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Tur. KiKg-snake. There is a largo| species of speckled snake, commonly call ed in the Southern States, the king-snake, perhaps because he is the most formidable •enemy of the rattle-snake. It seems to ; be the chief object of hiscxistence, to seek, j to pursue, and destroy the latter, whose retreats and presence is discovered by the emission of a peculiar smell, resembling that of the cucumber vine. The king snake to almost all other reptiles, is the most gentle and harmless of creatures ; you may strike him, he shows no resent ment, he hisses not, lie turns not, nor does : he exhibit any terror or sluggishness. Drawn by the smell of tin* cucumber, he frequently enters gardens, but his appear ance excites no dismay in any human being that knows he is the king-snake; on the contrary, women and children will ap proach him, turn him about with a stick, and playfully annoy him with impunity ; he is only a relentless enemy of the rattle snake, whose strength and venotn avail nothing against the activity and mode of attack of the king-snake, who is always victor in every combat. Yet the rattle snake is a terrible reptile. There is a peculiarity appalling in the sound of its rattles, being unlike the noise of any oth er creature, ami when you hear it the first time, the true instinct of nature impresses on your quailing heart that danger and death are near. Never shall 1 forget oik horrid event of my life ! I was fishing in a Southern lake one summer day, when an unusual disposition to sleep affected me. I stuck the end of my fishing rod in the bank of the lake, and sought a beautiful place of shade to enjoy repose. 1 laid myself on the grass between two trees scarcely six feet apart from each other, uiy head resting against one and my feet i against the other. I slept : when 1 awoke I turned to one side, and perceived at some | distance from me two brilliant orbs—and ! instantly a tremulous, mingled sensation of an indefinable nature, came upon my faculties. Something of an instinctive dictate or impulse counselled me to avert my looks, but then there was such an ab sorbing, wishful delight in gazing into eyes that intently and mcltingly gazed into mine, that even the tremulous pulsation of fear fixed my frame, and I remained so fascinated that 1 could see nothing hut the most beautiful colors. In short, I was totally lost, so completely bewildered with commingled emotions, that I could not withdraw my gaze nor even move. Sud denly, the melting eyeballs glared with sparks of fire—there was a moment—l woke from a dreamy state—l saw a huge rattle-snake; its gaze was disturbed, and when 1 heard the hateful rattle sound, the full danger of my situation aroused me, and through all my frame 1 felt the ex tremity of terror, and just as hvas on the point of obeying a frenzied impulse to rise and fly, I felt the deadly reptile as I thought, coiling around my neck ; 1 saw part of his body. 1 felt the slimy skin up on my neck, and the shiver of horror went through every joint and member of my frame. Such a feeling of agony! my eye balls were filled with scorching fire: first red, next yellowish green. Oh! there are moments of existence, which involve the sensation of years, and when the whole detail of a thousand feelings scarcely occupy the briefspace of ajeisuro thought. Nature could endure no more, and 1 lost all sense. At length 1 had the painful tingling sensation of returning life through my veins, and when in full consciousness j l arose from the earth, and saw near me tranquilly and quietly a living king-snake, and further oil'the lifeless length of a tre mendous rattle-snake. 1 sat upon a log and reflected, and l am now satisfied that the king-snake bad crept over my neck to my rescue, there being a large loir on one side, and the lake on the other, so that his nearest route to the enemy was over niv body, llut although my life was provi dentially preserved, yet the effects of that scene are the exhaustion of a great por tion of my excitability, and the introduc tion of gray hairs and premature debility m all my powers of mind and body.—[An ecdotes of the Soirth. Kxrr.Dir.NT or a Needy Tkavf.i.i.ku. M have heard the stony of an English half-pay officer, living at Florence, much in debt, and desirous to get to England, but unable to procure his passport, with out which he could not be permitted to depart, ou account of the interference of 'his creditors, lie one day, in a collee house, fell to abusing (irand Duke, in very outrageous terms, in consequence of which lie was next day conducted to the Tuscan frontier by a police officer. The following expedient, related by a London paper, is much less obvious and more ingenious:— ‘John Kilburn, a person well known on the turf, as list seller, &.C., was in a town in Bedfordshire, and, as a turf phrase is, ‘quite broken down.’ It was during bar vest, and Vii? week before Richmond ra ces, (\ prkshire,) whither lie was travcl ling; .tilld near which place he was befrn : to arrive there in time he hit upon the following, expedient:—lie applied to an acquaintance ot his,a hlack-nnth, to stamp on a padlock the words, ‘R ichmond gaol.' with which, and a chain fixed to one of liis legs, he composedly went into a corn held to sleep. Ashe expected, he was! soon apprehended, and taken before a' magistrate, who, alter some deliberation, ordered two constables to guard hint to Richmond. No time was to be lost, for Rilburn said lie had not been tried, and Ifcpcu they would not let him lay till an-' other gs-ize. The constables, on their! arrival at the gaol, accosted with, ‘Sir, do you know this man ? *\ es ! very well: it is Kilhurn,: 1 have known him many years.’ ‘We suppose he has broken out of vour gaol, as lie has a chain and padlock on with your mark: is lie not a prisoner!’ ‘1 never heard any j I harm of him in my life.’ ‘Nor,’says Kil-; | burn, ‘have these gentlemen, Sir ; they j ; have been so kind as to bring me out of : Bedfordshire, and I will not put them to further inconvenience. 1 have got the key of the padlock, and-I will not trouble | them to unlock it ; 1 am obliged to thernj for their kind behavior.’ lie travelled this way about 170 miles.’ [llos. Galaxy. | N ews non Camci i.a, or bow to destroy the whole human race in one moment. The small space into which the whole hu man family might stand without being crowded, appears very remarkable upon calculation. A square mile contains :>,- 097,(500 square yards, and at the rate of I four perrons, large and sm::!l, to a square | yard, 13,390,-100 human lx-mgs. Tims ! ihe swarming population of the United i {-states could he crowded, without incon venience, into a square mile, and could he walked round in an hour. In like manner, the host of Xerxes, of which the Grecians represent one end as seeing the sun rise, and the oilier as seeing him at. the same instant set. could he ranged in close order on a field of a hundred a cres, and could have all heard the voice of the speaker. The inhabitants of Blo whole earth, about nine hundred millions, j would not fill a circle often miles in di-, nmefer ; they might, therefore, be ridden ! round in an .hour, and might hear a hell placed in the centre. The whole race of; mankind might thus he swallowed up in one earthquake, and not one he left alive! to record it in a newspaper, or any body; hut himself to read it if lie were.. Every human being upon the face of the earth might not unit stand hut sleep within the; boundaries of London, and have plenty! of room to kick his neighbor out of led.! And the whole multitude of mankind thus j standing within a circle ten miles in di-j amcler, and holding hands, might he; struck dead in an instant by a single j shock from a galvanic battery. W hat a I beautiful experiment for Caligula ! [New 1 lira. Axtu tum: of Loan Turin. oav. A j Welsh curate, hearing that a chancellor's j living had become vacant, hastened to London with a shrewdly devised plan for securing the nomination, lie waited on Bishop I’orieus, to whom lie h id an intro-1 duction, and requested his influence with! Lord Thurlow. ‘You tire not aware,’ an-1 swers the Bishop, ‘that Lord Tlmrlow and j 1 are on had terms, and that a word from j me will do you harm.’ ‘But will your! lordship .allow me,’ says the curate, ‘to make use of your name, if 1 think that it will do me good !’ Having obtained the Bishop’s permission, his next step was to procure an interview with the chancellor. When he stated his object, Lord Tlmrlow received him most ungraciously. ‘W ho,* lie asked, ‘encouraged you to make this application?’ ‘The Bishop of London,’ stammered out the curate, ‘told me that. 1 might use his name; and ‘And what right has the Bishop of London to inter fere with my patronage? lim shall nut have the living !’ ‘All'.’said tin 1 Welsh man, in a tone of. despondency, ‘The Bishop told me that if I used his name it would do me no good.’ ‘Did he ?’ says the chancellor, ‘77m n you shall hart lln firing.’ And he immediately made out the nomination. Anecdotes or I .otto Noirrn. His Lordship was accustomed to sleep during the parliamentary harangues of his adver saries, leaving Sir Drey Cooper to note down anv tiling remarkable. “During a debate on ship building some tedious I speaker entered on a historical detail in which, commencing with Noah’.s ark, he traced the progress of the art regularly downwards. When he came to build tin i Spanish Armada, Sir Grey inadvertently awoke the slumbering Premier, who in quired at what era the honorable gentle j man hid arrived. Being answered, ‘We j are now in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.’ ‘Dear Sir Grey,’ said he, ‘why not let me I sleep a century or two more?’ Lord North had much promoted the restoration !of the forfeited estates in Scotland. Some time before that measure was agreed up on, voting Cameron of Locliie! lutd been introduced to the minister, who was so much pleased with his address as to re member him at a crisis when his patron age was most desirable and to insist upon the Lochicl estate being added to the list of those to be restored. A relation of Lochicl took an opportunity to show the (sense of obligation cherished by his fami jly after the minister was out of place, and | blind. Having the captaincy of an East ! Indiaman to give away, this gentleman I (w hose name wasCamcron) wrote to Lord North, w ith the oiler to appoiift anv per son whom his lordship might recommend. The retired statesman was much affected by this evidence id'generous feeling, and declared, almost w ith tears, ‘This is the only instance of umlonl>tul gratitude that 1 have ever met with.’ ” Bon Mot of Pitt. “Some time af terwards, on my father's return to England, -Mr. Pitt, at the close of some political con versation asked him where he had fared best during his travels. The baronet, hav ing ’Pepper's dinner fresh in remembrance, -aid. ‘ln Poland.’ - 1 have often beard,’ ’ tcplii u the minister, ‘ofthe Polish " BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. From the Saturday Chronicle. London, October, ltslG. .Ifw of the principal streets; Sir Christopher H'rcn's plan of London ; superb shops ; Kv t ringtail's ; the Duchess of St. . tlbnn's; the Duke ditto ; ’Temple Btir and the Strand. When I sallied forth this morning it was my ! intention to visit the Zoological Gardens,which ' are said to contain the finest and most varied | collection of animals in the world. But the truth is, 1 found so many objects of con j tc-mplntion and attraction in the leading streets, ! that I did not reach so far out of that vortex ; of busy life, which the centre of London every j where presents. I perambulated, however, 1 most of the piincipal avenues—the “grand ar j teries of the metropolis,” as they .are called— | and as they are of themselves a curiosity, it j may not be amiss to give you a general de- I script ion. Most of tneso are westward of the Bank of j England, tlie street? to the eastward being 5 chiefly occupied by wholesale stores; and i those which lead, as the great roads, out ot London to the east and north, are formed of in ' fierior buildings, dirty an-1 Mack in their appear i aiice. The prir. ipa I arc Bishops-gate street. . Shore Ditch, White-chapel, Mile-cad, &c., bn; j there are postivcly none of them worthy iff no tice. Avery magnificent street is being for ! med from the Bank of England to New Lon j don Bridge, which, when finished, will rank a ! mong the noblest of modern London improve ments. The idea ofSir Christopher Wren,in rchuild -1 ing London alter the great the of 1(5(50,was cer tainly classical and grand. Had it been car ried into effect, this city would have been the handsomest in the world. 11 is plan was to have St. Paul’s Cathedral with its lofty dome as a centre, from which the streets should ra diate in straight lines; thus giving the city the appearance and 15>rniof a st ir, of which St. Paul's would have been the nucleus. The conflicting claims of property prevented tliis intention from being carried into effect Westward of St. Paul’s run two grand para iel lines, which continue for several miles. One of them is formed by Ludgate Hill, Fleet street, the Strand, Fall Mall, and (with a slight d'-t.iur) Picadilly. The entire length of this great thoroughfare (about •'? or-'? 