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[From the Miiledgevilie Recorder.] It will be remembered that the late Leg islature requested the Governor, to ap point a commission of competent gentle men to investigate the subject of our Slate finances, and to report a financial system, for the consideration of the ensu ing legislature. We understand his Excellency lias per formed this duty by the appointment of tli# following gentlemen, to constitute this commission— John .M. Berrien of Savan nah, Win. W. Holt of Augusta, and Ab soloni 11. Chapped ol Macon, Esquires. I his is a most important commission, and gentlemen better qualified to perform the duties appertaining to it, could not probably be found in the State. The people of Georgia, lure really no idea of the importance nud necessity of a thor ough investigation of our financial sys tem. When they remember ihaUeven the taxes of the State for this year, has been given to the different counties, and when in addition they recollect the very large a mount which has been appropriated, to be paidout of the Treasury during the current political year, they will no doubt be sur prised and astonished when they are in formed, that the Treasury is now and iu» been for some time past, unable, for the want of funds, to piy the ordinary de mands, which are daily made upon it. The legislature to he sure while on the one hand they were giving away the pub lic tax, on the other authorized the Cen tral Bank to borrow (if it could) six liun nren thousand dollars, for the current expenses. But even this from the care-. less and informal mantu* in which it was, done, wc Icar will prove a very difficult enterprize, if it does not entirely result in t id'ire. Instead of authorizing State scrip to be issued, which they were in formed, was the only mode of obtaining loins (bribe Slate, and as lliey well knew! had just been illustrated in the State loan j made by Major Crawford, yet thelegis-j lature without adopting this necessary form ! <>r any oilier, merely authorized the loan, on the part of the hank: a thing which experience lias fully proved, is much soon-J er s lid than done. We understand diffi culties have bften experienced by the Pres ident ol the Central Bank already, in his endeavors to obtain a loan for the im mediate wants ol the government.— I’he difficulty will probably he overcome l>v that energetic and faithful ollicer, but certainly neither so easily nor on such good terms as it would have been, had the form ol the negneiation been made! by the legislature, in conformity with his views. i la tli- mean time rs there is no money j in tlu: Treasury, ami no taxes to come I into it this year; nor in the Central Bank,j tor about the first act of the present di rection nuts to devise means to pay the debts of tlie bank, for money formerly borrowed, v.e have only to say to ail claimants on the govcrinent tint they must just wait until the money can nr. winnowei> to pay them. Poor old Geor gia! all her lands gone, and ail her mo ney gone —her taxes given away, debts due, and the money yet to be borrowed i to pay them with, sme!y it is high time j that something should be done to bring ! things right again. We have all respect j tor tin; ability of the gentlemen selected ! by the Governor to revise our financial i system; they will convene at this place during the spring or summer, and we may , reasonably hope, as the result of their Is- 1 hors, such recommendation* in regard to our finances, as will rectify the errors of years gone by. and ameliorate our cuudi- ( lion for those that are to come. Tee in Calcutta. —There is ;:n anecdote often related, stating that a Jesuit Mis-| siunary, giving an account of the climate of Europe to the King of Siam, spoke of water being hardened in tint quarter-of; the world, so that people could walk upon ' it; ami that the illustrious auditor, who had listened to many of his stories with interest, told Inm lie need not make any more relations, for now he knew they, were ail lies. So incredible was the ac count of a fact to one, whose senses had j never had an opportunity to know it by ] experience. I The anecdote was brought to our re collection a week or two since, on read ing in the New England Galaxy, a corres pondence between our fellow citizen, Frederic Tudor, Esq. and certain gcntlol men in Calcutta, concerning the transpor* t itiou of Ice from Boston to the East In dues, and the preser*r>*“'n .gs % w>*that tropical climate. • We believe that Mr. Tudor was the first man who ever thought of making merchandize of this article. He sent a cargo of it to the West Indies about thirty years ago—the first that had been in that I region.