that contest
show, that Lehigh county, together with the
whole nation, must be redeemed from Dem
ocratic misrule.
The EleaUon in Pennsylvania.
The Opposition State Ticket, Thomas E.
Cochran for Auditer General, and Gen. N.
H. Keim for Surveyor' General, has been
elected by a majority of about twenty thou
sand. The Opposition have alio carried fen
out of the eleven new Senators to be elect=
ed, and sixty-four out of the one hundred
members of the lower branch of the 7Aesis
-I:ltute: The following official majorities
have been reported :,
Auditor General. Sjur. General.
COCHRAN. Wilton?. KM. BOWL
Philadelphia, 29.526 26.366 20 698 26.203
Dauphin, 3.331 2 217 3.284 2.277
Lancaster, 7.602 3 433 7.598 8.453
Cumberland, s 2 921 3 224 2.932 3,234
Montgomery, 4,535 5 056 4.572 5.026
Berke, 6.241 7.544 6 551 7.208
Schuylkill. 4 879 4.534 4 906 4.469
Chcster, • 5 666 4 042 5.055 4,046
Luzerne, 5.071 5.936 5.102 5,834
Union, 1,303. 840 1.875 824
Centre. 2.446 2,28 2 242 2.288
Northumberland, 1.602 1.11.648 2 167
Montour, 584 1 154 518 1 142
Perry, 2 060 2 063 2 059 2.051
Clinton, 1,220 1 600 1 285 IPO
Columbia, 1.055 1.782 1.070 1,808
Westmoreland, 3 803 4.163 3 780 4 162
Huntingdon, 2.264 1.171 2 288 1 778
Franklin, 8.692 3.267 3 552 8 393
Lehigh, 3.617 3.856 3,822 3,842
Majorities reported unofficial :
.OPPOOTTION MAJORII7II3,- Beaver, 550 ; Alla.
ghany, 3000; Lebanon, 600; Snyder, 500;
Blair, 950 ; Susquehanna, 700.
DEMOCRATIC hiAJORMIO3.—York, 250 ; Car.
bon 100: Berks. 1200; Bedford, 150 ; Per.
ry. 50 : Fulton. 100; Warne. 800: Northamp.
ton. 1200: Monroe, 1200 ; Cambria, 500
BLfflin, 50.
Samna= CotiNTY:—From later in
telligence it appears that one Democrat has
been elected to the Assembly from Schuyl-
kill, Mr. Schell, one of the Opposition can
didates, being defeated by Mr. Maurer.—
The Misers' Journal says it was done by
the clandestine circulation among the em
ployees of the Mine Hill Rail Road Com
pany of tickets with Sahall's name scratch
ed. A meeting on the subject is to be held
un Mondhy waning.
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN VICTORY
' IN PENNSYLVANIA.
TEE STATE SENATE many&
DALT OPPOSITION:
In the Lower Sense the Democracy
a Corporals Guard.
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN ONCE MORE
REPUDIATED AT HOME.
THE DEMOCRACY DOOMED FOR 1860.
Above all - Little Lehigh has done better
vrrnal Limas Boum) To Do
METTER STILL =MIT razz.
In this number of the Register our read
ers will read with pleasure of the over
whelming victory of the Opposition in
Pennsylvania. The State Ticket has .a
handsome majority. Both branches of the
Legislature are overwhelmingly Opposition.
The majorities in the old Democratic strong
holds have been greatly reduced. Old Lan
caster county. the home of President Bu
chanan, gives its accustomed majority of
four thousand. Lancaster city, always Dem
ocratic heretofore, and which in 1856 gave
President Buchanan a majority of at least
five or six hundred,-now -gives the Opposition
State Ticket a majority of three hundred.
Old Berke, which in 1856 gave a majority
of seven thousand, now gives but twelie hun
dred. The Opposition throughout the State
have reason to rejoice and particularly have
we of Little Lehigh ample reason to be
glad. The Democracy cannot say, that no
effort was spared, and yet the result is such,
as guarantees Republican ascendancy next
fall. All that we could desire, to complete
the overthrow of the Democratic party in '
the county, is to have a few more renegades
from our party in the Democratic ranks,
and the ruin of the party is complete.—
But the party has lost its ascendancy in the
county and this it's candid leaders must be
willing to acknowledge.
