JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, June 6, 1850.
Court Proceedings.
The May term of the several courts of this Coun
ty, commenced on Monday of last week. Judges
Eldred, Coolbaugh and Stokes on the Bench.
The following cases were disposed of.
Commonwealth vs. Conrad Kemmerer. Case
of surety of the Peace. Kemmerer was charged
with belligerent intentions on complaint of George
Houser, and on hearing of the ca&e was ordered to
enter into recognizance to keep the peace towards
Houser, and we presume, "the rest of mankind."
Jacob Yogle for the use of Robert Nolf vs.
Fiederick Meckes, Adam Meckes, and Charles
Meckes, terre tenants. This was a sciera facias
to revive judgment. Defendants plead payment,
&c. The Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff of
$75 50. Diramick and Walton for plff., Davis for
defis.
Commonwealth vs. George Kirk. Indictment
for assault and battery with intent to kill, on oath
of Andrew Jackson Carver, (both parties colored
men ) A few weeks since the 'darkies had a
fight, and in the scufle the defendant took a. hatch
et, with which, he inflicted, a severe wound on
Carver's right cheek...
After the finding of a true bill by the grand jury,
Kirk compromised the matter wilh Carver by pay-,
ing him $50. This settlement being announced
to the Court, permission wa3 granted to enter a
nolle prosequi, which was accordingly done. Da
vis for Commonwealth, Walton and Dreher lor
defendant.
Commonwealth vs. Andrew Jackson Carver.
Indictment for assault and battery on oath of Geo.
Kirk. The Grand Jury returned this bill ignor
amus, and diiected the prosecutor, Kirk, to pay
the costs. Sentenced accordingly.
Joseph Keifer vs. John Drake and Derrick Hu
lick. Feigned issue to try theYalidity of the claim
plaintiff held against his son, who made a volun
tary assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
The amount in dispute was a note of $200. Yer
dict for plaintiff. Dimmick and Porter for plff.
Davis atid Reeder for defts.
Jacob Yetter vs. John Chambers. This was an
action of ejectment to compel the payment of the
purchase money for a tract of land in Smithfield
township, bought by the defendant of the plaintiff.
The only question in this case, was, whether the
defendant should pay, the interest upon the pur
chase money, amounting to $167 or thereabouts.
Conditional verdict for plaintiff for the considera
tion money, and about thirty-seven dollars-of in
terest thereon. Reeder and Barry for plff , Porter
and Davis for deft.
Daniel Stroud's Executors for the use of Martha
Shotwell vs. James Hollinshead. This was an
action of debt upon four bonds given by defendant
as pan of the consideration for a Grist Mill and
Lot in this Borough. Defendant alleged that there
was an interference between this Lot and the Lot
of Dr. Samuel Stokes, and that the title of his Yen
dor to the whole of the land sold to him was not
good by reason of said interference. This case
occupied over two days in the trial thereof, and
resulted in a verdict for plaintiffs for $1217 10, be
ing $191 less than the amount of plaintiff's claim.
Porter and Davis for plff?., Reeder, Dimmick, Wal
ton and Barrv for deft.
ILceofoco ISomiitaUoiia.
The Convention of our political opponents as
sembled at Williamsport on Wednesday of last
week, nominated for
Canal Commissioner William T. Morrison, of
Montgomery county;
Surveyor General J. Porter Brawley, of Craw
ford county;
Auditor General Ephraim Banks, of Mifflin
county.
Twenty six ballotings were had before the first
nomination was accomplished.
It was finally made on the afternoon of the third
day of the Convention. The principal candidates
were Ew'd B. Ilubley, Nimrod Strickland, Frank
lin Yanzant, Seth Clover, and Wm. T. Morrison.
Yanzant received 23 votes on the first ballot, and
increased to 37 on the 21st' ballot. Morrison re
ceived but few votes till the 25th ballot, which
gave him 42, and, the next trial showed a majority
for him. In the evening of the second day a great
commotion was created by a member leaking out a
secret that two of the members had been bribed.
The members referred to, thinking it best to make
a clean breast of it, came forward and disgorged
one of them to the tune of eighty and the other
a hundred dollars, which they threw down upon
the table before the President, with quite a parade
of virtuous indignation at the idea that they could
be bribed!
