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ness was Cathlcen. fHio appeared lean ing on her husband, her face was ashy pal«Wiml her limbs too weak for support : yet fme, however, was perfectly collected, and gave Iter testimony with that precision, simplicity, and modesty, peculiar to her character. When she had occasion to allude to her own feelings, it was with such natural and heart-felt eloquence that the whole court was affected: and when she descried her rocontre at the stile, there was a general pressure and a hreatlde s suspense: and then a loud murmur ol as tonishment and admiration lulJy partici pated by even the lunch of magistr ite-. — The evidence was clear and conclusive: and the jury without retiring, gave their verdict, guilty—death. At this moment Cathlcen rushed Irom the arms of her husband, and throwing herself on her knees, with clasped hands, and cheeks streaming with tears, begged for mercy lor the old woman. “Mercy, my lord judge! ’ she exclaimed. ‘'Gen tlemen, yotir honors have mercy on her. Site had mercy on me! She only did their bidding.” The judge, though much affected, was obliged to have her forcibly COTtiaJ. iVaivi tlio itoAr*) w»k‘l jUaiioi* ts»oli its awful course. Sentence of death was pronounced on all the prisoners; but the woman was reprieved, and afterward transported. The reader may wish to know what has become of Cathlucn, our heroin*-, in the true seusc of the word. Her story, her sufferings, her extraordinary fortitude, and pure simplicity of character, made hur an object of general curiosity and in terest: a subscription pas raided for her, which soon amounted to a liberal sum ; they were enabled to procure Reilly's discharge from the army, and with a part of the money, Cathlcen, who, among her other perfections, was exceedingly pious after the fashion of her creed and country, founded yt*tirly masses for the soul of the poor pedlar ; and vowed herself to make a pilgrimage of thanksgiving to Ht. <jub ilate’s well. Mr. L., the magistrate who had first examined her in the little inn at Balgowna, made her a munificent present: and anxious, perhaps, to offer yet lari hr amends for his former doubts of her ver acity, he invited Reilly, on very advan tageous terms, to settle" on his estate, where he rented a neat cabin, and a haudsonn plot ofpofatoe ground. There Reilly and his>Cathl(‘( U were living ten years ago, witli an increasing IhiuiL, and in the enjoyment of much Imiuhlc happi ness; ami there, for aught 1 know to the contrary, they may he living tit this day. The following is an extract from an vv work just published in London, entitled “the Clock maker, or the Savings and Doings of Sam Slick,” being an amusing caricature of the Yankee character, em bodied in the adventures of a Connecticut clock Pedlar : A Tjuck in House. Ru ixc —The vtd ve of popularity. — l raised a four year old colt once, half blood, a perfect pic ture of a horse, and a genuine dipper, Cchild gallop like (lie wind: a real ilai-v, a perfect 1011, had an eye like a weasel, 1 and nostrils like Commodore Rogers’! speaking trumpet. —Well, 1 took it <! >.■ n j tothcracesat Yew York, and lather lie! went*along with me; for. aiys he, Sam, you don’t know every thing, I guess, you j han’t cut your wisdom teeth yet ami votf ' arc goin’ among litem tint's had 'em through their gams this while pu t. Well, when we gets to the races father he gets! colt and puts him in an old wagon, with a worn out Dutch liarne sand hand : lie looked like old Nick, that's a fad. Then he fastened a head martingale on, and buckled it to the girths atvvixst his lore legs. Says 1, lather, what on airth are you at ? I vow I fell ashamed to he seen with such a ratamarian as that, and colt looks like old Satan himself—no soul would know him. 1 guess I wnrn’.t horn yesterday, says he, let me he, 1 know what lam at. 1 guess i'll slip it into ’em afore I’ve done, as slick ns a whistle, 1 can see as far into a millstone as the best on ’em. Well, father never entered the horse at all, l»ut stood and seed the races, and the winnin horse was followed about l>\ the matter of two or three thousand peo ple praisin of him and admirin him.