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HSlSrth# of Personal Property, inuat liayivuti In I lk« man 0f, ^iVa'uai' ^ r s°* u dVrad U oV* o f su B*tats must he puhlialied L^lSSt, will ha made to the Court of Ordinary foi !W‘ e * l .| i { M ||, must be published fur FOUR MONTHS. W** fJr laavato sell SBUIIOK*, m«»t be published for JOUR J abaulnie shall ho wade thereon by the Kod- _«#.r Matters of AdmlaUtratiat, must ha published!Airly ^ y^y^MlM.eufra.uadoHuisirution, mtnihlfix u»oalhu-lor di*. ^fflrVooclosuro of'do^MTayrniUNt be published momthl* for ■•JlL-fur •Rahlla.uny lost paper*, for thr full $»»ct0f thret ****Jur cadtpallinf twlea fram Executor, or Administrators, • guudhaa beau fires by tbe deceased, the fill ip*ce mf three PEiLatiM* will always be coatinued accoiding to these, the legal uideasathurwipa ordered. #^i-ik*»of«biak tad enutinuaatoracolvo prompt attention Mine BURMA JOURNAL H^orTAVCKS HV -MAIL—“A postmaster may encloaa money 11 -J.. iho eubiisher of a newspaper,to pay Iho subscription of a aid frank the latter, If writtoti by himself.”— Jmot hen- tr * - POETICAL. rritoj, the hew Monthly.] LOVE ON. ui 0 vn not,love iiul, yebelplee* ton. of earth." “ [Mn. Aortan. Lo.ion.lovo on, Ihssonl «*•< hove * »l>ri„e, 'I'lir rmlol lut-ae, mu.I fiiul tome Imllow U spot; Tlielioil who form’ll us loti mi .pork divine, 1,1 him who .Iwelle on earth, yet I, Dsvoti.ni'*> liuk».ooinpo«e a sacreil chum Of hoi v briclunces nnd iiniiieusuml lenRil, : Tin world wiili solfi.h rust mid reckless slain. .May mar its beauty, lint not touch its strength. Lure nti.lovs on—aye, even though tin* itoart tVu Ion III build on proved, liko ilia sand. Though out! t>v one Faith's corner stones depart, And evsn Hope’s Iasi pillar fails to stand. Though w. may dread iho lips wo mice Imlinynd, Ittil kno days Wli f.ilsoh'iod shadows nil r it . itlter trust and be ilocoivetl, Thau nwn ttic moan, mild spirit thill uclrays 1 Lovson, hive on. though wo mn The<feHr face wlmer limn iH Thoo^L daik mul dense fin* gl«n Art*.** linn’s glory %et ahull P»« The truest spell llml Heaven ci I’ne sweeteal prospeet mere" lilhe hlesrtli' ’ L'wdl meet abu live to see rclinp slirotul. of death uni) Ii e the cloud, give to lure, an bestow, lit that bids the soul he sure, , Cr the things it loved below, ntion breathes the words, Linton, love Their mystic music ever dwells uruuml , The strain i« echo’d bv unnumber’d chords, And gentlest bosom* vield the fullest sound. A» flowers keep springing,though their dueling bloom la oft pul forth for worms lo feed upon ; So hearts, though wrung by traitors and the tomb, Shall still be precious and shall still love »»n. MISCELLANEOUS. THETRA V E LL ER.-AN A DV E N T U II E FBOM ”SCENES IN THE PACIHC,” BY JAC01I8. The nesl day we cnnglit u dislnnl glimpse of Mua. Al eight P. M. the sltv clouded over, and becameaa bluclt ns llto cook’s funnel. Wo furled the light sail*, close reefed the top-sails, and tmide all mug. It was a dismal night; the thunder roared and crushed around us as if the heavens had bent rent asunder; the chain.lightning circled arojitd, and seemingly played over our spars und rijjuiuu. \Ve stopped ilia chain.holes with canvass, to prevent the electric fluid from entering our mng tiine. The ruin pun red down in torrents, and fill, td the stern bunt ns fust us one man could buln it wit. By tlte glare of the lightning our crew could be seen standing in line upon the deck, passing buckets uf ruin water from the trunk to fill up the iiier-cttsks. Tne second day after this, in the afternoon, we nre sailing to the eastward, close along ill" const *f Pupuii, wlticli is here formed of beautiful cle wed hinds, covered with the vetdue of perpetual Mnntier, and watered by purling streams of cleat Cool water. A great many came ofT in handsome canoes, wi'h uue outrigger, for the purpose of trafficking .tilt us. Tin y were naked, with the exception ol tfiiiinenls hung about their persons, und were limit, savage looking men ol a dark copper colour, witlt hair soinewlml longer und atruighler lliutt the wool iif the negro. Buell ctinoe eiintuincd a goodly supply of power ful bans, arrows, spears, anil war clubs, all of which combined with tne physical appearance of these Mliues, designated tliein us it ruee of fearless wur rioru, They.seemed friendly, and we throw them tow-lines over Hie .stern, und entered intolrude l.tr coctaunts and jasper-alone adzes. They invited uu politely to come on shore, and said, that, in oae matin,they would bring ns plenty of tortoise-shell, pearl.shell, pearls, paradise birds, ombergns, no. che-de-inttr, gold dust, ostrich plumes, ivory, cam phtr, nuiinegs, edible birds’ nests, palm oil ilia Bonds, dec. Tlte wind now lieshened up and our head way increased, so that the canoes sheered ahout, etidnii- geringtlteir outriggers, and were obliged to let go tile tow.Hues and drop astern. We now arrived opposite tlte in unit ol a noble bay—it was a “new discovery!” 