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.TcffersossKiu itcpublcina.
TEAS!! I
J. N. & E. W. CORLSES. I
No. 69 Pearl Street, Neiv-Yort,
lrrporlers and Wholesale Deal-'
ers in i
Green and Black Teas, !
iof all desnintions suited to the
Coutry Trade.
Are also receiving from the best manufac-
tures a full assortment of TOBACCO, of the ,
most approved brands, nil nf which are con
fidently offered as equal lo any in market,
anl at the loxcext cash prices.
Merchants visiting the City would do well
to call and examine our stock befoie purchas- !
ing elsewhere. '
September 4. 1851. 3m 1
HARDWARE, i
Iiy Goods & Grocery Store, t
(at buuke's old stand,) i
In ybrth Hamilton st., Easlon nearly op-!
liosibctlic White Horse Tavern.
npHOMAS T. & DEPTJE S. MILLER I
would respectfully announce to their i
old. friends in Monroe county and the pub-1
lie generally, that they have taken the ;
above establishment, and offer for sale a
lanre and well selected stock of Hard-.
ware, Dry Goods and Groceries, compris- ;
ing the following !
50 doz Rim Locks, with white, brown
and brass Knobs.
2000 gross Screws, assorted.
200 doz Butts, assorted.
50 " Pulleys, Blakes & Wcstvillc's
manufacture.
GO doz Till Locks.
500 planes assorted; the celebrated M.
Copeland's make of Planes are amongst j
this assortment. !
20 doz Saws, Spear & Jackson's, and i
also the celebrated London spring Saw, I
manufactured by H. Disston. Also, Dis- j
circular and cross-cut do.; Broadaxes, 1
hand and cooper axes; hatchets; compas-!
1 .
ses: feteel & trying squares: totocK uowis '
. o . . r . i -r-r- t
es; Stock Howls
find onrmnr pmcs Alv n Int. nf Tfifilrp.
'
rel & Itfckardson's celebrated window j
fastenings ; Flush Bolts, shutter Bolts : '
fit!
plastering and mason's trowels; hammer- ' Pil respectable as long as men feel a venera
oA pans; brass and iron Kettles; shovels tion for Christian eloquence and learning.
and forks, &c, with a great variety of Good classical scholars are not as common as
hardware, too numerous to mention. they have been, and the eloquence and learn
The assortment will compare with with nrr 0f the bar and bench are not superior to
any in this place m quantity, style and '
PCC- '
5b) IR "?? (f?t (D (fD 5H) 15 '
C&Z.Frenchblueblack, blue, brown, 1
caaet style, mixed, leaver, 1 weed, uro-,
ton; Satinets; a full assortment of Cas
'Simeres. A large assortment Ladies'
Dress Goods; black silk, black silk warp
sess ijOOQSJ UiaCK SllK, DiaCK Bilk V.arp
Instrp hrPfro dolninp 1nwn nlain ind
lustre, pareges, aeiame, lawns plain ana
fancy linen, rrinjrham, calicoes, &c. Bed
ticking, bleached and brown mulin; lin-
en plaid; coatings; checks; flannel; hoes ;
buttons; thread and silk. . A full assort- '
ment ot
GROCERIES
10 hhds Molasses.
20 bbls N. O. and Trinidad" Molasses.
5 hhds Sugar.
30 bbls do. white and brpwn.
15 t4 sperm, whale and lar3 Oil.
25 boxes soap.
20 do. candles.
3000 lbs Bacon.
25 bbls moss pork. ' r . '
25 do- Flour. ' ' V?
10 chests Imperial anil Yo.urig
Hyson Teas
Rice, starcli, chocolate, Indi- NJjiM,
go, Madder, allum, dec.
Dried apples, peaches, white bean?, &c.
100 sacks of Salt, ,
50 kegs white Lead; jvjndow glass and
100 kess nails.- .. .... . i ,
100 bbls, and half and qr. b.bls Mack-
1 1 - ;
crei.
