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General Washington, the praise of His Enemies. It was one of the admirable characteristics of this great and good man that he compelled the respect, and indeed, al most the veneration even of the enemy against whom he so successfully contended. How could it be otherwise? Ilis true and noble soul never revealed itselfin thought or action, un worthy of the utmost purity and magnanimity. The subjoined notice of his death appeared in the London “Courier,” a leading British Gov ernment paper, on the 24th Jan., 1800. It was j at that time cut from the paper and has since been preserved in a family scrap-book. Though an old story, we make no apology for presenting it to our readers. The charac ter of the Father of his country, cannot be too often held up to view, or presented to the admiration of his obliged and affectionate children. “The melancholy account of the death of General Washington was brought by a vessel from Baltimore, which arrived off Dover. Gen eral Washington was, we believe, in his 98th year. The height of his person was about five feet eleven; his chest full, and his limbs,; though rather slender, well shaped and muscu- [ lar. llis head was small, in which respect he resembled the make of a great number of! his countrymen. Ilis eyes were of a light j grev color; ami, in proportion to the length"of! his face, his nose was long. Mr. Stewart, the! eminent portrait painter, used to say, there j were features in his face totally different from j what lie had ever observed in that of any oth er human being; the sockets for the eyes, for instance, were larger than what lie ever met. with before; and the upper part of his nose broader. All his features, he observed, were indicative of the strongest passions; vet, like Socrates, his judgment and great self-coin-i mand have always made him appear a man of a different cast in the eyes of the world. He always spoke with great diffidence, and some times hesitated for a word; but it was always to find one particularly adapted to his mean ing. Ilis language was manly and express ive. At levee, his discourse with strangers' turned principally on the subject of America; and if they had been through any remarkable places, his conversation was free and particu larly interesting, for lie was intimately ac quainted with every part of the country. He was much more open and free in his behavior at levee than in private, and in the company of ladies still more so than when solely with men. Few persons ever found themselves for the first time in the presence of General Washing ton, without being impressed with a certain degree of veneration and awe; nor did those emotions subside on a closer acquaintance; on \ the contrary, his person and deportment were ! such as rather tended to augment them. The hard service he had seen, the important and laborious offices he had filled, gave a kind of austerity to his countenance, and a reserve to his manners; yet lie was the kindest husband, the most humane master, the steadiest friend. The whole range of history does not present to our view a character upon which we can dwell with such entire and unmixed admira tion. The long life of General Washington is unstained by a single blot. He was indeed a man of such rare endowments, and such for tunate temperament, that every action lie per formed was equally exempted from the charge of vice or weakness. Whatever he said, or did, or wrote, was stamped with a striking and peculiar propriety. Ilis qualities were so hap pily blended, and so nicely harmonised, that the result was a great and perfect whole. The powers of his mind, and the dispositions of I liis heart were admirably suited to each other. I It was the union of the most consummate pru-1 dence with the most perfect moderation. His I views, though large and liberal, were never! extravagant. His virtues though comprelicn-' sivc and beneficent, were discriminating, ju-1 dieious and practical. Yet his character, tin High regular and uniform, possessed none of the littleness which may sometimes belong to 'bese descriptions of men. It formed a ma-J jes c pile, the effect of which was not impair-1 ed, but improved by order and symmetry, j There was nothing in it to dazzle by wildness, I mill surprise by eccentricity. It was of a higher species of moral beauty. It contained even r thing great and elev.Aed, but it had no j false and tinsel ornament. it was not the j model mod up by fashion and circumstance:! its cxcr’lence was adapted to the true and just j moral t ste, incapable of change from the va-! rving accidents of manners, of opinions and ! times. General Washington is not the idol 1 of a day, but the hero of ages! Placed in cir-j cunistanees of the most trying difficulty at the j commencement of the American contest, he accepted that situation which was pre-eminent! in danger and responsibility. His persever- ; ance overcame every obstacle; his moderation! conciliated every opposition; iiis genius sup- j plied every resource; his enlarged view could 1 plan, revise, and improve every branch of civ- i il and military operation. He find the superi- j or courage which can act or forbear to act, as i true policy dictates, careless of the reproach ! es of ignorance either in power or out of pow- j er. He knew how to conquer by waiting, in spite of obloquy, for the moment of victory;! and he merited true praise by despising undo-! served censure. In the most arduous moments | of the contest, bis prudent firmness proved the j salvation of the cause which he supported. Ilis conduct was, on all occasions, guided by' the most pure disinterestedness. Far superi-! or to low and groveling motives, he seemed j ever to be uninfluenced by that ambition i which has justly been called the instinct of great so". He acted ever as if hi country's welfare, and that alone, was the moving spring. Ilis excejlgatt uiuul needed not even the stgnu-; lus of ambition, or the prospect of fame. Glo-1 ry was a secondary consideration. He per- i formed great actions; lie persevered in a i course ot laborious utility, with an equanimi ty that neither sought distinction, nor was | flattered by it. His reward was in the con- j aciousncss of bis ow n rectitude, and in the! success of his patriotic efforts. As his eleva- ■ tion to the chief power was the unbiassed choice of his countrymen, his exercise of it! was agreeable to the purity of its origin. As I he had neither solicited uor usurped dominion,! lie had neither to contend with the opposition' of rivals, nor the reveHge of enemies. As! his authority was undisputed, so it required no jealous precautions, no rigorous severity. His government was mild and gentle; it was be neficent and liberal; it was wise and just. His ! prudent administration consolidated and en-! larged the dominion of an infant republic. In { voluntarily resigning tho magistracy which bu 1 had filled with such distinguished honor, he j enjoyed tire unequalled satisfaction of leaving to the state he had contributed to establish, the fruits of his wisdom and the example of his virtues. It is some consolation, amidst the I violence of ambition and the criminal thirst of i power, of which so many instances occur a | round us, to find a character whom it is hon j orable to admire, and virtuous to imitate. A j conqueror, for the freedom of his country! a ; legislator, for its security! a magistrate, for its ' happiness! His glories were never sullied by 1 those excesses into which the highest quali ties are apt to degenerate. With the greatest virtues, he w as exempt from.the corresponding vices. He was a man in whom the elements were so mixed that “Nature might have stood up to all the world,” and owned him as her work. Ilis fame, bounded by no country, will be confined to no age. The character of Gen eral Washington, which his contemporaries regret and admire, will be transmitted to pos terity; and the memory of his virtues, while patriotism and virtue are held sacred among men, will remain undiminished.” Thf. Rail Roao. An Ordinance is cir culating thro’ the city in pamphlet form, from which we perceive that the City Council of Columbus are taking steps towards the great enterprise of connecting Columbus with the Tennessee Rail Road. Books of subscription are to be opened in the several counties con cerned, on the first Monday in March; sub scribers to pledge property by mortgage suffi cient to ensure payment; the Council is then to issue bonds which are to be sold to the best advantage, the proceeds to be loaned by the city to the company, and the work to com mence. Without pretending to decide upon the mer its ot the mode (which by the bye, seems at first view to he the only practicable one in the present deranged state ot the money market,) w e most heartily rejoice to find our enterprizing Board moving forward towards this great work. The only thing that can prevent its prosecution is want of zeal. A man with foresight sufficient to transact, ordinary business, must at once ac knowledge the practicability of the w’ork, and one with half a head must see at a glance its momentous importance to the very existence ot Columbus. Is there enterprise enough in 1 our section to undertake and carry it forward? For the honor of our country we