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BEAUTIFUL TRUU'TE TO A WIFE. Sir James McIntosh, the liistrian, wn> married in early life, before he attained fortune or fame, to.. Mi** Clalhaiine Stuart, a young Scotch lady, disting* tiished more for the* excellence of her charms. After eight years of happy wedded life, during which time she be came the mother of thrcqSvliildren, she Hied. A few days after Mirr death, the bereaved husband wrote to a friend, de picting the clmract r of bis wife in the following terms: ••I was guided ,(l«e observed) in my choice only by the blind affection ot my youth. I found an intelligent companion and a tender friend a prudent roonUress, the most faithful of wives, aid a mother as tender ns children ever bad the mis fortune to lose. I met a woman, who by the tender (naiiagemcntjbf my weak nesses, gradually corrected the most pe rnicious of them.—Site became prudent from affection ; and though of the most generous nature, she was taught frugality and economy by her love for me. Du- riri£ 'Lc most critical period in my life, she preserved order in my affairs, from tbo car* of which she relieved me. She gently reclaimed mo from dissipation ; she propped my weak and irresolute nature ; she urged my indolence to all the exertion* that have been useful and creditable to me, and she was perpetually m hand to admonish my heedlc$.*ness or improvidence. To her I owe whatever 1 am ; to her whenever.I shall be. In solici tude for my .interest she never for a moment forgot my feelings or my char acter. Even in her occasional resent ment for which I hut too often gave her cause, (would to God I could recall those moments!) she had no sullenn»ss nor nc eritnony. Her feelings were warm uud impetuous ; hut she was placable, tender and constant. Such was she when I lost her, when her excellent natural sense was rapidly improving, after eight years struggle Hiid distress had bound us fast together, and moulded our tempers to each other; when a knowledge of her worth had relined my youthful love into friendship, and before age had deprived it of much of its original ardor. J lost her. alas 1 the choice of my youth the partner of my misfortunes at a mo ment when 1 had the prospect of her sliai ing my holier days.”—Home Journ al. ffintjirniiffil •JtDE*, 1KD THE C no*. ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 1. 1855. SEVEN YEARS’ WAR TO COME. We have information on which we think lull reliance can he placed, that the Czar has .declared that the war lias just begun : that 7 years is the shortest limit assigned to it. The Crimea, ac cording to this information, will he de ■fended to the last, not with the hope of •ultimate triumph in that quarter, but be cause that while the result is doubtful .Fraiicu and England must put forth all itheir resources, and make every sacrifice ito their success. Russia defends, and •will defend at the least possible cost to ibereelf th* Crimea, taking advantage of all its natural facilities for defence, com- ipelling her enemies to conduct the as- ituult on the most extensive scale, and •involving them in the most enormous ♦exhausing and ruinous expense*. The •Czar’s adviser* believe that seven years’ war like the past year would bankrupt 'both England and France, and relicv tinssia from all apprehension for th dinure. Continued war it is calculated will ruin England's industrial resource.* nnd commercial interests, so intimately connected with a slate of pence for their JTnll developement find prosperity ; while Russia, being an agricultural country will simply he thrown hack more txclu .siyely^upon her own resources, and all thi so a state of active war will develops Hut we bolive that the world will soon 'be startledby the bold measures which Russia will adopt. Hitherto Eugland lias claimed to regulate and control the dominion of the seas, and it will not take us by surprise if a proclamation should •soon appear from the Czar Alexander, announcing Russia’s adhesion to the doc trine of entire freedom <f the seas —free trade everywhere—in the Black Sea, in the Baltic, in the Mediterranean, ami in 6hort in all public waters connected with the great oceans.—N. I’ Sun. That is a Hot I can Trust.—“ I! or.ee visited” says a gentleman, “ a large I public school.’’ Ait recess £ littlefollow [ came up ?ml spoke to the 1 master; and' as'hc turned 10 go down the platfbrm, the| inwter said. - That isn bojr I can trust. 1 lie never tailed me.’l ! followed -him with my. eye, and looked at him when he, took his seat after recess. He had a fiiw. op$ji, roonly face. I thodght a good deal about the master’s remark.