l)c Sfcffcrsonitui. THUESDAY, JULY 19, 1855. Ice Cream and Eating Saloon. Mr. Joseph Thomas has fitted up a splen did Ice Cream and Ealing Saloon, in Mr Aurachcr's new building-, in this place, and is fully prepared to serve our citizens, and all others who may feel disposed to give him a call, with every thing in his line of business, in nood blyle. Jtjis articles too are all fresh and of a superior quality. An establishment of this kind has long been needed in the place, and now that we have one, and that too, conducted upon the right nrincinle. it is honed that our citizens will support it liberally. Cholera. The Pittsburgh naners announce the existence of Cholera in Charticr's town- . -v- snip, near that city, it brclic out m a building containing 73 occupants, mostly railroad laborers,and several deaths have occurred. Mrs. Catharine Schooley Dead. Mrs. Catharine Schooley, the largest woman in the world, died in Sciota town ship, Piqua county, Ohio, while sitting in her chair, on the 5th inst. A few day: previous she complained of an attack of ueuralgia, but up to that time enjoyed good health, and has made every arrange ment to visit Canada during the heat of the summer. Iler life was insured for $25,000. Her maiden name was Cath erine Lerch, and was a native of North- :ampton county, Pa. Prices of "Wheat and Flour. Considerable of the new crop of wheat has arrived in the Baltimore market, and on Sa turday there was a decline of 3 or 4 cents per bushel, soiling at-S2 25 to $2 35, and closing with a drooping tendency under the expecta tion of large receipts this week. As yet, lit tie or no new flour has been manufactured and come into market, and on account of scarcity, the price of that article is actually rising whilst the "raw material" is declining. Millers and farmers at Yincennes, Ind., on the 3d inst., were closing contracts for wheat at SI a bushel, deliverable in 10 to 15 days. The Yincennes Gazette predicts that in Au gust, flour will be down to SO 50 per barrel in that place, and by the first of January to 4 50 or $5. At Fredericksburg, Va. farmers generally refuse to contract for the sale of their wheat t Joss than S2. At Alexandria, last week the first sales of new wheat were made at iT2 25. At Nashville, Tenn., wheat is bring ing onlv 60 a 75 cents, and flour has declined lo $7 a3. The Nashville Banner says some farmers are selling flour at $2 per hundred pounds, but it is not advised as to its quality. The St. Louis papers note sales of new wheat at $i 23al 35. In nearly all the large com mercial cities the' price of flour continues to keep up at high figures. This is attributed lo the light supplies of old flour, but little xiew having yet come into market. ID Unman Catholicism in Kansas. It is slated that nine of the finest building lots in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas territory, have already been bought for the purpose ol erecting Uathohc Cathedrals and nunneries there. 00" The foundry of Mr. James R. Temp- Itii, at Phillipsburg, Warren county, N. J was destroyed by fire on the 4th, caused by fire crackers. The loss is about 10,000; JMHured for 5,000. The Peach Crop in Hew Jersey. Jt is stated that the Peach crop in New Jersey, this year, will be very heavy in proportion to the number of trees ; the trees arc, iu fact, too full. Many trees, it is said, were killed last winter, aud there are not probably one-half the peach trees in the State there were four or five joars ago. J j3 A horrible accident took place on .the Morris Canal on Tuesday. A small boy of 12 or 14 years, named Jos. Amer- son, was riding one of the mules and at tempted to get off, when his foot caught in the harness, and the mules started off, cashing the child to nieces in the most horrible manner, his intestines and body being scattered in all directions. "When the animals wero caught, the boy's leg and a part of his ekeleton were still attached. The boy belonged to Hackcttstown. OCT" A singular accident occurred in New ton, Sussex county, N. J. last week. A lad named Moore, went into his father's cellar, where he found a fine large clam, open. He took up the bivalve, and in anticipation of n tavory meal thrust his tongue into its mouth, whereupon it closed its doors, fastening upon the boy's tongue so tightly that the blood be gan to ooze from it, tbe pain being heighten ed by the unbiipported weight of the honging ciam. The case 6eetucd, for a time, quite an alarming one, but a neighbor soon freed the lad from his painful situation by cutting tbe muf-cle which enables the animal to open and i-hut itri shell. No further inconvenience re buked but a Bwollcn tongue. OirThe New Orleans Picayune