Agricultural Meeting At a meeting of the ''Lehigh County Agrienl• rural society," held on Saturday the 23d of Ju. .13', at the House of John Y. Bechtel, in Allentown. Edward Kolder, Eeq., in. the Chair. The minntes of last meeting were read and adopted. The Committee.consisfing of Dr. D... 0. Mes ser, Charlee,Wittinitit and A. C. Rahn, reported a schedule of premiums, which Was adopted and ordered to be published in all the papers of the Borough. On motion it was resolved that the lot of Wil liam Maddern, containing eight acres of lane be purchased by the society at two thousand del lare, which was agreed to. Resolved, That the second annual Fair be held on said lot, on the 28111, 29th and 30th of September next, and:that the Farmers, Meehan•; ice end others who have the perpetuity andpron• perky of the society nt beret are respectfully invited to become competitors nt the Fair. Resolved, That Charles Mimeo, l'anl Bak liet; Christian Pretz, E. D. Loisenring, Peter. Troxel, jr., Geprge.43eisel, and John Schi mph, tie a Committee to inclose the Fair ground with a suitable and permanent fence, erect the no. -.cessiiry buildings and make such other arrange ments as they may think proper. ' .Resolved, That a meeting of the Executive 'Committee bo held on Saturday- the 20th of Angulo, at 40 o'clock in Iho forenoon, at the Public Houecrof Mr. Benjamin ilagenbuch, in the Borough of Allentown. sustains a tired thousand dollars; Governor Bigler, in his last annual metsage states, that "in view of the energetio competition which has grown up around us, it would be onside to anticipate any increase in the net income for any, year here after, until the North Branch Canal and Port age Railroad shall have been completed."— And a very large increase on the present re ceipts of the main line, would not probably be more than sufficient to die charge the interest of the money expended on the Portage and Co lumbia Railroad. Hence, it this main line was sold even for a sum 'several millions below its original cost, The State would be the gainer. The cause of the failure of the public winks is riot attributed to the amount of trade, but to the corrupt management. ft the works should pass into the hands of a private company, where the controllers are men selected for their ability, honor and integrity, and not be. cause of their services as politicens who have no interest at stake except their own private emoluments, they would yield handsome year ly dividends. The sub j ect is recommended to the earnest attention of the citizens of the State. it is a snliset closely entwined with the prosperity of Pennsylvania, unless the people discuss the matter, and the press continues to agitate it, the important question will not meet with that share of public consideration to which it' is justly entitled., &wage Trophies.—A correspondent of the Bur. tato Express, at St. Paul, Minnesota, paid a visit to the Indian village of Kaposia, about five miles dr wa the river. One of the sights is thus des cribed : .We saw hanging before one of the lodges a fresh scalp token within a few weeks from one of ' their natural foes, the Chippewas. It was• hung upon a hoop, surrounded by eagle feathers, and what was most strange, there was also a comb and scissors hanging by. The skin of the scalp was kept painted of a bright red, to repre sent the dropping blood, and the whole thing was most horrid. The feud between the Sioux and Chip - peiktis cannot be cured. They are afraid of each other; only three weeks since a woman. of the Sioux was shot in the streets of St. Paul, by a puff of Chippewas who were in ambush.— The scalp we saw had been taken in revenge for this murder." Prize Fight —Yankee Sullivan has announce ed that he has made a match to fight with Mor rissey, the 'champion of California, about the middle of autumn, for $lOOO Zig itegioter. Allentown, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2.7, 1858. CANAL COMMISSIONER. Moses Pownall; Or LANCASTER COUNTY AUDITOR GENERAL. Alex:m(ler K. McClure, I= SURVEYOR GENERAL. Christina Myers, OF CLARION COUNTI Allentown and Norristown ..We learn that the Directors of the "Norristowlll •antlAllentown" Rail Road Company, held a meeting at Green Lane, on the 22d of July, to 'receive the draft, estimates, and report of Mr .Corson, the Chief Engineer. The report is very lengthy, containing the sum total of right of way, fenring,grading, bridging, Ste., &e. The estimates aro eonsidered very . liberal, yet the total amount for the rend graded for a double ' track horn Norristown to Allentown, and laid with - the'best:ll Mil; 60 lbs - to the yard is only elcrrn hundred . thousand dollars. The report will be nut in pamphlet form, and freely circulated, when we will be bettor informed as to the lo cation and benefits of