- In-1834, he extended his enter prise to Calcutta. When it is considered that the Tee is loaded here at all seasons of the year, for that distant country; that it has, in common passages of ships, to traverse fifteen or sixteen thousand miles of tropical sea water, and to pass the equator twice, we cannot but think this undertaking will come in for a share of the eclat which attends the triumphs of steam and the progress of science and art m so many directions at the present time. It appears there has beeu expended about ion thousand dollars in the erection of extensile and permanent buildings in C alcutta, and which have been presented unconditionally to Mr. Tudor, with a mu mhoent spirit, worthy the country and the r r. o? t e —[Boston Courier ! Post OJfict. Department. —The “Spy in Washington” is making a “demonstra tion against the General Post office Dc partmein. We have already published , ot>c of his letters oil the subject. From i the last that lias appeared in the X. York Courier and Enquirer, we extract the fol : lowing: It lias been shown, that the extent of the mail routes was less in than in 1837; that the transportation of these i routes was much less in 18:18 than in 1837, as was estimated by .Mr. Kendall; ill it in I-37 there was a nett surplus re venue over the expenditures of the depart ment ol about 891),01)0 dollars ; and that in 1638, tlie actual revenue was increased more than 810'),000. Now, with these diminished facilities, increased revenue and immense surplus (>u hand at the commencement of 1838, what ought the American people to anti cipate would he the financial condition of the Post Office Department, on the firs: ol January, 1839? I will not answer this interrogatory. Every honest man of com mon sense, can do that for himself. But I will tell you what is its situation, and I call Amos Kendall to the bar of tlie'peo ple to prove the accuracy of mv state ment. The 6800,000 of surplus is gone in a single year; the increase revenue of .8100,000 is also gone : Heaven only knows where; ami the department is at this mo- ment on the verge of complete bankrupt-j cy, from which it can only escape by re ducing existing facilities, flow this ruin ous slate of things has been so suddenly brought about, remains for the Post Mas- 1 ler General to explain. But if asked by a Committee of Congress, | presume they will he referred to his “ short hand'' hooks. j W hen I began this letter, it was my in tention to have presented several other in teresting items, but I fear to overload it Willi figure*. I will therefore only refer to one other important fact. 'Flic Post 1 Master General in his report of 1838 says, 1 The accruing expenditures for the year! ending 39th June, 1 c? 37 were about $3,393,428 The engagement and liabili ties of the department for the year ending3l)ill June, IKJB, were $4,080,(108 .Being an increase of expen ditures in 1838 beyond 1 5 37 of ' 81,370,040 1 close for the present with the astound ing (act which the preceding statement establishes, that the extent of the post route ot the United (States was reduced six tliou !sand lour hundred and twenty-four miles !in li.e year lsiW below what it was hi i 1837, and that the expenses of the depart •j incut were .increased during tiic same pe i riod o.ir million three hundred and seventy six thousand ? r hundred end forty dollars. [From the Washington Globe.] ARM HI) Oi ' TTATIO.V OF FLORIDA. Ih tract of a htt,r from Col. Gadsden ,j addressed to Col. Charles Downing. I have read attentively Col. Benton’s bill for the [military occupation of the Territory ol Florida, and deem its general provisions good; and. i should suppose, calculated to promote the object contem plated. The limit of 101) to a station I think small, miles'the guard at the black house be at least one company. On the whole, however, I think the hill well enough; ami tin; opportunity should not be permitted to escape of introducing into Florida, by the strongest of modern temptations, an enterprising population, which will expel the Indians, ami dovelope a country, which 1 hive always contended, contains within itself very great resources. To the south, eastern and southern Florida it will lmre after be invaluable, and as costly as the war has been, it will be amply repaid hereafter in the knowledge it has given us ol a country not only unknown, but which it was fashionable to represent as the land of mustpiitoes, alligators and “ rarniints .” I bad viewed it under very different eves; and I feel gratified to find that opinions promulgated some ten years since are now to be respected. \ on have, sir, the most favorable oppor tunity of doing more for Florida than any ! predecessor: am! now is the time to make the best of a calamity, and convert this war, desola-ting our country, into final good for its improvement and settlement. Yours respectfully, JAMKS GADSDEN. Colonels Warren and Mills, Major Hart, and S. I Utwvot, and many other . distinguished citizens ofFlorida have writ ten letters of similar import. \Ye niidorslawl that Geo. Nelson has o lie red to raise volunteers to the number 1 authorised lor the protection of our fron tiers on the Florida borders. His offer will we understand be accepted by the Governor, in preference to ordering a draft. The force when raised will be or dered to take the place of tlie troops whose term of service itas just expired. Gen. Floyd will continue as chief of the com mand. Gen. Nelson, we understand has expressed his willingness to accept a com mand subordinate to the former. Both these officers it will be remarked, thus act in the service of the State in subordinate positions to their military rank; Gen. Floyd having been acting as Colonel, during the whole Okefinokee campaign; and as such he will continue to act, while Gen. Nel son, likewise waving his rank, will prob i ably act during the ensuing campaign, as ‘Lt Colonel.