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Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel. BY WILLIAM S. JONES. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. ' ‘tjuuaasxisß, asaau ~ THE WEEKLY h Published firry WfJnridiy AT TWO DOLLIES PEE ISJCM IX ADVANCE. TO CLCBB or INDIVIDUAL sending u T« Man, SIX copica of the Paper vill be aont for one jeer, thna fur nishing the Paper at the rate of till COPII* FOII TEN DOLLAR*, or a free copy to all oho map procare aijt e« aobacriben, and forward oa the xaoatj. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, Are aleo publiahad at UiU office, and mailed to anhacrlbera a t the Mowing ratal, namely: DaiLT First, If sent t, 7 mail, $7 per annnm. Tai-Waaur Paraa, 4 " “ TERRS OP ADYEBTIHIfG. Ia WaaeLT.—Berenly dre emu per aqaare (1# lines or aaa) for the first Inaertion, ;*nd fifty MU for aach subse quent Inaertion. • BY AUTHORITY. TAX LAW. Al ACT tr> lemj and cnlU.nl a Tan for each qfC>* political year* 1802 anti ls&g, arid thereafter, until repealed. Unman I. fait enacted by Hie Senate and H»u*e of he prcsmftUires of the Mate of Georgia, i n General A trembly met, and it is hereby enacted by V* authority qfthe earns. Tbat tr im and after th* pftM&ge of thin not. all real and personal estate within tbts HUte, whether owned, by individuals or corporations, resident or non-resident, siult be liable to taxation, subject to the exemptions herein after specified. Sec. 2. And be U further enactal, That the tenn “real estate,” as um* I in this act, shall be construed to include land itself, all buildings or other artistes erected upon, or affixed to, the same ; ail mines, minerals, fottUto, and quarries in and under the tame, except mines belongin'? to the State, and the term "personal estate,” as used in this act, shall be construed te include all chattels, ninnies, debts due from solvent debtors, whether oa note, bill, draft Judgment or mortgage, or open account*, goods, wares and merchandise, capital Invested In Nhipping or tonnage, or capital otherwise invested, negro slaves, pleasure sar riages, public stocks, and stocks in monied corporations; also such portion of the capital of incorporated companies liable to taxation on tholr eapital as shill not be invested in real or personal estate. fisc. A. And be It further enacted, That the following property shall he exempted from taxation, to wit: All exempted from taxation, bj the Constitution es this Btate or under the Constitution of the United States, all lands belonging to this State or the United States, ever y baiiding erected for the use of and used by a college, incorporated academy or other seminary es learning, every building lor public Worship, every school house, court house, and jail, and the several lots whereon such buildinpH are situated, and all the furniture belonging to each of them, all books and phllosophienl apparatus not held as merchandise, and for the purpoM of sale, every poor house, alms house, house of industry, and any house be 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 librsry, and other literary associations, all stocks own ed by the ht«tc and by literary and oharitable ioetituons, also alt plantation and meohanieal tools, all bsuseh dd and kitch en furniture not above the value of three hundred dollars, not held far purpose of sale, or as merchandise, all libraries—all poultry and s*oo value of other property belonging tc each tax payer, ami also the annual orops and previsions of the eitlsens of this Htate, tad all fire arms and ether Instru ment! And all munitions of war not held as merchandise, and all wearing apparel of the tax payer and family, and the holder or owner of aloek In any inoori>orated esmpany liable to taxation on lt«eapital shall not be taxed as an Individual for such stock. fine. 4. And be U further enacted, TTiat all lands held tinder warrants, and surveyed, hut not granted by the dNktH, sh ill be liable to taxation iu the same manner ns if •etually granted. Bar. 6. A rut bait further enacted. That nil monied or Stock corporations deriving Income or profit from their capital or otherwise, exoept as before excepted, shaft be • liable to taxation. Bar. 6. And be it f».'ther enacted? That each and every free pereon of color in this Btate betwecen the age* of eighteen and fifty shall be taxed annually the sum of fire d>l'ars. •no. 7. And-be-ii further enacted, That the sum of firs dollars shall he levied upon all practitioners es Law er Physle or Dentistry and Dagasrrean Artists. Bec. 8. Arut be it fisriKer enacted, That each and overy male cltlsen between the ages es twenty-one and sixty years, shall be taxed annually hereafter, twenty-five cents. Sac. ». And be it farther enacted, That the receiver of lax returns In each county, shall receive all returns to him en tbs oaliis of the porsons making them and at such val uation as they may affix, and ts any peiton shall fall to make a return, er to affix a valna, the receiver shall make such valuation, aud assess the tax thereon frqm the best infor mation In his power te obtain, and In cases where no return ismude or no valuation made by the persons returning, he shall assess a double tax. . flno. 10. And be it further enacted, Thnt It shall be the duty of the receiver to assess all real and personal es tate not returned or not asseesed by the person returning Hie same at the full market value. Bno. 11. And be it further enacted, That the receiver es tax retin ns shall require all persons to give in eaoh and every tract or parcel of land, he or she may own, specifying its location, quality, and the num ber of acres, if known, aud the aggregate value, Includ ing the value of the buildings, machinery, toll bridges or ferric* on the same, a classification of the personal estate subject to taxation, as defined in the second section of this act, specifying the number of negro slaves and their aggre gate value, and the aggregate of all ether chattels, moneys, debts due nr to iiecome due solvent debtors in whatsoever form, and each classification shall be entered in neparate columns. fine. I*. And be it further enacted, That the Receivers of tax returns throughout the Btate shell administer to each and every person giving in his or her taxable property, the followiug oath, to wit: You do solemuly swear (or affirm) as the case may be, that the account which you now give In is n Just and true account of all the taxable property which you were possessed ©f, held or claimed on the first day of January last, or was in terested in or entitled unte, either in your own right or in the right of any other person or persons whatsoever, as Parent, Guardian, Rxeuutor, Administrator, Agent, or Trus tee, or any other manner whatever ; aud that It is not worth more than the valuation you have affixed to it, te the beet of your knowledge and belief—so help you God. Seo. lit. And be it farther enacted, That it shall he the duty of the several tax Receivers within this Htate te take in all Uxables herein before enumerated, and enter the same in his book or digest with the ap praised value thereof, following the classification speci fied iu the second and eleveuth sections of this act, and return a copy of the same made out in air and legible hand writing, to tho Comptroller General, and one to the Clerk of the 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 subject of Taxation, the amount of aggregate value of each, the num ber of acres of land, number of slaves, polls, free persons of color, professions, dentists and deguarrean Artists. Bee. 14. And ba it farther stunted, That wjien the Comptroller General shall have received said digest, he is hereby required to examine the same carefully, to detect any error or errors therein contained, and having corrected the tame, if any shall he found to exist, he shall then foot up each column and asoertaln the aggregate amount of each and all the dlgekt-, and report the same to his Excellency the Governor, who with the as sUtance of the Comptroller shall assess such a rate per ceit, not exceeding 112th of one per cent, on the entire amount as will raise an 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 tho amount to be colleted by him In each county. She. 15. And be it f tether enacted, That the amount so required to be assessed and collected, shall not exceed the turn of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars annually. Seo. Id. And beii further enacted, That the amount of tax to be paid annually to the State upon the amount of real and personal estate taxable under this act, shall be 1 12th of one per cent., which shall he levied and collected and accounted for according to the existing law, together with the i»oll tax and tax on practitioner* of law, medleine, free negroes, dentists, and Daguerrean artists. sec. 17. And hr ii further enactsit by the authority afbre entity That It shall he the duty of the Comptroller Ge neral, with the assistance of the Treasurer, after the re turns of taxes have been made by the tat receivers of the several counties in this Htate, to make an estimate of the sum total of taxes which will be raised under this act ac cording to the per cent, assessed, and if It should appear that the sum total should exceed the amount of taxes re quired by this aet to be raised; then the Comptroller Ge neral shall iasuo Ids circular directing the tax collectors of this Htate to make such deduction in an equal ratio upon every thing taxed according to value, as will reduce the sum total of tslxee, as nearly to the amount required by this aet to be raised, os Is practicable. The Comptroller speci fying the percent, deduction necessary to be made. Heo. Is. And ba U fUi-ther enacted. That the tax re ceivers and collectors shall fecvtva the same compensation now allowed by law. Bee. I*. And ba it farther enacted, That to net the digests as provided for In the 7th section of the act of 1945, for the receivers, the dofkult list shall be deducted, and for the collectors the insolvent list shall be deducted from the total amount of the digests, and that all taxes due and payable under any of the provisions of this set, shall he paid in gold or silver, or In the bills of specie pajing Hanks of this Htate. Seo, *O. And be it farther enacted, That the fourth and fifth sections of an act passed tht Wd of February, eighteen hundred and fifty, te levy and collect a tax far each of the political year*, 1950 and 1951, and thereafter, be, and the same are hereby continued in fall force end effect, saving and excepting so tnuoh of the fourth section as in tho following words, to wit: not being over sixty years of age, or valueless from decrepitude or disease. