The New York Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1854, Page 3

—— iy im the directicn of the | dividends to the saarebold | reserved ths net earoiags for tr road. Last annus! report to the Legislature | allast- | mn of conveai- | Bince making our ‘he ae have expeuded cousise: able sums in fencing the row, and in the po and engsr houres, beds, engioe and car houses, water tanke, aud other fixtures, meosssary for the accommor ation of the puwlic aed the coaveniont | working of the road. The whole amount expended en the road mow owned by the companr, and its anpeadages, | up to the first day of Jaueary, 1854, in $603 262 67 as I more fully appeer by the report of the treasurer of | company. em advived that dousts were entertaized as to the rigat of the company to extesd tacir railroad | to the Ohio State line or furteer ‘han the point bls for diverging from the ete shore division the syue*uct, to grouca whish, their charter, they have olearly a right to oosuoy, company, in October, 1862, aovepted s proposittra for relioquishiug that part of their work, apoat 536 miles in length extending from seit print of divirgeoce et the wert back of Crookei Creck to fhe Ohio sta‘e Hime, on receiving from the purchaser the moasy ezp:nded | thereor, Toe sum thu néol was ascerisined and refunded to the cov pan: a releese executed by the company to the purobi in June jast. The Lake shore division of the road eourtructed and now owned by ‘the compsny extends from the city of firle to the west Renk of Crooked k, in the township of Spriogfield, milen “ « reesluiion of the board of directors adopted om | the second day cf Septeciber lxat, the company directed | that final loostion of # division of their road ex: ending routhwardly from some suitable poiat on their present road in Springfield towrpbip, should ba made, and ‘& portion of the work put woder contract. Owiog, now- ever (0 the engagements ‘of the engineer on whom the company ‘elied t> superiotend the location and ot this division quisite | made in preparing this division fr lettiog. has be: It in, however, hoped and expected tha: part of the lias switl be prepared for contrac. esrly in the eosuiog worming. After the faiure of the bil, which bed passed the ‘Bouse of Representatives and was peoding in the Sinate ‘et the adj uroment of the last eesai im of ths Le ‘by which the rigbt of the company to own aod ‘rallfoad by them oonstructed from Erie to the Oa‘e Siate ‘Une, subject to the payment of «certain ‘monweaith, the cowpeny proyored voluntarily ‘tax supposed to be equivalent to the tax required by the | Dill, with the uodersteadirg that the company shoul! be ypermitted quietly to enjoy their ros: until the alose of ‘the present session and at the suggestion of the Govera or an official proposal, aign'd by the President sa1 8 scre- of the company, to pay this tax, was made oat aod forwardec to hia. Un this proposal, howover, ie tecliaed to sct, for wantof fegal authority a4 was und-rstood by the company. Afterward: the compacy w-# callei on ee egent of the Aucitor Geaeral tt make re’ officer of the amount ard value of their stock, in conformity :o the requirements of tae la ig banks and other corporations. This was d» the tax levied, amountirg to fifteen hundred delia: was paid into the tressury of the commonwealth which in reepeeltally submitted JUBN GALBRAITH, President. Affirued and subscribed b-fore me s Jastios of the Peace in and for the city of E ir, this 18h day of Jacu- ary, A D 1854 WILSON LaIRD, JP In connection with the above the report of the treasurer of the company was also presented, as fol- lows:— To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwesitn of Pensaylvania:— ‘The Treasurer of the Fraoklin C1aal Company respest- fully rejoris— The company have expenced on that portion of their railroad which leg beve constructed and vow owa, ox. tending from the city of Erie to the west bauk of Crooked Creek. in Springfield townst ip, a dis'suce of about twen- ty miles, the sum of ix hundred snd two thousand two hhucdred and fifty-two dollars and fi'ty seven cents, (602, 262 67) This num inctudes cust of ballesting aad fens. dog the road and station butidings. The grove esrninge of said company’s road for one year from the first day of December, 1962 and ending on the firs: day of Decom- Der, 1853, amounted to tue 51m of... Deouet ruvoing expenses and ri 6 of track 60,274 85 ot | 10,000 capital stock, interest on $66,¢00 bonds fesued by the company, and in- terest on $36,252 67 due the C P.andO. RR. 0o..........26 605 14,272 38— 64.645 73 | Leavirg net tarvinge as footed............ $65,360 64 | From this sum ebould ve deducted the estimate of an ua! dererivrati non uch part of the company’s wok | and flatures an are liable to decay or destrue ioa by time | OF use, ar set forth in the report of the directors of said | company of this date. namely, snpual detorivration, $27 800, leaving $33,060 64, net earntogs, te pey divitends $600,000, he capital stock of the company, a fraction | ‘over 1 per cent. Tne company have issued $66,000 boods, secured by | mortgage on the road, and which are still outstandto The company also over the Cisveland, Plainesville Ashtabula Railrcad Ocwpany for cash advance}, $' 962 61, and makicg the entire indebtedness uf the comp ay, $102,262 67 ‘All of ‘which is respect/ully submit'ed W.L LaNE Teessurer. to ond subscribed bafore me, a Justioe of the traction of the extension | way for better men, which they did. The president er was regularly floored, an for a time he did not know exactly whether he was standing on his head or his heels. If he had resembled Falstaff as much in wit as he does in soue other respects, doubt- less he would bave said something good abont the ingratitude of railroad stockholders; but his | abilities lie in quite the opposite direetion, and so he was forced to contet imself with expressions equivalent to those of the vulgar— My eyes!” and “Who'd a though@it/” But there it was; and by a very decisive vote of the stockholders, too, who had mercilessly cut off the “free passes” of the families of the old directors, to obtain which was their chief ob- difficulty in getting a president, as all their number are active ness men. Finally Mr. Whittemore took it, and as he is a very able man, we may expect to see some radical changes in the compasy’s mode of doing business, whieh is certainly much wanted. The same gentleman is also President of the Vermont and Masaschusetts Railroad, and is a famous Univer- salist divine; wut he now practises instead of preach- ing, and we look now for a specimen of his saving work. The Supreme Court will hold a term in Cambridge the latter part of this month, for the trial of some capital cases, but it is supposed that it will met do murdered auother Irishman at Winchester—will be indicted, so it is said, for manslaughter, in which he will plead guilty. The other case is that of Chap- man snd Mann, charged with the murder of Mr Coz- zens, wt Sherborn, last fall, ana with attempting to murder Mrs. Cozzens. They tay that this case will be postponed, on motion of government, ia order to give the latter longer time to get at some evidence which, it ia thought, will enable it to ap- | portion the guilt between the two criminals. The prosecution is under the impression that Mann is the murderer, and that Chapman’s guilt is of a se- condary character ; but as fie nothing like proof of this has been obtaiced, aud