—They seemed as if they never had seen a horse afore. The owner of him was all up on eend a boast in of him, and a stumpin tho course to produce a ltorse to run agin him for lour hundred dollars. Father goes up to him, lookin as soft as dough, and as mcechin as you please, and savs he, friend, it aint every one that has four hundred dollars —its a plaguy sight of mom v, 1 tell you : would you run for one hundred dol lars, and give me a little start ! If von would, I'd try my colt out of mv wagon agin you, I vow. Let's look at your horse, says he; so away they went, ami a proper eight of people arter them to look at the colt, and when they seed him they sot up such a iarf, l lelt ecn-a-most ready toerv for spite. Says Ito myself, vvliat ran pos sess the old man to act arter'that fashion : 1 do believe lie has taken leaf of his sen ses. You needn't larf, says father, lie's smarter than irt; looks ; our minister's horse, ( apt. Jack, is reckoned as quick a beast ol his age as any in our location, and that ere eo!t can beat him fora lick of a quarter of a mile easy—l seed it my self. Well, they larfed again louder than be tote, and says father, if von dispute | Pie, what odds will you give ! Two to one, says the owner—eight hiindn and to four hundred dollars. Well, that's a grade deal of money, aint it, says father il l was to lose it I’d look pretty foolish, wouldn’t 1 ? How folks would pass their jokes upon me when I went home again. Yon would nt take t hats'Tre wagon and harness for till v dollars ol it, would you ! savs he. Well, savs the other, sooner than disappoint you, as you seem i<» have set your mind on losing your money, 1 don't rare if I do.* As soon as it was set tled, father drives off to the stable, and then returns mounted, with a red silk pocket handkerchief tied round his head, Jain! a colt looking like himself, as proud ! as a nabob, chock full of spring, like the j wire eend iff a bran pair of trouser gal , hisses—one said that's a pluaguy nice | looking colt that old feller has arter all that horse will show play for it, says a third—and I heard one feller say, I guess that's a regular yankee trick, a complete take in. They had a fair start lor it, and off they sot : father took the lead ami kept it, and won the race, though it was a putty tight scratch, for lather was too old to ride colt, he was about the matter of seventy years old. Well, when the colt was walked round arter the race, there was an ainazin crow and arter him, and oo<. oi J wautovi so Wt Willi f-ijui, S?l\ S lit’ tiler, liovv am T to get home without him, and vvliat shall I do with that and harness so far as I he fromSlicKvijle. So he kept them ill talk, till he felt tlleir J pulses pretty well, and at last he closed with a southerner for 7011 dollars, and vv< returned having made a considerable spec of colt. Says father to me, Hnm,gs iv s, he, you seed the crowd a lbllerin the win ning horse, when we came there, didn’t you? Yes, sir, says I, I did. Will,when e.olt beat him, iingine fullered him at all, | but came a crowdiu about him. That’s populnritv, says lie, soon won,soon lost— j cried up sky high one minute, and deser ted the next, or rundown : ell will share ! the same fate. He'll get Imat afore lung and then he’s done for. The multitude are alwavs fickle-minded. Our great Washington found that out, and the i’rit ish officer that heat Bonaparte : tlie bread j they gave him turned sour afore he got half through the loaf. Ilia soap had hard ily stiffened afore it run right hack into : I vo and greas again. Svi i:i:i> wim vis on nr. I'.vi-nws. — Diodorus mentions that when the lv*vp i tians went abroad .in the wars, they brought home with gr \it lamentation dead cats and haw!.' to be buried in K gvpt. There was mourning in whaiover house a cat or dog happened to die: for the former, the inmates shaved their c, brows, ami for the latter their wliol 'body. Whenever a lire happened, the great anx iety of the Egyptians was, lest any cat should perisji in the (lames ; and they look more care to pit vent such a calami ty then to save their houses.. The pun ishment was death to kill a saared animal designedly, but if undesigned!}', the pun ishment was referred to tlie discretion of the priests. I >iit if a person killed a cat or an ibis, no distinction of intention was made; the enraged multitude hurried a vviv the unfortunate p us u:i to hi- death., Diodorus also n I.in s that some Romans being in that country li<r the purpo.-e of concludin'* a treaty witli the king, the people who were much interested in the result, and held the Roman power in great fir, treated the strangers v,;th the Htmn t attention and civilijv. But one of them having happened undo«igneil!y to kill a cat, the enraged mol) hast: tied to bis-lodging, and neither the interference of the king nor the dread of the Romans could deter them from putting him to death. * * * * Herodotus stales shat the Egyptians worshipped rows with, more profound reverence* th n they did anv other cattle. The ox was sacruieod. but not the cow, which was sacred to Is is. ()n this account, he says, no Egyp tiun, nude or female, would kiss a Greek on the mouth, or use his clever, his spit, or dish: and they have carried their scru ples so far as to abstain from lawful meat that had been rut witli a Grecian's knife. This is almost precisely the state of things in India at the prqseut day.