tl;t fel)igl) ilegipter. Allentown, Pa. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1862. The Lehigh Valley The question of a Railroad communication between the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia it appears is fast settling down to a fixed fact. The only difficulty is in fixing upon a route. Much is said for and,against the rival routes, in the pa pers of Allentown, Pottstown, Norristown, Doylestown and Philadelphia. The Ledger of June I sith,.under tho head -- of - money market; truly says : 'The road, when made, will form the mkin stem for a large trade north and west of its junction with the Easton and .Manch Chunk Railroad, and a trade which, if this road is not made, must find its way to New York over the New Jersey Central Railroad, by the 13e1- yidore and Trenton Railroad, or by some of the other mediums for freight and travel eentreing, at New York. Beyond Mauch Chunk, only some twelve or fifteen miles of road are re• quired to form a connection with Wilkosbarre, thus, with the building of this short link, giv ing Philadelphia the command of the trade of all that rich agricultural region—the fourth in importance in the State. We say, giving Phil adelphia the command, because the junction of the proposed road with the Easton and Mauch Chunk Road is some thirty•five miles nearer to Philadelphia than to New York, by way of the nearest road across New - Jersey from Easton. Mauch Chunk, Tamaqua, and all the Lehigh Coal region, consume largely of sugar, molasses, fish, dried meat and other ar ticles, all of which are now supplied from Phil adelphia by wagons and canal navigation, and all of which will be lost to our merchants when the New York connections by railroad are com pleted, unless the proposed road is made.— The coal fields at Wilkesbarre, Pittston regions adjacent, hardly opened, and in a short time will be worked by thousands of consu mers, where there are now hundreds. Thus, from the mere consideration of retaining an important trade to Philadelphia, this road mer its the serious regard of our business men.— Without any calculations for the amount of travel that it cannot well fail to invite and di• vest from New York, or estimating anything for coal tonnage, a large business in which it would be sure to do, the road is seen to be one of great importance to Philadelphia." "The proposition, in our view, has much more of merit in it than some of the schemes of greater magnitude, of which more is said and written. The trade which the proposed road would retain is in our own State, and with a people who yvould. prefer coming here, even if the distance to New York was no great er. But it is near, and being near, is of coin paratively greater value, as our merchants well know, than a larger trade :henna:Ms of miles away. The writer in the Ledger eridently tarots the Norristown -route, the distance he says is than fifty miles, and the estimate cost of — Tistruction is put down at near a million and a half dollars. This although money appears to be quite plenty, yet it is a very large sum to be raised. The Pottstown route of which the Ledger has made no mention, is by far the shortest, easiest , made, and consequently would only require one third or half a million to construct it. 'lbis route would intersect the Lehigh Railroad at the very point nature de signed it should, tt the angel where the Le high river makes its turn, which is the very centre of the Lehigh Valley, (for reference see map) and from which four fifth of the trade expected to be carried over this road will have to conic. If we ato forced to carry the heavy trade of Coal, Iron, Slate, Zink, Limestone, Grain, Flour, &c., to miles east in a direct line to wards New York, in order to s trike the ter minus of the Yhdadelphia road, from thence it Is not less than r.l miles, which brings the distance from Allentown, from 70 t o miles .—making a differenco in freight and distance of from 10 to 12 9.11 w,. The Whig Nominations .The Convention niet in himore on Wed nesday the 1611 i and continued in ses sion up to Monday,last, the 22d inst. The bal. loting for President 6inineticed on Friday last, end the first vote taken resulted as follows : Scott, 131; Fillmore, 133; Webster, 29. The 40th ballot stood, SeetN 134; Fillmore, 127; Webster, 30. This Conv4ition then adjourned over until Monday nior?ting at 10 o'clock, when the balloting again erikinenced and up on the 63,1 ballot, Gen. SGUA wae nominated having reeeivdd 159; Fillmorl a 112; Webster 21. trillium A Graham, na gvi the second ballot nominated us Vice Pre,idellt. Tie wi'i now stand IA President, Gen. WINI.';ELD SCOTT , of N Jersey, Vino Pili: WILLIA,NI A•GRAIIAM, of Nurth Carolina. Whig State Convention The Whig, State Cuilvention met in' Iza s noson Street Ball, Philadelphia, on Saturday laia;lor the purpose of nominating a candidate fur Judge of the Supreme Court; to fill the vocali c), occasioned by the death of Judge Coultet. After a temporary organization, it was resolved . that David Leah, Vico Probident of the last Convention, act