Lower Sandusky freeman. (Lower Sandusky [i.e. Fremont, Ohio]) 1849-1849, 1849-03-24
VARIETY


We see by the late Report of the Board of Pub
lie Works that the amount of tolls collected on the
Western Reserve and Maumee Road, for the year
ending October Slst, 1s4s, is $1o,45975. After
deducting the salaries of gate keepers, there re-
mains $9,4o8 o9. The Board declares the Road
in excellent condition-The amount collected on
the National Road was S49,1e3 Sc, being an in
crease of $6,618 81 over 1847. The expenses for
the year were $6o,454 32.-The aggregate COL
lection of tolls on the Ohio Canals for the year past
amount to $7s5,882 SO; being falling off of
$l9,136 TIT is estimated that the cost of
supporting the paupers Of the city of New York. is
$40 per week, each Would it not be better to have
them boarded at the "Astor" for 81, as by this
means they might save some thousands year
company of five wagons and several men passed
through our place on Tuesday last, for the land of
promise-of gold and poverty.-The postage on
letters from the United States to San Francisco
by the mail steamers is 40 cents per half ounce,
to be prepaid or not, at the option of the writer
The amount of revenue received at the N Y.
custom house, for the "a days in February, was
81, ,72O, O,oOo-Charles Hammond, democrat. was
elected Mayor of the city of Detroit, on the 5th
instant There has not been democratic Mayor
in Detroit for five years-Congress appropria-
ted on the last night of its session. $4,000 for the
purchase of Colts revolvers to be supplied to the
California emgrants at cost-Buffalo harbor
was clear of ice the 16th and the ice along the
shore of the lakewas pretty well broken up. Boats
will soon commence running-The damage to
vessels in Chicago harbor during the late freshet
is said to be $780, the damage to other
property also onsiderable.--The Board of
Aldermen of the city of Boston, a few days since,
decided unanimously in favor of granting NO IL
censes for the sale Intoxicating liquors. his honor
the Mayor, on the passing of the bill voted soli-
tary aye.-The cost of the new water works at
Boston will be four millions of dollars rs-Congress
at their recent session. granted the right of coming
gold pieces of the denomination of one and tsOety
dollars.-The Clyde IN. " Telegraph, says
that load of wood measuring ten cords, was brot
into that place. drawn by span of horses, on the
Plank Road. 1t required ten wagons to distrib
ute the wood to purchasers off of the road-that's
what we call pretty good load-Governor Bis
sell, of Connecticut has appointed the 9Th of April
next as day OF Thanksgiving and Prayer-
There are 3,667O acres of land in the state of
Ohio; valued at $267, 7,774 499o.-The Irish pop
ulation of the city of Boston, numbers thrty-four
thousand-Strawberrie were in market at N
Orleans, on the 18th January and the orange trees
were bending under their load of lucious fruits
The Rev. Isaac Van Tassel, of Plain township,
Wood county, was found dead on the Sd instant
He was probably killed by fall from his horse
aged about 80 years.-More than million gal
Ions of milk annually pass over the Pittsburgh
railroad--Over one thousand miles of railroad
were opened in the United States, during the last
year-The town of Blackstone, Massachusetts,,
with population of 5000, lately voted school tax
of $4,000, for the present year.