A Railroad ! Ore-fa-a.
We arc indebted to tho Hon. R D. Owen
for n copy of the Report from the Committee on
Roads and Canals, in relation to a railroad to
Oregon. The Committee sajr that they have
found it impossible to give Mr. Whitney's me
morial the reflection necessary lo form a speci
fic opinion aato the expediency or practicabili
ty of tlie project. So tar, however, as their in
vestigations have reached, the Committee have
seen nothing that proves the impracticability of
the plan. Out with the limited information be
fore lilt-in, the Committee arc not prepared to
recommend that the prayer of the memorialists
for survey should be granted; but tiny say
rhnt public attention is already attracted to the
subject ; public opinion, in regard to it, will ma
ture in the recess ; and that a project so vast
can not with propriety tie entered upon, even
in its preparatory steps, in a manner so hasty,
anJ with lights so imperfect, as, if now under
lnk"n, it must be.
An extract from the memorial of Mr. Whit
ney is attached. He represents that the roads
rnm New York to lake Michigan, a distance of
10 miles, will no doubt be completed by the
Suites through which they pa, or by private
individuals. That from lake Michigan to the
-nnu'h of the Columbia river, on the Pacific, is
,1S0 miles ; making from New York to the Pa
cific 3.000 miles, and can be performed in eight
days. Trom Columbia river to the Sandwich
limits, is 2.100 miles; making from New York
In the Sandwich islands 5,100 miles. From the
Columbia, river to Jnpan is 5,000 miles ; making
from New York to Japan 8,000 miles- From
Columbia river to Amoy, in China, (the port
nearest to the tea and silk provinces,) is 0,200
miles making from New Yoik to Amoy only
9,200 miles ; which, with a railrond to the Pa
cific, and thence to China by steamer, can be
performed in 30 days, being now a sailing dis
tance of nearly 17.000 miles, and requiring
from 100 to 150 days for its performance. Then
the drill and sheetings of Connecticut, Rhode
Island, and Massachusetts, and other manufac
tures of the United States, may be transported
to China in 30 day 6; and the teas and silks of
China, in exchange, come back .o New Orleans,
to Charleston, to Washington, to Baltimore, to
Philadelphia, to New York, and to Boston, in 30
days more.
lie says that, from an estimate as near accu
rate as can be made, short of an actual survey,
th 3 cost of 6aid road, to be built in ti safe, good,
and substantial manner, will be about $50,000.
000; and is the road cannot, from the situa
tion of the uninhabited country through which
it will pass, earn any thing, or but little, be
fore its completion, then a further sum will
be required to keep it in operation, repairs, &.C.,
of $15,000,000 iraki ng the lotal estimated
cost ol said road, when complete, the sum ol
$05,000,000.
The project is certainly a bold one, and at
some future day will doubtless arrest attention
and command respectful consideration. Hick
ntll't Reporter.
Tub Wealth of the Nat'on. -A corres
pondent of the National Intelligencer, says
Bicknell's Reporter, remarks that in addition
to the immense spaced individual property un
der cultivation and lying idle in the United
States, we possess upwards of 1,000 000,000 a
cres of public lands. The value of all the pro
ducts of the country for li30, reached the sum
of $1,200,000,000. According to Mr. Ells
worth's Report for 1841, our Agricultural Pro
ducts are on the increase. The correspondent
alluded to says :
"I summed up only nine articles, whicli.be
mg estimated at low pricen reached four hun
dred millions of dollars. They are
422 million-bushel corn 10,1 millionsdoll'rs
17 do tons hay 102 do
05 do bushels wheat 60 do
&72 do pounds cotton 52 do
172 do bushels oats .11 do
100 do bushel potatoes 20 do
201 do pounds smear J
l.VJ do pounds tobacco 22 do
111 do pounds rice )
ICO do
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, ri 12, 1815.
