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1 BY WILLIAM S. JONES. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. <OBC3a» THE WEEKLY I. Published every Wednesday AT TWO DOLLIBB PER l<It» IS ADVANCE. TO CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS tending ui Ten Dollar., BIX copies of the Paper wfß hr writ for one year, thru fur- Dlahing the Paper at the rate of MIX <'OIMKN FOKTKN DOI.I.AHH, or a free ropy to all who may procare mjtre Wrtwcriberv, and forward ua the money. CHRONICLER SENTINEL DAILY AKDTRI-WKKKLY, Are el** puhUehed at thin office, and mailed to atibwriben • t the following ratee, namely: IttiLT Parra, If aent by mail, $7 per annum. Tin-Wrastr Parra, 4 “ “ TER TIS OF ADVERTISING. I* WmLT,—Serenty-flre ernta per aquare (It line, or fee) If the firat Inaertion, [anil Bfly centa for each aubae <iuent Inaertion. BY AUTHORITY. TAX LAW. A* Act to Isry and collect a Tdm for each of the jrJirtcal ywr* I W2 dud ISM, nod thereafter, until rejmtlcd. HKCTUiW I, Be it enacted, by the fr-nat* and House <(f He prcsentaHret of (hr Stuff of Georgia, in General in+t, and it /« hereby mulcted by tJw authority of the mtw. That from And after the *Mge of thin art, *ll r«*al and personal rotate within this Plate, whether owned, by individnnlff op rot*} Miration*, reuhlent or m»n*r«klent, ■hall lie liable to taxation, unmeet to the exemption* herein afr«r npneit led. tec. 2. And hr it further enacted, That the term “rani estate,” hr u*ed in ttito act, ahull he construed to include land itself, ail taiilrfings or other article erected upon, or affixed to, the same ; all mlm*. mineral*, foedls, and quarries iu and under the name, except mines Iwloiqm'K f the Mtate, and the term “personal estate,” us lined iu this act, shall he construed to include hII chattels, nu files, debU due from solvent debtor", whether ou note, hill, draft judtrmcnt or mort'/afte, or o|*n account*, good*, wures and merchandise, capital invested in shippin? or tonnage, or ca|iital otherwise invested, nejfro slaves, plea Miro car riage*, public stocks, aw! sUs ks in rnonled corporations; al>o sort portion of the capital of incorporated companies liable to taxation on their capital as shall not be invested in real or personal estate. Mac, 8. And. be it further enacted, That the following property shall be exempted from taxation, to wit : All exempted from taxation, by the Constitution of this Mtate or under the Constitution of the United State*, alt lands belonging to this State or the I.'lilted States, every building erected for the use of and used by a college, Incorporated aeadcniy or other seminary of |«. A ruing, every building for public worship, every school house, court house, and Jail, and the several lots whereon such building* are situated, and uil the hirntture belonging to each of them, all book* and philosophirul apparatus not held as merchandise, and for the purpose of **ale, every poor house, alms house, house of industry, and any house he. longing to any charitable institution, and the real and per sonal estate belonging to any charitable institution or con nected with the same, the real and personal estate of any public library, and other literary association*, all stocks own ed by the Mtate and by literary and charitable instituons, aUo all plantation and mechanical toots, all household and kitch en furniture not above the value of three hundred dollars, not held far purpose of sale, or as merchandize, all libraries—all poultry and S2OO value of other property belonging to each tax payer, and also the annual crops and provision* of the citlcco* of this State, and all lira arms and other Instru ment! .ami all munitions of war not held as merchandlae, and all wearing apparel of the tax payer and family, and tho holder or owner of stock in any incorporated company liable to taxation on its capital shall not be taxed as au individual for such stock. Mac. 4. And be it. farther enacted, That all lands held tinder warrants, and surveyed, hut not grafted by the Itiatc, shall be liable to taxation in the same manner as if •dually granted. H*w\ 5. And be it .further snorted, That all monied or •tock corporation! deriving Income or profit from their capital or otherwise, except as before excepted, shall be liable to taxution. Hbo. ft. And be it farther enacted , That each and every free person of color In this fltato betweecn the «?**» of eighteen aud fifty shall bo taxed annually the sum of firs dollar*. Inc. T. And be it further varied , That the sum sf five dollars shall bo levied upon all pntrflriener* es l*oiv or IMiysle or Dentistry and Dfigwrrean ArllaN. Mac. g. And be it further enacted, That each and every male citizen tret ween the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, shall be taxed nnnually hereafter, twenty-live cents. Mm. if. And be it further enctcUd, That the receiver of tax returns in each county, shall receive all return* io him on the oath# of the person* making them aod it Mich val uation as they may affix, and If auy person shall fail to make it return, »»r to affix a value, the receiver shnl! make such valuation, and asseas the tax thereon from the best infor mation in Ids power to obtain, and In dines where no retain 1* made or no valuation made by the persons returning, he ■hall assess a double tax. Her. 10. And be it further enacted.. That It shall be the duty of the receiver to assess all real and personal es tate not returned or not assessed by the person returning the same at the full market value. Hue. 11. And be it further enacted, That the receiver of tax returns hIikII require nil persons to give in each and every tract or parcel of land, he or she may own, specifying its locatiou, quality, and the num ber of acres, if known, and the aggregate value, includ ing the value of the buildings, machinery, toll bridges or ferries on tho same, a classiHcation of the personal estate subject to taxation, as defined in tho second section of this act, specifying the inmihcr of negro slaves and their aggre gate value, and the aggregate ot all other chattels, moneys, debts due or lo become due from solvent debtors in whatsoever form, and each classification shall he eutered in ■ep&rule columns. Sac. I*2. And be it further enacted, That the Receivers of tax return*, throughout the State shall administer to each and every person giving in his or her taxable property, the following oath, to wit: You do solemnly swear (or affirm) ut the cose may be, that the account which you now give In ii a just and true account of all tho taxable property which yon were possessed of, held «r claimed on the first day of January last, or was In terested In or entitled unto, either in your own right or In the right of any other person or persons whatsoever, as Parent, Guardian, Kxecutor, Administrator, Agent, or Trus tee, or any other manner whatever; and that it la not worth more than the valuation you have aflixed to it, te the best of your knowledge and belief—so help you God. B*o. 18. And bed ftuiher enacted , That It shall be the. duty of tho several tax Receiver* within this State to tnko In all taxable* herein before enumerated, and enter the same in his book or digest with the ap praised value thereof, followiug the chumification speci fied in the second and eleventh sections of this act, und return a copy of the same made out in fair and legible hand writing, to the Comptroller General, and one to the Clerk of tho Inferior Court and one to the tax collector, on or before the Ist day of July In each, year in which digest shall be carefully made out, an abstract, stating each sabjeot of Taxution, the ainouut of aggregate value of each, the num ber of acres of land, nuqibcr of slaves, polls, free persons of color, professions, dentists and dcguarrc.in Artists. tec. 14. And be it farther enacted, That when the Comptroller General shall have received said digest, he Is hereby required to examine the same carefttlly, to detect auy error or errors therein contained, and having corrected the sumo, if any shall bt found to exist, he shall then foot up cadi column and ascertain the aggregate amount of each And all the digests, ami report the same to his Excellency the Governor, who with the as sistance of the Comptroller shall assess such a rate per cent, not exceeding 1 12th of one per cent, on the entire amount as will raise un amount of revenue corresponding to the wants of the State, and notify the several Tax Collectors throughout the State of the rate per cent, so Imposed, and the amount to be collated by him In each county. Mcc. Ift. And be it further enacted, That the amount mo required to be assessed and collected, shall not exceed the ■urn of three huudred aud seventy-live thousand dollars annually. See* Ift. And be it further cn/tcteil. That the amount of tax to be paid annually to the Mtate upon tho amount of real and )hm**oiial estate taxable under this act, sliall be 1 12th of one per cent., which shall be levied and collected and accounted for according to the existing law, together w ith tho (toll tax and tax on practitioners of law, medicine, free negroes, dentists, and Daguerrcan artists. Mec. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority ttfbre mid, That it shnll be the duty of tho Comptroller Ge neral, with the assistance of the Treasurer, after the re turns of taxes have been made by the tax receivers of the several counties in this State, to make au estimate of the sum total of taxes which will bo raised under this act ac cording to the i»er cent, assessed, and if it should appear that tho sum total should exceed the amount of taxes re quired bv this act to be raised; then the Comptroller Ge neral shall issue his circular directing the tax collectors of this State to make such deduction iu an equal ratio upon every thing taxed according to value, as w ill reduce the sun* total of taxes, as nearly t ) the amount required by this act to be raised, at is practicable. The Comptroller speci fying the percent, deduction ueccssarv to be made. Sex*. IS. Ami be it further enacted, That the tax re ceivers and collectors shall receive the same compensation now allowed by law*. Mec. 18. And be it .farther enacted , That to net the digests as provided for in the 7th section of the act of IS4A, for the receivers, the default list shall be deducted, and for the collectors tho insolvent list shall l»e deducted from the total amount of the digests, and that all taxes due and payable under any of the provisions of this act, shall l»e paid In gold or silver, or in the hills of specie paying Ranks of this state. Sec. 510. Anti be it further enacted , That the fourth and fifth sections of an act poised the 22d of February, eighteen hundred amt fifty, to levy and collect a tax for each of the political years, 1850 and 1851, and thereafter, be, and the same are hereby continued in tell force and effect, saving and excepting ao much of the fourth section as in the following words, to wit: not being over sixty years of Age, or valueless from decrepitude or disease. Mec. 21. Anil be it .farther enacted. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to relieve Hanks, Railroads or agencies of Foreign Rank* from any special tax heretofore assessed on them or any of them. Mec. 22. And be It .farther enacted. That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, except such parts of the tax acts uow in force in this Mtate, as may be ne cessary to carry out this act, and which are declared in full force, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JAM. A. MERIWKTHF.R, Mjtenkerof the House of Representative*. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Mcuatc. Approved, Bth January, ISA I *. HOWELL COBB, Governor. •ippiemextlry TAX ACT. AN ACT supplementary to an act, entiled an ad to levy and collect a tax for the political years lMft‘2 and 1862, ap proved January 8, 1>62. Wuk kras, by the fifteenth section of the above entitled act to levy and collect a tax for the political years 1862 and IsftS, it is enacted that the rum of three hundred and sev enty-five thousand dollars shall lx raised for the support of the Government of this Mtate for of said years; and whereas, by the fourteenth section of said act, it has been further enacted, that to raise the said sum, for said political years, not more than one twelfth of one per cent, '‘hall be assessed on the actual value of all the property liable to taxation under the .provisions of the above entitled act; and whereas, his Excellency, the Governor of this Mtate, in a special message made to tlte Horn* of Representative*, has expressed his doubts w hether the said sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary for the support of tilt government of this State for each of the Mid political year. InV> and ISM, can I* raised by tlte *s- Mvamcnt ut only one twelfth of on. per cent, on the estima ted vduc of thcpro|*rt.v sublet to laxatkm under said act, and bath rwommeuded to the Ueneral Assembly, as a precautionary jnrarare, to ease the ntd rate per cent , spe e.Bed In Mid act shaU no, be sufficient to ninth, said sum for said political f ears 1854 aud ISM, to mss an act snmde plementary to said act, authorising him aud the (.'outntrol- Jerticneral »*™>b> thu State of the Digmt or property subject to taxation un der the provisions or said art, and the value of the same, and upon the examination and footing up of Mid Ilier-i ii shall satisfactorily appear to them that ,l\r three htmdrtxl and seventy-five Mmtot be raised by an assessment of one-twelfth of one per cent ou the value returned in said Digest, that they mar be an thorued and emjwwered to increase the said rate tir cent so much, and no further, as may he sufficient to raise the nkt sunt of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dol lar. a. aforesaid: no.