as Chairman. After some pre liminary business was gone through with, the Convention adjourned till 8 o'clock in the even ing. The Convention re-assembled, persn, not to adjournment, proceeded to nominating and balloting. Some thirteen_ candidates were voted lor, no one receiving a majority of votes cost, the Convention was again adjourned un til Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The Convention re -assembled on-Alontlay alto noon, and nominated Hon. Josef i W. By: peon, al the CandidatO for Suprema Ja Jge, fannOlvaaiso Whig National Convention• The great National Consfention of the Whigs is now in session at - Baltimore—an immense gathering, comprising many of the best men and the most distinguished talent of the party. A more important assemblage, says the Even ing Bulletin, has never met, and the members of both the great parties are looking with inter est to the result of their deliberations. We cannot assume the part of a prophet and pre. diet the issue of the Convention, but we may fairly indulge in an expression of our hopes as to what that issue may be. The_p_osition of the Whig party is precifiely similar to that occupied by the Democrats at the meeting of their convention. Several dis tinguished names are before them, of men who' have spent many years in public service; I whose labors aro understood and whose cepa city for any office within the gift of the nation has been fairly tested. The strength of the several candidates is so nearly balanced as to cause probably some delay in coming to'acon elusion. But the delegates from all parts of the Union, come with a full understanding of the wishes of their constituents, and it seems. impossible that the Convention shoUld choose for its candidate for the Presidency any other than one of tho three leading names that have been presented to them. We sincerely hope that they may make no other choice. The wishes of a constituenry and the services of tried men must be all powefful in such a de-, liberate body. They have no right In set such claims aside ; for the popular will, which is the i basis of all republican institutions, must be paramount, and will not tolerate any abandon ment of honored names from motives of fac liOUP jealousy or a sense of mere expediency. We look for the presentation of a well tried man for the Presidential office. Not merely the Whig party, but the whole nation has a right to such an expectation ; for the whale people_have_the_sanctity_and_dignity_of_the. Presidential office so nearly at hand, that it will be an act of inj»stice to the nation to bring forward the name of a new and unknown man as an aspirant to an Mike the superior of which we cannot acknowledge anywhere on earth.— An office hallowed by the memory of %Vasil ington and Adams and Jelierson should not be offeted to men will have not proven their title to it, both by eminent setvioo and unsuspected integrity, both moral and political. A Railroad to Doylestown It would seem, rays tho Doylestown intelli gence:, that we have a fair prospect of a Rail. town to Dr)) , lezoown at 'no distant day, by which we shall ho enabled to reach Philadcl. phia in an hour are.! a half. The Chesnut Hill Railroad Cornpimy, which is now completint.; road from the northern terminus of the Phila. dcl i Mia and Germantown road, procured (torn the last legisla:n7e a supplement to their char• ler 1r the folic•'.'. g "That the Chesnut 111:1 Railroad Company ha and they "re hereb} unthorizsd and eat powGred to ex•end their Railroad by any route deemed best and most expedient, ffprn its pres• ent terminus at Chesnut Hill, to the Borough of Doylestown, in the county of Bneks, or to the river Delaware, at or near New Hope. Thu following is a portion of the proceedings of the Directors at their last meeting. "At-a stated meeting of the Directors of the Chesnut Hill Railroad Company, held at the office of the Board of Trade, Philadelphia : June 2d, 1852, :he following resolution was adopt ed : ''Resolved—That it is expedient that a skill ' ful Et.gineer.be employed for the purpose of surveying the roma for the euntemplated ex tension of the Railroad at Chesnut Hill, to a point on the Delaware river by the way of Doylestown. That they recommend measures to be taken for a survey of the route to the Bo rough of Doylestown as boon as practicable, and that said Engineer he instructed to furnish to this Board, at an early day, with an esti' mate of the probable cost of said road to said Borough. HENRY R. SMITH, Scc'y. [Extract from the minutes.] Another Railroad la another column, says the same paper, will be found the proceedings of the Commis. sioners named in the act to incorporate the Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap Railroad. It will be observed that one of their contem plated routes passes by Doylestown ; and this is believed to be the most practicable route.. Uo Saturday morning an informal meeting of the Bucks county Commissioners named in act was held, the subject was briefly discussed and a committee appointed to make an exam nation of the