An .--x: t?ai crT
ah uwna Mwuug ,bvu, wu mu
it greatly to their advantage U call ad
,ur?uc" ai" i iumcVa.a,tu,u-
larg
Goods. Sold wholesale and retail, at
-n . . " ' '
Jlurke's old stand, by
MILLER & BROTHER
Easton, April 24, 1851: .'.?
ATTORNEY AT L'AW,
house, first door below thft nffl,, 'f f C .
ic, rirst door below the office of the tu,JVU iU 1 . . P
uroe Democrat," and directly oppo-cveninff which can be spared, either Irom the
S. J. Hollinshead's hotel, "Elizabegambling Lible or the brothel. It has been
et. X .i t I.found out bv-our travellers-la tely, thatpeople
Monroe
Bite
street. X ' .i ' t . &t a-
Stroudsbu'rg, JDeo? li9Hl850t5
'Flic Voyajjc of Life.
BY MRS. 31. ST. LEON LOUD.
Thou art flowing on, bright river !
In gladness to the sea ;
And Summer sun-beams quiver
On thy waters joyously ;
The graceful willows bendimr
With their shadows o'er thee thrown, j
In murmurs sweet are blending
Their voices with thine own.
Oh brightly arc they flowing,
Green, sunny banks between
And many a wild-flower glowing
Is mirror'd in thy sheen ;
And barks are gaily gliding
Upon thy peaceful breast,
Which skilful hands arc guiding
To the haven of thy rest.
But e'er thou meet'st the ocean,
There arc rock's and quicksands deep, r
And winds in wild commotion,
Will o'er thy bosom sweep ;
And the barks their sails unfurling
To the zepyhyr's gentle play,
Lost in thy waters whirling,
Thou wilt bear as wrecks away.
Like thee, the heart beginneth
Life when all things are fair ;
Alas ! it seldom winneth
The goal, untouched by care !
Hope's fairy pinnace, freighted
With dreams of future joy,
Hastes to the quick-sands fated
Its promise to destroy.
Wrecks of the dreams so cherished,
Are floating darkly by,
Like the gallant ships that perished,
When winds and waves were high ;
The flowers that bloomed around it,
The fount now idly choke,
And the sun-bright hopes that bound it
Are like parted cables broke.
But soon, O flowing river !
Though wild thy course may be,
Thou'lt merge thy waves forever
Tn the deep unbounded sea ;
And to the heart is given
A calm repose at last;
Though sorely it hath striven
With the billow and the blast.
Tlie ast Ccalnry awl Tliis. i
The present period of the world has so ma- 1
ny glonliers, that it can attonl to nave its
praises qualified a little. That being the case
we take the liberty to say, that the people are
not handsomer now, than they were a century -
There were belter actors and actresses
tuon
INewton, Liebtntz and Euler have not '
tlinir tnrJh nmnnnr tlin mf)tliornfit!innc nf flio
v.w. uuiun uiv iuu.umuk4vuuu M ..v
. , . .
nroconr rtrit. i .on r 10 nroenn: rnnn ni nnnn:
boa2t of a Danet iaS0' or Hilton? lillot-
son Bossuet Edwards will make the pal- 1
whal tliey were 5n ti,e days of Chatham, a
j
irwl 1
ina
T.nr,l M,nSfi,l,l. K lr. TTnlt nnd TCrskinn. ,
.t l- . i '
pIiilosoplli(.al statesmen, than Pitt and Uurkc,
ohfiri(!an niu, FisIlp Ame nfl ptrick.
Heary
This nation had no Presidents and
never will, superior to the first No one pos
. . .
sesses now m our more than twice-tnppled
population, the original and brilliant quali
ties of Franklin.
