The Iron Trade. Including _the Pacific railway, which must ore long be built, we have now projected and in process of construction in the United States, about 13,000 miles of Railroad. Calculating 100 tons per mile, single track, l and it will require, 1,300,000 tons of iron rail to complete these roads; which, at $5O per ton, makes an outlay of 65,000,000; and that too for rails of single track roads alone. But many of these roads 'will be double tracks, besides turnouts &c. Then follows a vast outlay for oars, locomotives, and other iron works about such roads. And it may be fairly estimated that all the iron for them will cost not less than $150,000,000, Ocean and inland steamers, iron ships, man• ufacturing machinery, iron buildings, and all the other innumerable uses to which iron is applied will require as much more; making an aggregate sure demand for $300,000,000 worth of iron. Besides which, many other railways will be chartered and undertaken every year, to keep up a steady demand to that amount for many years to come; if not to a constantly increasing amount. In Europe there is an equally large demand for iron for similar purposes. The Yonkers Herald, in view of these facts, asks, where is all the iron to come from? Whose ore•beds, furnaces, forges, and rolling mills are to be pushed with daily and nightly nciivity, and whose industry and skill are to reap the profits of iron garbing and'gearing these vast agencies for developing tho commerce of the world ? England and the United States stand foremost for the bid—England first, by reason of her cap ital and ago, and her longer enterprise ut the mine and at the forge; the United States see• oud, and rapidly gaining on her great rival.— England and the United States now furnish and are prepared tq furnish more iron than all the rest of the world, but it would seem that all theirs with all other resources, can scarcely meet the demand of the railway, steamer and factory interests of this wonderful age. The United States ought to be independent of the world on the scorce of iron. She has ore•beds of unsurpassed quantity and quality, scattered all through her length and breadth.— Bite has ample coal mines to fire a million fur. naces and forges if necessary, and she has abundant labor and skill to turn her ores into iron—the very beet of iron. But it will be remembered that in Europe about the same number of miles of railway are projected and in progress of construction ; and an equal and even greater demand for iron for other uses. The iron manufactured in Europe, then, will be principally required for European demand : comparatively a small portion of it can be ex• ported to this country. If these data and figures are correct, the iron trade and iron manufacturers of this country have a continued and sure demand before theta • --an...Atm..win .m.-16 a their fabrics : and a demand that will require all, and more than all their capacity to supply fast enough. The iron business of this country lutist be good and profitable at present prices, and must continue so (or a long time to come. No branch of enterprise and industry, it seems to us, ever had more encouraging prospects.—Dem. Union. New Roofing Material Mr. Gray, Superintendent of the Harrisburg gas works, says tho "Democractic Union," is now introducing to the citizens of Harrisburg, and all others desiring the article, a new toot ing niaterial, of his own manufacture, that we think superior to any roof now used in our vi cinity. He makes his roofs almost flat, sur rounding the whole witka fire wall, from twelve to• fifteen inches high. lie covers the joists with common sheeting boards, shutting up any knot or augur holes by nailing a scrap of tin over them. This sheeting is covered with three thicknesses of felt paper, breaking the joints and pitching it as it is put on, with composition. lib then swabs over the paper with a composi tion of coal tar, with the oil and naptha extract ed, and throws sand and fine gravel upon it, while it is warm and liquid, which incorporates with the pitch. The fire walls are covered with a preparation of the same material, the inside of them being coated with it down until it mixes with the composition on the roof.