Curious De velopements
The last census developer some curious facts.
It fixes the numerical law of the sexes thus:
I. There are more males than females born, by
about four percent.-2. At twenty years of age
this preponderance is entirely lost, and there
are more females than males.-3, At forty years
the balance is again the other way, and
there are more males than females.-4. And at
seventy the sexes are about even, and the ulti•
mated age of the human being is reached with
nut any decided advantage to either sex.—Bo
tween seventy and one hundred years of age
there are fifteen thousand three hundred and
eleven more white women than there are males,
being more than five per cent of the whole
number. Beyond the age of forty years, the
probabilities of longevity aro much greater for
American worsen titan for men. This con
trasts singularly with the fact, that the physique
(relatively) of American woman is inferior to
that olAmerican men. That fact, as is shown,
hawever,tells tremendously on women between
the ages of twenty and forty; when their mor
tality in very great. The longevity of some
women is very exraordinary. There are 430
American women over 100 years of age.
British Views of Our Navy
The London Times, in the course of an ar
tide on the American navy, holds the follow
ing language:
" Whatever may be the actual condition o
the American dock-yards, it would be ,absurd
to disparage the true naval strength of the States.
No reasonable man would think any more
lightly of the maritime power of the American
Union from the circumstances here disclosed.
Twenty years ago, our own ports were spoken
of in almost similar terms. What is it, then
that contributes so effectually to American rep•
station, and even carries it through exposures
which would otherwise prove destructive?—
Simply the universal conviction that all the el
ements of strength are in reality there in abund
ance. And what gives the conviction? Sim
ply the knowledge that all the seas of the globe
are covered with American shipping; and that
though the national arsenals may not contain
the materials for a frigate, the yards, rivers and
harbors of the country, could turn out in twelve
months, or even in as many weeks, such an
armada as never yet crossed the ocean. Only
the day before yesterday, we published a de
tailed
enumeration of the number of steamships
which had been launched at the port of New
York alone, up to the first day of the present
year; and these figures actually showed a to
tal of 66, with an aggregate tonnage of 106,000
or in other words, 66 steamer=, averaging up
wards of 1600 Cons each. There can never he
a question about the true naval -power of a
Slate like this."
Wisconsin Heroine
A Wisconsin paper tells a story of a Wiscon
sin heroine: "A young lady of fifteen, living
et 14wley's Bay, while walking with another
young lady, saw a wolf a short distance off,
watching a deer that lie had driven into the
lake. With courage rarely equalled, :he drove
the wolf away, and wading into the lake brought
the deer on shore by the ear; but alter petting
him a short time, the Ungallant fellow made
several attempts to get away, and finally car
tied matters so far as to knock her down and
tear her dress, when becoming justly incensed
by such behaviour, she took a stone and dashed
out hiS brains, the wolf all the time standing a
a short distance oft a silent spectator of the
fight in which ho took no further part than, by
showing a formidable row of teeth occasional
ly, to show his disapprobation of her interfer
ence-9 • .
.The Editor adds, in the genuine Hoosier style
—"lt is safe enough to predict that if this girl
lives a few years longer, she will be able to
whip her weight in wildcats; out scream the
catamount, give the young badger the heart.
ache, and, what is better, preside with grace
and dignity over some 'wild Wisconsin home."
A Handsome Dodge.
The feeling in favor of the sale of the Pub.
lic %Yorks is growing so strong that Locofoco
ism is beginning to feel alarmed. The Harris
bur4correspondent of the Chanibersburg hig
says: .
(41'6 2 only Lope the Aktalinis:ration Lave to
thwart tho•meanato 19 10 disitte tli flit:oils cif a
Great Iffro:ts. ale 111;tki , ig to ellect this—
rtheir ; i . y some sites or tout thifelcitt projects
are before the Legislature. The emeaties well
knowing that they could not sustain themselves
in an open opposition to tho sale, expect to gull
thu people by offering a proposition providing
for the reception of bids by the Governor during
the recess of the Legislature, to be reported by
him to the next Legislature—a very handsome
dodge, to save the Governor from facing the
music." Of courEO should Bigler be re•elected
the patty would line come excuse to hold on
to the plunder for three years more.