—[Pictorial Bilile. lIoXTIK TO I*ISVI. AoKMU'I. ia itISTS. : Nation vi. lli;\i:i.vi Tons. The names ol j those w ho have enriched our gardens with ‘useful ami valuable plants are deserving l of record and remembrance. Sir W. | Raleigh introduced the |*)tatue ; Sir An | tiiouy Ashley first planted cabbages i ll tins I country —a cabbage appears nt his feet on Iris monument; Sir Richard Weston 'i brought over clover-grass from Flanders in Hilo: tigs were planted in Henry the Eighth's reign, at Lambeth, bv Cardinal Pope—it is said the identical trees are 'still miKiiniiM'. Spilmnn, who erected J the first paper mill at Hartford, in 151 U), 'brought mer the first two lime trees, which he planted, and they are still grovv -1 ing. Thomas Lord Cromwell enriched the gardens of Fngland w ith three differ ent kinds of plums. It v. as F.velvn, whose patriotism vv as not exceeded bv Ins learn ing. who largely propagated the noble oak in this country, so much so that the trees he planted have supplied the tiavv of Great Britain vvith its chief proportion of that timber;—[Fngli.-h paper. A Wealthy Pint.vt:. It is said of tin* money dealer who so recently tailed in New Orleans for seven .millions of dol lars, that some twenty years ago he went to New (>rlcans with a pedlar s pack upon his back! r l vxf.s. The taxes, in thO city of X. York, tor the ye tr I Sit!, amount to |:10! J. BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. From the Portland Advertiser. SILK AND TIIE SILK TRADE. Wo have received a file of papers Iran: ( u na which gives us an interesting account ot the silk worms anil silkiu China, which we have condole-'**.! for the Advertiser. The sub ject is at the prcs« nt time highly important to a large class of the United States who are rni | sing the silk worm and cultivating the mulber ry tree. The silk w orm w e believe has been j raised in China beyond the recollection ol I man, and silk was worn there,long before the j invention of the loom and the distaff 'i he my ! Biologists of Chiii-! ascribed the inventions of I the loom and the distaff to the gods, and many | of the < 'hinese.at the present day, are of opin | ion that tin- di-talFand the loom were the in vention of the ancient inonarchs of China, w ho, jin their traditionary history, assume the hn i portanee of god.-. " X 1 Europe has r-eoived silk from China for ! morn than two thousand years. Its introduc i;ion into Europe sufficiently indicates the country tr n which it came. There is a Greek j name which resembles the word implying silk lin most of the Chinese dialects, and which is j identical vvith the pronunciation ol Coreas")” j in the mandarin dialect it is pronounced sze ; | but in a language of which the written cliarac- I terallbrds no indication ol sound, the pronmi-. elation must be as varied as in those savage j tongues which are not at all committed to | wj-iffiig. The Gatin' name sutliciently reseta j hies the Manchfto and Mongo sirke and sirektk, jto show the people by whom the silk was car ried on its departure from China. Those names, altered perhaps in their long journey o vor Central Asia, acquired, from the cultivated organs of the Italians, the more agreeable form of st rict*, by some modilication ot vvhfrli it is .-till known in most of the languages of Europe. In ancient times ail example of industry was annually given by the Empress of China, who fed the laborious insects with the leaves she; hud gathered with her own hands, from trees grow ing within the verge of the imperial place. The produce of the worms w as afterwards spun and woven hy herself. This was a politic mode of inducing habits of industry, and it ap poa-s to have been retained on account of the i pleasing naiiiß-of the occupation, long after. the necessity of example had ceased. Since | the accession of the present family, the cii-tom J has been discontinued: a part of the palace is, however, still stocked with insects and mulbor-1 rv trees tin* the amusement of the royal ladies; j and the Government has not neglected the; maiiufaetuie. Treatises ol i oiisidorahlc ex-j tent have been published to point out the best ; mode of rent ing v.