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Jfamil&Wsitor pruusnEp bt BENJAMIN G. LIDPON. MADISON, GEORGIA s SATURDAY, FEB. 23,1856. AGENTS FOR THE VISITOR: Mr. W*. B. Wilet, Agent for the Fort Gaines Academy lottery, for Greensboro, Eaumton and Madison, it authorized to collect and receipt for tbit payer. Thomas Flrmivo, Atlanta, Ga., is au autoriicd agent for this paper. Mr. David A.Chockgtt is authorized to receive and receipt for subscriptions to this paper. Wm. M. C. >' km., is our authorized Agent in Jackson Cuuutv, Fla. G. \V. Wr att is our authorized agcntatEbcnc (*r, Morgan County, Ga. L. C. Faulctt t. our authorized agent, Troup rlilc, Ga. TRUE! TRUE!! A late writer says, no one can want food and remain virtuous. Making shirts at ten ccntg a piece would put the devil into the head of a Vestal virgin. Low wages and dear beef lead to more seductions than Byron's Don Jnan. llow trup, lamentably true! Though a man's sins may mount to the sky, and they be of the blackest kind, by a true repen tance, or artful dissimulation, they may be restored and received into the best so ciety. In fact, the more abandoned the man may have been before, the better re ceived and more caressed he is after he reforms. That is right, ami speaks well for the kind heart of woman. But how different is this kind-hearted ness and charity manifested towards one who lias erred of their own sex. Not the slightest idea ever enters their heads to help and save their sister from deeper de gradation and misery, even though repen tance may be deep and true in the heart of the erring one. No, she is scorned and avoided by her own sex, no matter what may have been the cause of the first false step. No hand is stretched out to save, and even before, none to prevent the im pending evil. That is wrong, and speaks bad for the un-christian heart of woman. On the Mount of Olives, our Savior gave quite a different example than this. When the woman was brought before him and accused of adultery, the penalty for which crime, according to the law of Moses, was that she should he stoned, the Savior “stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, at though he heard them not," when the scribes and Pharisees told Him the law, and asked Him, “ What sayest thou ?” They continued asking him, and “he lifted up himself and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone." And after “ they which heard it, being convinced by their oxen conscience had departed, and Jesus was left alone with the woman, lie asked for her accusers, and none were there to condemn her, he said—“ Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.” Oh, how beautiful, how sweet is the kindly exercise of charity! Hero was a virtual confession, by our Savior, of the criminality of the woman, and yet lie forgave her, and by so doing, saved her from farther sin. How different the charity of the present day I Those who by artful secrecy are able to hide their own faults, are the first to expose the same in another, and turn the lip of scorn even at the hare mention of the name of the suspected or actually erring person. What a lesson this is for the heart to learn, and how much profit, in another world, and good, in this world, may he achieved by studying it thorough ly. There is a fountain of good in every human heart that would How out if tl e channels were not turned by the falsity and absurdity of fashions ami customs.— Many have already been ruined by weak ness or treachery, hut millions will not number those who have fallen by Slander. Apropos to this subject are the follow ing verses by Moore: “ Oh, woman! if by simple wile Tliy soul has stray’d from honor’s track ’Tis mercy only can beguile, By gentle ways, the wnnd’rer back. “The stain that on thy virtue lies, Wash'd by thy tears, may yet decay ; As clouds that sully morning skies May all be swept in show’rs away. “ Go, go—be innocent, and live— The tongue of men may wound thee sore; But heav’n in pity can forgive, And bids thee “go, and sin no more!” BALM OF A THOUSAND FLOWERS. The name is grandiloquent, gaudy, sweet and ptetty, and leads a person to expect either much or nothing—either a great remedy or a humbug. “ Balm of a Thou sand Flowers!” What a concentration of sweet things! What an immensity of vir tue, for flowers are innocent! What an assemblage of beauty, for flowers are the ornaments of earth! What an extensive commingling of delights, for every flower delights the senses, and helps to elevate the man! What an excruciatingbleuding of the aromas of many sweet things. Ah! it is good!—it is doubly good!—it is ex cellent !—it is what it is represented!