ground over a portion of the route, in order that information may be furnished to the Commissioners at their next meeting in Philadelphia. Books will be opened in Doyles town, in al-nut four weeks, to afford our ciri• zons an opportunity of manifesting their inter: est in a substantial manner. If this road, which will without doubt be made at un early day, should pass by our bo rough, it would place .us in communication at once not only with Philadelphia,. but likewise with the coal rind lumber region. This is cer tainly a prize worth an effort to secure. We rommend the matter to the consideration of our citizens. First Bank under the Bunking Law in Indiana. A new bank building is nearly completed at onnersville (62 miles from this city) and ..the nk of Connersville" will go into operation in, th rat week of next month. it has a capital of 0,000, and Indiana securities to that amount ; have 'ready been purchased and deposited ac ' cordi to law.—Cin. Paper. Mlle by Lightning. During the storm of Thnrada afternoon, Samuel Hacker was killed, in the vi 'nity of Spring Milk, Montgomery county, by he lightning, while standing under a tree, with hree other men: Ills companions vete WI stuptiett, but escaped,withont much in jury. European Despots France was quiet, but there are specks visi ble on - the horizon that pretend -difficulties.— The Prince• President does not find his Legis lative Body—the Chamber of Deputies—quite as obsequious and as deferential as he expect; ed. It has dared—a committee, rather—to dif fer in opinion with the President, and to ex• press a difference. The Committee on the Budget objected to the 23,000,000 of francs asked fur to defray the expenses of 31,000 sol• diers•which had been added to the army with. out authority of law. Whether it will persist in its opposition, or whether the Chamber will concur in it, is doubtful. The committee had also disapproved the confiscation of the Or leans estates, and if it goes so far as to recom mend disapprobation to the Chamber, and the Chamber should disapprove, the confiscator will be in a dilemma. The Czar, the . Emperor, and the King of Prussia had given, as their ultimatum, it seems that the treaty of 1815 could not be altered, amended, or violated, but must remain a '.'fix ed fact." This excludes a Bonaparte dynes try from the throne of France ; but still Louis Napoleon, by a-liberal and generous interpre tation, as they will call it, perhaps, may be re cognized and tolerated for life—the dynasty of Napoleon to end with him, the elder branch of the Bourbons coming in for the reversion. So France will be cursed with another restoration. But before that time comes, Ehe will be ripe for another republican experiment: We hope she will have better 'luck next time, as the English Sailor said to Napoleon alter his de lent at Waterloo. Nicholas & Co. have also decided, it seetns, that there shall not be a European Congress for the adjustment of political matters arid ques tions to which England can be a party. But for the gold, and the navy, and the army of England, Napoleon would rnostassuredly have conquered and annexed, if be chose, all conti nental Europe, Russia, and ',flukey included: Now, the rulers of the natio:.o ‘N horn ~ , ho sav ed exclude her from a general European Con gress, front fear of her liberal principles, which by the way, we do not take to he very ino 4 h ut t h ese d es pots have guilty consciences. Self Education Learning that i 9 ar,quircd at school is but the beginning of our education. It is the theory without the practice of the requirements and duties of life. It is af:cr leaving school that we are to commence the mast imporant part of education—!-elf education—the applying of what whets have taught us—the carrying out of what othets have begun for us, to our ow❑ selfimprovement. It is then, in reality, that true education be gins for whatever a man learns himself, ho al ways knows better than that which he !earns f-otri others. For that he should disregard the help or advice of others, for it bc,7ornes us to use all the aids and facilities we can curntnand. But we should set ourselves at woik upon our• selves, to be independent. ‘Vhen we were young our fond was provi ded for us; but even then we ate and digested it for ourselves; now we roust not only do this, but we must earn it also—acquire it our , selves, and so in understanding and knowl edge, become men. Counterfeit Notes The forming community cannot be too cau tious in their receipt of Bank notes. The noun ierfeit, notes in circulation, at this nine, is enor mously large and diver,dfied., Batiks in cities and country, in nearly all the States of the Union, aro harrasscd by the desperate counter leiter jand the farmer, and)persons generally, who are not in the practice of handling notes daily, become a prey to those swindlers who subsist upon the hard toil of the industrious ci tizen. To avoid being cheated, rerp.dres much caution, and especially: as regards the notes of small denomination, which are more general ly received without examination, subjecting