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know of the doctrine.” Juo. 7. 17. “They continued in the apostles’doc-’ trine.” Acts 2. 42. ” Being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.” Acts 13. 12. ” Till I come giye attendance to reading, to doctrine.” 1 Tint. 4. 13. “ The name of God and his doctrine.” 2 Tim. G. 1. *• That they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour.” Tit. 2. 10. “ Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ.” lleb. G. 1. “ Whoso abideth not in the doctrine of Christ.” 2 John 9, Good doctrine. —“ I give you good doctrine,” - l’rov. 4. 2. See too, 1 Tim. 4. 6. ’ Soi'ND DOCTRINE. See 1 Tint. 1. 10 2 Tim. 4. 3—Tit. 1. 9 and 2..1. My doctrine. —(The Lord’s.) Dent. 32. 2—Job. 11.6—Juo. 7. IG. We might greatly augment the number Os references, but.dcem it unnecessary. It is probable .Mr. Shehane will seek to avoid the force of these references by saying that j his affirmation was made only of the plural.’ “ doctrines Well, liieud 8., we wil. j tneet you there. Take yourbible and read Matt. 13. 9. “But in vain they do wor ship me, teaching for doctrines the com mandments of men.” Is the term “ doc- ’ trines ” used “in a had sense” here ! Were these “doctrines” for which the pharisees substituted'die “commandments of men” the “doctrines of men ami devils?” If not, whose doctrines were they? if the doc trines for which the commandments of men were substituted weiethc doctrines of Hea ven, can it be truly said, that the term was used in a had sense ! If not, friend She* bane, who can satclv irpose lonlidcnce in your expositions of Scripture? “Thou that tcachesl another teaches! thou not thvself?” The Presidency and Dr. Manly. In the first mimlier of the Index I’m the Jiieseiil year wu gave, ill short metre, the faculty of Mercer University, The first item was tliis ••i’ivsilh ill vacant Ilasil .Manly, l>. 1). expected.” To this JJr. Manly takes exceptions in a letter from which tlie following is an exuaet. I’Niviai iTV iif Ala. Jail. 17. 1811. My Dtur 11 rut her: In find fault wiili what ii wood man docs, and espceinlly what he does most r. -spent fully to ones-self, seems to he difiitull and unwelcome I think, however, I ought i it to keep >.|, ore in resend to your para ding my name at the lie a I of your Facility, with the intimation teal I am ‘•expected.” This implies more than is expressed: it not only asserts that the parties expert, hut that they have some ground for their ex pectation. .Now, how will tliis read in .vlahainii; M ill it not weaken iiiv hands •and those of all my friends, in contending against legions of dilficnlties, to he told in <t religious journal, in effect .that, [am al ready pledged to removt ! In justilieation of our eotnse, or at least in extenuation of our guilt, wo would sav a few tilings. We did not sav, or intimate, that our respected hrother had given any pledge, or tiny intcniiiivil r ■encountgi incut to its to believe that he would accept the presiden cy. It is true, in our notice ol the procee dings ofllie Hoard, we did say, “A com mittee was instructed So correspond furth er with Dr. .Manly, telative to the presi dency. From information laid before the Hoard, the hope was entertained of finally securing 1 1 is services.” This is all we had to sav about the matter. Now notice that we said nothing about the nature of the information received; or about the source from which it was received; neither did we say whether we hml or had Hot good ground to expect his acceptance of our invitation. That we had some expec tation of his doing so, is evident from the fact of our directing the committee to cor respond further with him on the subject. Would we have left the presidency vacant and directed tliis correspondence, if we had no expectation of his accepting our offer? Certainly not. Hut we will now say something about the grounds of this expectation. 