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common remark that the ruling passion displays itself in the last hour. The flickering lamp blazes with unusual bright ness, just as it expires. “The fit gives vigor, as it destroys.’’ lie who has but a moment remaining, is released from the common motive for dissimulation; and time, that lays his hand on every thing else, destroying beauty, undermining health, and wasting the powers of lift', spares the ruling passion, which is con nected with the soul itself. That passion sticks to our last sand, Consistent with our follies and our sins, Here honest nature ends as she begins. The following article in relation to Bruns wick, we copv from the Durieii i olograph. It contains a good deal of ‘truth’ and of good and correct reasoning, hut "e confess "e dislike the tone of this article exceedingly. The strictures upon Savannah and Charleston meet with no sympathy in us. “Save us from our friends,” we may well say with the Span iard. Those friends who would build up Brunswick by detraction of other Southern Cities take, to say the least, a very injudicious course. Beside, they stand on ground alto gether false. The growth ut a large city here, never will, in fact, injure Charleston, Sa- ! vaunali, or even Darien. The \\ k*t— the j ureat West — the mighty WEST, is the mark for all of us. The southern cities are ■ her seaports as soon as railroads can connect her with them. Three-hooked miles; nearer to the West than any northern ports, j what competition shall we fear from them.' Is I there not in the West‘ample room and verge i enough’ torus all. Charleston, great and j prosperous as she now is, shall rise yet high er; Savannah shall rise, and Darien toosliali receive its share ot prosperity. ihe race ( shall be to the swift, and the battle to the strong, and the public may be sure that Bkuns wick* will not be distanced in this friendly; competition. In a noble emulation for our own and our; country’s prosperity, let us go on. Jealousy ; and ill-temper can only make ourselves unlnp- 1 py, and are, when arising from such a conten tion as this, as foolish as they are superfluous. BRUNSWICK. Mr. Editor: —You are aware that then are inanv who persist in advocating principles which they know to be erroneous, tor I'ear of being styled turn-coats, or of bringing upon themselves the vituperations of a party who have long sustained them in such a course. But, we should not follow the multitude to do evil. When convinced of an error, we should acknowledge it with frankness, and own openly such principles us our better judg ment and nature shall dictate. These are the considerations which have induced me to lay before your readers the following remarks. I have watched with interest and anxiety the efforts of the Brunswick Company, and have seriously doubted their ability to effect any thing materially advantageous to our country, and more particularly to our State. But I now acknowledge most cheerfully my conviction and entire confidence in the practi cability of the enterprise; and of its l asting benefits to our State and country. In fact, 1 conceive it to be the “sine qua non” of Geor gia,—an enterprise indespensable to the com mercial interest of our State. W e cannot sustain Savannah any longer:— for in despite of her noble efibrts, she must “godown.” She was once the pride of Geor gia, and her energies were exerted in her be half. But our citizens have awakened to the fact—3he has no harbor to vie with Charleston, and it is useless to waste our resources upon her. Notice iier stationary position for tie last twenty years—her canal; —a monument of State favor and of her degeneraev. We must relinquish our efforts in favor of Savannah; and bestow them upon some place possessing far superior advantages to her; and equal advantages with Charleston. Where will we find such a place? There is no other than Brunswick. Her Bar, her Harbor, her every thing, point her out as the only place south of Charleston, capable of rising to im portance and of becoming tlio emporium of the entire South. Charleston has advantages over Savannah which cannot be counteract!! 