'Tlte land was elevated, picturesque >nd vi-rdarit. The east point of ttie bay was a dc- ttoded red clay and rocky hlulf, from which put otf »shoal. With the usual daring of our captain, we I totllv entered the buy, ttnd steered for its fool kith an sail set. We now sighted a beautiful •mull bay, or mouth of a river, ihui extended to the mtward from the foot of a gulf. On the beach we •pied a grout multitude of warriors, hurrying along Pith bundles of w ar implements, und depositing tbein in enuoes which they luunced into tlte water, •ad put utl‘ lor the vessel from vurious coves und inlclu. (Jae wur.canoe, commanded hy a celebra ted brave, wus tuwo-i hy one of our lines, neur tint •lent. I OurCapiuin stood upon tlte lullrail, eyeing tbe Pccumulatiiig dangers ; und thinking that, when we lochored, und the crew were ululi luriing sails, the Tost uf savages might he templed to pick the suil. )raofT the yurds like so tnuny blackbirds, lie doier- lined tu have a eleur course while coming to, and •> to frighten the natives uwuy for a brief period, • gave orders lo fire u blank cartridge from the l.pounder. The gun thundered over the water ; t liieeffect was diflercul from what ho hud ex- jn«d. It was my '’trick” at the helm, and I was aston. •H to see the captain fall down beside me, while Tlelescope struck my leg violently, and sumo- lug whizzed nvurheud ! The savage warrior in (canoe astern let go of thu lowhite the instant •beard iho report of the caution, nnd seizing his '• and arrow let fly at llto captain, who forlutt* ■iy dodged u barbed atroiv winch wus aimed al • heart. tbe canoes now put ufTin great numbers ; and ^ natives were so well urm»d und seemed so bos- "•, that we deemed it safest tu relrucc our course •ml Hand to Ntia. The wind fell awny, but we crept slowly towards muulli of tlte bay, and ugain upprouebud the; canoe commanded by the savage brave. Hu ^•shewed ii^na of trieudshlp by bolding up two ^"tiiuts; but Hit instant lie came within shot of ^•cupiain, wlto stood upon the quarter, lie dropped *•* huts and seized bis arrow and Imw, and, with a 'right|u| h'ow| ol deiiancc, wus nbout to twang it, the captain levelled bis l ille und shot him / >Wn * The treaeberous warrior, uttering a sliriek, "‘• backward ovi r the gun-wale uf llto canoe, aod v overboa id, sunk with the bow and arrow in hi* giasp, 1 lie natives w ho manned the canoe did not appear to take part with their chieftain, nnd they now all leaped overboard and held their iieuds above water, under the lee of tlteir boat. Wo of. feted them no injury, and, soon dropping astern, they again jumped into the canoe and paddled for the fool of the buy. An immense Hoot uf war-canocn, manned by hundreds ol brawny warriors, now came pouring out of the river, and Marled in full pursuit of our devoted craft, like u mighty pillow while from eve ry direction advanced smaller fleets; ull concentra ting ahead and off the beams, to act in couccrt with the kings flotilla. Tbe wind was quite light nnd it was impossible for us to escape. The captain very justly remark* t'd, that “a retreating enemy emboldens tbe pursu ers.” Wo accordingly turned nbout. und steered for the bay. I he king’s flotilla bore down upon us, the war. riots chanting '.he war song in tremendous chorus, which wus taken up and rolled over the bay, by thousands of voices, accompanied by the sound of - the tum-tmnes, war concha, and the soul-stirring, quick chorus of flat side of tbe paddleblades struck violently against tbe sides of the canoe. Now and then, between tbe chorus, the king and toe princi pal braves stood upon tbe outriggers of their re spective canoes, und with javelins in their bands, delivered speeches to cheer their followers to the onset. So great was tbe din that the captain was forced to use bis speaking trumpet to be beard. 1 bad beard of tbe Indian.whoop, but never tie - fore had realized its terrifying influence. As we were silent, and returned uo answering yell, these savages took us to be so feeble und few in num bers that they could do ns they pleased with us. “Fore and main top-men. stations!” cried the captain. “Armouier, man the arm.chest !” range forty muskets on the trunk and forty on the wind- !:is ! stmt tbe eighteen* with the largest canister of musket bulls !** A large canister contained two Hundred and fifty balls, a single discharge would •bus carry terrible havoc from an eighteen pounder amid a host of savages within musket.shot. The crisis had now arrived; the king’s flotilla closed in upon us ; anil, with a terrible ye’,I, the win riot s launched a volley of arrows at our vessel, that bristled in the bow and rigging. They seem ed to think themselves and their arrows quite in vincible, and expected to see us, like tbe whale w ben harpooned, go into our “flurry.” It w as now our turn to chant our war-song. The crew stood ranged along their stations ; each man bud a cut lass swinging by bis side, a pair of boarding-pistols iiqliis bell, and near by stood bis pike “Yuw her off handsomely !” said tbe captain to me; “keep live broadside parallel to llto fleet! Ciive them a bn 11 from the six pounder, to splusl tbe other side !” “Boom !” This “war yell checked for a moment tbe impetuosity of tbe warriors ; but upon looking around and seeing that no injury bad been done, they took it for granted that it bad only been a spout, or groan, or death-throe of tlte “sea mon ster,” with whom they expected soon to have fine sport. The king and bravos now urged their fol lowers again to the onset wit'.i energetic harangues. Again they closed upon us, and discharged a vol ley of arrows, which slightly wounded two of our crew, and one grazed my head too near for com- fort a bit; and composed reflection. “Rake tbe fleet with tbe broad side !” roared the captain. We gave n salute accordingly For u brief space tbe vessel wav shrouded in smoke, und remained in doubt us to tbe amount ol damage wo had Jjue. The war-yell had ceusod, and now, as the smoke dispersed, we saw a scene of fearful devastation. Many of the Cannes were sh tiered into pieces, which II juted about upon the water, clasped hy humun arms, while some were riddled and fast sinking. All the natives, not disa bled had leaped overboard, and llimr lieuds were bobbing up and down under the lee of their re spective canoes. This is a lent alwu\s performed by the warriors w hen worsted, even when engaged in combat with men like themselves. By the ma noeuvre they are shielded from a direct arrow and can occasionally pick off an adversary tlm same as American Indians in ‘’tree-fighting or skulk in!’