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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN. THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN =£: SAM’JL, B. CRAPTON, COUNTY PRINTER. TERMS—For the paper in advance $1 50 not paid in advance, $2 00 “WorsUlp tlte Lord” Mr. C/ay.—The following extract is ta ken from a sermon of the Rev. Theodore Clapp, of New-Orleans, on Worship, which we bod in the Picayune: Ihe mail lately brought us the melan choly intelligence that the Hon. Henry- Clay is about to sink into his grave. Tile last winter of his residence here, in the fam ily of Dr. Mercer, in a private interview, 1 had the pleasure of listening to his senti ments on the most interesting of all subjects, religion. He said, “I believe in the truth of Christianity, though I am not certain of having experienced that change of heart which divines call the new birth. But I trust in God and Jesus, and hope for im mortality. I have not for years retired at night without prayer for the blessing of Heaven; and that, jn His infinite mercy, he would be pleased to prepare me for the joys of another and better world. I have tried the world and found ite emptiness. It cannot fill and satisfy the human mind. My dear sir, how utterly disconsolate should we be without something better beyond the grave !” Instructive spectacle ! Here is a man prosperous and powerful, great in genius & achievments, whom the whole na lion had fairly idolised for nearly half century—whose name had floated across oceans and reached the utmost boundaries of the civilized world—who solemnly as sures us that all terrestrial glories to him appeared less than nothing in comparison with a hope in the mercy which Jesus Christ has revealed. How sad and mournful is the condition of those who have no God to worship They drag a heavy and galling chain—1 chain that becomes more cruel and oppress ive every moment. The friends andcom.- pamons of early years are gone. They can expect nothing further from earth. Affliction lays a chastening hand upon them ; disap pointment, like a freezing damp, settles up on their spirits. In taking a retrospect they look back upon nothing but a desert a confused, disorderly, discordant assem biage cf things alike, vain and mysterious-— a mass of mere rubbish—the rubbish of vile cares, wearying and unsatisfying trifles. The prospects before them are dark as the tombs to which they are hastening. May God have mercy on'them and us all. I do not feel superior to any of my fellow-sin ners. I cannot utter from the pulpit the language of scorn, contempt, denunciation or reproach. But allow me toask, is there this side the grave a more melancholy spec tacle than that of one who has nothin 0 * to worship but the frail and corruptible things of earth ? All he knows, loves and clings to is crumbling around him, There is no outward prop on whiob he can lean; no ob ject in the wide circumference of his thoughts worthy of his heart’s love; no asylum to which he can betake himself in trouble, disaster, sickness or death. 11$ is a lone wanderer on a bleak and aw Ail waste ■expecting every moment to sink down and be lost forever in tb© gulf of annihilation. Let us then inure ourselves to the habit of religious worship. If visited with pros perity it can make that prosperity "more lo the truly pious person, a piece of SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA- TUESDAY JUNE 1, 1852. jlSgp The Fillmore meeting of Saturday was a failure. Mr. So-and-so and Mr. What-ye-call-’em, being absent, the meet- ing stood upon its on adjournment, subject to the call of either of those gentlemen. We notice that Baldwin, Bibb, Macon and Monroe have held meetings and ap pointed delegates. A meeting was adver tised in Savannah for last night. School Examination.—The Semi-an nual Examination of the pupils at the Male Academy, of this place, will take place on to'-morrow and next day. The public are invited to attend. Temperance Lectures.—S. M. Hewlett, the celebrated Temperance lecturer, will deliver an address at Armenia, Scriven county, on Tuesday next, the 8th inst., at 11 o’clock. At this place on Wednesday the 9th, and at Macon on the same night. The friends of Temperance and lovers of wit and good humor, eloquence and argu ment, will not fail to give Mr. H. a hearing. He is a combination of the whole—a per- faet crowder in that line of business. Pun. Documents.—The Hon. Alex. H- Stephens, of the House of Representatives, has our thanks for a copy of his speech on the State of the country, and the Hon. W. H. Seward, of the U. S. Senate, for a copy of his speech for the Collins steamers, on the question of the American Steam Navi gation. Rain.—Since our last, we have had an abundance of rain, It commenced on Sun day morning about 9 o’clock, and contin ued for about 30 hours, without ceasing.