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{For the Brunswick Advocate.] Much haa been Mid recently on the subject of duelling, and a great war is now waging between the duellists and the anti-duellist*. An editor of a paper heads an article against the murderers of Mr. A or Mr. B, with letters conspicuous enough to attract the attention of all beholders, talks of the laws of God und man which have been so flagrantly violated, criminates his brother editor for publishing Mr. A.’* letter to Mr. 8., tending to get up a new quarrel, and proceeds forthwith to give the public a copy himself that it may be clear ly aeen how very shocking it is. Mr. A. di rectly complains that his letter has not been correctly printed, und the editor is requested to correct it by substituting “unblushing scoundrel” for “mistaken individual,” which he, the said Editor, proceeds to do, thus giving the noxious document another day’s existence. Mr. B. then discovers that his reply to Mr. A. has been misprinted, and he accordingly or orders anew edilion containing the epithet of a liar, where he had before been satisfi ed with accusing A. of merely “economising the English language.” The matter thus gets into two different Journals on (wo successive days,and injustice to botli parties, the editors are compelled, notwithstanding their iiorror of such firebrands, to publish both statements in a third paper, that the public may have the matter fairly before them.- By this time A. and B. have through the interference of their friends (?) got wrought up to such a degree that one or the other of them is obliged to take liberties with the other’s nose (a proceed ing not warranted by the usages of society any more than duelling) whereupon the unfor tunate victim puts a Bowie Knife into the re ceptacle where reposes the innocent dinner of his impolite friend, and is obliged in conse quence to take up his line of inarch for Tex as or tire Canadian frontier, or, if caught, to a place where lie is accommodated free of ex pense. If, however, the belligerents have high and honorable friends,tire preliminary pro cess of pulling the nose is dispensed with, and a triend is selected to take a card from one party to the other; and under such circum stances, that the police generally interferes. Knowing which probability, the party waited upon agrees to name a friend, time and place, and all is honorably managed and a meeting agreed upon at a place which is always cho-! sen for such purposes. If the law is bafHod, * and the parties meet and chance to stand fire j without flinching or accidentally killing either themselves or their seconds, their names are ! handed down to posterity as heroes of the first order; if one gets killed, his troubles ore ended on this side the Styx, and the other’s— the murderer’s—just begun. But all this, Mr. Editor, is not to my purpose; but merely serves to illustrate the manner in which half the affairs of honor aro commenc ed, and sometimes ended. My purpose when I mounted my goose quill, was not to cast any ridicule upon this remnant *of barbarism, but to discountenance the original causes of all quarrels, to put a veto upoij acrimonious and personal allusions in public debate, as well as in the common intercourse of society. 1 abhor duelling, but I would rather that the (me of the land should sanction the custom of society, and give its authority to the practice, than that the common language too often us ed, should be hurled from mouth to mouth in public debate, reflecting disgrace on the au thors as well as on the codntry. It is usual for legislators and public journalists to heap insult upon insult on each other in the discus sionof any exciting topic of the day, both i:i wur legislative halls, und in the public prints, and the writer or orator thinks his arguments of no avail or force, unless lie can first brand his opponent with corruption or infamy of some sort. This practice is as repugnant to true dignity as it is contrary to that spirit of mutual concession and forbearance which distinguished our forefathers. Many advo cates of the duello will tell you, it preserves society pure from the assaults of slander, and protects the gentleman from quarrels of a more exceptionable character, which would otherwise ensue in hot blood, and ensures that mutual courtesy and forbearance so necessary to the well being of society, and gives time for apology where offence has inadvertently been given. These days are past, and nothing is more cpmmon than to hear the most gross lan guage used at the head quarters of legislation, where an example, of a different character should be sent forth to our whole country: to which I apply my remarks, and not to any par ticular section thereof. Let duelling be per petuated, if nothing else will keep the unruly member within bounds; but there arc other means, and they should be used: iirsi, by dis couraging all acr-JHioniou* debate, and