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< ■-n - —****———— ■- hi iiMnn. n?:^.imwLr7';.-~rau.i.. .t- -h.bb MiißMMMNMmrwTrnnsrTnirwTn—nmniiir.L'JiiL'u li i —a——— BY WILLIAM S. JONES. Ctrms, THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL la Published every Wednesday, AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. TO CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS rending ns Ten Dollars, SIX copies of tins Paper will be sent for one year, thus furnishing the Paper at the rate of SIX COPIES FOR TEN DOLLARS. era free copy to all who may procure ua five sub scribers, and forward us the money. A LIB CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL BAIL! AND TRI-WEEKLY, Are also published at this office, and mailed to sub scribers at the following rates, viz.: Daily Paper, if sen* by mail«..«s7 per annum. Tbi-Wbokly Paper . • 4 “ “ TERMS OF ADVERTISING. Im Wbbicly. —Seventy-fire cents pex square (12 lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty cent or eich subsequent insertion. Education. COVINGTON FEM AL d SEMINARY THE PRECEPTORIAL care of th above nameJ lostt'Qtion, has been conferred upon the subscriber, by the Trustees, for the year 1851. A large amount of money has been appropriated by the citizens of Codington, and vicinity, for the erection of a Female College in this place. A com modious and splendid edifice wifi be built, and all the apartments tastily and conveniently fitted out. It is coofidendy expected that tue exercises of the Collegiate Jourse will commence in January, 1852, under an able and 'tficient faculty. The exercises of the Seminary will commence on the Th rteenth of JANUARY, 1851- Competent Assistants will be procured in the various depart ments. The special object of this School is to instruct young ’sadies in the rudiments, as well as in the more advanced stages of a good education. Follow ing the most approved systems of instruction, with nine years’ exp rience in teaching, the subscriber Hatters huuoelf he can offer to his pupils advantages not surpassed in any Schoo! in the State. Particular attention will be paid to Reading. Spelling, Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, History. Competition, Penmanship, &e., as these c*mailute the foundation of a thorough and practical education. The course of Instruction pursued at this Semina ry is liberal—embracing every particular necessary to improve the mind, form the manners, enlighten the understanding and prepare the pupil to move with ease, respectability and usefulness in any circle or society or sphere of action. Much of the happinessot every family depends on a proper cultivation of the female inind. To accom plish this object, and in every respect to meet the wishes of parents and guardians, in relation to their youthful charge, no paios or exfiense will be s a red. The Principal will devote himself exclusively in the instruction and discipline of the School. He will enn ider hims If invested with a discretionary pare tai authority; constantly treating the S udeuts with mildness and moderation, governing them by applying the more honorable and generous excite ments to good conduct; but in cases which manifest deliberate wickedness and obstinacy of chancier, when all advisory measures shall have proved inef fectual, he will then pro sed to iifl.ct each punish ment as may t e deemed necessary to rec aim the pupil and sustain the character of the School. Parents and Guar liana may be well assured that their shildreo and wards will be accommoda’ed with board on he meet reasonable terms, and every at tention paid to their comfort and convenience. The price of Tuition is reasonable, and in accord ance with the times. The Pupils will be charged from the time of entering the School until the close of the term. All dues must be paid at the close of each term. Music, Wax-work, Drawing*and Painting, will be taught . y skillful teachers, at reasonable prices. Ts persons at a distance it may be well tn say—the locality is healthy and desirable ; the society plea sant and cultivate For further in formal Hn address the Principal. d3l w3nsJAMFS 1.. RANDLE, A. B. Kenesaw Female Seminary. A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, for Young Ladies —Marietta, Georgia. Rev. Thomas F. Scutt. Rector. The Twelfth Session will commence on MONDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1851. Circulars sent on application to the Rector. di4 wS«n hotels. walton House, ]1 JISJK 11. ARNOLD, at Monroe. ifatlon Cuuntp Georgia. '■», ' fe6 ts FRANKLIN HOTEL. BROAD STRSET, Augusta Ga., JUL square abuse the Globe Hotel, on the EAGLE HOTEL, MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE. THE SUBSCRIBER lake, pleasure Jjf*. io returning his thanks to his friends and the pnblic, for tberery liberal patronage here ■ ™ lofore extended to biin. And having recently im proved and extended bis buildings so as to afford the best accommodations to almost any number of trav ellers and persons wishing boardinz, he confidently expects an increase of public favor and patronage. Building situated on second blo-k south of the Public Square one hundred and fifty foot long— rooms regularly laid off and well furnished. He is also well prepared to lake the liest care of horses, &c. Stable large and secure —careful and attentive ser vants. In short, the greatest attention will be paid, and peins taken, to render all comf«wtable who may call at the Eagle Hotel. JOSEPH R. RUDD. Madi*-onvihe. Aueust 3. I'so. au3 wtf WATCHES, CLOCKS & JEWELRY. WOODSTOCK & WHITLOCK, Silversmiths, jewellers, &e., .wo do*>r» above the U. S. Hotel, and opposite the Bank of Augusta, have on band, O>*>. and are conatamly r eceiving, a hue assort- £--* *g» meni of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW ELRY, Silver and Plated Ware, Fanev Goode, Guard and Fob Chain*, Breast Pina, Ac., Ao. Their stock is entirely new, and will be sold cheap for cash. Or W. G. Woodstock will give his strict at- I ten’ion to REP AIKING W ATGH ES and U LOCKS, having served a regular apprenticeship in one ot the largest manufactories in l<ondon, and from hie long experience, be feels assured of eivmg perfect satis faction tn all who may entru--t their work to him. J*lß wly Ta Contractors and Builders. SEALKD PROPOSAL'' will be received until tb« 2ffib of February 185., lor the erection of a Brick EDIFICE for the Southern Female Cubege The plan of the building, and specifications, can be seen at the Secretary's Office, on and after the 2U'.h ot January. By order of the Board. J li MURRELL. Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Covington, Ga., Dec. *27, 1850. d3l-wtFc2o LIVERY STABLES, MADISON, GEORGIA. HARHALL A HARRIS beg leave to announce io ’heir friends in Madison and ’Z&gBl . < tfY ■■ the travelling Public gene rally, that they ha.fo opened the above S TABLES, and that they Intend to keep as fine CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and HUKbES, ascan be found in any Stables —with careful drivers Citixens of Madisotr and strangers visiting Madison, by coming to us will always find ready accommodation, to go any where they wivh on reasonable terms. Madison. lan. 29 IRSU SPRING HILL MACHINE SHOP. A FOR BUILDING AND REPAIRING >■'* kinds of COT TON AND WOOL MA- Y—mak.ng large SCREWS AND GEARING, of all kinds—TURNING IRON, WOOD, Ac., ALSO, WOOL CARDED AND BATTED, six a. les tram Augusta, on the Louisville road,where the proprietors will be grateful for all orders—nrthey mi be left atC. A. A M. H. WILLIAMS’S, Augus te—or directed to Richmond Factory P, O. dJB-tf HACK A DUVAL GROCERIES, GROCERIES. THIS SUBSCRIBERS are now re ceiving an extensive assortment of* Heavy ■HBi and Fancy GROCERIES, which they offer w ihe Planters, Merchant* and Familiesof Geor gia, on the must advantageous terms. Tbeii Store is just above the pnncipn! Hotels, and they solicit all purchasers v ism ng Augusta, to favor them with a call and examine their stock. They now offer th*- following Goods for sale low ; 100 bales Gunny BAGGING, 255 cod* i inch Kentucky ROPE, SOhbds. St. Croix, Porto Rico and N.O. SUGAR 100 btya. Stuart’s crushed, ground and veliow Do. 25U b*kp Java, Rio and l.aguira COFFEE, 300 kegn NAILS, Peru brand, 20 tons Swede* IRON, assorted size*, 200 bbls. Canal FLOUR, of the Hiram Smith and o'her choice brands, a 100 boxes Sperm, Adamantine and Tallow CAN ■ DUES, r 50,000 SEGA RS, of various qua lit ea, lUO bo<«« TOBACCO. of different brands, 3,000 sacks Liverpool SALT, In tine order. And all other articles usually kept in the largest Grocery House*. el-w J. R. A W. M. DOW REUBEN RICH'S PATENT CENTRE VENT WATER WHEEL CAUTION.--H«v ing been iakxmed that a cer tain person named KE ED. t* vending a Water Wheel upon which the water w conducted by means of a epirxl scroll, as upon “Reuben Rich's Patent Centre Tent,” we hereby notify and caution the public, that *. will pnwrviMr, in all law a nee*, li'r •a, eraaaoa or infringement upon aaiu patent, ereh the maker and party u»n£. and will be thankful Mr aay mformaliva retemn.- us to parties thus irnpa.<«- Inr. laINPRAT Jt C*. m*Maom«w, Ata., Jane 11, >*&'. Hr ft THROAT AND LUNGS BRONCHITIS, wbat i« it 1 Waal » CPS- St MPTtoNI How to Ui*tio,u:A throe dis e«M; tba:r treat aa nt and earn, Ulna rau.l by tecta ud ere. How may couattmp b«d««tod in iu a>rhea< s ages, when stone lb • th” “to b» hopsd tort 1 his txvk is written in a PW^r*’’** 4 u "radars bv Hr. HAI L Canal » r ,«, N cw OricM., who treat, th... ediiiun., Bw>.; nt ice »| p I*. CampKre.l by y B srEFU STHAYEIX ~ ’“bKnare, osar Rmsilie. k,«reotd a koow i . Aar h.m wit, a. lta . k f uU , rscetsiA. yah W. A. u. COLLINS. WOOT CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. Elected poetry. /Von the Southern Literary Messenger. Bill WHAT WILL BECOME OF THAT FLAG WHEN WE PART ? Ob! what will becoasc of that Flag when we part ? S*all it droep e’er the tomb of our national fame ? SfeaJ it stream e’er the wreck, when each hope of the heart Has abandoned that wreck teoblivion and shame? I When that banner of glory forever is furl’d, Shall each te® be re set and translated afar? I Shall the bright Const el laticn that lighted a world, De replaced oy a distant and deaoiate Star ? Ra’.her heap its proud tropbies ! nnd over them cast This pall of o ir hjtivr—Jiis shroud of our shame ; FLre the pile ! fLug the a>hes abroau on the blast— -1: was born amid si rm —let it perish in flame I From the Louisville Journal. See what a sweet compliment one of our poelieal correspondents pays to ansther : TO MISS L. VIRGINIA SMITH. These eyes have never rested yet on thee— fhme ears have never caught a sinnle note f)f thy io6e lips’ most bird-like melody— rheas hands have never claif»e<l thine own-and yet Fbessme warm Lkod, that mantles to thy cheek, Bans in mine own. lam a part of thee, And thou of me. Ah! ye» —the Mme blue tide, i'hax leaps along thy temples, dirts through mine. Ivo naversecn thee—yet how oil wh-*u night Has left its dewy kiss upon the flowers, AeJ dropt a pearl within the lUy r B cup, A fairy being in the moonlight rose, Aad I believed it thee, and called it thee. Mathinks thou bast love-eyes—and blue ones too; And smiles are there, sueb as the violet wears, When .May’s sweet Sun drops gold into its heart. Thy brow is tike a cloud, that rests at night A boat the Moon’s sweet face. When but a child, I used la think such clouds were angels’ homes. TUbs, thus, 1 deem thy brow an angel-horae, Where every gentle, pure, and nob.’Jrthougbt Haa spread its bly leaflet sweetly out; Tay cheek is soft and round, and hued like Mem, When first she lifts her girl-brow from her dreams. Methinks thy hair a rippled wave of gold, Or summer noonday’s sunshine, soft and bright, Spun out i«to a thousand silken threads. I’ve even thought thy hand within mine own, And found it soft and fair, with throbbing pulse Betraying that thou hast a woman’s heart. 