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From the Clinton (Miss.) Gazette. JOURNEYMEN PRINTERS. There is, perhaps, no class of individuals in the community whoso actions and deportment seem to involve a greater mystery, and whose feelings and principles it are more difficult to define, than that fraternity with which we have headed this article. Their station in life, is, indeed, a peculiar one, and we might add, one of importance. From the very nature of their profession, they are rendered an isolated and detached brotherhood, with no strong inducements to incorporate themselves with society, or to form local attachments; for, the generality of those who follow the mechanical professions are not congenial associates for the journeyman printer, inasmuch as they have but little relish for literary pursuits, or intellectual exercises. On the other hand, he is mortified to find that the progressive inlluence of aristocratic feeling in the higher circles form a barrier to his free participation in the amusements of the refined society not, however, on account of any moral degradation which may have attached to his name, but merely because the profession to which he belongs partakes somewhat of the character of handicraft. Whilst, therefore, his inclinations do not permit him to seek the companion

ship of the first, his independence and his pride deter him from becoming an unwelcome associate with the latter, who Jitney, at least, that they have been endowed with some peculiar perfections of character; and thus the fraten-ity of journeymen printers arc rendered an almost detached class of men. Their situation is nearly assimilated to certain substances in the natural world, the qualities of which are so indefinite and vague, that naturalists quarrel among themselves whether they should be classed in the animal or the vegitable kingdom. The journeyman printer is not only a comparative hermit in regard to his intercourse with society, but in advanced life he is not possessed of those local attachments and local prejudices which insensibly twine themselves around the feelings of others. Although he is not absolutely forgetful of the scences of boyhood and youth although memory often reverts to the endearments of his native land, and the kindred spirits whose eyes beamed on hira with tenderness in departed years yet, a long commerce with the world, and the variety of scenes through which he has passed, render thoso recollections less vivid, and these feelings less intense. He gradually becomes a citizen of the world, until, eventually, his local feelings cease to influence his opinions, or control his actions. Those prejudices being annihilated, in a degree, he remains a passive spectator of the drama of life, commenting and reasoning upon all which passes by him in the great panorama openly censuring that which is unamiable and unjust, and boldly advocating the cause of truth and virtue. In the expression of his opinion he rarely uses dissimulation; because in every community he 16 a transient member; and does not look to that community for patronage and support; he aims not to establish a mushroon popularity, founded on the ever-varying capriciousness of popular sentiment, by yielding his assent to the absurdities and follies which lie discerns; and he therefore has no inducement to be uncandid in his professions. His situation, too, renders him competent to form a correct estimate of the nature of that which he observes; for, in addition to having travelled extensively, not only over his own country, but, in many instances, in foreign climes, his da'ily labor, itself, is productive of intelligence and knowledge: Whilst his hands perform the mechanical operations which procure his subsistence, his eye is resting upon the register of genius, and his mind abstractedly contemplating the literary beauties and sublimities which he is embodying for a more extensive circulation, lie not only imbibes from their very fountain and source, the intellectual Rtrnnms nf nnptrv and romance which flow from the gifted sons of genius, but he stands in the verv focus where are concentrated the affairs of the world; and it becomes a necessary part of his labor to read the events which occur in every government, whether relating to commerce, politics or religion. Knowledge is, therefore, forced upon him; and he cannot, if he would, avoid retaining a portion of that which he reacs. In the course of a long life, he acquires a vast fund of information; and although he may not make a vain display of that which he possess, yet touch the proper chord, and his hidden thoughts and feelings will gush forth. Amongst almost all mechanics there exists a general obligation to assist each other in adversity; but among journeymen printers this obligation is most forcible and binding. Their migratory habits render their means of support extremely fluctuating, and very frequently they find themselves in the midst of strangers, without the power of procuring the necessaries of life. Under such circumstances, they invariably find the hand of a brother ready to administer to their necessities. The boon is not reluctantly given; it is bestowed freely, and results from sympathy and charity. Population of Spain. The following particulars of the population of Spain are copied from Marshall's statistical tables: Population of Spain in 1799, 