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ALLENTOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1855
C. F. lIAINF.S, EDITOR.
intelligent boy, of active
and industrious habits, is wanted immediately
at this office, to learn the printing business.
A Free Lecture
Rev. GEORGIC COPWAY, an educated Indian,
will deliver a lecture in the Methodist Episco
pal Church, in this place, this evening, com
mencing at 7 o'clock. lie is said to be an able
lecturer. We hope to •sce a full house on the
occasion.
Allontown and Port Clinton Railroad
The corps of engineers engaged to make a
survey of the proposed ‘ route of the. Allentown
Railroad along the Little Lehigh creek, reached
Port Clinton, the terminus of the road, last
week. The route we aro told is favorable, the
grade ascending from the Schuylkill towards
Allentown being about 15 feet rise to the mile,
but.which will in all probabili,ty be reduced to
about 12 feet or even less. The right of way
we believe has nearly all been obtained at an
average of one hundred dollars per acre, and it
is estimated that for the entire route it, will
not exceed $25,000,. which is very low, as it
runs through a section of country which is no
ted for its extreme agricultural and mineral
wealth— abounding particularly in iron ore
and lime stone. Another survey will immedi
ately be made of the route along the Cedar
creek valley. As there is considerable compe
tition in consequence of the owners of property
along both routes being anxious to have the road
by their own doors, it is thought that this fact
will considerably decrease the amount required
for the right of way. The following is an ex
tract from a letter from New York to the Potts
ville Miners' Journal :
" In Wall ktrect our new road is attracting
much attention. :The Directors of the New
Jersey Central, though many of them are
largely intetested in contending routes; know
ing that the new link will make their road the
most productive one in the world, are taking a
deep interest in its early completion, as well
rtS those of the Dauphin and Susquehanna road,
for they appear to be bound up in each others
interests.
" Since being here I have had an extensive
intercourse With, not only those gentlemen, but
others engaged in the railroad stock business,
and a generality of the busines men' in all the
principal branches of trade, and though many
arc extensively connected with adverse inter
ests, none of them question the importance of
the Allentown road as it regards the general
interests of the ei.y , ''`" ' lo 'ic as a sPeadid
investment—one that cannot fail to be above
par in the market.
" I have seen three reports of the engineers:
of the road, and their figures the calculations.'
for which appear to have been carefully made,
arc much below the estimate cost of construe
tion. One of them was but a little over one
million of dollars to complete
; a single track
the whole distance, with plenty of sidelings '
and sufficient way for two tracks, also bridges.'
&c., ready in fact fur the rails of the second
track. The highest estimate does not exceed'
fifteen hundred thousand to complete them
both, and those who are well conversant with
railroad building, having the experimental
knowledge, confidently assert that it can and I
win be built for less than one million and a bald
Of dollars, complete.
" This road will be of as much importance
to the owners of land
. and iron masters along
the route as it will be to the miners and ship- I
pers of Coal, or Coal consumers. At present
there are over 250,000 tons of iron made in the,
neighborhood through which the Allentown
road passes, which have now to be hauled
in carts, at a cost of 1.80 cents per ton, to the
nearest railroad. here would be a direct saving j
of over a dollar per ton in the carrying, and in-1
stead of loading and re-loading it, the metal
could be transported directly to the manufac- I
hirers in the Atlantic ports—in fact all 'over
the country. The consequent increase of busi
ness can scarcely be computed at present, so'
vast will it undoubtedly be; but we may safe
ly calculate that in a very short time, one mil- ,
li In. tons .1 coal will he roptired:to supply the
iron furnaces along this line alone with the re
quisite amount of fuel that wili be denianded
by their increased amount: of business."
Wicdor & Borgor
The weather within the last week was of a
kind to give us a foretaste of winter. The air
has an icy chillness, and it . may therefore not
be amiss to remind our lady readeis that the
fur department at Wieder & Berger's, in Munn-.
ton street, is replete to a point. To enumerate
the styles, qualities and descriptions of their
stock, as well as extremely low prices, would
occupy a column of two of our paper. S
(A dAnAm, for December, as usual, is in . ad-' - The new, locomotive, Untatx KING, be
both in quality, quantity and time, of all 1
longing to the Lehigh Valley Railroad, passed
other Monthlies that we receive. The ladies say , this place last week, having behind her 71 coal
that the embroidery and patterns arc very neat i
cars.-
and dseful. Graham now excels all other Mag- !