-, therefore, for remedy whereof Sucttox Ist. Be it enacted by Me Semite ami Uauee of Repreee tiyitiree cf the State (f Georgai, in General .u. eei.ibty met, and it ie berebi/enactal bt/ the authority , the Mine, That If, upon the return by the several Tax R«. reiver, of this State, of their respective Digest-, contain ing the property subject to taxation, and its value, in pur suanee of the provisions as are contained iu the said act en titled an set to levy and collect a tax for the political years ISSS and ISS3. it .hall appear to his Kxcellency, the Gover nor, and Comptroller General of this State, upon the exami nation Slid footing up of the same, that the said sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollar., uceeesary for the support of the Government of this State, for the said political years, cannot bo raised by an assessment of one-twelfth of one i>«r cent, on the aggregate value of all the property as returned by said Digest, and subject to tax ation, then, in such case, it shall and may be lawful for hi. Kxeetleocy, the Governor and OoroptroUer General of thu Piste, and they are hereby authorised to increas* the Mid rate par cent, .jecified in said tax act, »o much, and no more or further, than wilt be sufficient to rain; the said sum of three hundred aud seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary for the support of the Government of this State for each of the political year, a# aforesaid : and thereupon forthwith to issue an order to each of the tax collector* of this Bute, requiring them, and each of them, to proceed and collect and receive of and from each tax payer the amount of his tax at and after the rate per cent, so increased, and neces sary for the purposes aforesaid. <S*c. 4. And btit/urther enacted by the aMorityafitrt nai<l, That when the Ux collector of any county shall hereafter issue an execution for taxes in arrear, the same Shall be directed to all and singular the Bhcrilft aud con stables of this Bute, and shall be levied by cither officer when the Ux due does not exceed thirty dollar.; but where the tax exceeds that sum, the execution shah be levied by the Sheriff alone, and said officers shall be liable to be proceeiled against by rule in their respective courts as i. jtrescribed by law in relation to other executions. Bnc.*. And bn U fiuiker enacted by the tnHhorityaJbre mid. That all laws, or parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved January 41,1504. AN ACT to require all Wills of pe | ' aou 4l property, to be ex ecuted and proved in the same manner a. I. non- prerertb ed by law, for the execution and proof of Devisee of real estate. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouee of Retire pntatlm (f the mte <f in General Amtnbty 1 r,tn,on “ K3«ty rigfed by the party m willing and bequeathing the aatne, or by some other person in hi- presence, and by hk exprvs di rrcttocw. end .hall he attested and .übKrihed in ilTprra enee of the said testator by three or four credible witn<U-‘ or else they .ball be utterly void mol of no .Sect Bsc.Sh And beU/nrther enacted by the authority aAn-r Th v 411 ,>»" 1 “« P«rt. of tows now of force in this Bute,». applicaWe to the Revocation „ d, vW , e»- (ate, .lull extend to Bills and testaments of penvul pro pertv. Bac.». And be tt farther enacted by the authority atbre- Mid, That afi law. aud part, of las. nos- of tom In tin. Bta,e. prer.rfbtng the inode of proof of devises of real esUte. are hereby extended to Wifi, and testaments of personal property. * And he ii further enact**! by the authority afore laid. That thii act shall uot b< conttruedl to extend to nun cupative wills. Mr/:. 5. A vd be it further enacted by the authority qfore enid, llial as soon os thU act shall be p*»ed f it shail be the duty of the Governor to cause the same to be published in three or more of the public Gasette* of this State, at lea«t once in every week until the firvt day of June next, and that ail laws and parte of laws militating against the provision* of thi* act, be and the aatne are hereby repealed. Approved 21st January, 1862. teb 6, w j 1 AN ACT to provide for tli* Education of the Poor. Bueno* L He it enacted, by the General A*»einWy of the State (f (Georgia, That eighteen hundred and thirty-three short** of the coital stock of the Hank of tlie Mute of Geor gia, eight hundred aud ninety share* of the capital start of the Rank of Augusta, and one hundred and eighty-six •diarc* of the capital stock of the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company, all to this Mute, be hereby set apart as a i#ennanent tend for the education of the jioor, and the said fund shall be increased by so many shares of the capital stork of either of said banks as can lx* j»ur »• based with the unexpended balance, if there be any in the Treasury, of the thirty thousand Dollars appropriated to defray the expenses of the State Convention of 1850, and with all the available awetn of the Central Bank, after the payment of its debts, and the Treasurer of the Mute is hereby required to make such purchase, iu wlioleor in part, ac<*ording to the means at any time available therefor, and the scrip of the Mtock* so belonging to the Mute, and is to be purcha<*ed, shail be under the control and moiiagemenl of the Treasurer for the purpose aforesaid. S«c. 2. The income of the permanent fund aforesaid shad la* divided yearly among those counties which may have at the Treasury of this State by the fir-t of December, in each year, lists of lh«ir poor children, in the manner hereinafter • pointed out, the division to be in proportion to the number of names on the rewpenivc Jtote and the quota of each ronnty, lo I* paid to the school comiuissHMicr’s order under the sen I of his office. Mkc.B. The Ordinary of each county shall be ex ofticio school commissioner thereof, and shall take an oath and en ter into an obligation as part of his official bond as ordinary, U> discharge all the duties of School Commissioner as pre scribed by this act, and to faithfully apply all the money which may oojne into his hands in that capacity: he shall also h# entitled to retain as a compensation for Ids services as such commissioner, two and one half per centum, upon u 8 such monies as he may receive, aud the same per cen tum ujMjn all such monies as he may pay out under the pro visions of this act. Provided, That no provision of the foregoing act shall repeal or militate against the provisions of an act assented to the 24th December, 1847, prescribing tlie mode of disbursing the Poor Hchool fuad, and the elec tion of District Treasurers, entitled an act to amend au act to provide for the education of the Poor, so far as the counties of Lumpkin and Rabun are concerned. Bkc. i. And he U further enacted. That all the duties Imposed by the provisions of this act upon the Ordinaries of each county, shall, in the county of Chatham, be dis charged by the Justices of the Inferior Court, and the said Justices are hereby authorized to appoint one or more fit and pro|»er person, who shall act as Hchool Commissioner or Commissioners for said county, aud who shall discharge the duties imposed by this act, upon the select commissioner, under such regulations as the naid Inferior Court may pre scribe. Hkc. ft. And be it further enacted, That the county of Union lx* exempt from the provisions of this act, and that the Poor School fund of said county, he disbursed under the heretofore existing law. Provided, that said county is not ta be excluded from the benefits of any tend raised under this act. Mec. ft. The duties of School commissioner in each county, shall be the following: he shall levy and cause to l»e col lected by the Tax Collector of the county, such tax as may l>e recommended by the Grand Jury of the first Su|»erior Court in each year, for the purpose of educating the poor, aad shall take charge of the same when collected, lie shall, each year, between the first of September and the first of November, make and keep iu a book for that purpose, j a list of nil such children in the county, between the ages of j eight and sixteen years, an he may deem unable from the • noverty of themselves nr parents, to procure a plain Eng. lish Education, without public assistance; and to assist him j in making such list, he nhall apj>oint two persons in each j Hilitia District to give him information respecting the poor children thereof, which persons, shall take an oath, in wri ting, before the Ordinary, to faithfully discharge the duties of their appointment, and to return only such children as in their opinion are entitled to the benefit# of this act—he shall, within the first week of November,each year, forward one copy of said list for that year to the Treasurer of this Mtate, and shall by the first of December, in each year, have at the Mtate Treasury, liis order under the seal of his office, for the quota of his county, in the Mtate dividend aforesaid, —lie shall lay a copy of this list for the year next last, be fore the Grand Jury of the firat court in each year, and shall also lay before them his written estimate of what county tax will he necessary to* secure the tuition of all such children a" inay be entitled to lie placed on the list for the year then prescat—he shall pay teachers of |»oor children in the fol lowing manner, that ii to say : he shall keep on flic every such account for the tuition of children ou the list for each year as shall be rendered to him. on or before the 2fttli of December, In that year, proven by the oath of the Teachers, specifying the number of days each child was taught, not exceeding the usual rates of nuch teachers, nor exceeding such maximum as may he established by the Ordinary in each county ; and after the 25th of December, he shall pro ceed to pay all such accounts in full, if the tends in hand be sufficient, or rateahly, if insufficient, and always keeping as a fund for the next year, any surplus which may be left. Htr. 7. The Judges of the Muperior Courts shall give this art specially in charge to the grand juries of the first Courts in each year, together with suggestions and arguments upon the duty and policy of educating the poor. l*ro>ided, that the returns of poor children iu the counties, embraced in the third and fifth sections of this act, shall he made un der the oath aud iu the manner prescribed in the sixth sec tion; and ordinaries in said counties, shall be entitled to re tain their commissions on the State fund received, but not on its disbursement. Mw\ h. All laws and parts of laws at all conflicting with this act are hereby repealed JAM. A. MERIWETHER, Speaker of the House of Ueprcsentutiu'S. ANDREW J. MILLER, , • President of the Senate. Approved, 22d January, 1852. IIOWELL COBB, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of married women whose husbands ! have deserted them. Mku. 1 . Be it enacted by the lSenate and Home of Rep- 1 reientaHces of the State <\f Georgia in General Axnanbly convened, audit in hereby enacted by the authority qf the name, That in all cases where a married woman has been deserted by her husband, and has, while so deserted, by her exertions and those of her children, or otherwise ac quired property of any kind, tho same shall be exempt from the payment of said husbands'* debts, and be vested in said married woman, for her sole and separate use, not subject I to the debts, contracts or control of said husband. Approved December 80,1851. i AN ACT to amend the act of eighteen hundred and thirty eight. regulating the taking testimony in certain cases. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Hep nuentatires qf the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in addition to the eases already sjtccificd in the act assented to twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, the party plaintiff or defendant, where he has but a single witness to prove any particular i>oiiit or fact in his case, may take his testimony by commission ex actly as in cases provided for by said act of eighteen huu dred and thirty-eight, with the restrictions and limitations therein set forth. January ft, 1852. FfifTEBN DOLLARS REWARD^ RAN A WAY from my premises in Burke county, on the 25th January last, my Boy HENRY. He is about ft feet >5 inches high, yellow complexion, about 20 years of age, and weighs about 17ft pounds. It is likely he is lurking about or on the Huvatinah river, as he h.;s been a raft hand on said river. I will give sls for the boy, delivered to me, or lodged in any safe jail so 1 can get him. Or if snlil boy has a free pass, I will give the above reward, for sufficient proof to convict the person for giving said pass. Any Information of said hoy, addressed to Gerard Post Office, will be thankfully received. _ _ J. R. MOBLEY. STOP THE VILLAIN. HA. YAW AY from the subscriber, on the 6th ** 1 inst., (alter having knocked his young master down with an axe, fracturing his skull considerably, and leaving him, as he supposed, dead) a bright mu- —*-!Y latto (nearly white) Boy, about 21 years old, named HEN RY, chunky built, about 5 feet S inches high, with light sandy ar brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined to curl n little, gray eyes, cheeks frequently flush, and is much given to smoking; has on his left hand, just where the forefinger leaves it, a large scar from a knife; his left leg, also, has a large scar from a bum, the leader of the ham having been considerably drawn, so that the left leg m a little more crooked than the other. Both legs are in clined to knock-knee. He is of a lively turn, and can do a little at dressing plank and putting up weatherboarding, and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will, no doubt, try to pass as a white or free man, under the name of MATHEWS. It is confidently hoped and believed that the public, and especially every father, will take some Interest iu apprehending aud bringing to justice so daring A lSjeral compensation will be given for his apprehen sion and delivery in any jail so that t get him. PITT S. MILNER. Barnesville, Feb. Ift, 1858. Ic2o-ftm Tri -weekly Savannah Republican aud Colum bus Enquirer will please copy for two months. P. S. M. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. R ANA WAY from the Subscriber, the 15th of September, 1851, my Negro Man, 11EARCLE3. He is about 5 feet, 10 or 11 inches high, slim, well made, and stands very erect. He is about 45 years of age, moderately grey, and his completion extremely black. Supposed to weigh abrffit lfift pounds, and hi* lan guage much broken. 1 expect he is Charleston, S. C., or near by. He formerly had a wife and seven children in the neighborhood of Charleston. 1 will give the above reward for the apprehension and confinement of said Boy iu some safe jail, if out of the State, or Twenty-five Dollars if within the State. Address, ISAAC D. SLATON, fu 18-2 in Millstone, Georgia. THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. ]) Aft VB AY, from the subscriber, in Columbia mj, IV foimty, OH the Bth inst., a Mulatto Boy turned UP .lEHB. Tie is about 80 years old, 6 foet 8 or 10 inches high, weighing about KV» or 160 pounds, very grey JkL for hi* age, but persons would hardly notice it without be ing particular; one of hit thumbs has keen sprained, and lias a pretty large knot upon it; he is bushy headed, full over the eyes, tolerably quick spoken, a negro with good sense, a tolerable good plantation smith, aud a handy ne gro with tools of auy kind about a plantation. These are the only marks recollected. The above reward will be given to any person who will apprehend and deliver said bov to me, or will lodge him in some safe jail in the State of Georgia or South Carolina, so that 1 can get him. Address JOHN BOYD, inhll-wtf Eubanks F. 0., Columbia county, Ga. TEN DOLLARS REWARD.’ RAX AW AY from me, on tbs l&th of Mnrvh, mj mj Negro uian 9AM, lUackrmith by trade. He is very dark complected, bad countenance, inclined to rjk stutter a little, weighs about lf>o or It>o pounds, «YL chunky built, about S feet sor 6 inches high, and about 80 years old. 1 expect he is trying to get to Virginia, where he was raised. I will gire tho above reward to any person who will lodge him in any jail so I can get hint. mhSO-lm JOHN ATTAWAY, Burke Co., Ga. CARRIAGE MAKERS WANTED. A GOOD BODY M AKRR anda good Carriajte Trim mer can find constant employment and good wages, by applying to BUNN A POYTHRKSS, mhaO wS* Lati range. Oa. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. Till! COPARTXKKtsHIP heretofore cxiatifcg under the firm of KERRS * HOrK, in this City, and of KKRRS, HOPE A CO., in New York, has been dissolved by the death of ANDREW KERR, and by mutual oonsent of the surviving partners. The tontines* of the Copartnership will be settled by either of the subscribers, who will sign tho name es the 6rm in linuidation. JOHN KERR, JAMES HOPE, JOHN nOPE, ___ Survivors. war - Notice is given, that debts due KERRS A HOPE, P»*d. or satiafacturily arranged during the present z£y** ; »>u»t necessarily, and without any exception, be put ut cm. myl7-dfttwßm OLENDIHinHG * COS WORKS, Broadstroet, Augusta, Georgia, large itock If <> l > ll * od * nd wiu continue to keep a SssassfS.=Sß«= r»n h* temi«ti»wi K)wu ***** of the same quality Mates. Plan. prfoS^ffibe*^^' meul '»United aud examine for thLwlrln ** at tiloM wh » *•“** and ifoepatcto” frOW * he cwultr T executed with orators. PHILIP A. ItOIBE. t IMPORTER AND DEALER IN DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTS Oliu DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH' W ES, PERFUMERY PATENT MEDICINES, Ol Jkc., kc. Xo. 195 Brand Srect, August.,, Georgia, Has uow on hand a very large Stork of the above artirlr. which are offered for rale at very Jow pr«', mud.it mg terms. ISr Country Merchants, Riysicians and Planters ar* irn ted to cal and examine, before purchasing elsewhere. ihunMuim THK I XDKHSIGXKD are now selling off their Stork of GOODS, in Crawfordrilie and Hberton, at Coat and will give bargains to all who Call. They also offer their REAL ESTATE in each of the above Villages for Sole. They offer, in Hberton, the well known TAVERN lot, for merly owned by Mrs. Oliver. They also request all those who are indebted to them, to can end rattle inunedieteiy, or they will find their notea and account* in the handa of an Attorney for collection, SLOMAN, HENRY A 00. ja49-wßtn 1852. PROSPECTUS 1852. or THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR VOLUME X, FOR 3852. Dr. DAIfIEL LEE, TD. REDHOSD. Kmtob. | Amktaxt Edttoe. TERMS —ONE DOLLAR A TEAR IN ADVANCE. Tut Sot thkbs Cultivator i* i.tsncd .very month, and i- exclu.ivelj devoted to Agriculture, Horti culture. HorW iilturc, Domestic and Farm Economy, Tillage and Hu-tbandrr, the Bret-din? and Raising of Domestic Animal*. Poultry and Been, and the general routine of Southern iTanting and Farming. The new volume for 185a, will be issued on a rovid oetavo sheet of 84 with NEW TYPE, FlfiE PAPER, AN I* BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS! It will contain a much greater amount of mattsr than heretofore —will diacusa a (treater variety of topics, ami will he in every resjtect tub bkot Agm crLTittAL Psptit is tub Soitb .' and equal to any in the Union! Friends of Southern Agrirnltnre!! As the Cultivator was the Fibht journal estahliahed in the Cotton ({rowing States, exclusively devoted to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever been an earnest and consistent advocate of those interests, we confidently hope tliat. having fostered and sustained it thus tar. vour cordial and generous support will still l>e continued. PLAVTKBS, FAItHKBH, CtAKIWNKRS, Fr.riT G BOWERS, Stock Raiseba, NtMEimrEx, and all connected in any way with the cultivation of the soil, will dad the Southern Ci ltivator replete with new and valua ble information; and richly worth ten times tha rifling stun at which it is a’fibrdcd. TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR : ONE copy, one year, ::::::: * ].oo SIX copies, 5/8) TWELVE copies, 10.00 I TW KNTY-Fl V E copies, $40.00 FIFTY copies, : ; ; 87.50 ONE HUNDREDcopies, :::::: 76.00 ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will please forward them as early as possible, bills ofsPCCIE paying Ranks received at par—and all money sent by mail will be at our risa. W. S. JONES, Publisher. Augusta, Gh., January 1,1852. THE REMEDY FOUND AT taut liRlnil'IIAST fcLCCIiSjSi has Attended the UM of that wonderful Ointment MARSHALL’S MAGICAL PAIN F.RADICATOH. Every body that lias used it, speaks well of it, and wlmt “ every body says must he true.” Since the first of January last, upwards of ”00 Certifi cates have been received, testifying to the good effect, aid Superiority of Marshall's Magical Pain Kradkator. In some very few instances this preparation has not given entire satisfaction, but just look, for a moment, at the number who have been hem fitted. Seven hundred voluntary tes timonials have been given, and certainly not less than five times this number have experienced the good effects of this Ointment, in the same space of time. The public will please hear in mind that this is a purely Southern preparation, and is entitled to the patronag. of Southern 1 ample. As no charge is made, should no be nefit be received, give it a fair trial, and in ninety eases out of a hundred the greatest success will he sure to follow. For further particulars, and a number of certificates, you arc referred to the pamphlets, to be had at any of tk. Agencies. The diseases which Marshall's Kradkator will cure, are Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic, Lumbago, Painful Nerves, Bcrufula, Bpinal Affections, Dislocations, .Sprains, (Edematous .dwellings, Tumors, Ganglions, Nodes, Mens, Hrulses, Strains, M'eak Joint., Contracted Tendons, Head-Ache, Gout, Palsy, Tooth-Arli, Ac. For sale bv HAVILAND, HIBLEY A Co., Augusta, Oa. D. 11. PLUMB A Co., d». do. D’ANTIGNAC A BAIIIiY, do. do. LAURETTA CAIITEIt do. do. M M. K. KITCHEN, .10, do. M". If. TITT, do. do. P. A. MOISE, do. do. And by W. 11. AJ. TURPIN Proprietors, do. do. It is also for sale throughout the Stale, by the principal Druggists. N. ii.—He careful to look for the written signature of J E. Marshall ou the wrapper of each box. None is genuine without it. , 0 26 ET u »*«! « * AS! UUXf! On Mclntoeh etreet, Ucv doors from Georgia Railroad Bank-. JUST RECEIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest j and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS erer offer ed in this city, comprising every variety, from London and Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash. Double and Single Barrelled (iI NS, all sizes and prices. A fine assortment of .Single and Double Barrelled GUNS for boy*. RIFLKft and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel Rifle and the other sfliot, a fine article for hunting dear and Turtles. Colts’, Allen’s, and other RK VOL VERS; also Single bar relled, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels. Common Pistols, all kinds ; Percussion CAP?*, of Wester ly Richard’s, Cox’s water proor, Walker's and G. 1). French, and Military Caps. A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and Game BAGS, of tha finest Patterns. Also, Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks and Cups, Nipple Wrenches, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, fine large hunting Horns, and everything in the Sporting line. Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and haring those guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persons buying will get a much better articles than is sold at the Hard ware Stores, and at equally low prices, and all warrant ed to shoot well. Powder and Shot, Wholesale and Retail, all varieties. N. B.—RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repair ing and rc-stocking GUNS, done in the best manner and warranted. 010-ly E. H. ROGERS. REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA TER WHEEL. CAITIO\.« Having been informed that a certain per son named Rkkd, is vending a Water Wheel upon which the water is conducted by means of a spirial scroll, as upon Reuben Rich's “Patent Centre Vent,*’ we hereby notify and caution the public, thatwve will prosecute, in all in stances, for any evasion or infringement upou said patent, both the maker and party using, and will be thankful for any information referring us to parties thus trespassing. GIN DRAT A CO. Montgomery, Ala., June 11, 1850. jc2l-tf A GOOD CHANCE FOR A YOfJNG PHYSI CIAN. A PHYHIPIAI' wishing to relinquish the Practice, on J.\. account of ill health, will dispose of his Location a great bargain. There are five acres of Ground, Dwelling House, Office and Shop, Kitchen, Smoke-house, Carriage-house, Stable, Negro House, Ac., Au A Rail Road Agency is attached, which pays from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars per annum, be sides a free ride on the Western and Atlantic and Georgia Kail Hoads. The buildings are new. The practice is worth from $1,200 to $1,500 per annum. For full particulars enquire of J. J. PEARCE, Esq., Com mission Merchant, Augusta, cither personally or by letter. Pfice of the above $1,500. fe24-wim* THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM PANY'S IRON WORKS. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. MAXI. FACT! RE, in superior style, Horizontal and Upright STEAM ENGINES, of all sizes; Steam BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS; Sugar MILLS ; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie ty, (including Hoxie'scontinuous feet for Saw Mills;) En gine and Hand LATHES; Iron and Brass CASTINGS, of all kinds, Ac., Ac. All orders filled with despatch. GINDRAT A CO. IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANU FACTURKRS. Unrivalled Tinprorcment in Water Wheel*. TIIE USER I BERK arc sole agents for making and vending the best Water Wheel in the world, known as Yandcwatcr's Water Wheal. We challenge the World to produce its equal. It has but recently been introduced to the public, and found to be far in advance of all other wheels, both in power and economy in water, evtry drop be ing effective, and none wasted. This Wheel is not in tha least affected by back water. As we prefer them being placed below tail water in every instance, consequently we get every inch of head ; they being entirely of cast iron, simple of construction, are not liable to get out of order, and arc more durable than any wheel now in use. We have recently put one in operation for George Schley, Esq., at his Relvitle cotton factory, to whom we would give reference. See certificate annexed. All orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with attention by addressing the subscribers. JAGGER, TREADWELL A PERRY. _ ... „ Albany, New York. Or to their Agent, J. J. Kiibk, Augusta. [CRRTIFICATK.] Augusta, Ga., March 94,1861. Jaggcr, Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemen I hare the gratification of informing you that your Van dewater Wheel was successfully put in operation at my factory last week, and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and uniformity of speed, arc recommendations alone ; but above all, its highest encomium is the small quantity of water it takes as compared with other wheels. I have been using one of Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge o|*ningg measuring 400 inches. I displaced that and put in one of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge open ings measuring 270 inches, and your wheel run the same amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and there was a difference in favor of yours of eight inches in the depth of water in the tail race. I feel no hesitation in recommending your wheel to all manufacturers aud mill owners, believing it is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish ing you success in the introducton of so valuable an im provement, I main,lvory respectfully', yonrs, Ac. mhM-wly GEORGE SCHLEY. COSBY'S \NTI DYSPEPTIC BITTERS. PERHAPS there is nothing more calculated to disgust the public eye than the innumerable advertisements of the nostrums that are constantly appearing in the public prints. All arc ready to exclaim, Our souls are sick, our ears are pained with every days reports of ills and speci fic’s. This state of the public mind would seem to forbid any person of delicate mind from sending forth any new dis coveries in medicine to the trial of the public: still motives of delicacy should not prevent us front making known real discoveries, which wc are confident will benefit our fellow men. This latter consideration lias prompted the author of these Bitters to make them known, lie knows they are highly efficacious, for he himself, his wife, and many friends have given them a thorough trial. He was, for many years, a confirmed dyspeptic—so much so that even his recollec tion was gone, but by the use of those Bitters he has been restored to perfect health. This has been the case with many of his friends. The proprietor, in sending forth this advertisement, addresses those who know him. He has been, for many years, a resident of Augusta, but at this time of Hamburg, P. C.,at which place he can, at any time, be consulted about the Bitters. They are good in all case* of diseases of the digestive organs, the symptoms of wlficb are, indigestion, paijf or oppression in the stomach from food, km of appetite, flatulency, heart burn, giddiness in the head, tain in the side, shortness of breath, lassitude, general weakness, disturbed sleep, Ac. The composition is entirely Botanical, and has proved efficacious, where many celebrated medicines had failed; in support of which ha could give reference to a number of i>erson*. who have made a trial of it, but deems it unnecessary, as he is willing to place it on its own merits. All lie asks is for those who are afflicted with dyspepsia to give it a trial. The above Bitters can be had at O. COSBY’S Hamburg, 9. C., and at Dr. 11M. 11. TLTT'S Drug Store, Broad street, Augusta. frJO *looorewaed; Dr. heater*** celebrated specific, for the cure of Gonorrhtea, Strictures, Gleet and Anala gous Complaints of the Organs of Generation. pT Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com plaints this is the most certain, fgr’ It makes a speedy ami permanent cur*? without re t riot ion to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application to laisiness. IST It is perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be taken without injuring the patient. |W° It is put up iu bottles, with full directions accompa nying it, so that persons can cure themselves without re sorting to physicians or others for advice. One hot tie is enough to perform a certain cure. Trice ft. w Ii is approved