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JJj53 We aw an ear of Corn a few days
ano, raised on the farm of Mr. Samuel Gunsau-
l.es, inlSmithfieldJsp,, that measured 17 inches
iihlength. Farmers beat it if you can.
6 . - 111 V
,!? Tall Corn T
' JJjMr. James Burson, of Stroud township,
brought to our office on Monday last, a stalk of
Corn measuring 18 feet in heighih and 6 inch
ee, in circumference near the root. The stalk
bore .several large ears and the distance from
the' ground to the first ear is nearly eight feet.
Uur. "Devil ' is under . the impression that there
s enough "fodder" on the stalk to winter a
tmall cow.
Etvbank't Hydraulic & Mechanics.
This is the title of a work of great value and
interest, now in course of publication by Gree
ly & MeElraih, of New York, in eight parts,
at -25 cents each. The work, when completed,
will comprise orer rive hundred pages, and be
illustrated by over three hundred engravings.
It is, briefly, a descriptive and historical ac
count of Hydiaulic and other Machines, an
cient and modern, for raising water; witb ob
servations on various subjects connected with
the mechanic arts, including the progressive
.devclopemont of the steam engine. Descrip
tions are given of every device for raising wa
ter, known since the earliest ages ; as well of
ancient wells, fountains, &c The work is
important to mechanics, and cannot fail to be
cleeply interesting to the general reader.
Bucks Co. Intelligencer.
. fphe first number of the above valuable work
can be seen by calling at this Office.
The official vote for (Governor and Canal
Commissioner has not yet been received but
j he majority of the former will be about 18,000,
end that of the latter something less. The
Whigs have elected a Senator in the Clearfield
district, in the place of Col. Bigler. The, Son
ate will stand 19 Whigs to 14 Locos ; and the
House is said to be 37 Whigs to 63 Locofocos.
V TXT
TffE CATE ELECTION.
Tow the Wliifs gwer Defeated.
St.
' ' Thanksgiving.
Gov. Shunk has issued a Proclamation, re
commending the people of this Slate to observe
the 25th of November, as a day of Thanksgiv
ing. "',r " i-a- CZJPm
The Whig candidate for County Treasurer
in Luzerne county, S. D. Lewis,, editor of the
44Wilkes-Barre Adrocate" was elected by a ma
jority of 37 votes; and Samuel Goff, one of the
'Locofoco Assemblymen, was elected by a ma
jority of 2 votes. Shunk's majority in the coun
ty is 1258, and Longstreth's 1072.
Three Cheers for Florida.
"We have glorious news from Florida ! The
Whigs have redeemed the State. Both branch
es of the Legislature are decidedly Whig, which
pecures another WHIG U. S. SENATOR !
The Locofoco majority on joint ballot last
year was three !
A glorious triumph I Three cheers for the
gallant Wbigs of Florida !
The JPotatoe JSLoU
We notice by our exchanges that this disease
is creating sad havoc with the potafoe crop.
The Elkton, Md., Democrat, says that in the
lgvye.r part of that county the late potatoes are
nearly all destroyed. A farmer in Maine, who
last week sent his whole crop, valued at $2,000,
to the Boston market, had them returned to
rhim'in consequence of the infection 'developing
itself in eveiy barrel. Advices from Nova Sco
tia and Newfoundland speak of the almost total
failure of the crap hi those places, and the pa
upers 'of New England, generally, are filled with
'accounts of the devastation created by this sin
'gtilar .disease.
K Lancaster Ceimtjr Ers)6acfY
Th'e Lancaster Republican says ihzt.& atcrs
,oftbe farm of Samuel Royer, irr irai town-
ship, ;in that county, yielded 6 IT bushels of
-plfelled corn, which is nearly 102 boshe-frio
fihe acre. The Republican has also seen two
-stalks .of corn, cut near the ty, one of which
jjgibitedcctn ,ugfjf another fifteen distinct
jfarsf xorn -? -
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Weobserve that some of the Whig: Journals
"are lamenting and specelalirig opoh the. proba
ble causes of ourrecenr-verwhei'ming and in-,
glorious defeat. It is useless to indulge in
either. We stated last week, aatf we now bold
ly and unhesitatingly reasserwthat the. disas
trous result of the late election ts solely attnbu
table- to the inefficient management of the cam
noion. Thousands of Whips were lulled to
- o
sleep by the quiet cohduet of the campaign, a-nd
failed to perform, their duty -r and the re-elec?