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rabies fur usefulness and beauty, and we are 11:7 - The Lehigh Valley Times proposes A. E.
pleased to learn is reaping a rich reward for his ! Brown as the Know Nothing candidate for Pre
enterprise and industry. ' silent. ,
Truo as Gospel
The New York Mirror referring to the low
prices at which many articles of food, owing
to the plentiful season, are disposed of by farm
ers,
and the exorbitant rates which consumers
have fo pay, justly remarks that so long as a
combination of food speculators, backed by ex- I
traordinary cash facilities, stand between con
sumers
and the farmers, there is no hope of
moderate prices. If, says the Mirror,: (and ;
millions will endorse the sentiment,) there is
any damnable speculation, this plunder of the
poor through their bread, meat and potatoes is
the most damnable that we know of.
In the midst of the most abundant harvests
that this continent ever yielded to the hand of ;
labor, prices for the principal articles of food
remain almost- as high as in a season of abso
lute
scarcity and want. Is there no practical
remedy for these grievances ? Or must the
poor continue to suffer and starve in the very
lap of plenty ? ; .
Tho Ball Season
On Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, the second
anniversary Ball of Columbia Engine Company
takes place at the Odd Fellows' INII. Wemay
expect a brilliant and agreeable affair, if we are
to judge from the cost and labor of preparation.
The Messrs. Beckel, of Bethlehem, have been
engaged to play with Ettinger's Quadrille Band
on the occasion.
Good Will Engine Co., No. 3, are also mak
ing preparations for their Fifth Annual Ball, on
Second Christmas. They have at great ex
pense secured the services of Bedworth's cele
brated orchestra, from New York. Something
extra may be anticipated. •
The gaiety of the season invites us all to good
feelings and social intercourse. Let us then
enjoy ourselves in the healthful exercise of the
dance—the most innocent of amusements.
A Now Pictorial
Frank Leslie, the popular publisher of the
Gazette of Fashion and New York Journal, is
sued the first number of a new paper called
" PRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, "
on Saturday last. It contains some splendid
engravings and is far superiour to Ballou's.—
Price 10 cents per copy. Six months subscrip
tion, one volume, $2 ; do. two volumes, $4 ; do.
10 volumes, $l9. Address Frank Leslie, 12
and 14 Spruce st., N. Y.
Roturnod from Palostino.
Miss LYDIA Situum., who has been absent
for several years on a mission with the Minor
benevolent society for the spreading of christi
anity and general intelligence among the heath
ens in Palestine, on Tuesday of last week ar
rived at the home of her parents in Upper Ma
cungie township, this county. Iler descriptions
of the holy land, its climate, seasons and pro
ductions, the language, manners and customs
of the poople, are very interesting.
Townsend's Theatre
Townsend's Dramatic Troupe still continue
at the Odd I'dlows' ILO. A number of new
and popular pieces were produced during the
week, which gave great satisfaction. On Mon
day evening a new Drama, in two acts, entitled
Captian King, the Texan Ranger, was produc
ed, and was satisfactorily received by a large
audience. The drama is based on incidents in
the Mexican war, and was written by Mr.
Townsend. Mr. T. Clowdslcy, a good actor.
and a great favorite with our citizens, made his
re-appearance the same evening, and was
received- with great applause. Those of our
people who arc fond of amusements of this kind
should not miss the chance thus oflized them.
Firo Flop
As winter has fairly settled upon us, and we
may expect duripg,the coming three months,
weather of great' severity, we would suggest to
the proper authorities the propriety of securing
the Fire Plugs, in order to prevent the possibil
ity of their freezing. A neglect of this matter
might be attended with serious results. "An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,"
and we trust that the Borough Fathers will ap
preciate that fact as far as the lire plugs arc
concerned.
Allentown Teachers' Association.
'ltlnnday Evening. Nnv. 2(, 15.5.5
This Association met at the Allentown Acad
emy, and was called to order by the President.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and on motion adopted.
The constitution of the association having
been read was signed by several persons who
thereby became members of the association.
The sulject of " School Discipline" was
again taken up and finally disposed of. After
which "'The best method of teaching Arithme
tic" was fully and earnestly discussed. A com
mittee having on motion been appointed fOr
the purpose, selected " Grammar" for the sub
ject of the next meeting.