The. Result in the State.
Tlfe defeat of the Democracy in - thi - T - Stfit6
this fall is equalled only by the' crushing
and overwhelming one of last fall. The op
position have elected ten out of the eleven
Senators to be-elected hnd - have sixty-lbur
to thirty-four e Democratio members of the
Lower House. The — majority on the State
Ticket, some twenty thousand; is no evi
dence of the extent of opposition suprem
acy in the State. In the Opposition strong
holds but a slight vote was polled, as no ne
cessity was felt for a general turn-out.—
There was, however, such a turn-out in all
parts of the State, as to insure a general vic
tory in almost all parts of the State. The
results of the victory may well inspire eve:
ry Republican with patriotic jy. The su
premacy in the Legislature insures the elec
tion of an opposition State Treasurer. The
supremacy in the Senate is such, that
next fall's election cannot fail to leave that
body under the control of the opposition.—
With proper management nest fall's elec
tion cannot fail to return, a Legislature,
which in 1861 will elect and return a Uni
ted States Senator, more capable and fit and
truer to the interests of our State, than that
present imbecile incumbent, who for several
years past has disgraced the State. The
voice of Pennsylvania will be re-echoed in
the elections of New Jersey and New York
States. The Free States now present an un
broken front from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, save Oregon and California alone, the
former of which at the recent Congressional
election was won by the Democracy by a ma
jority of less than thirty, supposed to have
been brought about by fraud, and the latter
of which promises to be reclaimed in 1860.
With Stjtes sure for their candidates, suffi
cient to elect a- President, the opposition
advance into the contest of 1860 with good
prospects of success. In their hands the
Government of the country will once more be
diverted from disgraceful efforts to reopen the
slave-trade, to acquire, slave territory by
robbery and fillibustering, and will be turn
ed to the more patriotic task of building up
the mercantile and manuflicturing interests
of the country by the revision of the tariff,
and the construction of a Pacific Rail-road.
Never was a better opportunity afforded for
an able and patriotic President to reflect
credit and honor upon himself and hie
country, than after the disgraceful adminis
trations of Presidents Pierce and Buehan
an.
lOWA ELMION.—The returns received
so far, show ( about the same vote as given
two 3 ears since, when Governor Lowe, (Re
publican) was lected by 2000 majority.—
The following are Republican majorities for
the State ticket. Louisa county, 50 major
ity ; Henry county, 7001 Jefferson, 150.
The following counties gave Democratic
majorities: Dubuque about 100 j Des
Moines 250 majority.
*&The Easton Argus indulges in the
following sensible and philosophical remarks
over the democratic defeat.in the State :
From We scattering returns received, it is
evident that the Opposition have carried their
State ticket, but by a largely reduced majori
ty over last year. " Blessed are they who ex
pent nothing," &o.
2:7•Lehigh has done better. The People's
candidate for Commissioner and Director of the
Poor. as well as the candidates for AsseVy,
are supposed to be elected. The Locofoco can
didate for Sheriff is elected by a majority of less
than one hundred. The Loco candidates for .
County Treasurer and Recorder also just man•
seed to save themselves from defeat. Lehigh,
like Berks, used to be set down as certain for
Locofocoism, under all circumstances, but it is
so no longer.—Berks and Schuylkill Journal.
DIMPATCII. —Horace Greeley reached home
during the night of the 26th. Last spring he
promised to deliver an agricultural address in
Wyoming county on the 28th, " if he was
alive." To keep his promise, he took the cars
immediately on his landing—not even taking
time to visit his family ! He delivered his
promised address at the appointed hour !
This was characteristic of the man. It was
listened to by 3,000 or 5,000 and was of course
able and had a practical object in. view.
I. 7 11 • I
OCTO I tinipi
J
- • Communicated.
Nona Wnrranst.t., Oor. 14th, 1859.
