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CHRONICLE AND SKNTIjNEL. AUGUSTA. ; j SATURDAY MORNING, MAY ijo AH mail communication from the Nbrth has been cut off for several days. A map las far west as Macon was received yesterday*|»>|at the papers contained no accounts of the effect;of the late heavy rains. \ | Great Freshet. On Wednesday night, when oar first |i<Mice of the Freshet was permed, our city was; |n the Baost painfol state of excitement Already had a considerable portion of the city been initiated, and the river continued to rise at a fearful rate. To attempt any description of a caluijity so awfully sublime, would he worse than vjdn; it required to be seen, to comprehend its vfist de„ structive capacity. About 12 o'clock, Wednes day night, the city was completely submerged, and the river continuing to rise. The s-pehe was a painful one; many families were stilj tn their houses, entirely surrounded by a current to them impassable without aid, and the water; making rapid inroads upon them. From this feitrful and alarming situation, they were relieved !>y boats arid horsemen, not however, in some instances, until they were standing to their necks water. In this work of noble, generous philanthropy, many of our citizens were engaged all night; and jn many instances it was perilous, as tlHej streets in many places would swim the tallest horses.— When the day dawned, our city appeared as if standing in the midst of a vast sea of; water, which extended as far as the eye cot-h! reach from the highest eminence. Boats capable -of carrying forty bales-of cotton were floating through every street in itae city with the greatest case, and our beautiful Vroad street was from two to ten feet deep, anil in some places running with the rapidity of a fountain torrent, and continued through the day yesterday. This morning the water in the river hats fallen so as not to flood the city, except in one oif.tjwo pla ces which are yet strong and deep currents. And the withdrawal of the water from the faker por tions of the city, makes bare our streL'li, once beautiful and level, which presents a|.scene to the eye which no language can describe; | Those only who are acquainted with the cbsr icter of our soil can have any conception of tl|c damage done to the streets, which in mauy ph ces are washed ten or fifteen feet deep. The destruc tion of property, both public and privabj; !ias been immense—the upper bridge has been cijUrely car ried away, and about three or four huinilred feet of the lower one. Our citizens watched through out the day on Wednesday, with almost; painfup anxiety the lower bridge, and the rent with shouts as they saw it withstand shuck after shock, from mountains of rafts, mil?. ;and gin houses, bridges, dwellings and every cllai|s of tree from the small sappling to the sturdy! of the forest which had been washed up, and was borne away by the resistless force of the tltrrent, full fledged with the beautiful foliage. Bat during Wednesday night the bridge gave way, The destruction of private property is alsog’rcat, many wood buildings have been entirely swept away, and several brick buildings have been undermin ed, and some have already fallen, but we cannot now give particulars. The wharves are still co vered, and the damage done to them is hot known* hut is no doubt very great, as large portions of them were seen floating off. The cellars were all with very few exceptions, filled wilh water, and a large amount of merchandise ip lestroyed in them, as they filled so rapidly in scirr e instan ces aa to afford the occupants no ttrjul to clear them. ! * I » It is a source of gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of events, that amid all this destruction of proj erty, there has not been, that we alyet hear, *iry loss of human life. We shall, dji a day or two, collect all the particulars and give; whatever is of moment to our readers. From our neighboring town of Haqiburg we have had no communication since W ednesday evening, and we fear that their has been worse than ours, as the location of life town is rather lower. i After the foregoing was penned i,i ihe morn ing for our Weekly paper, we took a |i«‘e through a portion of the city, to ascertain morle the extent of the calamity which has‘hj;fallen our city, anAhe probable extent of loss, |u! well as to furnish particulars to our readers a> i= distance; but we returned convinced that any; effort at de scription could not possibly convey i».n;y adequate idea of the state of the city. It will require days to ascertain any just idea of the extent of the loss which the city and individuals have sustain ed. Newer have we seen such a ot things. Our .streets, once the most beautiful ;ri|d level, are rendered, in many places impassably even to horsemen, and we belie<ve there is nblj a street in the city, through Which a carriage cii pass from one end to the other. Many dwellings have been swept entirely away, and a great many more have bet n rendered entirely unfit for use, and must be p laired, and in some instances almost entirely tfjbuilt before hey can be fit for use. Several briit i . buildings, some of them very handsome .