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.