—it is no humbug! Do you want to beautify your complexion—to curl your hair—to shave easy—to have a sweet and perfumed breath —get the “ Balm of a Thousand Flowers!” You’ve heard enough of it. It’s all true. Read the advertisements, and call at the Book Store before the sup ply m exhausted. fll llllil DEATH OF MRS. lIENTZ. We regret to learn from the Marianna Patriot, (Florida,) of the death of Mrs. Caroline Lee llestz, so well known to the reading world as one of the most popular and charming ofSouthern writers. An abler pen than our own should indite an appropriate eulogy to the memory of the deceased. MANUFACTURE OF BROOMS. There are eight manufactories of brooms in the town of Poland, Ohio, which turn out about three hundred dozen per week, or 150,000 dozen tbrongli the year. Yes, and if one of those factories were in Georgia, even though they made ever so good work, they would starve to death for want of support. Southerners must have every thing they use bought at the North, so as to enable the abolitionists to have tlie use of the money for “ under ground railroad ” purposes. We have known of several “ broom factories” that were started in Georgia, and failed just because they would have promoted home industry had they been patronized. PROTECTION OF GAME. A hill is before the House of Delegates of Maryland, (which is very humane and necessary,) to prevent the “taking, killing nnd sale of partridges or quads, woodcocks and pheasants” out of season. It should become a law in every State in the Union. The wanton destruction of game at all seasons of the year is foolish, and ought to lie punishable. There is nothing gained by it, for if a person kills one bird in Jan uary that, it allowed to live until October, would have produced ten more, we think many shots and much good sport is lost— besides, in October we would have tat birds, and plenty of them. The same ap plies to every State, with only a slight variation in the seasons in different cli mates. We wish that the Georgia Legis lature would pass a similar law, and make it, like the Maryland law, punishable by a fine of five dollars nnd accruing costs, for any one so offending, “ half the fine to go to tlie informer, who is made a competent witness to the facts in the case.” Game is not too abundant now, and is gradually getting less so, nnd if we have not luws to protect it, soon the sportsman’s “ occupa tion will bo gone.” SAVE YOUR MONEY. Yes, after it is once made it ought to ho saved. It is within our recollection when we once had plenty of money—at least more than we needed for our daily sup port, hut wo could not keep it, nnd now we are in want. Why was it? Because Heiiiiino had not then made one of his celebrated (however, read the advertise ment, tho name is too long to repeat now,) Safes. If we bad bad one, nobody could hive taken that which “was mine, ’tis his, and had been slave to thousands,” (that’s not exactly tho quotation, though,) nnd we would now have been in comparative ease—no debts, a house full of provisions, a fence round tlie lot. good garden, two pigs, a cow, nnd—baby. Those Safes are wonderful! THE “GREAT USED UP." Bnrnnni is broke—“gone by the board ” —as everybody says. The great Clock making establishment of Jerome <fc Cos. lias failed, and Barnum, who was endorser for the concern, is said to have lost his all. The price of clocks must advance at least one-eighth to a quarter of a farthing each. What a pity. Those who have clocks, let them keep 'em, for they are getting valu able ; those who have not, had not better buy, for time is now a precious article and will be more so. Wo don’t believe that Barnum is broke. It is only a change in the schedule of hum buggery, to elicit symputhy and get great prices for his property. We’ll liet (though not a sporting character) tlie slump of a cigar which we now gracefully hold in our mouth, that it will not be long before Barnum will own the whole of that clock factory, and—more too. He didn’t give the least intimation of his connection with this factory, in his autobiography, or we would have been prepared for these “ as tounding developments.” We think tlie following remarks of the Charleston Mercury are very true, and worthy of being copied. We think so: “ As for Barmiin, nobody need spend a sigh on him. lie will always fall on his feet and be sure of a living. But the ideu that tlie inventor of Joyce Heath, the Fcejee Mermaid and Tom Thumb, should at last lie circumvented by a Wooden- Clock Company, in his own native dis trict, has something in it very melo-dra matic, retributive and edifying.” Infokmaiion Wanted, —A man bv the name of William Reeves, who was residing with his family in this city, has been missing since the 24 th of January, lie is a common laborer, and is about fifty years of age. It is feared that he has fallen into the hands of the “ lime juicers,” who have shipped for parts un known. Any information respecting him would bo thankfully received bv his family aud friends iu Charleston.