and recommended by the Royal Col lege of Physician- and Surgeons of London, and baa their certificate enclosed. fSP- It is sokl by appointment at No. 195 Metcalf Range. Broad street. iyfi-wlm rn DOLLARS BKH ARO inn be pud fcr the re- OU covery of a package of MONEY loot or stolen from me on Friday evening, the 90th inst., at tlie Double Wells, Warren comity, Georgia. Said package contained $075 95, all on the Brainsick Hank, in bills of ft’s, 10> and 30‘.., pos ably one 50. Also, bill of salt of twenty odd bales of Cot ton, and bill for Groceries, bought of Buford, Beall k Co. Address B. W. FOKTSON. fe2s-w5 Pistol Creek, Wilke* Co., Ga. _ IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS. rIE SI BM'RIBERS are prepared to supply all kinds or COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY, of a superior quality, SHAFTING and MIIX GEARING, with improved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hangers (which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS, of a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods, from One to Eighteen Shuttles: also, for Plain Goods, capa ble of running from 150 to 170 picks per minute. They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatirely little labor; and all Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma chinery, will do well to visit Philadelphia and Ticinity, where they can sec the Machinery with all the latest im provements, in full and successful operation; or they can be referred to Factories in almost every State South and West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers. ALFRED JENKS A SON, Feb. ISSJ. fcls-ly Bridcsburg, near Philadelphia. N. B. Plans of Factories, with the location of Machinery, the simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed, furnished free of charge. wly BOLTING CLOTHS, of warranted quahty, furnished and put up in botte to order. Mm Stone Plaster, prepared for backing Mill Stones, cheap and of the beet quality, lot saie by WM. R, SCHIRMER. Jalß wtf Augusts, Oa. • AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1852 W EEKLY CHRONICLE k SENTINEL POETRY* Written for the Ragle and Bnquirer. THE MACSOLBUM. BY L. TUGUnA SMITH. “From memory's sbambers the forma of the Past, The joyi my childhood rush by sn the blast, And the lost me whose beauty 1 used to adore, To my heart seems to murmur,—no more,—never more!” Midnighta pilgrim spirit stands alone In Memory's lemj4c. \ ague and shadowy O’er ruined shrine, and altar, shines the star Os Destiny, revealing mournfully Fair, faded treasures which the heart has strive* To rescue from decay. Gray-tinted dreams Which erst like glory-blasened banners waved ( pen the winds of morning, mouldering hang From the far dusky dome remembrances, In faint and fitful breezes, shudder through The hollow-sounding aisles. No solitnde Is drear as that where sighc a wailing wind No heart so lone os that whose hidden vaults Are haunted by a moaning memory ! The bell atrikes one’tia like the ghestly cry Os the wild, warning Banshee. Dewn the aisles Deep strewn with dying roses, broken gem-, And sullied plumes, the pallid spirit glides. Its star of Destiny is veiled and dim ; The sad breeze chills it, and the banner-dream* With mildew dropping downward, strike its hrow Like the dark horror the bate black wing In some cold cavern. Still it falter* not; Till kneeling by a tomb, with drooping plumes, From its pale parted lips steals forth a dr als Os mourning melody, like juried love's Low-ehanted miserere. “ Far away. Upon a distant shore, thine early grave Was hollowed by fthe strangerelose and still The damp mould wraps thee, and the moonbeams lie ' All tenderly upon It, like ths was White hand of Silence. Here, one year age To-night, and thou wert laid to rest beneath This mausoleum lone ; and I hare watched K-ach passing day, as sands es Time, that fell In tby deep sepulchre, like icy clods Upon the coffin-lid. Pale Memory And paler Pity strsw thy tomb with flewers, And weep above thee, though the phantoms dire Os sin, and aliarne, and sorrow darkly cower Beside the monument. Ah ! thine was not The Jove that from the holy vesper-star Steals in a silvery shadow seftly down To the white lily’s bosom; nor the wind That Mghtly dallies with the violet; Nor yet the bee at noontide slumbering In the sun-folded tulip's honied heart. ’Two* passion—and it sank into ray seul, At strikes the lightning-flash into the ware, And turns the common pebbles in its deeps To molten jewels yet it was a flame That burned in water, where it eeuld not wake Rnurning flame. ’Twas lightning—and he home Was in the cloud and tempest;—o’er the stream Os my »w©et childhood gloomily it hung As shadows from a fallen angels wing, And waves that canght the fiercely he&utifsl Reflection, trembled to their seeret springs. That proud, dark pinion came between my soul And Heaven, —shut out the sun,—the earth and all Save the wild lustre es thy burning eye Full of streDg witchery, like wandering fire Far-shining down a fathomless abyss In which we long to plunge—then turn away Heart-sick, and shuddering at the fearful spell. Yet oft my spirit gazing on thy proud And glorious beauty, asked of holy Heaven What great good it had done, Diat it should be Blest with a love like thine ? ’Twas mockery a*— A cold and cunning curse;—for till my heart Could brave the wrath of an offended Ged, It might not dare to love thee ! So thy lift lias perished like a bold, free mountain stream, O’envhelmed by lava-torrents pouring forth From the volcanic heart,—all blackened now— All dust and aslies. Living, I wan made To dread thee deeply—dead, I pitty thee And weep thy melancholy destiny. Thou gav’st the mind its gems ; the folded heart Its budding hlosaoins, and the soul its wings Os lofty aspiratien ;—they have shone, And bloomed, and soared, bnt not for thee tfaev lie Strewn on the world’s eold altars, and around Thy colder sepulchre, within the sane Os >Jymory!” Scientific. Geology and the Bibi.k.—Professor Silliman in one of his recent lectures oil Geology, sums up his argument to prove that there is no discrepancy between the Mosaic history of the Creation nnd the revelations of Geology. In conclusion it was stated, decidedly, that there is no conflict between geology and the scripture history. The case is widely different from that of astronomy, more than two hundred years ago, which was condemned as heretical, because the scriptures, described tbo appearance* of the heavens only, which were all tluit in general mankind could he acquainted with. Rut in the case of geology there is not even a literal discrcpeuey. On the contrary, all the geo logical formations correspond in the'order of time, and, as far as they are describod in the scriptures, with the nature of the deposits, especially in the succession of created beings endowed with life, and man in both systems crowns, the whole. The only change required is enteusion of time, so as to afford enough to allow the evonts to happen by natural laws, established by the Creator, and expressive of liis will, which is thus distinctly re corded in the earth itself. “ The beginning" is not limited in time, and may extend as far back as the case may require ; thus providing for all the early formations. The periods called days arc not necessarily such ns we now denote by tliat word. There could be no regulation and division of time, as we now have it, until the sun was sot to rule the day. Morning and evening may he, before Hint time, figurative expressions, denoting merely beginning and end ing, as we say the morning and evening of life. The word day is used, ixi this short narrative, in all the senses in which it in ever employed in language ; and significantly ill tbo recapitulation or summary; in the beginning of The second chapter, day Is used for the whole! peieiod of the creation, and in the same sense in varuous other parts of the scrip tures. The periods required for all the amazing scrios of events recorded in the earth are necessarily long; and if time was measured by natural days in the fifth and sixth .periods, during the creation and sepulture of innumborablc races of marine and tcr restinl animals, there must lrnvo boon a repetition of very many of those davs to make out a long epoch, which might as well be regarded at once as a period of sufficient length for the work. The Sabbath stands by itself, after the work is finished, a moral institution, having no necessary connection with the preeding physical events. By it man is every week reminded of his Maker and liis destination, and although neither morning nor evening are in the Genesis named in connection with the Sabbath, it has no doubt always been of the same length as now, and docs not belong to the geological epochs. 1 f this view is not acceptable, it is still indispen sable, that in sonic way the time should be found, and no person folly acquainted with the structure of the earth can doubt that the time was very long, and no other person can bo admitted as qiuilified to judge in the case. There is no reason to believe that man has been in tlic world more than Six thou sand years and the antiquity of the planet refers to ages before man was created. The allusion in tiro commandments and in other parts of the scrip tures to the six days would of eourso bo made in conformity with the language adopted in the nar rative, which, being for the mass of mankind, was necessarily a popular history, although of divine origin; and the historian adopted a division of time that was in general use, although as to lial f the time, at least, it was inconsistent with nstromi eal laws. Extension of the time to such a length as to cover the events by the operation of physical laws removes every difficulty, interferes with no doctrine of religion, and prepares 11s to exclaim with our divine poets— These are thy filorious works, Parent of Good: Almighty! thine this universal frame. Thus wondrous fair: Thyself how wondrous, then, Unspeakable, who sits above the heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen in these thy lower works. Yet these declare thy goodness beyond thought, And power divine.— Milton. Thou giv’at its lustre lo an insect’s wing. And wheel'st thy throne upon the rolling worlds. From thee is all that cheers the life of man, His high endearor and his glad success— liis power to suffer and his will to serve: But oh! thou bounteous giver of all good. Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown. Give what thou ranst; without thee we are poor— And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away. [Cooper. Water.— On* of the member* of the French Academy of Science haa been recently giving a course of lectures upon public health, which have been largely attended. The last leeture treated of the relation between water and the health of the inhabitaute of any locality. The Paris correspon dent of the Washington Republic givea the follow ing abstract of the lecture: Water, as every one knows, exists in the air, and it is its presonee in tbo air which renders it respira blo. Ordinarily iuvieible, it manifests itself in the form of rain, hiul, snow, and fog. When it foils in drops or globules it is never pure, for it catches ami brings to the earth with a portion of the or ganic and inorganic bodies contained in the air. Tims, rain falling in the vicinity of the sea con tains, though in very small quantities, all the sub stances found in sea-water itself. Drinking water contains about 14,0o0ths of its own volume of air. Such is the case with the water of the Seine, one of the rnoet remarkable rivers for its salubrity. It also contains five or six thousandths of its own volume of carbonic acid gas. This gas is very favorable to health, and is usually found in natural water, in the proportion of live to the thousand. There are in all waters certain organic bodies which exercise an unfavorable influence upon health. There are others whose absence from water would be injurious, if not dangerous. Os the lat ter, bromc and iodine are the most important. It is now well known to chemists tliat when water, used for drinking, is destitute of brome and iodine, the population that uses it degenerates and becomes idiotic. After having been disfigured by the af fection called goitre, water that is too pure, such ms that obtained by the melting of snow, is certain to give this disease to those who habitually use it. From these facts, the necessity of understanding beforehand the qualities of the water of a locality may be easily seen. Evaporation and examination of the reeidutn are the usual means of testing the quality ot water. When this amounts to a thou sandth of the weight of the water evaporated, the water is nnhealthly; and in the neighborhood of Paris well water is entirelv undrinkable. But the reaidum resulting from the evaporation of Seine water does not reach the twenty-five hundred thou sandth part of its weight. The water of the Gar roune is said to be even more salubrious than that of the Seine. Towards the close of the lecture," M. Payen touched upon the property of water to form incrus tations in the boilers of steam engines. This is caused by the sulpliate of lime contained in the wa ter, which condenses upon the metal. The result is a tenfold increase of neat and steam. The pres sure becomes irresistible, and the boiler bursts. But many methods of preventing this formation have been discovered. The most efficacious con sists in determining in the generator a deposit of sulphate of baryte. Bran, svrup of fecula, saw dust, carbonate "of soda, carbonate of potash, may also may, be (advantageously employod. Potatoes have the same effect. They, like the substances just mentioned, render the" water to a certain de gree, soapy or foamy. The solid deposits beeome too slippery to adhere to each other, or to the sides of the vessel. The first employment of the potato for this purpose was wade by accident, in an En glish machine shop. An engineer, after having scraped the incrustation from hia boiler one Sun day morning, in preparation lor the wcek’awork placed in it to boil about a half-peck jolatoee. Being called away, however, ha forgot them and left them in the boder until the next Sunday. On setting to work to remove the usual incrustation, he discovered that none whatever had been depos ited. The half-peck of potatoes was the worker of this marvel, anu tt present in all civilized kitchens the potato* is tba greater cleanser of the tea-kettles and other boiling apparatus. But lam afraid that it would never do as a disincrustator of the boiler* of ocean steamer*. Mr. Collins would be obliged to charter the Emerald Isle, and make it into ods monstrous potato patch, if he wants to keep hi* copper* dean with tnat farinaceous vegetable, MISCELLANY. . From the Andtreon Gazette. I* VIR GINI ALTON. BT AfSTRINrs. CHAPTER