tion of Mr. Shunk is the result of their apathy
and indifference. The chilling influences of
the 11 quiet system" were too 'evident to be mis
taken; and when attempts were made to arouse
the Whigs from their lethargic slumbers, arid
incite them to vigorous action, the cry was im
mediately raised thai the campaign must be
conducted quietly that the more noise the
Whigs made the worse it would bo for"them
and, that notwithstanding the apparent apathy
and indifference that was manifested, arrange
ments had been effected that would positively
secure a full Whig vote. Those to whom was
assigned the management of the campaign did
not. do their duty. Had a different policy been
pursued, our candidates would not have been
unnecessarily and foolishly sacrificed. That
the " quiet system" defeated Gen. Irvin, is too
palpably evident to admit of a doubt. There
was not a particle of excitement during the
whole campaign every indication of an out
burst of enthusiasm was smothered up by the
advocates of the "quiet system" the Whigs
became inactive and indifferent as to the result
apathy pervaded the entire Whig camp the
Whig soldiers fell asleep upon their guns, and
the well drilled forces of the enemy took them
by surprise, and gave them a Cerro Gordo
thrashing. So quietly was the campaign con
ducted, that when the election day arrived,
thousands of Whigs were napping, at home,
while the Locofocos were wide awake and
armed for the conflict. The result was an ig
nominious defaet. We repeat, that proper
measares were not taken to insure a full Whig
vote. There was no systematic organization
throughout the State. Indeed in some districts
not even a Whig ticket was to be jound ! In
one township in this county, no Whig appeared
on the ground with tickets until 1 o'clock. A
similar instance occurred in Philadelphia coun
ty ; and in oilier places Whig voters were
obliged to write their tickets after they went to
the polls. There was ho systematic effort
made to get Whig voters to the polls, and the
consequence is a falling off in the Whig vote
of at least thirty thousand in the State
more than enough to have elected Irvin and
Patton by handsome majorities.
Harnsburg Intelligencer.
Mexican Whigism.
The Locofoco organs seem, of late not to
know any name for the Whigs but " Mexican
Whig6." Let us mention a few facts for the
benefit of these callers of hard names. Two
Kentucky regiments destined for Mexico are
now encamped near this city, and we are as
sured by gentlemen of the highest respectabili
ty, who profess to know the fact, that a large
majority of the rank and file of both regiments
are Whigs. The regiments are made up of
men from nine of the ten Congressional dis
tricts of Kentucky ; but Lynn Boyd's district,
the only Locofoco district in the State, is not
represented by a solitary volunteer in either re
giment! Let the Locofocos, whose tongues are
so familiar with the phrase "Mexican Whigs,"
digest these facts as they may,
Louisville Journal.
Shank at Dome.
The. result of the election in this borough
shows the estimation in which Gov. Shunk is
held by those who know him. In the North
Ward, where, the Governor resides, and where
in 1844 he had a majority of 137, Gen., Irvin's
majority is now 45 showing a change of 182
votes in favor of the Whigs.
In the two Wards of Harrisburg in 1844
Shunk had 196 jnajority I Now the same
wards give Geo. Irvin a majority of 48 show
ing a change of 244 ! and that too in the face
of the most reckless and determined opposition
of Gov, Shunk and his official dependents !
This gratifying result is partially attributable to
tho independent Democrats' of Harrisburg, ma
ny of whom openly opposed and voted against
the present imbecile and corrupt Executive.
The result of this borough, is a most slinging
rebuke t Mr.'. Skunk:txnsylvdttaf2iktUi-
Mercantile Failures lit England.
The -following is as completer list as" we can?
make' out from the material before us, says the
Tribune. bfMhe failure brouglit.byltheTCambriai
Firms. Places of Business; 'Amount
Cuckerell & Co London
A. McDonald & Co
Perkins, Schlusser&Mullins-
Fry, Griffiths & Co. ftV .
Lyall, Brothers & Co. "
Samuel Phillips & Co
$2,904,000
145,000
l936i000
1,213,200
3,388,000
849,000
Boyds & Thomas ' . i ; -387,200
John Shewell& -Co.-g-" mm? -g- 48;400
Beiwusan & Co . h"- -a ,726,000
1 484,000
1,210,000
. 968,000
968,000
.968,000
1,936,000
484,800
484,000
1,210,000
968,000
Gockburn1 & Go 9
Watson, Brothers & CoIjivoVpbbl )
Burt, Watson &C6 Man'cliesiei
W. Steel '& Co ''Liverpool
Schewill & Co .