— Char. Mercury. Have Something to Do.—The secret of all success in life, of all greatness, nay, of all happiness is to live for a purpose. There are many persons always l usy, who yet have no great purpose in view. They fritter away their energies on a hundred things, never accomplishing anything, because never giving their in dividual attention ta any ona thing. NEWS ITEMS. lt is stated that foreign despatches received at Washington show that peace is definitely settled, leaving specific terms to be arranged by negotiation. Con ferences will be held at Paris. Lord Clarendon was to have left London for Paris on the 28th of January. Nicaragua, or the Walker Rivas government, has suspended diplomatic intercourse witii the United States, be cause tho President refused to receive Mr. French as minister. lt is believed in Washington, that the American convention which is to assemble at Philadelphia on the 22d inst., will postjione the nomination of a candidate for President. Captain Judkins, of the steamer Persia, gives it as his opinion, that the missing steamer Pacific has-been dis abled, and returned to the nearest Eu ropean port. Tlie Nashville race course was sold a few days ago for $25,000j W. J- Phillips was the purchaser. We learn from the Chattanooga papers that the first train of ears passed over the Tennessee bridgo on the 15th instant. Tho Capitol of Oregon lias been destroyed by fire. It is thought to be caused by an incendiary. A letter from Paris says:—“Paris is in a state of fearful commotion, which is daily extending itself through out the whole of France. The growing unpopularity of Louis Napoleon is such that tho citizens refused to acknowledge with one cheer of welcome his soldiers on their return from the Crimea, which sacrifice of national character to personal hostility, was bitterly commented on by the emperor, who exclaimed: I can easily understand your silence as to ‘ vivo I’om pereur,’ but not this reception of your brethren on their return from a glorious campaign.” Tho ice blockade has subjected Richmond, Va., to a slate of siege. The allowance of coal it is stated, is very nearly exhausted, and the quantity brought in daily from the pits is not adequate to the wants of the e.oimnuiiiiv. Already tho gas lights are turned off before midnight, in consequence of u deficiency in the supply of coal at the gas works. It is also said that the stock of corn, meal and sugar is rapidly di minishing, and the price of the latter articles have gone up almost to the war figure. lntelligence has been received bv the government, by the steamer St. Louis, at New York, that the sloop of-war John Adams had burned five of the largest towns on the Feojee Islands, in conse quence of several American ships having been plundered. A treaty was after wards signed. Tho Evening Post contains a let ter from Sam Houston to the President, in which the writer declares that no con sideration could induce him to remain at Washington in an official position. Tho freezing of the Mississippi river throughout its entire length is set down as a circumstance unprecedented in tho memory of any one living, nnd tradition fails to furnish a parallel. The “oldest inhabitant” has for once been deficient in a record. The ice has partially broken up in the Baltic, and navigation was being resumed in the Crimea. Gortschakoff has turned over his command to General Luders. The army was healthy. On the 9th of January, the Rus sians made an expedition over the ice with a view to attack Kertch, but find ing the allies on the alert, they with drew. A steam boiler explodeded in Lon don, Canada West, a few days since, blowing the building to atoms, and burying 30 men in the ruins. Five of the men were killed and nine wounded. Os the forty-nine Greenfield ladies who gave as many gentlemen a sleigh ride last week, and a supper in Deerfield, sixteen were single, and thirty-three were married—and of the thirty three, only ten invited their husbands; the quotient twenty-three found more agree able companions. Such are leap-year amusements. On Sunday morning last, says the Baltimore Clipper, the wife of Mr. Wer ner Knoble residing on Cotton Avenue, gave birth to a female child, which pre sents a most singular case of malforma tion. It has neither legs nor arms, and the feet seems to be growing from the