The value of agricultural articlrs not enu
merated must have been large, notwithstanding
the low prices of every thing during I61 II. Do
mestic manufactures (albiet the tariff) were
low throughout the year , but I have no doubt
the value of the whole products of the country
reached ten hundred millions of dollars."
Among the various means of attaining sud
den wealth in this country, the discovery of h
popular "patent" medicine his often proved sin
gularly successful. A letter from New York,
published in the Charleston Courier, cites vari
ous examples in point :
Brandretii, with his pills, has risen from a
poor man to be a man of extensive fortune. He
has now at Sing Sing a three story factory for
grinding his medicines. Aloes are carted into
it by the Ion, and whole cargoes of the pills art'
despatched lo every part of the Urnon, and
down every body's throat. He has expended
thirty fn c thousand dollar in a single year for
advertising. Comstock began with nothing.
but by crowding his patent medicines, has been
able to purchase one of the first hou-es in Union
Place, and gives magnificent soirees, suppers.
tec. MoFrAT, adding bitters to pills, his run
up a handsome fortune of nearly $300 000
Sherman, taking the lozenge line, has emer
ged from his little shop in Nassu street, into a
buyer of lots and houses by the wholesale. I
need not mention Svaim, of Philadelphia, who,
by pouring his panacea into people's stomachs,
can afford to buy a single pearl head band for
his daughter worth $20 (HK) to prove that we
are a pill-eating and bitter drinking people
Your literary men will starve in his garret
while your pill makers will emerge from his
garret into a palace.
! n. r.ii,.nr:u, Eq., at hi
late and Coat tnr.ee, ,V. 59 I'htr Street, I'hl
tadelihla, in authorized to art at Jtgmt, aril
receipt lor alt monlen ilut thlt office, for suft
tcriitton or ailvrrlintng.
.lino nt hi OTlee.Vb. 100 Vkutau tftrret,
Yin IV.
.f nd S. K. Corner of lialltmore and Calvert
sis., Italtlmitrr.
rT7 The weaTuf.ii, on Monday and Tuesday
last, was extremely cold and nnnle aaut. We
wt re fearful that the peach and other fruit trees,
now in blossom, would be entirely destroyed
The dryness of the atmosphere and the high
winds, have probably saved them.
C7" Oi r Conn commenced on Monday last,
and, we regret to say, was adjourned over until
next Monday, as none of the causes on the list
(which was called over on Tuesday evening) were
then ready. On Wednesday several of the par
ties having causes appeared. The trial list is a
long one. and it will be impossible to try more
than half of the causes for trial, on the list, next
week.
tETTiiR Canal Commissioners and Discri
minati.no Tom.. We regret to say that the
Canal Cotnmissioneis have seen fit to alter the
rates of toll, so as to discriminate in favor of one
I'onl region at the expense of another. The
tolls, Inst year, were fixed at 2 mills per mile,
for every 1000 lbs., or -I mills per ton, neat, al
lowing a drawback of 1 mill per ton on all Coal
shipped as far as Columbia. This kind of dis
crimination operated equally and justly upon all.
Hut the Hoard have concluded to discriminate
only in favor of a certain few, from what mo
tives we do not pretend to say. They have,
therefore, allowed no drawback for coal intend
ed for shipment beyond Columbia, but have fix
ed a maximum rate of toll, viz : that no toll, ex
reeding twenty-two cts. per 1000 lbs , on coal
shall be charged for any distance, which, in fart,
fixesthetoll for the coal of our Wilkcsharre
friends at nearly the old rates, of 3 mills per ton,
while the rates of toll on coal from the Shamo-
kin region, is raised nearly thirty per ct., vi. :
to four instead of three mills per ton From i
this place to Columbia the distanre is about 82
miles. the toll being cts p. r ton. From
W ilkesbarre to Columbia the distance is about
1 10 miles. the toll, at the maximum rate, is 1 1
cts., which would be giving to the Wyoming re
gion thirty miles of Canal navigation freeof to'l,
to enable them to undersell the Shamokin Coal
region. Discriminating duties are sometimes
made in favor ol Governments and whole States,
but it has been left for the present Hoard to make
discriminations in favor of certain regions in the
same State. Chanrellor Kent has recently de
cided that one State has no right lo impose dis
ci iminating duties at the expense of another,
much less then has the Hoard a right to discrimi
nate in favor of certain localities. The mines of
LEC1SUT1VR PROCEEDINGS.
