` . l)c relitgi) ttegioter.
Allentown, Po.
TiIIIRSDAY,JDNE 3,184 L
Highly Important.
The Washington correspondent of the Lod
ger, telegraphed the fallowing piece of impor
tant information to that pryer, on Thursday
evening last :
Waehingtmr, May 27, 1861—A caucus, eon
sisting of the Iron-masters of Pennsylvania,
headed by ex-Governor Porter, and the inter
est of alternative section grants for the construct_
tion of State Railroads, was held, and proposi
tions made and agreed to, for carrying all the
land bills now before Congress, and submitting
home valuations for the present system of le
vying deities.
This would increase the present tariff by
about 25 per cent., that is it would add 10 per
cent. to 80 por cent. ad valorem, and ‘ increase
taxation by about twelve millions of dollars
per annum. As a consequence of this agree
ment, the Missouri Railroad Bill passed this
morning. Let us see whether Missouri will
now pay Pennsylvania in turn. Suppose to
morrow, or the day after.
The Country
At no season of the year—thinks the Easto
nian—is the country so beautiful as at the pres
ent. The foliage is just renewed and bright,
and the earth is covered with green. The air
is sweetened with the perfume of flowers, and
is pure and invigorating. This is the time to
go to the country. A short ride at this season
among the green hills and beautiful scenery of
Pennsylvania will do more to restore health to
the imbecile and brighten the spirits of the sad
than all the pills and potions of Allopathy, or
the amusements of the crowded city. Go to
the country now !
No part of this beautiful Republic is more fa
vored by nature than our own neighborhood.
We are surrounded by all that is grand and
magnificent in scenery, and by all that is cal
culated to prosper and enrich and gratify us,
in a soil of boundless fertility and beauty.—
We may freely say, that in no portion of the
world is there an agricultural district of greater
productiveness than is contained in our own
county. Go whore you will and you will sel
dom find a section of country that will com
pare with little Lehigh. Citizens, if you would
spend a pleasant moment, and do your head
and heart good; during this delightful season
take a ride through your own county. You
need not go beyond it. Go which way you
will, you cannot go amiss.
Rail Roads
The spirit of improvement is up in our sec
tion of country, and it is indeed gratifying
to see the different interests and the advocates
of the respective routes discussed. There are
no less than three routes in contemplation.—
The first starts from Allentown, where it inter
sects the Lehigh Valley road, to Pottstown, there
connects the Reading mad, a distance of only
28 miles.
The second starts from Freemansburg, ten
miles east of Allentown, to Norristown, a dis
tance of 46 miles, there to intersect with the
Norristown road
The third starts from Easton, 18 miles east
of us, to intersect the Philadelphia and New
York road, where it crosses the Delaware riv
er, a distance of forty leer miles.
A road is now building from Trenton to Bel
videre, on the east side of the Delaware river.
This road will command the trade of Easton
and the Upper Delaware entuit:tv, so that then•
be no use for the construction of another
road so near west of the Delaware.
It must strike the mind of every intelligent
man, that the road from Allentown to ,Potts•
town, besides being the shortest, is the easiest
to construct. The distance being only 28 miles.
with the interest of the Reading Railroad
Company at one end, and the interest of our
heavy Iron Works at the other, running as it
does, through a number of the principle Iron
ore beds in the county. It cannot but be the
most beneficial route of the three.
Magnificent Field of Wheat.
Major J. Jones, of Wheatland, Newcastle
county, State of Delaware, has the present sea
son, in wheat, a field of three hundred acres,
without a single fence or ditch or hedge, or
any other obstruction—save the fence which
surrounds it. This is one of the richest fields
in the State, as he has lately placed nine thou
sand dollars worth of guano on it. The Wil
mington Blue Hen's Chicken says, he has just
puerhasod two of the finest of Hussey's Reap
ing Machines, to gather the immense crop,
which he will undoubtedly raise.
