_l~+l'N~:•A~a~i7.+es:rt~wl+a~a!ayeb~.,i~~ n-~nc Etc fetigt Atiosttr. ALLENTOWN, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL". 4, 1860. PETER C. HUBER Js JOHN H. OLIVER EDITORS AND PROPRIETODS TO ADVERTISERS... THE "LEHIGH REGISTER" HAS A LARGER CIRCULATION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED ' THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN THE BOUNTY. tole amazon : Col. Andrew G. Curtin, OF CENTRE COUNTY Oar Representative in Congress. The Allentown Democrat of last week coon plains that the Hon. Henry 0. Longneoker, the Representative in Congress of this Congres sional District, did not vote on the motion of Mr. Moril of Vermont, to introduce his tariff bill. At the time of Mr. Morril's motion the introduction of the bill required a suspension of the rules and consequently a two-third vote. Itwirriliet supposed by the friends- of measure that such a vote could be secured, but ti vote was desired for the purpope of ascer taining how many friends the measure could rally to its support. Since then under a change made in the rules of the House, the bill has been regularly brought up, will bo duly discussed, and must finally pass, notwith standing all the opposition of free-trade . Dem °orate. The introduction of Mr. Morril's reso lution was not intended nor expected to have any effect on the final passage of the bill, and some of the warmest 'friends of .protection, such as Messrs. Stevens and Wood of Penn sylvania, and others, doubtless not expecting at the time Mr. Morril's resolution, were ab sent. Mr. Longneoker could not have wished to dedge , the vote, became he had everything to gain by voting for the measure, and if 'in good health, when the vote comes up on the passage of the measure, Hon. Henry C. Long neoker will show by hie vote, that he still re mains, what he always has been, and what he professed to be, when elected, the ar dent supporter of a protective tariff. For the benefit, liewever, of the equanimity of the Democrats of this District, who take so much interest in the passage , of this Republican tar iff measure, we would inform them, that Mr. Longnecker has been in - ill-health for some time, and that ill-health prevented his attend ance at Congress at the time of the vote. On Monday two weeks since ho had sufficieritly recovered to attend the Supremo Court in Phil adelphia, and expected to return to Washing. ton on Wednesday of the same week, but such was his health, that ho could not return before the following Saturday. Since then we are sorry to learzi that he has boon confined to his room under the advice of a physician, who forbids his leaving it. We hope he may soon recover. Of ono thing, however, wo aro as sured. that such is the Republican ascendan cy in the House of Representatives, that if a few Republicans should happen to be confined to beds of sickness, we can pose the tariff bill in the House of Representatives without their votes, and , shall not bo compelled to carry that to the House on cots for the purpose of voting. When, how over, the measure comes to a Democratic Senate, we shall give no guar antees as to its fate. If the Allentown Demo crat will exert some of its tremendous influence in setting enough Democratic Senators right on the question to pass the bill, which the House shall present to them, the people of the Seventh Congressional District, without re spect to party, will be most profoundly grate ful. Republicans will do their whole duty in tho premises. But one Republican voted against Mr. Morril's resolution. But two Ad ministration Democrats voted with them, Mr. Florence and Montgomery of Pennsylvania.— We choose to call Mr. Montgomery an Ad ministration-Democrat, because he was the regular Democratic nominee, when elected, and lemm) his course in the main agrees with , that of the Administration, and he has generally placed himself in opposition to such gallant men, as Hoskin, Hickman and Schwartz.— With this explanation, we stippose the anxiety • and solicitude of the Editor of the Allentown Democrat should be relieved. Tux HOMESTEAD BILL.—The Homestead bill which has passed the House of Representatives at Washington, and is at present awaiting the action of the Senate, provides as follows : That any person who is the head.of a fami ly, or who has arrived at the ago of twenty one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his intentions to become such, shall be entitled to enter free of cost, one hundred and sixty (160) acres of public land, upon which the said person may have filed a .pre-emption claim, or which may, at the time the application is made, bo subjeCt to pre-emp tion at one dollar and a quarter, or less, per acre, or eighty acres at two dollars and a half per acre. No certificate to be given or patent issued until after the expiration of five years from the date 'of said entry ; and on the pay ment of ton dollars the rights secured by the' actual settler shall issue to the heirs and de visees. The land thus acquired in no case to become liable to the satisfaction of any debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent. PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL ELECTION.-TIIO People's Party of Philadelphia at a city con vention held last week took up the following ticket to be supported at the May election. Alexander Henry, for Mayor ; Goorge W. Hufty, for. City Controller; WillianP.Haulm, for Receiver of Taxes ; Charles E. Lox, for City Solicitor ; and J. A.cHouseman, for City Commissioner. Mayor Henry was renominated on the first ballot. He has made an unexceptionable public officer, and his re-election is confident impor- taken be ex- S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.—The President has removed James C. Vandyke Esq., United States District Attorney for, the Eastern Die trict of Pennsylvania, and has appointed in his stead George M. Wharton Esq. Mr. Van.: dyko has been a lifelong Democrat, and devot ed friend of tho President, but was removed, as supposed, because he would not bow to all tho President's wishes in reference to the notion of egthe Charleston Convention. Mr. Wharton came into the Democratic party in .1856 Thus gradually has the President been driv ing from his friendship his former friends and taking to his embraces his bittereaCenemies. .