— It fell lightly, however, and for that reason will wet the ground more thoroughly than it would have dore to have fallen more heavily. Crops are looking well. We have seen some as fine corn crops this year as we have ever seen, at the season, and some that look a leetle of the worst; but in the main it will stand as an average upon those of sev eral years past. The cotton is tolerable foir; it is none of the largest, but on most of the plantations which we have noticod, it is in a good condition, clean and well worked, an&squares are plentiful. The oat crop has not been a good one hereabouts. The wheat, though it has been severely in jured in many-places, will give a fair yield upon the whole, if not further injured dur ing the harvesting season. It is apprehend ed by some that the rains of the past day or two has done some damage to such as was ripe and was not cut. dear. bread, or a cup of cold water, received as coming from the Infinite Giver, communi cates more happiness than an ungodly per son can derive from all the riches of earth. In the temptations and conflicts of life, it will give us strength to rise above the mean, the sordid, sinful and unworthy. I have seen one die amid the gay dreams the bright hopes and anticipations which glit tered in the fancied future of youth, bloom and beauty. I have^eheld him, as he bid a final farewell to earth, with all its splend ors and attractions; to* friends of unsurpas- sed kindness, to a home where were con- centrated all the delights of health, intelli gence, moral and religious refinement, look ing with a smile of calm resignation on the appalling messenger, with no tremor in his frame, with no distrust or dismay in his soul. He had learned through life to wor ship, and therefore knew how to die—his life had been a scene of pure uninterrupted devotion, and bad nerved his mind with the energies of an unfaltering trust in, God, so that he was enabled to~ descend to his tomb, “like one who wraps the drapery of his couch around him, and lies down to pleasant dreams;” reposing on that Saviour who has conquered death and all our ene mies, and lets in upon us the partial efful gence of that spirit land where dwell the blest, the immacculate and the immortal. Philadelphia, May 22. Trouble Amongst the Odd Fellows.— The Giand Lodge of Odd Fellows of this Slate adjourned this afternoon. The pro posed amendments to the Constitutions of the Grand and Lubordinate Lodges were after debate, laid over till the next aunual session. The only important business transacted during the. session was the passage of a resolution refusing to organise the Widows and Orphans’ Asylum, incorporated by the last Legislature, and calling upon theM. W. G. Master to forthwith demand the charters and properties of such Lodges as are connected with it and suspend them. This movement will excluie eight or ten of the best Lodges in the State, which will form the nuclus oi the second Grand Lodo-e which will be established as soon as author ity cau be obtained from the Grand Lod^e of the United States. ii^rSaid a guest to a gentleman with, whom he was dinning, and who was a temperance man: “I alwavs think a certain quantity of wine does 110 harm, after a good dinner.” “Oh, no sir,” replied mine host, inischtef i ” Un * CertaiUqUantitytllat does the " %P3Phe National Conventions.—The an xiety felt in the result of these party con ventions is pretty thoroughly diffused through the country. So far as the Demo cratic convention is concerned, (which as sembles this day) all speculation will be put to an end in a day or two, by the enun ciation of their manifesto; and the Whig convention will be hut two weeks in its rear, In the meantime we give our readers the predictions and speculations of some who profess to be wise on the subject, as they may possibly draw some conclusion as to the result. In relation to the Democratic convention, the^New York Evening Post figures up the following as the first bollot: “For Gen Cass, 01 ; Mr. Buchanan, 70 ; Mr. Douglass, 28 ; My. Marcy, 24 ; Gen Pieice, (N. H.) 6 ; Gen. Butler, 24 ; Gen, Houston, 14 ; Gen. Lane, 13; Mr. Allen, 11; Gen. Dodge, 2. Whole number of votes 288. Necessary to a choice, (two thirds) 192. This is excluding S. Carolina, a State which, if represented, will add 10 to the vote of Douglas, and make 199 ne cessary to a choice. In speaking of the first ballot in the Whig convention, a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, ftom Washington, says: “That without South-Carolina, 145 con stitutes a majority of all the electoral-Votes, of which the South, exclusive of Delaware, casts 111. Add to this number 13 from Massachusetts, 5 from Vermont, 1 from Maine, 3 from Ohio, 2 from Pennsylvania, 3 from Michigan, 3 from Wisconsin, 2 in Rhode Island and 2 in Connecticut, and it is apparent that, even without New-York, Webster and Fillmore conjointly, can con trol the whig nomination for President. If the whigs of Georgia, Alabama and Mis sissippi join the administration whigs in Vir ginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten nessee, it will be difficult for the friends of Gen Scott to effect a lodgment in the South. The few whigs in the South who have join ed the Scott movement are merely actuated by the belief that Gen. Scott is the most available man.” It is now, more than probable that South Carolina will be represented in this cunven- tion. If so, the friends of Fillmore and Webster think it entirely probable that they can oontrol its action, a result which has hitherto been looked to as a matter of impossibility. Mr, Prop. Lake.