The Pacific Railroad.
Already several propositions have been sub
mitted in ennfrrepi., with reference to a great
highway to the Pacific. That by Senator Sew
ard is evidently the result of much reflection,
and combines many meritorious features. Its
feeding pro Visions may be slated in substance
as follows:
It throws open the building of the road to any
Company that may be chartered by any State;
and it stipulates for sealed proposals from all
such, , and proposes to give the construction to
the Company that will .build the work for the
least sum in the way of aid horn the govern
• ment—such•aid to be afforded in five per cent
stock, redeemable alter twenty years at the
pleasure of the Government—the Company to
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owe andmanage the load under certain condi-
Lions. These are :--
lst. That the Government may take posses.
sion of it at any time, by paying the Company
its expenditure upon the road, with ten per
cent, interest on the investment; and 2d. That
Congress may control the faros so far as to
keep the net income down to 10 per cent.; 3d.
That the rates for the transportation of the mails,
and of troops, military stores, and other things
for the Government, shall be established by the
Secretary of War.
2. The company undertaking the construc
tion of the road, are to lodge five millions of
dollars in the hands of the Government, in the
form of State or Government stocks, by way of
security for the fulfilment of its contract.
3. No grants of land are to be made to the
Company beyond a strip sufficient for a road
way.
4. The road is to be built north of the paral
lel of 40 ° —to be commenced within 18 months
from the date of the contract for its construction
and be completed, equipped, and put in oper.
ation within five years.
8 . . The Company is to be bound to expend a
million of dollars on the road at the start, be
lore receiving any portion of its bonus. It is
then to be entitled to such a proportion of the
entire sum the Government proposes to furnish,
Its its own expenditure bears to the contempla
led cost of the entire road. In other words,
Government will pay no faster than the Com
pany. The expenditure of each %sill go along
purl passu.
6. The various stations ore, to be fixed upon
by the Secretary of War, and the village and
city plots to be laid off and thrown open to pub
lic competition. All lands lying within six
miles of the road are to be advanced to 82 60
per acre, and all lying beyond that limit and
Within 12 miles are to be fixed at 81 37g. These
are the main features of the plan.
This plan, according to the New York Tri
bune, avoids the mischiefs that would result
from making the company constructing the
road the owners of the only valuable land along
its route. It extinguishes all monopoly features
of an offensive character, and yet it confers ev
ery power necessary to the full and complete
achievement of the enterprise. The fact 14
Mr. Seward's bill makes no gigantic lanqmo
nopoly of the company, but withholds (heart
ritory along which the road paces for actual
settlers at fixed arid moderate prices, is a most
commendable and Important feature of it. The
bill thus offers a solution of two difficult points
in the great railroad problem. It presents in
the first place a plain method of building the
road, without danger of committing the Gov
ernment to untold expenditure, and in the sec
ond, it secures the road, without creating there
by a great land monopoly, to sit like an incubus
astride the Continent. As respects the route,
this must depend upon the bearing of the accu
mulating information from the various explor.
rag parties, and the results of scientific survey,
yet to be made.
The Erie Mob.
We notice that the attention of the House of
Representatives at Washington has been called
to the railroad mob at Erie, Pennsylvania.—
AIL Hendricks, of Indiana, was ol.opinion that
it was similar to an insurrection, nud the mob
should be put down and the railroad protected
by the U. S. troops. AIL Ritchie, of Pennsyl
vania, said that the matter was now before the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the Uni
ted States Circuit Court for the Western His
triet of that State. These courts have ample
jurisdiction. The gentleman from Indiana was
entirely in error. The facts are simply these :
The railroad passes through the county of Erie,
and the company was authorized by law to
build a road at a gunge of lour lee: eight inches.
In defiance of this law, the company laid down
a six feet gunge, and therefore was the aggres
sor. He understood the people of Erie as act.
ing. tinder legal advice, and there will not be
the slightest difficulty in enforcing the decree
of the court. The proceedings of the Indiana
meeting were based upon an entire misappre
hension. It was alleged that no particular
gunge was mentioned in the railroad charter,
and that the people of Erie were pursuing a
pfiaritorn if they expected a decision in their
favor on such a frivolous pretence. The sub
ject was finally referred to the Committee on
•Millitary affairs.