Importasd Dicision —The following case was
tried before Judge Pearson, at the late Term of
the Dauphin County Court;
•JacoliMurroy vs .1. 111. Kerr.—This was an
action brobght to recover from defendant the
stirri.pf $l4O, bet by plaintiff with other parties
aud, placed in defendant's hands, as stake hold.
er,.:• The bet was on the result of the late Pres
idential election. The money had been paid
by the defendant to the winning party.
The Court decided that, underthe act of 1.923
to prevent betting on elections, &e., neither de
positor could recover from the stakeholder the
amount of his deposit; that the only party en
titled, to bring an action within two years from
the•time of making the deposit, are the pirec
lota of the Poor, fur the use of the poem! the
county.
ClAincse Dishes in California.—A California
paper gives the following as a bill of fare at a
Chinese'l2e , i tahrant, in that city,—Cat cutlet. 25
gents; griddled rat, 6 cents; dog soup, 12 cents;
rp,c't 'dot!, 18 cents . ; dog pie, 12 cent,s.
c lac £c(Jigl 1 iiul tcv.
Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 22, IS 51.
More Iron. Works.
As we predicted lone ago, the Lehigh Valley
from tho• Borough of A Ilentown,and four miles
northward, is destined to be lined with Iron
Works of every denomination, in the course of
ten years. We learn that a party of gentlemen,
some twenty or more in number, have associa.
ted themselves under the general rnanuluctur
ing law with a capital of 5'200,000 and
.4ave
purchased on Wednesday last, the two adjoin
ing farms of Mr. Thomas 13uh , about three miles
north of Allentown, containing ISO acres, for
the sum of 530000, or $2OO per acre.' This
being a beautiful site for a work of this kind,
and the committee who had the selection of a
suitable location in charge, deserve great cred
it for their gond judgment. The whole tract
of land borders.on the east by "Ilartman's Dam"
presenting a warfage distance of over three thou
sand feet, with the "Lehigh Valley Railroad,"
running through its whole length. Besides the
Canal and Railroad advantages for the transpor•
tation, of the saw material and the manufactur•
ed iron—there is an elevation on the land of
more than one hundred and fifty leer, which
prwents advantages rarely to be met with, both
for the erection of Furnaces, and the location
of a town, which will very soon be built up.
The Furnaces will be of very large demon
sions, capable we are told, of manufacturing
four hundred tons per week. There aro now
in course of erection no less than four large
class furnaces, within a distance of three miles of
Allentown, and two other companies are on the
lookout for suitable sites for similar works.
Before the expiration of another year the
Iron Works at and near Allentown, will be ca
pable of manufacturing no less than 2,500 tons
of pig metal per week. The question then
turns up, shall this whole mass of metal be sent
from here, where property, labor and fuel is
comparatively cheap, to other places where pro
perty, labor and fuel is high, to be manufactur
ed into merchantable Iron and hundreds of oth
er articles? We of course answer in the-nega
tive. Oor.Reilroad communications extending
to Philadelphia, New Yolk, the Coal regions,
and the great West, will make Allentown the
grand centre of these thoroughfares, and bring
us within two and three hours reach of those
large cities—be the means of inducing capital
ists from abroad to locate among us, and es!ab.
rolling mills, edge-tool and nail manufactories,
and make us the Pittsburg of the east.
We are also pleased to hear, that a number
of Philadelphia capitalists have offered to take
upwards of four hundred thousand dollars stock
of the Allentown and Norristown Railroad,
which with the amount already subscribed ; ex
ceeding $lOO,OOO, will be quite sufficient to put
the road under calumet early in the summer•
This will give us a direct road to Philadelphia,
two miles nearer than the North Pennsylvania
Road, and with a much easier grade being but
41 feet to the mile, with only one summit
to overcome. This road crosses the south
Mountain, at Leibert's Gap, six miles south wes t
of Allentown, where (strange as it may appear)
it strikes the air line of the North Pennsylvania
Railroad.
An Old Fashioned Snow
On Monday Ufternoon and night, we had
fall of an old fashioned snow, accompanied by
a high wind, which caused it to drift at man)
places to the depth of from three to four feet.—
It will cause some trouble to open the roads in
narrow streets and lanes.