The nomination of the other candidates was
made without much delay.
The Convention adopted resolutions endorsing
the Bait imore Platform, with a number of dissent
ing voices; and adjourned after 12 o'clock on Fri
day night. , ;
North Branch Canal. The Auditon -General!
and State Treasurer make report that the revenue
of the State will warrant the application of $250,
000 to the completion of the North Branch Canal,
as per act making the appropriation, and still leave
a surplus in the Treasury ,of.$2-.6i?9$, after meet
ing the interest falling due on the public debt.,
"Beat the Sheep-skin."
The Chambersburg Locofoco Organ, "Valley
Spirit," rejoices in the following strain at the
adjournment of the Legislature. He says :
"We -understand that our Legislature adjouri
cd on -Whines day last. Bea the sheepskin :
Blow ifctfJfife ! Bring out the big , gun made of
bra, that Jorf July thunder, and fire it for
tbo best Iking ihe Jgish'uro has done yet."
THIS CEKStJS' VOlt 1850.
The JLendisijj Provisions of the Law.
The new law, in relation to ihe census, has just
been published. 'It provides for a' very detailed
account of the population and resources of the
country. Thero are six schedules in all. The
first provides for a list of the free inhabitants, the
dwelling houses, the profession or occupation, the
color of the inhabitants, the place of birth, the
number of marriages within theyear, the persons
over 20 years of age who cannot read and write,
and the number of deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idi
otic, pauper or convict. The second provides for
the names of the slave holders, the number of
slaves, the age, sex and color; the fugitives from
the State, and the number manumitted. The
th ird provides foi the acres of land improved and
unimproved, the cash value of each farm, the val
ue of farming implements and machinery, the live
stock, the produce during the year ending June
1, 1850, and the quantity of each particular arti
cle. The fourth provides for the products of in
dustry ; the names of the corporation, company, or
individual producing articles ; the raw material
used, the kind of motive power, the average num
ber of hands employed, the average monthly wages
for males and females ; the quantities, kinds and
values of the annual p'roducts. The fifth provides
for the names of towns, counties and cities; the
aggregate valuation of real and personal estate, the
amount of taxes assessed, the number and charac
ter of the public schools, the extent of public li
braries ; the number, class, and circulation of the
periodicals and newspapers : the number of pau
pers supported during the year ; the number of
criminals, the cost of labor, the average price of
board to a laboring man per week, the average
wages of a female domestic per week, the average
payment to a carpenter per day, the average wa
ges of a laborer, the average wages of a farm hand,
the number and value of the churches The sixth
provides for the number of persons who have died
during the year the age, sex, color and condition
whether free or slave, married of widowed, the
place of birth, the profession, the disease, tha
cause of the death. If all this information should
be carefully obtained, and faithfully complied, the
census of 1850 will, indeed, prove valuable. The
tables must be returned to the Secretary of the
Interior on or before the first day of November
next, bach marshal or assistant must take an appafent th'at lhe feeblest capacity can compre
oath or affirmation before entering upon his duties. . jien(j ana appreciate it.
Each marshal must separate his district into sub-di- The foes of those interests have aroused all
visions of 20,000 persons, or thereabouts. With j theii energies, and are using the appliances which
, . ... .. ' power and place can furnish, to prostrate not
regard to compensation the eighth section says: ; P. P of QUr ff0od 0fd Gommon.