* On the canoes and fragments lay the dead und dying, groaning in agony und supplicating lor mercy. One fljlidu, which advanced in the distance on the opposite side of the vessel did not appear to be aware of the dreadful slaughter we bad commit, led ; for slid they pressed onward, chanting the war-song! They did not discover their sad mis take until it was too late. Our crew had become alarmed, and iu reckless phreitsy, poured volley up on volley of musketry among the warriors, eveii- afier they bad leaped overboard. It is worthy of particular note, that one noble chief stood up at lul. length in bis oanoe, and paddled safely to the shore being proof against our bullets. The clear blue water of this beautiful boy was dyed with the blood of many a warrior , and as the nioaus und gurglings of the mortally wounded rme PUAIRIE AND MOUNTAIN LIFE. Tiik Pf.trifif.d Forest.- -“One of the most remark ablo natural curiosities in Texas in a petrified forest near the head of P.tsgono River. It is turned to stone ! Some trees now growing aro partly petrified. This is a Mart ling fact for the* natural philosophers, and must cause them to modify the exist mg theory of petrifac lion.”—Kenedy. Many liuve visited the Rocky Mountains who have never seen these forests of stone, but few have been there who have not heard of them. Many have lieurd of them who never believed in them, and many who have long disbelieved have lived to be convinced, either By their own eyes or by au thority too respectable lo leave fur-her room for doubt. The present writer beard much of petrified forests while among trappers and old traders in the 1 mountains, ho? always with impoiietr.ihlc incredu lity. Moses I larris, theceleliran d “Beick Mum*” j is in the fmml of embellishing the story he tells 1 about them with very surprising touches of imagin ation. He di-poses ami says that birds nro there, sitting on tne branches, the most h ud.hearted . things of all tin* feathered tribe, being solidified into stone for ull time to come! Another mountaineer } will fight any man who won’t believe that be once j sharpened his knife upon the tail of tin eagle, that ' was turned into stone while in tlte very act of w het- i ting its own hill upon another rock. The man I who tells this hard story further deem res that he i once carried a stum* sapling of pine five hundred ( miles on his shoulder while travelling home on foot; but, being overtaken by winter be dropped tbe tree. ; knocked oH'uinl carried along the birds, and arrived ! at Independence, literally, with tin important part of Ins perMMial apparel overflowing with rocks J i Such .a style of romancing is humorous enough, • hut, w hen calculated to bring tiny important truth into discredit, the sooner it is set in its proper light ! the better. Rye-witnesses, of thorough rcspccta-j ntce i i 1153. T bility. are now alive and well known in .St. Louis 1 c j ; ’1H7. Th who can snb.Mantiaiu the follow ing anecdote as u t plain simple fuel : \ A few years since an extensive trading party was i out in tlie mom.fain regions, when a forest of this 1 kind was discovered iu the vicinity of those ranges of elevations known as the “ Blaek Hills” Singu lar enough, when considt red in connexion with such a story ns we have now to relate, one of the party had with him an old volume of the “Arabian | Nights,” and bud made himself highly popular j ani'Mig tiie simple-hearted voijngucrs and people of I the camp by reading the fascinating Oriental titles j of that admirable romance to them by tbe camp fire j at night. To do this well a supply of light was ne- j cessarv, and the men ongerly sought every oppor- ; Utility of securing pine knots for this purpose. It wits, if recollection is not misled, iu the year ; 1823, and somewhere in the middle of the first mouth of autumn, ns we obtain tbe story, that two j of ibis party rode away from the line of camp, one . afternoon, toward u distant appearance of timber, ! for tlte purpose of getting pine-knots for the even, ing. The camp was then still in motion, und the ! two adventurers meant to get their knot and return, ; calculating to reach the camp about tbe time for j the evening bait. They soon reached u cluster of pine trees, presenting every resemblance that was j usual, and promising a rich gathering of the sort of j fuel they were in seuch of. One was still occupi Chronology of some important Inventions. Maps. UinhoR, and Dials were first invented l») Aiidximut Jer in tbe sixth century before Christ. They were first brought into England by Barthol omew Columbus, iu 1489. Comedy and Tmgcuy were first exhibited ot Athens, 562 B. C. .HtfflT Pluvs were first noted at Rome, 239 B. C» The first public Library was fbuiiJMIt"XMiem. 