second ly, by allowing people to settle their own quarrels without newspaper comment, thus adding fuel to the fire. The professed duel list is a bully, who not only has no courage of a moral character, but calculates first the chance of frightening his opponent into an apology: if he fails in this, he. then calculates the chance of hitting him before he can pull hia unpractised trigge;-; and lastly, he calcu lates on the small chance of being hit, and if hit, the small chance of being killed. These, estimates are part of his stock in trade, and he enters upon his bloody work with a bold front; whereas the other party, armed with moral courage, and haring the love of his Maker more prominent before him than the world’s opinion, declines the meeting: yet would l trust the latter to defend his country ' w ith the sword in the day of danger before the former. There may be now and then a solitary case, where a man may be justified by a large majority of his friends, in accepting a challenge not intending to kill his opponent: . but no circumstances will justify any man in giving a challenge with intent to kill hia man if he can. Let no man fear the laws simply because they are printed in the statute book, ; but let every man, whether in public or pri i vate life, be cautious not to w ound the feel ings of his fellow-man ; let him be slow to listen to the forked tongue of slander, quick to correct any serpent like insinuations against his neighbor, and to look upon the sunny rath er than the dark side of human nature. Let Editors, in particular, lay in a stock of those unfashionable implements of trade, these nec -1 essaries of life, and we shall not require any action against duelling. Yours, j NAUTILUS. i WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD. It gives us much pleasure to state, that this important work is progressing rapidly under ' the direction of Colonel Long, our able and j energetic Chief Engineer, and the zealous su- I>erintendencH of tire Commissioners appointed by the last Legislature. Considerable work has already been done on many parts of the route, and preparations j are making to commence efficient operations i on the whole line, from the Chuttahoochie to i Tennessee. This important work will, when completed, i connect the great w est with the South Atlantic 1 sea coast, through the territory of Georgia.,— 1 It is a work that will be productive of more j benefit, and reflect more honor on the State, than any thing she has heretofore attempted. There can he no doubt now, that it will be completed in a very few years; a considerable portion of it will, probably, be finished during this year. The spirit of Internal Improvement is arous ed in Georgia; our best and most intelligent citizens are united in this policy. Georgia, though late to begin, proceeds with energy and despatch. She, will not linger in the glorious race she has commenced. Her citi zens do not doubt the most brilliant results.— ; They look confidently forward to the day w hen the State will he traversed from the sea to the mountains, and from one side to the other, in rail road cars. Already by the enterprise and energy of a portion of her energetic and patri otic citizens, more than fifty miles from one of j the most commercial cities to the interior, are , daily travelled in rail road c :rs, running at the ! rate of" 20 miles or upwards in an hour; and in time for the transportation of the next crop, fifty miles more w ill he finished of the 1 work, now on the way, by the same company— through her fertile and productive cotton grow ing counties—making at least ONE lIUN- i 1)11 El) MILE Sos rail road conveyance which will tin completed in a few months more. Other rail roads, in different parts of tlio State, under the direction of companies equally energetic and patriotic, are rapidly progressing; some of which are partly finished. The zeal j and activity manifested, the progress and prep aration making for their immediate completion, warrants the belief, that in the same length of | time similar facilities will be afforded for the transportation of the products of other and equally fertile sections of the State, to the mer cantile cities of C .lmiibus and Macon,and to the sea ports of Savannah, Brunswick and Darien. The great Western and Atlantic Kail Road will form, when completed, the grand connect-1 ing link by which all tiie works now in pro- 1 gross, are to receive the valuable products of; the great West. Upon it mainly depends Georgia’s wealth and prosperity, that is to lie; derived from the benefit of rail roads. There are now few. if any, who openly de nounce this work. The voice of reviling is hushed. There are none, it is believed, who ) attempt to exert their influence against this i best interest of the Stale. The pressure of the times but urges ih on- 1 ward in this imjxirlant enterprize; and unless we greatly err, the people are but the more continued in the necessity of bringing all their energies to its aid.