' That whenever the population returned in any r
district shall exceed one million, the marshal there
of shall be entitled to receive as a compensation
fox all his services in executing this act, after the ;
rate oi one uouar ior eacn wousanu persons ; out . Meredith, shivered to atoms, and exploded. t'eel
if the number returned shall be less than a million jn(T tnal l0 njm had been entrusted the guardian
in any district, the marshal thereof shall be al- finp Df Pennsylvania's interests, he exerted his
lowed for his services at the rate of one dollar and . strength to prove himself worthy of the trust. He
twenty five cents for each thousand persons ; Pro- showed himself fully equal to the task. He has
vided, however, that no marshal shalt receive less complied and placed before the nation, in his "Re
than two hundred and fifty dollars ; and when the ' port on the Finances" incontrovertable testimo
compensation does not in the whole exceed the ; nv ,hat ihe Tariff for Protection does not increase
sum of five hundred dollars, a reasonable allow- tne prjce, to the people who purchase and use. the
ance for clerk hire shall be made, the amount manufactured article. To illustrate this truth he
wereof shall be determined by the Secretary of, furnjshes tabular statements, from one of which
the Interior. And provided, further, That the i showing the effect of American competition in
marshal of any district may at his discretion per- j tjie reduction of prices," we extract the following
form the duties of an assistant in any sub division jmp0rtant facts: Cut nails, (of which none were
in which he may reside, and when he shall per- imported) were supplied in 1835-'36-'37, and J38
sonally perform the duties assigned by this act . at 6 cenls per pouna . j '39 at q .$ . jn '40 at
to assistants, he shall receive therefor the com- n 1.0 . ;n '49 at 4 S-4 in '43 and '44 at 4 1-2
pensation allowed to assistants for like services."
The duties of assistants are thus described :
" That each assistant, when duly qualified in
manner aforesaid, shall perform the service re
quired of him by a personal visit to each dwelling
house, and lo each familv. in the sub-division as
signed to him, and shall ascertain, by inquiries , market from 1842 to 1849 the price yearly de
made of some member of each familv. if anv one , clined, from 5 1-2 cents per pound to 3 1-4. The
can be found capable of giving the information, same result took place with axes, hollow ware,
but if not, then of the agent of such family, the screws, butt-hinges, pins, files, &c, clearly dem
name of each member thereof, the age and place : onstrating, that our labor, once protected not only
of birth of each, and all the other particulars spe
cified in this act, the tables thereto sub-joined,
and the instructions of the Secretary of the Inte
rior ; and shall also visit personally the farms,
mills, mines, shops and other places respect
ing which information is required as above spe
cified, in his district, and shall obtain all such
information from the best and most reliable sour-
ces ; ana wnen in eitner case tne miormatton is
obtained and entered on the tables, as obtained, I
till the same is complete, then such memoranda '
shall be immed iatelv read lo the nerson or persons !
furnishing the facts, to correct errors and supply
- 1
omissions if any shall exist.
Each assistant is lo be allowed at the rate of !
two cents for each person enumerated, and ten
cents a mile for necessary travel. Also for each
farm fully returned, ten cents; for each establish
ment of productive industry, fully taken and re
turned, fifteen cents; for the social statistics, two
per cent, upon the amount allowed for the enu
meration of population, and for each name of a
deceased person returned, two cents.
Death of Hon. F. H. Elmore. The announce
ment of the decease at Washington, of the Hon.
Franklin H. Elmore, (J. S. Senator from South
Carolina, in place of the late John C. Calhoun,
will cause deep regret. Mr. Elmore, had hardly
yet got into the harness, had hardly actively as
sumed the duties from which death had called his
predecessor, when he too is summoned away.
He was a man of brilliant intellect, and fine nat
ural and educational endowments, but his health
had for sometime been low, and even before ac
cepting the important ttust so lately confided to
him, he felt the premonition of death. The whole
nation, will mourn with South Carolina, for the
loss of .two of her most gifted sons.
Pie Plant is said 10 hare poisoned several
persons in different parts of the country 'thi sea
son on account of the oxalic acid which it is
supposed to contain.
Counterfeits.
New counterfeits upon the Doylestown Bank,
of the denomination of $10 have made' their
appearance. The Vignette a suspension
bridge, and engraved by Rowdon, Wright &
Hatch. They -are bad ly executed and bear no
resemblance to the genuine. f,.
Blink DivideHds.
The .Philadelphia fJankti average, over Jen
per cent, per annu.m in their divjded. The
Bank of the Northern Liberties is said 10 have
cleared Jen dollars per hundred , on every ,hare
of stock, in 4he Jast .aix; months.
JIFThe I?uiy'oLeJec,ijngs,a Senator pfahe JJj,
Slates, in place of Dr. Siurgcon, will devolve
upon our next Legislature.
