tef)igli register. AWCintiown, Pa. WEDNESDAY; JUNE' I, 1863. • CANAL COMMISSIONE R. ',roses Po.wuall) OF LANCASTER' COUNTY -.,AUDITOR GENERAL. Alexander K. McClure, =2 .SURVEYOR GENERAL. Christian Myers, OF CLARION . COUNTY The Weather and the Crops. , The wheat fields in this county to within the 'last weuk•or so looked very promising, since ther late heavy rains and storms, however many farmers qiiinplain that the fly has very mated l_rligredthq growing -wheat, apd in fact we _olgerftijkin 'the fields around our Borough the sad halite of this insect. Fields that promised au•,a.un.antlitikl; at present have the appear _ anee_of. hilt _the stalkes. broken down. The -- Rye crop however; promise's to be one of the beat, we have. bad for many _years. Corn is coming up: nicely, oats looks well, and bids ~fairto.be abundant, grass generally speaking is .nOt as good'ai itMighibe, yet we notice many fields that will yield a very heavy crop, this no'doubt its owing to the continued cold weather during the Spring months'. The fruit crop also bids fair and all kinds of fruit will be plenty. Norristown and. Allentown The engineers-. are still engaged in survey ing the route from Norristown-to Allentown and wilt close their labors this 'week. From what we can learn the grade - will.be only about 90 feet to the mile, and will make a very_fa vorable route.. This company will intersect their road with the " Lehigh Valley" at town, and will make the most direct lino from . Northern PentOylvania to Philadelphia. The Letting. " The time, for receiving proposals for the-Let ling of tha Philadelphia, Easton'and Water cap - Railroad, help a point on the Wisahicon, about fourteen miles from Philadelphia to Hellertowo, a distance of thirty.six miles; wai . cloied on Saturday last; who received the different Leon tracts we have not learned; we were informed though that a large number of contractors were present to present their proposals. The' com pany has not yet determined upon the route, from the Wisabocon to the city, and from Hel. lertown to the Lehigh. We are still in hopes that they will determine upon coming direct to Allentown,, either by a road along the river or by tunneling the mountain, and erect their work shops and depot at this place. A. Hint to Working Men.. Mrs. Swissheltn, in tier Saturday Visitor, proffers the following suggestions to Working Men as to , the ways and means of commanding a fair reward-for their labor. It is not the whole truth, but very true so far as it goes, and emi nently worthy of attention : " We have long known an unfailing remedy for all the 'ordinary oppression of Capital. We have a proscription which, if yell shaken and regularly-taken, would cure the evil which strikes, as they now, occur; do only aggravate. It is, 'ln time of peace, prepare for war.'_ "If our.laboring.men, before making war on employers would only build unto themselves fortifications and lay in stores, they could staud any length of seige. The way to do this is for every Man to live on half his wages, or less if possible, until he buys and pay for an acre of ground, fences it, builds on it a house large and close enough to iholter himself and family from a winter storm. This is his fort. Then let him take• all the time he now spends in triverns.and other lounging places, to lay in stores of ammunition and provisions, in the shape of useful knowledge gleaned from books. and papers, and grape-vio es, trees potatoes and caabbges growing in his enclosure. If he.plants every. foot of it with something pleasant to,,the , eye and good' fur food, no . tyrannic‘aletriployer can starve'him into tiny degrading submission. It is extravagance and improvidence, and noth ing else, which kbeps are laboring classes in the power of Capilat,. We know very few cap italists who have not become so through a self. denial and perseverance which poor men scorn to use. ' '‘ We know men who, on thr7 wages of a common laborer—seldom more than 75 cents a day—have lived comfortably and accumula ted property,'.4while• thousands earning twice that sum live 'from hand'to mouth,' and are starving int week out of employ. " Obr impression is, Olt the majority of these would" not . be'one bit better off' if they got ten &oilers a day—that, in fact, they would be more likely to prosper oil fifty cents. Those people who need contributions to sustain them when unemployed a•month, are genoially those who know nothing