the road. We alert learn, that the hoard feel FutiN ed , that the road will be ,built, and that Committees, to solicit sub scriptions 'have been appointed. We have no doubt but that the citizens. of Allentown and those along the proposed route will subso ribe liberally, if called upon by the proper men, and that it is the only route by which the city of Philadelphia can be reached with any degree of profit to the road, -is admitted by every per son who has heard the verbal report of. the Engineer. The Freemansburg route besides beteg considerable farther has no less than five mnmits with an tip-grade of 66 feet to the ile, while the Norristown route has only ono tint mit with an up-gratle for ft miles with only 2 feet to the mile. Considerable stock has been subscribed at ' o meeting Of the Directors, and we are fully evinced if the road is built, it will bo one of to safest investments, and for dividend will be quid to any in the country. . The Fair Ground At a meeting of the Executive Committee of to "Lehigh County Agricultural Society," held n Saturday lust, the 23d of July, at the !louse if John I'. Bechtel, in Allentown, it was deci. led among other things, that the lot of William laddern, containing eight acres, adjoining the t( - trough limits on the North, shall be purchased or the use of the society and the price to be • aid therefor two thousand dollars. The second Annual Fair is ordered to be held n said lot, on the 28th, 29th and 30th of Sep. ,mber next. A Committee of arrangement has een appointed to enclose the ground and elect e necessary buildings. ' A schedule of premiums was reported, and rdered to be published in all_the papers. The Executive Committee have viewed the atter in the right way. The expense with hich the Society would have been burthened, erecting the necessary buildings and inclos- g the fair ground at any other place, would ave been a total loss, as the same would have .•be removed again after the fair. The build• ,gs necessary to be erected, the stalls and the ncing can now be put up permanently, and the society will eventually be the gamer by it, as the properly will hind the members more closely together for the time to eome. We anticipate for the next Fair the most in - - portant and intett3sting convocation of the Far. mers, Mechanics, their wives, sans and daugh ters, that has ever taken place in this county. We might say a great deal on this subjeCt by way of encouragement, but from a free con versational intercourse with many of our far mers, Mechanics and others, who take a great interest in the matter, we are induced to believe that the right spirit is still abroad, and that the exhibition will far exceed the one held last year. View of Allentown. We are informed, that our citizens will be called upon in a few days, to subscribe to a view of the Borough of Allentown lately pub. lished by Mr. John J. Louis, of Philadelphia, an nrtist of much merit. Those who have seen the plate, pronounce it one of the best and most correct viows that has been publi,hed. Railroads and Farms A very interesting table has lately been pub lished, showing the comparative value of a bushel of wheat or corn, at different distances from market, when transported by railroad or by common highway. Of course, the proximi ty of lands to market, aflecting the value of pro ducts and soil, is generally understood. The farm within tell miles of Allentown, on the common highway, is more valuable than one twenty miles off; and this ratio of decrease in valuation continues until the products of a re• mote farm are found to be valueless except as a support to its occupants. To overcome this state of things, railroads, canals, 'and steam boats, are constructed. But railroads are the most. feasible of artificial means for bringing all sections within commercial range. • . According to the estimates el the table allu ded to, transportation by the highway costs ten times more than by railway. In other words a bushel of wheat or corn is worth the same 100 miles from market, when it can be reached by railroad, as it is 10 miles from market when it must be carried thither on a common road:—A bushel of corn is estimated of no value for com mercial purposes when 165 miles from market, by a common road, and a bushel of wheat loses its value under the same circumstances, at a distance of 330 miles. If die expense of transportation to market is reduced nine_•tenths by the construction of rail. roads, their immense value to farmers is al once obvious, and a meditated agykultural dis trict could afford for these benefitir to pay the whole cost forsuch a thoroughfare, without any subsequent remuneration in the shape of divf. dentin on the mock. A direct consequence of what is above stated is the . enhancethent of the 'value of