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THE ACCEPTED. ■r THOMAS maths* hailcv. 1 thank you for that downcast look. And for that bltultiuK cheek ; 1 would not have you raise your eyes, I would not have you speak. Thou eh mute, I deem you eloquent. And ask ao other Mgn ; While thus vour lily hand remains ('oafidiugXy in mine. I know you fain would hide from me The tell-tale tears that steal Unhidden forth, sad half betray The ancioua fear you feel. from friende long tried, and deeply loved, The plighted bride must part. Then truely weep—I could not love A cold, ualeeling heart. | know you love your cottage homo, Whose inthe summer time, Your hands have taught the clematis Around the porch lo climb. Your easement, with the old rose screen, Your little garden too, How many fond remembrances Eudearthew all to you. You sigh to leave your mother's roof. Though oa my suit oho smiled, And spurning wery selfish thought, Gave up her darling child. Sigh not for Iter, she now may claim Kind deeds (Torn more than one— She’ll gate upon liar daughter’s smiles Supported by her son! I thank you for that look—it speaks Reliance on my truth, And never shall unkiudnens wound Your uaiuspecliug youth. If fate should frown, and anxious thoughts Oppress your husband's mind, O.! never fear to cling to me— I could not be uukind! Though oft'iis galling as the slave's Indissoluble link! And look upon yon cliuroh, the place Of blessing nnd of prayer, Before the altar hear my vows; Who could dissemble there ! Come to ray hone, your bird shall have As tranquil a retreat; Your dog shall find a retting place And slumber at your feet. And while you ait at evening, Oh! let me hear you sing, Or I shall think you cease to love Your little golden ring. WmrS in the Letli Ah VOL. XXXVli; MISCELLANEOUS. CUSTOMS ABROAD. A Chinese Wedding.—After the eldest had per formed their devotions, the bride came slowly in, supported by attendants, and went through tedious gestures, and genuflections before the idol, with out raising her oyes from the ground, or speaking. Her rulto was both gorgeous and graceful, cover- >"g her in luuse folds, so completely that neither Iter feet nor hands could he seen. Beside the nu merous ornaments and jewels, which bound up her profuse ftuir, site wore several heavy necklaces of sparkling jewels, apparently artificial. When she iud finished, an elder plitced oil her Iteud a thick wl,and she returned to her apartment. We now •ailed fur (lie bridegroom, who “tarried” a little, and the interval was enlivened by tea, sweetmeats, hetel-nut, tStc. Three bands of music, European, Malay, and Javanese, sent sounds of gladness tlirough the balls and corridors ; the friends pass 'd “bout with smiles and greetings, tbo children in tlieir guy apparel danced joyously, they knew not •liy; all was natural and pleasing, hut the slow ‘ml extravagant movements of u Javanese dancing (irliWhu, iu s corner of the porch, gained her pav little regarded. At length, it was heralded, "the bridegroom coinetli,” and immediately many went forth to rac et him. lie came with friends and priest, pre ceded by another baud of music. His devotion- Jmfuro the Jus, wore much sooner and more slight- done titan those of the lady ; and he sat down “iilt the priest, and u friend or two, in front ol '■leslier, where hud been placed chairs, coveted the occasion with loose drapery of etnbroidod 'eivet. Refreshments were handed, till • move. •neitl front within announced the approach of the ''id'*; and all eyes wore turned to meet her.— . Advanced very slowly to the centre, veiled, as *11011 she rstireJ, anti, alter u few gestures by each toward the other, the happy pair tat down logo'h- °r: her face still invisible- Refreshment* aguinf \ vo '' •'ilered, and each partook, but wklt evident a. tta-) lad constraint. Presently she retired to Iter f C * <J v'loiriber. followed by the bridegroom; aad most ol ‘'attest, dispersed ; but we were permitted with •urns particular friends, tu enter with them. It *»« doubtless a handsome mum in Chinese estima- bet its decorations would acurcely please a cslerti eye. The bedstead resembled a latticed r ’ r J and from the roof within was suspended |>utiful lamp of chased silver, burning with n fettle light. Stunding in the middle of live room, ' e J renewed their {sowing, and passing from aide j "I 1 '' * gravity and ledioosness almost lu- tcroun, tiii he tinishedtlte ceremony by approach- . lifting the well from her head. We were i.i... MM ihoii lie had never seen her ! She i*i hnr dcssa, and he utioiauped Die Cincture of' the T,,i * »o Rk'ttle delicate, *nd •iguiOcent, closed the ceremonial. He tlieu returned to hi# own haute till evening, and every guest retired—* cnpitul system, nilowing the bride some repose, after the trying and tireaume cere, niomea she had performed. Thie wai about four f> clock. In the evening, n aumpluoua entettain. otent was given to the friends of both parties ; af t*r which the bridegroom remained as a eon at laome. Ihb Syrian Greek Women.