- '.~ ANOTHER RE PUBLICAN VICTORY. CONNECTICUT, O. K. 7r: Buckingham Re-elected Governor.-,—The Legis lature decidedly Republican,—The People of Connecticut cannot be bought and then sold. again Notwithstanding the tremendous efforts of the Democracy to carry Connecticut, despite a lavish expenditure of money, and regardless 'of sordid appeals to the avarice of her people, the. election in Connecticut on Monday last has resulted in a decided Republican victory. Buckingham has been re-elected Governor by a majority of at least two thousand. The Re publican majority of last year was 1800. It is said, that at least 1800 foreigners had been naturalized by the Democracy for the purpose of carrying the State. Any amount of money was subscribed by New York merchants, who wished to barter the political convictions of the people of Connecticut for Southern trade. The Legislature is decidedly Republican. It was feared, that the democracy might carry the Legislature, even if they lost the State, and thus secure tho election of a United States Senator. Populvot, volutions never go Ilackwards and tlier \ DAocra e I prepare for a signal defeat next fall both in State and na tion. The President's Protest. The House of Representatives at Washing ton some time since passed the following reso- !MIZE " Resolved, That a Committee of five mem bers be appointed by the Speaker for the pur pose, first, of investigating whether the Presi dent of the United States, or any other officer of the Government has, by money, patronage, or other improper means, sought to influence the passage of any law appertaining to the rights of any State or Territory and second, also to inquire Into and investigate whether any officer or officers of the Government have, by combination or otherwise, prevented or de feated,'or attempted to prevent or defbat, the execution of any law or laws now upon the statute-book, and whether the President has failed or refused to compel the execution of any law thereof," The President in his letter to the Centennary celebration at Pittsburg had deplored that the practice had become too general in litter years to use money for the purpose of influencing the elections. For the purpose of ascertaining the truth of the PresidAt's i charges, of ferreting out corruption, and of securing a remedy against similar outrages by wholesome legisla tion, Mr. Covode of Pennsylvania ofibred the resolution. A eommitte was appointed, of which Mr. Covode is chairman. The commit tee have commenced the discharge of the du ties of their appointment, and:have determined, that as testimony is taken, copies of the evi dence shall be forwarded to the President, for the purpose of affording him an opportunity to contradict facts testified to, or to give an ex planation. On Thursday last the President sent a special message to the House, protest ing against the House conducting any exami nation in reference to his official conduct, ex cept in case of an impeachment, when the House would be the accuser and the Senate the judges. A bolder attempt on the part of the execution to interfere with the action of the Legislative branch of the government is unknown in the history iof the country. A mote flagrant attempt to screen executive cor ruption, by over-riding the provisions of the Constitution, we have yet to chronicle in the annals of the government. That the House arc right, and the President wrong, it requires no great legal acumen to perceive. Even sup posing that the members of the House should, ) conceive the idea of.impeaching the President, they certainly would have the right of con- ducting a preliminary examination for the pur pose of ascertaining, whether there was suffi cient ground for impeachment. But the ob ject of an impeachment is to punish official mis-conduct, not to prevent it, so far as the party impeached is concerned. If the House were of the opinion, that the President had committed wrong, they certainly had the right to ascertain the extent of the wrong, in order to ascertain whether further legislation be ne cersary as a preventative. Such are the ob jects of all investigations of the kind. The present Harper's Ferry Investigating Commit tee, was appointed for the purpose of ascer taining whether further legislation be not ne cessary to prevent future insurrections like that of John Brown. If in the course of an investigation a committee were compelled to expose the misdeeds of the President, it mat ters not. It is not the theory of our govern : ment, that the President can do no wrong.— Nor is his character more sacred, than that of the humblest officer of the government. The mes sage of the President has been referred to tho Judiciary Committee of which Mr. Hickman of Pennsylvania is chairman, and the subject will there receive that consideration, it de serves. We are satisfied that the report will sustain the course taken by the House, and the President, satisfied or not, will be compell ed to abide an exposition of his mis-deeds. RATIFICATION MELTING.