-nus and managing silk. I showing in comp! t - detail the best method ol preserving and of hatching the eggs and feed- ! ing the worms, the di.soasi s to which they are j subject, and the modes of prevention and cure :: the best form of’ building, and manner of warm- j ing ait 1 ventihtiiig th-ir I: Jkn.ii >ns,ai.d every j oilier particular. The precautions, reconi-! mended, although not rigorously adopted by i every manufacturer, have greatly tended to i:n-; prove the quantity and quality of the produce.! During th line season, worms arc reared and silk made in almost every house, and any l span 1 room is used for their habitation ; hut by | th.is * who make the rearing of worms a profes sion. a dry airy spot is chosen, free from pun gent shells and loud noises : a square room is built vv Alt the onfraii'-o, if possible, towards i the south. 1 1 it usual to have a window on I each side covered with white paper to exclude tin' air, and provi led with thick blinds to shut out tin* light when darkness is necessary. A stove, or more, is furnished lokecp up a con stant and equal temperature throughout the room, and to prevent any chance of damp, which is very injurious to the worm. Around the room several rows of shelves are fixed, one abov e another,about a foot apart,- —not against the wall, but 1:x ing a clear p ..-sage, wide e noit:'.!i for a person to walk out-hie till round the room, anil an <■) m space in the middle. These shrive * a e Ibnn-'d of rt. h =or whines, and tire intended loteeeive t!< • worms wlic-n hatched. The liatrliing may ho accelerated or reiariled at plf.isme. bv exposing the eggs to lic.it er cold, and the u.sus! practice is to keep them in a cold place unit! the nm!berry-trees have put forth their young leaves; the paper on which the eg gs are deposited i ; th. u brought out, and hungup in such a :-',!'iatio:i that the sun may shim- on the hack of the sheets; this is repeated for two or three days, during each of which the paper is allowed to remain expo sed to the rays of the sun only long enough to i acquire a gentle warmth : ainei! heat would |ho very pr-judicial. On thedlli dev a great number of th;’ eggs v. ill be leech' and. All the | worms wliii li Kmw the eggs lief.nc this time i are thrown away, ns they would not agree with | 'lit- others in the time of eating, casting their .-kin. or spinning, which he the cause of much , additional trouble to the attendants. The pa pers are then carefully weighed, turned upside ! down, and gently placed upon young* mulberry i leaves, cut into small shreds to be more eas l v , mast real-id by the tender worms. The smell of the fresh leaves soon induces the worms to | leave the paper, w Itleh is again carefullv weigh ed : the weight of the worms is ot' course know n. by the ditVerence of tiie present and former | w eights, and the quantity of food regulated I accordingly. *' In the tirst days of their existence the fl ii ■ t.ese won ns are fed nearly every lnlf hour, and the number of meals is gradualv diminished, as the worms grow older. After a few days I they arc fed four tine s a day, and the leaves are no longer shred, but given v hole as thev are gatlicea’ ; after ibis the number of meals sutler no d.niiimtum.! The daily process of feeding the worm js very carefully attend' and to : they are kept free from noise, bad smells, or otliercauses of annov ance : and in some places even llic food and dre. sos the attendants are scrupulous! v regu lated. Small stows are used occa-i •;<. illv for drying the air ol the apartment during the prevalence of damp weather: shades are pla cid over the vv indovvs when the heat of the sun would be excessive : in the case of a dry ing wind, small vessels ot'water a-e inster spiTsed between tlieshelvi'S to r.-l'e-iit: e air of tlie room; if the worms iqipear -a klv mid hea ted, a tine powder of dry mulberry leaves is thrown over tiiein : in short, every precaution The Italians Usually procure the ii, positon «and eggs upon eiof :s. ;Voiii wlit'di the;* me de tached by washing Tim. r_.- a: til- 1 keiit in little bags, in ;,s cm ! a | arc as p ' . rut’:! the miles rry-trci s are in leaf, vvlieii th v ;ire le:t« bed in ;i ct v.l room, of vv hit h th. In-at is gradually r imed from lio deg t > -il c ~ ~f Fa-j lirenheit. The process usually occtipit :• twelve i or fourteen days. Hn Italy it it usual to feed the worms four times a day from tin* lirst ; when very young' they receive <b- pped leaves, and in about six-, 1 ' n day- the 'dc-ppbtg is discontinued is taken which the interest of the proprietor may suggest, or the debate habits of the ani mal may seem to render necessary. Notwithstanding -every precaution, the worms sometimes die, particularly at the time of moulting or casting their skin. This is a ! season of danger which occurs three times dur- j ing the short life of a silk worm. In the fourth 1 dav of its existence it falls sick, refuses food, j and is then said by the Chinese to sleep : with in twenty four hours it easts its skin with much 1 apparent, pain. Tv. o days usually elapse be-J fore health and appetite return, and after two j days of health a second sleep approaches: ; th : 'pain anrl danger is repeated, and after an j equally short interval of health, the third and j last. s!