—A traveller re cently through Egypt, Arabia Peru, India, Turkey, and Cxreece, speaks in tho following language of Syrian Greek Women. b 8 6 The Syrian Greek women are, beyond compari- eon, the loveliest in the world; we saw many of those of Nszsrolh, who came down with their pitch ers to the fountain of Nulior for water, in whom were visibly united all that painter* may in vain endenvor to picture—all that poets dream. Thoir features combine the perfect proportion of the Greek model, with the character and expression of the daughters of Israel; their figures, the united delicacy nnd voluptuousness of form which the finest Grecian statues, possess. The costume of those we suw this evening was well suited to its wearers. The long hair, which was plaited, fell over their shoulders, and was in many instances ornamented with great numbers of gold sequins and some penrls; in others, flowers of brilliant hues repla- ced the -'pearl and gold,” but all wore the full loose trousers, drawn tight at the ankle (which, not un. frequently, was encircled with silver bracelets); tho petticoat reaching only to the knees, and the upper vest open ul the breast—it is neither boddice, tunic, nor jacket, but something between each. The Poon.—Willis bus visited a poor-house in England, and we extract a part of bis observations upon what lie saw : In another room we found ten or twelve very old women, who were too decrepit! for work of any kind. But they had laps left! And in each one’s lap lay a baby ! The old knees were trotting with the new-born of pauper mo.Iters, and but for its dreadful uniformity—each old trunk grafted with a bud, and trunks and buds dressed and swathed in the poor-house uniform—this room, full of life’s helpless extremities, would have seemed the hap piest of all. They cuddled up their druling charges as we approached the benches on which they sal, and chirruped their toothless “tsup ! Isup! tsup !’’ as if each was proud of her charge. One of the old women complained bitterly of not being allow, ed to have a pinch of snuff. The reoson why, was because the others would want it too, or demand an equivalent, paupers being cared for by system.— The unhappy and improvident creature had educa. ted u superfluous wunl! The sick rooms were marked with the same painful neatness. Old people, disposed of to die, economically tucked up in rows against the wall with no person to come near them except the one nurse to tho dozen, form a dreudful series. Real ly there should bo some things sacred from classi fication, Tho fifth acts of dramas, like whole hu. man lives, should not pass like the shelving of utensils that are one degree short of worthless. I stood looking for a minute or two at an old man, whoso only reply to, “ woll, how are you now V was a hopeless lifting and dropping of the oyolids, and I wondered whether a life was worth having that had such possible terminations in its dark lot tery Mr. Bryant’s las', letter from England describes his visit to the insane Asylum. The following is a passage from it: In his progress through the wards. Dr. Conolly listened with great patience lo the various com plaints of the inmates. One of them came up ond told us that he did not think the method of the in stitution judicious. “The patients,” said he, “ are many of them growing worse. One in particular who has been here for several weeks, I can see is growing worse every day.” Dr. Conolly asked the name of the patient—“I cannot tell,” said the man, “but I can bring him to you.” •' Bring him here, then,” said the doctor; and after a moments absence he returned, leading up ono of the heal, thiest and quietest luoking men in the ward. “He looks better, lo he sure,” said the man, “but he is really worse.” A- burst of laughter from the pa- tients who stood by followed this saying, und one of them looking at me knowingly, touched his fore head, to intimate that the objector was Hot exactly in his senses. Cavern of the early Christians.—A cavern remarkable in an urcltaoological point of view has just been discovered nl about eight leagues from Guelma. in Algeria, on the side of the Mlain moun tains. It is hollowod out of an immense calcare ous rock, and n circular entrance of seven or eight yards in diameter, is about 400 yards in depth, and runs from 1000 to 1200 yards in length, taking an inclined direction, und requires thirty-five minutes to reach its extremity. A thousand stalactites of various forms udorn its inside, and the ground is encumbered with a prodigious quantity of enorm- ous blocks fullen from tbo vault. But what gives its greatest interest is tho number of Latin insetip- tions at the entrance. They are for the must part illegible, but the name of Donatos is to ho decipher- ed in more places than one. It belongs to the ear- Her times of Christianity, as the names of unknown martyrs appear, nnd there is no doubt Hie cavern was the refuge of tho then Cltristiuns. The Arabs have many fabulous legends on the subject, and dread entering it, lest they should he seized and detained by un evil genius or spirit. And yet it wus un Arab, the Chick Deradji Ben Kerad, who led some Frenchmen into this cave, the silence of which has not been before disturbed for ages. How to Learn thk Value op a Dollar.