1. It had been currently reported in tins and an ad joining State, for twelve months or more, that Dr. Manly had an idea of leaving his present situation—that he would most pro bably do it if the Legislature of Alabama failed to make more ample provisions for the support of their University 2. We had a knowledge o (fuels, which, in our estimation, pioved conclusively that the report was well founded. 3. We had no tenson to believe that the Legislature would make the provisions needed. We ask, whether under such a slate of things we iiad not a light to expect that Dr. Man ly would be npthing averse to leaving the post lie now occupies? Hut what of that? Had we any right to expect that if he left lie would accept the call to this place? We think we had. We were aware, that some five or six months, or more, before the tunc of our meeting, he had received a call from a church in this state, that the mem bers of that church were sanguine in their expectation of securing his pastotai servi ces, and we were informed that he had not given them ade tin ate answer. As we of fered him a salary that was equal to that which the church in question were in the habit of giving: as the expense of living here would be less than in a commercial ci- ty, as we olicr'ed privileges of an unusual chaiacter; and as the ptospects of useful ness, at the head of our University, were greater than.those which could be presen ted at the head of any church in our stale, we certainly did think, that if called to de cide between the two he would give us the preference. We leave it to brother Manly and our readers to decide whether the Board had not “some ground for their expectation.” Wo most cheerfully and most fully acquit brother .\Jant.y of giving us intention ally any reason to believe that he would accept the presidency of our Univer sity: he canliot therefore be justly chatgca able with “duplicity.” We shall much regret it, if any thing that we have written should do an injury to one whom we so highly esteem. We will now add, that we have little or no reason to believe’ that Dr. Manly will accept the presidency of our ins'titution. The prospects of .the Alabama University arc brightening. Wo learn that there .arc now about 100 young men pursuing their studies in that institution. If the slate will adequately sustain the institu tion and its president we have ho desire to to call him away; hut if Dr. Manly should feel it his duty to leave that institution, - we, and many others, would ho highly ‘gratifi ed to have him here. SuliTiiu Tlionglits tm Light Words. How sdten does the sinner speak of death, judgment, eternity, perdition, as though these were words of small import. “ It would ho better to die,” says one, ” than live in this or that state.” “ I’d sooner plunge into perdition than submit to] such a thing,” says another. Alas! hoiv little do suc.li consider what it is to die out ol Christ—in sin—unreconciled to God ! Perdition !—(1 who can think ol enduring cental misery ! \V hat is the condition ol the most miserable on earth compared with l that of the lost soul in hell? Go, thrust voar linger into the blaze of that lamp and h"hl it ihero— -plunge a hook in your llesli and violently rend its delicate fibres asun der, and see it you can endure the pain with a tranquil countenance. If you can not. bow i an you endure the burning of the flames that are never to be quenched*—the gnawing ol the worm that never dies ! I’he agony ol tile lost soul is not only in finitely m re intolerable than e.nv tiling o! which we can conceive—it is also infinite ly more enduring. The pangs of hell are to las! forever. Remember dial, when von think or talk of plonging into perdition— -1 ‘OR., \ HR !