—[Millcdgeville Recorder BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. , TO THE FARMERS OF GEORGIA FOR .1 IS3O. ■i By an act of the Legislature of 1837, a- I bout 40 gentlemen were constituted a i Board of Agriculture and rural economy. These men were selected for their sup posed qualifications, to advance the farm ing interest of Georgia, upon which, all ihe prosperity of her citizens depend. By I he aforesaid act, this Board were to meet annually in Miiledgevilie on the third Monday in November. It is believed that three-fourths of the persons named in the law, bad no knowledge of its existence, and therefore, the meeting was almost en tirely neglected; some, however, did meet, and these highly approve of the object proposed. 1 It was proposed at the meeting, that a, practical member of it should address a ! lew essays to the planters, calling their at tention to some of the now important ob jects, that should engage their care and j aitentioii. First, then, as good soil is the first es sential requisite to profitable farming, it j is obvious this should engage the planter’s care and labor—this should be done in two ways —when the soil is naturally good, provisions should be made to keep it so —when the soil is either naturally poor,! or rendered so byexhaustion ortlirough bad j husbandry, steps should, without delay, be taken for its restoration. The farmers of Georgia could not have pursued a more fatal course, than they have done for the last 30 years. The grow ing of cotton on broken lands, is the most ready way that can ho adopted, to utterly destroy tliepi. Hence, we have thousands of acres that were once fertile, and richly repaid labor, now worthless to the last degree—nothing hut sterile red clay full of gullies. And what has the planters received as an eqnivalant for his ruined land? Why . in some cases, nothing Imt an increased number of negroes, who now consume the almost entire production of his worn out land. And a few years more, going on at this rate, he must either remove West, he sold out by the Sheri IT, or live in the extreme of poverty. Come then and let us reason together . —our case is not yet hopeless—yet at this I very time, we are tempted to kill the goose that lays the golden egg. The present high price of cotton is much more likely to result in evil to Georgia, than* in good. It never was, not ever can be, the interest of this State, to purchase bread or meat, in any shape, let the price of cotton be what it may. It were easy to demonstrate this to every thinking mail, and nothing hut the most fatal delusion has carried ns forward in a course that has well nigli proved fatal. The writer is now in such haste to urge and beg his fellow-citizen j farmers, to make sure, in planning for this present crop to secure an abundant I supply of provisions as the primary object, I that he cannot now take time to reason ■ upon the consequence of a contrary course —small crop of cotton, a large crop ol j grain of every kind, take great care of your stock, especially of hogs*—don't run into the Free Banking before you know what you are about nor think of getting dis counts next fall to buy your meat, hut have it abundant at home—have no drones in your hive-—no non-prodiictives, and pros perity and happiness will attend you at home and abroad. [.Miiledgevilie Rec. "The writer knows one planter in the middle part of this Stale, who killed tins reason up wards of til), 000 lbs. pork. Indiana Internal Improvmcnts. —From a pamphlet report made to the Legislature by J. L. Williams, Esq. Chief Engineer of ! the State of Indiana, —which abounds in valuable statistics of the resources and I prospects of the vigorous young Ilussier State—we learn that the estimated cost of improvements authorised bv existing laws, is >21,000,000. In order to carryout these works, there will be a deficit from other sources, to be provided annually by taxation, from 1830 to 18,>1, of from •6299,000 to $399,000. The excellent banking system of Indiana is a great help in the prosecution of these works, and when the rapid increase in wealth and population are considered, so that the tax for internal improvements will each year become lighter in the ratio of these, it is safe to say that no State of the twenty-six is in a more flourishing condition. ! The administration people appear to be in something of a quandary ns to the name l>v which they shall henceforth call the Sub-treasury scheme., Tk/rLnvMm; will not do, certainly; and to call it the “Ily ' drostntic Balance,” as one of its advocates ! once called it, would be quite too obscure. !So they are at a Joss: much, seemingly, like the worthy person in ibe anecdote.— His given name was Joseph: a child was presented to him for baptism, to he called '"Peter. “That’s a bad name," lie whisper ed to the father—“ Peter denied his mas ter. Why not call him Joseph?” “Ah! | that’s worse vet,” said the proprietor of ; the little responsibility “ Joseph de nied liis mistress!”