— Render, says the Democratic Expositor, if you would learn tite value of a dollar, go and labor two _s in the hot sun, as a hod.carrier. This is an excellent iduu, and if many of our young gentle men had tu earn tlieir dollar that way, how much less dissipation and fully and crime, would we wit. nessevory day. So of fuslitonablo young ladies. If they, like the poor widowed original of the song of the shirt, hud tu earn their dollar by making shirts at sixteen cents apiece, how much less foul ish finery would we sec ubout them, and how much more truthful notions would they huvo of tho tlu ties of life, und tlieir obligations lo the rest of the world. Ridiculous Parisian Fashions;—The letter writers from Paris state that the fashions in dress nt present are the most ridiculous that cun be im agined. Men uenr liny bats, with scarcely any _MILLEDGKV1LLE, TUliSUAY, OCTOBER 31, IH45. NO- 4 ANOTHER LETTER FROM MR. WHIT. NEY, Tne following letter from Mr. Whitney, address ed to a friend of his in this city, contains some further particular* relative to his trip, 1400 milos up the river Missouri. St. Louis, 20th Sept., 1840. Dear Sir:—Wo were 42 days from Prairie du Cltien to the Missouri. Wc passed through with out a guide, or other protection than our number, seven. We encountered severe hardships and much fatigue ; wo saw not an Indian-till wo arriv. ed tinlhe BunKs of tbo Missouri at the great bend, where we come directly upon an encampment of from 200 to 300 Lodges, of the Siuux tribes. Tho traders and trappers tell hard tales of them, hut they were civil und kind and so attentive that they seemed lo want every nrlicle we had, us a memnri. ul of us, though they were alwnys willing to gite us some of their notions in exchange. Some of their chiefs are real noblemen, 1 have nevorseen finer looking men: and I may truly suy. thougli savage none more gentlemanly. They feasted mo, and consulted me about all their troubles and difficulties. Some of litem seem to understand their situation. They know tho difficulty of chang ing their savage nnture and habits, lo industry and civilized life; und they know that they mutt come to it, or be exterminated. Tlieir old chiefs dosiro a change, but the young bluod is wurm for scalps, and difficult to manage. The whites who have been among them have done more evil than good. Like all the history of tha past, civilization has in- traduced vice, intemperance, and but few virtues. From Prairie du Cltien to tho Missouri we pass, ed over a distance of more titan 500 miles; the richest and most beautiful part of all creation abounding in coals, iron and most excellent building stone, lime and plaster; but a9 if nature seemed unwilling to destroy or in the least to mar a face so beautiful, all these are hidden under the earth, and only show themselves where the water has washed the soil from the Bluffis, ut tho banks of the many rivors. The surface all through is almost a level, undulaliny just sufficiently lb let off the water. All this vast wilderness, without tha habitation of man, produces the finest grasses for cattle, and when cured, fine hay. No country better watered ;— streams all britlgable at small comparative expense, except the great, the grand Missippi and Missouri; and I have found places where thoso two mighty streams can bo bridgod. All that the settler wants here is the plough, seed, tho scythe and sickle .— a country made not only for tho garden, but f r the grand thoroughfare of tbo vast world ; and can we, when we huvu the ways and means with out co.t or expense, hesitute fur a moment to make the whole world tributary to ns—to draw its vast commerce into our lap—to provide a home for, and to educate to industry and virtue, millions of our fellow men who are now in ignorance, nakednoss and starvation 1 Evory day I see more and more the extent of benefits, not only to our country, but to all mankind, from this great work ; and I also see my way more clear for its accomplishment, and feel more sure uf success. At the Great Bend we exchanged our horses with tho Indians for some of their traps, and for a log canoe, in which wo embarked upon the waters of tho Missouri.— We hired u man lo gnido the canoe, making our number 8; our canoe being but 21 foot long,—av erage width about 3,—so that we were much crow ded and over loaded. The stream, though rapid, was not sufficient, and wo were obliged to take our turns at the oar. Two of our number being incapacinted, the whole labor fell upon tho other five and our men, so that we had sufficient exer cise in a broiling sun for from 4 to 5 hours each, duily. The river is rupid, shallow,—in some pla ces 18 to 20 inches,—bottom, quicksand, channel full uf snags, constantly changing, and very dan. gerous pf navigation. I think it can never be do. pended upon for commercial purposes. We took what provisions our canoe allowed room for, and depended upon the rest for the game we might kill, which we did not find abundant; on the contrary we passed days and days without seeing any.