r ORRIAM.FINTS te f4igt gegister. :ALLENTOWN, PA. 4 e\ 1)4 , WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25:184.1 PETER C. HUBER & JOH N H. :TR Somas LTID PROPRIETORS TO ADVERTISERS TIM* LEHIGH' REGISTER" HAS A - LARGER CIRCULATION 'BY SEVERAL HUNDRED THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN THE COUNTY. - PIS 'S STATE CONVENTION. who are apposed to the,prinoiplee'and matured of the present Na tional Administration, and to tho elootion of men to ode" who, sustain tholo principles and measure'', ore retiristeil ti Meet !ti their rcspeotivo Counties, and to M's . .ellifigoter equal In :timelier tei their Ripre eentittlsei In the General Assienbly, to a PEOPLE'S fITATH 'CONVENTION, to be held at HARRIS BURG, on 17Pcdpeaday, Plobruary' 224, 1860, at U M., to hadicati their adios for the' next Praia den% senstuate a candidate for Governor, form an. Electoral Ticket, appoint Senateriel,init to deeignate the time and mode of electing District Delegates to the latioisal Convention, and to transact such other ImaineSi inty be deemed necessary to ensure suc cors it theGaieral Election. LEVI KLINE, of! , Chairman People's Executive Corn. The. Xlatiatpro for not Organizing the House, Thew York Herald, the dioet prominent of Ike supperters of the Democrat ic .444tAlstration, in a late number urges a a struntir otreasons, why the Dora:mutts of the HOlnferaßepresentatives should oppose an or ruki4ion of ()engross; until after the next Presidential election. ..They are as follows: /. .Ifthe House' oes not organize, the Dem oaratie.patty will not be compelled to oppose a pridectectitre tariff, and 'willoot thus incur the hatred and opposition of Pennsylvania. 2.. The Democratic party will not he com pelled to bear the odium in the Free States of oppiising the admission of Kansas into the Union. • 8: .The opposition will have no opportunity of investigating the frauds, and extravagance of, tt iri itzboials of the present Administration, and et thus make.capital against the Dem ean, ' :nominee for:the Presidency. It, .bethus seen that the leaders. of the Adnunititiration •party pay more regard to their atutoessunextfill,• than to the pressing wants of the estem, trst;and of the country's creditors.— The inttrests'ef.the country should be Upper most in the mind or every Legislator. The flat object of the members of Congress should be en organization. • If it be ascertained, that no eaddlditte eon command a majority of votes, as every:person must be satisfied by this time is:the :clue, the next titcp would be to allow, a ran:Wily of the members to adopt the plurality rule.. •It' appears, however, that forty South erraionitorats have conspired by all parliamen tary means to resist a vett on the plurality rule: - These men will factiously resist the will of the majority, even if that majority be in-fivor of the plurality rule.' We submit to all•honest and fair-minded men, whether such a 'course is honest and -fair. We submit whether execrations, deep and loud, should not be heaped upon the heads of a despicable minority, who, because they cannot have their way,lvill.not listen to a fair expression of the willrof others. '. 141108;04 Qn the election of Speaker depends to a great eateat the success in the House of measures in favor of a better tariff. The Speaker appoints *0 (Volga* Ways and Means, to which all resolutions, and bills on the subject of tariff are referred, and if a majority of this committee are not in favor of a protective tariff, no such bill will be reported for theaction of the House. Henee.tha importance of seleeting a Speaker, favorable to protection. The Republicans have 'hewn their sincerity by constantly adhering to Sherman, a man, well known to be a warm 'friend of a protective tariff. A number of Op position Congressmen from Pennsylvania have even gone further, and have voted for Gilmer, a.Bonthept American, although they .do not approve, of his views on the subject of slavery. Tiryloted for him because he again is an ad vocate of a protective tariff. The Democacy cramenced the session by voting for Bocock, a notorious free-trader. A great majority have shown their willingness' to Ault° on a Southern AMerican, excepting, however, from the num ber Gilmer. The Democrats and Southern Americans, assisted by the tariff opposition ,of psnasyliania, could have readily 'elected Gil mer. But the Southern Fire-enters, who con trol,the party, have determined that they will alloW the election of no one for Speaker, who is net an Administration, LecomptOn, Free trade, i'icoslavery man. Such seems to be their purpoie, and thus far they have faithfully car • rind on, that purpose, and Northern Democrats ire Bound to' submit. 641 " -" " IN THE HARNESS 'Mifflin Hannum Esci., late Editor of the Al itiiib:iwn Democrat, has taken charge of the linterne Union, a Democratic Journal publish ed Wilk,esbarre. We need not assure the people "of This, section of the State, among whom Mr.' i llaintintserved in an editorial ca pacity so long and will, that the " Union" will be . s well conducted paper. Wm. P. Miner, Editor af the Record of the Times and and Wilkebarre Advocate, a Republican Journ-, if also published at Wilkesbarre, welcomes Mr: Hannum to his new field of labor in the folloWing well-timed and well-tempered esre- i'mfrks : ' Col. Hannum has taken charge of the sem° Union, and we welcome him cordially. ' In business and personal: relations we hope for most kindly intercourse with our new neighbor. In politics we expect hard knocks and ask no favors, feeling sure that gross per sonalities, which have heretofore disfigured the Union at times, will henceforth be avoided. THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.—Tho Sea-Coast (Miss.) Democrat learns, from "good author ity," that a cargo of African slaves is' expect ed in Ship Island harbor about the latter end of thismonth. If they arrive safely, they will be landed without any attempt at secrecy, the consignees trusting to the sentiment of Mississippi in regard to the necessity of an in (gauge of slave labor in the event of a Govern ment prosecution. ' • DRATEI Or LORD MACAULEY.