ME ED THE WINN Ii lEti Nzsi) IYEOIN3Vt 7, 1859. r 411011**11.010M 111 4 ' • " ~,A I • TO ADVAMEINNA. • MN *a MINI 10101 1. NAV A LAMINA :;141 1 1 3 14A MEOrnatmILIAN P , MINDRAN NTIOAMIR IN Tag COVNIT. . ,sattittedi ions, found s detailed &tasciette"'etioeutial of John Brown.— NatedialittithidelealreftbetiSsatiO *Ol7. *cumin throughout the eceratryt , The rumors. of an 10 4 0 = 9 11-r e P ri e"r!,_,, al44. hiteten beerf .INVOI/141 or. ntorsaera wmprtessvompla 83ul3ninAndtalt7, IMO - to flaw: topther More than two thousand- of the military of Virginia . ; to-enforce the sentence of the law. John Buren haa.bEmpegrene. enrof e bitter hatreil.m oi'iiiit.Orillirontk'ivhilet, how . •vpigesisOir. attempt ran. eYeaY :net gities is oendenmed et h vitiation W.*, law, he has enlisted on his behalf a sympathy on the part of the Nardi. John Brown is unde niably ie 'brave man. Ile wile true to his conylotiens,. and in his nature there was such ati iiitildidtf Of 'honest conviction,- as in The age of the early-Christian perseciddons,"or in the Itefermalien ieried,yrOnld have-made him a Marto to hie religions corivictions„ or in tiiii*Wiir.Opttlat rights have been invaded, freedom's most Undiunted and bravest defen def:': All noble men, whose hearts pulsate to ileideneles of the civilization of „the age, can riot het hope and ardently wielr that the insti taker of livery may pass away. Would our county not be better off, -if the.institution were net `in norWildst? Thns thr we agree with Jolla Brown. The great Mass of North ern men, however, do differ with him, as to the nreini, by which this end is to be accom leafed. 'The constitution, we believe, has Wally left it to the people of the several StsOw te get of the institution, as best they can, at the same time placing barriers to itelartier spread, and extension, if the goy erierent 'properly administered. Whilst suolk is the- proper conservative feeling of Northern men, requiring a condemnation of John, Ermines course, public feeling cannot be blinded -to his self-sacrificing bravery and honesty. These traits will win credit and admiration, even although he be a fanatic or merionariisto on the slavery question. When then the-Democracy undertook to make capi tal out of John Brown's errors', they commit ted- a most egregious blunder. • As we at first believed, rind are now more firmly convinced, all reek•eifietteinnst • result to the damage of theDemeeratie and the benefit of the Repub liomvputy. To succeed in the attempt, John Brown must be •-first made odious. This can net bidene in view , othis chamter, his past life, .and.his manly-death. If he had received , the jostlee of a decent trial, and his attempt at Hariek t e Ferry bad been treated as it nn deniably 'was, an attempOo run away ne w*. in the prosecution of - which, without Lisp:meditation, lives werelost, without add ing the charge of treason, and the punishment htkb"l/-??TrellibAdiliii•Vie Sell* would ve sr9n;oiedlf,,ind the peace of the country .uld Lave tiecir more established. if; hewever, • .Harper'e Ferry erneute is made the occasion of a. l 4lria" measures in Owes's on the part et-the- Sonthi -we• unmet bet expect cones poi ikilg: ; ttutremee en; the" putt of Northern representatives, and of Northern people, and if' so, we betide the country's peace. We ernetosilfweYer,:thaiModerate .connoils and a retiffldriteruireflupticie en, the pert of the Oitl; theilloreMeits of Southern dialelnirmi and that impending dangers, threat. *trdNirriUeidlftry,, imex;nable and dieunion iatotiAl&Pittrelick common that section of 00V,40*. Okr> ety Meeting. . "' ipcoafl ~ of2tile Cobrity`Executive Commit tee to lialound in another. column of the Rag-, istertitwilibe girt, that 'County Meeting will bor Ikettori :Sitar* dzith inst., at tho peblie liaise of Cept. Henry S. Marie, in the' toreriglio ,Cessauqua: The main purpose of tits:meeting will be•the selection of a dele gate to the State Convention to meet at Har risburg on the , fifind , of February next. The .Staite Convention will nominate a candidate forGovernOr, select two, delegates at large to the National Convention, and fix on a plan for the selection of District Delegates. The call of Alm State. Folearttire Committee also states, thei the convention will be called on to indicate the chofce of the State for the Presi dency. As to the latter course there seems to be a difference of opinion in the State., At our Courtty Meeting we should t he pleased to use a general turn - out of the , Mends of the came in our county, as in addition to the so. leaden ofd delegate to the State Convention, it is important that at all pending political gallivant , , there should be a general turn-out in order to prepare for the struggle of next fall. We trust that the meeting at Catasauqua may be a large one. Protection The Washington States, a leading Nino erotic ,}carnal of Washington City, and the organ of I;;enator Douglas, uses the following language on the subject of protection. " The Democraity can cordially agree that "protection to home industry is not authoriz "al by the Constitution of the United Stites." What will Pennsylvania, and particular ly teldgh county Delnocrata say to this bold avowal of Democrats, standing high in the confidence of the party ? 