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OLILENTOWN, PA.
InDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1860.
PETER C. HUBER & JOHN H. OLIVER,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
TO ADVERTISERS
THE “LEHIGH REGISTER" HAS A LANGER
-CIRCULATION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED
THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN
THE COUNTY.
PEOPLE'S STATE CONVENTIO
The Gitiseas of Pennsylvania, who are op
to the principles and measures of the prom
tional Administration, and to the eltion of re
office who sustain those principles a Ad meant
minuted ti meet in their respeetive'Countie
to Elect Delegate& equal In number t their
seatatives in the General Assembly, to a PEOi
STATE CONVENTION, to be held at II
BURG, on
Wednesday, February 22d, 18
at 1 1 2 M., to indleatelheir choice for the flex
deny, nominate a candidate for Governor,
Rigatoni Ticket, appoint Senatorial, and to d
the time knd mode of electing District Dale,
the National Convention, and to transact an ,
buglinga as nay be deemed necessary to ens
Geis •4 the General Bleotion. LEVI
Chairman People's Exeouti
';'-..11pM/th CONGRESS.
JANUARY 9.—Tn the Senate Mr. 7:erson,
(Dem.) of Georgia, made a lengthy peech,
stating that he could not support Judg Dou- '
glai,for-the Presidency, although standhg on
the,Oinoinnati platform, that Douglas bd for
feitedcki all the confidence of the party W his
courle on the Lecompton Constitution, IS the
dooirine of squatter sovereignty was m edan
gerous than the Wilmot proviso, that . for
Seward had enunciated a great truism the
" irrepressible conflict doctrine" of hie R es-
ter speech, and that if the South undertoo\ t o
dissolve the Union, Northern men, who wild
undertake to preserve the Union, woulde
hung like dogs, if they were to come Soutli.
In the House of Representatives a ballot fe, \
Speaker resulted as follows :
Whole number of votes,
Necessary to a choice,
Sherman, (Rep.) -
Hamilton, (Dem.) - -
Gilmer, (South. American,) -
Balance scattering. •
JANUARY 10.—In the Senate Mr. Green,
(Dem.) of Missouri, made lengthy speech,
denouncing Douglas, and popular sovereignty,
arguing that slavery is national, and free
dom local and exceptional, that Congress 'has
power to revise all laws passed by a territorial
legislature, that slavery is entitled to protec
tion in. the territories, and that neither Con
grerA nor the territories can interfere with its
existence.
In the House Mr. Gartrell, (Dem.) of Geor.
gin, diagourged himself of a illiunion speech
John Hickman of Pennsylimitia, (Anti-Le
compten Dem.) in reply stated that in the
North there were eighteen millions of freemen
to ;orwsh any efforts at disunion. No ballot
for Speaker.
JANUARY 11.—In the Senate, Senator Green
continued his remarks, to which Senator Pugh
of Ohio responded, defending Judge Douglas.
In the House, Mr. Scranton, (Rep.) of Penn
sylvania, made a lengthy speech, asserting
,thdt. the people of the North were the warm
suidloyalfriends of the Union. Mr. Campbell,
(Rep.) of Pennsylvania followed in a similar
strain, stating that ho voted for Sherman ba
tonse he believed him the warm friend of a
protective tariff. A ballot for speaker resu
-ed es follows :
Necessary to a choice,
Sherman, - -
Hamilton, - -
Gilmer, - -
Balance scattering.
On another ballot Sherman received 106
votes, and Hamilton 75.
JANUARY 12.—1 n the Senate a lengthy and
bitter discussion was participated in by Mr.
Green of Missouri,rpavis of Mississippi, Pugh
of Ohio, and Douglas of Illinois, involving the
consistency of Senator Douglas on the question
of slavery in the Territories. Judge Douglas,
who advocates the doctrine that a Territorial
Legislature has a right to abolish slavery, is
not considered orthodox by his Democratic
brethren, and is sustained by Senator Pugh
alone. Almost all the J)emocrate of the Sen
ate advocate the doctrine that slavery ex
ists in all the Territories, and that there is no
power to prohibit it until the formation of a
State. The debate was not participated in by
the Republicans.
In the House a personal difficulty occurred
between Messrs Hoskin and Clark (Anti-Le
eompton Democrats) of New York,, in which
Mr. Hoskin accidentally dropied a pistol. A
scone of confusion ensued, whichi*as finally
. quieted by the Sergeant at Arms. The acci
dental dropping of the pistol was explained,
the parties apologized and the house adjourn
ed without a ballot for Speaker.
JANUARY 13. The Senate not in session.
In the House, Mr. Bingham, (Rep.) of Ohio,
milled the attention of Mr. Smith, (Dom.) of
Virginia, to extracts in Helper's book, showing
the opinions entertained by Washington, Jef
fereon and other fathers of the Revolution on
the enbject of Slavery. Mr. Smith replied that
he had nothing to do with their opinions and
• t many of them were false in philosophy
Mr. Pennington, (Rep.) of New
the plurality rule, but was op
...mate. Adjourned without
• PEINEISYLVreS. LEGISLATURE.
JANUARY Q. , Senate, sundry
tionellabl Vresented one from
thA ibltizens et 13Ucke County, 'praying for the
abolition oftbe 4fice, of County ftpeiinteliAent
of Compdm &bait. The gill
and
at the
last ei4sion o,f It heislatae and vetoed by the
GOYCItOr 'river° considereil, and the vetoes sus
pined. The President announced the stand
ing Committees of the Senate for the session.
The llonse not in session.