A Fixed Fact in Agriculture
High farming is not ornamental farming—it
is deep plowing and increased manuring. This
is what pays the greater profit. The analysis
•of 'soils and crops teaches us what the land
needs. Whoever heard of a crop suffering
from drouth in a field well drained and sub
soiled, say two feet deep? The atmosphere
gives out its moisture in sub•soiled land and
keeps the crops growing. Look at such land;
and see the results, compared with shallow
plowing. tlany men have a betterfarm under
the one they plough than that on the surface.
Oats never lodge on land where they can get
soluble silex to make strong straw. They can•
not get it in shallnw•ploughed land that has
been long in use. Two dollars an acre will
give him plenty of soluble silex. No atiatter
what the sub•soil is, it will bo bennfitted it i t
is dry by subsoil and draining, for it lets in the
air. It makes crops cattier, and thus they es•
cape the frost. Sandy soil, though not benefit
led as much as hard-pan land, is still suscep•
tible of great improvement.
Graham's Alagazine.—The February number
is filled with matter of more then usual inter
est. A sketch of the Life and Services ol Gen.
John Lacey, by W. W. H. Davis, is commenc
ed in this number, and will be continued
through two or three more. Gen Lacey was a
native of Bucks County, arid has family con
nections still among our citizens. The author
has taken pains .to collect all the facts of his
history, end presents them in a plain style,
without anything of romance.
• Bicknell's Reporrcr.—This valuable paper'for
business men, will be reduced in price at
the beginning of the next volume. It will be
pot at 52,00 a year in advance; if .paid to an
agent, or not within six months,S2 50; at or af•
ter the end of the year 52,00. Those in arrears
who pay as far in advance, will be furnished
at the reduced ratan.'
•!hc Pan* in Illotion.—A Mass meeting of
the Democrats of Bucks county was hold in
Doylestown, on Thursday last, in luvor of the
sale of the public works. The opinion has
gained ground.vastly within the past few years
that it is folly 'for the State to continue in pos.,
session of the Public Works, provided a fair
sale can, be made of them to responsible parties
CoEit of the - Public Works
A Report made by the Auditor General and
States Treasurer, in answer to a call of the Leg
islature, states that the original cost of the Pub
lic Works of the State was . 53?.,542,267
Expenditures in keeping them up 19,499,85 S
Making a loin! of
Theßeport alsosays that the amount
paid for interest upon the public
debt may be stated at
Total cost of the woike
This is independent of interest upon the in.
terest, which will swell up the aggregate of the
cost to more than out kt n uh•cd millions, while all
the revenue received ie reported at a little over
twenty-four millions!, Who can doubt the pro
priety of disposing of these works with the
least possible delay.
filitsiejeacher.—lly a card published in to
days paper, it will be seen that. Mr. Frederick
Benkhardt, a gentleman of high musical attain
ments has taken up his residence amongst us
and intends making Allentown his future home.
lie brings with him recommendations of the
highest order as a gentleman fully qualified to
give general satisfaction in the popular branch
he professes to teach. We would recommend
heads of families and others, who wish to make
music a branch of study, not to let this favors•
ble opportunity pass by, without taking a pro
per advantagp of it. Music, as well as all other
studies, require the elementary principle to be
clearly defined, and these can only be taught by
those who understand music perfectly.
Pcnnslilrania Farm Journal --The Farm Jour.
nal for February, is an excellent number, filled
with matter instructive to the farmer and gen•
oral reader, and very fully illustrated with en ,
gravings. Every number of this work seems
to be a little a head of its predecessors. Any
farmer who reads it one year cannot very well
do without it the next. Price, SI in advance.
New York Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace Company have published
a statement of the affairs of the exhibition, which
is rather discouraging, The whole expense of
the exhibition, including building, decorations,
and everything, have been $891,070 72. The
receipts from sales of tickets, refreshments, cat. -
alognes, &c., have been $390,000 ; so that the
loss is over $600,000. But the company still
have the building and its decorations, and Kiss's
Amazon, which 'they had purchased for the ex
hibition at a cost of $lO,OOO, and some other ar
ticles. But if they were put up at public sale,
for the benefit of the comp . any's creditors, they
would not bring a great deal. The amount of
stock issued by the company was $489,000, and
besides this they acknowledge an additional in
debtedness of $125,000, which is partly secured
by mortgage on the building.