< ep attacks the laborious insect \V lien | ihi- sleep is completed, the worm enjoys a longer interval oflmalth than at any other pc- j lid. For five or six days it continues to cat j •h< artily, and then begins to spin the “golden! tomb,'’ to the formation of which its whole ex- j isMiee appears consecrated. The silk-worm of Europe has one step of; i danger more than that of China, and casts its j | skin four times instead of three. It is the o-! pinion of sonic naturalists that this difference J must he tho effect of climate : but such a sup- j position is negatived by the fact that the silk- j worm of three casts, like that of China,is known j in Europe, and that in some districts of Loin- j bardv it is reared as well as that of four casts, though the latter is prel'ered from the larger! quantity of the produce. The w orm of four casts, being the host known in Europe, was probably the species introduced by Justinian; the sjiiatler sort was most likely imported in one of the many vessels which have sailed be tween Enropdind China for nearljr four cen turies. Both species are cultivated in Bengal, and are both thought by the Hindoos to have been brought from China. The smaller sort is known thereby the name ol'lho monthly worm, and can he brought to spin ' Jg.ht, or ten times a year ; the other is called tho annual worm, and produces silk in March only. MOUNT SINAI. from “ixcinE.vrs ok traVf.i.i.inu in egyj*t, ARABIA, &.C., BV AN AMERICAN.” * * * At eight o’clock 1 was broackfast ing : the Superior was again at my side, again oiler* and all that tho convent Could give, and ur- j gimr me to stay a month, a fortnight, a week, j at least to spend that day with him, and repose j myself after the fatigues of my journey ; but from Iho door of the little room in which I sat I I saw the holy mountain, and 1 longed to stand | on its lofty summit. Though feeble and far! from well, 1 felt the blood ofhcalth again com- j sing in my veins, and congratulated myself that; I was not so hackneyed in fading as I had ! once supposed. 1 found, and Iw as happy to j liud, for the prospective enjoyment of my farth- J er journey, that the first tangible monument I in the history of the Bible, the first spot that could he called, holy ground, raised in me • l'echngs that had not been awakened by the j most classic ground of Italy and Greece, or j the proHilest monuments of the arts in- Egypt, j ' * Continuing our ascent, the old monk j still leading the way, in about a quarter of nn 1 hour we came to the table of rock standing j boldly out., and running down, almost perpen- j dicularly, an immcncc distance to the valley.; 1 was expecting another monkish legend, and i my very heart thrilled when the monk told me | that this was the to]) of tile hill on which Moses had sat during the battle of the Israelites and the Amnlekitcs, while Aaron and llur suppor ted his uplifted hands until the sun went down upon the victorious arms of his people. From the height 1 could see; clearly and distinctly, every part of the battle-ground, and the whole vale of Uiphidim and the mountains beyond; and Moses, while on this spot, must have been visible to the contending armies from every pa l ' ofthe Held on which they were engaged. * I stand upon the very peak of Sinai— ■i.heiMoses stood vlu'n lie talked with the U.mghty. Can it he, or is it a mere dream r Can tins naked rock h ive been the wituess of that great interview between man and his Ma ker r where, amid thunder and lightning, end a fearful quaking ofthe mountain, the Al mighty gave to his i-liosen people the precious tables of his law, those rules of infinite wisdom and goodness which, to this day, host teach man his duty towards his God, his neighbor, and himself? The scenes of many of the incidents recorded in the Bible are extremely uncertain. Histo rians and geographers place the garden of Ed en, the paradise of our tirst parents, in different parts of Asia : and they do not agree upon the ! site of tho tower of l’abel. the mountain of Ararat, and many ofthe most interesting pla ces in the lirdy Land : but of Sinai then'is |no douht. This is the holy mountain; and a mong all the stupendous works of Nature, not a pi nee can he selected more fitted for the ex hibition of Almighty paver. 