uominateR George Law, bs the American candidate for Prysident. New York State Politics. According to the following catalogue of State Conventions appointed in N. York, i in reierencc to tuc coming auiiuai elec tion, there will be spoit among the nu merous contending parties aud factious, on the eighth day of November. Here is the list : Wouicns' liights Convention, Saratogo, August 15th and lGth. Republican, Seward Auti-Slavery Fu- sion. AuDurn or Syracuse, August -iou. Van 13ureu Convention, (new move ment) Syracuse, August 22d. Administration Democratic bolt ohel Convention. Syracuse, August tiUtli. Colored Men s Couvculion, 1 roy, Sep tember 4th. Democratic Hard Shell Convention, Sy racusc, September 5th. Know Nothing State Council, Syracuse, September 25th. yXjFrutt in Ihincssce. Peaches, wa termelon?, and muskmclons, ripe and lus cious, arc now enjoyed by the inhabitants of Memphis, Tcun. JJj'i Young Mother. The census ta ker found a woman in Macedon, N. Y.t 23 years old, mother of four children, the oldest of whom is 12 years, ucxt S, third 3, last 1 year. The eldest was, of course, born when the mother was twelve years old! ID3 Another of Iiarnum's Projects. The prince of Humbugs seems to be inexhaustible as to expedients to create a sensation and ex citemcnt among the good natured people ol this great country. His latest project is thus referred to by the New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger: 14 1 don't like to be instrumental in adver tising, gratis, for the great humbug, lLrnum, but as he has issued a prospectus to-day for a new notion thai will no doubt make a noise among all the other humbugs in the country, as a faithful chronicler cf passing events, must tell you what it is. " lie says an eminent publishing house in Paris is engaged in isuing a series of the most distinguished female beauties in the world, which, when completed, is to include ten of the handsomest ladies in the United States, and these Barnum has undertaken to engage. " In order to stimulate coinpetion, he of fers .$5000, in premiums, ranging from 1000 down to 150, to be distributed, according to the different degrees of beauty. Ladies ac- cordly are requested to send in their daguer reotypes to the Museum. None will be re ceived later than the 15th of October. "The judge of the 'best looking' arc lo be the people at large." Each visiter is to mark on a slip of paper the particular number, cor responding with that of his choice, and de posit it in a ballot box at the door. The re sult is be announced on the loth of Septem ber. " Single and married women alike may compete, but none below "sweet sixteen" are to enter the lists. No limit to ancient mai denhood is specified. When the show in pub lic is over, artists arc to be employed to paint full sized portraits of the premium beauties. "Great, great is humbug, and Barnum is its Profit .'" ,0, Horrible Affair Five Persons Perished. Buffalo, July 10th. The dwelling of James Thompson, in the village of Brant, was fired by incendiaries on Saturday night, and Mr. Thompson, his 3 daugh ters and two grand daughters, all per ished in the flumes. An Outrage at Fort BIcHenry: The Baltimore Patriot gives the fol lowing particulars of the recent frightful ojsc at Fort Mcllenry : It appears that Louis Loup, a native of Switzerland, the oldest soldier at the J'ort, who had served with great credit iu the wars of Florida and Mexico, was found intoxicated, on Wednessday last by Mr. Sergeant Morrow. The Sergeant conceiv ing himself treated with disrespect by some remark of the drunken soldier fell ed him to the earth, and inflicted on him the most cruel and unusual chastisement. The old soldier was then removed to the guard house, where the beating was re newed, and afteranexhau-jtionof strength, not of passion, as the sequel shows, was left to welter in his blood till yesterday morning, when he was removed to the flag staff, and amid the most heartrendiug entreaties, lashed to it with his hands up. lie remained iu this painful position for three weary hours, when the inclination of his head on his breast indicated that death had relieved him. Information of the death of the soldier under these cruel circumstances was communicated to Capt. Miller, of the Southern Police, who re paired to the Fort, and returned immedi ately and procured the attendance of Cor oner Benson, who held an inquest over the body. The information elicited has not transpired, but enough to induce Captain Herring to arrest Sergeant Mor row, and commit him to answer. Mor row shelters himself behind 2d Lieut. Griffin, who, it expected, will be arrested to-day. Terrific Gale in Iowa. Marietta, the county seat of