1 bus Fancy ofc hath pictured thee to me ; With other nain leas charms of heart and mind. Forgive me, if I’ve set my mark too low — But tell me, if the spirit-face, my son!, In thrilling love, has sketched, is true to thse. I ks»w thy soul is gentle as the song The summer breezes sing at dewy eve. Thy thoughts forever sweetly haunt the heart— Thy gangs de<y oolivion’s mighty touch. Go charm the world, and, in thy noon of fame, Uno daily thought is all thy Cousin claims. Msu.nl Pleasant, near Danville, Ky. M. J.S, Prom the Louwtil e Journal. We take great pleasure in publishing the follow ing beautiful stanzas from the pen of the young poet ess whose starlike fame is mounting so briiliamly up the aky of American literature : TO ONE UNKNOWN. BY MISS L. VIRGINIA SMITH. 1 have not known thee, fair and gentle stranger, And yet my spirit in its visions warm, Thro’ lency’s rainbow-tinted realm a stranger. Has shadowed forth a bright miial form, With brow of light ami voice of music singing Some sweet glad carol of its bosom’s glee, On golden pinion, onward, upward winging, I gtzed upon it, and I named it— thee. I do not know thee, but when glory, gushing Fr-’ia the fire fountains of the rlowitig West, Is lighting up the sky and roltly flushing The cloudy castles cf the angel Bleat, I meet thee where the b'-avy dew-pearls glisten, And my wild spirit, flusting far and free, While silent stars and drooping rosea listen, Calls softly totbeo —wilt thou answer me? I n»-*or shall know thee, bright and lovely lady— When (taasiag thro’ the temples ot the world, We heap its sacrifice with vows, though ready To curse the altar whence that incense curled. The chains of el-iy ere round ns coldly wreathing And tho igb togetb* r we may bow the knee, As earth’s young w irehipirers, such henrtless breatu- Sbuli bring no whisper Iroin my >*oul to thee, [ing But oh ! to know thee in the land of gla ness— To rm ei, to love thee in an Eden clime, F. rgetful bow in soft and dreamy sadness, We lived as strargers on the shores «*f time. To feel thine angel-arms around me pressing, And count the hours nt long eternity By glowing heart-throbs, sweetly blest and blessing, When thou art known to me and I to thee. Special Notices. Q* Surgical Notice. — Pm. Haul F. Evb haw returned to hi» residence ; n Augusta, and Is prepared to resume the practice of Surgery. flw Infirmary for Negroee m again opened for the rectption of Patients. feß-twlo J. M. NEWBY & CO. £"*/• Have on band a large lot of fine Black Cloth l*reea and Prock C >A TS; fine Black and figured Cassitnere PANTS; Btick Satin, and all ether styles of VF T<; SHIRTS. DRAWERS, SUSPENDERS, GLOVES Ac.. Ac. To which they invite the attention of purrhiseri*. They have a few heavy <>V ER-*< OATS, SACKS Ac., Ac., that will be told very low, to make room for Spring GewL». Call ?n.«l -ce them. ja!7 BLISS'S COMPOOND COD LIVBH OIL CANDY. Ttte Codfish han furnished our veomen with a wide field of labor, and the tastes of our people with a Jelicisus article of food for many years, but it is only until a recent period it has been found, that the oil - ’trected from the liver of the fish could be iked aft an article of the materia medicu. Since its introduction it has wrought the most wonderful changes in the features of the alfectianti of the threat and lungs. The vntues of Cad Liver Oil are ac knowledged the world over, and all these virtues are tound combined in Bliss’s Candy, which sands un rivalled ns a remedy for Coughs, Ao. Beware of can liter tea la. Pre•-ared only by B. K. BLISS, Druggist, Spring field, Mass., Inventor and sole Proprietor. Puce 25 cents a package. For sale in this city by PHD IP A. MOISE, fsl-dA w2w s ( ,ie Agent for Augusta. Never Despair.—A case of Rheumatism es fifteen yean standings has been cured in povn application'’, by the use of “Marhalli Maoioal Pais Ebabicatoß.” The deci in- n» proving iliia, can be seen al W, H. A J. Tv spin s. F v •« Io alw) bv D. B. Plumb ACo , and Wm. M. T»tt. ' te2-dtwAwlw H-To fbe Voiois of Warren County. Rtrvrs Williams anstmiisra himerll as n Candi date for the office of TV SURVEYOR, at the Election, on the first Tuesday in February next, to fid the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of lease F. Adkins, Esq. d27-wid CT RHEUMATISM. DR. HOXIE’S r-'niady for Rheumatism, Goul, Tains of ths Bones, Joints, Ac., surpasses every other known remedy. IfV It gives speedy relief, and curts permanently It strikes at the root of the disease, and re moru ttie cause of it. It is mucn more to be depended upon than any external application, fir although remedies ap p’ied externally sometimes give relief for the mo ment, they necer cure, <~y The great reputation which Dr. Hoxie’s rem edy has, is n<< owing to advertisement, it has done so much good to mankind that every one speaks well of it. Q-Those who suffer with Rheumatism, Ac , will be more than satisfied by trying the effects of one bottle. For sale in Augusta by PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist. And by Drugsista everywhere, f<9 TO PLANTERS. VL^L r E would respectfully inform the Planters that v v we furnish SMALL GRIST MILLS, suitable to be at k Cached to Gin Gears, ot diilex ent and in different patt at the lowest pri cea. These Mills ~~«/ have given the 118 1 W highest satisfac ii<>n, and can be compared with i an * r ° na tis ® .|Mt North. Please give us a call before buying «i*-e where. SCHIRMER A WIGAND, Burr Mill Sana .Manufacturers, falS-wtf Augusta, Ga. CALF SKINS, &c. T DOZEN French Ptvhdeiphia and 1 New Jersey CALF SKINS, just re- ceived, warranted fresh. Tho»e who wish to pnr ch.ise a eood article, will find it to their interest to call and look beiwe buying elsewhere. We have also the larges; and b*et selected stock of Biot and Shoe MAKING MATERIALS in the State of Georgia. compr»mg every article in the line. AU of which we will »ffer at reduced prices. f.9 PvRCE, CONLEY A CO pALCIXKD PLAISTEK PARlS.—Afreet V-/ supply, forsake low. by HAVILAND,' RISLEY A CO., L 9 Wholesale Druggists. TREATIoE UPON THE WTATURR AND TREATMENT of Mor- Aw bid bensitMlny of the Retina, er Weakness of Sight—being the dissertation u» which ibe Boylston Meideal Prtxt !br was awarded, upon rhe foilow mg queruu : “W|»at is the nature and the be*, rnoiie of treatment of that affection u< the Eyes, etxn luouly called M übtd SenM i!i*y ot'ihe Retiua T’ B* John H. Dix, M. D., M. M.S S. For sale by fe2-’-w3 JUS. A CARRIE A CO. ROSENUAL.M HYDRAULIC CEMENT A Urge s *pply, diro*U itwm GMoafmtcries, and .or sale at their prices, with ’ddiiHß of expenses, by Haviland, risley a co., feS WhoL sale Druggists. Magazines for march.-Tte tewing .Magasines nave been received (or the above month, vrx; Godey’s lady’s Book, Gra ham’s Magas.*«, and Sartain's Magasiee ; adso. Lit teli’s Livmg Age. Nun. 350 ««d 351- Subscribers will please call tor their copies at GEO. A. OATES A CO.'S, Broad street. A tew copie* trom th* commencement of the year on band. feS S’ UPEHIGH 'mUsTAKD—A k* just re cmvod by js3l U K PLUMB A CO. OUR SERIES OF PICTURES FROM REAL LIFE.-NO. 4. EMBRACING ILLUSTRATED TALES, SKETCHES, ESSAYS, &.C. X I ▲ SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE. From AfthuFs Home Gazette. CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER. BY MRS. JOHN SMITH. NO. 1. MT SPECULATION LN CHINA WARE. This happened a very few years after my marriage, and is one of those feeling incidents in life that we never forget My husband’s income was moderate, and we found it neces sary to deny oursdves many little articles of ornament and luxury, to the end that there might be no serious abatement in the comforts of life. In furnishing our house, we had been obli -ed to content ourselves mainly with things useful. Our parior could boaut of nine cane seat chairs; one high-backed cane seat rock- ■ ing chair; a pair es card tables : a piirof et ! toms ns, the covers for which I had worked in worsted; and a few illustrated books upon the card tables. There were no pictures on tb wait, nor ornaments on the manile pieces, i •.or a time after ray marriage with Mr. Smrh, I did not think much about the plain ness of onr style of living ; but, after a while, contrasts between my own parlors and those of one or two friends, would take place in my mind; and I often found myself wishing that we could afford a set of candelabra®, a pair es china vases, or some choice pieces of Bohe mian glass. In fact, 1 set my heart on some thing of the kind, though I concealed the weak ness from my husband. Time stole on, and one increase after anoth er to our family, kept up the necessity for | careful expenditure, and at no time was there , money enough in the purse to justify any cut lay beyond what the wants of the household required. So my mantel pieces remained bare ae at first, notwithstanding the desire for something to put on them slili remained active. Oue afternoon, as I sat at work ronovating ip old garment, with the Lope of making it look almost “as good as new,” my cook en certd and said— ” There’s a man down stairs, Mrs. Smith, with a basket full of the most beautiful glass dishes and china ornaments that you ever did see : and he says that he will sell them for old clothes.” ” For eld clothes?” I responded, but half comprehending what the girl meant. “ Yes, ma’am If yen have got an old coat, or a pair of pantH oons that aim good for noth ing ho will buy them, aid pay you in glass or china.” 