Correspondence of the Phila. Ledger.
Har-usm no, April 3.
A bill to incorporate a "Saw-mill, Railroad
and Coal Company," was read in place by Mr.
Hright, of Northumberland,
The bill "for the regulation and continuance
of a system of education, by common schools,"
was resumed on second reading, ami all to the
section passed without opposition. The 23d sec
tion reads as follows :
Section 23. When a free school, of the com
mon grade, in any accepting district, shall be
under the care and direction of any religious so
ciety, it shall be lawful for the directors of such
district to cause to be paid to the proper person
or persons, for the support of such school, any
portion ofthe school funds of the district which
they may deem just and reasonable, not ex
ceeding the rateable share of the taxable inhabi
tants whose children, wards or apprentices shall
be taught in such school. I'rovibd, That said
director shall be satisfied that such payment is
not injurious to the common schools of such dis
trict, and that such free schools shall be open to
the visits of the directors, and conducted in con
formity to the common school system.
Mr. Ilo'ling-head moved to strike out the
words "under the cire and direction of any
religious socirty,"Hnd to insert ''any two or more
persona,' anil to add at the end these words,
"And orovidrd further, that the said free school
shall nut be under the care and direction of any
religious society."
Mr. Ilnllingshrad made a few remarks in fa
vor of his amendment, and so did Mr. Burning.
Messrs. J. S Brewster and M. Borrel opposed
the amendment ; and a vote being taken, it wos
negatived, yens 21, nnys 50
Coppkr Great Discovert. A mine of cop
per has been discovered near Fort Wilkini, Cop
per Harbor, Laks Superior, which is supposed to
be richer than any other in the United States.
At the surface it is about twenty inches wide,
spreading nut as it deepens, ami is supposed to be
at least three miles in length. Specimens of the
ere have been raised, which warrant the belief
that the mine averages seventy-five per cent,
pure copper. Particles of silver and gold hav
been found intermixed with the copper ; and it
is calculated that the mine will easily yield $0,
000,000 annually. Our information is from a
source that we cannot doubt its correctness.
(t'ree.n Day Republican.
The New York letter of the National Intelli-g'-nrsr
says :
The musical world here is at present divided
bet ween the merits of the two newly invented
attachments for the piano forte Coleman's and
Walker's. Many give the preference to Mr.
Walker's, as producing greater variety in the
tones, and adding more to the capacity of the in
strument. It is believed that Mr. Walker's "at
tachment'', is the one most likely to be introdu
ced into general use. A combination of the two
inventions would render the piano the most com
prehensive of all musical instruments.
Dkmh of Mr. Co km .n thk Mi sicai. Ar
tist The denid nf Mr. Coleman, the inventor
of the celebrated ".Ivplian Attichment" to the
I'uinn Forte, is announced in New York. He
(fed suddenly at bis residence in Sarntogi,
on Stturd'iy evening of the measles.
the Wyoming region arc near the Canal, while
to 0 miles 1 "" Sf CI!"n npn passed 1 m i"
Tun M .to x ei if Teleoti i eu Professor Morso
j is to get a salary from the government of f JO0D
a year ; his two assistants, Messrs Vail and Ro
igersgetthe one 1 100, and the other f 1000 a
Fenatf. Amendments made by the House year ; two keepers of the laboratory get $.100
CF" We regret that our contemporary, of the
Danvil e Intel inenccr. received so poor a copy i
ofthe American rontainiiur the report of Mr. I the mine, of Shamokin are Iron, 18
rt . r. . i c-t . i. it i I i oofii int' i until, nit v Dili ui uitu iiitiBt ui; iiuin
l leaver s survey oi u.e snnmoK.n, ..la.ium.y am. , ...... ...... , h;M ..,i; f, Ren,.rt.r,,( H, lleei. . ,., ..,.,.