On motion a standing Committee was ap
'pointed to select all subjects for future extem
poraneous discussions.
On motion the President was prerogatived to
, oint a Member to read an original Essay at
iext meeting ; and at the next meeting to
pint two members to rend a written discus
at the following meeting, upon a subject
ie selected by themselves, and to continue
ippointments of essayists and written dis
ionists, at each subsequent alternate meet-
'otion•wns made and adopted that future
Line shall not extend beyond 9 o'cloCk.
n motion adjourned to meet at same place
I'. N. on Dec. 10.
E. J. CIBONS, Secretary
THE LEHIGH REGISTER - , DECEMBER 5, 1855.
Mr. Editor :—lt is only since the opening of
the Lehigh Valley Rail Road, that the press in
this county, or elsewhere, have condescended to
take much notice of the little town of Slating
ton. Ido not blame you, however, but on the
contrary it is the fault of those to whose energy
may be attributed the development of our re
sources, that they neglected to infbrm you of
our progress. In all the correspondence pub
lished concerning the quarries imour immedi
ate vicinity, no mention haS been made of those
now worked by the American Mantle and Slate
Company. These quarries are situated on
Trout Creek, about 150 yards from where it
empties into the Lehigh River. A geological
report by Stephen P. Leeds, Esq., relating to
them is before me, from which I will make a
few extracts. He says, " The benches' or
compact strata of the slate in the quarries are
, unusually large, being of sufficient size to allow
of slabs of over fifteen feet in length to be
worked out. These slabs can be obtained of
any desired thickness, and so perfect in the
lamination, that but little surface dressing is
required. The largest bYmches arc remarkably
, free from coarse grit, being compact, firm, and
/ of uniform texture, and showing under the tool
of the sculptor or the drill of the moulding
machine perfectly angular outlines of figure,
taking without fracture the semblance of any
device that may be worked upon it. For
MantelS, Table and Bureau tops, &c., the firm
ness of texture and ease with which it is worked
renders this material of peculiar adaptedness."
A factory for this purpose has been erected and
it is in successful operation. By a beautiful
process of enameling the slate, it 'is made to
partake of all the richness, depth and softness
of hue of the best and most costly of the im
ported and native marbles. Any design can be
produced in style, veining and coloring of the
enamel. so that the Jitney of the most fastidious
can therefore be gratified. Marble is liable to
stains from accidental causes : the overturning
of an inkstand, for instance, will cause the de
struction of a valuable piece of workmanship
but •slate prepared with this artificial marble /
may be washed ow with the strongest acids and
not suffer the slightest injury. The finest
mantels can be strictly imitated and delivered
in a highly finished condition at an expense
less than that of the raw material of the hand
wrought foreign marbles. If you should ever
come to Slatington do not fail to step into the
elegant cottage of Mr. McDowzm and you will
agre'e with me that his Slate Mantels surpass
in beauty and finish the finest specimens of
foreign and native marble you have ever looked
upon, In my next I will give you a descrip
tion of the quarries and factory at Labarsville,
and. also whatever O . :invites at Slatington that
will ba. likely to prove interestiul.lf your
readers.
A lazy boy makes a lazy man. just as sure
as a crooked twig makes a crooked tree. Who
ever yet saw a boy grow up in idleness that
did not make a shiftless vagabond when ho be
came a man, unleshe had a fortune to keep
up appearances ? The great mass of thieves.
paupers, and criminals that fill our penitentia
ries and almshouses, have come up to what
they are by being brought up in idleness.
Those who constitute the business portion of
the community, those who make our great and
useful men, were trained up iu their boyhood
to he indUstrious.
When a boy is old enough to begin to play
in the street, then he is old enough to be taught
how to work. Of course, we would not de
prive children of healthful, playful exercise, or
the time they should spend in study, but teach
them to work little by little, as a child is taught,
at school. In this way they acquire habits of
industry that will not forsake them when they
grow up.
Many persons who are poor let their children
grow up to fourteen or sixteen years of age, or
until they can support them no longer, before
they put them to labor. Such children, not
having-any idea of what work is. and having
acquired habits of idleness, go forth to impose
upon their employers with laziness. There is
a repulsiveness in all labor set before them
and to got it done, no matter how, is their only
aim. They are ambitious at play, but dull at
work. The consequence is, they do not stick
to one thing but a short time ; they rove about
the world, get into mischief, and finally find
their way to the prison or the almshouse.
