Cie Eel)* Register. Circulation near 2000. Allentown, ra. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1860. V. 13. PALMER, Fsq., N. W. corner of Third, and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and 169 Nits- MI street, (Tribune Buildings,) New York, is our authorized Agent for receiving advertise ments and subscriptions to. the Lehigh Register and collecting and receipting for the same. Appointment by Ike Governor.— Thomas Yao; ger, Esq., of Allentown, is appointed Auction eer for the Borough of Allentown. Ile will attend to the duties of his appointmed in a few days. Borough Election At an election for Borough Officers, held on Monday last, the following persons were elect ed to fill the different offices: BURGESS—Jacob Dillinger HIGH CONSTABEL—WiIIiam Egge TOWN COUNCIL—Isaac Smehr mid Thome Weaver, of South Ward, and John D. Lawsll, John L. Hoffman and Peter Weikel, of North Ward. SCHOOL DIRECTORS—Jonathan Reichert, in North, and Edward Beck, in .Mouth Ward. STREET COMMISSIONERS—Johri Haven bueh, in South, and Solomon Bernhard, in North Ward. Bible Presentation On Monday evening, the Ist instant, the Jor dan Union of the Daughters'of Temperance, pre sented a beautifully bound Quarto Dible, to the Jordan Division, Sons of Temperance. The pre sentation took place in the large and spacious German Reformed Church, by the Rev. Mr. Dubs, and %Vas accompanied by a very appro priate and interesting address, and received by the Rev. Mr. Brubst, who responded in a man ner becoming the great and glorious cause of Temperance. We learn that the Jordan Divi sion is in a very prosperous condition ; they be ing in operation only 13 months and count about 130 members, and in that time have expelled 20 odd members for disobeying the pledge. Free School Exhibition The free School exhibitions on Thursday and Saturday evenings, were numerously attended, and we belieye gave universal satisfaction. The singing was much approved of, and the speaking surpassed the anticipations of many that were present. As this was the first attempt we believe ever undertaken, by the Teachers of the Free Schools, much credit is due to them for their en ergy and perseverance; the board of School Di rectors also deserve the praise of the citizens of Allentown for their attachment and interest they have taken in the great cause of general edu cation. " Astronomical Lobture The wonders of the Universe will be scien• tifically illustrated, by a lecture on Astronomy by Mr. Edward Foote, at the Odd Fellows' Hall, this evening, April •1, 1850. The subject for the lecture will be a general appearance of the heavens. A description of the transit instru ment, with an exposition of its use, illustrated by a model. The theory of the Sun, &e. &c, The lecture twill be both interesting and instruct ive and we would advise the citizens of Allen town to attend. Admission 123 cents. More Elective Officers The state Senate has passed a bill, providing for the election, by the people, of the attorney general and his deputies. It provides "that at the next general election, the qualified voters of the commonwealth shall elect a person learn ed in the law, who shall have been at least ten years a practicing lawyer in the state, and ad mitted to practice in the Supreme Court, to act as attorney general for a period of three years from the 'first Monday in December next, who shall discharge all the duties now preformed by the attorney general," and also, Gthat the qual ified electors of the city and •county of Phila delphia, and of each and every county in the State, shall at the same time, and every three years thereafter, elect one person learned in the law, who has been two years admitted to the bar, and who shall have resided in the calmly for which ho is elected for at least one year next proceeding his election, who shall be cal led the district attorney ofsaid county, and per: form all the ditties now discharged by prose cuting attorneys." Since the above war set up, we have learned that the bill to elect the Audi tor General and Surveyor General, passed both houses, and is now in the hands of the Gover nor. The bill provides for the election of Depu ty Surveyors. • IM:=l3 New Compani43m Military spirit appears to be on the advance Igauch Chunk: A now company—or a re vival of the old one—has been determined upon, to which the members have given the, name Of "Stocktons." The command has bean tendered to, and accepted by, Lieut. Hiram Wolf, a gentleman of considerable experience in military tactics, having acted aS ono of the officers of the old company, doting their ser vice in Mexico. The honor of the company will be well protected while under his gold. iimee. The uniform adopted is that cif the U. S. Army. The company is now officered as fol lows: Captain, Iliram Wolf; First Lieut., Josiah Horn; Second Lieutenant Samuel Shurlock; Third Lieutenant, Edward R. Blain; First Ser. grant, George W. Simpson; Second Sergeant, Thomas R. Cronin; Quarter Master, Joseph Furst. A second company, we are informed, fa also course of organization: Wn hope