agrienßural lands. Farms are valuable according to the income which they will yield. Hence lands in the vicinity of art extensive market for their productions, uniformly command a high price. Farmers are often heard to say, "My land is fertile, and if I could have laid it down within 10 miles of thin or that town, it would be a for tune to me," But ho partakes of the general belieptlfat his farm cannot he moved." This in a groat mistake. It is now settled that a arm can be moved just as easily as a house, wai i indeed much more so. Build a railroad to 3.1, great market town, and if your farm is • 'OO miles from it, an soon an you hear the wig" e of the first locomotive you will rub your eyes and awake to the fact, that the distance, by some !locus peens, has been reduced In ten miles. Our agricultural friends can draw their own VOlleillSioll/1 as to their Iruo policy in regard to building. railroads,-. Take your County paper We cut the following remarks upon the sub. ject of taking your County. Paper, from the American Union, an excellent Literary paper published in the city of Boston. The Editor shows that he has had some experience in pub lishing a county paper. "People hardly know how mach they lose, by not subicribing for their county paper.— There are always certain matters of local inter est, in which it behoove,' every good neighbor and citizen to keep duly "posted up." Instead of settling away fifty or a hundred miles for a miscellaneous paper, waited only for the gener al reader, every man' should take first the paper published in his county, and pay for it in ad vance; then if he has any money to spare for mere amusement, of the gratification of his own taste, let him subscribe for a gnarl city paper, containing able reports of popular and scientiffic lectures, legislative and congressional intelli gence, with a general summary of foreign and domestic news to the latest moment of going to press. Now if this is not good advice, we !tunny know what is, it is the way we should ; mitt wo aro not so selfish as to mourn the loss of a dozen subscribers—il it should comb to that who are perhaps leaving a fellow towns men, some poor but worthy printer, to work on in weariness of spirit for manta( that generous support, which would not only cheer his heart, but enable hith to make his paper alt that his patrons could desire. tie know something oY the sad experience of those who have the con; trot of county papers, from our own connection in years by gone, with a journal of that class. It becoines a man to be just before he is genet . - MIS, and to remember that "charity begins at home." Never subscribe to a newspaper with . - out paying for it in advance. The man who doets his duty in this respect, reads his paper, week ly, with increased satisfaction. Every unit knows that his greatest comfort is derived frrirt the consciousness Of having done ratified to do. right ; and it certainly•is no more than right to pay the printer who is constantly incurring large outlays for paper and composition, and who almost invariably pays for every article "set up" for his paper, even before it passes into the hands of the subscriber. ,Again we say , "take your county paper," and pay for it in ad vance ! The Publio Works The following resolution was adopted by the Whigs of Crawford County, at a meeting held by them in May, which was very effectively addressed by lion. John W. - Farrel ly, late Sixth Auditor of the Treasury at Washington: .Resolved, That, we would respectfully urge upon the people the importance of chosing leg islators who are . in favor of the sale of the Pub lic Works; believing that such a course would he the best method of getting rid of the oppres sive taxes which are now levied, and redound to the credit and good name of the State. In the hands of designing and unscrupulous men, the State Improvements have been a vast po litical machine, full of bribery and corruption, and it is high time that the people should be heard denouncing such an engine of public vil. lainy, and demanding an immediate remedy. This has been the history of the Public Works ever since they went into operation, and it will continue to be their history jest as long as they remain in the hands of the State, and are left under the control of intriguing and self-seeking politicians. Now is a favorable time to sell them—let them be disposed of, and their price he applied to the reduction of the State debt.