1 by any human efforts, —to wit: her liar and Harbor. \ essoLs of heavy burtiien, in taking cargoes from S t-! vann.ih are compelled to drop miles below the city and receive them through smaller e:ai\. In like manner they must be lightened before they can reach the city. Those advantages are an indirect tax upon our citizens, and con sequently operate against a good market—the commercial interest of a city. The connecting link of Rail Roads from Charleston to Athens, will sweep from the up per part of the State most of their trade, and will also receive great advantages trom the Great Rail Road Trunk from Tennessee to the centre of Georgia. Freights from any part of Florida are pre cisely the same to Savannah and Charleston. The latter being the best market and more easy of access must necessarily receive the produce of that Territory. ' From what source then must Savannah look for support? From her Macon Rail Road? —She cannot consistently. No urtiticiu! means can ever be constructed which can transport, produce so cheaply as natural water communication. The produce of the up-coun try will never leave the w aters of the Oconee and Ocmulgee direct to Brunswick, to take a more expensive and hazardous way by Rail Road to Savannah: an inferior market. No indeed,the odds is too much in favor of water transportation and the Brunswick l.iukit. The short of the matter is just this: Geor gia must either surrender her trade to her sis ter States and become dependent, or she must relinquish Savannah and foster her infant city, Brunswick. Indeed it is an unfortunate tiling for Geor gia, that the visionary project of constructing a railroad from Savannah to Macon has al ready commenced, which can do little for the safety of Savannah and more or less to the in jury of Brunswick. Brunswick is said to have a better Bar and Harbor than Charleston, and her situation is certainly more commanding. Her canal will sltortly be opened to the AlU maha giving her a direct command of the trade from the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers. These rivers will be accessary to She exports of the Cherokee counties and Tennessee, brought down the great Rail road Trunk. Brunswick is more accessible to the trade of Florida than Charleston, and with other ad vantages, must be the great mart lor the peo ple of that fertile territory—in addition to all * - ■ .* w’U r.omanmd by means of her Finn da and Brunswick Rail Road, all the southern part of this State, the whole of West f lorida ; and eastern part ol Alabama, together with the advantages of the Flint and Chatahoochee Rivers. Ido not believe that she will have en tire command of the valley of the Mississippi, vet she will have a respectable portion of the trade this will also be the cheapest and most expeditious route for travelling from the north ern States to the Southwestern. In conclusion, Air. Editor, 1 must indulge a , hope that ere long 1 shall see your racy pen vindicating this noble cause—one in which ev ery citizen of Georgia should feel a deep and abiding interest. TRUTH. [From tin- N. York Courier and Enquirer.] . New York thirty years ago. But very few of i lie present active and enter prising men who are now oil the stage 01, life have any knowledge of the men and; tilings that existed thirty years ago. A generation lies in fact passed away; thc| men that then transacted business ns liter-j chants in the commission, hardware, dry; goods, and shipping line, have all chang ed, and with them there has been quite as great an alteration in the department of; the ministers of religion lawyers, judges, politicians, &.c. &c. In the remarks that, we may give under the above head, our recollections, although th y not em brace every thing, wdi be given, wej trust, with accuracy, and may not he un interesting to those who were familiar with the transactions of those days, nor un profitable to those who now fill the stations of those we may speak of. The change in thirty years has been truly wonderful. Aluiiv, however, are still living, who could record the condition of tilings half a cen tury ago, and s-icli a record would be more wonderful still. In the years 181)7,IrMH, DU ') and !“!(), the population of our city was from SO tot 100,000 inhabitant', or about one third vvlrit it now is. Up t > that period the ' commerce of the country had been al-! most wholly uninterrupted from the close of the Revolution, and lead most rapidly increased, —but, (luring these years, .Mr.' Jeflersou’s systems of gun-bouts, embar go', and non-intercourse, began to hur rass navigation—the eil’et t of which pros trated a number of the first houses', such; as Franklin (5c Robinson, and John Town send, who were considered men of the highest standing Ibr honor as well as! wealth. Among the siuppin Merchant' of that day, were the P-g.