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted. That nothing In this act shall be so construea as to relieve Ranks, Railroads, or • ageneiea of F<>reign Banks from any special tax heretofore , assessed on them or any of them. Hoc. TJ. be U further emuled. That all laws and parUof law* militating against this aet, except such parts of the tax acts now in force in this State, as may be ne cessary to carry out this act, and which are declared In full force, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JAH. A. MERIWETHER, Speaker of the lloil** of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate, Appmvtd, 9th January, 1952. 110 WHI.L COBB, Governor. SUPPLEMENTARY TAX ACT. AN ACT supplementary to an act, entiled an act to levy and collect a tax for the political years 1552 and 1552, ap proved January 9,1552. SViorka*, by the fifteenth section of the above entitled act to levy and collect a tax for the political years 1952 and la»M, it is enucted that the sum of three hundred and sev enty-five thousand dollar* shall be raised for the support of the Government of this State for eaoh of said years; and whereas, by the fourteenth section of said act, it has beou further enacted, that to raise the said sura, for said political years, not more than one-twelfth of ene per cent, shall be obsessed 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 State, in a special uestage made to the Hou«e of Representatives, has expressed his donbte whether the said sum of three hundred and seventy-five tiiousaad dollars, necessary for the support of the government of this State for each of the •aid political years 1852 and 1853, can be raised by the as sessment of only one-twelfth of one per cent, on the estinia ted value of the property subject to taxation under said act, and hath recommended to the General Assembly, as a precautionary measure, in case the said rate per cent, spe cified in s*ud act shall not be sufficient to raise the said sura for said poat.oal yearsl9s2 and 1858, to pass an aet eupple plemenurv to said act Authoring him and the Comptrol ll- ( S°!A ™ “? by Receivers of .this State of the Digest of property subject to taxation un der the previsions of said act, and the value of the same, and upon the examination and footing un of said nicest it •hall satisfactorily appear to them tiia? the“ ai d fTmof three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars cannot be raised by an assessment of one-twelfth or one per cent on the value returned in said Digest, that they may be au thorised aud empowered to inereaee the said rate per cent •o much, and no further, as may be sufficient to raise the ' said sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dol lars as aforesaid; now, therefore, for remedy whereor, Secwojt Ist. Be it enacted by the Senate and Uouesqf \ JRepresenhUieea of the Slate of Georgia, in General Aj. i eembly tnst, and it ia hereby enacted by the authority / ' the same, That if, upon the return by the several Tax Re ceivers of tills Htate, of their respective Digests, contain- ; ing the property subject to taxation, and its value, in pur- : •uooce of the provisions as are contained in the said act en- I titled an act to levy and collect a tax for the political years 1652 and 1553, it shall appear to his Excellency, the Gover nor, and Comptroller General of this State, upon the exami nation and frotiug up of the same, that the said sura of three hundred and seventy-fire thousand dollar*, necessary for the support of the Government of this State, for the said political years, cannot be raised by an assessment of one-twelfth of one per cent, on the aggregage value of all the property as returned by said Digest, and subject to tax ation, then, in such case, it shall and may be lawftil for his Excellency, the Governor and Comptroller General of this ■State, and they are hereby authorized to increase the said rate par cent, specified in said tax act, so much, and no more or further, than will be sufficient to raise the said sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary for the support of the Government of this State for each of the political years as aforesaid ; and thereupon forthwith to issue an order to each of the tax collector* of this State, 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 oent. so'increased, and neces sary for the purposes aforesaid. J, Sec. 2. And hr Ufurthtr emaetoi by a,authority afnre (KtW, Tint when the tix collector of any county .hull hereafter ii.ue an execution for uxes in trrear, the same .hall be directed to *U .nd sngulu- the Sheriffs and coo •table, of this State, and shall be leried by either officer •when the tar due doe. not exceed thirty dollar.; but where tho Ui exceed, that .urn, the execution .hall be levied by the Sheriff alone, and .aid officers shall be liable to be proceeded against by rule in their rerpeetive court, a. is prescribed by law in relation to other executions. Sac. S. And it further enaetnt by a. authority a tbro taid. That all law., or parta es law., militating against this aet be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved January 21,1852. AN ACT to require all Wife of personal property, to be ex ecuted and prored in the game manner ax is now prescrib ed by law, far the execution and proof of Derisea of real estate. Bio. 1. Br it marled by t/w Smote and Rouotof Repre- UnMtet of the State y Georgia, <imtr*i JmmUy ; met, ami it U hereby enacted by the a other tty es the name. That from and after the first day of June next. aU will* and testament* of personal property shsß be In writing, and signed by the party so willing and bequeathing the same, or * by some other pereon in his presence, and by his express di rections, and shall tie attested and *»ubsrribed in the pres ence of the said by three or four credible witnesses or else thyy slutil be utterly void and of no effect. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by Vie authority afire an4d. That all laws aud part* of laws now of force in this Bute, and applicable to the Revocation of devices of real es tate, shall extend to Wills and testaments of personal pro perty. Htc. 3. A n/l be it further enacted by the authority afiyre taidy That all laws and p*rta of laws now of force in this Bute, prescribing the mode of proof of devises of real route, are hereby extended to Will* and tee tarn cot* of personal property. Bkc. 4. And he it further enacted by the authority afore act id, That this act shall not be construed to extend to nun cupative wills. Hsc. 0. Andba it further enacted by the authority/ aforc aaid, That a* *oon ns this art shah be passed, it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause the same to be published in three or more es the public Gazettes of this htate, at least once in every week until the fi-st day of June next, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions j of this set, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approvod 21st January, 1852. fob C, wj 1 AN ACT to provide for the Education of the Poor. Sktios 1. Be it enacted by the General Aaecmhly qt the SUUe if Georgia, That eighteen hundred and thirty-three shares of tbe capital stock of the Hank of the Htate of Geor gia. eight hundred and ninety shares of the capital stock of tbe Hank of Aflgitsia, and one hundred and eighty-six shares of the capital stock of the Georgia Kail Hoad and Hanking Company, all belonging to this Htate, be hereby sat apart as a permanent fund for the education of the poor, and th* said fund shall be increased by so many shares of ths capital stock of either of said banks as can be pur chased with the unexpended balance, if there be any in the Treasury, of the thirty tnousand Dollars appropriated t« defray the expenses of the £tate Convention of 1850, aud with all the available asset* of th* Central Hank, after the payment of it* debt?, and the Treasurer of the HUU* is hereby required to make such purchase, in whole or ia part, according to ;h« me ins at any time available therefor, and the scrip of the blocks so bel* nging to the btate, and ia to be purchased, shall be under the control and management of the Treasurer for the purpose aforesaid. Ekc. 2. The income of the permanent fund aforesaid shall be divided yearly among tho*e counties which may have at the Treasury of this Htate by the first of December, in each year, list* of their poor children, in the manner hereinafter pointed out, the division to be in proportion te the number of Barnes on the respective lints and the quota of each county, to be paid to the school comraiarioner's order under the seal of his office. • Hue. 3. Tho Ordinary of each county shall be ex officio school eoninii*eion*r thereof, and shall take an oath and en ter into an obligation as part of his official bond as ordinary, lo discharge aU the duties of School Commissioner as pre scribed by this act, and to faithfully apply all the money which may *ome into his hands in that capacity: he shall also be eatitled to retain a* a compensation for his service* as sack commissioner, two aud one half per centum, upon all such monies ai he may receive, and the aauie per cen tum upon all such monies as he may pay out under the pro vision* *f ths act. Provided, That no provision of the foregoing act shad repeal or militate .