10,351,075; in 1825, 13,053,959 increase, 38 per cent. Population of the Masque provinces: Biscay 144,875; Guipuscoa,! .135,88; Alava 92,807; Navarre 288,24 1 total 661,76-1. Of the Kingdom of Arragon 856,219; Catalonia 1,116,461; the Rastiles 1,580,140. The whole of the insurgent provinces bear thus a proportion of only one-sixth of the amount of the neighboring provinces. Poland. The following is the letter of a traveller, dated Lirnberg in Gallacia, April 15: "I have on my journey passed through Russia, Prussia, Austria and Poland, and have taken particular pains to inquire into the feelings of the people. In Russian Poland I found in the country a kind of indifference. The peasant has there no voice in public matters he is a tool in the hand of his noble landlord, who loads him with feudal services, and as he is also obliged to bear public taxes, and is bound to perform military services, he is easily excited against the government. In the towns, especially in Warsaw, there is much attachment to Russia. The last named city has rapidly improved in prosperity under the present government, and it is therefore natural that .he inhabitants should be extremely satisfied with it. In other countries much is said of bands of insurgents that are 6tated to infest the forests. Rut as the revolution has been at an end these four years nearly, it is clear there can be no insurgents, properly Epeaking. Some hot-headed persons, aflcr the rc-esiablishment of legal order, endeavored to revive the flames of insurrection, and got some idlers and vagabonds to join them. As eoon as they perceived that their project could not succeed, the ringleaders contrived to save themselves by flight; the others dispersed and formed bands of robbers, which, however, are for the most destroyed. In Prussian Poland, (the Grand Duchy of Posen,) I found a striking improvement in civilization: in particular, I found, on comparison with former years, manufactures flourishing. Though all this must be indirectly attributed to the care of the government, attachment of the people to it did not appear

to me so strong as might be expected, and a long period must elapse before the national hatred of the Poles to the Germans is wholly extinguished. In Gallacia 1 found great attachment to the Austrian Government, scarcely less there than in the ancient provinces of the empire; and yet the people still take much interest in their former countrymen in Russian Poland. This seems to be a contradiction, but it is not so, if we recollect that the Poles under the Austrian Government have retained most of their ancient institutions, and are well treated. Thus they have retained their nationality in some degree; and this very circumstance makes them more attached to their government than those under Russia

and Prussia.' Russian paper. In our last, we gave some account of the recent outrages upon the disputed territory. By this morning's mail, we have received some additional particulars, by a slip from the office of the Toledo Gazette, published at the scene of action. . Having given one version of this transaction the Michigan version we have now an opportunity of laying before our readers another and quite a different ope. The statement which is subjoined, is evidently written under some degree of excitement; and due allowance will therefore, on that account, be made for any warmth of feeling which is manifested. Cleveland Herald, July 24. Toledo (O.) Gazette Office, ) July 20, 1835. Renewed Hostilities upon the Disputed Ground, and unparalleled Outrages upon the Citizens of Toledo, by the Michigan Authorities. We have barely type and materials enougli saved from the outrages we are about to relate, to lay the following facts before the public. On Saturday last, a large body of armed men, headed by the Sheriff of Monroe County, Michigan Territory, was raised by order of.tlie Acting Governor of the Territory, and proceeded to this place for the ostensible purpose of serving some civil processes upon a number of our citizens. They arrived on Saturday, about five o'clock in the afternoon, in number about two hundred and fifty, regularly armed and equipped with muskets and bayonets, and after arresting and making prisoners of some seven or eight individuals, among whom are Benj. F. Htickney and George McKay, Esquires, they pro ceeded to the Printing Omce of the loiedo Gazette, and forthwith commenced an attack upon the Press; as there was no person in the office at the time, and the door was locked, they effected an entrance by splitting down the door; and then commenced demolishing the press and materials. Much damage was done, and as the standing matter was pretty much all broken down, and the type thrown into confusion, it will take some weeks to so far repair the damage as to issue another paper. They met with no resistance from the citizens of Toledo, as they were too strong, and too well armed to make any interference on their part, unarmed and unprotected as they were, of any avail. Besides, a very large number of citizens, who, from independence with which they had always expressed their opinions, had become obnoxious to the Michigan authorities, and against whom processes had been issued by the Michigan Courts, had withdrawn from the town to avoid the disatrious effects of a collision between the armed posse and the people, which they had reason to apprehend