William Maury :
Cruikshank, Melville & Co - "
J. Armstrong
James Guest
Birlie, Corrie & Co
Watson, McKnight & Co Glasgow
"Manchester
It
Manchester
Total $21,177,600
The following' ar'e''also among the houses
said to have" failed, but their respective liabili
ties are not stated:
Stocks & Talf
F. H. Glover :
E. M. Cooper. & Co
Render & Miller . r
' J
Cummings & Fergusorr;
Boyds & Thomas
Rougemonl Bros
Thomas, Son & Lefevre,,
Reid, Irving & Co. '
Reed & R6binapnr Glapgow
R. Dalgleish & Co
, Dublin
London
Liverpool'
Iron ITIoiiiifain of Texas.
We have recently been informed by an in
telligent gentleman who resides in Fredericks
burg, that the surveyors who have been engaged
in running the boundary line of the German
Colony, have discovered a mountain near the
Conchos river that consists entirely of iron ore.
Our informant states that a portion of this OTe
has been smelted and yields seventy per cent
of pure iron. According to ihe representation
of those who have visited this mountain, it re
sembles the celebrated iron mountain of Mis
souri. It is not so large as the mountain in
Missouri, it being only four or five hundred
feet high and probably half, a mile, iw circum
ference. We are informed however that a
range of hills extend several miles north of it,
that appear to be composed almost entirely of
iron ore. If we can rely on she statements of
the hunters and surveyors who have visited
that section, the iron mines which have been
discovered there are inexhaustible. Within a
tract of country fifteen miles long by twenty
broad, extending from the east bank of the Col
orado northward towards the Brazo, there is
probably sufficient iron to supply all the foun
dries in the world for the next century. Owing
however, to the scarcity of fuel, this ore, ex
cept in the immediate vicinity of the Colorado
and its tributaries will remain for many years,
perhaps for centuries, as valueless as the sand
hills of the desert. Houston Star.
Gen. Taylor on his way Home.
The A ustinJexa?) perri6crat,ofjtly: 2dOe?
tober announces IhatvMaj. Gen Taylor serfou
about the 25th 'September fromlMoterey,j;on a
visit to his family. TheNew Orleans Nation
al of the 14th also says:
"An officer of the army, twenty-four days
from Gen. Taylor's camp, informsusythsriGe'ri
Taylor may bp expected here in the course of
a week or ten days. He was preparing to
leave Walnut Springs when,ourjnformant last
saw him, and ho spbke ol'his return to the Uni
ted States freely; an'd aitictpWdtbIelnTtire1
he should liaVe -'on his totion farmT He is in
good health and spirits.
"At Cjen. J aylor s camp, when our inform
ant left, was the following immense,, army .:
Bragg's battery and the skeleton remains, of
three companies of tho 2d dragoon, under Col.
Fauritleroy. AVMb'riterey there' Was' Cn Tib-
batls with five companies of the 16th "Infantry.
The city of. Monterey, it is said, was under bet,
ter government, than at any time, siuce under
bur control."
We find the jbJJdwhtf ex-
, " -Wfeici is the jastest rujultf , James K. Polk;
og Gen. Wdfth I Ans wfr Polk : because
Worth eoutevnot eatch Santa Anns, but Polk
passed htm." . - ,
Perilous Position of iEronauts.
Mr. Albert Smith and three other gentlemen
ascended in a balloon from Yauxhall Gardens,
London, (England). When at the. height of
6000 feet, the balloon became tense from the
elevation, and a valve was opened to relieve
some of the gas. A report resembling a rush
of air was heard, and the whole of the lower
part of the balloon suddeniy collapsed, surging
backwards and forwards as in a high wind,
whilst a voice cried, " The valve has burst
we are all lost !" Immediately it began to de
scend with terrific rapidity, and the danger was
heightened by some sparks clinging to the bal
loon from some fireworks recently discharged,
and which threatened every moment to blow it
up. The aeronauts exhibited great presence of
mind, and to this may be ascribed their preser
vation They lightened the balloon so as to
diminish the concussion. The first shock was
awful as it struck the earth, throwing the voy
agers, from tbe car with great violence, while
the silk of the balloon entirely void of its gas,
covered them. Happily no one was seriously
hurt. Mr H. Coxwell, editor of the ,Erosta
tio Magazine, who formed one of the party, as
cribes the accident to the state of the atmos
phere, influenced by flashes of lightning which
prevailed. Tho balloon descended close to
some 'unfinished houses in Belgrave road.