There is not more happiness and content
Jnent than foremerly ; but missery has multi
: plied fearfully. Though education hasim-!
proved and been diflused, ignorance has more
; than proportionally augmented. People have !
notrown more virtuous, though vice has be-1
1 i. i a-..,, 'vu
' I
come brazen and disgusting. There has been
! .... r j
a gruuiur uuvuucu in iuaui v uiun in uuujiuil,
show than satisfaction. Individuals are vast- j
. 1,. f!.l, nr- flinn t!ir 'ivurn ;inl nlcn n rrrPfit.
. . . . n , . . , ,
' deal poorer, uestitution nas Kepi even pace
i with superfluity. The lights are brighter, and
! tlio chrwlnu's nrnnnrt innn 11 v rnnrn f:ir!r.
HIV ' " 1.1 J ,
a larger individual share than heretofore,
unless perhaps in a conventional estimate.-
A ronk. om swnmnhnle. in an unfrenuent- ,
,!,,"''. ,' , , , 1
and wholly unimproved part ot the island j
Manhattan has acquired a factitious value
cd
Of
of a hundred fold ; not from anything the pres-. . '. . ,., ,,. , ... ,
' J . , , "-Oh, don t! you'll kill me !" says the sti
ent generation has performed, but simply be-' . T . . . . T . .
cause the population has increased. Thet. , , , ,r , ,
, , , . ' . 1 back ; oh, dear! I shall die J"
vast addition to the ualue of land is not owing , ,, . . ,
.. fa 4 Hold out a few minutes longer," says a
to the pr-esent owners, nut only :the accidents'
J, ani milim. bono
rapidlv in valucwicn ten oradozendo-s want,""" . ' . .,:JttnH insftfits which had strung the fruit
it, instead of one.
j , ;True ; they wear silk -now instead of calico ;
inr fliinnel. and substitute kid for co'w- hide : i
' , ,. ,
J .' . ' , e (
wine, and smoke fifteen millions worth of sc-
frarfta. venr. Probab v thev swear more, and '
that is all. l ney orinK more couee, ica arm i
- . " .
i to church ; but then the latter is a-1
a ' i
tonod for by passing at the playhouse every
found-out bv-our travellers-lately, thatpeople
lintt-worked-tdo;much7so the prcsont-gener-
. -- -
ation are taking the matter in hand, and prom-
I ise to wipe off the aspersion entirely from the colored servants living with the old families of
J national character. Amusement has risen to the North many years ago, than their high
! the consequence of a calling, and the dignity j flown language, and the deference which they
of a virtue. Indulgences are nrcached bv . endeavored tn nsrnr.t frntn thnsp nf
our ethical philosophers, who have no reason
to complain of any deficiency of apt scholars. '
As in the days of Jetzel, they are paid for at
I a round price. A visit to the World's Fair,
jand presentations at courts and parties, arc
not enjoyable without much cash and possibly
some mortrnp;es. In times past, people made
out to live at home, and frequently to a good ( lent citizen of a flourishing and beautiful city
old age ; now, like the humming bird, they , in Connecticut, obtained leave to use his mas
: are perpetually on the wing, and deem it as ter's sleigh and horses, to take his sable ina-
much a necessity to sec sights, as for a Mus- J morata " a-sleighing" to a neighboring road
j sulman to visit Mecca. But they don't live side inn, a popular resort, at certan seasons,
j any longer than their grandfathers. As for ' even for the cilte of the town whence it do
jhome, some nations, it is said, have the mis-' rived its principal support. About nine o'clock
fortune not to possess the word. We have ! "Eben" drove up and throwing the reins to the
tnc wori ln l'ns country, and are in imminent
I hazard ot retaining nothing else. Our grand-
! fathers stood still, and saved shoe-leather; we
j wear our souls as well as our bodies out in
I turning round and running forward and back
We chase here and chase there ; and don't
know what we were chasing after neither, j
j Doubtless most know their right hands from (
; their left; but in the everlasting "rightand left-
ing" of the pleasure hunters, they, as often
as not, mistake one of them for the other.