of the value of Money, but cal culate to saind they get, be 'that little or much; oonsoqitently, an' advance.in their wa ges is sending More money to beer.shops and cigar establishments, or fanny stores.: Before any man ean.he 'independent, he must learn to live within his income, be that little or much. When ho has Midi; himself in a homestead,' with the cellar MOB' old ! and u bit of ground. to raise his cabbige,;atici &cline spare in his pooketile Gait.. afford to strike any* system of oppression he has a mind to;- but as long as' he prefers indulgence`to self mineral:rip, he ought to be a slave, if 'anybody, who gait - Akita' care of him will only take the trouble tri'dci it: g• We would live.on ninah and molasses, and : , dress in fip.ealieoesill the days of . our natural life, rather Allan live. by • aufferance and' be in daily danger of stattititieni.or•be uotnpelltid to work how and when somebody'pleabed, wheth: er we liked it or not. ' Make unto yourselvea friends •of :the unrighlous ma:ninon' —l'save your money, and thereby your independenee:' Business Notices The Navigation Opencd.—Oar Mends Messrs. Hecker, Long c 5. Co. continue to*take freight from Philadelphia to White Haven, and all interme; dia!mplaces, along the Delaware and Lehigh Canals. "Their : boats are in.fitst rate condition and maned - with careful crews. The Well known business qualiftcations'of_the proprie tors is a sufficient guarranty that every thing they undertake will be attended to with-the the strictest punctuality. Store in Illechaniesboro.—Onr friend John Min nick of IVlechanicabore, haft lately commenced the Store business in that thriving little 'village. John is a real•go-ahead fellow and is bound to succeed in anything he undertakes. He has laid in an entire New Steck of Goods, which he feels himself bound to sell far below, what similar goods were sold at before in the place and we know if John says a thing he will do it ! Give him a call ! Notice to Travellers.—Our enterprising towns man Mr. Charles ScagreaFes, has established a New Line of Stages - between Allentown and Pottstown, which mill commence r•unnin'g from to-day. Passengers *ilr leave - Allentown by this line at 2 o'clock A. M. connect with the Reading Railroad at Pottstown in time to take the morning down train to Philadelphia, or up train to Reading and Pottsville and arrive at either place at from 10 to 12 o'clock A.M. The route is one of the pleasantest that can be traveled, passing as it does though a delightful and romantic country. It is the quickest route by which Philadelphia can be reached, and in time to pass on with the Western Railroad train to Pittsburg. A New Landlord—The Mechaicsboro, Hotel iformerly kept by Samuel Miller, has since the first of Apt il last passed into the hands of Mr. Aaron B. Desk. Aaron is one of the cleaverest .[allows you will meet with in a days travel, and just The man to keep a good house, full of ettort, and you have only to give him a call to like him. , • Norristown and Freerparisburg. The corps of engineers are still busily engag ed in surveying this route, but it is thought they will be able to get through with their labors the latter part of this week or the" beginning of next. The route as surveyed from this point passes up the river Schuylkill to the mouth of the Indian creek ; from thence, in a.north-wes dernly direction to a point on the Perkiomen Creek, a short distance above Shannonville from thence up the Perkiomen to the month of Macoby Cieek; from thence up said creek to the waters of the Hosensack in Lehigh county, —a distance of some thirty miles from Norris town, and leaving a distance of some 10 miles from that point to Allentown yet to be surveyed. By this route, the dictance to Allentown, will be some FIVE MILES SHORTER THAN THE WATER GAP ROUTE,—passing through 9,Jemarkable flourishing section of country, .tthounding in mills, Factories, &c. The route is also a natural one for a railroad, and will re rinire but comparative little grading—a num ber of the miles we have been informed by Mr. Conson, the engineer, will not cost over $2000: We ask capitalists, and particularly the tiler chants Of Philadelphia to look at this matter, and when the report of the Engineers is made and the books opened for th.e subscription of stock, they will be prepared to respond with that spirit of liberty which the enterprise may seem to warrant. Nor. Watclunan. Sale of Railroad Stock The Commissioners appointed for that pur• pose, by a late act of the Legislature, opened fiCoks for receiving subscriptions to life Capital Stock of the ''Earp Railroad Company," at the American House, in Pottsville, on Monday the 23d of May, when the - whole amount of 2200,- 000 was taken in a few minutes by citizens of this county and Harrisburg. It appears to have been considered a choice investment. larThe above named company was the last oisthe batch that was passed by our Legislature last•session, and it is the first that has taken measures to be organized. QtyErtY.