1i.0. - W.goigo . ;
ALlaurrowN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 18 1.
PETER C. HUME JOHN U. OLIVER
=Mill AND PNOPIUSTOIfie
TO ADVERTISERS.
TUB IMHIGH REGISTER* HAS A LARGER
CIRCULATION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED
THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN
THE COUNTY.
TOR GOVICANOZ
Col.itufivew G. CAutin,
OF CENTRE COUNTY
TUB CAMPAIGN.
, The two parties in the State have .nominated
candidates for Governor. In a few weeks more
each will have in the field a candidate for the
Presidency. The contest will be one of the
most fiercely contested political battles, which
the history of the country has ever witneised..
The Democracy, accustomed to success, and
fully aware, that in losing their hold on the
voile now, they lose all. chimes for Mare
supremacy, will stubbornly contest every inch
of the ground, before. surrendering the field.
The contest of 1860 is to the Democracy...the
Thermopylae of their hopes. Vanquished
new, and a long career of rule is opened to . a
victorious opposition. And the - Demecretict
forces will be met by foam= worthy of the en
counter. Completely organized, ihnd with
splendid prospects of success, the Opposition
will go into the contest, determined to achieve
victory, if effort can make it possible. To make
that effort effective and successful each soldier
in the ranks must wisely and systematically
contribute his utmost mite, of effort, whatever
it be, to gain votes, and from now until oo
tober and November, every Republican must
spare no effort, to secure the majorities of next
fall. Can there be found a cause, worthy of a
greater effort? Has there ever been a party in
power more reckless and corrupt, than the pres
ent Demoorallo administration ? Have political
• annals ever witnessed a more base, unblushing
and flagrant violation of most solemn pledges ?
Has ever an administration been more odious
to the people ? Has ever a party , professed
truer or more patriotic doctrines than those
avowed by the Republican party ? The De
mocracy are undeniably wrong, and the Re
publican party beyond a peradventure right.
Argument is out of the question. No one con
versant with the politics of the country can re
fuse to acknowledge that the Democracy North
are compelled to maintain doctrines, they know
to be wrong, and which their hearts abhor,
simply for the sake of the spoils and of suc
cess. The future glory and possibly the very
existence of the government, are dependent on
the issue:. If the civilization of the age is not
to receive a cheek in its onward career, then
let Republicanism be triumphant. Republi
can reader, and honest
s and patriotic Demo
cratic reader, will yot o refuse your effort in the,
struggle for the right. The cause is worthy of
your assistance, and your country demands
your aid.
Our Gubernatottal Candidate
From all sources, we learn, that the nomina
tion of Col. Andrew G. purtin for Governor is
-received with unbounded satisfaction by the
Opposition of Pennsylvania in all parts of the
State. Large ratification meetings have g
ibed), been held • at Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
• The nomination has consolidated and strength
ened the party and has crushed out faction
and dimension. The party has set the wim
ple of rewardipg distinguished character and
ability. The history of Pennsylvania politics
.to too great an extent has been the record ,of
the acts of incompetent men. Pennsylvania
has bad, and yet hu within her limits, we be•
lieve, men equal in ability and attainments to
'any to be not with in any State of the Union.
Her liar is second to that of no other Stmts.—
'Her tons have won laurels for themselves and
for her in the fields of science. And yet po
litically, no State has given evidence of a
«greater lack of great men. Inferior men have
represented her in the Senate and House of
Representatives at Washington, and inferior
men, as a general rule have been elected to
seats in the Legislature, and elevated to the
Gubernatorial chair. Such has been the case
not by reason of a lack of able awl competent
men to fill , stations of honor, but because
through some unaccountable agency worth and
merit have been too geherally unrewarded.—
The Whig party set an example of improvement
in eluting . Governor Johnston in 1848, and
the example has been more and more followed
ever since. The present Pennsylvania dale
, gation in Congress is an abler delegation than
the State has sent to Washington for years.—
In times past the State has been dishonored
and disgraced in the representatives her people
have elected to Congress. Had abler and wor
tbier men represented the State, her interests
would have been cared for, instead of being
disregarded and slighted by- other sections of
the Union. The Opposition, in nominating
Col. A. G. Curtin, have declared, that they wish
to see our good and great old Commonwealth
honored in the person of her Governor.. A
brilliant orator, a distinguished lawyer, a pol
ished gentleman and scholar, and yet of such
a nature as to take a strong hold on the popular
heart, the people of Pennsylvania in honor
ing him with a majority, will confer lasting
honor on themselves. ,
CIIANOZ OF TIME OF HOLDING THE NATIONAL
CONVENTION.—The Nationkl Executive Com
mittee of the Republican Party in response to
requests of leading Republicans of the Coun
try have finally decided to hold the National
Convention at Chicago en the 16th of May,
instead of the 13th of June, as heretofore an
nounced. The following is the card of the
Committee:
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE,
ALBANY, February 28, 1860.
--i tiestiOn of the propriety of changing
the time of holding the Republican National
Convention having been submitted to the mem
bers of the Republican National Committee,
and their views been c,ommunicated:by letter,
it is , determined, in accordance with the wishes
of a majority thereof, that the said Convention
be held on Wednesday, the 16th day of May
next. (Signed.)
EDWIN D. Moleasii, Chitirman.
W. M. CRAM Secretary. , .
FOR Cness.—The Republican State Conven
tion of Ohio have elected delegates to the Na
tional Convention, instructed to support Hon.
Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, as a candidate for
the Presidency.
IDuring the warm and pleasant weather
which we experienced a few days ago, robins
and blue birth, those beautiful and weloone
harbingers of spring, made their apperenee.
• Va,i . s l 4 lo /00 0 1 1t, ,- .oo l s lolooll .
