ilegt6ter. Circulation ncnr 2000. Allentown, Pa. THURSDAY, MARCH, 6, 1851. Rail Road Movements. In answer to numerous inquiries pnt to us, In regard to the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Supqnehanna Railroad, we are enabled to Maio, that the work will be commenced on it in a few dam and it iet expected the entire toed from Eaton to the mouth of she Mahnn• In. end from there to the Little Schuylkill, will .be placed under contract by the close o Spring or tho'begioning of Sommer. The officers of the Company met in Allentown, on Friday last. J. TV. flutchineon, Esq.. the Secretary of the -- impany left here on Saturday last for Harris. Um, in order to obtain from the tiovernor and Canal• Commissioners certain authorities toena. ,tble the Company to commence the grading of -the road. Mr. Hutchinson had not returned at the time of our going to Areas, but by telegraph Informed as that "all WAS right," and that he was in possession of all the papers, requisite. We are happy to staio that the Committee, who were instructed to obtain releases from per sons through whose land the road passes, have been maccessfol as far as the road is to be put under immediate contract. The work is to be commenced a mile below Allentown, We learn that a large amount of Stock has been subscribed in Mauch Chunk. Commission Business. Ity referenct to our advertising columns, it will be seen that our young friend James L. Seh fridge, formerly of Allentown, has established himself under the firm of James L. Selfridge 4. Co., in the. general Commission business at No. 87 North Wharves, in Philadelphia. Mr. Sel fridge is known to many of the merchants of Le high and the adjoining counties, as a man ofex cellent business habits, and we feel confident that he will please those, who find it convenient to purchase goods of him. Cultivation of Flax A new impetus has lately been given to the cultivation of flax, and one which cannot well be resisted by the indomitable spirit of Yankee or American enterprise. Twenty-five or thirty years ago, flair was much more extensively cultivated than nowt but the labor was aban doned, in consequence of the cheapness of cot ton, and the labor required to bring the plant into any useful state of manufacture. This dif ficulty has now been obviated, and suitable machinery has been invented, which will greatly facilitate, and cheapen the cost of such fabries. Specimens of the fittest quality have been sent front England, and are regarded as almost perfect—so perfect, at least, as to have excited the emulation of some of our heaviest manufacturers. In New Hampshire prepara tions ntre in progress for the conversion of a number of the largest cotton milts into linen mills, anti the enterprise is not confined to that State. The industry of every part of of the military will soon be excited, anti we may just ly expect a new epoch in the history of our manufacturing in tere-ds. A New State Some of the New York editors are talking about erecting a now State out of Manhattan Island, (the city) Long Island, and Staten Is land, to be called, legally, the State of Man batten, and popularly, the State of the three Islands. It would contain at this time near ly one million of inhabitants. It is a very• pretty idea, but they will not get it accom plished. It would require the consent of the State of New York, which is not likely to be obtained easily, and then it would require the consent of Congress, as little likely to be given as the other. We think there is no probability that it will ever be seriously at tempted. The Bounty Land Law We understand that the bill making land war. sante assignable has passed the Senate. with -some amendments. It is hoped that the House will concur in them. We derive our intelligence from Judge Sutherland, who is at Washington City. He says it was too late, in the opinion of the Senators, to make any very important chang. es in the bill. The question, therefore, of grant ing 180 acres to all who served in the various wars of the Republic will have to pass over for the present, to be started anew at the next ses sion. Between this and when Congress will as• semble again, there will be ample time to con• cult (through the press) with served their country in the different States. The trif ling grant of 40 acres most be increased to 160, The warrant for 40 is only. a portion of the 160 that will be eventually granted, if the parties in terested are true to themselves and will stand by li those who stood by them. • A. Question for School Boys If merchants of Allentown sell their goods at the price they offer them in handbills. namely : One hundred per centum less than any other es. tablishmeat 1 What price will they get for them ? An gnawer ls requested. Q. Paws Coun observe that petitions ban been presented in the Legislator, of this Slate, asking for the erection of a new county, to W erected ont of the farming parts of Schuylkill gouty. The petitioners set forth that the Agri• guttural and mining interests are so entirely die tigct that ;hey beg to be separated, and tb - at. the Only seat ism be !leafed at Orwigsborg. Ntw bark.