Sale of the Public Works IV° trust that now the election is over, the q nri=tion of the sale of the Public Works will not be allowed to rest. It is the interest as well as the desite of those engaged in plundering the Commonwealth, that since the majority is so large large in the Legislature on the side of those in power, it will' Silence the clamor amongst the Democracy in favor of the measure, in which event they fear little from the Whigs, But from informa tion recently received from Berke and some oilier "Democratic" counties; we aro glad to learn that the feeling in favor of the Sale of the State Works is nut in the !emit relaxed, and that the members from those counties are con• sidered as pledged to the measure by their constituents. . If this be so, and from the source from which it comes, we think it fully entitled to he• lief, than the sale of the public works will be provided for by the next Legislature, and the source, of immense fraud, peculation, plunder, and pOlitical favoritism, will be arrested. The people will be relieved of a set of the most craving end unscrupulous political leeches, who bave.prayed upon them fur years. State taxes will be greatly diminished, if not entirely re• pealed, and the many vexations and ruinous delays that transporters and others interested in transportation experience every season, will be avoided. The tolls or cost of transportation will be diminished; and many other benefits will result to the people from this measure, who're . ° nowdaxed to sustain an army of plun derers, and political nickers, whose only care is to fill their pockets from the hatd earnings al the tax•payers. In addition to these, the sale or the public works will put un end to a system of robbery and plunder on a scale, that affects every con sumer of coal, great or small, that is transpor ted upon the canals of the State. We have it from thq,best and most unques ticnable authority, that s it system of plundering the Coal bloats by the State Lock•tenders, is carried on to an extent almost beyond beliel. Thal one Lock lender, not a great distance from liartisburg, last year sent and sold in this market OVER FORTY TONS Ole COAL, eve ry pound of which, besides what he used and sold at other places, it is said • and believed, was robbed from coal•boats on their way to market. Indeed ; we are informed, that this robbery of the coal boats hasher:erne almost an universal thing upon the lines, and that there is scarcely a lock were this robbing is not pur sued. To such an extent is it carried, that coal deal ers who purchase by the cargo to sell again, calculate upon a loss of more than twelve per cent, which has to be paid by the consumer in the increase of price, or decrease of weight.— 'Uinta this robbery of coal•boais by State offi cers or employees, comes home to the hearth of every coal consumer, who is thus made to pay heavy tax to support a host on a grand scale, in the management of the public work of the Stale. We ask the honest portion of the communi ty of all parties if it is not time that such a dou. ble plunder and demoralization should come to au end 3 Is it possible that any man not blind to everything but party welfare, can be found who will not go for the sale of the public works? The falsehoods got up by the interested, at the close of every year to deceive and hood wink the people they rob, they can deceive no more, it has ceased to have its effect. The deliberate resolve of the robbed masses is made and it their will is nut carried out by the next f.•?:;islaturo, they will vent their indignation upon the demagogues who betray them, at the ballot boxes. The Official Vote The Union says, the official returns aro in tram all the Counties of the Commonwealth, , txvept Forest, and the figures stand: Knox, dem. Judge of Supreme, Court, 153,849 Budd, Whig, " as " 116,117 Forsyth, dem. Canal cornmissioner, 153,003 Pownall, Whig, " CC 118,112 Banks, dem. Auditor General, 152,450 McClure, IVhig, ir 117,044 Brewley, dem. Surveyor General, 145,905 Myers, Whig, " ti 119,581 We have no figures at hand, indicating the vote polled for the Native ticket. ' An Indian Address to krs. Pierce The following address was prepared last April in WaAiington City by the reprosenta. rives of the Cherokee, Choctaw and Chicka saw Indians, and would have boon delivered to Mrs. Pierce, had it not Wen for her, illness caused by the death of her only ohild. It is a pretty expression of Indian confidence and aim plicity : " Honored