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Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1862.
Nearly six years have elßpsed since we
commenced the publication of the "Register,"
during all of which we have depended on vol
untary payments for our resources. We are
pleased to any these payments have enabled
us to get along tolerably fair. We have, how
ever a large number of subscribers, who we
know are among the best men in the county,
but who have not yet paid us anything, and with
whom we would be very happy to exchange
receipts for arrears, including of course such
'too, who are indebted for one, two, three, four
and five years. For advertising and job work
we have also a large amount outstanding,
which must be settled up. We have incurred
some debts, which we deem a sufficient a.ol-
ogy for an appeal to those in arrears. We will
after the first of April make out bills and trans.
mit them to those delinquents. We . trust our
friends r will - promptly - meet - the - small -- demand
made upon them, besides it is the most es.
eential part of our business arrangements.
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No Editor Can Please All.
To select matter, and write editorial, fo please
every subscriber, says the "Easton Sentinel,"
stands foremost among the impossibilities of
hi:Lege—Some-readers-would-rather-ha ve-a
little of this, and not so much of that; others
are highly displeased at the number of adver
tisements, and if they were not in, the busi
ness man would be down on us like a "thou
sand of brick.", Delicate ladies are highly of.
tended at the insertion of Rail Road accidents
and horrible murders, and without them some
won't take the paper. Some want anecdotes,
and plenty of "love tales;" others consider
them "nonsensical stuff," and are highly in.
censed because they are put in. And so we
might mention a hundred more objections,
which only display a lack of judgement in the
mass; every man has his weak point, hence
the poor Editor is as fallible as the reel.
Just as soon as any Editor in the land can
get Into a tub and lift himself up, says a co
temporary, then he can write and select mat
ter to please every patron. But till he can ac
complish this wondrous feat he must still bear
under the displeasure of this one, or that one.
And in case he should discover the key to this
hidden secret, lie would be instantly hunted
down and secured by Barnum, as the great.
est natural curiosity in the Animal Kingdom.
Beginning the World
•Many an unwise parent labors hard and lives
sparingly all his life, for the purpose of leav
ing enough to give his children a start in the
world, as it is called. Setting a young man afloat
with money left him by his relatives, is like
tying bladders under the arms of one who can
not swim; ten chances to one he will lose his
bladders and go to the bottom. Teach him to
swim, and he will never need the bladders.--
Give your child a sound education, and you
have done enough for him. See to it that his
morals are pure, his mind cultivated, and his
whole nature made subservient to the laws
which govern men, and you have given what
will be of more value than the' wealth of the
Indies. To be thrown upon one's resdurces,.is
to be cast into the very lap of fortune, for our
faculties then undergo a developement, and
display an energy, of which they were preii•
ously insusceptible.
Stop and Think
Do our young friendi over think of the glo
rious privileges they enjoy at this day, over
their forefathers? Do. young men who earn
their dollar per day, and Rpend it all or more;
know that the foundation of most of the for ,
tunes, or competencies of those advanced in
age, was laid when the price of labor was not
more than three or four shillings? In their
fretting, muttering, about their lot, do they not
know that patient toil and judicious economy,
is all that is necessary for their happiness, or
to win the reward of fortune? Do our boys
ever reflect of the glorious advantages they en
joy for attaining an education, over their fath
ers? Do they not know in their eager pursuit
of enjoyments, which are as fleeting as shad
ows to the neglect of the useful, honorable, and
intellectual, that they are already fast on the
road to ruin. Why will not the young proper
ly estimate the great privileges with which
they are surrounded.
Whig State Convention.
The proceedings of the Whig State Conven
tion, held in Harrisburg, on Thursday last, the
25th of March, will be found in another col
umn of to-day's paper.
Oct of 118 votes, Gen. Winfield Scott, receiv
ed 113, five votes were 'given for the nominee
of the Whig National Convention.
On the third ballot, Jacob 'lemon, Esq., of
Burks county, was notninnisd and on motion
unanimously ratified as such by 'the Conven-
tion
Terrible Fire
The most disastrous fire that has occurred in
Philadelphia, since the great fire of July 9th,
1849 took place on Sunday morning at an early
hour. The whole amount of property destroy
ed is estimated to be at least one million of
dollars. The fire broke out in one of a block
of stores extending from Bank street to Straw
berry street, a distance of about two hundred
feet between Chestnut and Market, one of the
heaviest business places in the %ity. The stores
were built a few years ago, were four stories
high, with iron7shutters and doors and malefic
roofs. they alarm was given the shutters
were heated to redness, from which it may be
inferred that the fire must have been burning
for some time, or else it increased with great
rapidity. Nearly the whole of the lass is cov
ered by insurance,
To Our Patrons.