-ily the arrival at Halifax, on• the 15th inst., of the steamship ,Europa, we leain the death of Lord Macaulay, the eminent British historian• and statesman. A few years ago he was raised to the Peerage by Qtieen Victoria. He was in the 60th year of.bie age. Lord Macauley was nevet married, and consequently his title becomes extinct. —.... _ ___ ...... ....... ai..90 ......—._. ~, - _ ._........,._. .., . , NGILEISS. 21, kr. JANUARY 1 t •In the Senate ale dig; cussion arose awl) ' k the Democrats - u n the conflrmatione .. . ' an 4:.. i 0 , the . stitu tilt ti(4o4l:lrigan ,t,.i, : e Al'; .. ct;,','. l te! •.• i t SeR . 1 1 i i, stil`Print‘r ; Mil iir,),,, 4 ~ t 410 i 1 t ern; allegingOliupt n tf; e ,,,i? :..; :t 0 . .W. ..,1 finnllyA4lirnAp i s S ~'. • 'Prknte '„ a vot ',, of 274.01 1 .\ ',,;; ' i''' , i4 t ...l - 7f,_, A * - " r . '„ .. ."` % . . i ' l In `the Ilouse`kr. nut '' ns'(-Itep.) Of Oh ''''P l 'irt3n able speech advocated' the adoption of ti '!'.' plurality rule.. The motion was opposed by the Democrats. Mr, Hicknutit (Anti Lecein• on Dei ) i..BcritYbff.telansyliiiiiii.VOstaolit the ourriiity-roi, stating incit4 • Zodise :Of ' his re marks, that the Northern Deimos - rib' were un der the control of a Southern minority; ', Mr. Pryor (Dem.) of yirgl . ninfitra.,,ftee,reitera: ted, that the charge was false. Mr. Pryor is A noted duellist, and his 'rbmarke.Wer'edoubt less intended lead to'a personal diflicultY.— Mr:Hickman manfollY'replied, that'he Would leave the queston of his veracity fnbe' deelded by the people of the country, end would not permit himself tube led into apersonal encoun ter. JANUARY 18th.-In the Sonaie Mr. Brown (Dem.) of Mississippi °hied a resolution, af firming that the territories are the common pro perty of the Union, tlait Sievert elitists hi them by virt ue of the' Constitution, and is entitled to protection, either at the hands of Congress or of the Territorial Legislature, and instruct ing the committee on territories in drawing up bills organizing territories, to insert a provision, requiring suckprotection. In the house Mr. Mcßae (Dem.) of Alabama made a disunion speech. Etheridge, (South ern American) of Tennessee, asserted that be would never vote for an act of Congress, legis lating slavery into the territories. Messrs. Covode and 'Moorehead (Reps.)' of Pennsylva nia, called Mr. Montgomery (Anti Lecompton Democrat) of Pennsylvania to task for violet ing pledges under which he had inducedite publicans to withdritif their candidate arid s upport him. JANUARY 19th.—In the 'Senate a debate arose, as to. whether the Seni}te, had power to legislate until duly notified of the organziation of the House. Sjveral hills were finally refer red to their appropriate committees. Mr. King (Rep.) of New York offered a resolu tion, • calling for a committee to investigate whether any of the means realized from the printing appropriations had been paid to cer tain prominent Democratic Journals, the Wash ington Constitution, the Pennsylvanian and others, and if so whether the expense 4 for pub lic printing can be lessened. The rosolutiOn was suggested by charges of corruption,,pre ferred in the Senate a few days since against Gon, Bowman, Printer of the Senate, by Dem ocratic Senators. In the House Mr. Colfax (Rep.) of Indiana in the course of a speech elicited the fact, that forty Southern Democrats had signed a paper to resist by all possible means the adoption of the plurality rule ; that is they will resort to speeches to waste time, to motions to adjourn, and other dilatory motions for the purpose of preventing a vote on the plurality rule. As long as they persist in this resolutien, and no single candidate can secure a majority of votes, an organization'would almost seem to be im possible. . JANUARY 20111.—The Senate not in session.' In the House Mr. Sherman in a reply to a remark of Mr. Clarke (Derr.) of Missouri, the author of the resolution pending on Helper's Impending Crisis, nade a lengthy speech stat ing that if the offensive and insulting resolu tions wore withdrawn, he' would be willing to answer all questions as to the Impending Cri sis, and the views it contains. Mr. Clarke re fused to withdraw the resolution. ' Mr. Sher man's speech was manly, and dignified, and was much applauded, PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. JANUARY 17.—1 n the Senate Messrs Thomp son, Yardley, Schindel, Gregg, Rutherford, and Perry presented petitions for an alteration in the license laws relative to restaurants and eating saloons. Mr. Bell's (Dem.) resolutions, asserting the right of Congress to elect a tem p orary Speaker, were negatived by a vote of 17 to 9. In the House the - judiciary committee re ported a bill, providing for the reduction of the State Tax. A bill to change the name of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Zino Company and reduce the capital stook, passed finally. Mn Kistler read in place a bill to incorporate the Dime Savings Bank of Lehigh county. The resolutions of the senate, relative to the organ ization of Congress were passed without amend ment. JANUARY 18. A number of local bills con sidered in the Senate and House. - - - JANUARY 19th.—In the Senate a number• of local bills read, reported and referred. •„ In the House a bill was road, reducing the salaries of members of the Legislature. Mr. Cope of Northampton road a bill, incorporat ing the Easton •and Nazareth Railroad Com pany. Dr. Wily, (Opp.) was declared entitled to thyeat held by Thomas Duffield, (Dem.) of Philadelphia. It would appear that a mistake, had been made in counting the votes. 'Mr. Duffield disclaimed all knowledge of any fraud being committed. The House went into the consideration of certain resolutions, relating to the tariff: JANUARY 20.