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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.
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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. •
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STNITLINO OZVELOPIi4EI TS
Wholeiale Plunder and Corruption.
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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..