The directors lament the melancholy financial
result ; but go on to show that they never ex
pected anything better. They still urge that the
palace should be retained as an ornament to the
city, and as a permanent exhibition of art.
It appears the company paid $5,412 97 for
Colonel Hughes's mission in Europe; $20,000 to
(Marks Buschek, general agent in Europe, in
cluding purchaSe of Amazon; $633,708 for con
structing the building. and $101,172 for furnish
ing and decorating it; $17,176 for advertising
and engraving ; $19,704 for salaries; $6,462 for
catalogue, and $22,929 for freight and marine
insurance. The present expenses of the estab
lishment amount to $2,139 GO per week.
En/one/1;0rd dares.—Th irty 'four negrocs, ern.
antipated by the will of William M. Culgin, of
Taylor county, Kentucky, who died about sixteen
months since, passed through Cincinnati last
week, on their way to Shelby county, Ohio, where
the executors of Mr. Cui;an have purchased a
home for them. By the will of tiieir master they
were given $4OOO in money, and horses, wagonS
farming utensils, &c., sufficient to give the, a
start. Sam'l Simpson, one of the executors, went
to Sidney by railroad to make arrangements for
their comfortable settlement; the other, J. G .
Simpson, accumpanicd them un the way.
Mary Dainagc.i.-11 envy damages for personal
injuries are becoming quite frequent. The ad"
minisjrators of Mr. McCloskey, who was killed
by a collision on the Pennsylvania Railroad last
March, have obtained a verdict of $4,500 against
the company in one of the Pittsburg courts, and
at New Orleans a. Mr. Gould has recovered $lO O
000' damages against the firm of Gardiner, Log
et. & Co. for false imprisonment.
' )111crrd Notes.—An altered note of the Penn
Ttiwnship Batik, has made its appearance. The
note is a .five' changed to a .twenty.' The large
figure fives are obliterated, and twenties pasted
over. The words 'five dollars,' in the body of
the bill, have twenty dollars printed in the same
place. This seems to be the greatest defect in
the appearance of the note. Great care should
be exeercised in taking them. Though the plates
of the two denominations are different, yet it re
'unites great familiarity with the notes to recol
lect the difference,
Illinois.—During the past year about a million
of the State debt has been liquidated, besides the
pro rata dividend of the two-mill tax; and the
Governor anticipates that one third of the State
debt will be paid during his term of office, and
the,interest fully paid on the balance.
. Large Supply of Meal aruf Corn.—We learn
from the Easton (Incite that Col. Edward Lloyd,
of Talbot county, Md., has on hand about 30,000
bushels of wheat, and not less than 60,090 bush
els of core, which, at present prices, will net him
over $lOO,OOO.
Bigamy by a . Colored Clergyman.—Tha Rev.
Bird Parker, a colored clergyman of Chicago,
was arrested a diy or two since on a charge of
bigamy. Having a wife in Si. Louis of his own
colorm whom he had been married ten or twelve
years he. took another a feW months since, i• a
few shades lighter than himself," in Indianapolis,
The former made her appearance it Chicago on
the sth instant, and itwituted pro,ceedings against
her faithless spouse. He was held to bail in a
large amount for . trial.. . •
A No w CrOtiC
The inducements held oat to farmers to plant
a large spring crop were never more flattering
than at the present time. Wheat is higher than
ever known before in New York, and so all oth
er grain. And these large prices are not entire
ly the result of speculation, based upon Europe.
an war news. Independent of the war demand,
there is a scarcity of brandstuffs abroad, which
has already drawn off the surplus ofour crops,
until the price is affected by the natural law of
demand and supply. The supplytaving become
exhausted, and the grent American grannry,in a
measure emptied, the world calls upon the farm
er to refill it. There is anotherdemand for grain
beside the foreign one, .which prevents prices
from receding below the paying point for several
years to come, and that is for the immense num,
her of hands employed in building railroads.—
These works cannot be suddenly stopped, no
matter what the pressure may be upon the mon•
ey or grain market, because to stop them would
be ruin to the capitalists. When a - current once
forms n channel, it is difficult to turn its course.
The products of the American farmer have late
ly fallen into a channel, where the current of
trade is sweeping them orilrard to marts before
unknown, producing prices before unthought of.