— What a character had tint boy earned ! He had already got what would he worth to him more than a fortune. It would he a passport to the best office in this ci- iv. and what is b Uer, to the confidence of the whole community. I wonder if i he ho^s know how soon they are rated by elder people. Every boy in the neighborhood is known, opinions formed of him, and he has a character either fa vorable or unfavorable. A boy of whom the master can say." “ I can trust him; he never failed me.” will never want em ployment. The fidelity, promptness, and industry.w iich he his shown at school arc prized everywhere. He who is faith ful in little will be faithful in much.” Magazine under the Redan.—An extract of a letter from Sebastopol, pro fesses to show how tho Redan escaped being blown up by the Russians, like the oilier forts: “ A sapp er, who was ex ploring the batteries of the Redan just as the Russians were evacuating the town, discovered a large cable, which he cut in two by a blow of an axe, an I then called the attention of the officers to it. On further examination, it was found to be a thick metallic wire, cover ed with a coating of gutta pcrcha. This wire led iff a very large powder maga zine, dug under the Redan, the discov ery of which made the boldest tremble, when they thought of the frightful ex plosion from which they had escaped, Ttie wire came from across the town as far as the sea, which it crossed to the other shore, from whence the electric spark was to be despatched to set fire to that volcano. It was discovered just at the nick of time, as the last soldiers had not evacuated the town when the forts blew up ou^ after the other, filling the | discord, where trenches with the ruins. The Careen- i„g Fori ll,o Flagstaff Battery, the Cc„.| ^ izaliom „ ithou , tral Bastion, the torts of the bay the ar-K .... .. serials, and all the principal edifices, an ^ correct principles, for the public crumbled to the ground beneath the com- weal; and consequently, continued hined action ot shells, fire and mines.—-I harmony as highly dangerous to free- If our’conclusions are incorrect and to the same extent that he would were reasoning foolish, the present appear- lie to carry pbbpds on each shoulder, ance, in our own Jilate, at least, is a perhaps worsfe; ahd in addition to thi$ ; reasonable excuse for the folly. Look suffer’ alltbe annoyance of a cramped Congress i n! it fairly and draw your own conchy and aching chest. - sions. Democratic Georgia—ot rather, :> It is-great- economy, jas well as com- the Democratic portion of Georgia, has -fbrUibl^, to ever dispensed her highest hojiors arfd for w WHITHER ARE WE TENDING t” More than once have we seen this question propounded, a* applicable to some specific end ; and of course, have as often read the answer. Now, we propose attempting an answer to it as it bears upon the future civil ccndition of these United States; taking into the consideration the tendency, if perse vered in, of her present, dominant poli tical party. Viewed in this light, we gire as answer to- the query, that our tendency is, a decided departure from Republi canism—positive States’ Rights Re publicanism—ending in an Aristocratic Kingdom, worse perhaps, though we charitably indulge a hope of the more liberal result. This conclusion is not reached be cause of Democratic triumph and Amcri can defeat, but that one organization, whether governed by the same or differ ent principles, has so long held the sway, and that recent results have more firmly placed that organization in the ascendant. True, we have more than once predicted future discord and divi^ sion amongst the members of this Na tionally organized party, and again pre dict such a result, not that we advocate harmony is for goud; but that we consider the. disbanding of most lucrative posts to certain families » and however worthy or unworthy, that fact stands; and.the prospect is, inheri tance, aud a widening circle will keep it standing uutiL honor aud profit are all absorbed and held by persons from a single line. However worthy, we again say, as individuals, it does not disturb our position. What, then? Let the policy be pursued by an organization of retaining alt the Government patron- age (and there is a most promising start for it) and in a few years it will be look ed upon a* their right; and backed by the people, a few men, of certain antece dents and blood will be fastened upon us as our rulers; consequently, we are their subjects; and if their subjects, a few more years will suffice for some one, full of daring and fed with proffered help from“ across the waters,” and the prospect of a “ glittering crown, other Louis Napoleon will be in the field—perhaps is already—who will snatch the reins, and we can then write ourselves, fellow-citizens, “ subjects of; His Majesty jut "these articles; rice of yrtlhisses and that that the fusionists, composed of OldXinc Wftiga and Disunion Demo crats, have not triumphed as ex'l as has been supposed:— buttons too. Nor is it any new thing, as the professor supposes, for meu to discard this relic of barbarisn: on the contrary, since our earliest recollection, suspenders