1 paired for a moment to think, and then said — “ Tell him to coms up into tho dining room, Mary ” The girl went down stairs, and soom came back in company with a dull looking old man who carried on bis arm a large basket, iu which were temptingly displayed neb china vase-, motto and presentation cups and saucers, glass dishes, and sundry other articles of a like char acter. Any old coats, pantal >oos or vesta ? ” said th© old man, as ho placed, careMy his basket on the floor. ” Don't want any money. See here ! Beautiful! ’’ And as he spoke, he took np a pair es vase« aud held them before n.y eye*. They were jus the thing for id- mantle pieces, and 1 cov etted them <>n the ins.ant. “ What’e the pric ?” I itrquirrd. “ Got nd old coat 1 ” was <ny only answer. “ Don’t want moßey.” My liti-beud h .d a coat that had seen pret-y good eorvii’e, nod which be had u>t w<*rn fur f ome time, in fact, it bad been voted *uper aoouated, and continued to adntk corner in the colthe* press. The thought of thia gar ment camo veiy r.a urally into toy in nd. and with the thought a pleasant exhilaration of feeling, for I already saw the,vases ou iny mantle*. “ Any old clothe* ? ” repeated the vender of china ware. Without a word, I left the dining room, and hurried up to where our largo clothes pres-* s ood, in the passage above. From this I soon abstracted the coat, and lheu de'Cended with quick steps. Th* dull face of the old man brightened, th* moment his eyes fell upon the gaiment. lie »-rized it with a nervous movement, mid seem rd to take iu its condition at a single glance. Apparently, the ex&miuatioii was nut verv sat isfactory, for he let the coat fall, in a careless manner, across a chair, giving bis shoulders a shrug, while a slight expression of contempt flittod over h.« co intenance. “ Not much good ! ” fell from bis lips, after a pause. By this time I had turned to his basket, and was examining more carefully its contents. Most prominent stood the china vases, upon which my heart was already sec; and iuouuc uvely I cook them into my bands. “ What will ynu g.ve for the c iat ? ” said I. The old man gave his head a significant shake, as he replied— “No very good.” “ It’s worth something,*’! returned. “ Many a poor person would be glad to boy it for a small sum of money. It’s only a little defa cad. I’m sure its richly worth four or fi>e dollar*.” “ Pho! Pho! Five dollars! Pho!” The old man seemed angry at my most unreason able assumption. “Well, well.” eaid I. beginning to feel a little impatient, ” just led me what you will give for it ” “ What you want ? ” he inquired, hi* man ner visibly changing. “ 1 want ihe*R vases, at any rate,” I an wered, holding up the articles 1 bad men tioned *' Worth four, five dollar! ” ejaculated the dealer, in well feigned surprise. I shook my head. He shrugged his *houl d-rs, and commenced searching his ba-ket, from which after a while, he took a cmnacop and sauce", ru which 1 read, in gilt letters, “Formv Husband.” “ Give jou this,’ said he. It was now my time to show surprise; I an swered — Indeed you won’t, then. But I’ll tell you what I will let you have the coal for ike vases and this cup and saucer.” To this proposition the man gave an instant and decided negative, and seemed half offend ed by my offer. He threw the coat, which was in hie hands again, upon a chair, and stooping down took his basket cn his arm. I wu* deceived by his manner, and began to think that! had pieposed raiher a hard bar ga.n ; so I said— “ You can have the coat for the vases, if you ore io make the exchange ; if not, why no harm is done.” For the space of nearly half a minute, the old man stood m apparent irresolution ; then be replied, as ho sat down his basket and took out the pair of vases “I don’t care ; you shall have them ” I took the vases and he look the coat. A moment or two more, and 1 heard the Etree* door close behind the dealer in ehiua ware, with a very decided jar. “Ain’t they beantitul. aunty T” said I to my old aant Rachael, who had been a silent wit ness of the scene I have just described; and I held the pair of vases before her eyes. “Why ve*, they are rather pretty, Jane.” replied aunt Rachael, a little coldly, a« 1 thought. “Rather pretty ! They a r e beautiful.” said I wanulv. “see there !” And I placed them on the dining-roiin mantle. ’ How much they wil improve our parlors.” Not half so much as hat eld coat you .as good as away would bav? improved tb r * lead ings as wel ae the looi* of poor Mr. Bryan, who lives across too street, ’ was :ne unexpect* ed and rebuking answer of aunt RaentL Tn* words e note on my feelings. Mr. Bry an was a poor, but Honest aud ?uousurious man. upon whose d-a y labor a w.ie and five end drea were depeudeu:. He went meanly c<td. hecau»e hs couid net earn enough, iu aJdi.ion :o what hia family required, to buy comlor’ab'e ciothing for himself. I saw. in au instant, what the true disposition of the coat should have been. The china vases would a little im prove the appearance of my parlors; but hew many pleasant feelings and luars and days of cemfort. would the old coat nave given to Mr. Bryan. I said no mor*. Aunt Kaenei weal on with her kmtung. and 1 took me vases down into me pariors and ptaced them on the mantles—-one in earn room But, tney looked small, and sr«med qut’e so hi ary. So 1 put uno on each *ud of a sing e mantle. This did better ; sC?il. I was disappointed in the appear ance they made, and a good deal duptea»*d with myeeif. 1 fell that I had made a bad bar- AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1851. gsin—that is, one from which I should obtain no real pleasure. For a while I sat opposite the mantle-piece, looking at the vases-—but, not admiringly— then 1 left the parlor, and went about my house hold duties, but, with a pressure on ray feel ings. I was far, very far from being satisfied with myself. About an hour afterwards my husband came home. I did not take him into the parlor to show him my little purchase, for I had no heart to de so. As we sat at the tea table, he said, addressing me— “ You know that old coat of mine that is up in the clothes press?” 1 nodded my head in assent, but did not ven ture to speak. “I’ve been thinking te-day.” added nsy bus band, “thst it would be jnet the thing for Mr. Bryan, who lives just opposite. It’s rather too much worn for me, but will look quite de cent ou him, compared with the clothes he now wears. Don’t you think it is a good thought? We will, of coarse, make him a present of the garment.” My eyes dropped to the table, and I felt the blood crimsoning iny face. For a moment or two I remained silent, and then answered “I’m sorry you didn’t think of this before ; but it’s teo late now,’’ •‘Too late ? Why ?” inquired my husband. 4> l sold the coat this afternoon,” was my re piy- “Sold it ! I” “Yes. A man came along with some hand some china ornaments, and I sold the coat for a pair es vases to set on our mantle-pieces.” There was an instant change in my hus band’s face. He disapproved es what I had done ; and, though he uttered no condemning words, his countenance gave too clear an in dex to his feelings. The coat would have done poor Mr. Bryan a great deal more good man the vasss will ever do Jane,” spoke up aunt Rachel, with less regard for my feelings than was manifested by my husband. “I don’t think,” she contin oed, “that any body ought to se I old clothes for either money or nicknackeries to put on the mantle pieces. Let them be given to the poor, acd they’ll do some good. Th ire isn’t a housekeeper in moderate circurastancss that csuldu’t almost clothe some poor family, by giving away the cast off garments that every year accumulates ou her hands ’ How sharply did I feel the rebuking spirit in uiese words <»f aunt Rachel. “Wrist’s done can’t be helped uow," said my husband, kindly, interrupting, as he spoke, seme further remarks that sum Rachel ovi deut’y ißteuded to make. *'We must do better next time.” “1 must do better,” was my quick remark, made in penitent tunes * 1 was very thought levs.” To relieve my mind, my husband changed the subject of couversa'ioii; but, nothing could leheve the pressure upon my feeling*, caused by a too acute conscioutioess ot having done what in the ey?e of my husband, looked like a want of true humauity. 1 could not boar that he should think me void of sympathy fur others. The day following was Sunday* Cl time came "and Mr. Smith went tarifre clothes press for his best coat, which had been worn only for a tew months. ‘Jane!” he called to me suddenly, in a voice that made me start. “Jana ! Where is my bent coat I “In the clothes press,” I replied, com’ng pir from our chamber into th.? passage, as I Spoke. “No; it’s, not here,” was ins rrpliad. “And I shouldn’t wonder if you’d sold my good coat fur them china vases” ••No such thing!” I qu’ckly answered, though my heart gave a great bound at his words ; and then sunk in my boiiom with a low tri mor of alarm. ••Hero’s unv old coat,” said Mr. Smith, hold ing up that defat ed garment —“Where is the new o» e ?’’ “Tho old clothes man has it, as sure as I live!” burst from my lips.” ‘ Well, that is aniee piece of work, I must confess !” This was all my husband said; but it was enough to smite me almost to the flaor. Cov ering my face with my hands, I drooped into a chair, and sat and sobbed for a while bitterly. “It can’t be helped new. Jane,” taid my hus band, at length, in a soothing voice. “The coal is gone. and there is nn help for it. You will know belter next time ” That was all he ssid to me then, and I was gra.efn lor his kind consideration He saw that I was punished quite severely enough,and did net add to my pain by rebuke or com plaint. An attempt was made during the week to recover the coat, valued at suuia twenty dol lars; but the china ornament-man was net to be found—he had made too trood a bargain to ran the risk of having it broken. About an hour after the discovery of the loss of my husband’s ceat, 1 went quietly down in to the parlor, and taking from the mantle piece the china vases, worth, probably, a dollar for the pair, concealed them under my apron, lest any one should see what I had ; and re turning up stairs, hid them away in a dark closet, where they have ever since remained The reader may be sure that I never forgot this my first and last speculation in china ware. NOTICE. TO PERSONS WANTING HIGH PRES SURE STEAM ENGINES, OR MACHINERY OF ANY KIND. subscriber will furnish ENGINES, of the I following diameter ot cylinder, und length of stroke, with a sufficient amount of boilers, at the fol lowing price*. Diameter of Length of Cylinder. Stroke. Power. Price. 18 m. 72 in. 70 burse. 55.(.