--ThrOugh the pa pers of the county, we had learned, that oft Monday evening at 'the Court House the De mocracy would hold a county meeting for the purpose of ratifying the l nomination of Henry D. Foster for Governor. It was announced that the meeting wa.s to be addressed by Charles Carrigan Esq., of Philadelphia and others. We chanced to drop in the Court House, and found but a few dozen of the faith ful assembled. A more Spiritless political meeting, reminding one more of a funeral, than of anything else, it has seldom been our lot to attend. If the DernCeracy begin the campaign in this style, they bad better leave off before they begin. ho fol .bbine axes Henry gar The .President did not send his spe cial message to the House, protesting against the action of the Hon. John Covode's Investi gating Committee, until ho had copies of evi dence taken, implicating himself. The Presi dent complains that personican be gotten be fore a Committee to testify to almost anything. Thu 3 far the,witnesses are his favorites, ap pointees and officials. They best know the trickery • and corruption, and can best prove either. • - " 7i V STNITLINO OZVELOPIi4EI TS Wholeiale Plunder and Corruption. EE DEIMOORATTO MI6-MANAGNMENT We copy the folloWitig from the report of Mr. Raskin, made to the House of Representa tives, showinghow the Government under Dem ocratic management has been plundered, and how under the present administration money has been secured for the purpose of carrying the, elections. We suppose our friends in the Bounty may find in the report a clue to ono of the methods,• in which at elections . the De mocracy of this section raise funds to carry the county. The report will take considerable space in our paper, but more minim learned from it, than from anything we can say on the subject of politics. The Way d in which the Public Printing is farmed out. Cornelius Wendell sworn—Examined Chairman , Q. Were you the printer de facto of Congress. Answer. I was. Q. Who was elected Printer of the House? A: James Stedman, Q. You are the Printer of the House until you aro superseded ? A. That is the custom. I hold over until another printer is elected. Q. lie was elected printer of the Thirty-fifth Congress ? A. Yes sir. Q. Did, he ever perform the duties of that office ? A. No, sir. Q. When did you commence performing the duties of printer to the House? A. Immediately on his election. Q. Will you ho kind enough to state, in as concise a manner Eu 3 possible, the terms upon which you became the printer de facto, as be tween you and Mr. Steadman, the printer elect of the Thirty-fifth Congress? A. I stipulated with him to do the work for sixty-four cents on the dollar. Q. Sixty-four cents on the dollar? A. Yes, sir. Q. That is, where you received one dollar for certain printing, you get sixty-four cents out of it fol• doing the work? A. Yes, sir. Q., by Mr. Foulke. He got thirty-sixty out of the dollar and you the balance ? B. Yes sir. Afterwards that arrangement was set aside and I gave him a stipulated sum and took the chances, He was very anxious for money and I bought him out entirely. Q,, by the Chairman, Your first agreement with him was to do Work for sixty-four cents the dollar paid him by the 'tome A. Yes, sit, q, And subsequently; be kind enough to state about what timo you bought him out en tirely for a stipulated sum. A. lie cas elected in Deeettibet, rind in May following, I think, I gave him a atipulatect sum. Q. Uow Much was that? A. Thirty-four thousand dollars. Q. That was the whole bonus you paid him for selling to you the right of printer to the House ? A. No sir ; subsequently to that about a a year, rather than have a row in the House about the matter, I paid him $l,BOO. It was a black-mail operaiion with him: he threaten ed to resign, and make a muss generally. Q. Were any other parties interested With him in the profits of the printing on his elec tion ? A. Yes, sir; Mr. A. D. Banks, Mr. Wash ington McLean, Judge Walker, and some two or three others,'who held minor interests, The profits on the Public Printing, and who . gets them. Q. Were you the printer of the thirty-fourth Congress? A, I was elected printer of the thirty-fourth Congress. Q. Can you state from recollection the amount of money paid during th 34th Con gress for the printing done for the House of Representatives? A. I think it was about $230,000 ; I am not positive ; it was some considerable sum over two hundred tiTousand dollars; Q. Can you state from recollgction the profit? A. Well, I could not come very near it from the fact I was doing the Senate's executive work, binding and all together, and kept no dis tinct account of the profit. ' I should imagine the profit ran near forty-five cents. Q. Forty-five cents on the dollar? A. Yes, sir. Q. Can you state the aggregate amount paid for the printing of the House during the 35th Congress 1 A. It was a trifle over $200,000: I think about n 12,000, of my memory serves me. I have all these figures to a cent. Q. Can you toll what was the net profit on the work done for the 35th Congress? A. I think' it ran in the neighborhood of forty cents ; some of the - work is not So heavy as other, because it is not the same style. The price depends upon the style. Therefore we may do one hundred thousand dollars worth of a particular kind of work and make forty cents profit on the dollar, and wo may do anoth er kind and make sixty or seventy cents on the dollar. The prices are fixed by law, and the established scale is varying. Q. Are you doing the printing for the press ent House of Representatives? A. Messrs. English & Larcombo are doing the work at my office. Q. Who is doing the printing for the Senate? A. Mr Rives. Q. Who is the printer of the Senate? A. George W. Bowman. Q. Do you know the profits received by Mr. Bowman upon the printing done for the Sen ate? Do you know the profits of the Senate printer? A. I understand Mr. Rives gives him thirty three and a third per cent, P. He gives that amount to Mr. Bowman? A. Yes, sir. • Q. Do you'know the aggregate cost of the Senate printing during the 34th Congress? A. It was about $lOO,OOO ; I think ono hun dred and four or one hundred and Ave thous and dollars; it was a trifle over one hundred thousand. Q. by Mr• Some. I want to know what the not profits now are. ' A. I am informed that Mr. Rives testified before a committee of the Senate that he gave Bowman thirty-three and a third per cent. of the gross amount, but that he could not make it, and that his object in doing that was to break Wendell down. So I have been told by the reporter of the Senate committee. In speaking of profits gentlemen must bear in mind that it ought to be calculated upon the aggregate amount of work done. For instance give me the Senate, House, and executive printing and binding, and with the facilities I have for doing the work, I should say the profits would range about fifty-cants on the dollar all around—less interest in investment, perhaps. Q. Do you recollect the- aggregate amount paid for printing post office blanks during the 35th Congress? A, I think it averaged about $40,000 per year. Q. Do you knowthe profit qn that to the per son who was paid by the Government for do ing the work? A. One-half sir. S. Do you know what their severalinterests were? A. I understood that Mr. Banks' interest was one-half, Mr. McLean'e one-third, and Judge Walker, I think, informed mo that he `had a quarter interest. Q. Had Mr. Steadman, at the time of his election, any facilities hero in Washington for the work which the public printer would bo compelled to do? A. 