., . ,, . . poneo uy nan noao inai instance, anu yei wiin i , - - .
Ichuv k 1 Rai Tioad Friend Cook, however, 1 ' 1 ... i . - -
,-uiiiiim iiai u,ni. , . . . ..... i: . . n.- nf lh; Niir rnmo I nlirt win elite 1 1 . re, I in
I I he Woons in the neigtiliortiooa ot woocioury,
I N. .f., have been burning for several ilays. and '
an immense amount of timber have been de
stroyed.
I n .1 .1: i .i:.;...: , r
. . . . . . I e I ' ' l " r 7 III-flu .tlllldrs u loll, mi v c uisiiniii"
OI Hie ian'ine weium iui, .io .,,;......,, ...... ....!. I.,ll ;,..
rial inns ugainsi ,,s. ua r nu ursii m laisr . ,.- - ...
the Sunbury Gazette, we presume, both received
fair copies, as they do not only not complain, but
appeared so well satisfied that they did not deem
it necessary to trouble us with the usual credit.
the toll of our Wyoming neighbors, as they are
high enough, but we should like to see some
thing like common justice done to ourselves.
Rk volution at Ichadoe. Prior to the ex
haustion of the gutno a( the Island of Iclmboe,
strange as such a fact may be, they bad, as we
learn from our files of English papers, a revolu
tion. It seems that in the operations ofthe first six
months after the island was visited, a host of a
gents, cr supercargoes, established themselves
on the island, erecting tents and temporary re
sidences. In a short time they marked offthe
ground and laid claim to all the principal parts,
ns their own bona Jide property, on behalf of
themselves and their employers at home, erec
ting loading stages, and selling pits at extrava
gant prices.
Till the revolution, no opposition was made
to this mode of procedure, and the consequence
was, that ultimately no ship, unless the captain
submitted to these land sharks, could get a sho
vel's breadth of giound to land upon. When an
gent hiid a ship loading at his stage, he pur-po-ely
kept dallying with the work, until another
fclnp from his bouse at home would arrive to take
op the berth, although there might be three
hundred other ships surrounding the little is
lam), and waiting for access to the beach.
Squabbles and small fights were of continued
occurrence, and increased until a sloop of war
arrived lo preserve order. Her commander re
muiiird till he believed hit presence was no
longer necessary.
On the following clay, the demurring ship'
musters held a meeting, and it was very soon re-
solved that a general reform should bo made
inslanKr. There were about 1100 ships at
moorings, and each ship agreed to send her pro
portion of men ashore, with guns and bayonets,
mustering altogether about 1400 men. Super
n-urgo Town "Aas attacked, Slid its entire popu
Int ion put to the rout at the point of the bayou
pt, and driven direct'y into the sea, up to their
chins, and the discom fitted landlurds were there
mid then made to swear that they relinquikhed
all right and title to the soil of Ichaboe; a fur
which declaration Ihey were permitted o return
to their respective places of abode. This sum
inary proceeding produced an entire change
the civil all lirs ol the uisnd, and ships are now
loading at the rate of fifty lona a day, tiler lay
ing idle fur months.
Ci.iMHkh Vovao tnu. Among the passen
gcr in the steamship Cambria, from Boston for
Liverpool, were three distinguished clergymen
of different denominations, Vi ; Key. John ioii
jnn, D. D , (Congregationalis!,) Dorchester,
Mt-s; I.--V Frdncis Parkinan, U. U., (.L'mta
run,) 1 i ton ; Ilev. Dsni.l Sharp, D. D , (Bjp
tiki, ILstun.
To Makk dry Thkes Cinow. In conver
sation in our office with a gentleman a few days
since, he informed us, that if trees that had
been sometime dug, and bad become dry, were
entirely buried in the earth for twenty-four
hours before being set out, they would olten
grow when they appeared entirely dead.
