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.