— Then with the aid of Governor Johnston's tench abused Sinking Fnnd, a lew inure years of tax• atiwi will bring Pennsylvania out of the drag. Let the political watchword this fall be, sell the Public Works. Compel the next Legislature to obey the voice and wishes of the people : 7 As we said a. week or two ago, agitate the question until it is accomplished. • State Agricultural Fair The Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, which will commence on the 27th of September, and last four, days, is at. !reeling considerable interest through the State, The ground selected for this exhibition is Denny's fields, just beyond the outer Depot of the Penn. sylvania Railroad. The ground is said to be well suited to the purpose, and of easy access to exhibitors. The committee having charge of the matter, are making preparations to render this exhibition unusually interesting and attractive• They invite contributors from other States. The exhibition is expected will be largely attunded. York County Pa., ,Agricultural Society will hold their next. annual Agricultural and Industrial Fair at York; on the Town Com' mons, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the .sth, oth, and 7th days of October nest. • • Thrilling Casuality One of the, most soul-thrilling easualitiea that has ever occurred to our knowledge, look place at Niagara Falls, on Monday last. Three men —lwo of them named John Able and Andrew Hannaman, and the - other a stranger—got adrift in a small boat just above the frightful abyss, over which the two latter were hurled, and in stantly dashed to atoms. Able, when near the verge of the foaming cataract, succeeded in reaching a rock, to which kte clung till about six o'clock on Tuesday evening. The anxiety of the people. on shore to rescue the unfortun• ate man from hie perilous situation was most intense throughout the day. But if the feelings of the spectators were aroused to such a pitch, what must have been the thoughts of him who was almost certain of eventually becoming a prey to the roaring torrent Every scheme that human ingenuity could devise was resorted to; lifeboats were brdught from linftalo, and pro visions were floated to him on rafts. Late in the afternoon he succeeded in placing filmsetl on ono of these rafts, and was on the point of stepping from it into a lifeboat, when, to the dismay and horror of the spectators on shore, the boat come in collision with the raft with so much violence, as to pitch poor Able - into the . water. Still undaunted, he struck out boldly for a small island in the vicinity; but the curr ent overpowered his already exhausted physi cal energies, and, after thus desperately strugg. ling for life, and tenaciously clinging for twenty hours to a slippery rock, which itself could scarcely withstand the impetuous force of the stream, the victim was swept into eternity.— One wild, piercing shriek, and all was over. (FroM the New York Times.) Crystal Palace of New York. . At each angle of the building there is an octa gonal tower, 8 feet in diameter, and 70 in height. These contain winding stairways, Which lead,to. the galleries'and roofs, and are intended for the use of the officers and employees of the Associa tion. Twelve brbad staircases, one on either side of each entrance,and four beneath the dome connect the principal floor with the gallery.— The latter are circular In part, and consist of two flights of steps with two landing places. The flooring of the galleries is made of closely match ed planks, while those forming the floor of the first story awe separated by narrow intervals, In the same manner and for the same purpose as In the London building. Over each of lb° Pria cipal entrance halls the gallerhig open Upon bal conies, which afford ample apace for placing flowers, vases, and statues for decoration. Above the balconies, the ends of the naves are adorned with large fan lights corresponding to the semi circular arches within. On each side of the en yances there are ticket offices, and adjacent to thew rooms are proiiided for the officers of the Association, telegraph, &c. The rapid and unexpected increase of the ap plications of exhibitors induced the Associa tion to enlarge. It consists of two parts, of one and two stories respectively, and occupies the en tire space between the main building and the Reservlor. Its length is 451 feet and 5 inches, and its extreme width is 75 feet. It is designed for the reception of machinery in motion, the cabinets of mining and mineralogy, and the re freshment rooms, with their necessary of fices. The second story, which is nearly 450 feet long. 21 feet wide, and extends the whole length, is entirely devoted to the exhibition of pictures and statuary. It is lighted from a sky light 419 feet hiny t 4i . nd 8 feet. 6 inches wide. The decoratiob was commenced only on the 27th of April, but as soon as the progress of the construction would permit. Thee°tors employ. ed on the exterior are mixed in oil, the base be, ing the white lead manufactured by the Bellville Co. The exterior presents the appearance of a building constructed of a light-color bronze, of which