things bear hard upon Chapman ; and Mann’s position, though not exactly what a Christian or a gentleman would consider de- cidedly agreeable, is not so bad as it might be, a3 yet. As Chapman tells the story, the murder was the result of a plot to rob Mr. Cozzens, and that he called that unfortunate person out, agreeably to an arrangement between himself and Manon, and that the latter was the murderer, and also the man who had the struggle with Jordan, the Irish “help,” a proceeding to which Chapman himself is physically unable. This story is so far confirmed by the Irish- man that the latter cannot swear to the identity of the man with whom he had the struggle. Maan is about forty years old, aud very strong; Chapman is not twenty, and is very boyish aud weak for even that time of life. Some weeks sioce, the story goes, Chapman was taken from the jail of Concord to that of Cambridge, and placed in a cel! adjoining that of ‘Mann, who is imprisoned at Cambridge. The object was to get the two into eonversation, in the course of which it was hoped something would come out that should make legal proof agree with moral supposi- tion. But, from some cause or other, Mann was very reserved on the subject. Nota word could be got from him on it, probably because he is a modest man and not disposed to converse on his own exploits. Nothing was got to corroborate the government's views, aud it was completely gravell It is now ject in taking office. The new board found some much, as one of the iudividuals—ap Irishman, who | anxious to have as listle to do with him as they can. The President bas had certainly bad advisers to deal with, and an evidence of his policy is seem in the turning and shifting in this State. j Who are the supported of the administration here? They are the very men who declared their sotipaniy to all measures in the adjustment of the slavery ag | tation! And it is worthy of remark chat Covernor Cobb, who beld together the Union party in this State against McDonald, has now become a martyr to the latter. The nomivation of Governor McDonald in the democratic caucus was the subject of intrigue on the part of Southern rights men, and it is some thing very singular tnat Gov. Cobb, in the caacas for | United States Senator, should be defeated by a man whom he beat by 18,000 majority for the guberna- torial ebair. And those very men who now are the warm supporters of Governor McDonald for the | | United States Senatorship, all profess themselves to | | be firm supporters of General Pierce. The President | has cacaniy given the disunivnists of the South | countenance, not only in the way of public patron- | age, but in actual aid and support. The supporters | of the present administration are a mongrel, hybrid | set. hey are the original treesoilers and_fire- | eaters, and occasionally you will find a man of trae rinciples who can be cajoled by the professions of | the national executive. 2 | And itis a great source of regret that Gov. Cobb should have lent his aid to such an administration, | by his speeches made at Milledgeville during the legislative session. Gov. Cobb has been an instra- ment in the hands of President Pierce to reconcile, and how has he been rewarded for it? He has been beaten by the man whom he once defeated on the | sterling pencils of the compromise? It is sur- | prising that Mr. Cobb can longer remain the dupe | of om organization whose priaciples are so much at varisnce with nattonal institutions. ‘The election of Gov Johnson was based on the aid given him by the present party in power at Wash- ington, ead it is remarkable that Gov. Johnson gave in his adhesion to a ,latfurm which was virtually re- | budiated by bim in 1850. Itis, however, very evi- | deus that the present state of things cannot exist | here long. Mev of true principles are deserting this vac luting party in power. ‘The prevent Legi-iature would not eonsent to go into an election for U.S S+nasor until the true demo- crats were released trom their vblivation to sapoort the nominee of the so-called democratic caucas. Gov. McDonald may now give up his fond hopes of beiag united in the support of the heterogeneous heresies at of the highest importance. Think of it! Over 4,000 000 bushes of corn and 3,000,000 bush- els of wheat, manofacored and unmannfactured, angie hands last yeur! When you cansider that this is nearly one-eighth of ail the wheat and cora that found their way to tide water last year, you will be able to form some idea of the magnitude of the business transacted at this place. Toledo is rfpidly becoming one of the most impor- tant railroad towns in the West It is the point where the ap Southern Railroad connects with the Toledoand Cleveland Railroad—the former uniting Toledo with Chicago, the latter alink in the Lake Shore road ‘0 Buffalo. These reads are in fall opera- tion. The Northern Indianaor Air Line Railroad, Napag Zolede witea Goshen, Indiana, a distance of 120 , and there connecting with the Michigan Bouthern, 1s rapidly progressing, and will be! in ope- ration genly next year. This will afford more direct toute to Chicago than the one traversed by the Mi- ebigan Southern and being owned by the same com. | y, Will undoubtedly be used for the express,train. $ Aubura, on Eel river, this road will be intersected by @ road which follows the picturesque valley of Yel iver to Logansport on the Wabash, This road will be completed next year. The Toledo and [Illinois Railroad, which, with its Western connections, give # direct railroad communication with St. Louis, will | be finished ta Fort Wayne next season, and in full operation to St. Louis in less than two years. Thia toad must prove one of the most important routes of travel in the West. The Dayton and Michigan railroad, connecting this city with Dayton, by | way of the most important towns on the Miami banal, wil], in all prodability, be completed before the close of 1854. Its construction from this city to | is very probable, as thereby that city will be furpisbed with direct railroad communication with | Cincinnati and Buffalo. ‘This city is just begianing to realize the benefit re- iting from the nevessary local expenditures of some | f these companies. The Michigan Svutnera and ‘oledo and Cleveland companies have commenced construction of a depot upon land entirely re- laimed by them from the river. Their improve- ita, embracing @ bridge across the river, and the Recessary buildings t> sccommodate the two roads, wil require an immediate outlay of about half a million of do Jars. Tne bridge, I understand, will be ready ‘or use io February. It is now exvected that the Toledo and Ulinvis company will purchase depot ground ut the other extreme of the city, ard com- Wasaington, for on the 12%h ballot bis came was un- heard of. Gov. Cobb’s name is occasionally men- tioned, and there will no one be elected vho will sup port the present administration. [he late action of the Cabinet has lost them grace among th peopl? ot Georgia, who are not pleased with the treatment of the * bards.” Georgia has been deceived in the men who hold her official stations, and it has ail been done by the wire: workers at Washington, The memories of Dickivson, O'Cunor, Bronson, and otbers,aud the barsh treatment of Nortuern patriots, cannot be forgotten by ber. The organiza- tion of some party on national principles is anxiously expected, and whenever sach party shall unfurl its colors sne will “cry aloud and spare