—[Federal Union. RAIL ROAD CELEBRATION AT CO LUMBIA. We are informed that the ceremonies which took place at Columbia, on Thursday last, on the occasion of the commencement at that place of the great Southern and W('stern Rail Road, were of the most imposing character.— The whole population of the town and neigh borhood assembled on the occasion. The mil itary corps were out in full strength, the Gov ernor and his staff, the President, Professors and Students of the South Carolina College, and of the other Ifiterary Institutions, the < Uor gy, the Judges, and a large concourse of citi zens, moved in possession from the State 1 louse to the ground, followed by a largo string of carriages, filled with ladies, who graced the ceremonies of the day by their presence. Ar rived at the ground, a hollow square was form ed by the military, around which the citizens were ranged in successive ranks, and the in ner part of which was occupied by the ladies. A fervent prayer was then offered tip by Dr. Lelnnd, which was followed by the Address of the President, at the conclusion of which he proceeded, amidst the firing of cannon, the in spiring strains of a fine band of music, and the loud and continued cheers of the assembled multitude, to turn up lktfir.il sod; Gov. Butler turned up the Second: the Directors of the Company each followed in their turn, and the work was then taken up by the citizens. One of the ladies threw up a spadeful of earth as an evidence of the. deep interest felt by all in the success of the work. At the conclusion of the ceremonies, (’oh Blanding arose, and a pro found silence being immediately obtained, ad dressed the assembly in these emphatic words, which produced the most thrilling effect upon ; all present Fellow Citizens:—Our great work is begun, the time for action has arrived. Carolina ex pects every man to do his duty. The evening was closed by a brilliant dis play of Fire* works. The whole affair passed off admirably. The host spirit prevailed every "here. The whole of the contracts from Co lumbia to McCord’s Ferry, have been taken up, and the Planters, with their slaves, under the direction of the Engineers, are already at work along tho whole line. The Address of the President, which we sec spoken of in the highest terms, will be laid be fore our readers as soon as it comes to hand. The great enterprise to Which he has so en thusiastically devoted his time and talents, is BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. ! now begun, and never had the people of tills State a more noble subject on which to con centrate their energy. It is tlie Road to hon or, wealth and strength. [Charleston Mer ! cury. [From the Southern Patriot.) i We have obtained the permission of 1 the Governor to publish the subjoined let ter from the War Department, together with the extract from the letter of the 1 Cherokee Superintendent. We trust the solicitude expressed by the Federal Ad ministration on tlie subject referred to may add to the efficiency of the Execu tive Proclamation, which will be found in this day’s paper. Department of War, ) March (sth, 1838. ) buß—l have the honor to invite your ) Excellency's attention to the accompany ing extract from a letter from Gen. Smith, Superintendent of the Cherokee emigra tion, dated tlie 14th ultimo. The tunc fixed in the last treaty for the removal of these Indians, is so rapidly approaching, and its peaceable and prompt accomplish -1 nient is so important to them and to our own country, that I respectfully request, that all the means that can he legally em ployed may he applied, to prevent the nl leged practices, which cannot fail to delay jso desirable a result, and that the govern ment may have the aid of your official co ! operation. 1 Very respectfully your ob’t serv’t, ' j. R. POINSETT. His Excellency Georce It. Cilmer, Governor of Georgia, Miltedycville , Ga. ! ■ __ " ; Extract of a letter of Gen. Nathaniel | Smith, Superintendent of Cherokee re moval, to the Commissioner of Indian Af fairs, dated Cherokee Agency East, Feb ruary 1 Ith, 1838: i “The course that many of the whites | pursue in the Cherokee Countrv, has also j a tendency to prevent emigration and to > bring on difficulties with tiie Indians. They are in the habit of selling every’ thing which they can induce them to buy, ] j and not attempt to collect until the Indian ■ ! enrolls—then they arrest and lnrrass them in an outrageous manner.” A PROCLAMATION. I G uoiuit v: n !i GEORGE R. GILMER, Gover nor and Cnmmander-in-C/iiefof the Ar my und .Wavy of this Stale, and of the \ Militia thereof: Whereas information has been receiv jed at this Department, that frequent tres-, passes are committing upon the occupant j rights of tlie Indians in this State, and that many of them, after enrolling for em igration, are prevented from removing to i the country provided for