IZOigl) Regis:dm Alleittown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19. 1853. EP'We am requested to state that J. N. Grc gory, Esq., will deliver an tiddrass on Thera day evening, the 20th of January, at 8 o'clock t the Odd Fellciwa' Hall. Subject—liThe Eng Jish Language." Philadelphia and Allentotvn. are pleased to learn that the citizens o Philadelphia are daily becoming more con Tinned of the necessity of forming the comma. lion of their Railroad enterprize at Allentown . .The great Railroad project horn Williamsport fie is.betind to go ahead, and the connec- TROICtit Allentown cannot fail to give Philadel ., Ibis' an:equal it not a better chance than New TECctiirttlie - greitt trade of Northern-Penn ... spit/anis, and tapping as it does the very garden _itatTork state. Should Philadelphia, however, —Ate so:penny wisp and pound foolish, as to suffer ilia trade once to take its course east, by mak ing the . , connection either at Freomansburg or Bethlehem, it is Irrecoverably lost to them.— We are told tho tunneling of the Conti Moan ahrlsttbo-great-bbjection7---Trueiitis-a-matter 'otoontilderation,•but is not that overcome by . Shortnriing the distance some 8 or 10 miles; 'and we ohould aappose that the difference %would mbi.e than be counterbalanced by the tfroight and repairing'or that distance of road. .Under the 'present:charter we question very finach, whetkor4lo Company would have the right to come tri4o:ttn direct, the charter says: that they bitirelick . 01o,cotstroot a rail road, "beginning at a point-south:olAio . ? ... peet by the most practicable route to - or rieet tho; • rough of Easton e or any other point in Northam ton county, with the right to extend said roaclio any' point in Monroe or Pike counties." It alsii authorizes by a supplement municipal subscrip tions, naming such, who shall havo — those Tights; they are those of the city and county of Philadelphia, the Borough of Easton, and the counties of Monroe and Pike. It is plainly seen here that no connection can be made at Allentown, except it is done under lateral rights; but it also excludes the right of either the Lim rough of Allentown, or the county of Lehigh to subscribe stock, a matter at present favorably thought off, and the propriety much discussed. We believe the county authorities might be in duced to subscabe $lOO,OOO of the stock, should the charter be so amended, as to give them that right. We would also suggest a change in the title of the road, say "Philadelphia and Le high Valley Railroad." What say the Phila delphians to it? Railroad to Reading. The plan we gave in our last weeks paper of 'O; proposed establishment of a new Railroad route from New York to Washington city, by way of Allentown, to Reading, Columbia and Baltimore, meets with great favor by the citi zens of Allentown and along the proposed route. In fact it has aroused the people to action, and petitions are already in circulation for signa! natures, praying our Legislature to grant a char ter. We trust our members and those of North ampton, 13erks, Lancaster, York and Adams, will give the matter their utmost attention, in order to carry the project through the Legisla ture. It will give us a direct Southern Rail road connection with New Orleans, at no dis tant day. Paying for a Newspaper. Except where the cash system is exclusiv . ely adopted and rigidly observed,we know of no be. einem in which its bills are so difficult to collect as subscriptions to a newspaper. This is not be. cause subscribers are unwilling to pay; but it is principally owing to pure neglect. • Each one 'imagines that because hisinar's indebtedness amounts to so stnalli gran the printer surely `eNtriet be vfiajiiidlY in want of that, without :moriO4thiniring that the fruits of his entire business are made up exactly of such little sums, and that the aggregate of all the subscri. bers is by no means an inconsiderable amount of money, and without which the publisher could not, for a single month continue the is. sue of his paper. Foreign Mining Companies. Should the Legislature see proper to act up. on the recommendation of Gov. Bigler, end pass a general law for the incorporation of mining companies, care shonld be taken to guard our own institutions against those• corn. patties which work in our State under charters IMR:tither States . . We know of two or three ,or these interloping companies. The Ameri. can