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Jfamilgfmtor PUBI.IStIED BI BENJAMIN G. LIDDON. T. A. BURKB,I?niTOR. Edison, ga. : SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1856. Family Visitor Office for Sale, 1 lie subscriber having as much as lie can attend to in his Bookstore, offers for sale the office of the Family Vuitor upon ac commodating terras. Tho office is one of the best country papers in the State. Or ho would sell to a person capable of editing the paper, one half of tho office with an equal interest in the Bookstore owned by the subscriber. Address BF.NJ. G. LIDDON, Madison , Ga. P. S. If our exchanges will notice the above, the favor will be reciprocated whenever an opportunity shall present it self. gsjy* We are requested to state that the Rev. Dr. Ax sox will preach in the Presby terian Church, to-morrow, morning and afternoon. Cotton Market. The Cotton Market in Madison has im proved slightly, in consequence of the news by the last steamer. Owing to tho bad condition of the roads, but little has come in during the week. Sales are made at prices ranging from !) 1 2to 11 cents, prin cipally, ’though we heard of the sale, yes terday, ot a choice lot at 11 1-8 cents. The Weather, For n week past has been variable, but, as the old woman said, “ mostly wet and dry.” Sunday was one of the wet days, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were almost uncomfortably warm, with occasional showers. The mercury rose on Thursday to 77 z out of doors. Overcoats and tire-wood are at a decided discount. Off for Washington. Our talented representative, lion. N. (1. Fostbh, left this place, on Thuasday last, for Washington city. C«eoi gin Conference. The Georgia Conference of the .Method ist Episcopal Church, South, will convene at Amorictis, on Wednesday next, 8d prox imo. We learn from the Republican, that ample arrangements have been made for the accommodation of ministers. Present to Dr. Church. Wo learn from tho Athens papers, that the citizens of that place presented tho distinguished President of Georgia Uni versity with a beautiful Silver Tea Service, on Friday evening, ‘2lst inst. On each piece is inscribed “.1 Token of Affectionate j Regard from the Citizens of Athens to the I Fee. Alonzo Chukch, 1). I)., 1850.” Cosmopolitan Art Association. Wo are indebted to this Association for i a number of the “ Cosmopolitan Art Jour- \ nal" for 1850, the object of which is to j cultivate a taste for the Fine Arts. All | persons who pay Tukee Dollars are made | members of the Association for one year, j which entitles them to the Art Journal, a j line Steel Engraving, or a Magazine for a j year, and a chance in the Lottery of Paint- j ingsand Sculpture, in which there are 310 , prizes to be distributed. Subscriptions are received at tho office of this paper, where copies of the Journal may bo ob tained. xar Our friend Masox, of the Rome ; Advertiser , has heard of a widow lady, liv ing in that, vicinity, who is in destitute : circumstances, and wants to know if some one of the human physicians thereabouts will not visit and give her medical aid. Does brother M. mean to say that there are such tilings about Romo ns in-human physicians? We hope not. Trials and Miseries of Authorship. At a sale, some time ago, in London, of rare autographs, a gentleman purchased for £6 B*. 6<7. a letter of Oliver Goldsmith, to his publisher, which ran thus: “I know of no misery but a jail to which my own imprudence and your letter seem to ! point 1 have seen it inevitable this three ! or four weeks, and from Heaven request it as a favor— as a favor that may prevent something more fatal. I liave been years struggling with a wretched being, with all that contempt indigence brings with it, with all those strong passions which make contempt insupportable.” Poor Goldsmith! there was more of tho shadow than the suushims on his path. The Vicar of Wakefield and The Traveler two of tho tiuest works in the English lan guage, were written in a little, dirty, com fortless room, “up Breakneck Stairs, be tween Senco'c Lane and the Old Dailey,” one of the most wretched localities of the English metropolis. A friend paying him a visit in this place in March, 1759, found his lodgings so poor and miserable that, he eays f lie should not have thought it prop er to mention the circumstance, had ho not considered it tho highest proof of