elje 'Register.
Allentoth
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1852,
Philadelphia and Allentown
The books for the fi ub se ription of Stook to
"the Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap Bail
road Company" have been opened in Phila
delphia, during last week, and three thousand
and sixteen shareshave been subscribed, more
than enough to secure letters patent, and am
ply sufficient to guarantee a temporary survey,
and early commencement of the road. No
particular route is prescribed in the chatter;
not has any one route, to the exclusion of oth
--ers-been-egreed-upon-by-the-projectiors-and
friends of the enterprize.
The charter gives the Company the authori..
ty to "construct a Railroad, begin:dug at a point
North of Vine Street, in the coutuy of Philadel
phia, and thence by the most expedient and
practicable route, to ,or near the Borough of
Easton, or seine other' pOint in Northampton
county, with the right to extend said Railroad
to any point or place in Monroe or Pike coon.
ties, and to connect with the Delaware, Lehigh,
Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad, the Del
aware and. Cobb's Gap Railroad, and the New
-Fork-and-Erie-Railroad, or any other Railroad
" which may have connected with it in Penn
sylvania, subject to all the provisions and re
snictions of an Act reg,ulating Railroad Com
, patties, approved the nineteenth day of Febru
ary, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine
HO far as the same are not altered or supplied
by this act, and the said Philadelphia, Easton
and ‘Vater Gap Railroad Company shall have
the right, subject to the provisions and resnic
lions of the Act aforesaid, to connect their Rail
road by lateral or branch roads, with any Rail,
road constructed or fit-be constructed, in any of
the counties through which the same may pass,
and also tO CC/IMMO one or more bridges across
the river Delaware, and to connect by one or
more lateral or branch roads with any Railroad
or other public improvement in the State of New
Jersey."
Under these circumstances the question of
route has _been very properly—kept- open, to -be
settleddefinitively hereafter, when a thorough
instrumental survey of all the routes, by an ac
complished civil engineer, shall have ascertain
ed, which one is best, for it is expected to build
a first class road, of course the most favorable
route will be chosen.
We learn that the services of 117//iani 11: E,s
ter, jr. Esq., civil engineer have already been
engaged; to mike a complete and thorough
survey of the proposed routes.
Among the routes about to he surveyed is a
now one much spoken of. The head waters of
the Perkiomen are within a stories throw on a
perfect level with the head waters of the west
branch of the Saucon Creek, running along the
south side of the Lehigh mountain, and with a
very eriy cut can be brought through Geiss's
Gap to the mouth of Trout Creek on to East Al•
letdown. This route can be taken by the Potts
town and Allentown, or the Philadelphia, LW , .
tomand Wale' Gap Company ; it demands the
attention of the Engineers, and will likely give
general satisfaction.
We have only to say, that should the termin
us of the road be either at- Freetnansburg, or
Easton, it-will meet with un opposition road
some time or other. lt cannot be expected that
the great bulk of trade centering at Allentown,
will be curried limn twenty to thirty miles ter
ther in order to reach Philadelphia. Besides,
we hear but one opinion expressed in regard to
the course of trade, and that is, if stinted to go
east, may as well be continued on to the city of
New York.
Wo will then say as our neighbors do at Eas
ton, ‘'we don't care a fig about a road to Phil
adelphia," as Now York is nearer and always
cocsidered a better Market.
The Wheat Insect
The Wheat Insect, or Rod Weave!, is eta•
king terrible ravages in many parts of Bucks
county, says the Norristown Watchman. It
has also appeared in marry parts Of this coun
ty. A few days since, we were shown a barn
in Plymouth township, this county, which was
literally filled with these insects—the walls
and timbers being almost black with thorn.—
Owing to their becoriring so numerous, and so
destructive to the erops.of pain when) housed,
the gentleman who owncs the farm has Loa
forced to erect another barn, on another part of
it. A small lot of grain which had been placed
in the granary but a short time previous, upon
examination, presented nothing but mere shells
—the heart of the IVheat being completely
eaten.out. The gentleman also informed us
that he liad resorted to a number of expedients
to get rid of them, but without success.—
Could not some of our fanner friends gi%o us
a few linos as to the best method to be ad o pt.
ed in disposing of them? It would doubtless
be interesting to many of our farmers, pattic
ulatly at this season of the year.