The philosophy of the matter appears to be
this: The bark and outer ves U ot trees in
drying up, are contructed ; and the vessels of
the roots upon being again buried, distend and
perform their functions, there is not force e-
nough to carry the sap, far up the trunk. Hy
burying the whole tree in moist earth, the celU
of the trunk and limbs arc expanded in like
manner with the roots, so that when again set
out the sap is speedily carried through the
whole tree. In ibis region where trees are of
ten carried to so great a distance, this fact it
true, is particularly vsluable and should be re
membered. Prairie Farmer.
Receipt fob Asthma. The following re
ceipt for the Asthma has been handed to us by
gentleman of intelligence, suys the Frederick
Herald, who, as wo know, Iihs long and griev
ously suffered with thut complaint, and has
handed this recipe to us in hopes that others
suffering like himself may be relieved :
' Dissolve one ounce of saltpetre in a pint of
water, dip sheets ot fine brown paper in the so
lution until they tre suturated, dry the paper ;
when a fit of asthma cunies on tear a strip or
two from a sheet and burn the strips ; the pa-
ent being near the somko so lung as the burn
ing continue, l he above simple remedy has
given more relief to a sufferer lir '27 years ot
the asthma than any other remedy he ever used.
Sir Robkrt I'fki. The Dublin F.vening
Mail asserts that Sir Robert Feel his a million
sterling embarked in trade, and thus accounts
for his free trade movements.
Rcmarkabi.i: An old lady in Biltnnore,
named Foos, said to be 00 years of age, dreamt
nine yeirs ago Ihut she would die on tho 5lh
of April, 1S45, and sure enough she did die on
last (Saturday, probably lo fulfil her dream, and
prove to the younger portion of the world that
dreams have something in them.
Fari.v. We notice the connubialiiation of
Fzrit T. Jones with Miss Sally I-add, in Chili
cothe, Ohio. Fzra has supplied his tuble with
S il L'idd at very early day in the seusun.
Poi.k and Dallas Mrs. Story, of Green
ville, S. C, gave birth tu three children recent
ly. She named the son James Knox, and the
daughters Elizabeth Folk and Rebecca Dallas.
Instinct or Cats. It is said that an Eng
lish cat, when she loses her kittens, spends her
period of mourning around the mutton pie shops
CT" Perils of the Riveu. On Friday last,
during a heavy gale, a number of rafts, opposite
this place, were blown out into the stream and
were only saved with considerable difficulty
fiom going over the Shamokin Fani. Several of
the rafts were blown entirely acioss the river,
and reached the shore on this side but a few rods
above the abutment ofthe dam. Two more
were lodged broadside on the dam, about the mid
dle of the river. The hands were taken off by
boats before they struck. On one of the rafts
the cabin was blown ovei, and the fire commu
nicating with the straw, soon reached the tim
ber, destroying a considerable portion of the
raft, which was made of valuable white pine
plank and board. Several other rafts barely
saved themselves by dint of bard labor, by strik
ing the abutment on the opposite side, as they
approached the shore. Had they been a few
yards further out they must inevitably have gone
over the dam. As it is some of the owners have
sustained considerable loss.
Ifthp contemplated Railroad between Shamo
kin and Pottsville was completed, ubiih would
foim a continuous Railroad communication be
tween Philadelphia and the Susquehanna, mil
lions of feet of moi-t valuable timber would be
transported over it, from this place, to Philadel
phia, instead of passing down the river, the na
vigation of which, below this place, is alwaysat
tendrd with difficulty and often obstructed by law
water. I be bituminous coal, the iron, the lum
ber and grain, ofthe West Pranch. the immense
products ofthe large and rapidly increasing An
thracite Iron Woiks ofthe North Branch, toge
ther with the grain and valuable lumber of that
noble stream, all. or very nearly all, would seek
this channel for a maikrt at Philadelphia. All
that is necessary to acquire this immense trade,
is onlya link of Railroad communication of a
bout thirty miles, now proved to be practicable
without planes, between Shamokin and the
SchuUill.