We therefore counsel our country friends to pre
pare for a great spring crop. Let them sow all
the oats they can get into the ground in good or.
der, in proper season ; then plant corn upon ev,
ery acre in good condition which can be devoted
to that crop. Let them also sow buckwheat,
turnips, and corn.lor fodder, so that they can sell
a large portion of all the grain produced
52,042 ; 121
35,157,796
587,199,920
Beans and peas, it will be seen, are quoted at
41 50 to $2 50 per bushel. Both of these are
I spring crops, and may he grown with profit upon
almost any farm in the country. Lastly, loolc at
the price of potatoes which are now selling for
3 50 per barrel—more per bushel than corn,
and more than wheat in ordinary years. With
grain high, as it certainly will be next season,
potatoes will continue to sell at high rates after
the next crop comes to perfection. Farmers
should make a note of this in time for spring
operations. Let them plant largely. The crop
will be a paying one. We add, that they should
not plant or sow anything, without manure. If
a farmer has not enough upon his own farm, let
him buy guano, super phosphate of lime,ground
bones, salt, nitrate of soda, poudrelte,or some of
the concentrated fertilizers which are sold now
as commonly as the seeds to be planted.
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One of the greatest wants of this country at.....,,
A Lucky Pailor.--lion. John Wentwrirth, edi
this moment is capital, to employ in producing
food and raw materials of manufacture from
I
American soil. No branch of business su ff ers tor - of the Chicago Democrat, it is said, has sold
within that city. 06 by 150 feet, for $30,000; mak
ling, according to the Democratic Press, about so much for the lack of capital as farming—
sloo.ooo worth of property he has sold widtin a
Farmers complain of The poor compensation they
year, and he has more than as much still on hand.
get for their labor. They say that they wink
harder, live coarser, and enjoy fewer of the lux - i AWarning In.lcalmts Ihndignik—A young man
tries and refinements of life than any other class in Providence, (It I.) who had a very handsome
of men—all of which we are willing to concede, wife, recently became dissatisfied with the atter.;
while we insist that it is because they do not lion of others towards her (without a cause, of
employ capital. They only work to live—work I course,) arid started off and traveled some 'two or
with their own hands, and not like the manufac. three hundred miles, and visited several hospi
turer, with machinery and means furnished by leis for the purpose of catching the small pox, so
the power of capital. It is equally true that men that he might give it to his wife, thinking if she
own large tracts of land, lying comparatively idle should become pretty well pitted upon her face
and waste, because they cannot culdvate them it would have a tendency to.jrcep away her ad
alone, and do not see the advantage of employing mirers. Dot the fun of the juke was, that he
others to do it for them. It is this case that we j took the disease himself went home, and died,
more particularly desire to wake up to their own anti the young widow, who did not take tearall,
interests, by showing them that the prices of farm has since married a hand:,oine min who is not
products will not fall below their present level jealous. •
until after the production of another crop.—
Important Grokziral Surrry.—Three yeargillgc•
TAerefure, we repeat the counsel—manure well
plow early, sow early and plant largely next the legislature of North Carolina made a small
spring! appropriation fora geological- survey of the
State. The discove , ' Idle fi - -
'tits o. first year develo,
A. Sad Picture of France. ped the existence of copper and gold ores, drew
A Paris correspondent of the London Leader, ; to them the attention of capitalists, and have lilt
in the course of a letter written at the close of I ready increased the revenues of the State to five
December, gives this alarMing picture of the 1 times the cost of the whole survey, In the sea,
condition of affairs in Prance. and year, seams, of the purest bituminous coal,
"Every one is in expectation of great events. some of them fifteen feet in thickness, extending
Meanwhile';commerce, and labor, and industry tbrough a region of some foriy,five square miles
are in suspense. The Empire is like a dying , rewarded their investigations. It is estimated
man. The heart still beats, but the extremities that every thousand ncres of these sCarp's"wili
already frozen with the dews of death. The pulse , yield thirty millions of tons of bitumiliOns coal
is fluttering; the minutes are counted. To de- of the best quality.
scribe to you the state of suffering in which
France is now, would be impossible. No work
here, and no bread there, is, after all, only one
aspect, the physical aspect of our present position.
