,Cel)igl) 'Register. In the fury of rho Presidential contest, thoughts aro justly given to one whose name has more frequently been associated with the Presidency in the memory of most living men than that of any other statesman. During the setting of the IVbig Convention in Baltimore, while the names of prominent men of the par' ty were canvassed for their availabiliv or their services, its founder, Henry Clay lay, at the distance of ono hour's journey, prostrated by disease and infiimatives, and calmly awaiting unmoved by the turmoil of politics, the sum mons that is to remove him front the scene of til earthly joys and sorrows. !laving severed , 11 ties that connect Inin with the busy world \i politics, he has reached that highest and best lint in the embitter] of a true man—the cot ta tment and resignation of a dying Christian. N office nor honors could compensate for the li a of this, and the dying Henry Clay, blest Awful Calamity. i in its possession, is inure exalted than any Pt identiat aspirant can be. amid the storm of On Sunday afternoon, our Borough was 1 po ical warfare. Having conquered \solidly thrown in the greatest excitement by the re. a n , Dion, lie is now awaiting the last and great. port of the most dreadlul catastrophe, that es , estonquest—that of death, with every pos er happened in this section of country, during pet of a triumph over all its agonies and it, our recollection. It was reported namely that terri,rs Ills woildly feelings and tastes have Mr. Jacob Stein's lour horse omnibuss on its bud laid aside. Nothing earthly remains in way from "%Vorman's Spring" to town, loaded ll:rigout but his patriotism, and that is so inns with some thirty seven passengers, had up. nia:gly associated with his religion that they set backwards down the steep hill, which alone seen identical, and both will support him to was enough to startle all the residents of the the last. Cheered by the assurance that the town, and also convinced them that some lives I.liiisri he has labored for is safe, and consoled had been lost, and of course hundreds, both old bythe confidence of a genuine Christian faith, and young, hurried to the scene of disaster. hi i path to the grave will be smooth and un- Before we go further, we will briefly state tursibled. What a lesson does the conternpla• the nature and extent of the calamity. flag of such a scene teach, now that the nation During the day two large omnibusses were is hated by the contention of a Piesidennal son in opposition, to and from the "Spring," and it is said, carried passengers gratis. The A Va " . kit honor to the dying patilut, the illustrious consequence was that the vehicles were crowd ed to excess. The omnibus in question, left hCilKiet of the "1111-t party, the fell " to g "°- rt ' 11401 is were passed by the Whrg Convention . the Spring with 37 passengers—lull grown, middle aged and children. Some fifteen or t. e ‘Rcsotec— flat this convention, represent. twenty boys were loaded on the top, and when i the whole %1 h;g party of the United State , , le . 1 that it v. ill not have di-clamed its entire it was partly up the hill, the collar clinked ly to itself, to the party it rere , ents. oral to the lead horse, and he fell on his knees, the 1, , country at large it it should ; ti min w r!i.,:i , the driver gave him the lash, when the off lead horse run round, got entangled with the liar- rlirePtet'ain of its pi etound i egiet ,ii the lour ness of the horse that tell, dining which time t / P bte he "`" e " tet I the na too is 111 oly r oc. the omnibuss backed to the declivity of the hill tiisustain in the loss ni I t e ni ) t ley , It: illes• tapes from-des-et on tiss sry-t0...0-r-o..i.sistent Allentolvta, Pa. TIIUIIBDAY, JULY 1, 18 62. Henry Clay is no More.: As our paper was going to press, we re ceived the mournful news of the death of Amer ica's, greatest Statesman, Hon. Henry Clay. He died in Washington City, on Tuesday the 29th of June, at 11. o'clock in the forenoon, being since April lat , t, in his 76th year. The Glorious Fourth The pupils of the Allentown Sorhinary, ltev. Kessler, Principal, will celebrate the day on Sat urday.evening. Several addresses will be de livered on the occasion, and a grand display of fire-worlis will conclude the ceremonies of the evening. A. large, concourse of spectators aro expected to be present. and down it went, some 8 or 10 loot, many of the boys jumped front the top towards the hill side and escaped injury, while those who jinn p ed and fell down the hill were either killed or shockingly