those least able to bear it to lose, and, as not frequently happens, to difficulty. Among the late counterfeits are Five Dol lar notes ou the Commercial Bank of Philadel phia. As a general thing however, it is best for those unacquainted with the character of Bank noted to scrutinize all of them closely, and if occasion presents itself, submit them to those more able to judge before receiving them. Gen• Soott in 1848 A zealous and influental supporter of Henry Clay in the Philadelphia Convention eallea on us yesteiday to state the fact that Gen. Seen, prior to that Conventien, authorized a Member of Congress to state to his anti Mr. Clay's friends therein that, provided it should be deemed pro. •bable that his name as Vico President would aid the nomination and election of Mr. Clay as President, although tho office was one for which he had no desire, while its acceptance would throw him out of his profession and livelihood, yet he would cheerfully accept the nomination. The message never reached those to whom it was addressed ; if it had, the result might have been changed. But the prof fer of Gen. Scott was not the less generous, and it will not .be forgotten by the friends of Mr. Clay.—.N. Y. Tribune. Grain Sower.—Many farmers who have tried the drilling system, prefer it to the broad cast sowing. The Reading papers mention an In• stance of the use of their planting system in Oley where the enterprising experimenter, realised 215 bushels of wheat from 5 acres—or 43 bush. el■ to the here. Less seed arid greater yields are claimed for the drilling system of putting in wheat. Ole Bull.—lt is said that this - talented ntnsi• clan Intends to settle in the State of Virginia, where he has purchased some land s ,and is about shortly to make arrangements for an early oc• cupation of them. In other words, Ole is going To hang up de Addle and de bow, • And take down de shovel and dc hoe. Quartz Mining in California In Quartz Mining there is no less interest felt now than at any time heretofore. It is ;icy, and must ever continue to be, the great business of this portion of the State, and with the improve• meats in machinery about to be introduced, a new impetus will be given to the prosperity of the town. Ten of the mills In Grass Valley Township are in active operation—many Jf which are me king large dividents to their stockholders. The "Gold Hill Company's" mill (often spoken of as Capt. Peck's) continues to be run with its form er success, and that of Collins & Co. is a mint to_its_owners. Dr. Bacon, from forty,four tons of rock operated upon last week, quarried from the celebrated "Lafayette Hill," obtained 6,300, which gives over $l4O to the ton of rock. The uniform yield of this vein exceeds $lOO to the ton. This is the vein 6-11ths of which was sold three week's since for $38,000 cash. I was pres ent, on Monday evening last, when the purcha sers, Messrs. Baxter, Hollis & Bacon, made the concluding payment of $23,000 in gold, of which there was a large tin pan full, mostly as it came from the retort. There were over a hundred pounds in weight of the yellow dust. The re. cipients were six Canadian French, who return to their homes with about $7,000 each, the fruits of six months in California. The value of Quartz ledges bearing gold, is ereater than ever before, and confidence in the permanent productiveness of them induces hold ers to put a high mark upon them. The bed of Wolf Creek, running through Grass Valley, which has been profitably worked fur two years past, yields" still a satisfactory re turn for labor. Opposite my house, within a stone's throw, are more than thirty men at work whose average is not less than $9 each per day. The hill sides are covered with companies 'isluice•washing," the yield to some of which is Munificent. Capt. Day informed toe a short time ago, that from one of the four sluices in op oration by this company, he took $1,500, the re-' sult.of-two_days'--labor.—Tlre—pay—has—hardly been less than $2O a day per man fur many weeks. together. The dirt pays from the surface down seven or eight feet. The main building of the "Grass Valley Min ing Co." will be raised in about two weeks. It will be 50 to 80 feet, of hewn timber, put up in a style of workmanship, and of a solidty of strut• turc far superior to any one yet built here, as it will be nearly double the size of the largest quartz mill now in operation in the valley. The location is a beautiful one, in the heart of the town, at the juncture of the North and Eivd branches of Wolf Creek, and in proximity to the best veins of rock yet opened. The machinery is confidently expected :o arrive by the first of July, and the building will be in readiness (or its reception. product of g , thl during the present year will exceed that of the last many millions of dol lars. Ia all the region hereabouts, so far as I have been and heard, the number of miners pro• thably engaged in warltiloj their claims was nev er so weal t, co.end no,Mant nceessiOn niche increasing emigration being Labor is not so high as last year, in many