'None whatever. Mr. Clopton. I would like to ask Mr. Wendell what, per cent. would be a reasonable profit on the cost of the House printing. I take it what you have said about the House printing is applicable to the Senate printing? A. Yes, sir. Take the-average all through —Senate, lions° and executive—and' the work costs over fifty cents on the dollar. As an ev idence of that, I did the work, I think for two years for fifty cents on the dollar, and made money by it.. I took it, I think, from the es tate of General Armstrong, <who died ; while he was a printer. That was the House printing alone. I had facilities then, for I Was doing the Senate Printing as manager for Tucker, and took the work from the Armstrong estate and from Judge Nobson, who succeeded Oen real Armstrong. The President, the Printing Plunder, and his organ Q., by the chairman. Was there any con dition affixed to your doing the work of the 35th Congress, by which you were to own and conduct the Government organ, " The Consti tution." A. No, Sir. • Q. That was a voluntary enterprise t ' A. Yes, sir. The editor of the organ is generally supposed to, command the patronage of the President. There is a geoid deal of this work at the disposal of the President— say an aggregate, of one hundred thousand dollars per year more or loss. Q. At the disposal of the President? •A. Yes, sir. That patronage the organ has commanded for years, it being impossible to keep a paper up here without Government suort. pp Q.. Is this otili hundredthousand dollars' worth of plttretuigo you Speak of at the dispo sal of the President personally ? A. The law provides that kl.shall ho under the control of the heads of dire departments ; but if the President signifies to his Cabinet that he would be pleased to •see A, B, or C get it, at a matter of course they will obey his wishes. It has been a matter of custom for the President. Mr. Buchanan has done it, and his predecessor, Mr. Pierce did it. I nev or had any intercourse with the Cabinet in the maw my intercourse has been direct with Mr. Buchanan, and was so wtth Pierce. Q. You say the aggregate amount paid for the eiteetitite printing per year is $100,000? A. From 85,000 to 110,000: I think it will average $100,000: Q. Do the profits on that printing average fifty cents on the dollar? A. A portion of it averages' much more ; but the average on tho whole of it is about sixty-five cents on the dollar. Q. Was their any understanding with you while you had that printing that a portion of the profits should be 'used towards sustain ing the organ. A. Yes, sir; it was given for the purpose of sustaining the organ. Q. Was there ever any understanding be tween you and the President as to what por tion of the profits should go towards sustain ing the Government organ ? • A. I cannot say there was a direct under standing. I understood it, and I suppose he did, Q. There was no distinct sum fixed upon t of the profits ? A. No, sir. 'II he understanding was that paper should go one Q. And that the patronage should support A. Yes, sir. I never had anything to say about editing it. The "'resident changes his editors often Q. Who was your editor? A. Mr. Appleton, Mr.,Wm. A. Ilaftis, Mr. Simeon Johnson, and Mr. R. W. Hughs.-- They were changed often. Judge Black and assistant Secretary of State Appleton write for the " Organ. Q, I ask whether you can state from your own knowledge ; that. any of the heads of the executive departments Wrote editorials that wore published in the Union? A. My impression was, I may say, Judge Black wrote for it. I think he wrote several articles, but I do not know positively that any other member of the Cabinet did. That's my impression. I could, not swear positively, never having taken manuscript from them.— Mr. Appleton contributed as editor after lie went into the State Ditartment. Q. Were his articles on general politics. A. On general politics. General George Washington, 'Bowman on the stand—He draws a fine distinction between' a sub-contractor and a Foreman. George W. Bowman, sworn. Examined by the Chairman. Q. Where do you reside, and what is your occupation. A. I reside in this city on It. street, be tween Tenth and Eleventh. lam editor and proprietor of the Constitntion, and printer to the Senate. Q. How long have you been printer to the Senate ? A, Since the 17th of January. I think that was the day•on which I. was .elected.