bath will succeed; as without rivalry Mora genprally liltlo Ppi ri t munifemed. Human Greatness. We frequently read of great men, idols of science, art, political economy, or military fame each great in the eyes of his peculiar followers or admirers in the peculiar province of his But periority. Many of these prodigies seem to have been produced by a concentration of all Ahe powers of the mind on one particular object or science in which' they greatly excel, and appear al most superhumanly wise, while in other de partments of knOwledgethey aregreatly below mediocrity. Many very learned men are ex ceedingly tnerant of matters which every boor understands. Some profound philosophers are so ignorant of the common principles of vege tation that they do not know which end up to plant an onion, and are sure that nature has made a mistake when she sends the lobes of the common bean up With the stock to protect the germ of the young plant. Indeed, when we look narrowly into the his tories of great then, we almost deem human greatness the result of a disease, which concen trates the intellect upon one particularsubject, and leaves it weak anti dark in all other de partments. There is another kind ofgreatness, the result of boldness and good luck, which may fall to the veriest blockhead. Even a paltry coward ice has made men great. This last position is sustained by ob,erVation; and very prettily it lestrated by the story of the knight who, as his battalion was rushing to charge the enemy, was so panic stricken by fear, that, being• unableto check his horse, he dropped his arms, and caught despairingly hold of the cross-tree of a gallows under which his path lay. But being, accenting to ancient custom, fastened to his saddle, and pressed by the impetuosity of his comrades, the gallows, being decayed at the foot, gave way, and came down, the crossdree lying before him on the saddle of his steed.— The horse, maddened with fright, increased his speed, dashed against the enemy, who, taken by surprise by this novel engine of war, gave way to the shock, arid the horse dashing on : the poltroon, with his gallows, broke the op posing ranks wherever he weut, threw the en emy into confusion, was the means of winning ik signal victory; and he was lauded not only as a hero, but as a great genius in the art of war, capable of seizing any casual advantage, and turning it to 1110111C11(0113 u.u. Preci s ely hi this inauner very many persons win their laurels. Others pitch themselves headlong into some political movement, of the merits of which they are entirely ignorant, but bustle along and make a great noise ; and finally flint themselves shov ed into the front of the melee and forced to lead the entermisei when, without knowing right front wrong, they strike upon whatever course seems to them the handiest; it happens to lead them to the goal, and they are landed as wise and fearless leaders—etheient and far- seeing politicians. Again there are great men who have Attain ed Omit eminence in sonic department of sci ence or jurisprudence, by an ardent and deter mined application, which, with common ities, cannot tail to ensure a pre-erninenee.— These have an honest title to the distinction which they have earned by labor ; yet they may be destitute of the real elements of true greatness, slaves to public opinion, and even votaries to vice. Wc conceive that man is great, only as his character approximates to the divine attributes —Wisdom. Benevolence, and Purity; that is ; he \vim is wise and learned—who uses that wisdom and acquired knowledge fur the good of mankind, in the present and the home— who walks soberly and honestly amongst men, respecting the commandments of God, and the rights :of the humblest ot his creatures—is iu our humble judgement a truly great Wall. Amongst all the great men of history, George Washington is infinitely the greatest. Nor the Lehigh Register. Allentown Seminary Exhibition. 0.1 Wednesday evening last, a very large au ditory assembled in the Odd Fellows' Hall, to listen to the exercises of the at uderns of ReV. 'Nessler's school, which consisted in .Singing, ,Recitations, Declamations, Dialogues, Compo-* sition and original Orations. The exceises were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr: Dubs, and closed by the Rev. Mr. Walker. The opening address was delivered by F. J. Mohr, of Allen, town, and the closing address by J. IL Zuileh, of Lynn. The young ladies of Mrs. Youngs' school, assisted in the singing, and also read several of their own compositions. Both Svho o!s made a very favorable impression''by their per formances on this oecas•nnr. The young men and boys belonging to Mr. Kesslet's school, read their compositions in Eng lish and Gerinati,•and their Recitations and Dec lamation were also read in both languages. A boy front Philadelphia, who knew 'not a word of German two years ago, read c good German com position of his own. The same is the ease with ,a number of boys from the country, who under stood very little English, when they joined his school, spoke the language well. Parents who wish their sons to learn translating from one language into the other, and to become good writ ers and fluent speakers in English and German, can probably find no better school for this purr). use than the Allentown ttleminary. The singing was exxiellent. They sang 4 german and 15 eng fish pieces. Long will the delightful enjoyments of the et ening be remembered by the friends of thorough, genuine and christian «ducation. We hope the Principals of the Seminaries here. may find it convenient at the close ul next set• siun to hold an exhibition in day time, in order that more people from the country may come in and see and hear, that we now have good High Schools in Allentown. iIIULN.DFULUNIL Conviction of Wcbder.