would ensue, should an attempt be made to use any violence towards them. After committing various outrages upon several unoffending citizens, insulting the women, and arresting such of the men in town as were at all obnoxious to them, the mob, or posse, withdrew to Monroe with their prisoners, where they were, upon the order of the Acting Governor, immediately thrown into prison. The whole proceedings were directed and urged on by the acting governor of the territory, who had gone to Monroe for that express purpose. In those proceedings he was backed bv the leading men of j Monroe and Detroit, aided by the council and ad- j vice of his worthy lieutenants Norvell, Wing, and j Brown, who are always redy to urge on to deeds of : rashness the hotheaded and puerile baby who presides over the destinies of the territory. The orders given to his armed mob, or posse, were, according to the statements of its leaders, to proceed to Toledo, and take as prisoners all who were in any manner implicated in opposing the jurisdiction of the Territory, and in case any resistance was made, to immediately burn and destroy the town, and to fire upon the first man who should attempt lb oppose them; and judging from what we saw ofthe materials that composed this band of desperadoes, we should think there was every disposition to obey this order. The immediate causes that gab rise to these fresh outrages, as near as wtPcJm learn them, are these; s6me few weeks since, a stranger, by the name of Odill, came to this town and put up at a house kept by one Smith, who had associated with him a man by tfte name of Clark, a notoriously bad character. Odill had a good span of horses, wagon, &c. which it scerns excited the cupidity of tlark and Smith, who soon laid a plan to swindle him out of his property. Both Smith and Clark are ichigan men, and have, until recently been residents of 3Ionroe, from whence they came to this place. At the instance of Clark, and some of the leading men of Monroe,' Smith was appointed by the acting governor of Michigan, justice ofthe peace for Toledo. Several petty suits were brought by Clark against Odill before Smith, and judgment of course was always given for the plaintiff. At length Odill became vexed, and believing that there was a combination between the two to swindle him out of his properly, made some remarks which were construed slander by Clark, and immediately another suit was brought before Smith, arid judgment given against Odill for one hundred dollars. This took place on Saturday night, and an execution was immediately issued in the night Odill's horses and property taken, and on Monday morning offered for sale to satisfv this and the other judgments held by Clark and Smith! The citizens of Toledo, having, by this time become familiar with these several facts, collected in a body, to the number of fifty or a hundred, and demanded of the officer who was about to sell it, a delivery of the property to the owner, and to have the whole proceedings stayed, which was complied with. Clark was then required by the citizens to leave the place, and Smith was notified that it would not answer for him any longer to exercise his office. Clark immediately proceeded to Monroe, where as w have before said, he had lived, and was well known, and got out warrants for all the citizens who had interfered to defeat his rascality. On Wednesday last a small posse of Michigan officers came out, headed by Clark, and undertook to arrest Messrs. George McKay, and T. Stickney, and carry them to Monroe to answer to the comnlaint. Thesc'gentlemen refused to go, and declared their intention of defending themselves rather than be dragged ott and abused by a Michigan posse,, (having both been arrested and imprisoned once before on some equal trivial complaint.) One of the officers (Wood) seized Slickney and undertook to force him out of the house, when a scuffle ensued, in which Stickney inflicted a wound upon the officer with a dirk knife which he held in his hand, and induced him to re

linquish his hold. Clark, and Wood, and officer who was wounded, immediately returned to Monroe, where at the order of the acting governor, the mob or posse was raised that visited this place on Saturday last. We are aware that in laying these facts before the public, the statements we have given will hardly be credited by the American people. But every thing we have said, is literally true. The citizens of this state are constantly harrassed, persecuted, arrested and imprisoned, by the Michigan authorities. Their houses are broken open citizens are seized in the night and dragged off to Michigan prisons. Their females are insulted and abused. Their press is assailed and destroyed, armed desperadoes are kept constantly prowling about their streets, with sheriff's commissions to molest them. Unprincipled and dishonest men are commissioned as officers of justice; the officers and civil authorities of Ohio have either been driven from their homes, or arrested and imprisoned to be tried as criminals, and when the citizens have attempted to defend themselves against worse than Algerine robbery or Turkish persecution under the covering of law, large bands of armed men, have been raised by order of the Governor, and sent on to commit further depredations upon their persons and property. And all this for simply claiming their constitutional rights. The