—[Philadelphia Gaz. A Good-/[t arted Dog. —The Boston Times has the following; “A dog was found bv an apothecary on ! his step, with a broken leg. The humane apothecary took him in, splintered his leg, and finally cured him, and let him go. In a short time after, the apothecary heard a scratching at the shop door, and on open ing it found there the dog, with another dog in company, whose leg was broken. This was getting into dog pr dice expe -1 difiotiely." [From the Baltimore American.] The artificial mounds of the Western Country have long been the subjects of inquiry to travellers, and of speculation to antiquaries. One of these elevations has lately been opened at the “Flats of Grave j Creek,” on the Ohio river, twelve miles below Wheeling, by Messrs. Thomas Biggs and Abelard Tomlinson. The en try was made on the north side, about four feet above the base, and was extend ed along a horizontal passage about six feet wide and eight feet high, towards the centre of the mound. There have been found two vaults, evidently of differ ent dates, one at the bottom and the oilier at the top. The mode in which these vaults have been constructed is as fol lows—the sides have been composed of logs set on end, on the tops of which j stones have been placed to the thickness j of two or three feet. These logs have entirely decayed, but have left their im pression on the earth. The object of constructing the mounds seems to have, been to use them as national monuments.! In most of them have been found solitary skeletons, but in the lower vault of the one under consideration two skeletons were found, with their heads near each other, and with their limbs arranged in so disorderly a manner, as to induce the belief that they had been hurried stand ing and had fallen from some cause or other. In the upper chamber with the bones, which were in a highly decompos ed state were found many beads, copper whistles, and a (lat stone marked with hieroglyphic characters. The measure ment o( the Grave Creek mound, as as certained in 1838 by the Engineers of the Marietta and Wellsville Turnpike, was found to be 295 feet diameter at the bot tom, 09 feet diameter at the top, and 69 feet in perpendicular height. The cubic contents are one million nine hundred and fifty six thousand and eight hundred and one feet of earth, or seventy-two thousand four hundred and sixty three i cubic yards. In 1811 there was on the ! top of this mound a white oak four feet iin diameter, which, from its appearance could not have been less then seven hun dred years old, and supposing a hundred years to have elapsed between the forma tion of the mound and the commence ment of the growth of the tree, the prob ability is, that the structure has been in existence eight hundred years. The in tention of the present proprietor is to wall the sides of the vaults, and to erect on the summit of the mound a neat sum mer house for the accommodation of trav ellers, in which will he preserved such relics as may from time to time be foifhd lin the interior of the tumulus. The spir ! it which has dictated this course is highly ! commendable, and worthy of all imitation. I These immense heaps of earth serve as land marks whereby to measure the lapse jof ages, and may tend to throw light up i oil I lie antiquity of the aboriginal race by | which this Continent was once inhabited. ! Shipwreck of tiik. Earl of Moira.— 'File following letter has been received at Lloyd’s, from the commander of the bar que Ranger, oil’ Dungeuess, dated Decem- I her 8, 1838: I “I am sorry to have to report a most 1 melancholy spectacle I witnessed on board \ the Earl of Moira, of Whitby, timber la | den. We fell in with this vessel in lat. 45 N. lon. 21 54 W. oil the 19th of this | month water logged, and with only one I lower' mast standing. Although there I was a considerable sea at the time, we j managed to get a boat alongside, and on going on board found four men quite dead in a sail, which they had hung lip under the maintop to shelter themselves from the weather. Besides these there was part of another cut up in pieces and hting , up just like meat in a butcher's stall. No doubt these poor fellows must have undergone the extremity of hunger be fore they were reduced to a necessity so I revolting as to devour a fellow creature, which, after all would yield but a tempo rary relief without water. One of the men appeared to have been dead about 2 or 3 days, as he was quite fresh, and we judged that the one cut up for food must have been a bov, from the small ness of the fingers. There was nothing of the least value which it was possible to bring away, and therefore we left her re gretting only that it had not been in our power to rescue a fellow creature from so awful a situation. Her cables were bent, from which we concluded that she must have been near the channel when j she met with the accident that lias proved so fatal to the ship and crew.” MONUMENT TO DE WITT CLINTON. We are glad to see that the Assembly of New York have it in contemplation to erect a testimonial to the memory of Dr. Witt Clinton. It is to be a single block of marble, in the form of an obelisk, stand ing upon a base or plinth; and to have an inscription and likeness sunk upon one of the sides. The cost is estimated at SIO,OOO. Clinton was the greatest benefactor New York ever knew—and her canals alone will always be a monu ment of the gigantic powers of his mind. True greatness finds a reward in doing good—and posterity does justice to the donor.