kinds of business. The ruling rates are $5 and $6 a day without board,—which, considering the i comparative cheapness of provisions, is certain !good pay. The same service in the Atlantic States would give the laborer front 75 cents to l $1,50 per day. The effect of the immense crowd on their way to California over the plains and by sea will be to reduce somewhat the present prices. We haVe two saw mills in operation, both of which are unable to supply the demand for lum. ber for building and "Limning." The price is $5O pe:r 1000 feet. A movement has been started to make Grass Valley the county seat of Nevada county instead of Nevada City. Within a few years I think this movement will be successful, as we have here more abundant elements for a large town than the latter. Out of this town there are but few quartz mills in operation in the country.— Grass Valley must be to the other mining towns of thiS State what Lowell is in Massachusetts— the leading point, for its ledges of gold.bearing rock are literally inexhaustible. Prosperity of our Country Since the first discovery of gold in California, now a period of about four years, we have made greater progress in internal improvements, in the extension °four commercial marine, in build ing up cities, towns, and villanes, in the con. struction of railroads, plank roads, canals, &c., than in any previous period of five times its length, within our history as a nation, and it . ap• pears to us as though we had but just entered upon the new era which the mineral wealth of California, opened to the world. It may to that we are rushing recklessly, blindly forward, and may encounter obstacles and receive checks as serious and disastrous as in former years ; but it appears to us that the basis is too substantial to be easily shaken, and that the currency must be so much improved as paper is displaced by coin, that revulsions similarto those which have grown out of previous expansions of public and private credit, are entirely out of the question.— In times past it has been a sudden contraction of the paper currency of the country—a sudden disappearance ofconfldence among the commer cial classes, produced by apprehensions that the basis for such art inflation was too weak for the structure—that things were progressing too fast to be safe—which have caused those collapses that have so frequently spread over the country, carrying distress and devastation into every det pertinent of industry. Now, financial aflairs are managed differently ; our paper currency Is prin cipally secured by deposits of Government and State stocks; our circulating medium is cotnpos• ed of a greater per cent of species our banks have lost a large portion of the controlling info ence they previously possessed; capital in the hands of individuals has largely increased and private credits have become much reduced. All this shows a more healthy state of things; and all those fears which-filled the minds of finan "ciers and capitalists in former years, have givien place to confidence, and a feeling of security which is calculated to consolidate and strength. en the prosperity now visible in all the nommen vial operations of the country.—N. Y. GLEANINGS run was made at the Farmers' Dank at Schttylkill.liaven, Pa.,. on Saturday, la_ conser_ quence of a report of its failure, hut it promptly met all demands. UV"If you wish to re-faslen the loose handles of knives and forks, make your cement of com mon brick dust and rosin, melted together. Seal engravers understand this receipt. L-7' A young man, employed in a tobacco fac. tory, became-deranged a few days since at Jer, sry City, through the influence, as it is suppose of the fumes of that material. I.V"Gen. Winfield Scott was born near Peters burg, Virginia, June_ 12,_.1788. and is therefore just 66 years old. Daniel Webster was born at Salisbury, N. 11., Jan. 18th, 1782, and is now in his 71st year. 1",11r. Reed, the Whig candidate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. An drews, a Democratic member from Blaine, has been elected by a majority of GOO. Phe lilinnis Central Railroad Company want from 500 to 1000 laborers, at La Salle, Illi nois, to whom $1 per day will be paid. car By the Constitution of Wisconsin, the State is restricted from contracting a debt exceed ,. ing $lOO,OOO. ~j-The Connecticut Hnuse of Representatives, by a vote of 114 to 105, has rejected the Maine Liquor Law Air Honest Lawyer.—A very old number of Tennessee paper contains a quiant advertise. ment signed "William Tatham," in which we find the following rules of practice: will turn a deaf ear to no man because his purse is empty." Good but rather impracticable. .4 will advice no man beyond my comprehen sion of his cause." Excellant, and favorable to brevity of advice. I will bring none into law who my concience tells me should keep out of it." Unexceptionable. .4 will advice the fur• hulent with candor, and if they go to law against my advice, they must pardon me for volunteer.- ing against them." Fair and open, certainly.