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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