All the bills of indictment against Tavern
Keepers for viohiting the Jug Law, were ignored
by the Grand Jury, last week.' We noticed
that in Chester County these cases were dis
posed of in a similar ,manner. In Lat Master
County the Grand Jury went a decided step
beyond this, there the bills were pronounced
uncon.ditutional and ignored by the Grand Jury,
and the prosecutors ordered to pay the costs !
The Temperence men had collected a prosecu
tion fund, which will 'doubtless bo used to pay
thO costs, so that the committee Will not be per
sonally responsible. The Jug Law is dead.--
Valley Times.
NEXT DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.—The
State Central committee have fixed upon the
4th of-March nett for holding the next State
convention. Upon the delegates will devolve
1 -the duty of nominating candidates for Auditor
• General, Surveyor General and Canal Com
tnissioner. They will, also, have to appoint
delegates to the National convention to assem
ble at Cincinnati, about the middle of the com
ing year. for the purpose of nominating candi
dates foi• President and Vice President.
o:7Trom the statistics of crime in Philadel
phia for the last five months, wo learn that the
whole number of arrests during this period, is
15,606.
Lettor from Slatington.
SLATINGTON November 23d, 1855
LAZY BOYS
Ignored
Apliropriato Sontiment
A Thanksgiving Sermon delivered by •E. W.
Ilurrim, is published in the Phila. Sun. We
quote a few excellentisentiments therefrom,
which we cousin:n(l to the fathers and sons of
America. The truths cannot be too indelibly
engraved upon the memory :—The first duty
we owe to God, unquestionably, consists in cul
tivating private and public piety and virtue.—
These are the foundation, the corner-stone, the
pillars, the brick, the mortar, the timber, the
chamber, the garrets, the chimneys, and the
roof of our national edifice. These are more in
dispensable to the perpetuity of our free insti
tutions than maritime and naval forces. These
are st defence, surer, more impregnable, than
arsenals and fortificittions, fur these a world in
arms cannot overcome. No weapon that Vul
can ever forged can resist a nation strong in
the might And power of God. We may not
fear hostile fleets and invading armies, but we
should fear the general spread of Infidelity, Ve
nality, and Luxury. These are the nation's
triple foes, - more to be dreaded than all other
enemies, because they incur the " Wrath of
God."
" Tho first duty of the Patriot, then, is to
assist in building up the moral energies of the
people, and he who weakens these inflicts an
injury which no talent can repair. To accom
plish this, let every man begin with himself,
and whatever the disloyalty and corruption of
others, fearlessly assert the claims, and rever
ently follow the motions of truth, justice and
philanthropy. If each loves the truth, and
fears God, that will be the character of all,
and the greater the aggregation of righteous
ness, the surer the foundations of national per
petuity. I do not believe that there is any
fatal necessity for nations declining, as men and
trees do, after arriving at a certain degree of
maturity. My intelligence of the world has
long since convinced 'me that immorality, irre
ligion, vice, corruption, luxury and idleness,
and not an evil fatility, are the causes of na
tional decline.. If the way of an individual
transgressor is hard, the way of a community
of transgressors must be equally hard—nay,
more so, for there is in the concentration of in
dividual depravities an increased momentum to
evil. The degradation of nations, like the deg-,
radation of individuals, by the inexorable laws
of God, are the product of their own hand.—
Sodom and Gomorrah fell, not because of their
age, but in consequence of their wickedness.—
Nations and cities always die suicides. Their
own sins are the prophets of their coining down.
Jehovah's ministers of Wrath never conic till
they are drawn as the prophet says, by " the
strong cast-ropes of prevailing wickedness."—
True, they perish by war, by flames, by sword,
by plague, by famine, by pestilence, but, these
are only the agencies of God, whereby He exe
cutes upon them the sentence they have them
selves invoked."
CANNIBALS AMON() TIII INDIANS.—The Hon.
G. D. Williams recently returned to Detroit
from a visit to the Chippewas, who reside near
Grand Portage, within a few miles of the na
tional boundary between the United States and
Canada. While • there lie became acquainted
with the Bois
.Torte Indians, a tribe who, as
their name denotes, in habit the " thick wood"
or heavy timbered lands near Pigeon river.
The main subsistence of this tribe is upon wild
rico which grows luxuriantly in that vicinity.