Senatorial Terms Expired
The terms of the following Pennsylvania
Senators, being eight Democrats and three
Whigs, have expired and their places must be
filled by the election of new ones, at the next
General Election :
Democrats Charles Freiley, Schuylkill
county: Thomas S. Fornon, Philadelphia co.;
Henry Fulton, York; John W. Guernsey, Tie
gn, Potter, McKean, Elk, Clearfield and Jeffer
son ; J. Y. Jones, Montgomery ; Henry A Molt
lenberg, Barks; Wm. E. Packer, Centre, Ly
coming, Sullivan and Clinton ; Conrad Shimer,
Northampton and Lehigh.
Whigs—William Haslett, Butler, Beaver.and
Lawrence; Benjamin Malone, Bucks; John
H. Walker, Erie-end Crawford.
Discharged.— In the United States District
°our', on the 24th of May, the case of William
Stoles, the counterfeiter of U. S. coin, who was
convicted about a year since on five bills of in"
dlcirriapt, and in whose case a new trial was
granied, , was called up pn a writ of habeas corpus,
and upon the District Attorney stating that he
had no witnesses, the defendant was discharged
on his own recognizance. •.
Lehigh Railroad
We observe that a shrewed writer in some
Philadelphia papers, says tbe Pottstown Ledger„
is urging the construction of a Railroad to c , -
mend the trade of the Lehigh region, and co -
eiders the most practical route for such
If il
road to be "from a point on the Norristown
Railroad, to ascend the valley of the 'Wissa
hickon, thence to the head waters of the east
ern branch of the &moon creek, and descend
to the Lehigh at Freemansburg, ten miles from
Easton. The new company by this, or some
or other arrangement, would have to build on
ly about fifty miles of railroad, to establish a
perfect communication with the Lehigh re.
gion.
it seems strange to us that Philadelphians,
in all their anxiety to command trade which
has been lost through their apathy, should not
have waked up from her slumbers long since
—but it is scarcely less strange that she should
even now over look the cheapest, shortest and
most practical route for commanding the trade
of the Lehigh. Why have the editors of all
her-journals-neglected to draw-attention_to_the
fact that by the construction of 28 miles of rail
road between this point and Allentown, the
shortest and most practical route to the coun
ties of Lehigh, Carbon, Luzerne, &c., may be
attained. . The distance from Allentown to
Philadelphia via Reading Railroad, would be
but 70 miles, and when the road is extended
to Mauch Chunk, the distance from the latter
place would be 98 miles, being thirty-four
miles nearer than the route by canal. This is
the nearest and cheapest route for the Lehigh
coal to reach the Philadelphia market—and
would be the quickest for the passenger travel
and freight from Allentown and all the coun
try northward. These 30 miles of Railroad,
owing to the favorable nature of the country,
could be constructed far below the average
cost of Railroads, from the fact that there will
be no bridging of any account, and very small
amount of heavy grading. The Allentown
trade and the way trade upon this route, we
are constrained to believe, alone, would pay a
handsome dividend upon the whole cost of the
road—a cost which would not in all probabili
ty exceed $500,000. Can they reach that trade
by the expenditure of a less amount of. capi,-,
tal ? By, no means. Do Philadelphians lor
get these facts, that they have directed no at,
tention to this proposed route? The country
through which it passes would be developed
in wealth, if favored with this outlet for their
products, iron, ore, lime, lumber, flour, grain,
&0., &c., much more sensibly than a large part
of the route proposed above, w4tich is within
very convenient teaming distance of Philadel
phia, the peculiar advantages of which would
continue to keep up the same method of tran
sit even after the proposed road is made. We
hope Philadelphians will see to this.
Business Notices.
Ready Made Clothing. We have heard it
said, that Allentown is the best place in the
State, to buy cheap and fashionable ready
made clothilig-t-in regard to which we
might have been a little incredulous had we
not convinced ourselves by examining the
Stock of Messrs. Keck & Leh, directly opposite
our office. They have a very heavy stock on
hand, and front the prices they ask, we should
judge that they have marked their goods at the
lowest living profits. From our.knowledge of
these gentlemen and their manner of doing
business, we can recommend them to the pub.
tic.' See advertisement in another column.