There is one thing where the superiority
of the middle of the nineteenth century is j " W'y, yes, sab, it suit if dere ain't no bct
quite apparent. A decision has been made, tcr, sah; We want some fresh 'ents best you
j we do nor recollect the time, but will warrant, '
! from internal evidence, it was not long ago, '
i that the less a nation shall be governed, the
j belter it will be for them. Accordingly, we
have got rid of the evils of government in a ,
. multitude of instances. In California they
1 have thrown them off almost altogether. In
i looking into the old books, and consulting tra-
ditionary sources, no one can help remarking
that family government once existed in many
j parts of the country ; parental authority sat
j like an incumbus in the household ; and filial
, obedience was a tax that every son and daugh-
i ter had to pay. All this has been done away
I with, and all the members of a family arc on
' a par, and equal, according to the constitution,
J This may be stating the thing somewhat too
j strongly ; because it has been more than wins -
: percd that the youngest generation is on the
whole, the wisest, and entitled to outrank the
elder. This sentiment experiences a check,
however, in its growth, from an obvious cir-
cumstance. It happens that every advocate
ofsuch a doctrine rapidly grows old himself,
an(j consequently, without any exception, re -
vcrses n;s youthful omnions on this matter.
Another thing. The world itself is becoming
older every day, and would consequently be
.1 : t 1 l- ivi
:.. . ' ' '
in milllM'r. IMNII!;!fl III IIl.tKlIlir II rilirrs. Ml IM
. n w . i I ... i .1
up in thc green rind of youth. Newark Sen
duel.
A Fugitive Slave Stopped.
A few days since, on board a steamer from
J
Memphis to Cincinnati, was a very large
, ' fa i
crowd of passengers. Our attention was.
, , ,, , ,
drawn to the unusual number of passengers
n . - , , , . ..... . . .
flocking below deck ; with the captain and
Peking belOW deck ; With the capt;
two or three officers of the boat, we ioined
the crowd in search of an incidcnt to drive a-
way t,1G monotony ot a steamboat trip. Ar -
J. . . f .t rt
nvlnS atll,c Pot wnn 6eeinM ccnlrco1
me excuemeni, we munu a man in a uauer-
ike all re sitting upon a Jarge chest dc,c ar.
. , . , , , , ? ,
inir that it should not be broken open un ess'
ing that it should not be broken open unless
they Killed nun. tooon irom the chest, as it
in distress, was heard a voice apparently of a
colored person.
t T nf m'r itit T lmrl rif linr rrrx JinrTr tn
" , ,fa" , -"
nB8J-h' ,nercy ! 1 can 1 Stay hcre any Ion
ger , . , , .
" here my friend, says the captain,
" yu 11 liave i0 Set t,,al cl,est-
vnn'll linvr in rrnt nfT t tint nhpst"
..,,, ,
"in ueuarneu li i uo, ne repii
plied.
44 Oh, dear ! let me out, let me out,"
distinctly from the chest, as if in apparent
suffocation
j "Mate," said the captain, ''bring some men,
' take that person off the chest and break it o-
pen."
The person showing fight was seized by
tl,r nnccnnirnro nil linlintrmtr lir ivna rnrruinif
" 1 "
" " .J' J
and provided. The mate seized an iron bar
m Qf
.
. t
pb.lan.hrop.c person,
.. , . i n-.i
the crowd, when the mate forced oil the lid;
' '
fio iimo frntn tlio flincr nn unn.nrMilv nn.
. . ' " . , T7 v
moniac Jau"li came irom the old clothes with
which it was filled, and no sign or appearance
Amazement appeared
.,,,.., .
on tne countenances 01 me Dciorc angry out
bowildcred ookers.on. Wc were fi!lortIy
.oquist, the " Fakir of Ava," ttood by. an ap-
after let into the mvsterv bv the cantain. who tuougn mucn uroppuu u
! . . . i MM,crt tvnoa efniid in a dark sanely lo
intnnnPi its tt v ml ho hotnrn nivnrn. Inir I uuw v- .