National Portrait Gallery.
The National Portrait Gallery, is the title of
work that is now ;being published, in num.
berg, by Robert E. Peterson St Co., Philadel
phia. It is to be made up of biographical
sketches and engraved portraits of the most
eminent persons who have occupied a place in
the. history or cotemporary annals-of the Uni
ted States: The' object of the work is to per
petuate the memory of the distinguished A incr.
icons, of our own and earlier times, by pre
serving their portraits and Biography, giving
their features and e4reSsion of countenance,
and the moat important Points in their lives
and character.' The whale is to be completed
in 40 numbers and will contain upwards of one
hundred and twenty sieel engravings. The
No..before us contains two very handsome en.
gravinge---Latie a portrait of George Washing
tnn,l and the other of Martha Washington.
Price-25 cents persingle number.
New Jersey Central Railroad
The opening of this Railroad, extending
from Elizabeth Port, in Now Jersey, to Philips.
burg, opposite the borough of Easton, was eel.
ebrated in an enthusiastic manner on Friday,
the 2d of July, by a large number of invited
guests firm Now York and the towns and vil
lages along the line of the newly finished road;
and by thousands of our own citizens and the
surrounding country. The terminus of the
road at Elizabeth Port is connected with the
city of New York by a line of steamboats
which ply bet ween that place and pier No. 1,
North River. The distance navigated by steam
boats is about twelve miles—the entire length
of the road is about sixty-three miles. It pass
es through a numbeeof thriving„ enterprising,
towns and villages in the State of New Jersey,
and seems destined to become au enterprize of
most vital importance to the commercial inter
-ests-oh-the--Ernpire-City-,-as-well-as-to-our own
beautiful, enterprising Borough. The chief
importance of the road is yet to be determined
by extending it across the Delaware, through
or near Easton, to the"black diamond mines''
of the Lehigh, Lackawanna and Schuylkill,
when those rich mineral treasures, inexhausti
ble in quality, will be brought within a dis
tance of 125 miles from the city of New York,
and find thence a cheap and expedimus trans
portation and a ready sale.
1111
The arrival of the that train on Friday after
noon, created the most intense excitement in
ttie minds of our citizens. The church bells
rung forth men), peals—the cannon's echoing
thunders reverberated from hill top'to hill-top,
strains of the sweetest music bordened the air
around—and crowds of people thronged the
entire route from Philipsburg to Easton.—Eus
ton Ichig
The epithet of "Fuss and Feathers," asap
plied to Gen. Scott, and the origin of the phrase
has since become a matter of grave inquiry,
among the learned political philologists. It is
generally supposed to have quite a recent ori
gin, like the '•hasty plate of soup ;'' bat if the
Covington (Ky.) Journal, is to be relied upon
in the matter, the phrase is as old as Scott's
military fame. The Journal - says
"The epithet of "Fuss and Feathers," was
first applied to Scott at Luntly's Lane, by the
British. The tall o wont into li,4lit with a
very large plume, and was so active and earn
est in hurrying on and encouraging his ORM
first at one point, then away to another—that
the enemy thought he Was a littlefirsT. Scott
with 1116 tall form, large plume and dashing
gallatetry, was a conspicuous math for the bill
lets of the Ihitish. He had two horses killed
under him, was shot in the side, alterwaid:i nt
the shoulder, and finally had his favorite feath•
ers shot ofl. After that the British called him
Fuss and Peallieni."
In Kossuill's great speech to )110 Coirmans in
New Yolk, he atlvieCti lilPlll to form a thitd
pally, %yid' a view of electing Congiessinett
lav,orable to foreign intervention. Ile also re
fers to the poi.ition of the IVhig and Detnuerat
lc parties in the approaching Presidential can
vass thus:
Do not be led by names, and party denorm
inations, but by principles. Now one of the
leading panics has, in regard to the foreign pot•
icy openly declared its hostility against the
policy which the generous citizens of Newark
have declared as theirs, and which 1 lake for
the only one subservient to American interests.