Nino Transportation Line. —Merchants and
otl:ess who boy goods in Philadelphia will not
forget the Dow line. nor ft ier.d Gaustcr, is an
lietive business malt, ;owl anything entrosted
to hi^ one will he ponettiaEy attitmled to—see
his advertisement in another column.
Business Agency.—Our friend Inn. IL Blumer.
1 7 .4 q., continues as usual to attend to the re
newal of notes, buying and selling of Drafts, to
any part of the United States. Mr. Blumer
needs no recommendation, as he has been do
ing this kind of business for dnumber of years
to the Eatie fact ion of all interested.
East Pennsylvania Classis
The Classis of East Pennsylvania of the Ger
man Reformed Church, held its annual session '
on the 18th, 19th and 20th of May, in Ziegle'e
church, Weissenburg township, Lehigh coun
ty This Classis embraces Northampton, Le
high and Monroe counties, in its territorial ex
tent, and numbers twenty-one ministers, eigh
ty-three congregations, and a communicant
membership of about ten thousand souls. The
business claiming the attention of the Classic
was of the usual character and harmoniously
transacted. The item of the most general in
terest and importance, was. the action with re
ference to the quota levied upon the Classic
towards the consumation of the arrangements
for the removal of the Institutions of the Church
from Mercersburg to Lancaster. Proper spirit
was exhibited by all the members both lay and
ministerial, upon this subject, and there is no
doubt but the zeal and promptness with which
the necessary efforts will be made, will result
in the collection of the sum required of this
Classic, ($3,80b,) by the specified time, Ju•
ly Ist.
We have made these statements upon the
presumption that the readers of the Register
are aware of the project of combining Marshall
and Franklin colleges under one title in Lan
caster city, and of the offer of a fund amount
ing to s7o,ooo—for, the necessary buildinga and
endownment of the college, upon the condi
tion that the German Reformed Church , buy
out the claims of a third party in the old Frank
lin college interest, amounting to 815,000. It
ie to meet, this claim that these special contri•
butions are solicited at this time. If the church
fails to meet it, the opportunity for securing the
$70,000 will be forfeited. If the Church is, as
wise as the world, she Will hardly . let such a
chance slip .
- Our Country
In 1792, the corner stone of the present cap
itol at Washington was laid. At that time,
General Washington, in whose honer the new
seat of government was named, officiated.—
Fifty-eight years afterwards, viz: on the 4th of
July, 1851, the corner•stone of an extension of
the buildings was laid,. and the Secretary of
State made an address, in the course of which
he presented a sketch of the comparative con
dition of our country at the two periods.'
Then we had fifteen States, now wo have
thirty.ont.
Then our whole population was three mil
lions, now it is twenty-three.
Then Boston had 18,000 people, now it has
136,000.
Philadelphia had 42,000, now it has 402,
000.
New York had 33,000, now it has 515,000
Then our exports were $31,000,000, they
are now $151,000,000.
The area of our territory was then 800,000
square miles, it is now 3,300,000.
1 . 11 . 1311 we had no railroads, now we have 8,
500 miles of railroad.
Then we had no Telegraph, now we have
12,000 miles of it.
Then we had 200 post offices, now we have
21,000. •
The revenue from Postage was then $lOO,
000, now it is *5,000,000.
Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving in the New World,
was celebrated about two hundred years ago.
It was held in the month of February, and ori
ginated from pure gratitude of spirit at being
relieved from starvation.
The season had been intensely severe, the
provisions of the colonist were exhausted, and
the expected vessels from England did not ar
rive. In such a dreadful delemma, the souls
of common men would have been discouraged
and sunk in the apathy of despair; but our pil
grim fathers never despaired. Their faith was
anchored on the Rock which could not be sha
ken.
To meet the exigencies of famine, they ap
pointed a Cast! It certainly was a very good
reason, for holding a fast, that they -had -noth,
ing t o eat; yet, why but a puritan would have
thought of this expedient for exciting the faith
and keeping alive the hope of the people! I
have often thought that in no other single cir
cumstance of their history was this inconquor
able spirit.of our ancestors, and their indomita
ble love or liberty more strikingly shown.—
They would not be enslaved by their appetites;
if they starved, it should be by their own vol
untary appointment.