This crop is sometimes cut off by sonic vicissi
tude, and when this happens these Indians are
frequently distressed for food, as the chase is un
certain and game scarce. The last winter was
a peculiarly hard one, and in the, course of it
this tribe were reduced to the revolting and
horrible strait of eating their own children.
which they did to the extent of almost extermi.
nation. He saw and conversed with two wo
men of the tribe, one of whom had given up
two and another three children, successively,
to be slain and eaten.
THE MEAnows or AspaucA.--Gov. Wright,
of Indiana, says that our grass crop is not pro
perly appreciated. No. crop,. he says, ap
proaches so near a spontaneous yield, and none
yields so large a 'profit. The hay crop of the
United States in 1850, he estimated at 13,000,-
000 tons ; that foT 1855, he estimates at 15,-
000,000 tons ; which is worth $150,000,000 :
while the whole cotton crop is valued at only
$128,000,000. Of this crop more than half is
produced by four States—New York. (which
yields one-fouith of the whole.) Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. The grass crop which is used for
pasturage, is at least as valuable ; so that single
herb is worth annually over three hundred mil
lions of dollars. Few people will believe that
the grass crop of New York State is worth more
than its wheat; and yet statistics show that
such is the fact.
GREAT PROFIT ON WIIISKET.—The present
price of raw whiskey in Louisville (according
to the Cciurier of that city,) is thirty-four cents
per grillon, which yields an enormous profit to
the distiller. Ile pays thirty cents per bushel
for ilia corn, '(new corn) grinds out four hun
dred bushels per diem, which makes upwards
of sixteen hundred gallon:4 of new whiskey, or
rather more than four gallons to the bushel.—
Thus a bushel ofcorn costing thirtycents, yields
to the manufacturer upwards of four gallons 'of
whiskey, which, at thirty-four cents per gallon,
amounts to the snug sum of $544 per day.—
The net profit on this single day's work of con
verting corn into whiskey is full $260, or up
wards of $l5OO per week. •
PERSIMMON CROP OF Tilt/ WINTER.—Some
people, believe (says the Frederickshurg Her
ald) that a heavy persimmon crop is a sure
sign of a " dreadful cold" winter. If this bo
true, then look out this coming winter—get
ready a plentiful supply of wood and coal and
bedclothes, for we are assured by a friend that
the persimmon crop in this region is unusually
argo . • So far we have had quite a imild fall.
Nicaragua
Walker, the fillibuster, seems to be on the
high road to renown as the founder of a new
State. Ilis control of Nicaragua is represented
by the latest intelligence as more solid and
secure than ever. Corral, the lust man who
might have headed a movement against 'his
authority-, has been convicted of treasonable
correspondence with some relics of the opposite
party and / shot. By every arrival from Cali=
fornia, reinforcements swell the army of the
chieftain, and if he continues to manage his
affairs with the slime discretion which he has
hitherto exhibited, no power can expel him from
his position.
This unfortunate Republic, .which is now
brot.tglit prominently before the world by the
operations of filibusters, is ono of the largest
of the Central American States. On tho west
it is washeaLkiiiz jhe Pacific Ocean and partly
on the east by the waters of the Caribbean sea,
the Mosquito Territory forming a large share
of its eastern boundary. Honduras borders it
on the north and Costa Rica upon the South.
Its area is about 49,000 square miles, and the
population is estimated at 247,000. The fe
males are said to greatly exceed the males in
number. Not more that twenty thousand of
the people are whites, the rest being Negroes,
Indians, and mixed races. Most of the popu
latiri live in towns, many of them going several
miles daily to labor in the fields. • Tho planta
tions are scattered pretty equally over the
country, and are reached by paths so obscure as
to almost escape the notice of travelers, who
are thus liable to fall into the error of suppos
ing that the country is almost uninhabited.
The dwellings of the people are usually of canes.
thatched with palm, although the better classes
construct their residences of adobes, and by the
help of fruit •and shade trees planted in the
courtyard, render many of them exceedingly
pleasant. A range of mountains extends along
the west coast of the States at a distance of a
few miles from sea, but attaining no great ele ,
vation until they approach the confines of Costa
Rica, when they reach the height of five to
eleven thousand feet. In the central part of
the State is'animmense level tract, known as
the plain of Nicaragua, comprising in its
the lake of that name.