The moral aspect is far worse. The dearness
of provisions and the stoppage of work, have en
venomed the common hatred. Passions are- let
loose ; private revenge is busy id the provinces,
Torch in hand, it lights incendiary flames (rim
village to village, from mill to mill. Wherever
corn is left in the mill while the poor people
around are starving, the mill is burnt. Only in
the large WWI'S are the stores of corn in safety.
Tv.:enty•seven departments, the chief corn pro
ducers have been ravaged with fires this last fort
night. In the towns, the popular indignation
has another source, and takes another shape.—
Manufactories and Workshops are closing one
after another. The masters . , deprived of their
usua! markets, are lowering, from day; the wa- I
ges of their workmen yield without, resistance,
but they mutter terrible threats, and hoard up a
savage retaliation. The tactics of the Legitimists
are already, you see, producing their effect. It
is the Parisian shopkeepers who feel it most.—
For the last three weeks, purchasers have ceased t
to appear. The tradesman wanders about his
shnrsvlijary and moody, his eyes fixed on the
doors, which no customers approach. lie is I
reckoning the fugitive hours which must elapse ,
beftire the day on which bills fall due which he
has no resources to meet. His house - rent is
raised, the price of everything, except bread on
ly, is doubled, and his profits are null. Ruin
stares him in the face. In a fortnight he would
be ready to call for a revolution ; in a month he
would load his gun and band it to a barricade.—
In the midst of such a situation; you may ima-, ,
gine the Bonapartists, liersigny,and the others.
Thek.feel the ground shaking beneath their feet
as if every moment it would open and devour
theme"
Wages.—There arc thousands of re,
spectable females in New York, according to
the Tribune, whose wages do not averse 25 . 1
cents per day. This indicates an unjust and sad,
state of things.
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GLEANINGS.`
• rirA violent storm of thurider and lightning
occurred at Burlington, foiva, January 20, when
the thermometer was at 20 de#rees helow•zero.
fleThe Lancaster Inland Daily has been a
dead loss of two Thousand dollars to its proprie
tor sinee the connmeticement of its publication.
' GirTlie administrators of ia.-„Mr. McCloskey,
of Pittiborgh,mrko ‘ias killed in March last by a
collision; white on a call of. The .Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, have recovered forty five
hundred dollars damages from. the Bond.
Cirliarrisburejs to he incorporated under a
city charter. It has -now a population of about
12,000.
FFThe I•;nglish telegraphs ediplby twelve hun
dyed and filly operators.
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f?trA ship IA daily expected tp - ,trye ieeltt Pa.
nama from China, with a cargo of Chinese la,
borers for the Panama
tarAn Ambassador Extraordinary from the
United State; to the Ottoman Porte, is reported
to be on his way to Constantinople.
UrTwo boyg have been held to bail in Pitts
burgh, charged with sending obscene valentines
to a lady.
17 The New Orleans Ctecent unwillingly
yields in the demands of the printers of that city
for higher wages.
Ill"A boy was fined 2 and costs in Boston,
on Wednesday morning, for throwing a single
snow ball.
L79" — Nebraslta contains 136,700 spuare miles,
and would make seventeen States as large as
Massachusetts.
taA young, lady advertised in a Louisville
paper, some days since, for a husband, and last
week was joined in ibe,bonds of matrimony With
a handsome, clever young 'leHow," in conse3
(pence. Nothing like advertising girls, for even
a husband.
LT Win. Pitt Fesentien, Whig, has been elect,
ed to the United States Senate by the Maine Leg.
isla lure
Cuttalo:feil yrtarler Thdlar.v.—Counterfeit coin
of the New American Twenty five cent pieces
have made their appearance at several
lately. It is well executed and unless examined
closely it is not so readily detected. The coun
terfeit bears the dale of 18:54. The size of it cur•
responds exactly with the genuine, but being
made of type metal galvanised, it i, rather heav
ier than the genuine twenty-Gve cent piece. Our
friends through the country, should be on the
lookout for them.
' Survey uf the Pacific oad.--Mr. !pine,
the celebrated Ncw York engineer, hasjust ,fin
ished a survey and estimate of the Pacific rail•
road from Memphis westward, by the .war, of
Little Rock and Fallon. Irk reporrstates that
the grants of laud available within Arkansas and
Texas amount to 14,000,000 acres; the estimated'
value of which will be $70,000,000, which sum
will suffice for the construction of the road and
leave a surplus of $10,000,000 for contingencies. ,
The distance by this route to San Francisco is
said to be 2,000 miles, and the estimated cost per I ,
mile is $30,000.