side of the body. The child is living and doing well. The Buffalo Courier says the Erie Railroad has been, for some time, at a daily expense of $2,000 for fodder for cattle on trains detained by the snow storm. The New-York Times says; There are, at present, about one hundred and fifty vessels over due, many of them heavily freighted with living cargoes. Tbe Richmond papers state that counterfeit notes are said to be quite abundant in that city at this time, es pecially on the North Carolina banks. The Dispatch has been shown one on the Bank of Cape Fear, which eould have been passed upon the unsuspecting without trouble. —Ou the night of the 15th, the store of Mr. B. L. Schmitt, No. 46 Dev st, New York, was entered by burglars and robbed of between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars worth of dry goods. The thieves got into the store from the hall leading into the upper part of tbe building, by cutting out one of tbe pauels of tbe partition. ln New Brunswick, the operation of the liquor law has caused much ex citement and some rioting. Several officers, while searching for liquor near Woodstock, were assaulted by a crowd, and in the fight which followed, a num ber of persons were severely injured. The down passenger train on the Georgia Railioad ran off two miles be low Slone Mountain on Saturday, killing a dozen beavesand injuring—not serious ly—five or six passengers. The defaulting Wisconsin Trea surer has turned over all his property to the State; sufficient, it is supjiosed, to cover the abstracted sums. ln obedieiieo to tbe call of the Mayor, the citizens of Augusta were to meet on Friday evening to consult to gether as to the policy of subscribing $500,000 of stock in tbe Savannah Val ley Railroad Company. ln the Senate on Wednesday, Mr. Sumner pres, nted the joint resolution of tho Massachusetts Legislature, complain ing of the slave law as uncon stitutional, and asking its repeal; also, calling on the President of the United Slates to take effectual means to protect the sovereignly of the people in Kansas against outrages from invaders. Col. Orr and Mr. Howell Cobh have returned from their exenrsion to New Hampshire, where they addressed large and enthusiastic bodies of men, on the poliiio-.il topics of the day, and made a most favorable impression. W. 11. Lewis has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, for robbing tho United States mail, at Cahawba- Alabama. Daniel 11. Smith has been sentenced for a like offence in Monroe county, Ala., to teu years’ imprison ment. ln the House of Representatives, on lhui'sday sen'niglit, memorials were presented contesting the seats of Mr. \\ bitfield, of Kansas; Mr. Allen, of III.; Mr. Gallegos, of New Mexico, and Mr. Euslis, of Louisiana. Mr.- Cass has so far recovered from tho effects of his recent accident that he will resume his seat in the Senate prob ably next week. lf you can paint fire with charcoal, light with chalk, and make colors live and breathe, then you can with words give a faint idea of the excellence and magic effects of Perry Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer. Its reputation is of world wide renown; its introduction is received with great favor iu foreign lands. Win. A Harris, Esq., Senator from Worlh county, lias been appointed one of tho Governor’s Aid-de-Camps, with the rank of Colonel. The President's Proclamation re lative to affairs in Kansas, appears to have been called forth by the fact of Mr- Robinson, the Governor elect of Kansas, hnv ng sent an appeal to the Northern States’governments for aid against the apprehended invasion. 1 lie Milledgeville Recorder thinks the Legislature will not adjourn before the last of next week, if then. No tears will he shed when it disperses. The Supreme -ourt of Georgia has decided ill favor of Messrs, ratten and Mustain, in the matter of the sale of the Muscogee Railroad stock. —On Wednesday night, 6th ins*., Lugg's paper mill at Papertown, Cum berland county, Pa., was destroyed by fire. The statistics of the Massachusetts Legislature state that one geutieman be lungs to that body. Dr. Orestes A. Rrownson has taken up his residence in New Yoik. W. D. Howard, said to be tbe richest man in California, died on the 19th ult. The Missouri river is frozen over to the depth of tlia-e and a half feet at St. Louis. A Yankee Irick.