Marshall county, in towa, was visited by a terrible storm, last week, which blew down ten or twelve dwelling houses, shops aud stores, besides doing a great amount of damage in other respects. One man, whose house caught fire during the gale, and who attempted, with a young child in his arms, to reach a neighboring house, was caught up by the wind aud carried over a mile, holding on to the child meanwhile, so said. His wife, with another child, was most fortunate in finding a temporary shelter, on tho lee ward side of a banij where she stood for hours, exposed to a torrent of ruin, not daring to vcuturo forth from her hiding place uutii the wind subsided. Forcigu News. AKBXVAL OF THE AEAGO. Death of lord Raglan. New York, July 10. The steamship Arago, from Southamp ton reached her wharf at ii o clock, bhe hrinfrs 126 Dassengcrs, and among them 1 T)Iv and familv. and Hon. G. S. Goodrich J J LAJ l w J The death Arao brings intelligence of the f l ll.rtln,i flnminfuider-!!! I chief of tho British forces in the Last. The melaucholy news was received by Lord Panmure from Gen. Simpson, on the morning of the 30th ult. For souje days previously Lord Rag lan had boon suffering from indisposition, but until 4 P. M. on the 28tb, his Lord ship progressed to the satisfaction of his J I JJU1 U " I I medical attendants. Atterwarus, aiarm in" svmntoms developed themselves, at tended with difficulty of breathing which rrndimllv increased. LrOUl 5 P. M. UO fc j was unconscious, and Jrom that penoa he jrradually sunk until 25 minutes before 9. at which hour he died. 1 he event has plunged the whole army into the most pro found grief. Jt is stated that iViajor General Simpson has succeeded Lord Raglan, pro tern. The Times correspondent, writing from the Baltic states that on the 21st ult., the Amphion 36, new frigate, while employed rcconnoitenng the lortincations at owea borg, accidentally mistook the channel and iu consequence foundered. The boats were immediately despatched in all di rectiens to sound, and whilc'so employed one of the near forts opened a brisk fire upon the frigate. Four shots struck her killing one man and wounding two others The Captain of the Amphion, returned the compliment with such energy and precision that he succeeded in blowing up a powder magazine, and occasioned damage to the fort. The detailed accounts of the attack on the Malakoff and lledan towers made by the Allies on the 18th ult., have been re ceived, and are published incxtenso in the London iuonnna journals, l he va rious correspondents ascribe the repulse and creat loss which the hrench and English experienced to the want of prop er management, and the total absence that military knowledge and judgment so requisite in such hazardous and difficult undertakings. The Bombardment Begun. In just retribution for the disregard o their general to the good to be cxpcctec from ashort morning's bombardment, they found the redoubts swarming with defen ders, and guns bristling from every em brasure. On them, as on our own men showers of grape and canister ice re poured out, literally mowing down whole battalions at a lime , whilst from along the whole semi-circular line of parapet the crowd of riflemen sent volley after voley into their disordered ranks that passed through them like a sheet of moultou lead. Ihree time they gave way, and as often rallied; but were finally driven back after a struggle of some three hours and a half, leaving the space between the Mamelon and Malakoff literally covered with the dead and dying. An Awful Scene. "Vith our own men the space to be passed over from our most advanced trenches to the Bedan was somewhere a bout seven hundred 3'ards, and from the first moment of their rushing over the par apet towards the point of attack, they were met by the same awful and annihi lating storm of canister and grape. Many fell within the first dozen yards, and thence on to some broken ground about midway, in which the remaiudcr soug ht cover, the field strewed with the slain and wounded. An officer present in the affair, and who was one of the few who escaped uninjured, described the fire to me as be ing perfectly awful much more severe he assured me, than that which greeted our men at Alma, where he also fought and received a wound. Few of them ev er reached the aballis in front of the work none, I believe, ever even saw the deep ditch which protects its approaches. Stirring Spectacle. I have neither time nor power to de scribe the magnificent but awful pyrotech nic scene. A badly aimed shell from the Malakoff passed over the Mamelon, and fell some sixty yards from where I stood; but though this was safe enough, I deem ed it best to shift my