all features purely ornamental are ofgold. The interior has a prevailing tone of buff, or rich cream color, which is given to all the cast fron constructive work. This color is relieved by "a moderate and judicious use of the three positive colors, red, blue, and yellow, in their sev eral tints of vermillion, garnet, sky-blue and or ange, (certain ports of the ornamental work be ing gilt) to accord with the arrangement of colors employed in the decoration of the ceilings. The only exceptions to the use of oil colors are the' ceiling of the American lean - to and the dome ; these decorations are executed in tempera on 1111121233 The dlect of the interior of the dome, (design ed by Sr. Monte is particularly splendid. The rays from a golden sun at the centre, decend between the latticed fibs, and arabesques of white and blue, relieved by silver stars, surround the epenings. The building is supplied with gas and water in every par. The gas is designed for the use of the police, in protecting the property by night but is so arranged that should it be deeme expe diem to open the building in the evening, there; will be ample lights. The water is accessible at numerous points, with convenience for drinking also for the attachment of hose, in case of fire. lite whole quantity of iron employed in the construction amounts to 1800 tons—of which 300 tons . are wrought and 1500 tons cast iron.-- : The q — uantity of glass in 15,000 panes 55,000 square feet. The quantity of wood used amounts to 750,000 feet board measure. To complete the explanation of the construc tion of the building, we recapitulate its PRTNCIPAL TIMENRIONS. From principal floor to Gallery Floor .24 feet ; From principal Floor to top of 2tl tier Girders, 32 feet, 5 inches; FroMprincipal Floor to top of 3d tier Girders, 50 feet, 10 inches ; From princi. pal Floor to ridge of Nave, 67 feet, 4 inches; From principal Floor to top of bed plate, 69 feet, 11 inches; From principal floor •to top upper ring of dome, 129 feet, 6 inches ; From Sixth ay. enue curbstone to top Lantern, 151 feet ; From Sixth avenue curbstone to top Towers, 76 feet, 9 inches. Area of first floor, 157,195 square feet Area of second door, 92,496 do. Total area, Tha magnitude of these proportions alone, are calculated to excite feelings of profound awe in in the speculator's mind; and •when he see ad ded the gorgeous but subdued chromatin decant lion. with which the interior is oramented, and the innumerable works of art and industry with which it is already partially filled, we may well be proud of an erection which is destined to con fer lasting honor on American name. The total amount of space on the floor occu pied by different countries for exhibition, exclu sive of the naves, is about 152,000 square feet, of which 94,102 is on the ground floor, and 59,- 000 is in the gallery. This space is divded as Pollows Ground Floor, Gallery. England, 10,570 7,071 Switzerland, 1,458 2,970 Zollverein, 6.195 5,053 Holland and Belgium, 2.916 729 Austria, 1,458 729 Denmark, S weeden, & N0rway,2,916 1,315 Russia &c., 721 • British Guiana, & West 'lndies, 1,093 - British Colonies, 2,369 3,429 The total atanunt of space eocupied by foreign countries is 98,746 square feet. The United Slates contributions occupy 39,- 585 square feet on the ground floor, and 19,945 square feet in the gallery. The total number of exhibitors -from abroad are 2,605, of which— England sends 677 France, 521 Switzerland, 416 Znllverein, 813 Holland and Belgium, 155 Austria, 900 Italy, 185 Sweden and Norway, 98 West Indies, 3 Prince Edward's Island, Nova Scotia, This list will be somewhat larger, from the fact that the local Committees of Canada have not yet sent in their list of contributors, and it does not include quite a number from British Guiana. A small number of Turkish and other contributors are also to be added, making the sum total of foreign exhibitors not far from 2,700 In the United States the number of exhibitors Is 1,778, the largest proportion of whom come under Classes I, 5,6, 9, 22, and 31, and applica tions have been received since the Ist of March amounting to over 400 which have not been ac ted on for want of space. The total number of exhibitors, both Foreign and American, is 4263. About one-fourth 'the number contributing to the London Exhibition. It would have been a very easy matter to have filled a building twice, or even three times, as large; and perhaps the only , regret which has been heard from visiters is the size of the building, which in every other respect ? itaads unsurpassed in beauty and effect. .We thiderstand that the receipts at the Crys tal Palace, in aid of the Washington Monument, had reached $6O 84 up to last night. The num ber of persons in the building yesterday probably exceeded 8,000. The