people within the 'disputed district,' are generally a peaceable, high minded and intelligent class of citizens, who know their rights and have the independence to assert them. They claim to be citizens of Ohio, and look to her laws and constitution for protection, as well as to the laws and constition cf the United States. The whole of the difficulties connected with the boundary question, and of their forbearance under them, will prove how deeply they have at heart the honor and welfare ofthe nation. They have been averse to making their individual wrongs the cause of a civil war, and perhaps of a dissolution of the Union. But there is a. point, beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue, and it is our solemn conviction that that point is passed. The inhabitants upon the 'disputed ground,' will undoubtedly hereafter resist with whatever force they can command, any farther injuries and indignities, and rely upon the military strength of the state to protect them. It has been urged by the Michigan authorities that they have possession of the country in dispute, and that by the violent measures they have adopted, they intend to keep it. But they know but little of the feelings of Americans who suppose that by such measures their laws can be maintained. We appeal to the nation we appeal to every friend of liberty in our beloved country, to say, if we have not under the repeated injuries and insults we have received from the authorities of the territory sufficient cause to reject a jurisdiction, whose only object appears to have been to retain us that they might crush and destroy us. Let not the world suppose that because Michigan is weak and Ohio strong, we have chosen the jurisdiction ofthe latter, instead of that ofthe former. All history hag shown that petty powers are often petty tyrannies; su.ch as has emphatically been the character in which the territorial government of Michigan has exhibited itself to the inhabitants within the 'disputed district,' and which led them tocliim that protection as citizens of Ohio, which as citizens ofthe United States they had also a rirht to demand!

The Brig Queen Charlotte made her appearance in our harbor for the first time this morning. This vessel, it will be recollected, was taken as a prize during the last war, since which memorable period she has remained, sunk, in the harbor of Erie. She was not long since purchased by Messrs. Pratt, Taylor &. Co. of Buffalo, by whom she has been lifted up in a good and substantial manner. She is now engaged in the carrying trade between tint city and Chicago. The Queen Charlotte is a vessel of the largest class carrying upwards of two hundred and fifty tons. The appearance of this vessel, in our hirbor, as might naturally be expected, excited no little curiosity in the minds of our citizens; and revived many reminiscences of the past history of our country which will ever be contemplated with lively interest. Cleveland Herald. We have been favored with the perusal of a letter from a gentleman of Peru, dated July 12, slating that a disturbance had taken place between two parties of Irishmen on the Canal line, one party of Peru and the other ofthe neighborhood of Wabash town, the Fardonians and Corkonians. The parties consisting of between two and three hundred on each side. The letter states that Colonel Burr, one of the Canal Commissioners, had interfered and stopped the first contemplated engagement. Rumor now says that an engagement has since taken place, andconsiderable damage has been done. Capfain Tipton's Company, of Logansport, had been ordered on the line, to suppress the insurrectionists. We hope he may be successful, without being compelled to take any strong measures. Such riots are calculated to injure that character which we would like to see our adopted fellow countrymen sustain. Wabash Mercury July 20. Fatal Duel. The Darien (Geo.) Telegraph, of the 14th instant, says: We have learned, from a private, but undoubted source, that a duel which terminated fatally, took place in South Carolina, on the morning of the 7th instant. The parties belonged to Savannah, and were Samuel Stiles, Esq. a law student, and Morrison, a clerk in an Auction store; both very young men. The former fell at the first shot. It was said, that the survivor coolly returned to his business, after the tragedy was concluded. We hope for the sake of human nature, that this is not true. The cause of quarrel is teported to have been slight: and they were both bound to observe the peace in this State. Mr. Stiles was much liked among his friends, and had the most respectable connexions. We have also heard that Morrison has since left Savannah. True religion. If St. Paul were arrain to anO g' pear on ear-tsince all the multifarious denominations of christians would claim hint, which would he choose? The apostle himself shall answer: "Pure religion, and undefiled before God, and the Father, is this to visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction; and to keep himself unspotted from the world." TIic Dutchman's Horse. Dere's tc horse vrow! IJe'll travel to hill up, and te road down better as any oder neber did. Oder day I was riden been, and hoi come to Rip Van Winkle's house up, mine vatch vos just 4 on to clock when I vos come to Hans Van Wagance's, it vas vaunting two minutes to 4. Mino Cot! he beat de time datmuch!