-i-cta! h- houses of Robert Lenox, Archibald Gracie, Le- 1 Roy, Bayard iSc Cos., V, m. (’oilman, Isaac (’lessen, Green Lovell, Jehu Kimiv Bailey &, Bogert, John .Murray, Gardiner G. Howland, Abraham II " ’ or, .1.;;• >b Barker, Gordon and Daniel Back, Ripley 1 &, Center, llteks, .leakin' c. Cos, N. L. G G. Griswold, Mintnrli G Cli impli.i, - AYtn. & Jonas .Minturn, i*. 11 arm mv, .No ah Talc.ott, F.lien Burr.-I!, John Patrick, Sillers, Son yC Cos., Snell G St.igg. and! others. Among the dry goods merchants i were, Joshua Waddiugton, John J. Glov er, John Glend-Jimiug, John lvalue. Joint Haggerty, Thomas Cadie, John Taylor Gc.—Among the hard-van- merchants were, Isaac Car row, John Mo-.vatt, Moses Rogers, Thomas R. Smith, and others. Flour merchants. Joint Townsend, David Lvding, John B. Coles, Thus. Buckley, Wood «Se Byrnes, and others. At that day there were '■> it a vorv few Money Brokers: the following embraced tieuflv the whole; —Brine- G Ward, Lew is G. Lawrence, Win. C. l.iliingvve!!, f>-■:i jamin Butler, and Win. Shotweil. Tin principal Auctioneers were Holl'man G Glass, Colliu &, Bell, John Hone, David Cunliam, Boggs G Livingston, Irving G Smith, and a few others. At that period there were Iml very few Foreign Imu.'vv; —Casper Meyer, G. & T. Meyer, Uo~ ! sier ic Mould, Jos. Bo ..-mind embraced i nearly the whole. Os .i.-t of Com mission Houses above, hut very li-w re main: nearly till have dec •;' ■ I or re! -red, and it is a singular fact th.it there is not lone firm of all vve have n -cue 1 th t i- un changed. Messrs. Leno v,:!ewl,;.i,!, Luck. Center, Haggerty, Alev ,', ii >rmonv, Talcolt, and Salters, are nearly the ouiv gentlemen that now remain th t transact ; business at all, and the have changed , their firms. Among the Auctioneers, the former establishments, although <h - i continued, are carried mi !>v their de scendant', as is the cn- with, tin' Hoff mans, Mintiirns, and I’iil', —their fathers having nil been active and eilicient men of business. j The business of New \ or!; was princi pally confined to the following places. Tiie shipping merchants occupied the range of stores on Vv'a.diington street, which are now mostly c-Eiverti-d to the use of mechanics’ and sailor.'' boarding houses. South street still holds its rank, except above Pock slip. Wholesale dr . good men occupied tli :t part of Pear! street from Coffee-house up to Peck slip, 'idle retailers, William struct, and in j Broadway. Pearl street, from Coffee ■ house slip to the Batten, was all private i dwellings,, and, in fact, about Hanover square was the Court end ol the town. 1 Ue fashion then extended through Pearl street, State Street, near the Battery— and the lower part of Broadway and Greenwich street, —not a person of fash ion was to be found above Park Place. The City Hall was then building. The 1 Alms-house, with its large pen, contain ing about five hundred hogs, occupied the vvliole upper part of the Park. Bareilly, i Warren, Chambers, Duane, Anthony, | ai *d Leonard streets, were in the upper part of the city, occupied chiefly by cart - men, and persons in very moderate cir cumstances. Alanv portions of these streets were the residence of the vilest in BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. habitants, and consequently whole neigh borhoods were tainted. Franklin, then called Sugar Loaf street, was the extent of all civilized society; above which, that portion of the city above Canal street, west of Broadway, nearly over to Varick street, and embracing what is now nearly the vvliole of the Eighth Ward, was a vast meadow overflowed by water, and forming a great pond; which in the win ter when frozen over, made a most excel lent place for the boys to skate on, partic ularly on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. At Canal street, on Broadway, was the Stone Bridge—beyond which was the country. Between Broadway and the Bowery were high hills spotted over with country seats. A walk out to the Stone Bridge was considered the extent of a Sunday’s exercise alter church. On the west side of tiie town it was a scattered and uncultivated country, from about Hudson’s Park to Greenwich Vil lage. Tiie Richmond House, corner of Varick and Charlton streets, was on a high hill, and occupied by Aaron Burr as his Country seat. The garden grounds and tasteful forests, and valuable