the splendor of Goldsmith’s genius and talent, that he could, by ti+e lucre exertion of their powers, under all sorts ol disadvantages of person and fortune, gradually emerge from »uch .obscurity, to admission into the best society of London. He found the Doctor writing his Inqui ry into the present State of polite Litera ture, in a small, dirty nnd wretched room, containing only one chair, which he from til iaii&i wi&iwmm* civility offered to his visitor and iWn seat ed himself in the window 1 St. Pierre, the author of Paul and \ ir ginia, composed bis Studies of Nature in a garret,"where lie “resided four years, in the midst of physical and domestic afflic tions.” Daniel Defoe, author of two hundred and ten books and pamphlets, among them Robinson Crusoe, died insolvent. John Mitford, a cousin of Miss Mitford, the authoress of Rienzi and Our Village, was a respectable classic scholar, at differ ent times editor of The Scourge, The Bon Ton Magazine and The Quizzical Gazette, and was a writer of merit and popularity; yet for years “he lived by chance, and slept three nights in the week in the open air, when his finances did not admit of his paying three-pence for a den in St. Giles’.” For fourteen years lie had not where to lay his head, and was heard to say “ if his soul was placed on one table, and a bottle of gin on another, he would sell tho for mer to taste the latter." He died Dec. 25, 1831, and was buried by the proprietor of a Coffee House, who had once been his shipmate. William Hazlitt, one of tho most- bril liant of later English writers, after toiling through a life of the most harassing drudg cry, pressed on all sides by his creditors, and ofttimes without the necessaries of life, died in an obscure back room in Lon don, an object of charity. A few mouths before Ids death, Hone, the publisher, met him in the street nnd kindly inquired as to his health nnd cir cumstances. Both were bad. “You arc aware,” said Hazlitt, “of some of iny dif ficulties—those dreadful bills—those back accounts; but no human being knows alt. I have carried a volcano in my bosom, up and down Paternoster Row, for a good two hours and a half. Even now I struggle —struggle mortnily—to quench—to quell it; but 1 can’t. Its pent-up throes and agonies, I fear, will break out. Can you lend me a shilling l I hate been with out food these two days /” This happened in the great city of London, less that fifty years ago. Tom Hood, the poet, wit nnd editor, dragged out, a miserable lifo and finally died of want nnd starvation. Ho was in debted to charity for his burial. Dryden was compelled throughout his j life to write verses for his daily bread. I When nearly seventy years old he dcs- I eribos himself as “ worn out with study, and oppressed by fortune,” nnd at this ad vanced age be contracted to supply n book seller with ten thousand verses at sixpence a line! Butler, the author of Iludibras, at. one time tho favorito of Charles 11., is said to have died in a gn"rct, of starvation! Edgar A. Poe, tho most brilliant genius of the nineteenth century, was scarcely able to keep soul nnd body together, and finally died in great want, nnd was buried by charity. Two years ago, Major Richardson, tho author of Wuconstn, nnd a man of talent, died of starvation, in tho great city of New York. Verily, authorship seems to be closely allied to misforlune. Our Weekly Gossip, j Wish Readers and Correspondents. The appearance of winter, for tl e sea ! son, announced in the bills of the day for ! about now, has been postponed on account of tho weather. TVe read in our northern ! exchanges of snow and ice, and such like j comfortless visitors; hut here we have had 1 nought but a few white frosts nnd a touch or two of cool, bracing weather. And yet the close of the year is drawing on. De cember, tho final month, is here, nnd Christmas, with its egg-noggs and merry makings, is not far in tho distance. JonN G. Whittier, who, in spite of his abolition ism, is a true poet, has tho following pret ty little sonnet on The Old Tear. And (hou, gray voyager to the breezetess sea Os infinite oblivion, speed thou on! Another gift of time succeedcth thee, Fresh from the hand of God! for thou hast dono The errand of thv destiny, and none May dream of thy returning. Go! und hear Mortality’s frail records to tliy cold Eternal prison-house;—the midnight prayer Os suffering bosoms, and the