—Our citizens have had the pleasure, during the past week, of hearing several lectures from Prof. Lane, of Ogle thorpe University, on Bible Societies, Sab bath Schools Colportage, &c.; the lat ter only incidentally, as the evening desig nated for a lecture on that subject was so unpleasant as to occasion a postponement. We did net have an opportunity of hearing all of his leetures, but those we did hear were highly interesting, and elicited much commendatiou from all who heard them. Apart from the interest which the subject- matter of his lectures would excite, the Prof, has a happy tact of placing it before an audience in a most interesting manner. He has taken advantage of a respite from his Collegiate duties to visit adjacent coun ties as a Colporter, with the hope of excit ing 9uch an interest in that cause, by lec tures and otherwise, as will induce the peo ple whom he visits and to whom he lectures, to sustain a regular plan of Colportage, thereby advancing the cause of Christiani ty and carrying the means of religious in struction to every fire-side. It is a noble work, and we hope that the Professor will meet with abundant success. He will certainly meet with the cheerful co-operation of all Christians -and good citi zens, who prize the interest of their coun try and their fellow-men. Believing it to be a matter fraught with much good, we commend it to the attention and support of all. Professor Lane will go from this place to Dublin, and from thence to Irwinton, where he will lecture on Sunday next.— Our readers in either of those counties will be pleased with the matter and manner of his discourses. Horse-Racing in California—Ahorse race came off at Los Angelos, on the 21st of April, for two . thousand head of cattle and two thousand dollars in money. The distance was nine miles, which was made in 19 minutes and 20 seconds. Pretty re spectable distance, and pretty good running that. JtST The Texas papers say there never was a better promise of a large cane crop on the Brazos. The cotton, although re tarded by the recent cold weather, has gen erally recovered, and the crop bids fair to be a large one. The corn has suffered some from the drought, but is iu a forward con dition. The prospect for large crops is very good in that section. t£T The Hon. John M. Clayton is said to be industriously cultivating his farm three miles from New-Castle, Del.; and instead of running a race with political competitors in the political field, is endeavoring to dis tance his overseer in agricultural pursuits. Each has selected his field, and a wager lies between them which shall produce the rich est crop from his allotted portion. “The Rev. Calvin Fairbanks, lately convicted in Louisville, Ky., of having ab ducted a female slave and assisted her after her escape to Indiana, has been sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.” This is the same reverend thief who but a few years ago gained admission into the Kentucky Penitentiary for a similar offence, and was indebted to Executive clemency for his escape. He will hardly escape a second time by virtue of the Governor’s pardon. Clay.—Dr. Jackson, Mr. Clay’s physician, says that the exertions which Mr. Clay made in 1849-50, in behalf of the passage of the Compromise Measures, in which he manifested such intense feeling and interest, precipitated his life ten years, at least, and that he is now, in consequence of such over exertions, which employed him night and day, and which occupied all his thoughts as well as all his time,—where he would have been in the ordinary course o nature, without such an effort, at the age of eighty-five years. The excitement while it lasted kept him alive, but bodily decay soon followed, until now there is not suffi cient physical vitality to prolong life. Younger men with good constitutions have a recuperative power sufficient to enable them to master such physical relaxation but at 75 no one can expect so to overdo and so to master nature. Shocking Railroad Accident.—On the the 24th ult., on the Fitchburg railroad, at Waverly, Mr. William Sawyer, an eminent lawyer of Charlestown, Massachusetts, whilst riding in an open carriage with his wife and three daughters, attempted to cross the track of the railroad, and came in contact with the down train, running at the rate of 40 miles per hour. The carriage was completely demolished and Mr. Saw yer and his daughters were insantly killed, whilst the driver received fatal injuries, and Mrs. Sawyer had her skull so badly fractur ed as to cause the brain to protrude. The Savannau Eiver Water.—The Savan nah Republican of Saturday makes the fol lowing extract from a letter received from a passenger on the steamship State of Geor gia, for Philadelphia : “By the way, Capt. Walton, when in Savannah, filled his tanks from the river.