—The idehuie or New York has fix ed the third' Monday of March as the day tin 'which-to- go into-an-election -for - Utitted - Statrt. Senator. The, vote' on.tho Pod peeaefe of the bit, *WA Itt to 10, The Harrisburg Correspondent of the Penn sylvania Daily Statesman, a Democratic pen ny paper published at Philadelphia says: "The question of Free Banking is begin ning to be discussed with ability, and there can be no doubt that the people generally feel an interest in• it. Temperate discussion on all sides will throw much light upon the subject, and enable every one to become ac quainted with the arguments for and against the measure. It is said that the bill . now be fore the Legislature is unconstitutional. This is not a new idea. Many good citizens be lieve the same thing, but I think they are all mistaken. The constitutional interdiction relied on does not cover the ground supposed. The:2sth rec. lion of the first , article of the Constitution de clares that "no cor.orate body shall be here- after created, renewed or extended with bank. ing or discounting privileges, without six months previous public notice, &c." When this section was added to the organic law, no one dreamed of Free Banking; and of course the prohibition applies to such institutions as then existed. • The section does not . prohibit all banking, but only a particular kind; under it even charter banks are allowed to exist.. The. radical Democrats in the Convention were dia. gusted With the system of special favors con. ferred open particular individuals, in the form of acts of .incorporations for banking purposes. But being unable to remove the entire evil, they cite: lied it as much as possible, by re quiring. previous public notice to be given of all intended applications for banking privileges, and some other minor restrictions which are found in the Constitution. 'fite special privi leges conferred was what the Convention strWri at, and not the equality of right:: which the sys tem al Free Banking will establish. ll banking be t as odious as some of the: oppo nents of the free system assert, then let all the charter banks be destroyed; for an evil, wher ever found, - should be - eradicated.. This doc trine, however, will not suit those who hold the monopoly of banking in their own hands. The men who now control the banking capital of the State enjoy high privileges, and it another set of men were to be authorized by law to transact all the business of a particular kind, they too would be highly favored. ft is quite possible, however, that those who have no part nor lot in these monopolies would not , think so favorably of them. Hence the first effort made to break the shackele which have so long trammelled the free and equal use of capital is denounced as unconstitutional. But again. It is taken for granted, by the opponents of the free system, that any law • which authorizes an individual or an rosocia- ion of men to carry on the business of bank- log, creates corporations. This kind of argu ment may mislead the popular mind, but grave Legislators will not be influenced by such con siderations. An act of incorporation pre-sup poses that certain rights and privileges are con ferred upon the corporators that are not enjoy ed in common with the masses. In this view of the subject, it is well known that under ex isting laws all men are not allowed to carry on the business of banking. And why? Because it is a privilege conferred on a select few. To check the too rapid growth of this ambitious class of men, the convention of 1838 inserted the wholesome provision which they are now anxious to appropriate to their own use in as sisting thorn to drive from the field of compe' thion all other aspirants. A writer in a city cotemparary, in an article recently published, talks very learnedly about law, login and the Constitution, in relation to this subject; but plain citizens will be at a loss to discover any connection between his premi ses and conclusions. It requires but little knowledge to italicise words, or even whole sentences; and I marvel that so weak an ar gument R 9 the introduction of the act of As sembly passed in 1839, providing for the pub lication of intended applications for new char ters, should be brought forward as proof that the Constitution prohibits the establishment of a system of free banking. No one doubts that the Legislature can repeal or modify the, act of 1839, and of course that act has nothing to do with the present controversy. But this is not all. The same writer under- takes to define what is a corporation, and 1 concede that he has given the strongest inns nation that can be hound. Ile says thai "Blackstone defines a corporation to be a Iran.. chine." Very well; but pray, what is a Iran chine I Fortunately the writer answers the question himself. and in a •lurid manner.