Fight with . a Deer on the Ice.
, On Wednessday the 7th ult.-about a quarter of
a mile from the Astor House, while Master Chas.
Cotton, son of Captain J. W. Cotton, was engag.
ell in the healthy exhilarating exercise of skating
on' Fox River, he saw a good sized deer, with
affreaditig antlers, lying on the ice, making des
perate efforts Ito get up and run away, Charley
quiztly walked to his father's house, and took an
ate went back to the scene of hostilities, put on his
skates, and prepared for action. As he approach
oil, the buck attempt to rise and pitch into him,
hilt : Charley returned charge with well directed
strokes from his weapon. Once the exasperated
animal succeeded id-getting -Up, but afterfour or
file heavy blows, the ..stricken -deer" lay lifeless
aOis conqueror's feet, a noble trophy for a boy
ten.years of age to bear away from the field of
chafe i.;:-Cree n flay .-Ide.
L7 — We are pleased to see that our friend
Nelson Weiser, E.q., has been elected one of the
transcribing clerks of the Senate. That body has
secured in Mr. Weiser the services of a worthy
and competent officer.
BE
•
:e Presentahon.-0a Sabbath next, during
m the Horning service by Rev. C. R. Kessler, a copy
ofHoly Scriptures and Hymn Book, will be
presented.io the . German Reformed Congrega•
tion for sanctuary use. The presentation Will
take place previous to the sermon.
evenue of Lehigh County.
The amount of Revenue paid by the'citizens
1 of Lehigh county, into the State Treasury, dur
ing the-financial year, commencing on the Ist
day of December, 1852, and ending on the 30th
day of November, 1853, according to an ex•
tract from the Auditor General's Report, is as I
follows:
I Tax on Lehigh Crane Iron Company, $3OO 00
"on Allentown Iron, do 0
" Lehigh Water Gap Bridge, do 3 27 65 27 65
" Lehigh Bridge Co. at Bethlehem, 132 60
" Siegfried Bridge Company, 34 85
Tax on Real and Personal Estate, $.27,781 21
" Tavern Licenses, , 1,318
" Retailers' Licenses, 1.495 23 28
" Theatre, Circus &Menag. Lic. 95 00
" Distillery and Brewery Licenses, 62 23
" Eating and Beer flouses, 71
" Patent Medicine Licenses 25
, 4 75
" Pamphlet Laws,
8 91
" Tax on Writs, Wills, Deeds, &c. 342 66
" Collateral Inheritance tax, 353 51
" Danowskey Gas Company, 10 00
" Lehigh Valley Railroad co. 10 00 i
" Allentown Railroad Comp. 100 00 I I
Total,
Payments to Lehigh County $32,748 61
" Pensions and Gratuities,
" Common Schools,
Abatement of State lax,
" Mercantile Appraisers,
BEI
hoot and Shoc I:,:rablisionenti—Messrs.
HECKMAN and %Vim, two enterprising young
mechanics have taken the Store, No. 9, East
Hamilton street, in this Borough, where they
keep a full assortment of Boots and Ladies
Shoes, made up of the best material that can
be procured. They both rank among the best
mechanics in their branch in the Borough, one
on Gentlemen and the other on Ladies' work•
['heir work is made up under their immediate
supervision, so Ih'at none but the best materials,
and the best workmen can find employ in their
establishment. They are both young beginners
and as such invite the citizens of Allentown
and vicinity to give them a call.
EMI
__.;son on Advertising.
If you wish to sell more goods this year then
you ever did before, advertise more. The un
paralleled success of those merchant and tra
ders who have kept their names and goods be
fore the people, ia a lesson not to be disregard
ed by any one who depends upon 'public pat
ronage 'for a living. The best customers ;ire
those who find out what they want before they
leave home, and these are the ones who inva
riably look in the newspaper to see where the
articles is to be found. The weekly newspaper
is the established medium of exchange between
mind and mind in regard to nearly all the means
of life, and its usefulness is extending among
all classes with astounding rapidity;. Every
body reads the newspaper, from the millionaire
over his coffee to the African who has jest pol
ished his honor's boots—and no part of the pa
per gives so fresh, varied and comprehensive
pictures of the towns and the age as the ad•
vertisements.
