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the table is apt to have a dash of that pro pensity — in those much given to other languages, few English volumes are to be seen : ami, if happily, a pious turn is pre valent there, the religious annuals, and other cognate works are niarki dlv pre dominant. In all its forms, then, wheth er priinpiegligent, literary, miscellaneous, nice, sluttish, political, or r< ligiouv the centre table shadows forth tiie spirit winch dwelleth in that house. Victoria. —The following is puLli-hed as tlic lineal descent of Queen \ n toria from William the Conqueror : AJD. 10(50 William I. 1100. Henry I Matilda, Empress ol Germany. 1154. Henry 11. % * 11 99. John.' 1210. Henry 111. 1272. Edward 1. I;M>7. Edwaard 11. 1327.. Edward 111. Lionel, Duke of Clarence. Philippa, Countess of March. Roger, Earl of March. Ann, (_ Lnuitess of < 'amhridge. Richard, Duke of York. I -It* 1. Edward lY r . Elizabeth, Queen ’of Henry vu. Margaret, Queen of Jus IV . of Scotland.' .latues V. of Scotland. Mary, Queen of Scots. I(i‘d3. James I. Elizabeth,Queen of Bohemia. Sophia, Elcctrces of ll.mover. 1711. George 1. i727. George ll.* Frederick, Prince of \\ ;des. 17(50. George 111. Edward, Duke of Ketit. 1817. Y ictoriii. The Queen being twenty-seventh in regular descent from the Conqueror, and at the same time thirty-sixth Sovereign in succession from the conquest, gives nearly twenty-nine years to a generation, and twenty-two years to a Reign, in re speet of the seven hundred and set e nty—4 one years which have elapsed since that period. The commonly received average is thirty years to a generation, and twenty years to a Reign; according to which il appears, that the care's or luxuries, or D>t li, ofa Crown .occasion a s.-u rilicc to the wear er of it of one year of life,as compared w iih ordiuary mortals.— [London paper. CItARt.KS LaMli’s__ OI'IMO.XS Os I’ll.- 1 Tisiitfus and llooKsm i.r.its. — Writing to UtynaTd Barton, he says ; —‘'Throw yotirselfon the world without anv rational support, beyond what tlu; chance employ of booksellers would afford you ! Throw yoursclfrather, my dear sir, from the steep Tarpeiau rock, slap-dash headlong upon iron spikes, il you have but five conso latory minutes between the desk and I lie he'd, make much of them, and live a cen tury in them, rather than turn slave t > the booksellers. 'They are Turks and Tartars when they have poor author? at their heck. Hitherto you have been at arm’s length lrom them. Come not w ith in their grasp. 1 have known many au thors want for bread, some repining, oth ers enjoying the blessed security of a spunging house: all agreeing they had rather been tailors, weavers—what not ! i rather than the thins they were. I have known some starved, some to mi m.id : one dear friend literal!', dying in a work-huu-e. You know not what a rapacious :et these, booksellers are. Ask even Southey, who (a single case almost) has made a for tune by hook-drudgery, what lie Ins found ilium. O, you Know not. imy you never know the mist ries of subsisting by au thorship! Vis a pretty appcu.l. ge ii a situation like yours or mine, but a si;:-, very, vvor.-e than all slavery, t.» hr a l ook seller's dependant, to drudge your hraius for pots of ale, and breasts of mu!:. ;:, to change vour free thou ;hts an I volun tarv nuiti!et; for tmgraci m- task-work. The booksellers hate us. i lie re -on I t ike to In', that, contrary to olln r t. ,dc in which the master yets all tie- credit, (a jeweller or silversmith, f.*r imtauce,) j and 1 lie journevnan, \ lion d.as tiie work, is in the back ground ; m our work the world giv< ali the credit n> u-, vvliom they eoiisid. r as their j uriiMiuen. and therefore do tin v hate u~, and cheat u , ami oppress m, and uon Id v. ring the blood oil of u to pm an aia ;' s; \. .. .ice in I heir Mechanic pom-la I ' ' '* * * Keep to your 1 and the hank will keep to you. —Trim not to the pm.lie : vou mav hail/, starve, drown yourself, for any tiling that word ■. r-omig. -cares. 1 bless everv - tar, t'.iat i o.il. e. not ■reillg good to 1.l .l.e U.e .■ pet. !