bruised. All the inside peesun' gers were more or less hurt,—but strangeM say none dangerously. The names of those killed are Llewellyn Sebunlz, aged 11 years, son of the late Jacob Schantz, and Ilcory !left, aged 17 years, son .of I\lr. George Heft. Reinsnuth, son of Jonas fteinsmith, had a com pound fracture of the right, and a single frac ture of the left leg, and is otherwise shockingly mangled. Jacob Snyder, son of Oliver Snyder, had a fracture below the knee, a dislocation ()I the ankle joint, and a fracture of the collar bone. Others were cut in the head, face, hands, and otherwise seriously bruised. Fortunate was it for those inside, who were —with the exception of five children—lull grown persons. The door being—as luck would have it closed when they left the Spring and every exertion on their pint to open it in the moment of falling proved useless, had they succeeded, the rush towards the door would have been so great that the calamity would have been far more serious. The two wheel horses were drawn alter the omnibus, down the hill, and the driver fall in between them, he was also severely bruised, but neither of the horses being much hart. The iron railing is believed to have struck Schantz and Heft, as both were instantly killed. Thue two promising young men wore snatched in a moment, from the home circles, of which they were the life and - joy, and berried into tho eternal world. Every parent should read this narrative to their child nm, and impress up on them the necessity of presence of mind, on all occasions; a little practical advice might be highly useful hereafter. We would bete re mark, that it was ono of those sudden and tnoornful events, which should teach us the nothingness of earthly hopes and uspirations— the frailty of life, the certainty of death, and the inestimable worth of an assurance of our immortal being.—But we shall fail to profit by this appalling disaster, if it does not teach us to fortify our minds, and guard our hearts against other dangers. Let every child be taught to shun avoidable evil and needless peril, but trust iniplicity in that Divine Providence by which no sparrow's Pali s, unheeded, and no seeming calamity permitted, save our subsis tence to lofty and bencfieient purposes. Shocking Attempt On Wednesday lasOhe 26th of Juno, a man by the name of Imac Hackman, residing in flan• oner township, Lehigh county, itt a lit of mania potu, made an attempt to commit suicide. severing his throat with a common strawcutter. The windpipe is neatly cut through, although he still lived When our paper went to press, yet it is not believed that he will survive. Rum's Doings. On Thursday last Charles Homer, eh plain of a Boat had a quarrel with Henry Gicss, ono of his handsit on the canal, above Laubach's in Allen township, Northampton county,. and in the souse Giess threw Hopper over board into the canal, who then swam to the shore on the opposite side. Hopper again returned to the boat and requested Giese to assist him, which was not done in time however to save his life.— They mere both under the effects of liquor. Bethlehem Institute. Thisinstitute from what we are able to learn is at present in a very flourishing condition. The principal is a gentleman , of high literary attainment, of moral worth and excellent stand ding, well calculated to give the highest.credit to the same: We invite the attention of our xelderi to hiovard in !pother column. Henry clay !idolny ilevo• Lop to cout.l:y, ito,l L.;•unit. putrioti,rii : unit tsho. , e. othini . ut and IL:ye no; only ettite,otht It•qi to hi 4 party and uccuw•l the tC,',itOOl Mitt CC:1(i..11311C0 of the nation, but have cumin—tin:l,i.! tie p.{utiratic , u ml the %voila. • ••Resolrol--That to We volielah:o patriot io his last memento we ;cutler the lungito.i. ul uur iiiespres , dide iltniiiitity and i 04,111, %%1W the at—uranee that when lie way be no mote on wadi, in our hr.iit. ? and 10 th...iliti.itt” (d . onr elii.di , n, he will hevel Home Management ofto of f.or exchitt,f4r-, a vante ay: ek..ellent article tat the happiness, as well the advantage.; of a good family management. ' There are many liou,es where there i, tt plen lift]: supply of everything required to render a home cheerful, otticity and agiecithle, and y et; whose through the mistaken ideas of the own- Ors, things arc ro iiiraitue.l as to destroy all comfort. It doe.: not require either great wealth or hard labor on the 'art of either man or wo. man, to make Invite pleasant; with tawle, loan agement; and moilmitte meat's, j tined with