—llow about the road from Allentirm to Port Clinton ? Who are the commissioners and what aro they going to do ?- The people are anxious to know ? True to the. Letter. A writer in an exchange strikes at the pro ffigacy an effeminacy of the times as follows ' There aro thousands of young men going about every day, spending their time in chew• ing or drinking, or other pursuits as profitless, while their heads are as empty as snuff balls, and their minds have scrercely strength enough to count a hundred without assistance, and yet alter awhile, these same young gentlemen will be complaining that they never had time for study. There are many young ladies, Who sit round' our drawing rooms and parlors, and laugh and char, and dance and sigh, and cry and fall in love, (while their poor mothers are washing the dishes and scrubbing.) and fall out again, and break their .little hearts, yet could never get time to read or study—save to shed tears over some love story—and who scarcely know whether the moon goes round the earth or the earth round the moon, whether Milton lived before.or after the flood, or whether Greece is in Europe or Atrierica. Consul to Zurich..—Our friend George H. Genii. die, Esq., of Bethlehem, Pa., has been appoin fi3d by'the Pr esident, Conan! to Zurich. This will be very satisfactory WI ho German citizens elite United States. More ..Mantifagurest' for Me Cryefal Palace. 'The clipper ship Sovereign -of the seas, on her recent voyage frowCalifornia, brought .a num-.. ber of wildbeasts., native, to the forests of that country. They.were Intended for bxhibition at. the World's:gair,.bud the collection comprises a sniped benifr(callid from this peculiarity a &vain bow" bear,( ti Fillterboati, a tigerealleopard, a ettlyoto, sdttie peculiar quails, and d hortiettmad. Evidences of Success. We are indebted to Mr. Thompson, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad-Company; forthe following nyintiorinda says the I); News ofthe. business of the road, from theist of .Januaii to the 30th of April inclusive, as compared • with . laet.year. It Shows conclusively the extent to whiohdhis great Peinsylvania improvement is calculated to conduce to the benefit of our city and should serveihs an incentive to our i busi. netts men particularly, to extend their aid to other like improvements. We learn, in addl. lion, that the nett receipts of the company. for the four months included in the statement, af ter paying all expenses, equal to four per cent on the entire &instruction and stocking of that part of the road now in use. This, it will be seen, is equal to a dividend of twelie per cent. on the capital stock of the company, so far as the road is in use, said is a warrant for the de• claration that the stock of tho company, when the road is entirely finished, will a twelve per cent. security ; at least so long as the trade•is not_divetted_to_other and rival channels: NETT RECEIPTS AFTER PAYMENT OF EXPENSES 1852. January $2l 500 38 February 37 772 01 March 95 823 63 April 62.997 62 Getting a Wife Our city was recently visited by an Irishman from Philadelphia, in quest of a wile. He sought several places in vain to meet an ob ject worthy of his adoration, and finally called at the Poor House of the county, when Fate and a women smiled upon him. His sponta neous affection was reciprocated; consent was given; the minister was called; and the two were made one. On Wednesday, the 18th, the parties left for Philadelphia to take up their residence. The prize won with so much ease, is of more than ordinary value, as the groom at once becomes the father of three promising children. We are informed by one of the county com missioners, that there are a number more of females at the same place, who would be glad of the opportunity to marry, and lo whom the attention of young men, widowers and bache lors is respectively in vited.