Mar/am—Our race has rarely been honored with the privilege of paying their per -s°nel:respects to the lady of the Chief Magis trate of this great republic. Tho only exceptions I believe, wore Mrs. Madison and Mrs. Tyler, who kindly conceedod to us this favor. On behalf of the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chicka saw nations', their representatives now present beg leave to express to you the deep gratitude_ they feel for this distinguished privilege you have afforded, to tender to you their sincertt wielies for your welfare and long continued •Itappiness. " rermit us, madam, to remark that your sex in this favored land constitute the grand inotru. Mont for the enlightenment 01. your race, and we tient of the world, iti wisdom and the pres ervation of. good government, and although your vittues and intellect are not under the control and auspices of European system's, yet they are more brilliant than those nurtured by the throns of oriental splendor. hue been the custom of the Indians to address . the Tresideul • hy the venerated name ul,Prest Bather ; may, wpm)! venture to address you Aft the maternal political parent ofiour• race and as tneli ask your bles.ing I" • 4[l)e feliigli Register. Allentown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBERS!, 1863. Thanksgiving. Governor Bigler has issued his PKoclamaiion recommending that the 29th of NoVember be observed by the citizens of Pennsylvania as a day of General Thanksgiving and Prayer. Ii is to bo hoped that the Chief Magistrates of the other States will respond., and designate the same day. The spectacle of an entire nation returning thanks to almighty God, for the many national blessings received and enjoyed, would indeed be one of great moral sublimity. The Governor of Pennsylvania has taken the lead in this laudaple movement, and the time named is every way appropriate. Let it at once be understood that the last Thursday in November in every year, is to he regarded as a Day of National Thanksgiving, and the millions of hu man beings who aro gathered throughout the length and breadth of the Republic, will soon look forward to it as a matter of course, and goiern themselves accordingly. The Allentown Railroad The corps of Engineers engaged in making a temporary convey of the Allentown and Port Clinton Railroad, have run a distance of four miles ; as far up, the Ceder Creek as "Knauss's Hill." In this distance the route is found very favorable, the grade being only about 18 to 20 feet to the mile. We are informed that as soon as the survey can he made arid the necessary specifications prepared, the •I:cad will be put under contract. Application will be made to the next Legislature to consolidate this Road with the one between Kutztown and Read ing, whore it will connect with the Lebanon Valley Road. This then, will make a direct line from New Yolk to Harrisburg, there it is to connect with the Pennsylvania road. Two millions have already been raised, for the Lebanon road, by private subscriptions and loan, which of itself is sufficient to build it. The road will be put under contract by the first of January next. All we want now, is the connection between Allentown and Reading. Nathan Weiler, Esq. The newly elected Sheriff of Lehigh county, has received his Commission of Governor Big ler, and has entered upon the duties of the of fice. He has appointed Win. S. Marx, Egq., as his Attorney, and Nelson Weiser, Esq., as Dep uty Sheriff. Banks and Democracy. There will be applications to the legislature the coming winter, according to the advertised notices, for new Banks with an aggregate of capital amounting to about $7,000,000; and for renewals of charters for old banks, with capitals amounting to about s6,ooo,ooo—making a to tat of some $13,000,000. As both branches of the legislature, and the Governor, are of the "bank hating democracy," we shall await with some interest, the action upon these applica• lions—to see how many of the "rag•mills" will be chartered. Heretofore, the democracy have managed to get thorn through the legislature, and then lay it upon the Whigs ; but this year, if any go through, there will be no question as to who will be responsible. ' Change of Parties The Washington correspondent of the Jour nal of Commerce says that the union democrats throughout the country have been informed that unless they coincide in the policy of the administration in coalescing with the abolition• ists and secessionists, they are no longer to be considered as belonging to the party. The same writer thinks there will be some demo• crate in the next Congress who will resist this policy, and that we may see an entire now or ganization of parties in Congress. The Springfield Horse Fair. Springfield, Oct. 22.