would not question it. We have before this given our views of the matter. It can do no harm to repeat them. W itJiout the fear of contradiction, we assert that there is no place in Georgia affords half tho natural advantages fur commerce, as does Columbus. Her location, her relative position and the natural obstructions to pass ways in a different direction, almost compel the up coun try trade to conic to her wharves, —we care not whether it is done by canals or rail ways, the expense of bringing here the trade of Cherokee, Tennessee, western part of North Carolina, and all intermediate counties in Georgia, must be one third less than to take it to any other market; if done by a canal, we would say one half would do it. Now it is reduced to a certainty, that other sections, with nil their disabilities, are seeking this trade and unless we put in our claim very soon, they will have it. If then, it is worth their trouble and expense, (so much greater than ours,) inav we not well afford to take up the project? But it is useless to offer argu ments. Those who have examined the sub ject know wc can profitably embark—and as this is perhaps a sufficient motive, we most ear nestly wish that all who can do so, will go into the plan with spirit and unanimity. Let every man feel that he is interested, anil act accord ingly—for every man in and around the route will share the benefits, if it be completed, and none will escape the loss if it fails. Colum bus especially is deeply concerned. If she does not move with energy in the work, she may soon hid farewell to her prosperity,—and if slu# w ill open up her stores by this commu nication to the rich and immense products of the country alluded to, the man who owns an acre of her soil may be a Nabob. [Columbus Enquirer. Internal Improvement. The Ten nessee Legislature has passed a hill appro- 1 printing £4,000,000 for Internal Improve*] merits, $ 1,800, 000 of which is to he e- 1 qually divided between the llitvnssee and j tlm Charleston and Cincinnati rail roads, j 'Flic bill also provides ('or a subscription on the part of the State of one half of! the stock of any rail road or turnpike company hereafter chartered, for which bonds shall be issued bearing an interest of six per cent., as soon as individual stock holders of such companies have subscrib ed for the other half and paid 15 per cent. The small hill charters a State Bank with a capital of £5,01)0,000 and appro priates £IOO.OOO to common schools of the State.—Two Townships of land in the Ocoee District, are also granted to the j Cniversityof Nashville and East Tenues-j see College. The Exploring Expedition. The cr»r-; respondent of the New York Courier >.Y. En quirer ut Washington says, that on the 25th of December, Commodores Hull and Biddle and Captain Aulic, having been constituted a board tb inquire into and report on the subject, re ported that in their opinion, suitable vessels for such a squadron would he a sloop of war, two i brigs, and a ship of 450 tons. On the Oil of j January, Captain Kearney was appointed to command the expedition. He repaired to 1 Washington, and urged the necessity of cm-; ploying a large merchant ship in lieu of one j of the brigs. This being refused, and the] force being reduced even below that recom mended by the Board, Capt. Kearney deeming; it impracticable to carry out the proposed sci entific corps without larger accommodations, on the 18th insL, resigned the command, and his resignation was accepted. Ret River Raft. A letter in the New Orleans Bulletin states that the snag boat passed Shreveport about the 20th ultimo, for the purpose of removing the remainder of the raft, which will probably be effected in a few weeks. This w ill open an uninterrupted nav igation above Shreveport on the Red River, of 1500 miles—on the Sulphur Fork, 200—on Little River, 200—on the Blue River, 150—on ] the False Washita, BOO—making 2300 miles ol navigable waters above this place, through j probably the finest country in the globe. The | letter turther states that the immigration into | that country is so great, that provisions com mand an excessive price. Settlers are there fore recommended to lay in their supplies at starting. BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. A Remarkable Church. The First Church in Hingham has had but five pastors since its establishment in 1038, viz: Hobart, Norton, Guy. Ware, and Richardson. The i ministry of Mr. Hobart was upwards of forty | three years; Mr. Norton’s about thirty-eight | years, and Dr. Gay’s nearly sixty-nine years. He died March 1787. So, that for nearly one hundred and fifty-two years from the