The ily of Pennsylvania. j
Pemisvlvania's lameness under repeated wrong,
has procured for her, as a term of reproach; the j
name of the Blind Giant " 1' or many weary
vears nave ner citizens totieo unguiuming1
borne down with the burthens which an unwise
and selfish policy has laid upon her patient shoul
ders. Her great interests have been neglected,
and her voice silenced by the clamor of politicians.
When her citizens asked that her strength should
not be rendered powerless, nor her rights yielded
or sacrificed, for party ends, there was ''none so
poor as do her severence." Her honest, toiling
sons could bear much, but to be treated with scorn
and contumelyj was beyond endurance. In their
majesty and might they rose at least, equal to the
issue ; and in 1848 declared, in language no longer
to be misunderstood, that they would be heard and
heeded. Those who had duped and- wronged
Pennsylvania, were hurled from power: and into
other hands she committed her destinies. The
dogmas of Free Trade no longer deluded herthe
power of its advocates, either to frighten or coax
her from her propriety was gone.
Gen. Zachary Taylor was chosen President of
the United States by the voice of Pennsylvania.
In his hands she felt secure. His love for his
Country was a guaiantee that her interests would
be guarded from Foreign encroachments. His
and her enemies denied that he was in favor of
protecting her manufactures, and her coal. Hi3
friends had never been and could not now be de
ceived in him. His first official act proved that
they were right ; it told in untnistakeable terms
that ho owed a debt to Pennsylvania for her confi
dence and support, that he would not soon forget.
He called into his Cabinet one of her most able
and deserving Sons. William M. Meredith was
placed at the head of the Treasury. In his first
Message the stern old patriot proclaimed that he
would sustain that officer in any thing which
would protect American Industry from a competi
tion with the labor of the starved and oppressed
paupers of Foreign Lands.
Pennsylvania's voice was heard and answered.
Tho day of her deliverance drew nigh. The Na
tional Administration had at last taken her by the
hand ; and the defence of her interests was com
mitted to her own Son. This opened to her a
bright prospect in the future : her star was in the
ascendant. But alas ! darkness and gloom over
shadow it now.
We think that the signs of the times indicate,
that ruthless hands are engaged in unfastening the
hold that Pennsylvania has upon the National Ad
minstration. This belief has caused the enquiry,
Whv is this 1 An answer is at hand. Since the
commencement of the American system until this
day, it has found no more willing and efficient
champion than the Hon. M. Meredith. That
which, before, was considerea, intricate, and dii-
finnlt tn pmlnin or understand, he has made so
wea!ln, but with her to crush the National Ad-
ministration, and the system of Protection itself.
The false, and subtle argument, that " the Tar-
iff was a tax on the consumer," was met by Mr.
in '45 at 4 3-4 ; in '46-M7 and '48 at 4 1-2 ; and
in 1849 at 4 cents per pound. Thus showing that
for 14 years the price had gradually fallen. Sad
irons all imported prior to the Tariff of 1842, sold
at 5 to 6 cents per pound. When that act enabled
American Industry and ingenuity to enter the
excludes the product of foreign labor, but that as
we perfect our machinery, and systematise and
organise our plans of operation, our citizens are
furnished with the same articles at a less price ;
while our own deserving sons, as a just reward
for their toil, enjoy enduring competencey. Sim
ilar tables, in relation to the manufacture of Cot
ton and Woollen Goods prove that the same re-
ui1 ' ' uiauun ui muusny.
Protection, therefore, is no longer a doubtful
problem. The American people are made to see
and understand, their true interests. With such
an advocate in the Treasury, Pennsylvania's preat
staples, iron and coal, cannot long be neglec-
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ieei mat tne ngni must iriumpn, 11 ner power wim
the National Administration and the people is not
weakened or destroyed. This is one of the caus
es of the assaults now made upon the Cabinet of
General Taylor, by its enemies.
There may be, and perhaps is one other cause
incident and co-operative with the preceding. A
few partisan patriots who went forward to " spy
out the land," have returned with an evil report.
They sought, only the milk and honey which flow
from office, and failing in that they join their sel
fish hands with our common enemy, against our
dearest interests. Disappointed in their venal and
ambitious hopes, they with the enemy would strike
down our Administration though with it they bury
the brightest hopes of Pennsylvania's prosperity.