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"Leaving out of the account the additions
which are made every year to the aggregate of
our population by emigrants from Europe, the
natural increase of our own people may afford the
basis of an estimate which could not be applied
to any other country. We are bound to be the
most populous and the most powerful of living
nations. This is our destiny, and it is our reit.
possibility also. Kossuth has made his mistake
only in point of time. We are a Power on earth
and such a Power that its presence must have
significance. We cannot abnegate our being;
but it Is due to our dignity that we rein not a
hand except to control, and that at once. No
empty vaporing, no bravado, for this American
people. We hold our own. against o the world,
and will do it, come what may."
New Banking House.
The Direetors . of the Farmers' and Meehan
its' Bank, says the "Easton Argue," have re
solved upon the erection of a new Banking
house s on the lot purchased of Mrs.. Cooper, in
the Public square. It is to be built of brick
and rough coated, two stories (of 22 feet each,)
high in front with a yard 5 feet wide all around
the building. Jn front there will be 4 columns
with a recess of six feet between them and the
main building and the front door will be four
feet from the pavement. The banking room
in front will be 30 feet square, and the Direc
tor's room will be in the rear of that, on the
left and the vaults on the right. The size of
the whole building is to be 30 feet front by
56 feet in depth. The directors have consult.
ed taste as well as economy. Their object will
be to erect a cheap and substantial and at the
same time a neat house, that will answer all
the purposes of the Bank and be an ornament
to the Borough.
We are sorry to see, that some heartless per-
sons are already engaged in shooting the beau
tiful Robine~ who - have - jusFreturned from their
migration to the sunny South. Indulging in
such sport is very disgraceful, as well as un
lawful, and persons engaged in it ought to be
fed on spoon victuals until they get to know
better. If persons are allowed to go on in this
way, the game will soon be extinct. The law
prevents the shooting of birds in the months of
_ Marc h ,- April,May--June-and—Julyand— tur y
person doing so will subject himself to fine and
imprisonment.
General Laws.
We have a general manufacturing law.—
The present Legislature could not do a more
sensible thing than enact a general Free Bank
ing law, a mining law, and a general railroad
law. This miserable system of applying to the
Legislature for charters, or special privileges,
is a disgrace and stigma upon the intelligence
of the people.
The Pennsylvanian.
This leading and influential Democratic
journal, has passed into the editorial and busi•
ness control of William H. Hope, Esq., late
one of the proprietors of the Baltimore Argus,
who enters upon his new enterprise with the
requisite talent and experience to insure 'its
success. On Monday next the Pennsylvanian
will appear in an improved form, and be issued
thereafter as a penny paper. Wo commend it
to the liberal support of the Democrats of Al.
!entown.
Graham's Magazine.
Tho April number is really a gom—eontain ,
ing over 100 pages, filled with fine engravings
—fine poetry—line everything. There are
valuable articles among the contributions--
from the best authors in the country. It is in.
deed an admirable number,
A Vahan Caught.—About 5 o'clock, on Wed-
nesday the 17th inst., an individual named Pe
ter Shiffert, called at the Livery Stable of Mr.
Silas Heyser, in Norristown, and hired . a horse
and wagon for the purpose of going to Centre
Square—alleging that he would be back by 9
o'clock in the evening. He did not return,
however, and Mr. Ileyser, thinking that he had
been favored with the same kind of a custom
er as upon a former occasion, proceeded to
Penn Square, where he learned that the indi
vidual had passed through, but did not stop,
and had went up the Skippach road. Mr. H.
imtnediately started in pursuit, and succeeded
in overtaking hint about 7 miles !hie side of
Kutztown, where he had stopped to feed. Ho
was brought back, and committed to jail by
Esquire Ilossiter, in•default of $5OO bail.—Nor.
IValchman.
Starch Making.
One of the most extensive manufacturing es,
tablishments in the country is the Starch Facto.
ry of Messrs. Kingsford & Son, at Oswego, N.