lin lifi rl lrr.rnt Inn flit tlin I n i n. It fi 111 n trcintril- soil, on a S. E. exposure, m a peach
parentiy nnsiousepectaior oi Hie proceedings,
. ' . '
Few things were more characteristic of the
whom they thought below themselves in a
dependent position, and even of the whiles
whose social scale was beneath that of their
1 own especial masters. A friend mentioned to us
'.recently an amusing illustration of this:
Some years ago, "Eben," as he was called,
a colored servant of Mr. A , an old onu-
stable-boy, in the most stately manner, he
helped out " Miss Dinah " with an air that
would have befitted a colored Count D'Orsay,
and the pair made their way to the principal
sitting-room, where a bright cheerful fire was
blazing up the wide-backed chimney. Here,
having seated his " lady" in state, he rang a
little hand-bell on the table. The landlord
entered.
" Is dis you' best room, landlord!"
"Yes," replied the landlord, "yes doesn't
it suit you 1"
got ; sumfin nice quick; an' look a' hea; gib
my hosses couple tub o' oats, two ton o' hay,
and two bushel o' water! An', we don't want
' no odder company, sah, in our 'partment: don't
let in no colored pussons, sah."
The landlord, who had known the old ser-
vant before he had crone to live with Mr. A
(a fact which he did not know, or had
forgotton), said, "Eben, where do you live
now 1"
" Mr. A lib wid me down on de Plain,"
said "Eben," speaking very quickly ; "but
I t'ank you, sah, w'en you speak to me, to
' call me by both my names: me got two names,
sah."
j "Ah! well, Eben, what is your other
name 1"
1 " My middle name is 'iYcrer, sah, and I'd
j t'ank you to recollect 'im !"
" Poor, faithful, simple-hearted 4 Eben !' "
said the friend who mentioned this incident
to us, "he has followed 4 Uncle Ned,' and
. ffone where the good niggers go;' but he
; will long be remembered by all who ever
! knew him. He it was who, on one occasion,
' when about to take a letter to a certain ouar-
tcr of the city, and when asked if he knew
where the house was, replied, " I wish I had
n nmt J11..n T ,Ln. J. V.n..r.n
. IllLLll V UUlitlia tin X A1IUW W Iltl UO.L J1UU2U
. .... ...
. I " 'i'im pnn i...
rule known to arithmetic, mathematics, or any
cognate 44 science of numbers." On another
occasion he was describing an execution of a
LnWpfl mnnhinh hnh Un.n S(,
!.. , . A. , ir ...
. " Wlipn no went nnnn tlin nlntfnnn "cnnl ho
, . , , T , ,
" he was extremely overcome, and I thought,
. ,.,J ... . ,
i ni uu Liiiii., u.iLiiu ivuaiuu i survive : J-iiu
; . ..... . , T.7, , . Tr
1 probability is, that he didn't long ! JTarp-
, , r . 1
c a ltiuguziiiu.
j Thc Tjniontown, Penn., Democrat, speaking
, ofthc power of fascination attributed to snakes.
, says :
T nppmr,n nf ti,:s vininit.r ,ooninfT
Ohioniln F-ilk of Ynnth rirrr
te road to tne umopiie 1' alls ot loulli rncr
r, m;ie;t.
- - o - .-....-j - o
a few daysag0) discovered a gray squirrel sit-
, tinff in thc roa( At the sjde oftie road ay
j a lar0 rattlo snake TJ)C 6quirrci seemcd
j perfectly stupified made no effort to escape.
. .
-ThcsnaKcapproachcd.it so cautiously and
slowly, that no motion was perceptible, except
by an evident gradual diminution of the dis-
tance betwcen lhcm At ,cngth the snake
reached the souirrel passin-r its mouth over
: its head as if licking it, for thc purpose of cover
came jnCr it with slime or saliva. This done then it
commencGj swallowinfr it when the senile-
mcn killed both the snake and squirrel.