ki ti hearts and willing hands, an humble 11, I- • can be urine to present a metro t•hario ir d hoincliko really than a palace where dis o; de and mismiriaLzeitient reigtis. On woman' dep nds the charm of home; and despite the coutiaued cry of inflicted upon her, iii deptiving her of tire liberty to follow whatever line of hu- , iness she deems herself beat ti!teil for, whether it hi: commereo, rnadieine, law, politics, we eitimet bet think that if this litter• ty was aceoideit to them the maj pity wonlit boon turn iu disgtka from seem's so litivoilL!otii al to their tompeiument, as these Would be, ' and ripply thettiselve.; with relctsved and untir i jag Otiei; . ty to their IniAstoo 0! love—to lender ! then homes couildriable, and their families •• happy. To do this a tr0t,,,,,, need not debar herself Irony all pill :ieipatiott in more intellectual and I exciting t: It nialiagimleill, nut da very or hard and degrading labor, that is re , quired tot this task ; it requites a degree of re linOillent and lei te, arid, therr,Cntu, where we ineet'w Ht ender, eleanlitts and cheetsll..c-s. and a certain air 01 co;f:li , 11 poi% all wings WC naturally enuctu , le that ihaorte who brings all this about inset be amiable, affeetiona:e, and a degree intellectual, for it is but au uncut viabl:; intellect that unfits inn posttssor for the discharge of duties that must be attended to, and the neglect of which renders their homes uncomfortable. A good matmeer is ably not only ht find time to keep all tliing ,. 4 as they 6t101.1k1 be, but has,du reality, tlicfP time lode ' vote to other pursuits, social and intellectual and 1: 1 02 who nogieet home turd its require mentn, for the sake of what they look upon rei higher and more 0 mgenial pur,nit. , . We 'think there ate many who agree with us in this matter. What's in the Wind. 'Another Dernocrittio National Convention has been called by it circular issued at Wash ingtou and signed by Samuel Lewis Chair man. It is to meet at Pittsburg, Pa. , on the 11th of August, to nominate. candidates for President and Vice President. Friends of the principles declared at Buffalo, at the memora ble Convention of August, 1343, are requested to send delegates. In connection with this call, it is stated that the lion. Mr. Durkee, rep resentative from Wisconsin, is' determined to oppo's'e the election of Pierce and King. Oth er Democratic members of Congress, it is said, will date same, and amongst these is . Dr. Townsend, of Ohio, end the Hon. S. P. Chase, 1 Senator from:Ohio, Free Banking The Committee appointed by the Connec ticut Legislature upon the subject of a general banking law for that State, have made_two re ports—a mtjority and a minority report. The majority 18 in favor of passing a bank ing law similar to that of New York, requiring deposits of stocks, such as those of the Feder al Government, the States of New England, Now York, alio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky, and making them a basis for the is sue of circulating notes. Thus is the sound and tried system of free bauking progressing, making inroad oven on the old established system of New Eagland. Cotton Manufacturing We were under 1110 impression, that the business of manufacturing coarse cotton gooda was at present, reasonably profitable. But we :Ileum judge, from the rate at which stock of the &emit Companics of Lancaster, a; well a, Readiiig, is sold, that tt is not the fact. There ii no better test of the fact, that these salea talon!. The par price of shares, in each iF z"-.50. The shines of the Lancaster Mill Fell at 2.1 to 525—nne, half their par value. Several Shares ot stock of the Reading Cot ton Manufactory, were(dieted ut •assignees' sale the other day. Th vy were bid up to 52 , 23, 00 and struck at that ligore, which being deem ed entirely too low, the sale was postponed to a future day. The market is supplied will these doscrip• lion of goods, altogether, we believe, by Amer ican Manufactories—so that it must be the fault of our own people, if they allow prices to fall so low as not to pay. Effects of the Present Tariff \Ve lied in the Gazette of Utica a letter from a gentleman interested in the manefuettne of woolen goods, who :owes that of over three Leedied of woolen machinery that three years [ein were at tvoik malting bioad-cloth, only thirty-four sett: are now used far that p ar . pose; some ale burned, others burst up, arid others at work upon (Ater labries. Oil the whole, the writer says that otte-;hird of the woolen inachittery of this country is now idle, and, indess wool :!itelid tlez.litie I l or 12 cents a pound from the ;nice of last ) ear, one-third mole v The In ice of hilser in the is already redu ced Iu ihe mach, Cil)111)Illy of evely Soul has been c.otic,l to the extreme of meatiness, and 'tide's the lonian's van I , e made to :utter ia the atticl..;: , of wool the ittai.ufniatue 101151 slop. So pleat is the linpnrlanon of furei,en cloths cutlet - the pre,Clit 1:111(1, (lint W(101-11,r0 , 1 , `rm anti M.llllli.Willreri 11111.1 Site New Jervey Zink Company 'Cho this Co:ninety I n the 'alit of tvo ,ineti the fi. t cif :try from . 