I. ‘-Who rliall tear the veil teat- . Before the abyss of thing* to be !” Prior to the time of our ever-memorable Ecvo lntiou, the '‘hill country” of the Tugalo was one vast -wilderness. The low moan of the wild eat, the deceptive, ehild-like cry of the panther, or per •> chance the shrill war-whoop of tlie Indian alone startled the gentle doves and timid fawns of that elyaian clime. But a settlement of the pale-faces made on the banks of the Translucent Tuealo, di rectly after the acknowledgment of our Indepen dence by Great Britain, soon pvt signs of coming civilization with its inseparable concomitants of toil and strife, ease, elegance and splendor—‘‘the pomp and circumstance of glorions war.” The ire and jealousy ot the red men were instantly arous ed against the little colony and without cause what ever, save the mere presence of the whites, who were putting the lands to better use than reserving them for hunting grounds. Tis true, the Clicro kccs were ever on terms of friendship with their white neighbors, who had come to make the “wil derness blossom like the rose and so were the Creek Indians, as a nation, on a friendly footing with them until the war of 1817. But straggling hands of the restless young warriors, kept the set tlers in a state of constant dread and alarm for a scries of years after their establishment in the country. An unhallowed thirst for blood aud Elundc’r seemed to be the only incentive to those ostile incursions, as the whites were content with tilling the virgin soil, and never interfered with the wild habits of “the stoic of the woods.” And their depredations were generally committed with , impunity ; for the Savage invariably fled to Flori da, where they were harbored and encouraged by the Spaniards. (Hence the good policy of that treuty, by which the whole of Florida was ceded to the United States, in IBIS, under the Adminis tration of President Monroe.) About the year 1788, a strong block house was erected on tlie mar gin of the Tugalo, a few miles above its junction with the Chauga, wither all the pioneers might flee ns to a city of refuge, and find ample protection against the predatory invasions of the Indians. Thus much for the general history of our story ; come wo now to the particular incidents in Virgin ia Walton's eventful life. Before the block-house was qu’.to complote, it was filled well nigh to sutfocution, by the sudden disappearance of aome horses and cattle; for the people inferred from this circumstance that tlie wily foe was lurking in tlie neighborhood. George Blair was the only man iu the country, who had the hardihood, in those troublesome times, to re main at his own house during the night—that season, when assassing, murderers, and beasts of prey go forth to shed tho blood of their sleeping victims. The wife of this bold pioneer was the twin sister of Virginia Waltons mother: the sisters had been bound to each other in th* closest tics of affection, but by the death of the latter, some years previous to the period at which’our story opens, the mantle of her love lmd fallen upon Virginia, who now clung to her aunt, with the in stinctive fondness of an orphan. On tho first in dication of danger. Major Walton had removed his daughter from her aunt’s house to the “Tugalo Station.” For several days after coming thither, it was observed that Virginia was exceedingly sad and reserved—her aunt was in danger. A plan for inducing her uncle to fly with his family to a place of greater security than his own frail dwell ing, was soon matured. ~ She determined to visit his house in person, aud try the effect of her own sweet eloquence on liis obstinacy and temerity. A cousin of lid's—a scholar, a baehalor and a gentle man of the old school—consented to go with her. As the monomania, or rather this antiquated spark, was fear of Indians. Major Walton knew he would return ere nightfall, and did not, therefore, object to his daughter leaving tlio block house. But. just here, we ask leave to break the thread of the narrative with an epi sode. It hath always been tlio fashion with writers of romance to give a description of their heroes and heroines. If tradition crrctli not, our heroine wus one of the most beautiful and lovely creatures that ever mortal eyes beheld. Would, dear read er, would that wo could give thee a true idea of Virginia Walton’s peerless beauty—of that youth ful form, so matchless in its physical proportions, and so queenly in its dignity and grace—of tliat brow, "so lovely fair,” and so indicative of in tellect—of those eyes, so blue, soft and lustrous— tlie very stars of love ! And thou, her stores of knowledge were wonderful for one of her age; her words were like “apples of gold in pictures of silver," and her voice outvied in its silvery sweet noss. the entrancing tones of “bright Apnolo’s lute." Like al! other girls both homely and beau tiful, she was the sweetheart of a devoted lover. Even in the sunny days of childhood, she had promised ut some future day, to bccomo the wife of Augustus Wiley, her senior by only a few sum mers. At a school common toboyH and girls, on the bank of the tiny Yadkin in North Carolina, long anterior to Major Walton’s emigration to Tug alo, they had breathed those sweet vows, which have the power of making this dull earth of ours appear like an Eden without Its “sworded angel,’’ and to “ Give a tone of soulful music to the whisper of the trees, Fill the very air with comfort, so tliat common things cau please; . Cover with divine inscriptions even the lowly moving fern, And make the furthest star in heaven with prophetic radi ance burn." For more than two years—how old Time seems to play truant under such circumstances—the youth ful lovers had liceti separated. Virginia and her solidary cousin had not gone more than a milo from the ‘Station,’ en route for Blair’s, when they encountered Augustus Wiley, a little in advance of his father, who with bis family, was removing to Tugalo. Those who have been the actors iu such re-unions, or ever witnessed them, know some thing of the absolute sway, with which the boy-god rules in the realms of “pure passion.” The beautiful enthusiasm, the ineffable tenderness, the angclicglmiecs of the eye, and the low thrilling whispers, by which this unexpected meeting was characterized, made the learned bachcller turn away his head and sigh over his own single bles sedness. The interview, however, was brief, ns Virginia was to return in the evening. Pursuing their way to tho place of destination, the cousins talked of the immortality of the tiftce tions—of poetry, nature and language. Said Virginia to her erudite kinsman: “Cousin mine is the Anglo-Saxon word rath suscctible of comparison t Milton, you may remember, has said, in one of liis exqusitc poems, ‘Bring me the rath primrose, that forsaken dies." ’’ “Yes,” he replies, “the adverb rather, of famil iar uso, is the conqmrtive of that word. My sweet little querist can have a noun compared, at her service, after a certain fashion, if she desires it.” “l’rocced, if you please, sir.” “When we left the blue hills of North Carolina, Augustus Wiley was a mere lad, but, the stairs, which Dnifielson, the bricklayer, used in building your grandfatber’s tall chimneys, was a bolder.” “Yes,” retorted tho quick-witted girl, “my dear est delight, before leavmg our native State, was a doll, but yours, my careful cousin, was a doller ” (dollar.) This hit at the penuriousness of the man of wit and learning, scut him 011 some distaneo ahead of the young damsel, and he might have licen heard muttering something to himself about the unfeel ing disposition of woman, and her readiness nnd quickness at retort. But the harmony and beauty of tlic surrounding scenery, acted like magic in curing him oftliis sudden'fit of peevishness, for although the lulls were not like tho hills of Beulah, nor, indeed, were the mountains like the Delectable Mountains, still, that part of tho country, through which our friends were wendiug their "way, was picturesque, and not uninteresting. Virginia and her cousm had 411 eye and a heart for the beautiful in nature: aud whether her aspect was gay iu spring, solemn iu autumn, or terrible in storms, still to them she had a charm ineffable and divine. Funsing for a moment on a liill-top, overlooking the green fields and vine-clad cottage of their “kith and kinj” they remarked the golden clouds, em paled with loveliest purple, clustering about the disk of the sun, as he rose gradually aliovc the chambers oftbc East. (And this they "thought the more wonderful, as the clouds of morning arc al most proverbial for their dullness.)—Turning to tliat part of creation immediately around them, they saw through loug avenues of primeval oaks, the'glcaming tide of tuc noble river, dashing along its rocky channel. At thoir feet were wild flowers, in great profusion, oftbc softest tint and sweetest fragrance. Tooomplctc and fill out the picture, a herd of deer dashed with graceful speed across the brow of the hill just below them. Tlic riverie, into which both had fallen was sud denly broken, by the firing of rifles, on the other side of the river. “Indians!” was the almost frantic exclamation ofthe idiosyncratic bachelor, “we must return im mediately to tlic Block house.” “No/’said Virginia, calmly aud firmly, “I must sec my aunt, and try to get her awav from that de fenceless home of hers. It is sinful, my cousin, to be so full of fear and apprehension on the least in timation of danger,—those gtms may have been fired by some of our own people. My mother used often to tell me, that, true courage was that temper ofthe tout, which never doubts the goodness and pro vidence of God. She said she had collected the maxim from the pages of this Bock;” —takingfrom her reticule a Bible, the gift of her dciiartc'ci pa rent. The profound scholar, of fiorty-fivc, stood rebuk ed before tlic tender maiden of scarce fifteen sum mers. Her reasoning had the desired effect on his nerves, and quelled the tumult of fear. Havingar rived at the residence of Blair, they aseertamad that he fold gone some distance down the river, to try liis luck and skill at angling. About noon, he returned. After discussing the merits of a large trout and some perch, at the dinner table, the sub ject of a removal to the Block-house, was brought upon the tapis. Virginia used a great deal of elo quent persuasion, iu trying to influence her uncle to go immediately to the ‘Station’ with his entire family. In conclusion, she said to him, in "the language of natural reason, that, God had givetl us courage to meet danger manfully, when it must conic, butj the same all-wise and beneficent Bein ' had likewise imparted a feeling of fear to keep ns out of peril’s way. But, also! he was deaf to rea son, and manifested more indifference than mere politicians on the cvc of a revolution, that is to con vulse the world. The cousins, now began to think of returning; but. of a sudden, “a storm wits in the sky," aud the big drops of rain, mingled with hail, came down pottering and clattering upon the bousc-top. The ram continued fulling until night. The Chauga which had to be crossed, was considerably swollen’ and now the only alternative was, to remain at Blair's during the night.—When the shadows of twilight had thickened into darkness, and whilst the sound of distant thunder impressed each one with a feeling of awe and reverence towards the Creator of all things, Virginia took up her Bible and read, in thrilling tones, from our Divine Mas! ter’s sermon on the mount, the words of promise and blessing,—those words which have often touched the flintiest heart and made the most bar ren disposition fruitful in deeds of charity and love. The pious maiden s auditory were moved subdued, humbled and brought under the influence ofthe spirit and teachings of Him, upon whose advent into the world, peace on earth and good will towards men, was proclaimed by a “multitude of the heavenly host.” Blair, alone, remained un moved; mammon was his god, and rashness was hisprompter. The future, it is true, occupied his thoughts, but, oh, such a future !—bounded by death's gloomy shades, and illumined bv no ray from the sun of “Eternal Hope.” Now, his thoughts revert to the ‘cowardly fools,’ as he was wont to call them at the ‘Station,’ while even then, the subtle Indian, with murder in his heart, was entering the precints of his home. “The pale angel of the grave” stands by to liberate the Boufe, so lately regenerated aud sanctified by the power of the Word, from their prisons of elav. The unerring rifle sends its deadly missile into bosoms yet heaving with the first transports of heavenly love. All, save the rash one, foil at the flash of the fatal guns. The man, no longer a husband and a fother, except it be in the memory ofthe nest, leaps into the (fork, and escapes under its sable covering. Virginia is prostrated with the others, and their lifo-blood spouts thick and warm upon her senseless form. But, she is only stunned by a bullet, which, glan cing from the leaves ol her Bible, struck her side in the region of the heart.