—lnclependent Whig. Fourth of July Brother Jonathan. The grand and imposing appearance of this elegant *Ririel is deserving of particular no: tice. It is really a spiiited and beautiful pic ture sheet. The print sr — iiil — engravingacoupies the entire first page of the papdr,- and repre- sents a series of romantic historical incidents connected with the first settlement of America by our Puritan lathers, taken from‘deseilotiorts by Bancroft. There is an acre of beciatifol pic tures besides this, which we have'not time to: note. It is enough to say it is by far the 'profs tiebt sheet ever issued from the Mother Jona than establishment. B. E. Day, 48 Beekman street, New York, is the publisher. Price 12 cents per copy, or ten for one dollar. The Peter Miller .Wi Wy eke, Icates and Arndt, Auditors, appointed by the Court, to audit, the account of Samuel Wil helm, as Executor and Trustee of the late Peter Miller, reported last week. We understand the report is an able one, and is lengthy, occu pying about sixty tools-cap pages. They re port against Mr. Wilhelm to the amount of six ty or severity thousand dollars, and the Audi -101114 fees are six thousand - dollars. It is said the parties had agreed that the decision of the Auditors should be final.—.Easton TVllig. Free Banking in New Jersey The lank commissioners of the State report that, of the twenty-one associations organised under the general banking law, only four. are, bonatfide concerns, viz : Bordeptown Bank, at Bordentown ; Newark City Bank, at Newark; Hudson County Bank, at Jersey City; and Cen tral Bank, at Hightown. Those four institutions have each a regular banking house, and pur sue the business of banking within the true in tent and meaning of the law, and afford facili ties to the communities in which they are lo cated. Of the other seventeen, the commis• sioners state that only three have partially com. plied with the law, by having an office, a clerk and by making occasionally a discount—but beyound that no regular banking business , is done by either. Fifteen tit them have given notice of their intention 16 close their aflairti. QUElli. Why were the notes of banks which had not complied with the law, allowed to be is. sued by the State comptrollers ? The above only goes to prove that the Free Banking Law of Jersey, is an exceedingly lame affair, reflecting little credit upon the making power, which, has left their own work open to such abuse.— It is very strange that such looseness should be exhibited on so important a matter. We have seen nothing yet to invalidate the usefulness or disprove the propriety of a well degested, 'and, well guarded Free Bankins System. Borough Railroad Subscriplion.—The citizens of Meadville, at a meeting held on last Tuesday evening, authorized a subscription on the part of the Town Council of any number of shares to the Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad authorized by the laws of the State, not to exceed $50,000. Itlonumeht to 111 r. Webster,: —The Massachu .setts House of Represenfativa, on Monday, or •dered.to a third reading by a vote of 110 to 90 the' resolve providing for the erection of a mon. ument to Daniel Webster, at an expense of $lO,. 000, under the supervision of a commission. Cure for/ Hydrophobia.—The Paris correspon. dent of the New York /Jerald says, a plant cal^• led diada in Africa, and well known in Europe by the botanical name of penntroyal, of the par ties of germandreas, haa'been presegedito.dre Academy of ecience as a capital remedy for by- . drophobia.. It is necessary to powdsr-the plant and mix it with honey. This paitn.,must be ta ken,'six spoons full a,dayiwith some sweet oil;' for three days and then no tear need be entpf" talked aboartlia digesie. _ . . Minnesota Salt Regions. 'Probably there is' not a richer salt region on the face of the earth than the one in Minnesota. .The Territory. is geuerally supposed to be vale. •able for its agricultural resourdes alone ; noth •ing, howeyer can.be more erroneous. True, its fiatural agricultural wealth Is probably second to none in the Mississippi Valley, but Its mineral wealth IS not less extensive and valuable.— Among the latter, its salt stands preeminent.