Y., of which,we gave a brief account sometime
ago. The ground covered by the building is
more than two acres in extent, and the number
of persons in Oswego and vicinity attached to
the concern, and whose employment depends on
it, exceeds two hundred. It was commenced in
1847, and so rapidly has the demand for its pro•
ducts grown, that it has been found necessary to
enlarge the works every year since, until they
have attained their present magnitude. The past
year the establishment has turned out 80,000
boxes of Starch, containing three millions of
pounds. In the manufacture of this quantity,
200,000 bushels of grain were used. The Starch
is of a very pure and beautiful quality, and re.
ceived a prize medal at the Great Exhibition in
London, last year. Wherever it has been ex
hibited in this country it has also taken the first
premiums. The New York Slate Agricultural
Society has awarded the Company a gold medal
fur their pure Starch, and a silver medal for
their pulverized corn Starch, two diflerent arti
Iles, each excellent in its kind. The establish
tnent and its products afford a striking illustra.
tton of successful enterprise and skill.
Increase of Populalion.—Three per cent. per
annum is the increase of population in the Uni
ted States; . according to the census returns. The
Baltimore American, alluding to this increase,
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A Shame.
It will be your duty, gentlemen, carefully and
dispassionately to examine and weigh all the
the evidence which the Commonwealth have
laid before you, and discarding from your minds
all undue sympathy for the murdered pedler
boy and his unfortunate friends, or for the still
more unfortunate prisoners, and in strict com- I
On the 22nd, on motion of Mr. Lilly, the sec:
pliance wi th the requirements of justice, ren- and reading of the supplement to the act lacer,
der your verdict, which will either give free- porating the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and
dom to the defendants, or fix upon them the I susquehanaa railroad company was resumed,
awful crime of murder.
I discussed by Messrs. Lilly, Hart, O'Neill and
Judge Allison then turned his attention to the I Jackson ; when, Mr. O'Neill moved to postpone
character of the offence. He said, that in the i the bill; which was agreed to by a vote 40 yeas
opinion of: he Court, it was divested of all em- ! and 39 nays.
harassmen. That unless the defendants, or ! On the 23rd the bill to incorporate the Norris
either of them, are guilty of the wilful and de- I
tow and Freemansburg railroad company pass
liberate murder of Jacob Lehman, they must be ed first reading.
regarded as entirely free from all participation I On the 24th, on motion of Mr. Lilly, the supple.
in his violent death. meat to the act to incorporate the Delaware, Le-
The important question for the purposes of I high, Schuylkill and Susquehanna railroad coin.
this issue is: Who murdered the deceased ? ! parry, was again taken up and passed finally—
He told the jury that they must answer it by yeas 66, nays 6.
theirjordict, so far at least as the prisoners I On the 26th, Mr. Lawry, of Committee on Vice
were concerned. I and Immorality, reported a bill to prohibit the
He next spoke of circumstantial testimony, manufacture and sale of liquor in this Common.
and said that evidence of this nature is allow-
wealth, similar , in its provisions to the Maine
ed to prevail to the conviction of one charged Liquor Law.
with the commission of an offence, because it On the 27th, Mr. Hart, of Committee on Ways
is capable of producing the highest degree of and Means, reported a bill to lease the improve.
ments of the Commonwealth for a term of years,
moral certainty, and is as entirely reliable as
positive testimony, and some have even rank.
ed it as more worthy of credit than direct proof,
because of the liability of one to be mistaken
when depending on the evidence of his senses,
and the temptation to and frequent commission
of perjury.
The main features of the testimony against
the prisoners were given to the jury in a brief
manner, as follows :
Purchase of otherfurniture before the sale of
the Richmond goods.
The account given by them of the manner of
coming into possession of the jewelry.
The various statements in relation to their
occupations.
The manner of disposing of the jewelry to
the colored girls.
The feathers sold corresponding in kind with
the wings found in the sacks.
The cord sold to Smith, corresponding with
that with which the sacks in part were sewed.
The spectacle ease found in the sink in
Front street.
The ring, and steel handle of a purse, dis
covered in the ashes of the stove sold to John
son by the defendants.
The glazed cap, like the one worn by Leh
man, in their house at Richmond.
The absence of the third man.
As the question has been raised before you,
gentlemen, in relation to the innocence of
Blais, even though you should believe Matthi
as guilty, it is proper I should say to you, that
every issue in the case is entirely for your die.
posal; to acquit either or both, or to convict
one or both, as the evidence shall warrant you.