Massas. Enrroas,Daving observed for ti
long time the unjust course of the Democrat's
party, I deem it not impertinent, for me, to
express a few ideas on the obserarations, I have
made. We may perhaps not only call it an
unjust. bet very justly a deceivable course.—
To explain why we may call it a deceivable
course, is in my opinion not very
Just acquaint yourself with their Journals, is
sued during the week previous to the election.
and you will have a clear conception of their
deceptions and Ws-representations. Never in
my life, since I bfrve attained the age, in which I
am capable of judging what is right and
wrong. have I seen such dark, offensive, and
abomniable falsification in print as in the dem
ocratic jounals previous to the election. One
had printed in large letters on the third page
of his journal •• nothing but politics this
week;" but after looking over the paper for
some time. I found to my neat astonishment,
that the man had been sadly mistaken in his
assertion : because his paper contained not a
particle of politics, hot instead was filled with
pomposity and falsi fi cation. After he had
wasted considerable space in his journal with
facts, non compos mentos, he turned desperately
upon the card of our honest candidate, and di
' vided those two hundred dollars, designed for
the public good, among the citizens of Lehigh,
and concluded that three cents should be the
I price of a vote. Why this was one of the great.
-est-absurdities w ever-heard-olitran - enlightened
country: Yet not only those papers, that ap
peared during . the - week previous to the elec
tion, but also those that appeared during the
whole political campaign, proclaimed such
gross falsiflca.ioni.- 'Thus after - the Elitors of
their different purnals had hoodwinked, and de
luded the people all they could. the election day
finally dawned upon us ; and some of the dem
ocrats from afar, conscious of the danger that
encompassed them, repaired hither, (to North
Whitehall) to uphold those principles, Which
their journals had promulgated from week to
week, thinking that a personal intercourse
would make a harder impression on the minds
of the citizens, than a printed one ; but our
citizens, also conscious of their evil design, re.
sisted their flattering influences, and voted for
liberty, and economy. Thus amid all these
misrepresentations, and falsifications, we have
gained a glot sous victory over the sons of prodi
gality. OBSERVER
A - Ihrilling case of somnambulism occur.
red in Detroit on the night of the 25th ult. A
female form wee seen on the top of a building.
walking to and fro on a narrow ridge-board
which covered the apex of the roof, approach-_
ing to the extreme ends of the board. The
house was a high one, and -a misstep would
have been instant death. A chimney stood di
rectly-in the middle of the roof, around which
she passed with ease. placing one hand upon
the top, and walking down the sloping roof to
get around. Once in this spectral walk she
paused° at the edge- of the roof and looked
straight ahead. The body of the walker, at
time 5, went forward in such a way that rho
upper portion hung over the abyss, while the
fingers reached out, until there was no further
reaching, and they clutched again with a quick
convulsive snatch. and were withdrawn.—
The form was motionless a moment and
then commenced its walk again, continuing as
far as the middle of the roof, when it turned
toward the rear of the house, and moving down
the slope of the roof, was lost to sight. She
descended through a skylight to her own room,
and was found sitting on the bed, wide awake,
and in a state bordering on distraction. She
had no knowledge of the occurrence, but bad
been awakened by the noise of her employer
entering the house, and found herself standing
in the middle of her room, in the condition de•
scribed. The girl had been suffering from a
brain fever, from 'which she is gradually re
covering.
MARCO OF AN ARISE OF SQUIRRELS —About
ten days ago, says the St. Louis Express. a
tremendous drove of gray squirrels, numbering
hundreds of thousands, suddenly made their
appearance on the Meratuac. covering the trees
and waters like a pall. Thousands of them
were afterwards found dead in the river and on
the ground. They crossed the Mississippi at
that point, and worked their way down the
river, until they reach( d Cape Girardeau,
crossing the river at that point in countless
myriaes. The citizens turned out en masse
and killed them by hundreds. Every tree and
bush in that vicinity swarmed with them until
night, when they all disappeared, and have not
been heard of since. Their route was marked
as by a devastating storm. Trees were gird
led and fields destroyed. Old French settlers
predict a very severe winter, as it was noticed
in 1834 and '52 that immense droves of squir
rels suddenly made their appearance, followed
by intensely severe weather.
Two BROTHERS KILL EACH OTIIRR.-A hori
ble shooting affray occurred in Jones county,
Georgia, a few miles from Macon, a few days
ago, resulting in the death of two individuals..