— The 17th of January of the present year. Q. How long have you been the editor and propriet - x of the " Constitution." A. Since the 11th of April last. Q. Do you perform the public printing yourself, or have you contracted it out ? A. I perform the public printing just in the way a man would who was a printer, and undertook to discharge or oversee everything pertaining to the. public printing. I employ Mr. Rives to execute the work mechanically for me, for which I pay him at the rate of 67f cents on the dollar of all printing that shall be executed ,and passed by the Superinten dent of Public Printing. Q. How much money have you invest vested us Senate printer to execute the work required of you ? A. What money have I invested ? I have Mr. Rives, as I stated in the beginning, em ployed to execute the work for me mechani cally. Q. Haye you invested any money? Does ho not do all the work? Has ho not all the materials? A. Yes, sir ; he does the whole work. Q. He owns the presses, materials and ev erything with which the work is done? A. Yes, sir. Q Have you made any investment for the purchase of presses? A. No, sir. Q. by Mr. Hindman. The presses are your investment for the present, being in your =- Pig A. Yes, sir, ; and I have control of the of fice just as mush as if it belonged to me, for the execution of the work I have to do. Q. by Mr. Somes. Mr. Rives is a sub-con tractor under you? A. No, sir ; ho ie simply employed as a forethan by me. Q. I understood you to say that he did the work for you for sixty-seven and one-third cents on the dollar? A. He is employed by me as my foreman, just as I employ . aloreman in The Constitution office, to superintend the composition, read the proofs, make up the forms, and attend to the business of the office. I give it all the personal attention required. Q. by the Chairman. Where is the public printing done, which you were elected to do ? A. In Mr. Rives' office, the Globe office, on Pennsylvania avenue. Q. Who owns the building in which it is done? • A. I presume Mr. Rives does, I have never inquired. Who ownes the typo used in the composi tion, and the presses? A. Mr. Rives. Q. Who purchases the paper? A. The Government, the printer has noth ing whatever to do with the purchase of the paper. , Q. Who employs the hands who sot the typo and work the presses ? A. Mr. Rives, as my foreman, simply as my foreman. Q. Have you invested a dollar in this con corn of Mr. Rives' where the printing'is done, which you wore elected by the Senate to do? A. I have employed Mr. Rives as my fore man, and. ho furnishes the office and the ma terial. General Bowman dodges Q. Are the profits of the Senate printing, or any. part of those profits, appropriated to wards sustaining the newspaper known as The Constitution, or any other newspaper? Mr. Hindman. I object.— Tho Witness interrupting.. Dy my election aeSen rt piinter, there was no apvlopl'ation made in any way to the eiiiipoll df any rin's • paper o t of the profits thereof. (Coectuaine nest tack.) PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIIIIE , MARCR 30th.—Tho Senate proceeded to the consideration of the General Appropriation bill. Tho 2Gth section, relative to common schools, had been amended yesterday in committee, on the motion of Mr. Yardley, to graduate the sal= aries of the county superintendents as follows ; Five dollars for each school in the several counties, not exceeding ono hundred schools. Three dollars for each sahool not exceeding two hundred. Two dollars for each school not exceeding three hundred., Ono dollar andlifty cents for each school over three hundrd4, and not exceeding four hundred. a Ono dollar for each school over one hundred. Provided no salary shall be lees than three hundred. Mr. Landon moved to strike this out, and restore the old law—the people of each dis trict" to fix the salary of the superintendent themselvdrl, The 'motion was advocated by Messrs. Lan don and Ketchem ; and opposed by Mr. Fin ney,, and was negatived—yeas, 11 ; nays, 20. The section then passed. In tho House the bill for the relief of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad company wa lost by a vote of 45 to 48. MAkCU 27th,—In the Senate a hill authoriz ing the Lehigh and Delawaro Water Gap Rail road company to'build a bridge over the Dela ware at Easton to.coniMet with the Now Jersey Central Rail-read was reported favorably.— Mr. Schindel read in place a bill to incorpo rate the Robert's Iron Company of Lehigh county. Tho bill to incorpopato the Dime's Saving Institution of Allentown passed. MARCH 20th.—In the Senate the bill incor porating Saegorsvillo Railroad Corripany of Lehigh County passed finally. XXXVIth CONGRESS MARCH 2Gth.—The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the General Appropriation bill. MAnen 28th.—In the House the bill prohib iting polygamy in Utah under severe penalties was considered. Mr. Branch (Dem.) of North Carolina, argued that if Congress wore to de clare polygamy in the territories illegal it would be an advission of the power of Con gress, to prohibit what the Uepubliau plat form' of 1856 7 declared that other twin-relic of barbarian; Slavery. MARCII 29th.—In the House Mr. Grow, (Rep.) of Pennsylvania reported a bill admit ting Kansas Under the Wyandotte constitu tion. A message was received from the Presi dent, protesting against the action of the House in appointing Mr. Covode's. committee for the purpose of investigating the charge made against the President ;of attempting to influence the action of Congress and the State elections by the use of money. FREE BANKING Bn.t. PASSED.—The bill to establish a system of free banking, based upon State stock securities, which originated in the House, and passed that body same days ago, finally passed the Senate also yesterday, with some immaterial amendments, in which the House has coccurred. The fate of the bill is therefore in the Governor's hands. DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL. CXMITTEE.-- Win. 11. Welsh, Esq., chairman o the Demo cratic State Central Committee has appointed 0. 11. Myers Esq., of Northampton and Mr. Nelson Weiser of Lehigh, as members of the committee from this Senatorial District. PRICES Or PRODUCE i& NEW YORK.—On Wed nesday last, common to extra State flour sold at $5.20 to $5.40 per barrel ; common to extra Western, $5.20 to $6.65; extra Genesee, $5.50 to $750; extra St. Louis, $5.50 to $7.50. Rye flour, $3,70 to $4,40 ; corn meal, $360 to $4,10. Wheat' is dull, and the tendency is to lower rates ; the prices range from $1.12 to $1.60 per bushel ; rye 86 cents ; oats, 38 to 44 cents ; corn 70 t 0.77 cents. llops—Market dull at 5 to 12 cents per pound. New moss pork, $lB per barrel ; prime mess, new, $l6 to sl7. Country mess beef, $5 to $5.50 ; country prime $4 to $450 ; repacked Western, $8 to $lO ; extra mess $ll to $l2. Life beef cattle, 4 to 10 cents per pound—average' 8 cents.