() think of what is implied in dial word— -forever. .Stretch your con ceptions ol'ct ruitv to their utmost bounds, and the ll uiuumdicr, that they fall luliilltcly short of the reality ; and remember that eternity, to the guilty and the thoughtless sintter, is an eternity of misery and woe. To speak lightly of death and perdi tion is to speak lightly of God. It is to contemn his power and to make light of his threats to punish. To talk of plunging into perdition is to ta|j< of defying Omnipo tence. This is adding to the violation of God's law insult—and insult to whom ? To your best friend—to Him to whose mercy and gracious forbearance von are in debted for life and for all that * renders life vahinbe —to Him who only hath power to save from sin and the torments of an eter nal hell. Thoughtless sinner, be consider ate ; speak with reveience and solemn awe of eternal things ; keepTlio fear of God lie fore your eves ; and seek to secure eternal life. ‘ Opinion of A Brother Abroad. A brother, who occupies an important station, in the midst of an intelligent com munity in Virginia, writes, in reference to our paper and labors, as follows: I hope that your paper will be well sus tained ui Ga. 1 am sure the Baptist denom ination in that state is fully competent to give it a liberal support, and if they do not, they will certainly operate Very much against their own interest.—ls any one de serve to be supported, it certainly is the editor of a newspaper; for his whole time, both day and night, is required in the du ties of his ollice, and while Others may te pose and enjoy the luxury of reading, lie must toil, in . order to furnish matter for them to read.—l think no Baptist, (except poor Ministers, whose dues are kept back iiy dishonest churches,) who does not pay the editor .ought to he eligible to any office, either in the church or stale. We judge, from a glance at our Account Hook, that a goodly number of our subscri bers would dissent from the views expres sed by our brother, in the last sentence which we have extracted- We perceive that the last credits received by some of our subscribers, who hold ollices, both in church and state, extended their subscrip tions only to 1839! We have Colonies, .Majors, Captains. Esquires, Deacons and Ministers in the number. ‘■ 1 “ m Extracts from oiir Private Correspondence. Donation* — lndex. —The funds receiv ed from brother John (j. West have been 1 duly acknowledged elsewhere. We take the liberty of making a few extracts from the letter which enclosed them. The first extract verified the declaration of the apos tle Paul, that “ Clod is able to make all grace abound toward you ; that ye, always I having all-sufficiency in all things; may j abound to cveiy good work.” ‘ l Cor. ix. 8. It also accords with out experience, and, ; we doubt not, with that of every one Who j “hath dispersed abroad.” W hen 1 read bro. McCall’s letter, in the first No. of the C. Index, l felt nty spirit ! move to do something for him. and deter i mined immediately to forward to you live j dollars, to give him the Index one year, and through you to forward the above named 82 30 ets. to assist in getting him saddle bags. A few days after I canto to tiiis resolution,'! attended one of the church es of my charge, at which time and [dace one of the Deacons handed me the enclosed live dollars, his subscription for my services last year. Then my soul said, tire Lord will provide. It is not the first time, my hroihcr, 1 have determined to give to the L rd’s cause, :Iml soon alter the.ineaus have been furnished, 1 have often been impress j-ed to make contributions, when it seemed to m'e it was impossible for me to do ■so, I but have done ir, and in a very short time have had funds placed in my hands from an unexpected quarter. Frotn experience, I have found it best to act when impressed in the Lord’s catfse : for lie has always paid me well, if not in silver and gob!, by giving me a peace of conscience which 1 have never had the privilege of enjoying when 1 have not obeyed or yielded to the impres sion of my iniiid. The r agon why l have changed in triy lirst determination in part, as touching my contribution to bro. McCall, is because itiv lire. I’aschail lias