— By the time we reached the Breakwater, it got well settled and was as clear as pump water, and the passengers on board were highly pleased with it. The Philadelph ians preferred it to Schuylkill, and said that it was much softer. I have always been prejudiced against our river water, but I am now convinced that there is none better, and the sooner our water works are under way the better for the people of Savannah.” Important Movement at Washington. —There is a rumor of an important move ment at Washington, of the Union Demo crats of the South. It is said that,they have drawn up a very skilfully worded pledge, embracing a general approval of all pro visions of the Constitution, and a special concurrence of the Compromise as a finali ty which is to be presented to every candi date of the party previous to the assem blage of the National Convention. Better to be born Lucky than Rich.— The Dillon family, descendants of Lord Dillon, of Ireland, have inherited an estate valued at upwards of $7,000,000. The Louisville Journal says that Dr. John Bull, the great sarsaparilla man, of that city, is an heir by marriage, and comes in for a snug little share, amounting to three or four hundred thousand dollars. The Troubles in New Mexico.—Air* Allen, late Secretary of New Mexico, who has arrived at St. Louis, is of opinion that the rumors of insurrection or disaffection on the part of the Mexicans, are greatly exag erated. Plank Road.—A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicled; Sentinel, writing from Waynesboro’, says that the mass of the peo ple of that county, will send their cotton to Savannah, unless they have a Plank Road Augusta. The people, says the writer, alk of it, and want such a road, and will patronize it. Resignation.—The Hon. Jno. McPher son Berrien, has resigned his seat in the U. S. Senate, to take effect this day. Gov, Cobb has appointed the Hon. R. M. Charl ton, of Savannah, to fill the vacancy. Profits of Poultry.—A gentlemen of New Jersey says that on the 1st of May, 1851, he had ten hens valued at 3s each, that the cost of their feed till the first of May, 1852, was $8 47. They produced eggs to the amount of $21 62, and all of them are still alive. - So that the clear pro fits are $13 15 for the year. JB3T Ex-Senator Hanne^an, of Indiana, has given himself up to the proper authori ties for an examination into the circum stances resulting in the death of Captain Duncan, his brother-in-law. From Turks Island.—Accounts from Turks Island has been received at Boston to the 30th of April. An unusual quanti ty of Salt (for the season) of a very superior quality, has already been piled up on the beach. Shipping is dull and salt abundant. The market price is nine cents per bushel and no prospect of its being higher for some time. [CORRESPONDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN.] Spring Hill, AiAfMay 16,1852 Mr. Editor :—After a very late and dis agreeable spring, we have had some days of fine weather. During the month of April there were some of the hardest rains through this section that ever descended prehaps ; they were also accompanied with hail to some extent, which caused many of the farmers to plant their entire cotton crop over, but your correspondent received no serious injury from it. My crop is very good ; corn is from 5 lo 6 feet high, and my cotton from a foot to a foot and a half high, with squares upon it. It grows surprisingly since the weather has turned warm. We have any quantity of vegetables, of all sorts, and have had them for sometime back. I passed through Sumter county a few days ago; the crops were not so good as they are on this side of the Tom-Bigby, though they appear to be growing. The land is rather sandy; it is more like your county (Washington) than any that I have seen. At a wedding party in this county, I met Dr. J. P. W. and lady, and Miss M. T. W formerly of your county. The Dr’s plants tion is on the Mississippi side. He is well pleased with it, and says it is very produc tive. I was anxious to visit that State but did not have time. Yours truly, MOSCO. the country, who send on here to buy shares in the companies formed in this city. Th most popular company, and that which numbers the most respectable men its directors and stockholders, is the “Grass Valley Gold Mining Company,” the Secre tary of which is a gentleman formerly con nected with the Dress of this city, Mr R 1 Richards of 107‘Fulton Street. I think it pretty hard sometimes, when I see men all round me making money, that I am an- parently doomed to get none. But how can a scribbler ever expect to make money* A vessel has been wailing here for some time, to convey passengers to Port Philiu in Australia, but the gold mines there' wonderfully rich as they are said to be, do not attract our Yankee adventurers as Cali fornia did ; and it is doubtful whether a full compliment of passengers will be obtained although the day of sailing is fixed for the 2oth inst., which is now near at hand. Messrs. Maillefert and DeRaasloff, the bombastic engineers who have been bom barding the rocks at the bottom of Hell- gate Channel, have made proposals to the State authorities, to remove the well-known Austin s Rock in Hudson River, near Al bany, for six thousand dollars. I hope that, if they get the contract, they will be more prudent.and careful in this new operation than they were in the management of their affairs here. Maillefert