The other party has remained bilellt in this re
gard_ The choice cannot be difficult. The
hostile declaration has prevented an under•
standing ; the silence has left it open. Should
the leading organs or the leaders of the victo
rious factions of the party which has declared
its hostility, disavow the hostile platform, the
question would be, which of the factions will
give the most favorable declaration? lint if
tutelars remain where the platform of the Con
vention has left them, it is clear that silence is
less discouraging than declared hostility.
This avowal will have a tendency to bring
the intervention party into the Democratic
ranks, while those in favor of non. intervention
—or in rather words, of keeping aloof from the
quarrels of Europe, minding their own busi•
ness and promoting their own prosperity, by
keeping peace with all nations, tnust as natu•
rally be attracted to t h e Whig patty:
The Farm Joarnal.—tbis popular Journal for
July, is on our table, and is the most interest
ingnumberyet issued, containing a vast amount
of original matter, fresh and-varied in its char
acter. A. M. Spangler, publisher, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania.
Spiritual Telegraph.—We have received the
first live numbers of the paper by the above
title. It is very handsomely printed by Chas.
Partridge, No. :I, Courtland Street, New York, at
5.1 rin per annum. It is filled with comtpuni
cations Iron the "Spirit World," and on ac
count of its curiosity will no doubt find many
admit ors.
L' 11'ill the editor please seed us the buck
numbers, from No. 6 on.
Death of Mr. MoKennan
Another great and good man has fallen, Thos.
M. T. Mcßeiman, for many years u• represen•
leave in Congress from Washington county,
and for a brief period Secretary of the Interior
during the present Administration, is 110 more.
He died at Reading, at the residence of his
brother•in•law, Judge Bell, en the Sth of July.
In his death, Pennsylvania is deprived of one
of her brightest jewels. Ile was an able man,
a liberal minded and public spirited citizen,
and a true Potriot. No man in the State was
more universally esteemed foi his moral worth,
and possessed the confidence of the people in
a more eminent degree. Ills death will be
deeply lamented by the people throughout the
Stale.
"Fuss and Feathers."
Kossuth and Politics
Literary Notices
What is Man ?
Much, says the Scientific American, as is
known of anatomy and the organic structures
of creation, the most learned physiologist is ex
ceedingly ignorant of the primary organism of
man. Throughout creation there prevails a
common structure of recognized organization—
the element of which is denominated "the aim•
plc cell." Here nature remains still wrapped
in mystery, and we believe will ever remain
so. The cell of one organism appears exactly
like another, but as the cell developes itself,
how different are the final productions—that of
man and the inferior animals. Vet all follow
after their kind, and there is no variation. Ev
ery seed bringeth forth after its kind, and so do
_ull_the_races_of_animaletl—nature.--The-grentl
Creator who impressed the simple cell with a
property for the production of a man, can sure
ly impress upon WILD the properly of that de
velopement Which will enable him to live for
ever as a glorified being. No man can detect
in the human niachine, by its construction, that
it is made to run for only 70 years, but it moves
by a command or law over which it has no
control creatively, and then ceases to move by
the same fiat. IVlty this should be, no one
can tell ; we know it is so, and that is all, and
we have no morn reason t r suppose that is the
final state -of man, than a simple organic cell,
would have to suppose it was its final state.—
So uniform is the simple cell in its structure,
the microscope cannot detect the least varia
tion wherever examined; everywhere is to be
the same wonderful identity, from the hum
blest plant to the highest state of animal organ
ization, but when it developer- itself and be
comes humanity, we behold an intelligent be•
ing, shaping out, as it were, a destiny for him
self, which endureth beyond mere physical or
,ganizations and results—which effects his owe
and future generations. flow fearfully and
wonderfully [node is man ; how often he re
sembles an am!el,—llow often a detnon. With
a lofty intellect he counts the slat*, measures
their distances front one another, and even
weigheili them in his balance, and yet at one
time he coidd not be distinguished from the
cell of a plant. Man is endowed with great
wisdom, and yet how often is he be_seen
more degraded and less wise than the brutes
which perish. Although lie can send his
thoughts thousands of miles distant in a fertf
minutes, he is continually reminded of his
humble origin—Mat from dust Ito must return
until the final lesurrecuon, when the nature of
all things shall he changed—when mortali;y
shall be swallowed up of life.