—The.ifinl of Prot Web. ster, at Boston, for the murder of Dr. Parkman, has been concluded on Saturday night, at near 42 o'clock, in the conviction of the prisoner, The i.ehtence of death was pronounced to the prison• by Chief Justice Hhaw, on Monday last. The Age we Live in IV° live in an era oftransitions. The world has wakened from its long trance, . and has shaken from its leaden feet the dust of ages.--!. Its path onward has been of late like a winged meteor. It has leaped over the barriers of time, and its flight has been that of the eagle. Science has dispersed the mist that hung over it, and thrown the light of day over the deep myste ries of nature and of art. The earth and sea are traversed with the wings of the wind.— Time and space exist but in name. The dis tant continents are brought into comact, and a new fraternity of nations hai sprung, up. India and Cliina, where Christianity will ere long re- Icord her triumphs, are about to be reached by a shorter route. The arteries of commerce are becoming infinitely ramified and extended, and swell with the warm pulses of a new and health ier,, existence. The boundless treasures of wealth are wafted to our shores, and borne from our teeming soil to other lands. Civilisation with giant strides. is spreading over the vide abodes of man. "Our forests resound with the axe, and dreary wastes lately trodden only by the savage, or long wrapped in the gloom of solitude, begia to smile in luxuriance and pion ty. IVith the Improvements of the age, with its growing liberalised views and iustitutions, human thought everywhere expands. It is get ting to be emancipated from the shackles of ignorance and superstition. It is becoming in dependent. Alan feels that he has a right to think for himself. Ile studies the principles of government, and will no longer be a slave.— lie has the word of God in his hands, and will not bow to the dogmas of a sect. The Pope is banished from imperial Rome, and the pres tige of his name has passed away. The seat of St. Peter is now one of thorns, and his scar let robe a derision in the eyes of nations. Not only is the change there, but the spirit of liber ty and the march of mind have swept over the broad fields of continental Europe. Though conquered and kept down by foreign bayonets and standing armies, though generous blood has been shed like rivers in the cause, it has not been in vain. The seed has been sown. and has taken riot in her soil. But to what does all this tend Is it to enlarged freedom, and happiness, and peace! or to successive de feats and failure, to chains more firmly rivetted and galling than before! We answer, great politicid reforms are rarely wrought at once; they are bought at the price of misery and blood. But that price renders them dearer to the hearts of men, and gives a higher aim and greater constancy to effort. Temporary failure and the checks thrown in the way often disci ! plin the mind, and impart a salutary vigor.-- The pause of a nation in the road to heedom leads to a better knowledge of the means by which it is to be achieved. Each successive struggle is a lesson of experience. Time is given to look back on errors, to investigate the cause of defeat, to mature plans for success. and to embrace changes. The spirit does not die— the resolve is unchanged—the mind is developed and enlightened, the great principle of liberty acquires deeper root. Armies may I trample on it, kings may mod: at it, tyranny I may chain it down for a while ; but it will rise from the dust, it will burst the fetters that en thral it. It may lead to anarchy and wars, and eh a m pions in the great cause must sillier, bleed and die—lmt in the end it k sure to rise tri umphant over all ! such is the struggle going on between the kings and the ,people of the old world. The monarchical institutions of Eu rope are on too firm a basis ; propped up by toe many of the ancient elements of power, and too firmly sustait.eil by the unity of combined effort among crowned heads, to hope f o r Ned o it success to the liberal cause. But kings will he taught the lesson that policy dictates re form—that men will not he trampled on like slaves—that is better to teign over the wills and affections of their subjects than to war with outrage feelings, and a brooding vengeance that will not always sleep. As a sure reflection