It seems that for-somn tithe past w deadly feud
has raged between two . brothers, named re
spectively John and Augustus Roberts. The
subject of the quarrel was a small piece of
land which'eich claimed to own. Happening
to meet, a few days ago, on the public road,
one of them made some insulting remarks,
whereupon the other drew a pistol from his
breast-pocket, and shot him. As the wounded
man fell, he also drew a pistol and shot his
brother in the breast, killing him almost in
stantly. Though some twenty persons were
near them at the time, the affray, wits so sud
den that no one had time to interfOrek and be
,fore the terrified spectators coulettfake any
movement whatever, the brothers were stark
and cold in death.
o:7•About two weelyeeigo, Mr. John Elder,
of Fredericksburg, Va., had an undersea
for a bed filled with straw by a negro man.—
It was brought home and placed under a
feather bed, which was slept on by a daughter
of Mr. E. The young lady complained on a
number of occasions of having her slumbers dis-
turbed by distinct thumps from underneath,
hut examinations revealed nothing. On
Thursday morning, while Miss E. was sitting
down stairs, facing the steps whieh. led up to
her room, she was startled by a curious noise,
and looking up discovered a moccasin snake
descending, blowing and hissing in a style pa
culler to the reptile. An examination of the
up-stairs premises was made at once, when a
hole was discovered in the under aacking, and
on ripping the bed open, the full lengthnskin
of a snake was found at the hole,' which his
snakeship had shed.
(04.auer's Artesian Well had reached a
depth of 1230 feet last evening. The horing is
still through very hard quartz rock, which ren,
dare a frequent renewal of the drills necessary,
and consequently wakes the process slower
than before. A small increase in the quantity
of wateris perceptible.
11 - ? John Wise, the great toronaut, has made,
during his • life, two hundred. and thirty •four
balloon voyages.. •
Tns BRODIIIIHntAntIitY Dust-Putt. PAR&
UNMAN! Cincinnati, Oct.. 10.—The Ban
Frandsen Times. of thel.4oo says t "In us
cordance with thwanticipation. the expected
duel between Messrs. Broderick and Terry
took place yesterday morning. in a small val
ley ten miles from Merced Lake. The parties
went out of town , the night previous, and pass.
ed the night in separate localities. At aquar
ter past six o'clock Broderick and Terry ar
rived on the ground, attended by their seconds
and physicians. Hon. J. 0. McKibben and
Mr. Coulter acting for Senator Broderick. and
Messrs. Calhoun, Benham and Thomas Hays
for Judge Terry.
On descending from their carriages the par
ties seemed to be in the best of spirits, neither
appearing anxious or nervous as to the result.
About half an hour was occupied in the pre
liminary arrangements. Ten peoes.were mark
ed off, and the princjpals took their positions.
The seconds divested them or their outside
coats, white collars and other articles which
might present prominent targets t also of their
watches, and the coin in their pockets.
One of the seconds then read eland the Ode
duello, which 'occupied a short time. Mr.
Cloultour then addressed the two geptlemen,
saying that he wished it to be understood that
he should count one, Iwo, after the word fire •
after which he Would say stop; no shot to be
Bred after that.
During this time, the principals maintained
their positions, and listened with composure to
these details. JUdge Terry stood with his bead
thrown slightly back, looking toward his an
tagonist. Each held his pistol in his hand.
pointed to the ground, and each was dressed
in black clothes and wore a slouched
Senator Broderick stood erect. , but with - bW
head rather down. The positions of the two
were,somewhat different. judge Terry mein
tamped that of a practical Zuelliat, presenting
only the edge of his person and keeping his
left hand and shoulder well behind tum.—
Broderick, on the contrary, though at first,as
suming a position somewhat similar to that of
Jude Terry, seemed to prefer a careless and
less constrained one, and gradually presented
more of his body to the fire of his opponent.
He held his pistol rather awkwardly, and seem
ing to feel this himself, he once or twice turn
ed the wrist of his pistol arm to the right with
his left band, as though endeavoring to coin
ply with some prescribed directions previously
9 given him. From that time he did not raise
_his_eyea_nntiLithe_word_was_ given to fire.
His right foot getting a fractibn beyond the
line, Mr. MeEibben replaced it.
The bearing of Judge Terry, though he as
slimed a more practiced and motionless ltd.
tude --was-not one jot more-that of - an - iroii. -
nerved man than was that of Mr. Broderick.