Agricultural. . Fire blight in pear trees. This manifests itself by the limb or branch affected suddenly withering and the leaves turning black, while the rest of the tree remains healthy. In order to arrest it, and prevent it from extending to the rest of the tree, the diseased branch should be immediately, when discovered, cut off some distance below all indications of disease, and burned without delay.Trees already dead with fire blight should be removed altogether, and destroyed in the same way. Where this course has been constantly and promptly pursued, it has been found completely successful. But where neglected, it soon extends through the orchard, and the whole are ultimately destroyed. As the season is now approaching when it makes its appearance, cultivators of this fruit should soon be on the look out, so as to arrest it at its very commencement. Genesee Farmer. The army worm. We regret to learn that this destructive worm is committing great ravages in some of the clover fields in our immediate vicinity. On Mr. Chamberlain's farm, two miles west of this place, they have completely destroyed a field of about three acres, and are now crawling over its barren surface in countless numbers. They have also attacked a meadow of Mr. John Thomson's adjoining town. We are not acquainted with the nature of the 'Army worm,' as it is called, but believe that it appears periodically, and like that of the locust, its life iiof short duration. The smollcst ditch of water is a barrier to its progress. (y-Since writing tho above, we find the following in the Cincinnati Gazette: Si. Clairsville Gaz. The army worm, as it is called here, has made its appearance in this neighborhood to an alarming degree. I have now a meadow of eight acres that is litterally devoured, and they are making rapid strides towards others that lie continguous; what will be the extent of their rages is, as yet, uncertain; but appearances bode the worst, the weather continuing so extremely favorable to their protracted existence. There are but few meadows in this section of country that have ecaped entirely, but none up to this time have suffered to the same extent as mine. The alder growing in the bottoms are, also in many places, completely trimmed to the stalk, every green leaf being devoured, and serious apprehensions are entertained of their passing into the j adjacent corn-fields when their supply of sustenance is exhausted. The worm when first dircovered is, perhaps, an inch in length, and rather slender, of a dark brown, (verging to.a black) color, with lively white streaks running their whole length down each side, the head circular, slightly convex, of an amber color, transparent, and as hard as flint. In the course of five days time they acquire nearly or quite their

lull size, measuring, then, from li to 24 inches in length; at this period, they will eat a large blade of grass in two minutes, with a voracious rapidity almost incredible. Their numbers may be conceived of from their name, being litterally an army of legions. They commence feeding near sunset, and from that time until dark, gradually develope their numbers until each stalk bears from two to five worms; it is supposed they feed all night, and until wmrise in the morning. Their first assault is made in the lower leaves, and as they disappear, the worm gradually ascends, taking ail clean, as it goes, to the head, which it devours entirely, leaving nothing but the stalk. The object of this notice is to direct the attention of scientific agriculturalists to the subject, with the hope, that some course might be adopted (or antidote discovered) that would result in their destruction; if too late to avail this season, )'et attention being awakened to the subject, crops in years to come might be saved from their ravages. Vourob't serv't, ISAAC MEAKS. Anderson Township, June 10, 1835. The Philanthropy. A letter without signature, and enclosing five hundred dollars fur the use of the American Colonization Society, was addressed a few days ago to the editors of the New Yolk Commercial Advertiser. We copy from the letter the annexed interesting pi?siges: uOnc who trusts he did lus duty in the war fo the "Revolution, and perhaps was of fodio service to the State, believes that, at this late period of his life, he cannot nerve his country in any manner so beneficially, as in aiding the Colonization Society in their wise and philanthropic endeavors, by degrees, to free the United States from a great and growing evil, and, in some measure, compensate the present generation of black men for injuries our ancestors have done to them and their fathers. The design is noble, not only to succor the unfortunate, but to civilize Africa, and to spread the light of the Christain religion through the dark and dreary solitudes of that benighted land." "I was known to the first members of the Society, and to their first President; but alas! I'.Vve lived to see almost all my worthy and respectable friends svujept away. Unknown, and unknowing. 