*00 15 in, 48 in. 45 “ 3,51)0 12 in. 42 in. 25 u 2.200 12 in. 30 m. 20 “ 2 050 10 in. 30 in. 15 “ 1,700 91 in 30 m. 12 “ 1,200 b in. 15 >n. 5 “ 700 These Engines will be finished in good workman like manner The above prices include Boiler, Force and Lilting Pump*, Ac., delivered at Charles ton or Savunn th, put up m complete running order, ! and warranted for 6 months. Address, within 2 months, L. P. GARNER, Agent, YVarrenton, Ga. Or at any time, WM. DkHAVEN, Minersville, Pena. ja2l-dlw&w3m* WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A MAN of g?od habits, »o take charge of a Grist 2V and Saw Mih. One who has som. experience in the use of tools, is required. A goo-i bouse, garden, and luei, will be furn s-beo. audiiDeral wagts I given. A man of email ttuutiy will be preferred. WILI IAM SHIVERS, Sr. Rock Mills, Hancock co., Ga. ju2b w4t SThAYED, FROM ihe subscriber, about the 2Sth I JtfK uIL, a Dark Chesnut Sorrel MAKE, about ! nine tears old, compact and weh ti.nbed, rather on the pony *ruer. No particular marks rccotiec.ed. Any person caking bar up and informing tbe sub scriber, at Wrightsboro, Columbia county, Georgia will be litieraliy rewarded ; and any inioxmanon re wectin* her wdi be thauktuliy received. •7-wl9 JaMFA £. H4RDIN. TO ALL WHOM If MAY CONCERN AN ACT granting Bounty Lands to all pers-uis, or to the widows er minor chddren of all per | t-uns wbo pci termed military service tor the United iMaes iu tne war of 1512, or any of the Indian wars s nee 1790, and U> tue couimissi.-oed officers engaged ux the srr» ce of tbe United Stales, in the late war witti Mexico, has recently been passed by Congress. Tne unaereiuneu. having formed cn association with Attorneys resident at Wasningion City, pos sesses pc-iiliiir advantages for preediting succcselul ’ iy, aau with despa ch, ail claims for Bounty 14(14 arising under the act referred to, and offers his servi ces to ad who may be «au:»ed o the benefit oi tha act, in shearing, wita the least cost aud deiay, a i c . tsed thtechanoiter -.-us-, tau General Govern ment RuBERf E. WOODING, □9-wSai Attorney at Law. Appling, Geo. BOUNTY LAND. UNDERSIGNED notifies all those jL who may ue interested in the Bounty Lana Act wntca has recently become a Law ot Congress, ' that be has connected nitnself witu legal gentlemen ■’ in Washington City, for the purpose wf prosecuting claims against the Government Ail soldiers widow's o< such soldiers) who have served in tbe last wer with Great Britain, iu Florida, or any of the Indian Wars; also, ad comm ssioued officers is me Mexican War, are euulied under the act to Bounty Laud. Address H. An’y al Law. Wurreaton, Ga. a | it. JAYNE* • XPcRj iOKA NF. L-F Dr. Jayn*» CariumaUve Balsam. “ •• Hau “ “ Alterative. “ w Sanative Pilis. Fur sale by j<3o WM. H. TUTT, Druggmu MIBGBW®OUS U TER.ITtRE AND NEWS. . 'Wb 1 ~ The Dr«t —Tbo rollawing pa- per, monthly prepared at tho Treasury Do pnrtment, «hovr« the d.uila of the public debt of the United States at this time: / Estimatb of the principal and in’erest of the public debt, including the stock to Texas, payable annu ally from Ist January, 1851 to its final redemption. CCCJ tn MMN- —— -000 wOO o *« cm x> cm io so ®2° fp ®coro r- b-1- r- © ko -yj —, _ CO 'O co C*i TO O —. _ oo coCDcn x>q cn U. tfl J 3 J 2 to to to ' tQ -'J Q >£ tn tfl rr C co ~• nt co CD-rtO<X'CDCOCDCO , £itO coco** .r jo — LetnmqDCDTCpaocp«-b,t-^b. o i o o S j? 3 -o co oo ro eo —< _ —: __ -m >-< O©co 00 t-£J C- b- a. ao co 33 CM cm •- o <-. iCo to u: m «tj ■— io »ii u; c— xjT jv; co COCOCOCOCOOOCOCOpOCMSMoi 6 ’ 5 ... a> ID or »o ft> co o •Cl co ’'** G> O O CO g_cn —. cn ET S£ ° fs S 3 s 3 S 3 S X? g- s • £ § o ?r 0* CO TP ci <— O CM -T. , -r to o o. => . *"* co CM = > cf Li i 1 ~ - ?> -* in co b-anc; o ff<co ir ’ t .1 tn i c-tief’ assumed by Congress, whereof there is ansnualty S6O 000 and interest $990,600 00 The old funded and unfunded debt, a great proportion whereof will never be called...a.a 119,585 98 And outstanding Treasury notes, which when issued in stock, will be paya ble in 1368- 209 561 61 74,283.238 37 Deduct Texas stocklo,ooo,ooo 00 Debt Ist Dec. 1850, as per statement. $34,2 28,238 39 ) Ist Jan., $27,2-9 450 00 ICOb > $ Ist July, 15,740,000 00 $43,029,450 00 Note.— Should the condition of the Treasury per mit the purchase of any portion of the above stocks before the period of redemption, it will of course af fect the amounts. Commerce of New York. —We published on the iG h iiist. our usual statistic tl statement in regard to the commerce es thia pert, for the first three-quarters es the past year, the re turns for the last quarter not having been com pleted. We have fortunately been enabled to complete our compi ation much sooner than we then anticipated, and new lay before our readers a s tatement of the number of vessels which arrived and cleared during the estire year, with their registered tonnage and num ber of seamen: entered during the tear 1850. No. Vessels. Tonnage. No. Seamen. American vessels* I,BhQ 806.1414 27,549 Foreign do. •• 1,451 441,7;8f 18,613 Total arrived,..3,34l 1,247,860 46,153 CLEARED SAME PERIOD. No. Vessels Tonnage. No. Seamen. American vessels* 1,463 699,617 24,263 Foreign do. ..1,355 406,453 j 17,208 Total cleared...2,Blß 1,106,b70j 41,471 This, in connexion with our former tables, shows a steady increase in the growth of our foreign commerce, and mty be taken as a true index of the progress of our city lewards what she is destined to oe—the greatest commercial city in tne world. We annex a table showing the tonnage which has arrived at this port from foreign canneries for each calendar year from 1821 to 1850 both inclusive.— N. K Jour. Com Screw Progress* The London press takes the opportunity of the atarung of the steam screw-«hip Bospho rus with a mail to the Cape of Good Hope te comment upon the rapid progress which the screw propeller has made of late years in superseding the paddle wheel. It was com menced only in 1637, and has bo rapidly ex tended itself, and carries goods and passengers fro'll Liverpool to New York, Alexandria and Constantinople bo niach cheaper, and with so much punctuality and speed, that the mail steamers, which are subsidized by large Gov ernment grants in the shape of poetoffice con tracts, are iaying down screw propellers auxil iary to their padd'e boats. One of the most r*c;en’ific and practical men in England testi fied that it is cheaper to sail a screw-steamer than a common sailing ship, in a given voy age—keeping up, in nil weaker, , the average «peed of a paddle steamer 2, aral MJgain, that the screw makes > wind, and cachesj? |itr» twduty- bur points 6T tKe cephpaft?! r The Bospko. us is bound > her first stretch will be to the Capo of Good Hope, beyond there will be the first trrnl of the trade winds, and it is anticipated that site will make the shortest and most profi able voyage ever known. It was testified before a committee of the House of Lords, that it is cheaper to sail a screw rervner than a common sailing ship, on the same voyage. Tne London i’inivs auici pates that scrow pru pullers will soon supersede paddle wheel boats iu the mail contracts, aud that an entirely new era of cheap sieaui navigation is about to be opened. Twenty years ago steam navigation was confined only to coasting voyages. When that between New York and Charleston was first proposed it was treated as the dream of a uisre visionary. Within a few months of ike voyage made acr ss the Atlantic by the Sirius and the Great Western, Dr. Lardner proved, by an argument in which science could detect no flaw, that ocean navigation by steam was utterly impracticable. Now, iu less than two thirds of tho generation, the Atlantic is covered with steam vessels going out aud leaving in perpetual succession; steam vessels have circumnavigated tho American continent; au American steam line is projec ted from the western coast es America to trade directly with China and Japan—another is proposed to the coast of Africa; British hues thread the Atlantic, the Antilles a d the Gulf—another has started to go halfway round the world, by two loug s retches, to the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies ; and, with al, we are told the: two-thirds of these are yet inofiective, and that a “new era” of speed aud certainty m »;eam navigation ia already com menced. Verily, what is it that the man, who lives twenty years yet, way not expect to see &i the end of iha~ period without astonishment? Is it crossing Jis Atlantic in a week ? the con tinent of America in tee days ? navigating the Pacific as familiarly as tho Gulf of Mexico or Chesapeake Bay ? touring for pleasure among the boaih 6ea islands ? summering in Jan uary at some pleasant spot in Polynesia, and returning, when the mail drops a letter or the telegraph gives a shorter n nee, to celebrate Washington’s birth-duy at New Orleans ? AU of these, and many more wonderful, the man may live to see whose hair is already turning gray.—2V. O. Picayune. English Opinions of Amkrica. —The Lon dou Times, a journal net usually given to eu iogiums on this Republic, undertakes to ac co »nt tor a prosperity which it cannot deny, aud mingle!* a little egotism with its aeknowl edgmeu.s. Wo are recognised as a great peo ple iu proportion as we are English. The stock is ah —eo the Times would infer. 1. is out f*r us to depreciate our descent- Tne starling quahtiee of the Angl* Sixon character iurmsn a firm foundation for the highest superstructure of human exoeheuce. but we on (bis aide of the Alianuc present an enlarged tdiuou us that character, aud an im proved one, we might h*pe —but certainly euiargod tar beyond the insuiar limit* of ths island known us Great Britain. The Timos Utus comphiuont* ns own country, in paying tribute to us ; “ i’nat tbe Americans owe to their ancient slock tuo qualities which enable them to found aud preserve their system us Coamwnwealths is a loot which they may acknowledge with out disparagement oi their iiiirtasic power*. I'ney carried wi<h them across me ocean, nut umy ihe lorms us good government, but the principles vl goou ciUZeeaiHp. They netvr uuiii upon putideal theories, or effected any change except upon sound reasons aud by sober mean*. I’ney did not subeuiute a re public lor a monarchy iu delercuce to any tin agiudty cude of rights antecedent to recorded laws, but when in pursuance of settled con vic lions, they had reluctantly announced au aile giauce, tuey made the best provisions io tneir power lor administering the government tbemseives. L:ide was changed oeyeud the iorm oi tne Executive. Tney devised no re lations between man and man, nor did they deem Uieniseites competent to recast the names ot civil society. They retained every losutuuon and practice whicn could oe accom modated to a Congress instead of a King. Far from vx.emporiziog new laws, they pre served in tuoir reverence, even tne least desi raoie attributes of the old, and nave only just uuw reiuxmed tneir system oi procedure, v»hen we their eider brethren, a e cuuie a « t ug a like neces-say aud