<* ifices have been much injured, and others .mu#. be taken down. Much cotton has floated cult from the warehouses and was carried off, fr d hundreds of bales are no doubt forever lost, bijil i in this city and Hamburg, the precise .quantity jw ; know not, btat suppose that at least one theusdn 1 have been lost in the two places, and there arp many who think our estimate not enough. The loss to the city and individuals is various ly estimated at from $500,000 to oar; million dol lars, and our opinion is that the smallest amount will more than cover the entire loss, fho’ there are those who think differently. We ane well satis • j fied that any estimate at this time, however, is en titled to but little crec.it, because it it nothing but conjecture. Many persons narrowly escaped drowning, and some were well nigh; drowned in Broad Street, but one of the most-thrilling inci dents which occurred, is that of a hstie girl about eleven year* ag p » who was la]ien U P *n the middle of the river about twenty-|iv|» miles above the city, by Capt. Joseph Staunton, of a Peters burg boat. The stoiy ©f the adventure of this little girl, we have obtained from herself. She is the daughter Eliza, of a poor widow lady, Mrs. I Sarah Stone, who lived on the river, near Fergu son’s ferry, on the S. Carolina side. She says the first intimation they had of their danger, they were surrounded by the river, when her mother, a daughter, older than Eliza, Eliza, two brothers younger than herself, and a faithful dog, fled to the top of their little cottage, soon after which the house was taken off by the current. One af ter another, they met a watery grave, Eliza and the dog only clinging to the wreck, when she came in sight of the boat of Capt. S. who had Lashed his boat to a tree, and succeeded in making her cries heard. Capt. S., immediately roused his hands who were all asleep and give chase, and after pursuing her about three miles, overtook and rescued her and the dog, from their perilous situation. Captain S. says she was on a few shingles, which were supported by a feather bed, being all that was left of the house on which she started, on which frail bark she had descended the river twelve miles when she was picked up. VVe also learn that captain S. will depart to day and take this only surviver of an unfortu nate little family back to the neighborhood of her birth. We are aware of the deep distress which presents itself and cries aloud for charity in every section of o-ur feted city, but we do think this is an'instance which has high claims upon the benevolence of our community and we hope that some of our charitable Ladies who are ever ready - to aid the distressed, will consent to take her and rear her in such manner as will render her an or nament to her sex. We might say much mure, but a word is sufficient. The damage done to the Georgia Rail Road near the city, will for a time prevent the cars coming to the depot. We are however much gratified to learn from Mr. Peters, the agent, that - the damage cau soon be repaired at a cost not , exceeding twelve or fifteen hundred dollars. Hon. W. T. Colquitt. ( Although we do not deem it necessary to add any thing more to our review of the Circular, alias “unvarnished tale," of Judge Colquitt, to ‘ induce the people of Geo r gia to come to a cor- 1 rect conclusion with regard to his Circular, nev- * erthcless, we deem it due to him to give our read ers the following letter, written by him in 1836, to a committee of his constituents, for which we bespeak a careful investigation. And we trust i that our readers, when they reflect that they will * be doing an act of sheer justice to the Judge by reading this letter, will not hesitate to give it < a careful perusal, and compare its sentiments t with those centained in his “unvarnished tale ” / ’ It is a comparison which we know the Judge or « his new allies in Georgia will not shrink from; 1 and we hope that his new allies, who regard him ! as such great authority now, will not reject his recorded testimony as given in 1836. If his , testimony of Mr. Van Buren is row en •titled to so much confidence, will they do the i Judge, in their new-born zeal, so much injustice I as to deny him the same credibility in 1836 ? Certainly not. - s We desire to add a single remark, in order to ' throw some light on the position of the Judge, , which he says is a consistent one, —and Judge , Colquitt is an honorable man : no man will cer- i tainly be so bold as to insinuate that the Judge i has ever changed. What,changed ! Judge Col- I quitt changed ! the idea is “shucking, positively ‘ shocking /” Why. he is as consistent as Mr. < Calhoun !!! But -to the klea we designed.— When the following letter was written by Judge, Colquitt, Mr. Van Buren had written his cele brated letter, in which he admitted, as the Judge remarks, the constitutionality of Congress to ( abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, and < if he is to be believed, the only change his opin ions have since, undergone, is, that “those opin ions have been greatly strengthened by subse quent reflection .” Judge C., then, in 1836, did t not regard Mr. Van Buren’s opinions as safe for , the South, because Mr. Van Buren cou’d not, from the “light* before him,” declare that Con- 1 gress did not possess the power to abolish slavery • in the District of Columbia. Mr. Van Buren I has expressed no new opinions on this subject, j and yet Judge CoJquitt is now his supporter; '• and these opinions of Mr. Van Buren, which , were known to Judge C. in 1836, are the basis 1 upon which his support is now based. Certainly, 1 it will not turn out in the end that the people ot 4 i Georgia have been hoaxed, and that this parnph. 1 let, which purports to be the Circular of Judge Colquitt, has been got up by the Globe editors and sent out to impose on the good people o* Georgia. 