Free Soilers Arousing
The I act that live thousand free-soilcrs atten
ding the late Convention, at Worcester, Alas
sachu,:eits, proves that vonsolerable vitality is
loft in that party yet, at least in New Englund.
It is now nearly c,ertain, says the Evening Bul
letin, that at the proposed Pittsburg Convention,
which is intended to imitate the Buffalo use of
1818, a 'nomination will bo Intnrelb . i President
by Mir"higher law" advocates. That the re
sult will be a rally for the ticket, at all equal
to that sect iu the last campaign, is however,
improbable. A very considerable portion of
the free soil vote in Now York was contributed
by the Van Buren portion of the democratic
party, which, in the present contest, is pledged
for Pierce and King. It is true that the con•
scientious free sliders will refuse to he led about
like sheep, and will decline to hollow "Prince
John" in his defection, or recantation, call it
which you wilt. Nevertheless the free soil
vote cannot possibly be as heavy next October
as it was four years ago. The question then
Mises, how is this to influence the old parties?
Time alone eau solve this. The politicians,
however, begin to speculate. They say that
Gen. Taylor carried New York, through the di
vision of the democratic party there ; but lost
0:do in consequence of the. Buffalo candidate.
Will Scott, they now ask : lose New Yolk and
Ohio,; or will Pierce carry., or lose both? And
how, they demand, will this free soil move•
meat eflect Pennsylvania, whero more or less
free soil votes can be polled? For ourselves
we venture no opinion, but wait events. We
have arrived at only one fixed conclusion re•
specting the corning election, and it is that,
vt bother Scott or Pierce succeeds, "the country
try is safe." So, what 1110T9 satisfactory con
clusion can the shrewest politicians come to.
The Coming Elections
The Presidential election is to occur on the
second day of November next; and elewions
in advance of the Presidential, will occur
in the following States, at the times men
tioned below, at most of which members of
Congress are to be elected. The result of these
elections will of course be looked for, as indi
ces of the tendencies of public sentiment,•bear
ing upon Presidential prospects; yet those who
can look back for series of years will remem
ber many instances when such prognostics
have not truly indicated the result:
Alabama, August 2d ; Kentucky, August 2d;
Indiana, August 2d ; Illinois, August 2d; lowa,
August 2d ; Missouri, August 2d; North Car
olina, August sth; Tennessee, August tult;
Vermont, September 7th; Maine, September
13th; Georgia, October Ath; Arkansas; Octo
ber .Ith ; Florida, October 4th; Maryland, Oc
tober6th; South Carolina, October 11th; Penn
sylvania; October 12th ; Ohio, October 12th.
Native American Convention
The Native American Convention met at
Trenton ; on the 6th of July, and adjuurnod sine
die. the same day. The Most interesting items
of the session to day were the changing of the
name of the party from Native. American to
"American," the adoption of a series of plat-
farm resolutions, and the nomination of Daniel
Webster for President ; and George C. Wash.
ington for Vice•Presidont.
Cho/cm—The Pittsbbrg Dispatch, on the au•
thority of the physicians, says that several cases
of cholera have already occurred to that city.
Ministerial Change
On Sunday, last, Rev. G. Al Wenzel,of North
ampton county, Pa., preached, upon an invita
tion given, visitation sermons in the German and
English language, in the Lutheran church, at the
Trappe, Pa., to an overflowing -house. Mr.
Wentzel fully established the high character he
heretofore enjoyed with those of that congrega
tion acquainted with him. He is a man of fine.
ly cultivated talents, a ripe scholar, eloquent,
and amiable and courteous gentleman. Witli
this congregation are also connected the Luthe
ran church (Jerusalem) in, West Perkiomen and
Ehrist's church in Tawamencin, forming a pas
toral charge, from which charge, Mr. W. will re
ceive a unanimous call. Since his visit to the
Trappe, an election has been held for 11...Paslor,
for that church, at which election Mr. W. receiv,
ed the unanimous vole, which was an unusual.
ly large one. We congratulate the congregation
upon the-very judicious-selection-made ; and up- -
on the acceptance-of the call, which we learn
will take place, the churches comprising the
charge, will be better suited than for several
years past.—Ararridown Watchman.