Mining Company, chartered by Vermont, works the Warwick and Gettysburg mines, the Oaooe Mining Company has a charter from Tennessee, add the National Mining Company, under a Maryland charter, is working in Chem ter county. The 00001$ Mining Company have taken leases on* several trans of Zino lands in Salmon lovvnship, Lehigh county. We are not conversant with the provisions of these foreign charters, and find no fault with them, except so ar as they may• become Mdepondent of any generei law which our Legislature sees proper so.enadt. We hope the matter will be inves. igated theroughly at Harrisburg. Valuable Iron oi4 Red. Sheriff Newhard had advertised a sale, the lease or ' , Mineral Rights" of a five acre lot, situate in North Whitehall township, Lehigh county, to take place on the 14th of January, but the sale being put off, on account of a number of heirs interested not being present. Thellin eral Rights were appraised at 320,000, and we were creditably informed that the Sheriff was authorized to start the property at eighteen thousand dollars. There are other, beds in Little Lehigh, which are still more valuable. Grade your Railroads to Allentown, and We are able•to furnish the Iron to Jay therails. Demooraoy, in its Purity.._ An "Old School Demoarat,"-iiho evidently thinks it anti-demociatic to turn out the incum bent of every petty office in the Union, for the reason that he may chance to difler with the President of the United States an some pond •cal subjects, writes as foiloivs to the Baltimore Clipper. We affectionately commend this Communloation to the attention of our cotem. poraries, who are loudest, just at present, in favor of indiscriminate and wholesale "rota tion": "In the year 1800, Thomas Jefferson was looked upon as the head of the Democratic par ty in the United States, and on the 4th of March 1801, he was sworn into office as the President of the United States. "When Mr. Jefferson came into office, .he found almost every office filled by Federalists, and many of them had been very active and abusive of Mr. Jefferson during the canvass, to the neglect of theauttes - or their office. All such the public voice demanded their removal, but no good officer, who had not interfered, and endeavored to control the election, was disturb• ed. "For instance, in Maryland, every man, save one were Federalists, and remained in office, except the navy agent; and during the whole orthe - twenty-four years orthe administration of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, there were a large majority of Federalists in office: and such a thing as removing a man for opinion sake was not known. This also, was tho prac tice of John Quincy Adams, during the lour years of his administration. The reign of pro scription commenced during the administration of Gen. Jackson, and went into full operation during the administration of Martin Van Buren. The following extract of a letter from Mr. Jef ferson to his Attorney General, Mr. Lincoln, es tblislies conclusively, the principles which lOyeTopLl hie administration : • 'fixtriicf 01-letter from Thomas Jefferson, Pres ident of thikkited States, to Levi Lincoln, (see Jefferson Iklemoirs, 4 vol., page 110). dated Wssartrox, March 22, 1808. "Dear Sin—Your lets' t on the subject of Mr. Lee, came safely to hand. You know our principles render Fe,deialieuk in office safe, it they do not employ their infhience in opposing the Government, but only.givemheir own vote according to their minscionce. And this prin. ciple we act on as Well with those put in office by others as by ourselves." Senator Badger's Nomination ' As was to be expected, the Senate will not confirm the nomination of Mr. •BadgEr to the Bench of the Supreme Conrt. A few hours af ter his nomination had been sent in by the President, the Democrats of the Senate, in a caucus at which some 23 members were pres ent, decided, by a vote of 22 to 1, to lay the nomination on the table. No objection is made to Mr. Badger on the score of his politiCal opin ions, though it is well understood that they furnish the only reason for his rejection. lie is a Whig, and is nominated by a Whig Presi dent, therefore he will be set aside, though a specious reason for this is found in the fact that he does not reside in the circuit in which the vacancy exists, comprisinglhe States of Ala bama, Mississippi, Louitriatut, — Texas, and Ar kansas. But the fact is, the