Well the morning arrived—the fasting had
begun, when, oh, sound of joy ! "The vessel !
the vessel has come !" The grave fathers in
stantly yielded• to tho popular feeling, and
changed their day of Fisting to a Thanksgiv•
ing !
Such was the origin of a custom ever since
held sacred by the descendants of the pilgrims.
Corruptions on the Publio Works
The Bedford Gazette, wherever known as a
hitter Democratic paper( Hear what testimo
ny it bears as to the Public works and the in•
fluences which prevent a change in the sys
tem :
"The Legislature has adj•turned without ma
king provision for leasing the Publiu Works,
thus setting at defiance the wishes of the mas
ses throughout the Slate. II a law had been
passed giving the people the right to decide
this question at the ['Oils, they would disband
the present rotten and swindling system of
managing our Stale Improvements, by a ma
jority of one hundred thousand. It is evident
:hat there will be no Legislation on this sub
ject unless the people take the matter into their
own hands. Members go to Harrisburg, and
the first thing they set about doing is to' get
their fathers, brothers, sons, and down to the
42d cousin, a-pointed to some office under
the Board, and in this way, our law makers
become a party indirectly, to the gross frauds
perpetrated upon the taxpayers in this depart
ment of Government. When' a reform' roes
sure is introduced by some man of clean hands
it is either voted down, or allowed to
sleep the sleep of death, for the reason that its
passage would effect the interests of their im
mediate relatives !! This is a deplorable state
of affairs; it is perfectly manifest that the pres
ent system must be abolished."
Synopsis of School Decisions
Widows who have no occupation should he
taxed as single freemen.
There can be no such thing as balances due
to sub.districts at the close of the school year.—
Section Bth of the school law provides that if the
directors neglect or refuse to ...put and keep the
schools i' operation (during the school year) so
far as 114 means of the district will admit," .up.
ori the complaint in writing by any six taxable
citizens of the district," the court shall ' , declare
their seats vacant ,and appoint others in their
stead." Is this therefore a plain duty of the di.
rectors not to have balances on hand at the close
of the school year.
Under no circumstances can a sub-district le.
gaily claim that a balance is due them from the
district treasury, after the expiration of the school
year, if its proper expenses are all paid.
School districts have no authority to establish
joint schools, and expenses incurred in the sup,
port of schools so established cannot be legally
paid out of the common school fund. Nor can
sub.dianricts be established out of parts of differ.
ant districts. •
If a school treasurer dies, with a duplicate in
his hands, the directors must take it back, the
administrator of the deceased being required on.
ly to settle with the directors for such portion of
the duplicate as the deceased treasurer had col
lected or rendered himself personally liable for.
'Jonathan Prather, aged 70 years, recently
shot his wife dead in Morgan county, Xy l and
then cut his own .throat trowear to ear..,
Trouble with Mexico
The New York Courier and Enquirer con.
tains the following important announcement :
We learn by special telegraphic despatch
from our Washington correspondent, that Se
nor Larrainzar, the Minister of the Republic of
Mexico, near this Government, will he offici
ally presented to the Presdent to-day. The
published letter purported to be from President
Arista, is not a correct copy, our correspondent
informs us, of that presented by Senor - La Ye.
ga, Secretary of the Mexican Legation, previ
ous to the arrival of Senor Larrainzar. Presi
dent Arista, in his communication, declares
that Mexico will never consent to the opening
of the Tehauntepec route by a foreign company.