fevered care Os worldly hearts; the miser’s dream of gold; Ambition’s grasp at greatness; the quench'd light Os broken spirits; the forgiven wrong, And the abiding curse. Ay, bear along These wrecks of thine own milking. Lo! thy knell Gathers upon the wimly breath of night, Its Inst and faintest echo! Fare thee well! Wo are under obligations To Correspondents, for late favors. Jenny Woodbine's poem, and other con tribution, arc on file for speedy insertion- We have complied with her request, as far as possible. Her favors arc always wel come. Susie Snowdrop sends us two pretty poems, one of which may be found on our first page. Tho other will appear soon. Manv thanks. John i e Jonquil goes upon a crusade, ‘bis week, against Modern Accomplish ments a ml all improvements of the present day. ’’‘'ike care, Joiinie— you’ll get that “ noggin tiqeked yet, if you don’t mind. M e must dccv«, e publishing tho commu nication from Ott.rd, Tho discllssiol , will not be interestingo, a majority of our readers. We should be glad to pubr«h (j, e ov|gi nal story sent us, but at present OHr g rst page is set up by boys, who cannot man _ age manuscript. One of our exchanges contains the fol lowing amusing Directions to Modern Piano Forte Play ers. " Always expect to be asked to play ip every company, no matter how large or how grave may be, and feel hurt if yin are not. “ If the invitation to the does not come, enquire of yourfiostess or lier daugh ter if she ‘plays ranch now-a-days,’ and of ‘ what manufacture the instrument is.’ If the hint is not taken, assure the lady you are ‘quite out of practice;’ ‘play bnt very little at any rate,’ and never ‘without your notes.’ “ If the last, fortnnntely, are discovered in your muff in the dressing-room, remem ber now that you were trying them with Adelaide that afternoon, and forgot to take them out on your return home. “ When fairly seated at the instrnment, lie sure to fix the attention of every one, by taking ten minutes at least to draw off your gloves, arrange tho lights, your fan, bouquet, and pocket handkerchief. “ Never consult the taste or musical edu cation of your audience. You are there to display your own talent' l , not to inquire into theirs. “ Commence by a dashing and extempo raneous prelude (learned by heart from Hertz) and be sure to remark at its close, that tho piano is a little out of tunc. It will make your hostess feel comfortable, and cover any slight discrepancies in your performance. “ Invariably select L'i'c l A, ■ i".i l l • >■ :n sSR ’ 1 'jTziJA .. fHj -i• -! * !•• I ii ; "*. . i J ' - " a in..)- i....k < - Hl''- til In] lull . It U ill idea that ‘it is ‘ might do if you tried.’ ” The celebrated Dr. Johnson is said to have been A Remarkable Converaer, and few people cared to try their skill against an antagonist with whom conten tion was so hopeless. Promptitude of thought, nnd quickness of expression, says Mrs. Piozzi, were among his peculiar fea tures. “ Ilia notions rose up like the Dra gon’s teeth sowed by Cadmus, already clothed, and in bright armor too, fit for iniinedinto battle.” On accrtain occasion, a gentleman who dined in his company, at the house of a nobleman,'’was willing to enter tho lists, in defence of tho character of King William. Having opposed nnd contradicted the great lexicographer, two or three times, quite petulantly, the mas ter of the house became very uneasy, for fear of disagreeable consequences, and said aloud, “Our friend here has no meaning in all this, except to relate at tho club to-mor row, how ho tensed Johnson at dinner to day—this is nil to do himself honor." “ No, upon my word,” replied the other, “ I see no honor in it, whatever you may do.” “ Well, sir,” returned tho old doctor, sternly, “if you do not see tho honor , I feel tho disgrace." A young fellow, ono day, lamented in his hearing that ho had lost all his Greek. “ I believo it happened at the same time, sir,” said Dr. Johnson, “that I lost my largo estate in Yorkshire.” A Lincolnshire lady, Mrs. Langton, shewed him, once, a grotto sho was mak ing. “ Would it not boa pretty, cool hab itation in summer, Mr. Johnson ?” said she. “ I think it would, madam,” he replied, “ for a toad.” Tho Paris correspondent of the New York Express is “a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy,” and either picks up or gets vp many a good thing, in the way of Parisian gossip. Here is