18..Verummt paid from her State Treasury Last year $5OO for killing hears. ' sill. The Corruption Fund. I iately'preceediug the last Oxlip an attempt 'Made on' the Part of Vie plum critic part iis:convireeti sa*Dellt Publiepihat the Pinney' ;.a Retifroad"Reinpany had4ent thousands araltdor our Asietablyirlie triet foithe e*.eleliing the People's Candidates for A. : lay, under the pledge, that if electedrth • ',uld.tate for the repeal of the tentage tax. The rumor first was heittlitt thy_ coition, the streets, and, th i e week 'pronging the • • on was publiihed in the Donn/natio; organs'. Oa/ Diltrlet, when a contradiction in the Op .. on journals was no longer possible. The Matte Chunk Gazette ' 'bilirbentAnidesnOlnint farslttne time ,to gee an assweeroal ate editer,Of the thkrhen Dee!l - 1410itterevidentie ow! which - 3U elunge was founded. Of iluitte fuininwar lute been given; ThseDemooreetic Joirnaliit of Car* possibly rail* .rid Isiineelf 'of. the difiteniti; by givingthe Demosratiti:jmunals of Lehigh county as authority. The charge made in the Allentown Demo nut and Unabhritylfr Nelf#aritalr was copied verbatim, if we nista° -nett ni"111,11'' Carbon Peasecrui, .80- thatiebr Lehigh the-bold-Mid flagrant fhlsehood first was pnblioly *Adm. ed. Now we assert, that the Mahon of these ()bargee cannot and dare not name a person in our district to whom the' Peamaylvanie, -Rail road Company sent one dollar for the purpme alleged; cannot furnish the least particle of evidence, tending to prove that money - was se sent, and further cannot true the rumor to nob a source', as weal - lead any honest man to believe that it bad the least shadow of foundation. In the absence of such evidence, we believe that the persons, giving currency to this charge, were proclaiming what they knew to bo a lie, and were endeavoring to sake an honen public believe the lie. And on the strength of such a bare-faced lie, Re publicans were entreated for once to abandon their party organization, because committed to the guidance of knaves. We have a right to call the attention of the public to this bold fraud attempted on their honesty and intelli gence. Wisdom is acquired by experience.— From what men have done, we infer what they are likely to do in the future. Will the Detiocraoy tolerate . dishonesty to further its ends ? The question we address to the De mocracy of our own section of the Common wealth, because we sincerely,believe the mus es of all parties of the German Districts of Pennsylvania to be honest to a degree, seldom ••met with in any other community. . Will our honest yeomen allow the objects of their po litioal aepirations to be accomplished by fla grant falsehoods ? And will Republicans, in view of this high-handed attempt to seduce them temporarily from their political faith, give a listening ear for one moment iutise future to the syren song of these arch-deceivers. MI The next Roust, of Representatives will have contested elections to decide upon. Among the New York delegation, the seat of Daniel E. Sickles, Democrat, from the Third district, will be contested by Amor J. Williamson, American ; that of. William B. Maclay, Dem ocrat. from the Fifth district;Will be contested by Philip Iliunilton, Republican ; and the seat of John B. Hoskin, anti-Lecompton Democrat, froM the Ninth distrii‘ivill:be Claimed by Gouverneur Kemble, regular Democrat. Tho ; tcf Wm. O. Anderson, Opposition, to rep resent the Fourth district of Kentucky, will be contested by James Ohrieman, Democrat. T. B. Florence, Democrat, holds the certificate of election from the First district of Pennsyl- Winia, but his right will be disputed( by Sohn W. Ryan, Republian; J. R. Barret received a majority of, the totes and Was , declared elect ed in the First (St, Louis) district of Missouri ; but fraud is Charged, and Franc:l3"P. Blair, Jr., Republican, his opponent in the contest, will contest his right to the 'seat in consequence.