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u T HK GEORGIA JOURNAL is rUSMSRlU *««H »f PI2TEHSON THWEATT, 1‘KUPHIETOR, iT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, Or FOUR notion at Ike tad of ike fear. „ .,L*irlptlo» fc« rwWH h* l«a ikM idit.w will ny *«>l «U ~r~ngu «■* pwU P TH N. M r will sol be lousy p«r«OB ami of (k« 8C»tr. wutil lk« mamaf I* P«Wl Is b<Ivbbc« or MlUtotorjr rcfWrtBca five«. kDVKRTI s KM ENT8 iiMrtml al H* b»bbIrole*- * «m ■ HaUa of LAMD, by Ad«nniMr«tor», Ktscstor*. or Gstr- ITN. " r *";~ d ,,!,u.,w l» Md «» tin Sr.t T..«l.y .. It.. 4wB«.BrB rsqI h , ril of|®B in the forenooo »*d three In the o|. br«w^" (u which the property i. ,*r.om. ••IJWJ\ HeM , Mlea m.Mt U |iren in b public (amotta SIX. TV V*IVS prerwB* tolk« day of aul*. # uioaoKH MBit be at a public auctioa, on the flrat Tn«a- 8.1a* of » K ; u .„.| hour* of .ale, at the place of pah- A«f°f wkarBtho letter, loetameutary. of AdailniMra- I, f .airs in the beeu yranted, Arat finny SIXTY ?r.»i.o7e of the poblle fOMlte. of thi. St.t., and at L r„, .* ..I. <rfP..—’l P~P«ny.-« Is Ilk. *roRTVd*r.p'»' ta * ,u ’* ke of * N. l i<-" w lh " *"d Creditor* of »■ E««l« mutt be p«lili.hi*f ^HHTtaiVooliMlioA will bo m»d. to lire Coon of Ordioory foi N ...IHaT|> ■ortbopobli.hi.,1 for FOUR MONTHS. fir Ire*" to rell NBUROFA u.u.t bo p.bli.brd for FOUR MONd* < Hd?bold rt **y ordor .brel.lo ohwll bo read. Iborooo by llir C ". , nh..l.o„ of Ihiaklod coollooo. lorecaire prow pi •lleillioo >1 Ibo oSHhTrSa GEORGIA JOURNAL. ■ r PITTANCES BY MAIL—“ A poWioaalor May aocloaa many . ,ho poldiatrer of a now.papor, lo pay llio aohacrlplloii of a Itod orreoo • ad fraoklba l.uai, ifwrillo.by kno^lf."-Aaaaa Ala id, f. M. «■ POETICAL. LOVE AND LOGIC. at rKANCIS SARGENT OSGOOD. The e«tl« one tiny sent Heston out, To look for Lote—their iroant-boy ! They hatle heraeek him all about, Autl lure liitn home with tempting tuy. She found him, ia a rosebud rocked, fShe begged him to be buck in season J H L t at ill the boy the maiden mocked; p ur —Ijutctcill never list U Keaton ! The goddess held a jewel up. . With Heaven’* own glory flushing thru it *N«r ! see my Rose's blushing cup ! Said Love,—‘Vour gem is nothing to it. ■Knr almnie ! fa I a. boy ! muat/orM br triad? In’t thus vou waste ibis piecious season 7 •Take care! d’ye knttw this bow P lie cried, Alt! l*ooc tooojl hat conquered Keaton •I see your aim!—year rhetoric speeds On proud Olympus ill with me; Dut happy Lott ao Kea. Begui ‘ ‘ " and when they ask ’bout r just tell them, in my Rose’s heart, I’ve found so dear,—so pore a treasure, I grudge them not Minerva’s art, Or laughing Hebe’a cup of pleasure ! The maid had not a word to say, 8he knew the rogue was tulking treason ,— for—Love can better f i Keaton! WOMAN. O Vis not alone with the glance of her eve, The sound of her voice, or ihe hreatli ol her sigh, The words of Iter love, or the clasp of her hand, Tliut woman o’er mail holds her gentle command ; Hut we bend to on influence dear as the light That beams front the stars in the silence of night, Nor care we to question the hallow’d control That lives like divinity shrined in hei soul. O, woman! thro* each chequer’d scene tint we know, Still thou art the sharer in pleasure and wo; And joys that vou share everdouhle appear, While aarrow is soften’d when woman is near. The mocker, the sister, ilia daughter, the wife— O! they move round our path as the guides of our life, And hapless the heart That ouly In the depth's of the ocean, and caverns of earth Are the jewels so precious when called into birth ; Hut.oh! there are gems dearer rapture to start, (Springing up to the eye of a fond woman s hear!, O, woman! bright creature of beauty and love, Fair link between man and bis Heaven above, If we kaow a delight iliro’our brief spun of years Ueyoud winning your smiles, ’tis in drying your tears. J rutzSi. hat feels not the flow t worn mi’s dear influence throw. MISCELLANEOUS. [fRUM THE LAUf’a BOOK FOR FEBRUART.] THE IMPERIAL FINANCES: A Story of Catherine II awl Peter III. (runslated from Ike French of Virginia Fua, by a Young Lady. CHAPTER 1. A VuONG GIRL’, LETTER. Mutcotp, July 29, 1144. My Cousin:—That you are young, Iminluomo, tho heir lo the umpire of llu.oia, and aware of all your advantages, ia entirely too much for a poor girl like me. Allow me to return to the ubacurily whence die goodness of the Empress Elizubeth bus brought me. Lei me retire to Stettin, and take buck my old name of Sophia Augusta, the name given me by my mother, while you give lo the Inppy woman who is to be your chuice, the name of Catharine Alcxiownn, which is to belong to the future empress of Russia. Ueliuve ni«, cousin, this is no childish caprice, nor the result of pique caosed by your bchnviour. No ! Remember our first intervioiv, and you will understand my motive fur this determination; for in the midst of the ceremony of our betrollniieiil, hud I, die future companion of your life, a thought, a wurd, a look, from you 1 Let me tell you. then, whut us a witness aud party concerned, you aru perhaps ignorant of. Brought up by my mother, June Elizabeth of Mulslem,my only amusements have been the study ef lunguuges, and long walks aud rides in the neigh. Iwurbuud of Stettin, My horizon nj yoo know, wns limited; nnd 1 wished for nothing beyond. A command from the empress suddenly chung ed my desiiny. One morning the Prince Chris lion Augustus, Auhalizerbt, my honoured futhe sent for me, and announced Ic me tlmt I wus lo be sent to Moscow wjdi my mother there to he he. truihed to Peter the Third, son of Charles Frederic, Duke of Holstein, Uoltorp, and of Anne, eldest daughter of the Czar, Peter the First. I bu my head in submission : and iny mother nod 1 set out the neat day. Wlieu one is but fifteen years old, changeot place is always agreeable. I uni going to sea ihe court, a tine city, nod curiosity held IIIV miud open and npt to receive with eager ness all the pleasures which were offered lo it. The day of our betrothment came, I was to see for the first time, the ntun who was to be my mas ler, my husband ; mid believe me, cousin, it w»» nut merelycuriosity which agitated my Imurt. it was n fear—a preAuntiiuenl which I had never be' fore knowu. I was in fact struck with a sort of terror, when the empress placed mv hand in yours saying, “Catherine Alexiowna, f betroth you lo my h ir, Peter tho Third.’