democrats of the Senate are determined that the vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench shall be filled by a dem ocrat, and any reason 'is good and suffiCient for the rejection of any one else. , . `Boonomy—Reform. *EI agree fully with the editor of the Doyles 'town Tutelligencer, in an article upon the du ties of the Legislature, when he says, "a sub. ject of importance to the hqnest and prompt Tax payer is the management of our State Fi nances,and particularly the collection of Taxes. A refierence is then made to the costliness and tardiness consequent upon the present sys tem and suggests as a remedy a new plan which we hand over to the attention of tax payers for their judgment thereon. "Now a remedy for all this is easily provi ded. Make it the duty of the County Treasu rer to collect all the Taxes. Require him to keep an office in Doylestown, for the transac tion of business every business day throughout the yliar, except when he is absent or stated days on official duty. Then when the Tax Duplicates are made out let them be put into his hands for collection—let him give three week's notice in the county newspapers that he will attend on certain days at certain places, for the receipt of Taxes, fixing one convenient place in each township, or borough, and two or more in large townships—then give like no tice that all who do not attend and pay up, must pay at his office within sixty days—and it any still neglect payment, put the dujilicate in the hands of constables and require them to collect it as summarily as upon an execution, adding costs to the amount assessed. For this service allow the Treasurer fees to exceed, with his other fees and perquisities, 51,500 a year, and a .reasonable sum for. expenses while out receiving taxes. No additional surety would be required of him, and there would be no dif ficulty in finding plenty of competent men will ing and anxious to take she 'office." Robbing on the Stale Works.—The Lewistown Gazette says: The removal and rebuilding of Mexico lock • and aqueduct, which was lately up for letting, has been awarded to Col. S. E. Henoh, one of the Loco editors of the Miffiin• town Register. The Sentinel says that the lowest bid offered was some six or seven thou . - sand dollars less thin the price at which Col. H. has got.it 7 the lowest bidders, one of whom was frOm Lewistown,. nut being of the right stripe. • Gas in Bahlehem.—We understand that the citizens of the y ighhorlng Borough of Bethle. hem. are Making arrangements for the intro duction of gas in their town.. They win find it a great convenience and with proper manage. went, the stock will pay. well. - . Buknees Notices Franklin Fire Inetiranee Company.—The an nual statement at the Franklin Fire Insurance Com - pittiy of Philadelphia, will be found In another part of our paper. This is one of the boat institutions of the kind in the country. It does an extensive business, and is conducted throughout in the most efficient manner. The officers arecapable,gentlemanly and attentive ; and their assets are every way ample. A New Firm.—Mr. Thomas P. Hoffman and Jesse Sleg(ried,have entered into partnership in the Livery Bueinees. They will always be sup plied with good vehicles, gentle horses, and care• ful drivers. They can supply calls from a good saddle horse, up to a six horse Oinnibus, at very reasonable prices. such who are in want of any thing in their line, will do welhto give them a call.. Modland fur Sale.—The Executors of Solomon Knauss, deceased,will sell at public sale, a tract of woodland, on which was also lately opened a very. rich Iron Ore bed. Persons in want of ore and such who speculate in ore beds, should at.. tend the sale. Pennsylvania Farm Journal.—The January number of this ialbable periodical has been re• ceivetl, being the 10th number and 22d of the series._Thot , e_vvibliing to_subscrine,_cati_now make their arrangements to do so. The Jam. al r•hould be in the hands of the farming com munity generally. o.lly $l, per year. Railroads in the Union. The following statements we gather from the forthcoming January copy of the railway guide: Oil the Ist of January, 1853, there are in the United States, 13,227 miles of completed rail road, 12,028 miles of railroad in various stages of progress, and about 7,000 miles in the hands of the engineers, whiCh will he built within the next three or four years—making a total of 33, 155 miles of railroad, which will soon traverse the country, and which at an average cost of well 530,000 (a ascertainedaverage). for each mile of road, including equipments, etc., will have consumed a capital amounting to 6994,- 660,000, as follows: 13,227 miles completed, 12,923 miles in progress, 7,000 miles under survey, 33,155 Total, 994,650,000 Or in round numbers--sl,ooo,ooo,ooo—one billion of dollars; a sum which at 6 per cent., :EG0,000,000 annually, or more than sufficient to cover all the expenses of the United States Government and of the Government of, every State composing the United States!