The Reward of Pcrocrering Labor.—The Galena
(Illinois) Jelersenian says, that two men,Messrs.
Snyder and Taylor, who have been mining for
two years past in an extremely hard rock, the
difficulty of ,working which
, has often terripeti j,
them to abandon their labors, a few 43;s:since
succeeded in forcing their way into a large Can'.
ty in' the rock, where they found themselvesfitte•
rounded on every side with huge piles of the
leaden ore. The toil of years was repaid—their
perseverance and assiduity was rewarded with
wealth. The value of the ore which they so un.
expectedly discovered, is estimated at $.30,000,
Pigeons Pienty.—A pigeon roost ten miles long
by five broad, in Franklin couroy,lndiana. is now
swarming with pigeons. The roar of their wings
on arriving and departing from the roast is tre.
mendo.us; and the flocks, during flight, darken
the heavens. The ground is covered to the depth
of several inches with their manure. Thou.
sands are killed by casualties from breaking
limbs of trees, and hundreds of hogs live upon,
them. Sportsmen are tired of killing game
cosily obtained.
Poultry Exhibittort: , --Tiie• Albany Argos of
Saturday says ;value of the poultry on ex.'
hibition nt Van Wchten Hall, is estimated at
$20,000. Thole who 'have nitended ell.
hibitiona in - the Easidh Stales ywonounee this
the largest of them all. It was tjintdettionAble
the most beautiful its'soittrient of the ahoicest va,
ricty of fowls evitir exhibited in the country. I
. . . .
• A TralliAilErSi-itYAri:-
We clip the foll.ming froin the Pittsburg
MEE
An exsellent opportunity for a philanthropic
young man of. an. educational and rwicultura
turn*.of mind, is nom!. open out West." The
Chief ef the ITtlinse inittatm..,. in Oregon, oilers
one thousand h•e J'of horses many respectable
while young inan,syell reco:nmeridett• who will
marro , his daughter:4 l oH of a Linci eighteen ;set
tle down among them, and teach. ththrl' aaricut"
Illre.
A co rr!spondent of the Sturgis Prairie Journal'
in making the matter known, says :
Th7se,hor,ses *re worth frol, fifty to eighty
thousand dollars. I have seen this.. valuable'
squaw. She is about the medium size, with tol
erOle re; u treat tufes, T h igh cheek- hunts, slops'
tog forehead, hiaclrl eyes, and dark hair. Her'
form is square and stout.. Her lonp, hair hung,;
over her shculdcrs, profusely ornamented
beads and shells. Her step was light and proudl
—her gait easily anti graiefol."
A fine chance fur ail the•Ohjacta•of which menA
dream about. Fame, power,•forrune, kivlcanio
romance, all in a bunch, dangling from the hanU'
of an Indian Plincesa,LonlyAghteen years
which hand and its accompliments await-the ac,'
ceptance of any respectable, xcll recommended'
white young man. Who wants. , a recommend r.'
Sloan the Prize Fighter in Jail'. •
Immediately after the prize•fightat Phumixvil.
le, the District Attorney of Chester county, Mr.
Futhey, directed the Mayor of Dahlman.; to have
Sloan, one of the principals in this fight, arres
ted. On Tuesday last,Mr. Futhey received a de
spatch from the Mayor informing; him of the ar
rest of Sloan. Sheriff lleffelfinger started on
Tuesday evening for Harrisburg to get a requis
ition, the Sheriff proceeded to Annapolis to ob
tain an order from the Governor of Maryland, to
remove . Sloan to Pennsylvania, which was
promptly granted. After a delay in Baltimore of
a day or sit, the Sheriff with his prisoner, starts,cl
for Philadelphia in the night bile, on Friday.—
On arriving at the Susquehanna, Sloan complain.
ed.that the hand cuffs caused him pain, and beg - ,
ged the Sheriff to remove them.. The Sheriff took
compassion on him and did •Jo, The Slierieand,
prisoner were seated side by side. Between.