In another.oolnum swill be fbund the pmniecol%
finds of the Delnoctratic • 2 0. tion. We
choose nogin the etyliof seine of OurDimeora
Coticuporarie; to speak in disparaging term. of
the: Conventiob Or iteasfon.‘ No doubt the
Democratic Politicians, gathered from all pot.'
dons, did the best they could, to,llirthib lbw/co
cas ofthe Party in next fall's election. Success
- is their only object. - The spoils "follotiing in
the wake of success, are their main strength
and support. To_ accomplish this, a nnion of
all members of the party, was desirable:—
Principles must be 'ignored, and • the plan,
which will receive the most votes, must be
adopted. ' With this end in view, although
apple tools of Buchanan's Administration,
they are ready and willing to-forgive those
foes whom during the. past two years .they
have so heartily cursed.. Last year a' Demo
erotic State Convention refused to endorse the
Administration of Gov. Packer . ; this year far
the sake of the votes of the •friends of that Ad
ministration, the State policy or Packer's Ad
ministration is approved. We might point to
similar acti of the Convention intended to
mollify the anger of weak-minded Anti Le
ocuitpton Democrat., and reconcile them to the
faith of President Buchanan. This action was
expected, and was heartily desired by snob,
as it could affect. There have been Anti Ad
ministration Democrats, who whilst denono
, fling the party, its nominee, and platibrms,
have readily aided in voting into power can
didates standing on those obnoxious plat
forms. Such men would • vote to-morrow for
President Buchanan,. nominated on a plat
form, requiring a congressional slave code for
the territories.. Such men never ()nubs of any
account beyond their own individual votes, and
the Democratic Party under any circumstan
ce* could count on their support, as it has al- 1
ways had it. Then ars, however, in the
Democratic ranks, noble-minded men, such as
John W. Forney and John Hickman, who have 1
the courage to maintain their principles, and
whom no blandishments of power can seduce
from the paths of political virtue. Such have
been the blunders and crimes of a Democratic
Administratio%for the past few years that unaid
ed, the opposition in Pennsylvani a next fall could
march forward to victory, but with. the aid of
such sterling men as John Hickman, the vic
tory of the opposition in Pennsylvania next
fall •will be a most crushing defeat to the
Democracy. The Democracy of Pennsylva
nia have boasted, that in the State they
never could be beaten two: falls in succes
sion. The history of the past two years has
furnished proof of the untruthfulness of this
boast, and next falls' election we are confident,
will but confirm the proof already furnished.
=Math CONGRESS, •
Fee. 27th.—In the Senate Mr. Toombs of
Georgia attacked the action of the Supreme
Court of Wiscomin,„ declaring the Fugitive
Slave law unconstitutional.
In the House three ballots for Printer wee
had, on the last of 'which Mr. Ford of Ohio,
was declared elected.
ha. 27th.—In the Senate Mr'. Cameron of
,Pennsylvania, presented a petition for a mod
ideation of the tariff.
In the House, Mr. Sherman of Ohio intro
duced a bill reducing the mileage of
. members
of Congress, from 40 to -20 eta . per mile, and
king a direct geographical line to Washing
ton as the measure of the miles to be compu
ted.
Pls. 29th.—In the Senate,. Mr.' Seward,
(Rep.) of New York made his great speech on
the admission of Kansas under the Wyandott
Constitution. The speech is a complete refu
tation of all the arguments urged whist the
Republican party. It condemns the extension
of slavery, the John Brown raid, and threats
of a dissolution of the Union, and treats the
'addect of slavery in the States as a question
,to be decided by the, States alone.
In the House, the journal was corrected so
as to insert the name of Mr. Ruffin of North
Carolina as having voted for Mr. Glossbrenner,
whereupon, it was decided that Mr. Ford was
not elected Printer. Mr. Reagan (Dem.) of
Taus, argued that neither Congress nor the
people of a territory have a right to abolish
slavery in the territories. Mr. Grow (Rep.)
of Pennsylvania advocated the passage of a
homestead law. Mr. Jenkin (Rep.) of Penn
sylvania advocated the passage of a protective
tariff.
MARCH I.—ln the Senate the military ap•
priation bill was considered.
In the House Mr. Ashmore of South Caro-
line, defended the South as never having ask
ed more protection for - slavery, than her people
were entitled to. In ease of a dissolution of
the Union, the South could maintain through
her 4,000,000 of. negroee an army of 500,000.
MARL U 2d.—ln the House, Mr. Ford Of Ohio,
was elected printer, having received two more
votes than were necessary for a choice.
PENNSYLVANIA LEIGISLATERE.
Fan. 28th.—In the House, Mr. O'Neil of
Philadelphia presented the petition of the City
Councils of Philadelphia in favor of the pas
sage of the supplement to the charter of the
Lehigh . and Delaware Water Gap Railroad
Company. An set relutive to Common Schools
in the Borough of Allentown passed on first
reading.
MARCH 2d.—ln the Senate, Mr. Smith of
Philadelphia read in place a supplement to the
charter of the Lehigh and Delaware Water
Gap Railroad Company.
In the House, a bill to increase the Sinking
Fund of the . Commonwealth by tax on ex
change, bill, and note brokers, was considered.
THE SPRING Ettcrnix.—The election for
Ward, Borough and Township Officers will
take place on Friday the 16th inst. Whilst
it may be of but little account, so far as the
Borough is concerned, who may be called on
to fill the various offices in the gift of the peo
ple, it is all important, that Republican su
premacy in the Borough should be maintained,
and th&t in the local election approaching, the
Republican Party should present a firm, un
wavering and unbroken front. Let no • allure
ments seduce any man .from the support of
his party and his party friends. The enemy
we deal with is wily, and votes, which might
be asked as a personal favor, if contributing
to Democratic success, would be heralded as a
Democratic victory. Republicans, rally to the
standard of the party, and we have no fears as
to the result.
Fos SZWARD.—The Republican State Con
ventions of the States of Wisconsin and Min
nesota have elected delegatee to the Chicago
Convention, instructed to support Hon. William
H. Seward for the Presidency.
Pon. Doc. r —We are indebted to Hon. Ed
ward MoPhereon, M. C., from thie State, for
a copy of hie speech, delivered in the Hones of
Representatives on the 24th ult.