Numerous volcanoes exist along the Pacific
coast. There are a considerable number of
rivers, but none of them, except the San Juan.
are navigable in a commercial sense. Veins of
copper and silver m•e of exceeding richness are
found in many parts, but they remain,, almost
all of them, either unexplored or only super
ficially worked. Gold also is said to exist. The
climate is healthy, though various. In the in
terior and mountainous parts the temperature
is more dry and cool than on the coast, where
it is hot and approaching to humid. The great
er portion of the State consists of plains and
gentle slopes formed or a rich black loam, of
The productions MT indigo, sugar, coffee, col I ou
of superior quality, corn, rice, *heat, ,Cc..
besides oranges, lemons, and fruits of various
kinds. The great bane of the country has been
its civil wars, and it was one of these which
enabled Walker to achieve his almost bloodl,
conquest. From the above description it will
be seen that Nicaragua possesses all the net
Ural resources requisite for a flourishing State,
needing only an vergetic population to develop
them and make them tributary to the wants of
the world.
BOOTS AND SHOES BY MACHlNERY.—Preparri
lions are actively being made for entering upon
the manufacture of boots and shoes by machine
ry, he the building formerly occupied by thecar
pet factory. The machine by which the labor
is to be performed is the invention of a French,
mechanic. It is claimed that with one of the
machines a single man canAperform nn amount
of labor equal to that done by eight men in the
old method. This new branch of business,
when fully in operation, will give employment
to some 250 operatives. Most of these are
French—a number who have already arrived
are wholly unacquainted with our language
The company establishing this manufactory
own the patent right for the United States.—
They intend extending the business to Europe.
and will probably furnish boots for the French
soldiers in the Crimea.—Troy Whg.
KtiNTL7CFCY 1106 Tamug.—The Louisville Tines
estimates that at least one hundred thousand
more hogs will be killed in that State this sea
son than were killed in that State last year,
with an average increase in weight of about 20
per cent. Up to Saturday evening last 8330
had been killed in Louisville, where the prices
then were $6,50a9.85 nett. The same paper
notes purchases of 20,000 or 25,000 hogs, by
dealers, at $5 gross, equal to about SG,BS from
hoofs. On Green river, in Kentucky, extensive
preparations are made for slaughtering. At
Bowling Green alone it is expected that 20,000
will be killed and about 10,000 at other points
on the river. The number killed in Green and
Cumberland rivers will be considerably in ex
cess of last year.
GOOD OLD AGH.- The Valley Spirit says of
the Brindle fiunily, residing in St. Thomas,
Franklin county, and consisting of 3 sisters and
2 brothers, that their united ages on the Ist.
instant was 426 years and 7 Months. Their
ages respectively aro :—Molly, 91 : 5 ; Mel
choir. 89 : 9 ; Catharino,•B7 : 2 ; Jacob, 80 : 3 ;
and Eliza, 76 : 10. They all reside in the same
neighborhood.
DAWAGss von Sittmertox.—At Reading, Pa.,
a few days. ago, in an action biought against
Reuben Gring •by Abraham Becker, for seduc
tion of his daughter under promise of mar
riage, the jury gave -a verdict for plaintiff of
$l5OO damages.
0:7 - The good heart, the tender feelings and
pleasant disposition, make smiles. love and
sunshine everywhere.
(Obh . nub Onbs.
ITTlicre are 020 persons at present confined
in the Ohio Penitentiary. •
D7 - Buyers at Cincinnati are offering $6,25
for hogs for December delivery.
Ga - If all men were fools, the biggest fool
would be the smartest man.
1:0-It is five dollars fine to enclose any other
thing in a newspaper sent by mail.
[O - Counterfeit 2's on the Bank of Lansing
burg, N. Y., are in circulation.
(0 - Counterfeit 83's on the Mercantile Bank
of Hart fin:o are in circulation.
ID - Tbo population of Illinois and Manchu
setts is now about cflual.
DJ — Buyers at Cincinnati are q)ffering $6,25
for hogs for December delivery. ,
Irr — ln Paris the telegraphic wires are laid
underground.
CU - A witty doctor says that tight la ling is a'
public benefit, as it kills ofr the foulkh girls and
leaves the wise ones to grow to be women.