1:(1:,;3, t0ii:36,000 in tiio month of All tho this; time, to 7 1. 57:i. (hie tho fr.u.luct goes to liot. - .lott w,ukrt. .Jokey Company have the advant• Ilion paint at once noni their compoinitl mineral ‘vithout lust separating the metal (zinc) and then making the paint, which enables thorn to produce it at a very low cost. 'rho company is stinglitact in btlic‘ing iron: il:o present devolopeniont of their busities. that Iron) the article of paint alone their gains will be 25 por cent. per Ullllllll ; whtlu the ad dition of the Fianklinitts me, (its other pro• duct.) rendered available by the new tli,4:ore. ry of a practicable and ectmlini;•al mode of tnal:int,; it will greatly intiLidly its profits." 1//uking a Cube The first step in making a cube is the drawing rf a equare upon a sla:e; fair wive accurately done by a chill six years cld, than by a inan of sixty, or even a boy sixteen, if not previously train ed. In a young hand and a young rye, ate a be•anuful, indeed wonderful, exactness and plia• bility. Every patent knows it. A day or two tAllee, n person, largely caperienced in teaching drawing, remarked that children six or eight ears old were much more ready and much more skillful in original drawings, than thote of twice the age. Baron Envier illustrates that principle. Every one will find it correct by experience. 13ut the cube. A square upon the slate is the first step. The next step is five additional squares together in Ole form of a cross. The neat is, to change the slate and pencil for pasteboard, and the knife or scissorzt. 'Six squares on a piece rf paper, in the form of a cross, can be folded into a rube; tt hich is and can be nothing else but a figure eneiosed in six squares. By- increasing one cube to eight, they can be formed into an other cube of to ice the dimensions, and eight times the bulk or contents ; making plain to a. child of live years the fundamental principle of cubic measure, un which business tnen most frequently and more unfortunately stumble, than any other on: deficiency of knowledge. 'lwo items of knowledge required by the "Derma:Cary of Science" to he universally (Lensed, are “the pebble" and "the cube." Narrow E:cape.—On the manning of the 10:h of June, the splendid car drawn by four hor ses and belonging to Welch & Cu's circus, while passing over a bridge in Chester village, Md., broke through and wit precipitated, horses and all into the stream, eighteen feet below. For. innately no person was injured. Our of the val uable horses W 1 ,5 badly hurt; while the escape nl several men .vho were in the wagon was al most miraculous, .ilailroud Travelling.—The railroads between New York and Buffalo have arranged their lines so that a person leaving this city at 6 o'clock in the morning dines at Utica at a quarter past one, arrives in Rochester at a quarter past 6, and at Buffalo at a quarter to in the evening, in sea. son to take the lake boats for Erie, Cleveland and Detroit. We understand that an arrange ment has also been made for hiontreal passer)" gers leaving in the 6 o'clock train, to rench Montreal at half past eight o'clock the same even.' • . , . . Communicated The Railroad Question. Mn. Enrron! It is acknowledged on all hands that ha who pretends to instruct or lead the community, should have a strict regard for facts and truth. This is no less desirable in an individual who discusses local, financial or pa. lical projects, than in he, who deals in the moral world. Hypocracy in any case is detestable, and studdied efforts to misinform the public no less reprehensible. Honesty, fairness, truth, arc commendable in all things: There is such a tiring as the many being humbugged by the few—there is such a thing as the interests of the masses of a community being controlled by the few to their self aggrandisement at the expense of the many. It is conclusive to my mind, that the true in interests of Allentown arc being privately and secretly bargained away. It does