— Ezra. B. French, Republican, the representa tive of the Third district of Maine, will also have to make geed his claims against the charges of Alfred W. Johnson, Deniocrat. An effort will probably be made to vitiate the .Baltimore , election ; and, as usual, the seats of almost all the Territorial delegates will be contested.. The election questions are rarely decided before•the close of the second session, and the contestants are allowed mileage and per diem. New York Municipal Election The Election for mayor , of New York city took place yesterday. There were three can didates in the field, Fernando Wood, candid-- date of the Mozart Hall wing of the Democra cy, William Havemeyer, candidate of—the Tammany Hall wing of the same party, and George Opdyke, candidate of the Republicans. The canvas was an exciting one. We have no returns whilst going to press, but should judge the contest to lie between Opdyke and Wood, with a fair show for the success of the former. The Now York Herald of Saturday last seemed to entertain some fear of the election of a Black Republican Mayor. If so, what would become of the trade of the Commercial Empo rium of the . West with the Chivalry of the South ? The world seems to move on. A QUIET REVOLUTION is going on in Missou ri, which will soon be seen in marked results. The slaves are constantly carried out of the State, and free laborers are coming in. This exodus of slaves may be occasionally retarded ; but will go on till nose are left. The predic tion of Atchison is being fulfilled; that if Kansas was allowed to bo a free Territory, Missouri must become a Free State. The Missouri restriction proposed in 1820 was right, and it would have been carried had the men of those days had the least idea .that the soloing compromise they 'Ade would be sot aside and treated with contempt in 1854. It is well, however, as it is. God is over, From seeming evil, still educing good." TEE ItiGIETgR, DECEMB 7, 1859. Contented Seats TREASON. The pree#o A dministration seem tervo ,l Much exiiii&ted by every_wmiLatitiWi47 Notliern Men; against the Powers, timli-be* rauf'will be made thAimire? . VW — .1441kessige for a tirade. NN"btit ' F r, . ern oonuotists, because their moo tend to dimmion. Why ie it, that we never bearlike homilies upon the disunion tenden. cries. of men down South? A member of the. South ;Caltdina.tiouse of i Dalogates .raiektitbc offered dreiiiillution . in tin; togiidattir4 !dining that -South Carolina teas-ready io emits WM any Soulki*Nfalks fet%orytec: Conferierati; arid'authorizin'i • letaflinwayslol4l6#6,lll3W Governors .allaiher . 4. tr VO p,TClkiiii4e ll3 4 4, B PW. , " laarM,Pirlt thiaothieWMPlMthint. Death of Thti'dOsiliotrAis:bikOoffilitheiCoPithkeit; can Literature, oicitiredni his residence, on the Hudson, on, Idondiy. the 28t1, Irving has , been unwell for •seversil • montho past, suffering with an. anthmatio *corepinirit; andtboeidsoi.ene.rilik*Lkei** 4 ,l l 4 4 - 4 2191# severe pain in the region of, the heart; accom panied with difikrultin. He retired to his room abont- half past , ten o'clock, feel ingnot more •t!hell atut7,zumal,- Mit _on ape preaching his bed-side, was seized with a vicp lent pain in hie left side, and died immediate ly. The lose of this groat and good man will send a pang of regret thrughout•the civilized - world, for his fame was wOrld wide. Ho died in the 77th year of his age. A DIVIDZD RAnrY.—There is an "irrepres sible conflict" in the ranks of the Democracy of. Illinois. The Douglas State Committee have issued a call fora Convention to meet at Springfield on the 4th of January, to appoint delegates to the Charlestown Convention.— The regular Democrats had previously called a Convention for the same purpose to meet at Springfield on the 10th of January. „„ A. otaairozu . .01.1111 TING AND A STRANCIER PARTING.-Not long since, asteiunboat coming up the river, ran aground at Buffington.— Aniong the passengers were a lady from Coving ton, and a stranger-who took. passage -at'l43in einnati—a man about thirty years of age, with no baggage but a good suit of clothes, which he carried on his well-shaped person. The two .individuals indicated - became very inti mate during the trip, and the first right after the boat aground, they were talking in the cab in, when to the. amusement of all the passen gers, they rushed into each other's arms, and the lady called the man her long lost husband, and the man called the lady his lost wife, and they made a right pathetic thing' of it. The lady told the captain that her , husband had left her seven years before, and the husband accounted for his absence by saying that he had been unjustly imprisoned ” down in Ar kansaw" for a crime he never committed. The story was b elieved, and the Parthiihadtho warm sympathies of the passengers. Whon the boat arrived tt Marietta, the man went ashore, un der the pretence of getting something for hie wife, but did not return, although he was sent for repeatedly, and could' not'be found. The wife wept many tears of sorrow, and curried on so violently that the captain had to put her off about three miles above Marietta, when she started back to hunt/ for the defaulter.