— Some times our last morsel was gone, but we were supplied. We passed thus in our frail rocking bark to Belloview, 730 miles, making loss than 50 miles daily. Nights we encamped on tho banks of tht river, or on some sand bar in the river. We were often compelled to got into the river and pull our canoe round and ovor a sand bur under water, which was not as you may suppose, a pleasant nav igation. About 300 miles down the river we full in with two men from California, who had passed down the river alone from above our pluce of em. barkatinn. They had been much annoyed and chased by the Indians; desired tu accompany us. After the second day, as our canoe was overloaded, they proposed to take two of our number in theirs, which we assented to. and which enabled us lo in.' crease our speed. The canoe in passing a rapid filled with snags became unmantigable. The four persons were thrown intu u rapid and deep stream. Tnrce saved themselves by clinging to and getting upon the snags ; one held fast to tho overturned canoe. In our canoe wo had great danger in pass- ing. As we could not get to the litree on the snags, wo mado for nnd suved the man floating down stream with the canoe. Then, with great effort and muclt hazard, wo saved our suffering eompatt. ions from the snags. Our young gentlemen be haved nobly; did nut slop at any hazard; and one in particular, threw himself, without regard to dan ger, into the dangerous, rolling foaming waters. Other than this, tho incidents were hut a variety of labor, wet, and laiigue nnd some hunger.— Belleview is 30 miles below Council Bluffs. Here wo hnd hoped to find a steam boat. We continu ed on, after taking inn fresh stock of provisions, (of which we thereafter had sufficenl) till llto boat passed us in going up. Wc still continued till her return, 130 miles below Belleview, where site, the Gen. Brooke, look us on board, and brought us sumc 130 miles; then wo took our canoe 10miles to St. Josephs, a small village, the first ono on the river down. From St. Josephs tve took wagons to Weston. 40 miles, und six above Fort Deavenwurlh where we look the steamor John Golong for this place, a distance of 500 miles, making in all 1400 miles we have voyaged upon this mighty stream. I shall remain here a few days, then pass through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, und hope to he with you by the middle of next month. Truly Yours, A. WHITNEY. i, . ow iisu never seen net : ...... — j j niietl.snd sat without raising her *?«•; heholr' brims ; coats almost without tails; trousers with r* ,0l «*»co of the thing—she wee exquisitely out strap*, and about a yard wide at. tho ankles ; “""Rifitl. A repast followed, shared by them-/ tremendous waistcoats, of the fashions and dimen- j 6 * »lon» ; and probably forming tbo rertfylng I slooa worn in the year of grace 1745 ; enormous ef tho solemnity, as 1n Burmah. Fifty watch ribbons,bearing ponderous bunchesof seals. !?** or '"“re were before them, a few of which J listed with silver forks; but ofeourae the oc- t.k!“" "** 'oo ethereal la be aebattntirted by veri. ,1, and drinking. When they reae from '•Me. the bridegroom, aided by bis eeevant, fc* °“»r fob*, which had been worn u ■ Mcaremon*. and threw it on tho bed, M it The ladica wear robe* fitting tight to the body, and buttoning up to the chin like a soldier’s jacket, pa letots fastened iu every respect like those of men, only mede of silk; nnd bonnet* resembling corpu lent and apoplectic coal scuttles. There i* no cav ing what some people may not Ho, to be thought exclusively fashionable; and there iano disputing ike truth, that ail silly people in this way do not re side in Franco. It appears by the following from the Red River, La., Republican, that General Gaines and his gal lant lady have commenced running their claims up on some of the interior country uf Louisiana, as well us tho great city. May they receive every rood rightfully theirs.—Mem. Eagle- The Red River Republican slates that Gen. Gaines and his wife, Mrs. Myra Gainot, have laid claim, under the succession ef the late Daniel Clarke, lo a large and valuable tract of land on Bayou Beoulf, comprising a front of at loaat 20 mile* on laid bayou, oil of tho moil ohoice land, in high cultivation. The claim covers thirty of the beit plantations in the State. By the tax list, the lands it includes are assessed at $463,035. On the land* there are 1967 slaves, and about 10.000 bales of cotton raised annually. All the present possessors hava been notified of the In.titution of the salt for the recovery of the land* they occupy.' . of tl»« Constitution by the THE CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS. We received through a friend at Galveston a co py of the Constitution ol Texns. In most of its essential feuiurea it resembles those of the old States of tho Union. Wo hot row a synopsis ol'its principal pruvisions from the Picayune : Every free male person, twenty-one years of age, who shall be a citizen of the United States, or who is, at tho time of the adoption of the Texas Constitution by the Congress of the United Stales, a citizen of the Republic of Texas, ami shall have resided in the State one year next ptecedingnn election, and tho Inst six months within tho Dis trict, county, city or town in which he offers to vote (Indians not taxed, Africans and descendants of Africans excepted] is to be deemed a qualified elector. The term of offico of members of the House is two years, nnd the sessions of tho Legislature are biennial. To he eligible to the House, one must bo a citizen of the United States, or, nl the time of the adoption of tho Constitution, a citizen of the Republic of Texas nnd an inhabitant of the State for two years next preceding his eluclion, nnd the last year thereof a citizon of the county, city, or town for which he shall bo chosen, und have attain ed the age of twenty one years at the lime of his election. Tite term of the Senators is four years, and they are to be divided into tivoclusses, so that one hnlf may be choson biennially. The additional quulifi- cation for Senators, is tu have been an inhabitant for three yenrs, and to be thirty years of age. No minister of the Gospel or priest is eligible to the Legislature. Tite Executive is to nominato the Judges of tho Supreme and District Courts, and with tho advice of two-thirds of the Senate, commission them for six years. Tho Attorney General is appointed in tho same manner and holds his commission for two years. The Governor is to hold his offico lor two years and shall not be tligible for more than four years in any term of six years. His other qualifications are like a Senator’s. Tho salary of the first Gov ernor is to he $2,000, and no more. He can hold no oilier office or commission, civil or military. No minister of the Gospel is required lo perform militnry duly, work on reads,or serve on juries. The oath uf office is performed, that in addition to the usual provisions, one must swear that since the adoption of tho Constitution he has not fought a duel within or without llto State ; nor sent or accepted u challenge ; nor any way aided or as sisted any person thus offending. And all who shall offend, (by fighting a duo!, ac cepting a challenge, &c..) ufterllie adoption of the constitution, shall ho deprived of holding any office of trust or profit. In all elections by tho people >ho vote is to be by ballot, till ilia Legislature otherwise direct ; in elections by the Senate or tho House, (except their own officer,] the vote shall be viva voce. No member of Congress, nor person holding of. fice under tho United States or either of them, or a foreign power, is eligible to the Legislature, or can hold office under the Stale. The laws aro lo bo revised five yenrs after the adoption of llto Constitution and published ; nnd the same repeated every ton years thereafter. No lottery can be authorized by the State, and the buying and soiling of tickets is prohibited. No divorce can be granted by tho Legislature. All property, both real nnd personal of the wife, owned or claimed by her before murriago, nnd that acquired afterwards by gift, devise or descent.shall be her separate property f'and laws shall bo pass, ed more clearly defining the rights of the wife, in relation us well to her sopnrate property as that held in common with her husband. Lnws shall also bo passed providing for llto registration of tite wife’s separate properly. All claims, locations, surveys, grants and titles to lands, which aro declared null and void by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, are, and the same shall remain forever, null and void. No corporate body shall he created, renewed or extended, with hanking or discoonliog privileges. No private corporation shall be created, unless tho bill creating it ahull bo passed by two.thirds of botii houses of the Legislature ; and two-thirds of (lie Legislature shall have power to revoke und re peal a|l private corporations, by muking compensn tion for the franchise. And tite State shall not be part owner of the slock or property belonging lo uny corporation. Tho Legislature shall prohibit by law individu als from issuing bills, checks, promissory notes, or other paper to citeulate as money. The ordinance passed by the Convention on the 4lli day of July last, assontiog to llto overtures of tho Annexation of Texas to tho United States, shall bo attached to tho Constitution, and form it port of the same. This must be continually borne in mind, as tho creation of new States is therein provided for, The city of Austin is assigned as the seat of go, vernmenl until 1850, ufior which it is to be located by the people, by a vote to bo taken in March, in a mode pointed out. The Supremo Court has appellate jurisdiction only; the District Courts have jurisdiction butlt in law and equity ; and iu all cases in equity, either party may claim a trial by jury. The pardoning power is vested in tho Executive except