-.gainst the provisions of an act absented to the 24th December, 1847, prescribing the mode of d.sbursing the Poor School fund, end the elec tion of District Treasurers, entitled an act to amend an aet to provide for the education of the Poor, so far at the counties of Lumpkin and Rabun are concerned. B*c. 4. And he it 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 tie; Justices of the Inferior Court, and the said Justices are hereby authorized to appoint one or more fit and proper person, who shall act os School Commissioner or Coirmwiloucrs for *nid county, and who shall discharge the duties imposed by thi* act, upon the select commissioner, under such regulations as the said Inferior Court may pre scribe. 6bo. 6. And be it .further enacted, That the county of Union be exempt from ihe provisions of this act, and that the Poor School fund of said county, be disbursed under the heretofore existing law. Provided, that said county is not to be excluded fVorn the benefits of any fund raised under thi* act. Hue. (i. The duties of School commissioner in each county, shall b* the following: he shall levy and cause to be col lected by the Tax Collector of the county, such tax as may be recommended by the Grand Jury of the first Superior Court in each year, for the purpose of educating the poor, and r>hall take charge of the same when collected. He sliall, each year, between the first of September and the first of November, make and keep in a book for that purpose, a list of all such children In the county, between the ages of eight and sixteen years, a.* he may deem unable from the poverty oCthemselve* or parents, to procure & plain Eng lish Education, without public assistance; ami to assist him in making such lidt, he .shall appoint two person* iu each Militia 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 arc entitled to the benefit* of this act—he shull, within the first week of November, each year, forward one copy of said list for that year to the Treasurer of this State, and shall by the first of December, iu each year, have at the State Treasury, his order under the seal of his onice, for the quota of his county, in the State dividend aforesaid, —ho shall lay a copy of this list for the year next last, be fore the Grand Jury of the first court in each year, and shall also lay before them hia written estimate of what county tax will be necessary to secure the tuition of all such children a* may be entitled to be placed on the list for tho year then prenentr—he shall pay teacher* of poor children in the fol lowing manner, that is to say : ho shall keep on file every such account for the tuition of children on the list for each year as shall he rendered to him, on or before the 25th 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 such teachers, nor exceeding such maximum as may tie established by the Ordinary in each county ; and after the 25th of December, he shall pro ceod to pay all such aocounts in full, if the funds in hand he sufficient, or rateably, if insufficient, and always keeping as a fund for the next year, any surplus which may he left. Sec. 7. The Judges of the Superior Courts shall give this act specially in charge to the grand juries of the first Courts in each year, together with suggestions and argument* upon the duty and policy of educating the poor. Provided, that the returns of poor children in the counties, embraced in the third and fifth sections of this act, shall he made un der the oath and in the manner prescribed in tho sixth sec tion; and ordinaries in said countie*, shall be entitled to re tain their commissions on the State fund received, but not on its disbursement. Sec. 4. All laws and parts of laws at all conflicting with this act are hereby repealed JAS. A. MERIWETHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. Approved, 22d January, 1K52. IIOWCLL UOBB, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of married women whose husbands have deserted them. Sac. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentaHvee of the State if Georgia in General Assembly convened, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That In all eases 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, the same shall he exempt from the payment of said husbands'* debts, and be vested in said married woman, for her sole and separate use, not subject to the debts, contracts or control of said husband. Approved December 80,1851. AN ACT to amend the net of eighteen hundred and thirty eight, regulating the taking testimony in certain ca?*»s. Site. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Jlep resent*itire* rs the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , and it is hereby nut deni by the authority of the same. That in addition to the cnees already specified in the act absented to twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, the party plaintnf or defendant, where he has but a single witness to prove any particular point or fact in his case, may take his testimony by commission ex actly as in cases provided for by said act of eighteen hun dred and thirty-eight, with the restrictions and limitations theroin set forth. Approved, January ft, 1852. FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD. TO ANAWAY from my premises in Burke county, IV ©n the 26th January last, my Boy HENRY, lie is about 5 feet 8 inches high, yellow complexion, about OS, 20 years of age, and weighs about 175 pounds, it is likely he is lurking about or on the Savannah river, ÜBhe has been a raft hand on said river. I will give sls for the boy, delivered to me, or lodged in any safe jail so I can get him. Or if said boy has a free pass, 1 will give the above reward, for sufficient proof to convict the person for giving said pass. Any Information of said boy, addressed to Gerard Post Office, will be thankfully received. feS-wtf J. R. MOBLEY. STOP THE VILLAIN. RAXAWAY from the subscriber, on the sth mj, inst., (after having knocked his young master down with an axe, fracturing his skull considerably, and leaving him, as he supposed, dead) a bright mu latto (nearly white) Boy, about 21 years old, named HEN RY, chunky built, about 5 feet 8 inches high, with light sandy *r brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined to curl a 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 burn, the leader* of the ham having been considerably drawn, so that the left leg Is a little more crooked than the other. Both legs arc in clined to knock-knee. He is of a lively turn, and can do a little at dressing plank and putting up wcatherboarding, and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will, no doubt, try to pass as a white or free man, under the hatne of MATHEWS. It is confidently hoped and believed that the public, and especially every father, will take some interest in apprehending and bringing to justice so daring a villi an. A liberal compensation will be given for his apprehen sion and delivery in any jail so that 1 get him. PITT S. MILNER. Barnesviile, Feb. 16,1852. fe2o-6m fcYfThe Tri-weekly Savannah Republican and Colum bus Enquirer will please copy for two months. 1\ S. M. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. TYANAWAY from the Subscriber, the 15th of I\ September, 1851, my Negro Man, IILARCLES. gO I ITc is about 5 fret, 10 or 11 inches high, slim, well 'TI made, and stands very erect. lie is about 15 years AjL of age, moderately grey, and his completion extremely J black. Supposed to weign about 165 iKV.mda, and his lan guage much broken. 1 expect he is Charleston, S. C., or i near by. He formerly had a wife and seven children in the j neighborhood of Charleston. 1 will give the above reward for the apprehension and confinement of said Boy in tome safe jail, if out of the State, or Twenty-five Dollars if within the State. Address, ISAAC D. SLATON, felfi-2m Millstone, Georgia. TEN DOLLARS REWARD^ KAY' A\Y A Y from me, on the 15th of March, my ■ Negro man SAM, Blacksmith by trade. He is TO very dark complected, bad countenance, inclined to 'ML stutter a little, weighs about 150 or 160 pounds, «JLjL chunky built, about 5 feet sor 6 inches high, and about 80 years old. I expect he is trying to get to Virginia, where he was raised. I will give the above reward to' any person who will lodge him in anv jail so I can get him. mh2o-1m JOHN ATTAWAY, Burke Co., Ga._ CARRIAGE MAKERS WANTED. A GOOD BODY 51A Kllll and a good Carriage Trim • mer can find constant employment and good wages, by applying to BLINN A POYTHRESS, mh2o-w3* I .a(1 range, Ga. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. THK COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under the firm of KERRS A MOPE, In this City, and of KERBS, HOPE A CO., in New York, has been dissolved by the death of ANDREW KERR, and by mutual consent of the surviving partners. The business of the Copartnership | will be settled by either of the subscribers, who will sign the i nan* of the firm in liquidation. JOHN KERR, JAMES HOPE, JOHN HOPE, Survivors. tsr Notice is given, that debts due KERRS A HOPE, unless paid, or satisfactorily arranged during the present Spring, must necessarily, and without any exception, be put in suit. mylT-dSAwSm GLENDINNING & CO’S MARBLE WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia, j Where we have on hand and will continue to keep a large stock es both Italian and American Marble, for Monuments, Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res pectfully call the attention of those wanting work in our ine. We are now prepared to fill all orders at short no tice, in as good style and as low as work of the same quality can be furnished for from any establishment in the United States. Plans and prices will be sent those who cannot call and examine for themselves. P. S.—Orders from the country executed with neatness and dry patch. d 27 *1 000 REWARD. IIINTF.R'S CELEBRATED SPECIFIC, for CUf e of Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and Anala - of the Organs of Generation. yet diseoTcred fur the Above com »£,!*" L ‘ the mo,t Mrtaln. I trWion and pertnac.nt lure without rs- Ito hujire.s.' 11 **’ <irmk * oapomro, or change of application ‘ ta^^w!*hout P wf C^'3r *’ arm 'oss. Gallons of it might be ! 1 nvireit «o Suit n..-* l>oSli ' ! . wu ~ full directions arcomps ! jet- witho “‘ "• is sold by appointment at No. 105 Range. Broad street. 183 Betealf — • lrd-wTm PHILIP A. MOISE tfU(K•RTEII AND n» 11 i-n i« * a Jfo. 195 Broad .Sr**, Avffutta, Georgia Has now on hand a very large St.*, 0 f the aW*’ article, which are offered for «Uc at very low pries, aSdV£££ mod a ting terms. cr Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters ar« invicM to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere*” BiRGAMS, BiKCIMS. " TIIE r.\DERKIG\ED are now selling off their Jteck of GOODS, In Crawford viile and Hbermn%Vl&., win give bargains to all who call. They also offer thi. RIAL IST ATE in each of the above V.lUgesfcr ££ Tbey offer, In E!burton, the weU known TAVERN LOT tor merly owned by Sirs. Oliver. They also requeot all those who are inda>ted to them, to call and settle immediately, or they will find their notes and accounts in the hands of an 1852. PROSPECTUS 1852. OF TH* * SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR VOLUME X FOR 1852. Dr. DiNEL LEE, D. BEDHOSD, Kmtor. ! Asibtast Kditor. TERMS.—ONE DOLLAR A TEAR IN ADVANCE. Th* Sorrnntx CrL-nraTo* i« issued erery month, and'is exclusively devoted to Afrrioniture, Horti culture, Floriculture, Dome,tic and Farm Economy, Tillage arid Husbandry, the Breeding and Kauuntr of Domestic Animals, I'oultry and Bees, and the genera! routine of Southern lisntin* and Farming. Tiie new volume for 1852, will be issued on a royal octavo sheet of 32 ptwes, with NEW TYPE, FIN f PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS! it will contain a much greater amount of matter than heretofore—will discuss a greater variety of topics, and will be in every respect Tn* Barr Aom cri.rrKAL Paj-eb is tub South ! and equal to any in the Union! Friends of Southern Agriculture!! As the Cultivator was the Frasr journal established in the Cotton Growing States, eiclnsively da rated to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever been an earnest and consistent advocate of those interests, we confidently hope that, having fostered and sustained it thus tar, your cordial and generous support will still be continued. Planters, Fahv los, Gari>*n*h*, Fittit Growirs, Stock Raisers, Nursebtmin, and all connected in any way with *Le cultivation of the soil, will fiid the Southern Cultivator replete with new and valua ble information; and richly worth tea timet the rilling snin at which it is aiTorded. . TERMS CF THE CULTIVATOR: ONE copy, one year, ::::::: $ 1.00 SIX copies, :::::::::: 8.00 TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00 TWENTY-FlVKcopics, :::::: $20.00 FI FTY copies, : : ; :::::: 87.30 ONE HUNDRED copies, 25.00 ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. VST Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will please forward them os early as possible. 1-zT All hills of specie payino Banks received at par—and all money sent by mail will be at our risic. W. S. JONES, Publisher. Angnnta, Ga., January 1, 1852. THE REMEDY FOUND AT LABt7 TRILMI’HAKT SIW'ESS has attended the u*e of that wonderful Ointment MARSHALL’S MAGICAL PAIN ERADICATOR. Every body that ha* used It, speak* well of it, and what “every body says must be true.” Since the first of January last, upward* of 700 Oorttfl cates have been received, testifying to the good eifocta and Superiority of Marshall’s Magical Pain Eradicator. In some very few instances thi* preparation has not given entire satisfaction, but just look, for a moment, at the number who have been benefitted. Seven hundred voluntary tes timonials have been given, and certainly not le*« than five times thfo number have experienced the good effecta of thie Ointment, in the sain* space of time. The public will pleaee bear in mind that this to a purely Southern preparation, and to entitled to the patronage of Southern people. Ab no charge is made, should bo be nefit be received, give it a fair trial, and in ninety eases out of a hundred the greatest success will be sure to follow. For further particulars, and a number of certificates, you are referred to the pamphlets, to be had at any of ths Agencies. The diseases which Marshall’s Eradicator will cure, are Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic, Lumbago, Painful Nerves, Scrofula, Spinal Affections, Dislocations, Sprains, (Edematous Swellings, Tumors, Ganglions, Nodes, Wens, Bruises, Strains, Weak Joiuu, Contracted Tendons, Head-Aehe, Gout, Palsy, Tooth-Ach, Ac. For sale by HAVILAND, RISLEY k Co., Augusta, Ga. D. B. PLUMB A Co., da. do. D’ANTIGNAC A BARRY. do. do. BARRETT A CARTER. do. do. WM. K. KITCHEN, do. do. W. H. TUTT, do. do. P. A. MOISE, do. do. And by W. If .A J. TURPIN Proprietor*, do. do. It is also for sale throughout the State, by the priaoipal Druggists. N. B. —Be careful to look for tfie written signature of J E. Marshall on the wrapper of each box. None to genuin* without it. o3fl 83TCIUN8! GUNS! GlN8!j0 On Mclntosh street , two doors from Georgia Railroad Bank. JUST RECEIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest and bent assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer ed in thin city, comprising every variety, from London and Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash. Double and Single Barrelled GUNS, all sires and price*. A fine assortment of Single and Double Barrelled GUNB for boys. • RIFLES and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel Rifle and the other Shot, a fine article for hunting deer and Turkics. Colfo*, Allen's, and other REVOLVERS; also Sligle bar relled, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels. Common Pistol?, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wester ly Richard’s, Cox’s water proof, Walker’s and G. D. French, and Military Cape. A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and Game BAGS, of the 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 having these guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persons buying will get a much better articles than to sold at tho 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 re-stocking GUNS, done in the be«t manner and warranted. 010-ly E. H. ROQERS. REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA TER WHEEL. CAUTION.— Having been informed that a certain per son named Kekd, 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 ar.d caution the public, that we will prosecute, in all In- Btunees, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent, both .he maker and party using, and will be thankful for any information referring us to parties thus trespassing. GINDUAT A CO. Montgomery, Ala., June It, 1850. je2l-tf A GOOD CHANCE FOR A YOUNG PHYSI CIAN. A PHYSICIAN wishing to relinquish the Practice, on account of*ill health, will dispose of his Loeation a great bargain. There are five acres of Ground, Dwelling Ilouse, Office and Shop, Kitchen, Smoke-house, Carriage-house, Btable, Negro House, Ac., Ac. A Rail Road Agency is attached, which pays from ene hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars per annum, be sides a free ride on the Western and Atlantic and Georgia Rail Roads. 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, Auctibta, either personally or by letter. Price of the above $1,500. fe24-wlm* THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM PAN V S IRON WORKS. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. MANUFACTURE, in superior style, noriaontal and Upright STEAM ENGINES, of all store; Steam BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS; Sugar MILLS ; Saw and Grist Mill IRONB, of every varie ty, (including Hoxie's continuous feet for Saw Mills;) En gine and Hand LATHES; Iron and Brass CASTINGS, of all kinds, Ac., Ac. AU orders filled with despatch. ap22 GINDRAT A CO. IMPORTANT TO HILL OWNERS AND HAND EACTURKKS. Unrivalled Improvement in Water Wheels. Til 15 SUBSCRIBERS are sole agents for making and vending the best Water Wheel in the world, known as Vandewaters Water Wheel. We challenge the World to produce it* equal. It has but recently been introduced to the public, and found to be far in advance of all ether wheels, both in power and economy in water, every drop be ing effective, and none wasted. This Wheel is not in the 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 erder, and are more durable than any wheel now ia use. We have recently put one in operation for George Schley, Esq., at his Belville 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. Kibpk, Augusta. [OBRTirrCATB.] Augusta, Ga., March 24,1851. Jaeger. Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemen : —I have the gratification of informing you that your Vandewater Wheel was successfully put in operation at my factory last week, and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and uniformity of speed, are 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, es three feet and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the diecharge openings 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 your* of eight inches in the depth of water in the tail race. 1 feel no hesitation in recommending your wheel to all manufacturers and mill owners, believing il is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish ing you success in the introducton of so valuable an im provement, 1 main.Jvery respectfully, yonre. As. mh26-wly GEORGE SCHLEY. COSBY’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC BITTERS. T)ERHAPS there is nothing more calculated to disgust I the public eye than the innumerable advertisements of the nostrums that are constantly appearing in the public prints. All are ready to exclaim, Our souls are eick, our ears are pained with every days reports of ills and speci fics. This state of the public mind would eeem to forbid any person of delicate mind from lending forth any new dis coveries in medicine to the trial of the public: still motives of delicacy should not prevent us from making known real discoveries, which we are confident will benefit our fellow men. This latter consideration has prompted the author of these Bitters to make them known. He knows they are highly efficacious, for he himself, his wife, and many friends have given them a thorowgh trial. He was, for many years, a confirmed dyspeptic—so much so that even his recollec tion was gone, but by the use of these 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, 8. C., at which place he can, at any time, be consulted about the Bitters. They good in all cases of diseases of the digestive organs, the symptoms of which are, indigestion, pain or oppression in the stomach from food, loss of appetite, flatulency, heart-bum, giddiness in the head, pain in the side, shortness of breath, lassitude, general weakness, disturbed sleep, Ac. The composition is entirely Botanical, and has proved efficacioua, where many celebrated medicines had failed; in support of which he could give reference to a number of person*, who have made a trial of it, but deems it unnecessary, as he is willing to place it on its own merits. All he asks is for those who arc afflicted with dyspepsia to give it a trial. The above Bitters can be had at O. COSBY’S Hamburg, S. C., and at Dr. WM. 11. TUTT'S Drug Store, Broad street, Augusta. f*29 Ki\ DOLLARS REWARD will be paid tor the re- OU covery of a package of MONEY lost or stolen from me en Friday evening, tie 20th inst., at the Djpuble Wells, Warrvn coanty, Georgia. Said package eontained SG7S 25, all on the Brunswick Bank, in bills of s’s, 10’s and 20’§, poe aib’.j one 50. Also, bill of sale of twenty odd bales of Cot ten. and bill for Groceries, beught of Buford, Beall A 00. * Aiuress B. W..FORTSON, fc£s-w5 Pistol Creek, Wilkes Co., Ga. IMPORTANT to manufacturers. TIIE WBSCIUBERS are prepared to supply all kinds of COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY, of a superior nuality, SHAFTING and MILL GEARING, with improved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hanger* (which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS, of a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy anti Twilled Goods, from One to Eighteen Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, capa ble of running from 150 tc 170 picks per minute. Thev ar£ enabled, from their extensive improvements, to produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively little labor; and ail Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma chinery, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity, where they can see the Machinery with all the latest im provements, in full and successful operation; or they can be referred to Factories in almcat every State South and West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers. ALFRED JENKS A SON, Feb. 1852. felft-ly Brideeburg, 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 AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STOKE MANU FACTORY. THE subscriber, thankful for the kind patronage heretofore extended to the late firm of Schirmkr A Wkjaxd, would respectfully inform his friends and the public, that he contin ues to execute orders for his well known Warranted French BURR MILL STONES, of every desirable tire, at the lowest price and shortest notice. He also furnishes ESOPUS and COLOGNE STONES, SMUT MACHINES, of various patterns, BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand, CEMENT, for Mill use. And every other article necessary in a MID. Also, for Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to Gin Gears. , All orders promptly attended to. WM. R. SCHTRMER, ja!B wtf Surviving partner of Schirmer A Wlgand. FIR 4ALE—I Two Horse WAGON andHARNBB; 1 CARRY LOG, in good order. mb9-dAwtf ESTES A RICHMOND. T 1MB! LIMB!—200 bbls. fresh Thomaeton LlME,just AJ received, and for sale by i ESTES ft KICHMOMX AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1852. WEEKLY CfIBONICIEi. SENTINEL POETRY. THE WRECKED. Night o’er the stormy sea, Her dusky wing unfurls: The tempest’s revelry The st«ut ship wildly whirls; And cloud’s like goblin grim Frown round those gallant men— Hope’s light i* growing dim Ne’er to revive again The lightning fiercely leaps From sky w sea of tire. The wrathful thunder sweeps Its wierd and giant lyre— The streaming sail* are rent. The masts now groan, now ftoll— Darkness to fitly sent, The wrecked ship’s funeral pall f The waves are dashing higher— The faithful plank to broken ; One flash—their bark, their pyre— Few farewell words are spoken — Sea monsters wistfully, Await their death doomed prey— Their ship, the sea, the sky, All blazing fade away ! God save those valiant hearts! Sunk in tbe treacherous waves. Their gasping breath departs, And nameless are their graves* The wailing winds their dirge, • Are hymning mournfully ; The bounding biDewi) surge Their requiem must be 1 Morn from that drear, dark night, Wakes radiant and fair. Wide streams her rosy light— Nor storm, nor ship is there; No ripple marks the spot Where men so madly strov&-~ Her death fraught rage forgot AU nature smiles with love 1 So many a mariner On Passion's sea is tossed ; An.l in the stormy stir, Now itrugglas—now is lost; But life whirls gaily on, Unmindful of his fate— Not all the bad are gone— Not all the good are great! Mobile Register. From the Eagle and Enquirer. HY BRYSAIL. BY L. VIRGINIA SMITH. ,4 The peasantry of Arranmore are still persuaded that in a clear day they can see from their coast liy Brysail, or the Enchanted Island.” Stranger, come, for the noontide glow Burns o’er the deep sea’s shining flow, Tbe bright blue waves of the summer time Break on the rocks with a dreamy chiinc. And the white-winged sea-bird glances by Like a pale shot-star in a golden sky ; Dost see o’er the billows rise the while The ocean-gem—the Enchanted Isle f Soft it sleeps in the emerald seas, LuUed by the lute of the singing breeze, Veiled with the rainbow’s mantling bloom, Fanned by the spice gale's rich perfume; Sweet it slumbers, like Beauty’s Queen, Brightly shrined in tbe silken sheen Os her royal couch; —aud a sunny smile Lights up the dreams of that Fairy Isle. When the rich red gold of morning lies On its whispering woods, and it* tinted sldee, Fweet songs swell up from the silver streams, And the air is iaden with musie dreams, Like flute-toned voices that echoed free In the days of our early infancy, When the hearts now dark with woe and guile, Were pure and glad, as that sun-bright Isle. When Night steals up from her caverns lone, And binds the sky with her starry zone, Our seers have marked o’er the far blue tida A flame-plumed crest, on the biliowsride; And oft, they say, from the shell beach floats, A fairy fleet in their lotus boats, — And wandering spirits those syrens wile To the pearl-strewn shores of their jewel Is la And there they tell us, the sylphs of air Have deigned to dwell in the grottos fair, They wander far through the moon light bowers. And slumbered deep in the folded flowers ; They dance aloft till their gleaming wings Like rainbows hang o’er the sparkling springs, Or circling sweep in a glittering file, The fairy guards of that Elfin Isle,- 5 * No note of sorrow, of care, or woe, Breaks on the bright hourslapsing flow;— * The flame-glance flashing from anger’s cloud. Wild passion-waves in their tossings proud,— The serpent thought from its dismal lair Di a sin-stained heart, may not entsr there— * And blest is he whom the fates exile, From this dark shore, to that Eden Isle 1 The Origin Os Coin*. The rare beauty of the .World’s Fair medals, one of which wc inspected last week, suggested a train of reflection on the history of medals and coins, and the means of coining, which it may be worth while, perhaps, to lay before our readers. In the early «fgcs of mankind, all traffic, as is well known, was conducted by means of bartor. Tho heardsman exchanged his cattle for goods, or the merchant his goods for food to eat. But such a rude eondition of affairs could not, it is clear, con tinue long; and the necessities of mankind, there fore, l.d to the substitution of the medium of ex change, or representative of value. The precious metals, from their intrinsic worth as well as their portable character, naturally suggested themselves for this purpose. At first, however, they were n.ed in simple bars, without even stnrnp or coinage, and were, in such cases, necessarily weighed and often assayed, at every transfer.