526 B.O. 'rite firs! public Library Was founded ut Rome 107 B. C. The first public Library was founded ut Alexan dria, 284. A. D- Paper was invented in Chinn. 170 B. C. 'I’lie Calender wfle reformed by Julius Caesur, 45 B. C. In-iirancft on ships and merchandize, first made in A. D. 43. Saddles came into use in the 4th century. ! lorse shoes made of iron, were first used A* D. tH 1. ^ ^ •Stirrups were not made till about ter. Mann far* ire of Silk brought from India into Eu- rope. 551 A D. Pens fi st made of quills. A. D’ 635. Some molding and glass introduced into Eng land A. I). 674. P endings in court of Judicature introduced A D- 788. ; Tim figures of Arithmetic brought into Europe by tiie St i aliens, A. D. 991. I’Apcr mad** of cotton rugs invented towards the close of the lO'li century. Papi*• irudeuf Linen in 1300 Tne Degree of Doctor first confirmed in Europe, at B ilnguo in I13g; in England b209. Tin* first regular Bank was established at Ve il.ink of Genoa was establish- f A.nMcrdnm in 1G09. That 01 F. gland. 1084 A- ronomy and Geometry brought into England, 1220. L non first made in England, 1253. •8, ctncie.i invented, 1280. Tim art of weaving introduced into England 1.334. .Mu.-ical notes n^. now used, invented, 1330. Gunpowdi r invented at Cologne by Schwartz 1320—10. Cunions first used at the seigo of Algeziras. 1 342. Mu -kets ill use, 1370. Pistols in use, 1544. Printing invented at Mcntz, bv Guttembcrg, 1440. Printing introduced into England, 1471, Post Office eM.ibiished in France, 1464 ; in En gland, 11SI ; in Germany, 1641. Turkevs ami chocolate introduced into Englund from America in 1520. Tobacco intro.meed into France by Nicot, 1560. l’Arsl coach made in Englund, 1568. Clocks first made in England, 1568. Potatoes introduced into Ireland and England in 1586. Tne circulation of the blood discovered by Iler vey, iu 1019. _ , The first Newspaper, published at Venice. 1630 ed in fastening ids animal, when he was startled by i first j„ France. 1031. First iu England, 1665. Odd Reasons for Disliking Mustaciiios.— “ Well, for my part,” said u young lady, “1 don’t likv liiut a mini should wear mustaciiios ; it gives him such an effeminate appearance.’’ She hastily corrected herself, however, by saying, "dandyfied, l mean.” Johnson and Gray-—In 1747, Gray published his Ode on a distant prospect of Eaton College, in which lie thus addreses Father Thames : Filher TlinmPfl.for tliou hunt seen Pull many u sprightly race, je ifcyi'Uiy snccopd To chase tbe rolliue circle’s speed, Or urge the flying bull ?” In 1749. Dr. Johnson published Iris Rasselas, in hicb occurs tliisfltpostrophe to the Nile : “Answer, great Father i names of Waters ! Thou that rollout thy floods through eighty nations, to the in- vocations oftfm daughter of thy native King. Toll me if tlKxf w uterosts, through till thy course, a sin- gle Jumbal ion from wlticli tliou dost not bear the murmurs of complaint ?” In 1781, Johnson, iti v Kiis life of Gray, thus petu lantly and unjustly criticises the beautiful passage from which we have quoted : ‘TIis application lo I Father Thames to tell him who drives the hoop, is , useless and puerile. Father Thames bad no better menus of knowing than himself.” CJrHV bad then been ten years dead; or, as u Niuncli Etonian, lie might have turned upon Johnson d said : “My dear Doctor, I consider my Father Thames quite as well qualified to give a rational an- swer to a plain question us your Father Niles.” The Man above the Monarch-—The Ernpe- ror of Russia was compelled to burry back from ; else,” ns live following specimen of lofty and burn an extraordinary ringing sound behind him, and u volley of malediction, iu demi-Freucli, semi-Saxon, j from bis companion. “Malheur, be d—m ! Tonncre and d'enfer to be | pay ! VVliat is ull zis?” “What is tho muttor ’*/ onid the Ollier. j “*Tis some ruscai witch !” replied the French- j man, half muttering in a soliloquy of us'ouislimeiit. j “What is the matter ?” inquired the olaer again. ! “Jaae jes* look see here !” said the ustonished i Gaul, picking his hatchet up from the ground, uud ' showing a ruinous new cleft iu (lie edge. “Well, what's tiie matte'*?” said Ids friend. i, ]Vaas sniazzer'l Wy, will you not see zero?! ze tree is grow like d—n lie *” “O, come,come ! don’t waste lime: you don’t seem to know what yon arc talking about.” “O, ye-es! By bad name! it ezz you don’t ! know much half wat you say !” “Fiddle ! let’s cut some knots.” “O.yee's, fiddle! Mo shall tell you, we had! most best el’s cut some sleek ! “Cut s ick ! VVnut do you want to cut slick for ?” j “I don’t care ; I is go.” ’The Frenchman was mounting his horse to be 1 off w hen bis Companion, hatchet in hand, uud won dering w hut hud got into tho other, marched up to j a young tret! and aimed a long sweeping blow ut a p *rl that seemed to suit his purpose, Cleclc eeng ! tbe hatchet flew- out of his baud with j a shutp rebound and struck against another tree, i ringing like u hammer on an anvil. “An, ha? wat yon ces tuik ‘bout now, eli ?’ ” I shunted the Frenchman from his saddle. “Malheur! 