—Senate not in session.' In the House bills of 'a local character con sidered. A resolution, calling for a monthly statement by the State Treasurer, was twice read and passed. - • jier E. H. RAUCH, Esq., the Chief Clerk of the Pennsylvania Ilouso of Representatives, writes to the Mauch Chunk Gazette, as fol lows :—" lily first official duties were the ap pointmeteof the pages, pastors, folders, and ' hall scrubbers.' The pages receive each $1 per day ; the pastors and folders, eaoh.sl, and the scrubbers' 50 .cents. For pages there were same twenty-ilie:applicants, and six ap pointed ; for pastors-and folders, about thirty five applicants, and eleven appointed ; anilfor scrubbers (women) about seventy-five appli canti, and thirty-three appointed. Those ap meats are extremely annoying. Nearly every applicarit presents strong recommendations with the plea of destitution. I was compelled to disappoint many, some -of whom, no doubt were very poor and needy, who would be great ly benefitted by the pitiful sum of fifty cents per day." _ _ _ The Court of Snyder county has decid ed to remove the School Directors of Chapman township because a majority of them decided not to open free schools according 'to law.— That was a very proper action of the Court. When men, electod under the law to carry out the design of the law for thb diffusion of know ledge,' are guilty of thwarting that design, they ought to be removed as' unworthy of the truit.—Sunbury Gazette, ---- 7,w4, --- ii,.;:eb -- 6 ----- firch - 4 ,-- CassUISM. Clay recently,. `',. : . .• .'.‘, ••r. fort, Kentucky, alengthyi 7 , ,:',0, ? tt 4 .14gyk rinaiple • •.. f the Re, ~. lc. ...'„; , s 04 4 t , 'en , ~,St ~:%:, .by so 4 ..th , . ; V,:'...i i , : Ifi) , ' . ~: ,t, b 9 `Pe ;tied t.,,. T i ik 1 1 ;,:.7 -AO it 1• k e State . Y ° use,: ~ . e ISI'"• 4 / 1 ,1 - lonse 118 ' ... allowed '' i b : I C. • . , ered ,4 en allowed „ tie et •'. • tht;',f)l ,•"?;',.tie a ttrge audience, a ape: h - of thveoluitiTs• u iength,clearly defending the Republican Par iyitlifit all the assaults of itri'enemies..- - The speech is plain, cleat and conclusive,. and if se " ' iv”' 'h transfer epa , permits'. , ,ui4l , °, , may l , !reaper 1 atia or dm whatel4o 'Co Cifttianifof the Reg-1 ister. _ I gad Commis M. Clay been a Man, who could be castly, frightened, .o'7'4, have Co doubt that the hand of violence would have iriteitei.: l ed with 'his speech, and he himself possibly treated to a coat of tar and feathers. The past history of the man' has niade the public know his Metal, and hence he delivered his fam Atg irtt nkfort apeech . without molestation: We beli needs but a similar show of Courage to enable a person in time to vindi cate the principles of' our party in every pot , . don of the South. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The Penn sylvania State Agricultural Society met in Har risburg last Tuesday for tile purpose of elect , ing officers for the enstihig year, The state meat of the Treasurer shows .that there is a cash balance of $7,623, in the Treasury, upon which exhibit it was resolved to appropriate $1,500 towards the Farmer's High School,— Hon. David Taggart having declined tvre-elec don, the following new board was chosen : President—Jaeob S. Haldeman, of Dauphin • county. Vici Presidents-Ist district, George W. Woodward ; 2d, OeOrge Cadwalader ; 3d, James Gowen ;- 4th, Robert Hare Powell ; sth, Thom as P. Knox ; 6th, George Thomas ; 7th Adrian Cornell ; Bth, George N. Lauman ; 9th, Cole man Henderson ; 10th, B. G. Peters ; 11th, Amos E. Kapp; 12th, E. W. Sturdevant 13th, Henry D. Maxwell ; 14th, Henry Drinker ; 14th, John B. Beck ; 16th, Christian Eberly ; 17th, William Hi3yser; 18th, Elias Baker ; 10th, William A, Stokes 20th, Joshua Wright; ,21st, John Murdoch, jr. ; 22d, John Young, Jr. ; 23d, Thomas J. Pow,er ; 24th, Henry Souther ; 25th, James Miles. Corresponding See.—A. Boyd Hamilton. Chemist anti Geologist—S. 8. Haldeman. Librarian—Henry Gilbert: Popular Sovereignty. The Legislature of Nebraska territory re ceutly•passed a law, abolishing slavery. Col. 'Samuel Black, formerly of Pennsylvania, who was appointed Governor of 'the territory by President Buchanan, vetoed the bill, and there were not a sufficient number of persons in the ,Legislature favorably disposed to pass the bill over the Governor's veto. This is the last step of a Democratic administration'in its vagaries on the subject of popular sovereignty. In 1856 it was argued, that not to Congress, but to the people of the territories should be submitted the decision of the question of the existence of slavery, whilst now Demobratic •leaders boldly advocate the doctrine, that the people have no power to abolish slavery. The next step in the downward career will be to decide, that there is no powerin our own State to prohibit the existence of slavery. Outrages in the Booth upon Northern Clt- izens We understand that upon the organization of the House, the Republicans propose an in vestigation into the outrages recently commit ted in the South upon citizens of the North, and an inquiry, as to whether under that pro vision of the Constitution, which entitles the citizens of each State to all the rights and im munities of citizens of the•seVeral States, any legislation be necessary to protect this right. We think this would be a very proper and le gitimate subject of inquiry. If every person from the North,"sojourning in the South, is to be kicked and cuffed, and beaten, tarred and feathered, as suits the wishes and caprices of Southern bullies, we should like to learn. the 'why and•wherefore of the right of such bar barous proceedings. rte.lt will be recollected withivhat evident gusto papers announced, after the last election, that in Manheim township, York county, the " Democratic" State ticket had one hundred and fifty-one votes, and the People's none! The report of the County Superintendent of Com mon Schools of that county is as follows: "The township of Manheim is now the only one in this county in which the common school system is not in operation !"—Stale Journal. TUE HARPER'S FERRY "INyESTIGA,TINO Co i- MITTEE: •Committee appointed by the Senate to investigate the Harper's Ferry In surrection have been conducting their exami nations thus far without eliciting anything new. No Republican has been in - plicated as connected with the lamentable transaction. HELPER'S Boor.