—This is the closing day of National Exhibition of horses, which has thus far been very successful. The total num ber of animals entered was about 500, most of them very superb. The first premium ($200). for the best stal• lion of 7 years and over, was awarded to "Cas sius M. Clay." All the other premiums were for Now England and New York horses, ex cept one of $lOO for the best span of fancy horses, which was'awarded to D. Sanderson, of New Jersey. There were no entries from Pennsylvania. The receipts of the exhibition have been about $lO,OOO ; the expenses about $BOOO. West Philadelphia Record• A weekly paper has been started by Mr. John Royer, in tho flourishing district of West Philadelphia, which presents a very neat ap pearance, and gives evidenee of tact, taste, and talent in'is editorials and selections. We have a personal acquaintance with Mr. Royer, and know that ho has both the desire and the ability to make the Record a paper sound in morals, independent in politics, and neutral on no question which affect the general good. We therefore most cordially welcome hie new enterprise to the news paperial arena, and wish him all success. Large. Crops of Corn.—At the Agricultural Fair, held in Somerset County, this Stale, on the 13th October, Mr. William Endsley, drew the first premium on the beet acre of shelled Corm, being 99 bushels, I• peek and 3 quarts. C. C. lllusseltnan, drew the second premium (or 218 bushels of corn in the ears. The latter gentleman also drew the first premium on the best quarter acre of potatoes, having raised over 100 bushels. The Paving Of Hamilton street is progressing slowly. Two weeks more v if the weathenportniis, will senable the Contractors to finish the job. llope it may prove to be a perrnenent enc. Agricultural Meeting Aleeting of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society, held at the House of J. W. Eibach, in the Borough of Allentown on Saturday Oct. 29, 1853. In the absence of the President, John F. Rohe, Esq.; was on motion called to the chair. On motion, Resolved, That the Premiums be paid out at the Banking Iloose of Wm. 11. We rner and Co. On motion Dr. Chas. H. Martin, A. L. Ruhe and J. M. Line, were appointed a Committee to collect and audit tho second account duo by the society. On motion a Committee of five was appointed namely : Jac. Dillinger, J. M. Line, A. L. Iluhe, C. Pretz and Paul Bailie!, to report amendments to the constitution, reducing if membership, and to bring the constitution in shape for incor poration and report to the next meeting for ac tion by the seciety. On motion the meeting adjourned to meet again at the Public Douse of J. W. Hibach, un Tuesday the 611 t day of December. Attest,—J. M. LINn, Secretary. Improvements in Printing In no departrirent 01 mechanics has such an improvement taken plade in this country, as in the printing of dress goods, such as calicoes, de laines, For many years the American manufacturers vainly essayed to rival their British competitors, and immense sums of mo. ney were lost by enterprising men in this praise worthy, but unsuccessful undertaking. Steady improvement, however, was the result. Every year the American goods approached nearer to the foreign pattern. Stimulated by this partial success, the enterprise was presovered inotn til, as in all similar cases of resolute action, victory crowned the endeavor. The printed goods sent to market this fall by the American manufacturers are quite equal to the best for eign fabrics of tho sarnoluder. The printing, moreover, is done by machinery entirely, while the best French printed goods are done by hand. We record this progress of native man ufactures with pleasure. We confess to being old fashioned enough to wish to retain our mo ney at home, as far as possible; and we would, at any time, rather buy an American fabric than a foreign one. But as people' generally prefer to purchase what is both cheapest and best, whether foreign or domestic, we welcome progress in our manufactures as a sure indica tion that the masses too will buy domestic goods.—Phil. Eveving. Bulletin. 7lic Sunday Law.