a laugh able joke nnent the great author of “ Mon te-Christo,” which we clip from his last scribblemont: Burying a Bailiff. “The last story told of M. Alexander Dumas, tho famous novelist, is a good one. It is well known that, in early life, Dumas was continually being hunted from pillar to post by hungry bailiffs, anxious to arrest him nnd clap him into prison. He is now in better circumstances and need fear them no longer; but the souvenir of his youth ful days still clings to him, and he owes the remorseless myrmidons of the law a grudge. Some days ago, a person with a solemn countenanco presented himself at the house of the author of Monte-Christo, and requested an interview with that gen tleman. ‘M. Dumas,’ said the stranger, ‘I know you to be ono of tho most charitable of men; which encourages me to ask a kind ness of you.’ 1 Speak, sir; what is it 1’ 1 1 was once a bailiff, sir. An old friend, exercising the same calling, died yesterday, very poor, lie did not leave enough to pay the expenses of bis funeral. I have therefore come to ask a contribution from you, to aid in burying him. ‘How much?’ 1 Fifteen francs.’ Dumas opened a drawer and taking from it a sum of money, handed it to the man. ‘ You ask me,’ observed the author, ‘for fifteen francs, to bury a bailiff. 1 give you thirty, that you may bury two P Tho anecdote of A Sleepy Passenger, which follows, is from tho same letter, and shews the great danger of sleeping in a railway car before the train la in motion: “ A few days ago, Mons. M., a merchant of Liege, took passage in the railroad car ‘I the route between that city and Paris. Ue bought a ticket for a first class place, and entered the train which left Liege at half past two o’clock P. M. He appearing to be the only peyson in that car, and feel ing fatigued, he wrapped himself in his cloak and stretched himself at length upon the comfortable seat, for a nap, and was soon sonnd asleep. After some time —he did not know how long—he awoke and found that the train had stopped and that night had commenced to fall. ‘ We are at one of the stations,’ thought he, and laid down again. After a second nap he again awoke at a stand-still. ‘lt seems there are a great many stopping places on the road,’ said Mr. M. Then stretching himself once more, he was soon in the embraces of the drowsy god. In the morning, the rays of the sun penetrat ing the car-window, roused the sleeper, who, shaking himself, rose and looked forth. The train had again stopped. Wishing to know how far he might lx from Paris, he poked his head out the win dow and calling to a workman wearing the uniform of the railroad company, asked if the train ‘would start soon ?’ ‘Start,’ exclaimed the other with an air of astonishment, ‘why, sir, you liave got two hours to wait yet!’ ‘Two hours! What do yon mean? Is this the sort of way the ‘fast train’ trav els? What’s the name of this station?’ ‘Liege!’ replied the other. The astonished merchant, now wide awake, sprang from the car and soon that his informant was quite correct. ol lb.- I rain <>l' tin- |.r>\ ions found that lie had on.- i nr Ban was had and. la. !.. fc occupied by Mr. M., and left it in the depot. Having knocked ;y V ilimr ami receiving no r. |.I\ from traveler, it me naturally -up- B that tho car was empty. Mr. M. a ‘ fresh start,’ two hours afterwards, no more until lie arrived at his *iiotel, in Paris.” . For the Visitor. Modern Accomplishments. I learn, Mr. Editor, that your humble servant has sadly offended tho fairer part of creation, hereabouts, by during, in the honesty of his heart, to intimate that the dear creatures poke the fire from the top, and do other silly tilings occasionally. A good friend of mine, who has quite ns much regard for the truth as I, assures me that he heard, no longer than a fortnight ago, several young ladies using such ele gant epithets ns “stupid Joiinie Jonquil,” and others of like character. Well, that is, no doubt, a first rate way to reward merit; bnt I confess that 1 like not the pattern of it. However, Joiinie Jonquil is not the only ono who has been sacrificed to the cause of truth. Just here 1 might introduce that very original and seldom quoted Latin phrase about the inevitable prevalence of truth ; but as it will doubt less occur to most of my readers, I shall allow the opportunity of displaying my vast erudition to pass unimproved. I promised not