— "The Supreme Court of the United States," he says, "in the case of the Batik of Augusta vs. Earle, says that franchises are special privile• ges conferred by government on individuals, which do not belong to the citizens by com mon right." Now this is an answer to the whole question. The Legislature, in Chartering banks under the prevent system, confers "special privileges," which are "franchises," because they do not belong to "individuals," nor to "citizens by common right." With this ex planation of what constitutes a corporation, by an enemy to free banking, it is not difficult to see that he has mistaken the bearing of the question under consideration. No "special privileges" are conferred, nor "franchises"cre- (Communicated.) ated, by the propospd bill, for the right to pur sue the business of banking is oommort" to all. Hence the great dif f erence between the two systems. The proposed act dots not create, renew nor extend a charter, consequently the proposition referred to is of no effect. The question is not whether• the proposed law partakes of any qual, ides which, belong to corporations, but whether the enactment will create such corporations as are meant in the constitution. The power of sueing an individual, or of being sued is an etc• theta thnt - belongs to man as will-as-to-corpora. Hons. and yet no one will contenthliat an Indi Muni la a corporation. Eyery man may ba au Free Banking. thoriaed by law, to establish a bank, and yet no corporation be created. The bill now before the Legislature, to some extent, contemplates this very thing; to discriminate therefore be tween the real and the imaginary is the dutrof all. The truth is, there is nn constitutional question involved in the passage of the bill au thorizing free banking; it is purely a question of public policy, about which every man must make up his own mind. It is fashionable for certain persons when in a tight place, as they are now, to invoke the protecting influence of the constitution. But it will not do. The mea sure must stand on its own merits, or fall, for the want of friends to.sustain it. Free Banking. On the 25th of February, Mr. Crabb offered the following resolution in the Senate: Resolved, That bill No. 121, on Senate File, entitled "An Act to Ruthenia.° et .eneral s •stem o ranking, based on State blocks," be corn milted to the committee on the Judiciary, which committee is requested to report wheth er the proyisiono of said bill do not conflict with the twenty-first section of the first article of the Constitution of this Commonwealth. The yeas and nays were called upon the adoption of the resolution, and resulted as fol. lows : Yeas— Messrs. , Bailey, Buekalew, Crabb, Cunningham, Fernon, Forsyth, Frailey, ton, Ives, NI uhlenberg, Packer, Sanderson, Shinier and Illatthias, Speaker—l-1. Nays—Messrs. Brooke, Carothers, Carson, Frick, liaslett, Hoge, Jones, Lawrence, llPMur trie, Myers, Savery and %Valker-12. The twenty•first section referred to by Mr Crabb is as kriiots's: /•All bills for raising revenue shall originate irt the Elm? of Representatives; but the Scrl• ate may 'propose amendments as in other hills." The free banking bill is not atill to raise revenue; that is to say, that is not the 0/pot of the hill. It would be absurd to hold that bills on which a tax for enrollment is laid, cannot be originated - in - the Senate. The - batik hills which pay a high tax as often originate in the Senate as in the House. Mr. Crabb-is-oppcved-to-the-free-bank in law; and we' are surprised to see gentlemen who are in favor of it place then:selves under the lead of an opponent. The e bove vote may retard the passage of the bill for a 81101 time, but is far from being a test on its merits. /Mr. Walker has it in charge.—Har. Tel. The Flax Cotton Manufacture The preparation of flax in England by Nit.. Clausen's invention, and its applicability to cotton machinery, are facts which appear to be so well authenticated that much interest is felt the success of the discoyery, and an unusu , al amount of attention is directed to the sub ject. The cultivation of flax, which was very extensive in the United States some years ago, has again become a matter of importance.