—On Saturday last, the Bur gess of Norristown issued a proclamation recom• mending the closing of the hotels, oyster houses, beer shops &c., in this Borough, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature, passed 1794, and which is better known as the "Sunday Law." On Sun day last, all the hotels in the borough were clo sed, and no liquor to be had. The yards how ever, were left open for the accommodation of travellers with horses. C. Fallon, Esq.,—We learn that this gentle^ man yesterday resigned the Presidency of the Sunbury and. Erie Railroad, and that John Tuck er, Esq., was elected in his place. Mr. 'P. is now at the head of the Reading Railroad, and his ex• pesience and energy arc assurance that the new route will succeed in spite of all petty opposition. —Phila. Sun. Lebanon Valley liailroad.—The Lebanon Val• ley Railroad Company have succeeded in ne gotiating the loan of 1t,000,000, upon which de pended the success or failure of this important enterprise. It also states that the Valley Com• pany intend to prosecute their branch to the Cornwall mines. Classing the Atlantic in three and a half Days. —The London Morning Advertiser speaks of a new and imprOved - construction of vessels, by means of which it will be perfectly practicable to accomplish the voyage between Ireland and America in three and a half days, between the ports of Galway and Halifax, and the Advertiser adds that :he truth of its statement has been tho roughly established by experiment. No details are given or hinted at and the story is entirely too mysterious for belief. Important to the Deaf: —A new discovery has been made relative to deaf persons. Two artists in London have invented an instrument, which is placed within the ears, without projecting, and being of the same color as the skin is not per ceptible. It enables deaf persons to enjoy gene ral conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies; the singing noise in the ear is entirely removed, and it affords all the assist, ante that could be desired, New Political movement in New York.—A con vention was held in Syracuse on Friday last, at which a mixed ticket composed of names from the Whig, Hard Shell and Soft Shell tickets, was nominated for State officers. Tho convention was presided over by• Jonathan Child; and its object professes to be-to select good men from all parties. American Railroads.—By the Census Abstract it appeatrs that the United States possessed, at the beginning of 1852, as much completed railroad, within 3300 miles, as all the rest of the world put together. In the4Juited Slates there were in operation at that time 12,843'miles; in the va. Hone countries of Europe, 14,143. There is no exaggeration in saying that before 1800 there will be in our country 35,000 miles of railway. The Forest Fire in lillehigan.—A gentleman just front Detroit, informs the editor of the Cleve land Plaindealer, that the fire in the woods there. abouts excites the greatest apprehension, It has already burned over a tract of from thirty to for. ty square miles, and rages on unchecked. A great number of farm houses have been swept away in its Course, and a large amount of grain destroyed. Hundreds of person are employed fighting the . finmes on the outskirts of Detroit, and will probably prevent any injury to dwellings in the direction of Adrian, (some thirty miles from Detreit,)•and had nearly reached that city. Unless a shower soon intervenes, the loss of tim ber. grain, &c., will be enormous, The Design of Russia A Washington correspondent of the New York Courier, says that at present our political and commerclarrelations with Russia are exceeding. ly limited,but they may become at no remote day of great importance. The foreign newspa pers informed us a few days since, that a small Russian fleet of observation was following Corn• modore Perry's squadron from the coast or na to Japan. This movement indicates some thing more than curiosity as to our proceedings in that part of the world. It gives color to the suspicion that the Czar is by nu means willing that the Americans should acquire any exclu sive privileges in the intercourse between Japan and the rest of the world . , although the creation and del/elopement of that intercourse should be due to our own unaided efforts. It has long been surprising that the Russian passion for conquest has not overleaped the Chi nese, wall, and appropriated the territories and trade of that immense, opulent, and defenceless empire. 