— Wheeling Intellifencer. bar A Washington paper, speaking of the Mississippi Valley, says The settlement of the Mississippi Valley began in 1778, in which year the colony, or united company' of emi grants, landed at Marietta, in Ohio. They had crossed the Alleghenies to Brownstone on the Monongahela, and then embarked on a flat boat or ark, and floated down to the mouth of the Muskingum river. They were bold end determined men, ever actuated by :the princi ples of truth, virtue, and-industry.' From this germ in fifteen years arose - the' State of Ohio. Since 1803, when Ohio Was received; ton more States hate been admitted in the Union, front ing on that river, eight mite west and on , ite east banks, namely 7 -Louisiana, Indiana. Illi nois, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas; Michi gan, Wisconsin, lowa, and Minnesota - besides the terrtories, ono of whioh; namely, Kansas, is nearly ready for admitance. While these de velopments have been going on in the West and Southviest, Alabama, Maine and Florida in the East, and California and Oregon on the Paoifio coast, have been.admited. .Adding to these the primal trio of Verment,.K-entuoky, and Tennessee, and the increase of "States in sixty-one years' is precisely twenty.'..llf nn equal increase marks the' coming sixty-one' years, we shall stand in 1920 at fifty-three States, with a population of one hundred and twenty millions." COUNTIRTEITING.-•--A number of Banks of New England have formed an association, which will pay to tho person who shall fur nish information which shall lead to the con viction and sentence of the parties herein, men tioned, t a tie following sums, to wit: A' reward of two huared and fifty dollars for each person convicted and sentenced for engraving a plate or plates for counterfeit bank bills, or dies for altering bank bills : and a reward of twenty five dollars for each person convicted and sen tenced for uttering or passing counterfeit bank bills; said sums to be paid upon the presentation of the certificate of the Judge, or the prosecuting o ffi cer of the Court where such conviction shall be obtained—provided said counterfeits are on 'the Banks in New England. Suitable rewards will also be paid for the conviction and sentence of the makers of counterfeit coin, or of dies for the same, and for the uttering of such coin. The above are additional to any rewards offered by the State . , A LADY CHLORIFOREED AND ROBBED IN THE CARS.—Mrs. George B. Nichols, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was robbed a few nights ago on the Michigan Central Railroad, while on route for Galveston, Texas': She states that she and her son, aged about seven years, entered the sleeping car on Thursday and took a berth. She had with her $lOO in gold, which, for safe keeping, she had sewed inside of the bosom of her dross. A short time after she went in to tho' sleeping car she was attracted by the entrance of a fashionable dressed woman, who was so highly perfukned as to fill the car with her fragrance. This was the limit she remem bered until the conductor aroused her from her stupor to change cars, when she discover ed that her dross had been . cut open and her money stolen. la-Beware of the man who loves not music, flowers, and the crying of a child. ... Tau BuironsoNtrra or nurthists, COUNTY. ii ) tair —ln company with A friend, , e intently paid a vieitilei,Ut greakiniriosity. " theitnthra4te , coakregionAe hassling nin e °7r "it, is located in wlat iii,„___kisown":es the 0 u • vein" of the roan Mountain;, near • villige of Coal i a Oaa :- . i scene ry arourill'iliOnnim vilz: .lag 6 ' . 09 titil..# l d add -1 1 1 40 / W• whlto* ev 6 .. may turn, thelmktlarof steam eig; gi* c an e seen ascending, while their deep mu.%tionslAireak the stillness of the giant ountains. A hundred little brooks and riv ulets make music in the deep gorges and over the shining pebbles. Immense atineturoe, +Mit 'Of thither and blackened ' by 'the coal dust, tell of the enterprise of the operators, Whilethe,dusky cerintenences of the toil-worn ~iorpf.li*,r wittaiiii of llthii hi4s*y. Lftving the high road Which passes through Alliggeetlre wattthel• otifir . way Waiong • the mountain . wrge to the burningerune. ,A, well worn' path '1114166A the looility of the 'eurioE ity we were iapear . ch of, and following thir, voioen,eaw ;within range.of cialrekling Aden whW die Aift the'hiddeu Bre: 21.1fhirtlinIti= ing, with some difficulty, from the gorge to the summit of the mountain spur, heneath which the'detouring °lenient rages we came to Vie direct evidences of the magnitude of this eat terraninin fire. Immense holes were .formed in the mountain, funnel-ehaped, and about twenty feet in depth, where the surface of the earth had caved in upon the cavity formed by the fire. These extend in a line from the en trance to the mine, a distance of several him• tired yards, and present a most singular ap , pearance.. Around them the trees are killed by the vapors which continually arise in the form of steam, from this hidden laboratory.