—if admin istered with republican economy. • Australian Gold Fields Among the most interesting items brought by the Baltic are the accounts, in the London • papers, of the progress of Gold gathering in Australia, brought down to the 11th of October. The ship Marco Polo had made the voyage from Sidney in 70 days, anticipating the steam ship Australian, which left Melbourne 28th of October, with 220,000 ounces gold dust ; the ship Phoenician with 48,759 ounces, and the Calphurnea with 59,170 ounces. These three shipments, and the amount on the Marco Polo, as worth seven millions dollars. The week the Marco left, the' Government and othir escorts brought from the Mount Alex ander, Bilaret and Victoria mines, 80,784 outr ces, equal to $1,815,686. A nugget of Gold, weighing 340 ounces, of the value of $B,BOO, had been taken out, and arrived at London by this opportunity,* . a present to Queen Victoria. Much embarrassment had already occurred from the high prices of Flour.(as in California) and £5O the ton, or $25 the barrel, was looked to as the probable rate to which it would go be fore relief could be had. Chester County Lead ' Few'bur thoki engaged in the trade have an idea of the large business that has sprung up within a year or two in lead from the Chester County Mines. The Company owing the mines was organized in 1850; the capital necessary was raised by the sale of stock at five dollars per share; works for mining and smelting of a substantial and permanent character were erected, and the result has been most advanta geous. We learn, says the Evening Bulletin, on inquiry, that during the year 1852 the com pany brought to market in this city .eighteen thousand pigs of lead, and since January Ist, the number of pigS brought to market has been twenty one hundred. The works are in full operation night and day, and the high prices now given for lead and other metals will no doubt lead to increased activity. So decided has been the success of the mine that it has not been found necessary to call on the stock• holders for a single assessment on their shares. The Company, moreover, are nut of debt, and have a good working balance in their Treasu ry. This is a most encouraging state of things and particularly gratifying to the owners of the stock. Arrest of a Counterfeiter.—On•Saturday even ing last, Thomas McConnel, alias John Whit, field, was arrested in this borough on a charge of passing counterfeit money. hicConncl, it air pears reached this place in the early train on Saturday, but remained inactive until nightfall, when he sallied forth and in a short time suc ceeded in passing upon our unsuspecting mer• chants some 18 or 17 of his spurious bills. The note is of the denomination of .on the Girard Bank of Philadelphia—being an entirely.new is. sue, and veil calculated to deceive the unwary, particularly at night, tho' easily detected when compared with the genuine.• We shall ehdeavor to glvq a full description of the note hereafter, as there can be no doubt but that thousands wilt be thrown in circulation in various parts of the State. McConnel is a boat captain, from Petry county, and for many years has borne the rep utation of being the "crack captain" on Lpach's extensiee••Pioneer Line."—Carlisk DrYm rar. Mr. Scudder, M. C., from Massachusetts is quite ill' Pennsylvania Legislature January 10 —Mr. Sanderson, read a bill in place, relating to the borough of Towanda, which, on his motion was immediately taken up, and passed its several readings, being amended, on motion of Mr. Fry, to include the borough of Allentown. The bill authorizes the town councils to pass ordinances to prohibit, the erection of frame buildings in said boroughs, at their discretion. On its passage the Yeas were 20, nays 8., January 11.