Wheat, we see, is advancing gradually
in the market. We arc pleased to see this on
account of our farmers, in fact the whole com
munity is benefitted by it. The best w hite wheat
has been selling at $1 IS. Good rids at 'Jo to 105.
The negatived bill, to erect a new county
out of Lycoming snd Bradford, to be called
"Sullivan," whs re-considered and passed.
Rhode Island. JackKin's majority for (i i
vernor, in all the towns but one, Little (lump
tun, is 11.'). It will be diminished somewhat
when the returns are completed, but he is pro
ha bly elected. The Legislature will stand :
j Senate, Iiwand Order 21, Dorrite 10 ; Douse,
C7" Lowell, the great manufacturing city of j ,HW and Order -Fl. Dorrite 2 1 showing a Law
Massachusetts, consumed lavt year 40,000 bar
rels of flour. This is the w ay that mauulactu
rers injure the farmers !
SiMii.i.Aii AivuiKNT. A young man walking
through a newly opened field at New Orb ans
when not a breath of air was stirring, a tree fell
upon him, and crushed him to death.
The Ji m its ani F.oiknr Sck. The last
number ofthe Wandering Jew attacks the order
ofthe Jesuit with great vigor.
fT" Rao Wriunu. The writing of Senator
Choate, of Massachusetts, is so bad that none of ;
it gets into print. A Connecticut paper etates ;
that the first deed he cvrr wrote, was as unintel
ligible to the Keeoider, as if it bad been written
in Chinese characters, and was sent buck to be
re-writtcn.
and Order majority of 11 in the Senate, ond 1!) I
in th" House.
The f'ducr says tie election or Jickson, '
who distinctly announced him-elfin favor of li- i
berating Dorr from prison, proves that a majo
rity of the people? of that State are opposed to
his present confinement. Policy alone, we "The London Tim i-m' " circulation renc'ies
! slu ul l suppose, would suggest the propriety of ,,ver 20 tllHI cop es dully. One o! thnn cou
ncil a step, for as long as be remains in prison (allu, 1 1 ID advertisements, the doty on which
The Americ an Misse i costs the Government
nine dollars apiece ; the English musket cost
lour dollars and a half. That in use in America
is too heavy its weight is much greater than
the French and German.
j there w ill be agitation and exertion lh.it will c
i vei Iniillv destroy the ruling party. Dorr once
For the American. i ihi rated wiuld probably sink in'o insinificinee,
Mk. Eiiitor : Permit us, through the medi- for rnany of h:s on party do not like bis course
dium of your excellent "American." to call the ! and utterly distrust his judgment. The Legis
attention of our fellow citizens to the considera- j l iture with whom tho p irdoning power tCr-ts.
lion of Mr. THOMAS A. Pll.I.l NGTON, of j wo believe, will probably open the doors to Ins
Sunbury, as a very suitable man for the office of , freedom, since there has been so unequivocal
Sheriff of this county Mr. B. is both farmer i H11 pxpn ssioii of opinion in favor of it by the
cry 'f. are pleased that the Legislature bat
passed a law providing for a Reporter to report
the divisions ofthe Supreme Court.
C7" Sen a r , Com: 6 ano Moi.asfs has taken
a considerable rise within the last week, in the
cities. Cause said to be the failure of crops.
pi op.e.
Jrpr.K Petit has tendered to Governor Shnnk
bis resignation of the office of President Judge
ofthe District Court. Cause inadequacy of sa
lary. Judges Jones and Findlav of the same
Court have received their commissions and
and mechanic ; he is an honest, upright, plain,
straight-forward man of excellent moral charac
ter and business habits, active and industrious,
and withal a sound and unflinching democrat of
the Jcflersonian school.