been moved, as wed as myself, am! said to me to day at church, that he wished for me to withdraw in what 1 intended, and give him the piivilege to send the Index to the bro. according to Ids determination.; for, he said; fie had heard liiitt preach, and, said lie, you can contri bute towards getting him saddle bags, which privilege I most readily granted to him. In ail my chinches, the Christian Index’ is taken and read with much pleasure, and often I hear this expression, “The paper is much imdroved; wo would not lie without it for Ten Dollars per \ ear” I ant not do ing much in getting new ‘ subscribing, but when ever 1 can I. make collections and for ward the same through !’. M. at Washing ton. For my own part, ! am much pleas-i ed with most of the pieces published.— j Some of the pieces on Doctrine are a little j too soil for <>:io like me, who can take sunny ‘ meat: hut lam happy to lind, while you allow incite pieces to go to press, \ on by no means approve of them; but have at all times opposed them, ami have contended lor the good old Bible doctrine, Flection, as tiie base ol Christian cllort and hope lor 11 in salvation ol any person in anv land.— May God give you much grace and increase your ability to successfully contend for the faith and practice as revealed in his hoiv i Word. ’ | Our situation is an unenviable one. Wei are situated as it ’w ere between two tires.— ; Some think we are too rigid in our doctrinal views, and avail thcmsi lvca of tiic piivilege we grant, (id’ Iren discussion*) to give us some pretty haul raps. Others again com plain because we do not put a mouth piece on the Index and prohibit its uttering anv sentiment that’ we cannot sanction-—and t!t,ey thump us soundly on the other ride. Under such a state of tilings it is gratilVing tobind,“that there arc those who can appre ciate tire difficulties of an editor, and are not disposed to hold us responsible for every thing every scribbler may wiite for our col umns. A Proposition. The following is from a worthy hrother, a pastor, who sustains his family, in part, by teaching. 1 will pay ten dollars to aid in raising fifty or one hundred dol'ais, as a fund to en able you to furnish the Index, gratuitously, to “ poor but worthy” ministers. 1 Ml) a, lA. This is a pleasant town situate;! among the mountains of Virginia, between the White and Malt Sulphur Springs, and not far from the last named watering place. It contains as much wealth and intelligence as any town in the mountainous region, and is .surrounded with all that is grand, won derful or beautiful in nature. Front a letter recently received from the pastor of the Baptist church in that growing town, we learn that vigorous elforts are being made to ! erect a house of worship for his chitrfth j and congregation. It is proposed to erect one that will cost about $2,000. That amount, in that region of country, where materials are so abundant, laborers so plen tiful, am! the price of labor so moderate, ought to be sufficient for the erection of a very neat and commodious building. Wjj are gratified. to learn that nearly $l,lOO have already been subscribed. We Impel that they will regulate their plan by the a mount of funds that may be secured, and not rely in the least on efforts to be made after the building is completed. Such re liance generally proves worse than vain—it proves ruinous. Southern Sahbulh School Advocate. The prospectus of this proposed publica tion iins appeared several limes in our col umns. Its object meets with our most cor dial approbation. If it be adequately sus tained, it cannot well fail to do much good, not only in promoting the establUhnientund the suecesslul management of Sabbath Schools, but in arousing the dormant ener gies of chrisli.ms and dilTilsing abroad the salutary influences of the gospel of Christ. The editor is a practised writer, and fully competent to conduct such a periodical and render it interesting and profitable