1 take the libertyjf asking you, 6ir, to forward the enclosed to the parent Colonization Society, and I shall be obliged.' Enclosed in the preceding communication, equally modest and patriotic, was a Five Hundred Dollar BarJc Note, the amount of which we have this day remitted by draft to the Secretary to the Parent Society's Board at Washington. N. Y. Com. Adv. New plan of steam boats. We have been shown, by Dr. Plantou,of Philadelphia, plans for an entire new mode of navigating canals, shallow waters, rivers, &c. of which that gentleman is the inventor. The principle is the propulsion of boats by means of water-tight revolting cylinders, furnished with paddles. One of these cylinders is planted at each end of the boat; and acting both as buoyancers and propellers, they effect, as the inventor very satisfactorily demonstrates, the important object of impelling the boat over the surface of the water, without having to overcome the great re sistance encountered by the usual method of forcing it through the water. Iho current created by the action of the forward cylinder, passes entirely under the boat, and by lifting it up, aids in impelling it forward. Dr. Plantou's models, &c. were submitted to a select committee appointed by the last Legislature of New York, who recommended them to the favorable consideration of the canal board. The board have since expressed their approbation of the project. Buffalo Com. Adv. Matrimonial miseries and the relief from them. A trial took place a short time since before the Supreme Court of Maine, which developed a good many curious family matters, and furnished no little amount of amusement to those who have a taste for the uncurtaining of marital mishaps. Mrs. Vance instituted proceedings against her husband Mr. Vance, for the purpose of obtaining in the first place, a divorce, and secondly, a competent alimony from the pocket of her casa sposa. ""The male creature in the suit was a poor old dried apple of some seventy winters, who had sometime beforo taken it into his head o marry a young wife of only twenty. The lady's inducement to become a party to this frosty transaction was stated with great delicacy and succinctness byjjierself. She married Mr. Vance

for his money, and upon the principle that 'the hide and tallow of an ox would buy a steer at any time Mrs. Vance, however, seemed tired of waiting for the 'hide' of her husband in the ordinary course of nature, affd accordingly sought some of the 'tallow' through the instrumentality of the law. She brought her suit, or petition, or bill, or something else, bofore the Supreme Court as above stated. The charges against Vance were extreme cruelty. He bruised, bitten, kicked, pinched, thumped, and pushed his better half. All this she proved. On the ether hand tho venerable respondent proved that his wife was in the habit of leaving her bed at night to smoke a pipeia if fumigation wasn't necessary, in the case, the old ekunk! The lady, however, met this by a rep ication: She brought testimony to prove that he had a most unhusbandly fondness for cats, and was moreover addicted to onions. This last enormity, we believe, settled the case. The Court could n t stand that, but immediately granted a a divorce, ordered the husband to pay one hundred dollars by way of defraying the expenses of the application, and the yearly sum of two hundred dollars during the lady's life for her maintenance payment to be made quarterly. N. Y. Cour. Anecdote. A stage driver the other day, between Bangor and this place was hailed, by a woman and requested to take a bed-stead and accompanying bed and clothing on board, together with her dear self. This was a poser for John's gallantry, (for stage drivers are always ready to oblige the ladies,) but making her a very civil bow, he said, I should like to oblige ye, ma'am, very much, but I've engaged to take a double saw-mill aboard, a mile or two ahead, and as you might find it an uncomfortable com panion, I should advise you to wait a week or so, till the mill moving business is over. Lincoln Patriot.