«•;•. lias seen it next >.d to s me me e: ■. the stable found ;i of Lead' down, ;;ood B. 15 . m tint han!»n -ee,, , • what! is there not from six to en uni. M. six davs in tiie v.eok. an 1 ■ tm-ren •; all f?mnlnv 1 Pie. what a -up' rtiuity ot imn'« time, if vou could think >-.» I 11- imii'.'li t >r relaxation, mirth, cemi cr-e. po -1 try, good thought*. n'lict thoughts. O. the corroding, torturing, tormenting thoughts that disturb the hr.on of the un lucky wight who unto draw upon it for daily sustenance. Hence I >rt'n l reiraet all niy-fond comph.nts of m« rcuuiiie < m plovrnent: look upon them a-1 oi-rs q i u - rels. I vvashut half in earn t W, !r-,. . _ dead timber of the desk, that _n es me lit A little irrar;il,inig is a whole incih me I'.r the spleen : but in my inner ii • art do 1 VJviTuve VI i 1 tid)" Iff till o*l r close hot unharr »y ,( *' • ! lions." pLOt I.IIINT. to SoMr. Purpose. Wc | were presented yesterday w ith two French silver coins, one issued in the reign of Louis XIV, in 1(577. nud the other mtlie reign of Louis XV, in 1722, which were part of a parcel found on tlie farm of Mr. .Nash of Goldsboroug h, (Me.) Mr. Nasi i was ploughing in a field, assisted by two hired men, brothers. ()ne was with him at the plough, when the treasure was tur ned up by the share. They slopped to examine it, and on discovering its value, Mr. Nash with noble generositv, order ed the man who was with him lo cal! his brother, saying they would all share alike in the* good fortune. The brother, who u:;s at work at a distance, was called, when all three commenced search and ioitnd French Crowns, half crowns, and other fractional parts of a crown, to the value of over 8300. Tire coins were all iof the reigns of Louis 14th and Louis 15th, and bore the dates of the year 1073 —5 and (5—1720—'.’1 and 22, and were in perfect per ervalioti. The coins of Louis X V's reign appearing never lo have been in circulation, and the impression is as sharp as it just issued from the mint. A tradition h :s long existed in the town, that ihe place wu once settled by colo nies from France who were driven away by the Indians, and this money is suppo sed to have been buried by them for con cealment. We are told by the gentleman, who gave us two of the coins, that the goo ! people of (sold -borough (not so in apt a name bv the bv) have all I uriled out not a foot of ground in the town, Imt lias been or w ill be turned up in search of more of the treasure. [Boston 'Frans. ‘‘Ron Roy away rumi ms native ui; \ i nrn.”—Old Ethan Crawford, who for so many many years has cracked his jokes and told his bear stories to the mu eineiit of travellers to the White liillls, is no more—uc mean no more the presi ding genius of the place. The spirit of imiov ~tion has crept through "the Notch,” | and changed the aspect ol things around the old red painted homestead of the I mountaineer, since he cut his way to the top of Mount Washington, and was "sole : monarch of all he surveyed.” Competi tion has rushed in, and erected new man sions under Ins very nose—strangers have scared tin- (h er lrom Ins door, ami and tin 1 tioiil from his stream. This was too much tor old Ethan, to the blast ol whose horn the lulls and tallies had echo- • ed and .-n:im‘!< and as Ins Luge frame cast it sliadow along their sides, and .- >» lie lias 1 at last "picked up his duds,” and now cultivates a little larin tit Guildhall, Yt. j The hardy mountaineer, however, still occasionally returns and lingers about his old home, and, perhaps his relleetions mav not he unlike those of Rob Roy, when Osbaldi. tone spoke; to him of becoming a soldier and leaving home—“ Tin heath er that I have trod upon win ii living must bloom over me when dead—my heart would sin!; and my arm Would shrink and wither like fern in the frost, wa re 1 to lose sight ofmv native hills; nor has the; world ti scene that would console me for; the loss of the rocks and cairns, wild as they tire, that you see around us.” [Claremont Eagle. (’iiiM.sE Literati re. The history ! of China, lrom tlu'earliest period to tiie Mongol dynasty, consists of 3119 volumes, j Si no pen a biographical work, tills 120 vol umes ; 7>/(.</</g- •/.•tuug i-lie, a dictionary of their art and inventions, 21U volumes; ilie civil code, 21(5 volumes; a collection ! ol plays, 2dl volumes. The commenta ries on tit'' work - ot Contaeius are iunu-j nt<Table Statistical accounts ot the sev eral provinces arc nearly so : compilation of moral tales and aphorisms are without end. it is stated (.//»./ site Its ('ii.'ntH?) that the emperor Ixien-ltuig caused a re [H in; to he made, the imperial press, of ail the siandurd works throughout (.'lii -11.1 ; that in live years the completed !<>”,- odd volumes, and tint it was expected the whole would extend to (i j volumes. Filial rev i.hence or the Turks. An ennui!v heautilul ieature m the character of the Turks, is their r. vercnce and res pect lor the author ot their being. Their w i\es advice and reprimand are unheeded: their words are Im.