to say anything more about the reasoning business, nor do 1 intend to. I will remark, however, en passant , that, my strongest argument is to be found in tho answers of my fair oppo nents. Not ono of them lias ever touched the matter at issue. One young lady was candid enough, a short tiino ago, to admit that Joiinie had got, so far, the best of it; but she felt sure all his arguments might be blown sky high! Bless her little heart! why doesn't slid try it ? But enough of this. If my former communications, Mr. Edi tor, liavo raised.such a tempest in a tea pot, what will liecoino of mo when my fair friends read what will follow ? I have already been called “an old fogy,” “an nnte-diluvinn,”mul one young lady— Susie. Snowdrop, I think—went so far as to call mo a “ fussy old bachelor.” That last was the “most unkindost cut of all.” But what will Mrs. Grundy say, when, in this ago of female colleges, railroads, and other fast things, I gravely and candidly an nounce myself an opponent of all such vanities, and an advocate of the good old days of country school-houses and stage coaches? “ Well! that Joiinie Jonquil’s a fool: I always thought so, and now I know it,” says Miss Pattie Peaciihlossom, ns sho curls her pretty lip in scorn. Now, Miss Pattie, don’t judge before you hear me. Do you really think the world ns well off as it was when our mothers used to carry their little tin buckets to the country log school-house; when tlie very acmo of hu man greatness was to lie able to spell cru cifix, and to work sums in the double rule of three; when Saturdays were spent in gathering blackberries or chestnuts, or fish ing for minnows in the nearest creek; nnd lovers courted of evenings by a pine-knot fire, while the grandmother spun herself to sleep with the flax-wheel in the corner? If you do, then Joiinie Jonquil begs to diflissr- with you. I tell you, Miss Pattie, these female col leges are going to ruin the country. The girls of our-day haven’t half enough to do, to keep them out of mischief. What do they think of besides dress and the easiest and# (to them) piost agreeable way of breaking tho hearts of silly young fellows who are foolish enough to go deranged on their account? The truth is, things have come to 6uch a pass now, that a plain, sensible, hard-working fellow, can’t find a wife—and, par consequence, the very clev erest and best of them are bachelors from necessity. What does ono of this sort want with a wife who can tell him ail about tho stars, and the natural (and tin natural) sciences; who can figure up the number of square inches in the Dead Sea, and talk French by the liour, but for the life of her, can neither make him a pud ding nor darn his stockings? But, says Miss Pattie, our mothers, long time ago, coqldn't play the piano, nor work in crewel, nor make wax flowers, nor paint pretty pictures in oil and water colors. No, they couldn’t, and that’s just why I like those good old days. As for the piano, there’s ten times more music in a spinning-wheel, and that sort of music our mothers did have, and plenty of it. Instead of working all sorts of indescriba ble objects in crewel, they knitted stock ings for their husbands and fathers; in stead of making wax flowers, they rose early in the morning and cultivated the lovely flowers of nature, thus beautifying their dwellings and adding the rose’s tint to their own cheeks; and to their husbands they brought more beauteous pictures than were ever transferred to canvas by the most skillful artist—even their own beau tiful selves—bright and charming as the God of nature had made them, and not disguised in hoops and flounces as they are now-a-davs. Oh! for the good old times when girls were not afraid to romp with boys; when they were wont to go to the same schools and learn the same books; when spinning wheels disconrsed sweet music, and quilt ing-parties were all tho rage; when young folks married for love, and actu ally loved each other after marriage- Down with your female colleges, and up with the old-fashioned school-houses! away with railroads, and their eternal noise and smoke, their collisions and fail ures, and back to the good old stage-coach times, when the crack of the driver’s whip and the twanging of his horn brought ev erybody out to hear the news! Down with your telegraphs, their false reports and meddlesome interference with every thing like gossiping