— The rocks and pebbles are colored with a sal-. phurons coating ofayellowish red hue. The earth over the - mine is loose and porous, being apparently disintegrated by the continual ac- _lion of the _hot air and steam which arises from the fire below, and by thrusting a stick into it the vapor will at once burst out. We cannot describe the sickening odor of this vapor. It is sulphurous, and there is a damp, stifling effluvia about it which is very nauseating. The steam which rises through the earth is only moderately warm, owing to the great depth of the fire. We lingered around the external evidences of this wonderful sub- - terranean combustion until we were sickened by its breath, and the odor of it hung about us for hours after wo had reached a purer at mosphere. At the outlet of the liurning mine there is a spring which is apparently fed from the neighborhood of these hidden fires. It is-im pregnated with sulphur and alum, and was for a time thought , to possess medicinal qualities. The temperatnre of the water a few months ago was quite warm, and appliances were erected for bathing. Invalids in search of health revelled in it, and drank it, but its vir tues would not appear, and now the bathtubs are broken and no health-seekers pay pil grimages to it.. AJaborer at the mines was kind enough t° clamber in the black hole where the waters were secreted, and procure us a cup full of it. We tasted it and were satisfied. It is certainly not very agreeable to the palate, and we imagine that much of its reputation; like that of some other medicines, arose from its disagreeableness. Creating the ravine which .here cuts deep into the Broad Mountain, wo were piloted to an old abandoned coal drift, from which now flows a small stream of dark looking water.— The stones, sticks, leaves and mud in the bot tom of this little rivulet are all eoated with a brilliant yellowish deposits, and small parti cles can be seen in this sparkling like gold.— We watt told that all this was caused by the sulphur and iron held-in solution by the wa ter. Our guide presented us with a cup of this-water, with the request that we would taste it. Wo did, and we can safely say that anything more disagreeable never yet owe within our experincee. It is very strongly impregnated with alum, and possesses all the astringent qualities of that substance. how it becomes so impregnated is a mystery to us, but itis evident that it flow! from a large de posits of this mineral salt. It may be that future explorations will develop a source of wealth in this region as yet undreamed of. This burning mine was ignited in the Win ter .0f..1838. - .c One "of the watchmen placed. a light near a prop, which caught fire, and soon all the woodwork was in flames, Prom the wood the fire was communicated to the coal, and since then has been burning incessantly. How much coal has been consumed in this score of years, can only be colijectured, but, certainly many thousand tons have been no oessary to feed the devouring element. A vein underneath that which is burning, is now worked. Several times the fire has been com municated to this vein, but it has been extin guished by filling the mine with water. At present there are no signs of fire in the lower vein, and the miners work without any diffi culty or apparent fear. We could not but think, however, that the labor of digging coal near six hundred feet below the earth's sur face, with a fire of twenty years' standing, covering acres of ground, above their heads, was not the most agreeable occupation is the world.—Potisroftle Mining Record. Romixav AND ATTEMPTLD MIIRDER.-A na tive of Bt. John, New Brunswick, named Welch, while spending a day at Bath, Maine, recently fell in company with a couple of mis erable rascals, who plied him with several doses of " extended," and then enticed him to a lonely spot, where tkky fell upon him, stripped him of his coat atittcap, and tried to take his vest, rifled his pantalopus pocket of his knife and about a dollar and a half in change—all the money he had—choked him by the handkerchief to stifle his cries, kinked him, and struck him a heavy blow upon the arm with a stone, and tried to'throw him into a pond. His screams brought severed persons to the spot, whereupon the robbers fled to the woods. They were watched so far as to pre vent their egress from the woods, and were finally arrested as they attempted to escape.. sarA young seamstress named Margaret Dickson, died last week, in Cincinnati from the prick of a needle, While at work she ac cidentally punctured the palm of her left hand with the needle, and although she experien ced acute pain, thought nothing of it at the time. She continued to work for a few days, but tho wound baffled surgical skill, and the poor girl died in tko greatest agony. . BUYING VOTES IN ENOLAND.