-.'i —nothing, hut tiieir mother is ;n> oracle ; she i- com-tilled, confided in, listened to with respect and attention, honored to her I nest hour, and ivmmenibered w till uliec.tien and regret be;ond the grave. "My wives die, and i can replace them," suvs the Osmunii, "mv children pciisli, end others mat he horn to me : hut who .-hall re.-tore me the the mother who has pa sed aw av, and vv ho i-.-cin no more [vhty of too Salt..:;. Bvroti’s faithful domestic. Win. Fit tell er, pr-, .la short time since through the iii tilvent court. No one had the inikitid licss to rq.po> via man whose fortune it u..- to cio e the t t- of one of the gre t c-n ot' modern s and a--wage v. it ii his attention', in the distant I ml w tin stranger, the tii mg moments o! t lie bngiit est genius that Inis been struck out. n. mir time, ol the lit ran In nii-phere. iiis and. hi - were Fl 5 t He o id, I>r • mv true, kept a I *dg mg i‘ e e and I hail v, i - in ii i !.lt v s.pi uv. i’a II ei M i ia ii. ■m, rii tt.e po< t. hel gr i n.n ’<opi r annum, hat it L ?.uce m, n ~m,q». .1 Sim pael however tin.* costs o! me present application* here was \da. sofr daughter of mv name and •' "• t i -av icHi or of the irife —[N. Y : BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. THE JDTOeiTE. BRUNSWICK,(<» a .)—OCTOBER Id. 1-37. Commodore Stewart’s letter, which our rea ders will find on the first page of this paper, contains enlarged views, and correct reason ing, which do honor to this distinguished offi cer. The importance of Pensacola as a Na val Depot has been acknowledged, and Con gress has made large appropriations for a Navy Yard and Fortifications at that port. — l!ut equal appropriations for similar purposes on some point in Georgia or Carolina, while yielding protection to the coast, and the com merce of the Atlantic, would also do - much for the defence of the Gulf. With Naval Depots at Pensacola and Brunswick, connect ed by a Rail Road, the entire South and Y\ c.-t could he easily guarded from an ene my* ihe facilities afforded by such r. com munication for the speedy transportation of troops, provisions and all the munitions of \\ ar, would be of more* practical benefit, than m fori, at every little harbor on the coast. The I Army and Navy Chronicle, which by the way, is one ol the most valuable periodicals in the country, some months since contained an ar ticle illustrating the advantages to be derived lrom Rail Roads ill a lime of War, and en forcing with great ability, the principle that 1 the General Government ought to aid in their 1 construction, under certain circumstances.—- The only assistance which is asked in this in stance, is to establish !l Navy Yard at Bnuis i wick ; and a Rail Road will lie constructed , l iv’ private citizens, which will afford a soft, spu.ly and certain communication with Pensa cola, converting the present dangerous obsta cle ol i Ape Florida into an additional de fence, and connecting New Orleans with the I Atlantic cities in the most perfect manner.— Vv e can safely assert that no other port oilers such prominent advantages as this. Setting aside the superiority of our harbor, admitting | that BavauuaJi or Charleston are equal, yet; our pii.sitianin regard to the Gulf, and the 1 means of internal connection so far excel them, j that they can hear no comparison. The letter of Commodore Stewart hears out the remarks ; of Mr. King, as to the saving of time, in a voyage to Europe, from any port ill the Gulf, ■ or Brunswick. It - (.’engross in selecting a | port lor a Naval Repot acts with sole refer-; cnce to public pool, Hiiimcrick can leave nothing lo fear ; should some other [mint be chosen, bur city, though not progressing so rapidly, possesses all the elements of great- ; ness—the idea is incorrect that she depends on ! Treasury pap and Federal patronage tor her rise. A Naval Repot would confer on her the advantages that oilier cities would draw from the stinie source, and no other. If Congress, with all the information now before it, sees fit to select one of the other Southern harbors, Brunswick w ill not complain, nor will she be materially injured, the public will be the ( greater sufferer. But we cannot believe that Congress will commit such a mistake, as to ’ pass over the claims of Brunswick, and lavish the public monies on any port loss adapted for the purposes of affording protection to the commerce and the country. ‘Public Rights’ it will be seen lias again ' come out. As t lie last word, is an old woman’s privilege, we shall not encroach on vvliat so fairly belongs to him. We will just remark that ‘the thread of iris verbosity exceeds the staple of his argument,’ which is constructed from a Hi/nidal Statute. Had lie not better petition the legislature to relieve him from the position into which he lias been forced by ‘■erroneous legislation ?’ To tin Unitor of the Brunswick .Idvocitle : Tis re is u.o maxim which appears to be nioie generally received than that tastes are not to he disputed. 1 shall therefore not enter 1 int.» any quarrel with you for the manner in which you have noticed my termer communi cation; and having myself no taste for the bandying of e; idiots which have neither orig inality, point nor application ; and confessing Liyseit'd. -iitiite of any skill m the use of such jii.-tiuaieiits. 1 readily concede to you the un d.spilled possession of a field, in which v ictory can colder no hollers. 1 w ill therefore pass over the phrases, “solemn witticisms,’ ‘dolor mis jokes,’‘play the lool,’'grotesque exhibi tion',’ 'until tricks,’ ‘Harlequin feats,’ Ac., which are equally novel in the conception and tv:.nod in taste, and leaving you to cull alone su. a tx.iK' and choice flow ers of rhetoric, 1 will, after a few remarks on some olTho mistakes .and misrepresentations of your replv to my communication, which require r correction on my [tail, do a diseus-.oii, winch i have now no further object in continuing. To the important bearing ivlnch this ques tion ii ,s on vain due public ml* rests, a nu the imc.-vcsiou that its agitation was witu the* km v.-i ’.!go of the v'ntlem in. v. i.o<e conduct ■ 'ii !; vc d0:,,:.! l T"ard , r . c discus sion. von are to if mu'c t >v lucieo of v,itir ar of the IFh ol Sept. !> ; fi >se rea -on*. M® it; -ii •!. r insm i0; m-* a ■ ,: iv those, v i' spy: vel of thit geo -.un's course, v ii'.i been a'.one.i to p ■. -s without no . S;a> 1 the public ition of t r.umuiii i iti";it • you, I nave been gratified in finding from your declaration that the impression, that your article was written with the knowledge ! oftlu.it gentleman, was erroneous. The whole responsibility therefore devolves on you. of i j having agitated through the question, which it was every way desirable should be left entirely to a legal tribunal for adjudication, without any further excitement of public or in dividual feeling. And you are also alone an swerable for having forced on those—w ho con ceding to that gentleman pure motives, and | acquitting him of intentional wrong, vet dis approve of the course lie has pursued,—the ! necessity of presenting, through the same channel, the grounds of their condemnation of it, or of appearing to admit, by their silence, the correctness of the imputations publicly cast on them of erroneous opinions unworthy motives. 5 our attempt to cast ridicule on the proofs adduced by me of the commons having been appropriated by tiie State to public purposes, is unfortunate. Either through intentional misrepresentation, or gross misapprehension of my incaniiiL', you niako mo shy the reverse ot* what I do. The “preposterous” and “mon strous” doctrines which you attribute to me are figments of your own brain. You will find, by a reference to my communication, that mere naked possession, and traditionarv evi dence arc not considered as proofjkin them selves of a title to land, hut that they are re garded as a valuable confirmation of that de i r i ve, l from “a specific grant, or in such admis sions in the statutes of the State as clearly ex press the understanding and intention of the | Legislature as to the appropriation.” I equally disclaim the imputation of assert ing that public opinion creates a title to land. The very sentence on which you found this charge begins with the expression that i/the lands are not vacant, then the burden of proof rests on the party attempting to run them up. fn the concluding sentence ot the paragraph. | die proof of the appropriation is distinctly stat ed to he—not public opinion, but a specific grant or the admissions of the statutes,&c. My meaning was simply, and I think obvious ly, that when a public body is in possession of i lands, held under the colourable title of the j admissions of the Legislature as expressed in its statutes, the party attempting to eject is hound to furnish proof of the vacancy; more particularly when the impression is general that the title to that body is good. The gen eral impression is no proof of title, but it places the new claimant in the position of one who acls in opposition to a received opinion ; and therefore in vindicating