speculation, and re store unto an afflicted world semi-weekly mails and happiness! Burn up your cot ton factories arid give us the good old spin ning and weaving of days of yore. Sink your steamships, and let us return to the faithful old sailing vessels: in a word, we are getting through the world too fast , and shall never be happy and contented, as a people, until we go back to the pristine purity and simplicity of our forefathers, abolish all new inventions, and hang the first Yankee who originates another. Yours to command, Joiinie Jonquil. Madison, Ga. Pen-nnd-Scissorlnßs. A western editor says that a child wns run over by a wagon three years old and cross-eyed and which never spoke after ward. lie also gives liis readers some lines which he says were written by a young man who has long since lain in his grave for his own ainnseinent... .Among the voters in Providence, Rhode Island, on the 4th inst., were five who voted for Jefferson in 1800....Mr. Skeesiek’s oat crop was so light in 1854, that he'hnd to cut it with a horn comb and a pair of scissors, as barbers do hair The Griffin American Union newspaper and job office is offered for sale. For particulars address the proprietor Singular—To see a boarding-school miss afraid of a cow, not withstanding she did “all the milking to hum” a few months previous. ...Florence Nightingale, it is said, will be married shortly, to an English earl, who distin guished himself in the Crimean war.. A man loves when his judgment approves; a woman’s judgment approves when she loves. Col. J. J.ee Williams, author of the History of Florida, died at his resi dence in Picolatn, on the 7th instant, after a short illness, of paralysis, aged 7f>.... Knowledge is not wisdom; it is only the raw material from which the beautiful fa bric is produced.... Judge Mason, our Minister at Paris, has entirely recovered his health. So say letters of a late date. ....A man being commiserated with, on account of his wife’s running away, said, “Don’t pity me till she comes back again.” .... Leahy, the ex-Monk, who leoturcd some years since, against the corrup tions of Popery, in Italy, has recanted his Protestantism.... We would caution all who buy Pain Killer to bo careful and call i for Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer,'and to take ltono not put up in square bottles, , with Perry Davis and Son’s due bill,pastcd on one side of tho bottle. All others are spurious The pursuit in which we can not ask God’s protection must bo crimi nal ; the pleasure for which we dare not thank him cannot be innocent Tho Athens (Ga.) Banner announces tho return of lion. E. R, Harden, Associate Justice of tho Supreme Court of Nebraska, to that city, on a visit.... Women are never sat isfied, If a man is jealous, they cry out against his tyranny; if he is not jealous, they complain of his indifference... .Mr. Kendall, the late postmaster of New Or leans, has been acquitted of the charge brought against him An adventurer, writing from California, says: “A man’s life here is worth about fifty cents on the dollar.” Virgil Powers, Esq., has been appointed Chief Engineer of the Georgia and Florida Railroad, in the place of Mr. W. N. Murphy, deceased Tho tops of the Catskill Mountains were thickly cov ered with snow on last Friday morning. .... A jeweler advertises that he has a number of precious stones to dispose of; adding, that they sparkle like tho tears of a young widow... .Buchanan’s popular majority over Fremont, as far as heard from, is 374,094, which will be increased by full returns... .Ladies are like watches, pretty enough to look at, sweet faces and delicate hands, but somewhat difficult to “regulate” when once set “going.” Gov. Johnson has appointed Mr. E. W. Bloom, of New Fork, Commissioner of Deeds, <fcc., for this State... .The Russian Grand Duke Constantine talks of visiting the United States next spring. He will be a Gqd T send—-to lion-hunters.... The Oxy- genated Bitters astonish every sufferer from dyspepsia, and those who have tried a thousand remedies in vain, will never regret a trial of it. A few doses will give proof of its curative power... .There are certain epochs when, in art, simplicity is an audacious originality The Legisla ture of North Carolina met at Raleigh on Monday the 17th... .Attach thyself to truth, defend justice, rejoice in the beauti ful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away. That