of the past struggles, the elective lranchise will be extended, and education must with it be conceded. Eulightrnent of the masses will fol low, and the people will by these means be. come possessed of a power at which thrones, if not based on justice and truth, must tremble and fall. Then will . the remains of the feudal system crumble away ; then will one by one of the great landmarks of a haughty and oppress ive aristocracy disappear ; then will men un derstatid self-government, .know what are their rights, and how boldly and successfully to maintain them. Fitch is the COll to which the agitated state of Europe is tending. We are not discouraged ; we do not despair oldie future. The great battle is not yet fought nor won. The cabs° of liberty and humanity is not lost. Ea ! rope will yet be free !—Two fEwlds. A New Discovery •It is stated in letters from Copenhagen, that Dr. Pierre Andre Munch, Professor at the Uni versity of Christina, has presented to the soci ety of Northern Archeology of that city, an ex tremely cutions manuscript, which he has dis covered, and which he obtained during his voyage, in 180, to the Orkney Isles. This manuscript, is in a slate of excellent preserva. Mtn, and judging froin'the form of the letters to be referred to, the teeth; or perhaps even the ninth century, contains several episodes, in the WM language, on the history of Norway, slate ing some important factS, heretofore entirely unknown, which illustrate the obscure ages. which, in Not way, preceded the introduction of christianity. . The Fweign Markel.—The 'Western German Times slates that the execution of railways run• niug from different parts of. Russia to Odessa, which ate now in progress, will have the effect of enabling•enornious quantities of wheat to he brotight to the markets of western Europe at a much lower rate that at present. LirThe. Bc . nate of Ohio, on the 20th ultimo, passed one htsn'dred and twill-y.ore bills. A irod.day?s work—that was: T. Butler Hing's California Report This document was read to the President and his Cabinet on Monday, and occupied two hours and a half in reading. The "Journal of Commerce" has a digest of the topics upon which it treats, which are, the population of the country—its agricultural re' s eburces—extent and production of the mineral region—the com merce and navigation of California—the legis lation necessary for the territory—and, espe c4lly, in regard to the disposition of the gold bearing, lands belonging to the United Stales. The population of the country is now about one hundred and twenty thousand. 411 ac cession to the population by immigration, dur ing the year beginning at the next dry season —on the first of May—ia estimated at two hun dred thousand. - • The agricultural capacities of the State are vastly greater than has been heretofore repre sented. There is a vast extent of pasture lands, unsurrssed anywhere . in the world, in verdure and richness. The wild oats grow spontane ously all over the plains, yielding an annual crop at the rate of forty bushels per acre. Any number of cattle and sheep may be raised:— Two hundred thousand head of Cattle must be brought into the country during the next . two years. The cattle were formerly killed for their hides, which was the chief article of export; and they were worth but four dollars a head ; but now they are worth twenty or thirty dol. tars a head. California is especially adapted to woolgrowing; a gentleman wad about to import ten thousand sheep front Mexico, with a view to go into that business. The future value of the vineyards is 'represented as very FORM As to the commerce of: the country, he esti mates the value of imports needed in Califor nia from the Atlantic States, fur the next year, at four millions of (Wars in flour, six millions in lumber, and two.millions in other articles. As to the article of lumber, its price is now $75 per thousand, and cannot be lower, becauseit is below the cost of labor necessary for cutting and sawing lumbet in California. It can be carried to California at $24 a thousand ; and sup posing it to cost $2O here, it will continue to pay. The gold region is described as extending five or six hundred miles from the South to the North, and from forty to sixty miles in width, from the East to West. It rises gradually in an inclined plain, from the Sacramento Valley, to the elevation of .1,000 feet at what are called the Foot Ilills. Between these hills and the Sierra Nevada, a number of streams have their source, and take their course through the Foot Hills, westward. Mr. King examined twelve of these rivets, and found them all very rich in gold ; and the conclusion is inevitable, from all the facts, that the whole quartz plain, con taining three thousand square miles, is full'of gold bedded in the quartz, and some et which disintegrated from the quartz by the torrents. may be found in dust and lumps in the beds the streams. The whole number of foreigners in the re gion, who are gold hunters, is fifteen thousand There have been but seven thousand A meri. can gold hunters. The