that claim, before the public, the burden of proof properly rests w ith the party attempting to eject. As respects your comments on the statutes quoted by me, it might he sufficient to observe, » ! ml I perceive in them nothing to change the | opinion w hich I had formed, —that, construed agreeably to their true meaning and intention! the various laws of the State in reference to tin' commons ol Brunswick, unanswerably prove that these lands have been appropriated hv the State to public purposes; and have thus! been withdraw n from the class of vacant lands, subject to be run up under head-rights. To present this in a point of view, which can be | comprehended by any one, I w ill observe that, | although, the original grant is not now to he found, yet when the act of I7!»(i, says that the Commissioners shall “cause the commons of the said town to he resurveyed," and the town to be “laid out as nearly as possible to the original plan,” what candid investigator can doubt that! sue!) a grant had been made by the State, and for the purposes to which commons are usiiallv applied. \\ hcrever else did these commons derive their existence—by what authority, hut that of the State, where they laid out with definite land marks and designated as com mons.- That they had been so laid out, what other proofs can lie required than they are di rected to lie re-surveyed (a term which means i to go around boundaries which have already bn n istablislud;) and the fact that the boun daries are known and w ell defined. The ap propriation ot these lands to public purposes, requires no oilier equitable proof than the constantly recurring designation of tilt in as commons : —that islands set apart by the State for the use ofa public body, and no longer in cluded in that portion of the public domain w hich is subject to be run up. It is true that the Legislature lias exercised, from time to time, the right which belonged to it of sanc tioning such dispositions of these lauds, as the community interested in them has requested : but which not being in conformity with the original intentions of the grant could only he made under the authority of the State. Such acts of legislation are now grants of privileges* hut no proof of the assertion of a right to con trol, as absolute owner. Such an exercise-of power, as far it is consistent with the rights vested by the original appropriation, the State is competent to assume : hut I utterly deny that any course of legislation, made at the request of the other party to the grant, and not militat 'ieg against the rights* conveyed, as a proof that “the State ii is ii. ,c relinquished its title” or that it is an evidence of the “ownership of the State.” If the State has, in anv instance, de viated from these well established-principles, it -a t coot of orron-MU''legislation, an 1 not of tin v '■ ancy ot the cum nous. i a > act of l7:iii, contains another strong P" a pro >f of the public character of t'm - '.if . 'its. the preutnbl" • , y,,. (psi s vtion. “Where is several persons have at sundry times made attempts to run up. the commons of the saul towns, bid have bee a as often deflated in the caveat Courts of the said County.” Defeat ed —an wlnt grounds? Because they were j ; vacant lands ? or from the then existing proofs that they were not vacant ? You maintain that the (sth section of the act of 1790, which declares all grants obtained for ; the commons to be null and void, as merely re trospective. Messrs. Marbury and Crawford, in their Digest, seem to differ from you; as in j the marginal reference they say, “Penalty for , surveying the town common—such surveys void,” and not that part surveys are void. The eminent counsel whose opinion on this point was inserted in my last communication, gives jit also a prospective character. The public must decide on the preponderance of authori ty. You admit with reference to this section, that the “statute furnishes a right of action for tiny individual who may be injured by the act of running and entering upon these commons.” Rid it not occur to you, when making this ad mission, to inquire into the intention of the provisions of tins section? Did the inquiry in vrr present itself to you, why any individual is to be punished for attempting to run up the commons ? If the lands are really vacant, what offence has been committed in running them up? Has not every citizen a right, with in the legal restrictions, to run up any vacant land.