them in the i ' West, by vexatious arrests; j And whereas such conduct is in viola tion of tlie laws, tlie principles of justice and humanity—highly injurious to the prosperity of the State, by preventing the ! speedy departure of the Indians from its 1 territory, and may bring upon the people iof the Cherokee counties evils ol the ! greatest magnitude— i°... b . . . I have therefore thought proper to issue this my proclamation, requiring the agents for the protection of tlie Cherokecs, and all civil and military officers, to use their authority in securing to the Indians the quiet enjoyment of their houses and fields until the 23d of May next, and their peaceable and unobstructed removal from the State, so far as may be permitted by the laws, upon their enrolling for emigra tion; and calling upon all good citizeus of the Cherokee country, as they regard their own security and the preservation of tiieir property, to aid in effecting these objects. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto - set my hand, and caused the j L. S. great seal of the State to he nf * - " fixed at the Capitol in Milledgc ville, this seventeenth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of the sixty-second year of American Inde pendence. GEORGE R. GILMER. By tlie Governor. Wji. A. Ti.nmi.i k, Sec’v of State. FLORIDA. The National Intelligencer of yester i!av contains a letter of recent date from Gen Jesup, in which that ollicer cotnmu- j nicates to the government his views in re gard to the continuance and probable re-1 suit of the war in Florida. The General enters into a detail of his opinions on the question of Indian emigration, and states his conviction of the propriety of the j measure wherever the Indians are press- j ed upon hv the whites, and their lands be- i come necessary for the purpose o! agri culture. He, however, draws a line of distinction between such a state of things, j and matters as they now exist in Florida, j where lie says, the land is not wanted, and where a removal will only effect a translation from one wilderness to anoth-! I er. The general does not hesitate to ad vise that the Sminoles shall he suffered to occupy the southern portion of the Pe ninsula of Florida, and that they be re strained from doing mischief by threats j of inflicting a punishment in future, which i cannot, as he admits, now be applied. His proposition we give in his own words: “If I were permitted, and it is with great diffidence I venture to make the 'suggestion, I would allow them [the Seai inoles] to remain, and would assign them the country west of the Kissimmee, Okeo, Chobee, and Panai Okee, and east ot j Pease creek, south, to the extreme of Florida. That would satisfy them; and they might hold it on the express .condi tion that they should lorfcit their right to it, if they should either commit depreda tions upon the white inhabitants, or pass i the boundaries assigned to them without the written permission of the military commander or agent. “By placing an agency and authorizing trading houses on Charlotte's harbor, »they could be soon concentrated: and stationing a competent military force there and at Tainpa Bay, they might be ■ readily controlled, and, if necessary, re moved from the country, should they be come troublesome, or fail to fulfil their en gagements. I respectfully recommend the ' measure to your consideration and that of the president,as the onlymeans of terminat-1 ing, immediately, a most disastrous war, j and leaving the troops disposable for oth- i ,er service. I desire a decision as soon ' as your convenience will permit, as, by ! the middle of April, at farthest, the troops must be withdrawn from all the posts in the interior, to preserve their lives.” The Indians, it would seem, are at | present awaiting the result of an answer from Washington, under an assurance from the commander in chief in Florida that his interest should be exerted in fa vor of granting them permission to re-) main. The Intelligencer also contains a letter I from Col. Gadsden, in which he gives a melancholy picture of the state of affairs j in Middle Florida, where he says things j will soon he as had as in the eastern por- i tion of the territory, if an organized and ‘ more effective system be not adopted. j In addition to the foregoing, there is a communication from St. Augustine to a. member of Congress, in which the pro posal of Gen. Jcsup is treated in strong terms ot reprehension. The writer men tions with great propriety, as we think, the probable effect of the Indian version! of tlie concession, should it be made af-| ter a three year’s war, upon the western tribes of savages, w ho, when their sup plies of buffalo shall have been destroyed, will be restless for want of food. Tlie! facts of tlie Florida war neither require nor will they admit of comment—they j speak in a language stronger than that oi l words, and will we fear redound’only to j the disgrace of the powerful nation un- j dor whose auspices the hostilities were j commenced. In connection with this! subject it may be mentioned that Lieut. Gen Hernandez, and Major Whitehurst,! immediately from East Florida, have ar rived in Washington. Their visit is be lieved to have reference to the measures proposed by General Jesup.