seem as if the great public benefit of the terminus of a Rail. road to this place, connecting us by the most di rect and cheapest route with Philadelphia and the Schuylkill Valley, is to be sold by our citi zens to the highest bidder. The citizens of Al. lentow•n are not aware of the extent of infinence exercised by a few in the business circles of Philadelphia, to take front U 5 the advantages to be derived from a Railroad the terminus of which will be in our own town, and give it to Easton, Freemansburg or some other route ter. minating at points, which can do little to pro mote the growth of our county town or the coun• ty in ;.leneral. Allentown is favorably located for becoming a place of much more note—much more busi. !less prosperity than she now boasts of, if she will command for herself the advantages or rail road connections, which will empty into her lap the riches of the surtoundmg country. Any int • provement which penetrates the mineral or agri cultural portions of the Lehigh Valley, of which Allentown, is the natural as well as •country" centre, cannot fail to matte it the point for manu facturing interests. Gu luol: at any such natu• ral centers as our town presents, any where in the E.tstern States,or our own, where Railroads convey therefrom, and see the attractive influ ence they poSsess, in locating manufacturing en terprize thereat. There see how the old con tracted idea attaching importance to the sale of of a feW tons of coal, or a few thousand feet of Mintier, is exploded. And how much employ !nem does trit:ding speculation give to our 'twit I Little indeed, to be excelled ten times over by the direct employment a Railroad will furnish. Who reaps the benefits of accession Co our population—the benefits of the increase of labor? The trader and the mechanic of course, as much as any one else. A railroad which de velopcs the mineral resources of the surround' in; country will du much towards building up our town, it will be the chief business centre. Tim while section of country will be be:flatted, but no locality will receive inure benefit from the developement of labor and wealth, than Al. lenkiwn itself. The idea of building up rival plates is all a fanciful idea—the creature of fear and not experience—for all experience is to the contrary, in other places like situated as Allen. town. And now let me turn—if I may presume upon your indulgence Mr. Editor—to some facts cow • neeted with the question: ' , Which of the hail roads to connect the Lehigh with Philadelphia is the most practical." In discussing this point I mist come in contact with "6oimmia," and set' the public right in regard to his statement of presume) presumed facts. It is said that fig ures "wont lie," but the fact is, they may be made to say anything at all. ~6 aucona" says, the distance direct from Allentown to Pottstown is 23 miles. This is incorrect. The direct dis• tonce by map is twenty fire miles. lle says, the distance from Pottstown to Philadelphia is 36 miles. This is incorrect. It is forty miles; by lost such a Railroad already built, as the trade ul the Lehigh Valley front Mauch Chunk and southward requires. Nu 'public writer upon a question vouching the interests of the public in general, should make such loose statements. It is. presuming upon their ignorance. There should be no deception, when we attempt to serve the public. , 'Saucona" then presumes the Railroad to Pottstown will be 31 miles,—that is nine miles increase over the direct line. Is this nut liberal! I would just here remark, that it is acknowledged on all hands that this road is to be direct from Allentown to Pottstown, and not run 6 milei up into I3erks county, out of a direct line. As it is known there is a natural I direct valley the whole route with the exception of 2or 3 miles near Allentown. The idea of t•Sau• cotta" will appear perfectly original and lead us to question his knowledge of the local geogra. play, of which lie treats. This is :mother bad mistake. I allow a margin of five miles vat ta,. Lion from an air line, fur the curves, &c., in the proposed Railroad. Though I am accused of being too liberal in this, I would rather err on that side, if it he found an error, than deceive the public with vissionary ideas of short routes. Thirty miles to Pottstown-40 from thence to Philadelphia makes 70 miles, just 6 miles ton• gee than "Saueono" makes it. Now ire are prepared to turn to the Freemaus• burg and Perkiomen route.. Here the figures of nSatiduna" arc strangely at variance with the truth. I happen to know