sacrificed three lives, and an immense quantity of powder, in his submarine experiments on Pot Rock; and although it appears that some of the rock was chipped off; it would be difficult to show any advantage that has accrued to the city. There has been considerable excitement here for the last two or three days, caused by the strike of all the pilots of the three principal ferries to Brooklyn. The Union ferry company is enormously wealthy, clear ing, last year, more than $150,000, being above tender cent on the capital invested. The pilots, who are industrious men, main of them having families to support, work nine hours a day, in all weathers, raiD or shine, winter and summer ; and, for their exposed and responsible labor, they receive only about $60 per month. High rents, and the extravagant prices of provisions, render this sum altogether insufficient; and they reasonably demanded an advance of $10, per month, which the Company un reasonably refused to grant. But it has been found impossible to procure compe tent persons to fill the pi lots’places, and the boats are now very imperfectly managed— thumping against the ships, terrifying pas sengers, and doing more damage than the small increase of wages asked for would pay. Yours Truly, PULASKI. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE. BALTIMORE SUN.] Washington, May 24th 1852. The estimate of the- relative strength ©*T Mr. Buchanan and of Gen. Cass, to feta Bal timore Convention, as made k bv the New York Post, is erroneous in giving Tennessee, to Gen. Cass. The best information here is that the Tennessee delegation will go for Mr. Buchanan. As matters stand, it is possible that Gen C., and Mr Buchanan wilS have about a hundred and sixty-seven votes on the first and several subsequent haflotsv The whole number of electoral votes will 296, but the nine votes of South Carolina will not be represented in the convention. The nomination is to be made by 287 del egates, two thirds of which will be 192. Gen. Gass and Mr. Buchanan, by uniting their forces, may control the nomination. The twenty-four Marcy votes will be, ac cording to the best authority, divided be tween Gen. Cass and Mr. Buchanan, and ultimately given to one of them. This would give 191—uot quite two thirds. It is evi dent that the friends of Gen. Cass and Mr. Buchanan can give the nomination to eith er of those gentlemen. Is it not probable that they will give it to one or the other ? I know of no particular repulsion between them. Is it likely that, having a sure game in their hands, they will agree to take up any one else ? The fact ri that the shrewd est and most influential of the Cass and Buchanan delegates have already expressed their settled determination not to take up any outs-der. For a long time, these two gentlemen have been considered as the preferred can didates of the party; and now, within a week of the nomination, no one has arisen successfully to dispute their choice, though many have been disposed to dispute the right of experience and service in public afc fairs—i. e. foggydom—to any preference. If these two leading candidates be thrown aside, it will be a most remarkable occur rence. The candidate most likely next to be ta ken up, in that case, will be the man for whom the New York delegation will be willing to pledge their State. But they will not be willing, perhaps, as a body, to pledge it to any one. Some of them say that no one will be so likely to carry it as Gov. Marcy. He can unite the democratic party, with more certainly than Gen. Scott can unite the whig party of that State. Ths Democratic Convention possess an advantage in the fact that all their leading candidates are avowed friends and suppor ters of the Compromise measures. They will make a mistake, if they reject those measures as their platform. As their nom inee will be one who is pledged to the final ity, they will gain nothing by evading the pledge themselves. Killed.—The Southern Recorder says that Berkely Babb, living east of the Oconee, in Baldwin county, was killed by a stroke of lightning, together with his horse and dog, on Monday afternoon (24th ult.) during a thunder storm. Destructive Fire.—A destructive fire occurred in Savannah on Wednesday after noon, by which about $75,000 worth of property was destroyed. The fire commen ced at a carpenter’s shop on York street and burnt an entire block of buildings. 23T Wm. Hunter, Esq. for many years an able and efficient clerk in the Depart ment of State, has been promoted to the chief clerkship of that department, in the place of Wm.S. Derrick, lately deceased. It is said that a child is born every seven minutes iu London, and that one dies every nine minutes. Earthquake at Apalachola.