- Berves 'em right. will never acknowledge ; the omnipotence of the legislature, or consider their acts to be law beyond the spirit of the con-' stitution." Capital. Mr. Tatham was doubt less a boll fellow, of rare honesty for a lawyer, who, if he kept his own rules, was a peacema• ker and a must useful citizen ; a man greatly admired by the poor, admired by the good, re• spected by all, and—died insolvent. Wealth of German Elm:grants. The emigra• Lion from Germany to this country is increas_ ing largely. Captains of vessels recently arriv ed at New York, state that all their passengers have brought nmnry in coin and bills of ex change, varying from f>2so to ;lOU each. The arrival of Gentian emigrants during'tbe last three weeks, it is said have advinced 1'7 ,2 , 5 00,- 000 to the circulation. These emigrants do nut remain in New York, but seem to be well in formed as to the point they might to strike for, and accordingly they proceed without unneces sary delay to their destination. ...... YYuru t.ouistatia oecame a State a brass 12 pound Spanish gun was forwarded, among other trophies, to Washington, ao the property of the Federal Government. When Lieut. Hunter took Alverado, he captured a gun the exact counterpart of the former, even to the minutest marks and ornaments, the date of each being 1740. The two sisters, so lung and strange' ly parted, are now united again, in the 112th year of their age, at our national capital. Important Rumor.— The New Yurk Express sanctions a rumor that letters have been receiv ed by the last mail from California, giving pret ty certain information that a Fillibuster move , meat is intended from California upon the Sand. which Islands. The Government has already been put in possession of this information, and will, no doubt, exert its authority to put a stop to such a movement—with what success remains to be seen. The particulars of the expedition are not yet public, but it is said to be on a large scale, and to be managed, so far, with some skill as well as secrecy. Railroad Celebration.—The Pennsylvania Rail. road will soon be entirely completed to Pitts burg. Are the directors prepared for a celebra lion, such as was given on the Erie road last year', We think a trip to Cleveland would open the eyes of our business men to.the importance of the work completed by their energies, and af 'ford a most agreeable re-union to all invited.— The President, Governor, and their cabinets, the Presidential candidates, and the executives of all continguous States, should all be of the par ty.—Phil. Sun. Extensive Sale of Negroes. At an extensive sale of Negroes at Aiken, 9. C., the average price was $905. A few sold as low as between seven and eight hundred dollars, and some were as high as thirteen and fourteen hundred dollars The number sold was about seventy.five. A Novel Projeel.—A gentleman in Jersey City is said to have filed a caveat in the Patent Office to protect" a project which he proposes,-run. ning a submarine Avenue under the Hudson River, to connect Jersey City with New York.— He has made estimates of the cost, grades, pro fit, &c.,.and has drawn up sketches of his plan. Central Railroad.—We understand• says the Easton Sentinel, that it is next to certain that the cars will be run over the N. J. Central Rail road, through to this Borough on the first of Ju ly. We shall at that time moat likely, be favor. ed with a visit from the corporations at the other end of the road and we hope our citizens, will make arrangements to give them a proper recep tion. A Large Par:. Stephen Dye of .Mama county, Ohio, 1 lately, leaving 10 children, 144 grand childien,,and 148 great grand child. rep. A Prelly Govt.( Price.—Martin Newcomer, Esq., of Chambershurg, the Whig says, sold a cow and a two year old heifer, last week, for the handsome sum or $175. They Were both of the Durham breed. A gentle hint to farmers who think it useless to spend a little money to im prove their stock. • Paoiflo Railroad The Board of Directors of this railroad have _presented their Second.Annual.Report. l'hirty• seven miles of this road, from St. Louis to Frank lin Co., Mo., are now in the course of construe , . lion, about 1000 hands are employed. Three locomotives—two from Paterson, N. J., and 9,na, from Taunton, Mass.—will be soon ready; and five additional locomotives are to be added in two years. The rails to be usel, are of English 'l' iron. , The State of Missouri has voted $2,000 000 for the construction of this road. The Stale bonds of the road are now held above par. Tho 'benefits which railroads confer upon land-hold ers, perhaps above all others, have been exem-- piffled in a must striking light by the Pacific Railroad; lands adjacent to the line have ye cently trebled in price: some which were vale; ed at $1,50 per 1 acre,.lave arisen to $lO, and some which were he ld to be worth $3O, have been sold for $lOO. It has infused a new of energy in the people, and many new settler:: have been attracted thither. The object of the., people of St. Louis, in constructing this road at . present, is a sagacious