— The region lies between 47 deg. and 49 - deg. north latitude, and 97 deg. and 99 deg. north West longitude. Its exact locality was aster. tamed and defined byitn expedition sent out from Fort Snelling, by Major Long, in '1822-3. A description of that salt region, together with its localities, will be. found in ,the Topographical Department in Washington. Our first information of that salt region was from a soldier in the - expedition.. He says that they had been traveling for several days over a vast rolling. plain,-with no- trees-or- water ; the troops.and horses- were almost famishing with thirst, when they came suddenly Nom the shore of a beautiful lake; abbut d half a mile in diame ter, junk down in the deep plain. It resenibles more avast snow bank appeared to line its shore, but upon examination it appeared to be an in crustation of salt as pure and as white as snow• The waters of the lake were like the strongest brine. So strong was it that one bathing in it, upon coming - out, in a few minutes would be covered with the white crystalization of salt. . 1853. ' ' January $110,570 52 February 156.905 29 March 143,385 85 April 130 ; 559 84 If this salt region be as rich as it is supposed to be, a railroad projected Into it would prove the best stock in the country. There are mines of undeveloped wealth more extensive, more durable, and more• important than all the gold regions beyond the Rocky Mountains. We are informed also, that a very short distance below the surface the pure rock salt lies in a strata like coal or lime rock. We hope the attention of the pittilic and the. Government will be turned to the subject. There is a region lying in our iminedi• ate neighborhood, almost unknown, containing more intrinsic wealth than any State in the Uni. on, and which would yield_ an annual income probably equaling the entire revenue of the country.—(Si. Louis Union. arowth.of San Francisco. In 1843, 19an Francisco had but 160 inhabi tants. In April, 1847, there were 800. In Oc tober '4B 160 votes were polled, and in Decem ber 48', 347, In .August 49 there' were 1,419 votes cast. Iu Jannary '53 the city contained 80,000 inhabitants, and about 20,000 . votes. In March 1847, there were only six vessels in port. on the Bth of the following. December only-four acid, no arrival for a week. In-January, Febru ary and March of 1848, there were from the .ivighboring ports of Monterey and San Pedro; and for the last quarter of - 1848, the imports amounted to s49,ooo ‘ and the exports to $63,900 From' the first Ofi,lanuarytto the 31st of October ;:t1852, there . were 827 arrivals, with an aggre gate tonnage of 370,455 tons, and iu the last month over 200 vessels in the port. From Jan ! uary Ist to October 31st of the year 1862, the duties received at the Custom House amounted to $1,560,842 14, and the number of passengers arriving hy sca during the same period,"was 58,. 852, while those who departed in the same man ner were 19,575. The first brick building was crcted in September, 1848, and this was the seer and brick hohse in Upper California, there being one at that date in Monterey. In the first two months after discovery of gold, in December 1847, the amount of dust brought into San Fran cisco was about $250,000 and during the next two months about $OOO , OOO. Now it is five mil lions a month. The first Protestant house of • worship in California was bait by•the Baptista, and was dedicated the sth of August, 1849. At he present time there are 18'churches, two of which are Catholic and the rest Protestant. Jan. Alai} , 1, 1852, there were five daily and seven weekly newspapers. ~Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Co.—The New. York paper§ state the new issue of Bonds by this company, were all subscribed for on Monday by the Stockholders, and that 'many were desirious of taking a much larger amount then they were entitled to. By this arrangement $2,100,000 of stick has been retired from the market, and the means protiided for the comple tion of their railroad, sixty miles in length, by August. The issue of Bonds was $1,000,000 at 90 per cent., cancelling $1,100,000 of the stock, and obtaining $7OOOOO in cash. The old Board of Directors of the Company has been re - elected for another year; Thos. Cambers, Dsq., has been re - elected President, and S. Jaudon, Secretary.. A Valuable Gem-or a Tough Slory.