* { did not dure for some time to raise tuy cyos to your luce. I expected to find in my futnre husband thu terrible majesty a king united lo the grucioua iudulgeuee of a bus band. Judgo of ny astunislmient; when my ino- ther whispered in my ear, “Don't be so pale ; look at him I” l obeyed: and saw, fnrgivu mo, cousin J. H. STEELE Si P. THWEATT, Emmas. money by Mr. Brudaorf ; but he refused to accept it, suying lie wns no heggur. Whnt am i lo do 7 l hnvc been thinking tlmt if you have no objection, madam, I will rusume my French lesson with him to-morrow.” “But, my dear Catherine' you would be obliged In go tu him for your lessons ; and I have no doubt but that you must pay him very high.” “I do not mind tliut. I should like to begin to day." “Well do so. Let Madam Bradsorf go with you. But bow is it that you ask me nothing of the prince, your betrothed hosbnnd f “Why should I trouble myself about him, when he will nut Iroublu himself nbuut me 7” replied Catherine blushing to her enrs. “My daughter.” answered the princess mildiy, “you must not judge too harshly. It is true, you have not Itcnrd from Peter fur a month. But you know he is not his own mnsler, mid perhaps ” “1 know how it is exactly ; hut let us leave the subject of Peter nnd iiis empire, before they leave me, in their turn.” “Catherine, Catherine!” added her mother, laughing, “you will bo vorv much surprised in n few days, when you will hear something that you Irnvo i.o idea of now. But go; I see yuu are im patient lo be gone. Go and see what you can do for your old master.” Catherine did not wail to be tuld a second time; and any who had met a little girl,very plainly dress ed, and her face entirely covered with a brown hoed, in company with an old woman, in the streets of Moscow, would never have taken her for the luturo empress of all the Russian—she whom Voltaire afterwards culled the great Catherine. CHAPTER II: THE FRENCH MASTER. Mr. Marcel wns one of those unfortunate men wlio neither know how to make money nor to keep it when it is made. He was a man of great scieutificnttuinmeuts, and had been left a widower, with an only daughter. He was now very poor, aud.on account of his sickness, unable tu get out lo give lessons. That morning on which Catherine wroto the above mentioned letter the following discussion had arisen between the father mid daughter. “I am cold” said tho father. “We liuvu no more wood or charcoal,” replied the daughter. “Could you not go buy some 7” “I have no money." "Then we must do without it.” “My puor father.” It is not for myself tlmt 1 grieve, but for you, my poor Angelique. But it is the will ofGud, and 1 submit." At this moment, a knock was heard at (ha dour. Angelique opened it, and a young girl appeared, ,nd run up to the old mnn, throwing her arms round his neck, nnd excluiavug- “My old mus- “Mademoiselle Sophia Augusta ! at Moscow !" And the little girl sat down on the otTercd clmir, saying, ,‘l will tell you bye.and.bye how I enrne here. All I want now is for you logive me come mure French lessons, for I have forgotten every thing you taught me." ‘Everything Mademoiselle ! what a pity, for you learned so well.,’ But you know I Irnvo a very bad memory. Let us begin now if you please.” •‘Now ! let us talk a little while first.” "And the French lessons, Mr. Marcel!” “Wo can begin to-morrow.” ‘No, no. I must begin to-day, or I should luse an hour of French, and you some money.’ Tile pleasure of talking with you is worth all the roubles in the world.” You aro the same good old master as you ever were. Weil, we will wait until to-morrow, but in the mean time hero are some roubles,’ and she placed b purse in Angelique’s hand, saying, “Give mo some French in Exchange.” Ah, you should not pay in advance. M’sclle So phie,” said Mr. Marcel. Musters always want money.' I enmiol contrudict that, my dear scholar, but I am old, and if I should die before—’ To work, to work,” exclaimed Culhcrire gai 'y- MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 7,* 1843. VOL. XXXIV-NO 23. I saw a chilli—not one like myself full oftimuli ty umJ frankness, kut a child, already an emperor in liif arrogance, and not taking any notice uf me. except by doing nil he covnid to mike mo feel my **wu inferiority# It wus too much for tuy heart that evening i foil my first sorrow. Cousin, 1 know not whether feelings «if pride nnd ambition iuay ever come iu future to choke my resolution, hot now, when 1 am still nothing but • young girl—now, I refuse the itund of Peter the 1 bird and the empire ol Rusva. it is in literature aud the study uf the arts, that •he whs was lately baptised under the name of Cailnriue, will seek her future glory aad happiness He happy -ewusin. Catmuiunk Alexjowka This it*ier was given to no officer of tke intpe rial palace, to Ue immediately delivered to the prince ; and the girl w ho. with thu carclesauoss w child, had refused an empire, wcact, with a very uerious air, to seek her mother. *1 uw in grent trouble,” said alio to her ; 44 \ou remember the poor Frenchman, Mr. Murcrl, who taught im* m y first Preach iessou six years sgo at Svettiu ! Mr. Brarisdorfiuform* me that the poor mast is living behind the Kremlin in the greatest p**vorty, with bis daughter 4 and he him. has bad a paralysis in his limba. I oent him The lesson was begun. ‘But you have not forgotten anything ! You know every thing I can teach you.