—lt is said that the pub lishers of this hook find it almoit impossible to supply orders coming in from all sections of the country,'so, great, is the demand since the advertisement of th a book by Dirnocratic Congressmen. tar The Petersburg (Va.) Press is working itself into a fever over Mr. Caldwell, the Re publican member of the Virginia State Senate, Who signs the call for the Chicago Convention. It demands that lie be expelled from his seat, forthwith. xearin one of the counties of Georgia, says the Atlanta (Ga.) Patriot, they have inflicted ae high as two hundred and seventy-five lashes upon the bare backs of certain persons appre hended ae Abolitionists. .The Opposition members of the Tennes-: see Legislature have nominated the Hon. John Bell as the Union Candidate for the Presidency. CONVENTION OF MANUFACTURERS AT MERI DEN, CONNECTIOUT.—Meriden, Conn., Jan. 18. —The Convention of manufacturers of the State of Connecticut, held for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of the Union at.the present crisis in the national affairs, have adopted resolutions condemning the spirit which. imp . ell'ed a sovereign State, in 1832, to threaten civil war fur no greater grievance than its opposition to a law •of Congress es tablishing-duties on imports; condemning the spirit of disunion, if this, or that candidate for President or Speaker be elected ; condemn ing the spirit which drove Mr. Howe from Charleston ; condemning the spirit which over run Kansas, and the spirit whioh invaded Vir ginia by a body of armed men ; disapproving of the misrepresentation and falsehood of a portion of the public press which represents any considerable number of the people of the free States as Abolitionists ; and, finally, e- Dewing the professions of fidelity to the Unio and the Constitution. The resolutions were adopted. There ere about one hundred delegates present—a minor ity, numbering about fifty, having left, after a fruitless effort to defeat the majority.. Ad journed, ' fi till C. on the afterni a German, al demanded to had killed a Sickles case. appearance a as AtignatW been partner illia married Mar I wom. of his, and al `me, 4 one day caugl l'wifeta handwriting d from his pocket w! 40 at the time Intoxicated. Williams then . -procured a large horse pistol, loaded it heavly,' sought !Atfi t iftioin at liiin:,t)l9Rding , hopse, p1.A0911 the,, 'inuzille o :theyNeappla:to Kantliolz's just above the breast, and Ikea. The *Mind ed man 'struggled with his itisailant, when IVill~nlhnol b) his Heavy piiital aho ettuek him 'over the bond, cutting the .sealp' open hi dfrightfutwound. All Mistook. place -with out a word exchanged on either side. Wil liams then gaire himself up, as; already stated. He says lie took the precaution to leave that letter,with his brother, a . druggist on. State street, near Twelfth, which is • all, he wants to clear him." The wounded man, 'Kiiiifholz, was in a very critical condition. -. MURDER On Sat,r-MummitteX.—An wo manoidm 80 ears of age, resklitcg near Auburn the county sent of DeXallS county, Indiana ' heat her husband, who was as old as herself, with an axe and club till he died. This was six weeks ago. She was lodged in jail, and'on the following Sunday she procured a common case knife and sharpened it on the stove-pipe in her cell; with the intention; she said, grout ting her throat • but fearing that the knife was not sharp enough for the operation, cut or saw ed a hole through itito the catity of the abdo men—tore bid portiiin of thecauli aid then seized the large intestine—divided that and cut off a piece about five inches long, throwing the piece into the stove, but it was secured before it was burnt too much for identification. She is DOW getting well. The reason she.assigtied for the act Was that she wanted to go where her old man was. No surgical aid Wan •rendered, its it Wits thought she would die, but the inflammation has sub sided—the stomach end of the intestine pro truding about two inches out of the wound, through which , the secretions pass. She tells fortunes, and calls herselra witch. Tat enAmPfox; BOAT RACE IiEtIVEEN ENG LAND AND THE UNITED STATES.—IOSInIa Ward, the American•champion oarsman, has signified his readiness to the Newburgh Regatta Asso ciation to accept the challenge of Robert Cham bers, the champion oarsman of rlngland, to row him a race for $2,500. The Newburgh Regatta Asseeiation agrees to defray Mr. Chartiber s elperises, which will amount to $5OO, provided that the race is row ed in Newburgh bay. The whole amount required to be raised is $3,000—5500 to defray expenses, and $2,500 as the amount to be rowed for. It is more than probable the committee will tako.ssoo the stock, in addition to the $5OO for expenses, leaving $2,000 to be taken in New York and other places. • The secretary of the Newburgh Regatta As sociation has been, directed to open a corres pondence on the subject with the various re gatta associations throughout the United States, —Albany Statesman January 12. • The SEVERE COLD IN EAST TENAS.--A letter, written in . Chappel hill, the middle of Decem; her, says : " Two ice-houses at Waco, in let 49 0 , were filled last week. Oxen out on the public roads died by hundreds. I have' seen as many as forty sheep dead in one pen all of which died in a• single night. In several places pork hogs, in fine fat order, have frozen, and espe cially when in floored dens. Some few horses have been found frozen, and the chickens gen erally are shedding their toes. W " 'e learn from The 'Houston Telegraph that, during the late cold weather, there were from fifty-to sixty persons frozen to death in Texas, at least forty of, whom were under the influence of liquor when frozen. There were also many thousands of hogs, cattle, and sheep frozen to death in that State. In that region the people are so unaccustomed to the cold that what would not he considered much here is terribly severe there." REAT BREACH Or -PROMISE CASE.—The now celebrated nOO,OOO breach of promise case, entitled " Carztang vs. Shaw," is set for a new trial in the Court of-Common Pleas, be fore Judge Reber, this morning. It will be remembered that en the former trial the jury returned a verdict for the full amount claimed —sloo,ooo—and it is this, together with the high-standing and wealth of the defendant that renders the case sn interesting. The verdict is the largest ever given in the world in a sim ilar suit. On the present trial an enormous amount of new testimony, principally the de positions taken abroad, will he introduced. It comprises the evidence of over fifty witnesses residing in Brooklyn, New York ; Charleston, S. C.; Cincinnati, Baltimore and elsewhere, and in bulk would fill an ordinary champagne basket.