to his patrons. He was the editor of the Youth’s Companion ; a monthly, which, though highly eoinmacded by the press, was dis continued for tho want of adequate patron age. ‘Jlie readers of the Temperance l>uu- ncr and Index have often been entertained 1 and instructed by his lucubrations : we hope that they will evince, bv subscribing I lor liis proposed periodical, that they duly appreciate his labors and commend his latt j dable undertaking. We moreover hope, ‘that Christians of ail denominations in the j j Bouth, will patronize tiiis wotk. • Why I should we depend upon the North for Sab bath School Journals? Will not the super ! iuh'udents and teachers in Sabbath Schools, am, tire pastors ol churches, say to the ed i itor, by their acts, (actions in such matters j I T&k louder than words) go ahead, broth- j : er —we will insure, you against loss? Out j absence from homo was the sole cause of j our not noticing tire prospectus at an earlier I period. . Foreign Semi-AJonthf, Magazine. — ■ .Nos. 1 and 2 are on our table. Both of; these numbers are full of interesting matter and are enriched at;rV'*;M!ilieil willgspLrn did mezotiirt The first eon- 1 tains an engraved representation of the trial ; oi Queen Katharine, the rova! consort of j ■Henry VUI ol tvngfand ; the.second, an engraved likeness of'i’bunlus Carlyle. We j would suggest.to tiie friends of general lit- j era til re, who have not iyct subscribed fori this work, which contains tire erriam-of ;iK : Foreign literary periodicals,, that the pres-1 cut is a favorable time- for ordering,—, It is published lwi.ee a mouth, at; 83 per year, h v James M. CitmplieSl 03 ; Chtsnul street, Philadelphia, to whom or-j tiers and remittances should Ire sent. They I iqay be forwarded through Postmasters. Southern Pap!ist A.h'octilci. —This ! periodical is suspended for the present I'm the want of adequate patfonage. Tho last number contains tluv valedictory oi Dr. Curtis. AVe part from him with “regret ami deplore the loss of so aide a_ coadjutor. May brighter ptospects open before him* in other depaitments ofmefti'l labor, lie can hardly engage in labors more thankless than arc llio.m of an editor—qiilcss he becomes an administrator or a day-school teacher. A Futa! Ciisiially. We have received the painful intelligence i that a son ol Mr. Newsom, (near Union ! Point.) about 12 years of age, wlfle amus-j iug hint sell in a cotton ein, on Friday lust. 1 bail bis head caught and crushed between ! an arm of tlie cogwheel and a shall of the handwheel. It is scarcely necessary to add that he died instantly. What a solemn event ! V hat a load warning to all to he ready lor death ! ‘Altaian admonition to j parents to regard their children lml as a trust which they tnav lie called to surren der’ at any hour! V, it!.in one week have, two sudden deaths > occurred in our county. In the one case, [an Aged citizen is plunge.l into eternity-by i tin murderous hand of a fellow-man : in ‘ tin; other, a blooming youth, through the lif.eillesf'i’.eas common to children of his age, is hurried to a pi'cmiiure grave. Alan! what is niitti, frail man ? The being of an hour, and a child of sorrow. May- the Lord teach us ail so to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Win. Bishop recovered in Boston $i(U( damages against .fames Kheplidnl. Captain of a whaling ship, for taking his son, a minor, on a whaling voyage, without his folher's consent. Compliment, to Poverty, —At a late cel ebration in an adjoining State, a poor man offered the following tonal: “Here i.