—A tellow in Ver mont turned New Year’s day to some little account, lie crossed the “line” and drank three glasses of French brandy. He immediately returned home and charged his neighbors twelve and a-half cents to smell bis breath. Our inform ant says that he made nineteen dollars in three hours. This, we think, conies uuder tbe bead of sharp practice! Report OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE. Below we give the report of the Com mittee on tbe Tennessee suits against the State Railroad, which will, no doubt, be interesting to all of our readers ; Your Committee, appointed by Re solution of the Senate, in accordance with the recommendation of bis Excel lency the Governor, contained in his message, in relation to Suits, by certain citizens of tbe State of Tennessee in the courts of that State, against the State of Georgia, for alledged damages claimed to have been sustained by those citizens, for failing to ship promptly, and for un seasonable detention of produce and merchandise owned by said citizens, and registered for shipment or transportation over the Western and Atlantic Railroad, have had those suits, the evidence and the proceedings had therein, under con sideration, and beg leave to make the fol lowing report: To have a proper understanding of the question under consideration it will be necessary to examine the Legislation of the State of Tennessee, conferring on the State of Georgia, the right to con struct a paitof the Western and Atlantic Railroad in that State. The State of Tennessee by an act of her Legislature passed January 24th, 1838 —granted to the State of Georgia the right to extend and construct the Western mid Atlantic Railroad from the Georgia line to the Tennessee river, with all the privileges, rights and immunities, and subject to the same restrictions, as far as they are applicable as were grant ed by the State of Tennessee to the Ili wassee Railroad Company. The State of Tennessee by act of her Legislature passed Febuary 3d, 1846 —conferred upon the State of Georgia, so far as the Western and Atlantic Railroad is con cerned, all the lights, privileges and im munities, with the same restrictions as were conferred by that State on the Nash ville and Chattanooga Railroad Compa ny. By virtue of the privileges confer red by these acts, the State of Georgia constructed a portion of tho Western and Atlantic Railroad iu the Slate of Tennessee, upon the terms specified in tlie above recited acts. Your Committee are of the opinion, that the State of Georgia by accepting the terms, privi leges and immunities, as well as the re Unctions specified in the acts above mentioned, becomes liable to be sued in the Courts of Tennessee, and consented to waive so much of her sovereignty, as to Authorize suits to bo brought in those Courts, for causes of action arising in the State of Tennessee, for injuries, de fault, or negligence on the part of the Agents of the Western & Atlantic Rail road. Your Committee are of the opin ion that tho causes of these suits origi natod for the want of a sufficient equip age of locomotives aud cars to transact the business of the road. In the year 1852, the amount of pro duce offered for transportation over the Western and Atlantic Railroad was very large, and the facilities of the road for doing a heavy business were very limited. The road was- mainly dependent for freight cars, on the Georgia, Macon it Western, and Central Railroads, which roads to some extent claimed and exer cised the right to prescribe the quality of freight transported in their respective cars, lit consequence of the exercise of this right, great difficulty arose in transporting the freights over the road in the order of their registry, and mos. of the suits submitted to our examina tion were predicated on a claim tor dam ages in behalf of the plaintiffs for non shipment of pioduce, registered by them for transportation over the road, within a reasonable time, and in the order of their registry. Annexed to this report is a statement of the number of suits brought, for what brought, of the amount claimed, and of those determined, how much recovered, together with a brief of the evidence, iu those cases, and the proceedings had therein. The suits have lieen brought not against the State of Georgia, as defendant, but against the Western & Atlantic Itailroad, which your committee consider irregular and erroneous, inasmuch as there is no such natural person as the VVestem <fc Atlan tic Railroad, neither has there been created by the legislation of tiie Stale of Georgia or Tennessee, any such artificial person or corporation, for all tlie righ s privileges and immunities conferred by the State of Tennessee, were conferred upon the State of Georgia, and not upon a company called the Western <fc Allan tic Railroad. The Western <fc Atlantic Railroad is not a company or corporation, but simply the name of a line of rail road, extending from the oity of Atlanta to the city of Chattanooga, and is the property of the State of Georgia; con sequently, we are of the opinion, that there is, and was, no defendant in these cases, and the proceedings bad tßerein were, and are void as against the State of Georgia, and the judgments had thereon of no binding force or effect U|>on the property of the State of Georgia situated in Tennessee or elsewhere.