— The subject was discussed last week before the Farmers' Club of the American Institute, New York. It was argued that American genius must apply Its invention to render flax as cheap as cotton, and this object•it was thought could be accomplished by offering suitable premiums by the Government and agricultural societies. Mr. Ellsworth said that flax could be supplied cheaper than cotton, and gave as evidence his own experience on the prairies. lie also stat ed that in New liamfordshire some of the manufacturers are preparing flax cotton mills to spin this year. The United States are deep ly interested in this question. Flax will grow in vast regions where cotton cannot, and a vast field of industry will he opened if this new discovery is confirmed by further experiment. The flax fibre, combined with cotton, wool, or with silk, increases great their durability and strength. Flax, when finely prepared, feels much like silk, and makes a splendid and de delightful, cloth, cool, a great conductor of * heat, susceptible of the finest and fastest dyes, of superior durability, and suitable to the lam-, est portions of the globe—the warm and the temperate regions. It is said that the fibre is more delicate if the flax be pulled before the seed is matured. South Carolina The Charleston Mercury has the following, in reference to the late election for the South Carolina State Convention: The Convention consists of 167 members— equal to both houses of the Legislature. 01 these we think we are quite safe in saying 127 are, distinctly and unalterably for secession and withdrawal of the State of South Carolina alone from the Union ; or in other words, they are men who are as an old friend front the country said to us yesterday—"have made up their minds that the Federal Government in• a cursed bad bargain, which it is high time to get rid DV These men go fur secession by the Stale alime, because there can be no other se cession than by the States as indivitkual sover, eignties, at:d because the withdrawal from the Union will thus, in every stage of the act, be under the sanction of . the supreme authority, and give to secession the samo basis and sup port of the sovereign will expressed in the same form as the act by which South Carolina enter ed the Union. A minority of the Convention. consisting of we think, less than forty, are op. posed to the speedy action of the State by her self. But we are certain there are not ten mem bers who will nut unhesitatingly affirm both of the following propositions: 1. That the State, as one of a confederacy of sovereigns has the clear right to secede; and, 2, .that the action and position of the Federal Governnlefo. afford ample justification for the °lonises of that right. A Mantmhia iing.—The Norristown Register says:—We learn that Mr. fieorze K. Hitter, of Hichorylown, Plymouth township, ihis county. slaughtered. on Friday last, a fat hng, which, af ter hanging until eaturday, weighed nine hun dred and - seventy.two pounds. Ws did not a&. .certain the dimensiOns. [For the Lehigh Register.) • spring. "The spring -..she is a blessed thing She is the mother of the flowers; She is the mate of birds and bees The partner of their revelries, Our star of hope through wintry hours." . - No change of season has a 'greater tendency to inspire Man with vigorous and enlivening feelings than the approach of Spring. The firs! notes of its ever-welcome harbinger, the wad:- ling blue bird, fall upon his ear like the touch of a magic wand ;—hls whole system feels the change, and the slow, tardy step yields to the active and steady, while his mind becomes roused from its dormant state and assumes its wonted sprightliness. She imparts to the lan guishing spirit that energy which is so essen tial to modern go-ahead•tive-ness, and without which life is naught but a cy • her. A new li!!ht is burst in upon him and all is animation: the future is fraught with radiant promises ,and every where good cheer predominates. Mrs. Hovritt, in an ode to Spring most beautifully says :--- She comes with more than present good— With joys to store for future years, From which, in striving crowds•apart, The bowed in spirit, bruised in heart, Nay glean up hope with grateful tears. In truth, it may be said, she is the season of pleasurable emotions. Welcome! thrice welcome, then, beauteous and lovely Spring! diy advent is hailed with hcarafelt rejoicings. The modest flowers greet thee with their first redolent perfumes, and the verdant lawn and meadow bid thee en ever- Prone to all that is lovely to the:4lo and cheering to the heart, indeed, must that indi vidual be, who can look with an eye of iti diflerehce upon all this or give the least sus picion to a reluctancy in acknowledging the manifold and the benign blessings of an Om .. nipotent Being.. Population of the United States. We are indebted, says the Washington Na tional Inielligencer, to the kindness of the Sn. pertnten ent of the Census for the following ta ble of the Population of the United States, As near as can be ascertained at present from the certificates of the Marshals; the ratio of repre sentation and number of Representatives to each State which that amount of population will give the fractions left to each State, &c. Free Slaves mule fion. 8 ta:ts• 50,0261 318,003 i fly 1,724 . 