But it is not necessary where a murder is per
petrated by violence, by more than one, that
all should join in the actual infliction of the fa
tal blow; whoever aids and abets, is a princi
pal in the felony. .
If you believe there was a joint design as
between the two brothers alone, or in conjunc
tion with others to murder Jacob Lehman, and
that such design was carried into execution, in
the presence of BlaiS, even though he took no
active part in taking life, but was present con
senting to it, he is just as guilty as though he
struck the Fatal blow.
But if the proof in the case raises in your
mind a reasonable belief that Blois was no par
ty to the design to murder, and did not join in
the overt not which resulted in the death of the
deceased, but was accidentally present when
committed, he is not guilty of murder ; this
question however, as well as all others, you
are bound by your oaths to decide upon reason
able pro - of, not upon groundless supposition
Trial of the Murderers of Lehman
During the whole of the past week, the pub
lie mind has been more or less excited with
the trial of the murderers, Matthias and
Blaiee Scupinaki, the details of whose horrid
crime we gave some time ago. We give be
low an extract of Judge Allison's charge, from
the Philadelphia Daily Sun : .
JUDGE ALLISON'S CHARGE.
Gentlemen of the Jury :
After the patient at
tention which you hare given to the ease
which you now have in charge, I feel that I
ought to detain you as shoit a time as possible,
in performing the duty which the law assigns
to the Court, to lay down those rules of law by
which the Jury ought to be governed in deter
mining whether the prisoners at the bar, Mat
thias and Blab) Scupinaki, are guilty of tho
murder of Jacob Lehman, in manner and form
as they stand indicted.
-
us case Is, in many respects, a peculiar
one; the defendants are strangers in our midst,
and so far as the ties of kindred and relation.
shiparecoflcernedFthestafldalofleafldeven_
ignorant it: a great degree of our language and
habits; this latter fact has served to invest the
trial of their cause with some degree of em
barrassment and has retarded to some extent
its progress. But I believe everything has
been done to secure to the defendant a fair and
impartial Trial. Able counsel have guarded
their interest with jealous c_ar4,_and_na_single-I
circumstance, so far as we know, has been
given to the jury, which was not presented in
strict accordance with the established rules of I
evidence.
Whatever may be the final determination of
the issue you have been sworn to try, the pri
soners can have no cause for complaint—eve
ry consideration has been shown Them, and
not only have the strict requirements of justice
been complied with, but the sacred rights of
huspitality have not been disregarded, and
friends have been found who have stood man
fully by them in the hour of their greatest
need
and unsupportable theories. The cue is now
with you.
The jury retired about 9 o'clock, on Friday
evening, to form a verdict.
The Jury came into Court on Saturday morn
ing about 10 o'clock. After taking their seats
and order being restored, the Clerk asked them
if they had agreed upon their verdict ? They
replied, d We have." The prisoners and the in.
rors were then directed to stand up, and the Clerk
said—" What say you, gentlemen, are the prison
ers at the bar, Matthi4s Scupinski and Slats Scu,
pinski, guilty of,.the felony whereof they stand
indicted, or not guilty 1" To which they respon
ded, "Guilty."
Mr. Keyser then asked ihat the jurors be polled,
whereupon the name of each juror was called
separately, and asked the above question, and in
what degree they were guilty. Each answered,
"Murder in the first degree."
The elder brother, Matthias, was as pale as
- deatlvand - liept - hlrefe — filTd — upon one object.—
He appearpd deeply affected, though he did not
show it by weeping. •
Blais looked at the jurors withgrealeagerness.
• is eyes were very much idflamed with crying.
He has been deeply impressed with the solemni
ty and danger of his position throughout the
whole trial; but Matthias gave no evidence of
yielding or of contrition until Friday, after dinner
he wept bitterly.
Legislative Proceedings.
ITnitt eon) , ' e. [nary 30. 1852
SEN ATE.
On the 22nd, Mr. Shimer moved to take up on
second reading the bill to recharter the . Easton
Bank, which was agreed to as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Daily, Buckalew, Crabb, Frei
ley, Fulton, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hamlin, Kun
kel, M'Farland, Malone, Matthias, Packer, Shi
mer and Walker, Speaker-15.
Nays—Messrs. Barnes, Carothers, Carson,
Darlington, Haslett, Jones, Kinser, Myers, Rob.
ertson, and Slifer-10.
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The first and only section of the bill then pas.
sed second reading by a vote of 14 yeas and 12
nays.