one, viz., "to hold St, Louis to her true destiny as the Central City o; the Mississippi Valley." They have petitioned the General Government for a donation of lands to construct the road to the boundary line of the State, but Congress coupled, the grant with so many restrictions that they sent word to their Representatives they could not accept of it upon such burdensome conditions, but would rather take advantage of a preemptiom right to a limi ted nuinberof acres. Missouri is yet destined to be a very great State ; its climate is delight ful ; its soil is fertile ; its natural products varied, and its mineral resources ineshaustibre — l ' and St. Louis is on the highway from the Atlantic to. San Francisco. Nauvoo This city of the Mormons once had 20,000 in habitants ; There are now but 2000. One half of the houses of the Mormons left, have been removed or pulled down, and-themther half are tenantless. Each lot contained an acre. In walking through its deserted streets I started sev eral quails, in the midst of the once populous ty. The mansion of Joe Smith is kept by his wife; once his widow, but now again a wife—of another and a live man—as a tavern. Between this mansion and the river are the remains of a famous hotel, which was abandoned after its walls had reached the second story; the walls are of the fine pressed brick, with marble d.tor sills and caps. Joe's orehouse is assn standing, The Masonic Hall is a fine brick building, three stories high. I sin told that all the Mormons were masons. Their Lodge wit under the ju risdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of inns. Smith I am told, Initiated .some of the "mothers in church," when the charter was ta ken from them and the Lodge closed. The front wall and the next one to it, which formed the vestibule, and all that is left standing of the ar., chlevement of fanaticism called "the temple,'" which, as the inscription on a large stone, work ed in the inner wall, informs the visitor.. i.: == 11 VI LT 111 - The Church. of J•.aus of Later Day FEM Commenced April 6th, 1841 A company of French socialists have purchase ed a portion of the property—the side and ruins of the temple included. They number about. 400. While I was viewing the temple they all came out of their boardinghouse from dinner.— Their foreign aspect and clothing, as they group,- ed about the stones of the temple no smoke their pipes and talk—probably of la belle France made me almost fancy I was viewing a ruin in an oldcrcountry. One group were gesticulating and laughing over the face of one of the orua• meets which decorated each column, which I cannot describe better than by referring the, rea der to the picture of a full moon, which usually ornaments the cover of a Dutch almanac. The:Q:leen of Phiiadelphia.—The richest wo man in Philadelphia is Mrs. Rush, the wife of Dr. James Rush, of that city. Dr. Rush is a man of eminent talents and acquirements, but the enormous wealth of his wife overshadowes hint. We hear little of the husband, but of the movements of his lady; who has an income of $lOO,OOO per annual in her own right,- the world is nut permitted to remain in ignorance. tier arrivals and departures are epochs in the history of the watering places she condescends to visit. Site dwells in a palace, the reception rooms of which will accommodate one thousand guests without being crowded. Mrs. Rush took possession of this magnificent mansion last month, and on the 15th ult., gave a fete to eight hundred of her particular friends. Her draw ing rooms are said to be unsurpassed, even in Europe, in the richness of their furniture and decorations ; and on the occasion referred to, six thousand wax ttapers illuminated the scene.' Eitensive conservatories, with rare exotics,.-are: attached to the main building, and no luxury which money can procure has been omitted in Mrs. Rush's almost regal establishment. She is' said to be liberal, charitable, and amiable, al. though somewhat fond of making herself con spicuous in the world of fashion. It is not ex•' actly the thing to hazard an opinion of a lady's nee; but if it were, we should say that Mrs. - Rush cannot be much on the sunny aide °flirty,' although she dresses dowp thirty or five and thir-' qr. Mrs. Rush inherits nearly one.third of the property of her father, the late Jacob Ridgway,' we believe. Der share, if we mistake not, amounted to between one and two millions of dollars.-11nme Journal. Verdict in a Gambling Case. An interesting case was decided in the New York Superior Court, on Thursday. It was the case of John Taylor vs. Shirloch Hillman, to recover $3500 paid by Taylor to Hillman for a gambling debt. This is one of the instances' where ruin great and immediate has been brought on by a pro pensity for gambling. Taylor got with his wife . s7poo ; he borrowed $lOOO, and by. gambling Mile& for $15,000 ;• lost an measly° by., es_ • tablishment, and is now a cartman in Mew York, earningll per day. Verdict for plaintiff in the " full amount claimed: •
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