fruit trees presented a beautiful appearance. The Old State Prison, which a lew years ago was emptied of its tenants, and which is in Greenwich, near Christopher street, was considered out of town. Tiie cast section ot the city has under gone, perhaps, the greatest change. That portion of it above market street, between Division street and the Last River, tip to Pike street, and even above, was princi pally owned by Col. Rutgers, and leased out to poor cartmen and others, the only persons, perhaps, that could then he found to hast , ibr hc7 would not sell. The streets were very narrow, and the consequence was that this portion of the ] city was tilled with many of the lowest and most degraded characters. George j street, which is now Market,and Banker,; which is now Madison, were the homes! of the most abandoned females, and so degraded that it was not respectable to; he seen passing through them. The] principal heir to tins large estate, Col. W. j B. Crosbv, has been guided I* v an cnlarg- 1 ed and liberal spirit,—one that has con-; tiihuted largely to the health and prosper-; ity of the city, and we trust to Ins own interest, lie has been active in aiding the Common Council in widening Last Broadway, Market, Henry, Madison, Pike and other streets. Property lias quadru pled in value, and the streets have lie-come airy and pleasant, tiie cross streets partic ularly, with a good descent to t lie East River. 'Flic result has been that huii ireds of the finest dwellings and public buildings have been put up, and what was once the most degraded portion is now tin* fairest and mo-t respectable, as well as the most dis.ruble portion of our citv. [Frui.i tin* Georgia Journal ] Western and Atlantic U.vii. Road. Tiie three Commissioners of Internal Improvement elected bv the Legislature at its last session, met at Cassvillc on the loth tilt. On the loth, they organized tlu Board by electing Mnj. Joel Craw lord, of Sparta, President of the Board, and appointing Charles !.. Nelson, Sec retary pro tan. The Board continued in session but tew days, long enough howev - er to dispose of every subject that came up Ibr its consideration. < )n the first Monday in April the mem -1 hers of the Board will re-assemh!e, vve understand, al Marietta, 10 miles X. W. <d Chattahoochee, for the purpose of letting the work of grading the road to the extent of the means at their dispo sal. Aire idy are small parties employed, ' and,.others it is expected will in a few days comm'uee gra ling on the South Listern section of the Road, at rates of compensation determinable bv future co;i , i Flic State ot Georgia bus never before engaged in in a work so creditable to her policy. A<! elktr Stale in ih Luton ran /ia<s a Car across the , \ ilrg'iant/ Moan tuns at h<s than doubt, or treblt tar cost, nor to any one would a cheap and expe ditious commerce with the "gnat HVsf” be more advantageous. It is a subject oS' real regret tii.it a more ample provision of funds had not been made bv the last Leg islature. Had tbit body acted with a liberality befitting the great enterprise, to which they were reluct mtlv driven to as sent, there is no reason to doubt a Rail Road ot the most improved and durable structure, would have been completed, and Cars running r.t a speed of ]< or 29 miles an hour, from Augusta to the bank ol the Fenm-ssee River, in the course of tiie ensuing year. Western and Atlantic R vie Road. l’iie last Macon Messenger remarks: — “It is probably known to but lew of our readers that considerable progress lias al rcadyjieeii made in the work on that por tion of the road extending from the Chattahoochee to the Tennessee rivers, : generally known as the “Alain Trunk.” ; For some months past the work lias been ! going o:i on a limited scale, but vve be lieve that within the last mouth, the num ber of laborers has been greatly increas ed, probably to a thousand or more. Pro posals arc now ofi’ering by Col. Long, the engineer, for the construction of about forty miles of the route, to be commenc ed as early as May. This, it will be re collected, will be a portion of the Central ; Rail Road. “We would remark, while on this sub ject, that the road from Augusta, which will unite w ith the above, is in a state of forwardness, and the *»rk carried on with great zeal and energy. The stock hae all been taken up, and the Load will soon be put under contract —the old route by Athens is abandoned, and it will; be carried