acknowledging tbe good ucss ol Uacir example. Uiiese were the prin ciples wtucn preserved item.'’ tne cuuuge ol tone which uas taken p ace ■ n in reference to uns country within a lew years past, is too marked to escape the tumn casual observation. Uur rapid progress exhibits a phenomenon whtCii challenges aUMii aou, and snakes pride from ns supercilious uessand iudufercuce from its lethargy, ihe world tnust look ou. inch a spectacle as that of a self governing people possessed of an impe rial domain, wn.cii, bounded by the two great <>ceaus, is so situated as to coutrod me com merce of bom—.be spectacle of a growing uatiou to wnicb every year add* a cubit to it® stature aud to wnuae gruwih no limit can be attached—a nanon di>peusiug wnh kings and hereditary anstocraciea, and planting itself on tue oroaa foundations oi jusuce and freedom and equal rights—may weh givecasse of spec* uiaiiou aud ui wonder to the adherent o. o.dcr and different systems of pohuas aud so ciaiordvr. xNuunug iuour wnole character •xciivs more asiuuiMimeul than the daring auidoeas ol oar advance. We know coining oi tear, nuihiug of distrust—in so far as oui aesuny u cuueerued. Tbe future is ati our own. We grasp it by imtieipation ;we inter rogue it; we explore it as the depository of untvld greatness and glory, he spirit quick one the present as it passes, and breathes an inspiring energy into enterprises which no other people would project; which no other people could achieve Every year adds to the po ency of our influence in the world which we are one day to control. The reality of our position is felt’and acknowledged; and with that a. knowledtfmeat there is the accompany ing perception of man in his true greatness, with no artificial trappings to mar andi obscure the majestic outline of his proper symmetry and proportions.— BaZ? Amer. Mzthod of Curing Prize Hams.—The hams of Maryland and Virginis hate lang en joyed a wide celebrity. At the last exhibition efthe Maryland State Agricultural Society, four premiums were awarded for bams. We are informed by those who had tho opportuui ry of examining them, that they were oi first rate quality. The following are the recipes by which the baous were cured; T. E Hamb etons Recife. \st premium —To every 100 lbs p>:rk, takeß lbs. of G. A. salt, 2 oz saltpetre, 2 lbs. brown sugar oz. of pot ash, and 4ga ions of water. Mix the above, and pour the brine over the meat, after it has laid in the tub t>omo two days. Let the hams remain six weeks in brine, and than be dried several d»ys before saaoking. I have generally had the meat rubbed with fine salt when it is packed down. The meat should be perfectly cool before packing. J. Glenn's Recipe. 2d premium.— To 1,000 lbs. of park, take La(f a bushel and half a peck “I'SS it well; keep on for three weeks in all, but at the end of nine days take out the hama, and put those which were of the top, at tho bottom. It. Brooke, Jr’s Recipe, 3d premium.— Oue bushel fine salt, half bushel ground luai salt, one and a ha f pounds saltpetre to the thousand lbs. pork left to lie in pickle 4 weeks, hang up and smoked with hickory wood until the rir.d becomes a dark brown. C. D Stingluff’s Recipe, 4th premium — To 100 lbs Green Hanis, take 8 lbs G. A, salt, 2 lbs. blown sugar o molasses equivalent, 2 ot. saltpetre, 2 oz. pearl ashes, 4 gallons water, dissolve well, SKimmiug off the scum arising on the surface. Pack the bams compactly in a tight vessel or cask, rubbing the fleshy part with fine salt—in a day or two pour the above pickle over the meat, taking care to keep it covered with the pickle. In four loaix weeks, according to the size and weight of the hams, (that is to say, the longer period for heavy hams,) hang up to smoke, hock up; smoking with green hickory wood. I have put up hams fer the Irst twelve or fifteen years by the above recipe with uniform success equal stall lines to the sample new presented. To the above we add the following, which we, as well as many others, have satisfactorily proved: For every one hundred pounds of meat, take five pinta of gaud molasses, (or five lbs. of brown sugar,) five ounces saltpetre and eight lbs. rock salt—add three gallons of water, and boil the ingredients over a gentle fire, skim ming off the froth or scum as it rises. Con tinue the boiling until the salt, &c is dissolved. Have the hams nicely cut and trimmed, pack ed tn casks with the shank end down, as the pickle will thus strike in belter. When the pickle, prepared as above, is cooled to blood heat, pour it over the hams They may lie in pickle from two to aiz weeks, according te the size of the pieces, or the state of the weather, mere time being required in cold, than in warm weather. Beef or mutton hams intended for smoking and drying, may be cured according to ibis mode, and will be found eicellent. Much of the goodness of hams depends on smoking. They should be hung at such a dis tance from the fire, as not to be hea.sd. They should also be hong up with the shank end downward, as this wdl prevent tho escape of their juices by dripping. Small hams, wanted for immediate use will answer with two weeks smoking but larger ones, ani those warned fer keeping, should be smoked four weeks dr more. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Chances ot Marriage. We have before us some curous statistics in relation to Marriage These have been gath ered from various sources. According te the ‘Register General o England," a lady’r chance •I getting married i« al its maximum between the ages I twenty and twontv-fivo ! Before nervy, a lady has but one fifth and from 25 to 3*. one third of that maximum chance AfUr thirty, her chance gradually dwindles iw&y ; and hence we may infer hat there are se few ladies who erar go beyond that age. Men, it marry later than we mea; and yet it appear?, according to the figures, that the great majority of marriages are contracted while both parties are under 25. Thia, however, wid not excite surprise with any one who has paid the slightest attsn* ;ia* c-n and development of the Wtijfi, die aiibctiohs and the impulses, Thft young are generally sanguinary and eathnsias u«; and imMßHcb as the “sexes” are apt to a&mciate more intimately and more confiden tially between the age? of 20 and 25 than nt any other period of life—inasmuch as that is «r»phniicaily die marriageable season, and that man ueneraUy determine upon some regular and fixed occupation by that lime, the chances of marriage, within the period alluded to, are, wf courno, more numerous. But let even the susceptible pass over 25- let them exp ere lice une or two disappoint uten’.s of the heart—let them grow ambitious es wealth or of power, and matrimony im mcJistely becomes a secondary condition. The heart grows cold—th© disposition cau tions —and thus new tastes, new habits and new associations are imbibed, and tho society of the gentler sex is comparatively neglected, it appears however, that men retain the pow er es contracting matrimony to a later age tnan women ; for out of 27,433 single persons —we again revert to the statistics—who were married in England in 1848, there was only one spinster above 60 years of age, where as there were twelve bachelors! A widower, it would seem, selects a more ‘steady age’ than a bachelor; while, on the contrary, a widow prefers that her second husband shall bo younger 'han herself. It thus appears that of widows above fifty, who con tract 4 second marriage, more than three fourths are united to men under fifty. ‘Sami vel! Sainivel! be careful of the vidders !’ But it also appears, that as the chances of marriage decrease, the ages of the new partners are found to increase. On a rough calculation, foe number of marriages in which widows appear as the principals is about 9 per cent, es the whole annual number, cud those in which the bridegrooms are widowers about 14 per cent of the whole. It might be sup posed therefore, that more widowers contract ed alliances with spinsters, than bachelors with widows ; but, independently of this, it appears that more widows found widowers for partners than found bachelors, a fact which illustrates the old apothegm that *’Tis sym pathy makes friends.’ Many other curious facts are given, to which we may refer here after. The subject, we are aware, ia always interesting In France, “the business of matri mony” is, in many cases, systematized, aud on very mercenary and calculative principles. Thus there are “iVlarriage Brokers,” just the same as we have “Stock Brokers.” This mod rn feature of civilization, if it may be so called, has not yet been introduced into this country. We have often been surprised that a work has uever been published in re lation to the strange and fantastic matches that have from time to time taken place, in high life, as well a-, in low—and to the curious and romantic circumstances in which the parties were brought together. Such a “chapter of real life” would teem with interest; more over, the materials for its compilation are abundant. It sometimes happens that a con firmed bachelor, apparently, w.il pass by fifty tempting chances, will turn a cold and passion less look upon the “brightest beauties of the day,” and yet, will be “caught at last, by some plain, and to the general world, unattractive woman, in whom As will discover a divinity '. It is well that it is so. It is well that people aaa with different eyes. Beauty is in the mind, in the sympathies, m the associations, and We are often reminded of the lines of the old poet— “ What care I how fair rhe be if she be Mt fair to me.” Hr Clapp's Church m Nkw Orlxans. — The New Orleans Delta suys that Mr. Judah Touro was the weal ny and benevolent Jew who redeemed this church from its ditficui ies. ilia first act was to appropriate upward* of >20,0W0 fer this object. This wai near thirty years ago, and since that time he has preserved me church for the use of Mr. Clapp and his congregation. “ In tne progress of the municipality thia property became immensely valuable, and .Mr. Touro wssfre quen’l> offered very large sums tor it ; but bis in variable reply was,’“as long aside city stands, the church shall stand—bo mmey can purchase it.” Whit is his present purpose in regard to re-building it, we are nut informed ; but we ouserve.l yesterday that laborers were employed in removing the rubbi.h of me building. Mr. Touro is a gentleman ol great silence, and delights tn pursuing hw objects of chan ty and oenevoience noueieas.y and quietly. He does not ‘let bis right band know what the kft doeiii.’ He is one ol me vety lew wealthy men in our city who devotes his whole income entirely to purposes oi charity. And though he Delongs Dot to the sect which some are sj U-x el as to insist in cludes our wh *le people, he is uot accustomed l - dis tiogutUi. in tne diffusion of bis means, uetweeu Jew and Ue..nie, Cnnstiati or Heathen- A patriot, who, in tne defence ot bis country. receive-; a serious wound, be uos a long ule devoted nearly his wh ie fortui e ome relief oi tiie distressed, to wor«.s of patriotism and benevolence, and to the prom ion •f the happiness and comfbrt of his fellow men The old, iudrm, 4 i el. unooserving and un mserviut dd ma who in pia-n attire, and appueatiy w thout any fixed purpose, with bis arms folded behind him, quietly moves through juc busy sureeu. rseven now intent upon some deed of kindness and charity, uoiu which huu ireos 01 his fellow men will derive pleasure, comiortrnd happiness. Long may he Irra to enjoy tne gratitude and affection with which bs person and character wdl ever oe regarded by our people.'’’ Drinking Hunself to Death, an a Bit.— A man named John Keiiy, with some others, en tered a porter house in New York, and made a wager as to wno conid drink the most Lqaur in a specified lime. Rally seated himself and drank three piu.s ol spirits in five minutes, thus winwiug with all ease. In a few minutes afterwards he left the place and went to anoth er Bouse, where he expired in a few minutes. Aktksixh WtLL».—The following aoceunt or Dr. Wither’s progress in boreing Artesian Wells for water power will be found interest ing : Mux Wood. Nov 17th. 1845. First well was bored in December, 1844, for supplying steam boilers This Well when first bored discharged about 130 gel loos of wa ter per asinute above the surface of the earth. The well io 34 inches in diameter and 258 feet deep This well is now 358 feet deep and throws ent about 150 gallons per minute, hav ing been deepened, Dec. 1849. Second well was bored in August, 1845, shout I2l)yards west from the first well. This well discharged about 200 gallons per minute, at thesut(see of the earth, when at the depth and size of the first well, but the first well was now reduced to about 100 gallons per minute. Tbesoceud well was then rimmed out to 7 inches diameter, hut no increase of water. This well was now bored down to the depth of 368 feet and discharged 300 gallons per minute. The last increase did not appear to affect the first well. Third well was bored in October, 1845,about 350 yards east of the first well. This well was bored 4 inches in diameter and 420 feet deep, which discharged 240 gallons per minute at the surface ofthe earth. This now reduced the two first Wells to nbottt 310 gallons per minute making in all 550 gallons per min ute. Fourth well was commenced at the bouss in November, 1845, about 230 yards south of the third well. This well premises fair to produce the largest stream of water.) I-. is be red 4 in- tie* in dtameteif and on toe 2dth December, the well was 330 fhet deep, and dischar: ed about 200 gallons of waler per minute, although the well was not yet com pleted. N. B It is highly probable that if the above Wells were bored deeper, the discharge of water would be much increased, provided that no difficulty occurred, (as see Bryan Hines’ Well.) On th* 23J January, 1846, I saw this well again, it was then finished, and discharged about 360 gallons water per minute, at the depth of 468 feet. This Well now acts pretty much like Mr. Hines’ Weil did, before it was rimmed down to the bottom, and before it commenced choking. It threw out a large quantity of coarse white rand, end clods es blue clay or soft rock and fragments of half petrified wood, somewhat resembling char coal.—Alabama Journal. Aktxsian Wblls.—Several fountains of great beauty exist at Fend du Lac, in Wis consin. Use, which excels any other la the place, has recently been completed. It dis charges with almost irresistible force forty-five gallons of the purest water per minute. It was formed by boring to the depth of ninety feet, etgbty-two feet through clay, and eight through sclid reck—and sinking a pipe four inches in diameter, in the aperture thus made. TA* Last Survivor of Cook't Voyage.— The last survivor es Cook's voyages fureishes a pit iable tale. John Beannite Walsh Wade was born in New York, May 1, 1751, at the time it was still an English colony. In 1773 he was impressed into the British navy, and served in it until 1827, a period of 54 years, when he was paid off as muster’s male. During that long and eventful interval he had been in 42 engagements by sea and land, and bad beeu weuoded2l times—severely in the head at the battle of the Nile At this outset in seafaring life he was pul on board the Resolution, Cap tain James Coek ; accompanied that colebra ted navigator in bis voyages of discovery, and was on shore with him when he was killed on the island of Owyhee, ho himself receiving a spear wound. In 1798, being then in the Culloden, at Jpithead. he took an active part in th* mutiny which broke out in the fleet, for which act es insubordination ho incurred the displeasure es the admiralty, who, although he remained many years after in the navy, and still foaghtour battles, eventually inflicted their punishment by refusing to grant him any pen sion er relief. He io now in his hundredth year allowed to beg, and exist upon the poor oat , pittance. at Kingston oa Thames. That •ueh a man should be forced to "beg bitter bread through realms nio valor saved," is in deed, too like a verification of the words of the peat, aud wo can scarcely suppose that the Admiralty knows es his condition. —Lan- den Shipping Gizelte Wlt*T CoSSTITVTXS A G ItS TLgMXB 1 A Discourse la’ely delivered at Bstou Rouge (La.) by the Rev. J H. Linebugh is much ap plauded, and especially the following extract from it: “Manners alone make not the gentleman. They may be, and are one of the evidences of a goHtleeien, bt cause of their coanection with good principles and good feelinga. Ao dis seeiated from sterling principles and benevo lent feelings, they are nothing worth. By a contleinen. we mean him who in character is , honest aud honorable; who through the leflt ness of principle, ecern* to do what ia unjust, or dishonest, or dishonorable ; who never do ceiveatho unwary, nor imposes upon the un suspecting, nor defrauds the ignorant, ner be trays the innocent; who has continually, aud abidiugly in the language of Mr. Burke, that sensibility of principle, that cbaatity es honor wh ch feels a slain like a wound.—We mean him who. to the loftiness of virtue, adds the gcntlone-s and forbearance of a generous and magnanimous chivalry; who shields and pre teeislhe person aud character of the humblest and most triendless female, because she wears th i form and has the weakness of woman ; who to his enemies is forbearing, though he has the power te injure ; who to the poor is condo ►sending and kind, though they have no pow er to repay; who to the rich, and great, and distinguished, is respectful without being ob sequious, civil without being servile ; who, to the humility gentleness, and charity of the Christian, adds that firmness, dignity, and self respect uoceseary for the vindication of his owa honor when impeached, for the preserva tion ol his owa character when assailed." Ohio—TAs Laud of Broad —The Cincin nati Gazette has an article under this caption, in which the following interesting and gratify ing statistics are given as to the productiveness of Ohio in the articles of Wheat and Corn : We shall not anticipate the statistics of the census, nor enter into any great detail. An example or two will render our preposition manifest. In the United States Wheat and Indian Corn are the groat articles of human sustenance, and the latter of animals also. A Stalo which stands at the head in both those articles, may fairly claim to stand highest as a land of bread, lu 184'9 Ohio was first as a Wheat State, and third as a Corn Stale. Ta king the two together, she was first as a bread producing State. Whether she will be now, or not. we do not know. But, lot us take what we do know of one year’s supply. 1 Os H'hoal— lt is now well known that 2 or 3 counties in this State have produced up wards of a million of bushels each, of wheat, and that others, not deemed first rate wheat counties have produced half a million each Now there are in Ohio, 87 connties, and we shall be within bounds to say they have pro duced thirty millians of bushels in 1850. This crop does not appear in the Census re turns; but.it is nevertheless, a reality. Now, there are in round numbers two millions of people, and six bushels each is an abundant allowance for consumption. We have then this result: Wheatcropol 1850 30,000 000 bushels. Do Consumed-•--■-••• 12.000,000 do Surplus for export 18,000,000 do. At 75 cts. per bushel, the surplus is worth -$13,500,000 This is the money value; but look at it in another view, as a food-supplying State, lor people who cannot supply themselves. Then the problem rune thus : 39,000,000 bushels feed 5,000,000 people. 12,000 000 do. do 2,01’0.000 at home. 13,000 OUO bushels surplus feed• 3,000.Uu0 abroad Thus, we find Ohio giving fine wheat flour to three millions es people out of her own domain I! 2. Os Indian Corn.—No grain is as much the agricultural glory of eur country as In dian Corn. lu value as an ariicle of com merce is hardlv greater thanite beauty as a plant. If our fields of Coro, tas»elling out in the bright sunshine of July, and growing greener witn the strength of the heat were not a common place affair, they would be thought among the most beautiful things iu nature 1 But trie reader must consider mat remark as an aside. We are speaking of bread We happen to have the return es Indian Corti (in 1850) lor two counties—one t Pickaway ) a first class county for Corn, and the other (Green. ) only a second class one. Toe com parison of here, with the re nts of the same counttea in 18411, may serve to give an idea of progress in Corn. 1840. 1850. Pickaway county.. 1,323,889 3 423,000 bushels. Greene county b5d,z95 1,161,082 da. T-tai 1,963, ISO 4,484 062 1 ncrease- 125 per cent. Amount far each person ...100 bushels. The increase aad result seems almost in credible, and yet there can be no doubt of its truth. Let us suppose, however, mat the in crease for the enure State is bat three fourth, the increase ot these counties, vix : 93 per cent, aud look at ibe results. In 1840 he S ales producing the most Indian Lorn, io order were : I’eniieooee, 44,988 181 ; Ken tucky. 