—[Baltimore American, 10th ilist. LATEST FROM FLORIDA—MORE MUR DERS!!! We have tlie following intelligence to com municate to our readers concerning the Flori da War. It is gathered from the information of a gentleman who arrived here from Black Creek, on this day, in tlie Steamer Octnulgee, which left Jacksonville on the 21st inst. The Florida Militia are ordered out, and it! is thought that tlie campaign has terminated j for the summer. On the 21st, an express arrived at Jackson-j ville, reporting that one white man,his wife, and ; four negro children had been murdered on tlie j lfith inst. This is represented to have taken | | place at Ocean Ponds, about 50 miles West of! ! Jacksonville, and 10 miles only from the Geor-1 ! gia Line. One white female and a negro wo-) man escaped. The latter reports that they ran j !as soon as the first rifle was discharged, and I j concealed themselves two or three hundred I j yards from the house. She saw her master shot! ■ by the Indians, who ran about 100 yards before j he fell dead. She states there were about 40 [ Indians present. ! Forts Taylor, Lane, Christmas, Call and Volusia, are, or are about to be abandoned. j j Forts King, Mieanopv, Ilarlee, Picolata, and j i Black Creek, arc to be kept up, and Fort Pey j ton is to be re-established. The main body of the troops are now at : Jupiter, with Gen. Jesup. There are besides ! three companies of regulars at Key Baskeen, j J under Col. Bankhead. There are also troops j !at New Smyrna, Hallover, and Tampa Bay,) I and three or four companies at Fort Pierce,! ■ Indian River. There are 318 Indians within three or four ! miles of Jesup’s Camp, at Jupiter, and are so situated that they cannot escape. The Gener-! al will probably keep tilings as easy as possible, j until the express arrives from Washington,! and then take them by stratagem or force.—• 1 They are now receiving rations from the U. ! States. The five Indians who came in to Fort Lane | some time back, and were taken to Fort Mel lon in charge of Maj. Dearborn, made their es- j cape on the Bth inst. taking two or three bags j of corn, some coffee and some sugar, and a musket and bayonet belonging to the Major.— The Ist and 2d Regiments of Dragoons, are dismounted, and their horses were permitted to recruit, being nearly broken down. This news is considered authentic.—[Darien Telegraph Extra, March 22d. Jacksonville, March 14. The steamer John Stoney from Black Creek, here took the Brig Boxer in tow. No army news, except that the troops are preparing their summer quarters. The first blackberries in flower that we have seen this spring. Four years ago this month, they were ripe and in market.—[Courier. The rumor that the brother of Mr. I Cilley was on his way to New York to i shoot Col. Webb is contradicted. It is said the surviving Mr. Cilley was an oflic |er of great bravery in the last war, and 1 distinguished himself on the lines. He , resides in New Hampshire, and is at this time a whig candidate for the Senate of that State. Advertising. The New YorL Couri ! er of the 10th inst. had two hundred and i five new advertisements, exclusive of four columns of auction advertisements. The Gothomitcs know how to do the thing. MR. WISE’S ADDRESS TO HIS CON STITUENTS. I have now stated the facts, and the world can make its own deduction of the causes which led to the death of the honorable Mr. Cilley. If I aiA a proper judge of those caus es, and am expected to say what they were, I will sum them up in order First Mr. Cffiey, as Mr. Graves affirmed, and still affirms, denied, in writing, a satisfac tory answer which he had made to Mr. Graves verbally. Second. He made this written denial in answer to a letter of Mr. Graves, which he had himself ' requested to be addressed to him, with a view to form a pretext for a written ad mission of the very facts he denied. Third. He impeached tlie honor of one for whom, as a gentleman, Mr. Graves undertook, by the very act ot bearing his ijpte, to vouch. For these causes, Mr. Graves challenged him to mortal combat; and, Fourth. When Mr. Graves called on him for “that satisfaction which is recognized among gentlemen,” he prescribed barbarous and savage terms; an unusual weapon, the most deadly, at the distance selected, in tlie hands of a good shot. Fifth. lie precipitated the time of meeting when the second of Mr. Graves was avowing a want of preparation, and a desire for delay. Sixth. A weapon, not one of a pair, was ten dered for the use of Mr. Graves, in a manner that was considered taunting. Seventh. In the second exchange of shots, Mr. Cilley