At a quarter before seven Mr. Coulter
_pro
nounced the words " Are you ready I"
'Ready !" responded Mr. Terry, and "ready!"
was uttered by Mr. Broderick.
Immediately after the words fire ! one—two
—were pronounced, in moderately quick time,
Mr. Brode ick raised his pistol, and had
scarely br ht it to an angle of forty•five de
lis
Frees fro its downward position, when, ow
ing to th delicacy of the hair-trigger, it was
discharged, the ball entering the ground four
paces in advance of him.
Terry fired a few seconds later, taking de
liberate aim. There was a perceptible inter
val in the two reports. At that instant Brod
erick was observed to clasp his left hand to
his right breast, when it was seen that he was
wounded. He reeled slowly to the left, and
beLre his seconds could reach him he fell to
the ground, his right leg doubling under him
and his hand still grasping his weapon.
Terry upon discharging his pistol folded his
arms, holding his weapon, which was still
smoking. in , his hand, but did not move from
his position. Broderick's seconds ran to his
aid, and Dr. Lecher commenced to staunch the
wound with lint. The bullet entered just for.
ward of the nipple, and lodged, as is supposed,
under the left arm: The wounded maa was
soon after borne into town in his carriage.—
Previous to this Terry and his friends lett the
field, drove rapidly into town, started at once
from North Beach, (where a boat was in wait
ing,) and proceeded to Oakland. At that
place they took a private conveyance to Bene
cia, and from thence an overland conveyance
to Sacramento.
Mr. Broderick was taken to the house of Mr.
Leonidas Haskell. at Block Point, where he
was visited during the , day by hundreds of his
friends. He was Witt) speak during the af
ternoon, but owing to the wound in his lunge,
his articulation was , indistinct and frequently
unintelligible. . _
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
says, " at fifteen minutes past nine o'clock this
morning (the 16th) Mr. Broderick breathed his
last. Gloom and sorrow pervade the whole
community—flags displayed•at halr mast, with
the • Union' down—places of business are clos
ed, and all the public buildings and even priv
ate houses are dressed in mourning."
FLORA TRIIPLID Al CINCINNATI. —The Uincin
mai Enquirer of October Bth describes the heat
of Flora 'lremple, at the Pitt in that city, when
'she made a mile in 2.21 i. The Engutrer Says :
" When we arrived on the ground, a great num
ber of persons had already assembled, and be
fore the horses were ready as many as 4000 or
5000 people were on the track. On the third
and last heat Flora and Ike Cook parsed the
stand at a spanking pace, the horse a little in
advance. The first half mile was made in
1.09 i, which. among the " knowing ones,"
created considerable excitement,'and no little
uneasiness among those who had bet against
5.25 and causing some fear when she merely
skipped on the third quarter, but caught at
once, and rushed onward like the wind, the
horse closely in her rear, but losing as they
neared home, which was reached by the mare
in the extraordinary time of 2.21; timed by
eight watches. The horse, who was but three
lengths behind, proved himself a worthy com
petitor even of Flora Temple."
Stu Jour; FRANILIN.—Tidings of this long
lost navigator have at last been received. We
learn from England that the steamer Fox, sent
by Lady Franklin to the Arctic regicrns in
search of the traces of Sir John Franklin's es
pedetion, had returned to England, having been
,completely successful. At Point William, on
the north-west coast of King William's Island,
a record was found dated April 25th, 1848,
signed .by ()apts. ()rosier and Fits James.—
The record says the Erebus and Terror were
abandoned three days previously in the ice, and
that the survivors, in all amouritinp .to 105,
were proceeding to Greet Fish RlTltis Eir
John Franklin had died June 11th. 1848 ,an
'the total deaths to date had been nine officers
and fifteen men.
A MILLIONAIRE DEOBASED.—LemueI Show
els, Esq., of Worcester county, Md., died on
the 4th instant. He is said to have been the
wealthiest man in the county, and worth a
million dollars.
O 7•A German woman in Milwaukee is the
mother of twenty four children, nineteen of
whom are now living. She is under 6G years
of age..
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
The prooeeds of the Nazareth Pair
mounted to about $lBOO.