building, it is said, will hold not far from 30,000, and the number pres ent:at the inaugural ceremonies has been estima ted by competent persons, at 10,000. This is a very large number when it is considered that the admissions were confined to holders of sea son tickets and invited guests. Oeneral Ogle of Southwestern l'ennsylvania, flourished in all his glory,•before we were young. Dr. Elder in an offhand sketch of his character, gives us a characteristic speech, from which we quote one paragraph. It is "rich and racy," and supposed to be part of a 4th of July orailon,made by . the Gen. long before his son Charles Ogle, took his station in the ranks of public men inthisState. " And there is the common school system that I have been laboring for, until ft is at lastlairly on feel. See that you keep it alive, and make it answer the glorious purpose of Its establishment. DOn't clip it down to nothing by pour beggarly economy. I wish to the Lord that you under stood thinking as well as you dtieating; and could feel an empty head as painfully as an empty stomach. Can't you citizens understand that keeping in your pocket is not saving it; a dollar in a buckskin purse won't breed a sirpence in a hundred years; but employed wisely in the ser• Vice of soul and body, it will bless the one and glorify the other. If you can't see the policy of education, make a religion of it. The world of ideas is the world of spirits. Introduce you chil ran there, for every good thought is a guardian angel to the little lambs. And don't slop just where reading, writing and arithetic can be work ed into dollars and dimes; carry through and over this sordid world into God's world—up to the c;rcle of the heavens where he sits governing the universe by his laws. Every discovery in the truths of nature, is so far into the counsel and confidence of the Supreme Ruler. Only the man that has the mind of God is Godlike. Now for Heaven's sweet sake, educate your children. You may talk stupidities about the salaries of public officers, as you did against me for voting a gentlemanly per diem to the members of Con' gress ; but don't cheapen your schoolmasters, till nobody but bankrupt cobblers, habitual drunk arils, cripples, consumptives and such other ur ly incapables, can be got to serve you,for the very shabbiness of the salary. Buy cheap store goods if you like, fir when they wear out, you will know it, and can repleace them ; buy cheap pro. visions, and eat the less of them ; buy anything but cheap talents. Don't venture upon that spec. ulation, for you are no judges of the articles, and the only wey for you to insure the excellence of the quality is by the liberality of the premium which you will offer for it; that will bring the genuine into the market, and the bogus will be clearly exposed by the dif f erence of the dog, weight, and shine. The Wine Bh:ie.—A correspondent of a New York_ paper says that the . Mesilla Valley is al• ready celebrated for its unequalled grapes.— This territory is capable of producing wine enough to supply the demand of America and Europe, and'not inferior in quality, and when properly cured, become the very best raisins in the world. It is from this sequestered valley that the United States and the rest of the world will get the wine that will throw Madeira and Sherry wines, and those of France, completely into the shade. 290,602 ft. or 6.acres Good Ideas Quaintly Expressed. Horrible Case of Suicide. Immediately after the sounding of the whistle of the B o'clock A. Welpress train from New York, at the New Rochelle depot, a gentleman, very resp ect ably attired started up the road with his hands folded and head dropped as it labor• ing under a depression of spirits. After he had proceeded a short distahce he halted between the tracks of the railroad, and stood as though he was waiting the arrival of the train. The rug'. neer and brakeman saw him, and presumed that he would keep clear of the train, but on his ap proach he threw himself right across' the track in front of locomotive. the whole train passing over him, literally smashing him to pieces. A gold watch and chain, also smashed to atoms, were found on Iris person. in his pocket a wal let containing a roll of bank notes and two busi ness bills made out to F. C. Gray. We learn that dm unfortunate man's name was Franklin C. gray, aged about forty.five years, a wealthy merchant of San Francisco, California, where he was A lderman for two years and highly respected. He had an income of $36,- nOO a year, which he receiviiregularly in month ly remittances of $3,000. We have said that the body was "literally smashed to pieces." If this statement be literal; ly understood it will convey some idea of the al)" pearance which the body presents. Never has it been our lot to behold such a spectacle. The head, neck, and shoulders, are completely ground off.' Not a piece of skull can be found larger than a penny, Botli arrns,and the right leg Wald foot have shared a similar fate. The vertebrae is in several places broken, and the left foot smash. ed to pieces.