1 “ New nan. Sept. 7, 1836. “ Gentlemen :—Your communicaiion request ing my opinion wheth “ Congr has the const i- , tu, unal power ij abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.” I proceed i j answer. You will permit 1 me to express my gratification at the lively interest 1 trken by yourselves and associate on a subject i deeply important to the South. On this subject , there should be no division in this State ; but with one voice and uniU d action, we should put forth nil 1 ou.* en. gi in opposition to any and every in- I ! ’ rence upon the part of Con t with this de- ] scription of property. The oi y safeguard to our ( liberties and rights will be the vigil nt rest riction of every branch and department oi government to its 1 legitimate sphere ot action ; and whenevei, by con- i struction Congress shall infringe the rights which ] belong to some other branch ot the government,-or trample upon the rigid;) of individuals, the peace and unity of the country a a disturbed. I feel con- i fidentfrora the of the times, that if ever the silken ds that hind together this Confederacy be broken, arid our happy Union dissolved, the danger will sp, up from the same source Ifora which • emanates the pnncip by which Congress clairm ( the power to abolish slavery in the District of Co- 1 lumhia 1 “I am fully of the opinion that Congress has no I power by the Constitution, to interfere with the pri- 1 vate property of individuals in (he District of Co lumbia, or any where else ; and that any a tempi to 1 abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, would be in violation of the Constitution, and an nnau 1 thoriz d assumption of power, winch, in its exer cise, threatens the peace and harmony of the coun try, and the permanency of the Union bo sensibly do I feel the truih of th e sentiments, that 1 wil lingly sacrifice upon the alter oC the country’s good individual predilections, and lioneslly resolve to support no man or measure, that in my conviction, may give strength and countenance to the exercise of a power, so directly at war with the country’s Welfare. ** Acting upon this conviction, I am opposed to the election of JVlaitin Van Buren to the Presidency, since circumstances warrant me in the conclusion, that bis feelings upon this question are opposed to mine, ami that lie differs with ns, as regards (tie constitutional powers of Congress to abolish slave ry in the District of Columbia. Inasmuch as Mr. Van Buren was an advocate for the restriction of Missouri upon the subject of slave population; the fact of his having voted in the convention of New York for a provision giving to free negroes tne po litical right of while men ; the fact that almost 'the entire strength of the abolitionists is exercised for his promotion; and for the furthermore reason that he himseit acknowledges, that he is not prepared to say that Congress has not the constitutional power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia — these circumstances are indications too strongly expressive of his real feelings, to permit me to aid his election, at a time when the country is so much agitated by the increasingefforts of the abolitionists. I have deemed it necessary to be thus explicit upon the Presidential election, inasmuch as your present members may be called on in the character of Rep resentatives, to vote for or against Mr. Van Buren for this high appointment. 1 should deem my pro fessions empty and vain, if I should be found sup porting men for the highest and most responsible offices in the country, who by word or deed are found giving countenance or support to a principle at variance with the general weal. I expect to acr upon this principle, and thereby show * ray faith by my works.” With an expression of my ardent desire for the happiness and welfare of our country, you will ac cept rny good wishes for your individual prosperity, and the prosperity of those wnoss sentiments you represent. “ Yours respectfully. “ vV alter T. Colquitt. A- M. Ragland, 1 W M . Simmons, > Committee. Willis Kilgore, ) C For the Chronicle Sentinel * Messrs. Editors —“A Democrat,” in lb© Con stitutionalist of this morning, says:— “The Democracy of Georgia may at last congrat ulate themselves that there is something now pre sented which is tangible, against which they can war in open daylight. The principles which aclu ■ ate the promiscuous Whig party, have at last been avowed—the preference for federal doctrines has not only been hinted at, but sentiments, ultra feder al in their tendency, have been openly avowed and boldly proclaimed. The Chairman of me Corres ponding Committee of the Central Tippecanoe Club of Richmond county, in a speech made at the last meeting of that party, in this place, avowed his preference for Wm. H. Harrison, for the following reasons : Ist, because Mr Harrison was in favor ot a National Bank, and so was he. ” So far,so good. Such I believe to be the views ■of Mr Johnston, and such are the views of <o which he belongs. But let us see the ilunvai jiished" part of this writer’s “ tale .” He goas on to say 4 “2nd, because Mr. Harrison was in favor of a Tariff, and high protective duties, and so was he.” This I deny. Mr. Johnston never made such a declaration, or any thing approximating to it. And I defy any other than the slave of a party to torture an expression of his that evening, so as to convey such an impression. The gentleman has made a misstatement. Charity would lead us to the con clusion that he misunderstood Mr. Johnston. If I understand Mr. J., he is an Anti-Tariff man. But again. He says that he supported Mr. Har rison,— “3d, because Mr. Harrison, ifeleeted, would car ry out the views of Hamilton and Pickering, and he was pro id to say that his views of government policy coincided with those gentlemen.” It