(I:7•The second number of the Allentonian
will appear on Saturday, October 29th.
(17• We were requested to state that the first
premium on Statuary Was awarded to Geozaz
Juana of Allentown, his name was omitted
in the report.
AOOIDENT.—On Friday last Joseph Paul,
a boatman of our Borough was kicked by a
mule near Wheeler's lock along the Lehigh. and
his leg considerably bruised. He is now at
home in the Borough and doing well.
1071tev. J. L. Sagebeer will preach in the
Baptist Hail over Wieman's Store every Lord's
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. and in the evening
at 7 o'clock until further notice.
Public, prayer meeting at the same piece
every Thursday evening. The public are red
peetfully invited.
• LEGISLATURE—OFFICIAL.—The follow.
ing is the official vote for members of the Legis•
tore in this District':
Lehigh Carbon. Total.
Kistler. .3855 1576 6430
.Wititersteen,. 6183
Eisenbard, 3614 1586 • 5200
Long,_ 8798 1577 6375
TROTTING HORSE FAIR.—By advertise
ment_in_another_column,- it-will-be-seen-that
Messrs Rusted and Floyd hive secured the use
of the Allentown Fair Grounds on Nov. let
next for the purpose of holding a trotting horse
fair. The occasion will doubtless be one of
considerable interest, and will serve to draw
together a large concourse of people.. For
particulars see advertisement:
A CHANCE FOR SPORTSMEN.—On Sat•
urday next at 1 o'clock P. M., sportsmen will
have an opportunity of trying their skill at the
Public House of Mr. Reuben Meyer, near
Wheeler's Lock in Hanover township. The
tail of a hog, weighing about one hundred and
twenty five pounds, will be shaved and greas
ed, and the person so fortunate as to succeed in
catching the animal by the tail, can hate it
-- aa a prize.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION. —The
Sabbath School of the German Lutheran Church
of our Borough, under the charge of Rev. Wm.
G. Mennig. on SibWh last celebrated the
first Anniversary_, since the arrival of the new
Pastor. An address was delivered by Rev.
J. H. Wendt. in connexion with other ap
propriate exercices. The School is in a pros
perous condition, and now numbers ab out six
hundred Seholars.
POTATOES ROTTING.—We have heard
complaints of the rot affecting the late potatoes
in this vicinity, but apprehend that the loss to
the crop is but trifling, and that only those re
maining in the ground during the recent heavy
rains. are affected. Those first taken up, are,
we believe, perfectly sound. A sale of infect
ed potatoes was made in our market, recently.
which have since rotted more or less in the
hands of purchasers.
ASSOCIATE PASTOR. Rev. Joseph
Dobbs has been elected by the Consistory of
the Brit German Reformed Church of our Bo
roughVfakistant Pastor of the congregation, to
serve lirionnexion with his father Rev. i. S.
Dobbs. The new associate Pastor is a gradu
ade of Franklin and Marshall College, student
thereof at the Theologibal Seminary at Mei ,
cersbnrg. He is a person of fine talents and
commences. life with bright prospects in the
future.
TIIE GREAT EASTERN.—At a late• meet
ing held by the stockholders of this " modern
ark" was discussed the propriety of running
her to and from an American port, it beim; urg
ei that not a sufficient amount of return freight
could be procured. ~./lince it has been suggest.
ed that the great situamer be freighted with
paints and colors from the American Paint and
Color Works, Allentown Pa., we have no
doubt but that she will honor America with s
visit.
PILGRIMS PROGRESS.—A series of die•
courses will be delivered on successive Sabbath
evenings Presbyterian Church of this
place, by the pastor Rev. B. Judkins ott some
of the characters and incidents in " Bunyan's
PilOttOs Progress." The 'first of these die
slxtivnets Is to be given on next Sabbath even
ing, Ekginning, with the life and character of
the "mxunortal dreimer." As it is expected
that these discourses will be made very inter
eating, it ite fondly bored that a large attend
ante will be"givin by the public which is here
by very tespectfully invited.