1 have stood up on the summit ofthe giant Etna, and looked over, the clouds Heating beneath it : upon the I bold scenery ot Sicily and the distant • moun tains of Calabria; upon the top of Vesuvius, ;ainl looked down upon the waves of lava, and the ruined and half-recovered cities at its foot : but they are nothing compared with the terrific ! solitudes and bleak ma jesty of Sinai. An ob serving traveller lias well called it “a perfect sea of desolation.” Not a tree, or shrub, or blade of grass, is to be seen upon the bare | and rugged sides of innumerable mountains, heaving their naked summits to tiie skies, while the crumbling masses of granite /ill around, and tiie distant view of the Syrian desert, w ith its boundless waste of sands, form the w ildest ami most drearv, the most terrific and desolate picture that imagination can conceive. The level surface of the very top, or pinna cle, is about sixteen foot square. At one end is a (Single rdek, about twenty feet high, on w inch, as said the monk, tho spirit of God de scended ; w hile i.i the crevice beneath his fa vored servant received the tables of the law. There, on the same spot where they were given, l opened the sacred book in which those laws are recorded, and read them with a deeper feeling of devotion, as if 1 wore standing near er, and receiving them more directly from the Deity himself. Premising Youth. Air. Coble, ofllrattlo borough, Yt. adverliees his runaway appren tice, Richard Long. in the*follnwing strlm— “lie can he in 1< ntiii.• 1 bv the fact, that he Ins not combed his hair since Judy 4th, l KM, and cannot spe.de ten w ords at a tune, witiiont ut tcring twenty fitlsc’iou is.’ Bobmett lace is now a great drug in the English market, in consequence of the rapidi ty with which it is made by machinery, and that which formerly brought live guineas is selling tor about on< shi!!i:ij! A piece that sold twenty years since lor £l7, sells now fur sen'll shilling?. FROM FRANCE. The new French ministry have persevered in bringing before the Chambers the donation required for the Duke of Orleanson the occa sion of his marriage witli a princess of Meck lenbcrg Strelitz, and it would appear with suc cess. The duke is allowed an annual reve nue of two millions of francs, one million for marriage expenses, besides a dower of BUO,OOO francs to the Duchess. At the same time, the distress of the manufacturing cities, is repre sented as extreme. A letter from Lyons, says ‘ there is no improvement in the situation of th#' working classes here. The distress amongst them is very great, but it is borne with patience. No troubles are apprehended, j and far from any animosity existing between the working classes and the troops as has been the case at former periods, it is consoling to see the soldier divide his rations with the poor workman.’ Another letter contradicts a state ment which had before been published, that large orders had been received at Lyons front the United States, and says it is not probable the manufacturers would execute any orders from North America, before 20 or 25 millions owing them by this country have been paid. All the manufactories of Switzerland and Germany, Zurich, Crevelt and Eberleldt arc it is said in a state of perfect stagnation. By the telegraph, intelligence lias been re-; reived at l’aris that a great commotion was perceptible among the workmen in porcelain in the neighborhood of Limoges. There is no additional intelligence from Spain. ENGLISH ITEMS. A Falmouth paper of the 4th of May says —Commercial accounts from Liverpool, Man chester, and other places, are more favorable than they have been for sometime past. The fall in most articles seemed to be stopped, and pretty large, purchases have been made of goods for exportation. But the orders in question are almost entirely on account of the continent and Brazil, and that for the present, at least, too United States, India and China, may be said to be out of the market. Another paper of the Gtli has the following paragraph—We believe, from accounts from different sources, that tho commercial panic is fast subsiding. Advices from Manchester and Liverpool, and other places, speak of a revival of confidence. Many extensive and bona fide purchases have been made, and the cotton market looks up. The failure of several large houses rn Lon don is mentioned—among others, those of John Groves, iivthc East India trade, and Ma jorr ib ;mks & Fcrrars. In Nottingham, the house of Baker &. Cos. I largt !y engaged in the American trade, has ' stopped payment | The packet ship Independence, which