Chi Hans and the Suuo• to people came in crowds, and have carried ofl twenty-five millions. The Americans have procured fifteen millions. The Chi Hans are ex. pert diggers. The amount of gold already proenred, is forty millions. But forty millions more will be pro cured during the coming dry season—say front May till November. The regular milling operations in the solid quartz rock will soon begin, aud can be contin ued during the wet as well as the dry season. Mr. King estimates the atnitunt ol gold which will be procured, front the Ist of May, 1851, till the lat of November, 18.52, at one hundred millions ! He recommends that the lands be retained as public property forever—and as a perpetual resource fur the public exchequer. To the workers and diggers of gold, he pro poses to grant permits, at the rale of au ounce of gold for each pound. For the, encouragement of regular mining operations, he proposes, to grant leases of a limited number of acres, to persons or compa nies, at a small per centage on the amount of gold procured. Romance of Cal lornia.—Some days ago, Col. Kennedy, the estimable Superintendent of the U. S. Mint, at New Orleans, received a letter from a lady in New England, stali.9g that her son had left his home many years ago, and she had rca• son to believe that lie had gone Jo California; and as she had been informed that many of the returning emigrants deposited their gold in the flnited.States Mint in that city, she desired to know if her Soil ' s name was on the list. Col. Kennedy turned to the list of depositors, in which he was gratified to find the name inquired for, with the handsome sum of $37,600 as the amount for which he had been - given a certificate. This certificate the young man had sold, and had left the city, no doubt to join his anxious parent, and soothe her declining years with the comforts and enjoyments hhich his sudden fortune enabled hint to O'er her. Coin.—Th'ere is an inconsiderable amount in circulation of the coinage of the priV'ate mints in. California. They are not worth the value repre sented. The $:2O Mormon pieces arc worth only from $l6 90 to 17 53, the $lO from $8 50 to $8 70 the $5 about $1 30, the $2 50 about $2 The California $5 pieces range in value from $4 82 up as high as $4 96, the $lO pieces about - f 9 (10. They are therefore all of less value than the coin of the United States. Ploughing Match.—An exhibition of.the mer its of Reynold's self-sharpening plough took place ; in Washington city on the 21st of March. Pres ident Taylor and a number of members of Congress were present and expressed themselves I highly pleased. The President exhibited his skill as a farmer by beating all present in handling the plough. Death of John C. Calhoun In chronicling, this morning, the death of the Ifon. John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, in terms both of respect and regret, we feel that we are doing that justice to his memory which is due to the,eminent 'position he had acquired in the country,—to his great talents—to his long public services in various important capacities, and to the spotless personal character, which, in all the conflicts of his varied, exciting, and frequently- stormy career, never contracted a stain or was marked with suspicion. From this fact, which is an uncommon one, we are bound to infer the purity of his motives, even under circumstances and in acts which did'not always secure to him the approbation of his country, or the good will of a majority of his fellow cit- = As early as 1817, we find Mr. Calhoun filling the important post of Secretary of War, which he occupied during the whole double term of Mr. Monroe's Presidency; a remarkable period, dis tinguished by the visit of Lafayette—the acqui strif Florida—the recognition of the liberated Spana and Portuguese colonies in the new world—the annunciation of the principle of pa icy, now , ' associated inseparably with Mr. Mon• roe's name, in regard to the interfeence of Eu• ropean powers with the internal affairs of the American governments, which prevented the armed intervention of .these powers. in South America at that day—the institution of the most energetic measures fur the suppression of the slave-trade,—and the assumption of a high con stitutional stand in favor of internal improve ments and the Bank of the United States. In the year 1825, Mr. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi dent of the United States, which office he filled during the Presidential tern of John Quincy Adams, and, a second time, when Andrew Jack son was first elected President of the United States. Upon the death of Mr. lipshur, in March, 1844, he succeeded hint as Secretary of State ; and during the short year he retained that post, under John Tyler, he signed the treaty—rejected by the Senate—fur the annexation of Texas, and atterwards, two days before he was displaced by Mr. Buchanan, despatched the fa onus joint res 01,utions of annexation, with the letter of instruc tions to Mr. Dunelson, directing the latter to pro• pose the resolutions as the basis of annexation, rather than the Senate alternative of treaty ne- gottation S. Of the long and frequent terms of service of Mr. Calhoun in the United States Simate.we have said nothing ; nor do we wish to speak of his connection with the Nullification mania of 102. Still less would we, at thisinoment, remark upon the relation in which he stood to the distolllUln movement of the present day. loth these chap• tern of his history we would bury out of sight seeking to record only tho,e particulars which will be most honorable to his memory and be cherished by his counttymen with the greatest satisfaction. Tie ; and while the ttag of the un.lisseveced Union floats over his grave, let nothing be remembered to his disadvantage. That he entertained opinioos and advocated measures which, if carried out, would have prov ed unfortunate for his country, destructive to the whole. frame-work of the Umion,and to the peace and happiness of the Ainei lean people, cannot be denied ; although it may, and ought to be doubt ed whether he regarded them in that light, or urg ed them for that purpose. Imagination may have deluded, and ambition clouded his otherwise strong and clear mind, so that he saw only the safely of slavery and the glory of the South, where others detected the wrung of freedom and the ruin of the republic. Ile has died, however, an American, and an,oinent one—our coon try. man, who has fallen in harness at his seat in the public councils. Let us remember, therefore, nothing but his high parts, his great services, and his blameless private character.—Aorth Antrr. Legislative Proceedings The bill relating to the election of Auditor General, Surveyor General, and county survey ors, by the people, come up in order, on third reading, aiid passed finally. On motion of Mr. M'Caslin, the Senate proceed. ed to the consideration of the nomination ofSam ucl Yohe, appointed an Associate Judge of the county of Northampton. Mr. Shinier remarked that he considered the nomination decidedly objectionable. He had known Mr. Yohe from his boyhood, and regal. ded him as entirely too vindictive in his disposi tion, to make an impartial judge. Ile hoped the Senate would refuse to confirm. Mr. Walker addressed the Senate in reply, reading a petition in favor of Mr. Yohe, signed by nearly every member of the Northampton bar and sundry extracts from letters and newspapers speaking in the highest terms of the character and qualifications , of the nominee. • In reply to a que:4ion from Mr. Ski rner Mr. W. read the names of the members Of the liar at tached to the petition ;*when it was shown by the former Senator, that it lacked time signatures of some eight or nine attorneys. - After a few remarks front Mr. Frailey, the yeas arid nays were taken upon the question, will time Senate rultrise and consent to the nomination with the folloWing result: YEAS—Messrs. Brooke, Crabb, Cunningham, Darsie, Frick, Haslett, King, Konigulachet. Law• rence, Malone, Mathias, Sadler, Sankey, Savery, Stine and Walker-16. NAT 9—Messrs. Drawley, Drum, Fernun, For syth, Fraily, Fulton, Guernsey., Hugus, Ives, Jones, Wenslin, Muldenberg, Pcker, Shimer, Sterret, Streeter, and Best, Speaker-17. So the Senate refused to advise and consent to said nomination. re - On Tuesday last, the 2d instant, Governor Johnston nominated Jacob Weygandi, Esq., of the Borough of Easton, Associate Judge. IIOU:3E OF REPRESENTATIVES On motion of Mr. M'Cliniock, Senate rosnlu lions relative to officers, soldiers and marines of the war of 1812, were taken up and passed. Wha ran Deal Thie.—Mr George German, of East Lampeter township, Lancaster county, aged 77 yeari, we have learned frotn good au thority, last week, ploughed 6 acres of corn stubble ground irt wo and one-fourth days. This certainly, will be hard to beat by any man of his age. Great Railroad Project The most gigantic, romantic, and magnificent project flow submitted to the consideration of mankind, and will& takes the precedence in magnitude of a ship' canal across• the isthmus; or of a railroad td the Pacific, is that of construct ing a railroad frond Europe to British-India.— This has been gravely and elaborately discussed' in the London Times, and has attracted consul erahle 'attention, many believing in the practica bility Lf the thing, and all believing in its utility: . We, too, are believers in the last—and in the' 'first, too, in a qualified way—that is, that it would' be practicable to.make the road, provided the na tions of Europe would disarm and disband their standing armies, and devote the . vast sums,. which are - dedicated to their maintainance, to• this noble and all-mankind-benefiting project—' converting their cannon into .rails, and their swords into "iron horse" machinery. But this be done ! nost certainly not ; for instead of reducing their armaments; they are increasing' . them, we believe, in the anticipation of an ap-' preaching struggle, and one is probably not very far off, for that Europe can remain long in the posture in which she now is, politically ',peaky ing, we hold to be impossible, There will be