The southern press., 1852-01-22
General summary.

half foot thick, had been formed in that vicni.
| ty last month.
The deaths in Raleigh, NJ c., during the year
1851, amounted to fortysfour only--twenty four
whites and twenty colored
Bald Eagle Lake, twelve miles from st Paul,
Minnesota, has cluster of small islands, which,
IN the proper season, are covered white with
swans eggs.
The Magnetic Telegraph Company line from
Washington to New York, has declared diy.
dend Of two per cent
The United States mail steamer Franklin left
New York on Friday, for Havre, with forty five
passengers and 100000 in specie.
The report of the appeal tax court of Balti-
more showes that the total amount Of taxable
property in the city is valued at S84,739, $40,
being an increase Of So, 634,6 $40 since last year
Quals are said to have be frozen in large
numbers, in New jersey, during the late inclem-
ent weather.
They have raised hog in Cambria, Niagara
CO., this season, which beats all other hogs in
weight, his avoirdupois being l2O0 lbs. He has
not yet got his growth
HEAVY Loss.--The barge of the steamer
Childe Harold, which sunk at Warsaw, few
days since, had cargo of 500 tons of bulk pork,
the estimated value of which is fully $4,000
1t was fully insured in New York and agencies
at CinciDnati.-Louispille Courier
ARRIVAL OF Ole BULL.-The great Norwe-
gian violinist, Ole Bull, arrived at New York on
Friday evening in the steamer Asia Whether
his visit b for the purpose of making a profess
sional tour or to settle permanatly in this coun
try, as it was said some years ago he designed
to do, is not yet made known
INTERVENTION IN ALTERNATIVE are glad to
see, avs the Mobile Register, that The senate of
our State has taken decided ground against the
intervention doctrines Of Kossuth; and trust
that their unanimous vote will be responded to
with equal unanmty by the honse.
WASHING STAIRS AND PASSAGES sides
of stairs and passages on which are carpets or
hoor-cloths should be washed with sponge in.
stead of linen and flannel, and the edges will
not be soiled. This is an item for housekeepers.
LARGE. SEIZURE OF LIQUoRs.-Forty three
packages, mostly barrels, of various kinds of
liquor were seized yesterday morning, on board
the steamer st. Lawrence. We understand that
arrangements have been made by the mayor TO
search every steamboat, and railroad train that
comes to the city Portland ADJ, Thprsdau
ANOTHER School PANIc.--A second panic oc
Cured in the Greenwich Avenue School, New
York, on Thursday afternoon, caused by false
alarm of fire, and the decided action of the
teachers alone prevented serious results. Sever.
al scholars jumped fir an second story windows,
and others endeavored to burst open the doors
SUDDEN CHANGE OF TEMPERATURES The
Boston Journal of last evening says that at 8
o'clock on Thursday afternoon the thermometer
indicated temperature of forty degrees above
zero. Yesterday morning, at sunrise, by the
same thermometer, the temperature was four
degrees below--a difference of forty,fou de-
grees in sixteen hours. Boston may challenge
~. r.. Ill =
Hez, on being told that Bunyan stands at the
head of categorical writers, sagely remarked that
he had always thought bunionS were confined to
the feel.
Holmes has it better than that He says:
.Corns and bunions; not the glorious John
Who wrote the book we have all pondered on,
But other bunions, clad in feecy hose,
To.Phgrims' Progress unrelenting foes.'"
A STUDY FOR FRENcHMAN IN ENLIsH PRo.
Thimblerig Thistewate thievously
thought to thrive through thick and thin by
throwing his thin les about. But he was
thrawted, and thaeked, and thumped, and
thrashed with thirty thousand thistles and
thorns, for theviously thinking to thrive
through thick and thin by throwing his thmbles
about.
Nothin', squire, never stops woman when
her curiosity Is once up especially if she is curl
GUS TO know something about herself. Only
hold secret in your hand TO her. and its like
bunch of calnip to a cat--sbe' jump and frisk,
and frolic round like anything, and never gives
over purring and coaxing of you till she get it.
Sam Slick.
Roses AND IcE.-The Plaquemine dad Sen.
tinI of December Both, says that rose. bushes in
that place, with full-blowa roses on them, were
on that day thickly covered with gistenng cicles.
They presented a singular contrast, and very
rare sight for that latitude. The recent snow.
torn also extended all over Florida, and has
probably injured the orange trees 10 n considera-
bic extent. II is unusual to see such snow
storm in Florida
The KossUTH FEvER.-A great sensation was
produced in the streets Of Boston by the appear
ance Of an honest, broad-cheeked teamster, who.
IN lack of Kossuth feather, had stuck codfi h
in his cap, tail up, with cracker attached to the
side by way Of cockade. II was the best he
could do TO manifest, in his humble way, his
zeal in behalf of the Intervention doctrine.
Mr. Montaguer, editor and publisher Of the
Pittsiied Eogie," has invented a power press,
on which he now prints bis paper. We under.
stand II will print 1000 sheets the hour, the
forms being fastened in an upright position, and
the impression given by cylinder. II may be
worked by steam or hand power and can be
made at a cost Of $3.50 for single cylinders, and
$3.50 for double cylinders.
The Boston papers describe a new bank secu.
rily, called the thermometer lock, now on exhi.
bition in that city The lock in fastening is set
by'a scale at the number Of hours required, the
door then closed and cannot be again opened
until the time expires, unless the works should
stop, in which case it may be unfastened by
means of the said improvement, the same not
operating at any other time, either to cause the
movements TO stop or allow the door to be
opened while il is in operation.
Snow IN FLoRIpA.---The recent snow storm
extended into Florida AS an evidence of the
cold, it is stated that a negro boy came near be.
ing frozen. An instance like this is not known
to have occurred before in Florida What the
effects Of the cold has been upon the orange and
other fruit trees of course cannot be known until
spring, but is feared they are either killed or bad
ly crippled.
CoMMENDABLE ENTERPRISE The PhiladeI
phia Ledger states that road has been made
over the ice in the Susquehanna, at Havre de.