* ‘And I tell you / will learn more.’* Catharine went regulurly every morning to the house to Mr. Marcel, and one day lie said to lie r- You have brought me good luck, I have another scholar.' ‘Who is it V asked Catharine. *A very poor, very ugly young man ; and lie seems uncommonly stupid too. I am afraid lie will not understand the rules of the grammar for some time ; and really, if it were not for Angelique, who not let me refuse any chance of making mon ey* I do think i would not teach him any longer.' Angelique is veiy right,' said Catherine. Ah, Madame—ah, father if you knew what I have just heard and she inclined herself respect' fully towards the princess. What is the matter ?' Madame, forgive our ignorance, hut my father tnd 1, living in great solitude, never hear anything at all, and the Empire of Russia might change u thousand times, and we might never hear of it ; but fulher, you do not know that the young lady who comes here every day. and whom we call Sophia Augusta, is no less a personage than Catharine At* exiowna, the betrothed of Peter the Third, tho fu ture Empress of all the Russias.* You are mistaken, my dear Angelique,' said Catherine, luuglung,‘for I refused the hand ofPe. ter tho Third und tho Empire of Russia a week ago." •And why, my dear scholar—forgive me Ma* dame.' • •Cull me your dear scholar. 1 refused those two things because one cannot go without the other.' •daw is tlmt V *1 should have uccopted the Empire of Russiu if 1 could itavo had it without the hand of Peter the Third.' ‘He is said to he very Itundsoine," said Mr. Mur. cel. •Too handsome ; that is tho reason I will huve nothing to do with him." ‘Nobody will ever rut Use me for that reason," said a strange voice, und n youth of about sixteen yeurs of age, entered tho room. His figure w*t good and majestic, but his face was dreadfully di figured by murks of the smallpox. •You are certainly not handsome, my new sclio. lor,* said Mr. Marcel, ‘hut do not he downcast; if you are rich nnd of a good family, that will not pre vent you from marrying." •Tltat is precisely ly what 1 am afraid of my dear master. I am betrothed to a young lady whom 1 love very much ; but she does not know that I have had the smallpox, and when she sees me -she will be frightened.' •Frightened, oh no ! What do you think Culha rinc?' •The gontlcmnn's ugliness would not frighten me.' ‘Oh, say tlmt over again, Mademoiselle, I entreat you, for the one I am to many resembles you in Iter heautv and the noble traits of her character. Site is born for a throne. Site is no less—than Catharine Alexiowna.' ‘And you aro then !’ exclaimed Catherine, so astonished tlmt site was unable to finish Iter sen. tence. Peter the Third, who did not answer your letter because no letter can destroy a proceeding legiti mated by my actions. You have not been told of my sickness; hut 1 shall rejoice in the ugliness it has given me, if you will retract your letter.' With all my heart,* exclaimed Catherine, on gerly ; for her letter Imd been written to Peter the Third of a month ugo, not the one site suw before her. During this conversation, the poor French mas ter wus in a condition which it is impossible to de. scrilK). Ho wanted to get up to render homage to the two august personage* before him, hut iiis par alysed limbs refused him this service. Catherine *s the first who observed his embarrassment. ‘Sit still, dear master, I am going buck to the pal ace, aud will leave you togivo your new scholar a lesson and wrapping her cloak round Iter, site prepared to depart, Haying in a low voice as she passed by Peter. * We are still betrothed.' *A iltousund thanks !' repliod Peter with the dee pest emotion. And the Princess kept her word, nnd a year af terwards, on the first ofScpteinber 1745, their mar riage was celebrated with great pomp. Catherine ranked among the greatest sovereigns of Europo; und she deserved this by the monu ments and useful institutions which distinguished Iter reign, and by Iter wise edicts. She favored commerce and reformed legislation, founded hos pitals, built cities, constructed canals, and aused tho arts to flourish in Iter king dom. At the time of the burning of Moscow, Napo- leon betrayed his high opinion of her by not allow- iog any injury to happen to the school founded by her for the education ol orphans, where 5,000 girls were brought up gratuitously. Catherine intend 'd to re-e&tnblish the Empire of he Moguls, und destroy the dominion of tho Eng* iish in Bengal, when she was carried olf by an appo- plexy, in 1700. at the ugo ol 07, after a reign of 53 years, which did not begin until tho death of Pe ter the Third, who wus ussussinated on the 9th of July, 1702. CheiniMtiy of the Mind. DY MISS WEED. [A composition rcuil before the Alimov Female Academy, at the recent aeiiii-amiut&l Lx-tiniu&tioii.j It was drawing near thu close of one of those days which make you instinctively look to see if the fire is burning, when I entered the cluss in Che. mistry. My ideas look thu temperature of the room and became almost instantly congealed, so that when the lecture was finished I felt ns much enlightened on the