414.:221 • 1 Maine N.Ha'hltre Maschu'ts Vermont R. Island Con'etcui NewYurk N. Jersey Pen n s'via Ohio Indiana Wisco'sin Michigan Illinois lowa Califor'ia Maryland Virginia N. Caro 'a S. Caro'a Georgia Florida Alabama Mississ'pi Louisiana Texas Arkansas 'Missouri Tennes'ee Kentucky Delaware 147,54 x 370,013 3,098,818 489,868 2,341,204 1,981,940 990,258 305,596 397,576 850,000 192,000 200,000 492,661 940,000 480,000 280,000 555,000 45,900 440,000 300,0001 250 000' 100,000 150,000 590,000 800,0001 782,000 1 90,277 90,355 1460,000 280,000 350,000 365,000 22,000 330,000 320,000 200,000 50,000 45,000 91,547 1250,000 1211,000 2,332 iNTIRE POPULATION Free Siates Slave Stales District & Territories The entire representative population is about 21,710,000. The ratio of representatiOn will be about 93,170. As the law of 22d May, 1850, determines the number of Representatives at 293, and as but 220 of these are provided for in the foregoing table, without taking them from fractions, it will be necessary to select from the States thirteen hay ing the largest fractions, to each of which are to be assigned a Representative, to make up the en- tire number. The States entitled to Representatives for such fractions will most probably be New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Indi ana, Maryland, North Carolina, Alabama, Lou- isiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri' and Ken, lucky— 13. The States which gain, irrespective of the fraction, will be Pennsylvania 1, Illinois 2, Mist sissippi 1, Michigan 1, Missouri 1-6. The Slates which gain, in all, arc as follows viz: Arkansas 1, Indiana !, Illinois 2, Massa. chusetts I, Mississippi 1, ilichigan 1, Missouri, 5, Pennsylvania 1-10. The following States lose, viz : Maine 1, New Hampshire I. New York I, North Carolina 2, south Carolina 2, Vermont 1, Virginia 2, The free Slates gain six members and ; ase four. The slave States gain four uti lose six. The Legislative Excursion.—The members of the Pennsylvania Legislature wen very hand. somely entertained by tho City auttorlifes of Bal. tinter° on Friday night, the 28th of February, by a maFPtlicent 4L,.pper at the Eutaw. Housee— Ziov. Ju'anston did not accompany them, but as we learn from Harriskourg seized the occasion to pay a visit to his father in Westmoreland coon. ty. The Mayor of Baltimore presided, and &m -ute the evening speeches were made by Mr.' speaker Cessna of the House of Representatives . Gov. Lowe, of Maryland,. H. A. Muhlenbuirg, Gen. Packer, R. H. Kerr, E. A. Penoimao,.. Him aameron,,and others. The party ois Efaturo , p roceeded to . WaittlnitOni and' itiiined !Tars ,riebtirg on' Mon'dey.--B la il, Netvs: .e propose a teratton o "t -- atticr — o - saitto. rough. On the same day, Mr. Mowry; of Somerset, of fered a resolution instructing the Committee on the Judiciary System to report, without delay, the bill to provide for the more speedy and general publication of the laws of this Commonweahh On the 26th, on motion of Mr. Fegely, the bill to extend the time fur commencing and comply ing the Hamburg, Allentown, and Kutztown rail road company, was taken up, (Mr. M'Cune in the chair) read twice, and The bill was di3cu3sed by . Messrs. A. E. Brown and bobbins, in savor of its passage and in es. planation of its object; whilst Mr. Gossler .op posed its passage, on the ground that it would be detrimental to the interests of Philadelphia, and make a continuous railroad from Harrisburg to New York. Itfr. Bigham moved to commit the bill to the Committee on internal Improvements. Mr. Penniman addressed the House upon the merits of the bill, and in its favor. The matter was urther • abated by Mr. °twine and - WI:Ia. bins. The motion was then agreed to—yeas 54, nays not counted. Mr. Laughlin, (Militia committee) with a neg. ative recommendation, a supplement to the act to revive the militia system; also, a bill to revive militia trainings. Mr. Dobbins, '(Dank Committee) a bill to re. charter the Easton Bank. Repre sentauve popula- No. of Represe and Mr. Hart (same) with amendments, a bill to charter the Farmers' and Mechanics Bank of Easton. fractions 6122,970 3 1 38.475 10 62.964 3 1 34.794 1 54,373 3 91.385 33 24.010 5'24.019 25;11,804 21 25,244 :0158,498 3 . 4 t0,068 4 24,872 901.41 . 