ground and retired. A loud ''three times three" rose upon the midnight air from the direction of the Redan; and as one can never bo mistaken in this peculiar product of British lungs, I jumped to the pleasant conclusion, that the day s stain had been wiped way, and that thc Redan was our own. 1 was, however, mistaken; aud the explanation of thc whole affair was ih; during the night, the French, endeavoring to take advantage of the darkness had crept out from the Mamelon to recover a number of scaling ladders which they had been compelled to abandon during the attack. The Russians perceived them, and o"- pened a smart fire of grape from the guns of thc Malakoff, which was repeated by a shell from the Mamelon. Almost simul taneously, a party of the enemy emerged from the Redan, in expectation of what they deemed a sinilar attack to that attempted by the I' rench, and being perceived by our men, a volley of musketry was poured into them, and chase gave with the bay onet. After a short time the Russians turned and fled, and it was at this junc ture that the hurrahs I have mentioned were sent after them. After this the can ouade was kept up for some time from both lines, in the manner I have remarked. Burying the Dead. Next morning there was hardly a gun fired on either side; and about twelve o' clook wo hoisted a flag to request thc ne cessary truce for the burial of our dead. A delay of some minutes having occurred before an an answer was given but du ring which messengers were sent hurry ing from the redoubt towards where we supposed thegenerl of thc Russian trench es to be the wiseacre of an ofiicer in com mand on our side a guardsman of more height than apparent intelligence, ordered the flag to be pulled down. Five minutes after, several Russian of ficers mounted the parapet and waved their caps, as if invitiug us to renew the request; but Captain- refused, al- lcniuir that he " must wait for further er orders; and this, though many of our poor wounded fello'ws were lying within O i-J sight, writhing in pain and thirst under a broiling smi ! " Further orders" were asked till 4 o'clock, when it was at once granted, ana wlipn ilfind nnd wounded, the latter in a most painful state, were brought in - - - - - - I Interesting Incidents Tho Ilussiaus threw out an advanced inc of entries to keep off prying eyes from he Bedan, and a similar precaution hav- inir been taken on our side the ucutra space was thus narrowed greatly. The scenes of battle carnage have been oiten cnounh described, so I need only say tha this was like the rest harrowinig to look nn. Dead and dvinff lav all over the ground. J L 1 During this proceeding a number of llussian officers mingled amongst our par ty, and as several of them spoke English fluently, a good deal was said. J heir "pumping" inclination, however, was so marked as in most cases to deleat- itseir, though one of our officers was guilty of the indiscretion of informing a very suave interrogation that their grape did sad in- iurv to our men in posscssiou of the late- ly taken Quarries a remark which pro cures bis instant order to the rear ny uen cral Airey. It was by one of these polite foes that the inquiry was made of an Englishman at my side whether "our generals had re ally been drunk or not during the recent assault." The Russians having helped us to gather in the dead, the whole sad duty was soon performed, and the truce brought to an end. Since then nothing of inter est has occurred, and the firing has near ly been suspended altogether. -o- Burning' of the Steamboat John Stevens loss of Life. We regret to record the destruction by fire of thc magnificent steamboat John Slovens. belonL'incr to the Camden aud v . j Amboy Railroad Company, which occur red between twelve and two o'clock, yes terdav morning, at "White Hill," the ex treme nothcrn lauding place of thc Com pany, on the Delaware. The Stevens which was commanded by Capt. Kester a resident of Bordentown, left the foot o Walnut street, at two and a half o'clock on Monday afternoon, and proceeded on her regular trip up the river. She reach ed White Hill at about five o'clock, and having landed her passengers, was se cured for the night. It was customary for the pilot, Mr. Seville Chiquoin, and the deck hands, as well as the chamber maid and cook, to sleep on board, and thi was done on Monday nijiht. About ten o'clock,before retiring for the night, the pilot took a look through the boat, and found everything safe. A few minutes before twelve, he was aroused by the cries of one of thc deck hands, who was slightly burned by thc flames, and upon getting up he discovered that the fire had made considerable progress. His first im