— This makes the whole so tight that by putting a plug in the spout, a complete reservoir may be made of the roof. Whilst it is entirely w a ter tight, it is also fire proof. This durlible and elegant roof is put on for about five drillers per square of a hundred feet. All whO have tried it aro highly pleased with it. Don't Kill the Birds An Act was passed by the last Legislature, for the better protection of fruit trees, plants, &0., in sorm3 six or eight counties of this Corn. inonwealth. It contains a very good provision, designed to restrain the wanton killing of in sectivorous birds. The ravages of insects which destroy fruit trees, and do groat injury to w heat end other grains, are increasing in this section of the country, year by year ; and yet, every idle boy, for want of something better to do, is suffered to amuse himself by shooting down the innocent birds which inhabit our meadows and chirp in our orchards and gardens. The beneficent Creator has permitted no evil to ex ist on earth, without providing a corresponding antidote, and the domestic birds of various spe cies, who live upon insects and their eggs, seem to have been specially intended to pre vent their becoming a plague. If wo oiler minute the bird A, therefore, we rob ourselves of Nature's ewe insect destroyers. Every far mer is directly interested in the preservation of birds upon his premises, and should strictly for bid the killing, at any season, of all that are not generally recognized as legitimate game. nrThere is an editor in North Carolina with seven bullets in his•bc+dy—received in dnele and street encounters 41 ) e £e1)431) itegistex. Allentown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1813. CANAL COMMISSIONER. Moses Pow” Ill OF LANCASTER COUNTY AUDITOR GENERAL. Alexander K. IlicChire, OF FRANKLIN COUNTY • SURVEYOR GENERAL. Christian Myers; OF CLARION COUNTY The Pair • To•days paper containa the Schedule of Pre. miums, to he awarded at the next Fair of the "Lehigh County Agricultural Society." IVe tn• vita the Farmers and Mechanics, of the county and Its vicinity to an attentive perusal.— The Premiums will meet every branch of Me chanics, and is the largest we think ever offered in thiState by a county Society. IVe hope the Farmers, Mechanics and others will not be backward and enter the field of competition. The Committee to enclose the Fair Ground and erect the buildings, are already ht work. Surveyor General Judge Myers, the whig candidate for Sur veyor General is one of the best men who have been nominated by the party for years past for any office in the State. His personal charac ter should give him great weight with the peo ple of this Commonwealth. Whatever truth there may he in tie statements made from time to time by the Democratic press asserting the purity and rectitude of every public officer of that political creed, one thing is certain, there needs to be a reformation in the manage. meat _ of public affairs in Pennsylvania. Good teen, men of pure lives, of irreproachable con duct, honest, upright, and of unswerving integ rity aro wanted to fill the offices of state gov ernment; to whom can be entrusted with safe ty the management of public affairs. We have known Judge Myers, and feel gratified by the opportunity of testifying to his virtues. No. man who knows Judge Myers, can doubt his sincerity and faithfulness. We trust that he will be elected ; it will be a salutary lesson to political parties to nominate their best men in future. Soldiers of 1812 The Soldiers and others connected with the war of 1812 have recently held meetings at N. York and Philadelphia, at each of which it was resolved to hold a National Convention in Phil adelphia, on the Bth of January, 1854. Among the resolutions adopted by the Philadelphia meeting, we notice the following, viz: Resolved, That with a view to ascertain the whole number of persons in Pennsylvania, who served in the war of 1812, it is recommen• the several counties of this State, during the session of their courts, prim : to the Bth of Janu ary next, and that delegates be elected at said meetings, to represent them in. the National Convention. • Resolved, That it'is important that every soldier who served in the war of 1812, in any of the States of the Union, should obtain from his captain or other surviving officer, a certi6• cate of his service, in order that he or his heirs may be in possession of satisfactory prool of his identity. Resolved, That those who served on ship board, and the sons of those who served on land or sea, as well as those who were imp' oned at Tripoli be entitled to seals in the N tional Convention, and that they also bo quested to obtain certificates of identity. The State Debt. In 1849 an act was paebed for creatint Sinking Fund for the gradual extinguishmk of the State debt. The Canal Commission and the State Treasurer united with the adl cotes of certain improvements to plunge poor Commonwealth still further in debt; pi ly to rob Gov. Johnston of the credit of reduci our enormous liabilitios, and partly to &trent en their party in the fall elections by the ployment of large forces on these imprr monte. In the same year says the West Chester gister, the advocates of the completion of North Branch canal, aided by these office succeeded in obtaining an appropriation $150,000, provided there was a surplus to extent in tho treasury. In 1860 a simile] prupriation of $250,000 was made. In the advocates