Henry Clay and John Randolph.—The Boston
Journal thus alludes to the duel between John
Iph and Henry Clay, an act in which the
latter-1 gretted all his life, but to which he was
provoked by one of the must wanton and medi.
tared assaults ever made upon a public man
"The particulars of the duel are well known.
The eccentric descendant of Pocahontas ar
peared on the ground in a huge morning gown.
This garment constituted such a vast circumfer
ence that the locality of the swarthy :Senator was
at least a matter of very vague Conjecture. The
parties exchanged shots, and the ball of Mr. Clay
hit the centre of the visible object, but Mr. Ran
dolph was not there! The latter had fired in the
air, and immediately after the exchange of shots
he walked up to Mr. Clay, parted the folds of his
gown, pointed to the hole where the bullet of the
former had pierced his coat, and in the shrillest
tones of his piercing voice, exclaimed, .111 r. Clay
you owe me a coat—you owe me a coat!' to
which Mr. Clay replied in a voice of slow and
solemn emphasis, at the sante time pointing di
rectly to Mr. Randolph's heart, 'Mr. Randolph, I
thank God that I am no deeper in your debt !"
Philadelphia Monumenteonvention.—A conven
tion of Delegates from the "Old thirteen" Slates
assembled at Philadelphia on the sth inst., in the
Hall of Independence, for the purpose of tatting
measures for erecting in Independence tigitare a
monument cumnininorative of the great event
there cunsu mated. Gov. Bigler of Pennsylvania,
was appointed Presiden t, and on taping the chair
made a brief but very eloquent address, in favor
of the object for which the Convention was
ed. The committee appointed to prepare resu•
lotions, made a report recommending the erec
tion of a single column with thirteen sidis, after
a plan to be furnished by an Ainerican artist,
each to be appropriated to one of the or4,7inal
States, for such devises as it may see fit to affix ;
and that the Declaration of Independence be en
graved on the column in solid marble. The re
port was adopted, and an address to the people,
and Legislatures of the "Old Thirteen" put forth
urging their prompt cooperation in the execu
tion of the design.
Private Manuscripts qf Mr. Clgy.— It is stated
in the Philadelphia Inquirer that Mr. Clay, upon
his retirement from the State Department, at the
close of John Quincy Adams' administration,
confided to General Jessup all the original man
uscripts and rough drafts which he had written
while Secretary of State. These were to be used
atter his death in justice to his memory, in ease
the calumnies should be revived, that although
he spoke well he could not write. The manu
scripts are very voluminous, fijling a large trunk
and a box. Their publication will be looked for
with great interest. General Jessup was Mr.
Clay's second in his duel with Randolph, and al.
though politically opposed to each other, the
warmest personal friendship always existed be.
tween them.
Important Decision.—The Bank 71r.ealion Late
Declared Uneottsli.Nlational.—la the Commercial
Court on Thursday last, a judgment was render.
ed by Judge Key in favor of the: Lafayette Dank
against Henry Dcbolt, late Treasurer of Mind.
ton county, for $12,300 42, being the value of
corn siezed by the defendant as Treasurer, to
satisfy the taxes imposed by the law of 1851,
The cause was subMitted to the Court upon an
agreed statement of facts. Judge Key held that
the act establishing the Bank, and the subsequent
law of 1839, fixed the rate of taxation to which
the Bank-was liable during the life of its charter
that the act of 1851, imposing a higher rate, and
fixing it new basis of taxation other than that
contemplated in the charter, was unconstitution,
al and void, and that the Treasurer, although
acting in strict pursuance of the statute, was
li
able, as. an individual, for the property seized.—
Cincinnati (011ie) Atlas.