strikes me that Mr. J. made no allusion to their “policy," further than :t concerned the currency, and in that point hetgrecd with their. This truly is an “ unvarnished taleJ" How admirably the Democrat ” works in the Colquitt traces ! He must certainly be a genius, or his master must be •an admirable instructor. And this, Messrs. Ed tors, is what he calls some thing it .ngible, against w hich his parly can war in * open daylight'!" Truly he has hit upon the true issue with a vengeance. I hope he will continue the war in “ open daylight." So long as he does, his statements can easily be proven to bj erroneous. I hope Mr. J, will not condescend to answer such a contemptible communication. “It is worthy of the-source from whence it came, and unworthy ■of a reply,’ —at least from him. The writer is cer tainly a ‘'-s mall potaloe , ’ —very—and a rotten one at that. Mr. Js. friends can manage such customers as this, without his aid. I would advise the gentle man to continue his reports of the speeches at our public meetings. Eachoae bearing the character •of the above, we shall consider as another light up on the subject. Wc flatter ourselves that the e is a sufficient amount of good, hard, sound sense in this communi ty to detect the mistakes , (to call them by no harsh er names) of any such writer. The party ore evidently desp^rat! Nothing seems too gross for them to attempt even in open daylight ! 808 SHORT, Jr. Another Calumny Exposed. Mr. Felix Grundy, in a speech delivered before the late Convention of Feds, in Baltimore, said among other thirgs, as reported in the Globe : “Mr. Burke, the Postmasterat Cincmnati, is here and I intend, before we leave this place, to ask him to state whether this committee does not regularly attend their candidate to the post office, when he goes for letters, to see that he gets none that are not such as they are willing that he should receive. It is true that there are many wags in this country, and that some of them may probably write hoaxing letters to the old gentleman; and his Whig ad visers may wish to save him the mortification of reading them, or they may wish to save postage, which is always refunded on returning such letters to the post office. But they ojien all his letters fir him, and where there is nothing to be said in reply, they answer them; though when there is, they will not answer at all. Now, this is the way in w hich they want to make a President of the United Slates.” General Duff Green has addressed a letter to the Rev. Mr. Burke, the Postmaster at Cincinnati, to asceitain what truth there is in this statement of the Hon. Felix. Mr. Burke has replied that Mr. Grun dy “ha 1 no authority io refer to him—that he did wrong in doing so, and that he must correct his statement. That so far from the Cincinnati Com mittee attending General Harrison to the Post Of fice, and opening his letters, before they are permit ted to pass into his hands—General Harrison re ceives his letters as other gentlemen do; sometimes himself, and sometimes by a se . ant; and that so far from his being attended by a Committee, as Mr. Grundy asserts, he knows nothingofany such com mittee, except what he has seen in the papers, and that they have never, in a single instance, attended him to the post office, as Mr. Grundy represents.” So the Hon Felix is contradicted by his own witness. Information has reached us that in digging at Micanopy, 15 barrels of Pork, and 15 or 2(J’barrels of Bread were discovered. It is supposed that this amount of pcoviwons v. s buried on the evacuation and burning of that post in 1836 ; but a short time previously to its having been temporarily encamped on by i>en Cali s a my in a state of great suffering. Can it be possible that provisions were buried there, and it unknown, whilst from five to six thousad men were enduring the horrors of hunger on the very spot ?— St. Augustine News. From the Albany Evening Journal. “The cbt is still they come !”—Subscri bers for the Log-Cabin continue to pour in by hundreds and thousands. The 2d number, of which 34,000 cop es were printed, has run out. There will probably be 50,000 subscribers by the Ist of June. The “Extra Globe” and “Rough- Hewer” send forth their long, dry articles in vain. While one man proses over the heavy speeches of Duncan and Benton, a hundred are making the air vocal with Harrieon melodies. From the Uniuntowa Democrat. The Orphan Wood Chopper. About fifteen years ago, a family resided in Fayette county, the father and mother of whom, died of an epidemic then prevalent, leaving three children, two sons and a daughter, in a forlorn and destitute situation. By this melancholy event, the management and support of the fami ly chiefly rested on the elder brother, then about eighteen years of age. Brought up to industry by bis poor and pious parents ; he did not for a moment despair, but that the Almighty who had deprived them of their earthly protector, for a purpose known only to himself, would watch over them in their friendless and destitute situa tion, and provide for them, with proper industry on their part. At that time, the chopping of wood at the furnaces offered the most constant employment, and he could have the company and assistance of his little brother and sister, to whom he was much attached. Having left the small log cabin which had been for many years occupied by ther parents, and which was endear ed to them by the recollection of many past events, they betook, themselves, with their little ail, to the coaling ground of a neighboring far mer, and became the tenants of a cheerless tene ment, compared with