The " noise and shouting" now heard would in
dicate that this is an auxilary aid in the work of
detraction.
In all soberness we ask our citizens ; are you
willing that our national strength shall be parali
zed, and our glory dimmed because this or that
man, has, or has not, received official power from
the Administration. How are your rights injured!
If this Administration is nobly sustained are not
your rights protected and secured ? What sym
pathy has the office-seeker with the tax-payers,
and, workingmen of our land ! None. How shall
your interest be best protected, is the question for
you to moat, you care not by whom ! No one in
ten thousand of you number ever asks office you
ask but the " privilege to toil," with a sure re
ward. People of Pennsylvania, lend not your voices
then, to favor any measure, that not only may, but
will destroy you. Stand by your State. Her in
terests are yours; and he" who directs a blow at
the National Administration, would prostrate you
with it. Speak out plainly, and boldly ; and bid
your presses to speak with and foi you. Let the
Nation know that your voice in the Cabinet coun
cils shall, not be silenced ; and that you have no
abler statesman no worthier, or more, faithful
son, to speak for you in tbat council than he who
fills the office of Secretary of the Treasury.
We shall continue this subject until, it, is well
understood should circumstances, aegm to demand
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from Trenton, to' BelvidVrfl, ' VaiiTto be i ready
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Thii ly-in si Congress.
FIRST SESSION
"M 27. In the Senate, the bill to establish
& Mjm i(j New ymk W89 discus8ea for
a fchort lime and then laid aside, 10 take up the
"omnibus" or "compromise bill." Mr. Mason
addressed the Senate at length in opposition 10
some portion of the bill. He expressed him
self in favor of extending the Missouri compro
mise line to the Pacific, opposed to the admis
sion of any portion of California souih of thai
line as free territory, and to the surrender by
Texas of any part of New Mexico which she
claims ; and argued at length to show the a
dapJation of California to slave labor. A con
versational debate ensued, and lasted for some
time, between Messrs. Clay, Mason, Foote,
Cass and Berrien.
In the House, Mr. Brown offered a resolu
tion to discharge, Mr. Horner, the dooikeeper.
Motion laid on the table.
Leare was asked by Mr. Cowell, to introduce
a bill to abolish the slave trade in the District of
Columbia. Refused 100 yeas to 63 nays
two-thirds being required.
The California message wai debated till ad
journment. May 28 In the Senate, the "Omnibus bill"
was discussed, or rather an amendment as a
mended. The whole object seems to be got
in a clause for the legalizing of slavery in the
territories, so buried up in a mass of words as
to be at present construod to suit every locality,
but afterward to be made plain when slavery
comes to claim its benefit.
In the House, billa relating to Oregon and
Mmesota were discussed, and appropriations
for public buildings in them were passed.
May 29. In the Senate, Mr. Clay presen
ted a petition" from Berks county, Pa., asking a
modification of the Tariff. He said it was idle
to expect any other business to be done till the
Slavery question was settled.
The bill 10 esiablish a Branch Mint at New
York was discussed, and ordered to be engros
sed and read a third time, by a vote of 43 to
17.
In the House, ihe proceedings were in rela
tion to Oregon, and without much interest.
The bill authorizing the President to negotiate
with the Indians for 1 heir lands there, was pas
sed. On. the consideration of a bill making
donations of land to actual settlers, a motion
was made to confine them to whites, which was
finally adopted C5 to 51.
May 30. In the Senate, 3r Butler, of South
Carolinia, announced the death of his colleague,
Hon. F. H. El.more, the successor of Mr. Cal
houn. Speeches were made, the customary
resolutions passed, and (he Senate adjourned
to attend ihe funeral to-morrow at 11 o'clock.
In the House, a few members met and ad
journed for the same purpose.
May 31. Afier the funeral of Mr. Elmore,
the Senate met and transacted some business
among which was 10 pass ihe bill for a Branch
ilitnt at New York and then adjourned over
to Mow day
The House, without doing any business ap
journed over to iUonday.