subject of Affinity, us when it was commenced. I returned home vexed with ev. cry thing in genera), but with chemistiy in particu lar, and throwing myself upon a sofa, wished and hoped, and then went hack to wish again, that at the next chemical lecture thu state of the atmos- plicre would ho mure favorable, and my ideas more inclined to obey the general rule of expansion by heat. For a long time 1 Jay in dreamy u iconscious. ness. When thu mist cleared away from my lac* ulties, I found mysolf within the precincts of “ our Academy." A vuguo desire to enter the laborato ry seized me, nnd obeying the impulse, I opened the door. Before the Professor’s desk were rang ed several bottles filled with di/rereiit colored fluids: utensils nccessury for experimenting lay on the table, and a burning lamp stood near them. “Per- Imps," thought 1, “if 1 try a few experiments, 1 will understand the subject ol‘Affinity* better." I rais ed a vessel filled with a dark blue fluid, labelled “Conceit." This was just the thing J needed, nnd putting a fjw drops inn retort, I applied the heat of the lamp. No change was discernublc. 1 then dropped in a little of the acid “ Provocation’'; they instantly combined, aud sparks were emitted, with copious fumes of smoke which filled the room. If left at common temperatures the compound thus formed will evaporate. Nomenclature could uf. ford me no aid in naming it; hut 1 did not lung lies itate to call it “Anger.” “Revenge" came next. In this Anger is the principal ingredient. Wli combined with the bitter salt “Hypocrisy," its pro- ponies are in (ho highest degree deleterious, tried several ways to find whether there wns u Itnsn to this strange mixture, in hopes that “Reason" would bu precipitated ; hut there wero no indicu. lions of it, and 1 was obliged to give up the attempt in despair.—My next experiment was in finding the true proportions of“ Love." Great delicacy wa necessary in this, as the least mistake would en sure u total failure. 1 took two proportions of “Friendship," nnd mixed them with one proportit of a pule, tasteless fluid, called “Sentiment." I did this under water for fear of ignition. A thick por uroso and became condensed in drops upon the surface of the concave mirror “ Truth," which I he'd over it. These drops appeared to possess great attractive powers, for they immediately be gan to lean toward each other. 1 submitted them lo a ray of light pussing through the prism “Con fidence," and they instantaneously combined,— Wishing to see what the effect would be, I added a little of the “Sulphurct of Jealousy" to the com iound. A violent effervescence followed, nod Jealousy" was precipitated. Tho commotion in stantly ceased. 1 poured in a small quantity of Anger." Each particle half sunk, then rose to the surface, and with a vain attempt to make a loud detonation, burst, emitting n disugreeahle odor. Asa last trial, I heated “ Hope" to tho temporu lure of 212 degrees, and dropped that in ; to my great surprise it tinged the whole with a rich violet hue, aud was then converted into beautiful crystals which clung to the sides of the vessel. Every e fort to dislodge them wns fruitless. My fourth and Inst experiment was upon ‘•Faith." 1 applied “C; lot ic,” und it gradually decomposed, resolving itself into “Hope," and “Belief,” I held obeli glass over it, nnd a thin vapor soon filled it. A new thought struck mu at this moment, anu immediately impro ving upon it, I mixed all the compound* together, wishing to notice the effect. “Anger" quietly rose to the surface, und 011 the application of ** Caloric," was dispersed in a cloud of smoke. “Revenge" was precipitated ; “Love" and “ Faith" were then I ft, und on submitting them to the action of the Galvanic battery" of “Constancy," their lines ill- reused in brilliancy, until a sweet rich fragrance filled the npaitmcut, and the whole wus dissipated in u rose colored cloud. French Orators.—An article in a lute British Review—tho Foreign Quarterly—notices thoclmr. act eristics of tho chief orators among the French of the present day. (Million Bar rot, Berryer, Gui- zot, Theirs, Lamartine, and some others are men- boned. The sketches of each are given with very slight touches, and in an olf hand superficial mon itor. The following relates to an individual who, t“ l»is* reputation as anorulor nnd statesman, has lidded the fume of an able historian : As to Theirs, Ills eloquence is unlike anything that ever existed, or wns ever imagined. Fancy n bronze statuette,gifted with the power of mo iou und tho power of speech. If cracked, so much the bet- ter; the tingling sounds which it may bo supposed to emit, will only l>c the truer. Hi* features are ns unmoved, as much bronze ns those of the statu, otic. Danton could make a Thiers in three hours —if any ono else would Imt find the orguns, the sen- ses, and the intellect. The first time this statuette gets up to spuuK, or to HqueuK, mere is n universal desire to put him down with a universal laugh. But tho little Punch is not to be put down.—Ho fixes Iiis spectacles (his eyes not being visible) upon his audience. Ho addresses tlirm in a how d'ye, do vein of eloquence, ami soon captivates their attention just us if he had taken each person present by the button.hole. There is no warmth,no apostrophe, no rhetoric, no figure of,speech, no bathos, no pathos, hut a wonderful tumbling forth of ideus, ns if they came from a cornucopia, and tlmt without any ef fort, any aim at originality, nnd desire to excite sur prise. It is sensible mid cold eloquence of most unassuming and irresistablc superiority. In Iiis own home, ami from one of his own arm chairs, it is the same, except that lie blends tl»e genuine French spirit with his natural quiet oratory. In a word, Thiers is the most wonderful man in Eu- rope. Curious Researches in Phthisis, (Consump tion.)