, lk; 0 6 11 1 06 1**-
.Henry Poiter edmorel~ttl ''
nominee of the - Dinnoeratio. Pestif6tiGeitmo
a - laver byTirofeadim,
`pervid in'Congresslkom 1M to 1841, wait a
meniber of that S‘tite Leghdaturiin the years
1056,-1856 and 1857,40 was' defeated for,
Congress in the tall of 1858 'by Wriest "'John
'Covode. ‘Failing to agree do either of the two.
•
prominent . candidates, Witte and Fry Mr.
Foster was nominated, although he bad declin
etbeim a candidate before the Convention,
Mr. Witte was a very prominent candie . for
the nomination in 1867,' and seemed n owt all
Oilseed with the winner iii which his - claims
were set ,aside liy the Convention. On the
third haPti BfroWittie receivo 64 votes; Mr.
Fry 80 and Henryll. Foster, 24, when a dole=
gate !Vied; that Mr. Foster be the unanimous
choice of the „Codyention as a . candidate for
Governor. The motion in some, unagoountable
manner carried, although had the 'balloting
proceeded regulruly, Mr. Witte would doubt
less have been the cluticivf the Convention.—
In the course of a speech before the Conven
tion, Mr. Witte remarked, that the history of
the proceedings of the Convention-for the past
few days would yet have to be written.—
What exactly was his meaning, the future
must determine. We copy the following Edi
torial from the Berke and 'Schuylkill heroes;
which may throw some light on the subject,
of the mode in which the nomination was made.
" SINGULARLY PROPRZTIC."-A week ago
to-day, we were informed by an ardent and
enthusiastic supporter of Mr. Buchanan, that
Henry D. Foster, of Westmoreland county,
would most'probably receive the Gubernatori
al nomination of the State Convention which
assembled in this city on Wednesday last.
Thip intimation set us to thinking, and we
deterthined to watch the course of events.
It will be recollected that the delegates from
Barks, appointed by the Buchanan County
Convention in Septenibetlast, were instructed
for Mr. Foster, and that, soon after, it was an
nounced, that he would not be a candidate—
that he had written a letter to 'somebody, in
Reading to that effect. The letter, however,
never was published, although its publication
was called for at the time, if we recolleit
aright.
When the Convention met, there. was a talk
of a similar letter, in one of the Delegates's
breeches pockets, but still this letter, though
it may have been shown round privately, was
never publicly produced.
When the Convention was organised, the
first thing in order was the selection of Dele
gates at large to the Charleston Convention.—
Mr. Foster was nominated, among others. On
the first ballot he received 30 votes, and his
name was then withdrawn, although nobody
pretended that he would decline to serve. His
election as a Delegate to Charleston, would
have interfered with the programme. Hence
the withdrawal of his name by his friends in
the secret, to be set up again, at the proper
time, for the larger stake.
The next thing was to choose s Elsictors at
large. Here Foster again rectified 4 votes,
when it was suggested Iv one of his friends,
that the ballot, as concerned him, should be
expunged, as he was "too good a man" to have
hie name appear in the proceedings with so
small a vote. The President so directed, and
his name, with' the 4 votes attached, was duly
expunged by the Secretaries.
Now why, if Foster was. so "good a man,"
was he beaten for Delegate, and subsequently
Elector, which he had not declined, by the
identical Convention that, an hour or so later,
went off in a sort of spontaneous combustion in
his favor for the higher office, which it was
pieviously made to appear he did not want?
Evidently, the Westmoreland nag was kept
back, all the time ; by his friends, in order to
win the larger prise.
Next came the balloting for governor, and
now the plotters began to work. Witte led off,
followed closely by 'chile Foster again re
ceived only 4 votes on the first ballot.
On the second ballot Witte increased his
vote slightly and so did Fry, and Foster riv
ed 11 votes.
Now.came the opportune moment toe ring
Foster upon the Convention, and his name was
formally presented by Mr.Johttston, who main
tained by way of excuse that he was the only
man to beat Curtin, and that so ' good a Dem
oCrat' bad no right to decline. As the ballot
progressed, every now and then a Buchanan
man, who had previously voted fbr Witte,
changed over to, Foster, making a set speech so
as to insure a cheer from the outsiders and help
on the arrangement. In this way, by the
time the list was called through, Witte and
Fry loth fell 'back, and Foster received 24
votes.
• Emboldened by this success, a motion was
next made to pass over Witte and Fry and
nominate the " good Democrat" Foster, by ac
clamation,although he was only the third on
.the list. The President of the Convention ea
gerly entertained this motion, and in the ex
citement that succeeded it was actually car
ried ? Before they knew where they were,
Witte and Fry were bgth sold and Foster was
declared the unanimous , choice
Now, some folks may thing it was till honest
and fair, and that Foster's personal popularity
occasioned this outburst. Had they been pre-,
sent to note the look of triumph on the coun
tenances of , the Buchanan men, who held the
controlling influence in the Convention, and
carefully considered the above facts in the
Emma connection, they could not but suspect,
as Witte and Fry evidently suspected, that it
was the ".power behind the throne," so much
talked about—exerted,through its agents, the
busy B's of the great B. at Washington, . that
did the business. '
THE ADMINISTRATION TRIUMPH. -Of the
four delegates at large to the Charleston Con
vention, elected by the Democratic State Con
vention of this State, Senator Bigler, John L.
Dawson and Joseph Baker, Collector of the
Port of Philadelpaia, under Buchanan, are
zealous and devoted Administration men.—
Mr. Montgomery, the fourth delegate at large,
whilst at one time differing with the Admin
istration, has lately been driven intolhe traces,
and his recent conduct in Congress has shown
him to be as supple a tool, as the Administra
tion could desire. In order to give the Anti-
Lecompton Democrats some show of fairness,
two Anti-Lecompton Democrats have been
placed on the electoral ticket as electors at
large; Richard Vauz and Geo. M. Kahn. In oth
er words the Administration will control,
whilst the opponents of the Administration
may be allowed inferior • stations, where their
opposition can amount to nothing.