pulse was to save the women on board and procuring a boat, he broke in some of the cabin windows, and endeavored to arouse them, all being below decks. On ly one was saved, the chambermaid, named Harriet Wright, a small mulatto woman, well known to the travelers in tho Stevens. She got through one of the cabin windows. Three of thc colored fe male cooks are missing, and were either burned or drowned. The full name of but one, Mary Parker, is known; the oth ers are called Harriet and " Aunty." Thc flames continued to spread through out the vessel until she was entirely de stroyed except thc hull, which is of iron, and could not be burnt. Not a single ar ticle was saved on board. During the burning of thc boat, to save the property of the Company at White Hill, she was cut a drift and floated on a bar about two hundred yards above, where tho hull now lies. Thc Stevens was a general favorite up on our waters, and by many was thought the best boat in these parts. She was built at Ilobokcn in 1845, and no expense was spared to make her superior in eve ry respect. Iler length was over two hundred feet, and her breadth of beam from forty to fifty. The cost of thc boat was one hundred and ten thousand dol lars, besides which the furniture of the most elegant character made a considera ble item. Of the origin of tho fire nothing pos itive is known. It is impossible to say where it did originate, hence the difficul ty, hires originate on board of steam boats some times from spontaneous com bustion of tbe waste material, used for cleansing tho machinery. Iu a well regu lated boat like the Stevens, this was scar cely possible. It was thought to have been the work of an incendiary, but all is conjecture in regard to its origin. So far as we were able to ascertain, there was no insurance upon the boat. The Company insured during the winter months, when thc boat was laid up, but not while she was making her trips. regular Tbe destruction of the Stevens caused no interruption to the regular lines of the Company, luesplended steanfer Rich ard .Stockton took the place of thc Ste vens yesterday, and the old favorite Tren ton that of the Stockton. Daihi News 18th. A Patent Female A lady of Plain field, Mass., aged 59 years, has the past winter made with her own hands 17 quilts, consisting of 4209 pieces cut by pattern, worked 970 scollops, cut and made 3 dresses, knit 3 pairs of striped mittens, made butter from two cows, besides do ing the general housework for a family. She has also written over nearly a quire of paper. At a meeting of unmarried printers which convened not long since, the fol lowing toast was drank in silenco : Woman Hoaven reward her; she U always in favor of a. well conducted press. Statistics of the Order ol uaa xenuwa " . -, -i -n-n , z-i Pennsylvania. Tim Philadelohia Ledger says, irom nnnrf nf Wm. I urtis. utuuu - - F .. 1' Unni-n. I . tuc 1 - ! v ' . Y U 1UU1 IX V O I i nrnwrnsa fliid nresent condi- l , C LU fc'ii I' C . tiou of the Odd Fellows in this oiaie : Vn of Lod.es 504 5,203 (( (( - C J of Initiation?, of lieiections, " Admitted by Card, " Withdrawn by Card, tt f "Roinstntements. 1.079 1 971 v. j. - nf Snsnnnsious. 3,200 inn j l vrv'w j of Expulsions, of Deaths, 581 " Past Grand?, " of Members, 5.932 1 40.117 Amount of Receipts, No. of Brothers relieved, $227,934 Gl904 k WUnwnd Families Ji f N T I relieved, 525 of Brothers buried, 437 Amount paid for Relief of Brothers, $79,726 " of Wid owed Families, 0.039 " Educatiou of Orphans, 410 Burying Dead, 24.079 Total an: ount of Relief, 130.401 The repoit of the Finance Committee exhibits thc fact that 810,888 59 was re ceived for ner ceutasre, cards, odes, Char- ler fees, kc. while tho amount paid out tor oooks, carus, printing, aaiui ics, miie- age to representatives, eve, was bV-U" 83. leaving a balaucc, with thc 7,508 20 on hand in April, 1854, of $9,511 01. The following is an inventory of tho ef fect? of thc Grand Lodge : Stock in Odd Fellows' Hall, York, borough, $250 00 It Rox- 200 00 Garden, Loan on Odd Fellows' Hall, Sixth and Haines st., 500 00 1,500 2,453 00 33 'cr Centagc in do., Ground Rent (Wiegand & Snowden,) Fixtures in Grand Secretary's office, Banner, Jewels and Regalia. Book, Cards and Odes, as per Grand Secretary's Report, examined and found cor rect, r.OO 33 GOO 150 00 00 783 OS Total. $7,064 34 Important Law. Our attention has been called to the following important law passed by the Legislature last winter, which we publish for the information of the public. It will be found on page 332, Pamphlet laws of 1855 : "That no estate, real or personal, shall hereafter be bequeathed, devised or con veyed, to any body politic, or to any per