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: •