-; a health to poverty: it sticks by you when all other friends forsake you.” A certain English Hi Amp was once ob served in the deepest cogitation . whilst walking in his garden. When interrogated ns to the current of his thoughts, he said, that he was thinking, that, as an individual; can-go inad, an individual nation might run mad also. Newspaper Line. —la ease of a suit for fraud, the Georgia courts have decided that , refusing to take a newspaper from the ollice, ! or going awav and leaving it uncalled for I until all arrearages are paid, i nprima Jucia evidence of intentional fraud. •fudge Gaston of North Carolina, otic of j the ablest jmists, most profound statesmen, and eloquent speakers of the Union, died j suddenly at Raleigh, on the 23d .lan. Texas. —According to tlie latest advices from Texas, a hill lias been inirodm oil in to the lower house of the Texan Congress, providing lor the .annexation of the Repub lic of Texas to the United Stales—in ease die United Stales will consent to the an nexation! The Wiseasset Republican states that tile fishermen in that district have been highly prosperous the present season.— They succeeded in catching excellent fares —have sold tlteii fish at fair prices, ami have received seventeen thousand dollars in Bounty. In Marblehead, it ti ed to lie said, that; when the fishermen were lucky, marriages were sure to lie plenty, and as all fishermen are nearly alike, we suppose that many blooming lasses iii Lincoln will become wives before spring. —Hangar l dug. Ltfc and ‘/linen of Dr. If ’il/c Clinton. —Charles A, Clinton, Esq., son of the late Governor, is picparing his lather’s papers for publication. Oov. Clinton’s eonespon deuce was of course very extensive, and with the most eminent men, and embraced a great variety of subjects of public inter est. The whole is preserved, he having kept copies of his own letters of an early period. He also kept a dairy of passing events. — Christian H’tdchman. ■ ABSTRACT OF AIHTEOROLOGIC.IL OBSEBIATIiHS Fl)# THE UfIMH OF JAMMY. • ;4t W ->S Thermometer. Barometer. A A Day. i\Siti:rl:r Anna ■'■■'unset. \Srnrise • .Xuon ‘\Smie,ef:\ 1 •!•>. oU. 35. ‘ “9.49 29.17 ; 29.45 j f'iondv-—?*i**bt Raio. 2 41.5 • 49.5 47.3 i 29.37 | 39.27 j 29.205bRain. ’ 3 } | 35.5 IS.- 45. jj 29.21 j 29.21 [j 29.23 uFnir. I 29 45.5 44.5 j 29.34 \ 29.12 i 1 29.42 iFair. • 5; ’ 34.5 49. 47. j 29.54 { 29.G4 !: 29.G25p Hazy. G.f 32. 44. I 41. 29.53 j 29.<;f jj 29.57 jlCloudv—Rain; 7;| 10,5 50. 50.5 29:49 ! 29.43 j! 29.4 !t Hourly—Rain. O'l 37.5 -IS. 45. 29.13 j 29:15 (j 29.11 j Variable. ‘-h. 39. i 1-0. 41. j 29.31 , 29.23 j 29.25 jlß.rin. U'i, -10.5 j 53. i 32.5 29.20 : 29.28 ! 29.36 ! Rain. 1 15- | -H5. ! U. I ;*9.59 29.61 j 29.61 uGloudv—Kain. - U? 30, I 39. | 39.5 j 29.49 29.37 I 29.295!|Rain. * 13) 38.5 ! .56. ! 49. | 29.27 29.82 !. 29.35 IFair. Mj 38.5 51. j sl, ‘ 29,405 29.13 I'M 37.5 41, | 40. I 29.27 29.23 ;| 29.25 !|Rain. ‘ UF 38. 41, I 43. 29.19 29.11 I; 29.07 j|Rain. l~|j II- 43. 37. j 28.9 29.07'j] 29.19 I Rain—Fair. 18,; 39.7 52.5 j 10. 29.4 29.53 ‘ 29.55 j Fair. *10;! 57. 51,5 |! 29.-5S 29.63 [, 29.56’ Fair—Gloiidv. 2°!j -I'L i 69. 52.5 ; 25*.52 | 29.55 |l 29.5. Variable .’ 21;! 45. j 60. 51. jl 38.435! 29.57 29.115! Variable. ~-jI 41. j 59. 53.5 29.425’ 29.49 i 29.415 Variable.’ ■ .23;] 52. I 62,5 61/ “ 29.305 29.293;! 28.3 | Rain. 59. ii *>9.27 29.20i> ; 20.10 |*lt:\in —Lightning. 26,! 30. ! 13. 39. i 29.19 29.215 j 29.27 ‘'Fair. 36;| 22.5 35.’ 27- ‘29.335 29.33 :! 29.39 [Fair— Cloudy, j • 9"< : i 11. 29. ■ 39.5 29.52 29.57 29.595 iFair—Cloudy.- 28 j 18.5 30. 39. | 29.17 29.12 jl 29.39 dFaiiv 2b;j 15.5 32.5 29. | 29.69 29.71 >i 29.57 ■i! Fair - 39; 23- 18. 16- i| ‘29.39 29.3350 29 3 b’c'air. 3] 27.2 59. 12.5 H 29.16 j 29.51 ’j 29.535 .Fair— Hazy. ;j j! 1 j i ATeati i; 35.4 ‘ 18,0.'.’ 14.831! 29.389 I 29. 