have ceased being iv-.m by ««ne, and we earnestly recommend, if persons persist in wearing suspenders, that they also bring back that ridicu lous fashion the wearing of straps, lest their boots should fall off. Yea, gents, strap well-Loth shoulder and foot, Then we sh*U ne’er loose beeches or boot The ladies will pardon us if we advo cate their wearing them ; for our sympathies have frequently run over at seeing the dear creatures so severely exercised with the task of histeing, when^ some rude clod has failed to get out of the path, or some monstrous twig has to be climbed. Yes, ladies, to you we resign them. However, this aD_ would he abolishing the present grand distinction between the upper and lower crusts; for as it stands now, we can always tell what circles the ladies move in by the histe—the higher the circle, the higher the histe. Then we must abolish suspenders altogether or take our places CRY AND LITTLE WOOL 1” owing synopsis of the re sult ofdhe recent popular elections for “■ * South, it will American. Kentucky Alabama North Carolina Tennessee Georgia Anti. Kentucky Alabama North Carolina ■fennessee Georgia In ten States, 20 the Anties have 23 only elected three more members of Congress than the Americans. To the American side add California, since heard from, with a good chance for a majority in Mississippi and Louisiana, and it is quite clear that our opponents have been hal loing before they are out of the woods 1 Their allies of the JFVte Soil States ot Indiana, Pennsylvania, and sweet Ohio, will however make up all deficiencies for their side of the.House.—Cit. Our whole desire has been to impress free Americans with the indisputable i n the ranks of old fogy ism. fact, that it is a suicidal policy to entrust the Government into the hands of a few ambitious men—the leaders of an igno- ring, indestructible National organiza- dom in that healthful and vestricted saved by a shell, which, directed by Providence, had cut the electric wire in two/ The Redan and Malakoff alone remain ed upstanding, the former saved by ihe. , , sapper, as just mentioned, and the latter I sense al P resent enjoyed; and we earn " 1 estly hope the citizens of the various S.ales may so act as that this may not prove false prophecy. The triumph,:past, present and con tinued, of wholesome principles can de light no one more than ourself, but grati fication can never be indulged on ac count of the establishment of a party that will leave sound principles for ex pediency—that allows the Constitutor to be trampled in the dust and visits no tion—its tendency is, to tempt the selfish ambition of any one who loves power and pomp better thag^firinciple and the people. / For the aversion of this we confident ly and prayerfully look forward to 1856. Unlike Israel, we deprecate an imita tion of our neighbors. Revolution Expected in Naples.- It is staled that “ King- Bomba” ha 1 withdrawn his capital moneys from the National Bank', and invested them in Amsterdam and 'America. The uncer taint) of the future is believed to be the cause. Meantime large bodies of troops are in constant motion and the coast is being strongly fortified, The capture of Sebastopol was received by the peo-, .. „ _ , pie with great exulation. The house of P^hment up-m the offender; hut Bourbon seems tottering tQ its fall; To determine the quality of sieel, the grain of the metal is the most infallible indication. The harder the steel the coarser the grain—fine stee.l has the I parly at the expense of principle; and rather ignores the “ bone of contention,” lest it break up a National organiza tion ! Verily the advocates of such a policy are “oath bound” to foster Georgia Schoolmasters.—*Tt is a somewhat singular fact, that two of the prominent abolition members of the United Elates Senate in early life taught school in this State, viz : Lyman Trum bull of Illinois, and Win. II. Seward, of New York. They did not remain long . in our midst otherwise the country might have escaped the curse of two sunli arch agitators, and the south tho annoyance •f their denunciation*. Both of them Uelong to the Third Class of Senators, who«e term* expire in 1861, and one cf them. W. H. Seward, is the most ■ pro minent candidate for th* Presidential nomination of the Fusion Party at the north. Trumbull taught school in Meri wether, and Seward iu Putnam county of this State.—Jour. & Mes. closest grain. A neat carved line and gray texture denote good steel; threads, cracks, and bright specs* denote bad.