the one they had left. Dur ing the day, the elder chopped wood, and the younger assisting as far as his strength would permit, while the sister attended to the domestic concerns of their hut. In the evening, and on days when the weather would not admit of out door employment, the elder brother, having re ceived a tolerable English education in the after time of his parents, taught the brother and sister —and his exertions were not spent in vain, as the sequel will show. With economy and proper management, at the expiration of a few years, they had accumulated a small fund in money and upon consultation, they determined to invest it in a piece of Western land. At that time the attention of the emigrants was directed, principally to Indiana, as offering the greatest inducements. Thither then, the elder brother was to go, for the purpose of locating a home. Having taken an affectionate leave of those he most dearly loved on earth, he departed to the Monongahola river, where he obtained a passage ’ on a flat boat bound for Cincinnati, and in due time arrived at that place in safety. He was then directed to seek the Wabash Country, for the most fertile lands in the state. Early the next morning he set out for Vincennes, where the principal Land Office for that region was then located. Little experienced in journeying on foot, and buoyed up with the pleasure of get ting a home for himself and those he had left sev eral hundred miles behind; but whose welfare and happiness, identified with his own, kept a place in his recollection—he pushed on at a rate, 100 great for even an accomplished pedestrian to withstand. His ankles became swollen and his feet much blistered. Aware of his scanty means and his great desire to accomplish his end, he felt unwilling to lose time, and continued aggrava ted the impediment, until he was scarcely able even to hobble along. Thus situated, he became depressed in spirits, and almost ready to sink under despondency, when he was overtaken on the road by a plain, farmer looking gentleman on horseback. The horseman upon coming up thus accosted him in a benevolent and kind manner. “Young man you appear lame and nut well calculated to make much progress on your journey.” To which the - young man replied, informing him of his lame ness—that he was bound for the land office at Vincennes, for the purpose of entering a piece of land as a home for himself, a younger brother and sister, whom he had left orphans in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, that he had almost despair ed of reaching-H in his present situation. The gentleman on horseback quickly replied—“ We have the same destination, I am also bound for Vincennes—it is yet twenty miles—here mount my horse and ride him thither, I am much more able to walk than you, in your disabled situation.’ The young man after urgent solicitation, placed himself in the saddle, and the plain gentleman look it a foot the rest of the distance to Vincen nes, where they arrived about night-fall. In the morning the stanger again accosted the young man—“ You told me yesterday on our journey, that your object was to enter a piece of land I have some knowledge ot this country ; its location and its advantages—ls you will aecepl ray aid, I will go with you to the land office and select a piece for you. It will save you a good deal of trouble and some expense. The oiler was cheerfully accepted, and they proceeded to the office and made the entry. But im agine the chagrin and disappointment of the young man, when he came to pay the money to the receiver, to learn the amount he was deficient five dollars, owing to a counterfeit to that amount. “ A friend in need is a friend indeed.” The stranger perceiving the dilemma of the young man immediately said—“ Be of good cheer —you informed me that you was an orphan—that you have come several hundred miles miles in search of a home for yourself and brother and sister. You shall not be disappointed—it gives me pleas ure to assist the orphan and the destitute. Here are ten dollars which will enable you to clear out 1 your land, and pay your way until you can obtain employment, and as I have many acquaintances here, I shall seek out a place for you.” He did so, and obtained one—and the young man contin ued in it until he had accumulated some money which he remitted to his brother and sister, and enabled them to join him. The piece of land proved to be a valuable one—now finely improv ed and occupied by his elder brother and his fam ily—respected and esteemed by their neighbors. The sister was happily married, and is enjoying the connbrts of life, on a farm in the same neigh borhood. The younger brother possessing/, he confidence ofhisi Jlow citizens, has been elected and is now performing the du.'.es of a highly re sponsible office. Reader! who was that stranger, that good man, that plain republican , who so disinterest edly slept forward, and in the hour of need as sisted these orphans; and enabled them to fix themselves comfortably in life. Does not your bosoms swell with gratitude for so noble a deed. My friends, that stranger, that good plain re publican was GENERAL HARRISON. He had been Governor of that State, the commander of armies, had fought many battles in his coun try’s cause, and never lost one, did not acquire the supercilious demeanor, which those in pow er too frequently do. He is still the plain republi can, ever ready to assist the poor and needy with his purse and counsel. Reader, the above is no fiction. There are those yet residing in Fayette county who remem ber these orphan children, and should you ever meet with