811,111 d the designs.of the autocrat up. On Turkey succeed, it can hardly be doubted that his next scheme of annexation will embrace the whole of the flowery land, and that, unless or posed by foreign intervention, his Cossacks will revel in the celestial chambers heretofore sacred to the offspring of the Sun and the brother of the Moon. If our negotiations with Japan are to be complicated by Russian pretensions, and if our trade with China, now so profitable and exten sive, is to be jeoparded by the conquests of the same power it is plain that we have a very teal and lively interest in tier schemes and the plans by:which she seeks to accomplish them. Mining in Lancaster County A company of Philadelphia capitalists have commenced working the old Silver Mine in Co nestoga township, about a mile and . a half east of Conestoga Centre. This mine was opened and worked to some extent prior to the Revolu lion, but with what success is not known. The presumption, however, from the fact of its hav ing been Abandoned, is that it did not pay. But the great improvements made in recent years in the science of mining and separating ores, may render the present undertaking more successful. If the amount of alive' obtained should not be very great, the other metals obtained, lead and zinc, may still remunerate the labor expended.— We have been shown by Eli Bowen, L'sq., Su perintendent of the mining operations, an ex ceedingly rich specimen of the Argentiferous Galena obtained from the mine. This ore, a coritination of silver and lead, is said to be worth $6OO per ton. The Copper Mine in Bart township, which was originally opened and abandoned under similar circumstances to the above, has now been re-opened for the past two years, and from the spirit with which operations are carried on, the Company, is doubtless, meeting with success. The Lead Mine in East Hempfield,discovered and partially opened two or three years since, is, we understand, about to be tested again under more favorable auspices. Several very valuably beds of iron ore have recently been opened in different parts of the county. Mr. C. Geiger has opened a very fine bed (apparentry) on Mr. Mylin's farm, a mile south of Willow street, from which he intends supplying his furnace in South Prince street. In passing Camargo, in Bart township, the other day, we noticed iron ore from the beds near that place being taken to York furnace, a distance of twelve miles. The superior quality of the ore warranted its transportation that dis. tance. The Turks and the Flesh of the Pig There is a race of wild boars in Egypt, of the flesh of which, though it be insipid, the Euro peans, from perversity, are fond. I once saw a• cage containing four little ones scat to an Eng lish lady. It was carried through the streets by two great shamefaced porters, whom a crowd of urchins and idlers followed and hooted. They were so annoyed that they dropped their Milliken and began cursing Christiatifty, while the suck ing boars took to flight, pursued by a shower of stones and slippers. I remember, however, that on one occasion a fine Gratz ham was boiled for our use on board the boat. There were rumors among the crew while the cauldron was over the tire. They seemed to consider themselves almost as accommplices of a sacrilege. But when the steaming ham was fished out by a hook at the end of a pole, and deposited with respect ful contempt upon, the dish, the men collected around at a certain distance with expanded nos trils, sniffing in the unholy odor; and one of them in moment of gastronomic conviction, exclaimed: "Wallah, how nice it smells! What a pity it is a sin !"-Bayle St. John's Turks in Europe. Isingluss.—Perhaps it may be doing our lady patrons a favor to tell them that this substance, which may be found in most drug stores, is an excellent substitute for the white of eggs in clear , ing coffee. It contains the saeie chemical prop erty, albumen—and ten cents' worth of Isinglass will last longer titan two or three dozen eggs. Artesian Wells.—Mr. Bolles, of Camden, has just completed an artesian well, near the paper mills, on Cooper's creek, for William, Coffin & Co., which is 95j feet in depth, of which the first 28 feet were through sand, 3 feet of clay, 30 of river alluvium, 33 of gravel, which is impregna ted with oxide of iron, 6 red clay, and 6i of coarse gravel. An abundant supply of excellent water was obtained, though a purer quality of perfectly white water could, it is thought, be obtained by going a little deeper. Mr. Bolles has also near. ly completed another, for the Camden and Ab• secom Railroad Company, at Cooper's Point.