The Canadas.
. No portion of this continent is making more
marked and rapid progress at the present time,
than the western section of Canada. We are
surprised at the rapid growth of the western
States and cities of the American Union. And
yet since the year 1800, the growth of Canada
West has been nearly t h rice that of the United
States. l,t the last fifty years, the increase of
the States, according to the best authorities, has
been about 400 per cent. But during the forty
,years, between 1811 and 1851, the increase of
Upper Canada was upwards of 1100 per cent
Take even the three great States of the West
Ohio, Alichigan and Illinois, and compare
them with Canada Wes!, for the past twenty
years, and great as has been their growth, our
Canadian neighbors exceed their increase dor•
ing the same period, by the large r a tion of 55
per cent. This immense increase in western
Canada, is not confined either to the cities or
the rural districts. It is a general movement,
arid there are potent causes in operation %Melt
will accelerate the growth for the next decade.
The increase of the city of Toronto, when com
pared with the cities in • the States; is found to
exceed that of Boston, New York, St. Louis,
and Cincinnatti.
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The Differenee.—At the beginning of our Gov
eminent, in 1789, says the hdellikeneer, of Wash,
• Ington, it was more than a month after the ap
..ver Chan c.— friends of a hard money pointed day before a quorum of members of Con
currency, and the public generally, will be glad gress reached New York to put the machinery
to learn that Mint has fully over-come the of Government in operation. The rapidity with
complaint among small dealers of a want tif which men can now travel by steam and rail en.
silver Change. • There is now lying at this ables a majority of the niembers to reach the sect
Aliut in Philadelphia, subject to call of all who of Government in two days , travel ; while the
may desire it, over one million of dollars in sil
ver members California can reach it in less than a
coins. This coin is given out,'not as for- month, and with as much punctuality as if they
merly, only.in exchange for silver butlion,„ but resided only one- hundred miles distant. The
in exchange for. gold. •
fact is, the different parts of the Republic arenow
nearer. to each other, in time, than were tbedrlg ,
inal elates in 1769.
Wear and Tear of Bank Notee.—We it see sta.
ted that the neatskill Bank, id thirty yea's, with
an average circulation of $200,000, gained $15,.
000, as this amount has not been returned in ten
years." Ii does not spite the banks at all for pert
sons to abuse rind.deface their notes. They tath„
er like it..
Cllr fcbi
M= - M
IVENVESDA 11, 61.
$ 4,908 82
. Poshne ders. — Postmasiers, who take no inter
est in the circulation of County Papers, because
they pass through (he post.otlice in the county
where published free of postage, neglect their
own interests. For every county paper they de.
liver to the, subscribers they are entitled to re
tain ten and one half cents per year of the,post
age funds. The commission on foreign papers
do not overrate more than from six to eight cents
a year, and is attended with troubled and loss of
time of keeping accounts, etc. We hope post
masters will think of this, and encourage their
own county papers far their own interests no
less that of the publisher.
Frith —John Heed, of Solebury township
Ducks connty; has a sow that gave birth In nine.
teen pigs la March last; and to twenty more
about Iwo 'weeks ago. h thrre.another in the
epuntp.of B.tqt.e . Mai cap.eq,itaLlhin 1 - '
INorristown & Allentown Railroad.
Pursuant to public notice a meeting of the 1
citizens of Allentown, Lehigh County, was held
on the evening of the Ch inst, at the public The Annual Messaee of Governor Bigler ()c
-hoose of ! Joh» Y. ././(e/ild. which was organiz e d copies a neat pamphlet 01 twenty•one pages. Its
by calling the II ii. 11 1:NIIY KING. to the chai r , lending points may be summed up as follows:
and appoititine Jesse M. Lisa:, E-9 , Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been stated
by the chairman,'t was moved that a committee
of five be appointed to prepare a series of res
olutions, expressing the sense of the meeting
on the subjci of the proposed road.
1 1 Whereupon the chairman appointed Robert E.
1
Wright, Christian Pretz, E. D. Leisenrine, L. E.' , The Trcustrry.—The receipts for the year 1853,
exclusive of loans, and including the balance on
the Ist of December, 1852, amounted to the sum'
0 (15,952474.