36,847,12 u, and Ohio, as the returns indicate, has increased the corn production 90 per cent., Iren .he crop of 1850 is stz’y four millumoof iuohdo ! Looking to toe eon sumpuou of this vast crop, the surplus is chufly used in fatting Cattle aad Hog- 1 for exportation, and on export of Corn and Meal. Bulb ttniae we know vary neariy, and the re sult is : Corn 64 000,00 C bushels. Consumed for stock 44,QU0 uUU exported in fat animals- • • -2<I,UUU,OtW ‘ Exported in baik 2,QOu,UUO “ The last two items give an exported sur plus of twenty-two millions of bushels. If we add to the value of this Corn, the labor of packing, couperage, commissions, dee., on the export of animal products, we have at least ten millions ot duuara lor this surplus ! Thus we find, tnat the surplus food of Onto, in two leading articles will eume to twenty five mil lions of dollars—and in raw material is enough to feed another population equal to her own. VOLiLXV—NEW SERIES VOL.XV-'-NO 7. Wo give this simply as an example ot the great wealth and ample means of prosperity (not only for thems.lvee but other nations,) possessed by an agricultural State, with fertile land, under an entirely free government. It illustrates tbo value es free institutions, as well as good lands, where every man reposes under bis own vino and fig tree. From the Heston Transcript, Jan. 30. Mr. Palne’n Discovery—A Hew Phase ar the New Light. The following interesting letter, though bear ing date some weeks sines, did net roach us till yesterday: Mr. Editor: During the past two years I havo been the assistant of Mr H. M. Paine, in Ilia experiments of decomposing water by Magneto Electricity, and have, in common with him and the rest of his family, borne the reproach and contumely so lavishly bestowed by the pnblic press during that period. J say borne it, because I could at any time have shewu that uiy brother was undeserving of the treatment be received; and I sh nild certainly have none eo immediately after the report of ibe Scientific Committee, had not the pecu uiary inieres’s of others kept me silent. But 1 have st length determined that the dollar shall no longer weigh against the life of ray brotner and the peace of his fsmily ; and I feel cenlt dent, that however he, and athers interested, may deprecate ray present course, they will ultimately acknowledge it to be right. Everything that has been s’ated with refer ence te the d scovary in its saver. as fer as my knowledgear‘sui>. "J>*. eon-sot, wi litho •xeeptiw oi its safety. Tnka is decom posed or resolved into its gaseous elate in abun dance, and at a cost es the interest es the ma chine only; but it cannot be safely dene; as tho testimony es nine severe explosions, in as many months, will amply prove. The groat difficulty is found in governing the electric currents in their accumulation and discharge in the, or at the electrodes—the continuous varying electrical state of tho atmosphere, baf fling all mechanical skill that has yet been brought to bear on tbe discovery. With a certain electrical state of the atmos phere, the apparatus bas been known to work for weeks without any difficulty ; but,immedi ately that a change of excess would occur, repulsion would take place at the eleetrodes, and they would molt like so much wax. Last spring my brother was certain that he bad overcome tho difliculty; and ke com menced lightning and warming his house. Fora few weeks all worked well; but one clear cold morning, tbe family was roused by a report like a six pounder; and, in a moment after, be appeared drenched from head to foot. The decomposing jar had explored. He then ceased te evolve the gases for purpo ses of healing the bouse, and worked the ap paratus by hand only sufficient to generate enough for lighting purposes. It was at this stage of affairs, that the “Scientific Committee ’ made their report; and you will perceive that I bad sufficient cruses te be backward in experimenting, besides the orders of my broth er to the contrary. For eighteen menths past he has been in cessantly employed in remedying this only obstacle ; and although he is sanguine that he has now accomplished it, I fear a disappoint ment ; nor do 1 hope to witness his success till such time as a mistaken, though just press, has ceased to harrass a mind ever sensitive to ridicule. I hope I have now satisfied the anxious, doubtful, triumphant, skeptical inquiry : “If he has made this discovery, why don’t ho bring it out 1" The anxiety to meet this bitter sneering of ths skeptical world, has endan gered the success of the whole discovery. In cessant mental toil, without sleep for weeks, unfit the strongest minds for healthy action; and yet such a course has my brother been compelled to pursue by the action of such m.n as composed the Scientific Committee. Respectfully yours, Gaonas P. Pains- Quinebaug, Conn. Jan. 7, 1851. Slave Trade with Cabs, Thi correspondent of the Philadelphia In fuirer furnishes tho following itsms of intelli gence, just developed in Now York, in refer ence to ihe Slave Trade with Cuba: Nkw York, January 31. 1851. —A very im portant arrest was made here a few days since, but it was kept secret, because the officers were on the track of other parlies who had committed ihe same crime. It was that of Captain William Tyson, on the charge of hav ing fitted out m this port about two years ego, a vessel called the Ray mend de Zsido, for the slave trade. The information was given by one of the soamen, and it was on bis affidavit that Capt Tyson was arrested, it is in proof that they landed six hundred and fifty slaves at Cuba. In relation to the subject of the slave trade carried on by Cuba, a correspondent from Havana writes as fellows: Net withstanding the treaty with England and the stave trade, there hes been imported to thia Island alone, in the last four weeks, fourteen hundred elavee from the coast of Africa, and this is done with tho knowledge and connivance of the Captain General. Very few are aware of the modus operands of the slave trade as it is at present conducted. 1 think, therefore, that the testimony of the wit nesses in this case, will be read with interest, as it shows the mode of proceeding: John Gilbert, representing himself as a native of Calcutta, swore this forenoon that he shipped as a penman, on board the K ninon de Zaldo, at Rio, from whence the vessel proceeded to Paranngua, and he then became cook and steward, in which capacity remained on board until they arrived at Cabenda, in Africa. On their way to (’abends, they stopped at Aiabriz and ihe river Congo. There were on board tbe brig a Portuguese crew of twenty-eight men, and an American crew of eight men, including Cap tain and mate. The vessel lay at Ambriz twenty four hours. The cargo consisted of farina, beans, jerked beef, wat?r and rice, and would subsist seven hundred persons fur fire months. The cap'.ain and some of the American seamen left at Cabenda, but tbe mate, who is since dead, remained board. About one-third of the provisions was put ashore at the River Congo, and also several crates of crockery ware. There still, however, re mained on board about twice as much farina, &c., as would supply a full cargo ot slaves during an or dinary voyage. We remained, said Gilbert, at the River Congo oae week ; it was expected that a car go of slaves would have been shipped there, but their plans were frustrated by finding in the harbor two French war steamers and an English brig of war. They could find no slaves at Ambriz, or they would have shipped them there. Oa arriving at Cabenda, not a vessel lay there ; and a signal was hoisted from our mast head, as we were sailing in, which was in stantly replied to by au answering signal from a staff on shore. In a few momenta a number of boat., filled with slave., were seen coming from the shore towards us, and just before they reached eur gangway the an. cbor was dropped, and within twenty-three minutes from that time a cargo of six hundred and fifty staves were transferred from the twenty beats which brought them off to the brig. The vessel was immediately got under way and left the harbor with six hundred and fifty slaves, and a crew of thirty-three or thirty four men, including Capt. Carlo (a Portugese,) and Mello and Carvillo, first and second mates. The cargo of slaves was conveyed to, and landed at Ha vana. It was, I think, on the sth of August, 1849, the brig left Kio for Parangua, and she arrived at Ca benda on tbe 14th of October. I and two other persons were sent a bore at Cabenda, where we re mained nineteen days, and then departed for Brexit in a vessel belonging to the establishment from which the elaves were shipped on board the Ramon de Zaldo. The brig was afterward, sold at Rio. William P, Price deposed that the Ramon de Zsido left New York in ballast; rhe took a cargo ot flour from. Virginia to Bahia*, she continued on to Rio in ballast, where she discharged it. took io fresh cargo, and proceeded on to Paranagua. Tux Casson Ball Tux a.—Among tho plants of Guiana ; one of the moat cuneus is tho cannon ball tree. It grows to the height of sixty feet, and its flowers are as remark able for their beauty and fragrance, as its frnitfor fragrance and centradiotory qualities. Its blossoms are of a delicious crimson, ap pearing in large bunches, and exhaling a rich perfume. The fruit resembles onormoaa can non bells, whence the name of the tree, which has also been attributed to the noise which tbe balls make in falling An eminent naturalist say a r Beneath a pure and dazzling sky, grace fulness is ever united to tbe magnificence of nature ; there, tbe hidden streams only revoai heir presence iu gentle murmurs, er by tbe silvery light which they cast upon the rooks, or tbe soft sounds with which they triable through the grass, or by the increased verdure with wbicb they endow the plants. But when the sileuse es nature is broken by one of those violent hurricanes of wind, which so eflea, in tho torrid zose, blasts ail the hopes of the cnl tivator, you may hesr the fruit es the Cannes ball tree, whose bursting produces an olt re peated echo, that resembles the rolling fire of a discharge es artillery. From the shell, domestic utensils are made, aed the contents contain several kinds es acids, besides sag ir and gum, and furnish the male rials for miking an excellent drink in siekoess. but singular as it may appear, tbia polp when in its perfectly ripe state, exceeds whatever is filthy, slinking and abominable in nature, yet the seen, is remarkably vinous, and so per manent, that on examining some portions es the fruit that had been preserved in rum two or three year*, the native odor of tbe plant was found to be so strong as te render the apartment almost insupportable. Insects rov c. in this filthy and disgusting pnlp. Beetles aud ear*ixs feed upon it, while the ferruicas find shelter in the hollow of the shell.” A Goon -hot. —A gentle uan residing on Easton Neck island, m Kent county, Md., shot with a rifle, a few days ago, a swan weighing th.tty pounds, directly through the head, at the dreiance of four hundred yards. It mea sured trom the extremities of its spread wing* seven teet four inches. Block for the H athingtun aonument. — The Chicago Journal says trial a number of the tribes of Western Indians propose to contrib ute a block oi stone to the National Monu- mein, it is to be taken from the celebrated * Starved Ruck,’ iu Illinois, the Indians having no land tney call their own to obtain it from Ihe following is the as already decided upon—‘*Tnis step the red wan gives to the pale face, to build him a path to a better 1 hunting grunad.” It is said that the Board ol I Foreign Missions will prooibiy offer to bear ' Hie expense of Lie transportation oi tin block II tu Washington s a The Royal Lioness belonging to Raymond 1- & Co’s. Menagerie, at Cincinnati, gave birth a a few days since, to throe whelps—-the first 1. ever born west of the AJ eg b antes. ! 