of the toad to avoid the ph on the Allegheny portage combined with friends of the North branch extension, and tained a grant of $350,000 between them gether with any surplus in the treasury. far there was no increase of the State debt thorized. In 1851 Governor Bigler was el ed. In the first session foll Owing his eler the corn of $860,000 was appropriated at, permanent loan to that amount authorized ; $650,000 to the North Branch Canal and 6200,- 000 to tho portage road, together with $200,000 out of any surplus in the treasury. It is remarkable that the act authorizing this increase of the State debt was passed as a ser crate bill, and signed by the Governor so early as tho second of April, while the appropriation bill was 'not signed till the 4th. of May; show. ing that no such combination as frequently compels the passage of obnoxious features in the appropriation bill could have existed. In the late session a further increase of the State debt, under the pretence of a temporary loan, was authotized to the extent of 960,000 dollars This process will continue unless arrested by a failure of State credit, as tho outcry of the honest citizens of Pennsylvania against this m inting policy. Every man, •of every party, should unequivocally take his stand on the platform—no.increase of the State debt. Allentown and Port Clinton A temporary meeting of the Commissioners of -the -Allentown and Port_Clinton Rail Road, WAR held in Allentown, on SatUrday last, the 30th of July, at which a majority of those named in the bill was present, and organized by ap pointing Major William Fry, President, and J. D. Stiles, Et.q., Secretary., After consultation as to the proper course of getting this desirable object under way, it was resolved, that the secretary notify the commis sioners, that a general meetingofthe board will he held, and that the President, &c., shall fix the time and place, which will be some time this month, when we understand, the books will be opened for the subscripticn of the stock. Nomiriation for Supreme Judge The Democratic State Convention met at Harrisburg on Friday July 29, and nominated Hon. John C. Knox as a candidate for Supreme , Judge. Judge Knox is but little known in the political arena. He is a young man, possess. ing considerable talent. He was formerly from Tioga county, and was appointed by the late Governor Shunk to a seat on the bench in the %Vestmoreland • district. Afterwards he was elected Judge by the people from the new dis trict created by an act of Assembly. Judge Knox at the present time occupies the seat on the Supreme Bench for which le is now a can didate He was appointed by Governor Bigler to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the lamented Judge Gibson. Designs for U. S. Coins The Direct(); of the Mint, under the direction of the 7th section of the act of March 31, 1853; authorizing new devices for the silver coinage of the United States, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, invites the cur operation of artists, engravers, and other per sons of taste, to aid him in effecting that ob• ject, and requests such as may be so disposed to forward to him, before the first day of Octo ber next, such designs as they may deem ap propriate to the coinage. The law says the daily Sun, having imposed no restrictions in relation to the devices, the Director abstains from advancing any sugges dons on the subjecti it being his wish that the designer should be entirely untrammelled in the exercise of his judgment and skill. An impartial examination will be made of the designs which may be furnished in accord' ance with this request; and for those three which shall appear best fitted to the object in view, a competent and liberal remuneration will be made. Lay in your Coal. The President of the Reading Railroad Com pany gives notice that there will be an advance of 15 cents per ton in tolls on coal on the Sth of August; 15 cents more per ton on the Ist of September, and 10 cents per ton more on the Ist of October. This is an aggregate advance ur 90 cools f im tuu, uutt will be or 00117110 60 much addition to the present selling price of coal. It is further stated in the 'Miners' Jour nal' that both the Lehigh and Laokawana Com panies have advanced the price of their coal on future contracts; and the operators in the Schuylkill region, it is said, will also advance the price of coal on the first of August, to cor respond with the advanced rate of wages which they are now paying. So far, the price of coal has not corresponded with the advance in wages, and the operators have barely paid expenses at some of the collieries, and at others, particularly the red ash, some parties have ab solutely sustained a loss, so far, on this year's " fp 'he Reading States.