—The Liverpool Times says that the disclosures now taking place at Wakefield and Gilducester show that electoral corruption there has been reduced to a science. A liberal registration agent for the last ten years testified that at the last election the price of votes varied from $5O to $75, and rose as high as $5OO. A COUPLE of fellows in Newark, made •fools of themselves a few days .since: One of them dreseed in female apparel, and the twain went to a Justice of the Peace and were mar ' -d. The parties ought to suffer for suchN‘a' yjo a. What a pity that the obligation can not be made binding upon them. LOCAL AFFAIRS. Aer• The Towltiroehtdlhevo decided to open tier learket house evory day, eettopt Sunday. , croLtraorp, AND . READING RAILROAD.— Ithe uottnwicinkil*hig Rillirted will be put ndor trowisitetaii the wadentand that the memben of the Good Will Pin Cowpony will attend the Presbyterian Chunk on Sunday evening neat. George MAIM of Phila= dolphin preaches every evening this week at the Presbyterian Church ; serrioes cosanseneing at seven o'clock. . ,COURT 1101:18E.—T6n eitisynn of Nortiaropicin county, particularly of gigaton, are orklut debating:oo suldeot of the 44 . hayr Coarthorum TWO MMES.—Four trains if coal oars came down over the Lehigh Valley Road on Friday, and running close together, thiy streohed out to the length et two miles. RELIOBOUB NOTICE.—The Rev. M. D. Kurtz of Easton will preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church / next Sabbath morning and evening. The public are affectionately_ invited. Iv.. Lauer's Algerian Well has now reached a dopth of 140$ feety and the drill is now working through a bed of -Tale° rook, Strong hopes of a bountiful supply of water are entertained. ACCIDNNT.—On Monday last, a German em ployee of the Allentown Iron Company, whose name wo have not ascertained, fell into a oar of oinder, badly burning both his legs and a portion of his body. DHOWNED.—On Thursday last a German basket. maker named Stump, fell of a boat into the canal at Beigfried's Bridge, and was drowned. His body was" shortly after recovered. He was about 70 years of age. LEIIIGII NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The Le high Coal and Navigation Company have declared a semi-annual Dividend of three per sent., or an &Mount equal to ono Dollar and fifty per share on their stock. DELAWARg DIVISION.—The water will not be taken from the DelirNare Civa *WI afront the 20th of December, end the looks and offices will be kept open the whole time between this and closing of navigation, both day and night. SENTENCED.--Jaeob Long and. Charles Icnerr, connoted at the last term of the Northampton Courts of forgery, were sentenced to an imprisonment of fifteen months in the PentltenUary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ALMOST A FIRE.—On Friday afternoon last, a curtain in Steckel's Ambrotype gallery in the third story of Breinies. new building immediately over the Reoiwria Office, was accidentally set on fire.— Happily, it was extinguished before it communicated with ether combustible matter near by. NEARLY FINISIIED.—The new Steamboat, building at the boat-yard of Mr. Thomas Bebop, near Easton, will be completed shortly, and will soon make a trial trip to Lambertsville. If the experi ence of the first trip shall justify the undertaking she will start on her first trip to port Jarvis. SHOP-LIFTERS SENTENOED.—The shop-lifters whose conviction we noticed in last week's issue, have been sentenced to two years and ten months solitary confinement in the Eastern Penitentiary. Their names are John Fox, alias Ignatius Fox, alias Gus tavus Franklin, Mary Baker, and Mary Altana. OUR NEW RECORDER.—Joseph Seem Esq., elected Recorder of Deeds at last fall's election; was sworn into offloe on Thursday last, December the let The newly elected Recorder will prove an efficient officer, and enters upon the discharge of the; duties of the office with the well-wishes of the members of all parties, A Mir EIPITRPRISE.