If the work is executed at all, says , the Minis
ter, it must be by the Mexican Government.—
In taking this position, Mexico contemplates
the contingency of war, but relies upon the aid
of the English Government to maintain her de
clarations,
We regard the latter part of
. this paragraph
as.entitled to little credit. The "contingency
of war" is not one likely to be contemplated
cilmly by Mexico, as itt%, - ; : ould CriiiPateitly
result in our obtaining by conquest what that
Republic, with its customary and characteris
tic antipathy to the improvements of all kinds
is unwilling to sanction by peaceable negotia
tion. Mexicans will never make a Tehaunte
pec railroad or canal without foreign aid, and
Americans are the only foreigners likely to
undertake such an enterprise with a prospect
of success. As for her expectation of aid from
the British government in case of war, on this
matter, we regard it as wholly vain. Great
Britain is less likely, at this time, to go to war
with the United States than she has ever been,
and certainly she is not going to .put in prac
tice the doctrine of "intervention" in so deci
ded a style as to take part in a difficulty aris
ing out of a question which does not immedi
ately concerti her government or herpeople.
Life of an Editor.—The editor of a paper pub.
Imbed at Canton, Ohio, gives the following des.
cription of his paper:
"Mr. Pike and i published a newspaper in
1817, among the Miami Indians in the State of
Indiana... It was a great partnership, that. We
had two advance paying subscribers, one who
liquidated his subscription with beans, the other
with saw logs. Godfrey, the chief, took five pa-
pers, and could not read a word. Our paper
was called the ' , Peru Forrester," and being print.
ed in the woods, that title was appropriate.—
The town of Peru had a n umber of magnificent
names for its streets, such as Pearl, Broadway,
&c., which streets exhibit the animating and
bustling spectable of stumps and trees as high
as a man's head. The stirring events which
transpired in that city imperiously demanded a
couple of chroniclers, and Pike and I were at
hand to discharge this important function. Pike
wrote poetry, and I dipped considerably into State
politics, and discussed in a very learned manner
every question of interest to the few settlers and
Indians. Besides being an editor and print.i,
he kept the Broadway Hotel, was postmaster,
justice of the peace, land agent,. pettifogger, ca.
nal contractor, merchant, overseer of the poor,
painter, had been a school master, and a day la.
borer, was twice a widower, was brought up a
Quaker, and the last time I saw him he was a
preacher—had married a third wife, was an attc
tioneer, and what more I know not."
Wonderful Discovery.—The Fairmount (Va.)
True Virginian says:
“We are informed by Col. Raymond and oth
ers, that a portion of regularly Macadamized
road has been discovered on the opposite side
of the river from this place. We have not seen
it ourselves, but learn that it extends pretty much
along the bank of the river. Its width is about
)6 feet, and the track well graded. The bed of
stone seems to be about two inches thick, and
made precisely after the plan of our Macadam..
iaed roads, the stone being broken to about the
same size as that used for our roads. The dis'
covery was made by the washing away of a hill
side which partially covered the road. When
and by what race of people this road was made
is unknown at the present day, but it gives evi.•
deuce of the existence of'a popdlktion here at
somti fiirmer age of the world, as far advanced
in civilization, or at least in the art of road ma
king, as ourselves. There was found in the bed
of the road the stump of a chesnut• tree, which
was ascertained to be 150 years old at the least,
and how much older our informant could not
tell, as the stump was hollow."
The Liquor Bill Signed:—The iambus Maine
Liquor Bill, which•has been a bone of cornea.
Lion in the Legislature fur over fourmonths, and
kicked back and forth between the Senate, House
and Committee of Conference, like a foot•ball,—
vetoed by Gov. Boutwell, put in a new form, and
rushed through both branches in hot haste.—was
finally signed by Gov. Boutwell, this morning
and will be a law in 00 days from to.day, viz:
on the 22d day of July next, without any refer.
ence to the people for their opinidn. After that
day it will be an indictable offence to buy or sell
a glass of liquor,—whether brandy, wine, cider
ale or small beer—any where in the State of
Massachusetts. Strangers are respectfully as.
cured, however, that we are still permitted to
deal in soda water, notwithstanding its efferves•
cing groperty ; and faint hopes are entertained
that the law will be so liberally construed as to
admit of the sale of the new "sherbet of sharaz."