- The brains and mangled flesh and intestines, lay scattered in all directions. Here was a broken leg, while there lay a part of a hand, or some other portion of that human frame: in which life and spirits beamed a min ute ago. The hand that writes this description of a most horrible death gathered up the scatter ed brains and mangled limbs, placed them on a planlr, and assisted to carry them to New Roch elle depot. The sad accident, or rather horrible suicide, occurred about three hundred yards north-east of the depot—West Chester IV.,Julyl6. GLEANINGS CeJohathan Dorwart, of Lancaster city, has a hen of the Cochin China variety which has laid 140 eggs in as many days. E"'"l'he Philadelphia arid Sunbury Railroad Company are pushing forward their work with great vigor. IW - The,,lTarrisburg Journal names General Geo. Cadwalder as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania at the neat election. 15rAll the property of the persons implicated in the C 1 ,11.1 frauds at Pottsville has been seized upon by the Sheriff. Cheap Mode of Pi/tering 'Wotan—As efficient a filter as can possibly be constructed, may be made in a few minutes by any person, and at the cost of a very few pence. Procure a clean flower pot of the common kind, close the openings in the botton by a piece of sponge ; then place in the inside a layer of small stones, previously well cleaned by washing; this layer may be about• two inches deep the upper stones being very small. Next procure some freshly burnt char coal, which has not been kept in a damp or foul place, as It rapidly absorbs any strong itmell,and so becomes tainted or unfit for such purposes, reduce the powder, and with it twice its bulk of clear well - washed, sharp sand; with this mixture fill the pot to within a short distance of the top , covering it with a layer of small stones, or what is perhaps better, place a piece of thick flannel over it, large enough to tie round the rim of the pot outside, and to form a hollow inside, th which which will be found to flow rapidly through the sponge in an.excellent pure state. The flannel removes the grosser impurities floating in the water, but the latter absorbs much of the decay ing animal and vegetable bodies actually dissolv ed in it; when it becomes charged with them it looses this power, hence the necessity of fresh charcoal at intervals. A Drunken Juslice.—Depositions were taken before Judge Smyser, at Norristown, last wetk, acting as a Commissioner for the purpose, relit* tine to the charge of habitual drunkenness,. tak. ing illegal fees, &c., against a Justice of the Peace of Montgomery township, which is made by citizens of that township. The depositions will be sent to the Secretary of the Common' wealth of the Commonwealth, and by that eillieer laid before the Legislature.when it meets, Death of a Chief. Richard Taylor, Second Chief of the Cherokee Nation, died in Arkansas on the 19th tilt. He was a captain of a compa ny of Cherokees under Oen. Jackson in the creek war. At the lime of his death, was a member of the Presbyterian church, of whicc he had been, a worthy and exemplary member for many years. Population of illex;co.—The population . is gin• en as—lndians, 4,345,886 ; half caos, &c., 2 e 165,345 negroes, 6600; whites, 1,100,000. To.. tal 7,626,831. The total number who knew how to read and write when the census was taken was 653,069, including 87,229 Indians. An Old Soldicr.—Mr. Wm. Hall, of Beaver county, Pa., now in his one hundred and fourth. year, is said to be still able to ride from his home to Washington, a distance of twenty eight miles twice a year, to draw his pension as a revolution ary soldier; The old veteran retains all his fa culties in full vignor, Our Sleansere.—The total number of steam Vessels now employed on our coast is 625, and employing 11,770 . men as officers and crew. In the interior the number of steam vessels is 765, and employing 17,008 men. Our whole steam marine, therefore amounts to 1990 vessels, with a tonnage: of 417,236, manned by 20,277 men. and carrying, besides freight, about 4,000,000 passengers, every every. Counterfeiting Three Cent Pieces.— On Mon day afternoon the (I, 9.. Marshal and deputies of ' Rochester,. N. Y., arrested four men engaged in counterfeiting three cent pieees. The press and dies, wittra large numtle r of the the spurt olis ceins, were foundin the' possession of the prisioners who are lodged "in 'jail to await their esti minetion ; •
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