establish ment of the Church, it had but three Pastors, and for upwards of two hundred years but five Pastors, two of whom are still living, viz: Dr. Ware, Professor of Theology at Cambridge University, and the Rev. Mr. Richardon, the present Minister. The times have sadly changed in this re spect. Instead of only five pastors in two hundred years, our churches have new pastors about every two years. It is a rare circum stance for the rnun to follow a pastor to the grave, whom he knew as his spiritual guide when but a child, and there are but few—too few—who arrive at man’s estate, and enjoy the happiness of listening on the Sabbath to the voice of the pastor who baptized him. [Portland Transcript Shocking. On Wednesday morning of last week at early dawn, the steamboat Cincin j nati came up the river with a sail boat in tow ' belonging to Col. Mclntosh, on the way to his Florida plantation a few miles above this place, j The boat had on hoard, in addition to some j valuables, papers, &.C., eleven of the Colonel’s : servants, —two men, two women and seven j children, on their way to their new and de ! lightful home. Opposite to us, (as it is said in | consequence of some unskilful management ! of a yawl boat, belonging to the steamer,) the j boat containing the servants was sunk, and ex cept the two men who swam on shore, all w ere lost! The women and children, asleep under the deck, went down with the boat, no vestige of which, or of them, has been found! [Jacksonville Courier, Ist inst. We copy the article below, not as a correct ] statement but as one which carries its own re futation with it: Tiie Brunswick Challenge. The last number of the Brunswick Advocate contains an advertisement offering £IOOO reward to any person who will discover an “outer bar oppo i site the entrance to the Port of Brunswick in Georgia, some miles distant from that surveyed by three Commissioners of the Navy in 1838, and having less water upon it, &c.” When man is on the brink of utter ruin by gambling, he will frequently peril his last cent —nay the inheritance of his children—on the hazard of the dice-box: so it is with the Bruns wick Company. Having already paid JiflyJive cents on the dollar of their original capital, and accomplished nothing, they now-come out with an offer of a reward for finding what they well know to exist ; but which they hope will nev er he sought for. Why lias the Company suffered the report that there was an outer bar, to bn uncontradic ! ted until the present moment? Because they hoped to stifle the truth by inflated stories of their own invention. In the month of November, 1838 a party of gentlemen left this city in the steamboat Ora mulger. for the purpose of rendering some as sistance to the U. S. Brig Purpose, which was injured outlie North Breakers of St. Simon’s Bar. Having accomplished the objectof their mission, Capt. Ramsay, the commander of the Brig, intending to designate the real danger ot the bar, which is the North Breaker Head, about 12 miles lrom the Light House, where there is not more than TEN feet of water, proposed to place a buoy on that point The steamboat accompanied him, and two iron bound casks with an immense weight attach ed to them were launched off' her deck by the proper officers of the Porpoise. —While the boat was on the breakers, the light house was very indistinctly seen—it was barely visible— so that it was concluded that the only reason why those on hoard could see it, arose from the fact that they passed the island of St. Si mon’s and the lighthouse on their way out, and naturally had their eyes placed on that point during the passage of the boat to the bar.! It was the opinion of the persons present that 1 a strange vessel would scarcely see the light plain enough to steer by: anil it should "be remarked that the day was exceeding fine and clear for that season of the year. Capt. Ramsay deemeu it absolutely necessa ry that there should be a mark at this place, where the breakers sleep, in a manner that might deceive the most experienced mariner ; and as an evidence that he took a correct view of the matter, we may remark that scarcely a single vessel got into the harbour of Bruns wick, that season, without running foul of this shoal. One large vessel with a great number ot passengers on board, would have been en tirely lost but tor the boats of the Porpoise. The anchor which was secured to the buoy, was about 1200 lbs weight ; yet it remained there a very short time, owing to the charac ter of the bottom, and the utter impossibility of giving security to any buoy in such a place. The gentlemen alluded to as forming tho passengers of the