left New York on the 10t.Ii of March, arrived oft’ Liverpool the 2Sth April. .She was said to ; have brought witli her *70,000, and a million ! in bonds. | Much excitement prevails in London, in J consequence of the political course adopted :by Sir F. Burdett, who has deserted his old i friends, the Reformers, and was brought for j ward ns the candidate of the Tories, for West minister. The result of the election wasanx ! iously waited. The new French Ministry had abandoned the scheme of attempting to extend their do minions over the Algerine territory, and will, in future, be contented with the occupation of AUriers, < trail, and Bona, and witli whatever commerce they can establish through these ports. Meunier has been found guilty of high trea son, in attempting the life of the King, and sentenced to death—but the sentence was af terwards commuted into banishment for life. The latest accounts from the seat of war, in Spain, give reason to expect that the con tending armies will shortly come m collision. Both parties, however, seem anxious to avoid a rencontre. On the 15th of April, the river Neimen overflowed its banks, from the inciting of the snow, and rushed, with terrific force, down the valley, sv, coping every tiling before it. More than one hundred villages were inundated. A letter from Athens to the (ith April, men tions that an insurrection had broken out at 1 Ultras, provoked by the imposition of a very ill-timed, if not impolitic, tax, the Industry tax. Patras was in consequence declared in a state of siege. The mamitactories in Switzerland, Germa ny, & c., as well as in England and France, were represented to be in a state of perfect stagnation. Liv Kiti’iim,, .Saturday, April 2ft. Although the advices received yesterday, from New N ork, would not, by any means, be considered favorable, tho confidence which tiie previous advices had inspired, accompanied as those ad vices were, by a large mass of negotiable pa per, was not, in the least, weakened by the nu merous and extensive failures which they an nounced as having taken place in the United States. The demand fur cotton, which began so briskly at tho commencement, continued to tuo close of the week, the sales reaching 80,- 000 hags. To-day the demand was equally brisk, and 5,000 bag.* in addition wore dis posed ot. Upon the the prospect is en couraging, and should no unexpected event occur, to affect tho growing confidence, the improvement in commercial aftiiirs may rea sonably be expected to become permanent. Napoleon Bonaparte. We learn from the New \ ork Courier, and Enquirer, that the Prince Napoleon, who lias, for sometime past, been a resident in New York, lias sailed for England. \\ hen exiled from France,no pledge or promise of any kind was exacted from him that he would not return to Europe, although we have seen it mentioned, that such was the condition of his exile; and lie now very un expectedly leaves the United States, inconse quence ot tlm illness of his mother, the Ex- Queen of Holland, and daughter of the Ein pros.; Josephine. His intention is, to obtain, ii possible, a passport from the Austrian Min ister, in London, to pass through Germany, and visit his maternal residence in Switzer land, on the Lake of Constance. [Bos. Herald. 1 St spinous Vi> ski..— Hark Marblehead at i \t w \ork from Canton, reports—“ May 31 1 ’ it. ‘J:» 40 N. long. <>4 •1- \\'. was hoarded by a very suspicious schooner, carried 45men*;; let him have a topmast: the weather threat ening, w e got clear of her sooner than expect- j ed : the schooner was painted black, and i mounted with a long gun midships.” Another account says the schooner was I Baltimore built, apparently a slaver, with Por tuguese colors : tired a musket over the Mar-1 blehea-J, and repeatedly ordered her to heave ■ to. She stood N. K. I THE ADVOCATE. BRUNSWICK, (Ga.). —JUNE 2ft, 1887. The Navy Yard. At the time when gotiations were going between tho Federal Government and Spain, in regard to the pur chase of Florida, the subject attracted the at tention ofthe British Parliament, and elicited much angry debate. The possession of Flori da by the Americans was deemed highly pre judicial to the Britisli Colonics, as that territory was the key to the West Indies, and in case of war would afford the most favorable opportu nities for cutting off the commerce between Great Britain and her colonies. There is cer tainly much truth in the remark, and the possession of Florida, if properly improved, would be a source of annoyance and loss to the trade of any commercial nation with whom we might be at war. But our jpvenßnont in stead of taking measures to fortify