—The decennial increase of the inwt fa- vored portion of Europe is less thin 13 per cent per annum while that of the United States is at the rate of 3i per cent. According to our past progrnss, viewed in connection with that of European nations, the population of the United States in forty years will exceed thatof England, France, Spain, Portrigal,Swedeniand Switzerland, combined. Ashland for Sale.—The larm of the late Hen ry Clay (as well as his birth place in Virginia) is advertised in the Lexington Observer for sale. It contains three hundred and thirty acres of tho best land in Fayette county, Va. Burning Brick with Coal—The' brickmakere of Norristown are burning brick kimost exclu sively with anthracite coal. The experiment is said to be very successful, not only saving mach time and moat of fuel, but also producing a valuable improvement in tho quality of 'The brick. The Declaration of Independence. A correspondent of the Village Record gleans from a newspaper of 1776, the following interest. itig facts The Pennsylvania Delegation to the Continen tal Congress, in the time of the Declaration of Independence, on the 4th of July, 1770, appears to have stood Five to Four, againat that moment ous proposition. The Delegation was composed of the following members: lons Mowrox, Speak er of the Assembly at the time of their appoint^ -ment, (November 4, 1775.) John Dickinson, Roni awe Mount:4,l3E4mila a FnaNxt.irr,Char:es hum, phreys, Edward Biddle, Thomas Whilling, An drew Allen, and James Wizsosr, Esquires. The four members whose names are in small capitals, were in favor of the measure ; but being a min ority, the State appeared to be against it. This circumstance probably, induced the delay in completing the document, until more unanimity could be obtained by means of a new Delega tion from Pennsylvania: For it was not until the 18th of July, 1770, that Congress Resolved, "That the Declaration passed on the 4th, be fair ly engrossed on parchment, with the title and stile of—'The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America ;" and that the same when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress."—On the next day, Satur day, the 20th, "the Provincial Convention, ap pointed the following gentlemen to represent this Province as Delegates 'in Congress, viz: Dr. Franklin, George Ross, George Clymer, Robert Morris, James Wilson, John Morton, Esq., Dr. Rush, James Smith, and George Taylor, Esqrs." Thus it appears, that Messrs. Ross,Clymer,Rush, Smith and Taylor, were not members until six teen days after the Congress had adopted the Declaration, and probably took their seats the next Monday, after the Document was "engros sed on parchment," and thus had the rare priv i ledge of putting their names to that glorious in strument. July 25, 1776.—We hear from New Jersey and Connecticut, that a great part of the men being absent on military service, and the time of har vest corning on, the women, assisted by the el derly men whose age rendered unfit for the army have so effectually exerted themselves that they have generally got in their harvest completely, the laudable example being set by the ladies of the first character in each place. And we are credibly informed that many of them have de clared that they will take the farming business upon themselves, so long as the Rights and Lib erties of their Country, require the presende of their Sons, Husbands, and Lovers in the field. Beaver Island Mormons The Mormons, at Beaver Island, in Lake Su perior, have, as the papers tell us, awoke a bloody resistance from the people in that vicinity.— There is, in consequence, great reason to fear that the scenes, formerly enacted in Illinois an d Missouri, will be repeated on this new stage.— The drama, in fact, has opened in the same way and is apparently being played with similarvio lence. Mutual accusations, from each side. apt pear to be the order of the day. If half is true that is mad against Strange, the Mormon High Priest at Beaver Island, and his followers, their expulsion, sooner or later, would seem to be in evitable, however illegal, in no sense, the act might be. If half is true of the prejudice, misrep. resentation, and persecution, charged, by the Mormons, on .their antagonists, such an expul• sion, should it occur, would be one of the most flagrant atrocities, of the age. Who will, nay who can sift the truth in this matter I We feu. that, what we now behold at Beaver Island, we shall witness, on a still larger scale, at the Salt Lake, when the tide of population has permanent• ly reached that remote region, unless by tha time, the Mormon delution shall have died, out Oil and water will as easily mix, if past expert ence is to be trusted, as Mormon and anti•Mor mon.—Evening A Philadelphian in Trouble.