His nomination und election would ensure, to
our county, an able and efficient officer, and one
w ho would do justice to all w ith whom he might i were qualified yesterday.
have business. From these considerations we
strongly urge his claims on the democracy of old
Northumberland county, as a man wcllwoithy
of their united suffrages.
MANY OF SHAMOKIN.
April 7th. 1815.
ETMVk w ere pleased to find the foMowing
communication, in the Democratic Fnion, of
the full iust , recommending our old friend and
neighbor, Lewis Dewart, F.sij , for the office
of Canal Commissioner. The w riter speaks in
hii!h terms of Mr Dewart's inactical talent, in
tegrity of character and business qualifications.
We have always believed thut il the Board hail
always been constitute d of just such men as Lew
is Dewart, entirely different results would have
been produced in our public works. Those who
know Mr. Dewait will, without distinction of
paity, uct ord to him all thut is said in his behalf
by the w iiter :
"(rxTLF.MKs : An old friend and admirer ol
LEWIS DEWAUT.of Nnrthumtu rlsml conn,
ly, denires tho l iVor of pr 'senling his name
through your paper, lor the impuitaiit c-flice ol
Canal Uouimissioner ol IVnn) Iviinia. rew
men in the State liavo more pmctical talent
than Mr. Dewart a gentleman of great integ
rity of personal charueter, w ith business quali
fications ofthe firbt grade this wnh a long ex
perience in public lilt renders Mr. Dewart a de
hirablo candidate for Canal Commissioner wnh
I he whole people, and especially with the De
mocracy ofthe State.
The republican party of Pennsylvania know
Lewis Dewart; firmly he has stood by them
under all circumstances, through pond and evil
ronort. -We hope, therefore, that tho democra
cv of Pennsylvania will not pnss by the claims
ofa man whose experience, service ami perso.
nal popularity would secure his triumphant e
lection, and thereby place in the responsible
station of Canal Commissioner, gentleman
who would do credit fo the "state.
A DEMOCRAT."
A Post-office Ahest The Post-office De
partment has niaJe a goad beginning in availing
itsell of Professor Morse's improvement in the
IVfagnrtic Telegraph, to facilitate business com- i
niunication between the cities of Washington .
and Baltimore. It seems that this important a- j
gent has been placed under the exclusive control
ot the depaitment, and arrangements have been
made for extending its benefits to every class of
citizens, by transmitting any despatches that in
dividuals entrust to it. Agents are stationed at
both ends ofthe Telegraph six specified hours in
the day. One receives the despatches which are
written in magnetic characters, the other tians
latesthem on a sheet ol paper, and sends it as di
rected, immediately, by penny post. All com
munications thus transmitted will be considered
stiictly confidential, and the chararteis lelatiug
thereto instantly destroyed. The compensation
is fixed at one fourth of a cent for each magnetic
character so sent ; in every case to be pre-paid.
The letter carrier will receive the usual lee of
two cents on each letter.
Protestor Morse has been appointed superin
tendent of this valuable bianch of the "mail ser
vice." The next step will be to extend the same
valuable improvement to Philadelphia and cities
to the East, so that an individual can get an in
stant answer from any ane of those cities to bis
communications.
The passengers on the New Jersey Railroad
had a narrow escape from death on Friday last.
The cars were moving along unusually fast be
tween sun-down and dark, and when they arri
ved at the New Brunswick bridge over the River
Raritan, the draw was entirely taken off The
engineer did net discover the fact until within
two or three cars lengths oif The men immedi
ately put their whole foree upon the breakers,
and by throwing sticks before the wheels happi
ly stopped the train, or soma hundred and fifty
lives must have been sacrificed by this act of cul
pable neg'igence.
New Tariff of Canada. The new tariff of
Canada has become a law, and took effect April
(ith. It increases the duties on all articles that
come in competition with those imported into
the province from England, fmm tiro tu Mi t'iiiH.
deed per tent. Its effect will be to benefit the
smuggling trade both ways instead of one.
to government amount d to unJ the prio
lo the proprietors CHH'.