—Some of the Indians joined the dance of triumph, while others examine and scalp the dead. Virginia opens her eyes to the horrer of the scene. A drunken Indian brandishes his tomahawk over her head. The Chief, a brigand of daring mien and eagle eve, hurls the maudlin wretch against the and takes pssession of tlie lone maiden as his beautiful prize. After a few moments spent in the council ctrclc, the murderers turn their laces towards the impenetrable wilds of Florida, and commence their dreary nocturnal march with their beautiful captive, i Meanwhile, Blair plunged into the turbid waters of the Chaujra, and with difficulty swarm across. Making his way towards the Block house, he was almost bereft of life and reason, ere he reached that pla'-e of safety. His fearful tale'struck terror into the bravest hearts. Indeed, all were taken with so groat a panic that, on the next morning, no one, except Mnjor Walton and ('apt Wiley, volunteered to go in pursuit of the Indians. Those two brave men having been killed, a few davs af terwards, by a fresh horde of barbarians, all hope of rescuing the fair Virginia was lost. But in the heart of one surviving friend, a vow was made to rescue her or perish in the attempt. His extreme youth, however, and the helpless condition of his widowed mother, prevented him from putting lus resolve into execution for more than two vers. CHAPTER 11. Nothing worthy of l coord occurred to Virginia on the long march to the savannahs of Florida. It might be mentioned, that by her courage, ad dress and personal appearance, she was enabled to rule her savage captors, in almost event resjieet, like so many loyal subjects. The prettiest pony was given to the -‘Pale Queen of Beauty,” as they called her, and a squaw of regal descent, herself a captive now, waa lor lie!' liaudnurid. Tlie nsxt wave in the tide of fortnne brought the ' torcat. maid” to the white slave market in St.. Augustine. And though not exposed like tlie hap less “Greek Slave,” yet real slavery was her doom. An old Spaniard, who wanted an intelligent com panion for u little ophan niece, was her purchaser. Her new master was a bigoted papist-lull of su peratition ami prejudiced against the Protestants. This proud old Sjiwiiard had once occupied a high place- in the favor and confidence of the. King of Spam, but the rigor with which he had enforced the decrees of the Inquisition, brought upou him so violent a storm of jiopular resentment that, his sovereign was compelled to banish him to the province of Florida. But t lie demon of persecu tion had not been exercised by liisdisgraoe and banishment. Among his domestics, lie was still the gloomy bigot mid tormentor of those who differed from him in regard to religious tenets. It was not to lie expected tlmt Yirgiuiii who wor shipped God at the altar of her own choice, and continued to read tliat Bible, which had saved her life, and winch had been rendered double snored, in her estimation, by tlie touch of a dying mother’s hand, should escape the wrathful visitation, of a man whose faith, in tho infallibility of the Pope, was un bounded, and who had sent hundreds of martyrs to the stake. As the use of the devouring flame and tlie hateful gprotte had been dispensed with, in ail eases pertaining to heresy, throughout the province of Florida, in accordance with the royal proclama tion, the ingenuity of the old persecutor, was tax ed to find out some suitable punishment for So daring a heretic as Virginia Walton. His inven tion, however, was equal to his intolerant zeal. In those lawless times, when pirates infested the the Isles of the Great Gulf, there were several houses along the sea shore, whither the ocean rob bers came to traffic, to gamble nnd to revel with the forest robbers—lndians and Whites in dis guise. One of these happened to be only a few miles south of St. Augustine. This resort for the desperate and the abandoned, was not only left undisturbed by tlie Spaniards, but even winked at by some in authority. One day, Virginia was summoned to appear in tlie library of her master. She saw by the scowl upon bis brow, and the ma licious expression of his eye, that the storm was about to burst upon her in all its fury. After ex patiating, at some length, upon the heinous sin of heresy, and tlie, awftil condition of those, w ho died without the pale of the holy Catholic Church, he left it to her option, cither to burn her Bible aud worship ill accordance with the directions of tlie priest, or pass two nights in the pirates’castle, bho adopted tlie'lattcr part of tho dilemma without hesitation. She trusted that He, who had preserv ed Daniel in the Lion’s den. Would keep her from falling by the hand of men nvro cruel ami fero cious than beasts of prey. It so happened that her master lmd dealings with the chief of tho pirates, and lienee tho facility with which lie car ried out his intention of making her pass through an ordeal more trying to tlie nerves of delicate woman than the rack or gibbet. He sent her io tho castle late in the afternoon, previous to the night ou which he knew there was to be a general rendezvous of the pirates, robbers aud Indians. Tho key turned in the pondrous look of the outer door, and she was alone in tho pirates’ custles. After spending a few momontsin silent devotion she proceeded to examine tlie interior of tlie buil ding. She took her position ill a room adjoining the dining hall, and awaited calm and self pos icftHcd, tnc arrival of the desperadoes. At the corner of the hull, farthest from the fire place, there wils a small window, through which, every thing that took place, might be observed. In a short time more than a hundred men are in the hall. Some are making a tire for the purpose of cooking, whilst others are flaying some sheep and deer, wliieh the men had brought with thorn. The skins of those animals are thrown into the room where Virginia is standing. She secs the pirates take from a huge iron chest, an immense quantity ot gold, silver and jewelcry. And now u troop of Indians appear upon the slage. But why does Virginia start? docs a serpent hiss at lici'fcet* The Indians have brought iu a prisoner, a young man of noble mien, and dark flashing eyes. She Imsseen him inherdrenms, has, indeed,gazed into the depth of those eyes, before tho searching glance of which, pirates grown gray in the busi neis of spilling blood, now quail in absolute terror. By her he must be rescued. Her woman’s wit is qnickoneil by tho threats, which tho Indians mako against liis life. “He and his men,” said tlicv, “have "sont many of our bravo warriors to the spirit land, nnd if we don’t get n double price for Inin, we will have liis heart's blood.” Something is said by some one in tlie hull, about a ghostly phantom, which was said by old pirates, to come at eortain seasons from the invisible world, and glide on viewless wins from the fireplace to tho opposite end of tho hall, write the w ord death in letters of lurid flame, and then vanish into thin air. Virginia determines to take advantage of this supci-stitiou. She takes up one of tlie bloodv skins, and throwing it over her person like a liooil waits in breathless suspense for au opportunity to play glie it. An aged pirate, deep in a gume upon the issue of which several thousand dollars were to change hands, suddenly throws down tho curds in liis hand, and looking around the sombre ball, lighted up by the pale and ghastly rays of a flick ering taper says, with a long drawn sigh of smoth ered humanity, “Well-ady ! this room always re minds me of my poor old grandmother.” ‘ This critical moment was not to be lost. With tho bloody part of the skin turned out, Virginia thrusts her head through the little window, and says in a deep, distinct, yet sepulchral tone of voice, “Would you know your old graudmotlicr, if von were to see her P One glance at tlie livid and horrible npparation is enough ; in an instant the hall is cleared of every human being in it, save iho young prisoner. But why does lie rush to the ghost and embrace it, with all tho fervor of a mother who lias found a lost babe ? Why does lie hold that snowy hand with both of his, as tlioagh it were tlie anchor of hope i Why do tears of joy pour like great drops of raiu upon tliat. beauteous head, winch now rests upon his heart; Ah! he recognized that dear voice at first, notwithstanding tho disguise. To him it “wm a whisper from the lieart That told ofdays long past.” The ingenious render already know* who that prisoner was ; and it is unnecessary to say how lie come to be fighting his wav with a chosen band of followers through the Indian nation toSt. Augus tine, whither it was known the snvagos generally carried their prisoners. In a desperato light with a large body of Indians, his men were nil killed and lie taken prisoner. But in the pirate’s castle, where he expected nothing but a cruel death, lie meets with her, who was his “pondered thought, by day, liis dream by night.” She, the weaket vessel,’ becomes his deliverer; he is brought tr confess that the ways of Providence are pas t find ing out, and full of mercy. Virginia and Augustus, after collecting the mo ney that had been left by the pirates in their fright, and placing it in a strong sack upon one of the Indians’ ponies, and mounting two of the lar gest themselves, ‘took up the line ofmorch’ along the sen shore, ill the hope of finding some vessel that might carry them to Savannah or Charleston, at early dawn they heard the booming of cannon apparently not more than two miles distant in the direction they were going. The tiring ceased in a few minutes, and directly they saw the stars and stripes floating from the mast head of a man-of war with a piratical looking craltin tow. A sig nal being made, a boat was immediately sent out to shore, and they were soon on lioard of the ves sel. There they recognized, in some of the pris oners on dock, the pirates they had seen tiio night previous at the castle. By the confessions of the pirates, they ascertained to whom a part of the money and all the, jewelry belonged. But fur the sum of ninety-seven thousand dollars no claimant could be found, alter advertising and making the most diligent inquiry in both Europe and America. Blit we are anticqiating. The war vessel, with its prize, made directly for the city of Charleston. And now Virginia and her adored and adoring lover are approaching the “Queen City of the South.” They gaze with admi ration upon the beautiful bay and tlic “fairy Isles tliat gem old Ocean’s diadem.” They loot with a feeling of patriotic pride upon that rude rampart of Palmetto logs, where Carolina valor had faced the thunders of a British fleet, and struck a blow for freedom that has hastened the downfall of des potism. Having landed, they concluded to make Charleston the place of their' permanent abode.— But they are in no hurry to have their nuptials celebrated. They determine to finish their edu cation intone of the flourishing schools in the City. And now we see them again together in school. Hand in hand, “they tread the flowery plains of knowledgetheir tastes and their minds arc thus assimilated, and like their hearts, are one and in divisible. At the close of the year, they felt that they were fully prepared for the consummation of thsir early vows, and they trusted that Heaven would smile upon their union. The marriage cere mony was performed at St. Michael’s, Meeting street and right merrily did the bells peal on that delight ful May morning. The birds had a “carol sweeter than the music of Eden,” and the roar of the main suggested to Fancy’s ear the deep bass of nature’s symphony. Ou the way to the wharf to take the regular packet for an excursion round to Savannah, Wi ley said to his wife : “Dear love of mine, you are the very exemplification of courage; you have passed through many ‘liair breadths of escapes’ and yet have you borne up under the trial: now I wish to know by what talisman you have been sustain ed through all the vicissitudes of a life so eventful as yours. “In these simple words of my sainted mother,” she responded, “you have the talisman you seek : True courage in tliat temper of the noil, which never doubt* the goodneos and providence of God." Proposed New State.—The Legislature of Wis consin are deliberating upon a memorial to Con gress for a Territory comprising that portion of Wisconsin lying north of the forty-fifth degree of north latitude, and tliat portion of Michigan lying west of Lake Michigan. This territory, it is al -1 edged, is very much isolated from the States to which it is attached, and has separate and individ ual interests peculiarly its own, which, under the present organization, do not receive the fostering eve of its several Governments, which the best interests of the countiy require. The separation of that territory, it is thought, would result in no disadvantage to tho States from which it is propo sed to detatch it, whieh would not be more com pensated by the augmented commercial and politi cal advantages of adding another State to the North west. A New York correspondent of the Philadelphia thus speaks of the Harpers’ new Establish ment : “The Harpers, so long opening on dingy Cliff street, which they have made famous the world over, have burrowed through to Pearl street, and setup a magnificent establishment on that street. I have seen the establishments of the London, Pa ris and Leipeic book men, but none of them will compare with the Harpers’ new shop on Pearl-st,” ITEMS. T he bill also provides for tlie payment of (Bgold pieces: the shape and device of which are to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Pensacola Gazette states that the floating dock, basin and Railway, in course of construction at the Navy Yard at that place, are each and all ad vancing rapidly towards completion. A largo me chanical force is employed. The steam engines and machinery for tlie powerfoul pumping apparatus of the dock, are being placed in their respective positions; the stone walls are nearly built in three of the five sections of the basin, and the founda tion of the ahip railway is in progress. Col. S. C. Fremont aud family, arrived in New York a few days since, from California, on their way to London. . _ “Pat, if Mr. Jones comes before mv return, tell him that 11 will meet him at two o’clock.” “Ay, ay, sir; bnt what shall I tell him if he don’t come ?” David Parkbrson, charged with robbing the mail on the route leading from Washington to Ab beville was brought up tor trial before the U. S. District Court, at Marietta, on Monday last. He plead “guilty” to the charge, and was sentenced by Judge Nieol, in consideration of his youth, to six months imprisonment in tlie common jail of Cobb county.— IF tusAinc/ton Gazette. Morne’s Telegraph. —A letter from Mr. Fleiwli man, U. S. Consul at Ktuard, announces tliat the government has finally ooncluded to send Professor Morse a letter acknowledging tho mcirits of hia in vention, together with the gold medal of Wurteui burg for Arts and Sciences. Morso’s telegraphic convention of all tho German States, held at Vienna last autuiti, as being tho only reliable aud practical method, after having tried all other*. Si Non. A n Facts.— ls a tallow cuudlo be placed in a gun and shot at u door, it willgo through without sustaining any Injury; and if a musket ball be fired in water it will rebound and lxi flattened as if fired against any hard substance. A musket ball may l»c tired against a pane of glass, and if the glass be suspended by a thread, it will make no difference, and the thread not even vibrate. Cork, if sunk two feet in the ocean, will not rise on ucoount of the pressure of the water. In the Aretio regions, when the thermometer is below zero, persons can converse more than u mile distant. Mr. Jomerson asserts that he heard every word of a sermon ut the distance of two miles on a.still duv, with perfect distinctness. “Mr. Snooks, how does it come that Nature form ed you so homely.” “Nature was not to blame,” says Snooks, “for when 1 was two months old, 1 was oousidered the handsomest child, in tlie neighborhood, but my nurse, the huzzy, one day swapped me away for another boy, just to please a friend of hers, whose child was vctlicr plain looking.” Lousisvili.e, March 10. —Tho amount of money, raised here for tlie Hungarian fund, including the proceeds from the concerts, the admission paid by the listeners to his speeches, donations, Ac., will barely amount to fifteen hundred dollars. N. P. Willis, Esq., the well known editor of tlie “Home Journal “sailed from New York on Mon day iu the steamboat Merlin, for Bermuda, for the benefit of his health. The Springfield (O.) Journal suggests the uso of sulphate of lime for tho destruction of rats, for while it is a perfectly sale article, it is much better than arsenic. Satisfactory AroLoov.