0 - 0
An Irishman called at a printing office, thc
other day, with an advertisement, and like a
; prudent man inquired what would be the cost.
ti. . i . . n : 4: . I.
ixu was iniormeu uiai mr one hiu.uu.., u.u
I,r cu wou,u. ue veiuy-uvo cum, a,.u uu
subsequent insertions would be twenti
cents eacl) M And fniUi;. saJ(J ,1Cj ..ril
j two subsequent insertions."
twenty-five
have
Plssms asid Jlic CurcKlio.
The editor of this paper succeeded
last year in having. an abundance of
plums where they hud year after year
-:nai. oil rlmnno.l nfT Viils of
.PJ
were mostly attracted by the sweetened
J . . ,.nnLn.iu.
water. The vials were repeatedly empti-
- . i . . 1 mi.J
ed of the water and insects, anu re-nuuu
wiMi awpninnnA Avator durincr the time
- f - rom the llowerin" of the trees, till the
' ripin ?of io fruit. The fruit did not
,r , ...... n inrl.
an escape, dul uio ireus vciu tn.
j cd with sound and well ripened fruit al-
am
or-
chard one hundred ana nit) icet n-
.t ai i i 17 lAAmnfnri v
hove tne vnuey. (,,, -......v .....
I
TTIic Coad Wheat.
Our readers will remember the notice
which was taken of a variety of wheat,
which bears the name of the gentleman
who had raised a considerable quantity
last year from a small package obtained
from the Patent Office. The extraordin
ary qualities awarded to this wheat crea
ted considerable demand for it, and the
seed was sold for four dollars per bushel,
and as high as ten dollars was offered for
it. A small package was obtained from
the Patent Office in 184G by George D.
Goad, Esq., who presented it to his neph
ew J. Edwix Coab esq., of Great Mills,
St. Mary's county, Maryland, who culti
vated it in Ins garden in 1847. The pro
duct was a pint and a half; in 1848, two
bushels; in 1849, about twenty-five bushels
were made, twenty ot which were sown, and
five otherwise disposed of; in 1850 Mr.
Goad reaped three hundred bushess; one
hundred and fifty of which he sold or dis
tributed gratuitously, and the other one
hundred and fifty bushels were sown, from
which his present crop was reaped. Just
before harvest the father of Mr. Coad left
with us some of the heads of thi3 wheat,
(of which he had also about forty acres
in cultivation,) and the accounts we had
received of it induced us to accept an in
Titation to visit him tosatisfy ourselfof the
character of the wheat then growing on
his own and on the farm of his son. We
arrived there on thc loth of June, and
found some parts of the field ready for
harvesting. We passed through it in va- i ana menagerie cxniuuions, anu on eaung
rious directions, to obtain a fair sample hou,ses' becr houses, an? aurants, and all
f i. n.i r Ji i n.i i a i . r I such revenues as the legislature may Irom
ot the whole field, which was brought up .. ... . . r .. mnn
, , .. i . , . time to time set apart for the purposes men-
and exhibited at the meeting of the State lioned in this act sh.lljj so E00n as the saine
Society on the 18th ultimo. There is shall be received at the Treasury, be paid o
nothing positively known as to the origin i verto the said Commissioners, who shall forth
of this wheat. As well as canberemcm- j with proceed to purchase the debts of the
bered by the Messrs. Coad, the package Commonwealth, on the terms and for the pnr
frnm tlin P.itont. Offi wns lnhnllpfl t.hUf. ' poses set forth in the first section of this act.
it was from New York, where fifty-two ' Sec. 3. That the said Commissioners shall
t i i . .i ill i c be authorized to receive the interest due and
bushels to the acre had been raised from , ll"L,u' i . r . ;i i,n,i
-i payable on the debt, so as aforesaid purchased
it; another account is that it was received, aIld held by them whic!l interest shau bc
in a package trom Troy. Ihe heads of ,ikew;se appne(i to the purchase of said debt,
the wheat are very compact, rather long, fso that the same shall form a constantly ac
with three grains in a bar sometimes cumulating fund for the extinguishment ot
four are found the grains unusually i the public debt.