Galvanism aim-mid to Vegetation. At a
meeting of the American Agricultuial Associ
ation of New York, a few evenings ago, several
tomatoes n:iil other plants were exhibited, whieli
had been made to bear fruit by the aid ot Gal
vanism the seed having been soaiioii the I2lll
of last month.
Death to Tavern". A summary mode of
settling the l.censo q nation has been adopted
by the Coipor.it ion of I luntsville, Ala, who
have fixed the license for ret liling spit ituous
!iquors within one mile ol the Court House at
s2 5U0.
Santa Ana. By the rumors lately from
Mex;co, there is a stroiis? prnb.ib.liiy that Santa
Ana tins escaped. Ei he r bis gold lias houul t
him freedom, or the new government has wink
ed ot his flight, rather than assume the respon
sibility of a decision on his case.
OrcoMTiox to A i. ranv. Already a brisk com
petition has sprung upon the North River, and
the fares have been reduced to the lowest point j
of the last year, 50 cents is now charged in!
boats of good character, less thauhalfa cent a
mile.
LoiisMNA The Constitutional Convention
have resolved, that from anil alter the year IMS,
the seat of legislation shall be removed to some
point of the State not less than CO miles fiom New
Oi It uns.
The Season. Strawberries were for sale in
the Charleston maiket as early as the T2d of
March.
Millkritr Vauiiants The authorities of
Pangor. Maine, have sent four Millerites, two
men and two w omen, to the house of correction,
as vagrants.
General Wasiiim. ton. A writer in an ex.
change, urging the advantages of introducing In
dian com meal to the laborers in Europe, says :
'-General Wa-.hington, even on the most state.
ly occasions, at Mount Vernon, could not be
prevailed upon to forego his ' h ((' for din
ner, made of the dough of Indian meal, placed
between cabbage-leaves, and baked in the ashes
on the kitchen hearth."
There is in the possession of one of the old
Futch families of Albany, a parrot, known to bo
Sriuwt.tniiiES The New Oilcans Picayune righty-tu o years old. The bird is now blind,
but notwithstanding that, it can walk to any
part of the bouse without difficulty, and recog
nizes the different members ofthe family by their
footsteps.
crow s o er stiaw berries on the VJ 1 st ult. The
Poston Post considers that nothing marvellous,
us they had them there nine mouths ago.
Hehc is beginning to be exported to England,
but it is prepared so carelessly in Ohio, that fif
teen per vent of its value is lost.
A Larue Newm-aier The New YorkCou
rier and Enquirer on Saturday published a dou
ble sheet, comprising lettntjf-two columns of
matter.
A Ship and Cargo insured for $ 100,000 arrived
at Poston in 8S days trom Liverpool, the vessel
leaking at the rate of 1000 strokes per hour.
Coal on Railkoai s A statement made by
the Reading Railroad Company sets forth the
fact that the locomotivs engine 'Maxatawny,'
weighing about 13$ tons, from 1st July to 1st of
December, 1M4, five months, made S! trips on
the road, transposing 16,120 tons of coal. The
Fnited States,' weighing about 18 tins, during
the same time, 58 trips, with 81,20,1 tons of coal.
h'ead. Urni 1'itss.
A SuoHKEtri ii, the other day, stuck upon bis
door the lollowing laconic advertisement: -'A
boy wanted "' tin going to his shop the next
morning he beheld a smiling little urchin in a
basket, with the following pithy label 'TIere
he is."
A vorso man applied for the benefitof the
bankrupt act, and upon being asked how much
he owed, he said ho saw they charged a man
$10 for kissing a married woman in Ohio, and if
the price was as high here for kissing girls, he
must be in debt about a half a million.
A Greek Woman wears her whole fortune
upon her person, ill the shape ofjewtls, or sold
coins. We believe that this mode of investment
is adopted in a great measure for safety's sake.
It has tho advantage of enabling a suitor to reck
on, at well as to a Imire the object of his affection.