not” an adinia- istration which has deceived the trust reposed in it | by the free and eulighteved people of the American inion. Our Texas Corresponde.ico supposed that the trial will be poatroned, in order to see what time will have the kindness to de in the premises. The cave of the Flysns, charged with the murder of Hogan, at Marlborough, is of teo recent occurrence to be brought before the court for trial at the next term. There is but one really guilty person in that affair, and it is probable that the others will be discharged. There is a good deal of feeling here on the subjest of flour and its high prices. It is asserted on the one side that there are stored here, at this very time of ‘‘upparalleled scareity,” not less than one hundred and sixty thousand barrels of flour. All this—quite Gaxvgsron, Tsxas, Jan. 6, 1854. The Peters Colony Contracts—Opinion of the At- torney General—Rulroad Operations—The Rio @ Grande Fuibusters—Appearance of General Caravajal—His Trial, §c. A very important document is just published by order of our Legislature. It is a letter of Attorney General Jenuings to the Governor of Texas, relative to the Peters Colony contracts. Mmence making immediate improvements on @ very extensive scale. This is Tsuieaio. as it will enbauce the value of real estate and increase the business importance of the most dei’ ghtfal pr rtion of Toledo. Real e-tate here is rapidly advancing. 1+ has in- creased ‘our or five hundred per cent in the last two years. Many fine fortunes have been made by early operators; but advantageous opportuvities for invest ment offer daily, st the present time. Land within a mile of this city is selling at from $500 to $1,000 per acre. Rents are cotrespondiogly high. The demand for business houses within tne past year has led to the erection of several elegant brick aad stone blocks. | Dwellingsare much needed. The Tolédans have many city notions. They talk of a park of 80 acres in @ beautiful piece of woodland near the city. They have a Young Men’s Associa- tion, which) jodging from the flarge number in at- tendence ufon the lecture by Hon. Horace Mann, a few evening) ago, is well sustained. Several fine ward sshoohouses of brick are completed, and splendid cergral schoolhouse, eligibly situated, is in progress. An elegaut court house is to be erected next year. ‘Toledo needs good hotel buildings. The American, where I am stopping, is port kept ty Mr. Kingngn, but it is not large enough for the mee. OurlIowa Correspondence. Davenport, Jan. 19, 1854. Newspaper Enerprise—The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad—Other Lines in Progress—Fer- | enough to give the entire population ot the county of Suffolk as much flour at least as they could con- | sume Jor six months to come—is said to be in the hands of speculators, waiting arise. On the other s'de, this assertion is ridiculed and sought to be argued down by an array of figures, which have al most as much bearing on the subject as the Tarkish war on the Hee prices themselves, and which only create confusion, instead of throwing light on the subject. Some of our city papers are accused of jublishing articles calculated to get up riots against e speculators, but mo such intent ever entered the minds of those who published twe articles referred to. The writera thereof, I suppose felt angry at the sight of their dour bills, aud spoke as men will speak when they have had to come down very freely with their | dust for the support of what Mr. Nabem would call | their “little families.” The stories about the anti-Bedini- demonstiation on Tuesday eveuing are much exaggerated. Some few persons, perhaps three or four hundred, did as- semble on the Common, and burned something that about as moch resembied an effigy of the noise-creat- ing Nuncio as an effigy would resemble that gentle- mau himeelfin the flesh. I have no doubt that the + Swern Pesce in and for the city of Erie, this 23th January, 1354, WILSON LalkD J P | The two reports disclose these facts: The-net earnings of the road for the year ending December 1, | 1853, were $65,360 64, on.a capital stock of 500.000, | and.an actual cost on that pars of the road of $602,- It will be noticed ap eg rg ere road as extending “‘ from the city of Erie to the | west bauk of Crooked Creek, in Springfield township, | adistance of about twenty miles,” and that ia Oc: | tober, 1852, they accepted @ proposition for the pur- | chase, aud in June last executed a release to the purchasers, of the remainder of their road—about 5 miles—extending from the west bauk of Crooked Creek to the Obio State live. The reason for this transfer is stated to be that they hai been advised that “ doubts were entertained as to the right of the company to extend their road farther west than to the point most suitable for diverging from the Lake Shore division” towards the Aqueduct, from which and Lake Erie their road was to ran. This transfer is, of iteelf, an admission that the company thought no legal right to build the road thzy con- Bt d, and was a dishonest but unavaling effort to shelver themselves from accountability for their acts. ‘The vame of th eden is not stated; but that is unimportant. Tne company could give no more right or title than it had; and as, by its own confes- aicn, it had none, the purchaser is insecure in his The oe ee presents little else which is especially worthy of notice, except the hypocritical sincerity with which the talk of surveying, locating, and prepsr- ing to build their road from the Jake sou! to the aqueduct, and of their anxiety last summer to pay a tax suppoced to be an equivalent to the tax required in the bill, ($50,000—that being the sum named ia the bill, which fortunately did not have time to be 1d in both ae ee la com, shou! rmitted quietly to enjoy their Toad, eotil the loss of the present session. ‘Those who know the double-dealing uniformly prac- ticed by tis company can szarcely fail to be indig- nant at the seeming fairness of the first suggestion; enor can they who know the liberality with which they labored to have their ee acts legalized last win- ter, fail to be amused at their desire to effect an un- derstanding with the State at the low price of $50,000. Unfortunately for all their calculation, the arm of an outraged Commonwealth has been interposed between them and LS and in the confiseation of ban ho ey have been worthily rewarded for ir contempt and defiance of its authority and their treacherous hostility to its interests. PENNSYLVANIA. Our Boston Correspondence. Bosron, Feb. 4, 1854. | Constitutional Amendments—Revolution in the D1. | rection ef the Fitchburg Raidroad Company - | Criminal Trials—The Chapman Case—The | Flynns—The Flour Excitememt—The Ante Bedi mi Demonstration— Growth of the Know- Nothings —Bishop Fitzpatrick's Letter—The Nebraska Question, §&c. The Senate of Massachneetts has passed unani- mously aresolve amending the eonstitution so that hereafter plurality of votes shall be sufficient to | elect{officers. Another proposition, to make our elec- tion day correspond with that on which Presidential | Electors are chosen, is bsfore the same body. These are the first instalments of the promised constitution- al reforms of the whigs. They do not amount to much; but we are promised more as soon as the com: | mittee shall have bad time to report. The tug of war | to carry these anendments will be in the House, where they must receive a two-thirds vote, and