- Why then inflict a penalty fordoing , what every one has a right to do ? Is itneces ; sary to anser for you ? Tiie penalty is exact i ed, not because the commons are vacant lands, but because the State lias appropriated them for a public purpose; and is solicitous to guard from trespass the rights it had com eyed. If i the statute was merely intended to “redress 1 private wrongs,” will you be pleased to show how any individual can be wronged by the i running up of the commons if they are vacant If vacant, what right has any one in them that j can be violated ? I w ill ask you one question more. It there were sufficient reasons in 1790, for declaring the grants obtained by individu ; als for the commons to be null and void, do nut the same reasons now exist? Was not the | necessity for a prospective operation of the j act stronger than the retrospective one; inas much us the act says that the previous at tempts to run up the commons had been defcat ! ed, and therefore the presumption is that no ' grants could have been issued. sou must permit me to assume my own grounds of argument, and not ask of me to take those which may suit your purpose. I have before said that it did not affect the argument whether the Academy or the town had a right to the commons, it is sufficient to sustain the ! position that I have assumed, that I prove that the lands are not vacant. I therefore willingly ; repeat w hat I said in mvformer communication that the counsel of tiie Trustees are of opinion that the title is not in the Academy, hut is vest ed in the town. With these remarks on some of the positions taken by your reply, which seemed to require a notice of ine, I shall now conclude a discus sion already too much protracted. Before do-j ing_so it is proper here to observe, that the wri ter has never intended lo enter into a techni- ! cal discussion of the mere law of this question, as he makes no pretension to the necessary professional knowledge. Such an investiga tion is more appropriate to the counsel who must argue it before a legal tribunal. He lias j only aimed at sustaining his opinions, on the j broad principles of right and wrong ; and by I those views of the laws bearing on the case, w hich are to be obtained by the light of com mon sense. On the equity of the case, lie be lieves them to be correct, but he is not prepar ed to say, how far what he deems to be a right founded in justice, may be defeated by the absence of technical form, or the confusion of conflicting or erroneous legislation. PUBLIC RIGHTS. P. S. Since writing the above article, I have seen the communication of your well-bred correspondent “Brunswick.” As he has taken the liberty of borrowing all his ideas from you ; and can only claim originality for his epithets, my answer to you will apply also to him. To his sarcasms on my legal ignorance, in main taining that the commons of Brunswick are not vacant and that the grants recently obtained are invalid, I must how with tiie deference due to such authority. I have the consolation, how - ever, of holding the same opinions with the counsel of Trustees—gentlemen w ho are justly the pride ot their profession ; and who are not generally reported very “stupid,” or suspected. , when giving opinions on points of law, of “meddling with a matter they know nothing about.” I use the opportunity of this passing notice | of “Brunswick” to say to the whole of this class ot writers, that “Public Rights” is 100 true a sportsman to kill such tiling's for game. They . will therefore in vain attempt to draw his fire. 'File St. Joseph Times publishes some re marks in relation to Gen. Clinch extremley un just, but which certainly cannot injure that officer where known. The idea of contrasting iiis courage w ith that of Gen. Call, is perfectly ludicrous. The different conduct of these officers at tiie battle of Witlilaeooehie settled the question of their valor very conclusively ; and the friends oJ Gen. Call do him great injury by calling the attention of the public to the dis cntion mumit'-leii by him on that occasion. Ri el. A duel was fought at Amelia Island beach on the sth inst. between Gen. Charles Floyd and Edward Hopkins, Esq. The form er was slightly and the latter dangerously wounded. Just as our paper was going to press it be j came necessary td withdraw three columns of original matter, and as the publishers have not at this time the usual number of compositors, ' we have been obliged to fill up with advertise ments. Such an accident, we trust, will not * again occur. j Academy Lauds. Our readers at a distance i can feci no interest in a question so local as this, and we trust that