Faeta.—lf a tallow candle be placed in a gun,
and be shot at a dour, it will go through without
sustaining any injury and a musket ball be fired
in water, will rebound and be flattened as if fir
ed against a hard substance. A musket ball
may be fired against a pane of glass ; and if the
glass be suspended by a thread, it will not even
vibrate. Cork if sunk twenty feet in the ocean,
will not rise on account of the presure of the
water. In the Arctic regions, when the ther
mometer is below zero, persons can convene
more than a mile distant. Mr. Jameson asserts
that be beard every word of a serum at the dis.
tance of two miles on a veryctill'alM••••;'.iih.pet,
feet distinctness.,, s • •
Bible Society
Lehigh County Bible Society, met in the Sal
is burg (•hurch, on May 20th, 1852. Rev. S. K.
Brobst opened the meeting and stated the object
of the Society, after which an excellent •and ap•
propriate sermon was preachid by Rev. A. Rue
ter, of the Gettysburg college.
The Mitartes of the last .two meetings were
read' anti adopted . . The meeting then proceeded
to take the names of those who wished to join,
when the fulloiving were received, John Kern.
merer, Jacob Tool, Henry Ritter, Henry
Reinhard, John Wagner and Peter Ro•
mig. The Committee appointed to revise the
constitution presented a copy Which was read
and on motion amended, so as to give the Socie
ty the priVilege of making life members of those
who pay $5 00; with said amendment the con.
stitution was adopted.
On motion, committees of three In each town" l i
ship were appointed to sell and distribute 'Bibles
and Testaments in their respective townships.
and to obtain members for the Society. The
President to appoint said committees.
On motion, the Preachers in the county be re•
quested to preach in each of their churches, sta,
flag the object and urging the claims iirthr
ble cause upon their congregations, and take up
collection for the same. On motion Adjourned,"
.INO. REICHARD, Pres't.
1. MOSS, secy
The aforesaid committees con s ist of the follow.
ing persons who have been appointed to sell and
distribute Bibles in their respective districts :
Allentown—Rev. J. Yeager, Elias Mertz, and
John J. Thomas.
Northampton—J. F. Halbach, Esq., Solomon
Weaver and W. H. Hox worth.
Salisburg—John Kemmerer, Jacob Trumbau^
er and Jacob Tool.
. Hanover—David Thomas, Samuel Knauss,
and Samuel Saylor.
South Whitehall— Rev. J. Shindel, Jacob Mick
ley, jr., and Ephraim Butz.
North Whitehall—Rev. J. Dubs, Franklin J.
flitter and Owen Schreiber.
Upper Saucon—Hnn.J. Erdman, Andrew %Vint
and A. F. Halbach.
Upper Milford—David Gehman, Geo. Miller
and Anthony Shiffert.
Upper Macungie—Nathan Klotz,Samuel Grim
and John norm.
Lower Macungie—Dr.D. 0. Moser, John Shif
fert and Jacob liarlecher.
Weisenburg— J. H. Helfrich, Esq., Samuel
Mlssemer and Charles Gorautlo.
Enwhill—John - Weida, Esq., Peter Lentz and
Eevi Knerr.
Lynn— Peter Haas, Esq., Jacob Moser and
Samuel Harmony.
Heidelberg—S. J. Kistler, Frederick Knauss
and Michael Rauch.
Washington Peter Ruth, Tilghman Kuhns
and Jonas Kern.
The Wa.hinglon Alonument.— An interesting
ceremony, says the National Intelligencer, took
place on Thursday, in the great Hall of the Cap.
itol. We allude to the formal nresen,,,;..- •
the Washiostc. et„otoitient Society of the block
of native copper contributed by the State authOr
ities of Michigan to the Monument. At 12
o'clock the Managers of the Society repaired to
the Capitol, and having, together with a crowd
of persons of both sexes, drawn thither by the
occasion, assembled around the block, which
rested on a'ijuck in the middle of the rotunda,
the llon./endrew Ilarvie, a member of the Leg
islatureof Michigan, in the name and on the be
half of his State, tendered the beautiful present
to the Monument Association. He accompanied
the act by an address, truly appropriate, eloquent
and felicitous, which, with the happy and im_
pressive response of Mr. Lenox, the Mayor of
the city, (speaking in behalf of the Association,)
we hope to be able to give in a future paper.—
This remarkable block of native metal weighs
upwards of two thousand pounds, and consists
of a solid mass of pure copper as it came from
the mine, on Lake Superior, and has undergone
no change save being squared and polished.—
The inscriptions are of native silver, inserted in
the face of the block, the two metals 'forming a
beautiful contrast, and the whole constituting a
splendid and unique, as well as patriotic contri.