where | the whigs have not strength enough to carry them | through withont assistance. The coalitioniste will, | t a believed afford mngh assfitanee. The conserva- | ve waigs, peroaps, may eave heir) arty on this nestion, and sois be| ost. But the chanoes are that t wil succeed. The railroad werld was rather astonished last ‘Tuesday by the revolution that was effected in the Girectory of the Boston and Fitchburg Company. The old board of directors, who were of the nature of parnacles apd limpets, and known only from their ability as detrimentals, bad so long had thiogs their own way that they had come to the conclusion that no one cold or would be so illegatly audacious as to make an attempt to turn them out of their places. They stood, like other nuisances, on their vested | rights. Under their mismanagement and vast inca- | pacity, the stock of the company had failen from $131 to $91, (stock was sold at the latter figure, pri. vately, but a short time since,) being @ decline of | just $40; and dividends from ten per cent to six, Last Tuerday these gentlemen were bidden tog | abont their business, if they had any ond to male | nation of political truths and news in | and worthy ‘adviser,’ | fences to thore will was good enough tohave given Monsigaor Ba- dini a very warm reception, or thas he deserved it ; but the story that he was here never had much cir- culation, and was not believed by all that heard it, By morning it wis known that the demonstrators had been sold, and that the feet of the gentleman of the bloody hand at Bologna had not beea on Boston The ‘Know Nothings” are increasing fast in num- bers and in s‘rength here, and already embrace seve- ral thOusands of voters. [his new party, which is destined, [ think, to bave a great effect on our poli- tics, is com of volunteers from all other parties of whigs, democrats and free soilera; and, to some extent, of men who have heretofore bad little to do with politics, but who have come to the coaclasion that it will not answer to allow Catnolics to ride roughshod over us. The butk of the members are substantial working men, and similar people, who sre in earnest in what they are about, as they intend to let the world see. On dit—that there is a good deal of suppression of the truth in Bishop Fitzpatrick’s letter to the editor of the Transcript, Belin | the Beiini demonstra- tion. I should not wonder if Mensieur On Dit were more correct than usual in this instance, for 1 have heard of some things tbat do not harmonize with the statements in his would-be Emiuence’s letter, and from sources that do not leave any doubt on my mind of their correctness. Everything that is said on the Nebraska bill in Congress is read here with avidity. The general opinion, without Vier of party, is, that Mr. Chase has not answered Mr. Doaglas’s arguments, ¢rawn from TERRE repeated violations of the com- romise of 1820, and that Mr. Douglas did not uch Mr. Chase’s strong points, which, though brought forward yesterday, lay so boldly on the sur- face as not to be avoided. There is less excitement here on the sabject than there was last week, I should say. People are getting used to the subject, Still, it is regretted by most that the matter ever came up. Our Legislature will pass some resolutions on the matter, and the democrats there wi'l be quite as pe against Mr. Douglas as the whigs. It is sup- po that the Rhode Island _ of uaanimity will imitated. Gen. Cass told an eminent Northern member of Congress a few days since, that he had not been consulted on the Nebraska question by either the administration or by Mr. bet Looms. Our Georgia Correspondence. Lrruonta, Ga., Jan. 23, 1854. General Prerce and the Georgia Democrats--The Cabinet System Out South—Cobb and McDonald —The Administration and its Supporters—The Free Soil Antecedents of the President, §c. Though a stranger to the columns of the Hzratp yet as your valuable paper is devoted to the dissemi- , I have ventured to ‘ay before you some facta regarding the state of Georgia polities. And it is something very surprising and much to be regretted, that the State which stands ia the lead of its Southern sisters, and which, by the energy and general intelligence of its citizens, has acquired the | justly merited title of “the Empire State of the South,” should now be distracted by the influence ot a pational administration whose only object is the co- alition of dissenters and political sinners, to the utter dissolution of all party principles. The views of the President and his “ constitntional advisers,” (for we must invent new names for new advisers,) are mani- festly devoted to the{ruin of all the old party land- marks. The General has mounted another platform, alto- gether different( rom the one adopted at Baltimore; and having commiasioned; hese his’ advisers”—men n bisj udgmentx approved politica. righ'eousness, Ma pope panaceas—ae and they have aimed their excommunication aided in electing him to he Name Cnt aE ‘These are decidedly the resulta of this new system of excommunication 80 potently pursued oy bis wise Mr. Gutbri eI good President has seen fit to eadietes maa Gen. Pierce is, in truth, a man of good intentions, and if his Excelleucy could only carry out his no political salvation and reconciliation, he would merit the good will of all men, and even ‘the rest of mankind.” The General bas’ flattered him. self into the notion that he can exercise a redeemin; power by thee, So fall absolation of all past of- pap, will at Teast say vents a Cyl rated till the mp has ceased to tow. ae The General bas also had another object in view : He has beea attempting to reste “the lost sheep of the house of Terael;" bat really it is to be regretted that he has let very many into the fold who are “wolves in sheep's clothing” and the President Las 0 far disgusted so many of the chosen and tried sons of deragera sy that they ars now rath. Should the views of the Attorney General, (not tility ef InwaComparison with Ilnois. very clearly, but certainly positively exoresved,) be | Since I came to this far distant State I have sustained, as I am decidedly of opinion they will be, | sigted for the Moxnina Heaa.p, which I have the effect is t> destroy the claim of this Peters | been accustomed t see as my earliest and most fa- Colony to seventeen hundred sections (nearly eleven | miliar and welcone morning friend, and which I hundred thousand acres) of the best land ia Texas. | miss more than asj other Eastern luxury. Hitherto The Attorney General has argued and presented the the irregularity of the mails from Chicago across the opinions be entertains relative to these contracts | prairies of Illinois, ver which they are conveyed by with force and ability, as you will perceive, and the | stages, has prevented the reception of papers until belief is almost universal that the Legislature will | after the sews badreached us in the St. Louie papers; pass the law he recommends. Indeed, I am ia- which finishes the famous Peters Colony. This imwense tract of very valuable land is on aud about the thirty-vecomd parullel of north latitude, and will at once become a portion of the belt of ier- ritory reserved by the State for the uses and benefit of the company who may obtain the contract to build the Pacific Railroad, in pursuance of the terms of the bill just passed by our Legislature. Pais fact greatly ennances the value of this land, hile it hea Al enriches thet company, whoever they may