steamboat were Doctor Wm. I raser, since deceased, Aldermen Palmer and Cai.der, Col. Benj. Green, J. F. Green, Isaac Snow and C. MacArdf.ll. These persons, excepting the first lamented gentle men are still living, and can testify to the cor rectness of our statement Capt. Blanken ship, of the steamboat, and Capt. Rotheus Drink water,an old and experienced shipmas ter, and pilot, can also prove our word ; and the latter gentleman eavs he can win tho mon ey, if he is assured that it will be paid. VV e are well aware that the advertisement in the * Jdvocate is intended merely for a puff —as the requst toother papers to publish the same, at once shows—yet do wc tell the Agent who signs it that he had better reckon his mon ey for he will soon have to pay it— if he means to do.so. — The papers which publish the chal lenge Brunswick Company, will, we hope, have the candour to publish this piece also. It will be.no more than fair. [Darien Telegraph. An old and honorable Bell. The bell now hanging in the steeple of the old State House in Philadelphia, is the same one that gave the call for assembling the people together 52 years ago, to the hearing of the first reading of the Declaration of Independ ence. It is now only rung on special and ex traordinary occasions. It has, in connection with its history a very remarkable inscription on it, copied from the 28th chapter of the Book of Leviticus, lOili verse: Proclaim Lib erty throughout the lands, and to all the stations thereof and literally obeyed the prophetic command on the 4th of July, 1778. On this account it was deemed prudent to remove it from Philadelphia in 1777, when the British were about to visit that city. ; Weight of Specie. In Dickinson’s Bos- I ton Almanac, which contains a little of every ' tiling, we find the following article on the weight of current coins. The table was made before the suspension of specie pay ments, and when silver coins were in general circulation, from lots taken indiscriminately. The greater loss by wear of the smaller coins, is undoubtedly owing to their more extensive and constant circulation: SIOO in American Halves weigh 5 lbs 15 oz. Avoirdupois, SIOO in Spanish Milled Dolls, weigh 5 lbs. 14 j oz. j SIOO in Quarters weigh 5 lbs 11 oz. $lO in American Halves equal in wt. to sll in 12 1-2 cL pieces. $lO in American Halves equal in wt to sll 3-4 in 8 1-4 ct pieces. Consequently it takes slOl 3-47 or SIOI,OB in Sp. dolls, to equal wt SIOO in Am. halves. $lO4 34-91 or $104.40 in Sp. quarters to equal in wt SIOO in Am. halves. sllO in 12 1-2 cent pieces to equal wt SIOO in Am. halves. 1 $117.50 in 8 1-4 ct. pieces to equal in wt SIOO in Am. halves. By calculations which may readily be made i from the above table, we arrive at the follow j ing results: 1. More silver is rubbed oft’ in using eight small coins, than in using one i large coin of the same value. 2. American half dollars are the best materials for thcinan i ufacture of silver ware, ornaments, keys for musical instruments, &c., &,c. for those who ire in the habit of purchasing silver coins for these purposes, because the same money’s worth contains more weight of silver. 3. Fourpences are the best coin for those who transport much specie, as SIOO,OOO in four- I pences weigh nearly a thousand pounds less j than SIOO,OOO in American halves, as may be easily seen from the table above. 4. Ameri can half dollars are absolutely worth more than what passes for their equivalent in any other common silver coin. 5. A box of silver (SIOO,OOO in American halves) i* worth by weight about $15,000 more than the same box of silver (SIOO,OOO in fourpences.) Intrepidity. We do not remember, among the many anecdotes of duelling, to have met with one displaying more hardihood than the following, which though it happened many years ago, and was related to us by an eye witness, we have never seen in Print: Mr. Spring had a farm on an Island in Saco river, from which he built a bridge to the main land where it would encroach upon the land of his neighbor Mr. Dennett. The channel was not very broad, and a few' rods below were some considerable fulls. Spring built abutments, and laid the string-pieces ; but Dennet came in the night and tore them down. Spring na turally enraged, threatened that if lie did ita gain, he should answer for it to him person ally. Unawed by this threat, no sooner were the beams laid on the abutments, than he des troyed so much of the works as to leave but one string-piece remaining, and that a beam eight inches square over the river, where a fall would be as certain a death, as' from the Goat Island bridge above Niagara. Accord ing to