—Through the in tervention of a girl's brother with a revolver, a young Philadelphian was obliged to marry a woman he had wronged. The affair transpired at Wheeling, Va. After he agreed to fulfil his promise of marriage, his misery proved too much to keep to himself, and in the excitement of the moment, made a confident of a fellow boarder, begging him to loan him a pistol. To satisfy him a "bull dog" was finally procured and load ed in his presence—but with a ball only, not a particle of powder being used in the operation. Re knew nothing of the deception, however,and thought he would soon be, quick as thought, where he said he was bound for,viz: the inflexi ble bar of Jehovah. After putting on a cap, the pistol was handed him. He clutched it savage ly, and raising the muzzle to his forehead, reck lessly pulled the trigger. A report from the ex plosion of the cap, luckily, was all that followed. Recovering a sober consciousness of his situa tion, his anger melted down as wax before the flame, while a few friends talked with him, and administered friendly advice. In fact, he almost wept. Arrangements were made during the day, and the parties left for West Alexandria, where they were united in the bonds of wedlock, and again all seemed, once more, contended and happy. The Continental System ofEurope.—Some per. sons who think themselves entirely conversant with the intentions of Russia and the affairs of Europe, predict that her march to Constantino ple will commence soon after the freezing of the Baltic, as a barrier of ice will then protect Rus sia's northern boundary and their navy in that quarter for several months. England and France with their navy will not be able to arrest the pro. gress of 200.000 Russians, who will seize the Ottoman Empire. France will threaten Russia by land, but, at this stage, Prussia and Austria will take oft their masks and face France.—A revolution will break out at this time, and Na poleon will take to his heels and go loafing to America. Henry V. will be enthroned King of France, and peace will be concluded. England will be allowed to continue her commerce in the Mediterranean and the Battle, if she keeps the peace, if not, the old continental system of Na poleon Ist, will be enforced by the quadruple alliance of Austria, Prussia, Pussia and France, and English commerce ezauded from their ports' Philadelphia Sun: GLEANINGS. rEPHorace Grecley's father is still living, and resideeat Wayne, Erie county, Pa. --EV-Three cows of-Jacob Bheafferovere killed by liehinlng, near Lebanon, on Tuesday. Of 'Twelve milliontorpedoei3,Wcre manufae tured and sold by one-man in New York duritig the six months preceding the Fourth of July.' WEx GovernorAitner is. still residing- Ms his farm, in Cumberland county, and was in Chambersburg last week.—He is 73 years of age and enjoys excellent health. or Civility is a fortune. in for a cOurte ous man always succeeds in life, and that even when persons of ability sometimes fail. Me ,, Among the specimens of domestic man ufacture" to be sent to the World's Fair from Albany, are six babies, the property of the editor of the Knickerbocker. larJohn Doyle was auached by apoplexy in Baltimme, on Monday, and his life only saved, by opening a jugular vein, and extracting eighty ounces of blood. 1:7 - The Fourth of July was celebrated by the Oneida Indians at Green Bay. An oration was delivered by their chief, which was followed by games and feasting. ' Cir Hon. James Buchanan will sail from Nevi- Yot k on the 6th of August,in the steamer which departs that day, to assume his duties as Minis ter to the Court of Bt. James. WRobespierre was overthrown on the 27th of July, 1794. M"The Bank of Missouri lately sold a guar. ter of a million ire silver coin, which has been in its vaults fur years. l How can the Red man be forgottenovhile so many of the States, Territories, mountains, rivers and lakei bear their names? 'A young lady who married a rich man un der pretence of being beautiful is discovered to have painted, worn bustles, and otherwise dis. guised her natural inperfectiuns. Iler husband means to sue her for obtaining money under false pretence. . . jar The Mountain Democrat says, ~T he jail of Cambria county is jammed, crammed, and stuffed; packed down, shook together, and run. ning over with prisoners•" Distressing Case.