— At this place he has reached a depth of 82 feet, near a bed of gneiss rock. A Wild Man.—The Cincinnati Gazette; states thut a man named Williams was stopping al the United States Hotel, in that city ,who might just. t l r. be styled a man•" He eats nothing hat is cooked, nor drinks anything but water.— Gis meats, potatoes, and all .his vegetables, cab sage, turnips, &c., are raw. He alleges that he lad not eaten any cooked food for several years ind that any deviation from his present mode of lying would most prebahly cause his death. He (sides in lowa, and was on his way to Wash ington, to make a prycbase of some U. GLEANINGS rTirrlxoCollector Bronson has been nominated for the United States Senate to succeed Mr. Sew• nrd whose terms expires in 1855, by the Demo cratic Convention of Orange county, New York. CU" One hundred young men left Richmond, Me., last week en route for Kentucicy, where they intend to cut timber and build vessels. 10" A few days ago $2.17,000 in gold was re. crived at the St. fouls subdteasury from the Dubuque (Iowa) Land Office. C - It Is proposed to sell the ~B ig Mound" at St. Louis to the corporation for a public square. The price as paid is $50,000. qtr The keepers of oyster saloons in Harris, burg have been ordered to close their establish, ments at 12 o'clock on Saturday n ight,and keep them, closed during Sunday. iarlt is esiimaied there are abnui 80,000 Jews in New York, where they have thirteen syna• gr gue, Jewish Feasts The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, or Cong.re gallon Feast, closed yesterday, in New York and will be succeeded to-day by the Rejoicing for the Discovery of the Law. The Feast of Taberna cles was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the month Tisri, and took its name from the tents which were erected about the Temple of Jerusa. lem in public places and on the flat roofs of their houses and in gardens, in which the Jews dWelt for eight days, in commemoration of the forty years during which their fathers dwelt in the wildetness. Ti was one of the three solemn an. nual feasts in which all the males were obliged, by the law, to appear at Jerusalem. This feast was celebrated in the following manner: All the people cut down branches of palm trees, wiliows and myrtles, and tying them together with gold and silver cords, or with rib bons, carried them all day, took them into their synagogues, and kept them in their possession while at prayers. On the other days of the feast they carried these branches with them into the temple, and walked around the altar with them in their hands, saying "Hosanna!" "Save, we beseech thee !" during which the trumpets acre sounded on all sides. On the seventh day of the feast they went seven limes around the altar. , -- This was called "Hosanna" rabba—othe great Hosanna !" But the ceremony at which the Jews testified most joy was that of pouring out the water, which was done on the eighth day of the feast. A priest drew some water out of the pool of Siloam in a golden vessel and brought it into the temple ; and at the time of the morning sac rifice, while the members of the sacrifice were on the altar, he went up and poured this water, mingled with wine, upon it, the people greeting it with singing and transports of joy. During this feast many sacrifices were Offer. ed. On the first day, besides the ordinary sacri: flees, they offered as a burned offering, 13 calves, 2 rants and 14 lambs, with the offerings of flour and libations of wine that were to accompany them. They also offered a goat as a sin offer ing. On all the succeeding days they offered the same sacrifices, only curtailing the number of calves one each day, so that when the seventh day came they had bat 7 calves to offer. On the eighth day, which was kept With greater solem nity than the rest, they offered but one calf, one ram, and seven lambs for a burned offering, and one goat for a sin offering, with the usual offer ings and libations. On this day thsy also offer ed in the temple the first fruits of their latter crops, or of those thinks which came latest to maturity. During the feast the Psalms 113,114, 115, 116, 117, 113, and 119 were sung,. Leo, of Modena, says that though Moses appointed but eight days, yet custom and the devotion of the people have added a ninth to it, which is called the Joy for the recovery of the Law, because they complete on it the reading of the Pentateuch.— N. Y. Tribune. The Old Soldiery of 1812.