his previous threat, Spring challenged Dennett, “but I’ll tell you what I will do.” “Well!” “I’ll take a keg of powder with a lighted candle, and carry it on the centre of that string-piece. You shall sit down on one end of it and and I on the other till the old candle burns down to the powder. That will be the Dest test of our courage.” This terrible proposal was agreed to. The frail timber bent beneath them as they coolly walked out and placed the keg in the middle, over the roaring flood below,struck the blazing candle into it, and sat down to watch its burn ing. Hundreds were gathered on each side, j awaiting in breathless silence the issue. Spring i was a large fat man, and as the candle burned slowly towards the powder, ho was observed | to grow more anil more nervous, wriggling on his seat, and looking one way and the other. At last, when the flame was but half an inch from the surface, he could keep still no longer, but incontinently got up and made his escape. Dennett, who had throughout displayed the ut most cool ness,now very carefully took the blaz ing candle out of the cask, threw it into the water, and with the powder as his prize went off in the opposite direction. The building of the bridge was forever abandoned, A Court in Michigan. The papers give an account of a very strange proceeding in a late trial before a court in Pontiac, Michigan. Benjamin Irsh had sued George \V. Wisner for the recovery of a bet made upon the re sult of tho election. Among other witnesses in favor of the plaintiff, was Samuel N. Gantt, I editor of the administration paper in Pontiac, and a candidate for the State Legislature. Be ing asked by the defendant whether he was in- i terested in the event of tho suit, he replied , that he had promised the plaintiff to help him to pay the expenses of the suit—hail also promised to help tar and feather the defendant and carry him out of the village—knew the ballot-box had been robbed, and lie did not care who said it hadn’t The defendant objected to receive Gantt’s i evidence, and commenced making remarks to the Court in support of the objections. Gantt rose, drew up his chair, and said, “If he (mean ing Mr. Wisner,) says any thing that insinu ates against me, by I’ll knock him down.” The defendant to the Court:—“ I do not in tend to insinuate any thing against any body ! I only wish to show the Court the impropriety of receiving Mr. Gantt’s testimony, and I j trust the Court will protect me. It is a strange I state of things, indeed, if I must be openly j assaulted with a chair in a court of Justice. | [The defendant recommenced his remarks, and ! Gantt again rose, drew his chair, and swore ! he would knock him down if he insinuated i any tiling against him.) The defendant to die Court:—“Will the Court protect me by ordering an officer to take the fellow into custody?” Esquire Henderson—“No I shan’t,” [wink ing to Gantt.] The defendant to the Court:—“Very good, sir, then I shall protect myself.” Here die defendant drew from his pocket a pair of pistols, cocked them, held one in each hand, and proceeded with his remarks to the Court. Gantt turned pale, and his lips quiver ed, he dropped his chair, and retreated to the i back part of the Court room. Esquire Hen- j derson dien said that the further consideration j of the objection would be postponed at that! time, upon which the defendant coolly replac-; ed the pistols in his pocket and took his seat The case was at last committed to the Jury j who could not agree, and Mr. Justice Header- j son is accused ot having forged a verdict in fa vor of the plaintiff! On this accusation he has been arrested. Charleston, Feb. 7. STEAM PACKET NEPTUNE. This long-looked for vessel has at last reached this city, from New York, hav ing left that port on Sunday morning last, at 10 o’clock. We have not yet seen her, but learn • from those who have examined her, that she is every thing that could be wished for. The New York Sunday Morning News remarks that “she is as strong as wood and iron can make her, and is fitted with every convenience and luxury which the most fastidious could desire. She is 200 feet long on deck, 25 feet 4 inches beam, 14 1-8 feet hold—can make 125 berths, 12 state-rooms on deck, and can accommodate 200 passengers. Engine 250 horse power.” Capt. Pennoyer has now, without the least doubt, the command of the finest steam packet that ever floated in the A mcrican waters : and the conveniences and accommodations which the boat will af ford to passengers, will make it a luxury to go to sea with him. New Orleans Street Race. A match race in harness, —single dash of four squares, —came off on