1 wat ezz come ? Z • rocky mountain go to grass, i ami turn into all tree? Bicn e'sle drote /” The incident we have only sought to present in Codec introduced in’o Englund, 1611. ’Tea introduced “ “ 1666. The steam engine invented by tile Marquis of Worcester, 1655. Firo engines first invented, 1663. i'.M npikes first made in England, 1663. Bayonets invented at Btyonne, (whence their name) 1070. First brought into use at the buttle of Turin, 1693. Stereotype punting invented, 162." New style of calender introduced into England 175 Air Balloons ami Aerostation invented in France 178 T i** first mail carried in England by stuge coach L785. l’lie cotton gin invented in Georgia, 1794. Life boats invented in England, 1802. Tiie first steam boat on tlie Hudson, 1907. Tilt? sir ets ot London first lit with gus 1814. The above items show how slowly the eondili •of man has changed from age to age. During tin .'first tnii teen centuries of the Christian Era, there was hardly any improvement of mankind, in their •seem!, political, or intellectual systems. 'The liber •ntion of the public mind from its depressing ten dencies, by tin* invention of printing, the reformn lion.and me introduction of lire arms, has produc j ed the rapid progress wnich it has made during the j last few centuries, in noble inventions and discov | arms, running tu rough the whole circle of art i .science and litera tire. With the “wings of the morning,” it has gone to the uttermost parts of tbe I earth: it has grasped the highest truths of the sky j above, and sought out the profound depths below ; | and in every place, and over all subjects, mind is Advice to a Daoohter.—Lei me coun.el you, then, never lo otter Rn expreeeion, or do an act, which even looke like eoliciting R*y gentleman’*, attention. Remember that every expression of civility, tobe of any value, must bo perfectly v !■ uulary ; ami any wish on your part, whether direct ly expressed, to make yourself a favorite, will bo certain to awaken the disgust of all who know it.— I would not recommend to you any thing like u prnUUU or affected reserve ; but even thi. is not so uni’nrtunate an extreme, as an excessive for wardness. While you so modestly accept any at lentions which propriety warrants, let there bo no attempt ni tin l ul insinuation on one hand, or at tak ing u man’s licarl by storm on tlte other. lie nut ambitious to be considered a bell’. In deed, 1 bud rullier you be olmost anything else, which dues not involve gross moral obliquity, than this. It is tho fate of most belies that they become foolishly vain, think of nothing, and care for noth ing beyond personal display ; and not unfrequent- ly sacrifice themselves in o mad bargain, which involves llieir destinies for life.—The more solid and enduring esteem you enjoy, the better, und you ought tu gain whatever of litis you can by honurabJo means, hut lo he admired, caressed and flattered, (nr mere accidental qualities, which in* 1 vulve nothing of intellectual or moral worth, might to render any girl, who is the subject of it, an ob. ject uf pity. You aro at liberty to desire the good opinion of every gentleman of your acquaintance, hut it would l>e worse titan folly in you to bo am. bilious ufu bliad abmiration. I will only add, that you ought to Le on your j guard against the influence of flattery. Rely on it, thu man who flatters you, whatever he may I profess, U not your friend. It were a much kinder office, and a real mark of friendship, to admonish you tenderly, yet honest ly, of your faults. If you yield a little to flattery, ; you have placed yourself oil dangerous ground ; n ■ you coni time tu yield, you are not improbably un- I done. , Thkiluns Oratory.—They have some very brave orators iu linosiordom ; that fact there is no ; disputing, if we admit thut tbe reporters translate them at iglit, nnd of course lliey “don’t doanything England to tlte bedside of a dying daughter. Tlte city oi'St Petersburg expressed its sympathies with their monarch, and a friend on the spot has furti- lie I os with a translation of the reply : Auto^mfihioil eilii-l of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia to the Military Governor General of St. Petersburg, on the occasion of Ilic death of his daughter, the. Grand Duchess Alexandrine, Prin cess of I -esse Vassal. Alter having conducted to their last resting place ihe remains of my deceased daughter, the first im- pulse ol my heart is to desire you to make known to the inhabitants of tlie capital how keenly we have ill been touched with the manifestations of getter. interest wlticli we have received, nut only dur ing the long continued and fatal illness of our much, loved daughter, but also at the time of her death nd during the past night. Such manifestations of unanimity of feeing are not new lo me: hitherto they had been displayed on occasions of joy ; now, when it has pleased liod to try us by so heavy a stroke, humbly submitting lo his impenetrable will could there be a sweeter consolation for our paren- al hearts limn to see iu these lively and toi'chlng demonstrations the proof that our sorrow, shared by the whole of the vust national family which Uud has confided to my care 1 It is therefore as a pa rent that we thunk them for this filial love, iu which find a solace in our affliction, und myself, in par ticular, tho strong'll lo pursue my arduous career. May the reciprocity of the sentiments lie for the future a tiew guaranty for the happiness of Russiu ! 1 am your atfectiouate NICHOLAS. Island of Te.laguin. 