On
motion of Mr. Carson, the further consider
ation was postponed—leas 16, nays 13.
On leave given, on the 20th, Mr. Souder read
in his place a bill to incorporate a company to
build a bridge over the Lehigh river, in Hano•
ver township, Lehigh county.
HOUSE.
Death and Destruction to the Whales,—The ex_
periments yesterday afternoon, at Fish Islan . cl
with Allen's patent Bomb Lances, were very in.
teresting, and were witnessed by a large con.
course of spectators. The lance was thrown a
disance of 30 or 40 yards into a bed of coal,
which it penetrated to a great depth, and causing
a visible commotion when it explored. They
were also thrown into the mud on the shore, and
threw it up in great quantities. The experiments
were considered satisfactory. Edward P. Has.
kelt is agent for the Bomb Lance in this city.
In connection with these experiments we may
Istate that we have recently seen a letter from
Capt. Brown, of the North Star, whaler of New
London, the inventor of the patent wha ling gun.
lie states that as far as he has had an oppnrtu..
nity of testing his guns, he has found them su,,
perior to any others for killing whales. With
them he has taken 800 barrels of whale oil du,
ring the last season. With them be has struck
34 whales and the reason why no more oil was
saved, was the lack of men to kill them a part Of
Capt. B.'s officers having been discharged in
consequence of ill health and he himself confined
to ship by the illness of his wife. He expects to
give a good account of the gun at the end of the
nelt season.
Pledges.—Parson Brownlow says that* every
candidate for the Presidency, has an especial
friend in Congress who can vouch for his ortho.
doily on all subjects likely to come into the can.
vase ; and who is authorized to give' any pledge
in his behalf, suited to any latitude, North or
South, East or West, for California or Canada,
Hungary or France, Heaven or Hell, and which
is to be as binding as if it came from his 'own
lips ! Especially is it understood that he is not to
be a candidate for reelection, or a second term.
Another New li(fte.—The Washington corres•
pondene of the New York Journal of Commerce
describes a new and destructive firearm, just
submitted to the War Department by a Mr. Por
ter, of Nashville, Tennessee. It is a repeating
ride, which loads and primes itself. It can be
used as a revolver by putting on a cylinder with
eight loads tor by applying another apparatus
called the "magazine," sixty charges of powder
and ball may be fired as rapidly as a watch
ticks.
Mortality. among Generale.-.-Withia the five
years which havo,elapsed since the commence
ment of the war with Mexico, no less than
thirteen American Generals have departed this
life, viz: Taylor, Worth, Mason, Brady, Kear
ney, Hamer, Hopping, Belknap, Dunoan, Cre
hen, Brooke, Arbuckle, and. Whiting.
THE VERDICT
Sec. 8, And be it further enacted, That where
any company, battalion or regiment, in an organ
ized form, marched more than twenty miles to
the place where they were mustered into the ser
vice of the United States, or were discharged
more than twenty miles from the place where
such company, battalion or regiment was organ
ized; in all such cases, in computing the length
of service of the officers and soldiers of any such
company, battalion or regiment, with a view to
determine the quantity of land any officer or sol^
dier is entitled to under said Act, approved the
twenty-eighth of September, eighteen hundred
and fifty, there shall be allowed one day for eve,
ry twenty !lines fiom the place where the cnm.
pany, battalion or regiment was organized, to the
place where the same was mustered into the ser•
ivce of the United States; and also one day for
every twenty miles from the place where such
company, battalion or regiment was discharged,
to the place where it was organized, and from
whence it marched, to enter the service.
LINN BOYD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
' WM. R. KING,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved March 22,1852.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Properly.—Property left to a child' may soon
be lost; but the inheritance of virtue—a good
name, an unblemished reputation—will abide for
ever. If those who are toiling for wealth to
leave their children, would lake half the pains to
secure for them virtuous habits, how much more
serviceable would they be. The largest proper..
ty may be wrested from a child, but virtue will
stand by him to tho Lai!.
Mistake.—A lady in Louisville, ICy., was
robbed a few nights since by a 'fellow who
secrete himself in her chamber until she had
retired. The box containing her jewelry, and
that containing her 'rouge were just alike, and
the thief took the wrong box. She looked pale
on discovering her loss, hut her colurcame again
the next day.
Land Warrants Assignable.