Wednesday in Magazine street. The three following entries were made, viz ;—a white man entered a horse and dray, number of the dray and pedigree of the horse unknown; a negro entered two of his master’s mules and cart, tandem ; another negro entered a pair of oxen, also attached to a cart. The race was purely legitimate, sanction ed by law, for silence gives consent. The different competitors did not exactly start at the same time and place, but joined in as the hindmost came along. Little mon ey changed hands, as it appeared a private affair altogether. The Start. —The horse and dray led off with a perfect rush, and on their own account, from the corner of Poydras and Magazine streets, the drayman going hard in hand the first square. At the cor ner of Girod street the mules joined in, and the race was beautifully contested. They locked wheels twice on the stretch between Girod and Julia streets, and you might have covered them with a blanket, provided it had been wide enough. Near the corner the tandem team began to act a little mulish, and although their jockey did everything in his power to keep them moving, they finally fetched up in the gut ter all standing—the horse and dray pas sing them with a perfect looseness. Mules are constitutionally self-willed and notion al, and to this circumstance we may attrib ute their sudden stoppage. The horse and dray were now again running on their ow n account. The horse appeared a little jaded, the dray all the time keeping close at his heels, although it was throught that it would be compelled to haul off on account of the rottenness of the harness. After passing Julia street, the oxen, who had been quietly chewing their cuds, now, either from emulation or fright, more probably the latter, started off “full chisel,” side and side with the other establishment. The race now be | came intensely interesting. The oxen had been enjoying a long resting spell, and were as fresh and good as new. The horse had the feet of them all to pieces, but lie had been doing his best, and his wind was getting scarce. At this state of the game a little nig, who had been play ing in the dirt in the middle of the street, came near being run over ; but the oxen fortunately gave a sheqr, and he escaped badly scared, but not hurt in the least. As they neared the corner of St. Joseph street, it was “pull Dick, pull devil” all round—nose and horns, dray and cart— impossible to tell which was which, or which was ahead. At this moment a large and furious dog ran out barking from an adjoining house, flew at the oxen, gave them an additional impetus, and they ! won the race by the tips of their horns. The different vehicles were more or less j injured by coming in collision. Time, j including stoppages and breakings, 10:42. Nobody hurt, but many women and chil dren badly frightened. The day was beau tiful, and the street in good condition for running. The attendance was good con considering the short notice given of the i race. [Picayune. March of Intellect. Extract of a letter from a newly-married lady, who had finished her education at a “fashionable” boarding-school. It was written to a school-mate. “I was married ten weeks ago. Me \ and my deer husband has removed into the country, too miles from any hous. We have no market to go to —but have to lay in our provisions by the barl. My furni churc is much finer than most of my na burs. My husband and me agree verry well—as yet we have not had no quarrel and in most things he thinks like I do. I allow I done well in marring, for we are muchually happy. Him and me could! live forever together, and neither give! the other a misbeholdcn word, &,c. Sl c. \ H. W. I P. S. I have not looked into a book * since my wedding day. My husband is the whole world to me—ls I can pleas him, nothing els shall trouble me. “What times we used to hav at Mrs. ’s boarding school—such labor in studying Latin and Logic, and Algebray, and Music. I never could seethe use of it. “P. S. I advise you to git shut of your single blessednesss as soon as you can. How friteful old maids is. Write me the first oppertunity [Kentucky Journal. [From the Augusta Constitutionalist ] HAMPTON COURSE. Thursday —Third Day. Three mile heats — purse S6OO. The following were the entries for this purse; Col. Hampton’s imp. b. c. Monarch, 3 ! years old, got by Priam, out of Delphine i by Whisker. j M. L. Hammond’s g. m. Sally Van Dyke, 5 years old, got by Henry, dam by Oscar. This race did not create much interest; Monarch was the favorite at the start, and i well he might be, for decidedly he is the best three year old colt, we have ever seen make a track—possessing both