— The management of the forging may in deed modify these indications, and ste<; good fcr.some purposes may be bad for others. Very small articles heated in a candle, are found to be perfectly harden cd by whirling them in the cold air; and thin plates of steel, such as the needle of a compass, are hardened by being ig nited and laid upon a plate of cold lead and quickly covered with another. i-fr* Aa we in a manner intimated last weak, in keeping with the expecta tions and" requirments of community, we deem it, perhaps, a duty an editor owes, that he note the improvements and general condition of the place of his residence. It was our intention, then, to have prepared ourself to that EdP* We think the press find it about as difficult a matter to locate Chase of Ohio, the recent Govern elect, as the old farmer did to count his black ram. In the first place, of course he does not belong to the Americans—every body knows that—we had thought, judging by the past, that the Democrats would have no hesitancy in claiming him; but we believe even they cast him over to the honesler portion of the Abolition party, and when they give up a man he must be a bad character—without one friend he can enfluence. We are cer tain, however, one of the larger, and more than one of the smaller fry of De mocratic editors rejoiced over his sue 1 cess when first reported. CLIPPINGS PROM GEORGIA PAPERS. Rev. James R. McCaster pastor of end; but circumstances have prevented, j the Presbyterian Church at Americus, and we shall be compelled to defer the j has had a call and accepted i» from the discharge of that duty, in its fulness.! Church at Union ®P r * n 6 s » Alabama. At the late meeting in Macon, no action was taken in reference to con- until another time. That our friends at a distance may know that we are Mill alive, ,1 in., be “Mating 'he_ Mnaeoge. and. South. Immense Slaughter or the Pira tes ?—Washington, Oct. 19th*—The Navy Department has advices of an en- gagment which took place in the Chinese seas, near Ilong Kong, between tho U. S. steamer Powhatm and a large Ueet of piratical war junk*. The result was a brilliant one for the Powhatan. Ten of the junks were destroyed and between five and six hundred of the pirate* killed and wounded; sixteen smaller junks escaped. Those destroyed carried eigh teen guns each, from six to sixty pound ers. The loss of the Powhatan was two killed and twelve . seriously wounded, among the latter Lieuts. Pegram and Rolands. Heavy Failure. Mr. M. W. ’Williams, of whose extend vc Steam Flouring the I'eraocratic party fill, to a nicely, this description; for surely even its mem bers cannot but assert -that they have given up old and incorporated new fea lures, until the Democrat of the present day scarcely bears a resemblance to the Jefferson family. It would be well for Democrats to remember, that only the ghost of Democracy, is with us—the name—the worse than “ oath-bound” organization, and it is for this they are (latticing l We urge this then, as the argument to support the position—that our tenden cy is away from States’ Rights Republi canism and directly to a more concen trated, and therefore to the adoption of at best, an Aristocracy, and per haps worse. x And tor the satisfaction of the im partial reader, as well as to make good the position taken, let us consider fully the bearing of the above state of facts. A party uniformly triumphant is next door neighbor to a Kingdom—their It is repoted that I own men nil the offices—make all Knoxville, j the laws—they are of the ruling blood, and take by inheritance. Soon an al- proper to mention, that the large and handsome residence of Mrs. Dearing, on the Cobbham Watkinsville road is fast drawing to completion. Mr. Sayre’s, also, immediately in the rear of Gov. be numbered Cobb’s, will soon among the very tasteful residences of Athens. Various enlargements and im provements in houses already built, might be noted. The Presbyterian church, under the superintendence of of its energetic contractor, Mr Ross Crane, we are glad to perceive, is rapid ly going up, and will doubtless prove, when completed, a fine structure. The western Rail Road Capt. Win. T. Wofford, editor of the Cassvile Siandard, is quite ill with the scarlet fever. The gin house of the Rev. C. A. Crowell, near Cassville, was burnt on the 6th inst.; loss about $1,000. There are between fifty and sixty i cotton factories in this State, j The Legislature of Georgia assem bles on the 1st Monday in November. T. M. Daniel, Esq., is announced a* a cimdidate-for Solicitor General of the Northern Circuit. Michael Roche, a grocer, was badly stabbed on the 24th inst., in Savanuah new depot, to which we have before ( alluded,, will soon be ready Tor use.