—[Savannah Georgian. Deserving oe Sympathy. —The edit or of the Manhattan Advertiser says his devil is sick enough, and two of his jour neymen are as sick as the devil—his wife out of humor—his children cross, ragged and saucy—and he, himself, feels bad at the stomach. I [For the Brunswick Advocate.] OUR RESOURCES AND IMPROVE MENTS.—No. 5. Mr. Editor, While I must plead negligence on my own part, we are certainly indebted to “An Old Bachelor” for stepping forth to take part in the subject of our remarks, and we can best ap preciate the truth of what he declares in re gard to our wants. As to the benefits de pendent on and resulting from internal improve-' inents, no man can long be indifferent to them, or hesitate to declare his conviction of the moral and social effects to be derived from Railroads and Canals in our section. The moral, intellectual, and social benefits are in deed of much more importance to us than the pecuniary considerations; although without the latter we could hardly obtain the former. I go for these advantages; I approve of religious and literary institutions; I approve of science and competition in science and arts, and all the pursuits and employments calculated to develope the human faculties, improve the un derstanding, and embellish society. I know full well that rail roads and canals are controlling and remodeling," as it were, every other branch of business in our country, and that without these improvements in our section, we shall forever be borrowers of oth ers instend of lenders; that is, we shall lend them the productions of our labor, and borrow of them all the comforts and ornaments of life. While other sections are driving ahead, and reaping abundant pecuniary harvests by means of their rail roads and canals, they will as a matter of certainty draw to them wealth and enterprise from other parts, and eventually, unless other sections profit by the same means, look upon them only os tributaries to them selves. Railroads and canals, are excellent means, in a wide extended country like ours, of equalizing the business and comforts of men, —of preventing that centralization of bu siness and enterprise to one point, and there by benefit the whole. It is a means put into the hands of the people of each section to pro tect and enrich themselves, instead of others. Now that we should look upon this means in conjunction with our natural advantages and natural wealth as calculated to put us on a le vel with other sections, if not as far above as we are now far below in many respects, seems to me most reasonable andjust.- To reflect a little on the practical experi ence of the effects, who is there that would not view this section of country adorned with schools and churches and magnificent build ings, with inexpressible delight ? Who is there that has travelled through the central and northern portions of this State; through South Carolina and Virginia, but more particu larly through the Northern States, and seen the hills crowned with churches, accompanied by perpetual schools—the mountains and val lies glowing with animation and wealth, and w ill not take pleasure in seeing his own dear homo—his own native land rivalling the most favored portions of our country. Who will not, instead of going abroad as we now do, to obtain the true wealth and pleasures of life, take pride in having the inducements, and uniting the pursuits of pleasure, knowledge and wealth, to our native or peculiar soil. That we have the natural advantages, and suf ficient inducements for changing the present state of things for our own benefit, and to the benefit of posterity no one can deny. As vour correspondent says, we have on our rear a vast and rich country, only waiting for the avenues to be opened, to pour forth its treasures, to an imate and enrich our coast. While our coast itself is a region abounding in advantages, both by sea and land, and adorned with that beautiful handmaid of virtue, happiness and wealtii, excellent health. To speak of the practical means of accom plishing the work of internal improvement, it is not dependent on, nor can it result, from the efforts of one or two individuals. We have no lords, dukes, nor granuukes, nor do we want any such to take up these works and carry them through on tlioir own hook; which in the event we had would serve only as temporary benefits, afterwards as yokes and chains to bind us down. But these works are, and of right ought to be, in a free country like ours, and in order that it may continue free and in dependent, the work of a free united and inde pendent people. The leading principles and measures are plain and simple. Legislation is the first step; w ithout tfiis, we cannot with safety have joint stock companies, and without joint-stock com panies we can hardly attempt great works. This is the act of the people, it is in the peo ple’s hands. It is the sure guarantee and foun dation on which we proceed. Consequently it is as it should be, the act and work of the peoplo dependent on them from beginning to end; and must redound to the credit and in terest of the many, and not the few. I might further add, that while the work of internal improvement in our country is the work of the many, the way is plain, the field is fair, and perhaps a more proper and noble field was ne ver open for individual enterprise and acts of merit I am not unaware that many difficulties have heretofore been in the way of