fired deliberately at Mr. Graves’s life, after the rifle of Sir. Graves had gone off accidentally, and without effect. Eighth. Mr. Graves called Mr. Cilley out upon a point of sufficient importance, as he thought, to cause a challenge. He did not get the satisfaction he demanded; and he was not the man to leave the field, without gaining that point, after any number of ineffectual fires. And for reason of all these causes, the combat proved mortal. Mr. Cilley was killed; death might have been the fate of Mr. Graves. Certain it is, that Mr. Graves did not hold Mr. Cilley accountable for tlie exercise of any privilege of a member of the House of Rep resentatives. There was no point of their controversy where the plea of Mr. Cilley’s priv ilege of debate would not have been held sa cred and sufficient by Mr. Graves and his friends. Mr. Graves held him accountable in defence of his own veracity; and of the honor i of one for whom he had undertaken to vouch ) as a gentleman. Such are the more prominent causes known to me which made this duel bloody; which made Mr. Graves insist npon a second and third exchange of shots: and which brought Mr. Cilley to an untimely end. Most respectfully, HENRY A. WISE. Above is the close and summing up of Mr. Wise’s address. We are still of opinion that after the personal debate between Mr. Wise and Mr. Cilley, there was a gross impropriety in his becoming second to Mr. Graves. lie himself says: I solemnly deny that I was hostile to Mr. Cilley. God knows whether I did not feel far more sympathy for him than many who pre tend to deplore his fa{e. There had been a slight misunderstanding between us in debate, which passed off with the moment, and left not the trace of animosity behind.' True, there was never before or after that occasion, any intimacy between us, because we were never acquainted; but I was purely and proudly con scious of no malice towards that man, or I never could huve consented to bear him a challenge. Still it is unfortunate for Mr. Wise that he previously stood in a position which leads to a misconstruction of his conduct on the field of the duel. 1 [Correspondence of the Southern Patriot.] Washington, March 15. After the Journal had been read, Mr. Evans of Maine, rose and said, Mr. Speaker: —While the memory of the decease of a late member of this ) House is still fresh in our bosoms, and our hearts still warm with its melan choly recollections, it becomes again our painful duty to administer the same rites to another individual, also a late member iof this body. It devolves upon me this | morning to state the death of my friend | and colleague, Mr Timothy J. Carter, | one of the Representatives from tlie State j of Maine, and who breathed out his spir j it into the hands of the God who gave it, I last night at 10 o’clock. His illness was i short, but his sufferings were intensely sc- I vere. He was a native of the State of | Maine, and a Lawyer by Profession, of ) known integrity and honor, and beloved Iby even those who differed from him in ' opinion. Phenix Bank Investigation. The Committee appointed by the Legislature to investigate tiie charges preferred against the Phenix Bank by the Board of Trade, commenced their labors at the City Hotel yesterday morning, at 10 o’clock. The Phenix Bank was represented in the per son of their President, Mr. John Dela field, with Peter A. Jay, Esq. as Counsel; the Board of Trade, by the Committee, consisting of Messrs. Simeon Draper, Jr. Nathaniel Weed r Thomas Denny, Samuel 11. Foster, Jr., George S. Robins, and Ogden Haggerty, with Samuel A. Foote, Esq. as their Counsel. Five witnesses were examined in the course of the day, by whom the following important facts were conclusively established. Ist. That the Phenix Bank has dis counted Southern paper, deducting there from the legal interest, and the current rate of exchange, and then paid the bal ance in Southern drafts at par, when it was notorious that such drafts were at a large discount. 2d. That the Phenix Bank has dis counted City Paper to a large amount, deducted therefrom the legal interest, and as a condition of such discount, paid the party accommodated in checks on Savan nah at par, when it was notorious that such checks could not be sold at less than two per cent, discount. —[N. Y. Enquirer. STANZAS. The whole broad earth ia beautiful To minds attuned aright! And whereso'er my feet arc turned, A smile has met my sight. • The city with its bustling walk, Its splendor, wealth and power, A ramble by the river's side, A passing summer shower: The meadow gremp, the ocean swell, The forest waving free, Are gifts of God, that speak in tones Os kindliness to me. And oh, where’er my lot i« cast, Where’er my footsteps roam, If those I love are near to me, That spot is still my home. C. Oil max THE TOOTH ACHE. I smoked twelve boxes of Cigars, (’Tis nothing but the truth,) I chewed tobacco full ten pounds, To soothe