Robert Rantoul and the Democratic Platform.—
The Hon. Robert Rantoul delivered a speech be
fore the Democracy of District No. 2, on the 6th
of July. He goes for Pierce and King. Asto the
platform, he should have preferred the old Demo..
cratic platform, without any interpolations as to
slavery. He does not wish to meddle with the
opinions of the slaveholderS, and he does not
wish the slayeholders to meddle with his. He,
however, under all the circumstances, puts him.
self under the Democratic banner.
John Randolph's Mother.— The late John Ran"
dolph, some years before his death, wrote a friend
as follows
°I used to be called a Frenchman, because I
took the French side in politics; and though this
was unjust, yet the truth Is, I should have been
a French atheist if it hnd not been for one recol.
legion, and that was when my departed mother
used to'take my little hands in hers,
, and cause
me on my knees to say—m Our Father who art
in Heaven."
New Denwcralie Paper, in Washinglon.-It. is
currently reported and generally ;believed that
two gentlemen from New York city will shortly
start an independent 'Democratic daily papc:r in
this city, witha capital of $400,00.
GLEANINGS
rirlt is said that thirteen thousand cows are
kept in London, confined in cellars and sheds,
in vnrious parts of the town.
a recent fight at St. Louis between a
party of German butchers, a man bad both his
eyes cut oat with a knife. He died soon after
wards.
r...4F — The Southwest Georgian has come out
for John J. Crittenden for President, and James
Buchanan 'fur Vice President.
ETtrlt has been suggested that a grand mass
meeting of the friends of Gen. Scott be holden
at Bunker Hill, on the 14th day of September
next, the anniversary of Gen. Scott's grand en.
trance into the city of Mexico.
wn-has-been—selected,...at
Easton, to deliver an enlogium on the life and
character of Henry Clay. A better selection
could not well have been made.
ET' Braddock was defeated - on the 9th of ltilyt
1775.
A Roman Catholic Church is being erect^
ed in Webt Chester.
j-The jail of Blair county has three priso•
tiers in it. One under sentence of death, and
two to be tried for murder.
-E 7 2"* I'he York Republican has changed hands.
The Cuchrans resign, and the Shays man the
helm. The Republican was established in 1759.
Mr. Fillmore
The New York Express thus alludes to the ad.
mirable letter of Mr. Fillmore, as published in
their columns
"Mr. Fillmore has proved himself one of the
most unambitious men ever in public office, and
in this respect he is more like the first President
of the Republic, than any of the rest of his pre
decessors._ No man can doubt this, and to it we
attribute much of that calm and carefullieliber
:llion which has given vigor and success to his
administration. We commend all that the Pre
sident says in the letter which we publish, and
most especially the high tune in which he speaks
of the manner of discharging important Execu.
live duties, and the gratitude manifested fur the
prosperity which has attended the country dur•
leg the adthinistration, of which he has been the
honor and the ornament. Surrounding him has ,
been a cabinet of glorious men, the corner stone
among whom - is Daniel Webster. "Phese were
'the men of his choice, and the President neither
forgets them nor any of time great
_body of his
friends in the prospect of retirement. No man
ever entered the Executive mansion, possessed
of a more earnest desire to do his duty to his
whole country, han Mr. Fillmine, and no man
has or call retire, followed my more of that pub•
lic respect which, after all, in the enjoyment of
a clear conscience and a good name, is the rich^
est gift heaven or earth can bestow."
The Reading Colton Factury.—The new File,
tory la the city of Reading, which gives employ.
meat to some three hundred operatives, we are
glad to learn is doing a most prosperous bu,i.
ncss, prontisirp, io the proprieniis a hanili, ifine
reittro for their in ve:.unents. , The Gazette says;
The Irßttlt Of for the past week,
has been over 10,000 ydids of cloth ; yielding,
at the present low prices of such good:, a net
ii rait of WI pet day, dedocting all expenses
and chargLs of every description. This is equal
to $29,000 per annum, or beitveen 13 and 11 per
cent. on the capital stock of the Company—a re
turn sufficient to satisfy the stochholders, and
amply repay them for their emermise. With
such results, we caution all owing stock, not to
part with any of their property at a sacrifice, as
we consider it fully worth
.its par value, if not
more.