We are pleased to find from the following
resolution, that the Board of Managers of the
Washington National Monument Society have
adopted a plan which we hope will be found
acceptable to the patriotic ciizens of this coun
try, and be calculated to afford aid to the great
and noble object which thfy have undertaken .
Washingion National Monument Office,
May 28, 1850.
At a meeting of the Board of Managers, held
this day, the followiug lesolutions was unani
mously adopted :
Resolved, That the people of the United
States, eithor individually or by associations,
be and they are hereby respectfully reques
ted to take up collecitons throughout the Union
on the approaching Anniversary of American
Independence in aid of the great Washinston
National Monument now being erected in this
ciiy.
Papers throughout the Union will please
copy
Improvement in Blastlug.
A new and valuable invention, designed to
accelerate the operation of blasting rock or coal,
is thus described by the Philadelphia ' Daily
News ;"
It is called the patent conical or wedge tube,
and is composed of strong brown paper, and
made of any length disired. This wedge-form
lube is filled with powder, and sunk to the bot
tom of the hole or bore in the rock, and surroun
ded and covered with the dirt. The fire is com
municated in the ordinary way. The powder
being preserved in a wedge-like form the pres
ure against the tamping above is relieved, and
nearly the whole force taking a lateral direc
tion, performing double execution over the com
mon mode of operating. The name of the in
ventor is Thomas L. Speaktnan. He belongs
to our city, and has already distinguished him
self in making several important inventions and
improvements in agricultural implements.
State Road.
Among the acts passed at the last Session 0
the Legislature was one authorizing tho con
duction of a State road from Merwinsburg in
Monroe County, to Conynham in Luzeiue
County.
The road has been laid out by the Commis
sioners appointed for ihe purpose, passing down
Hickory Run valley to the Lehigh, crossing
the river a thori distance above the mouth of
the run, thence over the Brier Patch and up
Sandy Creek valley to the head waters of the
Susquehanna, Black Creek which it follows to
ihe valley. The road is said to be over excel
lent ground and can be made with very little
hijl. A Brdge is to be built over the Lehigh
above Hickory Run, which we are informed
will be put under contract soon.
This road will be a useful one, affording as
it will an evenue over which the product of
Conyngham valley and a large Agricultural por
tion of Monroe county can be brought to mar.
ket, in the Lehigh Lumber Region. It will al
so open a direct road from M. Chunk to the
Township of Kidder,, vyhich is much wanted
but which in consequence of its boing neceasa-
ty to make a portion of tho road ihrough Lu
County, citizens of Kidder ha,e been
unablo to procure an ordcV from tho proper
court to open Carbon Co Gazette
Crime and Death.
A few nighis since the store of Mr. Beriles
was entered and robed of various articles.
Suspicion resting upon a man named C. Drake,
living below town, a search warrant was ob
tained. On Sunday morning the premises were
searched, the goods found, and Mr. Drake
was arrestod. He escaped from the Constable
and fled to the river about a mile below the bor
ough, and ran into the water. The river bein
high, and the current rapid, he was soon in deep
water. He was heard to call for help, bui.be
fore help could be proffered, he sunk and was
drowned.
The body of the deceased was found, andsin
tered yesterday.
On the same day further search was made
on the premises lately occupied by him, and
various articles were found, secreted about tho
house. Wilkes Barro Advocate.
How money is Made in California
A gentleman formerly of St. Louis, writing
from California, gives the following account of
how he made his first money in El Dorado.
He left the western frontier of Missouri late in
the season, and, consequently, met with bad
luck in his progress across the plains, having
worn oui twenty head of stock, abandoned wag
ons, and sacrificed every thing of properly but
clothes upon his person, before he reached tho
mining region. Of couise he was completely
destitute when he got to Sacramento. Bui ho
says :
" I pulled my watch from my pocket, ant!
pawned it for a 'bag of beans, at ono dollar a
pound, and some flour, and a few other articles
at California rate9. These I intended for the
support of my family ; but the thought struck
me that I might sell a portion by the pound, and
and replace at lower prices. With this view
1 spread my possessions upon an India rubber
cloth on ihe ground, and commenced operations.
I need not give you a detailed statement of my
business transactions, but it is sufficient to say
that in fifteen days I had made about oue thou
sand dollars "
A Western Woman.