JANUARY 10. In tho Se e, a, large num
ber of bills of a 1 c erector were presented.
and referred. r. Irish presented resolutions
approving of the course of the Republicans of
the National House of Representatives in their
votes for Speaker. -
In'the House, the President announced the •
standing committees for the session. A num
ber of bills of a local character were read in
.posed
t If ci
.on to
place. Mr. Lawrence of Washington intro
duced resolutions, disapproving of the course
of the Democracy in the organization of the
House of Representatiles at Washington.
pa, are
, and
epre-
LE'S
RIS-
JANUARY 11. In the Senate, resolutions ap
proving of the course of the Republicans in the
organization of the House after a long debate,
were passed. Resolutions of Judge Bell, re
commending a temporary organization of the
House of Representatives, were reported hack
by the committee, to which they had been re
ferred, with a negative recommendation.
In the House, a bill was passed, incorporating
the House for the Moral Reform and Educa
tion of Destitute Colored children. A number
of local bills presented.
JANUARY 12.—1 n the Senate after the read
ing of a number of local bills, the Senate took
up the consideration of the following resolu
tions
relative to the organization of the House'
of Representatives at Washington.
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Rep
resentative, (Pe. ' That the firm and dignified
course pursued by the Representatives in Con
gress
from Pennsylvania, who have opposed
the present faithless and corrupt National Ad
ministration, in the protracted contest in ref-'
erenee to the election of a Speaker ; their pa-1
triotic and steadfast determination to perform'
their duty, as manifested in their continued
efforts to secure an organization of the House
without delay, and in such a manner as to ex
pose the malpractices of the Administration,
protect the industrial interests of the country,
and guard the freedom ut the Territories, and
the rights and Union °Nile States ; and the
wise forbearance with which they have refrain
ed from engaging in exciting and angry dis
`misions, while the pledgce. of the Government
k.main unredeemed,
.and her honest creditors
e suffering, merits the most cordial approval
d this General Assembly and the people of
tlit Commonwealth.
esolved, That Pennsylvania renmins, its
AN , faithful and true to te Constitution and
iheo t , and determined that hey shall he main
taiM ; that the trettsona le threats of dis
\i
UniU uttered by the adheri is of the present
Natinal Administration, ml the floor of Con
gressvill not deter her potle from the ex
presstii of their political view, and the proper
proteebn of her interests, bat will be treated
with to utmost contempt ail scorn, while
any at tpt to carry such thretts into execu
tion wt be met by her most letermined re
sistance
In th House a number of lo 1;1 bills con
sidered.
' JANUA ' 13.—The Senate resp •ed to enter
into joint salon with the House, n Monday
the 10th i at., for the purpose of electing a
State Trees rer. The resolutionsl: ) ative to
the organitaf Ron of the House of resenttt
fives were pasted on third reading. :\
In the Roma number of local bind read in
place. The reelutions passed in the Senate
upon the subjectiof the organization lof Con
gress were receivtl and passed.
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Irm an
ignate
tee to
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Who are responOle for the Disorganiza
tion otCongress. •
The House of Roresentatives have now
spent a month and aialf without having ac
complished the first sap toward legislative ac
tion—the election of [Speaker. The Repulh
cans have presented d undivided and,unwak
ering front, and their andidate lacks but three
of a majority. The Itmocracy have been di
videidamong themselss, and after their best
efforts to effect a umn with the Southern
Americans, could not-each a majority within
twenty votes. Mr. Holtman of Pennsylvania
has steadily presSed to plurality rule, under
the operation of whit theliouse could be or
ganized and proceed r legislation. This -has
been steadily opposedby a Democratic minor
ity. A number of he Republicans of New
Jersey and Pennsylvmia in voting on several
ballots for Mr. Gilmer, a Southern American
and warm friend of protective tariff, have
shown their willingmss to forego their own
predilections, for the purpose of effecting an
organization. This, iowever, the Democracy
will riot do. They, despicable minority as they
are, are net only °proceed to a Republican, but
they must have the majority succumb to them
and vote for an Administration, free-trade, Lo
comptol Democrat. This, we think, is asking
entirely too much. The Country needs legis
lation. The Government owes mail contrac
tors, and they should he paid. A number
have been already ruined and many more will
be ruined, if they aro not speedily paid. So
fares our party interests are concerned, we
are perfectly satisfied that the Democrats
should preVent an organization fur months to
. Disunion speeches in Congress by
/emecratic politicians are but so much political
capital in tradefor Republicans. Our strength
is constantly increasing. Still we regard the
interests of the County as paramont to the in
terests of party, and therefore earnestly wish
for a speedy organization of the House.
111
108
81
19
of the Sout h.
omarked in • the Uni
one year's crop of
t purchase the whole
We see, that he has
by stating that he
en crop of Georgia.
arms Pennsylvania
well that the correc
t the following sta.-
.n crop of Georgia
e than $20,000,000.
and personal proper
valued at $729,144,-
he manufacturing, min
a at $155,044.91, and
of agricultural articles
worth at least twice as
orop of Georgia. The
tiring the hist year in our
estimated to fall but little
tp Baltimore Patriot, in a
onmee ite preference for
as a national Union
come
OUR .ASSEM nixm A N.—From ' the proceeding.
of the Legislature at Harrisburg, to be, found
in the Legislative Record, we are pleased to
learn that our Assemblyman,' Samuel J. Kist
ler, Esq., is constantly at his post. The peo
ple of the County need not be assured that
they have elected an honest, intelligent, indus
trious and economical Legislator. Such he
luo been known to belong ere the people elect
ed him as their representative at Harrisburg.
We notice that in several questions involving
expense to the State, the vote of Mr. Kistler
has been constantly on the side of economy.
OUR FIRST PAGE.—We call the attention of
our readers to tho original matter on our first
page. The letters of our Washington Corres
pondent are highly interesting and instructive.
The debate in .the House of Representatives
gave Messrs Campbell and Covode of Pennsyl
vania a fine opportunity to show the hollowness
of the tariff pretenses of tke Democratic party.
We request all to read the extracts from the
debate, in order' to know on whom rests the
responsibility of the tariff of 1857. •
MAJOR Sen WARTZ.—We are pleased to learn,
that Major Schwartz, Congressman from Borke
county, who for awhile was so indisposed, as
to be unable to attend the sessions of .the
House of Representatives, is better, and bas
resumed his seat in Congress, lie still con
tinues to vote for Sherman.