1 o'clock, A.M Aug.1844. The Fate ok the Inventor of the Guillotine. —Ills retreat wus so profound that it was said, and readily believed, that lie too Imd fallen a victim to his own invention. But it was not so ; ho was indeed imprisoned during tile .fucohin reign of ter. ror, his crime being, it is said, (Gitgol, p. 8) tliut he testified un indiscreet indignation of a prnposi. Hun iitttde lo him by Dunimi to superintend the con struction of a trippln guillotine. There is no doubt that a double instrument was thought of, und it is said that such a machine was made, and intended to fie erectetl in the great hall of the l’ulais de .lus. lice, hut it was certainly never used; and we should very much and for many reasons doubt whether it could have been a design of Damon. This gen. oral jail delivery of the Ot Ii Thcriuidor released Guiilolin, and he afterwards lived in a decent me diocrity of fortune ut Paris, esteemed, it is said, hy a small circle of friends, hut overwhelmed by a deep sensibility to the grent, though we cannot say wholly undeserved, misfortune which hud reii lored Ii is name ignominious und his very existence a sub ject of fearful curiosity, lie just lived lo see tho restoration, nnd died iu his hod in Paris on the 35th of May, 1814, aged seventy.six.— Quarterly Re view. ing eloquence will testify r •‘Americans ! This is groat country—wide— vast—and in tho soulhweast, unlimited. Our Re- public is yet destine:', to re annex all S. America— to occupy the Russian posessions, und again t» recovet possession of those British provinces, wlticli the prowess of the French on the plains of A lira. Imm ! all rightfully ours to re-occupy. Ours is a great and growing country. Faneuil Hall was its Cruillo *—but whnr—whnr will be found timber enough for its coffin? Scoop all the water nut of the Atlantic Ocean, und its bed would not afford a grave sufficient for its corpse. And yet America has scarcely grown mil of tiie gristle of boyhood. Europe ? Site is no wltar : nothing ; a circum stance; a cypher; a mere obselele idea. We j have faster steamboats, swifter locomotives, target creeks, bigger plantations, deeper cataracts, loud er thunder, forkeder lightning, braver men, hand, soiner women und more money titan England dar have !—[Thundering applause.] Who is afraid > Hear Ambrose Spencer*—A few weeks since- this worthy nnd revered individual being culled up on to address a meeting of Whigs in Wayne cmui.. tv, thus referred to his acquaintance with the “Fur- mcr of Ashland,” Henry Clay : “In the course of a long life,” be said, “it Imtsl been Itis fortune to become more or less acquainted! with all the great men this country lias produced,. Uo had shaken hands and conversed with the Fath er of Itis Country, Gun, Washington ; he Imd vot, cl for, and was on terms of p'easant intercourse will., the immortal Jefferson ; and among all the nnblc spirits which it had been Ins pride to know, ho re\ ■ or knew a purer patriot, n man more ardently nnd faithfully devoted to tho welfnro of Itis countr\. than Henry Clay, with whom h$ was familiar.) acquainted.” Compare remarks of this character, from per sons wim have enjoyed Ihe acquaintance of Mr. Clav, fur many years, with the baseless and irris. ponsible assertions against him brought forward hy itis opponents. Gout.—In what does the true nature of tho gou’. consist? If we carefully attend lo the circum stances under which the disease appears, the ail. meets hy which it is preceded, certain of the symp toms with which it is uccompunied, and those which terminate tho paroxysm, we shall detect one inva riable concomitant of them all, capuble of deter mining built ihe essential nature of the gout and the cause producing it; and that is, acidity in some form or other. In fact, the gout is produced hy the redundant formation and presence uf liil.i,- acid, or its elements, in tho blood, mid medical Ireutmenl can be effectually successful unless di rected to its expulsion,—Dr, Hume Wealherhaad on the Gout. unon thecnrmid we looked around the spectacle, I verbally obtained, nothing belong. ! il was appalling and heart-sickening ! I ‘"8 “V" “" vln 8 'he mem setting to. | Tlte firing bad ceased, and the warriors were of gether of winds. That the Iu tlte head of tho Chavcnne rivet fectually dispersed. , ... . . The captain mounted tho trunk and harangued I u, l ISieck Hills, is the natives. He waved his outspread hands over 1 ' “ " ,l " them, as a father over his children, and toid ilium be had come herenslhoir friend : they had come to massacre him, nnd had met their doom from thu all-powerful ubiquitous “White King,” who com muoed with the “Spirit of the Sun,” lo w hich lumi nary he pointed. The natives, with their heads bobbing up and down under cover of tlte canoes, gazed al him in wonder and amazement. A breeze sprung up, and we set nil sail ; it was night, uud we were once more upon tiie ocean. turtati xists there, at in tho vicinity of ; that there are no I very tow wooden i i .uud St. Louis ones on the Platte. The effect produced upon the Frenchman that wo have spoken of, was to make him believe implicitly itt nil the stories that ho imd ever reud before from the A cabin it Nights. And nothing after all could convince him that the flying palaces ol Aladin, the wonderful caverns and trniisceiidant gardens, the alludes of the Genii, and tlte wonderful extrava gance of thu fairies, w as any thing but most solemn truth, set down in a book. Thousands w ill reud about a “Petrified Forest” Pavement ok Paris.