—A1l the surviving members who served in the War of 181 2 2, in their respective companies, and now residing within the counties of Lycoming, Union Northumber land, Montour, and Columbia, will meet in Mil ton on the 22nd November, fur the purpose of selecting delegates to attend the Convention of old Soldiers, to be held in this city January Bill Idsl. AVhy not hold a like meeting in Allentown? Recovery of the Hungarian Crown ,—Connecled with this atiair, a curious piece of information has leaked out. General Kemper, the police ty rant of the Empire, has become jealous of the honors bestowed on the Judge Advocate., Kangar and has published in 171 e Soldelen Freund a semi' official account of the discovery. He openly slates that the Hungarian Ex. Min ister,S.zemmer, in Paris tile well known personal enemy of Kos suth, out of spite against the Governor, gave the necessary information, which arrived at Venice on the 381 h of August, and led to the discovery. It is theref ore Stemmer who betrayed the secret and the Austrians treat him now just as they have treated Gorgey—with scorn. He likewise is a betrayed %traitor, for General Kemper, who had formerly been acquainted with General Stemmer had intimated to the Ex-Minister that Kossuth was about to remove, the Crown froni its hiding place, and Stemmer, in order to pre vent its falling into the hands of the enemy, be trayed it to the Austrians.--Phlia. Sun. Shocking Case of Bydrophobia.—Mrs. Strouse, of Jefferson township Berks county, died on Sat urday evening, the 15(11 inst., of that horrible malady, hydrophobia. We are informed, that some two months ago, a dog belonging io the family, commenced pursuing the chickens in an annoying manner. Mrs. Strouse .undertook to punish him for his viciousness, and was about to seize him, when he turned and severly bit her in the 4mud. This strange behaviour alarmed the family, and they endeavored to catch the dog, but he contrived to escape. Next morning be came home, and was secured. It was then found that he was raving mad, and they aubsequently killed him. A physician was immediately ••cal led in, to attend Mrs.Strouse, and we understand she took the celebrated I, Stoy'S Cure.". But it was in vain. The medicine had no effect, and• last Saturday evening she died a horrible death, exhibiting all the symptorarcieliydroPhobia. It is stated that some of the family wail( thrown in v. f1"..*(4 mere evil coaseinences era feared.. The History of Arotio Explorations. The success of Commander McClure of the British navy, in demonstrating the problem of an arctic ocean, and performing the voyage from Behring's Straits to Baffin's Bay, has re.awaken ed attention to the previous explorations of hyp. , erborean travelers. Much expenditure of time, money and life, has been wasted in this search, which will never he of any practical advantage to mankind. The history of arctic explorations shows that among the first adventurers in this field of research were two Portuguese brothers, named Coriereal, who, in the early part 'of the sixteenth century, sailed toward the Pole and were heard of no more. An Englishman, Sir. Hugh Willoughby, some tiny years later,.sought to find China beyond the coast of Labrador, but both he and his crew left their bodies on the fro zen plains, where they were found by the Esqui' mans Indians. Sir Humphrey Gilbert,at a sub sequent period, went down off the coast of New foundland, in making a similar experiment. In. 1810, Hudson, the famous navigator, from whonv the North River was named, after discovering Hudson's Bay, was . set adrift, with eight of his sailors, by a mutinous portion of his crew, andl was supposed to have been destroyed by the ice bergs. In 1623, Baffin added .the knowledge of the vast Inlet of the sea, since called by his name,.. to our Arctic geography. In 1741, Bullring. a Russian, explored the straits on the eastern side of the continent ; and in 1773, Captain Phipper made many 'explorations in the north ; but the' Arctic discovery of Modern limes may be said to have begun in 1818, with Sir John Ross, who passed through Davis's Straits and Baffin's Bay to Lancaster Sound. The next year Franklin, about whose supposed less so much has been said, undertook to trace the looked-for passage. fr o m the mouth of th e coppermine River, east ward, by the shore to Hudson's Bay. He was accompanied by Mr. Buck and ,Dr. Richardson, and• they made one of the dreariest journeys on record, without meeting with much success. The