incases of treason and inpenchinent. The Governor possesses the veto power, qualified, how. ovor, as in the United States Constitution; In no case can tho Legislature authorize tho is. sue of irensnry warrants or treasury notes, or pa per of any description, to circulute us money. Tho Legislature has power tu protect by law, from forced sale, a certain portion uf llto property of all heads of families. The homestead of n fuinily not to cxcuod two hundred acres uf land, (not included in a town or city.) or any (own or ci ty lot or lots, in vnluo not to exceed $2000, shall not bo subject to forced sale for any debts hereaf ter contracted ; nor shall the owner, if a married tnan.be at liberty to alienate the same, unless by the consent of the wife, in such manner as tite Legislature tnay hercaftor point out. Taxuliou is lo be uniform throughout tha Slate; the Legislature may pass an income tax, and it tnay exempt from taxation $250 worth of tho household furniture or other property belonging to each fam ily in the State. The Legislature cannot contract dobts to exceed in the aggregate the sum of $100,000, except in case of war, to repel invasions, or suppress insur rection ? and in no oaso shall any amount be bor rowed, except by a veto of two lhirds of both hous es uf the Legislature. Ample provisions aro mode for education. Tite vote upon the adoption of the Constitution is to be viva voce. Should it appeur from the re turns tu have been adopted, the president on or be. fore tiio second Monday in November next is to sident is t„ convene the Slate Legislature, when the votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, dec., tire to he counted, and the persons elected at once instulled. The Legislature shall proceed as early at prac. ticuble loeluct Senators to represent the State in the Senate ol the United Slates ; and alsn provide fur tho election of Representative* to the Congress of the United Slate*. The President of Texas, immediately after the inauguration of the Governor, is lo deliver to him all Die records, public money, documents, archives, and public property of every description whatso ever, under the control of the Executive branch uf tho Government; and the Governor shall dispose, of the same in such manner as the Legislature may direct. The first general election for Governor, Lieu, tenant Governor, and members of the Legislature after the organization of the Government, shall take plucu on the first Monday in November, 1837 and sltull bo held bienniully thereafter, on the first Monday in November, until otherwise provided by the Legislature; und the Governor and Lieu tenant Governor elected in December next, shall hold tlieir offices until the installation in office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to bo elec- ted in the year 1847; INTERESTING FACTS. The population of tho enrllt is estimated at ono thousand millions. Thirty millions die annually, eighty.two thousand daily, three thousand and four hundred und twenty-one every hour, and fifty sev. en every minute. In Greeco it was the custom at meals for the two sexes always to eat separately. Tite Romans lay on couches at tlieir dining ta bles on tlieir left arm, eating with tlieir right. It is estimated 245,000 persons liuve been nnnu. ally killed in battle, for the Inst four thousand years to say nothing of the wounded. * Noah’s Ark was 547 English feet long; 91 broad, und 54 high. The wulls of Ninevnlt were 100 feet high, and thick enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon was 60 miles within the walls which were 75 feet thick nnd 300feel high. Tho (urgest pyramid is 481 leet high. A clean skin is as necessary to health ns food. 0*i one of the peaks of the Alps there is o block uf granite weighing by estimate, 131.508 tons, so nicely balanced on its centre of grnvity, that a single man may give it a rocking motion. Vinegar boiled with myrrh or camphor, sprin kled in a room, corrects putridity. Hops entwine to the loft, and beans to the right. Gold may be beaten into leaves so thin that 280- 000 would be un inch thick. Tho earth is 9,910 miles in diameter, and 21,- 880 miles round. Forests of standing trees liavn been discovered in Yorkshire, England, and Ireland, imbedded in stone. Fossil remains on llto Ohio provo that it was once covored by theseu. When tho sea is a bluo color it is deep water, and when green shallow. A map of China, made 1,000 years before Christ is still in existence. The 14th day of January, on an average of years, is the coldest day in'the year. Iu water, sound passes at the rate of 4,700 feet per second. A hand used for horses is four inches. Ezekiel's reed was 10 I’eot 11} inches long. There are 2,500 known species of fishes. Perfectly white ents ure deaf. Tite hones of birds ore hollow, nnd filled with air instead of marrow. A single house fiy produces in ono season 20,. 