— In the retail markets beef sold at 10 to 10 cts per pound, according to cut; mutton,ll2o to 12 cents ; veal, Bto 18 dents. Poultry, 12 to 17 cents per pound. Fresh fish—ti to 7 cents per pound for codfish ; and fur other kinds 8 to 15 cents. A GOOD EXAMPLE.—jO3IIOB A. MeCorkle, who embezzled 515,000 of the funds of the People's Park at Richmond, Indiana, of which ho was Cashier has been tried convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $5OO, be disfranchised fur five years, and •incarcerated in the State Prison for four years. After committing the crime. McCorklo fled to Texas, but was followed and captured. On the first trial the jury dis agreed; before the second came on, being,at liber ty on bail the defaulter made a second attempt to escape, but was foiled and on second trial ro ceived his deserts. his previous character was of a high standard. • SAD ACCIDENT.-At Sandy Creek, North Carolina, on the morning of March 18th, Mr. George Wright accidently killed one of his own children in the following manner, as described by Mr. Fox, the Postmaster in a letter to the editor. Ile took down his gun from the rack and thought inasmuch as it had been loaded for some time ho would shoot it off. Standing in his door ho leveled his piece at a block near the corner of the house, and at the instant of firing, his little daughter, seeking some boards for a play-house, ran before the gun. The ball took effect just above the eye, killing the sportive innocent immediately. POST MARKS. -A new invention for letter stamping has been perfected which does away with the use of ink. The name of the post office and the date made in flue needle points in stead of solid letters. This newly • invented sti►mp not only makes an impression on the en velope, but on every thickness of paper enclos ed in it, so that if the envelope wore lost, the date and post-office would be still preserved.— In every respect, the stamp is an improvement over the miserable things now in use in the post offices, the impressions from which are half of the time illegible. • A SALAMANDER Doo.—At a fire which de strOyed n portion of the American IIotel; in Rochester, New York, on the 10th of March, says the Union, a small blind spanniel disap peared, and .it was supposed that be bad per ished in the flames. A. week or ten days after the wailing of a dog was heard among the ruins. He was intmeadiately released, and although much emaciated, was otherwise injured. By careful treatment he will be en abled to wag on as usual. Oa' The shoemakers, strike at. Haverhill, Mass., has collapsed.. Most of the jours have gone to work, and the President of the organ ization, with other leaders, has resigned iu dis gust after denouncing the strikers for nnt hold ing out. fE77At Charleston they,have ripe straw ber• ries and new potatoes, the latter bringing fifty cents a quart. LOCAL AFFAIRS. THE GONTINENTAL ESTAURANT.— Soo ddvortieo►nont ,oi Col. Hameraly in an other column. o ' LECTURES AT BETHLEIIEM.—Bayard Taylor lectures nt Bethlehem on Tuesday evening, the 17th of April, having accepted, an invition from the Young Men's Missionary Society at that place. sir The Rev. .Mr. Justin of Philadelphia, who has lately been traveling through Eu rope, in company with Bishop Potter, will hold episcopal service in the Acadeiny of thisplitee, on next Sunday Morning and evening, at the usual church hour. All persons are cordially invited. FIRE ON THE LEHIGH MOUNTAINS_ —The Lehigh Mountains in the neighborhood of our borough caught fire - during last week, whether front sparks from a locomotive, we have been unable to ascertain. The Blue Mountains about the same time were on fire, and for several days the atmosphere was densely clouded with smoke. Idir-We would call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Joseph Stopp in another column. He has just returned from Philadelphia and New York with a now stock of Spring and Summer Goods, and says ho can sell as cheap as any other house in Allen town. Give him a call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. MILITARY HALL ASSSCIATION. A bill incorporating au Association for the erection of a Military Hall in ABM - down pass ed the House on the 30th, and the . Senate on the 31st, and was immediately signed by the Governor. The measure is a project of Cap tain Yeager who has employed commendable energy in bringing the measure to the attention of the Legislature. " RICHES, .THOUGH HARD TO GAIN, ARE .STILL MORE lIARD TO KEEP." unless yon adopt and . practice some of the ex cellent reaSinis of Benjamin Franklin, the great• statesman, philosopher and economist, such as " Spend only when necessary and make no waste," buy not that whieh you do not want," for it is of frequent occurrence that " They who buy what they do . not need, have to sell what they cannot spare," while the frugal and industrious are sure to prosper fin• they buy their goods of GERMAN kSON. SALE OF THE READING COTTON MILL. —On Wednesday last the Reading Cotton Mill was exposed to public sale, and purchased by Thomas P. Scofield, Esq., who represented Garner & Co. of New York city, at the sum of $152,400 00. The original cost of the mill was $220,000 00. it is said that the ii6v firm have in contemplation the erection of dyeing and printing works in connection with the mill, so as to be, able to finish the class of goods upon which it is worked, ready for the market. DltOWNll).—Mr. Thomas Totten, more familiarly known as " Tom Totten," was found drowned in the lock of the Lehigh ca nal near Allentown on Monday last. Ile had been missing for two weeks, and was last seen at. a Boarding House. along the Lehigh near. Clader's.Limekiln. A hat was limn(' the next morning after lie Was lust seen, but it was not known, that it was the hat of the deaeased.— A Coroner's Impiest was held by Deputy Cor oner Newhard and a verdict xeturned, death caused by accidental drowning. CARRIAGE FOR SALE.