internal improve ment in this section, and that the time has but lately arrived, when we can benefit by such means. I will endeavour to show in my next, | what these difficulties have been, and that ' they are now removed. Nor am I disposed to 1 believe that the citizens of this section are I wanting in disposition, enterprise, and energy, now the time is at hand. But it is union and concert of action that must do the work. Ac tion is the first principle, union is the-second. Without union and concert of action, we can not improve the country, or profit by the ad vantages nature has thrown in our way. This remark is more applicable to, and more needed in practice perhaps by our whole state, than this particular section. It was union and con cert of action and well devised measures that made our country free. From attachment to home, and in union and concert of action, the Israelites rebuilt the city of our fathers— They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother be of good cour age, so the carpenter encouraged the gold smith, he that smote with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, it it rtady for the sodering ßeflector. FROM FLORIDA. Tallahassee, Feb. 16. More Murders. —On Monday evening last the house of Mr. White, residing two miles south of the St. Augustine road, a bout ten miles from Tallahassee, was at tacked bv a party of Indians. A negro was shot down in the yard, and simultane ously three rifles were thrust through a small nppertnrc aside the chimney of the dwelling, and discharged in the breast of a young man, brother in law of Mr. White, who fell dead instantly. Mrs. White also received three balls, and Mr. W. was wounded by one hall. The Indians then decamped without committing further dep redations. The negro died next day. Mrs. W. is thought likely to recover.— Mr. W. was not seriously injured. A party of our citizens next day went in pur suit hut were unsuccessful in finding the Indians. A number of signs have been seen in the neighborhood, and great ap prehensions are entertained by the inhabi tants of further attacks. A party from Camp Wacissa went out on Wednesday morning. On Thursday of last week, a party of fifteen or twenty Indians attacked the dwelling of Mr. Stokes, in Jefferson coun ty, in the day time—the inmates, discover ing them approach, fled, and thus 'saved their lives.—The Indians plundered the house ol SI,OOO in hank notes, and burned it. Mr. S. was at his work about two miles distant at the time of the attack. Postscript. — We stop the press to an nounce the following distressing intelli gence received to day at 12 o'clock. M. Pindarvis resides at the head of the Wa culln, two miles from the railroad, and twelve from Tallahassee, Saturday, 10th Feb. 1839. Mr. Betton, Dear Sin:—Last night my nearest neigh bor Pindarvis, his wife and most of his children and negroes were killed by the Indians. Judge of our situation. Please inform Gov. Call we wish aid—l fear to leave my family hut send my young man in pursuit—hut we cannot pursue far, as all leave their families for the night. We were awakened by the guns, hut did not know till this morning what it was. Send mo a keg of powder and a box of large size caps, a dozen bars of lead, &c. DANIEL L. RICHARDSON. M e beg for efficient aid for pursuit im mediately—l have plenty for man and horse to eat. I have just viewed the scene of outrago and found Mr. and Mrs. Pindarvis, and two children murdered. She, (Mrs. P:) inhumanly butchered and mangled, lying in the yard—the old man and his eldest son burned up in the building. A few of us are here to bury the dead and a few to go in pursuit of the Indians supposed .to have been Borlo in number. Five chil dren (the two eldest girls one hoy and two small girl children) have been picked up in the woods unhurt, except one of the large daughters slightly in the knee. All the negroes, six in number, escaped and came to my house in the night. Great alarm is felt by the neighboring people, and something ought to be done at once to check the vile savages. H. ARCHER. Mr. Blair has the largest neck for a man of his size that we ever beheld.—[Demop olis Gazette. We saw at Louisville rope-walk, the other day, ihe largest rope ever manufac tured in this city. “Put that and that to gether.”—[Prentice. All old hunter is so infatuated with the sub-treasury that lie even calls his rifle a sub-treasury rifle.”—[Demopolis G’az. We should suppose there would he dan ger of its “going off,” too easily.—[Pren tice. Locomotives. —Mr. Norris exhibited on Friday, one of the Locomotive engines which he has manufactured for the Rail Road Company in England. It is °f the second class, weighing between eight and nine tons —outside connection, and finish ed in a stvln that will insure admiration in England.' This will be the first Locomo tive Steam Engine ever sent from this country to Great Britain. Wc understand that an engineer goes out with the loco motive, who will be employed to run it on the road. —[Philad. U. S. Gazette. A little girl was lately complaining to. a Friend that she had a cold, and was sadly troubled in her lips by chaps, ‘Friend said Obadiah, ‘thee should never suffer the chaps to come near thy lips.’ Cato said, “The best way to keep good acts in memory, is to refresh them with new ones ”