SLAVZRY IN KANIIAS.--GOV. Medary having
vetoed the act passed by, the Legislature of
Kansas, abolishing, slavery, the Legislature
have passed the act over his , head by a two
third vote. The enactment is now a law, and
the only way to nullify its provisions, is to
have it declared unconstitutional by the Su
preme Court of the United States. That the
Court, as now constituted, are ready so to de
cide, and that the Democracy, or at least the
controlling spirits of the party, wish the Court
so to decide, there cannot be a particle of
doubt.
HORTICULTURAL CURIOSITIES.—As an inter
esting freak of Nature, Hon. Amasa Walker,
of Massachusetts, relates that trees may be so
grafted as to produce an apple, one half of
which is of one kind of fniit and the other of
a different kind. A foreigner in his employ a
few years since,' made the experiment, and
Mr. Walker has raised an , apple, one half of
which was genuine Baldwini and the other
Roxbury Russet,
Detnetenteleileitter . • '
State.ontiention assent* bkd
ai ding, on. Weinesdailist f or the pur
. ,
'pose of nominating,n*Aldite for Governor.
- Af,preoisely 11 031401 i A.
Esq., Chairman of the State"CentterComni
tee, called the Contentiqn * tk ) " 0 " i Whe..7"
upon Messrs. GeorgoiXelsen Smith; :Of :Cam
bria, Administration Democrat, and:W*lll4m
'lc:Schell, of Bedford, were simultaneously
nominated fbr the:temporary*ChainnanshiP.:--.
A - scene of considerable excitement ensued,
when it was finally agreed to take the vote,
and . tellens were appointed for that purpose.a=
The result was as follows : •
George Nelson Smith, ,69 votes. •
Wm. P. Schell, • 57 "
Messrs. Nelson Weiser, of ahigh, Wm. A.
13albith, of Erie, and Thomas B. Seawright,
or F a±ette, were tippointed 13edretaries. _
The next thing in order was the matter of
contested seats, which were, On motion could
bred in open Convention. In . every instance
the contestants, who favored the poweis that
be, were ' put through' by their Mends, while
those who were not thus politically ' right on
the goose' were ousted. At half put 1 o'clock,
and before the contested seats were all settled,
the Convention took a recess until 3 P. M.
After the contested Beata were disposed of,
it was moved and carried, to proceed jothe
election of a permanent President of4he Con
vention, 'rind that the vote be taken viva voce.
Mr. Cessna nominated Thomas' S. Cunning
ham, of Beaver.
Mr. Leech nominated William H. Welsh, of
York.
The roll was then called, when Mr. Welsh
received 84 votes and Mr. Cunninham 44.
Mr. Welsh was thereupon dealared .eleated.
A motion was than made that-the delegates
from the several Senatorial dietriete each wi
led one of their number to compose a commit
tee to report permanent °lnners other, than
President.
The inotiod was agreed to, the. Committee
announced shortly afterwards, and the Conve
ntion then adjounied till 8 o'clock.
Upon the re-assembling of the Convention,
at 8 o'clock, Hon. Wm. H. Welsh was con
ducted to the Chain. The Vice Presidents and
Secretaries were announced by the Committee,
and unanimously endorsed.
The question of appointing Delegates to the
Charleston Convention, and Presidential Elec
tors, was then taken up, and the manner of
doing so lead to considerable discussion,' in
which a good deal of feeling was evinced.—
The ultra Buohanan men, with the venerable
Arnold Plnmer, of Venango, at their head,
were in favor of the appointments being made
by the Chair. It was soon ascertained that
the minority would not submit to this, and
more shrewd politicians, lead on by Mr. Mont
gomery,. of Washington, made a virtue . of ne
cessity by recommending a more liberal course.
It was finally agreed, upon the motion of Mr.
Schell, that the four Delegates at large to Char
leston, and the two State Electors, should be
appointed by 'a viva voce vote of the whole
Convention, and that the District Delegates to
Charleston, and Electors, should be named by
the delegates from the several Congressional
districts respectively. " •
The Convention then made nominations and
proceeded to vote for four Delegates at large
to the Charleston Convention. Three ballots
were had. Messrs. Bigler and Dawson were
elected on the first, and Messrs. Montgomery
and Baker on the third ballot.
The vote for Electors was then taken, each
delegate voting for two. Messrs. Van: and
Keim were declared elected.
Nominations were then made of candidates
for Governor, and the Convention, proceeded
to tote. Three votes, were taken, with the fol
lowing result
let. 2d. 3d.
William H. Witte, of Philadelphia; 40 58 54
Jacob Fry, jr., of Montgomery, 30 35 30
Henry D. Foster, of
. Westmoreland, . 4 .11. 24
Wm. Hopkins, of Washington, 13 10 8
Hendriok B. Wright, of Lucerne, 12 5 8
George Sanderson, of Lancaster, 11 11 7
Nimrod Strickland, of Chester, 8 5 4
Jeremiah Schindel, of Lehigh, 4
Scattering, 2
(Whole No. of votes, 133. Neeessary to a choice, 07.)
On the third ballot' several delegates in
speeches having announced a change of their
votes to Foster, amounting by this time to 24
votes for Foster, Mr. Deitrich of Lycoming,
arose, and moved, that Mr. Foster be nominat
ed by acclamation. The motion was put by
the Chairman and . declared carried. 'After
the nomination speeches were made by some
of the leading candidates for Governor, and
several prominent men of the party, when the
Convention adjourned.
Steamboat Explosion on the Delaware
near Easton
Thirteen-men killed and.zeveral wounded
When going to press, we received the fol
lowing telegraphic desetches from Easton,
giving accounts of a steamboat explosion on
the Delaware near Easton. The steamboat
must be the one lately built at the boat-yard
of Mr. Thomas Bishop, on the Lehigh oppo
site South Easton. Further particulars will
be found in next week's issue.
The boiler of a small steam-boat, built here and
making its first trip up the Delaware, exploded at
noon, just as she was starting, killing a number •f
pinions. The boat is a total wreak. Among the
killed are Joseph W , Geo. Smith and Geo.