1-3 miles) is crowded with shops, many of them being ex eeedingly magnificent You will have an idea of the expense to which some of the proprietors go in their decorations, by the fact that “Evcr- ingt.on’s Shawl Warehouse” in Ludgate Ilill, cost him upwards iff four thousand pounds ( (•fit!,000) for plate glass alone. Os this beau tiful material, tiio walls, ceiling, and all avail aide parts of the saloon are lined. It is besides ornamented with beautiful polished brass work, chandeliers, ivory and gilding. In each of the vast windows, I observed that a single shawl was exposed—and in both instances it was multiplied by reflection into many. I entered the shop, apologised fi>r my intrusion, having stated that I was a stranger, and only prompt ed by curiosity. I conversed with, I believe, Mr. E. Ile told mo that the articles lie sold were chiefly India Shawls, muslins, and other oriental goods of the must costly fabric ; and be remarked in the course of conversation, •that lie had sold shawls as high asfve and six hundred pounds each ! These valuable appen dages of female attire, had all been disposed of to members of the nobility. He showed me several of them. They, were certainly hand some—but eiilier from a want of taste or knowledge of the articles, I could not see that | they were any way more beautiful than Eu ! roponn shawls, for which only as ninny shillings i were demanded. The superb shop is only suited fur royalty and nobility, or those who live in the highest degree of wordly wealth and splendour. 1 found Mr. Kvoringtnn rentalkubly intelli gent, and when he discovered 1 canto from the United States, he made many enquiries as to our mode of transacting business, political institutions, i soon had occasion to ob serve in my own mind, that .Mr. E. was a high torv, a perfect adorer of monarchy and aristoc racy. No wonder ! for I learn that he has a -1 massed an immense fortune out of their high born custom. Ho made some remarks in die . course of ottr dialogue which struck mo l'orci ; biy. “At any rate (said lie) you must admit : that tin* enormous wealth ol'otir higher classes, j enables them to encourage literature, science, | and the tine arts.” To this l assented. “But,(be added.) in the United States von enjoy in tie of those advantages. Jewelry, car riages, costume and furniture of the most, ele -1 gantani valuable dcscripti tts, would never ' be sold there in.any quantities, consequently . it is impossible -that the* more exquisite man ufactures can ever bo brought amongst von, to any great perfection.” To this l demurred, and was proceeding to ' show that we possessed many advantages it: so cial, rational and political freedom, that n -ver could he enjoyed with an aristocracy, while the rapid progress of our coinmerco.ag’ricifture i and population— At tins moment, a superb carriage and four j drove up to the door, tiie pannels emblazoned • with heraldic and artnori.il bearings surmoun ted wit it a coronet. The coachman and two tall footmen In hind, w ere dressed (the white | slaves!) ;n dashing livery coats. They dis mounted. opened the carriage door, and a very, • v ery stout lady, attired in a rich blue silk dress, dec ended the steps. i I took up my hat and wished Mr. E. a j “good day”—but not until he had informed j me that the stout lady was her Grace, the Dtt , chess of St. Albans. i As she entered the shop and addressed mv j conversable companion, she appeared tillable j and ladylike, and by no means assumed a de | poriment of pride, though she preserved otic ot’ dignity. I l should say the Duchess of St. Alban’s was ! about Ik) years of age, somewhat tail, and very j fat. Her features are now rather coarse than other" iso, and I observed a decided beard up :on her upper lip and < .bin. Tue history of this ■ lady is singular. When young.’ she was ex tremely beautiful, and a great favorite with the public as one of the best actresses of her day, Miss Mellon. Her forte was comedy. She was great in all the range of Thalia's temple, from “High Life Below Stairs”—up to Letitia Hardy in the “Belle’s Stratagem.” Mr. Coutts, the rich banker, (a millionaire) fell in love with her. and Rumour, with her thousand naughty tongues, says that she was for some wars his mistress, lie afterwards married her—died and left her a widow, with nearly all his vast possessions. The Duke of St Alban’s, is young enough to be her sou, and a shabby looking fellow he is (I quite forgot to notice that he got out ofj the carriage after her.) He was poor and ! wanted money—she was rich and Avanted a title. They soon agreed and married. Now I cadi that of the meanest of creation, although he is (Heaven save the mark !) the Kings Grand Falconer ! and a lin eal descendant of Charles 11. and the famous Nell Gwynne!! Whatever might have been the Duchess’s faults in her youth, she is now reportedone of the most charitable ladies of the British Peer age. No real case of poverty or distress ever passes her notice without relief. She is a pat roness of many excellent public institutions— besides being a liberal rewarder of industry, genius and literature. All have their faults, and at the same time there are many we are in dined to believe, who if fairly weighed in the balance, would be found also