A • VOICE iitOlik Tiffi
From :Re ..15t7;sre'Patriot.]
OSITION. CONVENTION.
A National. Opposition Convention; embra
cing Republicans.
Members of the People's Party of . Pennsyl
vania,
Members of thb Opposition. Party of New
Jersey,
And all others,
who are willing to coo-operate in support of the
candidates, then and there to be nominated
for President and Vice President, has been of
ficially called to" assemble at Chicago on the
13th of June, 1800. Two delegates from each
Congressional District, and four from the State
at large, are to constitute the representation.
The basis on which this Convention is call
ed, according to the terms of the notification,
is, Opposition ;
1. To the policy of the present Administra
tion ;
2. To Federal corruption and usurpation ;
3. To the extension of slavery in the 'terri
tories;
4. To the now and dangerous political doc
trine that the Constitution, of its own force,
carries slavery into all Territories of the Uni
ted States ;
5. To the re-opening of the African Slave
Trade ;
G. To any inequality of rights among citi
zens'
•
7. And who are in favor of the immediate
admission of Kansas under the constitution
recently adopted by its people ;
.8. Of restoring the Federal Administration
to a system of rigid economy, and to the prin
ciples of Washington and Jefferson ;
9. Of maintaining inviolate the rights of the
States, and defending the soil of.every State
and Territory from lawless invasion ;
10. And of preserving the integrity of the
Union, and the supremacy of the constitution
and laws passed in pursuance thereof, against
the conspiracy of the leaders of a sectional
party to resist the majority principle as estab
lished by this Government, even at the expense
of its existence." -
The first ground of opposition, it seems to
us, would have been all sufficient, and had we
had the authority, we would have limited the
call to this comprehensive propositton, for it is
broad enough to combine all the elements of
hostility to the ruling dynasty, whiclrVis a lit
tle more than an expression in itself of every
conceivable sort of mal-administration and
heresy against the Constitution and our insti
tutions ns established by the fathers. 13 ut ns
the authors of the call have deemed it wise to
amplify somewhat, let us look into these spe
cifications, and see what they really mean.
Everybody will understand the first and sec
ond specifications. Open and unblushing cor
ruptions and usurpations eunstitute the very
existence of the Administration policy, and
the only way to save our institutions from posi
tive and final destruction is to drive the dy
nasty out of power .with a universal shout of
indignation. It has earned the wages of po
litical sin, und nothing remains but to discharge
the obligation. Let it be consigned speedily
to the political death that it merits.
The third and fourth propositions, it will be
seen, embrace good old Henry Clay Whig doe
trines on this subject. lie was utterly oppos
ed to the extension of slavery into free Terri
tories, and said, he would see his right arm
drop front his shoulder, before he would lift
it in support of any such policy. And though
the Black heresy that the Constitution plants
slavery by its own inherent power in the Ter
ritories, had not yet reared its black head dis
tinctly above the horizon, yet Mr. Clay fore
saw it and met it On a hundred occasions, in
his public speeches directly and indirectly,
with withering denunciations and irresistable
demonstrations of its unsoundness. But we
are content to rest the fallacy of this outrage
ous doctrine upon the Hon: Reverdy Johnson's
recent arguments against it: Inspired with
the principles of the great American master
political economy, at whose feet he sat for so
many years, with such eminent distinction to
himself and his teacher, he leaves the heretic
the head of the government, and his Attor
i,ey Black, not an inch of ground to stand
Or Well may the Chicago Oppositiouists
ca, for a union, in support of these indestruc
tible principles. We know of no Opposition
the whole country who will refuse to
these propositions.
EMB
eustal
The
lath specification is one that every
citizen ought to approve•by his vote
ts. It is a timely assertion or the
ry foreign-born citizen to be pro
e whole power of the tlovernment,
ance'to return to the country of
hen he is traveling abroad. lie
as much protection as the na
1, for he how been made a citi
rvation. No more shameful
ve hope, will ever emanate
Xtrtment, lot the Secretary
tore must be no more in
of citizens, when they
must either as-
=
and his a
right of e.
tested by
should he t?
his birth, or
is entitled ti\
tiro born eitiv, ,
zen without re
Leclerc Leiters,
from the State 1P
be who he may.
equality in the right
aro in foreign countril
sort the entire right et
himself from military
political duty, or current
to our'naturalized citizens
this subject; and this issu
made next fall. ,
No man opposed to the cc.
Washington, can be so perven,
to the proposition against revive
slave trade, or that in favor of 4
ens, and getting her out, of the
for bringing back the Government
of honesty and rigid economy. I
any such nm, he ought to go ov
enemy at once.
The ninth specification is a bold asse 'on of
Governor WlRO'Bextreme doctrine on tin sub
ject, and the party or parties that will Ind
by this resolution cannot fail to win th
spect, if . not the support, of even South
tire-eaters. • This is marching straight up
the requirements, which from day to clay vie
have been pointing out as necessary to the
preservation of our inter-state relations. Mr.
Buchanan can see no power in the Constitu
tion to authorize him to put a stop to lawless
invasions of the State and Territories, except
upon terms, the execution of which is almost
impossible. The Chicago Oppositionists pro
pose to inaugurate the exercise of this power
as a constitutional one, which it is the duty of
the President to resort to whenever the occa
sion arises, let the invasion come from what
quarter it may. We aro glad to see that our
Northern brethren stand upon no idle dis
tinctions.
The tenth proposition is well taken. It
meets a new state of things. It strikes .right
at the root of Abolitionism, that spits upon
the Constitution and refuses to bow to the
will of majorities. It deals a death blow to
the conspiracies of that disunionism which has
found Some forty 'advocates on the floor of Con
gress within the present month. Every Union
ist' every where will not fail-to welcome this
expression ) of hostility to such a revolutionary
spirit from the Northern.and Western opposi
tion parties. It can be . resp9nded to by the
whole Southean opposition aisouild doctrine.