—The Gosh- en (N. Y.) Whig states Rev. Robert Armstrong, of Newburg, New York, purchased among other minerals what he supposed was .a topaz, but which turned out to be a diamond, for one - half of which he has been offered five .hundred thou sand dollars, which he declined. Its weight is two and a half ounces, and if a real diamond its value will be more than two millions of dollars. The Rev, gentleman, in declining the magnifi cent offer of half a million, repudiated the old adage, that "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush."—Rosten Journal. One Hundred Tons of Specie.—The specie brought hothe by the Magdalena, from the West Indies, Pacific, and Mexico, amounted to near ty three millions and a quarter dollars in value. About half a dollars value of it was in gold the rest was imsilver.- .A very large por of this specie was from Mexico.. It took twenty eight hours to transfer the specie from a Mexican pacicet to the Sigtharaptin one at St. Thomas.— yfte whole of the'specie was despatclfed to Lon, thin from the Southampton Docks, op. Wedaes• day; it weighed , nearly 100 tons, and occupied nearly 20 specie wagias.—Lefe Eff,gashl!pper. Progress in. Delaware, .Uadar the resiand code of Delaware, the "whipping post and pillory shall be in or Acne:the jail yard." According to this law, the whipping post and pillory in Wil mington was on the 18th fruit taken &militia public... Green, whet° it aloud for 'many years, and planted in the jail yard. - Ortilin arm 'day, thr,ce convicts - were, publfely whipped, one.aio . 12:one 'l5, and one 30 lashes. • . GLEANINGS. Cir The new banking law of Louisiana re. quires banks to keep on hand one dollar in coin tdevery three dollartt of liabilities, exclusive of circulation 107"7'he Ohio and Pennsylvania railroad trains ran through_from-Pittaburgh to Carlisle--for the first time regularly on Monday last. CrMr. .Vanderbilt has sold• his , interest in both of the Staten Island ferries for $OOO,OOO George Law is the principal . purchaser. EF'A man frequently admits that he was in the wrong, but Woman, never—she is "only mis taken." Ur A striped and a white bear, a tiger a leop. ard; and a horned toad have arrived at Nevl. York from California, to be exhibited_ at the %World's Fair. tar Never unit another to do what you can do yourself. 1:39" Rise early. The sleeping toz catches no poultry. 1217*The books of the Carlisle Water and Gas Company were opened at Carlisle on Saturday and-$28,000 were subscribed. ____L7rllow. strange-it is that no poultice has - evcr been discovered to draw out a man's virtues so fully, as the sod that covers his grave. larPolite society—a place where manners pass for too much, and morals for too little. r2irne beauty of behaviour consists In the manner, not the matter of your discourse. CV”The Mississippi River is said so be fast wearing away the Illinois banks,and it is grave ly intimated that St. Loois will find itself distant from that river within the next ten, or possibly the next five years. fla'Llon. Eli Moore has been appointel Indian Agent at .qebraska. ta- The steamer Hermann which sailed from New York last week took $510,000 in specie, instead of $400,000 as reported. rgr The joint worm it is said has nearly de^ stroyed the entire wheat crop in Madison coun ty, Virginia. Or Wisconsin has given charters for fifteen thonsand miles of railroads, that will .require $300,000,000 to construct. far" Hello, I say, what did you say your medi cine -Would cure I" "0, it'll cure everything heal everything." "Ah, well, I'll take a bottle.— May be it'll heel my boots; they need it bad enough I" ""PaPPY, I know what makes some folks call pistols, hurse pistols." 4tWhyrorny, soo 1" "Because they kick so." "Mary, put that boy to bed, he is so sharp he will cut somebody." Plenty of Copper out West;:—The Minnegota Company have got a Masa on. the dock at bleve land, Ohio, destined for 'the World's Fair. It weighs 5,072 lbs. and was nu} off from a mass of eighty ions. It is cut on four sides, through pure solid copper, and is 3 feet 3 inches in length by 2 feet 6 inches id width,ancl I foot Winches thick Great Speed.—The Cincinnati express train on the New York and. Erie Railroad, ran from Hornellsville to Susquehanna„ on - Tuesday, a distance .of 145 miles in 161 minutes. The Binghamplon Republican believes ibis to be the greatest speed which has ever been altained,for so great a distance, ou any AA in the United States. Supreme Judge.—The death of Judge Gibson makes a vacancy on the Supreme Bench, which must be filled by appointment of the Governor, until the next October election, when the people will have to elect a Judge. The candidate so elected, will hold his office for the full term of fifteen years, and not for the unexpired term of Judge Gibson, as is supposed by some. Church Struck by Lfghtnifig.