10li 1 29.387'| ‘dealt Temperature 42'75 Quantity of Rain 8.17;) inches. • Pit s huptuilum. —Tiie first tonutu is to j suspend me cliild of sorrow by the feet to separate bars, aud there to leave him with j ins head down wards, the prime Dominican ! saying to him at tiro same lime—-“eonfess, ; ;my.son, confess!” ’ h tiiis b/ msufiicient; .they aTe tied up bv tho wrists, with a heavy weight at their j Meet, and left hanging.until the [lam becomes I :s<> intense as to draw forth'shrieks'and cries, wliicu ifoise is quieted liy the railing ! ul tiie Furies, sliouting, “Dog and lleretie” ; —aud then commanding mo ruffians to ’ slack, n the rope, and jerk tire writhing crea ture tip anil, down, until every pari of his body is disjointed. \. lien recovered from this indignity and torment, they lay the prisoner on ‘the back in a hollow trough, with Ins back resting on across bar, which almost severs.him — they then spread over bis mouth and nos trils a piece of line lawn upon which they pour water in a long small stream, driving tin: lawn deep into his throat, and ilnis they persevere, until the agonized believer is at his last gasp, upon which tiie lawn is sud denly drawn from Iris mouth—with streams of hfio !. ll all these cruelties fail to make a man oottless what lie does not know, or to be tray Ins follow disciple—the Christian is : brought to a pan of hot coals, they place bis j lent close to them, aud baste ilium with I lard, that the scalding and toasting may produce more exquisite anguish, thus ilo | mg wh:H no man would enact with his dog, ! literally roasting saints alive. This is dm il'.ip Inquisition, which was ; invented, and has been prolonged bv Dopes, i as the grand buttress of the Papacy. •'? new Slate prepose:! . —A hill, says , the National Intelligencer, has been iulm iluccd in the Legislature of Tennessee, now m session; for the establishment of “anew j State” out ol the territory of East Tennes ! see. The preamble of Ui hill states that the great local interests of that portion of the ft laid lying cast of the Cumberland I mmuilams are totally distinct, separate aiid j adverse to tlie interests ui that portion ol the 1 Gtate lying west ol the mountains-; that at . a future and not distant day the cmiliicl be tween tiics two divisions of the .State limy be productive of great injury to tlie welfare of the people ; ami that a separation would he productive of much blessing to each di vision. Thecmaitiesproposed to be ceded, in order to (dim the new Slate, to ho named “ Fraiikl.md,” are tvreniy-six in number j | It is proposed also in the, bill, that to the new .Stale may. he added, such portions of i the States of North (.'arolin-i, Virginia, and Georgia as may be ccd> and for that purpose, j Items from !> ilmcrfy Smith's European Times, of Jan. ■l!’i. According to the hist intelligence horn Siberia, the enterprise of gold washing has extended its,-If from the eastern side of the Ural mountains to the Altai, and layers of -gold sand have been found to extend along the Chinese frontier over a space of BtC.OOtl square miles, (it which the 2Qoih part in the hra’ district alone furnishes an average of 300 ponds (the pond is 32 2-3lii) a-vear —equal to 1 5,000,1KK) of paper roubles. We learn from Copenhagen that, on the i 1 tli and 1 tjill instant, a violent .tempest i raged in the district’ of Voile, til iVorth Jut i land, A great many carriages travelling along the roads were himvu over. The tide rose in the port of Voile so high that the waters not only flooded tho houses anil ! stores, doing damage to the amount of 790,- j 0001'., hut floated off the stocks a brig that i was being buik. Besides these disasters, two mills were set on fire by the lightning. : Upwards of 200 persons are said to have perished. Aa Athens lcHCi states, that the senior I member ol tb • atimiul Assembly at Greece is in hia (03d year. !!ei Majesty has prr settled to the British Museum five carats of Chinese hooks, cap tured by the troops dining the war in China. Master A. Harvey, a bov under !) years o! age, lias been lccluring on a ttionomv at Batli, and, it is stud, with great success. By the <!.