— Most of the cases decided, have been determined by submission to arbitrators. Your committee would recommend, that the cases still pending, be vigorously defended in the courts of Tennessee, and that no more of them be submi:ted lo arbitration. Your committee would fur ther recommend, that the road be equip ped in such a manner as to enable the agents to transact the business offeredi with dispatch and promptness, which we believe would largely increase the profits of the road, and greatly benefit the citi zens of our State residing on that line of the road. We would further recom mend, that a freight list be established, graduated iu proportion to the distance which freights are carried over that road. Your committee are divided iu opinion on the question, as to whether Georgia ought or ought not, to sell, or disjiose of, that portion of the Western Je Atlantic Railroad lying iu the State of Tennessee; and upon that subject, beg leave to m ike no further report. All of which is respectfully submitted. F. 11. Cone, Chairman. Tho War in Kansas. Gen. Stringfellow is still “slashing round " iu Kansas. He has just issued a notice, in which he says : “It seems now to be certain that we shall have to give the abolitionists at least one good thrasLing before political matters can be settled in tins territory. To do so we must have arms; we have the men. I propose to raise funds to furnish Colt’s revolvers and other arms for those who are without them. I pro pose to do so without taxing any one but myself. I will sell some shaies of town stock in the territory, and bind myself to invest all the money in the above articles, which shall he loaned to such soldiers as are unable to purchase them, and shall remain for such use for the space of one or two years. The arms to be used by the volunteers and militia of Atchison count) - , when iu service.” Singular Fact. No citizen of the United States was ever executed for treason. It is quite probable that this is the only govern ment in the world in which the same thing can be truly said. Our people make the government, and they will do no act that will tend to destroy their own work. Treason can only be medi tated when there is no political liberty. —Northern Exchange. That no citizen of the United States was ever hung for treason is no evidence that there are no traitors in the United States that deserve hanging. It open and avowed hostilty to the constitution and laws of the country, if the doing of “acts that will tend todeslroy” the gov ernment, is treason, then traitors might lie stiung up like Wealherstield onions in some of the free Slates, where, if all accounts are true, there are scarcely sound men enough to do the hanging.— Savannah News. Fike. —We regret to learn that the dwelling hout-a, gin house, and othei out buildings, on one of the plantations of our townsman, Win. M. Morton, Esq„ together with a large quantity of cotton, were consumed l>v fire on Friday night last. We have heard no estimate of the value of the property destroyed, but pre sume it to be considerable.— Athens Watchman. Great Snow Storm. At Oswego, N. Y.. a snow storm set in on Friday, the Bth iust., and continued four days. The Palladium thus describes the scene after the storm ceased : “ Our city rivalled the winter scenes of tho Arctic, region, and such a storm could only be equalled there. The streets in many parts of the city were impassable, the snow ranging from four to ten and twenty feet iu depth, and in some places the drifts are thirty feet deep. Many of the residences were banked up with snow to the second story. Water street is totally impass ible. The river is almost entirely closed up to the lower bridge—an extraordinary occurrence—and wild ducks look refuge in the little open water near the bridge during the storm, from the raging ele meiits on the Lake. Os course the roads into the interior are completely impas sable, and it is impossible to say bow soon we shall get a communication with the country. The snow stoim now lies to a depth on a level of from six to eight feet in the woods.” Ode to the Shanghais. —Cover, of the Grant County Herald, has been writ ing an “Ode to the Shanghais.” The following is the first verse, which is as much as our readers wi.l be able to bear at once:— “Feathered