to possess nu merous virtues. For the rest, she and the Duke live together like mother and son, and | the Duchess contrives to keep his Dtikcship in ( excellent order. She is celebrated as a wo- j man of strong and cultivated mind, and ini courtly splendour off dress at the Queen’s draw - ing rooms, she transcends every other noble la dy. It has been said that she lias worn at one j time, on such an occasion diamonds (a perfect blaze) worth a million of dollars ! So much for her Grace, the Duchess of St. Alban’s. Passing to the foot of Ludgate Hill, I ob served, two obelisks—one erected to the mem ory of John Horne Tookc and the other to Al derman Waithman —both companions of free dom in their w<ay ! Fleet stcet, abounds w-ith handsome shops, and is ornamented with tow ers of Sh Bride’s and St. Dunstan’s churches At the end of it stands Temple Bar, an ancient gate-way to the city, but not an interesting ed ifice, except for the painful associations con nected with it—when the heads of rebels (?) — no! their country’s champions, were stuck up on poles over its roof. And all for what? Why, to support hereditary monarchy. Query—if the hero of cur own revolution, the immortal Washington! had failed ; it is not likely that his venerable features would have presented a ghastly spectacle over this fa mous or rather infamous gateway ? The entire length of the Strand is crowded with shops, shops—with the exception of Som erset. House, a very handsome building tilled j by Government officers—and the town palace j ol'the Duke of Northumberland,with a colossal j lion —the crest of the noble and ancient family, of Percy— “Of bloody Chevy (’base and T lotspur fame,” —standing rampant on the very top of its fa cade. I fear you w ill begin to think my walk is long ; I will therefore pause to rest, until again in a humour to resume the pen. Amf.ru; us. The Cotton Tax. Great Britain no lon ger possesses, what she possessed thirty years ago, a virtual monopoly ol'the cotton manufac ture of the world, hi tliis magnificent branch ! of industry, which with pardonable cxnggera- ! tion, Mr. M’Culloch says, “bore us triumphant ly through the late dreadful contest, and gave us w ealth and power sufficient to overcome the combined force of all Europe, though wielded by a chief of the most consummate talent,” we have now numerous active and enterpris ing competitors, whoso industry is protected by the laws of their respective governments. It was not to be wondered that foreign nations should look w ith desire and envy on a source of national w ealth so unparalleled, and that their ambition and energy should be roused and attracted into the same field of enterprise. The efforts, thus inspired, have been crowned by a success beyond expectation. The continent of Europe now consumes upwards of (500,000 hales of cotton w 001, although, at the peace of Id! 1, the manufacture could scarcely he said to exist at all. In France alone, the consump tion during ten years, from 1823 to 1833, in creased 58 per cent. In the United States of America, the rapid progress and extension of the manufacture has been still more striking. In 1808 the consumption of cotton wool in America was only 100 bales; the same con sumption last year amounted to 230,7:13 hales, 'fiie increase of consumption, during the ten years from 18 hi to 1830, was equal to Fit) per cent. 'l'he American power-looms arc now estimated at upwards of 10,000; w hile those of this country, according to Parliament rc- I turns, do not exceed 100,000. The annual value of the American manufacture, is more than seven millions sterling. The natural pro gress of such a manufacture is from coarse to tine fabrics. Hitherto the American and Con tinental production lias been confined to those coarse and heavy yarns and cloths of which the raw material forms the principal cost, it is in such goods alone, accordingly, thatrival i ship has yet been felt by similar fabrics of ! British manufacture. But, within this descrip- Jtim of goods, (which arc in fact, the staple consumption of the great mass of society,) the competition between British'and American in dustry lists already been seriously felt. We have seen a body of evidence collected on this .subject, which proves, by a variety of corres pondence, as well as by the affidavits of above forty British merchants engaged in or connect ed with the sale of English cotton goods abroad, the existence of a formidable competition of the heavy cloths of America with the heavy | cloths of Great Britain in all the leading mar ! kets of the world. There was some ground, ! then, tor the Factory Commissioners reporting | “that the fear of foreign competition i3 not I chimerical;” that no tax, therefore, can be ! more impolitic than that of the British one up | on cotton wool, more especially as its pressure I is confined to the very description of goods j which forms the subject of American and i British competition. “These fafcts,” says Mr. j Bames. in his History of the “Cotton Manufac -1 lure,” “ought to induce our Legislature to re peal the duites on the raw materials. There is ample ground for the exercise of precaution. It would be infatuation to tritie with the socie ty of a manufacture which affords existence to j j a million and a half of our population.”