no' En ropeMi-Asiatic railroad 'then during the 'pies-' ent century, nbr during the next. And yet there' is nothing chimerical in the idea of one. The' cost is estimated by the times at' from thirty-four to fifty millions of pounds sterling—say at from' one hundred and fifty to two hundred and forty millions of dollars. This sum, though large,• and beyond the fiscal and pecuniary capitalists of any one nation, even of Great Britain, is yet not by any means, a large one for all Etirope, or for two thirds of Europe, supposing two third* • might contribute to the road. For all, it would be less than $1 per individual, and might be rais ed therefore, without incommoding or oppress ing any portion of the inhabitants; and es it would not be needed but by yearly installments and twenty of them perhaps, it could be paid and the payers would scarcely know that they had paid it, so little enormous would it be found. It would not amount to a. much as one war of a year or two, and on no very grand scale Either leaving out of view the still heavier cost, in loss of life, damages, devastation, and demoralization.. The wars of :Napoleon, when carried on with , vigor, did not cost the parties to it, all included,. less than live or six hundred millions of dollars per annum, one half of which would make these . great railroad—that is, six months' expense oC these wars. Could a railroad to the Pacific be made for twenty live millions of dollars, or at a cost of one dollar per head of our population, id would soon be matle,•and will he, probably, be lore very long, though the cost will be four or five dollars per head, which we shall not much regard, when weighed against the numerous ben. elits that•we know are to result from the con struction of it. And for Europe to make the grand road talked of, would be a much more moderate and feasible underything. It is suggested that Calais in Frauce, and Moottan in India, shall be the eastern and west ern termini of the proposed railroad. Starting at Calais, it would proceed eastwardly, so as to unite with the roads of Belgium, and Germany, passing through Vienna. thence to Pesth in Hun gary,-thence through the valley between the Da nube and Theiss, to Belgrade, from Belgrade mu ianople, and thence to Constantinople. Front this capital it would go through Asia Minor to Bassora, thence throufilt Mesopotamia, pa.ssing by or through Suzy, Ecbatana, Bagdad, Babylon and Nineveh. From !Lissom, two routes offer themselves— one through the desert of Kerman, and western. Afghanistan, and through the mountains of Sol yman, thus entering the Anglo-Indian territory,. ;Tone distance from the Punjaub. The other r.mte is a long the southwestern boupdaly.of Per sia, passing into Beloochistan, and crossing the. Indus into the Punjatib, and thence to Illooltan,„ the eastern terminus, at present proposed. But from Mooltan it could be carried to Delhi, to atid filially to Calcutta, if found to be ad visable. We supposed that the length of the toad from Calais to Moohail, allowing for detours and deflec tion, would be between six . and seven thousand miles, and putting the whole road at two hun, dred and fifty millions of dollars, would cost about from forty to forty-five thousand dollars. per mile. But this estimate, like all estimates or the kind, we suppose to be too low; the cost would not be less. than fifty thousand dollars,. probably ; but were it one 'hundred thousand, it were better, the money should be so expended, than on Wanton, wasting, wicked wars, as nears ly all the wars in Europe are, and many that arc. carried on out of Europe. • babella Grapc.—lt may be a gratification to many to know that this fine American grape, the flavor of which is justly considered superior to those of foreign growth, can' be preserved without kiss of flavor. Tnei•llartford Courant' says : A friend has jtist presented to us several bunches of delicious Isabella grapes, of the last fall's crop. They were preserved 'in cotton. The process is easy and sure. A layer of cot ton is placed in a box, then a layer of grapes loosely on the cotton, then another layer of cot: ton, taking care to prevent close packing by nailing strips of wood on the inside of the box. The skin of the grape becomes slightly withered; but the flavor is fully preserved. 1 "...tit! hiPeldion.—A new arid valuable Imi prevenient in farming utensils, Says the Pcrry County Democrat, is now being exhibited in this. place by Jacob Stroup,' Eq., formerly of this county, the itAmeriean Combination Plough."— The new feature in this plough is, that whilst the ploughing or tithing his 1111111, it .sows the sec h 4 and harrows it under all.by the same'oper ation, and that too with but little or no addition al power. It can be readily changed from a seed sower to dropping and covering corn or any oth er grain. The whole structure is simple, and can be made at a very low price.. Many of onr farmers have examined it, and are generally of the opin. ton that it is one of 11w best farming implements introduced.
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