Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-11-24

miles Of Railroad. This estimrte is exelu-
sive, eatireiy Of roads only proposed. and
embraces only those actually under wsy.
an I, in no clses. un'e contract through
out. The entire cost Of these long lines Of
road. viii be not far from 1856. .00O. 600,
Of which xmount the sum Of lV0. .000. 600,
ct leaet, is already provided for. There
are some sixty roads included in this eSti-
mate, efwhieh the Longest is the Illinois
Central 704 miles, AMI the shortest is
the Lebanon Valley. from reading to Har-
nsbugh, Pa. which Is 52J miles in length. I
The highest gasdeis on the South Western
Tennessee. and is Of 80 feet to the mile, and
the greatest amount Of tunneling is on the
AleEandria, Loudoun and Hampshire road,
In Virginia, which amounts to l9, $50 feet,
or over tlrse and q half miles.
Commodore Perry, whose arrival at
Southampton. ca route to New York. is |
announced, will be heartily welcomed by
the whole nation. In his intercourse with
the Japanese, he has exhibited consum-
mate prudence and firmness. The result
of his negotiation will be Of inestimable
value to the Pacific commerce of the Uni
ted States, and. indeed, of the whole world.
His arrival home may be looked for in
few days, and the public will doubtless
begratified by more complete report from
his own pen, than any yet rendered to the
State Department, of the incident of his in
teroourse with the Japanese.
The project for tunneling the Ohio Riv-
er at Louisville is now receiving consider
all, attention in that city. y meeting
was lately held to concert ways and means
for carrying out the idea. Some of the
most influential men in Indiana and Ken
lucky favor the project, and we may regard
the tunnel as among the .obable things
of the next ten years. Some of the Gin
cinnati papers begin to snuff the air at
this Louisville improvement, which will
send passengers and freight through from
Memphis to Lake Erie without any tran
shipment; and it is now anxiously in
pufrsd. Cannot the Ohio be tunneled at
Cincinnati p
The PAYMENT OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS
10 CALFoRNIA.-It often happens that q
letter intended for California is mailed il
the Atlantic States with a single thre,
cent stamp placed thereupon. The Post
Office Department had de, ided that, mas
much as this prepayment does not satisf
asingle full rate of postage, it can only b.
regarded as q deduction of three cent
from the original unpaid rate, leaving sever
cents to be collected at the office of delv
cry.
The Ptnn,ylraniun, of late date, whicl
'knows all about the ORDER says: 1T i.
reported th national Know Nothing
convention was held in Cincinnati, las
week, for the purpose of nominating a can
didate for the Presidency. 1t was thought
that either Millard Fillmore, of New York
Sam Houston, of Texas, or Jacob Broom
Of Pennsylvania, would be the nominee
Fillmore is said to have Joined the orde
IN Buffalo Twenty-eight States-evel
Csliforaia--were represented in the con
vention.
MORE PRoscRIProN.-John NJ. Gibbo
ny, Esq, Of Duncanville, Blair county
Pa, was appointed Post Master of tina
r,-"A ,hy Campbell. He was recent,
elected Surveyor Of H'~ir county hu a.
overwhelming majority. 1t is presume,
that some mysterious power was brough
to bear to elect Democrat in SO stiff
Wing county as Blair. Mr.. Gibbony wa
suspected of being a Know No; hing
Word reached headquarters and immedi
ately he is turned out of office and thor
ough and better Catholic named Waugh,
appointed in his place. So it goes.
The Savannah Neus gives list of name
Of those who died in that city during tn
epedemic. The list comprises of 100
deaths, Of which 6lS We're by yellow fe
yer 9l2 were white and 95 coored, o
whom only Is died by yellow fever. Ac
cording to the nativities given in the tabl
of names, nine-tenths of the victims wer
foreigners, and three fourths of the Who'll
number were from Ireland-the German
coming next in order.
From Erie borough, talking of war, W.
have late and important news. The Com
mon Council of that city have passed res
olutions authorizing the Mayor to dircc
the High Oonstabls to remove the Rail-
road track Occupying tie street, after one
weeks notice to the Railroad Company.
So look out for some more peanut bonn.
bardment and a general ripping up Of
things!
In one Of the New York State Prisons
there were recently 1872 men convicted of
crimes, and sentenced to various periods OF
imprisonment as a punishment. Among
these there are 571 who use tobacco: $50
are in the habit Of 'profane swearing 1874
were without any employment when
arrested and $50 used strong drink habit.
ually.
The citizens Of New Orleans voted up.
on the liquor question, on the 10th inst
The act resulted in five thousand majority
in favor Of 6 -anting licences for the sale Of
liquors. When New Orleans gets rid of
Whisky drinking and Yellow Fever, it
will be when there is an importation oi
Northern sentiment into that lou city.
The Steubenvillc " Indiana Railroad
Gays the Licking Herald, will be opened to
Newark in few days, when there will be
continuous line from Steubenville to Co.
lumbus making only four almost paral
81 Roads running across the State. How
they are all to pay no one can guess.
Among the last Conventions is that Of
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