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HOm OreStHhe 10 fattefSOD, on tuesday, West
Of Patterson, to the Indiana line, the work is
being prosecuted with energy, and large guam
titles Of IRON I rail are now In store at Sandus-
I KY and Toledo, for laying the unfinished por-
ton. The completion of the whole line, from
Crestline 70 Fort Wayne, may be locked for in
he early part ofnext season. . '
sl6Y tits stated that the committee on patents
in Congress have unanimously reported in favor
Of the extension of Samuel Colts patent for
seven years, reserVing to the government of the
United States the right to make and manufac-
ture the repeating and revolving arms IN all of
their own armories for military and naval pur-
poses. The reasons for granting It are stated to
be, that the inventor has not had the use Of his
patent in profitable degree 4s 3t
A HUNDRED MILES AN HoUR.-An engineer BY
the name of Robinson proposes plan, in the
Railway Times, for road over which the ears
can be propelled, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cfc, at the rate Of one hundred miles an hour.
1t embraces four rails instead of two--the main
pressure to be on the centre ones The cars to
be sixty by twenty feet-ftteL up with cooking,
dining and lodging rooms.
4 ~ The Piqua Register says the doggeries
in that place out-number the churches; but this
| IS mot circumstance" compared with Dayton.
On two squares of street in this city-not
! business street either-there are TWENTY-FIVE
buildings, and the doggeries have majority of
one over all others. "-Dayton Gazette.
\ ~ An immense 'cOlonizing enterprise has
been organized in N. Y. city under grant from
the Musquito King Of we understand some
/ twenty-five millions of acres of land The
capital stock of the company consists of 25O,-
goo shares at par of so, making capital Of
K $2,500,000.
"a" Col. Thos. B. Stevenson, Maysville, Ken
lucky, has been Invited to deliver the animal ad-
dress before the Kentucky Colonization Society
at Frankfort. Col s. has been for many years
q prominent, ardent and able ad7ocate Of the
great cause Of Colonization.
\ ~ The Emperor of Austria has Just issued
decree directing that, from the 1st of January,
inst, public instruction shall be given exclu
slyely in the German language in ali the State
colleges of Hungary. At present the professors
OF these. colleges give their instruction in Latin,
hungarian and German.
Burned to Deqt6.-Mrs. Charles Dnkle, an
aged lady near Brdgewater, Harrison county,.
\ Va, who had been confined to her couch for a
long time, in the absence of her attendants got
out Of bed and attempted to walk across the
\ room, when she fell head foremost into the fire,
md was so badly burned that she died.
\ t5g7 Mrs. Behethland Foote Butler, wife Of
II Gen. VIM. Butler of the Revolution, and mother
of the Hon. A. p. Butler, Senator in Congress,
from South Carolina, died at the residence of her
son, in Edgefield District, on the evening of the
\ I'd inst
\ Tile Legislature of Tennessee has already
/ passed bills involving the State in a proportion
liability of 100000 for internal improvements;
and others are before it to the extent ofa further
$6,OO0,oO0.
E5- Gen. Cass is about seventy-one wears
old, and says he has not been sick for forty years
although he has felt unwell once or twicel
Thomas Hart Benton is upwards of eighty and
has not been sick in his life. ,n'ra.
e9y Judge Leigh Of Virginia, has decided
that stages and railroad companies are respon-
sibe for the baggage of the passengers, notwith-
standing notice is given "all baggage at the
ri1k of the owners" lr"t
~ The New England Society at Brooklyn,
N. Y, celebrated the landing of the Pilgrims
on the 22d inst, by, a.dinner, &c. Women, but
not wine, were admitted to the table,. r
L.l IT,. -ue.u. t|tE
ny John B. Dillon, ESQ.,, of Indianapolis,
has been engaged in writing history Of Ind
iana which will be issued sometime in May
next, 5
"a The magnificent suspension bridge across
the Tennessee river, will be ready for the pas
sage of the Nashville and Chattanooga cars, this
week. rs Ib. s. .#H|
~ The Alabama Legislature is about re
pealng the law against the circulation of small
notes. 1t is considered unjust and odious, and
a dead letter.
ta3~ A western critic, in speaking ofa trage-
dian out that way, says: He would make first
rate actor if heonly knew how, and kept posted
up in it, s....rI ....r
| ~ The citizens of Lafayette, Ind, are fur.
nished with frstrate coal at 13 cents per bushel
So much for railroads.
esy~ On Monday morning, Dec 26th, fire
occurred in Thsrnton, Ind, consuming nine
buildings and causing loss of $25,O00 1H
tSg~A man named George Davis was found
dead in the streets Of Indianapolis on Sunday
morning. Cause Of death, intoxiCation. s.
tg Kisses are like grains of silver or gold
found upon the ground no value themselves,
but precious as showing that a mine is near.
,f1Sy- The Swedish government has decided
Al 4 vast avataua of rRilvavs tha axecution nf