Wonder of Geology
More than 9,000 different kind of animals
have been changed into stone. The races or
generations of more than half of these are now
ext(nct, notbeing at present, fepown in a living
we upnn tj6 earth.
A striking instance of the advantageous ie
of letheon in rendering the1 parieni insensible to
the pains of a severe. surgical operation was ex
hibited at Morristow.n, New Jersey, wek be
fore last. It is thus related in theNewark' Ad
vertiser:
"The operation was performed by Mr. G, F.
J. Colburn. It consisted in cutting open the
nail on the second finger of the right hand fur
the purpose of removing a splinter of wood
which had been forced under if. The nail had
to be opened the whole length, as the splinter
was forced under it ho far as to be impossible
to remove in the ordinary way by taking hold
of the end and pulling it out,- thus rendering it
one of the most painful operations xi surgery.
"The patient was a girl working for one of
our citizens. After inhaling the letheon for
about two minntes she appeared to be rn a state
of perfect resignation, a smile settling upon her
countenance. The operator then taking her
fingerj preparatory to the operation, she faiaed
her head and looked inquisitively at him, as
much as to say what do" yon want with my fin
ger ? Upon asking her if she was willing he
should take the splinter out, she smilingly re
plied yes ! Mr. C. then with a knife slit open
the nail and inserting a pair of tweezers, instant
ly removed the splinter. During the operation,
which lasted two minutes, the patient looked
on smilingly, exclaiming the Doctor has mes
merized me. When asked if ii hurt her, she
replied no, I did not feel it. All present ap
peared to be perfectly satisfi-ed she did not suf
fer any pain.
,1
JAdamsy
Allegheny,
Armstrong,
Beaver,
Bedford
'Berks- - -
Blair
Bradford
Bucks -
Butler
Cambria
Centre
rChTsre?
Clarion
Clearfield,
'Clinton' ' .
Columbia -
Crawford
Cumberland
Carbon
i)aupjiin
Delaware
Erie . .
Elk
"Fnvpt to
rranklm .
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Rattle Snakes and Ash Trees.
It is a curious fact perhaps not generally known
to those unacquainted with' this reptile, that it
has a great aversion to a white ash tree,- Strike
it with a twig of this tree, and the rattle-snake
becomes convulsed. And with-.such a Wan'd in
his hand, a person may travel through the hab
itation of this venomous reptile without fear of
molestation. The Indian, aware of the virtues
of this tree, strews his couch and his wigwam
with its leaves, and the hunter fills his boots
with them. A gentleman who was formerly in
the habit of hunting in the Pequakett country,
not long since, gives us the following illustra
tion of the effect of the white ash upon the rattle-snake
:
On returning from their traps one day, one of
the party caught a rattle-snake, and brought it
alive into the camp. It was immediately pro
posed to experiment with him." Accordingly a
winnow of leaves was gathered togelherin: the
form of a circle ; a segment of the circle being
composed entirely of the leaves of the white
ash, the remaining part of the leaves of the ma
ple. The rattle-snake was placed within tbe
circle, which was 15 or 20 feet in diameter.
The rattle-snake, in great fear and trembling,
retreated towards the maple leaves, but here
the experimenters met him with their ash twigs,
and he was glad to stop his course and laid his
head down in quiet submission.
After this manner had been essayed for some
time, the segment of maple leaves was set on
fire and the hunters retired to watch the effect.
The rattle-snake raised; his head, moved about
in a small circle, turned his head towards the
burning loaves, coiled himself for a throw, gave
his shrill rattle, and plunging into the flame es
caped from the circle. Manchester Democrat
Nnmbcr of Jews in the World.
The Archieves Israelistes says: "It is calc
tated that the total number of Jews spread over
the surface of the globe is 6,000,000 of souls.
Of these, 18O,00Oare in the enjoyment of civil
rights, viz : 30,000 in the U. States of Araeri
ca, 50,000 in Holland, 10,000 in Belgium, and
90,000 in France. In England, 20,000 are as
y&t mc.bmplet.ely emanrrpsfed. c:.