bution form the Peninsula State:
Livid Warrants.—The Commissioner' of the
Pension Office, J. E. Heath, Esq., in answer to
many inquiries states that where a party dies
before the issue of his land warrant; under the
act of the 18th of September, 1850; the right to
it dies with him,' unless there be a widow, or
children who are minors at the time of the pas
sage of the act. If he left a widow, the applica
tibn may be renewed in her name; or, if none,
then in the names of such minor children. ' If
there be neither widow nor cninor children, no
right vests in 'any case. The act of the 22d of
March, 1852, is silent as to the right of the wid
ow or childen to renew the application if the
party dies before.obtaining the warrant. ff the
claimant dies after the issue of the warrant, the
title thereto vests in the heirs in the same man•
ner as real estate, and can be assigned only by
those who could convey a tract of land descen
ded from the ancester.
A New Railroad. During the fast week, a
meeting was held in . Williaritsport, favoring the
making of a railroad from Williamsport to Corn.
ing, where this road will connect with the New
York and Erie road. It seems from newspaper
paragraphs and the speeches made at the meet
ing that this new protect is to be carried out im•
mediately—the worik is at once. to be put under
contract. From Corning to. Blossburg a road
has been in operation for some years, and it is
now being relaid with new H rail ; and from
Blossburg to Williamsport the work is to be put
under contract during the coming fall, under the
charter of the Tioga Railroad Company.
Strange Story.—Dvarti Taylor says in one of
his letters from Africa, that he beard of a "coup-
try of dogb" in Arabia where the women were
in all respects human, but the men had faces
like dogs, claws on their feet, and tails like mon.
keys. They could not speak, but carried on
conversation by wagging their tails. This ludi
crous account is no doubt true, for Dr. Werne, a
German•travellcr tells preciselyihe same story ;
•
1.
EMESEI
Desoription of Our Saviour
The Boston Journal says that the following
epistle was taken by NapOleon from the public
records of Rome, when he deprived that city of
so many valuable manuscripts. It was written
at the time and on the spot where Jesus Christ
commenced his ministry, by Publicus Lentul"
lus, the Governor of Judea, to the Senate of Rome
—Gasser, Emperor. It was the custom in those
days for the Governor to write home any event
of importance which transpired while he held
office
"Conscript Fathers: There appeared in these
our days a man named Jesus Christ, who is yet .
living among us, and of the Gentiles is accepted
as a Prophet of great truth ; but his own disci...
pies called him the Son of Gad. He has raised
the dead, cured all manner of diseases. He is a
man of stature somewhat tall and comely, with'
a very ruddy countenance, such as the beholder .
may both love and fear. his halt is the color
of the filbert when fully ripe, plain to his ears,'
whence do wnward it is more orient — of — dolor;
curling and waving about his shoulders; in the
middle of his head is a seam of partition of lono .
hair, fter the manner of the Nazarites. His
forehea is plain and delicate; his , face without'
spot or winkle, beautiful with a comely red ; his
tioSe and m uth are exactly formed; his hear&
is of the cola of his hair, and thick, not of any
great height, bit — larked. In reproving, he is ter
rible ; in admonis ing, courteous ; in speaking,
very modest and wise ; in proportion of body,
well shaped. None have seen him laugh, but.:
many have seen him weep. A man, for his sur
passing beauty, excelling the children of men."
prehensiohs.—We learn from New
Orleans that great fears are entertained there of
the approach of a new disease, which is called
the plague, and is now said to be prevailing in'
some of the West India Islands. A disease call.
ed by the same name has made its appe . arance
in some parts of the West. It is said to be like
the cholera, but more fatal. Whether it is the'
same disease as that which goes by the name of
plague in the East is not stated.