The payments, exclusive of loans and oilier
extraordinary expenditures, amounted to $4,1
134,048.
Of this excess, therewas paid to the Commis- I
stoners of the Sinking Fund, $.)0.,,11.)7.
Corson and 11. C. Longtieeker, elm alter .eon-
The Estitnates.—The receipts for 1854, includ-
ferring loge h?.r presented the following which . .
i ing the balance in the 'I reasury, are estimated
were unanimously adopted.
Whereas in the opinion of this meeting, an l i at
'l;z'sh.eB4eGA:Plein7;litures for the same period, inclu
early and prreticable a connexion by rail toad 1 ding $25 0.000 in , die old debts,
between this point on the Lehigh river anti theand $300,000
I for the Sinking Pond ire estimitted at it 4 500 0110:
city Philadelphia has become absolutely tICCOS- I
Tre'i:sury, De c ember • Ist,. 1831
sary, not only for the welfare of this 6ecticn of —s l3 l 3 ,3 la 4 n o c ,:i i 7 n . the
country, but also for the purpose of securing to I Deduct frcm this $425,000, to pay the Februa.
our own commercial metropoli s th e immen-e ry interest, and we have a surplus of /700,000.
amount of trade of the Lehigh, the Upper Sus- The Stale Debt.—The total amount of the fun. ;
quehanna, and the Upper Schuylkill rallies, Idea debt at this time, is given ate 23
with their various connektions and dependen- i New he p e crznients.—Duri tig th years ut 1851
cies, therefore
I and .1852, appropriation s and paytnents fur van
-I:en/red.—That will; a full knot ledge of all ous improvements were made, to the amount of
1
proj 'cis now before the public for the purpose 12,143,915,
of effecting this connection, it is our unanimous The Governor says Mau lie cannot give his
and most decided (minion that the route recent. assent to any new schemes of improvement by
ly surveyed via Norristown through Leibert's the State, until the public debt is .. , ulliciently li
e
is the only one whirl' ran by any possibil. quidated to relieve the people from taxation.
ity prenluce all the tiesired results. That the The Public Works.—The aggregate amount
business was larger by 20 per cent , than that of
ease with Which it can be constructed, its few
any former year; and the gross receipts amount.
and unimportant summits ; its light grades and
easy curvatures, the short distance between cifto the sum of $1,932,495, being an excess of
the points which require to be connected, andbut 135,683, over the receipts of 1852. This
slight increase is attributed to a reduction in the
its course through a country so thickly settled
abounding in mineral and agricultural wealth, rat 7 e .;
c ot , t ;ells. .
i At gheny Portage Rat/mut—The midl
and stetted with mills, furnaces and mainline
tion of affairs un this road is carrel unsatisfac
turies, present a combination of advantages tory.
rarely met with in this country.
7he Inclined PluinThe work on the rail.
Resolved.—That inasmuch as the coal, the
I
road to avoid the inclined plaints on the Alle
iron and nine-tenths of all the other products of ~
Igeeny mountains, has not progressed as rapidly
the country north of this point (as the various as had been anticipated. It is the opinion of the
surveys and reports before the public most I engineer, however, as will appear on reference
clearly show) are near 9 miles nearer Philadel- to his report, that should the necessary means be
phia and can reach that city over Immensely i promptly furnished, the entire line could be cum
lighter grades and easier curvatures by the Nor- i pleted during the coming year. The gratling for
ristown route, than by the road now in process la double track is finished with the exception of
of construction by the North Pensylvania Rail I four miles, and the cost of this balance, togeth,
Road Company, we are clearly of the opinion er with 'the expenses of laying down a single
that the proposed route is the only one that can trade, is e stimated at six h undred and five lh"u - 1
secure to Philadelphia mid this portion of the sand dollars, in addition to the value of the old
state the benefits which they have hitherto en- track.
joyed. -
The North Branch Canal.-7'he estimated cost
of completing the North Branch canal, was $772, i
Resolved.—Th a t we respectfully but earnest
-000. One million of dollars has since been paid,
ly invite our Philadelphia friends (with whom
and a sum exceeding one hundred and fifty thou.
we have been so long and intimately connect.
sand dollars is still required to pay for its com•
ed, and to whom our feelings anti interests na•
turally incline) to examine for themselves the i I pletion.