Chafe from Beaton. Among the wounded are Benj.
Yeast's, Wm. Diehl, from Easton, Thomas Smith
and a negro from Belvidere. There are many more
killed and wounded, whose names iv have not yet
been able to ascertain.
Ii =Ells^=l
The boat left here at 1 o'clock for Belvidere and in
trying to get up the falls, above bore, the boiler ex
ploded. There ware thirteen persons killed and
about the same number wounded.
LATER.—We have since learned the following
names of persons, killed and wounded•
KlLLED.—ltlobard Holcomb, Judge Sharp, Wm.
Sharp, jr. ' of Belvidere ; Joseph W , George
Smith of Easton; Chafe, the Engineer and Son,
Valentine Schooley, of South Easton. -
DUI/RED.—John Smith, (thigh broken, Belvi
dere, ; Solomon Mclntire ' Belvidere ; Andrew Mel-.
loch and B. M. Youele of Easton, badly injured.
A TERRIBLE Dawn.—Thursday afternoon,
says the Troy Whig, a crowd of boys were
snowballing each other on South street, when
one of their number, dipping his han d into a
bank of snow, was astonished at t ouching 'a
human face. He alarmed his cempanione, and
an investigation revealed .the body of a man
lying in the snow. It was rim:termed as being
that de, tailor, named Frederick Reis, who
lived in that viciniAy, and had been missing
since Saturday. The deceased was a man
given to drink, and being under the influence
of liquor, had perished during•the,cold of Sat
urday night.
lle..The new hotel in Philadelphia, called
"The Continental," has been opened for the
reception of visitors. It is said to be the larg
est and grandest establishment of the kind in
the country, capable of accommodating 1,000
people and surpassing in the elegance of its
furniture, &c., the St Nicholas and Metropoli
tan of New York. There is s.cirenlar railway
in the house by which the guests are hoisted
from the lower to the upper floors, who are thus
saved trouble of walking up stairs. We pre
sume the charges will be in proportion to the
splendor of the house,
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flying, deceived . : the warm sUn into the ....
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4104wiceteril 'lectured atße th lehem on
• y evening last, the 6th filet.
ureaifilnect on the Pilgrims Progress in
the Presbyterian church. The next \ lecture
will be delivered next Sabbath evening, March
21 v at 7 -o'clock. Subject—The advice and
benediction of the Sheperbur All ore invited.
Sarno Breit of April is' rapidly' approach
ing, when every body wants roomy, and more
especially so, the .Printer. We hope, there
fore, that our friends will not loiget us; btit
promptly fork over their respeotive dues.
A CELEBRATED BUCKS COUNTIAN.—
The Kentuckian State Senate has appropria,
ted $5,000 toward/1 the erection of a monu
ment at Frankfort, the. capitol of the State, to
the memory of Daniel Boone; the pioneer and
the first settler in Kentucky—who was born in
Bucks county, Pa.
DELEGATE TO CHARLESTON.—Mr.'
Thomas 1. Wilson of our Borough-was select•
ed by the Democratic State Convention as
delegate to the Charleston Convention from this
Congressional District. Mr. F. Vansant of
Bucks county was chosen alternate.
EAST PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.—
Sine*, Monday last, the 6 O'clOck A. M. train
to New York, has been discontinued. The only
through train by this route will be the 12
o'clock noon train. An accommodation train,
however, for Allentown and Easton, well leave
Reading daily at 3 P. M.
APPOINTED. SUPERINTENDENT.—Lu
ther Voorhees, Esq., has been appointed Su
perintendent of the East Pennsylvania Rail
road. Mr. Voorhees has had much experi
ence in railroading and the East Pennsylva
nia Company will doubtless find ere long that
hie appointment was au excellent one.
TRAIN DETAINED.—OA Thursday last
the Accommodation train on the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad was detained about two hours, in
consequence of the breaking down of two cars
loaded with pig iron on the road. The Ac
commodation had to wait until the broken cats
had been removed, with their loads, from the
track.
HOW TO KEEP FURS.—Our lady renders,
who will soon lay aside their furs for the pres
ent, should be careful to obey the following
directions as to the best manner of keeping
them: Fine furs should be kept in a cold place.
An experienced dealer will tell, the moment
he puts his hand on a pieceof fur, if it has been
lying in a warm, dry atmosphere; it renders
the fur harsh and shabby, entirely destroying
the rich, smooth softness which it will have if
kept in a cold room.
COAL AND IRON, The Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company brought down for the week
ending Saturday, the 15th inst., 13,500 tons
of coal, against 11,950 tons for the correspond
ing week last year, making for the season,
commencing pecember Ist, 163,784 tons,
against 116,944 to corresponding period ]net
year, being an inetretum thus far, for the sea
son of 45,840 tons of coal. 786 tons of pig
iron were also carried over the rend for the
week ending same date.
A GOLD MINE IN BUCKS CO., PA.—The
Doylestown (Pa.) Democrat of the 21st inst.,
publishes a letter from Wm. E. Dubois, Assis
tant Assayer at the Philadelphia Mint, which
states that the gold is contained in a lead ore
or galena, from New Britian township, along
the North Branch creek, within three miles of
Doylestown. This ore, according to the assay,
would produce not quite 'ten cents worth to
the ton. Hardly enough to create much of a
rush to the " diggins," we think.
POCKET PICKED.—Hon. Jacob Erdman of
Upper Saucon township; Lehigh county, whilst
in attendance at the Democratic State Conven
tion at Reading, last week, had the misfortune
of being robbed of hie pocket book. Whilst
Mr. Erdman was in a crowded room at Barto's
Keystone House, some one of the light-finger
ed gentry contrived to relieve him of his purse,
containing at the time $25,00 in money, and
an excursion ticket over the East Pennsylva
nia Rail-road. We understand another by
stander was relieved of $l5O, in a similar
manner.