—Rayer asserts that lie bus ascertained the following facts respecting this disease. It is, of all chronic diseases, that which is most common to man and animals. In man, and the other mammi- fera,thc tuberculous mutter is readily distinguished from recent pus ; in birds its characteristics ure less marked ; and in lower animals still less so. Pus, however, in the mammifera, and especially in the horse, after a long persistence in certain orguns, undergoes successive changes, in tho course of which it sometimes assumes the aspect of tubercu lous matter. The internal softening of tubercles i , not attribuluhie to infiununuliun ; but their ex ternal softening is, on the contrary, m >st commonly by the inflammation of thu adjacent tissues; and ulmust always the tubercular matter is mixed, in the latter case, with globules of pus. The calca- reous concretions seeu in the lungs of mnn and uniinals must not always he considered as tuhercu- lous. They aro ofu n, in man and in the horse, the residue of purulent deposit.—Phthisis is, in our climate and in Frunce, by fur the most frequent chronic disease in animals the natives of distant countries. It attacks not only animuls from warm, but others from cold climates, as the rein-deer, &c. It is comparatively rare, however, in thu so- liduugula and cornuria ; ami the horse and dog are much more subject to cancer titan phthisis* The bony disease presented by the monkey tribes, parti cularly those of South America, when suffering from phthisis, appears to bo analogous to the de- ferinities, swellings, and spongy softening of the bones in phthisical and scrofuJouschildreu. Simi lar diseased alterations are observed in the bonus ofcarniverous animals transput ted hither. Phthi sis, though hereditary, is seldom congenial, even in u rudimentary form. The seminal fluid of phth- ideal persons is remarkably destitute of unitnul- c u 1 a.—Me die a l Times. Apples of Sodom.—One of the first objects which attracted our notice on arriving at Ain Sidy, wus a tree with singular fruit ; which without knowing at the moment whether it had been ob served by former travellers or not, instantly su, gested to our mind the far-famed fruits This was the 'Osherof the Arabs, tho Aselepias gigantea velprocera of botanists. * r * * Wo saw here several trees of’.lie kind, the trunks of which were six or eight inches in diameter ; and the whole height from ten to fifteen feet. It has a greyish cork-like bark, with long oval leaves, and in its general appearance and character it might bu taken for a gigantic species of the milk weed, or silk weed found in the North ern parts of the American Slates. Its leaves and flowers ure very similar to those of the latter plant; and when broken olf, it in like munner discharges copiously a iniiky fluid. Tho fruit greatly resem hies externally a largo smooth apple or orange, hanging in clusters of three to four together ; und when ripe is of a yellow color. It was now fair and delicious to thu eye, and soft to tho touch ; but on being pressed or struck, it explodes with a puffi like a bladder or pull-ball, leaving in the hand ouly the8hrudsof the thin rind and a few fibres. —h is imled filled chiefly with air, like a bladder, which gives U the round form, while in the centre a small slender pod runs through it from the stem, and i» connected by thin filaments with the rind. The pod contains a small quantity of fine silk with seeds, precisely like the pod of the silk weed, though very much smaller—being indeed scarcely the tenth part as large. The Arabs collect the silk and twist it into mulches for their guns, prefer ring it to the common match, because it requires no sulphur to render it combustible. The most definite account we have of the apples of Sodom, so called, is in Josephus; who ns a na tive of the country is better authority than Tacitus, or other foreign writers. After speaking of the conflagration of the plains, and the yet remaining tokens of the divine fire, he remarks, that " there are still to he seen ashes reproduced in the fruits ; which indeed resemble edible fruits in color, but on being plucked with tho hands, are dissolved into smoke and ashes." In this account, after due al lowance for the marvellous in all popular reports, I find notiiing \» Inch does not apply almost literal* ly to the fruit of the 'Osher as we saw it. It must be plucked nnd handled with great care in order to preserve it from bursting. Wo attempted to carry I g * 1( j e some of the boughs and fruit with ns to Jerusalem, j ^ but without success.—Robinson's liiblicul Resear ches in Palestine, <J-c. I Bold and Vioorous.—A Correspondent of tho Charleston Courier thus records a noble specimen of manly aud high-toned parliamentary retort, that occurred iu tho North Carolina House of Com- mons, at its late session : “ The other aay on entering the Commons' Hull, I found a member on the floor, in full blast. His deci. dedly vulgar appearance, and an air of consummate vanity caught my eye, while a string of long words, in the perfect Bombastes Furioso style, burst upon the tympanum. It seems he had been engaged in prying into the expenditure of the Governor, who was entrusted with sumo money to buy furnituie for iiis house, which belongs to the people. A mum- ber hud suggested some sinister motive, or design to muko political capital out ot the investiga tion. “‘Sir,'said he, ‘ what right has tho gentleman from Guilford to question me. I reply to him, **vil rn«mnnww»*n\.»