The Junction Canal.—The Junction canal, ex-
map of this State and the location of the roads 1
i tending from the New York line to glmira, will
above mentioned, and to may whether, if the
be read , for business du ringthe present month,
trade north and north west of this point on the
and the State work from Piustonto the ,dam at i
Lehigh (soon by roads in process of construe.
Athens, a distance of ninety,three miles, has
pass this bend in the Lehigh anti thus div erge
Lion to be concentrated here) be permitte to
been completed. - The only un finished part o r
from its direct Philadelphia course towards
Idle work lies between Athens and the State line New York, is there not great reason to ala space ofabout two and a half miles.
ppre-
ne Sale qf The Piddle. Works.—The Gov. takes
hand that, (urged forward as it will be by the 1 ground against the sale 01 the walks, and says:
competition between die four great avenueg of 1 "For the years 1852 and '53, the net receipts may
trade that lead to New York from the Penns 1. , b e put down as equal to the annual interest upon,
wants line) it will leave Philadelphia forever. I about fifteen millions of the public debt; and I
onesßao ord.—'That we call on each and every i am Inclined to believed that, without any increase
one of our townsmen and on our fellow chi- :of trade, except on the North Branch, the . ne t
along the Nee of the proposed route, and , profits fur the ensuing year may be estimated at,
the roads with which it connects above anti be. la sum equal to the interest on seventeen or eigh,
low VP, to unite most heartily in the support of ; teen millions of the debt, and that the completion
a prej.?ct which not only promises an ample i of the road over the mountains, or relief in some
return for all investments, but Which will also I other way„ from the leeching deds of
benefit most materially every farmer, manufac• I portion of our improvements, wilmlan tha
see the net t
torer, landholder artisan and business man : revenues, from this source, swelled to a sum
around or near it. -
equal to the interest upon twenty•two millions of
Resolved.—That these proceedings be
pub.
Labor and ituterials.—The policy of cash pay
fished in the "Daily Register" in Philadelphia !
'the State bounds.
;ingots for labor and materials, is earnestly u . rged.
nibus Lc.gaslature.—its demorabzing tofu
:mil in the papers in Lehigh, Carbon and Mont
gomery counties, 1:1ENRI" KING, chairman. 1 -Om
J. N. Line, Secretary_ i ence is marked and admitted on all hands, and
imperiously demands an efficien t remedy. That
the present General Assembly.may be distinguish
ed •
58 09
3,496 64
1,347 73
6 36
ne Tariff—lt is stated that the bill amending
the tariff act, in accordance with the suggestions
made by the Secretary of the Treasury in his an.
nual report, has been already framed, and will
probably be reported by the Committee of Ways
and Means of the House in a very few days. It
is also said that the Secretary's recommendations
are in no way departed from in settleing the prin.
ciples of the bill, and that the statement that large
and important additions have been made to the 1
lice list, is not true.
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The Annual Message of Gov. Bigler
and blessed for applying the axe at the root of
the evil, and marking the era of its final termi
nation, is the hope of the Governor.
Special and Local Legislation.—This is also
earnestly protested against. Special acts should
in no , instance be passed, where the object can
be reached under general laws.
Election llouBeB.—The power to designate these
should be confided to the Commissioners of the
Counties.
Plru+k• Roads.—These should be authorized by
some general law.
•
Special Advatitagev.--The Governor has decli
n'ed to approve any act on ibis subject, where
the corporators were not made liable in their in
dividual estates for the debts of the corporation.