-81. Louis Democrat, January 9. CIIA3IPAGNE.—The - United Stats are repre sented to be the largest consumers of Cham pagne in the world, and the. consumption per annum is estimated to be one million baskets. The whole cham.pagne district is about twenty thousand acres, and the amount of wine man ufacttired for exportation is ten Million bottles, or about eight hundred thousand basketA. Of this, Russia consumes 160,000, Great Britain and her possessions 165,000, France • 162,000, Germany 146,000, and the United States 220, 000. The custom house in this city, through which . passes a largo amount of the cham : pagne =ported into this country, reports. only 175,028 baskets per annum. ,Seven hundred and eight thousand baskets, therefore, of the wino drunk in Cie country for imported cham pagne, is counterfeit—an amount equal to the whole supply of the champagne district for the world.—A ea , York! Courier. A SHREWD POLITICIAN. - A _Democrat living in a closely contested District in one of the confides of Wisconsin, and who is the owner of an extensive lead mine at Shullsburg, was a candidate fur the Legisleture at the last elec tion. On election day, he hired 53 Republi cani to work'in his mine; after he had them 1111 , 130 feetaielow the surface, the ladder was drawn up to have some now rounds put in it, and ho neglected to return it till the polls were closed, which resulted in the election by 52 majority.' The follow deserves to be sent to Congress. Genius, such as he displayed' in the above instance, would soon bring about an organization. A CELRSTIAL CARGO.—A ship recently sail ed from San Francisco ,for Hong Kong, with an odoriferous cargo, consisting of the dead bodies of some hundreds of Chinamen, bound for the tomb of their ancestors. The perfume was almost as delightful as that of the rats their comrades eat. • This kind of trade still thrives in the Pacific. Ships take live .China men and dead rats to California, and carry baek to Asia dead Chinamen and live rats. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.—The present an nual circulation of the Society is one million of books, nine millions of tracts, and six mil lions of papers. It has issued 430 different volumes, and 2,000 different tracts. Its total issue since its organization has been 15,000,000 volumes and 200,000,000 tracts. Its gratui ous circulation is annually about 75,000,000 pages, besides its. remittance in cash of over 515,000 to foreign lands. =ll Haven News. .11M-A poor man from Stratford, says the Briigc . port (Conn.)Farrner, a feW days since, returning from his • work, found the doors of his house all open and three little children al.. frozen. It seems that his wife had :4. en t roe dollars which he had saved to buy a pig wi ~ and had been to Bridgeport, and ladies' skates, and was ska ting op a pon. .r the house. gietk. The recent sale of pews, in llenry Ward Beecher's church, Brooklyn, realized $29,420. ~~~~.~~. ~~~~ 'ti figs; ag map. .e, Imo lug he teethe f seir Tlol ount of Iron made it the Lehigh ri tnt Clan ' orks fig ..the month ending; Jan', luaryagitti 163 tons 4. ' . • . :. • '":- 1 1 0 4:1 1,1; , .: .' :.1:--- r ..1., ,- I -I Thelignking • Sprp4lnsurance CotiPti iny o . erti,tounty, lutalMnsurance (in Offer imill " 'oftoperty. 1' ,4 . ' 1, 1 ' lifrldf.-10i3ter Keletnter bas asm'cielated Mr. J. D Smith as co-editor and publisher, with himself, of the Phillipsburg Standard. , nu liarlVe have received Peterson's Magazine lb Yebruary. It has some splendid en.grav iiketnd is now Tie eCtheASSt . Magaz ines In the 'Country. - • , are informed that .Mr: Abraham Gangeivere Inks rente'd the hasment Of' Messrs, .Neligh ‘ 46:Breinieq:builaing, and intends to take poileiiithilii-Marohliext. BANK STOCK.—Poni shares of stock of the Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank of Easton were recently sold in Easton at $53,00 per share. FARMER'S. AND MECHANIC'S INSTI TUTE OP NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.— Two shares.of the stook of this association were recently sold at . $ll O 5O pgii share. The par value or a share is $25,00. IV IN TOWN.—Samuel - J. Kistler, Esq., our representative at Harrisburg, was in town on Saturday last, Mr. Kistler looks well. and seems well pleased with the performance of his duties at Harrisburg. 1213.. Rev. Lightner delivered a lecture be fore the Schuylkill Havel Literary society on the topic forming die lubjeet of hie recent lee tore Allentoivn. " The Strength and SaCred ness of the Union. foarLeotures on the Pilgrims Progress in the Presbyterian Church.—The next lecture, will be delivered do next Sabbath evening, January 29th at tl o'clock by the Pastor. Subject, the giants, Pope and Pagan. All aro cordially invited, THE READING RIFLES.--The Reading Rifles have received from the. U. S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry sixty Sharp's Rifles, mounted with sword,bayonets. We presume the Rifles are of the same description as those lately re ceived by the Allen Rifles of our Borough. SERMON TO YOUNG MEN.—At the re quest of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion, Rev. Joshua Derr has kindly consented to deliver a Sermon to Young. Men in the Ger man Reformed church on Sabbath evening nest; Services at the usual hour in the Eng lish ldrigutige. , . GAS METERS.—PeopIe, when filling gas meters at night, should be careful that the va por does not come in contact with the - flame of their lamp. A merchant in Philadelphia, re cently, was seriously injured by the explosion of a as meter, caused by a want of proper Pre aatition in this respect, • PROMOTED.—SamueI McLane, Esq., for merly member of the Carbon county bar and who at the time of leaving Mauch Chunk for tile Pikes Peak Gold Mines held the position of District Attorney of Carbon county, has re cently been chosen Attorney General of Jef ferson, a now Territory proposed to be carved out of Kansas. A NEW - COUNTERFEIT CIRCULATED. —A new counterfeit five dollar bill, purporting to he an issue of the Wamsutta Bank, of Fall River, Mass., has been • put in circulation in Philadelphia lately, The principal vignettes are representations•of Cupids, Indian woman and hunter, and dollar gold pieces. The word five is in blue letters of large size. WING TO NEW YORK.