something on that point and with to be candid, and explicit. I am in formed by a resident of the district between Freemansburg on the Lehigh, and Sumnytown in Montgomery Uo., that the distance between these two points, by their nearest road is in at (east—his own words-25 miles ; to this add 12 miles, the distance by turnpike from Sumnylown to t h e Perltiomen Bridge, where the Perkionten and Reading turnpike crosses the stream 43 miles from the Rerkiomen bridge to the •River SChuylkill, down the river Schuylkill 93 miles to the Norristown road. Thus we have a dis. tance of 51 miles from Freemansburg to Norris, town. Three miles increase for a Railroad is a calculation in its favor of a most moderate char acter, making 54 miles of new road to be made. To this add 18' miles by Norristown Railroad, and 10 between Allentown and Freemansburg, 'making a thud 'tlfitanise from Allentown to Phil• adelphia of eight 6 two miles. I beg leave to say to the reader, whoever it be,frlend,, foe or neu. tral, on either of the Railroad projects, 'het I know the distances of which I speak, with the exception of that part of the route between Sum• nytown and Freemansburg—and the figures put down for it are given by the friends of the road. 1 do not foist& to deceive thc.publie, but state facts, and let those interested judge for themselves.— ~ S aucona" tells the public, it is 35 miles from Freemansburg; to Norristown. Now the fact is the distance, as near ns may be roughly estima- ted, will be by Railroad fifty par milcB. Is ihis nut then an extraordinary discrepancy, for a public instrucior to make. Idu not think it at all excusable, I write this under the firm belief, that my statement of distances will be found ver ified, very nearly by a survey, if one is made, "Saucona" gives.the distance from Allentown to Freemansburg via Easton road at 8 miles.— This figure 8 should be made 10, and it would then be nearly correct. Let us prove this state• ment. If lam correctly informed, It is 21 miles miles by canal from Allentdwn to Easton. A Railroad must follow the course of the stream the same. as the canal. Freemansburg is very nearly half way between Easton and Allentown. Now we are ready' to sum up the distance by the Perkiomen route from Allentown to Phila delphia, thus : Ten miles from Allentown to Freetnansburg, thence 25 to. Sumnytown, thence 12 to Perkiomen Turnpike,thence 4i to the riv, Schuylkill, thence U. to Norristown, increase of distance by Railroad, 3 miles; and from Nor_ ristown to Philadelphia 18 miles; making eigh. ty two miles—which "Saucona" would have us believe is but 68 miles. lam now ready to take leave of this branch of the subject by challeng ing a close investigation of my figures. Now for some financial calculations. An av• erase cost of Railroads may be put down at $20;000 per mile. At this rate the cost of ma king 30 miles of Railroad between Allentown and Pottstown would be $600,000. We may es. timate the cost of transacting business on Rail roads at one half its. receipts, leaving 50 per cent. of the receipts net profit. To pay an in terest of 6 per cent. on the above cost of road, would therefore require $72,000 receipta. Now let us turn to the Perkiomen route. Fifty four miles of road will cost as above $1,080,000. In terest upon this sum s.64,6llo—amount of re, ceipts required $1.20,600. it will be observed that the Allentown and Pottstown road is about 12 miles shorter than the Freemansburg and Norristown that the former can be made at an outlay of — MI0T00; while the latter will cost one sand. I.ct him who has cats, hear. NVho is so blind as not to see, which of the two routes is most practical And yet "Saucona" would misinform the community by saying, "the distance, if the new road to be made on the two routes is pie• e;,Ne/ll the same." A serious mistake indeed. It is said that the Pottstown and Allentown road can be made with less curves and lighter grades than the Perkiomen route. From my knowledge of the country I certainly think the as , sertion correct ; but of this I nor no'one else can speak with any degree of accuracy; Engineers will decide that point in due season, and they will determine distances nl.O. I fully agree with tqSaucona" in the following : • ••If a railroad uas to be built for amusement, or as a plaything . , we might, it we hail means start anywhere and end anywhere; but the day for extravagant calculations is gone by, and we must come down to sober 'business estimates." It is this that induced me to make the foregtiing =I It is evident, survey of the