080,320. In tho human body there nru 340 hones. There is Iron enough in the blood of 42 men to make 50 horse shoes, each weighing hulf pound. A man is toiler in tho morning by half an inch than ho is at night. Water is the only universal medicine; by it nil diseases may be alleviated or cured. About tliu* age of 30, it is said the lean man be comes fatlor and the ful man leaner. The atoms composing a man arc believed to be changed every 48 days, and the bones in a few months. "I MARK ONLY TUB HOURS THAT SlIINR. TIlO above, if wo rightly remember, is the inscription on a sun-dial in Itnlv. It inculcates n beautiful lesson which loo many are prono to disregard. It would tench us to remember tbo bright days of life, and not lo forget the blessings God is giving ns.— Life, it is true, is not all bright and beautiful.— But still it lias its lights n9 well as its shades, and it is neither wiso nor grateful to dwell ton much upon the dnrker portions of the picture, lie who looks upon the bright sitlo of life, and makes tho best of everything, will, wo think, oilier things be ing equal, be n brighter and happier man, than those who, ns Franklin snys, “are ulwuys looking nt tho ugly leg,” and find occasion for complaint nnd censure in almost every thing thoy meet with. issue his proclamation, directing and requiring elections to be holden on the third Monday in De comber noxt, for the office of Governor, Lieuten ant Governor, and members of the State and House of Representatives of the State Legislature, in ac cordance with llto appointment of represeutaiioo directed by Die Constitution A Practical Joke.—As two friends wore walk ing up Williuttt street, just before sun.down, n few days ago, (snys the Boston correspondent of the N. Y. Star,) ono remarked lo the other, “I’ll bet you a Leary that I will catch you before you can get to the church on the corner, (two hundred ynrds off.) and give you hulf the distanco uheod. “Done,” cried the other, and half tite distance being walked off, the runner cried “ready,” and started like u streak of lightning for tho goul. “Slop thief! stop that long-legged thief!” was roared in a voice of thunder. The runner saw through the trick, hut still kept on,hoping to win, befure his arrest; but another “stop thief!” turn evory person ahead of him round, and his further progress wns checked. Bite joker came up, relieved the person lie hud caused to be made a prisoner so unceremoniously, and the two walked off arm.in-arm. Tho winner not only generously refuses tho hat but declare that he will present his friend with a superb castor, for the good nature with which he submits to tho joke. Scene in a School Room.—'• First class in philosophy, come up. lchitbod, what nro the prop, erties of heat J” “ The properties of lioat is to baku bread, bilo water, cook eggs, nnd” "Stop—next. VVItnl ure the properties of heat?" “Tho properties of heut is to warm your toes, when they gets cold, by holding ’em to the firo, and ro forth,” “Next. What ure the properties of heat, So. Ion ?" “The chief properties of heat is that it expends bodies, while cold contracts them." ••Very good, Solon. Can you give an example?” “Yes, sir. In summer when it is hot, the day Is long ; in winter, when.it U cold, it gel* lo be va ry short.” “Go to the head, Solon : boys, take your seals and the learned pedagogue was lost in wonder, that Sk«*«*tasRl Ainoax Inr a Aadthaaghua Uka night («■ Aad musle's ■ Thrill’* lei Holt a* tha twiUgH OreadaneaaarMrda;—. Bo soft, 1’ra taaalad is ibaj la's a*irU,«lMr ,lB »*r (Saita* a twilight Ibaat * * * * * * - * * * I have hoard of a man who threatened 1 face fora libel upon his ebtraetwt—** man must have been Prentiea. There to feature uf his face at all expressive of say —. particular—tu eye which flash**.with tW : l of genius, but 1* almost lost in tha j which surround it. He could have t' high on the list of poets, but he eraT. »f Po'i'ics, and the iphemeral tlfSSSTStEZ tisun editor—a species of worldly wisdom much to be rogretled by all lovers of poetry. [From the N. Y. Jew. of Coat.] An Lxtraordinart Fact.—An old man died last summer in Pori* at the advanced age of eighty five, who wns a perfect miser. He came to Paris, accompanied by his son, about three years since! in the most abject stn'e of poverty. They depen ded entirely upon tha charily of their neighbor* for subsistence, and were in the daily habit of begging from door lo door for something lo support them. Out) of liui neighbors, having missed seeing ibtolj man lor a few days, went in search of him, and found him just breathing hi* last in a miserable ho- vel destitute of every necessary. He was lying on a heap of straw in one corner of the hut, with 6 out any covering. In the tamo place we* his eon. ubout sixteen year* old, with scarcely a rag to cdf or him, crying most piieou*ly. On asking the rea. son, he said his father had been without any food for tnote than two days, and that he had not asous to purchase any. Observing near the straw* large iron bound chest he inquired what it contain ed, the son replied that his father had told him it was full of iron. Ho then proposed selling it, and having procured a key, they opened it; but whet was tlieir astonishment on finding it