—A shock of an earthquake, of several minutes’ dura tion, was experienced at Apalachicola, Fla., on Monday the 10th ult. The water in the Bay was agitated, bouses were shaken and walls cracked. A«imilar shock, though not so violent, was experienced on the Friday previous. B8T A verdict for $1,300 damages has been rendered in New York, against the Harlem Rail Road, for killing a step-daugh er of Thomas J. Oldfield. The Russians carry fish on a long journey in a warm climate, by dipping them dreadful occurrence is attributed entirely to; in hot beeswax, which acts like an air-tight the rashness of the driver in attempting to covering. The fish are thus kept sweet and cross the tract. fresh for a long time. Every bitter has its sweet. Poverty brings good appetite, while hard work makes you sleep and snore like a huming- up. If you live on cold potatoes, just recol lect that cold potatoes are no wav related to the gout. If an acquaintance cuts vou mere ly because you have fallen from purple to cor duroy don’t get in passion about the nincon- poop, but return thanks that the number of asses you have been compelled to nod to, has been reduced by one. [CORRESPONDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN. New York, May 21,1852. Mr. Editor:—The “wires” will of course have informed you that the Africa arrived here this morning, bringing us three day later intelligence from Europe. Cotton continued active, with an upward tendency Breadstufis remained unaltered; and in money there was no material change. The trial of Col. Fremont, in London, who was lately put in “durance vile,” for sundry debts incurred in California on the account of the United States, during the Mexican War, was not yet concluded. I am unable to confirm the story of the escape of Meagh er, the Irish Exiie ; on the contrary, a friend of mine has just received a letter from Smith O’Brien, of later date than the as serted escape, but the writer makes no men tion of the circumstance. "The Queen of England intends to confer the Order of Knighthood upon Charles Kean, tbecele brated tragedian. Mr. and Airs. Kean, keenly appreciating the royal favor, will shortly retire from the stage, and become teachers of elocution to the royal children. Rejoice, great Shakespear! The tine Yacht, Titania, one of those beaten by the Ameri ca, last autumn, has been burnt up, off Cowes, which catastrophe is, of course, a loss for the Bulls. Old Dame Rumor is circulating a variety of schemes about the English Crystal Pal ace. Some folks say it has been bought for £70,000, and will be re-erected in the neighborhood of London. Several sites have been surveyed, but none, as yet, decid ed upon. An enterprising Yankee, how ever, has proposed to employ the material of the present Crystal Palace in the forma tion of a gigantic tower, 1,000 feet high a modern Tower of Babel—to be used as the grand central station of the A£rial Nav igation Company, from London to the Aus tralian Gold Mines, &c. The builders of the original Crystal Palace have expressed their conviction that the project is quite practicable. I may mention in this con nection, that the silk-weavers of Lyons, France, are actively manufacturing many magnificent contributions to the World’s Fair in New York. But the French people also intend to erecta Crystal Palace of their own, in the Champs Elysees, the height of which will exceed that of the towers of Notre-Dame. The anniversary of the death of the Em peror Napoleon was celebrated in Paris on the 5th inst., with unusually imposing cere monies. Paris is, at present, overflowing with strangers attracted to witness the grand fete of the 10th of May, in tb (\Champ de Mars. Ten thousand cards of admis sion have been issued. It is thought that, on this occasion, the assembled troops will request the President, “for the good of the country,’' to proclaim himself Emperor; but I scarcely think he will dare to assume that title, at present. However, the steam er which leaves Liverpool for Boston, on May 16, will probably bring us a full ac count of the great French fete and its re sults. Reviewing the reports made by the trea surer at the recent anniversaries in this city, I have thought it worth while to add them all up, and to ascertain the sum total con tributed for missionary and other charitable purposes, in this city : Am’can Bible Society, $308,744 81 “ Tract Society, 212,858 9 “ Board of Coramis- ) sioners for Foreign >■ 211,062 54 missions, ) “ Sunday school Union, 193,846 44 “ Home mis’ion Society 160,062 25 Seaman’s Friend Society, 23,660 64 Educational Society, - - - 36,240 18 Female Guardian Society, - 15,490 32 Foreign Christian Union, - - 56,649 91 Magdalen Society, - - - - 2,090 11 Ass. for the Supr’n of Gambling, 3,665 00 Total, $1,354,379 13 These figures speak more eloquently than any verbal qulogium upon the liberality of the religious community, and show that, although hypocrites are numerous, there are still a great number who contribute of »■ u ■ T , - . .* their substanceforthe promotion of Charity, ! 1 <>?'«. »»*». objection to There ie an amount of money invested : Betty eourte.ed withdrew and toot in gold mining, at present not only by New Yorkers, but by persons in all parts of £3T A maiden lady, suspecting her fe male servant was regaling her beau upon the cold mutton of the larder, called Betty and inquired whether she did not hear some one speaking with her down stairs? “Oh no, mam,” replied the girl, “it was only me singing a psalm!” “You may amuseyourself, Betty,” replied the maiden, with psalms bullet’s have no the hint. Cotton is worth 11 cts. in Charleston*