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fl relua6le Horsc.-The Worcester Hgis states that Mr. George Whitney, of Royals ton, public carrier, is the owner of horse, which has been driven in large team, for twelve years, between that place and Boston. The average number of trips has been forty per annum the distance over the road each way being seventy miles, The amount of travel, therefore, has been fifty-six hundred miles year, or sixty-seven thousand two hundred in the twelve years The average draft of the animal, exclusive of lis propor- ton of the freight-wagon, is stated low at fif- teen hundred pounds, making seven hundred and twenty tons in the twelve years. The rates for carrying upon that route have never been less than ten dollars per ton, making the earnings of this horse, in the period menton- ed, amount to the sum of S7,200. Deduct the expenses of the animal, which are esti- fnated high at 137 bushels of corn, each year, or lns the whole time 1644 bushels, which, at one dollar, would cost S1644; for hay and shoeing, Sl00 each year, OF Sl200 altogether The sum total expended upon this horse-for he has never had a sick day has not exceeded S2844 in twelve years. This leaves nett profit, out of his earnings, to his owner, of S4,356. The horse having never lost trip, or refused to eat his allow ance, IS now in good condition, and not vet s' of age.o The snm of $50 has recently been offered for him. but was rejected