—A meting of the citi zens of Pottstown, Pa, was held on Saturday even ing last to consider' the fensibflity of erecting a building for the manufacture of cotton goods. A committee was appointed for the purpose of devising plans to give life to the project, and to seems the co operation of the citizens generally. - Zig-Professor nerds, as Will be seen by an adver tisoment.in another column, now osnies on Shaving, Shampooning £O., at three differ ent saloons in the , borough. The Professor seems determined to Garry on the business of his profusion secendsms erten; and increasing patronage evidences growing popular favor. ' Petersonew Lediee Haticutal Magazine for January is 'alrhedy out, and is one of the most splendid Mr gallica we have era seen. It is beau tifully ebibelliehed with ins steel engravings of ' , Little Red Riding Hood," add "Blind Man's Buff," which . are at least worth the price of the num her. This Magazine is published for $2 per annoM —all others of any pretensions are $3 a year. THE WEATHER.—During the lut week the weather in mildness almost rivalled the Indian Bum. mer. On Friday night the weather suddenly be oame very oold and on „Eatarday night, we were visited with a snow-storm, slightly mix wit hail. Whilet going to press, the fallen snow fast ang- Ing.into alash, giving ample promise of any quan tity of mud. ACCIDENT.—Nathan Frederick of Allentown, in assisting to lower a log from a wagon at the grounds of• the Rolling Mill, near the Allentown Iron Works, a few days since, was struck on the breast by a lever in his band, throwing him a distance of some ten feet into a heap of stone. Fore. was given to the lover by the falling of the log. Mr. Frederick Was considerably braised, and the wonder is, that he escaped with his life. • CHESS PLAYING.—The chess players of Manch Chunk and Allentown have lately been playing sev eral friendly games of chess per telegraph. On Mon day evening a week sine. the Mauch Chunk play er' were victorious. On Thursday of last week and Monday evening of this week the Allentown players won. Messrs Huard, Wilbour and Taylor repre sented Mauch Chunk and Messrs Ettinger end Bar ber repreeenteil Allentown. ROBBERRY AT BETHLEHEM.—One night last week, Mates the Easton Sentinel, some scamp burglarionsly entered the residence of Robert Sayre, Esq., at Bethtehom, and worked his way into Mr. S.'s sleeping apartment, without disturbing any of the family, put out the light that had been burning, and then carried away his gold watch and panta loons, in the pocket of whloh was his pocket book, containing.an amount of money and valuable papers. Rather a bold step, to be aucceesful in often." ACCIDENT.—D . anioI Backman, a young mmv of the ago of nit:totem year reading in Lynn town ship, Lehigh minty, en Monday of last week; mot with no amidept which might have proved (um._ In iniadlin& • pistol, loaded • with, buck ehdk,• Me Tama was anidentally disoliarged,•and a part Of the contents paired! thank his bat, and one budk Alt took offeot fie Me Mei*. Mr. Bacnatan is rapidly recovering film his injuries. • COUNTERFEITS:Eta—it number of stranger** made their appearance in our borough on Thureti n af bud, and during a brief stay passed off a number of counterfeit bank His on some' of our taerohants...- - 'fbe bills were counterfeits on the Ocean Bank of Breoldyn. Search was made for the counterfeiters the felt day, but they bad alreadudisappearad. In , an exchange we notico that a cumber of counter feiters a short time since made their appearance et Lambertsville, N. J., and passed counterfeits on some Boston Bank.. BOY LOST:—The Beading papers contain an ad. vertisement of MAL Joanna Porr, asking for inform. ation inreferenoe to a son of hers, of the ago 'of twenty. years, by the name of Daniel, who has been missing for Nome time. He left his home in ReadinZ on the 18th of October last, and was seen a week afterwirds in Pottsville, but has not since been heard eff. He is somewhat week in intellect, and it is feared that some harm may have bethllen Any information in relation to him will be gladly received by hie widowed mother. LOCAL dfir N SPAPBRS.—The local newspa • pot ebould e ncouraged by every member of the community re it is printed. AU should aim to strengthen and improve it by their contributions io cash, local items, and everything else which can in. sure the prosperity or promote its -usefulness.-- , Brfog in your names, take every occasion to furnish for its columns rush items of local news as yoti think would be acceptable, and find your reward in your own improved interests, which are always to a greater or less extent connected with a healthy and well-conducted lapel newspaper. ACTNDENT.