—On the 12th day of June last, an individual named Jong /AMMAN formerly a Lutheran Clergyman, left the borough of Car. lisle, this state, taking with him his three small children, without the knowledge or consent of their mother, to whose care they had been as signed by the Court. Although diligent seatch had been made, yet no trace of them could be discovered until. a few days since, when it was ascertained that he had been at Kulpsville, this county, where the youngest child had died. A few days since the distressed wife and mother passed through here on her way to visit the above place, to visit the grave of her little one—to learn of its sufferings, and the condition of those who are still living. The other two children, Flora aged 8 years, and Cornelia, aged 5 years, are still with their father. The authorities of Carlisle, and the heart broken mother, are making every endeavor to arrest Lehman. He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, slender form, dark complexion, and has a red mark on his right cheek. He is supposed to be insane. Any information that will lead to his arrestor the restoration of the children to their mother, will be thankfully re ceived by the sheriff of Cumberland county, at Horrors Perpetrated at Nankin.—A letter from Canton, China, speaking of the capture of Nan kin by the rebels, says : "Of the Tartar garrison, more than 20,000 in. clsding the families of the soldiers, women and children, were either put to the sword or com mitte4 suicide, It being a point of honor with that skighlar people to perish rather than to yield. tvery one of the priests, whether of the Budhist or Taouist religion, and who were very numerous 'here, were massacred. Their num bers could sot have been less then 1,000 or 2,- 000; while these killed in the assault, the min• mg of the wafts and the entry of the rebels, are said to amount ei over 20,000 men. Very many families were corspletely annihilated by suicide. l'he streets were sablocked up with dead bodies, that in passing from 'quint to point, the conque rors burst open doors %f houses, private as well as public, and threw thin inside, as the Chinese expressed it, as if they had been logs of wood." - - Singular Occurre nce in County.—Last --- ce an week a daughter of W Cooper, of War wick township, seventeen months old, swallowel the eye part of aFO called 'souk and eye. The child grew very ill, greatly tS the alarm of its parents, and at length they tyre compelled to call medical aid, when afterwards the eye was passed from the , little sufferer, by the means of a large worm, some nine or ten irkhes in length having passed or guided itself thriugh each of its tangs, or, parts by which the eyela fastened by and further to the astonishment if all who saw it,afier a lapse of forty.eighl horirs,`ts worm ship hatched some dozen or'more of it: young, whilst laying in a bottle of water—strange as it may appear to the practice of physicians as well as fortunate for the .phild. Cases of the kinl are seldom if ever met with by many. "Had it rot: says the physicians, 'been for the worm coati* in contact with the eye an all human probability it would would have proved fatal to the child:, Remedy for Dysentery.—The season having arrived when bilious dysenteric diseases prevail, the following recipe from Babcock's Philosophic Recreations, may prove serviceable to the public. In addition to the value of pulverized charcoal in bilious disorders, 2 ounces of it boiled in a pint of fresh milk, may be taken in doses of a wine glass full by adults, every, two hours, in the most obstinate dysentery, until relief is impart ed, which has not failed to bathe effectin almost every Instance.—lt is harmless,and may be tried with safety. • John Can't Come it Yet.--A few weeks since. the British Steamer Arabia, made the passage, from Liverpool to New York in nine days sev enteen and a half hours.—being the quickest pas sage on record. The American Steamer Arabia; In her last trip, however, occipied Wattle days and seven hours! Bank. Robbery During the night Of the 25th of July last, the Mechanics and Trailers Bank of Jersey City was -broken-open,-and an amount of-over-$ll,OOO was taken from the safe—Lthe key to which the rob bers' had in some manner obtained from the Cashier's residence. .Or the lost sum, $5OO • :, ; was In rt check, and $lO,OOO and over was in caskr:,•The friilowing are the facts, so far ns could he ascertained from reliable sources. On Monday evening, the Provident Institution for Savings, kept in the same building with the Mc -clianics and Tri - d - RW — Bank received—deposlts— from 7 to r'. . 7 o'clock, as is customary. Soon afte 7 o'clock, the son of Mr. Fox, Cashier of the Bank closed it, and took the keys to his father's resi dence, in Sussex st., near Washington. The? 'combination of the key to the safe was not chang: rd. It was put into its usual place. On Tues. day morning, at 0 o'clock, the Cashier's served girl who has lived in his family about a month: went to the - Bank, as is her regular duty, tO ptitii in order. She found that the rear door hid been . forced open and saw the key to the safe lying upon the floor of the Bank. She finished her work and returned to the house, but, it is stated said nothing of the breaking open of the door,' When the key was missed soon after her return .. she stated that it lay on the counter, and that the' Bank had been entered. The Cashier repaired to the Bank and found that the safe had been . robbed, as stated. Of the 'missing sum, $8,716 belonged to the Mechanics and Trailers' Bank; $3, 888 in small bills, ranging from $1 to $lO, on that Bank. The Registry numbers of these . bills are known. $1,863 was gold ; f 495 was silver $1,500 current bills, mostly of the City of New York, and $970 uncurrent funds, mostly onßanks in New• Jersey, and in the state of New-York.