—Mr. Fry, read a bill in plaue supplementary to the act incorporating the Farmers' Insurance company, of Upper and Lower Bancon townships, Lehigh county. January 14.—The speaker laid before the Senate an abstract of the affairs of the Lehigh Valley railroad company.. Mr. fluckalew, read a bill in, place relative to Sfite7Librarian, and a bill to"inoorporale the Delaware, Lehigh and Wyoming valley rail• road company. January 15.—The Senate on motion of Mr. Fry, took up the bill to authorize the North amptou Water Company to borrow money, and the same passed tidally. —House Mr. Lulu', (of Lehigh) read a bill in place to fflnd the Relief nines. January 12.—Mr. Lamy, (Lehigh)asked to be excused from serving on the committee of Vice and Immorality, which was agreed to. January 13.—The Speaker laid before the House the annual statement of the affairs of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society. Mr. Laury, from the select committee repor ted in favor of printing a Daily Record at a cost of sB7o—alloting jib) Geo. Bergner; which was agreed to—yeas 54, nays 39. January 14.—The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Lehigh val• ley railroad company. Central America and Honduras. The enforcement of the Monroe doctrine in relation to British Honduras, seems to have pro.. duced difficulty among our statesmen at Wash.. ington. Important events, says the Philadelphia ! Daily Sun, multiply so rapidly that we find it difficult to keep pace with, or find space for them in our columns. We wish to publish Mr. Ever ett's letter on the Tripartite Treaty, but it is laid over for want of room. Fresh upon th;s comes the charge made against Ex• Secretary Clayton in the Senate. Mr. Cass alleges that the Clayton and Bul wer treaty compromises the Monroe prin ciple, not on its face, but by a secret understand. ing between the negotiators. Mr. Clayton says the reservation n.lftit . treaty of English claims It to the Balize, and the oiltaAgnd other islands in the bay of Honduras, was private only in form but was, nevertheless, well known to the mem• hers of the Senate, when they confirmed it. This ' is denied by Messrs. Downes, Cass, Chase and others, who all say that, had the private note from Mr. Clayton, and the one put on file in the Secretary's office, been divulged to the Senate, the treaty would never have been ratified. Mr. Clayton, at home in Delaware, reads these assaults upon him in the Senate, and sends to the National Intelligencer by telegraph, the copy of a letter from the Hon. W. R. King, who was then chairman of the Committee of Foreign Re lations, written on the day of the exchange of ratifications of the British Treaty - on the 6th of April, 1850, stating, in the very words of the ex- Secretary's letter to Sir Henry Bulwer, that the Treaty did not include British Honduras. The subjoined letter from Mr. Clayton to Sir fierily Bulwer, written on the same day of the date of Mr. King's letter, and after Mr. Clayton had re• ceived it, informs Sir Henry that the title to Brit. ish Honduras was left, as it previously stood, without denying, affirming, or in any way tired dlinEr with it. Mr. Clayton likewise said the British title to the Central American States, was recognised by Mr. Polk, in sending there Chris topher Hempstead, as Consul, who remained in British Honduras, under the protection of the British flag, and in virtue of an exequaiur ob tained by Mr. Buchanan•from the British Govern ment, nearly three years, till Mr. Clayton recall ed him, to prevent the possibility of any charge against Gen. Taylor's administration of having recognised the English authority in British Hon duras. The following are the letters referred to Mr. Clayton to Mr. King. $396,810,000 367,840,000 210,000,000 Dear Sir.—l am this morning writing to Sir H. L. Bulwer, and while about to decline alter ing the treaty at the time of exchanging rati7 fications,.l wish to leave no room for a charge of duplicity against our Government, such as that we now pretend that UenlrLil America in the : treaty includes British Honduras. I shall therefore say to him, in effect, that such construction was not in the contemplation of the negotiators or the Senate at the time of confirm. ation. May I have your permission to add that the true understanding was explained by you as Chairman of Foreign Relations, to the Senate, before the vote was taken on the treaty 1 I think it due to frankness on our part. Very truly, yours, J. M. CLAYTON. To Hon. W. R. King, U. S. Senate. --- Mr. King to Mr: Cloyton My Dear Sir.