—On Saturday morning last an sled- , dent occurred at theroistMery of, Mr. Jaeob,Sebroi ber along the Lehigh river, North Whitehall town- , ship, which might have proven very revere in its consequences. The bottom of the still, a tub need in the distillery process for boiling the beer, in order to pass off the alcohol in the shape of vapor, gave way and Peter Schreiber, a son, and an em ployee by the name of Butcher were badly Scalded. The injuries extended over a greater portion of the bodies of each, but we are pleased to learn, that the injeres are not fatal. THEPT.Thiary Batik cottanonly known as Pony Savitz, and who has already served' an apprentice ship in the Penitentiary for larceny, was committed to the County Jail on Saturday night last on the charge of theft. It eeome that about eight o'clock in the evening he took an over-eoat whkih was hanging out in front of the clothing batablishment of Messrs. Sohnureman it Newhard. He was found the same evening safely lodged in bed at home with hli better half, Katie Fritz, whom he lately Laza/led and the over-coat found in his possession, Savits two weeks since attempted to carry of . a Coat front the clothing establishment of Messrs. Nene! .fk Breinig, but several persons at the time leasing close on his heels, the coat was dropped on the pavement. Elamite's propensity to steal would seem to be incontrollable.. BURGLARIES IN HAMBURG.--.The &bac/- post informs us that on Thursday night, the 24th ult., the More of Messrs. D. S. Emu b Co., in Ham burg, was broken into and robbed of goods to the value of ahout s3ol!fr. Among the articles stolen wore 36 yards of biaek drees-silk, six colored silk dross-patterns ; silk handkerchiefs, a box of buckskin gloves / diamond glass cutter, several pair of boots,' linen-table clothe, and all the small change in the money drawer. The burglars gained an entrance into the Store by breaking open the cellar door. During the same night; the Clothing Store of Mr. Isaac Mandelbaum; was robbed of a lot of Clothing to the value sso,.doubtless by the same parties.— They also got into the cellar of the store of Messrs. H. R. Seholleaberger s but were scared away by the barking of a dog in the Store-room. The .apposed &Wears, three suspicious looking men, who had been seen wandering about Hamburg on the day previous to these,burglaries, were arrest last Saturday in Pottsville, with the stolen goods in their possession. They were committed to the SeheyThill Comity FriliOni to answer for the °t hem. • . A PARALLEL.—It is a singular feet, that in the life of great men, there are striking coineldences.— In great events there is likewise a striking similari ty as to some details, however dissimilar the whole. The recent -charge of a sentry at Charlestown, Virginia, upon an innocent cow, mistaken for a•lurk ing foe, reminds us of a similar incident in the well known Fries' rebellion, which transpired in our own midst. ' It would seem that in the rebellitin, several Cavalry Companies were quartered on the Market Square of our borough, and that, to provide for the horses, a load of 'hay had boon brought to the quar ters, and stored over night on the wagon en the. square. The sentinel•on guard for the night, seeing some supposed person to approach in the darkness of the night, demanded the pass-word. No reply was given. The supposed enemy was fired on and instantly killed, and on investigation was found to be an individual of the bovine species belonging to Mr. Newhard of the vicinity, quietly in marsh of the bay provided for the Cavalry. We undestand that this was the the only blood spilled in the fa mous rebellion. The cow at Charleston was fired on, but we have not learned that the innocent crea ture was the sufferer. INTERESSING NARRATIVE.—We were per mitted to look at a letter received by James Derr, of our borough, written by his brother, R. Franklin Derr, of Carey, Ohio, giving the following interesting narrative :—Thirty-four years ago a family, by the name of Drayton, living in Ohio, missed a young son. An older brother had gone out in the woods in march of the cows with a younger brother, who, growing tired, sat down on a log. On the return Of the older brother, the younger was missing. It ap pears that be had been taken off to Canada by a party of Indian., who sold him subsequently to a tribe of 'lndians in Illinois, wham he was'taken to the Duggan Possessions. The Indians were in• the habit of going annually to St. Paul for the purpose of trading with the swhites. On One of their-annual visits come person remarked to the captured whiteman that he did not look like the rest of his tribe. Upon inqUiry ha ascertained from the Indians the circum stance of his capture, of which he had been ignorant before, haying no recollection of his early friends.—.: De proceeded to pleveland, advertised the hots and soon found his-rCatiees and friends. The miming man had married a squaw, by whom he bad two children, and acquired the habits of the 'name, eating raw beef, and sleeping on the floor, stating that a bed: made him too tired. Our narrator states in his letter that the return of the white man after no long an absence made quite a commotion in the community. •
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