—[Spec tator. The Marquis of Waterford. The fol low ing paragraph, after all the wild pranks of this Irish nobleman, cannot but excite pity : The Marquis of Waterford has lost a leg and an eye by the explosion of a cannon. Ilis Lordsliip was superintending the launching of his spjendid yacht, on which occasion lie reck lessly applied his cigar to the priming. The recoil of the piece broke his leg in so shock ing a mannnur that amputation was itnmedi-! ately performed. [Providence Journal. Three skeletons have lately been taken out ot Pompeii; one of them, a young lady, had a gold ring and ear rings ornamented with 1 pearls. From the Army and Navy Chronicle. Light Houses, Beacons, Buors, &.c. An appropriation was made during the last session of Congress for the erection ot sever al new r light houses, and the placing of buoys and beacons at various places, as guides to navigators. The second section of the act di rected “ that before any of the improvements aforesaid arc commenced, the Bdard of Navy Commissioners shall cause an examination to be made, for the purpose of ascertaining whe ther the safety of navigation requires any ad ditional facilities ; and if so, what is most suitable for each place needing such addition al facilities; and thereupon to report their opinion in regard to all such places, as speedi ly as may be, to the Secretary of the Treasu ry, who shall proceed with the works so recom mended. But if the said board, after causing such examination to he made, shall be of opin ion that any of said improvements are not needed to facilitate the navigation, or that the navigation is so inconsiderable as not to justi fy the proposed w orks, or that the same are in expedient from any cause, no further proceed ing shall be had ; and their opinions, with the facts, shall be reported to Congress.” The Commissioners of the Navy took early measures to obtain the information to guide them in forming an opinion upon the necessi ty of the proposed improvements. For this purpose, merchants, experienced masters of vessels, and pilots have been consulted. The Secretary of the Navy placed at the disposal of the Board several officers of the navy ; snd the Secretary of the Treasury instructed the commanders of Revenue Cutters, and the offi cers of the customs having charge of revenue boats; to afford all the facilities that might be in their pow-er, to the officers of the navy de tailed for this duty. By the assignment of the officers, as men tioned below, it Avill be seen that the examina tion embraces a large portion of our seacoast from Passamaquoddy to the Mississippi, and several of the rivers and lakes. State of Maine —Captain Joseph Smith. .Yew Hampshire —Commodore VV. M. Crane. Massachusetts —Com. J. Downes and Com mander J. Percival. Rhode Island—Com. J. O. Creighton and Capt. 1). Turner. Connecticut and Long Islam! Sound—Com mander F. 11. Gregory. Mew York and adjacent waters —Capt. L. Kearney, J. D. Sloat, and M. C. Perry. Mew Jersey anti Delaware Bay—Command er E. A. F. Valette. Maryland, Virginia, and the Chesapeake Bay —Capt. A. Claxton. Potomac River— Commander J. 11. Aulick. James River —Captain B. Kennon. Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds,Morth Caro lina —Captain C. \V. Skinner. South Carolina, Georgia, and the roast of Florida on the .it’antic. —Lieuts. T. Peti'nru and 1). N. Ingraham. Gulf of .Mexico and the coast of Florida on the Gulf- —Commodore A. J. Dallas. Mississippi Hirer —Captain L. Rousseau. Lake Ontario —Master F. Mallaby. Lake Brie —Lieut G. J. Pendergrast Hudson River and Lake Champlain—Com mander 11. Paulding. From the Washington Globe. Ti;f. Ist.and of Cura. We have trans lated the following extract from the speech of the deputy Saucho, in the Cortes of Spain, de livered on the Ist of April last. It discloses the views of the Spanish Government in rela tion to this island,which is of so much commer cial importance, not only to Spain but to the United States. “If, gentlemen,the Island of Cuba should