—The Senate perfectly under stood that the Treaty did no include British Hon duras. Frankness becomes our Government; but you should be careful not to use any expres sion which would seem to recognise the right of England to any portion of Honduras. Faithfully, your obedient servant, W. H. KING. To Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State. Extract if a letter from Mr. Clayton to Sir 11, It is unnecessary for me to repeat that the tree• ty negotiated was not intended. by either of us to apply to the Britiih settlement of Honduras and dependencies, before described, the title to which it is now, and has been, my intention throughout the whole negotiations to leave as the treaty leaves it, without denying, tanning, or in any way meddling with the same=just as. it stood previously. - , E 3 HARIIISHURG, January 15 Senate. Juir 4, 1850 ' JULY 4, 1850 Bulwer. LEANINGS IMICI • rirThe Whigs of Wilmington (Del.) fired Igo guns in honor of the double triumph of that gallant Whig—John M. Clayton to the United States Senate. fir Hon. William G. Crosby, Whig, was elect ed Governor by the Senate of Maine, by a vote of 19 to 12. M"Hon. Wm. Upham, U. S. Senator from Vermont, died at his lodgings, in Washington, on the 14th inst. "The Whig candidate (Riddle) has been elected Mayor of Pittsburg, by 600 majority. IV' A lot in Cincinnati, which sold in 1812 for $4500 is now worth sloosoo '"'There are 62 new members in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg . tgr Three millions of dollars a week is said ro be the yield of the Australia diggins. 1-.V"The artesian well at Charleston has reach ed the extraordinary depth of 930 feet, without coming to water. A tube has been inserted of six inches in diameter, connected by screw joints, the entire distance. 10^The Chicago Journal notices a shipment of a lot of 5000 quails by express to New York. Game of all kinds is very plenty, being shipped Bast daily by the ton. Ur A rich vein of lend has been discovered _in_Campville,-Tioga—Co., N. V,- The editor-of the Oswego Gazette has been shown specimens of the ore, yielding 90 per cent. Lir A wrestling scrape occurred at a tavern in Reading, on Friday last, between a Forester and a townsman, named Samuel Fretz, who was thrown, breaking his leg above the ankle. 10 "Don. John M. Clayton has been elected to the United States Senate by the Legislature of Delaware, fur six years from the 4th of March next. EV'Senator Dra•fbary, of Maine, has deemed a re - numination to the Senate • Pr Hon. Charles E. Staurt, of the house, has been el&cted a U. S. Senator from Michigan, in place of Mr. Fetch. Hon. John Petit, celebrated for his annual speeches against Chaplains of the House of Rep. resentative's, has been elected li..S.Senator from Indiana. Agricultural Meeting. At a meeting of the Northampton County Ag ricultural Society, held at the ho use of D. Seipel, in Hecktown, Jos. U. Jones, Esq., in the chair, the committee appointed to select officers for a per. manent organization and to draft a Constitution, reported the following officers who were after wards chosen as the officers of the Society fur the ensuing year: President—JOHN H. KELLER; of Plainfield. Vice Presidents.— Allen, Daniel Levan ; E. Allen, Hugh Horner,Esq.; Bethlehem Borough, Dr. Wilson ; Bethlehem twp., J. B. Jones; Bush kill, Jos. Keller; Easton—Bushkill Ward, M. H, Jones,; Lehigh Ward, W. 11. Hotter; Forks, Peter Kemmerer; Hanover, Isaac Lawall ; Le high, George Heiny ; L. Mt. Bethel, Geo. Match. ler; U. Mt. Bethel. John Emery ; Lower Naza reth, Jus. Engler; Upper Nazareth, U. Kichline; Sau con, Balzer Stever ; Moore, Jacob School; Plainfield, Robert Levers ; South Easton, Daniel Odenwelder ; Williams, William Frimstone. Recording Secretary—G. W. Stein, Easton. Corrosponding Sec.--H. W. Crosby, Easton. Treasurer—Daniel Boyer, Bethlehem twp. Geologist and Chemist—Dr. T. Green Easton, Executive Committee—Dr.Evan Slough, Vol. entine Mulchler, Leonard Ftankenfield, Josiah Cole, Geo. Ehret and Daniel Whitesell. The Constitution as reported by the Commit. tee, (with some modifications) was also adopted, after which it was signed by a large number present. The following resolutions were offer. ed and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That a committee consisting of three be appointed to make application, either to die Legislature or Court, as they may deem advisa ble, to secure a charter of incorp praiion. Where. upon the following were selected to cart) , into effect the above resolution, viz. Thomas Heck man, Thomas Dorublazer and Herm. M. Fetter. Resolved, Thnt a committee be appointed to prepare an address, setting forth the objects of this Society, and urging the co - operation of the farmers and citizens generally. Said address to be published in all the papers of the county.