them, they will relate to you from over flowing and grateful hearts, this worthy deed of the good Gen. HARRISON. “ Census of the United States. —The persons appointed to take the sixth census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, are to commence the performance of their duties on the first day of June ensuing. In or der to facilitate as much as possible the prosecu tiun of this important duty, the citizens are re quested to bte prepared to answer the different in terrogatories which will be put to them. These interrogatories will have reference to the age sex, (both white and colored) and the total numuer of each family, on the first day of June, 1840, including those which might have been occasion ally absent; as also the business or occupation in which such persons were employed; the num ber of deaf and dumb , and the blind whether supported at pub tc or private charge. Additional interrogatories will be put in rela tion te ag||culture mines, manufacturers, com ruerce, &c. with the number of persons engaged in the respective pursuits, the amount of capital invested, and such other information as will ex hibit a “ full view of the pursuits, industry, edu cation and resources of the district.” Extract from the act of congress for taking the sixth census: Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That each and every person more than sixteen years of age, whether heads of families or not, belonging to any family within any division, district or terri tory, made or established within the United States, shall be, and hereby is, obliged to render to the assistant of the division, if required, a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such families respec tively to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars to be sued for and recovered in any action of debt, by such assistant; the one-half to his own use and the other half to the use of the United Slates.” Foroe’s eikvkx years ix Ceylon.— The is land at Ceylon is associated in the mind of the lov er of romantic literature, with many interesting re collections. It was h r re,in the recesses of its almost impenetrable mountain forests, that the once cel ebrated Lewis laid the scene of his striking tale —“The Anaconda;” here, Sinbad the Sailor made one of his famous halts, and encountered one of his most marvellous adventures ; an J here, too, one of our oldest voyagers—remarkable for his simple credulity and unbounded faith in the supernatural—inhaled those delicious odours, while yet half a league from the shore, which made him fancy, he tells us, that he was approach ing Paradise —an idea which, it may be remem bered, furnished Milton with one of his most de delightful similes. In the present volumes Major Forbes, who resided eleven years in Ceylon, has given the amplest details we have yet met with, of this so much vaunted island ; but also ! he en countered no gigantic snaxes swinging from the tops of lofty trees, with heads touching the ground; no elephants upwards of twelve feet high ; and not one single mountain which had the slightest pretension to vie in elevation with the peak of Tenerilfe ! During the whole period of his stay in the island, he heard of no snakes or anacondas longer than seventeen feet; his largest elephant was scarcely bigger than the one now exhibiting in the Zoological Gardens Os the Regent’s Park; and his lofties mountain—Adam’s Peak, as it is called—attained no greater height than seven thousand feet and odd. But if ha saw no such marvels as the romance wriicrs and old voyagers have so graphically described, he met with plenty of adventures in his rambles through Ceylon ; and not the least interesting were his encounters with ' wild elephants, which he pourtrays with the true gusto and freshness of an inveterate sportsman. Here is his account of his first glimpse of one in a thick jungle : “In passing along, our guide stopped, and reaching up his Land, pointed to a tiee, the trunk i of which was coated with mud at least as far as nine feet from the ground, this showed us the height of the elephant of which we were in pur suit, and who had been lately using this tree as a i scratching post. A little further on, and the na -1 live who was leading suddenly stopped, and ben ding his knee almost to the ground, pointed to a small open swamp, and the same time drawing in his breath, and repeating rapidly in a whisper: ! ‘There ! There ! “ kneeling down among legions of legions of leeches, I was just in time to see a huge elephant slowly raising himself from his luxurious mud bath in a shady quagmire ; for a moment I hoped he was about to charge at us ! and I was the more impressed with this opinion from the instantaneous shifting of our guide from the front to the rear of our party. The animal, still but indistinctly seen, paused for a second, then blew sharp through his trunk, curled ft up, wheeled round, and took through the thick set bamboos which appeared to yield before, and close behind his ponderous figure.” One of the greatest annoyances in Ceylon is the land.each, which abounds in the jungles and forests, and besets the traveller at every step of his progress. Major Forbes thus describes these pestilent reptiles:— “On our return to the rest house, we com menced divesting ourselves of the leeches, and then tried to staunch the bleeding of their wounds; we had been warned against plucking off these creatures forcibly and suddenly, as tending to irritate the wound; but we found that touching them with brandy instantly made them drop off; salt, gunpowder, or lime juice, produced the same effect, but not quite so quickly.