—The Editor of the lona Statesman niakoa tho following apology for the lack of oditoriul iu a late number of his papor: “ Not much editorial this week; can’t help it— another bouncing big boy in this sliuntv; only lmp pcus once a year.” Convxdbum!—AVhat is the name of the koy thnt will eventually lock up all tyrants,'and unlock tlie fetters that bind mankind ? Th* Yan-keo. Comfort for Homily Woven.—“ Beantv,” says Lord Kaimes, “ is a dangerous property, tending to corrupt the mind of the wife, though it soon loses its influence over tho husband. A figure agreeable and engaging, which inspires affection without tlie inebriety of love, is a much safer choice. The graces lose not their influence like beauty. At the end of thirty years a virtuous wo man, who makes an agrccablo companion, charms her husband more than at first. Tlie comparison of love to fire holds good iu one respect, that the flcrcor it burns the sooner it is extinguished.” Tlic valuo of all the milk sold in Massaehnsctts for the ycur ending Jnnc 1, 1850, was $276,887. Dedham is tho largest town in the “ milky way,” having sold $45,000 worth. The above does not include the milk made into butter aud cheese. Wo see it stated that Mr. Cavaltho, a daguerreo typist in Charleston, has discovered u mode of co vering duguerreotypes with a transparent enamel surface, whereby he dispenses with the gloss cover to protect tho picture. Rubbing the plate, instead of injuring, improves the picture. Such pictures may be sent to any distance without injury. Practical Men.—Prosy old gentlemen who think that James Watt was a greater genius than Shak spcarc, und that tho only motive which should move society is the Loco-motive. It was such a man who once said of Milton’s “ Paradise Lost,” tliat it “ was a very good book, but it didn’t prove anything.” Practical men are useful, but like cook stoves nnd Bentham, they are shockingly utilita rian ; and, like a tailor, see much more beauty in a lot of “cabbage,” than in all the rose bushes that ever grew. Voltaire says no man cau be an atheist who bus ever been in love. Voltaire is right. There is n feeling of ctlierial blissfulness which springs from “a satin hug,” tliat no power but an Almighty one could ever give birth to. If courting don’t convince a man that there is a Being supremely great and supremely good, then will he die an infidel. A French gentleman proposes opening an “liy menial aeadomy” in this city, at which young ladies will be taught the marriage service, with all the proper sobs, sighs nnd hysterics, in three easy lcs- • sons of five dollars each. Doos vs. Bloomers.—A young lady appeared in the street of a western village in the new style of pettiloons and short gown; the dogs took after' her, taking her to be some strange animal, run her some distance, nnd treed her on a high fence. Test ok Manhood. —Said a young fellow indig nantly, when called a boy—‘Don’t call me a boy ( I’ve.chcwed tobacco these six years.’ The citizens ofPliiladclphia arc taking measures to consolidate the different municipalities into one eity. The late Michael Allen, of Pittsburgh, at his de cease left $45,000 to benevolent institutions. The largest bequest was SIO,OOO to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions—half of the stun to aid the Jews. Mr. Hill, a pork packer, of Mt. Tabor, lowa, having offered a premium for the heaviest hog killed at his house, received five hogs hi competi tion. The lightest weighed 719, and tho heaviest 791 pounds. RrrcitiE as an Author.— The Washington Tele graph sayß that Mr. Ritchie, late editerofthe Union, is engaged writing the history of Governor Pow nall, Governor of Massachusetts in 1660—one of the most remarkable monos that day. Tall Briikih.— There is a bridge in the course of construction on the Buffalo and Now York City Railroad, where it crosses the Genesee river, near Portagcville. When completed it will be 2*o foot high, and 500 feet span; stone piers, set on the bed ofthe rock, arc carried up 80 tcet high from tho bed of the river, a few rode from the upper falls. From the top of the piers the wood .work rises 200 feet, and so perfect is the model of the bridge, (that may lie seen on tlic ground,) that it is thought there will not be the least tremor or motion under the heaviest train of cars that may ever have occasion to pass ovor it. Tlie timber grown on 160 acres lias already been exhausted, and fifty acres more purchased. It is thought 210 acres will afford timber enough to complete the su perstructure. Some idea may .be formed of the sizs ofthe bridge, as it takes over thirty tons of iron just for bolts. There are one hundred and tliirty-thrcc German newspapers published in the United States; the oldest of.which, published in Pennsylvania, has been established sixty-three years. Connecticut Politics.— The dcmocratio and whig conventions of this State, were held last week; both resolved to adhere to the compromise measures. The whig* adopted resolutions complimentary to President Fillmore and his cabinent, and the dcra crats declared their determination to sustain the nominees of the Baltimore Convention, from whatever quarter ofthe Union they may be taken. Capt. R. B. Marcy, of the U. 8. Army, has been ordered by the War Department with his company to the head of the Bed River, for the purpose exploring that hitherto almost unknown region of country. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune tells of a little girl ten years of age whose only subsistence sinoe infancy has been sugar and milk—some ob struction or disease of her throat having led her always to refuse anything more substantial. She is stated to be as large as children usually of her age, and as healthy, bright and active as those whose food would be considered more invigora ting. Two married Ladies in St. Louis last week met a young man upon the street, and gave him a se vere cowhiding. They said he had been enticing their husbands away from home at night, and ta king them to doubtful places. A Smart old Gentleman ! —The Panama Echo of the 18th contains the following paragraph: “Senor Louis Durand, of this city, late resident on Santa Anna Plaza, outaide the city walls, died last night, aged 90 years. He had a family of over one hundred children. They are actually his own children, of the first generation.’’ The old Mor man! " Tns White* in Ecbot*.—The winter, which has been so severe in this country, has been very spring-like in Europe. In Paris, at tho beginning of February, roses, lilacs, and hyacinths filled the flower markots. According to adviees from the north, a milder season his not been experien ced,—even as fores Norway,—since the eommenct mept of the century. YOL. LXVI.-NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 12. Tn» Young Ladirs Ihprovrd Catroaoh. — What Is the whole duty of woman! To dress—to sing— to dance—to play ou ths pianforte—to gabble French or German—and to preside graceftilly at the tea-table! What is a man! A thing to waltz with —to flirt with—to take one to the theatre—to laugh at—to be married to—to pay one’a bills—and to keep one comfortably! What ialil’e! A polka—a ahottische—a dance that one must whirl through as fast as possible! What is death! H’m —some- thing that it’a unfashionable to talk of—to whisper of—to think of;—so the less that's saidabout it ths batter. Professor Emmons, State Geologist of North Carolina, iu a letter to the Governor, expresses the fullest confidence that there is an almost inexhaus tible source of coal in that State. Preliminary ex aminations at several points establish the fact t hat the stratum is seven feet thick, and the quality ex cellent. “Jake,” said an old farmer, one day, to ono of his mowers, “do you know how many horns there are in a dilemma!’’ , “No,” replied Jake, “but t know how many horn* there is iu a quart of whisky.” Something ot a Fish.—A men in Indiana offers te make a bet of 95,000 that he will nrim from Cincinnati to Madison, iu the Ohio yiver, in the month of August next, without aloep and with only fifteen minutes rest and reftoshments every six hours. Tho Lafayette Courier says extensive ar rangements are making for the accomplishment of the feat, and from an acquaintance with the gen tleman. Touches that he will swim as proposod, or slitl in the undertaking. Hon. Horace Clark, late a prominent Democratic politician of Vermont, and delegate to tho Balti more Convention, died at West Ponltncy on the 43d ultimo. A western editor thus closes a highly wrought puff' of a friend of his—a gentleman of the dental profession : The Dentist pulls a tooth elegantly—the opera tion being atteuded with the most requisite pain imaginable. A sign over the door of a house of entertainment In California thus: u Rest fm-the.ieear// and storage far trunks ; a most attractive and iuvi’ing announcement, truly. Jecms says that tho letters A. M. attached to a man’s name means q tier money. Another trial of the steam Fire Engine was made at Cincinnati, Ohio, a few days since. It gave entire satisfaction. The steam was raised and tlie ongiuo put into motion iu 4 minutes and 16 se conds from time of lighting tlie fire, and in 40 se conds more water was thrown from the pipe at the end of 250 feet of hose, the stream of water was continued indefinitely. Tlie State printing of New York costs 97,812 in 1823, and $140,000 in 1851, to which is to bo added over $89,000 as the oxpensos of printing tho four volumes of documentary history ordered by a re solution of the House. They givo their paper money hard names in Wisconein. The Madison Argus speaks of “Rich mond’s irresponsible red dog, blno pup and sick monkey paper issues!" There arc in the English language, 20,500 nouns; 40 pronouns; 9,200 adjectives; 8000 verbs; 2,600 adverbs; 60 propositions; 19 conjunctions; 60 in terjections, &c,—in nil, above 40,000 words. Latest Fashion. —The fashionable way of having marriage notices inserted in tho papers, says tlie Nashville News, ia to enclose a gold dollar to tho editor. The News wishes every body to get mar ried and keep up the fashion. It is said that tlie Japan Squadron will take out, in addition to its regular armament, about 20 boau tiftd brass guns, fitted for boat or land service, from each of which uino shots can ho discharged every minute. This fUct, connected with the un usual number of marines, looks ns if something more than ordinary naval duty is expected of the squadron. There wore seventy-one divorces legalized at tli recent session of tho Alabama Legislature. Grace Greeiiwod, it is rumored, will acoompany Miss Cushman on her return to England, with tho view of preparing herself for the Btage, under her direction. Her lirst attempt will be made in the English provinces, and if successful, will submit to the ordeal of a Metropolitan audience. Delightful.— Prof. Soo Cliuno, of the Chinese Family, is the latest star we have heard of, in tho musical firmament. It seems ho is twinkling up among the Green Mountains of Vermont, some where. A musical critic of those regions remark that “tho singing of Professor Soo Cliuno is ex tremoly odd, and no doubt highly scientific in Chi na ; hut hero it sounds like a cat in the last stages of a pain in the bowels. Go and hear it.” A tempting invitation, certainly! A lady at Louisville wus robbed the other night by a fellow who had secreted himßclf in her cham ber until she retired. The box containing her jew elry, and that containing her rouge was just alike, and the thief took tho wrong box. She looked pale on discovering her lost, but her color came again tho next day 1 Prof. J. H. Ingraham, author of “Lafitte,” and other piratical and highly exciting novels, has been ordained to the Episfcopal ministry, at Jackson, Miss. Tho rapping “spirits” out west are cutting up all kinks of queer antics. The Perryville Kagle says that at a house not farfrom thoro several ghosts appeared in bodily form. Ono of them stood crosslcggcd on a bed-post, and flapped its wings. Auother was caught by the leg, by a person pre sent, but broke loose from him and escaped. The Last Dodge for getting Liquor into Maino, we learn, has boon for some weeks successfully car ried on by means of large orders for Day & Mar tin’s Blacking—“the critter” being carefully label led and scaled like the purely imported “Day & Martin.” The dog population of the United States is esti mated at about two millions, and the cx]>cnse of keeping them at upwards of $10,000,000 per an num ; and the expenses of the “stated preaching of the Gospel,” allowing a salary of $350 to each ordained minister is six millions }>ernnnnni. Punch gives ns the following as among the “won ders” of a young lady’s existence: The Keren wonders of a yomig Lady. —l. JCeepiug her accounts in preference to an Album. 3. Generously praising the attractions of that “af fected creature.” who always cut her out. 8. Not ridiculing tho mall she soeretly prefers— nor quizing what she seriously admires.’ 4. Not changing her “deur, dear triend" quar terly—or her dress three times u dav. 5* Beading a novel without looking at the third volume first; or writing a letter without a jiost oript; or taking wine at dinner without saying “the smallest drop in the world,” without a “laid cold,” or wearing shoes that were not “a mile too big for hor.” 6. Seeing a baby without immediately rushing to it and kissing it. T. Carrying a large bouquet at an evening party, and omitting to ask her partner “if he understands the language of flowers. The Devil among the Yankees ! — According to the Providence Post, the devil made his appear ance—or rather left his tracks behind him—in Co ventry, Kent county, It. I. The foot-prints were seen m the snow on Sunday morning, precisely like such as would be made by a yearling colt, and extended over a track of country some 30 miles in extent. The trail was a single ono, one foot-print directly in front of another, and from eight to twelve inches apart, indicating a two-legged ani mal. It frequently lead up to holes in the fences and walls, through which a cat could not pass, and appeared again on the other side, as though the au imnl had passed through. In some cuscs tiie trail appeared for a few rods and then disappeared. A Reminiscence of our Rkvoletion.