AN ACT to make Land Warrants assignable
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.
resentives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That all warrants for mil_
itary bounty land, which have been or they here.
after be issued Under any law otthe United States,
and all valid locations of the same which have
been or may hereafter be made, are hereby de
clared to be assignable, by deed or instrument
of writing made and executed after the taking ef.
fect of this act according to such form, and pur
suant to such regulations as may be prescribed
by the Commissioner of the General Land Of
fice, so as to vest the assignee with all the rights
of the original owner of the warrant or location :
Provided, that any person entitled to pre.emptiou
right to any land shall bo entitled to use any
such land warrant, in payment for the same, at
the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre, for the_quantity-of—land-therein—specifitd7
Provided, That the warrants which have been,
or may hereafter be issued in pursuance of the
said laws or of this act, may be located accord.
- ing - to - thelegal - subdivisiona ofihe public lands,
in one body, upon any lands of the United States,
subject to private entry at the time of such loca
tion;at the minimum price: Provided further,
That when said warrant shall be located on lands
which are subject to entry at a greater minimum
than one :dollar and twenty-five cents per acre,
the locator of said warrants shall pay to the Uni
ted States in cash the differet • • en_the-val--
ue of such warrants at one dollar and twenty.
five cents per acre and the tract of land local
ted on
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
registers and receivers of the land offices shall
hereafter be severally authorized to charge and
receive fur their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued since the eleventh
day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-str
et, the same compensation or per centage to
which they are entitled by law for sales of. the
public lands for cash at the rate of one dollar
and twentyfive cents per acre, the said compen•
cation to be hereafter paid by the assignees or
holders of such warrants.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That regis.
lers and receivers whether !a or out of office at
the passage of this act, or their legal representa
tives in case of death, shall be entitled to receive
from the treasury of the United States, for servi.
ces heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate of compen•
sation provided in the preceding section for ser•
vices hereafter to be performed, after deducting
the amount already received by soch officers un
der the act entitled "An act to require the hold_
ers of military land warrants to compensate the
land officers of the United States for services in
relation to the location of those warrants," ap.. I
proved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
forty-eight. Provided, That no register or re.
ceiver shall receive any compensation out of the
treasury for past services, who has charged and
received-illegal fees for the location of such war
rants. And provided further, That no resister
or receiver shall receive for his set vices during
any year a greater compensation than the maxi
mum now allowed by law.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases where the militia or volunteers, or State
troops of any State or Territory oiere called into
military service, and whose services have been
paid by the United States subsequent to the eigh
teenth of June, eighteen hundred and twelve, the'
officers and soldiers of such militia, volunteers,
or troops shall be entitled to all the benefits of the
act entitled "An act granting bounty land to cer
tain officers and soldiers who have been engaged
ir. the military service of the United States," ap.
proved September twenty eighth, eighteen hon_
dred and fifty, and shall receive lands for their
services according to the provisions of said act,
upon proof of length of service as therein requir.
ed, and that the last proviso of the ninth section
of the act of the eleventh of February, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven, be, and the same is
hereby repealed : Provided, That nothing here
in contained shall authorize bkunty land to thkse
who have heretofore received or become entitled
to the same.
GLEANINGS.
rirMayo Healed ne, belonging to Maids, da
td
all the way from Down East to Briton, and od
Wednesday evening got drunk, and was robbed
of $5O. He , worild a have been safer under the'
Maine Law.
13" It is said that the tontines of the Rothst
childs are not less than $715,000,000.
1161 1- Albany morning papers are now received
in New York city at 1 o i clock P. M. Distance,
itto miles.
111Irbavid Kyle, worth $1.00,000, committed
suicide in New York on Tuesday.
I:2l7l9uring February 4,7:17,000 tons of icif
were received at Cincinnati by the Miami Canal,
tar Shoe pegs are mantlfactured by machine:
ry, in Cincinnati, and sold by the barrel.
e'The Ohio Stage Company intend running
a line of coaches through from the States to sorod
point in California. It requires no less thad
1900 horses.
'Whitney's Railroad.
This project is being agitated. in Washington
again, and has engaged no_small_amountottimn
and expense to the nation by the consideration!
which has been given to it, from Mad to time,
by Congress. If this scheme is carried out, if
will create the largest monopoly Yet attempted
in this country." The report of Congress on tlie
subject states that he (Whitney,) would acquird
by the grant 78,000,000 acres of land, which /
at fifty cents an acre, would amount to the aunt
of $39,000,000.