LOSS OP SHEEP.-On Tuesday evening of
lattt week iliWtetn of the sheep belonging to
Mr. Solomon primmer of Snuth Wbilettagi
township, kept in a field over night, weir)lr.
ed by dogs. The perpetrators of the mischief
are unknown. This is the second time within
a very recent period thit serious depredations
of the same kind have been committed on the
premises of Mr. Griesemer. Our readers may
recollect that not long since, a number of sheep
in a drove, stopping with Mr. Oriesmere over
night, were attacked and killed in the same
manner.
PMl's**. Kinross: Having seen an article
in the . Allentogn Democrat of last week, head.
ed Fire Companiel arW•Fires4.464.,eit the arti
cle is a misrepresentation or.entilireinen, I
feel it my dilly as a member of the Shove . body
to give you a true statement of the fire, which
moaned on Saturday evening Oct., 9th. which
I suppose, lithe one the Editor 'alluded to. As
soon as the alarm was given, our Engine left
the house and in. less.than.five minutes it was
at the fire manned by no lei* than;3o able
bodied men. After we bad fastened oar hose
to the fire plug, we foaStEthat there was no 1
water,
so we stood there - it lea*. one quarter'.
of an hour,• before water was It hiqll. - Now I
would like to know who is- blame, whether
i rli 2
the Firemen or the Wateii . . y : but as
the Editor of' the Demo*" AM ' r
it was. our
holt. I will take the two le to 4Cform him,
that the majority of the citizens of Allentown
are with us and dank we have dorie our duty
nobly and faithallly. As for drill, I do not
believe, there are.many fire companies outside
of the cities, that' can surpass the Good Will
Fire Company in a regular drill. - For the ben
efit o f the Editor of the Democrat I have been
..
requested to inform him, if be wishes to see
drilling, to call around at the Good Will En
gine • House any Monday evening, where the
boys say they will put him through, or per
chance if he should happen to know a little
more then they, they say, they are always
Willing to take a little bit of advice, providing
it comes from the right source. By inserting
the above in your valuable columns, you will
oblige a member of the EIOOD WILL.
•
• 0711 r. L. C. Voorhees lam bisen appointed
Assistant Superintendent oldie Zest Pennell.
?swig Railroad.
- THIPT.—On Wednesday morning of tun
week Henry Rioherer, a butcher left one bun.
dred dollars at the Washington ' Hotel of our
Borough in charge of its landlord, Mr. Henry
Bachman, with inntruotione to hand the money
over to Mr. Shelly, who would call for it due.•
ing the day. The money Was placed in a.
drawer of the bar under lock and key in prem•
once of Mr. Charles Bauman, the barkeeper
and Mr. Iticherer. This took place in the
morning about sir o'clock. When Mr. Shelly
came for the money toward noon, Mr. Bach'
man went to the drawer and found that the
money was gone. A. prosecution has been in.
stituted *gaunt Mr. Bauman as the person
guilty of the theft. As the affair is Highly to
undergo an investigation in Court. we forbmr
saying anything as to the probabilities of the
guilt of parties, supposed to be implicated.
(Communlcated.)
THE LEOTHRE SEASON.—The time of the
year for ptipular Lectu'res 15 at hand and the
ifrst note of preparation is already giiren bY
the publication through the newspapers of •
long list of professional lecturers. The leatere
may now be classed among our established rer
an! institutions. To a large extent it hag takerf
the place of convivtat clubs, barroom gather. ,
ins and the timelonorefl debating societietrt
The - existence of this sobiarelement should be ,
recognised by all who are desirous to promote'
the welfare of society.
Much is gained from the platform tlZht id
never gained from the printed pages. In the
-lecture we have-the-liring'inactlei—the - warm
personality. The sympathy that imparts to ,
conversation its exquisite Charm—the eleetrid
current of humanity infused from the eye
bright with the glow of a high enthusiasm or
the witching beam of denial hunior. from' the
flushed cheek. - It is this that gym' the lecturer
his influence over the, public mind and hecuree
to him the liveliest attention.
In connection with these remarks we are
happy to inform the citizens of our borough
that a number of eminent speakers are already
engaged to lecture here during the season.
Among the names of those engaged we find.
T. H. Stockton, D.D.. late Chaplain tO Con=
gress, who will deliver his famous lecture on
Liberty.
Franklin Moore, A. M., of Philadelphi who'
willaeliver tiffs popullecture on the F tura
Race of America.