harbors and establish naval depots in Florida, or its imme diate neighborhood, has literally done nothing. To be sure tho harbors in the territory, are not capable of admitting vessels of war, but there arc harbors on the coast in the immediate vi cinity within a few hours sail, eminently adapt ed to the purpose. By the purchase of Florida we are rid of a troublesome neighbor,and though it is a matter of regret that it contains no good harbor, tho one most Southern which can be used for a Navy Yard, should be at once se lected and fortified. Permit the harbor of Brunswick to remain as it is, and in case of a war it will be at once seized by tho enemy’s fleet. It is hardly necessary to allude to the incalculable mischief which would result, to our shipping, if a harbor admitting witli ease a fleet of men-of-war, and only a few hours sail from Savannah and Charleston, should be in the possession of an enemy. Here they would fit out their cruisers and bring in their prizes, without fear or trouble; and any attempt to expel them would prove useless. We doubt il there is a point on the coast more favorable tor the operations of an enemy, or more acces sible to an attack than this. Let us suppose a war to be declared between Great Britain and the U nited States. This harbor would furnish once the connecting link between Jamaica and Halifax—or in case of a war with France, it would be used in connexion with tho French West India Islands. Tn a war with either na tion, the possession of Brunswick would be giving the enemy an advantage, which could not be overcome. It may bo said that there is no probability of a war, and any argument based on the supposition, is of no weight The only answer to this, is the action of Congress which annually appropriates large sums for fortifying the coast and increasing the Navy. In fact the establishment of a Navy Yard, we should suppose would depend somewhat on the advantages it might offer in the hands of an enemy, as well as the advantages it offers to us. As the most Southern frigate harbor, its possession would enable us to cope on more equal terms with either France or Britain, while in their hands it would not only protect their tonnage at the South, but would enable them to cut off with perfect ease the trade of Carolina and Georgia. Charleston and Sav annah arc already fortified and neither would be exposed to an attack. But this harbor, much better than cither is entirely unprotected. The decision of Congress on this question is one interesting to the mercantile community ot the Union—it is not simply a contest be tween certain towns, relative to which shall win the prize, but it is one deeply affecting every ship owner and seaman. If the question shall bo decided in Congress by weight of tes timony, and a reference t*> the interests ofthe commerce of the country, there can be no doubt that Brunswick will be selected. In the meantime, we shall willingly publish all the evidence that may be offered in support of the claims of other points; for believing Bruns wick to lie the harbor, wc shall have no fears ofthe publication of the truth. Magnetism. That peculiar power known as the attraction of Magnetism which lias fur nished the Mariner’s Compass, and opened a new world to the enterprize of Europe, after a lapse of centuries, is about to rendcr-a service to the present age nearly equal to its first.— * From recent experiments it appears thisppor er can he successfully applied to the movement of machinery, and must eventually supersede the use of steam. The discovery was made by a blacksmith in Vermont, and has been ex amined by scientific gentlemen, among them 1 rofessor ►Mllunun, and by them the opinion has been expressed that Magnetic attraction w ill take the place of Steam. It mav be months or e\en years before this result shall be brought about, but when it is, what an improvement will it be even on the gigantic power of steam ! Indebted as is this country to the genius of Watt and Fulton, fi>r her rapid developement, "c cannot but rejoice at the distant prospect of setting aside their mighty engines of weal and woo. Without the assistance of steam, the great West would have remained a solita ry wilderness, and its noble rivers would have home on their bosoms only the canoe of the Indian or the pole-boat of the frontier trader. Hut now the \\ est is the near neighbor of the East, and the Mississippi, the great thorough fare of the nation. Vet wealtli and popula tion have been purchased at a fearful sacri fice of human suffering and life. Could the number be ascertained, of those who have fal len by this cause, wc should all be horror