sod, in trust for religious or charitable uses, except the same be done by deed or will, attested by two creditable and at the same time, disinterested witnesses, at least one calender month before thc death of the testator or alienor; and all dispositions of property contrary hereto shall be void and go to thc residuary legatee or devisee next of kin or heirs accordiug to law: Provided, that any disposition of proper ty within said period bona fide made for a valuable consideration, shall not be here avoided." Rumored Kinder. Much excitement prevails in thc lower part of Berks County, growing out of the mysterious disappearance of a pedlar from that vicinity, a short time since. Sever al negroes residing in the neighborhood had been arrested on thc charge of sett ing fire to some house in Douglasvi!le,"and while searching their premises, a portion of the goods belonging to the pedlar are alleged to have been discovered. An at tempt being made by these negroes to fill up a well which had been out of use for ?omc time, led to thc suspicion that thc body had been secreted there by them. On Sunday the neighbors were engaged m pumping out the water, and making such other investigations as would load to a true dcvelopmeni of thc facts. Dancing vs. Lightning. A Buffalo paper records some rather singular freaks of lightning in the vicinity. During a brief shower, several young laboring men assembled in a cooper's shop. One of the number fiddled while another danced. As thu was going on the lightning struck thc shop, descended to the room where the men were, and passed down the person of thc dancer, and completely stripped him of his boots, thc heels of which were sep arated from thc main sole. Thc fiddle was torn into a thousand pieces, and thc bow was never found afterwards! No one was seriourly hurt. o Worm in the Heart. Mr. F. Ezoll, of Talbot county, Georgia, writing to the bpartan Press, says that a favorite dog of his died suddenly, recently, and suspect ing that ho was poisoned, he made a post mortem examination. To his astonish ment, he found concealed in his heart a worm measuring forty inches,antl as large u.6. a man a nine unger. xuere were a bout twelve inches of tho worm out of the heart, while the other part of it was in his heart, tied in four or five knots. The part of the worm that was out of tho heart extended down to the liver, which appear ed to be soft and very much eaten. Prospect for Sausage Meat. Wo should not bo surprised to hear of a fall in the price of sausages. Twelve hun dred dogs wero received at the city dog pound last week. As Dickon's cockney said, "Vot beoomes on 'em? Ah, in deed ! vot?" New York Brother Jona than. One pound of green copperas dissolved in one quart of water, will effectually con centrate and 'destroy the foulest smell, atom me Ejvemm; i u. TRniiroad Gompanv. ,r Editor In common, no doubt, with ,.. nr Vour readers, x uave ieib uu mhuu. . -I T 1 ll uiii" r j .1 Rail- ex- IUIUI. -ii- t portion ot the road, lying in i . li 1 thc vicinitv ol airouusumg, , ... uu v. serve not only its state of forwardness but 'thc difficulties already encountered, or to hv those constructing it. I UU UUtuuiHviv.", "J f fbnse who regard the contractor, who prosecutes his worn smiuuhjt au ... 1 1 4. 1 I n .i 1 itfnll c ,vArM,v nt least of "honorable mention," although the product of his labor cannot be. ,1 in ".-.nlnonc nf liulnsfrv" for exlii- P k ll 'V ' IU I UlUtWJ V .... i WW J" ' I . , . , - , ., .1 bition. 1 have been much pieaseu wuu uiu evidences which mv observation has afford- cd of the fact, that the company nave ueeir fortunate in securing, in this quarter at least, the services of thc right kind of men: those w( iiTnlorstand their business ful I v. and who can carrv on the work with economy and promptitude. Sections 42 and 40 inclusive arc being: . ........ . worked by Messrs. Mott k Hammersley, and arc nearly completed. They have had dim culties of no trilling character to overcome, there being a good deal of hard rock, inter spcrsed in their route. Besides, the eartn . . . i t l i for the embankment, nas uecn orougut ui manv cases for a long distance. Their ttwk has been bv no means an easy one, and I trust, that thc liberality of thc Company will be such, as to secure to them a due re ward for the labor and expense incurred. m,, uminentlv deserving of considera tion an( tj1R reputation ot Uic uompany ioi air and honorable dealing, may 1 thinif, i e taken as a sufficient guarantee that the li- nal settlement" will be satisfactory to both parties the employers and the employed. -v- . ,i .? j i io i. .. -. iNCXt UIC SCClIOllS I UUU to, mv;n .ui; being constructed by H. C. Lcvanway, Esq. This