large. It is a white and bearded wheat. ! Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the said
The average height of thc field was five ; Commissioners, on the first Monday of Sep
and a half feel, though many stalks mber, in the year one thousand eight bun
i i irr - i mm i dred and fifty-one, and on the same day, m
were six and a half feet high ihe straw , cve . thW ;car thereaftcr, to certifv the a
is very bright, uncommonly large at thc , mount of the debt of the Commonwealth held
bottom, gradually tapering to the head, by them, to thc Governor, who shall direct
where it is very small. This wheat ri- , the certificates representing the same to be
pens slowly, but is not a late wheat. cancelled, and on such cancellation issue his
The crain has improved each successive ' proclamation, stating the f tct and the extin
year since it was cultivatd, showing that 1 guisliment and final discharge of so much
it is peculiarly suited to our soil and;of Je P""0,1 f Ei,d,dbt- . . ...
v i at n u -i n Sec 5. That thc said Commissioners shall,
climate. Mr. Coad s soil is principally a within ten d after lhc erganizatiOI1 of the
white oak, heretofore limed, and the field Legislature, in the year one thousand eight
had from one hundred to two hundred ; iIUndred and fifty-two, and in every third
pounds of guano to thc acre put on it j year thereafter, specially report to the Legis
last fall. Most of the field was corn i lature the amount of the public debt, so as a
ground, the wheat sown after the corn foresaid liquidated and proclaimed by the
was taken off last year; it was seeded in ' Governor to have been cancelled, and what
October, some as late as the 15th of No- reduction of ; taxes may in consequence : there
, ' t a.. . a i of be made, in order that the Legislature may
vember and cultivated the same as his , e jn t burtheM of
other wheat some of it drilled in, (one ( i(J peope
and a quarter bushels to the acre,) and , And whereas, Alexander L. Russell, Sec
some broad cast, (one and a half to two retary of the Commonwealth, Epbraim Banks,
bushels to the acre ;) but no difference Auditor General, and John M. Bickel, Sute
could be found in thc field between that Treasurer, Commissioners of the Sinking
TvlidVA nnn nnd n Imlf find Mm larger rtuSn- ' Fund, have certified to me as follows, viz:
tity was sown. Last year it escaped the
rust, though several other varieties viz.
the China, the old red chaff, and Etruri
an in its immediate vicinity were much
injured by it the Etrurian less than the
others. In walking through various por-
- t A
lions oi uiu uuiu u uuuiu uisLii. uuu
httle diflerence in any part of it. Last hment of tho ebt of the
year a picked acre, accurately measured, CommoawcaUhf approvcd the 10th day of
produced thirty-five bushels; the whole j A ig.jtj ti,e Commissioners of said fund
field averaged twenty-five to the acre. ; hereby certify that the amount ofthc debt of
The season was far more favorable this ,' the Commonwealth purchased since the pas
vear, and we can hardley be mistaken in 'sage of the-act of the Assembly referred to.
saying that the held will
erage of forty bushels to
Coad has about one hundr
variety, and his father forty
never witnessed so glorious a sight, and
we doubt if such a field was ever seen in
this country before, certainly not in
Maryland". The heads contain an aver
age of seventy-five grains, twice as largo
as thc common grains; sonic of the heads
which were counted had upwards of one
hundred "rains. We haveshown thesam
pie we brougl
men from the
own and thc
svlvania, and Yirgina, and, with but a
if limnn to;Mi ii fo fontlo-! general Assemmy aiuicau.u, xuu i.uj iu
lt Home Wltll US to gentlC- nlli,!;sh;nr nnd dnclarin.cr
best wheat districts of our ' Ci; ": ; fi 1 .Imr f SIX
States of New York, Penn TrITnRRn AND FIFTY-NINE THOU-
single exception, they all pronounced it TWO DOLLARS AND NINETY EIGHT
superior to any othor they had ever seen. ' CENTS. ((559,12:2,93 of the principal of
Mr Coad sold his surplus seed last year,' the debt of this Commonwealth; and that I
as before remarked, for four dollars per have directed the certificates, representing
bushel, and has ns ; orders ; on hand l mInf and the Great Seal
some remaining oyer from last j ear Ho ( Stoto at HllJrrjsb th5s fifth dny of
intends sending all he hastosell to Messrs. , Sepleinberf in the year 0four Lord one thou
Neale & Luckett, of Baltimore, put up m gaud ci ht hundred and fifty-one, nndjf tho
two bushel bags, who will sell it at tour
dollars per bushel.