The Erie Railroad Troubles.—The Governor re
capitulates the facts of the case, end says . :—'•lt
must be clear to the impartial observer, thaeihe
Legislature never intended, by any previous act,
to authorize the construction of a Railroad be
tween the city of Erie and the Ohio line. In
deed, the highest judicial tribunal its the State
has expressed the opinion, that nu such authori
ty can be found in the charter of the Franklin
Canal Company; and, in my opiniori r the grant
should hereafter be made on such conditions on•
as will protect and advance the interests. of
the people of Pennsylvania, so far as they may
be involved in the subject. It so happens that
Pennsylvania holds the key to this important
link of connexion between the East and 'West,
and I most unhesitatingly say, that where no•
principle of amity or commerce is to be violated ,
it is the right and duty of the State to turn her
natural advantages to the promotion of the views
and welfare of her own people. It may be said
that a restriction that would require a break of
railroad guage at the harbor of Erie, would' be
the use of an illiberat principle. The answer
is, :hat the necessity for a break. of guage be•
tween the Ohio line and the seaboard exisis, as a
consequence of a dilTerince in the width of the
New York and Ohio roads. The only question
to settle, therefore, relates to the point at which
it shOUld occur. , I hayg been able to discover no
An Ali/Beret
Rat/road Accidents.— The necessity of more
specific laws on the subj-ct is urged.
Education and Ikneroicnre.— All our Educa
tional,Benevolent and Charitable Institutions, es
pecially the State Lunatic Asylum, the house
of Refuge, are particularly corntnended to the at,
tendon of the Legislature.
The C 0171171011 SCl4ool3.—These are in a highly
llourfshing condition.
illosiument in Independence &pram—There are
still four States wanting to the nine neceslary
to signify their assent to the enterprise. The
Governor warmly recommends the undertaking
and says that if the founders of the Republic de.
serve not a monument, then all others have been
erected in vain.
Gas and Gas Warks.—On .Wednesday evening
,ast, for the first lime, a number of our principal
places of business and dwellings in Bethlehem,
were illuminated by gas light, that for brilliancy
and beauty cannot be surpassed'hy any.
The works are small, yet sufficiently large to
supply the demand. The Gasometer holds about
7000 cubic feet. The Gas is furnished by the
Company at $4 per thousand cubic feet, with a I
deduction of 10 per cent. for cash payment, re• i
ducing it to $3,60, which, with moderate and eco
nomical use, will be found a cheaper, and far
better light than can be produced with oil, lard ,
candles or fluid.
Mr.Cressen of Philadelphia was the Eneineer,
and the plans and drafts were prepared by him.
Tne iron work was put up by Nlessrs. Van Cleve,
McKean, Di ipps & Co., of Trenton, N. J. The I
building committee of the Company are Messrs. 1
C. A. Luckenbach, A. W. Radley and Dr. Wm.
...now Twenty Tell Deep.—A merchant of Bos-
Wilson, and the works were erected under the
ton who resides in Lynn, informs the Transcript
superintendenc e of the Chairman of the Commit-
That he reached Boston by private conveynce
tee, Mr. C. A. d. of
I last Friday, as the trains did not run uponathe
The remarkable promptness with which the'
railways. He reports an immense body of snow
stock was subscribed, and the works erected, and I
in the deep cuts upon the Salem Turnpike. la
the excellent quality of gas produced from the l
; many places in North Chelsea, tile snow is fidi
very fist start, is another evidence of the enter
twenty feet deep, fora distance of forty rods.—
prising spirit of Bethlehem. The cost of the I
works is about s lB,ooo —certainly not over $20,. 1 The citizens of the town had turned out to break
open the path.
000 .—Lehigh Valley rates.
x/enitire Fire in New York.— Metropolitan
Hall and La Forge Hotel in ruins. New York
was again visited by another most destructive
conflagration, on Saturday morning. The Her
ald says, about one o'clock (lames were seen is ,
suing from Metropolitan Hall, and in the course
of two hours, that immense edifice. together
with the new hotel known as the La Farge House ,
was in ruins
Next to the St. Nicholas it probably cost more
to construct the La Fame House than any other
hotel in the city. The front of it was built of
marble, had just been finished, anti was to be
orened for the reception of the ptrblic the first of
next month. The extent of lass could not of
course be ascertained at the late hour at which
this was written; but full.deiails will be given.