through Newton county, to, orj near Covington, thence to the main trunk in De Kalb. - j “We trust that all interested in the welfare of our city, or the benefits to be derived from the Central Rail Road, will see the necessity of being up and doing. Is it not high time that public attention was directed to that portion of the road j from Forsyth to the Chattahoochee? Un less we wish others to reap the first fruits of the enterprise exclusively, and perma nently to give a direction to the trade and travel on these roads, we should not suf fer ourselves to be found lingering in the work, while they arejfpursuiiig it with so much industry. We say to our fellow cit izens and all around us, it is time this matter wasMaken seriously in hand. [Savannah Georgian. Maine.'?; The following extract from Gov. Kent’s message exhibits the view he lias taken of the “rights” of persons “held to service or labor in one state under the laws thereof,” and resident, (by flight we presume) within the State of Maine. Ills remarks have a hearing on the late case of Jltlicus, a fugitive from this State, although he does not allude expressly to that case, un less the expression “exigency of the times” may be deemed to embrace it. [Savannah Georgian. [From the Millcdgeville Journal.] Maine.' The legislature of this State is in session. Gov. Kent’s address was read to this body on the 22d ult We find 1 the following in relation to the case of the negro stealers, who were demanded by Gov. Schley as fugi tives from justice. , “It is provided in the constitution of the United States (article 4, see. 'I) “no person ; held to service or labor in one State, under ! 1 lie laws thereof, escaping into another shall, i in consequence of any law or regulation tliere iu, he discharged from such service or labor, . but shall bo delivered up on claim of the par ! ty to whom such service or labor ‘may be i (hie.” “However strongly vve may disapprove the system here alluded to, and wish to see it abolished, bv legal an 1 constitutional means, ur urc bound to earn/ this provision into full ef fect, iu perfect good faith and with a sincere de sire to maintain and ohsrn'e the provision of the compact. But tiie person claimed under this section, if u resident within our State, has clearly a right to demanJ that the fact alleged -hould be legally proved, before he shall be delivered up to the claimant. The personal liberty of every man who treads our soil and breathes our air is sacred, and not to be infringed, “but by judgment of his peers or the law of the land.” A mere claim, or informal-production of alleged and apparently sufficient evidence would not au thorise the seizure or removal of inanimate property, by legal authority; and surely the most friendless of human beings lias a right to a legal trial before his personal freedom is impaired by the operation of law. Some pro vision by which a speedy trial in such cases could be had before a jury of the country, and the rights of claimants promptly and legally settled, seems to be called lor by the exigen cy of the times, and I submit the matter to your consideration.” Gov. Kent, is the successor of Gov. Dun lap, whose communication in reply to Gov. Schley’s demand, we published • some time since. Exact number ok Steamboats on the Western and S. W. Waters. The Louisville Journal gives their num ber alphabetically, viz: 301. Os the three hundred and sixty-one boats now running on the western and south western waters, ninety were built at Cincinnati. At Louisville, eight. Twelve built at Jeffersonville and New Albany, received their engines, and were finished at this place. What a sublime monument to tiie great Felton, is this ever moving caravan of floating palaces, looming on the dark roll ing waters of the west. Himself left to die in indigence by the world whom he had t uric he:!. Match aoaixst Time. The New York Courier and Enquirer of Friday, lCtli instant, says:—“Air. Grant, of Phil adelphia, commenced yesterday, at 2 o'- clock, P. AL, liis arduous undertaking to ride three hundred miles in twenty-four successive hours, over the Bergen course, Hoboken. At eight o'clock last night he had rode eighty miles, and showed no symptoms of distress. The change in tiie weather is highly favorable to him, al though the- thaw lias made the course hea vy. lie fifteen horses in the attempt. -V considerable number of persons were there yesterday as spectators of it, and