—Parts exhibits a mixture of stone bitumen, and wood pavements. 1 he principal streets of tho city were first paved so early as 1184, by order ol Hie King ; hut iu many of tlte quarters the streets were unpaved so late as 1640. Beckmann gives u curious account of tho police regulations concerning tlte cleansing of tlte streets, from which we may infer that roadw ays were in a very miry stale ; indeed, modern l arm Ims not had high credit for the condition of its streets. Sir Henry Parnell, in his “Treatise on Roads," remarked that tho best kind of Paris pav ing wus thus made: A layer of broken stones was firm laid down ; then tlte old paving stones were laid as a sub-pavement t und, lastly, a new layer of dressed stones for surface-pavement; forming al together n very durable roadway. Bitumen pave ments have been laid down to u greater extent in Paris than in London. The great Place do In Concorde, many of the promenades on the Bouve. lard*, the foot-paths of the Pont Royal and tho l on Carousal, one side of the Pont Neuf footway, and other public places in Paris, hnvo been paved will, one or other of tlte different asphaltic bitumen.. Companion to Almanac. ting itu mastery anil achieving its cunquesis. Sc-mt’s Misapplication of his Talents.—In a railroad carriage) the other day the conversation between tw » ot the passengers turn-ed on the gen : in? nfSir Waiter “ V! very.' M”oU-rv* d I a mil l, in u pu ju-pooliing tonu ; bin J consider dim i to he very much over-ruled” “Over-ruled?” “M nd,” continued the objector, “1 don’t mean to j deny that he Ind talent—great talents; but it a pity ’ he did not. apyly it to a better purpose“ A belter | purpose ! I \ hat ?” “ W hy,” rep'.it d tiie uiiliurian, ; “wim such lu ents as hi->. what mi^ht he nut have i been il lit* na I stuck lo his profession." And Sbakspeare ! Wnut improvements in the art of wool-combing might not have been discover I ed, had tbe humid Mulent” which produced Oihelo and As t/ott like It been “ applied to better purp< still, unbelieving that any thing can exist in nature, I _| m d Shukspeare stuck to his profession I “ How and this writer knows well how d«ep he is plung. '' ing into the reputation of a romancer hy this sketch;' but the story is told, and thu learned uud unlearned | iu theoretical petrification aro welcome lo make I what they please of it, Borne tilings tire bound to he laughed at before j before they are believed ; and some things are sure i to be laughed nt after they believe in regard to ibis ! petrified forest ; and whether they believe or laugh j first it is left for their excellent and acute discern- j ing to decide.—St. Louis Reveille. A Clergyman One Hunerkd and Ten Years Old —Tito Utica Baptist Register says that Rev. Bent. Hovoy preached in. the Broad street Bt.pl.st Chapel iu that City on the afternoon of last Sabbam ia September. Mr. H. ha. altutnod to the remark, able age of one hundred and ten year*. Something Queer Indeed.—Iu looking over tlte returns of the recent election iu Westmoreland county, for Governor, we find a singular coinci dence with that of the election for President in the year 1840, in tho fact tiiui the same number of votes were cast fur the respective candidates for Governor that were given for the Presidential can, Ii,tales, nnd, of course, resulting iu precisely the same majority. At thu election uf 1840, Mr, Van Buren received 4.704 voles, nod Gen, Harrison, 3.778, leaving a majority for Mr. Van Buren of 1.036, and ut the late election Mr. Shuuk received 4.704 votes, und Gen. Markle 3.778, by which Mr. S, had the same numhorof u majority that Mr. Van Buren had. There is something really singular tu the coincidence.—Pittsburg American, A young physician asking permission of a lady to ki»s her. l,o replied, “ No, sir ; 1 never like to Ituve a Doctor's bill thrust into my face.” staid a scrivener was in Milton lost !” Pope too. When he sung “I left no calling for this idle trade,” he forgot that for the measures ot verso he for sook tlte measures in the linendrnper shop of his father. Had ho not so tnisimplied Ins “talent” we should have been w ithout the Rape of the Lock, the Eloisa, the Satires—hut, then, tlte world had hail n linen-draper, such as the world had never looked upon before. And Scott’s contemporaries, South ey, Rogers, Campbell, H.ulium, Moore, and others I —all, all to be pitied—wlae,ice is such a mass of , pity to bo supplied !—for- not upplyitig tlteir talent to bettor purposes I There is much in this little anecdote. It furn ishesun unhappy sign of the limes. The speaker is net singular in his notion of the proper applica tion of "talent.” Unhappily, he is one of a very numerous mod, whose object is lo sacrifice all that elevates, ee,tobies, and refines, to money getting utility. He did not formally reuou ,ce his politics, nor was there any need he should. He said sufficient to prove himself to ho nothing more than a coarse, gross Cobdenite.—London paper. “Cullee, what do you tink do moso useful ob de planets—de sun or de moon?” ” Well sambo, I link de moon orter take de fus rank in dal ar ’tick, ler.” “Wlta, wim, wim, why you tink so, Cuffee?” ••Well, I’ll tell you; kase see shines by night we want light, and de tun shine hy day, when when we do not." “Well, Cuff! you is the greut en nigger 1 knows on—dut’a a rale far." The Pibroch.