—! ^ Hugh McCann We understand, that principally through , the liberality of Mr. Baynon, formerly j Thursday, no paper was published in It seems (wequote from the Picayune) that a short time since, a hand of ining led Serainoies, - Lipatis and Mexicans, after committing several murders, were watched and seen to cross with a large quantity of stolen mules, horse*, cattle, &c., nearly opposite Eagle Pass. This information was communicated to Capt. Callahan, and Jed hint to the determina tion to pursue them to their homes and inflict signal vengence upon them. The chief seat of the Seminotes is near the town of San Fernando, about thirty-five miles from the river ; and it was well known that here Wild Cat and his bawl were encouraged and support ed by the Mexican authorities, and that lie had held out inducements for the Lip- ans, Mcscalerocs and other tribes to join him. This whole section of Mexico has long been noted as a nest of thieves and murderers. The accounts state, that Capt, Calla han’s appeal had produced great excite ment throughout Texas, and that volun teers were being rapidly organized for his relief. The Galveston Civilian says The Rubicon had been crossed, and Amei ican blood has again flown on the soil of Mexico—American troops are again fortified on the west band of the Rio Grande, menaced bj a combination of Indians, Mexicans and renegade ne groes, and appeal to their countrymeu for reinforcements, to aid in completing what they have so nobly begun—a com plete chastisement and subjugation of th relentless murderers of our women and children—the entire overthrow of the Seminoles, Lipans, and their renegade negro and Mexican allies, who have for two years used the national line of the Rio Grande as a shield, a wall of pro tection in their bloody forays upon and retreats from our frontiers. They must be routed, anihilated before life and property on the frontier of Texas arc- safe. Later advices brought from New Or leans by telegraph, are of a still more exciting character. They are to this effect: Another fight had taken place between Captain Callahan and the Mexicans and Indians, during which the town.of Pied ras Negrus (where Callahan was en camped) was burnt. Capt. Callahan, is reported, had returned to San Antonio for reinforcements. It was also rumor ed that the i neray has crossed in large numbers over to the Texas side of the Iiio Grande, and at a meeting held at San Antonio it was resolved to raise im mediately one thousand men for the ser- Spain*—Spain is just now excited aboufthe alliance with France an* England. The-Spanish patriotic party t hpks.it will destroy all claim which spam has to the forbearance and [good-will of the United Stales, and seems to prefer that the*United States should have Cuba t)ian that Spain should be subject to France. It is befived that on the vote for sending a Spanish contingent to the Cri* mea, the Cortes will decide adversely to the alliance, and that a coup d’etat will be attempted by the Anglo-French party, A crisis seems to be impending- J, ■ The Clarion Democrat and. several other democratic papers in Pennsylvania, have’raised the name of Hon. Jas Buc hanan for the next Presidency. Outrage.—The ophilus Pierce, a grocery keeper of this place, was arrest ed on Thursday night last, for. shooting through the window of the Knights of Jericho Hall at the guard in the ante room. The glass from the broken window covered the body of the Guard, but he was not hit by the shot from tho gun. Pierce is undergoing an investiga tion before a magistrate’s court.—Grif fin Union of Saturday. A -meeting is to be held in Philadel phia, to-morrow, to take measures to carry out the object of the ladies of Virginia in purchasing Mount Vernon. It is expected that Governor Pollock and Ex-Governor Bigler will be among the peakers on the occasion. Some sixty in consequence of Thanksgiving, on v,ce * Mill in that city was recenrly destroyed by . .. fire, has lulled, and that his liabilities | sotrer* ngnt becomes an assumed one— probably amount to $100,000. 'Rapid depopulation of Sing a "ore by Tigers.— 1 Two death by tigers every week (says the Singapore Free Press) «tre read of in the papers just about as much as a matter of course as the arrival or departure of tho P. & O. company steamers. It is notorious that during the last fifteen or twenty years many thou sands of men have lost their lives from this cause. Yet the only measures ndn|>ted by Government, so fur as we know, to prevent this enormous sacrifice cf life, have been to dig tiger pits in -various parts of. Am island,- (which we mAj now told di‘K B ‘ Pullo or no good.) and to give a reward of one hundred Com pany’s rupees for evefy tiger killed on the island. This reward is for oil prac tical purposes ineffective; it ought lobe increased to two hundred and fifty rupees; for the price of procuring th** destruction of one tiger in the jungle of Singapore is a hundred dollars, and the thing cannot baolone for one hundred itnd teil Company’* rupees. I rtnan Solomons, a Jew, 1ms lord mayor of London bj a irity. the latter almost true totheletler as we are at present circumstanced. And all r F « 1 Cr . OP - < L, ‘* 0 acco ? nts this “ hue and cry” against the patriotic from Florida, in relation to the cotton I . , r crop, are not favorable. An intelligent, I ^mencan party was only on account gentleman, writing under date of October [of the fact that certain men and their . * 1 . . . . ' 10th, says: “Lotton crops are much short of last year. From having, at the 1st of August, the best prospects of any for year* past, we have now the worst since, probably, 1S4G. Excessive rains, rust, rot, &c. have ipld the tale.” The Mesilla Valley.