then- will no doubt be a large number to day to witness its termination.” Tiie American of Saturday, lltb inst. says:—“The match against time, referred to in yesterday's paper, was won by time. The rider, Mr. Grant, continued bis ef fort' till 1(> minutes past 12 yesterday, vv lien iie bad only accomplished 24ft miles. Having (id miles yet to dm in about an hour and three quarters, li®Javeiti.” [Savannah Georgian. Attorney General. The Alexan dria Gazette savs—“lt is understood that at the end of the present term of the Su-; preme Court the Attorney General of the] United States, Air. Butler, is to resign his‘ office. Air. Gilpin of Philadelphia, is spoken of as his successor.” The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette, re marks—“lt is rumored that Juices A. Bayard, Esq., of Wilmington, Del. will be, or is already, appointed Attorney Gen-, oral of the United States.” | [From the Augusta Constitutionalist.] Another way to the West. On look-i ing over the list of acts passed by the last leg-1 islature of our State, I was pleased to see one ] entitled “an act to incorporate the Blue ridge ; Rail Road & Canal Company of Georgia.” I ’ was pleased to perceive that such an undertak ing was in contemplation, because I am funiil j iar with the route that will most probably be ■ selected, and have long entertained the be lief that it presents a combination of advan tages unequalled by any of tliose leading to the Western Valleys. The Italian Gap, situ ated as it is at the head waters of the Savan nah and Tennessee Rivers, has not heretofore 'sufficiently attracted the attention of the friends of internal improvements. The chain of mountains separating us from the West] would seem at this point to have been cleft by design, and for the express purpose of permit- ' ting the establishment of a communication be tween the two strearfkr* already alluded to. The passage over the mountains, at this point, < is of such gradual and fight ascent, that the ! traveller, unacquainted with the region, might ! reach the Tennessee without the conscious-! j ness of having traversed the ridge he expcct ! ed to encounter. j In the location of works of internal im- i j provement in Georgia, the natural channels I offered by her numerous and bold streams have ! ; been too much overlooked. The Savannah i River, with but few Ipcal impediments, is nav igable for boats of considerable size as far up jas the Tallulah falls, and from this point to | the navigable waters of the Tennessee, the I distance by the Rabun Gap would certainly ; not exceed forty .miles. The passage of the ] Alleganies then may be effectually secured by locking or canalling around the few shoals ] jof the Savannah, and by a Rail Road cx ] tending from this stream to the Tennessee, at I a cost amazingly small when contrasted with that lavished on less favorable routes. The i benefits that will accrue to Augusta, if this ] work be accomnlished, must be evident to ev ; cry thinking mind. It w ill secure to this place the trade of the West, without possibili jty of competition, un.l at ouce diminish the ! price of provisions ut present so scarce and jso exhorbitantlv high. Interested in the gen ] eral w elfare of the State, and especially in ; the prosperity of Augusta, I Gail the prospect j of this undertaking w ith peculiar gratification. I trust that the plans of the company will be made known, and have no doubt that the pub -1 lie will consult their best interest and sustain ; the design. AUGUSTA. Tun Sl'b-thi.asery Bill. While the Legislative mandate of Pennsylvania (we ! speak prospectively, as the senate of that state is il7i/g,) may seal the fate of this bill, wc cannot perceive any necessity for ]the resignation of Mr. Buchanan. His ! obedience to these instructions will pre j serve him to a body where his services are essential to the country, and where ibis independence at such a time is of the first importance to the administration. Wc agree with the Charleston Courier that “we would be sorry that fHe services of such an able and patriotic senator should be lost to the union.” At the same time we are of opinion j that the Pennsylvania House act very in j consistently in postponing for the present ja measure tliev approve. ; Important from Harrisiicrg. In ; formation was received here last night, (says the Philadelphia Herald and Senti nel of the 14th inst.) of tiie passage of Air. Johnson’s resolution instructing our