—We learn from the Easton Express, that Max Goopp,_Esq., one of the most talented and promising young members of the Northampton county Bar, and who for several years past regularly attended the Courts of Lehigh county, proposes to move $o New York in the spring to practice at the bar in that city. LAC'ER'S ARTESIAN WELL.-Lacer's Artesian Well of Reading, has reached a depth of 1560 feet. The borings show a black slate, mixed with an oily substance, resembling pot ter's clay. It is the purpose of Mr. Lauer to bore forty feet deeper and then suspend op erations. When t'ee times improve Mr. Lauer will continue the work until water is reached. TRIAL. OF HARDEN.- 7 --We gee it stated in an exchange, that it will almost he impossi ble to,einpnnel a Jury in Warren county, N. J., for the triatuf, Rev. Harden, now impris oned in the 'Belvidere Jail for the murder of his wife by poisoning, as almost all persons in the county have,expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused. It is supposed that a change of venue will be ne cessary. • MAD DOGS IN HAMBURG.—The neigh borhood of Hamburg, in Barks County, was visited by sevmal mad dogs, last week,ild the Schnelipost, informs us that two children of Mr. Hollenbach were bitten, as also several cows, hogs, &e. Care should be taken, in win ter season, to give the dogs water, which in a "cold spell' they are unable to obtain. It is said to be owing to this want of water that the dogs are attacked with hydrophobia; DONATION VISIT.,--ReV.Mr. Phillir and Lady of Easton on New Year's Eve received a donation visit from the members of the German Reformed' Church of Tinicum, Bucks county. Among the very ninny gifts Mrs. Phillips re ceived a beautiful Sowing Machine. A purse of $l5 vas also presented by the younger por tion of the congregation. Rev. Phillips wa. forinerly Principal of the Allentown Seminary, but is now engaged in the duties of Pastor. CURE FOR CORNS.—If "a poor cripple" will take a leman, cut a piece of it off, then nick it so as to lot in the toe with the corn, the pulp next the corn, tie thin on at night so that in cannot move, ho will . find the next morning that, with a blunt knife, the corn will come away to a great exteut. Two or three applica tions of this will make " a poor cripple" happy for life; and we shall be glad to hear the re sult. COAL AND IRON.-LThe Lehigh Valley Railroad Company brought down for the week ending Saturday, the 14th in5t.,13,500 tons of coal, against 7294 tone for corrospondonding week last year, making for the season, com mencing •December 1, 81,700 tons, against 457,547 tons to corresponding period last year, being an increase, thus far for the season, of 24,242 tone 'of coal ; 1025 tons of pig iron were also carried over the road for the Week ending same date. - . AMERICAN STOCK JOURNAL.—We have the first Number for 1860. Its contents commend it to the attention of every farmer and stock-grower, as it is devoted to the im provement of domestic animals. It is-publish ed monthly at 25 Park. Row, New York, at one dollar per year ; and each number contains 32 large octavo .pages,. handsomely illustrated.— The engravings. of the Improved Kentucky Sheep and other animals, in the number before us, aro well worth the subscription price. THE AGED MEN OF SAUCON TOWN SHIP.—From a correspondent we learn, that the following is a correct list of all the per sons living in Upper Saucon township Lehigh county, above the ago of 00 years. John Har looher, aged 90 years; Peter Weber, 93 years: Andrew. Walter, 00 years ; John Jacob Koch, 0 Years ; Abraham Goisingor 90 years, and Elizabeth Van Horn aged 100 years. All the males included in the above list, our infor mant states, are staunch Republicans. Abra eam Berge . inctoch of the same township died a few days stn;:e at the advanced age of 92 years. We doubt, whether any township in the coun ty can furnish a similar list of aged persons. If so, we should please to see it. ..111trinfitTilEIEst . rifirweiitherfor the past few days has been most delightful, al most equal to spring. BEUi THE SLATE DAM ICE COMPANY;—. 1 1 Re Slate Dam Ice Company have ereeted..en Ice House at Laury'vStation on the,line.of the Lehigh Valley Railroad,: measuringloo iri feet length, and 28 feet in breadth.. The Ice House is being rapidly filled, and its.'contents are intended for Southern Markets. - .The Com pany is composed of persons from Allentown, Mauch Chunk, and the vicinity of the works. THE COURT OF DEATII.—Mr. A. J. Schulte of our Borough ie prepared to supply our citizens at the.extremely low price of $l.OO tilde - colored ingravirig of Rembrandt Peale's celebrated original p . ainting of the Court of Death. The picture is ajustly celebrated one, and the price, at which it is furnished, ie ex tremely low'. We -wish the agent success in our midst. NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. —The earning ii of the Quakertown station• for December, 1859, were : Amount of Freight received, ci " forwarded, Tickets sold, Total 'Cor'g month the previous year, Increase, ACCIDENT.—Two locomotives collision on the Lehigh Valley Ib Thursday morning last, near Sell Lion. The engineer in jumping from the Imo motive had the misfortune of breaking his leg. Nine cars were smashed. Mr. David Tlttl jr., _of Catusauqua in attempting to remove some of the damaged cars with the locomotiite belonging to the Crane Iron Company, met with a slight injury to one of his legs, which we are glad to learn, was tint serious in its na ture. COLLISION.—A collision occurred on Sat urday morning last between two coal trains on the Lehigh Valley Railroad immediately above the Allentown Iron Works. No persona wers injured, but the locomotives and cars badly smashed and injured, and the loss is supposed to amount to thousands of dollars. A collision occurred but a few miles off on Thursday last between two coal trains running at the same hour. There must he some negligence some where in not properly minding the time, when the trains are to run. • DEATH FROM ACCIDENT.