—The Ceylon land leech n incredibly numerous on the hills, and such part of the interior as are exempt from a long continuance of dry weather; they arc of a brown colour; their usual size is about three fourths of an inch in length, and one-tenth of an inch in diameter; they can, however stretch them selves to two inches in length, and then are suffi ciently small to work thro’ the stitches of a stock ing. They move quickly, are difficult to kill, and it is impossible to divert them from their bloody purpose; for in pulling them from your legs they stick to your hands, and fix immediate ly on touching the skin, as they are free from the scruples and caprice which is sometimes so an noying in their medicinal brethren. They draw a great deal of blood; and this, with considerable itching, and sometimes slight inflammation, is the extent of annoyance which their bites give to a man in good health; but animals suffer more severely from their attacks, and sheep will not thrive in pastures where there are leeches. Speaking of the Ceylon serpents, Major Forbes tells us. pimbera, a species of py thon, is not uncommon, adding “the largest I saw measured was seventeen feet in length, but I have been assured on good authority that they reach a larger size: they twine round their prey like the boa, are not much dreaded by the natives, and seldom seize any animal larger than a jack al.” Os the insect called the “tick,” which is the curse of all tropical climates, and not unfre quently make a lodgment, and takes up its resi dence beneath a.man’s skin, where it hatches and educates a large family, our author speaks as follows.— “ While stooping down to examine the sluice at the Kalawatank, I suddenly found myself completely overspread by that greatest of living torments within the tropics, viz; ticks. From the effects of their Bites I suffered much inconveni ence for several weeks, and was obliged to leave this warm part of the counliy immediately. Ticks are to be found in all the dry parts of Ceylon ; often banded together in lumps containing sever al thousands, they remain attached to some leaf, which, if touched by some unwary passenger, discharges a shower of these pestilent vermin, which soon make their presence known by bites resembling the application of red hot needles, followed by intolerableitchingf Ticks,altnough sometimes much larger, are in general about the size of a pin’s head; they are round, hard, flat, and adhere with wonderful pertinacity to the skin of men or animals, into which they occasionally contrive to introduce themselves. They disre gard all attempts to kill or remove them by any application except by actual force; but the natives ! naving the benefit of much practice in putting ■them to death, pick off, and subject them to inter uigital trituration with much ability and zest.” I England's Preparations.—Her Britannic I Majesty’s troop ship Apollo, arrived at Halifax on the 14th ult. tfrith 56th regiment, from Ja- "] maica for Quebec. The Apollo brought also , small detachments of three other regiments. A I St. John’s paper of the 16ih says: “We learn 1 that two companies of the 69th regiment, now 1 in this garrison, are to proceed to Fredericklon, * and that more troops are expected here from * Halifax. The Woodstock Times, of the 6th I inst. states that a report is in circulation that I three additional regiments have been 0 1 that province, two from England ruere,i k the Westlndies. '"" 1 ° w fa* ' Annihilation of a Slander —\v7 other day and proved, tliar Mr Van n„ S,a,eii l he member of the New York Convention a * » nying to every man, who did not lianj*! free holder, the right of suffrage. n be , As an offset !o this, editor of the &a in his paper of yesterday, quotes an aruvlfS the Madison, Ja. Conner, stating that hT i . ■ Harrison was Governor of tho Indiana ’l' Vn a Jaw was pas., 1 by the Territorial tore and signed by bun providing that i| sion ol a certain quantity of land shon!.J sary to qualify a man for the elective fra Seven i of the loco foeo papers raise a | ( I) '*•" over their discovery. It is our duty, howev S *‘ Ulll pnve them of all the consolation that they”' be deriving from it. The truth is, the n BEenit ' J of a freeholder as one of the qualification* , ’ S p es, N in the Territory of Indiana was ordained k Congress of the United Slates. ’The law ‘ the Territorial Legislature is censured passed and Gen. Harrison for having signed transcript verbatim from the Congressional'?, l nance. Belli ( a. Harrison and the Le» i l would most gladly have dispensed whh P*' I * B qualifies.ion altogether, but they could noi l done so without openly setting at defiance ti • ihurily of the General Government. 16 au Thus perishes another of the tenthotisanl i ders against the fair fame of Gen. Harr.;;'. ft never was a man many nation, who \va ß JT* w ith more numerous calumnies than old Tn or who was more triumphantly vindicated!? 1 ? force of truth, against all accusations.-LoS Jour. at. ****** ~ m Twenty-fourth Anniversary 0f American Education Society. Last *** ing this Society held its t.vinty.fourihannhT’ sary in the Broadway Tabernacle. R ev T McAuley presided. Rev. Dr. Schmockcr the meeting with prayer. Rev. Dr. cJL, Secretary to the Society, read the annual r f J from which we make the following abstra.is- The number of individuals aided by the So ty since its last anniversary is as follows: ? 