Though the ball of this Convention waa
made by the Iteiniblican.Naticinal Committee;
it must not he fdrgottem that the extension of
the invittitim to,the °Aker two parties men
tioned
by name Was made at the express de
sire Of their representatives: in Congress, so
that in thus opening the do 4 to thege parties,
as Well as to all others who may be willing to
so-operate upon the basis set forth, the conven
tion divests itself of an exclusively Republi
cans cast, and becoMes to that extent d Na
tional Opposition one. It remains to be i seen
how the invitation will be responded to.
One of the most weighty reasons, we apple
end, why the Democrats of the House ef Rep
•esentatiYes refuse to permit an organization,
is that they are unwilling that Kansas should
be admitted into the Union before the Presi
dential election. Therenson, of course, is not
avowed, hut is none the less real. Kansas has,
it is estimated, a population of one hundred
ionsand, more than enough to entitle her to
a representative in Congress. Oregon, which is.
Democraric, Lad at the time of her admission
at the last session of Congress, a population of
but forty thousand. The people of Kansas
have adopted a Constitution, and as to its he
irig a fair expression of the popular will their
cannot be a particle of doubt. If admitted, the
Republicans would gain two new Senators,
one Congressman, and the State would cast
three votes for the Republican nominee for the
Presidency. All this is well understood, and
hence they desire to keep Kansas out of the
Union if possible, altho . ugh the Democracy were
ever so ready to admit her under the accused Le
compton Constitution, which subsequent elec
tions have shoWn to have been obnoxious to a
majority of her citizens, They suppose, how
ever, that if Congress is not organized until a
late. period, the session will be necessarily
spent in the consideration of other matters and
they will not be compelled to assume the re-.
sponsibility before the people of saying no to
the petition of the people of Kansas, praying
for admission into the Union. We trust, how
ever, that the Republicans of both Houses of
Congress will compel them to face the issini
and either to say yes or no to this qustion, and
if they do say no, we will find out next fall,
I what the people of the country will say as to
k their action.
Notwithstanding the effort made by South
ern Disunionists to weaken the ties of the Union.
by establishing mm-intereourse between the
North and South, we find that the trade of the
South with the North has not been much af
fected, 115 will be seen from the following ex
tract from the New York Tribune. Men hi
business transactions will consult their own in
terests, and purchase where they can buy at
the lowest rates. It was recently reported by
the New York Herald that the Stewarts of
Now York in consequence of the diminution of
the Southern trade were compelled to dis
charge forty of their clerks. The truth is
found to he that they were compelled to dis
charge a number of clerks in their retail depart
ment, but that in their wholesale department,
where the loss of Southern trade would at once
be felt, it was found necssary to increase the
number of clerks. The talk about the loss of
Southern trade is nonsense, and at any rate, as
Northern men, we rebel against being starved
into the advocacy of principles, our eonseien
vies condemn.
MORE FREICIVr TO THE SOITTII This \V INTER
, N EVER lIEFORE. — ThC Central Railroad of
t, running from Savannah to Macon,
connelag at Savannah with a tri-weekly line
of steamships to New York, is the grand frieght
carrying road of the South, and would he the
first to feel a fallingoffof trade with New York.
The year ending Dee, 1, 1856, showed an un
paralleled 'success, the nettearnings being near
-I,y 25 per cent on the capital. The month of
December, 1859, shows an increase of receipt
over the corresponding month of the preceding
year of $25.000 ; and the business of the month
ofJanuary, thus far, maintains the 'same ad
vance. We believe the Southern steamers never
did a better winter buisiness than they are
now doing. A new additional steamer is near
ly ready to take her piace in the Savannah line.
—N. Y. Tribune.
STATE TREASURER. - A CIIIICII6 of opposition
members of the Senate and Assembly at Har
risburg, last week, nominated Mr. Eli Slifer,
as candidate for State Treasurer. The action
of the caucus was ratified by a joint session of
the Legislature, on Monday last. Mr. Slifer
has served as State Treasurer for two terms,
and has given general satisfaction to the pub-
lib as an officer. In his blinds we can .rest as
sured, that the finances of the State will be
properly eared for. It is a note-worthy fact,
that although in our State the amount of bail
given by the State Treasurer is not near equal
to the amount of his liabilities, there has been
no case of defalcation, us has been the ease in
a number of States.
threigner to absolve
legiance, which is a
at once. Justice
SINGULAR CASE.—The homer ( Indiana) Raid
publishes, on what is represented as good au
thority, the following singular case:
Last fall a young lady living near Burleson,
Texas, was gathering pears near night, when
something bit or stung her foot. She says it
was a snake, but she did not see it. Sometime
afterwards it began to affect her ; she began to
have fits at about sundown, lasting sOmetimes
a part, and at other times, all night. Her eves
protrude and look like bursting out, and ;Ile
begs those around her to push them back.
During the fit she puts herself in every possible
attitude, often .trying to bite, herself, darting
out her tongue, and mimicking a snake in va
rious ways, and generally perseveres until she
bites herself. She has not eaten anything for
twenty-eight days, and has 'lost the use of one
arm, leg, and one side.
domande action on
•
k hould be broadly
upt dynasty at
as to disagree
the African
Kau
; or that
a system
there be
KANSAS
Southern Trade
- -
COUNTY TREASURIES LEVIED ox. = The comi
ty treasuries of Washington and Lawrence
counties, in the State of Pennsylvania, have
been levied on by Deputy united States Mar
shal Dougherty, of Pittsburg, in pursuance of
executions issued out of the Irnited . States
!curt, on; udgments rendered in favor of for
st
rti creditors for the amount of interest due
o coupons bonds issued by those counties to
ce ain railroads. The legal effect of these pro
ccelings is to lock up these treasuries against
all paid h e a r d c la th in a n a t a s
a t l i i n a t g i l
r tl e i v e a s n e
a j e u d a g a m ,
s e t n i t; are
ap
plied their payment under a penalty of con
tempt case, of refusal on the part of the ME
cers.to c mply with the order of court.