5 2 6.1148 2 1340 5 80,984 13 4,712 6 88,945 5 24,120 8 28,592 A letter in the Norwich Courier, from a mer chant in San Francisco, says that a few days since, Mr. John M. Horner, late of New Jersey, now of San Jose, in that state, came into the store to purchase twenty-one ploughs which he said were for his own use. The quantity induced in quiries, and from him was obtained the result of his operations the past year, on a ranche of one hundred and fifty acres as follows, viz: ;20 acres potatoes, yielding 35,000 bu shels, at five. dollars per bushel, $ 175,000 4 acres onions,yielding 40,000 pounds, 546,874 1,216,000 648.000 490,000 774,000 58,200 638,001) 492,000 870,000 130,000 177,000 644,928 950,000 908,600 81,676 9,erage .vale at 40 cents a pound, 16,000 15 acre? cabbk7e , yielding 70,000 heads, marketed 40,00 0 at 40 cents a head, 18,000 80,000 pumpkins, sWighing from 30 to 75 pounds, at 6 Cents a pound, 4,800 6 78,994 5 26,120 9 90,472 1 36,824 1 83,824 6185,872 10 18,240 9 70,016 1 This year he intends cultivating 00 acres with barley and 400 with potatoes. He ha: lat . ported-tea miles of iron fence, which cost him delivered ten thousand dollars. Venice is a Labarynth—There is no city like it in the world. It always was an upintelligable place, anti is still unintelligible. Ir contains a population of 115,000 inhabitants, located in 29, 918 houses. There are 112 religious establish. ments. Of bridges chiefly of marble, there are 300. The city is seven miles in circumference. The grand canal is 9000 feet wide. Horses are unknown, and the largest animal to be seen is a dog. The city is built on 75 small islands, with pile and stone foundations for the buildings. The Church of ..Senta Naria de la Salute" was con. strucied in 1531, as a monument of thanksgiving for the cessation of a great pestilence, and rests upon one million two hundred thousand piles...L. This church contains 120 statues. It is said that in Venice there are thousands who never saw a hill, or a wood, or an ear of corn growing, or a vineyard, or a green field, or even a horse and carriage. Free. 13,574.797 16,294,9383,067,234 197,9851 3,500 1 Slaves 19 '20.067,720 3,070,734 Proscription of. Clergymen.—ln the Virginia Constitutional Convention, now sitting, the com mittee upon the subject of qualifications for members of the State Assembly, have made a report, one clause of which disqualifies minis. tern of the gospel and priests of every denomi: A . lion frOm holding seats. The 211issouri Bank.—Rev. IsiathisoU Childs, Jr., has been suspended from tis official vela. lions with the Methodit: Episcopal Church, South, 11:,; the St. L'.7.bis Annual Conference, un• t.', after the $a al decision of the suits now pend. ing in the civil courts at St. Louis, in favor of and against Childs, on account of the disappear. ante of the missing money from the Bank of Missouri, Land Limitation. —A bill limiting (to 6io acres) the area of land witich-anylibrson may hereafter acquire in Wisconsid has just passed . to its sogrossatant in duo popular branah of the Legislature by* *anti of g0.t0,19, or more than to I. . Impriketfienia in Raxiing.—.Tha Gazette glen a tecaPittslation of building perthita issued by the Mayor. train which it appears thatila aro tit:Mallet went erected' Within the Chi lititatii 11140. thei ntiniber of new builthnge erected' Ocelot's yam, ahrart 1 ' 843 1 ,40' Wirt 1 4 8 . 4 1 3;' 118 e 1 . 64 . e lei in 1846;• 848 14 . 1810; 380 in 1847 r 318 In ; anti !lin 1040. Pennsylvania Legislature. HARRISBURG, February 28, 1851. SENATE. On the 26th, Mr. Shimer, presented a petition from citizens- of Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Montgomery counties, praying for the con. struction of a railroad from Preemansburg, or Shimereville, to intersect the Philadelphia and Norristown railroad at or near Norristown. Mr. Frailey presented a petition from Dauphin and Schuylkill counties, praying for the con. strnction of a railroad from Mount Eagle to Tre- mont ; and a remonstance from citizens of Schuylkill county against the laying out of a State road from Seiberlingaville to Palo Alto. On the 27th Mr. Bhimer presented a petition from citizens of Lehigh county, praying for the incorporation of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Allentown;. and a remonstrance from citizens of the Borough of Bethlehem, against Mr. Buckalew (select committee) reported, with amendments, the bill to re-angel the noun , ty of Columbia. HOUSE On the 24th, Mr. Laury presented a petition praying fur an amendment to to the $2OO exemp t lion law. Farming in California OM Wit Is not the quantity of the meat, but the .cheertigoess of the guests,lwhich makes the feast. I'Four hundred miles of plank road have been completed within the Slate of Indiana dur ing the past year. The coat per mile is from 81,200 to $2,600. 13" The State Senate, on Monday, passed joint resolutions in favor of granting additional boon ty lands to the officers and soldiers who served in the war of 1812. tar The Democrats of Lancaster city have formed themselves into a Bigler Club. lard defalcation of $i has been detected in the York County Treasury. . I^►' The total population of New York State, is 3,099,818. tar Clop has been made at Manchester oil three•quarters flax and one•quarter cotton. The Maw successful. flrMore than teti thousand Russia.t. of ;he drat families have asked of the Emperor leave to go to London during the World's Pak, rir Henry D. Maxwell, Esq., late Consul to Trieste, has resumed the practice of Law in Easton. Mr Small Bills in Ohio.