MAN MISSING.—Mr. Levi Sell of Upper
Saucon toitrnship, this county, has been miss
ing since Saturday last. Mr. Sell at intervals
has been subject to fits of mental derange
ment. Whether such was his condition at the
time of his disappearance is unknown. Dili
gent search has been made in all the neigh
boring mill ponds and places where he might
be supposed to be found, but no'clue has been
obtained as to his whereabouts. The unfortu
nate man is thirty-two years of age and has
a family, consisting ot a wife and several
children.
serThe season is now approaching when
Public Sales will be held, and we remind
those having sales to advertise that they could
do no better than to .advertise in the "Reg
ister." By. so doing you can at a very little
cost have them qirculated in every part of the
county. Many persons think it sufficient to
put up a half a. dozen written sale bills that
are in all prObability never read, and conse
qUently nobody attends the sale. The more
people you can get to a sale, the more bidders
there will be, and consequently you get a
higher price for the articles sold. One man
told us, that by investing $2.50 in " Printers
Ink," for a Public Sale he had made at the
lowest calculation $300,00. Think of that ynu
who are hiding your light under a bushel.
EA6ToB, March 6,1860
A PANTHER IN NEW JERSEY,—We
learn from the Phillipsburg Standard that the
farmers living in the vicinity of. Washington,
in Warren county, between that place and
Broadway, • have been somewhat .alarmed at
the supposed presence of a panther in that sec
tion of the country. They had suffered for
some time past by depredations that haa•been
committed on their sheep, swine, dogs, &a.,
and could not account for it until a few nights
since, when a:farmer was called up by the
noise made by his dog, and going out into the
yard he discovered an animal having his dog
by the neck, biting and tearing him furiously;
not knowing at the time what it was, he seiz
ed a chair, and striking the beast on the head,
he immediately let go his hold of the dog and
snapped at the man, lacerating his leg severe
ly, when the man was glad to get into the
the house again safe. It then =ldea's escape,
and from the foot prints it is supposed that
the animal in question .was a panther. The
farmers in the vicinity have contributed
puree of $5O for his hide.
ANNEXATION TO THE BOROUGH.—On
Monday evening lost, the Borough authorities
annexed to the Borough a portion of territory,
adjoining to and including the Allentown Iron
rks. The annexed territory includes the
same district of South Whitehall township,
whose citizens applied to the. Courts of the
County in November last, for incorporation
into a separate 'Borough, and whose request
was ignored by the Grand Jury. It is gener
ally supposed, and we believe the supposition
correct, that the action of the Grand Jury was
controlled by political considerations. Fail
ing in this•the people,of the district as a last
resort applied for admission into the Borough' of
Allentown. and their request was very prop
erly granted by our Borough authorities. We
believe the time is yet coming, when First
Ward, from its southern extremity to the
Works of the Allentown Iron Company, will
be one continuous, thickly-buildt manufactur
ing district. Such it will certainly become,
if the advantages afforded by nature are im
proved. Firm in this conviction, we hail with
pleasure and satisfaction this latest accession
and addition to our Borough limits, . •
• BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HON.
'ETERNEWHARD, DEOEASED.—TheIIoi.
N . ffiritATlD was born in the Borough of
. illetitOwn, on the 26th of Jply, A. D. 1.783.
`sls_parenta were Jacob Newhard and his wife . ffirart, whose maiden name, Was . They
Were byith born in 1762; in Worth' Whitehall
iiivnliehip, then Northampton; now bad&
oalinty. They settled in ‘ Mlentown, A. D.
:1775, --- before the Revolutionary war. , Lit
tle - hi known of them now, except that they
were AP honest, industrious • and substantial
family( and were observant of the duties of
our holy religion according to the devout cus
toms athl usages of those days. In accord
ance with•the teaching of clod's word, and-the
pnietleeof, the .ishijitian ; , obiwch fr om Aposto-
HO times, Peter, t a le subject of this notice,
was in early infancy consecrated to the triune'
God and incorporated aeon in font member of the
church of Christ, through the holy sacrament of
baptism. The Rev. Abraham Blamer, of bles
sed memory, officiated,. and Peter Rhoad and
Mrs. Margaret Fuel's, were sponsors oil this oc
casion. When he had reached his fifteenth
year, his parents, who Were intept, on securing,
to the fullest extent, to their children, the bles
sings
.promised and sealed to them in baptism,
placed him in.the class of catechumens, under
the pastoral care of the Rev. Blumer already
named. After proper instruction in the fun ! .
damental doctrines and duties of our holy re
ligion, he woe admitted to the full benefits and
privileges of membership in the christian
church, by the Apostolic rite of confirmation.
This toook place in 1798. During his minori
ty he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker,
which trade he followed industriously for a
number of years, nor was he ever ashamed to
own, that he had ever been a hardworking
man.
In A. D. 1810, on the 30th of September, he
was joined in holy wedlock to Sarah Romig,
whom he now leaves to mourn his death, and
whom the God of the widow may comfort and
sustain, until her pilgrimage, now also tending
to the evening of life, shall have been fully
completed. The fruits of this marriage were
two sons and two daughters, of whom one
daughter preceded the father in death, in
.1832 ' in the sth year of her age, and one son
in 1835, on the 19th of March, in the 22nd
year of his age. 01 his Grand-children nine
are still living. At a timenot precisely known
now, he devoted his attention to the business of a
hardware merchant, In this he wan greatly
prospered, until in 1848, on the first of Juno,
lie, with many others of his fellow citizens of
this place; became a sufferer by the so-called
great fire which visited.'this town. Although
his losses were great Re had more than a com
petency left. In 1815,
_IA wee unanimously
elected coroner of his county: In this station
his official labors were but few and unim
portayt, but during this term the Sheriff of
the county was called away by death,. whenac
cording to then existing laws, Mr. Newhard suc
ceeded to the office of Sheriff. At the expire- .
tion of this term he was strongly solic
ited to become a candidate for the office of
Sheriff, but lie absolutely declined. His mo
tives deserve to he mentioned es honorable to
his his head and heart: He thought himself
too young, and besides, the liabilities of men,
it would seem, were at that time very great,
and the laws very severe, and lie did not wish
to become an instrument through which many
of his fellow inen,must inevitably be ruined.