--
PRICES r PRODUCE IN N. Y.—Flour sold on
Wednesd4 atss.2o to $5.50 per barrel forcom
mon to oxtrg. state ; $5.20 to 0.50 for common to
extraWeste; $5.50 to $7.50 for extra . Genesee;
$5 to $7.50 extra St. Louis. Rye flour, $3.75
to $4.40 ; cor meal, i c \
$3.90 to 4.20. Wheat—
Sold at prices f previous week,sl to $1.45 per
bushel, accori'ng to quality ; rye, 92 cents ;
oat& 40 to 4 cents; corn, 85 to 03 cents.
lops-8 to 18 outs per pound for inferior to
prime. Mess Ork, $1h.37 ; prime, $11.75 ;
prime mess, $1.5 1 t0 $l6. Country mess beef,
$5 to $5.50 ; comtry prime, $4 to $4.50 • '
re
packed Western,s9 to $lO ; extra moss, $1..60
to $ll.
s et- The ORposition members of the Ten
nessee Legislat re have nominated the Hon.
John Bell gni a ndidate for the Presidency.
Our Washington Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 , 4
" Has . . the House organized !" "%bid
they elect.a speaker to-day V' and similar
'remarks, are about all one hears here, froth ,
morning till nig,ht ; and this is•not confined'
to those. most intimately interested, but is
the common conversation all over the city
—in • the hotels, in the .Avorkshopp, in the
parlors and drawing rooms,
,and cveri
among the servants. And the reason is
obvious--the people of this city are almost
entirely dependent upon the Government
for their ver,y sustenaneff, and hence th em e
deep and alr ptirvailing anxiety. The ap
propriations have all run , out long since,
and the clerks of the various Departments
of Government, and almost everyone else
have been buying on credit for' the last
year. Consequently everybody is in debt•
to everybody, arid all are anxiously await
ing that long hoped for and (to them) joy
tut event, the ' election of a speaker, and
the passage of the appropriation and defi
ciency bills.
Every day makes the fact more. clear
that no one but a Reptiblican can be elect
ed Speaker, and that man will be none
other than John Sherman. When that
event will transpire I am nut prepared to
say. But the longer the factious Democra
cy choose to postpone, t h e more glorious
will be the victory of the Republicans.—
But the plurality rule must be adopted be
fore any person can be elected.
For the last few days some of the more ,
miiderate southern men have been trying
to get Missouri Clark, (or bull-dog Clark,
as he is familiarly called here,) to withdraw
his resolution declaring any one who . had
indorsed Helper's book unfit to be Speaker
—but he shows no disposition to do li
that resolution is withdrawn Mr. Sherman
will define his position fully and unequivo•
cally ; but unless it is withdrawn it would
not be proper for Mr. Sherman to do so,
because the resolution is regarded as a
menace and insult to the Republicans.
The apparent calm that has seemed to
pervade the Democratic camp for a while
past bids fair to burst out into a storm to
rage ere long with increased fury. Already
we See' lowering clouds hovering o'er the
devoted heads of the followers of a shad
ow, from whom the substance has long
since departed. Democracy is a reality,
and it will yet triumph. but not until those
who " have stolen the livery of heaven, to
serve the devil in " have been hurled from
power by,an indignant people. Ah, yes:
those who have so often deceived the peo
ple can even now take to heart the words :
" The past lives o'er again
In its effects, and to the guilty spirit
The over-frowning present is its imago."
On Thursday there was a sharp debate in
the Senate between Messrs. Douglass and
Pugh, on one side, and Green and Jeff.
Davis on the other. Each party read the:
other out of the Democratic ranks. This,
added to the reports of the proceedings of
ihe Democratic conventions of Indiana,
Kentucky, and,Alabama, brings one to the
conviction that the "irrepressible conflict
has broken out in earliest in the Demo
cratic camp. But mark my word, this is
only a precursor of the storm that, is brew
ing:.
The solid Republican phalanx in the
House of Representatives bids defiance to
all the fierce assaults of the slave Democ
racy. Notwithstanding the superhuman•
efforts of the enemy and the intertwining
of pretended friends, the Republicans will
stand firmly by John Sherman until he ds
either elected or defeated. The Democrats
have tried every effort that the imagination
of man can invent to defeat him. At one
time they will down un their knees
(they ought to do that much oftener, fur
they have many sins to answer tor) and
beg the " miserable Know Nothings," as
they used to stigmatize them in time past,
to save them " from the wrath to come"—
and then again'(in a spirit of self-denying
patriotism) they will make a dash and vote
for some member of the Know Nothing
order who they think they can ace to fluffi
er their own purposes. Of course not fbr
a titan like Gilmer, or 'Etheridge, because
'they are men of stability, of character and
sound political characteristics.
It is truly a noble sight to see the Re
publican members sitting there in the
House of Representatives, so lirhi in their
convictions of right, unmoved by all the
fierce and unscrupulous denunciations of
the fire-eating democrats—a noble con
trast to the fiery assaults of their opponents.
Their lips are closed, except to protest
against' the wasting of time in making long
speeches, instead of proceeding to ballot
for speaker. Sometimes duty calls one of
them tip singly in defense of truth, and
nobly does he vindicate the cause of truth
and justice against the assaults of error
and wrong. But "the noblest Roman of
them all" is John Sherman ; against him
are leveled the poisonedshafts of error,
(under the assumed garb of truth ;) they
charge him, mad ravings, with all that is
base and despicable. But if - exposed to
the wrath ;and violence of these men, if
the enemies of right raise threatening tem
pests about his head—if they pour forth
floods of enmity to wash him from hisltigh
position—lie remains unmoved and un
awed at his pest:
"Standing like a stately pine,
Lot in a cataract on an island crag,
When storm is on the heights, and right and left.