Lf7i - The crop of Lousiana sugar for 1855, is
estimated an 275.000 hogsheads against 255,-
633 hogsheads last year.
ii`Robert Gray, aged 95, has just been
married in Fluvanna county, Va., to a lady
aged 92 years.
fr7 - There is a printing office in Paris capa
ble of printing the Lord's prayer in three liun
dred different languages. •
. DJ Onethousand tons of Pennsylvania iron,
fur the St. Louis and Iron •Mountain railroad,
were shipped from Pittsburg last week.
r 7.1 drove of 12.000 cattle passed through
Indianapolis, Indiana, last week, on their way
to the East.
n - " The first Presbyterian church of Chicago
has been sold for sixty-five thousand dollars, to
be converted into a theatre.
3:) -- The term of naturelization Iv: been re
duced in Canada from seven to three years"
residence.
a7 - I'lle Burlington Ilawkeyeestimates that
one hundred thousand hogs will be packed
time this season.
LlThe people of Oregon decided against a
State governnusit at the recent election, by
majority of 420.
(ri- The Knickerbocker says that in the
neighborhood of Alb.tny the potatoes are so
large that -.the dealers paint them, green and
sell them thr watermelons.
4entleman of Wheeling purchased two
!ots in Muqcaline, lowa, two or three year*
since, for whioli he paid $2OO, and recently
slid them for 510,000.
(la7Discouroging fu Missionaries. --On the
!shad of Fate, in the South Sea, two missiona
ries, with their wives, were recently roasted
and eaten by the natives whom they were at
tempt Mg to ChlisitilitliZe.
C,,- . The first dramatic performances in thin
0011111 r; tr l, llSpil*Cd Ilt
lIC ott, Vl lllll , 1 I 11 I yr,
Sll3l,l.'Spe7l " 31 , ..reitant of Venice," and a
farce entitled " Lethe."
alvertimrent appears in the Louis
ville C'ournT with the cut of a negro on ono
-ide and that of a horse on the other. These
animals" are olfered for sale " on terms to
suit purchasers," and " can be seen at the
stable on Sixth street."
B a - Of the patents for inventions issued by
the United States Government down to the he
ginning of the present year, 21 were for air
engines, 14S for steam boilers, 41 for modes of
manufacturing India rubber goods, and 60 for
sewing machines. Washing machines modest
ly claim 309 patents : water wheels 320 ; graki
and grass harvesters 1. 11 plows 372: straw
cutters 153: meat machines 140 ; winnowing
machines 163 ; threshing machines 378. Foe
stoves, 682 patents have been issued, exclusive
of 478 for designs.
It.t.ttcois FmtmiNu.—A farmer of Stephenson
C0., l 111., bought about t two years ago 34
acres of prairie, fire miles southeast of Free
!
port, for $5 per acre. The cost of the land,
fencing, breaking, and getting into wheat, as
well as harvesting, marketing and all the ex
penses of the same, were VIRG': The product
was 1,150 bushels of wheat, (about 28 bushels
per acre,) which, was at the price it was sold
—51,05 per bushel—pays for the land and a
net profit of 5331,50. There is good land in
that county, as we know from observation the
'present harvest time, but we heard of none for
sale at $5 per nere.—ltural New Yorker.
RRIDING RAILROAD.—Tho Reading (Pa.,)
railroad, which Air many yeanii was a non-dix
idend paying stock, has at last settled on a
basis of extraordinary prosperity. Is is now
earning nineteen per cent. per annum on its
capital stock, though it is the moat costly
road in America. Its ninety miles have Coat
ff 20,000.000, but the coal busineis is so enor•
mous that it justifies this immense outlay.
Bump COlN.—While digging a well in Ver
mont the other day, one of the operators struck
upon an iron bound box that contained $1,500
worth of gold coin. None of the dates were
later than 1720. This leads the finders to sup
pose that it had been buried over a hundred
years. The finding of this box has let to the
usual result—a law suit. The man who found
it says he is the rightfill owner, while an out
sider insists that the Surrogate should take pos
session of the treasure and advertise for the
heirs.
OLD Guersa.---The Richmond American ac
knowledges the receipt of a few Fox Grapes, of
the mature ago of 50 years. They wore found
ou the Bth of October, by l!Jr. Jas. B. Carter,
on his farm in Gooohland county, Virginia.--
They were buried in the spring of 1805, having
been put in an airtight jar and sealed with
rosin. The negro who had• buried them was
sold soon after, arid the grapes were not found
till this fall. They lay three feerbelow the .
aurtace.
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