Security asaiiist Possosa.
Hundreds of lives might be saved by
the knowledge of this singular receipt:
A targe teasnoonlull ot mustard mixed
.1
a tumbler of warm water, and swallowed
as soon as possable, acts as an instanto
necus emetic, suihetently poworlul to re
move all that is lodged in the stomach.
An editor out West has married
girl named Ghuroh: he says he has enjoy -
n,i mn,n b n W slnw. .he. ioind the
Church than over he did in his life, be-
fore
GIorioiiM news for Tax Payers.
PENNSYLVANIA, SS:
In the name and by thc authority of the Com"
monwcalth of Pennsylvania.
By Win. F. .Iohntoii, Governor
of the said Coiniiioiiwealtli.
A PROCLAMATION. .
&2ft WHEREAS, In and by an act
of the General Assembly of thitf
$$4 W2 Commonwealth, passed the tenth
j day of April, one thousand eight
Vni hundred and forty-nine, entitled
4 An act to create a SINKING FUND, and
to provide for the GRADUAL AND CER
TAIN EXTINGUISHMENT OF THE
DEBT OF THE COMMONWEALTH,' it
is enacted and provided as follows, viz :
Sec. 1. That the Secretary of the Common
wealth, Auditor General, and State Treasurer,
for the time being, shall be Commissioners,
who are hereby authorized to receive the rev
enues appropriated by this act, or which may
hereafter be appropriated for the same object,
and to purchase therewith thc debt of the
State of Pennsylvania at its market price, if
not exceeding the par value thereof, to the
full extent of the said revenues, and to hold
I and apply the same, and the interest thereon
accrding, firmly and inviolably on thc trusts
and for the purposes herein specified.
Sec. 2. That all revenues derived from the
following sources, to wit: the taxes on col
lateral inheritances and the per centage as
sessed upon any bank or railroad, or coal mi
ning, or improvement company charter, all
taxes assessed on distilcries and breweries, on
billiard rooms, bowling saloons and ten pin
alleys, on new counties, on theatrical, circus
Ofllce of the Commissioners
of thc Sinking Fund,
Harrisburg Sept. 1, 1851. )
To His Excellency Wm. F. Johnston, Gover
nor of Pennsylvania.
Sir: In compliance with the 4th section
of the act, entitled ' An Act to create a bink-
. . , ,. , i ,
j nBgotjated under various acts of Assembly
! y0ur obedient servants,
A. L. RUSSEL,
E. BANKS,
JNO. M. BICKEL,
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.
Now therefore, in obedience to the require
ment of the fourth section of the act of the
AND ONE IIUNDRED AND TWENTY
Commonwealth the sevqnty-sixth
By the Governor,
A. L. RUSSELL
" ' Secretarv of the Commonwealth.
A correspondent of the Troy . Times
mi. thn f0i0W;n.As we. were nas-
nn . , ... auction.
1 ccr Avas trying to sell an old hand organ.
I Tn that end he was rindinr out .the
. o 3
j music, and the crowd began to throw out
a thc pennels," when a countrv-raan stepped
; up to him and said 'Sir, you o
! have a mbnUeyV 'My good fell
OUJillt
to
OW, TO
plied the auctioneer, fso I ha,d step' right
uphrreV Tho countryman, Tamod
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