Smoked from the dark heart of the long hills, rot
The torrents dashed to the vale." •
M ET.IIODI ST EI'ISCOPA I. CH LI ST ATIgTICS.
—The minutes of the annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the U. States,
just published, contains the following: There I
are 49 eon ferences. In these there are 831637 I
members. 141,688 probationers ; total 974,345.
Last year the total number wa5 , 956,555, being
a gain of 17,790. The deaths during the year
were 9,845. The baptisms 41,191 adults. au
38,058 children. The travelling preachers
are set down as follows : Effective, 6022 ; lo
cated during the year; 78 ; died, 53 ; admitted
on trial, 613 ; superannuated, 590 ;' supernu
merary, 265 ; total, (1878. Local preachers,
7904. There are 9303 churches, valued at
$2,427,168. The receipts during the year
were ;—For claimantson the conferences, '650,-
551 for missionary purposes, $281,333 ; for
the tract cause, $15,605 ; for the American
Bible Society, $40,030; Sunday-Schools, $ll,-
172. The number of Sunday-Schools, 11,755 ;
officers and teachers, 130,299.; scholars, 732,-
592 ; volumes in the libraries, 2,300,786.
11Arrisli 1N Hoecs.—At Chicago last week a
rather amusing, scone took place during the
baptism of a young lady by the pastor of the
Tabernacle. The Union says : The minister
requested her to assume the dress peculiar to
such an occasion, but she declined to take off
her hooped skirt. The minister told her of the
inconvenience that must result from her obsti
nacy, but sho persisted. When she came to de
scend into the bath the inflatod skirt touched
the water and rose up around her like a bal
loon. Her head was lost to the congregation ;
she NVILS swallowed imp in the swelling , skirt;
the minister tried to force her down into the
bath, but she was kept above the, surface by
the floating properties of the crinoline, and
was buoyed up so suceesfully that it was not
until after much difficulty and many forcible
attempts to submerge the lady that tfie minis
ter succeeded in baptising the fair one. ,
ly it• Was effected, to the relief of the minister
and the seriously inclined dadience, who could
not keep from laughing in their pocket-hand
kerchiefs. ,
litelt..A man named John WitHeins, alias
Haycock, aged about• 70 years, who has al
ready passed about half his flays in the N. J.
States Prison was sentenced from Hudson
.
county a short time since, to the same institu
tion, for the term of ten years, for horse steal
ing.. Ills two sons Newton and Mahlon, are
at the present time inmates of the same' pris
on serving terms of five and seven years. The
latter has spent twenty-five years in that pris
on already..
Nppose. that a man who .wwe
. ';aid always to keep his word,
EEL
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE.—The Speak
er of the Senate at Harrisburg,. Mr. Francitt,
wawa'stuilent at La Fayette College : Easton:
Re is from Venting° county. • • .
ADJOURNED.—Tho Board •of Aildltors
called by Oen. Fry to audit•themilitary claims
of this county, met at the • Allen House on
Tuesday last, and adjourned to Satut the
21st.
par Mr. E. 13. 13Inek, merchant, or Easton,
has made application for a patent for a new
article if burning fluid, which is said to pro
duce a brilliant light, and to be , rinn-explosive
and cheap.
ACCIDENT.—The train for Easton on the
New Jersey Central Road on Saturday morn
ing last run into a train on the New Jersey
Road causing something of a smash up. The
train was delayed about three hours.
ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening last a
Breaksman, on the accommodation train of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, had one of his hands
smashed by its being caught between the
bumpers of the cars, while detaching one from
the other.
SEWIJEIVTIie suit brought by . Jacob
Riegle agaitist the North Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, for damages to his property in
Lower Slucon township, has been amicably
settled. The Company agreed to pay him the
sum of $2,600.
SMOKING CARS.—The smoking car has
become an " institution" upon some ofour rail
road lines, and it has been suggested by some
of the gentler sex, whose dresses have suffered,
that a chewing car be also attached to each
train. A good suggestion.
gar Lectures on Bunyan's Pilgrim's Pro
gress in the Presbyterian church. The next
lecture will be delivered on Sabbath evening
next at t o'clock, by the pastor. Subject=
The Valley of the Shadow of Death. All are
cordially invited.
EXTENSION OP A BRANCII TO MAYA
RETlL—Engineers are at work surveyint
along the Bushkin for the extension of a branc
of the Lehigh and Delaware Water Gap Rom
along that creek, and up to Nazareth, which
it is said, will be built.
•
DIVTDEND.—The Central Railroad Com
pany of New .Jersey have declared a dividend
of two and' a half per cent, out of the earnings
of the three months ending December 31st,
WO, payable on and after the IGth inst., at
the office of the Company, fig Wall street, N. Y
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On ThUrsday last
Mr. henry K. Lawry of Whitehall Station,
whilst engaged nt the hoisting works of the
Lehigh Valley Furnace, met with a serious ne
cident, resulting in the breaking of one of his
legs. We have not learned the particulars as
to how the accident occurred.
AN A LTE E UT E.—A $5 altered note,
purporting to be the issue of the North River
Bank of New York City. has made its appear
ance. The vignette, three mechanics, &c.—
On the left ends are the State arms and on the
right a portrait of Franklin Pierce. The alter
ation is well done and calculated to deceive.
I I 1.1 OP P. ItA . The Allentown Opera
I louse is nightly drawing crowded houses. A
number or star performers have been added to
the li3t of excellent performers, with which
the public have been favored since the open
ing of the Opera. Last night Miss Mary V in
eent, so popular last winter in our midst, made
her appearance to a crowded House.
'IIIP.F . P.—On Tuesday of last week
a German, was arrested by officer Ilunsber
ger and lodged in jail, charged with having
stole the wash clothes of different persons in
East Ward. A difficulty occurred between
the thulium and his wife, and the "Alice being
ealle.l in to quiet the disturbance. discovered
the clothing and upon inquiry, Ihund out that
it had been stolen.