—-But this being found inconvenient, the expedient was hit upon of authenticating the weight and standard by a mark. Afterwards, that the needs of commerce might still further be consulted, tho bars were made of various sizes. In the end, still further to impress tbe character of a legalized currency on the gold, silver, bronze, or copper employed, appropriate shapes, differing from those of the simple bar, were selected, the circular form ofthe present coin be ing that most generally adopted. It was not always, however, that money was made round. Oar British ancestors prior to the invasion by Jnlius Ctesar, employed rings, some times single, but oftener made into e chain, for currency. Large quantities of this species of coin have been dug up m England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. The smallest piece of money of this description, which has yet been discovered, is a gold ring weighing half's pennyweight. But oth ers containing three times this weight, or five, ton, sixteen, or twenty-two times the weight, up to the weight of a pound troy, have also been discovered —thus proving that tho rings were not intended for ornaments, but for currency. Sven among the Romans circular coins were not used until the timo of Scrvius Tullius, and in Great Britain, they were not employed till some time after the con quest by Csesar. Os all ancient nations, the Greeks produced the most beautiful coins—-those of the Romans not being particularly elegant till a late period in thoir history. The method of stamp ing the piece of money was simple. Usually the blow which gave the impress, w»s struck by a ham mer j and, at first, the dio was cut in tho face of th. instrument itself. So late as two centuries ago, tho coining of money, even Jin England, was conducted in a comparatively rude manner; and many Spanish quarters yet in circulation, bear decisive evidence of uncouth coining. Even st this dsy, tho coined money of Enron* generally is disgraceful to art, and is frequently basely alloyed. The exceptions are the gold and silver pieces of England, France, Belgium and Prnssia. Our own coins arc not so good as they might be, a fact which any person may verify by comparing them with well-executed medals—that struck.in honor of Mr. Clay, orthose issued st the World's Fair, for instance. Some of the finest coins and medals ever executed were those issued by the Emperor Napoleon. Generally, however, the European coins are as much inferior to those of tiie United States as those latter are to the coins of England or Franco. The worst executed ooins, among civilized nations, are those of Mexico and the South American States generally. A word more, and we shall have ‘coined ’ enongh, at least for one reading, on ooins snd coining.— Money is a word, we are told by Chambers, de rived from the temple of Jupiter* Montta, where a metalic currency was first struck by the ancients. Cash comes from the French word'caiwe, a coffer or ehest in which money is kept. And pecuniary is derived from pecus, the Latin for a flock or herd of animals, these being, in the earlier ages, the equivalents for money.— Philadelphia Bulletin. Post Office Establishment. —The first mail route on this side of the Atlantic was put in operation by the colony of New York, Governor Lovelace having established, in 1672, “a post to go monthly between Now York city and Boston and back.” The colony of Massachusetts created the first post office, the General Court having, in 1677, appointed John Hayward, “the scrivener," at Boston, ‘‘to take in letter* and convey them according to their direc tion.” In 1711, the mail* ran between Boston and Maine once a week, and once a fortnight from the former place to Connecticut and New York. In 1717, there was a weekly route from Boston as far South as Williamsburg, Virginia, and in 1727, a fortnight one between Philadelphia and Annapolis. Sixty-three years later, in 1790, “the post roads in the United States did not exceed in length one thousand miles, consisting of a long zix zag route from Wiscaseet in Maine, via the principal towns on the Atlantic seaboard, to Savannah, in Georgia, with a few connecting cross-posts, on no portion of which waa the mail conveyed oftener than tri-week ly, and on a part of it but once a fortnight. The entire annual cost of the service was $22,?02. The number of post offiees was seventy-five, and their gross yield $37,895 per annum. At the period referred to, there were bnt ten of fices yielding a revenue ot over SI,OOO per annum, viz: Philadelphia, New York, Boston. Baltimore, Richmond, Petersburg, Alexandria, Fredericks burgh, Norfolk and Charleston. The amazing ra pidity with which the post office system haa ad vanced to its present state, is shown by the fact that in 1551, or only about sixty years subsequent to the date last mentioned, the’length of routes in operation was 190,290 miles, tl e annual cost oftrans portation thereon, $8.421,744; the revenue of the Department, $6,785,498 ; and the number of offi cers. $19,604 The Department has on its regis ters over 6,000 mail routes and nearly as many mail contractors. Only twenty-five years ago the boot of a single coach sufficed for any mail leaving our principal cities. Now, at New York, Washington, and other of our commercial town*, they amount t* several tons each day. The steamer Eclipse, said to be the largest vessel of the kind in the world, is to leave Louisville on the 23d for New Orleans. She is 353 feet long, 75 feet wide, and has splendid accommodations for 200 passengers. The New Orleans papers announce the arrival there of a fine new barque of 850 tons burthen, which was built at Cincinnati. She was towed down the Ohio and Mississippi, and after being fitted for sea at New Orleans, will take a cargo to Salem. Mass., where her owners preside. Six steamers left the port of New York on Satur day for their several regular destinations, viz: the Arctic, for Liverpool; El Dorado, for Chagres ; Daniel Webster, forSan Juan; Alabama, for Sa vannah ; Marlon, for Charleston ; and Roanoke, for Norfolk and Richmond. Under the recent new mail arranrement, travel lers who leave Washington at 4 P. M., are convey ed to Boaton in twenty five hours. A. New York paper tell* a pood thing of the late Margaret Fuller as follows. We produce it as a hint which maybe serviceable elsewhere: She was at a* concert of our Philharmonic, upon one occasion, and with apart; had gone early and got a good scat. A delicious symphony of Beetho ven was commenced when a young lady accompa nied bv two gentleman, who 'sat immediately be hind Miss Fuller’s party, began whispering and kept up an incessant buzzing, destroying every neighbor’s enjoyment throughout the piece. After all was over, Margaret leaned across one seat, and catching the eye ot this girl, who was pretty and well dressed, said, in her blandest gentle voice, “May I speak with yon one moment F’ “Certain ly,” said the young lady with a flattered, pleaacd look, bending forward. “1 oniy wish to say,” said Margaret, “that I tmat that, in the whole'of yoor life, yon will not suffer so great a degree of annoyance as yon have inflicted upon a large party Os lover* of music this evening. MISCELLANY. THE FIVE FRANC-PIECE. rr.oji th* ntxacn. It was past midnight, and the bride had been long in her bridal chamber, when the bridegroom escaped from his friends, and fonnd his way to a private stair-case, where a confidential maid await ed his coming, in * corridor near the door which was to open for him alone. “Go in," said Dorine, in a low whisper; “my ladv is waiting for you.” The husband of an hour tapped at the door, opened it, and threw himself at the feet of a young and beautiful woman. She was seated before a ehcerfiil fire, in the elegant undress of a rich wi dow, to whom a su-cohd marriage had given rise to new hopes and fears. “I beg you will rise,” said she, giving him her hand. “No, no, mv dear n/adam,” said the young man, grasping firmly her extended hand, and carrying it to his lips—“no, let me remain at your foet, ana do not, do not withdrew this little hand, for I fear you will vanish and leave me; Ifear it isalladream; it appear, to me I .m the hero of . fairy tale, .uch as I remember in my ohildhood, ana that