which is eter nal will remain in the heart... .Gen. John W. Whitfield, delegate elect from Kansas Territory, passed through Atlanta on Tues day evening, on his way to Washington. Benj. Ashley, the man that bnilt the first steamboat on the Connecticut river, died the other day at Springfield, Mass., aged 81.... An “ inveterate,” on his death bed, being advised to eat a piece of pullet, declined, saying he feared it might “ lay" on his stomach.... Lady Byron, the poet’s widow, has contributed $25 to the Kansas Relief Fnnd. ...Rev. Dr. Hodge, of Rich mond, Virginia, has declined the cal! to the Presidency of Hampden Sidney College. LATER FROM EUROPE. New York, Nov. 25. —The steamer Persia has arrived, bringing dates from Liverpool to the 15th November. LIVERPOOL MARKET. Liverpool, Nov. 15. —Cotton.—The market exhibits no new feature—the demand is fair and quotations steady. Sales of the week 41,000 bales, of which speculators took 5,000 and exporters 2,000 bales. Fair Uplands 7£d. Consols have advanced closing at s>2i. SECOND DISPATCH. Herman, Cox & Cos., quote an ad vancc of 1-16 J. on Middling Cotton— Fair unchanged. Richardson, Spence «fc Cos., quote Middling Uplands 51d.; Middling Mobile CJd.; Middling Orleans 6 15-16d. Herman, Cox & Cos., quote Middling Uplands and Mobiles 6 15-16d. Imports since the last steamer 7,000 bales. Stock on hand 400,000 bales, in cluding 300,000 American. Flour has declined Od. to Is. Wheat is dull and lias declined 3d. to 4d. Indian C.orn has advanced 6d., closing dull. Manchester trade is rather quiet but firm. Stocks in the bauds of spinners are small. Baring <fc Brqs. quote the market for American Stocks drooping. The Bank of France has lost £280,- 000 Sterling of Bullion during the month of October. The London Globe denies the state ment of difficulties between England and Franco. The frauds committed by Leopold Redpatch on the North of France Rail way amounts to £150,000 Sterling. The City of Washington brings the additional foreign intelligence that symp toms have been manifested of a close alli ance between France, Russia and Prussia- Treaties of commerce are in preparat on between Russia and France. Neapolitan affairs arc unchanged. The condition of tho Batik of France is unimproved. The English fleet is still nt Malta. Des patches say that Prussia agrees with France and Russia requiring Austria to evacuate the Principalities ana England to evacuate the Black Sea. AST Advices from Nicaragua to the Ist instant, give some additional details relative to the thorough route of the Ce ntral American Allies, by the forces of General Walker at Massaya and Granada, on the 12th and 13th ultimo. At Mas saya three wells had been filled with their dead, having from eighty to one hundred bodies in each. Another hundred had been buried by the Americans at Granada. General Walker had only fourteen men killed. Fifty-eight Guatemalans were taken prisoners, and kept working in the chain gangs in Granada. Death of Professor Kent*.—Pro fessor N. M. Hentz died at the resi dence of Ill's son in Marianna, Fla., on tho 4th inst. He was a French gentle man of varied accomplishments, and well known as a teacher. His wife, Mrs. Caroline Leo Ilentz, died about a year ago. Lack of Ministers.—From an edito rial in the Central Presbyterian we learn that there are now thirty-five Pres byteriau Churches in Virginia without pastors, and a considerable number of them with large and influential congre gations, able and anxious to procure the services of ministers. HW Hon. Mr. Herbert, (M. C.,) ac cording to the San Fraricisco “Califor nian,” left that city, in the steamer of the 20th, for “ the East,” adding the friendly wish : —“ We sincerely wish he may never return. We have no further use for him.” tSf" Senator Douglas was married in Washington City on the 20th inst. S3T Miss Louise'Reeder, tile actress, was recently married to D. Wright, of Baltimore. X3?