HOUSP: RENTINt: &e.—As this is the sea-
Am for renting houses Ihr the coming spring,
'hose who have them to rent should advertise
in the Register andithose desiring houses, should
look over the columns of our paper. A number
of dwellings are offered now in our columns.
[ft short, if you have anything to sell or wish
to loty, put it into the Register and you swill
soon be accommodated.
P,AsT PENNSYLVANIA RAI LROAR.—
At the animal meeting and election of this
Company, held at Reading, January ilth, the
following officers were chosen to serve the en
suing year:
President—Edward M. Clymer.
Directors—Edward It. Alburtis. Benjamit
Williamson, Oeo. McLean, Horatio Trexler,
Edward Brooke. Charles H. Hunter, John S
I Richards and 'Wester Clymer.
ELECTION.—At the annual election for
directors of the Allen Mutual Insnranee Com
pany, held on Monday, January 9th, the fol
lowing Mulled persons were duly elected to
serve for the ensuing year :
Charles W.iCooper, Joseph F. Newhard,
Nelson Weiskr, Joseh Young, John L. Breinig,
Edmund Neilduird, Charles Mickley, James
K. Mosser, Henry J: Haberacker Sanibel Sie
ger, Samuel Kistler, Henry K
BIBLE PRESENTATION. —On IN ondav
afternoon last a handsome Bible was presented
Ito the. Columbia Fire Company by a number
or the tallies of Allentown. The presentation
!ceremonies took place at the house of Hon.
Joseph Fry, in Walnut Street. A neat and
eloquent address was delivered in behalf of
the ladies by A. B. Schwartz, Esq., to which
John H. Oliver responded in behalf .of the
Clinpany. •
•
LEHIG
NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROA
—Business of the North Pennsylvania "
road for the last two months
Earnings in Nov. 1859,
do. Pee. 1859,
Same months in IRSB,
Increase,
COAL AND IRON.—The Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company brought down for the week
ending on Saturday, the 7th. instant, 8,040
tons of coal, and for the season, commencing
December let, 68,272 tons, against:so,2s , l tons
the corresponding period last year, being an
increase thus far for the season, of 18,017 tons
of coal. $55 tons of pig iron were also carried
over the road for the week ending the 'stone
date.
fiUDDIIN DEATIL—Mrs. Julianne Hoffe
dith, relict of the late Rev. Dr. Hoffeditz, died
at Nazareth, Northampton county, on the Bth
inst. She attended on the previous Sunday,
New Year's Day) the dedication of the monu
ment erected in Forks township to the memory
of her .late husband. Her remains were in
terred on Thursday at the Forks Church buri
al ground, where the ashes of her husbautlye
. lOge.
ACCIDENT.-31r. Nathan Frederick in
unloading lumber from a rail-road car near
the site of the Allentown Rolling Mill, now
in process of : erection, met with quite a seri
ous accident on Sunday last, A large piece
of lumber, some sixty feet in length, and meas
uringnine by twelve inches in thickness, in Slid
ing from the ear, threw him to the ground, and
dna Weight , of the piece fell nn his hack in the
region of the loins. 14; suffered terribly from
the accident, and whilst going to press, the re
sult of the injury cannot be stated, as the ex
tent of the internal injuries is not known:—
This is the second accident of the kind, that
has happened to Mr. Frederick within a short
time, whast engaged at the same place in
similar manner. As there is nn suleling on
the rail-road near the Rolling Mill, the 'lumber
brought by rail-road has to be unloaded 'on
Sunday, in ordei to prevent accident from
passing ears,
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN.—On Wed—
nesday morning last at 1 o'clock, Hon. John
Ruhe, one of our eldest, most esteemed, and
venerated citizens, dopnrted this life. Deceas—
ed had been rapidly failing for several months
previous to his death; became suddenly blind:
several weeks since, and subsequently had air
attack of paralysis, which deprived him of
speech and of the use of the sense• of hearing,
in which state of comparatitive insensibiliy he•
remained until he calmly breathed his lust.
Judge Rube was horn in London, April the
6th 1781, emigrated to this country nt the'
age of ten ',earn, and settled nt Allentown in
1794. In the year 1814 he was Captain of flur
Northampton Blues, a Volunteer Company
which was drafted into service, and proceeded
to Marcus Hook, if necessity required, to de
fend their country. Fortunately the terinina
lion of the war prevented the necessity for the
active services of the Company in the field. , Ps
ceased was appointed an. Associate Judge of
the Courts of our comity by Governor Ritner,
in the year 1838, which responsibleposition he
held until the 1411 of 1851; when under Ober
provisions of an amendment to the Constitu
tion of the Cominonwealth, the Judges of the
Courts were elected by the people of the seve,
ral districts. Judge Rtilie was also commis
shined one of the Justices of the Peace of our
Borough in the year 18-12, and served in the
capacity of Justice until the period of his
death. Judge Rnhe was a man of fine physi
cal proportions, and his hair whitened by the
'mists of many winters toward the latter end
'e gave him a singularly venerable appear-
An active and restless mind made him
I=
... igent inquirer for knowledge, and con
stantly anxious to keep acquainted with af
fairs transpiring from time to time, both
abroad, and at home in the country of his adop
tion. It may be related as au incident
worth recollecting, that the first English
Newspaper,; regularly mailed to our Borough,
which was a copy of the Pennsylvania Enqui-•
rer, was received by deceased. Deceased took
an active and prominent part in all matters
appertaining to the prosperity and growth of
our borough and county through a lung life'
extending back to the early infancy of Allen
town and to a period anterior to the erection
of Lehigh into a separate county. He was the
father of twenty . one children, had eighty
eight grand-childen and twenty-eight great
grand-children. Identified as the aged deceas
ed had been through a long life with the
growth of our Borough, extensively acquainted
in this section of the State, and connected by
family ties and relationii with a large portion
of our community, it was natural and to be
expected, that his death should awaken an un
usual interest, and that our citizens generally
should turn out to!pity the last tribute of respect
to the memory of the departed. Deceased was
buried with military honors on Saturday last,
and notwithstanding the very inclement and
disagreeable state of the weather the funeral
procession was the largest that has been wit
nessed in our Borough for some time. The
funeral procession marched to the Cemetery
in the following order
Jordan Artillerists, Captain Gauger ; Allen
Infantry, Captain Yeager ; Bethlehem Brass
Band ; Washington Greys of Bethlehem, Capt.