—A RARE CurAscE. —We would . call the attention of all persons in want of a carriage to a most superb, dura, ble and conveniant family carriage offered for sale . by the owner. This carriage, manufac tured in Philadelphia, was .made to order of the best materials and in the most fashionable style ; is suited for one or two horses and combines all the qualities of a good carriage. It was in use but a short time and will he sold at one-half its first cost. The carriage can be seen and price will be given at Hagenbuch's Hotel. • THE CHOP..—Already croakers have com menced, and we find in many of our exchanges paragraphs giving unfavorable accounts from the growing wheat crop, hut. the best mithen ticated accounts from the wheat-growing States say that there is a better show for a good crop this, than any former. season for years. In this part of the country, at all evtints, our growing wheat looks well, and there is nci doubt that it has been much benelitted by the snows. Very little of it has been winter-killed, and we look for cheerful eountemtneem among the farmers next fall. ADVERTFSE.—We would again call atten tion, of advertisers, who Wm about to insert their Spring notices in- the county papers, to ncur columns. We have such a circulation as will afford, them the best medium, and we pride ourselves on our paller being extensively read. We are steadily increasing our sub scription list, and With psdying Men, too ; and we expect to have a circulation or two thou sand, in at least two months. We are thank ful for the patronage we have receivad, and are willing to receive the same quality and quantity over again. TOLLS Fl XED.—The tolls for the season on the Lehigh and Delaware • Divisions (1111111.1 S have been fixed. From Mauch Chunk to Easton the Lehigh charges 28 cents, and on 'to Bristol the Delaware Division charges 33 cents ; from Bristol to Philadelphia the tow age is 64 cents per ton. From Mauch Chunk on coal passing out at the outlet lock at -New Hope, end thence upon the Delaware and Rar itan Canal, the toll to New Hope is four cents advance upon last year, the increase being di vided between the Lehigh and Delaware Di vision Companies. On coal for the New Hope outlet, the Lehigh Company charges 40 cents per ton, and the Delaware Division 30 cents per ton. MADE A MISTAKE.—A landlord, more• exacting and rapacious than landlords are apt to be, (and that is saying a good deal.) called on one of his tenants for, his rent. The man Was a mechanic, and away from his home at work •, but the light of his house, a pretty lit tle wife, was there, who received the landlord kindly and asked him to be seated. He said he had called to receive the root duo, She told him that her husband had not left the money, but would call on the landlord and pay the rent just us soon as he could collect it. The landlord had been looking at the.pretty woman all the while, and being by this time captivat ed with her charms, he offered to give her a receipt in full if she would give him one kiss. The little wife, was boiling with wrath in an instant at the proposal,- and said to him in a tone that made him tingle from head to heels i " Sir, my husband and I are very poor, and it may come very_ hard to_ pay the rent, but I tell you we are not so poor but what we can do our own kissing." The landlord left and has not called again for the rent ! COME AGAIN.-.-Spring has come again, and this tune we trust to remain with us.— Winter has lingered long enough to tire us with his presence, and should take, and we hope has taken, his departure for More, northern climes. But wo know that man is subject to many dis appointments and do not wish our readers to belieyo too implicitly that the gentle Spring has come for good. April has but an indifferent character for go:s1 weather, and, may give ut . .snow balling and old Boreas may taktririnto his head to bore us a little longer. However let us not anticipate evils: let us rather lu pc fur the best; a worm rain to settle the ihist-genial breezes from the sunny South to dry up the mud—and a continnenee of fine weather, clear skies, and flowers in May. 'That is the ticket we vote. [Since the adave was in type old Berens has returned again with his piercing blasts. A i lripro sudden cha oon Sunday evening last,and the wattle n Monday reminds us of the winter, whi „ .a lutd supposed, had past and gone. But as wftfianil other changes, we can not. controll, we must calmly and philosophi cally submit.] EXPLOSION OF THE BOILER OF A LOCOMOTIVE.—At about a quarter past six on Wednesday morning last, the boiler of the locomotive " .Excelsior," on the Lehigh Val ley Railroad, exploded, near South Banton,. with a report that startled the whole town and caused much alarm. Many , persons in Easton supposed that the noise was froni a heavy blast in the cut, and others again that the can non had been fired. It caused the windows of most houses to rattle, and threw articles from mantles and tables in some, The locomotive, with a train of empty eat. tie cars and ono passenger car at the rear, stood a short distance below the cotton mill when the explosion took place. There were three men on it, clea. Winters, the engineer, Jack Bullman and William Pharo, brakes men. Tho fireman, Wm. Nichols, had gone to breakfast and the other aeon were getting things in readiness teproceed up the Valley. They had on from one hundred and ton to ono hundred and fifteen pounds of steam at the time, which is about what they usually carry. The locomotive was used on the Road con stantly, and from what we have learned since morning, we judge that it has never been con sidered unfit for service or dangeione in any way. By this explosion, Geo. Winters, the erre-- neer of the ," Excelsior,". received two or three' rather severe cuts on the forehead and was otherwise injured, but not dangerously. William 'Hampden, fireman on the engine " Bushkin," which stood a short distance ahead of the " Eleelsier," was cut severely on the head and on ono of his arms, having been struck by one of the flues from the latter loco motive. - - Thos. Evans, who was passing along near the track, when the