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In Ireland tliere are 123 miles of rail■oad completed, nnd 164 miles in the ' :ourse ofconstruction. Acts of incorpoation have been obtained for 2,623 miles. Railroads are progressing rapidly in Russia. The St. Petersburg and Mosco w, t is expected wil] be completed ne.xt nutumn. Besides numerous peasants and DtVer workmen, no fewer than 50,000 s jldiers are now employed in the construction of the line. Orders have been given for the construction ofarailroad from VVarsaw to Moscow. The North Adams Iron Company make about forty tons of best pig iron per week, which is of a very superior quality. It is used almost exclusively by government conlractors, in the manuflture of grapft and canister shot. 1ron Fences. - Iron wiro is now used in the construciion of felices, and the Westminster (Md.y Caroltonian gives the following description of the manner in which it is adapted to this purposa : - "The posts are about one halt the ordinary size, plniited firmly at the distance of ten feet apart, with nine strands ofwiredrawn tiglitly through a half-inch auger hole, and tightly plugged at each hole ; the wire isofihfi size of that used for the handle of the Yankee bucket, and to combine them more firm. wire of a üghter description is wound through ihe middle, which prevenís the hogs from separating ihem nnd crepping trough. - The whole expense of this fehce does not exceed twenty-five cents per pannel of ion feel; nnd for neatness and durability, cannot be surpassed by any thing in timber." -- ■ - A gentlemnn ("rom Chester nforms us that Mr. Josepl) Robirnon, of tliat town, has an apple orcliard planted and iaised by himself, covering bil; two ocres of land, the product of vvhich this year s nine hundred bushels, exclusive of a second picking of inferior quality. Mr. Robinson has sold four hundred bushels fur cash down, at $1 perbushal-- reserving five hundred bushels, for fulure salo. Ths entire income Ihis yesy will not be below 1000, and all at far less labor than is bestowod upon a pmxl] farm.,- -Cqncord Vnptr. A Beautiful Sight. - Gen. Laner in one of his official despatches, thns deacribes oneof those pleasant scènes wiiicli Anglo-Saxonism U enacting in Mexico, lo fulfill its "manifest destiny." We think the Rev. Mr. Ileadley need not go back tothe limes of ihegood pastor Arnaud to find fit subjects for his pen. The General says : "Now ensued one of the mos: beautiful siglifs conceiveable. Every gun was served with the utmost rnpidiiy ; and ihe cr.ishofthe walls and roofs of houses when struck by our shot and she'ls, was mingled with the ronr of our artillery. - The bright light of ihe moon enabled us to direct our shots to the most thickly populaíed parts of tlie town." The Auburn and Rochesler Railroad Company have just completed thirteen miles of new track, relaying it with iron weiphing sixty po'unds to ihe yard. Over this space, the trairis rün at the rate of a bout thirty-five to forty tniles per hour. Heretofore, it has taken about anhour to make this thirteen miles ; now it can be done in somelhing like twenty minutes. THE PltESIDEN'CY AND THE HOUSE. Should the elecüon of President devoFve upon the House of Represenlatives, it will be seen by the following tliat neither party would at first be found in the maiority: Firk Wood in Massaciiusetts. - The Locomotives whicli traverse the various i raüroads of Massachusetts, are making sad havoc wilh the forost, The large quantities of wood consumed in making , steam, has caused an enquiry with farm1 ers, lo know how they ate lo be supplied t with fire wood within ten years. Coal [ will have to take ils placet botli for loco, motive and domeslic purpoges. Ten years ' will witness loads of coal thrown off the , freight trains, all along the roads, for the ' use of the farmers. The quantity of wood consumed by the locomotives in ' Middlese.T county, it is estimatei, will require the anninl produce of 40,000 acres. Gen. Sam Housto.v, has been nominated for President of the United States by a Democratie cohvention at San Augustine, 'I'exas. The Tribune asks which of his wives, in the event of his eleclion, shall be Presidenless - the Tennessean, the Squaw, or the Tesan ? ftT1' The palnce or the Duke of Newcastle cost the enormous suni of 8300,000; the chimney pieces above, $72,000. - IIow many poor wretches have starved in their friehtful deslitution, that this one man may live in luxury and magñifl:ence ! He has an estáte twenty miles in lengih, while thousands do not own land enough to furnish thera with a grave! Henry G. Wheeler, one of the Congressional reporters for the Washington Union, proposes to publish a Biograpliical History of Congress,giving a brief sketch of each meinber's career in life. The work is endorsed by prominent members, and olher gentlemen of both parties, and cannot fail to be interesting. Great Slaughtf.r AMONO thb Hogs. A pork house in Cincinnati lately cut up in five consecutive days 3,500 head of Kentucky hogs, average weiglit 220 lbs., on one block, and on Tuesciay 900 head, average weight 200 lbs. L Sick of the War - A gallant officer oY'he army, who was in all tlie late battles, writes : 'í hope we shall be able to leave the country this Fall or Winter ; but a few weeks will decide one way or the other. I have done my duty. Only had I a srnall farm, as soon as tliis war is over 1 vvould be willing to retire, lf we toere fighting for our country, il would be different - but this fighting with a sel of barbarians, and all for a liitle reputation or glory, isa poor business." The same writer, spaking of the high prices in tho City of Mexico, says : "Everything is high in the city. I paid $40 for a new coat ! A pair of shoes costs $4, a pound of tea $5, nnd every thing else in proportion." What Jrprospect for the poor privates, with tbír$7 a month - Salem. Register. " xhe New York Herald conf'ins an advertisement of a pew for sale, "the most desirnble in the church, commanding a full view of the congregalion.