—The San Antonio Texan reports that the survey of the Mesilla Valley secures to the United States both, passes to the Pacific, and that the netf’ territory is’* rich in gold and silver. «/Miiyor Emory and the other members of the boundary survey ing party arrived at San Autonio oq the I °ffi ce on *he one side and correct princi- descendants were endangered in their Jong-enjoyed possession of office. If the American party had only bargained with the Democratic party—or the office-holders of said party, that they should be undisturbed in their posses sion*, '/‘proscription” and sympathy for the foreigner would never have been heard. Naturalization laws would have been altered, and native-born have go verned. But so it was—the bargain was not made, and a mighty fight for 24th ult.. Adulteration of Food.^—At the late meeting of the British Association, Dr. Pearson, in the chemical section, asserted that there were only two articles manufactured for hood Which was not adulterated—common salt and refined lump sugar, lie challenged any gentle man present to add another article to the list. 7 ' 1 *' ti r* na - - nmj L-i to learns l 1 pie on the other, was bad; and it is not the first, time that justice has been de ferred by the reckless and deceived, and open, unblushing error persisted in and established. But justice, (our ouiy hope for the future,) ie but slumbering aad will spoo awake; her children cry fur a redress „of grievances, nor shall Jhey cry in vain. of South Carolina, the Episcopalian de nomination of Christians, have purchased the recently built house of Mr. Judson to be occupied as a parsonage. We are glad so generous an individual is added to our citizens—We clain him as such, as we have been informed that he j has purchased the residence of our dis-1 tinguished townsman, Dr. R. E. Moore,! and now, it is to be hoped the doctor will select some equally suitable spot whereon to erect another M home.” The residence of our townsman; C. S. Oliver,- we ere told, has also changed hands.— We are glad to perceive, also, that un der the spirit of improvement, Drl Ward has made a handsome and con siderable alteration in the appearance of his residence, which, but for the ob struction of the grove, wou!d show hand, somely from the business portion of our community. Savannah on Friday morning. There were thirteen deaths in Sa vannah, for the week ending Ott. 24th The. Prohibitionist paper published at Marieta,by S. A. Calder, has ceased for want of pecnniarjjjpupport. PANTALOONS. WITHOUT SUS PENDERS. Under this caption we have noticed an item going the ‘ rounds, attributed to Prof. LaBorde of South Carolina. Now, with due respect/or the opin ions of this Professor, we must pro nounce this practice of wearing strings over the shoulder*, wherewith to hold up the briches, is an unpardonable piece of old fogy ism. No man, we venture the assertion, who has proven, or in the lan guage of LaBorde, “ thought they would prove pantaloons fcaii be worn without suspenders,” and has given the matter, a fair trial, who is willing to return to the old system If he does, as |is our own oxpenence, be will certainly suffer. DEATH OF PROF. HANCOCK The'Macon Citizen announces, death of this truly estimable* Christian gentleman, minister and scholar. He died at his residence on Tuesday last of congestive fever. He was a Professor in the Wesleyan Female College in that city, and very much respected, in-all the relations of life.- The Methodist • Church has suffered heavily by the fever at Norfolk. iShe has lost more her ministers than other. The Rev. Anthony Dibrell, Vernon Eskridge, and Stepen W. Jone9 have successively Tallen. They fell manfully and heroically, and their deeds will be treasured in the memories of their fellow men. The. Madisen, Indiana, Banner says •everybody in the region is engaged in building corn cribs. The like of the crops in Indiana and Kentucky was never seen before. Farmers have their hands full. We extract the following items from the Cincinnati Prices Current; Contracts for New Com.— Within the last two weeks there have been nu merous contract* made for new corn amounting in the aggregate to one hun dred and fifty thousand bushels, at pri ces varying from thirty-one to thirty-five all to be delivered in this city before the 1st of next January. Holders, under the influence of the excited state of the *he market for braedstuffs, and anticipating a large foreign demand for corn, are now very firm, and contracts could not be made below thirty-five, and many are asking higher rates. Th( Hog Market.