A correspondent of a Detroit paper describes
a western woman, whose feats of industry will
doubtless be regarded as fabulous by many of
our delicate and do nothing city ladies. It
seems that during the past winter and spring,
her husband having gone to California, besides
taking care of five children, the eldest a girl
twelve years of age, and her eldest boy only fie
years old, ihe youngesi an infant at the breast,
she has woven seven hundred yards of satinet
and shawls ; made eight hundred pounds ma
ple sugar ; cut and drawn from the forest all
the wood the family needed during the winter,
and chopped the same at the door ; attended
to her milling and trading fifoen miles from
home, with an ox team, driving it herself, and
taking all the care of them and her six cows
and eleven sheep, when al home. As above
all, she is only aboul thirty-fivo years of age,
very modest and unassuming, and has no idea
thai ehe has accomplished anything more than
any industrious woman mBy, with ordinary dil
igence and good health. How, in the world,
can the husband of such a wife need go to1 Cal
ifornia in search of wealth ?
Singnlar Trance.
At tho village of Farringdon, England, situated
about nine miles from Btistol on the road to Wells,
a young woman named AnnCroner, the daughter
of a master mason, now lies in a complete state of
catalepsy, in which extraordinary trance-like con
dition, should she survive till next November, she
will have been for no less than 13 years. During
the whole of this extended period, she has not.
partaken of any solid food, and the vital principle
has only been sustained by the mechanical admin
stration of fluids. Although of course reduced to
almost a perfect skeleton, her countenance bears a
very placid expression- Her respiration is per
perceptible, her hands warm, and she has some
indication of existent consciousness. Upon one
occasion, when asked if suffering from pain to
squeeze the hand of her mother, placed in hers for
that purpose, a slight pressure, the mother aver3,
was plainly distinguishable ; and frequently, when
suffering from cramp, she has been heard to make
slight moans. About sixteen weeks after the com
mencement of her trance, she was seized with the
lockjaw, which occasions great difficulty in afford
ing her nourishment. The unfortunate young wo
man is 25 years of age, and has been visited by a
great number of medical gentlemen, whohowever
hold out no hopes of her ultimate recovery.
A poor woman, residing in Pittsburg, who
dopended for a living on making pantaloons for
18 cents a pair, sent her little girl, a few days
ffince, with a receipted bill to her employor for
her hard-earned wages, which the latter took
from the child, kept it, and refused to pay tho
money. The man who would be guilty of an
act like this, deserves to be chased through the
world by rattlesnakes.
Cure for Bots and Ciiolie iti Horses.
JBaltimore co.t March 15, 1850
To the Editor of the American Farmer.
Dear Sir :T-In compliance with your request, I
send the following receipt, which was published
some fifteen years back, in the Albany Cultivator,
as a cute for Bots and I would add that many of
mv neighbors have used it with the most perlect
r success, frequently relieving the worst cases in
live, ana generaujr m icsa man iwuiy lumuics , n
is as follows :
Take half a pint of good wood-ashes, carefully
sifted and put them into a quart bottle, put one
pint of good vinegar into a pitcher, or other vessel,
from which it can be conveniently poured into the'
botttle, then secure tho horse, with head up, mix
the dose, and so soon as the effervescence takes
place which, if the articles are good, wilt be' almost-instantaneously
turn it down the throat ; if it
should not relieve in fifteen or twenty minutes, re
repeat once or twice. 1 have seldom had occa
sion to use the second dose.
Jeremiah Yellott.
(The testimony of Mr. Yellott, as to the effica
cy of the above receipt, should induce every, own
er of a horse, to preserve it with great care.) Ed.
A. F.
Forcing an Adjournment.
On the introduction into the Conriectcut House
of Representatives, of a bill to prohibit thVcitclf
ing of shad after the 25th of June, a member from
Hampton objected, that to atop the shad fisheries
before the adjournment of the Legislature was an
infringement upon the ancient prerogative of the
members of the House, who, from time immemo
riali had been dignified with th titk of "shad ea
o(Z n
I jca in introducing the bill w?? to compel an early
j adjournment '
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