Chester and Philadelphia, while the Sheriff's
attention was directed for a moment to some fra
cas in the rear of the car. Sloan, as quick as
lightning, sprung .to the door : and leaped from
the car, the train at the time 'pliieeeiting, at the
rate of thirty miles an hour: The Sheriff leaped all..
ter the lirisoner,.and was thrown over on his
face on the frortriegrounit. On recovering from•
the shock, he discovered Sloan just rising from.
the ground. The Sheriff immediately reiarrest
et! Sloan, who offered some resistance, but find'
ing the Sheriff was well armed, he permitted the
hand culTi to be placed upon him. This was•
about two o'clock in the. morning. The conduc
tor not knowing what had become of the Sheriff
and prisoner the . trairr pryeeeded towards the city.
The Sheriff and prisoner were left alone on the
railroad. Sheralleffrlinger directed the prison
er topilloW him, and on foot they proceeded along
trimd 'town •Ph iladelph • After going
about 2 miles, a locomotive and tender (which
were sefit after them when the train arrived a t
Gray's Ferry and 'it was foetid the She'rill and
Shinn we! e riiisrj) entire tip to llO`th,'arid th• y
were taken to Mr. hirffelfinger was
considerably bruised by the jump from the cars.
Sloan was also hurt pretty badly. Sloan is quite
youthful 'bolting, The plan • of escape was evi•
dently 'pre'concerted by some accomplices, for
when Sloan and the Sheriffjumped off the train it
was found that the cord that:connects with the
engine to giie the engineer the signal to stop
was broken, and the train could not be arrested.
Sheriff Heffellinger has shown himself good Met-.
tle. His escape fromserious injury was mica.*
culous.— Pillage Record. .
Chance calin g marriew.—Fanny 'Fern says
she is-ready to jump Al The !irk oiler of marriage
and preperitti her qoalifictitions•as follows e
I have vbij,;bliclieies and hair, and am very
'FOC. lam as sensitive as the qvlimnsa.' spiri--
i
ted as ark eagle; and'utitithable as chained light
ning. Can melee a puthlind'hr . wriie a news.
paper squib, dyt t apaper, - anti crowd byre hap
.l-tiness or mhserylittoiea.rnin than,any Fan
ny that was ever chr , istencd."
Fanny,has been twice Married and only quite
Rama) , unmarried. So if any enterprising
bachelor editor has a fancy fur pressed ,! Fern..
Leaves" here's a fine opining, 114. him.
Terrible Scenes at a Shipwreck.
The, Liverpool rapers furnish full ac
counts of the wreck of the ship Tay leer, on
the Irish coast, at the island of Lamby, on
the 21st of January, having six hundred and
twenty souls on board, of whom near four
hundred wire lost. One of the passengers
saved thus describes the scene : .
"A raft was. coptitietef, on which giCok
numbers tif was
drafted a gt,inst; t hc. rock s .arld• upset, w herr
all 'on it .perishriti. • A, rope.. was Michl comp
vey ed onshore; by one of the sWimnot4s,
about one hundred—ittiempted,to gain the.
rocks by•clinging to it, when the vessel sud- •
den ly. fell over on,horlitle, which slackened •
one end of the . rolid,,nnif caused the (Wire
of them to let go Their hold, The ivholia oft
them were drowned. The coptnin, whose'
name was Noble, was saved, but the only
port of his dress that. be landed in was a flan..
'nel shirt. The surgeon of the ship, who•
had his wife and child on board, attempted"
to swim on Shore . With his child on his backt
and SU pporting his lady With one arm, while'
he swain with the other; the three, however •
unfortunately perished ? , One Indy had . ..e3,-.
000 in bank notes Sewed in her stays she Of
fered :C2,900 'tb any one who Would snim
her life, bin in 'S he also was dtbwriett. -
A child five' ruthrith.4.old is soVed,. , and:4l6 .,
parents OrrAwhed. A german ethiggiik
rescued ,th is child's life by bearing. kin . his,
teeth frbm the wreck to.the
seven Women 'ard'stived ; Abe'. risr;,!oneyliun-'.
drcd'nndignbty-seVen Yrf'nprribet; ate divoyfiL
There are now, upwards of sixty.dead.•
bodiesen 'tile.island; and ewe' hundred 'Bur
vivors." • ' .