speed and bottom. Sally is not slow herself, and has made some fair races, but it was obvious to all during the first heat, that if she kept company with Monarch, it was altogether through courtesy on his part, as he could increase the distance between them at pleasure. As it was, the distance between them did not exceed twenty yards, and Monarch won both heats with ease. Time first heat G 25; second 6 27. The track was very heavy, it having rained all the previous night, and the greater part of the day of the race. Not ! withstanding the inclemency of the w'eather, the Turf was well attended. Friday—Fourth Day. Tour mile heats — purse $l5O0 —$500 to the second best horse. — entries. Col. Adams’ g. f. Mary Gardner, 4 years old, by Eclipse, out of a Director mare. M. R. Smith’s b. f. Leanah, 4 years old by Seagul, dam by Whipster. Lovell & Hammond’s c. c. John Gued ron, 3 years old by Bertrand, out of Medora. Col. Wade Hampton’s c. f. Charlotte Russe, 4 years old, own sister to Trifle. This race created mueh excitement as soon as it was known what horses were to start. Charlotte Russe, was allowed by all hands the purse of 1000, but the con tention was about which horse would prove second best in the race, Leanah, John Guedron or Mary Gardner. The latter named horse.it was generally thought stood no chance, but between Leanah and John, there was a great diversity ofopin ! ion, and the friends of both seemed will ing to back their judgment, with the prom \ ises to pay, a number of which were put into the hands of a third person to await the issue, which should prove the better horse. Some few bets were made three to one Charlotte against the field, but the principal bets were between Leanah and John Guedron. The knowing ones were taken in.— Charlotte took the first heat, and Leanah came in second, which was as every body expected. The second heat, however, made all the difference in the world, for, contrary to all expectation, John Guedron took second, closely followed by Charlotte beating her about one length. At this stage of the race, the excitement was at its height—and bets ran all sorts of ways —some taking Charlotte against the field, others John Guedron, and some few best were made between John Guedron and Leanah. Unfortunately for the backers of Charlotte, something was wrong about her, and her owner, Col. Hampton, con cluded to withdraw her, which took much interest from the race. Now the bets j were all on one side, and the backers of John were willing to give odds, and we believe some heavy bets were made, that he would distance his competitor, which he did. The following is the result of the race : John Guedron, 2 1 1 Leanah, 2 3 dis. Charlotte Russe, 1 2 dr. Mary Gardner, 4 dis. Mime—lst heat, 831 ; 2d, 8 2G ; 3d, 8 18. The turf was very heavy, which will account for the above time. Gale in the Pacific. “Verbal accounts ! have reached us,” says the New York Com ; mercial Advertiser, “of a tremendous gale on the coast of California, in which several ves sels were lost or much damaged. Among others we hear that, the United States’ schoon er Enterprise narrowly escaped shipwreck, and that all her guns had to be thrown overboard. We shall probably have particulars before many days.” Hut of Peter the Great. Scardam is remarkable for being the residence of Peter the Great of Russia, when he worked here as a common ship-carpenter, in order to make himself acquainted with the details of naval architecture. The hut in which he dwelt is at one end of it, and has been covered with a brick building by the Princes? of Orange, sis ter to the Emperor Alexander, who purchased it at a large price of its former proprietor. It consists of two rooms and a loft, in which the Royal mechanic kept various specimens of the art.—The furniture used by him is carefully preserved, consisting of an oak tabls- and three | chairs a recess with folding doors serving him as a beadstead. Over the chimney-piece is the following inscription. Petro Magno, A1 exander; and on an oval table is another in Dutch and Russian, intimating, that nothing is too little for a great man.’—-[Dr. Lardner’s Cabinent Cyclopedia. Aplump rosy cheeked girl who lived in a hotel where some experiments were being made in animal magnetism, was requested to bring in a blanket; upon bringing it, she stood and looked on, to see them read a newspaper through several folds of the blanket; after looking awhile she was seen to blush and color up and start to leave the room. Upon being asked what was the matter, she replied, “it them are somnambys can see things arter that ere fashion, I don’t see what good n body’s clothM do them.