J. L Heysinger, A.M., late of Minnesota, bo ,
is'engaged to deliver a very interesting lecture
on_Mii_n_eata and the North West Indians._
J. Walker Jackson. A. M.. the great preacher'
of the west and the-Spurgeon of America is
also engaged.
The course will consist of eight lectures a
the tck et will be sold at the extremely lo
price of $1 for the course. The proceeds aft r
the expenses are paid will be given for tt
benefit of the M. E. Church of this place.
We hope that this literary festival will
appreciated and nobly sustained by the corn
munity. The enterprise is certainly worthy .°
the sympathy and patronage of all who wish , \
to promote the best interests of Society.
KAPPA.
EXPENSE OF GAS IN CITIEI.—The North '
American concludes an articles on the" Cost of
Gas." with the following remarks:
" It will strike every one that the cost ofgas
in this country is disproportionately large a*
compared with English cities. It is proven in
the calculations submitted to this Glasgow
meeting. that if no interest is paid on capital
wasted in the crudities of first oonatruction of
works. gas may be furnished at less than fifty
cents the thousand feet. All the great works
constructed there as well as here, are thus 'e
cumbered with unprofitably spent capiist;\
which must be earned by the current use of
gas, , unless old works are wholly abandoned,
and a strong point against the purchase by that
city of the company works at Glasgow. is made
on the ground that the public are entitled to
the earliest possible release from burdens un'
wisely incurred, and that such burdens a ld
not be itiyide a perpetual charge for the rut ' e.
"We here pay nearly double th • est
price paid for gas, as the following parison
will show.
Philadelphia, per 1,009 cubic feet, $2.25
New York, 2.50'
London, 97
Paris, dI 1.29
Manchester, 1.00
Glasgow, 44 1.21
• Liverpool. a 91
' 4, It is obvious that we might improve tfie
condition of our gas supply. and reduce the
very heavy bills our large cities pay for it.
without devising any new gas to bum ; but
if any means whatever can be employed to'
light us at half the rates we now pad firr
indispensible necessity, let us have light upon
it, and have light cheap."
THE PROPHETIC EIARRIENCE of DANIEL Was.
STICH. -Ai far back as 1845 Daniel Webster.
in speaking of the rapid progress of events in,
itmUnited States, said. prophecy kindling in
ttid, blase of his rhetoric, I look forward ice
• the period when the people of the Pacific State*
will raise a standard for themselves as they
ought to do ; and when they will inscribe npon
its folds the sensible admonition to all men to
go • buy AbOr garments at the Brown Stone
Olothingataof Rockhill & Nos. 603'
and.6os Choking street, above Sixth, in Phil
adelphia V'
Kete4it, Pousine.—Leatemoorth, October lift
Ilhellegolalicem State donventioevuot at 'hi*
and nominated' a full ticket;
hems by Charles T. ItObinsou ibr Governor;;
J. F-Aetellbr.l.lentesant Governor; ant' iti
CenteY*Cqttgrees. The proceeding oftle .
Cenveution were harmonious. Mr. Robinsonk
who is also the Governor elect under tbs Tepee
ka Constitution, wu nominated en the era
ballot. The election of State officers will take
pine iq December.
,(1:7• I A lady came near losing her life by s
singular accident in Louisville, while riding la
a buggy. One end of a scarf, which she wore ,
around her shoulders, blew °Maudvnutallg
in the spokes of one of the rapidly revol
wheels of the vehicle, and wound op in
a manner as to draw her nook down to the
wheel, choking her severely.
ikutnixru.Donwrs.—Eichuylkill county gives
for the People's ticket from two to three Mtn.
dnid majority. Fisher , (Opposition,) has ama
jority over Keiw, (Democrat) for Thstriot At
torney, of about 800. Reim is a goo of Gen
George M. Reim, of this city. .
Tun Onto Eutoriow.—Clevekmd. Oct, 12.
The Republican majority for the State ticket
is about 17,000. The Senate will be oompoesti
of 25 Republicans and 10 Democrats, and the
Reese of 84 Republicans and *Democrats.
INDIANA ELMMON.—lndianapotis, Oct. 12.
The returns u yet received are only for the
county officers, which show a slight Repnbll
can gen.