cease to be Spanish, it must belong to the ne gro. It cannot come under the power of any other nation, because, first, there is no nation powerful enough to subjugate 400,000 negroes who, under the tropics, shall say, “ we will not be governed by you.” Second, because, if another nation should attempt to take posses sion of it, some rival power would oppose the design, in strict trutii, and without {lie figure of speech, the Island of Cuba is the key of the Gulf of Mexico, and no other than a great maritime power could take possession of it. And what pow er would consent to such pos session ? “Let us state the question as between En gland and the United States, since the former holds the sceptre of the seas, and the other is a maritime power in the neighborhood of the island. > - “ Could the United States consent that En gland should own the Island of Cuba? In addition to the fact that Cuba is the key of the Gult of Mexico, we must keep in mind one other, important circumstance. It is well known that the coast of America, in that quar ter has but very few ports. The Island of Cu ba, on the contrary, may be said to be one whole port, it has thirty-four good harbors, and of these, fifteen are capable of containing large squadrons. This is a sufficient consid eration to prevent it from falling into the hands of a maritime power. Besides tliis ad vantage. there is tips, that Cuba furnishes ship timber l'or any quantity of vessels. j Emigration and Foreign Paupers. We arc gratified to perceive the very general at j tention which tins subject has attracted; and |we are pleased too, that our Mayor has j so promptly and judiciously interposed his au ! thority, to avert from us, as far as practicable i the melancholy consequences of having thou j sands and tons of thousands of foreign pati j pers thrown tor support upon the resources of this city, or the charity of its inhabitants. I By reference to the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen, published yesterday, it j will be perceived that out of 1201* persons rc ’ ccntly admitted to the Alms house at Bellevue i'• ft - are aliens! and only 227 citizens ! 1 and in ! all probability the half of them are of foreign | birth !!! And of the ft,074 persons now in : the Alms house, more than twenty three hun \ dred are foreigners! It is well' known that j many ihausands of the same class are weeklv ! I lauded in our city, and we hazard nothing in predicting that if something he not done to av ert from us the consequences ot tins grow ing evil, we shall next winter be called upon to support some twenty or thirty thousand pau pers ; and our expenditures on this account, in all probability, reach a million of dollars during the current year, instead of the 205,- oOti, which it cost us to maintain foreign pau pers during the past year. [N. Y. Courier & Enquirer. “ Ripi.n’ on a 'Rail.” An abolitionist lecturer, named Blanchard, who had been holding forth at Chainbersburg, Pa., recently left that place under a large escort of citizens, “scttin’ on a rail.” Mad Dogs. We should not conceal the fact that from some unaccountable cause there are more mad dogs at present in the city than usual, and great caution must be used’ how children are allowed to play w ith them. We are averse to a crusade against dogs: let them be muzzled and watched. A vulgar error pre vails, which should be noticed. It is a prac tice when a dog bites a person to kill him forthwith, on the ground that if he should ev er after go mad, it would affect the person so bitten. The prudent course is never to kill the dog until there is no longer a doubt of his madness. A cross dog may bite without be ing rabid. If he is allowed to live, his con dition will soon be know n; but if he is killed forthwith, all evidence of his sanity is destroy ed, and uneasiness and apprehension are the results. As to curing hydrophobia we have our doubts w hether such cure can be effected. As to preventing hydrophobia after the bite of a rabid animal we have no doubts at all. Merer close the wound. This is the secret —for by healing the wound we lockup the poison in the system. Burn it with a hot iron, or a coal of fire immediately—produce a running sore —keep it open and running, and throw oft' the poison. If it is kept running like an issue for months so much the better—the poison es capes before the nerves are affected. This is a simple and we think a sure preventive even on the bite of an animal supposed to be rabid it is a safeguard. In South America and other places, when a scorpion or centipede, or any poisonous in sect bites, the fire of a segar instantly applied to the place bitten, produces a sore and pre vents danger. [N. Y. Star. London, May 17 —Greenwich Fair.