The Texans aye resolvei to secure the building of their important lines of railroad if liberality on theic part can secure this result. They have jast granied sixteen sections (10,240 acres) per wile to several principal companies; and the Legislature is now considering, (end will sooa pass,) a bill grant ing the further efficient aid and cumfurt of from four to five thousand dollars per mile in cash, for twenty years, to these companies. Among the compavies that are thas favored, and to | be favored, is the Galveston and Red River Com | pany, which is under contract to Gen. O. Ciark, of | your Btate, and some twenty five miles of which is already graded. This work will now be pushed for- ward with vigor and rapidity; and it is believed that a hundred and fi ty mules of it, (reachiag the thirty- second parallel, to intersect the reat Pacific line,) will be completed within the next twelve months. The United States District Court, Judge Waters, is now in session here, and 14 engaged in trying certain filibusters of the Rio Grande, wh) fought and won the battle of Camarg>, and fought and lost the battle near Matamoras, some eighteeu months ago, under the command of Gen. Caravajal. e General is here, and a small sample of a chap he is as to physical proportions, and nis appearance indicates that there 1s a proper keeping in respect of the mental. He is the most inoffensive and harmless looking filibuster I ever saw. His friends say he is a very am‘able (as he certainly appears) and intel- Jigent mao. He speaks English perfectly, having been educated im the North. His case was first called by the United States Attoruey, Mr. Hay, on Tuesday last. His counsel, Messrs. “Allen and Hale, pleaded iv abatement to the indictment, and, on de- formed that a bill has already been introduced | and many, 1 migh} say hundreds, have thus been prevented from subscribing for New York papers. In fact, the St. Lovis and Chicago papers are about the only ones taken in the State. Bat now, the public mind is turning towards New York, and as toon as the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad is completed, like the followers of the prophet, we shall ook to the East as the Mecca of our hopes, from AS it ws caloulated that boundless blessings are to OW. The above mentioned railroad will be completed by the first of February from Chicago to this city, and the public pulse is wildly beating in expectation of the grand result which shall make the citizens of , lowa neighbors of New York, and within forty-eight hours of the great metropolis. This will dcuare Chicago considerably, for the merchants here who aow buy their stock of geods in that city will be able to reach New York in the same time which it now takes to go to Chicago, where goods are much dearer »ban in New York. his route is also the great con- tinuing route t Council Bluffs, the South Pass, and Colifornia. The road from Davenport to Council Blaffs will be |. completed by next wutuun through the capital of this S nd in a line due west to the elissouri | rive w York cannvt estimate the wealth which | 1s it being poured into her lap by this line of railroad. Jowa is the richest agricuitural State in the Usion, and, when thoroughiy settled, will ba the beautiful Edeu of America, surpassing Iilinois in | the extent and availability of her rivers, forests, | and mineral productions, and excelling New Eng: | land in the wisdom of her Jaws, her common schools, morality, temperance, and, the intelligence of her citizens. Every sixteenth section of land in each towathip is set apart to be sold to establish » fuad for the support of common schools. The Maine Law is substantially in force, and drunkenness is nowhere witnessed. | Occasionally some hoosier from the I'linois side of | the Lapeer comes into the State in a zig-zag | line, evidently doubtful as to the true. points | of the compass, and occasenally manifest- | ing that doubt by lying down in disgust. | The framers of the — constitution of [owa | were more patriotic than wise in causing a provision murrer, the plea was sustained by tae Jadge, aud yesterday Gen. Caravajal was Jiderated. A man named Mason, another of the gang, is now on trial. | Our Ohio Correspondence. To.Evo, Jan. 25, 1853. The City of Toledo—Its Harbor—Railroad Routes | —Commerce—Real Estate—Cty Parks, §c., §c. Having spent several days in this promising young city, I thought that I could not performa more accept- able service for the many reade:sof the Hxxacp than | to give them an idea of its importance. It is, in very | truth, among the most desirable localities in the | country, promising speedily to become one of the | largest, as it is already one of the finest, business | cities in the West. The hsrbor is the largest on Lake Erie. It has capacity to float a thonsand ves. sels in mafety. It is also rich in nataral beaaty, and with an expansive river view unites a variety of headland, forest and island seldom met with in the | Usually tame scenery of the West. The town, situated upon & sloping bank, stretches along the north shore of the river a distance of two miles, and the large white warehouses reaching out up n the dock, amid schoonem, stegmers, propellers, and canal boats, impart a business aspect to the scene that is quite exhilirating. The traveller is beset by runners aad agents the moment he sets foot upon the dock American, sir; Exchange, Kingsbury, and haifa scere of other names asaail his ears, acc ompanied by suadry officious demonstrations to relieve him of bis baggage and conduct him to the right omnibus. The Michigan Southern Railroad rans along the river front of the town, befurathe land front of the warehouses, and in the centre of Water street. The Rround ascends gradually from this street to the prin. cipal business street of the city, which is laid out | parallel with the river, and already nearly half filled witb fine brisk #tores. Toledo is a maddy city, and boasts of clay more udhexive and abundaut than any other city on Crs but thanksso0 the provident Lotions of th athers,they bave constructed good sidewalks of plauk im al! directions, and immortal ized themaelvesi n an effortto pave with cobble stone their principal ousiness street. I was surprised, upon inquiry of some of the basi- nees meno day, to learn that in the amount and va lue ot its comm-raial baxiness Toledo was secoad to ho port but Buffalo on the great chain of lakes The exports end imports lsat year, at a fair valuation, ex- ceeded fifty-uine = miilion dollars. uader- stand that the Collector thinks that the Matictics of the present year willaqual this amount, though in many of the leading sles, owing to the feilure in crops, there has been a great failing off. his fact, #0 little known generally, and eo impor- tant t Toledo, is not siagular when fully understood. The Wabasn and Brie sanal, which terminates here, stuetches along the fertile valleys of the Mainee oud Wabash rivers, a distauce of nearly 500 mites, to Evapsville,on the Ohio. At adistance of seventy ile from Toledo it is intersected by the Miami 6d Erie caral, which passes through the valley of the Great Miami t Cincinnati. Tie products of the two richest valleys in the entire West are trana to be inserted prohibiting the establishment of any | salaries to the principal officers of State which should | exceed one thousand dollars. The effect has been to | deter men of ability fr.m accepting any office the emoluments of which do not