hereafter we shall be able to furnish something more suited to the taste of ; general readers. Ru ssian Trade with the United j States. —The Commercial Gazette, of i St. Petersburg, contains an article which shows that the commercial crisis in A j merica and England lias considerably di minished the export of several of the na tive productions of Russia. It states that in the first five months of 183(5 about 345,000 pounds of iron were exported, but this year, the quantity amounted to only 202,000. The hemp in IB3G amounted to 271,000; in 18:17 to only 90,000. Cloth, in 1830, to 50, 014, pieces, and a . bout 1,800,000 archies, but, in 1837, p, no more than 33,100 pieces and 300,000 archies. Flax in 1830 to 22,200 poods; 1 but this year to no more than 82 poods. In the imports there lias been but very little difference, and indeed, they appear to have increased, and more particularly |in silks, cotton goods, and Champagne wine, in which last article the importa tion in 183(5 amounted to 0,311 bottles, while this year it has been augmented to 19,401 bottles. Mr. Riiett.— We have been puzzled to know how Mr. Riiett became a mem ber of Congress from South Carolina. We thought we had “kept the run” of all the members elected, and were sure there was no such member in the list. But the mystery is explained ; the name of lliiett, by permission of the Court of Equity of South Carolina, has been assu med by Robert Barnwell Smith,(that was,) for'the purpose of reviving an ancient and honorable name which hadbecome extinct and of inheriting a legacy, to the posses sion of which the assumption of the name was made obligatory, lie is now the ; Hon. Robert Barnwell Riiett.—N. Y. Jour, of Com. From the Sandwich Islands.—A letter dated Oahu, May 20, says—“ This place is in an uproar in consequence of ■ tin insult to the British Hag recently per : petrated by the natives, in the seizure of ; two Catholics upon the Island on relig ! ious grounds. The flag was publicly burnt in the street.” Thomas Wilson, Bishop of the Isle of Man from 1089 to 1775, was a particular :ly benevolent Man. To supply the poor with clothing, he kept in constant etnploy | meat at his own house, several tailors and ; shoemakers. On one occasion, in giving orders to one of his tailors to make him a cloak, he directed that it should he very plain, having simply a button and loop to keep it together. ‘But, my lord,’ said the tailor, ‘what would become of the poor button makers and their families, if every one thought in that way ? They would |he starved outright.’ ‘Do you say so, John,’ replied the Bishop, ‘why then, but ton it all over, John.’ Female Duel in Paris. On Mon day the 24th ult. six young ladies entered a fiacre at the rue Royale St. Honore Paris, and ordered the coachman to drive to the Bois de Vincennes. In addition to the fare agreed upon, the coachman re ceived a handsome gratuity, which seems to have led him to believe that there must be some mystery in the proceedings of this femenine conclave. liis suspicions were not unfounded. Madame Stephanie ! L—, furious against her ex-intimate friend ! Madame Adele M—, who had abstracted her lover, had challenged her unfortunate rival to mortal combat. The invitation ; had been accepted, and it was to settle this affair of honor that the two ladies, each accompanied by two seconds of her of her own sex, had repaired to the Bois dc Tinconnes. A pistol having been placed in the hands of each, the two ri vals fired in turn. The murderous en gines, however, had been loaded by in experienced hands, and were discharged by hands equally unaccustomed to the ar ! ena of duelling.—Neither of the fair combatants, accordingly, was hurt, and though they were themselves by no means desirous to retire from the affray, the sec onds severally declared that their princi pals had done all that honor called for, and insisted upon withdrawing their wo man from the field. Laconic.— A remarkable example ot the laconic style has recently taken place, w hich would j)Ut Leonidas and his coun trymen to shame. An Edinburg Quaker sends to a brother Quaker m London a sheet of letter paper, nothing whatever in the writing way, save a note interrogation, tints (!) his friend returned the sheet, ad ding for a sole reply aO. The meaning of the question and answer is as follows: “What news?” “Nothing !” A committee is forming at Paris, with Marshal Soult at the head, to raise a mou ument for the French who feel at W atcr loo. The study of man is the doctrine of unions and discords between ourselves and others.