Selfridge ;• Allentown Brass Band ; Allen Ri
fles, Captain Good ; Soldiers of the War of
1812. ; Burgess and Town Council ; Judges of
theiCourts ; Members of the Bar ; Officers of the
Court. Then came the coffin followed by the
Clergy ; Family of the deceased; Relatives,
Friends and Citizens.
After religious services at the Cemetery,
the Allen Rifles fired three vollies over the
grave. Appropriate religious services were
had at the German Lutheran chutch, conduct
ed by Revs. Mennig and Schmucker.
. AUDITOR'S REPORT.--Froin the Audi
tor (kneral's Report, w e glean the following
statistics, relating to this section of the State
Have been paid into the State Treasury.
Ileekondanryna Bridge Company, - , - $25 07
Lehigh (Seigfried's Ferry,) do. - - 80 70
Lehigh (Allentown) do. - - 392 23
Lehigh (Biery's do. - - 37 50
Lehigh (Bethlehem) do. - 0240
Fire Insurance Co. of Northampton' Co., ' 112 70
Carbon Iron Company, - - - - 240 00 •
Lehigh Crane Iron Company, - - 3,000 00
Lehigh Valley Iron Company, - - 900'00
Thomas Iron Company, - - - - 2,567 55
Lehigh Slate Company, - - - 1,120 87
Pennsylvania. and Lehigh Zinc 50.,. 2,046 62
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 14,879 . 55
Tax on Real and Personal Estate, .24,423 76
Tavern Licenses, 918 30
Retailers's Licenses, - - - - 1,592 50
Pedlers' Licenses, - - - - 00
Brokers' Licenses, - - - - 28 50
Circus and Theatre Licenses, - - - .47 50
Distillery and Brewery Licenses, - - 128 2Zi
Billiard Room Licenses, - - - 28 00
House Licensee, - - - - 446 50
nmphlets Laws, 4 75
-•o Writs, Deeds, Wills, &c., - 79 82
.as on Writs, ..s, „
Collateral Inheritonco Tax, - - - ..,404 72
Ironton Railroad Incorporation,. - - 100 00
Allen Mutual Insurance Co. do. - - 10 00
Snucon Iron Company, do. - 10 00
Lehigh Slate Company, bonus on charter, 250 00
AllentOwn Iron Company, do. 000 00
Thomas Iron Company, ~do. 250 00
1)0. do. Do. increase on capital, 228 25
Allentown Iron CO. ' interest on bonus, . 70
Pennsylyania Zinc Company, do. ' 46 14
The following payments made have been
made imy the State to Lehigh county :
Comon Schools, • - - - - $2148 14
m
Mercantile Appraiser, - - 750
THE COURTS OF LEIIRIII COUNTY.—
..JANUARY TERM-SECOND W Ess.—J udge Find
lay and associates Stahler and Fogel on the
bench. A number of cases were settled by
parties, and others were continued, and but
little remained to be done by the Court.
John Janet vs. Christian Schantz.—Action
on book account. I;oods were purchased of
Plaintiff by a person, who.represented himself,
authorized by defendant to purchase.' Ver
dict for defendant.
Henry Wieand and Elias Wicand Adminis
trators of Lewis Mickley deceased vs. Charles
Folk.—An action of troves brought to recover
the value of a certain quantity of hay and corn,
belonging . to plaintiffs intestate,. which was
left on his farm after his death, and WhiCh
plaintiffs alleged was converted to his own use
by defendant, who became tenant on the fivm
after the decease of Mickley. Verdict for de
fendant.
GinderZand Rehrig vs. Lucas Schlouch.—
An action of Replevin brought to recover two
mules, which plaintiffs alleged to be their prop
erty. and which their agent sold to defendant.
Verdict for defendant. Motion for anew trial
wag allowed by the Court.
Jusemh Newhard vs. Levi Krauss.- 7 -Suit on
proinishoryi note. No defense made and ver
dict in favor of plaintiff for $148;85 and costs.
$31,780 38
31,209 28
$62,989 (1G
51,957 94
$11,03172
L. V. R. 11.—The Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company, we learn from the Easton Expiess,
intend to discontinue entirely the use of the .
trestle work in the cut through Lehigh Hill,
near,the depot opposite Easton., They have
tnert:at work now blasting in the hill at the
side of this frame work, and when sufficient
space has been cleared the track will be laid '
along on the solid rock and 00 trestle Work re
moved. A stone wall will then be built through
the cut from the lower frock to the level of the
upper one, which will make a piece of work
that will last to the Pllti of time. • ' "
The Company also have some further im
provements in view when the above work is
completed, which will be in about three months.'
'Phey contemplate removing the trestle work at
and above their depot, and in place of it build,
stone piers with iron girders. This, latter hn
peovement the Co. will most probablvillaclui
soon as the fernier is through, aud it will Ito
very 'extensive one.
NEW. 'COUNTERFEIT COIN.—We hay
been shown of 1111 W counterfeit half dollar which
can only he detected by +•eight ; it being too
light. It has not that greasy appearance which
is generally noticeable in counterfeit:coin, arid
on that account is all the morn dangerous.—
The one we SOW was dated " 1853," And has
the rays peculiar to the halves and quarters of
that year. Look Out for it, as it is of a char
aster easily to deceive the unwary
'e have also been informed that coin of this
description has been made in this city some
months back ; and we aro of the epiiden that
the enterprise may have been tried. on again.
—Reading Daily l'inie4
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