1 8,l "“' k4 " FaoraßTiaa er tm« FieuSs ' "in*—Multiply Bby itself or by any other ) .ingle figure, and the two figures forming the t product will, ia each case, if added together, t amount te 9 ; for example, 9 multiplied by 8 I is 81, and 8 and 1 added together make 8; so ■ on with the ether figures. Ths figure form ing the amount es 1 23 4 567 89 (viz: 45) will aloe if added together, make 9. Aad if aby number whatever be meltipliod by 9. and r the figures forming the pre dee tbe added to gether : lheenm will bo either 9or a multiple of 9 Thus—-the produet es 578 multiplied ’ by 9io 5 902 aud Ute amount of these figures added together is 9. And 4 371 multiplied by 9 give* 39 339, the sum es whioh is 97, or three times. 9. Bi'tht and Deaths in Botin.— The number of births in the city of Boston, during the year 1850. was 5279, being 211 more than in 1849. The deaths were 3667, or one in thirty eight of the population. In 1849 the deaths amounted to one in twenty-six. The aggre gate of the agss es the deceased, this yoar, was 74 349 years, being an average for oaeh per son es a little more than twenty-two years. The number of deaths by consumption was 586. The number of Bankrupts in England last year was 837, against 1 326 the year before and 1,698 in 1848. The average es the last seven years was 1.260. There wore 36 bank rupts in Liverpool last year, and 113 the yoar before.. . . 4 A Rica Txaitr-a.—The Hen. Zadoc Pratt, e s Prattsville, Greene Co.. N. IT. who is said to be the greatest tanner In the world, intends to send specimens of leather produced at each of hie seven tanneries to the World’s Fair at London. It is stated that be has eonsemod 1 in the coarse of bis business, 200 000 cords of wood, tanned 1,000,000 sides of Leather, and employed and fully paid 30,000 men. He has also represented his district in Congress, and is worth $2,000,000. Mrs. Martha Myers, the last survivor es the massacre of Wyoming died at Kingston, Le xeme county, on the 4th es January, aged 89. Her father, Thomae Bennet, was eno es tbe forty white men who built the stockade called ‘ Forty Fort.” SSBES3HHHHKIV ,v 3HHHHMMKS9BEESnBS9BI9CK9 CONGRESS. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS, Correspondence of th* Baltimore Ameriean IN" SENATE -Fxn. 4. Messages from the President wore re ceived, enclosing a report from the director of the mint; and also a report from the Secretory of State, of the correspondence between the United States and Groat Britain relative te the possessory rights of the Hudson Bay Company, and propositions to sell said rights; the mes sages were read and laid on the table. Mr. Hale presented petitions from Massa chusetts, praying the repeal of the fugitive slave law. Laid on the table. Mr. Borland presented the memorial oftho ’ Legislature of Arkansas, praying that Con gress would take appropriate steps for the ac quisition of the Island of Cuba. 1 Mr Pearce presented the memorial of the > members es the Constitutional Convention es * Maryland, praying that a line of steamers bo established to ply between the United States > and Africa. f The bill was then amended by adding a pro- 1 vision that the certificate of any eno of tbe r appraisers of the U. 8. es the dutiable value of imported merchandize, ahall be taken as the appraised valuo.of aach geode, as required • by existing law, and that in such porta where ’ there are no U. 8 appraisere a certifieate from 1 the U. 8. ollicer having charge of collecting 1 customs, &.*., shall have a like effect—and the - bill was then read a third lime and passed. The Senate then toek up the bill to amend the acts regulating tho appraisement es impor ted merchandise, and establishing a board of appraisers at large. Mr. explained tbe bill, taking an op- portunity es defending the tariff es 1846 from the charge of allowing a mere extended field for frauds. Mr. Winthrop acquiesced in tho bill repor ted by the committee, though he thought it should have contained a provision for heme valuation instead of foreign valuation. Ho thought the time was fast approaching when the necessities of the government weald force a change in tho tariff. Mr. Winthrop submitted a resolution direct ing an inquiry by the judiciary oommillee, and an early report, as to tbo period when the terns of a Senator,' appointed to fill a vaoeney bv the Governor es a State, rightfully expires. Adopted. The bill te ascertain and sattl s private land claims ia California was taken op. Mr. Buntov proposed several amendmanu ..'.I vi -.r..-.tinier debate, were rejected. O.her ainendmsnts were offered and tho bill was reported to the Senate, and the amend toeiits were ordered te be printed as amended. Adjourned. HOUSE. Aller the reading ol the journal, a discussion took place, in consequence es a proposition of Mr. Boyd, of Kentucky, that the consid eration of the territorial bill being the special or der of the day, this day and to-morrow be de voted to that subject, and that the further eon sideraiion of the mint bill be set down as the special order for Thursday. Tbe Speaker stated that, from the only pre cedent he could collect from the journals, it was the opinion of tbe Chair that the unfinish ed business before tho Committee on tho mate of the Union, under a special order, overruled the special order of the day for the considera tion of the territorial bill. Tho House then resolved itself into a Com mittee of tbo Whole on the mint bill. Various amendments wore offered and dis cussed under the five minutes rule but no im portant one adopted. The Bill was under consideration all day. IN SENATE Fax. 5. Mr. Dodge, of Wisconsin, presented the joint resolutions of the Legislature rescinding the resolutions of a former Legislature censu ring the Hon. 1. P. Walker, and requesting him to resign. Mr. Walker said that be had been condemn ed and censured by his Legislature for propo sing tbe well known amend mem two yean age. He had felt tbe force of the censure, but his conscience had sustained him. His constituents had generously removed *.ha censure, and for this act es justice he returned his sincere thaa ks. Messrs. Seward, Chase and Hamlin present ed petitions for the re|ieal of tho Fugitive Slave law, all es which were laid on the table. Air. Borland presented the resolutions of the legislature of Arkansas, praying that a milita ry academy like that at West Point bo estab lished in some one of the Southwestern States. Mr. Foote, from the Ce'mnittee, on Foreign Relations, to whom had been referred numer ous memorials on the subject of international arbitration, reported a resolution expreeerro of the opinion of the Senate, t.iat provision for tbe settlement of national difficalllss should bo made in all treaties by the United Slates. Mr. Hamlin reported a bill authorising the ” Postmaster General to contract for carry ihg Ihe mail in steamers from the United Stalos te Bra zil, Mr. Batler, from the Committee on the Ju diciary, te whom was referred a resolution, asking them to report whin the term of a Senator holding his seat by Executive appoint naet nngbtfully expires, reported, that in tho opinion of ihe eommiuoe, the term of a Sena tor holding hie seat by such appointment ex pires only when hie successor shall be chosen and sigutfy his acceptance thereof by present ing his credentials to the Senate. A joint reeolution regnlating the distribution of the Works of Aloxander Hamilton and John Adams, was taken npand passed. Mr. Hunter introduced a bill to amend the actio relation te the importation and warehous ing of imported merchendize. Toe Senate then took up the bill to ascer tain and a tile private laud claims in California, and after further debate, tbe bill was ordered te be engrossed for a third reading. , Mr. Underwood exiled up tbe joint resolu tion lioru the Hense explanatory es tho act granting bounty land te soldiers, dkc., by ma king the warrants assignable. Mr. J ones offered eu amendment, providing compensation to the Registers and Rsseivers , es the land olfiaes for locating these warrants. Alter debate, without voting on the anead , meat, the denote went into Executive session and then adjourned. HOUSE. After the reading es the Journal, tho first * business in order was the motion of yesterday afternoon for the ** previous question,'’ Oa the amended Bill reported by lbs Cummitteo. la the good humored conlasion that prevail ed in the Committee yesterday afternoon, and 1 owing to Ihe various and conflict ng amend ment- that were proposed, it may he well here to state that me Bid as or.gtually introduced was lust; and that as it passed the Commiioo there is nor tv be a branch mint either at New York or San f raucisco, bat an Assaying Of ' fice, as euniemp.atad in Mr. Bayly’a amoad inent. 1 Tne speaker said that aa some misconception 1 prevailed as to me effect of the previousqaas uon, he would elate that it would first bo taken on tbe amendment, and if that were lost, 1 on the (bird reading of the bill. The question was then taken on tbe ameud meat, winch was lost: 93 voiiug for and 103 against ns adoption. 1 i-e speaker being about to take the ques tion on the third reading of the Bill, as origin ally introduced, Mr. Strong, of Penn, moved , mat the Bitt he .aid on the table ; upon whisk . ibe jeasand nays were taken, aud resuitad in a vote of lU7 iu the allirm-iiive, and $2 m the negative. inc bill was therefore laid on the table, and to prevent ns resuscitation, Mr. Strong moved ns reconsideration, and that the motion te re consider be laid on the table. The ayes and nays Doing taken on this mo tion, 11 was carried—ayes lU9, nays 84. The House then proceeded to the special order of the day, the consideration es Territo rial business, when Mr. Boyd, of Kemuoky, moved ajoint resolution, authorising A. W. Baobitc, delega.e of the Utah Territory, to taka l uis seat in the House ot Representatives. After a short discussion, the Joint Resolu -1 tion was referred to the committee on Elea lions, and the House soon alter adjourned.