giraffe! Who lent you wings ? Who furnished you those legs ? How could such everlasting tilings As those come eat of eggs!" Ruteian Civilization, The speech of Mr. Bright, M. P., be fore the Mechanics’ Institute of Man chester, England, on “Education and W ar,” contains the following significant passage: “We are told that the Russian em pire is a barbarous empire; that the Czar is a half savage despot over hoards of savages; that the barbarian of tb» North menaces the civilization of tk« South and West of Europe, <fco. Is j t not a singular thing that St. Petersburg, the capital of this barbarous empire though but a modern city, has a library which, in size, ranks the third in Europe, and is said to contain 10,000 volume* more than the- British Museum » Is j t not strange that at the Southern ex treniily of this barbarous empire there is a city which some wretched and san guinary fanatics in this country wish that the allied fleets should utterly destroy; * oily, the foundations of which were laid hut sixty years ago, and which exported to this country in the year 1848 lfi» year of famine in Ireland— more than ' 5,300,000 bushels of grain ? Surely there is something more and better tlun barbarism in facts like these, and yet tli» people of England have been supplied with mental ailment, for two years past or more, full of prejudice, full of exag. ration, and full of falsehood, and the policy they have applauded lias been based on misapprehensions of the gross est character. Dog Fat —The dogs thrown into the River Seine, to avoid the payment of the heavy tax recently established, have been so numerous, and have proved so fat, that the workmen at Javelle, a short distance below Paris, who carefully fish, wd them up on their passage, have ex tracted from them one million of kilo grammes (about two millions of pounds) ut tat, a substance which sells at the rate of two francs and a half (about fifty cents) |>er kilogramme, and is used in the preparation of tine gloves, particularly those of a straw color. Courier des Etats Unis. Western Hog Trade.—The receipts of hogs at Cincinnati up to the 22d ult., amounted to 389,174 head, against 332,* 470 to the same date last season. The. receipts at North Madison, Indiana, were 00,957 head, against 75,813 to same date last year. At Louisville the num ber killed is 803,300, which is 20,000 more than last year. The Tvi-e Baiteky.— Mr. Frv, of the New York press, being called on to reply to a toast in honor of the craft, at the late celebration of the Typographic Society, made a very excellent speech the speech of the evening decidedly in the course of which he said ; There are two kinds of weapon- W e have Paixltan guns; Minie rifles, and Mtarpe’s rifles; but there is one thing that shoots further than all these. It ii the shot from the type battery. It goa around the world ; it circles cities and threads plains; it wends its way through woods; it rattles it, the rigging of tin S '"P on t,ie most distant seas; it is nev« s|K-nt when aimed high, but ricochet! -'titking with fresh force every form of evil, dishonor and oppression. In firing, then, let your aim always be true, and remember that to hit the mark, aim « little above it. The Expected French Heir.—Tin Paris correspondent of the New York T!ma ' vritus great events arc said to ho preparing for the accouchment of the Empress, which will take place in about a month.—The personnel of tbi I cileries is to undergo important mod ifications ; there will be a perfect showet. of new titles; some changes are amici ; listed in the Senatus Consultant ; great fetes will be ordered at the expense o! the State; a political amnesty will bt declared, “ and the joy of the peopli will he great ” Gentility is neither in birth, wealth, manner, nor fashion—but in the mind, A high sense of honor, a determination never to take a mean advantage of anoth er, an adherence to truth, delicacy and |H,liteness towards those with whom *• have dealings, are its essential character istics. The Methodist Book Concern.— The North western Christian Adrocat says of the Methodist Book Concert that “it commenced in 1789, in Philt delphia, under the sufiervision of tbt Rev. John Dickens, the first book stew ard, agent, and editor of the Metbodin Episcopal Church, with a borrowed cap ital of $600: and tliough loosing it 1832, by fire, nearly $300,000. Tb» institution possesses a capital of ov« three quarters of a million, and a grand total of its sales for the past fiscal year reached the sum of $631,169. It haa | now been in existence sixty-six yea* ‘ The tract and periodical department at* bnt branches of the great trunk concert-