267 persons in 18 theological seminaries in 28 colleges; and 160 in 50 academits-t O3 910. Os these, 540 were assisted in institution in the New England States, and 360 in the Mid die, Southern and Western States. Thenuaie of new beneficiaries received during the y far ,, 127. The moiety has aided since its commence ment 3260 persons, a large propoition of whom have entered on the ministry. The whole receipts for the year, efthe Parent Society and its branches, amount to 551,30? 6u and the expenditures for the same timehavebm £58,636 67, exceeding the receipts by $7.3290? The earnings of the beneficiaries have been much as usual, evincing a commendable zeal iu making efforts to sustain themselves as far M practicable. The sum earned, as reported, is I £31,972 ; the whole amount the last thirteen K years, is £309,208. The sum refunded by the beneficiaries the las • year is 4 784 84, which added to what had been refunded in previous years, makes the loul amount £39,103. After an original hymn had been sung, thefi lowing resolutions were moved, seconded,and adopted : Resolved, That the report be accepted ant adopted, and be printed under the direction of lie Executive Committee. Resolved, That we would gratefully acktto*. I ledge the goodness of God in the conversions} the many young men in the recent revivals of re- I gion, and that we would regard this as a call from Him to increased efforts in selecting andquai ifying those of them who are suitable candklala for the ministry of Christ. Resolved, That independently of the origin object for which the American Education Sow ty was established, the good which it has incidr tally accomplished in the providence of Godi mauds the grateful acknowledgments of lit friends of learning and religion. Resolved, That the American EducationSoe ety is especially entitled to the patonage of dr gymen and gentlemen in the other learned pre fessions, aud the more intelligent and cullinif classes of society generally. The meeting was addressed by the Rev.D' Proudfoot, Rev. Dr. Patten, Rev. Mr. Winder, of Boston, Prof. Fowler of Amherst College, and Rev. Joel Parker, in truly elegant ami ani mating language. Rev. D r . Fisher pronounced the bemiictiot which concluded the exercises of the evening. The following lias teen furnished as a true cop from the original, supposed to have been write: sixty years since, by James Mascn, who died at ti; age of 106. —Albany Gazette. To the Honorable the Commissioners cf Excise: • The humble petition of Barney O’ltaney,Patriot O’Fagan, Barney O’Connci and Teague O’ficgao.t be appointed insp octo s and surveyors, and over lookers, vulgarly called excisemen, for the coum; m of (. oik, its own self, in the kingdom of he and And whereas, we the aforesaid petitioners ri both by night and by day, and all night and a 1 daj and we will come and go, and walk, and tide,* take, and bring, and send, and fetch,and carry,:- vve will see all, and more than all, and everythin and nothing at all, of all such goods and co.ttnicc ties as may be, and can be, and cannot be liable • pay duty ; and we, the aforesaid petitioners,willsP alt limes, and at no times at all, and at times‘d be present, and be absent, and be backward,m : forward, and be behind and before, and e«‘. where, and no where, and here and there, id'- where at all; and vve, the aforesaid petition will come, and inform, and give information >-’■ notice, duly, tiuly, and honestly, and wisely, l cording to the matter as we know, and by •' knowledge ol ourselves, and for every oneot ■ • and no one at ail, and we will not cheat tbef-l any more than what is now lawfully practised. " And whereas, vve the aforesaid petitioners,** [ are gentlemen of reputation, and vve are ants, and we love the king, and we will value and we will obey him, and we will fight for and run for him, and from him, and at ter hup- j: behind him, and before him, and one side $i and the other side of him, to save him, or *0 his acquaintances or relation*, as fast, and faster than lies in our power, and dead and » :;: as long as we live, and longer too. Witness ■ several and separate hands in conjunction,one another, ail together, one and all three of ns -■ together. Barney O’BUS«’ t Patrick Barney O’CosxnL Teague O’Keg.o'i Os Charley M° El ' Way to make Farmers.—We infer from* 1 ? tide in the Albany Journal, trat the old kt‘6 eI) - since their expulsion from tiusts they abused, set, about to become good ci izens, and hays inn their attention to the culuvanon of the soil- , have long be n unprofitable members of sod*, j living upon the labor of others- Ii islimetli® 1 11' 1 in turn, should live by the sweat of their bro*r let others Jive. ,- v The lounh of next March the People ». f w®' ted States will follow the good exanq le okl* ie pie of New York, and turn out another mers from Washington. Jf these are as in lilling the earth as they have been in rfhnni Treasury, a vast accession will he made 1 productive labor of the country. Van i* have had skill in ins boyhood in rearing and sheep; Kendall in nursing cattle and dims, ami Blair has a deemed genius far thef 0 yard. —Richmond Whig. Y'oung Men.—Most young men consider^ 1 great rmslbrlune to be pour, or not to have cap enough to establish themselves at their <> ut£fc ‘f good business. 'I his is a mistaken notion. ■- from poverty being a misfortune to him, if*® judge trom w hat we every day behold, ii > s fcß ' r blessing ; the chance is more than ten to ;li ‘' staits with a plenty of money. Let any 1 back twenty yeais, and see who commence ness at that lime with abundant means, a,l ° ’ them down to the present dsy ; hovv many c ' can now boast of wealth aud standing ’ contrary, how many have become poor, - t,ie $ places m society and are passed by their ov* i, companions, with a look which painfully • know you not! 1,