senators in Congress to vote against the sub-treasury bill now before tiie United States Senate. The vote stood—ayes 21, noes 49. The Augusta Chronicle of the ITth inst. says:—“At four o'clock yesterday levelling the Savannah river at this place ] was 23 feet above low water mark, and 1 still rising.” ! The Ice Boat. ’ This craft is doing her j duty well. She walks through the frozen river ! as if her w heels were merely playing with the j summer tide. Her service is abundantly tes | ted. On recent occasions she has gone at j the rate of about six miles per hour. The ice j is broken up around her track in slender frag ments, and with the greatest apparent ease. It !is now quite thick in the Delaware, being in j some places from eight to ten inches in depth ; —but it forms no impediment of moment, it, ■ Aould seem, to the boat’s progress. [Philadelphia Gazette. A thundering Wrapper. The story be -1 low may be true—but we would not believe it if we had been one of the persons killed iby the shot. It is taken from the Portland ; Standard. [New York Sun. | At the commencement of the action on j board the President frigate, a ball (an eighteen lb shot) from the Belvidere, came over the i waist cloths of the President, and such was the force of the ball that it actually cut off’, without throwing them down, the muzzles of several of the muskets (left there by the ma l rines)from l> to 8 indies in length—killed one ! marine—took off’ the wrist of one midshipman .Mr. Montgomery—killed another, Mr. Buck, together with the quarter gunner, and finally lodged on tiie deck, and was taken below by the barrator of this, and show n the third lieu j tenant, Air. Dallas, who took it in his hand and wrote on it with chalk—Cousin, I have receiv : ed your present and w ill return it ag-.in—clap ped it in the gu:i himself, and fire 1 the piece; and it is a remarkable fact, that it actually killed several of the officers and men-on board the Belvidere, and finally lodged in the cabin of that vessel; and was afterwards hung up in the Belvidere’s cabin as a globe during the war. A fact worth recording as it shows ! the coolness of American tars in battle as, ; that at the time the shot cut off' the muskets, a sailor at the wheel of the President exclaim ed, “they are firing bright barrelled pistols at us”—in reference to the pieces of the muskets flying in every direction over the deck. The tilobe'says—“How the world is given to lying.” The world says—“ How I the Globe is given to lying.” [Louisville Journal. “How the deuce do donkeys live here,” said a man to another, in .South America, “I see no , grass?” “Why, said the other, “we put green i spectacles on them, and feed them on fine sha-' vings.” | Execution. The Edgefield Advertiser of the 15th inst says: • In pursuance of The sen tence of the Court, James Read and Thomas Evans were executed on the 9th inst. for ne gro stealing. These unfortunate [men were convicted at the last Fall Term upon the clear est testimony, and appealing without success for anew trial, were sentenced at Columbia in December last They were both strangers a mong us, and we believe in the State. . Read had resided in Philadelphia and Pittsburg, Pa. and has left a family in New Jersey. Evans claimed to be last from North Carolina. The streets of Montreal presented yester day a soul stirring spectacle—the mustering of every man under arms, with.the excejition of the Gosford Guards, the sick,*and the men on actual duty. The volunteers mustered about five thousand, and presented quite a military appearance. They were inspected by that military .veteran, Col. Wetherall, and were marched | through various parts of the city. Every man and devil of our establishment having been at the muster, must account for the meagre appearance of our columns to-day. [Montreal Herald, Feb. I.' Military Glory and the efficiency or the Militia during thfiu first three months service. The rolling drum, the brattling trumpet, the nodding plume, the wavingfbanner, the bristling bayonet, the shi ning-sword, the prancing steed and the heavy ordnance, will roll you the eyes of the veri est poltroon with heroic ecstacy, even in a time of confirmed peace ; judge, then, how i the real ginooine crack and bullet of a regu ' lar engagement must have trilled the blood in i the lusty veins of my old friend Josh—yes, Josh—for that is the name of a hero. Col Hunks as he was called by the men, for no | particular