We like to encourage improvements, but wd
do not like a hot.hed system of stimulating the
construction of a railroad to the Pacific. Thd
grant of land demanded to construct 800 miles
of railroad is very nearly equal in extent to all
England, and more than the whole State of Penn.
sylvania or New York. Is there any citizen pre
pared for such a monopoly I If such a road is
to be constructed, let it be done by the govern.,
ment, or let it be put up add let ont by contract
to the lowest bidder. It is not long since the
British Government granted the whole of Van-'
couver's Island to the Hudson Bay Company i
for some services to be performed, these grants
are remnants of the Feudal Ages.
If it can be demonstrated that such a railroad
will pay fur the money invesied, there are capi.
talists enough in the country, we believe, to take
stock in it to the amount of $100,000,000, and
this, without allowing any man the giant of a
territory equal in extent to a State like Pennsyl:
vania. If it Will not pay for itself after being
constructed, then it will be a continental tax on
'the country, therefore, before any bill should
pass Congress for this road, it should be thori
oughly surveyed by U.S. Engineers, and report.
ed on by them, so as to give us all the necessa_
ry information respecting its best route, proba
ble expense, &c. We should like to see a rail.
road constructed as soon as possible to the Pa.
cific, but then we are very much in the dark
about the route. We hope Congress will not act
upon this subject blindfolded. All the engineer.
ing survey which has yet been made for a Pa_
cific railroad is that by James Kirkwood, C. E.,
for the section of Missouri. His Report is sat.
isfactory to those who wish to take facts and fig
ures for their guide, it is not so with the unsur
vcyed route of Whitney.
Bribery and Corruption.—The Harrisburg cor
respondent of the,Ledger, states that on Tuesday
when the subject of the Maine Law was up in
the House, Mi. James, of Warren, said he had
not made up his mind as to voting on the bill
Hereupon, Judge Gillis said that he was surpris
ed that the member :from Warren had nob
made up his mind ; that he knew bribery had
been used by the friends , of the bill, and the gen
tleman at once proceeded to make good the as.
sertion. He accused Mr. James of having enter.
ed a ball room, a few evenings since, and finding
all the ladies "'engaged for ftur or five sets
ahead !" he had importuned a lady thus engaged
to become his partner in'a quadrille, until, at
last, she consented to prove recreant to her pre , .
vious engagements, on condition that he; Mr.
James, would promise to go for the Maine Li.
quor Law." Mr. James pledged himself--danc
ed with the lady--and Judge Gillis was very
much surprised that he hadn't made 'up hie
mind !
Extraordinarylncrease.— Muller & Co., in New
York city, have been engaged during the past
week •in selling about a thousand building lots,.
situated between Fdurth and 'Seventh avenues,.
and Sixty•third and Seventy•third streets. The
lots, comprising nearly 15 blocks, presented a
surface of a little more than 63 acres. Thirty
years ago this land was purchased by the late
James Amory for $4,400 ; now it sells for about
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars I Thus a lot'
which in 1822 cost $4 29 sells for $780; or yr
acre at $7O in 1922 brings $12,700 in 1852. ,
These lots are in an unsettled portion of the Is.
land,and but few of the streets are opened. A
rise of six hundred per cent. per annum in thirty
years on so large a plut of ground is probably'
without a parallel even in this go:ahead
In this instance, the original investment bail
doubled every sixty days.—Tribune.
Mammoth Steamers.--We see it stated. in , the'
London Times that a proposition is on foot to.
build icon steamers of 720 feet in length, with 90'
feet beam, and 36 in depth, with four engines of
POOO horse power, and a screw, while there will
be eight masts, with huge latteen sails. The
vessels are to be built of iron, and will not be.
shot but fire.proof ; sod, a novel method, though ,
simple, and for strength known to every school--
boy, their immense length renders them, more•
safe than those of smaller construction,. k
calculated to carry 3000 passengers, with• a the-.
atre for amusements, &c., and could, in ;case of .
war, open a battery of three hundredfuns. This
projected scheme is for the - purpose of bringing!
the English Colonies within a month's reach of.
London.
Terrible 71agedy.—We learaby a private des
patch from Richmond, that sic. men Anita' a,.
man, emigrating to The West, were massacred,
in a house . in Doddridge county, Va., last weeks,.
by another ' emigrating party, who puf up at the.
same house. They robbed the murdered pants
of $22,000, and made their escape..