Wright vs.• Fulter.—We are glad to observe
that Col. H. 13. Wright, who has been contesting
the seat of the Hon. 11. M. Fuller in Congress,
from the Luzerne district in• this State, has re
ceived the cold shoulder in that body. On Fri-
day the report of the committee was called up
and, after some debate, was laid upon the table,
which may be regarded as settling - the question
Singular Encounter will, a (thicken Hawk.—
On the 9th of July, as Elias Uierolf, a boy
about 17 years of age, was crossing one of Col.
Weaver's fields, in Amity township, with a stick
in his hand, he encountered a chicken hawk; id
the act of carrying off a rabbit. As he approach
ce, the bird dropped Its prey, and flew at him,
with its beak wide open and claws strcched out,
evidently intending a hostile attack. With one
blow of his fist, the boy broke the wing of the
bird, and, thus disabled, he soon succeeded in
killing it. Ile carried it home as a trophy of the
fight, and exhibited it to his friends with no little
pride and satisfaction. It was a very large bird
of the kind, measuring four feet 5 incheS across
the wings. The friend who informed us of the
circumstance, says that this is the first instance
that has ever come to his kaowledge of a chick.
en hawk attacking a human being. Reading
Gazelle.
Daniel Webster in the Pirld.—The N. Y. Trir
bune of Thursday says : "We learn from relin
•blo sources that Mr. Webster, while "passing
through Philadelphia yesterday, is understood to
have distinctly accepted the Native American
nomination for President, saying to his querists,
' , Gentlemen, I will stand the fire." Whether the
Hon. gentleman was really serious, or playing
off one of those Titantic jokes of which he is at
very remote periods guilty, we are not prepared
to say.
A Fact.—There is no book as cheap as a news
paper; none so interesting, because it consists
of a variety measured out in suitable proportions
as to time and quality. Being new every week,
it invites to a habit of reading, and affords an
agreeable mode of acquitiug knowledge, so es
sential to the welfare of the individual and the
community. It causes many an hour to pass
away pleasantly, which would otherwise have
been spent in idleness if not mischief_
Iron /fri4/B.e.—An iron bridge, five hundred
and thirty feet long, is to be erected by the Cen
tral Ohio Railroad company, over the Muskin
gum, at Zanesville. It is to have four spans,
124 feet each, containing 67 tons of wrought
and 130 tons'of cast iron. The Only timber used
will be iu the floor, which Will require 85,000
feet of Itic4be;.
Curious Will Case
About the year MIS, Cul. Sunderlin, wealthy
planter, residing near Memphis,. Tenn., died,
leaving a large estate. It was said by his neigh-
bors, that he could travel on horseback from
Memphis to Nashville, a distance.of near three
hundred miles, and lodge on his own land every
night. His will drawn up a year before his death
and witnessed by a judge of one of the courts,
divided his whole estate into two parts, devising
one half to his legitimate children, and the other
half to ten children burn to him by a mulatto
sla've. These colored children, previous to the
making of the will, had been brought to Cincin•
nail, Ohio, and Evansville, Indiana, and. eman
cipated.
-- The - probate-of-the-will-was-at-once—resigned
by the white heir's, who appealed to the Circuit
Court for trial. At this time J. Birney, Esq., of
this city, was employed by the heirs in Ohio to
go 16 Memphis, and make the necessary arrange.
ments, for defending the case. The officers of
the Court ()tiered him every facility for obtaining
copies of papers, and he found the sentiment of
the people, so far as he could discover, in Myr):
of sustaining the will. He engaged Judge Bai.
ley, an eminent counsellor of Tennessee, to su•
perintend the case, to whose influence and ef^
forts much is due.
Every obstacle known to skillful practioner4 ,
in the law, has been thrown in the way to defeat
the will and defer the trial. Chancery was re_ .
sorted to for an injunction. At one time the
subscribing witnesses would he absent; at an;
other the judge, who was a subscribing witness,
declined to testify in a cause over which he was
presiding. At the last May term of the court,
however, the cause came to a hearing, and the
will was lolly established.