—Ed win New hard of Hockendauqua recently fell from the cars of a coal train on the Lehigh Valley Rail road, and-eleven of the cars passed over his foot. He likewise sustained other injuries in the fall. The accident occurred in the fore noon, and amputation of the leg became neces sary in the afternoon. The operation wa4 per formed by Dr. Martin of Catasauque. The injured man died yesterday forenoon of inter nal ,injuries sustained in the fall. Deceased leaves a. wife and three children to mourn his untimely end. THE 'OPERA 'HOUSE.—Mr. proprietor, is hound to keep up with the tithes, and we must say his present performers heat everything we have ever seen. Persons could not go to Philadelphia or New York, to see suoh a performance for that nimble dime.— On Friday evening Miss Fannie Gillmore made her first appearance ; she is an excellent singer, and we must say in taking ; a Negro character she has no equals; she is now the only Jig dancer in -America, and the best one we have ever seen. She is greeted nightly with shouts of applause. Isabelle, since the re-opening of the Opera is quite a favorite in our midst; she sings and dances bet ter every night and we think in the character of the gailor Boy, she surpasses all we have vet seen. To see her and Miss Li illmore alone is worth double the price of admission. We are informed, that Miss Mary Vincent will again appear next week. 'DISTRIBUTION OF THE MILITARY FUND.—The Ruud of Officers, auditing the claims on the military fund of the county, met at the Allen house, on . Saturday afternhon last, and after allowing all claims on the milt= tAry fund, to be paid in full, made the follow ing pro-rata distribution among the uniformed companies of the county: Anil Claimed. Am't Reeeired. Allen Rifler. $520 50 $52 05 Loathill Infantry. 250 30 25 05 Washington Guards. 154 50 15 45 Washington Rangers. 352 50 35 25 Whitehall Artillery, 205 50 20 55 Weisenburg Troop, :174 50 37 45 Lehigh Rifles, 244 50 24 15 Saucon Troop. 321 30 52 15 Lowhill Artillet y, 210 00 21 00 Washington Troop, 315 00 31 50 Unthsville Troop. 3:41. 50 :IS 15 entusampta Rifles, . 342 00 34 20 Jordan Artillerists, 363 00 311 30 Allen Infantry. 180 00 IS 00 Total, $4412 50 WI 2 . 5 We understand, that Capt. Yeager of the Allen Infantry is dissatisfied with the amount allowed the company he commands, and lies applied to Major General Brown to review the decision of the Board. • ; "YANKEE LAND."—Need we remind our citizens of John U. Saxe's lecture next Friday Evening. We trust that none who know how to appreciate so complete and brilliant an of : fort of the muse will bill ,to hear " Yankee Land." The lecture will he giVen in the Court house, commencing at g o'clock.. Tickets 25 cents. Can be obtained at the regular ticket offices of the association—the bookstores of Blumer, Lei senring & Co., and Edwin Steger. We append several notices of the press : " The largest audience that has been collect ed in the Market Hall since Mr. Greeley's lec ture, assembled hint evening to hear the face tous Vermont poet, Saxe ; end they were not disappointed in their expectations. hir. Saxe's poem Yankee Land, was well written, well delivered, full of fun and yet full of good sense. Chicago Journal. "John G. Saxe,_ Esq., was then introduced and proceeded to deliver a poem on " Yankee Land." It was one continued scintillation of wit, nimbi, good sense, -felicitous imagery . and happy hits. Every'word sparkled with mirth and tell like drops of diamonds into the ears of the audience. It eve the utmost 'magnet - ion, and was greeted with thunders of applause.— Mr. Saxe IR a clear speaker, has a full, round and flexible voice, and is able to give the best effect to his utterances.—Boston Record. POST OFFICES OF LEHIGH COUNTY. —The following is a list of the Post Offices of Lehigh county, with the names of the Po,` mastersand Postmistresses: Allentown, - Broinigsville, - Catasanqua, - Centre Valley, - Claussville, - Coapersburg, - Dlllingorsville, - Emus, - - Fogelsville, - Friedensville, - Oermatieville, - 11ensingereville, - Hosonsaek, - Jaaksonville, - • • Laury Station, - • Lehigh Valley, Lowhilt - - Lynnville, - Lyon Valley, - Mhoungie, - New Tripoli, - North Whitehall, Orefield, - - Rittersville, - Ruehsville, - Ruppsvillo, - Seutoon Valley, - SohneeksvillerLe Sbiraorsvillo, Shosnersville, - Slatington, - •• South \Vhitehall, - Troxlortown, - Weisenburg, - Wescosville - Whitehall Station, . . NOT - iDEAD.TIf eVittagagtol., . last week stated, that Mr. Nathan Prairie O . our Borough ; hid died of the injuries sustained on Sunday'a week, last in unloading •lumber near the grounds of the Allentown Rolling Mill. We me..glad to state that Mr. Freder ick is still;living and rapidly ,recovering from his injuries. Apprehensions were entertained at the . .timoOf the accident, that Mr. Frederick might have sustained serious internal injuries, but they have since been found to be ground less. • gt, PRESENTATION TO FIItEMEN.—The ladies of Allentown, as wits stated in our lkist issue, presented to the Columbia Fire ComN ny a fine Bible and cushion. !The gift w ag _ highly appreciated by the members • and as a token of gratitude for the good will displayed by the fairer sex, the Columbia Fire Company . have resolved to assign the gifts a cowmen: ma place in their Hall. At a special Meeting Of the Company held - Tuesday evening, Jai Fith, Messrs. Morris' Stonier, Edwin Young , . and A. 0. Weikel were appointed a commit tee to draft a series of resolutions returning thanks for the handsome presents: The fol lowing resolutions were - reported and tumid mously adopted. Resolved, , That the thanks of. Columbia Fire Company, are cordially tendered to the. La dies for their elegant presents, and as a token of appreciation of the gifts, they are assigned a conspicious Position in our Hall. Resolved, That the interest always manifest ed in the successof their company by the fair sex is entitled to, our highest considerations, and our endeavors Will be to still further gain the smiles and-- kind wishes of the Ladies of Allentown. Resolved, That, as heretofore, the efforts of our ofgadization shall be to merit the goodwill and confidence of our fellow citizens. Resolved, That these proceedings be entered on the minutes of the company, and the papers of the Borough be requested to publish the same. $lOOO,ll 580,13 510,93 TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—At a special Meeting of the Diebert's Valley Sabbath School, held at the School House in North Whitehall, on the 1 1 1th of January 1860, the .following resolutions were adopted : WHEREAS, It has pleased an All Wise Prov idence, after a short bnt severe illnea to re move from this life Fraklin Peter Siegfried, a pupil of this Sabbath School. Therefore. . .11esolved, That we teachers and pupils re cognize in his death the loss of one, who dur ing his attendance, has endeared himself to us by his diligence and piety : Resolved, That we cherish his memory as a noble example of diligence, piety and moral integrity, worthy to be observed by all pupils and teachers. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his parents, mourning relatives and a lare cir cle of friends in this dispensation of Provi dence; he having been so suddenly and at such an early age removed from among them. Resolved, That we yet acknowledge the higher wisdom and kindness of a Supreme Be ing, who thus early removed our brother, to an abode of happiness and eternal joy. Resolved, That as teachers and pupils, we will attend in a procession the funeral of the dec eased, and sing a few hymns in token of high respect for him. Resolved, That these resolutions be commu nicated to the parents of Franklin Peter Sieg fried; deceased, through the Committee, and the same be caused to lie published in the Le high Register, Allentown Democrat nd Al lentown I?riedonsbote. RAILROAD MEETING.- , A large and res pectable meeting of the landholders a nd others interested in the Allentown Railroad, was held at the House of Charles Kutz, in Kutztown, on the 17th inst. The meeting was organized by appointing C. Pretz, Esq., as President. Judge Reilv, David Foster, David Kutz and Isaac D. l as Vice Presieents, and Daniel Bie ber and C. W. Esser, as Secretaries. The object of the meeting was stated by the chairman, whereupon several able and interest ing addresses were delivered. Mr. Rosebery. of . Pottsville dwelt at length upon the advan tages of the said Road, to the citizens of Schuyl kill county, and the interest they take in the speedy completion of the same, kc., &c. Mr. Roberts, the Chief Engineer, was-pres ent, and' ave a detailed statement of the ex penses and supposed income of the Road, which was highly appreciated by the stockholders.— Judge penis mede very interesting remarks in respect to the Company. The President, by direction of the company offered very liberal and encouraging induce ments to the landholders for the speedy com pletion of the Road, free from bonded debt, and that the work would be resumed before the first day ofJune next, whereupon the fol-• lowing resolutions were offered and unanimous ly adopted. /?eseired, that the offers made by the Chair man meet our hearty co-operation, and that a committee of five be appointed, with power to appoint such sub-committees, as they . .think proper to contlir with the landholders. Resolved, that Col. 1). C. Kutz, Daniel Bie ber, David Katz, Lewis K, Hottenstine and David Reidnour, constitute said committee. Resolved, that the proceedings alias meet ing be published in the, Geist der Zeit, Ham burg &len& „Post, and Schuylkill and Lehigh county papers. 1,1•11110I1 VALLEY RAILROAD.—The Stockholders of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, held their annual meeting on Monday in'Phil adelphia. The annual , rsport was presented and read. The report Etilligitliat 74f .per cent. of the entire receipts of the . ioad.bave.been for anthracite, coal; the amount transported over the road tier the year was 577,651 tons, against 471,025 tons in 1858, being an'increase of 106,- 622 tons. Of this amount there was. distribu , ted over the Belvidere Delaware Railroadl3l, , 152 tons ; Central Railroad of Nov Jersey, 182,222 tons, and lesser amounts over the North Pennsylvania, East Pennsylvania, Cat ;maligns, F. Railroad and Morris Canal ; along the line 175,883 tons were delivered. • The increase of business has been entirely front coal,. ,The receipts and expenditures were as fol lows : • RECEIPTS. From coal transportation Passengers, express end mails Miscellaneous freights , lIMPKNDITURICS. For coal and all other transportaties , $211,922 50 Balance net earnings Against which heti boon °barged : Interest on bonds N. 85,020 00 Current interest - 8,257 06 Salaries and office express 6,259 40 Div. in Deo. being 6 per cent. per year ending .Nov. 1 1859 119,981 00 10 Mrs. M. E. Nernbeek. Mrs. Matilda Copo. Solomon Beirj. Jacob. Joeoby. Joseph Slough. . Brwin Burkhalter. D. J. Dißinger. Sylvester Gering. Edwin J. Fogel, A. A. Froyman. David Ross. John S. Saul. Solomon L. Holder. henry CrOH!. David Lowy. . Solomon Boyer. Peter Lentz. , Jelin Seiberling. J. E. Zimmerman. Aaron Erdman. Silas Camp. .Stephen }Jolliet. Samuel Sieger. Charles Ritter. Martin A. Scipio. Benjamin Rupp. Charles Witman. Peter Gross. J. F. Saltierling. Charles B. Shimer. Samuel Saylor. Robert MCDowell. William Walbert. Jonas IL Brobst.. John It. Schell. Samuel Frits. • Jacob Sehunkwellee. Stephen Kleppinger Leaving credit balance $06,375 72 • Of this credit balance $62,793 06 has been used in new constructions during the year, and the balance applied to liquidating the debts of the Company. .Of the $1,500,000 authorized to be howled under the first and only mortgage of the Com pany $83,000 still remain unsold, and is, kept as a reserve in case of any extraordinary de mand on the Company. The report of the Superintendent is an in teresting ono. After tote reading of the reports the old offi cers, of the Company wore re-elected as fol lows : J. Gillingham Fell, President. • 'Asa Packer, Wm. 11. Gratziner, John T. Johnston, Robert F. Stockton, Blisha A Pack cr, David Barnett, Managers. John N. Hutchinson, Treasurer and Secre tary.—E.u.ston dine!. Ml, A bill has been introduced into the Ohio Senate, to puniSh all citizens convicted of raising military expeditions' for the purpose of creating servile insurrections in other States. M.. 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