defray the actua! ex- penres incurred in performing its duties. Another | objectional feature of the constitution is that all | banking institutiovs are forever prohibited. This pecessarily shuts out cagitalists, ani, woree than all, | introdnces cartload+ of worthless paper money, by which the farmers of the interior are often defrauded out of large sums The news of the failure of an | Eastern bank does not reach the interior until months after the catastrophe. I apprehend that the | | people are beginning t» uoderstand this matter, and will soon take measures to change the constitation in these respects. Otherwise our system of laws would do honor t Solon or Lycurgus, aud tue people are a3 prosperous and bappy as ia any of the oldest States. The Mississippi river, from Dabnque to Keokuk, is lined with the most beaatiful, tnrifty and enter- | prising cities of the West. Among thore cities is our own Meehan Davenport. Ob! what a gem iu the casket of liberty—a pearl in the crown of re blican glory! Standin, bluff which roile uj rine dy and gracetully from the rear of the city, the eyes gleam with delight as they dripk in the eplendors of the scenery below. Cuere winds the gentle “ Father or Waters,”’ between Rack Island and Davenport, like a flood of silver, bearing upon its placid bosom steamboat and skiff laden with wealth and plenty for the famishing o’ Europe. There at the very base of the height upon which you stand, reposes one @ the loveliest cities of the West, the eun flashing from “ minaret and to ver,” and the re smoke and steam from ber hundred mills forming into fantastic clouds, and rolling why oko the plains, to mingle with the seows of the ky Moustaing. The first railroad to Iowa has its termi- nus at this place, aud capital already feels tue iofla- ence of anticipated benefit. Land bas risen ia value five hundred per cent within «1x months; and those who one year since thought themselves poor, unéx- pectedly find themselves poseessed of large and in- creasing fortunes, by the rise of city lots. Without eee lows you can form n> estimate of the energy ol her The american portion of her citizens are chiefly from Penneylvaiia, Obio and New York, aad the fi pee ebiefly Germas. This augurs well for usure, for the Germaos are athirst or common echouls, aud generaNy make good, peaceable and thriving citizens, They mingle more in common with the Americans in thia State than in any other sec- tion of the Union. Wherever a village, town or city springs up. there also are reare # sckool-houses, aca- demiee, colleges amd churches. In fact, the best buildings im auy place in Iowa are churches and school-houses ; and where the village cousists of log houses you wi] see, in some beauti ully selected spot, aneatly framed school-honse and churab, with steeple and Such is the cendition of this charming State, and what its destiny will be who can predict? With sch unparalleed gies, such boundless agricultural wealth, auch navigable rivers on the east and on the wert, such exhaastless coal and lead mines, such a system of lawe, such aa educational fund, euch a thirst for railroads, What may we not expect of this ypaeg, giant of the West, when an iron track shall span her sot), leading from New York on the east to Oregon and San Franciseo on the west? How wonld Washington, Adams and Jefferson rejoice could they be permitted ty view tha open the brow of the ported through these channels to Toledo: and thia pert, smail as it is in population, & wus made @ growth of this mighty empire of States, for whose existence and independe se they ple tied thelr lives, their fortane#and tho secred honor! Our Washington Territory Correspondence, Sreizacoon, Washington Verritory, | Nov. 29, 1853. * A Journey to Steilacoon —Svitlement and Pro- gress of the Territory— tts Agricultwral Pro- ductions— Build ng of School houses and Churches —Arrest of an Indian Murderer—Local Politics —The Puget Sound Indions—Muil Delivery— Olympia City-—Loss of the Ship Anson— Schools —New Buildings. The date of my last communication was the third. Not being pressed with business nor the noise of children, I have concluded to fill up a sheet or two. ‘The rainy season has set in with a vengeance; long boots, oil clothes and umbrellas are very indispen- sable to one who wishes to keep dry. Having busi- ness down the sound on the evening of the 12tn, | left Steilacoon on board the clipper yacht Francis | Ann, Captain Grant—it is a large canoe, and carries the mail. There was a strong southerly breeze, some rain, and the sound was very rough. I expected the “canim” (canoe) would ‘‘kilepi” (capsize) a number of times. However, we reached Alki, (a Chinook word signifying by and by,) before twelve o'clock, in | safety. This place is improving slowly; by the light of the moon I discovered some three stores, a hotel, eooper’s shop, and some ten houses. C. C. Terry & Co. have erected a splendid steam saw mill here; it is in successful operation and doing a good basi- ness. Having revived our spirits by imbibing some good old Otard, we embarked, and were off before the wind in fine style—crossed the Dunamish bay, and arrived at Seattie about 3 A.M. This is quite large town, and improvimg rapidly, with a good harbor, where ships can always lie in safety. Seattle has good stores, bakery, blacksmith and cooper shops, and some twenty fine houses. I noticed the commencement of several buildings, aad the completion of a large hotel belonging to Captain Felker. There is also a steam saw mill, doing a good business, , 7 The town proprietor isa liberal man, and offers reat inducements to persons settling at Seattle. Tie steamer Fairy arrived frum Steilacoon on the 13th, Barly the next morning, I, with two residents ot Seattle, by invitation of Captain Gore, went on board, and were off ascending the Dunamisnh river, which empties into the sound two miles below Beattie. Twelve miles from Seattle, we stopped at L, M. Collen’s, where we partook of a good country dinner. His land claim is one of the best I have seen. He has raised the past year two turuips weighing thirty-five and twenty-three pounds, re- specevely) potutoes from one to five peunds weight, und the fivert opions I ever saw. A large barn full of eee gives abundant evidence of the fertility of tae soil. Having taken Mise Collen on board, we conti- nued on up the river, The land claims along its | often called, the Black) rivers. We proceeded up the latter stream some four miles, wien we were com- pelled to stup on account of the shallowness of the water. We went on shore, and, after walking up hill and down for wbout a mile, came to the house of Mr. Scott & Co., where. we passed the right, and sawing lumber. They contemplate adding a flour mill at no very distant day. mile above this poiat there is alarge lake, some twenty-five miles long and from two to toree in width, the source of this river. The Secretary of the Territory and Hon. Mr. Clen- denin, District Attorney, arrived the first of the month. A few days ago | had the honor of an intro- duction to Judge Lander ; if ay impressions of him are correct, he may well be called a model man. For the benefit of some who say and write that this Territory is not adapted to agricultural pursuits, I will note # few facts that have come under my own obeervati n. ‘ Judge W. P. Dougherty, who lives about four miles back of town, raised several acres of wheat on his claim ; the svil is sandy avd very gravelly, yet