He also served nine years as trustee of the. Al-'
lentown Academy. In 1817, he eras, against
his own protestation, nominated and elected as
a member of the State Legislature. In 1818
—l9-24-25-29, he was re-elected to this sta
tion, refusing at times to serve again, on ac
count of the interests of his family, which was
' young and needed his attention. In 1833, a
vacancy having occurred in the Senate of
Pennsylvania, by the election of the Hon.
Ilent7 King, who was then State Senator, ton
seat in Congress, Mr. Newhard was nominat
ed to fill out the remainder of Mr. King's term.
This time he was defeated ; but eller theme's
piration of the term, Mr. Newhard was
aga . in nominated and elected by a large
majority. He served out his term, which was
at that time four years. In 1838, he was elect
ed to the Heim of Representatives of the Uni
ted States. In 1840 ho was re-elented. Tired
of public life, he anxiously longed for the expire-
Rim of this last term. Altegether, Mr. New
hard spent 25 years of his life in some office
to which he was at various times called by the
voice of his follow men. Laying claim to no
e;traordinary talents, educational acquire
meats, nor far-sighted statesmanship, Mr.
Newhard nevertheless possesfed those firm,
substantial elements of character and natural
acquirements, which won for him the confi
dence of his fellow citizens in a very high de
gree, of which his long public life, to the du
ties of which he was so often called by his fel
low citizens, is a most palpable evidence.—
Whatever may be the view taken of his public
acts, by those occupying a different political
stand-point, or even by his own political
friends, no one, we presume, will refuse to ac
cord to him the purest patriotism, and the
strictest honesty of purpose. His own decla
ration as to these
. points, made some months
since and in full view of his approaching end,
was, that whatever mistakes he might have made
during his public life, he elways had enter
tained the profoundest reverence for the Con
stitution established by the people of tide great
Republic, and that in all hie public) life lie had
acted conseiencionsly, and under a sense and
feeling of obligation to God, expecting to here
to answer at His bar, for his public acts as well
as for his private deeds. One of his fellow
citizens bears him the testimony that he never
betrayed a trust in his life. It was Mr. New
hard'e privilege, during his long public life,
to mingle with many of the most prominent
men of our own and of other States. Whilst
in the legislature of his own State, Shultz,
Findlay, Hieeter. and Wolf were the Gover
nors.. Whilst in Congress, Van Buren, Harri
son and Tyler were the Presidents. Here lie
mingled with the greatest men of the nation,
with some of whom—John Q. Adams, Millard
Fillmore and others. he was on terms of inti
macy. Such men also tis as Calhoun, Benton.
Clay and Webster, graced the legislative balls
of the nation. To have lived a co-temporary
of such men, and to have taken even an hifm
ble part with them, in directing the counsels
of our great nation, was both a privilege and
an honor. It was his privilege altio to serve
the German Reformed Church of this place, at
an early period, ns an Elder, in which office
he also manifested a lively and earnest zeal in
the welfare of the church, and' he made yell
ow; sacrifices for it. By. an unfortunate train
of circumstances he felt himself afterwards re
pelled,,for a time, from the regulifeommunion
of the church. During this period lie was fill
ed with painful longings fora change of the
circumstances alluded to. As these circum
stances were not of his own making, so it was
also not in his power to control them. As soon
as an opportunity was presented, lie gladly
embraced it and returned to the full exercise
of his christian duties and privileges. The
congregation among which his lot became now
cast, had sufficient confidence in him to elect '
him to the (Ace of an Elder. As long as his
strength permitted him to visit the sanctuary,
he discharged his duties faithfully, and mani
fested the liveliest and most zealous interest
in the concerns of the church. It pleased God.
however, that under the weight of years and
sufferings, his strength shOuld gradually give
way. By slow degrees, his strength failed to
such tin extent, that he was at last 'entirely
confined to his house. In the solitude of his
own chamber, he neglected not to read the
word of God, and to lift his heart to him
in prayer. As he grew feebler still, his
mind also seemed to sympathize with his phy
sical Weakness ; and it became more and more
difficult for him to concentrate his 'thoughts
upon any subject connectedly, for any length
of tinte. Nevertheless, ho took all along a sin
ctire.delight in hearin„o. the Scriptures read,
aid'also engaged with great fervency, as long
as his pqwers would permit, in prayer. At
our oomnfunion season before the last, he once
more united with his aged partner in lifo, in
his own house, in participating in the Lord's
Supper. He was a long and great sufferer,
but as long as his mind was less impaired, and
even afterwards at intervals when it seemed to
recover itself from its wanderings, he endured
his sufferings with patience and resignation.
During this long period of providential &Me
llon, he had many a severe conflict of faith,
being oometiniew •bartassed by
,dietssiseing
donbteand' fears': These seemed. always to
give way; whenever 'the word of God, with its
precious promises was read, and when any one '
engaged with him in:prayer. To frequently
repeated solemn and -.searching inquiries on
the subject, he always expressed his assurance
of his preparation and Willingness to die. On
one opoalon, Whilst he' buried his streaming f
eyes in his hands, his mind having apparently
entirely recovered itself for a time, he said :
Man is born and designed to honor and glori
fy his God, and that should be the business of
a man's whole, life, and that he woe deeply sor
ry he had not done so, that he had neglected
in such manifold ways, this chief calling of
life ; but that he humbly prayed and trusted.
that God for Christ's sake, would be merciful to
him a poor helpless sinner, and not cast him
away. Often afterwards had he such hum
ble, and penitent, yet at the same time be
lieving and trusting moments. This fact,
among others, givenus the strongest hope of his
blessed departure, and is ono full of consola
tion for those who mourn for him. Itfurnieh
es, at the same time, a most striking lesson for
us all. It shows, that after the enjoyment of
all human confidence, after filling stations of
distinction and being crowned with earthly
honors, and •after having mingled with the
great ones of this world, it must come to this
at last, that man must feel and acknowledge
himself an, unprofitable servant,• yea, even .11
poor helpless sinner, whose only hope is in
Jesus Christ.. In the solemn light ofetArnity, •
human arms become powerless, crownsofhoe
or fade away, and upon all earthly glen. - le •
written: " Vanity of vanities, is vanity."