Safer' /Part!.—A scene in the streets ofSt. Paul's
is thus descri:ted by the author of ',Minnesota
and its Resources :" the busy crowd may
be seen the courteous and sociable Governor,
conversing f'eely with his fellow.citizens, or po•
litely receiving General A.,Colonel IL, or some
other distinguished personage just arrived.---
Close by the side of his excellency, a Dakota,
'Winnebago, or Chippewa warrior strides along
as boldly, and quite as independent as the great
est monarch on earth.. He is attired in a red or
white blanket, with:his leggings and moccassins
fantastically ornamented with ribbons, feathers,
beads, etc., while his long, braided hairis adorn
ed. with,a number of ribbons and quills, his face
is painted with a variety of colors, giving hint a
most frightful appearance. In this hands he car.
ries a gun, hatchet, and pipe. As the noble fel
low moves along, so erect, so tall and ath
letic in his forni; a feeling of adlniration
untarily fills the stranger's mind. He pronoun
cei the Indian warrior the lion of the multitude,
and is forced to respect his savage nature. The
eye follows him along till he joins, perhaps, a
company of his own tribe, some of whom are
qultely regaling themselves at the end of a long
tchandahormah, others gazing at the white man's
big canoe. Now the astonished gazer beholds a
group of datk.eyed squaws, some carrying their
heavy burdens, others with pappooses on their
backs, with their bare heads sticking above a
dirty blanket. The little things may be sleeping
and as the mothers walk carelessly, along, their
heads dangle about as though their necks would
break at every step.. They sleep on, however,
nor heed the scorching rays of the sun shining in
Oleic faces:!'
reasons, founded in public policy, why the break
should be fixed at Buffalo, that do not apply with
equal force in favor of Erre. Tonnage and pas
sengers can be as well transhipped at the latter,
as at the former city."
Subscriptions/0 Rai/roads—The Governor says:
... Viewed in every asspecr, as a mere question of
expedien'ey, the experiments already made would
seem to weigh heavily against the policy or such
subscriptions; indeed, 1 have no hesitation in
saying that the aversion I have always enter
tained towards this principle, and especially its
extension to counties, has been greatly strength
ened by this experience; and we•should now, it
seems to me, as a prudent people, profit by this
lesson and avoid the practice in the future."
The lle/ief I.mtress—The amount still in exist- strong.
cote is ,f,52:4,351. ,
Messenger---Irene Mendle.
Sow// Notes. --LA gradual withdrawal of [his Assistant Sergeant..at•Arms—ban'el Von Nei+.
desc stilton of paper is recommended, da, of Philadelphia, Wm. P. Wady, of Dauphin..
Agrieullare.—An _Agricultural College is sur The Dentocratic members of the Rouse in CUM'
ges tect:
can to_night made the following nominations :-
77te Philadelphia Nary Yard—The Governor Sergeanttat.,Arms—Capt. J. llemphies.
complains that the Nay Yard of Philadelphia Door.keeper—J. J. florin.
.
has been neglected by the United States, and cx- Messenger—Wm. M. Barren,
presses a hope that for the future it will receive The Governor's Message will be delivered to:.
a due share of the National patronage. morrow, at 12 o'clock.
Consolidaliun.—The Governor does tint express The members of the two Houses of the Legis,
an opinion on the policy of the measure, but says !allure held caucuses lasi eventng, in the variou s
that it involves vast consideration s , and bores committee rooms, for the purpose of nominating,.
that it will bi discussed accordingly ,
officers of the two Houses to be voted for totday.
77te Stale 7,0011 8 --A consolidation into three Gen. Max w elll l,l cCaslin, of Payette, was unani•
or four classes is suggested.
mously nominated on the part of the Democrats
74 Fiscal lint.—!t should commence, the of the Senate, for Sneaker of that body.
The Democratic members of the House had
Governor thinks, on the Ist of December.
two ballots for a candidate for Speaker, when on
7he brim—Each should be passed in a sepa
the second ballot, E. 13, Chase, of Susquehanna,.
rate Dill, and all of a public nature should be,
general in their character, and applied to the was amnittaled.
entire Slate.
Proceedings in Harrisburg.
January 3.-40 I'. 14. The Democratic
bcrs mem ,
evening'
the Senate met in caucus this
but, railed, alter three ballots, to nomi
didate for Chief Clerk, The rote for Clenate a
rk is
re
ported to to have etood._por Maguire, 9 ; Barrett,7l
Patrick, 2. The following nominations for oth
er officers were made:
Assi,tant Clerk—Beney Pettibone, of Luzerne.