In reference to this disease the Boston Medi
cal Journal, says it is certain, Ilion accounts re-'
calved both here and in England, that the true
Plague has been introduced into Mkdeira, where' .
its work has been really appalling - ;'atfdthere is'
reason to believe that it will reach this country.
The same paper expresses confidence that in
case it does visit us, more science, and 'a strong ,
er barrier of medical skill will be fonnirto meet'
and disarm it of its terrors, than has been cabin.
iced in tropical climates, or in the filthy scourge' .
inviting regions of Moslem Turkey..
The Jennings Erlate in England: Mr. S. S.
Jennings, of Mobile, claims to be the rightful
heir to the great Jennings estate, in England.—
He says that not a single lin/ is wanting in his
lineage, from Charles, of 1081, down to the day
of his birth t. that he is the eldest male lineal de.
scendant of Charles and Mary Jennings, Trim
came from England, and was clerk of the court
of Elizabeth city county. in oh. .••. _r
ton, i a., to .Oa.. ..,a ...ohs are now in the
Clerk's office at Hampton, at which place 143
acres of land were granted to them as emigrants
from England: Mr. Jennings estimates the es•
tate to be worth from forty to fifty millions of
dollars. The real estate for the fifty two years
has yielded about $40,000 annually. Lord Howe
has a portion of the property under his control,
as trustee, for which he has given ample secu
rity.
(treat Men Dying in Washington. is re.
tnarkable that so many have died, or expect to
die in Washington city. Adamg,lfarrison,Tayt
lor, Calhoun, and many others, had given a sa
credness and a sanctity to the federal city, the
child and the emblem of the Union, by their
deaths. •It is salutary•to visit the special locali.
ties where they breathed their last. There is
something beautiful and grand in the sentimitnt,.
growing in the hearts of great statesmen, which•
leads them to come to Washington to die. It is
their last, and most solemn expression of devo
tion to their country's union, "the Union, it must
be preserved." •
Polygamy in its Worst Form. Bringharn ,
Young, the Governor of Utah, has about- filly
wives, and among them two sisters. Heber C.
Kemble and William Richards also have ha
rems of women, from ten to thirty. In fact all
the leading - mim in the Mormon Chtdch htive
from two to ten. There are several instances
where men have married widows, who have
daughters, and now have the mother and daugh
ter both as wives. Heber C. Kemble has a mo-•
ther and daughter; A. M. Turpie has a mother
and daughter; C. E. Bolton has a mother and'
daughter; also John Taylor. In fact, all the
head men have more or less—it is more unusu
al see a family with but one wife, than to sec •
one with from two to ten. Yet their preachers .
over the country, deny it in the most positive
terms. To look at Mormonism, as it is, one
would think that if there is any system in the '
wide world that was gotten up and propagated
by the devil r lt is that of the people called hatter.
Day Sainti;
Bird.—On the 27th of May, Charles ILIC,i" -
rey shot an eagle; on the premises of Daniel)
Roberson, in Solebury, with a moderate load in 0
a common shot gun. Being near, he brought I
the bird down. It weighed nine and a half
pounds t. measured seven feet from tip to tip of
its wings, and two feet one inch from the end of
its tail to the tip of its back. Its head measured.
nine inches in circumference. One of its feet
left at our office, when distended, measured sev—
en inches in its grasp; while a single claw mea—
sured two and a half inches in length and one.
and a halt across from root to point. Truly a
formidable looking weapon. One of Its quills,.
in our possession, measures eighteen and a half‘
inches, whilst its barrel is lour inches in lengtha
This is what we may call a fine specimen o f
the noble bird of America; and it is to be regret• .
ted that instead of leaving its carcass to rut up
on the ground, it was not prepared and preeerv.
ed (or some cabinet of natural curiosities.--.14/e/.'
["Remedy for Tester.—A '•strong :deeoetio
of rue iis`nn infallible remedy for .this trouble:
some affliction. It if •as simple as it •elficav
Gloms.
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