twenty- one measured bushels of this wheat produced 1,0033 pounds of flour at the mill. Outs rawed this season, the stalks of which averaged seven feet in height, heads twenty eight iuches in leagth—two heads ona stalk at that. I have seen turnips weighing upwards of twelve pounds from a June sowing, and potatoes, why it’s no use for me w tell how large they grow. With but little cultivation or attention, the produc- tivas of our soil are far superior in wize, quality and quantity w teose of any country in the world exsept California; and wite the same attention to cultivation I think we would rival even her. We have all around us rere and beautifal flowers, which are being col- jected, and soon they will forta as pretty flower gar- Geos as one could desire. A strange and beautiful sbiub has been di-covered in this Territory which is not known to be found in any other t of the world. This fine tree varies ia height from one to seven feet. The leaf resembles that of the pear, whilst the trank and branches look like those of the orange tree, the leaf is tuiniy coated with a gum baving the appearance of oil, aud of the consistence of honey ; the gum is slightly adhesive, and as well a» the Jeat is very odorous. The frsgrance resembles that of bergamot or ripe fruit ; the fiower looks very much like the white pean The specimen I saw came from a grove of claim of Quincy A. Brooks, avout twenty-five miles from town. Asan evidence of the advancement of the new Territory, I will give you an instance. Tae people have become awakened on the subject ef education, ton eounty, at which the scholars gave evidence of great improvement, It has become @ good invest- ment for a town proprietur to build a schoolhouse and church at his own expense. But the pecuniary advantages resulting from an early establishment of schools a d churches are trifling ia comparison with the lasting benefits that will result to our young Ter- ritory, and to the rising generation. The United States surveying steamer Ac ive, Cap: taim Alden, arrived in port on the 6th October, hay- ing on board an Indian, arrested for murdering Mr. Pettingall, last spring, near Port Townsend. He was sent to Fort BSteilacoon. On the 10th the Active took her departure, having in the mean time made a call atthe head of the sound, where the officers were entertained at a dinner given by the citizens of that ‘‘great city.” On the 10th the forward part of the emigration by the Cascade road, from Wailla-walla, over the mountains, down through the fertile valleys of the Green and White rivers, across the rich bottoms of the Puyallup, and through the beautiful plains of this (Pierce) county, arrived at Steilacoou. They were hospitably received by our citizeus, and appeared grateful for the attention shown them. I have con- versed with some of these persons; They say that this road is far better than the old one into Oregon ; that theijeaof crossing the Cascade range is we longer (as heretofore) a bugbear; that the grasa was much better than they anticipated, and they found uo lavre!, nor any poisouous plant, to injare cattle; and lastly, that the people of Washiogton Territory have reason to be proud of this, their “people's road.”” On Saturday, 15th October, Col. G. N. M’Comaha, of Seattle, Kings county. delivered a speech before the citizens of Steilacoon and the neighborhood. He Hey by speaking of the pretended and unjust claims of the nee Sound Agricultural and the Hud- son Bay companies to large tracta of land in this and Oregon territories, and came down on the lick-spittie whige, who for British gold are selling their eountry and their honor, if they have any, in endeavoring to make government aad Americans believe their elaims to be just and lawful. These companies have no va- lid tide or claim to lands here, and will, before loag, of their own accord, move to some less enlightened of the earth. He concluded by clearly viadicat- i himself, to the satisfaction of all eon ef the charges breught against him by the Oregon St stes- man and & Sacramento oy paper. pers are continually filled with al of all persons in eae or publiz life who will not kneel at their shrine. J.N. Eoey of bis duties as Collector, and contrary to the expec- tations of democrats, has appointed and recommended rampant whigs to fill the offices of this department. This measure haa completely Wiocked his chance of going to Congress as the representative of the demo- cratic be hh The Indians slong the Sound are becoming very troublesome ; the principa cause is, that some white men will sell trem rom, amd escape detectien ; the other, no’ reaties! ave ever been made with them, and they are consequently very loth to part with their forests and lands. We have an Indian agent, who resides at this town. As the government has never furnished him with any funds, and travelling being expensive, he is compelled to remain inactive at home. We look fora better state of affairs on the arrival of Governor Stevens, whom we expect ina few days. shan ieee the chief of three large oi le is a hearty, majestic looking persen, an ia said to be romerbabte for iis en peg Our patience has been sorely tried by the repeated outrages upon us perpetrated by those who are paid for conveying and delivering the mails, aod we are determined not to supmit w these enormities any longer. Petitions are being circulated, asking Con. greas for the complete re-vrganization of the mail service for this Territory. We demand that our mails be sent from San T'rancisco to Puget Sound direct, by ocean steamers, stopping at ne way ports whatever. The citizens at the head of the Sound want a city organization for Olympis, so that they can get pos of the mod flat lying immediatety in front of erent city.” so thet wharves can be built out o decy water. If they ever get possessign of the flat banks are all taken, and the rich seil is being pre- d for caltivation. Eight miles brought us to the Janetion of the White aad Danamish (or, as it is about half an acre on the land | and not lopg ago an examiua‘ion was he'd in Thurs- | These newspa- | aod black mail | | has at last entered upon the discharge | it will be under the contru! o' » f»w persons, and they will mouopolize the whole, while tue community at large will be the sufferers. T have to inform you of the total loss of the ship Anson, Captain Wilson, with a cargo of square tim- ber and piles, bound for San Francisco. The ship went ashore on Wilson’s Point, below Port Towns- end, during the night of the The Aasoa was loaded near Steilacoon, started for sea without bal- last, and was last seen floating down the straita bot- tom side up. Two tale were opened on the 21st October, and our youth have advantages of rennin s go0k eda- tion, Sabbath schools have been estal d, and the children of the place are regular in their attend- ance. Rev. Mr. Devoe preaches twice every Sunday, and has @ good congregation. All the carpenters in town are busily in putting up buildings, and two blacksmiths—Patten and tees, the Vulcans of the neighborhood—have as inach work as they can turn their hands to. A tailoring establishment is in full blast, and on every side are evidences of the substantial improvement and rapid growth of the embryo seat of government of Washington Territory. Our Oregon Correspondence. Porr Oxroxn, O. T., Des. 14, 1853. Work in the Mmes—Ejfects of the Storm—Report of the Indian Agent—Peace on the Rogwe River, §c. This point may have