— Tile fol lowing private letter of Gen. Hamilton, expressing his sentiments in regurd to the sad fate of Major Andre, will doubtless he new and interesting to most of our readers, as it is to ourselves. We do not know that it lias before appeared in print: Mr. Hamilton to Mine Schuyler. Tappan, October 2, 1780, \ Headquarters of the Army. 1 a » « » * * Poor Andre suffers to-day. Everything that is amiable in virtue, in fortitude, in delicate senti ment and accomplished manners, plead for him; but hard hearted pelicy calls for a sacrifice. He must die. I send yeu my account of Arnolds af fair, and to justify myself to your sentiments. I must inform you that I urged a compliance with Andre’s request to ho shot; and I do not think it would have had an ill effect. But some people are only seneible to motives of policy, and sometimes, from a narrow disposition, mistake it. When Andre’s talc comes to bo told, and pre sent resentment is over, the refusing him the nriv lege of choosing the manner of his death will he branded with too much obstinacy. It was proposed to me to suggest to him the idea of an exchange for Arnold; but I knew I should have forfeited his esteem by doing it, and therefore declined it. Aa a man of honor, he could not but reject it; and I would not for the world liave pro posed to him a thing which must have placed me in the unamiablc light of supposing him capable of meanness, or of not feeling myself the impropriety of the measure. I confess to you I had the weak ness to valne the esteem of a dying man, because I reverenced his merit. A. Hamilton. Governing New York City.— On the subject of the expenses of the city of New Ii ork the Times says: “It would draw very hard on s man’s reputation for good sense to be overheard saying that this was one of the best governed cities in tho world. Yet it cost something more than three million* qf dol lars last year to govern it. It costs about ten thou sand dollars a day, exclusive of Sundays, to ad minister such government as it had. It costs over three times as much to govern this city as it did to govern the whole State, including the city, and three times os much as it did to govern the six New England States. It cost the city more to got gov erned for a fortnight than it cost any one ont of sixteen States for a year. And it cost New York city half as much to get itself governed for a year as it costs all our thirty-one Statcß for the same time." The Child in the Woods.—A little daughter of Mr.llultz. residing in the southern part, of Shelby country, Texas, was lost in the woods some three weeks since. Search was made by tho citizens for the child in every direction, but in vain until the fourteenth day, when the body was found about twelve miles west of her farther’s settlement. When found she was lying with her head upon her arm, and her person looked entirely natural. Her little bonnet and shoes were lying beside her body, but her innocent spirit had joined it* kindred spirits above. ; Clatobt's Stkwboopio DAromuKvrYTß.—ln 18*8 Prof. Wheatstone illustrated, at one of the meet ings oftho Royal Society, by means of • small op -1 tical instrnment whioh he termed a ‘stereecope,’ his very curious atid interesting discovery with re spect to effects of binocular vision, that when the axes of visiop are coincident with any two figures and form but one picture to the eye, such pioturea possesses all the properties of both, and presents the appearance of standing out in relief. This is also the case in representation of natural and other objects especially those producod by the camera obscure upon photographic tables, which are identical in point of correctness and minute ness with thoso produced on the retime them selves. M. Claudct has now practicaly applied this ouri ous optical discovery to the art of photography. Hitherto photographic pictures, notwithstanding their astonishing, and too often unwelcome, accu racy nnd minuteness of detail, and despite the ad ventitious aid of color subsequently applied by the artist, but in the appearance of the objects re presented, whioh nettling could disguise or oon ceal. Astonishing ns were the results thus produoed by tho effects of light in thus accurately producing the most vivid representations and pictures still more astonishing is it to flud that under a particu lar mode of treatment, the. same agent may be made to perforin the work, not of the artist alone, but of tho sculptor—to produoe not merely pic tures, but models, not merely portraits but stat utes, standing out in relief, add possessing all the apjioarunco of the most oxouisite and wonderously minute productions of tlio soulptor’s art. The stcroscomc representations, which wo have seen at M. Olaudet’s establishment of tho interior of the late groatexhihition, the views of the transept and nave, arc of the most remarkable cliaractur. They pyssess all the appearanoo of solid models. There is a propor distance between all the objects, each of which appears to stand out in bold and clear re lief, while the most accurate notions may be form ed, ftom looking at these productions, of the va riod dimensions of the woiulerous structure; Com plete sots of theso views are now boing formed from the originals for her Mqjosty—who has ex pressed her warmest approval of them—for the Emperor of Russia, tho Sultan, and various other continental sovereigns. But probably by far the most successful applica tion or steroseople photography will be found ill the production of portraits, of which a very largo number have already liccen taken by M. Claudet. In viewing through the stcreseopo tho portrait of any person, the illusion of reality is perfectly as tonishing. It need scarcely be said that, accurate us are the portraits taken iu the ordinary manner witti one camera, tho representations obtained by tlie use of two, placed at different angles with the sitttor, when viewed through tho storoosoope, ate fur more complete, inasmuch as the lbuturcs both upon the right and loft side aro portrayed, and unite to form one compieto picture. A large col lection of portraits as well us pictures, taken upon tliis principle, may be inspected at M. Clamlet’s establishment in Regent Bireot. We may add that thostcrcosoope is, in form nml size, something sim ilar to that of an opora glass, and may bo construct ed so us to be perfectly portable, nnd is not likely, with ordinary treatment, to get ontoforder.—Lon don Hominy VhmMo. W hat It bit f—Our friends in England and at the North are making desperate efforts to find some substitute for Cotton, and' the Inst rival to our “great staple” seems to be nothing more than otrcun, as will be seen from the following: Cotton from Straw.— A circumstance extremely interesting to all who engagod in textile manufhc tures, indeed, to the whole community, has this weok been communicated to us. An amateur chemist of this town, while engaged recently in testing the Chevalier Claußsen’s chemical process of making cotton, not having any flax straw at bund, tried it upon oat straw. To his astonish ment, after the eilica and gums which entar into the composition of oat straw ill greater proportions than in flax, had been dissolved, lie obtained a large quantity of good cotton. The opinion he formed from tins and subsequent experiments is that the common straws of this country may be profitably converted it to cotton, thereby adding to the certainty and abundance of onr future supplies. At any rats, the experiment is one which !b worth testing to the fullest extent, and the hint here thrown out will no doubt induoe persons most favorably situated for pursuing an investigation with advantage, at one* to undertake the test.— Aotf 'owhom paprr. Woon and its Consumption.— lt is a little re markable, says the Baltimore American, that in an agricultural country liko ours there should be actu ally nn annual importation of wool. Yet the cen sus statistics tell us that while tho quantity of wool produced in the United States in 1860 amounted to 52,432,797 pounds, tho quantity man ufactured readied nn nggregnte of 70,882,829 pounds. Here is exhibited a defldenoy of produc tion to tho extent of 18,440,082 pounds. In every part of tho United States tho growth of wool finds suitable adaptations in respect to climate and pasturage, und there are numerous sections of mountainous country where the raising of sheep is of all modes of rural employment tho most prort tnble. Tho fact that we are importers of wool, with so many facilities for wool-growing at home would seem to imply a singular neglect on the part of oiir farmers in souio quarters. The official tublcs containing the statistics of the Commerce nnd Navigation of tho United States allow tho following sources of our importation of wool: From the Argentine Republic, Bue nos AyresJ 10,178,986 lbs. Turkey, including Morocco, 3,182,722 do. England, 1,927,408 do. Chili, 1,081,280 do. Franco, (on the Mediterranean,) 1,017,586 do. Canada, 487,284 do. Brazil, 874,208 do. Miscellaneous, 541,272 do. Total, 18,089,794 do. Among the wool growing States of the Union the first in the amount of production is Ohio. In proportion to sire, liowovor, Vermont ranks first— producing more wool than Virginia and neat ly as much as Pennsylvania. Maryland makes a poor figure onough—notwithstanding the fine capabili ties of our Western counties for wool growing. We should think that Virginia onglit to .be at the head of the wool producing States—since, in re spect to cliinnte and tho diversified character of her surface, abonuding ill hill und dale, sho possesses very distinguished advantages. It is qaite time at any rnto for wool to become a domestic staple—as much so as cotton; iiuy, more so, because cotton is confined to a special locality wnile wool may bo grown in every State. The Fi.ii Movements in Ireland.— The Belfast, papers of a lute date report, at great length, the preceding* at the annual meeting of tho Royal So ciety for the promotion and improvement of the growth of flax in Ireland. The prciont demand for flax in Ireland is about double wbatitwau when the Society wa» established. In 1841, the Irish spinning trade numbered 250,000 spindles. Now it is close upon 500,000. In place or 10,000 tons of flax, which was the extent of consumption in 1841, 82,000 tons arc now required by the Irish trade. The entire consumption of the United Kingdom would, at present, require 608,000 acres of flux an nually, and it is progressively increasing at a pretty rapid rate. Sad Accident.— Fall of III * Plant*;* ’ Pret*. — Last night between 8 and 9 o’clock, tho front and rear walls, of tho large brick building, known us the Planters’ Press, at the corner of Commerce and Congress streets, fell out, under tho pressure of the roof, which tumbled in with great violence. At the time of the occurrence, Mr. George Coxo, a bricklayer, with two negroes, were engaged in re pairing some injuries which had happened to tho works, the day before. Mr. Hamilton, engineer, was also present. The two negroes were caught under the falling ruins, and instantly killed. Mr. Coxe had Ids anu broken. Mr. Hamilton, by run ning at the first noise, barely escaped. This Press was the property and in the occupan cy of Messrs. N. W. Perry & Co. It was built in 1841, and it is believod that the foundations were not laid sufficiently deep, whenco this melancholy accident.— Mobile Rtgi*t*r, lltA inet. Mischief and Sasrocs Conskqpexom oh tiikMcs cooee Raii.moap.—Early on Thursday night last, about three miles from this city, the passenger train was thrown off the track, by a large piece of timber, placed across the rails. Tho locomotive was completely upset. The Engine driver, Oba diali Warner, was seriously injured—his arm waa broken very badly, and his face and other parts of his body much injured by scalding. A boy be longing to Dr. Ware, was mnch injured ; and an other boy, lielongingto Mr. Covington, was pitch ed up into a bush, to which he held on. untu the danger waa passed. The damage to the locomo tive, is equal to two thousand dollars. M illiam Davis of Marion oounty, and one Jack son txwk; two of the perpetrators of this diaboli cal deed, have been arrested, and after examina tion before Col. Quin, one of our magistrates, were sent to jail. Officers, who seldom miss the mark, are in close pursuit or Thomas Yarbrough, theother guilty partv. Davis admits his presence atthe time the crime was committed by the other two. We understand that the freight and passenger trains oil the Montgomery and West Point Railroad came in collision last night. We havo not heard ■ how much damage was done, nor whether any per son was injured. But in consequence of ft the western mail did not arrive. The accident occurr ed obout a mile and a half below Loachnpoka.— Colombo* Timm. In common with other papers in this city, we republished sonic days since, an article from tho Journal of Commerce, Now York, stating that a bill for $4,000 drawn bv a purser of a United States ship on tho Pacific coast upon the Depart ment at Washington, endorsed by the commander and cashed at San Francisco, was refused payment, and that it wsa returned to California in conse quenco of deficiencies in the appropriations or disarrangement in the affairs of some particu lar office. We Icam that this statement is entirely erroneous—that there is no such deficiency in the appropriations for the naval service as prevents a compliance with obligations to public creditors; nor has there been any refusal to pay the draft of a purser, or other officer having authority to raise money for the naval servioe. On inquiry, we are unable to hear of any recent transaction which could give rise to such a rumor.— Wath. Repub. WILHINOTOH AND MANCHESTER RAILROAD.— Wo understand thut twenty-five miles of the Wilming ton and Manchester Railroad will soon be in op eration. On and after tho first of April, the mail and passenger trains on the W. and M. R. R., will run to Mary's station, 25 miles from its junction with the Camden Branch Railroad. A daily lino of Stages, carrying the U. S. Mail through Darling ton Court House Clieraw to Fayettville, will rim in connection with the Railroad. No small degree of excitement has been created by the discovery of a body imbedded In the walla of St. Stephen’s Chapel, London. While the work men were chipping an old stone wall of the chapel, they came upon something rolled up in canvass, and, on uncovering it, a human body was disclosed in a perfect state of preservation. A wooden pasto ral staff was found by its side, such as was carried by the mitred abbots of the olden time. Mr. Barry was sent for, and in the mean time the remains were strictly guarded, in order that an examination, might bo made. The walls in whioh thia interna* ting relic was discovered form part of the chapel built by Richard 11. in 1898, the money for the pur pose haveing been raised by a tax imposed on all forcingners then residing in the kingdom. The body must, therefore, have been imbedded newly five hundred years. It was found in the wall of the crypt, under the high altar, whore, in the old monasteries, there was generally to bo found a small chapel, underneath the great pahlioohturob. To be burned in this position was a mark of diatino tiou reserved tor tho founder. J