—' The influx of holyday people on Monday was im mense. Inspector Stuart estimated the num ber to have been at least 70,000, and yester day they were flocking down still faster. The Old Greenwich Steam Company, on Monday, brought down 14,050. The New Company having as many and as large boats, probably brought dow nas large a number; there were, besides, many Gravesend boats running back wards and forwards. The Medway is suppo sed to have brought down 000 in one cargo— they were literally compressed into one mass, and were much avorsc off than ever Avcre ne groes in a slave ship for space and (lower of motion. The receipts of the Greenwich rail road are announced to have betm, from the time the trains began running on Monday mor ning, till their ceasing at five o’clock the next morning, £779 ; but then all who returned af ter 10 o’clock at night were charged double fare; allowing for tliis, itjs probable from the return that the number carried to and fro was 75,000. Thousands came down by coaches, vans, &c. and many thousands on foot. Not withstanding so vast a concourse,'the town, w ith the exception of one case of brutal ais sault by a prize tighter, was kept in safety and good humour, a fact highly honorable to the metropolitan police, of whom there were nu merous parties, judiciously posted, and under the command, of Inspectors Kent and Stuart The Inspectors declare there was scarcely a London thief to he seen, such has been the good effect of the transportation of the numer ous sw arm caught at the Easter fair. Two Fisucnnen have lately discovered in the river Seine, near the Isles des Cygncs, a small wooden box, hound with iron, which was much rusted. The lock was, however, in good preservation, and the i>ox hermetical ly sealed.—On the lid was distinguished some Jlcurs dc lys partly effaced, and the initials M. do V. surmounted by a double Royal Crown. The Fishermen, on breaking open the box, discovered a man’s head embalmed, in a per fect state of preservation; and at the bottom of it is a scarf, some dried flowers, and a small dagger, the point of which was stained with blood. One of the most celebrated histori ans of France has purchased the box and its contents. The initials suggest the idea that the box formerly belonged to Marguerite de Valois, wife of Henry IV. and that the head is that of Cocomas, w hich she had caused to be embalmed after his tragical death.” ' The New York Express of 20th inst. says— “ Private letters from some of the American bankers in London, assure their correspond ents in America that notwithstanding the great disappointment they have experienced in not receiving remittances, yet they shall go through and pay promptly alfthcir acceptanc es. This lias given great relief to all their friends here.” Statistics. There are eleven rail roads now in operation in the State of New York. Lqtal number oi miles 233. The total amount ot tolls collected on the canals in New York in 18o(?, was *1,814,.‘1'11! 18. Number of boats navigating the canals, ft, 1(17. The population of the city of New York in 1835, was 270,08!». Whole number in State 2,174,517. There are 2.101 attorneys and counsellors in the State. The number of practising physicians and sur geons, 3,870. The number of clergymen, 2,- !<>•_>. - c Discovery of a Roman Arch. In the course of the alterations proceeding at Ches ter Castle (Eng.) a fine remnant of Roman masonry was brought into view. It had been obscured for ages within the lower buildings of the old governor’s house; cleared of the bricks and coating with which it had been faced up, it now exhibits the perfect Roman arch. Os the very remote date of the arch ! no doubt can be entertained, from its after us !es in the construction of the ton er, itself so | old as to ho termed by Speed, “ Julius Agri cola’s Tower.” The capital of the New Orleans Banks is §•> 1..,., 1,000, of which *30,70!), 455, is paid up ; ot this sum *18,081,820, is held in Europe. *10,222,! 825 in New Orleans, and .*5,732,Hi!) I is in real estate. Their rirc ulation is §7,135,200, and specie *2,0/1,327. Extraordinary. A flock of sheep, 04 in number, belonging to Air. Edmund Clark, of New Milford, Conn., were every one of them killed by a single Hash of lightning a few days since. They were under a tree which was struck, and the entire Hock was stricken dead by the same bolt—several of them being found standing dead on their feet. [N. Y- Gaz. The Editor of the Northampton Courier says that he has the ‘ supreme felicity’ of wear ing the first silk vest ever manufactured in Northampton.