escaped the observation of our Eastern friends, but it is destined toemerge from that obscurity, and very soon too, The beach dig- gings are very extensive; an immense number of claims have been taken for fifty miles up and down the coast, and they will all be worked at the firat lull in the wintry storms on the approach of spring. The storm of the %th ot November did much damage; one heuse, several temporary establishments, and fences and trees, were blown down. The servicea- ble boat and the only lighter belonging here were destroyed. It had been very stormy for two weeks previous, and for a week or more since, so that nei- ther steamer nor sail vessel could enter here,the har- bor being open to the south. Consequently provi- sions decreased in amount and increased in price, 80 as to create great apprehensious among the inhabi- tante. There is net an ounce of flour for sale in the place. "The weather is fair today and the steamer in sight; she brings relief to us all. The Indian Agent, Frederic M. Smith, has re- cently returned from a frienaly visit to the Liskiyou Costa Indians, ate big bend »f Rogue River, He established frief@'y relations with them, though they have heretofore beeu very hostile. Mr. Smith re- orts the country along the river as@rich mining Hi trict Elizabethtown, at the mouth of Rogue River, is a new and flourishing mining village, with about two hundred miners in the vicinity. The mines atthe mouth of the Coquille river are also very rich, rf Everything remains quietin the vicinity.> The Indians are rot at all troublesome to the whites, though there is trouble amongst themselves. They are fighting over a desd whale that washed ashore in the harbor day before yesterday. Notwithstanding the season, the settlers and miners are coming in very ‘ast, and Port Orford is destined to look up this coming season. Marriages, Births and Deaths ia New Jersey. were hospitably entertained by our hosts. Tabin,Scott [From ube Sewark Avvertisor, Feb. 8 } & Co. have built @ dam across the river, and have a The Secretary of State, T 8. Allison, Exq., a few mill frame nearly completed. The water power is | 4@y8 ago presented to the Legislature the annual re- good, and the compavy must doa good business | port on these subjects, containing an abatract of the returns made tu him by the township clerks, It seems that forty-three townsbips have failed to make returns, and it is to be hoped that the Secretary's recommendation to provide for a more general and certain compliance with the law may be complied with. It is a subject which interests every iatelli- rent mind, and has an important bearing upon the sanitary condition of our people We learn from the tables that the number of deaths oh py eee during last year via 6,651. The princi- | Pp ieeases were—oonsumption, 896; dysent | 364; casualties, 218; scarlet fever, 240; alge 36; inflammation of the lungs, 133; inflammation ot | the bowels, 102; croup, 164; old age, 244; dropsy, 44 ‘The births in the State during the same time nume | bered 12,107—6.070 males, and 5,551 females; farm- | ers, 2,584; mechanics, 3,534; laborers, 3,005; mer- chants, 348; occupations vot reported, 2,043. * The marriages numbered 3,388, bat a large num- | ber of towns were uot heard from. In Essex county the deaths numbered 1,324; births, 3,330; marriages, 1,088—viz. Deaths. Marriages. 32 87 142 leusetesFatuat Ttal.. 1 324 3,380 R The leading diseases were—consumption, 228; dyeevtery, 95; inflammation of the lungs, 43; eroup, | 51; dropsy, 68; convulsions, 67. Hog Packing in the West. | We give below estimates of the packing at four. | teen re ints on the Missiasi cl river for the seasons | of 1852-63 and 1853-'54. Where the packing was not concluded, estimates were made to coverall con- | tingencies:— 1852-53, 1868-54, Davenyort, Iowa ~ 4,500 3,000 none. 2,000 | 1,600 8,080 Mus-atine + 18,000 12,000 | Port Louisa. 1,260 1,00 New B ston 5 800 4,600 K+ ithat urg. 2890 8,000 Movmouth + 9,000 8,600 Oquawka, : 5300 4,000 Burlipgtov , » 12,000 11,000 + 4600 4,000 2 000 none. 13 000 10,000 8,800 ‘mone. 1 78,460 66,000 Total. Decrease, 12,460 b | [tis now la ty well ascertained that the cro) | of 1853-'54 will little, if any, exceed that of 1852-53. The St. Louis News gives the f llowing additional information :— Returns begin to come in, and, as ited some time since, there will be beyond question @ decrease in the pumber of hogegpoked on the en- tire river. The season has closed ardstown with 14 000 short of last year. At Peoria the deficienc: will be from 12,000 t 15,000. Pekin, it is ht, may have a slight excess over last season. Spring- field will fall short 3.000 to 4,000 head. Lacon hag an increase. Nap'es, Copperas Creek, Meredosia, and other points, will have no increase, but at seve- 1a] there will he a falling off. The entire deficiency in numbers on the whole river and through the adja- cent Cs is estimated et from 50.000 to 80,000 bead. The increase in weight will be from 10 to I2 r cent, some think as mach as 15. The Uj | Tiiesiseigipt and Illinois rivers together will 100,060 to 120,000 head short of last season. On the eoutrary, the Ciacinnaii Price Current of the 1st, says :—For two or three weeks past there | has been & growing impression that the crop of hogs | will be little, if any larger tham last year, tha’ the demand from England must be Log’ by conse quence of the war movements. For forme: | opivion there is certainly no goed ground; and with | reference to the latter, the advices from Europe to | the letest date do not indicate any movement except ing lard, and this was capsed mainly by the high price and anticipated scarcity of tallow, | ‘The reeeipts of begs during the week has bedh. i Previously repor Exrraonpinany Davorion or 4 Mormgn 10 Two Insane CutLenen.—The Hagarstown (Md.) Herold records the death of Mrs. Nourse, sn old lady, at the almshouse in that town, and adds:— About forty years Ago & on and daughter of this oid bef both insane er idiotic, were brought to the almahouse of this . Soon afterwards the mother left her home, one of her children who were able to take care dns residence at the almshouse with her afflicted and helpless offspring, and watch- ed over them and ministered w their wants as a | count) her only can do, uptil the bodily and mental, firmities atvending the aged her’ or, longer diseharge of this noble duty. She was wort about ten thousand dollara in her own right, and she thus imneured herself in this unattractive building; pee ey joyments which su com, fordod—severed the ties of friendship onl gore up the pleas of meaty, Lm she might beste a mother’s love uj 08e who most n proof of the intensity of that love! - What a fact for the records of heaven! TD Scrorpg mw Lupiow, Ve—We chronicled a day or two since the burning of Mr. Stimson’s house, in Ludlow, on the 22d ult. On Tuesday, the 24th, says the Brattleboro Statesman, Joshua Kelly, « weak-minded young man, aged twenty-four years, brought up by Mr. Stimson, and whose clothes, with a litle money aud notes inst Mr. Stimson to the amount of $250, were burat with the house, a himself in a barn on Mr. Stimson’s farm. Althoug! Mr. Stimson had agreed to give him new notes next day, and a contribution was to be taken up to make up bis loew in clothes, he was very low sptrited after the fire; and Tuesday af erncon, after doing his chores, hung himeeli by an ox chain over a so low that bis knees were onthe floor, He was gound dead, E