— Hon. W. McCartney and W. 11. Hotter, were appointed to prepare the address. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet. ing be published in all the papers of this county. On motion, the meeting adjourned to meet again on Saturday, the sth of Fe(Nary next, at 1 o'clock, precisely, at the house of Jonas Lerch, in Stockertown. Signed by , the officerS. Lead in Connecticut During the Revolutionary War,a good deal of lead ore was got out of a tacky region near Mid dletown, Connecticut, for the purposc,of making bullets. These mines have been abandoned un til recently, when a German, gentleman, by the name of Frankfort, attracted by the richness of the specimens, commenced working at a short distance from the old excavations. About six weeks since, we are informed, his miners dis covered an old shaft, sunk to the depth of one hundred and twenty feet, the mouth of which ap peared to have been concealed wiih.care. Fur ther examination has revealed lateral explora tions to the extent of about fifteen hundred feet, In the perpendicular shaft stood a wooden ladder as sound apparently as on the day It was placed there—so perfect, indeed, that Mr. Frankfort'jt men are now making use,of it. Iron drills were found at the bottom, but ruined by corrosion.— From the appearance of the work, some Corn ish men, who are at present engaged there, are of opinion that it was dune by their own coun trymen. The ore Containing the silver is an argentifer ous galena; the vein stone is quartz, and the general character of the rock a siliclous killas bordering upon granite, much like the Vornwall rocks. Whoever niay have cominenced this shaft, Dr. Frankfort continue - I it.• TIM yield both_ of silver and lead is said to be highly satisfac- Old Age.—Louis De!eq. a ',native of Africa, who was one hundred and twe nty; y grs old.dled at New Orleans, on the`gd,instOof old 'aie; a disease i not very prevalent d that m.ix. Something New. Here is a paragraph from the New York Journ al of Commerce, that will arrest the attention of worne9 who bake their own bread, if nobody else; "rhe Croton flour is bound to rise. Says . the Journal: .Patent Self Raising Four is an article entering into very general consumption, 1000 barrels be ing now manufactured at the Croton Mills per month. Its peculiar properties are imparted by incorporating with the flour, during its manufac ture, super - carbonate of, soda and tartaric acid, in suitable proportions. Not less than 100,000 Ibs, of the former, and 70,000 of the latter have been imported during the last six months, to be used in the preparation of the self - raising flour. fly the new process, the usual way of raising bread by the partial decomposition of the dough; (which is said to cause a deterioration of the val uable qualities of the flour, and It loss equal to . 16 per cent in weight, compared with bread rais ed without yeast..) it avoided. The proprietors . of the Croton Mills, are preparing.to give a col lation at their establishment, during the next week, for the benefit of. housekeepers, at which , they propose to serve up bread, biscuit, &c., from the self. raising flour, produced within 45 miro.._ utes from the dry flour. The Croton Mills drive 15 runs of stone, day and night, employ GO men, a nd - consume - aunually — about - 60,000 - bushels-of wheat, besides oats and corn in large quantities.' In preparing the various articles manufactured, ‘ : flour, farina, &c., for market, 460,000 yards ? ,i f muslin and coarse bagging are consurried,' and; 1000 reams of paper. The Mithi s rre'r r y is driyen by an oscillating engine, the motive power being furnished by two of Montgomery's Patent Tubu lar ;Toilers; and from the exhausted steam all parts of the establishment are abundantly heated, It is believed that the quantity of flour annually: manufactured, amounting to 100,000 barrels, ex... ends the product of tiny flouring mill in tho' country. IVosltinglon on Profanity.