•ceasri of his soother. Sir E. !,. Hulwer succeeds to the ancinnumnnsion and estates of Knelnvoi’tli, in Herts, to which she was heiress, I’hcrc is a young lady’ in Liverpool, who is’otdy nun-tern years of age, hut who has crossed the Atlantic twenty-eight times. I A French provincial paper says, “ Ac cording lo the registers of the War-olliee, seven hundred thousand Irishmen have died in tiie service of Franee.” Cardinal Fesil’s splendid collection of paintings, il is stated, will he brought to : tiie hummer, at Rome, next March. - j Letters l'rom Singapore state that three j persons, Chinese, had been carrier) fill’ by tigers in a sing!:: Week, and that lire ifcafh.i’ Irom tide tins cause average six in a month. .A lossi) tree has been found in a q'nari'y at Birm'itrgham. The Discoverer assumes, that it Itas been there “thousands of years before the materials of the Fgvplirm pyra mids were consolidated!” A seminary is now being established ill the comity ul'NorthamUm, where the rudi ments of agriculture and of agricultural chemistry, as propounded by Liebig, I’lay lair, aud others, are to he taught, combined with a classical education. V few days ago, a woman, 2(5 years of age. the wife of a furniture broker, at Fon tainblemi, in the absence’ of her husband/ sufloeated herself, aged nine years, and her sou, aged live, with the fumes” of charcoal. When the husband returned, he found tin •tii II dead. We presume it is not generally’ known, that the skins ol what we call “silver grey rabbi'*,” form an important article of coijrmertcj yet- swell is the fact. Some years ago, there were numerous ivairensof j die “silver greys” in Lincolnshire; but, modern improvements in agriculture being incomputable with large rabbit warrens, they were destroy ed: the breed, however, was sent into M ales, where now immense’ warrens exist, from which the owners do- - rive an excellent pioiit, by ex'poitmg the skins to Russia, where they are used bv the noble.; to line their rooms, COTTON BARRET. [r;v!on. —Our (lotion market has he roine firmer within the last few days, and there is somediiereuse in the demand. .'h.inlen'iiin. Dec. 27. —Cotton- remain ed witnout any variation, hut no one show ed the least im-liuaiioij to buy unless on lower terms than our quotations. / nhir'urg'i, lie, I(s.—Cotton has met wiih little in juiry; piices, however, re main firm. 1 hirer, 31.',/ Dec. — Cotton the same (lull aspect in business, noticed at die close of j last week, continue I to prevail in our mar ket tip to the middle of (he present one, when there was a better attendance of Inty ■ ers for the trade, and the accounts from Liverpool being ol a more enlivening tenor, the demand, compared with the stagnation licit previously- existed, assumed a brisk ap pearance, and die transactions have since ■been pretty’ regular. M A 11 R I id I), On the 18th of January, by Rev. Robert Fleming, .Mr; Jositi’ii UAixw.vrr.it, of Cow -1 la co. to Miss Caroi.ini: E. AVai.tox, of Campbell connive YY EEKLY RECEIPTS. ■ (Credits regulated by the books of our ojjire—Errors prom pHy corrected.) Thos. Neal paid for Mrs. S. Morris*, SC r>o to Jau. *45 ; i'. M. .Monticcllo for Mrs. Id. Ke'latu C 50, to Feb. 45; P. M. Tuskegee for E. W. Benard 5 00, Oct. If; P. M. Rim'd Town for J. W. Jackson 2 50 ! June 44; Rev. A. T. Holmes for B, Round- I tree 2 50 Jan. 13; and for Mrs. E. Hamp ton 2 .">0 (When!) and tor (U Roniz 2 50 (Where and when!); P. M. Lexing ton lor M. I\ Jivekson7 50 .May 43; I’. M. Macon for U. A. ‘i’tiarp and J A. ‘J’luiip, cache 50 Jan. 15. anil T. S. ('linppi li and J: B. Moon, each 2 50 Eeb. 45: John Hol ly 2 50—— (When? not at Marion); Cui. A. Janes for Hr. J. B. Gilbert 3 00 Sept. If; W. V iirhorougli for Miss M. T. W. Hibson 250 June ft; Rev. T. 1;. Wilkes for John Swanson 2 50 Mar. 45; W. Ha gins 2 50 Jan. 45; J. A Evans 2 SO Feb, 4 t; B. e>. Walker for Mr. Barker I C 5; J. Harris for (!. H. Tunnel 2 50 Fob. 45; B. M. Sanders for B. Crolev 2 50 Feb. 45: Rev. X. Hill for Dr. S. Durham 2 50 (to when?) D. Thompson 2 50 Nov. 4 !; P. M. j Burnt Corn, Ala. for Joel Lee 5 00: P. M. Beimetsville S. C. for (’apt. J. Terrell 3 00 Jan. 45; T. Stocks for Henry Gibson, July 44; Hillman Williams for John Wren 5 00 Aug. 15, and for Mann Rutievati 2 50 Feb. 45.