reason as I could ever learn, save i that nicknaming superior officers is an ab . stract part of military dicipline omitted in the “articles of war”—Col Hunks commanded a ] detachment, of. cavalry on an expedition a gainst the Indians in one of our Florida frol ; ics. when the enemy “bushed,” and under cov er of this advantage picked oft’ some of our best men. “By the mountains of Maine,” ■swore the Colonel, “this wont do. Company dismount,” he bellowed in a voice of thunder, I “every seventh man hold seven horses,the rest prepare for the bush anti follow me,” and in an instant, the thick wood was reverberating j with the gallant cheers of a determined troop. I The green leaves concealed #hat the quick re ; port and clashing steel gave note was going ] on. Josh couldn’t stand it; his dander ris at j every ’crack ; at last draw ing his pistols from ■ the holster, lie bid the horses go to the devil, j and bounded into the fray. The work was i presently f done, and the U. S. victorious. On i the return of the party, the Colonel’s horse-, one of the seven entrusted to the care of Josh, was amongst the missing. “Josh !” sung out the Colonel, with such en ergy that a rock about half a mile off echoed “Josh !” And Josh appeared with his face be grimed Jibe that of a powder monkey, and bleeding on the temple from a slight blow of | a tomahawk. “Here um I Kurnefi—Lord you ; needn’t holler so, yon must ha, thought I was ; in the mountains of Maine.”—“Rascal, where [ are the horses ?” “Awfully scorched, if they i went where I told ’em to go.” “You scoun i drel ” “ Corporal—Ktirnal—Corporal, : don’t promotion me too far atonce,”*interrupt jed Josh, audaciously pretending to believe I that he was about to be rewarded for the he ] voic exploit in which lie had “broke duty” to j participate? “ You and I are townsmen, 1 be lieve,” said tiie Colonel with cool anger, “and ; are you not ashamed to disgrace your native ] village by mutiny in the ranks.” “ Well, I ! know it aint exactly acoording to law to diso bey orders not in no case, but look here Kur j nal,” said Josh, with a look full of meaning j “when you go back to our town, the gals will } all say, “Oh Kurnal, tell us where you was in ! that ’ere skrimmage.” And then you’ll say, j “Ale? O, I was in the bush, killing Ingens, ! certainly. And then the gals will say, and ; where was Josh, Kurnall?” and then you’d say ‘Josh? O, Josh, let me see—Josh, ah, he was ] holding tiie horses’ No, I’ll be hanged if i you shall—l’ll catcli ’em though,” and he was i off like the skip of a flea, while the Colonel turned away to conceal a laugh. [Baltimore Transcript. Bots lx Horses. When a horse has hots, it may often be known by his biting bis sides; when lie has many, they often throw him into great pain, he lies down, rolls, anti if not cured soon dies. When it is. believed a horse lias bots, by the ] above symptoms, give pint of sweetened ! milk, which the bots are fond of, and they , will let go their hold an the horse, anil ; feast oil the milk. Immediately give the horse a small quantity of oats or other provender, in which put two thirds of a 1 common fig of tobacco pulverized. If he refuses the provender thus mixed steep the same quantity of tobacco in a pint of boiling or warm water until the strength is out, as we say: then put in a quantity of cold water so that the whole fill a com mon junk bottle, and turn it into the horse. When it reaches the bots, it kills them, as all will believe who have ever spit tobacco juice on a worm or similar insect. The horse in less than twenty four hours will void al! his bots. There is no mistake in this, though no patent has been obtained. (The writer would not have it tried on an old, poor horse, in the fall or the first of the winter, for he would certainly recover to the damage of Ins owner.) If one worth curing is affected with bots, and the symptoms are severe, never stop for the milk, but in with the tobacco—this is the li/ha/l. [AI aine Tanner. [Our experience has been that common black tea is ‘the sovereignest tiling on earth’ Ibr bots. Ed. . ldvocate .] We have rarely heard a mDre striking instance of the apparent shortness of life, at the greatest age of man, than an inci dent we heard related last week, of a gentlcmnn now bordering on a century. He was told that a neighbor, at the age of eighty-eight, had died. “Ah, is lie gone?” said the old gentleman, “well, all the family were short lived.”