«-uiiu|Hguuu ma. - o, suys. Sir, tlte gentleman in Iiis incontinent inter- logue aud miserable attempt to abuse me, lie has * the ocean into tempest tost, to waft a weather and drown a fly.' In his much ado about nothing, ami his abominable aud unfounded ussuulls, tliut gen tleman h/t.s ploughed down mountains, played tho devil nnd split n tree. Whu,siristhe gentleman from Guilford, wlvo undertakes to lecture mo on this floor ? 1 will correct his crude and niistakuu misapprehension, and say to him, cease viper, you are gnawing a file! and he had belter keep lus temper and save his ammunition. Sir the magnanimous variety and tremendous solidity of that gentleman, are ouly equalled by the lubricity und tergiversation of his course on this floor! But, sir, as it is said in holy writ, you may bray a fool in a mortar under an iron pes. tie, and his fully wont then leave him ; und again l say, sir, to the gentleman from Guilford, I spurn all indirection, hut will r» huke hypocritical proles- sionsaml defy gorgons, nohgohiins uud chamn'ious, or even a log cabin, hard cider, coon skin Gover nor. So the gentleman from Guilford lias no right under the glorious constitution handed down immu table by our forefutliers, who foul und bled on honor's gory bod. No, sir, he has no right to pop questions at mo on thi* floor!!" A Modern Miracle (?).—The following ac count of a miracle said to have boon wrought at Plombieres, is given by the Gttivers, a religious journal ;—“A young girl who for 7 years had been confined to her bed by a disease which bnflled the kill of several eminent physicians, was deemed to he incurable. For the last 4 years her body ap peared be dead. She wus incapable'of moving either of her limbs, or even of raising her bead to take the light nourishment presented to her. She nevertheless preserved her intellectual faculties. For some time lately she became still more debi litated, and \vu si believed to be dying, and prayers were put up to God that be would put an cud to Iter agony. At litis period the cure of* the parish read auuccouutofa miracle which hud been performed nt Nice, und commenced a neauvaine, in the hope that the Deity might have the same benevolence towards Iiis suffering parishioner.—Nino congre- gationists communicated on Thursday, thu 10th ult. und on the 18th mass was performed at the altar ol the Holy Virgin, tlte young girls of tho parish communicating in the name of the sick person. At the same time u pious woman repented the muss to the poor girl, who was placed on her knees at the foot of the bed. At 7 o'clock she communicated,and at 8 o'clock the mass was performed, and between tlte two ele vations of tho host tho long-suffering woman got up and seated herself on tlte bed, exclaiming, ‘Oil! I feel no longer ill, and if I continue thus 1 am cur ed !' She had not spoken for a longtime before, and site could hour no light iu her eyes without en during great pain. After tho mass she remained for some time perfectly tranquil, and then, getting up, suddenly spoke with all the force of a person in full health, saying, ‘1 am cured ! Oh ! a miracle ! a miracle! Leave mu nlone, and I shall get up uud walk !’ Astonishment filled the minds of ull pres ent. As no shoes were at hand, they pula pair of wooden suborn on her feet, and she walked in them with all the steadiness of any other person. In a few minutes, tho room wns filled with pcojde. The cure and vicaire came, and ali present, with tears of joy in the eyes, joined them ill chanting the Te Dcum. A mass of thanksgiving was performed in the Church the bells were rung, and the whole place wus full of emotion. Those who worn with out faith were made believers, and all joined in prayers uud praises to God." Crania op Egypt.—It is currently reported that Dr. Morton, of Philadelphia, is preparing a work that will possess an extraordinary interest for tiie antiquarian und physiologist, on the ciauiu of | Austria is u paradise the ancient Egyptians. Skulls have been put in 1 such flightful masse his possession, belonging to a remote epoch, by j manufacturing districts; and The Austrian Government.—“The ideas, too, which we cherish ut home, tliut Austria is a gloo. mv uud severe despotism ; that you cannot move without n spy or police inunutyour elbow, disap. pear here entirely. In no city do you sue bo lido palpable evidence of surveilance and police us in this. You ate, after delivering your passport, as free and unshuckled iu your motion us London ; und if yuu do not go out of your wuy to assail the government, tho government will not in'erfore with you. Tim whole of litis is, however the result of u sagacious and worldly-wise political system. Ev. ery thing is planned and calculated to divert the thoughts of tlte people from polilicul matters. For this purpose public and social pleasures are promo- ted. If poverty cannot wholly he prevented, for theSlnte lias a large debt, uud pauperism in 183(1 was stated lobe iu proportion ol uhoul four per- sons iu a hundred, yet distress is ulluviuted, und in no country do yon see less symptoms of it. The grand principle of despotic government is, indeed, aud must be, to maintain its people in comfort; without which no government could long he pej»u- lar. Austria therefore educates, and was amoig the first nations of Europe to educate its people, so fur us is necessary to the conduct of human nflairs. The administration of justice is cheap. Law, un like wltui il is with us. is within the reach of eve- ry man's purse ; if not the poorest man can seek justice from tho highest quarters. Even the Em- peior devotes one day ever)' week to the personal hearing of any complaints that individuals, how ever humble, desire to lay before him. What would he thought of such a paternal practice in our n monarch! 