—The Congrega tion Church at L'ockport was struck by lightning during divine service last Sabbath afternoon.-- LUTHER Citooxxa, one of the. choristers, was tn scantly killed, and six others were severly injur ed. The shock is said to have' been so terrific as for a short time to render every person in the building completely powerless. Territories to become States.—Utah would make twenty States of the size of New Hampshire ; Nebraska, fifteen ; Indian, twenty ; Northwest, sixty.five. Total, one hundred .and twenty-six States. Should these Territories have an 'equal population to the square mile with New Hamp shire, they would contain a population of above thirty_eight million souls. Arthur Spring an alias.—An Irish paper, pub_ lished in Kerry, says that Arthur Spring was al- ways known in Ireland as Urosbie, which he took from his mother, Peg Orosbie, a woman of such notoriously bad character that her son's claim was never admitted by the gentleinan after whom she chose to call him ; and consequently, as before stated, he always went by her name. - The Small Pox.—lt is stated in an article in the New York Times that in that city three thou. sand persons have the small pox in the course of the year, and that one fifth and one sixth of the , patients die. Yet there is no good . and well or. dered small pox hospital. No possible sum. would be to great to expend annually in relieving these persons and preventing the spread of the contagion. A Token of Hemembrance.-Borge wag of a Whig Postmaster in the interior of New York has sent to the Post Office Department a lock of his hair, sealed in the wax with which hia.bun (he of returns fur the last quarter was secured.— It looked like an intimation that his (official)- scalp was ready for the victors, whenever they chose to take it. Enormous Fees.—According to the report of Comptroller Flagg, of New York city, the amount of fees paid to the Corporation Attorney and counsel for the year 1882; (besides certain perquisites not include d ) amounted to the enor• moos sum o( seventy-one thousand two hundred and ninety six dollars and three cents. The sum eiceeds the aggregate salagcs °fart °over• nors of [hilly States: , T , Al. Oscar Lajoielie,. the getiodthd tittliipreJ sentaUve oldie feltaily . orthe ladbusAebetal Lafayette, has , rethsed to take the oatirof tines to theTkeictitmpeiot;requicett from Ilia as a Geptakkof4Tiillery,andhiiilh**liquetiee' beelOOpitited Of his commission. , -- Central Route to the Paolilo. Mr. Elisha Riggs, of the firm of Corcoran 40. Riggs, and his young brother, William Henry; and IL Rodgers, En g member of the bar at Washington tit}, and soh of the late Commodore Rodgers, left this eity'last - nitht On board the `steamer Isabel fol. /ranges, to Join iiiiiierinten dent Beale in hig new route h Calitornia. As the superintendeht will have left kailsas wheri these gentlemen arrive there, they will take si light carriage, drawn by sii'Meilcan ifiulea, and run fifty miles a day until they overtake hint. - This is courageous on the Odd of those gentle; men, and shows-their reliance on Superintendent Deale, with whom they are well acquainted.— These gentlemen have no Government emploY meat, and go as amateur travellers to see the grand features of their own country, a n d to f orm their own opinions of the practicability or t h e noblest work which the mind of man ever con= ceived. They have seen Europe and'Asia.-and mean to see the inside of their own country.—; Superintendent Beale, Mr. Harris Hear.,.and their company, leave Ka stigis to day. Cohfnel Denton who went withthern_to_tliat_point,-and--macid 1-iieeetTWto the people - on the subject of the road at Kansas, Westport, and Independence, returnee yesterday, and reports the spirit of the countrY to be high for the central route. We also under ! stand that the Hon. Secretor -1 y at War, General Jefferson Davis, is organizing the expedition for the 'central route, and has associated with it Mr: R. H. Kern, who was one of Fremont's comrades' and with him in his last disaitrous expedition; and has also authorized him to employ St. Tap lin, who was also one of Fremont's comrades, and with him when his expedition was buried it s the terrible snows of the Sierra San Juan. This is a compliment to Fremont, to employ two of his comrades to take up his work where he was stopped. As for Fremont himself, he was detained we understand too long by the writ against him for the debt of the United States in London; to come home in time to be employed in any of the • Government expeditions, but he was collecting fine instruments in London, and would be at home in time to make a winter expedition, and prove the. practicability of his cherished central route in winter as well as in summer.