—There is a better feeling on the part of buyers, with au increased dispotion to operate. Con tracts for two lots have been made at $6,- 75 for November delivery, and holders are now asking $7, and seem pretty stiff at this rate. For December delivery, $6 50 has been paid, and at this rate there are, perhaps, more buyers than sel lers, though yesterday, owing to the re action in the Pork market in New York the feeling was less buoyant. The ten daily political journals of Paris have a total circulation of 161,- 000. a ' t The average duration of human life throughout the .world is thirty-three years. One quarter die previous to the age of seven years; onehalf before raech- ing seventeen, "flHivwtti* ; The *Cholera at Paris.—The Paris correspondent of the N. Y. Tri bune says: u Up to the present moment the government has been very successful suppressing the fact that the cholera now exists in Paris. At the hospital Hotel Dieu, there were about a hundred deaths during the month just passed, and almost an equal number at each of the other large hospitals. The present epidemic is remarkable for a more fre quent absence of premonitory symptoms, and of cramps -during the course of the disease. The proportion of death* is larger than in any former epidemic. thousand or seventy thousand dollars— about one third of the purchase money- lias already been subscribed. Muggins thinks that it i* an inconveni ent thing to be poor—not only incon- enient but unfashionable and decided ly vulgar. Guess Muggins is about right. A Frenchman, wishing to take a stage for Buffallo, was asked by the driver if ho had any extra baggage. Extra baggage ? Vat you called dat? I have no baggage but my three truuks, five dogs and one black girl.’ Underground Railroad.—-The Louisville Courier says that at least one slave per day effects his escape on the cars of New Albany and Salem Indiana Railroad. The steamer Union, on the 20th, took out $711,000, by the Cunard line,-on the 23J engagements for about 6800,- 000, and by the following Collin’s line $500,000. It is the opinion of exper ienced financiers, that there will be fur ther shipments reaching perhaps to $1,- 500,000, but before the 1st of January, gold will begin to flow back to this coun- try. Inoculation for the yellow fever is re ported to have been tried in more that* one thousand cases at New Oi leans, during the past summer, with perfect success. A law has passed the Kansas leg islature exempting all slaves in the ter ritory from levy and sale. Mr. Humphreys, chemist, of Savan nah, has discovered a process of clean ing cotton waste, so much used by rail road companies, about their engines, at cost of not exceeding half a cent a pound. In an article in the Dublin University Magazine, it is stated that the present war with Russia costs England and her Allies-a quarter of a milium sterling "a day. [J : The Oswego (N. Y.) Palladium an nounces the arrival of the schooner J. B. Collins, with twenty toils of p'ig'edns !' ■ -j Five Persons Burned to Death in Virginia.—The Norfolk Argqs states that on Sunday of last week a negro house on the farm of a Mr. Carter in Prince William county look fire;—two young men, one woman and two children were consumed in the flames. ‘ There are now 669 studen is in the different departments of Ilarvad Uni versity. ■ ' ' / ; r Wm. Poe, Esq., President of the Bank of Montgomery, died in that city on snn- day morning last. Rev. Dr. Taylor,the Chinese Miss ionary.—This gentleman is announced to deliver thf-ec sermons in Charleston, to-day. His* subject will be China, the Chinese Revolution, and Chinese Mis sion*. The Courier says: **Dr. Taylor’s visit to the camp of the Insurgent Chief has been pronounced one of the greatest instances of moral heroism accorded in (lie annals of missionary achievement.” Horrible Slaughter at Serasto- pol.—In his general dispatch nfier the Fall of Sebastopol, the Russian General says that the concentrated fire of the Allied artillery, “ for 30 days, cost the garrison from 500 to 1,000 men per day.” At the lowest estimate this would make a loss of 15,000, at the highest 30;000 men during the last month of the siege. Viewed in the light of this fact, of wbat dread reality seems the present war! Dr. Clark, the owner of Congress Springs, "at Saratoga, is said to derive from it the very handsome revenue, year ly, of $75,000, ! Reported Massacre on the Plains,-—On the 1st inst., by the arrival of the Star of the West, we had a rumor from Oregon of a massacre by Indians at Devil’s Gate, on the Sweet water River, in which about-one hundred and fifty whites were killed out of three hundred, the remaing hundred and fifty escaped to Salt Lake, Later advices, however, are to the effect that the whole- story of the massacre is untrue, aud that the narrative iu question wa* an inven tion to obtain contributions from ilia charitably disposed. The Legislature of Alabama will vetie on the 12th November. [