accident occurred, bad hie thigh cut pretty badly. Jack Bullman, a brakeman, who was on the "Excollior," had hie right arm dislocated, the muscles of the same divided, his left band cut some, and his left leg injured below the knee. Ho also received some other Iliaises, but they-wore slight. Wm. Pharo, brakesinan was also on the comotive when it. oxploded. He rociovod ar very severe cut on his left arm, was bruised' badly on his left side, and had.his right hand burned. None of the above are in any danger of fox ing their lives, but their escape was mime( indeed. Had the boiler blown out tower& the fire-box—behind which stood Winters,. Millman and Pharo,—instead of the way im 'which it did., the lives of these three men would surely have been sacrificed. The locomotive is a complete wreck. The flues were all thrown up around the smoke stack, presenting a strange appearance, and the boiler was spread out flat. Some parts of the locomotive Were thrown to the distance of four or five squares from the spot where the explosion took place. Screws, 'burrs, pieces of iron, flues, &c.. were picked np afterwards on the hill near the German Catholic Church., and the shore on this side of the Lehigh.— The bell of the Excelsior," weighing about. 80 pounds, and the sand-box, weighing about 175 pounds were: found after the accident, two or three squares from where it.occurred. A number of windows were broken in the • the houses on this side of 'the river by the shock. Crowds have been going over ,all day from here to view the wreck.—Easton Express, WIARD'S ICE BOAT.—An Ice Boat, pat ented by Mr. Norman Wiard of Janesville,. Wisconsin, and built for him by Messrs. How— ell & Birdsall of Jersey City, passed through. our Borough, on Thursday last, en route for Prairie De Chien, whore it is destined Igt use , during winter on the Lakes. The Northernt Lakes during four or five months in the year are frozen over and this boat is intended for transportation on the ice. It remained at the Depot of the Lehigh Valley Railroad on a car • for some time previous to its being taken over the East Pennsylvania Railroad, and we had an opportunity of examining it. It is 28 feet long. 7 foot wide, resembling in shape a city railway car, and is intended to run on four runners, 16 feetin length, attached to pedestals. The hull is constructed of galvanized sheet iron, and being divided into eighty-four water tight compartments, fifty of wllrah would dis place sufficient water to sustain the boat, it constitutes a perfect life-boat. In the forepart, and raised from the hull, are the cabin and pilothouse, the former furnished with com fortable seats for twenty-five passengers. The forward runners are operated by gearing, and enttble the pilot to steer the boat. The motive power is steam, and 2 to 3 cords of wood are calculated to last for 12 hours. The driving wheel is a disc of wrought iron, sharp upon its perlphory, with projecting flanges. alternat ing on either.side, and flush with the periphe ry, and aro made to penetrate the ice . only so far as may be necessary to give the proper ad hesion. Steam can, when necessary, be ad mitted to the driving Wheel, which is hollow, to melt any ice off with which it'may become clogged. The boat is named the " Lady Franklin," and cost about $2 0 500 00. It will be tested on Lake Pepin, near the source of the Mississippi river. Alf5Y - We compile from official sources, the following Est of Post-offices in Pennsylvania which yield a net revenue to the Government of more than a thousand dollars, or of which the- compensation of the Postmaster exceeds $l,OOO. Annual compensation Net to Postmaster proceeds 31,499 $1,868 1;231 . 864 • 1,917 1,110 1,136 1,327 1,705 2,193 1,273 1,229 1,082 872 1,116 878 . 1,945 3,282 2,000 1.26 1,120 1,050 2,000 11.631 1,973 1,045 2,000 3,415 1,954 3,948 1,004 1,107 . 1,012 903 917 1,006 1,438 . 1,358 1,088 844 1,237 1,929 2,000 188,085 2,000 22,839 1,952 2,679 2,000 4,029 1,612 2,065 1,180 1,364 1,753 2,047 1,404 1,723 1,497 1,679 1,844 2,275 Allegheny City Allentown, Altoonn, Bethldiom, Chnmbcrsburg, Columbia, puny ilia, Easton, Erie, Germantown, Harrisburg,. Hollidaysburg, Kensington, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lewisburg, ' Lewistown, Mendvillo, Newcastle, Norristown, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, I'ottsvillo, Rending, =1 Washington, West Chester, Wilkesbarre, Williamsport, York, THE HISTORY OF THE LEHIGH VAL LEY.—The last number of this interesting work has conic to hand. It contans interest ing accounts Of Slatington, and the slate quar ries, of the Lehigh Water Gap, of Weissport, Mauch Chunk, Eckley, Penn Haven, Stockton, furnishing a fulfand 'complete history of the settlement of Carbon eounty ' and the develop ment of the coal regions. history of the Le high Coal and Navigation Company,, and of the Lehigh Valley Rail-road, is given, aqd an appendix furnishes interesting outlines of the lives 'of the eminent and distinguished men of the Valley, of the past and the present, both living and deal; of the Hon. Samuel Sit grcaves, the Hon. George Wolf, the Hon. Wirthington McCartney, Josiah White Esq ! , the lion. James M. Porter, the Hon, Henry_ D. Maxwell, the lion. Henry King, Asa L. Fos ter Esq., and Hon. Asa Packer. The Publishers are prepared to furnish the entire work, hand somely bound at an additional cost of fifty, cents or' ono dollar, in accordance with the style of binding. Old numbers can be return ed, and a bound copy secured by paying the additional expense. The work forms an en tertaining volinne, and a copy should be found in the home of every resident of the Valley of the Lehigh. , CAR MANUFACTORY.—The Lehigh Val ley Railroad Company have their car manu factory at South Easton in operation now.— They intend to proceed at once and make up lour hundred coal ears. A groat many men now find employment at the works of the Val ley Company, in South Easton, and when they are in full operation many more will find Work..
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