~ Thos. E. Sneed, has beep elected, Maj or of Austin, Texas. General William Walker. W e perceive in many of our exchan ges, within the last few days, an extract from a late Dumber of Blackwood’s Ed inburgh Magazine on Nicaragua,in which it is stated that General William Walk er, whose position in its affairs has drawn all eyes upon him. is about forty years of age, and is a native of Alabama, and giving some details as to his early life and education which are sometimes cor rect and sometimes otherwise. The writer of this articles has known William Walker from his childhood, and has it therefore, within his power to cor rect several errors which prevail with re gard to him. In the first place, then he is a native of Nashville, Tennessee his father being of Scotch birtk, coming, we believe, from Glasgow, or its vicinitv his mother who was a sister of John Norvell, at one period a Senator in Con gress from Michigan, being a native of Kentucky. William, the eldest of their children, is about thirty-three or four years of age, is of rather diminutive stature, whitish hair, fair complexion, much stained on the cheeks and about the eyes with freckles, gray eyes, and a countenance, on the whole, rather tame and unprepossessing. His voice is' de cidedly nasal, being what the children call sing-song : his manners are uncom monly’ quiet and reserved, if not awk ward, hut when in company with intimate friends, and when interrested in any ob ject he wakes upand his whole appearance greatly changes. At school and college Walker was most taciturn and studious; he was par ticularly proficient in mathematics and the exact sciences, and on his gradua tion at the University of Nashville, lie went to Edinburgh, where he went through the school of medicine, and af terwards attended lectures on that sci ence at Paris, and then travelled over a considerable portion of middle an and Southern Europe. On his return to Nashville he found that neither his health nor liis temperament fitted him for the life of a physician, and came to this city with the intention of studying law and obtaining admittance to the bar. He pursued his studies for some time, and was admitted to practice, but never, we think, made any very strenuous at tempt to advance in the profession. lie soon became connected with the Crescent and devoted himself with great earnest ness and zeal to editorial labors Tho experiment did not, however, prove so fortunate .13 he had expected, and lie therefore gave it up, and followed the ex ample of many other adventurous and ambitious spirits, by going to California. In that Stale he was also for a while con nected with the press, and at the period of the descent upon Sonora, which he made with a handful of followers, he was if we have not been misinformed, again trying liis luck at tlie bar. However ill-advised and unfortunate that adven ture may be regarded by many, all will agree that, so far as its history lias trans pired, Walker displayed indomitable nerve and heroism in the midst of the sternest difficulties. Under his calm and unreserved exterior Walker conceales the rarest determina tion and tho most unflinching courage. He is, we are inclined to think, slightly fanatical in his views when interested or resolved upon a matter, and probably never thinks of concession to any person or under any circumstances. He is also strictly just and impartial in his course, and little given to making distinctions in his treatment of those who offend against discipline. In proof of we heard the oilier day from a most reliable source, that his own brother, who held a commission, having been guilty of an imprudence which disqualified him for duty at the moment, he ordered that ho should he reduced to tho ranks, and his commission forfeited, not wouil he ra cedo from his position, although strong ly urged to clemency by many of his leading and most trusted officers. — Sa vannah Courier. XHP The LaGrange (Mo) Bulletin of (he 6th inst.. estimates the number of hogs that will bo packed in that town this winter at fifteen thousand. Can tracts have been made at $4 to $5 per cwt. &3T During tho year ending the 31st ult., thirty-six steamboats, valued at $1,021,000, were built at Louisville, Ky. &3T On Wednesday last, seven thou sand turkeys and throe thousand chick ens arrived at Somerville, Mass,, from Canada. S3T The dwelling of Dr, L, B, Starke, in Hanover county, Va., was destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning last. jtfUThe Daily News, of Philadelphia, is in favor of the nomination of Com. Stockton for the Presidency, Two hogsheads of new sugar— the first of the crop—were received at New Orleans on Tuesday, 21st inst., on , consignment, JEST Boi not affronted at a jest. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt '’receive no ha: in, unless thou hast sore places.