same year, Lieutenant Parry had gone to Lancaster Sound, and, passing through the Straits named by him Barrow's Straits, had dis covered Wellington's Channel, Regent's Inlet, Bathurst's, Byam, Martin's, Melville, and other Islands, now called the Parry Islands. These places have ever since been the ultimate land Mark of Arctic research, for no navigators have succeeded in going beyond them, and all the diir coveries since made, have had only more or less reference to them. Parry saw, too, and defined Bank's Land, to the southwest of Melville Island —unc of the points of departure in M'Clure's More recent expedition. Parry, Russ and Cap tain Franklin made subsequent voyages, all of which added something to our information, and in 1830 and 1936, Captain Bach went eastward beyond Franklin's Point; but these explorations were nearly all carried on within and below the delineation of Parry. No one, says a late vrri• ter, had ventured beyond Cape Walker, in the direction of Bank's Land, to the west and south of North Somerset, or gone beyond Parry . Islands to the northwest, or to the uurtb through Well ington channel. Neither had any attempt been made from Baffin's Bay above Lancaster Sound to enter the remote waters supposed to flow around the Pole. In 18.13 and 1849, the whole breadth of the North American continent, bordering the Pular Sea, was traversed--by Sir John Richardson on the one hand, who went overland west to the month of Mackenzie's River—and by Mr. Pullen on the ostler, wholeft the party under Captain Kellent and Commander Moore, after passing through Behring's Straits in July, 1849, and fol.' lowed the coast in •whale boats .eastward from Point Barrow till he reached Mackenzie's River whence Sir John Rlchardson has already return ed. Subsequent exploriation' 'was' made sea to the north of Mackenzie's River, and of the Straits extending northwardly between Weller ton and Victoria Lands, through, which the tide, flows from the North, Whence it had been 300 1 posed to connect with the ocean. 'The more re. ceut investigations about June's and Smith Squad and Wellington Channel, made by'Captain Aus tin and Penny, and . by the Grinnel Expedition as well as those of Oollinsotr, ICellet add -Moore; in the region. or.llehring: Straits, are familiar to our readers. Commander Nl'Clure, of the Brit ish navy, has accomplished what the maritime enterprise of nearly two hundred years has fail. ed to accomplish. He has , sailed from Davis's , Straits on the east, through the great Arctic ocean ' to near Behring's Strait's on the west, and has shown the existence of an uninterrupted •water communication from the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. His course!, as near as we can gather it from the brief ailnouncement'of fact made by the English Admirabij was r through the Prince of Wales's Straits, connecting with Barrow's Straits to a cliff south of Melville Is. land, called Bank's Lanch and thence through floes and hunimocks df almost impenetntblelice to a place called Barring'sdsland, in the Bay 'of Mercy. The preciso,position of this island we are unable to ascertain; but it seems to be suffi ciently far cast and nearly to the outlet of Behr. ing's Straits, on the coast of Asia, to settle the question of the.practicabilily of the passage.— What Commander McClure has. thus , done, has, been the dream of geographers' and Pains ever : . since Cabot discovered the northern continent' of America, as a short cut to India. Sullivan and Morrissr.v.—Yankee Sullivan has challenged Morrissey to another fight for $5 . 000. The inconvenience of going to BOston Corner is so great, that the Providence Journal thinks the fight should take place in New York. The Park would be a good place, convenient for the police, who take a prep' interest In this refined• and humanizing sport, and whose absence, in. case the fight should come oil so far from the city, might be detrimental to the public voice.— The Mayor,. the Sheriff, and one of the Judges,. who is a candidate for reielection, might be se ttcted for umpires, and it would , be advi,sible, it could be done without intcrfcrring with poptr nr rights to keep mad bulls out of the Park du ring the fight. . , Curiosities from Me holy Land:--The barque. Benj. Adams, fronv . Eiyria; has' arrived at Bostolir bringing a Jerusalemilungh ntid either tirticles• of curiosity from Mello!, IMO; intended for tho: Crystal Palace exhibition.'
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