1 Thus even despotism has it> sun- If a people can he content to leave the management of political affairs entirely in the hands of the government, aud to eat, drink, and l e merry, going through thu world iu great bodily comfort, Austria is un evidence that they may do this in the highest degree. Compared with thu frightful und wholesale distress of our country. Nowhere iu the world can li flightlul masses of misery bo found as in uur II may the Aus- A Strange Discovery.—A young Medical Stu dent, of the name of Mecedelia, of Verona, in Italy, has been making some of thu strangest experiments conceivable. They are no other than the petre- faction of the human body. A friend has informed us that (lie same discovcty had been made six yenrs previously, hut that the artist died suJJenlv w ithout leaving behind him any clue to the secret. It is well known tliut the King of Naples has iu his pilucc u table entirely composed of different parts of tho human body petrified, and polished precisely as mnrble or any other kind of stone might ho. A remarkable circumstance is tliut ull the natural co lors of the nkin, artories, veins, muscles, bones, &c. and all the stutes of disease causing deullt arc unalterably preserved. Mr. Goo. R. Gliddoo, lato a resident of Cairo, who is now lecturing very acceptably in Boston, on the urchmology of Egypt,and ho will thus ho ena bled todevelopo some remarkable lacts in regard to the primitive inhabitants of the valley of tho Nile, lie will satisfactorily demonstrate that the builders of the pyramids were Caucasians.—This will he an unexpected discovery to tl.e historiuu, since the opinion lias been propagated, from age to ugo that Irian ask us, what good docs our liberty of speech do those who purchase it ut such a cost!" Jloicitl. ToM Marshall and the Barrel.—An o; pnn* cut of Mr. Murshall, some few years since, exhibit, ed Iiis political gagging !>v informing the crowd which lie wus undressing, that Iiis father was a cooper, und tltat he had made many a good barrel the authors of tho monumental hieroglyphics were for them, lorn, in reply, indulged in tho follow. Africans. That they were while tnen, looms now , ing strain : “Fellow citizens, 1 have no doubt placed beyond dispute by the erudite researches of , that Mr. P.'s (his opponent’s) futher wns a cooper, Mr. Glidilon ; ami his assertions it is said, will he i a first rule cooper, a glorious cooper, a perfect abundantly corroborated by the silent, yet esseu- j smasher of a cooper, and mode you many a good tiul testimony of a largo collection of dry hones, I barrel; but fellow citizens, be mude one band; which address the modern philosopher in a Ian- (pointing to P.) iu which bo forgot to put a good guago which cuunol he misunderstood.—Poston I head." P. sloped, aud Torn (he wasn't a teetotul'or Med. Jour. / I then ) tuck a brandy julep with a straw iu it. l From the English Correspondent of the Charleston Courier. London, Feb. 3 184-L Our money market continues abundantly sup. plied with funds, but capitalists act with the great, est caution. Paper of the first class is eagerly sought after, realizing the low rale of 2 per cent, only for second class bills, and loans from 5 to 6 per cent, are exacted, and where any doubt exists, there is not the slightest chance of accommodation. Tho restrictive system adopted by foreign nations is the cause of groat alarm, and the vast supplies of Cotton and Provisions, which are expected from your side, lead many to anticipate that life Ameri cans will not take our manufactures in return, but that gold will bo required to meet the bills drawn on our merchants in return, against these shipments: The stock of Bullion, in the coflers of the Bmk of England, has by tke last return* exceeded that of the returns since the year 1824, the Directors hav ing now no less an amount than £11,054,01X1. With such an immense stock of the sinews of the trade as well as war, what an extensive assistance could be rendered to the mercantile and trading in terest were the corn laws repealed. But what is ihe position of affairs at present ? With every de sire, on the part of the Bank Directors to extend their issue, fortified ns they are wkh so great a stock of bullion, tho rcqpirmcnJe of the inorcnmile classes for accoui modal ton are so diminished, that the circulation of tho Bank has been further increa sed. 1 bo ft*»t- ** - t n*ap!rptq «»ltl <*v. ists, and business generally is as dull ns it cun be- The prospect,, which for the lust six months bad brightened up, Ims suddenly changed to that of gjpom, und there is again & general want of confi dence in all commercial pursuits. The business, transacted in British securities, during the Inst three weeks, has been to a consider able extent, and prices linve generally advanced, the market still bearing nn upward tendency, 3 per cent. Consols at tihe close of business this day were quoted 95; bank 1721 a 173i; 3* per cant, re duced, 95f; J ; do. 3$ per cents. 