my aching tooth. I filled it up with opium, I ate not any food, I swallowed quarts of ague drops, But ache my grinder would. At last I said I’d have it out, And to the dentist went, But when I sat me in his chair, I vow I did repent. But when his bloody instruments Were ranged before my sight, I jumped full five feet from the floor, And yelled with all my might “My friend,” said he, “I’ll draw your tootlu With less degree of pain Than any dentist in the town;” And sat me down again. * He took hold with his savage things— I uttered a loud cry: “Dear sir,” said he, “I’ll hurt you not”— “Dear sir,” said I, “you lie!” He pulled, he tugged—then out it came, That horrid tooth of mine 1 The monster nearly broke my jaw ! And charged me six and nine ! A cakinf. Police Officer. The follow ing extraordinary instance of sagacity was tlie subject of much conversation at Paris during the last summer:—A gentleman followed by ! bis dog went to Vauxhall: the gendarmes at the door refused to allow tlie dog to follow his master. Some dispute ensued, and the officer came up. He found tlie visitor pleading with all his eloquence for permission to be attended by bis old and faithful friend. “All I can do,” said the officer, is to take care of your dog till you leave this place; you will find him safe on your return.” The gentleman reluctantly left his dog, and entered among the gay company.. Pickpockets are as dexterous in Paris as in: London, and he was robbed of his watch. He went out and complained to the officer. “I 1 have been robbed,” said be, “and the misfor tune was occasioned by your refusing to let my dog follow me. Had the dog been with me, my property would have been safe.” The officer ordered the police to make search for the depredator, but tlie person who had been: robbed said he had not the least doubt his dog would be able to detect tlie thief. The officer was incredulous upon that point, but permitted the dog to go with his master. The animal dashed among the company, and followed a dandy, whose air and appear ance entitled him at least to the respect of a Duke. The gentleman who had lost his watch; pointed out tlie person to the gendarme’s no tice. “It is impossible that that young man could commit the crime,” said the gendarme; “I am certain my dog is not mistaken,” re plied the owner of the watch, “he has traced | tlie property.” The police arrested the party;- | he was searched, and eight watches found in j his possession. They were laid on tlie floor of' I the room; and tl.e dog sagaciously selected I his master’s watch from the rest. The initials lof the owner were on the case. Th« pick j pocket proved to be a notorious offender, and ) was sentenced to five years imprisonment by J the Paris Tribunal. Apprentices. When Serving your appren ticeship, you will have time and opportunity to stock your mind* with useful knowledge. The only way for a young man to prepare himself for future usefulness, is to devote himself to study during his leisure hours. First, be in dustrious in your business—never complain that you have to work; go to it with alacrity and cheerfulness and it will become a habit which will make you respected and beloved 1 by your master and employer, make it your business to see and promote his interest; by taking care of his, you will learn to take care of your own. Young men at the present day are too fond of getting rid of work: they seek for easy and lazy employment, and frequently turn out to be miserable vagabonds. You must avoid all wishes to live without labor; labor is a bless ing instead of a curse—it makes men healthy, it procures them food, clothing and every oth er blessing, and frees them from temptation to be dishonest. [American Presbyterian. Poverty or the Chinese Laborers. — In a letter from Charles Gutzlaff, the missiona ry, to Mr. P.Perit,of N. Y. dated Miccao, Dec -18, 1837, we find the following: “Os the scanty livelihood upon which the poorer classes, and we may say nine tenths of the nation, are obliged to live, we can form no adequate idea. The wages are so low that a man who has worked from morning till even ing as hard as he could, gain perhaps ten cents, and with this he l»as to maintain wife and children.. Their sufferings, therefore, are indescribable, but the China man is at the. same time, armed against them by the obtuse ness of his nerves.” Anew Idea. One of our jokers, the other day, on reading the deaths in a down-east papier, and seeing the ages ot many on the list to be 80 and, upwards, said he couldn’t see how people afforded to live so long at the north—be wasn’t but 30, and hadn’t money to hold; out much longer. [N. O. Picayune. Caution to the Ladies. Mr. Hun tington, iu his lecture on Common and Statute Law, before the Lyceum in Nor thampton the other night, remarked that a lady, when she married, lost her per sonal identity—her distinctive character, and warlike a “dew drop swallowed by a sun-beam.”