The Canal Route. The Covington Conatellalion says: "The corps of Engineers superintending the survey of the continuation of the Wabash and Erie Canal, under the command of. Dr. C. T. Wmrro, from Pennsylvania, are now encamped at this place. The route between this and Lafayette has been completed, and although the estimates are not yet made, the Engineer is prepared to say, that the route is a very cheap one, and no doubts, exists, ns it regards the sufficiency of water. Witfj a view of shortening the distance, the Engineer has endeavored, in 'several places, to leave, tho river, but h:ts not been able to do so, without an expense too heavy to be incurred. The most probable place of leaving, is bewrJeen WykofHs Bluff and this place, and by which, one mile and nearly a quarter could be sived. It produced, however, an increase ol $13,000 on the mile, inconsequence of which, the river route has been adopted. But two obstructions of any amount have thus far been presented; one at Portland and the other at Wykoff's, at both of which an embankment will, for a short distance, be required to be thrown in the river. The Engineer estimated one mile on tho river route, before spoken of, and although it may not be an average mile, there are many such, and found the cast would amount to $4,500. We do not hesitate to give it as our opinion, from conversation with the Engineer, that it will be the cheapest Canal ever surveyed in the U. States, and from the insufficiency of our navigation, and the increaso in our commerce, its speedy and energetic prosecution is greatly demanded. Of this matter we will again speak' New Rail Roads. The following Rail Roada 3ro now in progress, or shortly will be, viz: 1. Lancaster, Middlelown and Ilarrisburgh Rail Road. 2. Marietta Branch RailwjijvfoTming a connection with the Columbia and Philadelphia Railway, at the depot near Columbia. 3. Strasburgh Branch Railroad, extending from Strasburgh, Lancaster county, to the Columbia and Philadelphia Rnilroad. - 4. York and Wrightsville Railroad. When this roajd is completed, there will be a continuous lino connecting the city of Washington, through Baltimore, York, Wrightsville, Columbia, and Lancaster, with the city of Philadelphia. 5. Cumberland Valley Railroad. When this road is completed, there will be a continuous railway from Chambersburg to Philadelphia, via Shippensburg, Ilarrisburg, Middletown, and Lancaster. 0. Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad. 7. Williamsport and Elmira Railroad, from Williamsport, Lycoming county, to Elmira, in New York, 74 miles, to intersect with the New York and Erie Railroad. 8. Oxford Railroad, from the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, near Coatesville, to Port Deposit, on the Susquehanna, 314 miles. 9. Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad, from the Pottsville and Danville Railroad to tho Susquehanna at Catawissa. .1(3. Lyken's Valley Railroad, from the Susquehanna near Millersburg, 26 miles above Harrisburg, to the anthracite region, 10 miles east. 11. The Valley Railroad from Norristown to intersect with Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, about 28 miles west of Philadelphia. 12. The Allentovvn Railroad, from Allenlown, Lehigh county, to Norristown. 13. Philadelphia and Norristown Railroad. 14. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. 15. West Philadelphia Railroad a branch of the Philadelphia and Columbia" Railroad, to enter the city near Market-street bridge, 8 or 9 miles in length. Philadelphia Com. Herald. Revolutionary battles. The following table may be useful for occasional references: Battle of Concord, April 20, 1775. Battle of Old Hampton, Virginia, where the Americans took 5 deck vessels, November, 1775. Battle of Great Bridge, Va., December 18, 1775. Battle of Fort Washington, November 18, 1775. Battle of Fort Lee, November 19, 1775. Battle of Trenton, where Washington and his army took 1,000 Hessians, December 20, 1770. Battle of Princeton, Jan. 2, 1777. Battle of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777. Battle of Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777. Burgoyne's army taken near Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777. Battle of Red Banks, Oct. 22, 1777. Battle of Monmouth, June 19, 1778. Battle of Stoney Point, July 10 1779. Battle of Lontf Island, Aug. 27, 1779. Cornwallis and his army taken at Vorktown, a., Oct. 1781. , Battle of Guilford, North Carolina, March 1781. N. . Paper.

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