—A true extract from! the original 6.General Order Book" of General Washington, under date of 29th cfJuly, 1779: "Many and pointed orders have been Issued against that unmeaning and abominable custom, of swearing—notwithstanding which with much regret, the General observes that it prevails, if possible, more than ever. flis feelings are con • usually wounded by the oaths and imptecations ofjhe soldiers whenever he is in hearing of them. The name of that being, from whose hountiful goodness we are permitted to exist and enjoy the comforts of life, is incessantly imprecated ant profained in a manner as Wallin!) as it is shock nag. For the sake, therefore, of religion, decen cy and order, the General hopes and trusts that officers of every rank will use iheir influence and authority to check a vice which is as unpro fitable as it is wicked and shaineinl. "If officers would make it an unvariable rule to reprimand,and if that does not do, punish sr& dices for offences of !his kind, it could not fail of having the desired i if•et." Bequrnin Franklin.—George Banc:rofi, E•q , in a lecture before the New York Historical So ciety, reported in the Tones, pays an eloquent tribute to the philosopher: "Not the h.li n t Fr an k lie's merits have been, told. Ile was the uue fath er of the American Union. It was he who went forth to lay the foundation of that great design at. Albany ; and in New York he lifted up his voice. Here among us he appeared as the apostle of Me Union. It was Franklin who suggested the Con gress of 1774, sod but for his wisdom, and the confidence that wisdom inspired, it is n matter of doubt whether that Congress would have ta. ken effect. It was Franklin who suggested the hand of the Union which hinds these States from Florida to Maine. Franklin was the greatest diplomatist of the eighteen century. He never spoke a word too soon ; he never spoke a word too late; he never spoke n word too much ; he never failed to speak the right word at the right season." Remarkable Confession and Diselosures.—Our readers will recollect the burglarious entrance of Messrs. Waterman's store, the beating and chok ing of the clerk, Abraham Hoysradt, and the rob bery of $lOO. From certain circumstances, sus-- piciun was fixed upon Hoysradt - s himself. He• was arrested tind then confessed. Ile said that he took the money, and hid it away in the privy.. He then returned to his room, took a shoe brush and knocked out one of his teeth, which was somewhat loose. He then took a comb and. scratched his face, being careful to let the blood run down on his shirt. Next he laid down on, the bed without covering, for the purpose of be-.. coming cold, and The last thing he did was to tie his neckerchief round his throat; the 'rest the public know.—Buffalo Rough Note.. A Wild Cat Caught by Motive Power.—On Thursday the train of passenger cars from the West, while passing along the foot of the Tus carora mountain, a short distance above Millers. town, Perry county, ran over a . large wild cat, breaking three of its legs, and preventing its ow" cape. After daylight the.animal was found ancri secured.. The cat doubtless had been drinking out of the , Junialit river, when, frightened by the " fast coming train, It attempted to retreat to the " mountain, and was caught on the railroad track • A Constable on a. Throne.—The present Inrie ror of France was a few years ago an Duglish constable. ' During the Chartist movements, in 1848, M Louis Bonaparte found himself at Lon don.' No: having a sous in his pocket, he was, of course, "in favor of all great questions of the day," that promised to pay anything, and ready to join in getting up a revolution or putting down one, just as wind might blow. Oo the 10th of April, 1848, when a Chartist insurrection was apprehended, Louis, probably forseeing it would come to nothing, applied for the ollice of consta' ble, and was sworn l.gs a 'special,' He was put'upon duty in But streets of London. and as sisted in keeping the populance in order. - Cablornia.—The voles on the Presidoncy this Stateitood, Pirrce 40,812, Scott The counties of Klamath and Santa Karbara bad I not sent in returns, and Menthiceno is not yet' organized. Four of the, counties are ttnoMisittiv so that those who made bets. on 5000' majorityi are no outuf the woods "yet.•• • . •
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