—The Senate of Ohio• have adopted an amendment to the Bank bill• prohibiting the issue_of_bills of a smaller_denos• mination than five dollars. The bill introduced in the United States Sen.- ate by Mr. Hunter, proposing a reduction in the weight of halves, quarters, dimes and balf•dimes,.- will if passed, prevent the exportation of these new coins, and after a while, afford os silver change. The bill embraces essentially the prop osition contained in the resolutions offered seve-- ral weeks ago in the House, and which were re ferred to the Committee on Commerce. That' Committee has not, however, acted upon the res. olution, and we are therefore glad that the mib ject has been brought before the Senate; if though it may have failed in that body for want of time. On examination of Mr. Hunter's bill, we find that the proposed reduction in the - value of the new coins will be a trifle over seven per cent., which - will - beisuthcient - to - prevent - thei being melted by our manufacturers or exported nut of the country. The passage of this bill would greatly promote the public convenience. and if it was possibly to be got through before the adjournment of Congress, it would be a mat ter of rejoicing to us all. A NCUP ilditle.—The Pottstown Ledger says : Arrangements are making at Spring Mills, this county, to manufacture a cement from the cin ders of one of the furnaces at that p)aee. The• projectors of the enterprise seem sanguine of, succeeding in making an article,cheap and dui— able, for the outside finish of buildings, &c. li successful, it will turn to profit what has always. been an incumbranoe about our furnaces. lt is: reported that St. Peter's church, at Barren is to he coated with it on the outside during the coming season. So We Go.—The Manassus (Va.) Gap Rail road Company have contracted with the agent of an iron manufacturer in Wales, for 2,75 t) tons of rails. Query: Will not the men engaged in making this lot of iron in Wales consume much less of our agricultural . products, .than a like number would in making it in this county 1— Would not the toe if taken front our iron hills, have added more to the wealth of the Country, than if it be taken out of the mines of Wales We merely ask for information. A Good Suggestion. —Some papers have pro. posed that it be tendered to the Democrats in tbe counties where they have majorities, each party to nominate a candidate for Associate indge . to elected on a joint ticket, and that if acceded i n i - not! ffigiv, the same to be done by the Whig . ;, i n ire counties where they bare major_ ities—thus l o v i ng - one judge of each political party in every oZniatY ‘lf the State. This prop. sition is one that shOld tote!. w ith favor , and • that would result in good if prop O rly carried oot. $211,800 South Quotitut.—lt is stated that Ai:. !then tuii expressed his determination to resign his seat its the U. S. Senate, and that Mr. Butler, his col. league, has also stated that he will not come back any more. By the census just taken, it appears, too, that South Carolina will lose two members of Congress. That can't be xtt tlnwtt to northern injustice, certainly. New Jersey.—Allera protracted series of bal lotings in the New Jersey Legislature, Commo. dore Robert F. Stockton (Democrat,) was on ilia 21st ult., elected by that body to the United &atm Senate, fur six mat from the 4th of Marcia) next. Wheeling Bridge Case.—Ctnricell o e Walworth. reports to the Supren.l e Court at Washington.• that the Whee,i'.4 Suspension Bridge is an ob-• structioia to the free navigation of the Ohio river' •b; 'steam vessels, and recommends that it be 4* evated twentyeight feet above its present 'high.' tst point, and sixty feet above the . elevatiais the Western abutment. This will give 'Wive eighty feet headway on the usual high fltSodkoff the Ohio, and the estimated cost . itrabouti *C. 000 dollars. The Missouri Senator.lii. the newly.' elected Whig Senator fitirri'Mlsticititi, is Ht.r:' man. His native place' *as Frankrcittotra the.. Main. His parents' rerribved to' Elite dinilitilr when he was three years old. Good.—“Wili I" said a' broker a few days sloe*, ado you'irver think I shall be worth Arty thoosiod dollars l" • ..Ain't I worth that toyour said the confiding spouse AZII4 I" hesitatingly replied the other half, “but I can't putyou outaC g • aatarsat4 Beading Raihvad--The bubinees ober the' Reading Railroad for the clurrent quarter coding the present rehetti' of February, - la utiptireeclettilAY foirthe whiter ifitarierr it will' oett to the' PreiiiiV r y of tilt torepetiy;_ Off air eipesseei fotirettie Our *$70,000! If wifeinember dor 'featly. the nett reveette4or the •eorreppODein, quarter, e j , ;:er api; AOllllO . 011einitui talmltlNGs. e s- rononnee-t.e—experirrlentl Silver Coin
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