Tote' for Governor.
Vote in 1844 Vote in 1847
$ Slunk' Markle Shunk
?1848 2485 1558
- 5863 8105 4453
1986 1407
2093 2730 1966
2884 3045 2458
8316 3840 8088,
New County 1254
3525 2967
- -5106
2054
1129
2384
1889
938
925
3199
2920
,3008
784
2352
1493
2207
132
,3304.
3211
2255
2630
1417
.727
1188
5532
1748
2680
3649
2600
416
2744
1585
1601
5394
3466
Juriia'tR
Lancaster
Lebanon -
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKean
Mercer
JVlifflin. .
Monroe
ftlontgomery
Northampton
Northum'land 2384
Perry
Philad", co'y
Philad. city,
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
Venango
Washington
Warren
Wayne
Westmoreland 4704
Wyoming 808
York 4691
3058
4S04- -4685
2197 1931
969 1139
1786 2477
6129' 4614
792 : 1607
538 867
807 966
1593 2913
2410 2265
2971. 2367
453 786
3213 1872
2069 1484-
3501 1728
103
2836 2811
3797 '2762'
1425
4022 1641
2098 1415'
617
1085 986
9513 4931
2478 1600
2443 2583
2661 3296
1945
307
2765
1506
377
4341
1874
313
2617
1431
1418
5141
2455 26(10
1493 1971
2246 1316 1728
12,200 14,138 12,692
5265 9282 3918
643 142 671
527 202 533
3217 2390 3720
922 2450 913
New County. 317
2468 1594 2352
1049 1750
2721 1479
973 1326
3901 3531
843 849
1975
1777
1230
3958
1107
1553
811 .1291
2778 4525
754
3802
819
4007
Irvin
1946
5763
2008
2205
3)57
1854
2520
4311
1859
974
1782
"5152
631
532
635
1506
1635
3559
484
2790
1719
25S6
2113
3219
2012
2052
975
8741
- 2149
2239
2038
15-28
252
2616
1259
347
3723
2359
1231
1106
7605
6512
142
184
2833
2162
130
1463
972
2462
802
3335
659
636
2337
653
3103
TOTAL 160,322 156,040143,349 130,362
The Washington Union congratulates tho
country upon the result of the Pennsylvania,
election, and adds its reasons thus:
"We hail this victory as the most important
which could be won. We have carried Penn
sylvania against the tariff of the manufacturer.
We have carried it against the authors of the
Wilmot Proviso. The enlightened people of
Pennsylvania have decided the issue of uur in
favor of their country."
The victory has been won, not against the
manufacturers and their tariff, nor against t he
authors of the Wilmot proiao, but through the
apathy, the shameful neglect and negligence f
the Whigs in many districts of Pennsylvania.
It must be very consoling to them to hear these
triumphs of the enemy, and know that their fail
ure in duty has given cause and opportunity for
the rejoicing". PhiVa. News.
? -
A Pigmy Morse.
The smallest full grown horse, ever known,,
has arrived at New York from Java, as a pres
ent for General Tom Thumb, which as curios
ity, is more extraordinary even than the Gen-eral-himself.
It has arrived at full maturity,,
pnd yet weighs only 45 pounds !
There is awoman at Hartford, Conn , ffve
feet one inch in height, who has hair in her
Miead measuring nine feel four inches.
The great Bell for the Montreal Cathedral,
just received from England, is said to be the
thirteen and a half tons.
Singular.
i - r.i i s ..t i
ugence oi tne tate oattie in tne city oi Mexico
was being transmitted to Philadelphia, by the
telegraph, two doves which were perched upon
the wires near the rail-road depot at Marcus
Hook, were observed to fall to the ground very
suddenly. A gentleman who witnessed the oc
currence, approached and found one of the birds
dead ; the other fluttered away apparently
wounded. On examining the dead bird, a hole
as if made by a small ball, was found in im.
breast, passing entirely through its body. We
leave the fact to be accounted for by those who.
know more of the nature of electricity than we
profess to. Del. Co. Republican.
A Funny Motive.
A paper in New Hampshire, and a strong
advocate of the ten hour bill, as the maximum
of a day's work in factories, past-by the Legis
lature, gives the following reason for favoring
the law :
One reason which induces us to support
the ten hour bill, is that the factory girls will
then have time to garter their stockings in the
morning, instead of having so frequently to diaw
them up in the public streets