portion is also progressing toward com pletion as rapidly as the nature ot the work, will permit, and will, no doubt, be finished as early as required, and as soon as other parts of thc road less difficult of construc tion. In one of these sections (47) there is a very heavy rock cut. The rock is compos ed of silex, with a small portion of lime, which combined, form the most difficult ma terial to encounter. There is also a great profusion of water which interferes with the blasting, and renders the work extremely laborous requiring no small degree of pati ence and skill on the part of the contractor. This work at Forge Cut (more familiarly nlnwnl.c. Lackanna, and Wester known among contractors at Rjck Difficult, ) was at first undertaken by Messrs Noyen, Phelps & Co. They went all over the work it order to find a proper place for a com mencement, but dbcorered no spot which promised to be sufficiently easy. They final ly became discouraged, and were successful in securing the servises of Mr. Lcvanway, who spent no time in looking for easy spots-, but commenced his work in right good earn est. We are happy to learn, however, that the gentlemen referred to, are efficient con tractors, and have succecjled well in other portions less difficult. Mr Levanway is one who having once put his hand to the plough, never turns back until his task is finished. He is well known for thc energy and perse verance with which he prosecutes a work once comrneuced. No obstacle in thc Hue of his employment, which human ingenuity can overcome, is sufficient to deter him. My personal acquaintance with him is but slight, yet the reputation which he has ac quired during the twenty years devoted to similar works will amply sustain me in this opinion of his sterling qualities as a contrac tor. Besides the cut to which reference has been made, there is, at the East end of sec sion 48, a great amount of very hard earth, which, it would appear, cannot be removed at n' much less expense than ordinary rock; I observed, in passing, a number of men en gaged in drilling this, preparatory to blast ing, and from all appearances, I should judge that more difficulty would be experienced in drilling and blasting it than in many kinds of rock. Taking both sections together' the work is very expensive and troublesome, and would be likely to involve Mr. L. in consid erable loss were it not that the road is in charge of those who are both able and Tril ling to pay the cost of construction, and who will not sec a contractor, who possess' itll tin.' qualities requisite for the prompt and satisfactory execution of:his work, sutler for the want of reasonable compensation. Next arc the sections of Messrs. Emigh k Benedict Their work is bordering on com pletion; it has been pushed with vigor, and reflects much cretit on thc contractors. I trust they will receive a fair reward for the labor and capital which they have expend ed. The same may be remarked of Messrs. Wright. & Kinney, who have already com pleted their work, it being oasy of construc tion. The Delaware Bridge is progressing slow ly in consequence of high water in thc Dcl awcre river; and thc contractor, Mr. Novcs. is unaoic to uoat the stone trom the in order to. its completion. quarry Thc Delaware, Luckwanna and Western road, it will be remembered, extends from Great Bend on the New York and Eric Railroad to New Hampton on the New Jer sey Central. It will be thc nearest reuie from New York to Buffalo, Erie, kc. .U runs directly through the Lackawanna coal region, in which tho Company are extensive owners. Mineing operations are carried ou in connection with thc ordinary business of the road, from which the Company will no doubt derive considerable profit. Although the construction of the road h attended with great expence in consequence of the roughness of the surface and hardness of the soil, all who are acquainted with thc facts of the case, arc confident that the road will be extremely valuable one when completed, and amply repay those who have invested iu it. So great has been the confi dence of the pnblio in the ultimate success of this enterprise, that the Company during thc most stringent times have had no diffi culty in securing, on very favorabe terms, all the loans which they needed. It is confi dently expected that the entire road will be open for business by the first of next Sep tember. . Counterfeit tens ou the Hunterdon Co. Bank, altered from ones, arc in circulation. The vingette is the coat of arms of New Jer sey. A poi-.trait of Washington is on the left cud. ,6ash ,'of all ,ia giazeu jU. WARNICK. I ? f i -1 iiiiiai r f i I
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