— The box, con taing $595 cash, and a check fur about SLOO, all of which belonged to the Pruvi. dent Institution for Savings, had been placed in the safe and was also taken. The check was signed by T. VV. J.tr e , Treasurer of the Institu. lion and payable to his order. His name must be forged on the hack of it, before it can be offer. ed. It was upon yellow paper—being the regu• lar print form used by the Institution. J. M. Merseles, Esq., Sheriff of the County, had placed $1,225 in the Bank, on Monday afternoon. It was chiefly North River Bank bills. There were five $lOO bills, four or five $5O bills, fifty $5 bills and ihe remainder $2O hills. The elute} deposis ted in the Mechanics and Traders' Bank, arid an amount of over $BO in small change, were not taken away. The officers of the Bank and the police are endeavoring to ferret out the robbers. The Directors met yesterday, and authorized the offer of a reward of $l,OOO for the recovery of the money, Several auspicious persons have of late been seen about Jersey City, and and at. ►ratted the notice of the police.—New York IVeekt ly Tmes. _ Famine in India—Wholesale Mortolity.—A late number of the Bombay Times says : We have famines occurring al most decennially, some of which, with in our time, swept their millions away. Ia 1833, 60,000 persons in the month of September, in Lucknow ; at Khanpoor, 1,200 died of want ; and £500,000 sterling were subscribed. by the bountiful to relieve the destitute. In Gun. toor, 160,000 human beings, 74,000 bullocks, 159, 000 milch cattle, and 300,000 sheep and.goati, died of starvation. Fifty thousand people per ished in Marwar; and in the Northwest Provin ces, 50,000 human lives are supposed to have been lost. The living preyed upon ,the dead ; mothers devoured their children ; and the hu man imagination could hardly picture the scenes of horror, that prevaded the land. In twenty months' time, 1, 500,000 persons must have died, of hunger, or of its immediate consequences." Important Discov.—The Pittsburg Post of last Friday, in speaking of the Pittsburg and. Connelsville Railroad says: ..The engineers, while surveying the route of this road, have lately discovered a bed of marble, 950 acres in extent and 90 feet thick ; —enough to build a dozen cities like Pittsburg, lying im mediately on the route of this railroad ; where cars may be laden with the pure and beautiful marble right at the.quarry. This marble is of a reddish color, beautifully variegated ; bears a high polish, and very much resembles the Egyp tian marble. The color of the stone renders it well suited for building purposes in such a city as ours, where white or light colored stone so soon becomes tarnished." A Failure.—Tbe New York correspondent of the Sunday Dispatch, says--serheCrysial Palace seems to be considered a total failure'. Its re ceipts do not average $l5OO per tp . a.i „Double that amount would scarcely liquidate itlxiinavold able expenses; and place to the credit of the Sinking Fund a sufficient per tentage for the re• imbursement of the capital stock. Shares have, therefore, fallen twenty - five dollars on 'Citange. and sellers are plenty, while buyers are uncom. monly scarce. Dan Rice in Troub.'e.—This celebrated shim man was arrested in Meadville,l'a., a few days ago, for erecting his tent on thcDiamond in that borough, without a license frorn'the After a hearing of the case it was decided to hold Dan to bail for trial. To add to Dan's youblc, • the alligator and one of hii pest miihiceya during his stay it Meadville. Manufacturers in the Untied Stales: -=According It the census report, the entire capital: invetted in the various manufactures in the UniteOtates in tune, 1860, (not including establishments whith produce less than the anogal value of $500,1 amounted to 030,000,000. The'value of the ralt matetial eniPloyeti. ponaahy was 060,- 000,000. The amount paid each year for labor was 040,000. The kinnifier of pereoesi'em ployed W,050,00Q, and the value of man ufae • tared ar ms was $1,026,800,000: Recovery o •StmkenDollais.—The schooner L'amirtine has irrivedat Girdiner, Me. from an exploring expealtionio die wreck l bf an' uld Spanish shipzunk near the Island of Ittaiga rim, on the coast,of Venezuela, in l lBlls. with a large quantity. of specie on board. l ihe, silver dollars bra:4oo,bl+ the jJamaxlina at',lllo losll black •
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