102$ . In Amer ican securities we do nut hear of any business being fleeted. Our Houses of Parliament were opened yester day by commission. The speech from, the throne has given generulsatisfaction,, and mure particular ly to tho portion referring to the extension of for eign commercial Delations. The conclusion of a treaty of commerce with Russia, took the mercan tile interest entirely by surprise, as-no indication of negotiations to that end being ia progress bait transpired. From the Paris Correspondent of the Charleston Courierti No. 15'». Paris, Jim. 31, 1843. To the Editors of the Courier Gentlemen—Since 1 Inst wrote you, Louts Phil ippe has opened the pre9uut ses«ion by a speech iu the Chamber of Deputies. liw-as fortunate enough to obtain a ticket of admission, and.was much grat ified by tl»e opportunity ofseuing and hearing him. Me looks old, but healthy; his manner is simple and iinnfleeted, nnd ho read his milk und watci peed) (such ns royal addresses generally ure) in in audible votce r though it faltered much when ho alluded to tine death of his sot). As usual, the pa- pers differed widely in their accounts of his recep tion, some railing it enthusiastic, and others cold. It wus.to tell the truth, neither the one nor the other. Tlte scone was very brilliant ns well ns interesting. Though tho King himself wns inn plain uniform, that of a Colonel of tlx* National Guard, there was nut warding a show of gaiety in uniforms und offi cial costumes. 'The Queen was not present, in consequence of indisposition* though the journals announced the contrary ; but Madumo Adelaide, Louis Philippe's maiden and clever sister, the Du. cbesse de Nemours, and the Princess Clementine, his youngest daughter, about to be married to one of the never foiling Cobourgs, occupied the royal box. On tlte King's right baud sat Due do Ne mours, and on bis left the Due do Mnntpenshiro, bis youngest son, a mere boy, and n Lieutenant of Ar tillery. The Due de Nemours, who will probably lay bo Regent, is a more important personage. As every body is more or less a physiognomist, 1 formed my impressions of Ins nppenrunoc, nnd I regret to sny that they were unfavorable. Them u cold and repulsive air about him; such as a well wisher does not like to see, and though ho may be a well disposed und superior young man, yet looks are of some consequence to royally^ especially in France. Even in the published' portraits of Iiis fumily, there is a marked and unpleusant difference between himself and every other member. I bad lately the pleasure of seeing Vandorlyn's picture of tho landing of Columbus, destined to u- darn the wails of the Capital at Washington. And I think it really will be an ornament there. It is evidently the work of a very suporior urtist, nnd can scarcely foil to increase Iiis reputation, nnd sat- isfy the pubic*. The subject did not afford much room for originality, but tho figures are happily grouped, boldly drawn, ami no.far, burmoninusly co lored. It will take him about three months more to complete it, and Ihj hopes that June may see it in its place. Everv week records some improvement in the good city of l'uris, such-us the laving down aspltal- tuffi for side walks, and (he substitution of gas lamps for oil lamps in particular streets. By tho way another now experiment Sms been tried here iu pavements. A smalt portion of oue of the lending thorouhfares has been laid down in square blocks of stone, with half inch slabs of wood between each in lieu of cemant. It looks curious to tho eye, bu: 1 will wa'ch tlte wear and tear,, and report upon it. 1 think i have already romurked iu one of my letters upon the falling off of taste here in the do signs for puolic buildings wed monuments. I allu ded to the redundancy of ornament, with which ev ery work now executed is overloaded. Simple grunducr, of ull others the most impressive in its effects, is now a days lost sight of. But herein, though public buildings may lose, private rcridunecs greutlv gain, l'uris is rapidly filling with the rich est and choicest specimen* of domestic architecture, a’carcely a house is built now iu any quarter, that has not some external establishment- Many un; exquisitely beautiful. The Style of tlte time of Francis the First is very prevalent, and afford ) great scope for the ingenuity and fine taste of tho urlists, for such they may really be called rather than architects, seeing that they cut aud carve stono as easily and fancifully as a painter works figures on Iiis canvass. Tltu Carnival is in progress now, but nothing lin ing the dnv indicutes it existence, und il is only at its close that there is any public show of mum mery out of doors. But the masked bails at tho Gruud Opera Houjso here have attained much cole, briiy—they take place once a we ek during Carni- il, there, und ut several other theatres. I cannot v tlmt they liuvu equulied my expectation. All that brilliancy of light and excellence of music can do is done lo render litem attractive. The decora tions are superb, and the orchestra consists of a hundred aud fifty musicians led by Musard. Tito number of persons present sometimes amounts to five thousand, und of theso probably from two to three thousand may dance ut the some time, so vast is tlte extent of the house, which is boarded over on a level with the pit from the furthest extre mity uf tlte sti* go to the lower circio of boxes. Nearly all the men who dance urc in fancy dress es, and tho women universally so, nnd generally utusqued. You inuy imagine therefore that tho spectacle is guy enough, when one looks down up- on it from on upper seat. But on moving about u- midst thu motley group between tho dunces, which arc quadrilles uud wultzes alternately, the former ending in n gallopade, one sees that tho people nro mostly of a low order. Tito costumes, with hern nnd there an exception, are of the commonest kind. Not one character in a hundred is comp etely dres sed—odd, fantastic, quaint aud ludic rous are tho epithets tliut can alone apply to them—in fact it '? 1 siti us if ingenuity were racked sometimes to