routes proves my statements nearly correct, of which I have no manner of doubt. The Pottstown and Allen. town road would take all the trade of Allentown and northward, no matter what eastern connec nections may be made,for none can be made to the same advantage. If it is calculated that this road shall also be an avenue for the Lehigh coal to reach Philadelphia, and I see no reason why it may not be to a considerable extent, then the Reading Railroad furnishes 40 miles of road already constructed expressly for such a trade. The idea that this road Cannot command the trade thrown upon it, may be dreamed oil by some people, but those familiar with the altil. , ;ties of the road, know the trade can be accommo. dated ifdoubled, and know also, the company can and will lay a third track whenever necessary, which period however'will not arrivo for some years to come. A consideration which will greatly redownd to the advantage of the Pottstown and Allentown connection with the Lehigh, is that the Reading road can and would allow handsome drawbacks upon the various kinds of freight and the pas. sengers thrown ikon their road at Pottstown rendering the paying part of this enterprise dou• bly sure above every other conceivable route.— In fact, it will be a rare chance for capitalists to invest their money profitably. The inexhaustible deposits of Hematite and Magnetic iron ore on its line, alone call for the construction of the road, the Magnetic ore in the Lehigh hills may be brought to the Lehigh and Schuylkill Valley, and there used in the va• rious establishments which dot its banks, at a less cost probably than from any other region.— I can scarcely refrain from becoming enthusias- tic in contemplating the development of the mineral wealth of "Little Lehigh," that may ful. low close in the wake of the construction of this ' Railroad, and yet, we hear of some Allentonians, —although they are but very few—who doubt the advantages.it would confer upon them, in being a terminus of the road, where business and en.. terprise could then more profitably locate itself. Let our people throw aside all narrow minded huckstering ideas in regard to local business and look beyond the present hour. There is a glori 7 ous prospect in view. Let it now be enlivened not by cutting Witte developetnents of their own county—mineral and agricultural interests—not by driving the terminus of the road willed' is to give them a con , Ann with Philadelphia, to a point east of them, building it up to the disadvan tage of their own county and county town, but by merely seizMg hold of the prize themselves and realize what nature designed they should, I have west led your patience Mr. Editor no doubt. If yon do not think these reflections and facts of any advantage to your renders and the public generally, dont make use of them: ' COMMON SENS.C.• GLEANINGS. jW It. King, the Demociatic candidate for the Vice Presidency, is 65 years old and an old bachelor. C'Everything does some good. Sickness leads to virtue, while the world is endebted to war for two thirds of its surgical knowledge. rarGeorge Stephenson, the father of railway system, worked for two pence a day at a pit mouth in England. tar Gen. Cass says the man is born who will see a population of 150,000,000 in the United Slates g27'"Gen. Harrison's Tomb, at North Bend, is reported by a late visitor, to be in a shamefully neglected and ruinous condition. CeCovington is the second oily of Kentucky in point of population. The number of inhabi" (ants is given at 15,000. Lexin , ,..,;ton has a popa 4 lation of 9500, and Paducah 400 d. rr A box of strawberries sold at Boston oil. Saturday last for $4. The same sell in Philadel 4 phia for one shilling. rar Hon. .1. Glancy Jones, member of Congresd of this State, it is said, is about to take up hid residence in California. New York and Erie Railroad It will doubtless be gratifying to the citizend residing along the line of this great modern road enterprise, to learn that, the final construc tion of the entire route is now placed beyond con jecture. The line of this road / is by ferry from New York to Elizabethport, on Staten Island Sound, twelve miles, where the requisite grounds I fur depots, shops. coal yard, &c., have been pro cured, at reasonable rates. From this point the 1. road passes., with a few deviations from a straight line, through the thriving towns of Elizabethtown, Westfield, Plainfield, Bound Brook, Somerville, j Clinton, New Hatnpton, Ashlmry and Bloomsbut ry to Phillipsburg, opposite Elston, at the junc • thin of the Lehigh river with the Delaware. The length of the road is 63 miles, making the dis , . tance from New York to Easton 75 miles. Here the charter terminates; but that of the Delaware Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Susquehanna Railroad I authorizes the bridging of the Delaware at this point, and the 'construction of a railroad in a di , * redline up the Lehigh Valley, 40 Miles, via Al , lentown to Parry v ille, where a connection will i be had wiTh the Beaver Meadow Company, 17 miles long, leading to the Lehigh coal fields.