Transcribing Clerks—A. L. Bennersholz,
of
Berks; Nelson Weiser, of Lehigh ; William 11.
Blair, of centre, and Samuel Strhley osDauphin.
Sergeant at Ar ms—William B. Cummings, o!
Westmoreland.
Doorkeeper—Wm. Alberger, of Berks.
Assistant Doorkeeper—Win. Ralston, of Arm.,
The following are the ballots
Pint. Second.
J. R. Struthers, of Carbon, 33 3*
B. Chase of Susquehanna, 31 34
Scattering,
4
The Dt tnocrats made no further nominations..
A nothcr Caucus will be held to.nighi for Clark..
Whip of both Houses met ideaucas, bat ,
adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock, with—
out making any nominations.
Mr. Strong presented a bill for the sale of the.
Public Works.
GL EA NINGS.
r4•The population of the Territory of Oregon.
is stated to be 40.000.
rio"A 111.11 e slave, 24 years old, sold at Clarke_
burg, Va., last week, for $1502, and another, a
female, 18 year, old, for $lO3O.
f'"The Harrisburg cotton mills made,during
the month ending Dec. 17th, 56,835 yards of cot
ton cloth.
Cr Five dollars per hour were charged fur
sleighs on New Year's day in New York city.
Win ten counties of Pennsylvania there are
263 iron works, and over $ 11 ,000,000 of ISze cl'
capital employed in the manufacture.
i-V . The total amount of anthracite coal sent
to market from the Pennsylvania coal regioa
since 1830 is 4 3,931,799 tons.
rirSanta Anna has submitted to the people of
Mexico, the question of his becoming hereditary
Emperor, with the title of Antonio 1.
CRl^The chills arid fever has become so violent
at Stockton, Cal., as to assume :he character of
an epidemic, one hundred and fort cases having
forty
been reported in one day.
Sr
Kossuth gone to Turkey.—We learn from prig
vote sources, entitled to credit, that Gov. Ks
stnhJeft London for Constantinople on the 22d of
December. Of course he would not have taken
this step without on ;intimation from the Sultan
ihat his presence there would be welcome.
'Gait Speculation.—The shares of the North
Kentucky Cattle Importing Company are $lOO
each. The Paris Citiaen says the Company
were to declare a divideld bn the 2d rout., of
$228,88 on each share:lifter paying al/expenses,
Cows Ho/ding up their Atrik.-11 is well.knowsk
that many cows, when they first come
and when there calves are taken from [being
will hold up their milk, sometimes to ittettle
degree us to almost dry themselves before the;
will give it down,
•'t few years ago," writes a correspondent of
an English newspaper, I bought a Young cow,
which proved to be very wild, and when I tool;
her first Calf, she would not give down•her
I had heard it remarked that putting a weight on•
the cow's back would- make her give down her
milk. I accordingly drove her into a stable, got'
a bushel of grain and put it on her back. • While
in this position, she had no powei 'to hold up
her milk, for it came down freely. After doing•
this a few times, and afterward putting my hands
on the backsof the cow, it would givecawayriadt
she would immediately give down her milli'.•
The rationale oh. this W. 111111004 appear/10 be'
that thelweight counteracts the upward' teridinr
cy of animal's muscular power. •',
Bribery.--Thle New Berlin Union The" For
last week says that true bills of Wilet4etln.
round against Israel Gutelitie, John Gundily:#ndl
Isaac Byer for bribery and attelpted biypery inf
the signing of the Railtoad bonds.
. .
Lir I ED7olll:lPascxrcxi—The Price former*
lecting to clear sbow of of one's sidewalk.. irn
New Bedford, is one dollar. • The owner or'ee.•
cupant of the land adjoining• the sidewalk, is re
quired to perform this public sorirloe,.andwhere.
It is neglected, the corporation' titkei up• the she.
eel, does•the work, and sends an officer With *.-
bill of the expense,
'bided rehis lega.—.: Weleer:l.o4l 9117441411.1 r
night last, .a man .employed' at Kautz 4s
section of the Lehigh. Valley Rail Road, wlkilat
under the influence of the fieritter i !'a &embalm
burg fell asleep op the banks of the
was so badly. frozen, that amputation et both his,
legsbecame necessars..--L. '