—St. Louie Democrat, May 11. The Rich' .Mr. Shaw, of Roston.=A thousand anecdotes of the late Mr. Shaw are current. A young merchant once waited upon him when money was worth three per cent, a - month , • and asked him to discount paper to, the' , amount of $6,000, stating at the same time . that it was a, case of necessity—Mr ! Shaw at:once discounted— the notes and refused toreCteivoli cent more-than the legal interest. . Mr. Shaw once loaned a poor man $lO. The next time the recipient of the loan met him he rather avoided him. "How is this 1" said Mr. Shaw. loaned you $lO, but I did not expect you would cut me ; but here is $2O, and when we next meet, let it be as old Meads.—Roston Gazelle. • Silver .Mihe.—A silver mine bas recently beiffl L-a4 discoveredon - the bank of Slipperyreck creek,ini' Mercer county, between llarother's and Koine' dyt mills. We understand that a gentlemen from OhiO made the discovery, and has since purchased the property where it lies. A number of person§ are now engaged in ivorking the mine and it is presumed It will yield a profitable in. vestment' to the enterprising proprietor.. The hills adjacent to that creek are filled with rich . minerals and only needs to be developed to be_ come useful and prpfitable to landholders in that • section. Marriage Certificate.—The following certificate was duly granted to the parties therein named, and signed by an embryo justice of the peace v in Peoria county, ['Nubia ; To.all the world greet. ing, know ye John Smith and Peggy Myers, is hereby certified to go together - and& as old folks does, any where in corporasspresinct,and whets my commission comes I am to marry'em•good and date'em bacs to.kiver,acchlents. • *whiff Atefut qhiptureck.,--The New 'York, papers of Tuesday brought us an accoun t of awful shipwreck at sea, on that ad The ship William add MAthcof • Maine..strUck upon a , reef near thaßahanufislauds, add sunk almost immediately. - 71dhe had 208 human beings. on. board besides her drew, of whom, with the excepting of the'ddil tain , mate and six of thee crew are supposed to have found a watery grave. India Rubber Combs.—The tateat use towldcb this article has been applied,sinie the introduc tion of India Rubber conscienees,,ls the manu facture of combs. They are quite eliatle, and lees liable to break thanthose.olthe njd.rnateri• al, which they will doubtless supersede, anwer^ lag, as they do, all intents and purposes equally. as well, if not better. They can , be •procured at A. G. SAYLOR'S Trimming and Variety Store,. ill Cai)ie and Emmos.-T-Active exertions are be- ing made to procure the pardiin of these two Young men, now under sentence•of 'death forthe murder of Christopher Soohan... 4 great number of petitions are in ciitulatioa, with this. object, and they have been ef4ensively signed. Much sympathy is felt for Ernmos; 7 lho, it is generally hbelieved, had no :direct band In the murder; particularly since the -verdict 'ln the trial s `of : ' James O'Neil, for the murder of Mr. Solly. , 4uat., • ; \Vett data , Raifroad.—The borough of We3t Chester at au. elitgioklfsl4pn. • the 20th of. May, for that purpose ifistilaeacthir c oupc it s in their substription of 120,000' to ttio Stock of the West UheetersoPhiladeiphia,iiall road, by a vote of 253 is (atilt Li' Magainat Said subsCriptiod. • Itidsome Dividecl•—r'rhe Directors orate Hotd lidaysburg and Bedford Plank. Road agreed on Satuday laatito declare a dividend'of 06 cents on the share after •making ippropriationa to the road, and an additional building to the r present . toll house This will make about 12 per , . cant. on the capital'invested,during the : past 76114.! ftemairu.--It is proposed to re. move Mir remains of Oen. Harrison;- which' inv nbw entombekat•North'llini,'ni thcllaidi field •Cf Tippeotion, there to slumber ofthi !intrepid Uolike Davii and iheWcompittriots.
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