filled with gold pieces (coins of Louis lflth) instead of iron, amounting in all to ono hundred and fifty thousand francs, ($30,000.) It wus supposed the Old own had accumulated this large sum by begging. Hia son became almost insane on the receipt of this fortune, but lie amply rewarded the neighbor who had assisted him. The Public Lands —The Washington Union says that Hie public lands subject to sale at this lime, are included in the following States and Ter ritories, to wit: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, Arkan sas, ami Florida, and the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin. The whole amount of publio lands sold in 1844 was 1,754.120 acres; the proceeds of which uinouiitcd to $2,205 850. The largest n* mount of sales was mode in Illinois, being 480,- 410 ucros—showing the rspld growth of that young Statu. Tho smallest quantity was sold in Florida, being 14,714 ncres—owing doubtless, to tho recent difficulties with the Indluos in that Ter ritory. Missouri ranks next lo Illinois in the a- mount of sales, being 449,531 acre*. From the 1st of January until tho 31st of August, 1845, be ing eight months, the saies in all the States and Territories already specified amounted to 1,084,. 400 acres ; the proceeds of which amounted to 1,. 382.050. Here,aguin, the largest amount of sales has been mode in Illinois; the next in Wisconsin Territory ; and tbe smallest in Florida. The whole amount of sales for 1845, if proportionate, will about equal the sales of 1844/ Indian Eloquence.—Wo see recorded a bold figure of speech, used at the great cbuncil of the Seneca Nation, held last week near Buffalo. Tho subject of removing these Indians aoross the Mis sissippi being under discussion, several chiefs in sisted that the whites had not kept to the term* pro* mised to the bands of Iroquis which had already migrated lo Green Bay, from this State. One In dian speaker, John Mitten, said ‘that he wished tore- main near the graves of his fathers, till the Great Spirit called him home; that he had not confidence in h:s white father; why should he have 1 HI* while fathers had murdered their Saviour, and what kind of treatment could a poor Indian expect from men who had killed the son of God t” A Good Reason.—A Locofuco paper, which it endorsed by tho Washington Journal, mukes the futluwing queer confessions ; “Graduates of Colleges are in nearly nine cases out of ten Whigs. So natural is it for them to cast their political fortunes with that parly that we have frequently been surprised at the result of our own ohssrvntiun of the fuel, while unable to ac count for it. As incredible as it may seem, wr never yet have been acquainted with a Presbyteri an clergyman who was n Democrat. They have been Witigs universally ; nnd it is well known that nearly nr quite all of the clergyman of that denom ination are graduates of Colleges. Observation will also demonstrate (he fact that a large majority of our professional men of all classes are of tho sutne political caste, pailicularly of those who have been run through those machines for making young uristocrats.” We have always believod that the better educat ed and more onlightened a citizen might be, tho mure surely would lie be a Whig. This is the first time, in our experience, thul a Locofoco editor has buen frank enough to acknowledge a fact so incon- teslioly condemnatory of the principles and char acter of his own party.—North American. An odd Problem.—There was a famous pro. blent among the Stoics, culled >he Psendomcnot, which was lo this purpose :—When a man *ays, •I lie,’ does he lie, or does he nut t If he liee, ha spouks truth; if he speaks trtun he liee.* Many were tite hooks that their piiilosophere wrote in or der to solve this problem. Chrisippu* favored the world with no fewer thunsix ; and Philoias studied himself to death iu his attempts to solve it. Home.—There is a world where no storme in trude, n Imven of safely against the* tempesti of life. A little world of.joy and love, of fnnocetico and tranquillly. Suspicions are not there, nor jeAl* | ousies, nor falsehood with her double longue, nor the venom of slander. Peace emhracetn it with outsproad wings. Plenty broodelh there. When a man enlercth it. lie forgntelh hit sorrow*, pad I cares, and disappointments ; he openeth his been ( to confidence, and to plcasuro not mingled with ro* morse. This world is Hie well orddred home of a virtuous and nmiuble woman. Upon, receiving intelligence of tho acceptance ao familiar ao instance of illustration should have ~ ' t U. 8.Congress, the Pie- escaped hit philosophic mind. Value of Real aad Personal Property in Ntto York City.—The assessed valuation uf real and prrsontil property iu the city nf New York for 1845. amount* to $177,160,790. The valuation qf 1844 was $171,936,501, au that there to ad in- crease uf ilia value uf real estate ia every Ward except the Firtr, where there to a dteliue of $538,. 006. Tite valuation of personal property to $63.. 777,627 94. while that for 1944 was estimated*' $04,033,456 811.