— jThe directors (tithe Lehigh road expect to have it - untlerenttt rnet-tv ithin-a—yeAr-,-antl-completec within eighteen months. The distance from New York to thes'e mines will then be reduced to 12S miles. The extension of the Lehigh road from Parryville to 'Tamaqua, 20 miles ; the construc- lion of the Catawissa railroad, from this point to Catawissa, 42 miles; the building of the remain der of the road, from Cattawissa to Williams ! port, 45 miles ; and the building of the Sunbury and Erie railroad, from Williamsport to Erie, 210 miles—the whole of which enterprises will give an additional length of road or 317 miles; and a line will then extend from New York to Eric, on Lake Erie,4o2 miles, in a direct course. The Crest Cow Dann Again.—On Wednesday last another trial was made of the remarkable cow belonging to Dr. Michener, of which some account was given in the Democrat a few montiii since. The cow has been fresh about seven months, during which time she has been pastur ed with the other cows, and in no way received any particular attention more than is ordinary bestowed upon the rest. The whole amount of her feed, in addition to the pasture, did not ex.. ceed eight quarts of corn and oats, in equal quan• Lilies, daily. The butter produced from one week's churning weighed 1:31 pounds, which under the circumstances, is a remarkable yield. She may safely be placed among the great cows of the world—indeed many persons consider her superior to the famed "Cramp Cow," so called, owned by a mats named Cramp, in England; she was of the Sussex breed, was calved in 1799. For five years, from 1905 to 1910, the butter pro duced from her milk was 450 to 675 lbs. a year ; the latter quantity was afforded its fifty one weeks and the average weekly for the highest year about la lbs. From the evidence before us, it is not improbable that the Doctor's cow will be made to surpass the "Cramp Cow," which would at once put "Devon" ahead of. all known cows I in the world.—Daykslown Democrat. Cosily Private Residences in New Yerk.—The, New York Herald contains an account of a num ber of new buildings non, going up in the city of New York, chiefly for private residences, most of which that journal represents as of magnificent and beaujiful styles of architecture. Among the private residences is one for Samuel Nicholson. estimatsd to cost $40,000 ; another for J. Gihon, $35,000; and a number fur diflerent individuals costing from slightly beneath $40,000 to $20,000 each. M. 0. Roberts is building two that will cost $50,000. Forty two of these magnificent mansions will cost an aggregate of $1,170,000, averaging $27,000 each. One firm of two part ners is building seven that are to cost $270,000,, (nearly $39,000 n piece,) which, when complc ted, might almost be styled a row of palaces. flow the First Australian Gold was Pound...—. The first piece was found by a native. He was a bushman. The scale of intellect of the Aus.. tralians is remarkable for its lowness. Seeing' his master counting a lot of sovereigns, he said he had found a piece of "yellow stuff," far big , ger than all those together, which he had hidden. and would bring it to his master, if he would' give him a new suit of conlury. The bargain was struck, after which the man went and pro duced a lump of Golconda, weighing 106 pounds and valued at £5,077 4s. 0. A tough story but vouched to be true. People's 'Janie of Paterson.—The Receivers of the People's Bank of Paterson, have declared an intermediate dividend of fifteen percent. out of the assets of that institution, which is now pay— ! able at Paterson, which they Will 'continue pay^ ing at that place during the present week, after which their office will be removed to NewarlG New Counterfeits.—Counterfeit notes on the Salem Banking Co., New Jersry; are in circufa; tion. They are an well executed that'the best plan is to refuse the notes on this'Bink until an: I alteration has been grade in the.pla-es.•
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