—This is- tt species of tune pecu liar to the Highlands and Western Isles of Scot land. It is performed on a bagpipe, and ditfers to tally from all other music. Its rhythm is so it re gular, uud its notes, especially in the quick move ment, so mixed and huddled together, that a stran ger finds it impossible to reconcile his ear to it st, as to perceive its modulation. Some of tlte pi- lirechs, being i..tended to represent a batlio, begin with a grave motion resembling a march ; then gradually quicken into the onset ; run ulF with noi sy confusion anti turbulent rapidity, to imitate the conflict nnd pursuit; then swell into a few flour ishes „f triumphant joy ; attd perhaps close with tne wild and slow wuiungs of a funeral procession. Dr. Beattie. Similes.—The use of well adapted similes is in n maui.t r essential to a poem. In the Georgies id Virgil none ea„ bo more justthun-.hu comparison ufu wed ordered vineyard to tho Roman tinny drawn out in rank and file ; nor could any have bee,, more happily imagined than that of a hull rush ing on Iris adversary, to a great wave rolling to the shore, nnd dashing over the rocks. But above ail that celebrated simile of the Nightingale, in lie- fourth book, has been no less deservedly than uni versally applauded.—l‘iof Marlyn. Dreadful Storm at Havana.—By accounts received from Cupt. Wilkins, oflhohrigTiti.it qipeu is that upwards of one hundred houses were unroofed and otherwiso damaged, and great injury lone to (lie harbour boats and shipping ut Havana, by a hurricane mi the 4th and 5,h iosl. The ship Perdonel ami several other American vessels bound in were dismasted. The effects of Iho hurricane were also fell at Mutanzas, 3 vessels only rode out the gale in safety out of 36 thu'. were in the, pnrt.— Great apprehensions were felt as lo the brig Boland which lelt Havana the day before Ihe gale,during which a Spanish brig of war was lost, crew suved except one man. Marriage in High Like. — William M. Merrick ( E.-q., of Maryland, son of the Hon. VVm. I). Mer rick. U. 8. Senator from llmt State, was united in wedlock on last evening to Miss Wickliffu, one of the daughters of file Postmaster General. The nuptial ceremonies took place at tlte residence of the father of tho bride, in this ci'y ami were at tended by a large parly of invited friends—among whom were the Cabinet officers, tire Mayor ol Washington, officers of tho Army and Navy, Cce. — Washington Standard. 10/A inst. Mississippi.—Tho Editorofthe Vicksburg Whig who Ims just returned from u three months tour through that State wish o„e of the Whig Electors, gives u most animating view of the Whig prospects there. Voice of the Clergy.—We find tho following iu tho last number of thu Mt. Vernon (O.) Times : An incident occurred during tiie recent session of tho North Ohio Methodist conference, which is worthy of note A company of Clergymen, num ber b> ing til'ly.five, made a trip up the cunul to tiie town el / ,ar. On their return,tho captain of the canal boat, in which they Imd taken passage, pro. p.iscd llml u vote should he taken to ascertain wh.ehol the two candidates could claim the most friends among the clergy. The vote stood us fol lows : For Clay, 53 ; for Polk,2 ; for Birney, J. Majority for Clay, 49. A Constructive Compliment.—An Arabian having brought a blush to a maiden’s cheek hy the | earnestness of his gaze, said to her “my looks have j planted roses in your cheeks, why forbid me lo | gather them ? The law permits him*who sows !o i reap the harvest.” i Superstitions of theCarrjotes.—Tho Cattail j otes are extremely superstitious. If a female has ! convulsions, they imagine she is possessed hy the i,|«vil, who is supposed not to utlack men; they have frequently burnt their unfortunate women alive, thinking it the more t fficacious method ,,l i destroying the evil spirit. So late as the year 1799 the Austrian Governor with great difficulty pre vented the inhabitants of Nuovo from burning a -•ill of nineteen, who happened tobe subject to cun. w,Lions.—Dudwell's Travels in Greece. Uevenue.—The revenue from Customs at tho I’.-rt ! of Boston from nine months of 1844 ending on the 1st • ,. . w, -i i r.-vr S4.H14J 2,457,997 8,520,310 19,203,380 355.117 818,990 13,444,145 i in tae corresponding period of 1843 j At the port ot New York for the 9 months i of 1843 la the corresponding period of 1844 At the port ol Baltimore ter eight months of 1843, ending 1st of September In the cerrespending period of 1844 The increase of Revenue at these three ex hibited in this statement is The Human Voice.—There is something in the gay tones of tho humun voice. Taey seem, in the hour of despondency and gloom, to assure us | that all is not sadness in tho world ; that there is J truly such a tiling as hope ; that there nro moments of enjoyment, and that the heart is not altogether j forbidden to bo happy : ull matters of which wc j os,ten ii,i many doubts when the cloud of sorrow liist (alls upon us. and hides tho brighlof things of life from our eyes. . -s * Irt-boDM is Ulllstq Memory.—Memory is the true old ^!! v “'" 1 b * r ™ the heart, wandering sadly through the »'Vc"iiu»ami, Em,' ilie past, und refreshing the tombstones UND, 1.1. c. .. I. c. gone lorevcr. , Ci “A Whig Husband—or None.”—A Whig pc. y per atHIcs, that ut llto lute Whig Convention ut Columbia, Teunossee, a lady carried a banner with the abate motto inscribed upon it;