It is stated, and it is a circumstance that ap
pears somewhat singular, that the mother of
the illegitimate children, was not emancipated,
nor remembered in the will ; and if we are right
ly informed, was subsequently sold by the exe
cutors as part of the estate.
It is stated that the old gentleman had a pecu
liar fancy as to names. Fur his suns he found
names exclusively among the Presidents, such
as. Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, &c., for his
daughters, from the States, such as Louisiana,
Virginia, Indiana, Alabama, &c.—Cin. Gazette:
How to Prepare Cucumbers
A meat many of our readers are undutibtedly
extravagantly fond of cucumbers, but, like our•
selves, afraid to touch the article for fear ofchol•
era, or something worse. Nun ,we have recent.
ly become the professor of a secret, by which cu
cumbers can be so prepared as to be eaten with
perfect safety. A friend of ours, who has lived
a lung while in the East Indies, and in that por
tion so subject to the fearful ravages ofcholcra,
has given us the receipt used there. It is simply
to cutup a cucumber in slices (the usual mode)
place them in a dish, and cover them with fine
salt. Almost instantly the salt will extract the
poisonous liquid from the cucumber. The It
quid extracted by the salt is then thrown away,
and the cucumber wa.,1t?,1 with clean water.--
Then pill Oil the pepper, oil, and vinegar, and
one lias'a must delicious di,h of cucumbers be
fore him - , and he can eat a dozsit Willi perfect
impunity. The salt should remain on the eu•
cumbers about half au hour. Now, we have
tried the receipt, and will guarantee it to be a:
good one. Try it, readers—A'. Y. Vide.
Penlvo / koala Railroad.—The Greensburg, In.
telligeneer, of Friday last, states that the work
at the Tunnel, on section thirty-seven of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, five miles east of that
town, has been temporarily stopped by the giv
ing way of the roof.
qt appears that the rock is of such a nature
as to be enable to stand the shock in blasting
up the bottom. The contractor, Mr. Carr, has
labored under great difficulties in the prosecution
of that work. He has a tunnel otsonie doo' feet
in length, and in order to expedite the work the
engineer pit him to sink a shaft at each end, and
commence running a drift or heading through
from each end, before the pits were excavated
up to that point. This Was commenced last
fall. For some time back the air has been so
bad in those headings, that men could not re
main very long in at a time. The pits are poll/
excavated up to the end of the tunnel, and the
western end has been taken up to the proper
depth for some distance in. Here the roof has
given way, and, it is thought, cannot be prose
etited any further without arching, or in some .
other way securing it as they proceed ; it being
extremely dangerous.
If it should be found necessary either to arch
permanently, or to make an entire thorough cut,
it will retard the opening of the road entirely
through, several months; and it may not he
opened till next spring. Had there been no dif
ficulty with the roof of this tunnel, we think it
would have been completed in November."
Destruction of the "Old Pori."—We regret to
announce that the venerable old Block House,
the last relict of Wayne Fort at this place, is be
ing pulled down. The timbers are perfectly
sound, and the building might have stood for an.
other generation, to point out the shot rendered
famous in the annals of the West by many a
scene of heroic bravery and daring. Nothing
will remain to show that. this was once "Mad
Anthony's strong hold in the very heart of the
savage enemies cannily. Its memory will in a
few years vanish; the "old settlers" will be re
moved, and the new ones will be ignorant of the
put history of this once celebrated post.—Fort
lVayne Sentinel.
==IMII
Car Load of Hogs Burnt.—As a train for the
East approached Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., on'
Sunday, one of the cars, freighted . with 103 live
.hogs,'was found to be enveloped in !lams. A
spark had communicated to it, and before it was
discovered the tire had attained such headway
that the car was nearly consumed, and every
hog on board`perished in the tlaines.
A Long 7'erm.—A . man named Francis tdchin•
del, at the last term of the St. Louis Criminal
Court, was sentenced to one hundred and four,
years' imprisonment- 2 -five years for 'au assault .
and battery with intent to, kill, and ninety-five
yeara for shooting and killing a deputy conaVle..