0, the restless, longing heart! It cannot rest
out of God and Christ! There only is rest,
and in the shame of the cross , alone, is true
glory. It deserves to be mentioned still, that
the faithful partner of hie life, was unremitting •
in her efforts and attentions to the aged suffer. •
er by her side. His children, too, as well as
many other friends of the deceased, did not \
fail to manifest a deep sympathy and intend.
Every . want was promptly met. Non. ,bett
those who have madesimilar experience!, can
form any conception of thS labors' and toils,
and of the intense mental anxiety, the sighs
and prayers also, which were occasioned - to
Mrs. Newhard, by tip afflictions of her hus
band. Notwitnstanding all this, and that
medical aid was freely invoked, no permanent
relief could be afforded. It pleased God, there
fore, in his wise and merciful providence, to
remove Mr. Newhard from his sufferings, and,
as we trust, into a better life. His death oc
curred on Sunday morning, the 19th inst., at
1 o'clock. His age is 76 years, 6 months and
24 days. May his ashes rest in peace until
they shall be glorified in the qessurrection at
Christ's coming,
TEMPERANCE JUBlLEE.—According to
previous announcement, the anniversary was
celebrated on the 28th ult. The convocation in
the afternoon was very large, and the meeting
interesting. In the evening a large procession
was formed in the following order :--Cadets of
Temperance ; let Warfi Brasaßand; members
of National and Grand Division ; Daughters of
Temperance, and Sons of Temperance ; which
proceeded to the Evangelical. Church in this
place. When they arrived there, it was found •
to be almost impossible to gain admittance on
account of the crowd already within. We ob
served the fo lowing clergymen on the plat
form. Rev's. Walker, Judkine, Mennig, Derr
and Brobst. The meeting was opened with
prayer by Rev. gudkins, after which deputy
Cl' W. P. Davis of Philadelphia as President
of the meeting, delivered a short introductory ad
dress. He stated that our order advahced with
rapid strides toward the accomplishment of the
objects for which it was established ; and urged
the importance of instilling temperance prin
ciples into the minds of our youth. The great
champion of Temperance Wm. Nicholson Esq.,
of Philadelphia, was then introduced to the
audience, who held it spell bound by his elo
quent appeals for nearly an hour Ile demon
strated in a very logical manner, that intem
perance is the great plague spot in our midst,
and that moderate drinking is the agency by
which it is sustained and perpetuated in the
land. His arguments were plain, concise, and
irrefutable. We hope his exposition of this
great evirmay be beneficial to many.
Rev. Mr. Mennig of this place next address
ed the meeting in the German language and
fulls sustained the arguments - advanc ed by
the previous speakers, and recommended the
cause to the eommunity in an able and elo
quent manner. He was listened to with
marked attention, and the seed, which he sow
ed, is already producing fruit. May he be
spared to greater usefulness in the cause.—
Rev. R. Walker delivered the closing address,
in which he referred to the late' suicide com
mitted by a colored man in a house of ill-fame
in our town, saying &that public indignation
was aroused by the act, and the circumstances
which led to it, and that the authorities pro
ceeded at once to remove. the cause. • He also
stated that our authorities showed great incon
sistency by not acting as energetically in re
moving the cause by which others had com
mitted the same crime, but with the more fatal
weapon, Rum. His remarks were proper and
timely, and should carry conviction to the
minds and consciences of every one. The ex
cellent music discoursed by . the Band and
Ca
dets, added greatly to the interest of the meet
ing.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE OF LEHIGH
COUNTY.—Teachers of Lehigh. You have
no doubt rend the announcement of the meet
ing of our next Count - Institute. More than
a.year has elapsed, since you have last con
vened. I do not deem it necessary to spnk
to the majority of you of the importance, -ben
efits and advantages, gatherings of this kind
are to the teachers. Most of you have at all
times fully appreciated them. There are how
ever, those who are much in need of instruc
tion, not only in teaching, but even in the vari
oue branches of education required to be
taught in our schools, yet always neglecting
to attend Institutes. To whom I would say,
you are filet losing ground in your professions,
and will ore long be supplanted, if you do
not awake and go to work with energy and
perseverance. The people are beginning to
see that you are unabl 3 to discharge your du
ties properly and unwilling to prepare your
selves suitably. . They are becoming tired of
your short commings and are daily resolving
to change you for better, qualified ones.—
This, they can easily accomplish, since the
number of applicants for salmis is rapidly
increasing. The able, enterprising and con
sciencious teachers, each have a dozen or
Caere youths in their schools, who will in a
few years be better prepared for the school
room than you, and very willing to 'ake your
place; which you can only avert by so im
proving yourselves as to suit the times. Dur
ing the past intercourse with you I have fre
quently and earnestly , admonished you to im
prove. This was all I could do, while the de
mand scarcely exceeded the supply. The
state of things has however changed much ;
while the number of applicants in the past
year of my term, was only some two 'hundred,
it was nearly two hundred and sixty last
year: Of these latter nearly two hundred
were an honor to the, profession against a hun
dred of the former. The different boards of
Directors, will select the properly. qualified
ones from among the applicants: Then you
will find to your. misfortune that the able
teacher and profound scholar will receive the
preference to uncompromising stand still and
declaimer against the County Superintendent,
and progress. In conclusion I will inform
you, that I have engaged Madison Watson,
the renowned lecturer and elocutionist of New
York, to deliver his lectures on reading. I
intend to procure the services of ono or two
others, so that the reward may be ample re
numeration for the time rind expense you de
vote to the occasion, . Do not forget to be on
the ground at the proper time.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
gairA New Marble Yard is about to be open
ed in Sixth Street, near the Young America
Engine House,
O 6.-A banquet hall is undoubtedly' a very
pleasant place, yet it is filled with the "pub'
ing of teeth," •
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J. H. D