at the moment of possessing all in the world 1 wish to pos sess, the doceitful fairv will fly aw.v with my hap piness, to laugh with her companions at my regret and despair.” “Banish your fears, my dear Frederick; yestor dqy 1 was the widow of lord Melville; to-day lam Madame de la Tour, yonr wife; dismiss from your imagination this fairy image of your childhood, for there is no fairy tale to relate, but a true story.” Frederick de’la Tour had every reason to believe that a supernatural being had taken his fortunes into keeping; for, daring the last month, either by accident, chaueo or destiny, an inexplicable success had made him rich and happy beyond his most sanguine wishes. He was voting, not more than twenty-five, alone in tho world, and living with the most self-denying and rigid economy, when, one day, as he was walking in the street of St. Honore, a splendid equipage was suddenly drawn up op •posito to him, and a lovely woman, leaning out of the eoach-window, and seemingly much agitated, called out to him— “ Mr. , Mr. .” He stopped. The footman descended from his station, opened tho door, let down the steps, and, with his plumed hat in hand, respectfully invited the astonished Frederick to enter the carriage. He did so, and thu., us if by magic, beheld himself seated by a woman both youngund beautiful,and dressod with great elegance aud richness. Ho had hardly time to look arouud him, before tho horses were again at full speed. • “My dear sir,” said the lady, who was thns run ning away with him, and in "the sweetest tone ot voice imaginable, “I have received your note, but, notwithstanding yonr refusal, I hope I shall see you again at my little mree to-morrow evening.” “Me 1 madame,” said F’redcriek. “Yes, you, sir ! Oh 1 I beg a thousand pardons ; I hope you will forgive me tho mistake I have made,” said the lady, with an appearance of much surprise, “but yon resemble so perfectly one of my most intimate friends, that I mistook vou for him. Oh ! excuse mo sir; what must yon think ot me? But the likeness is so striking—it would have de ceived any person.” By the time this explanation was at an end, the* equipage entered the c.ourt-yard of a splendid man sion, aud Frederick could do less than hand Lady Mcl 'illo from the earrage. Now, mv Lady Melville, as we have said before, was beautiful, and did not at all resemble those sallow-visaged, heavy stepping, immense English women, who, whon they smile, open affectedly their pale lips, and show you two rows of frightful ly-ycflow teeth. No, she was a French woman; her lustrous black hair contrasted well with her brilliant complexion, and her coral lips, as sho smiled sweetly, permitted an occasional glimpse of the whitest teeth in the world. Frederick de la Tour, dazzled, as well he might be, by so many charms, had no difficulty in be lieving that Lady Melvillo had mistaken him for some less happy mortal, and he thankefi his stars for it, as the error enabled him to, become favora bly known to my lady, whose obliging and very flattering invitations" he eagerly accopted—and, strange to tell, soon became not only a marked fa vorite, but among her most constant and welcome gueßts. Tho rich widow was surrounded by suitors for the honor of her hand, who wore dismissed one by one; and it was somehow so brought about, that, bofore the end of a short month, the young clerk had an interview by her ladyship’s own ap pointment—marriage was proposed by her, and of course accopted by him, in a delirium of love and astonishment. The bewildered young gentleman stood before the small looking-glass in his modestly-furnished attic, and surveyod himself from head to foot. He was by no'means an ugly man, bathe could not consider himself particularly hadsoine; his dress was suoh as became a clerk, with a salary of as many hundred francs per annum as there are mouths in the year; and, having a prais.worthy aversiou to running in debt, he could not, there fore, attribute his good fortuno to his tailor. lie made up his mind that he must be loved for him self alone, and his early novel-reading favored this romantic conclusion; but, being naturally of a modest turn of mind, this solution, on second thoughts, appeared improbable, and he then de termined that Lady Melville must be laboring un der some strange and unnatural delusion. When tho wedding-day arrived, and tho future husband listened to the filter, or rather golden tones of the notary’s voice, his astonishment re doubled. lie would have (so said the marrisge co»tract) a country-scat in Burgundy, a domain iu Normandy, in tho street Saint Honore, in Paris, and numerous other goods and chattels, of which, until that day, ho had nover heard a sylla ble. Lady Melville had riches across the channel, also coal mines in Wales, and grazing lands in De vonshire. It was to the yonng man n golden dream from which he dreaded to awake. The Mayor hod sanctioned and the priest had solemnly blessed their union, vet, with the rites of tho Church ond the ferms of law to aid his reason, the conviction that it was all bnt a splendid and unsubstantial vision would not leavo him, even at the feet of his lawful wifo in the bridal chamber —he pressed her hand to his lips, ho grasped convulsively the embroidered night-dress, in his fear that she might suddenly vanish into the air. “Rise, my dear Frederick,” agnin'said his wife, “draw that casy-chair close to mine, and let me talk to yon.” The young man did so, bnt without releasing the hand ot his wife, and Madame do la Tour began thns . “Thoro was, once upon a time—” “Good Heavens!” said Frederick “I am not wrong, then; it is—it is a fairy talc 1” “Listen, my good sir—there lived once a young girl, whose family had been rich, but, when their only daughter was but fifteen, they had no other means of subsistence than the the daily earnings of her father. They lived at Lyons, and’l know not what vain hope of bettering their condition induced their removal to Paris. But some men, whon thoy have onco fallen, never rise again, and indeed few things arc found more difficult of attainment than retrieving our fallen fortunes, again filling our place in society, and moving in the cherished cir cle wo hove been obliged to relinquish. .“The father of this poor girl experienced this, to him, insurmountable difficulty; for, after strug gling during four long years with poverty and ne glect, he died in a hospital. Her mother’s death soqn followed, and the young girl was left alone in a cheerless garret, a long arrear of rent unpaid, with the chilling presence of two miserable, unto nanted beds to increase her feelings of grief and desolation. If there were to be a fairy in my sto ry, she should, without doubt, now present herself; but there was r.ot a glimpse, not a shadow of one. The young girl was unknown in Paris, without money, with noither friend nor protector to sustain and cherish her, and sho hsked in vain from stran gers that employment which makes tho riches of the poor. Guilty pleasure, it is true, extended its amis to allure hor; bnt tiiore are minds sd formed as instinctively to love virtu* and to abhor vice, and hers was happily of this stamp—but she must eat, and the hunger of tho first day was increased by a sleepless night, bringing a second day without food. “Yon, Frederick, have just risen from a table profusedly covered with the most tempting luxu ries, sparkling wines, the rarest fruits, everything to gratify the fastidious appetite, and, although un til yesterday poor, yon can have no conception of the deep misery lam describing. In the midst of the magnificence around us, and seated,|as wo now are, in these ample chairs, embroidered with silk and gold, you may be astonished that I can conjure up such a scene; but, litten ttiU. “Hunger compelled this poor girl to beg for a crust of bread. She shrouded her head in a veil, once her mother’s, and her only inheritance; she bent her body, that she might appear old and infirm, and went down from her garret into the street— there she extended her suppliant hand. Alas ! the hand waa white and delicately formed, and there would be danger in allowing it to be seen; she bound the veil around it, aa if to hide a loathsome object. She took hor stand near the entranco of the court-yard, far distant from the light of the street-lamps, snd when there passed a young and happy girl, (alas! far happier than herself,) she held out her hand, asking a ton, —one sou, to buy bread—but at evening, young girls in l’aris are tlmiking of othor things than giving away tout. If she saw an old man approach, she ventured to im plore his aid ; but age is hard-hearted and miserly and the old man would turn away and pass on. The evening had been chilly, rain began to fell, it was growing late, and the’ night-watchmen were going their rounds, when the young girl, ready to faint with hunger and disappointment, held out her hand once more. It was to a young man, who stopped, and drew from his pocket a piece of mo ney. which he dropped in her hand, as if afraid of the contact of so much misery. *|“A policeman, who, no doubt, had been watching the poor girl, suddenly appeared, and seizing her rudely by the arm, exclaimed—‘Ah! I have caught you at last; ao, you are begging in the street; to the station-house, old when" The young man immediately interfered, taking her part with the greatest warmth—he drew within his the arm of the beggar, whose hand lie had a moment before feared would soil his gloved fingers, saying to the policeman as he did it—‘The woman is no beggar; yon are mistaken; I know all about her.’ But, sir,’ said the enforcer of the law against street begging, ‘I saw her hold out her hand to you, and —’ ‘I tell you,’ said the young man, steadily, ‘I know her, and shall protect her. My good woman,’ said he, whispering m the ear of the young girl, whom he supposed old and ngly, ‘tak’e this fitt franc piece , and let me lead you to the next street, that yon may get away from this fellow, who will* continue to watch you!’ The five-franc piece slipped from your hand into mine, and as we pass ed under a lamp, which until then I had taken care to avoid, I taw your fact!" “J fy facer' exclaimed Frederick. “Ye*, my dear Frederick, your face. It was you who thus preserved my honor and mv life; you gave five francsin chanty to Lady Mell'ville to your future wife.” “ You !” said Frederick, “you—young, beautiful and rich—you a beggar!” “Yes,” said Madame de la Tour, “once I was in debted to charity, once only, and it was to you. ThemomiDg »ucceeding this'day of miserv, which I now look upon as the most fortunate one of mv life, a kind-hearted concierge took pitv on me, land she has had cause to bless the hour sfic did so,?and found me a plaee as seamstress in the establish ment of a rich nobieman. My cheerfulness and good looks returned with my abilitv to support my self, and, although my unhappy pa'renta were sin cerely regretted, time, which accomplishes all things, gradually soothed my grief, and Ifortunate ly became a favorite with the respectable house keeper. “One day, Lord Mellville came into my little room, »s I was at work, and seated himself by my ride. He was not fitr from sixty-five, tall, thin, of a severe expression of countenance, and his ordi nary manner was haughty, cold and reserved. “‘Y’oung woman,’ arid he, ‘I know the story of your life; will you many me F “ ‘Marry you!’ I exclaimed. ‘Your lordship is “‘T never jest,’ said his lordship. ‘I ask again will you marry me I lam rich, and am determined my wealth shall not go to unworthy nephewa, who would bury me to-morrow if they could. I am a martyr to the gout, and would rather be nursed by a wife than by mercenary servants. If lam to be lieve what I near in your fhvor, you posse** eleva tion ot mind yul correct principle*—it is in yoor power to become Lady MallviUe, and to prove to the world that yon are as fitted for admiration in prosperitv as yon have been praiseworthy in strug gling with adversity.’ “I loved you,” confined the bride, “and although I had seen you but for a moment, 1 could not ban ish your image, and something whispered to mo from the inmost recess of my heart that our lives were to be passed together. “When llooked at Lord Mellville, and observ ed attentively his stern, unyielding countenance, his picrecing grey eyes and the determination shown in earn ing out the plan he now meditated, I was unwilling to lend my aid in its accomplish ment. It appeared to me that I ought not to en courage this cunning device, by which he would disinherit his nephews; and thus although the no ble Lord did not receive an immediate refusal, yet he saw my hesitancy and agitation, and like most persons who meet with unexpected obstacles in accomplishing their views, he became more eager, and pressed his suit with unwonted ardor. Those with whom I lived, and everybody I knew, advised me to profit by this freak of an English Lord, with millions ; a part at least, of whose fortuno in tho event of my doing so, must soon become mine.— As for myself I thought of you; my gratitude lent a thousand graces to your person. I recalled con tinually the kind tone of your voice, although heard but for an instant. You had never looked in my face, and yet I was near sacrificing to this dream of the immngination my good fortune and your oicn ; hut I had taken too severe a lessou in tho miseries of a life of poverty aud suffering, to allow these romantic feelings to overpower my better judgment. Your image was reluctantly thrust aside by tho poor sewing girl, and I became Ladv Mellville. “It was, indeed, my dear Frederick, a fairy tale, that I, a poor destitute, friendless orphan girl, should become the wife of one of the richest of England’s Peers—that I, a modern Cinderella, in my magnificent equipage, witli servants in heraldic liveries, should drive through the street in which but a few short months before, I had walked a shivering beggar; that 1, clothed in the richest silks, and radiant with jewels, should look from my high estate upon the very spot where I had stood, extending my trembliug hand for char ty. It was a turn of Fortune’s wheel too incredible for belief—in truth, a fuirv talc ; but the fairies of this world of ours my dear Frederick, are the pas sion* of mankind.” “Happy Lord Mellville ?” cried Frederick; “he could enrich you.” , “Ho was indeed happy,” said Madame de la Tour; “for the event proved that this marriage, which the world looked upon as an old man’s folly, I caused to be regarded by the world as the most sensible thing lie could have done. He was rich not only beyond his wants, but beyond even his wishes. He could never manage to’expend his en tire income, and his fortune was therefore, con tinually increasing. He believed, from tho first hour of our union, that ho might trust in the at tachment of a wife who owed everything to his bounty ; and never did he, for one moment, repent his marriage with a French womin. I reposed on my part, perfect and entire confiißnce in Lord Melville, as to any provision in the disposition of his fortune, and with sincerity and tenderness watched over his declining years. He died leav ing me the whole of his immense riches, and I then inwardly vowed to marry no other than the man who had relieved me in my grestest need.— But how silent you are 1” said Madame de la Tour pressing the hand of the husband she lmd enrich ed and would love with such devotion—“and veu never visited in the gay world nor went to "the theatre, nor to concerts—ah! if Iliad but known your name 1" 'While she thns playfully reproached her asto nished husband, she took "from around her neck a chain of rubies, to which was suspended a diminu tive silk purse—from the latter she drew out a five franc piece, set in a little frame of gold. “It is the same one,” said she, putting it into Fredrick’s hand for a moment and then taking it bock again. “The sight of this cherished piece of silver gave me a supper and roof to shelter me un til the next day, when, at my earnest request, it was so arranged that I could redeem and keep yonr fortunato gift—it has never for a moment letYfme. Ah 1 how happy I was when I first saw yon in the street—with what joy I ordered the coachman to stop —I was nearly frantic with agitation and do- i light, and I at once adopted the only pretext I could so suddenly think of, to get you into the car riage. 1 had hut oue fear —you might he mar ried. Had that been tho case, you would have nev er heard this story. Lady Melville would have been your good genius ; she would secretly have enriched you beyond tho dreams of avarice, but the unhappy woman would have sought a homo in an other land, far from the man whose heart and hand , could nover bo hers." Frederick de la Tour dropped the hand of liis . wifo; lie lot fall the embroidered robe, and with * both hands grasping firmly tho piece of silver, he raised it to his lips with an almost reverential so lemnity. “Y’ou see,” said Madame dc la Tour, “that lam l no fairy, hut that, on tho contrary, from you came ; the fairy’s gift, and it lias, indee'd, proved a won drous tallisman.”— N. Y. Jour. Com. As Inquisitive Yankee.—'The Editor’s table of the Knickerbocker has long been famous for its choice viands, but we recclloct, just now, nothing which surpasses in richness, the following. “A gentleman riding in an eastern railroad ear, which was rather sparsely supplied with passen gers, observed in the seat before him a lean, slab sided Yankee, every feature of whose face seemed to ask a question ; and a little circumstance soon proved that he possessed amost “inquiring mind.” Before him occupying the entire seat, Hat a lady dressed in deep black; and after shifting his posi tion several times, and manoeuvring to got an op portunity to look her in the face he at length “caught her eye.” He noded familiarly to her, and asked, with a nasal twang utterly incapable of imitation: “In affliction ?” “Yes, sir,” replied tho lady. “Parents? father or mother? “No, sir,” •aid the lady. “Child, perhaps ?—a boy or gal ?” “No, sir, not a child,” was the response: “I hnvo no children.” “Husband then, expect?” “Yes,” was the court answer. “Hum—cholcry ?—a tradin’ man, meb-be ?” “My husband was a sea-faring man—tho captain of a vessel; he didn’t die of cholera; he was drowned.” “Oh, drowned, he?” pursued the enquirer, hesitatin for a .brief instant. “Save his chist?” he asked. “Yes, the vessel wan saved, and my husband’s effects, said the widow. “Was they ?” asked the Yankee, his eyes bright ening up ; “pious man ?” he continued. “He was a member of the Methodist church.” “The next question was a little delayed but it came: “Don’t yon think yon got gre-e-a-t cause to be thankful that he was a pious man, and saved his chist?” “I do,” said tho widow, abruptly, and turned her head to look out of the car window. The indefa tigable “pump” changed his position, held the widow by his glittering eye, once more and pro pounded one-more query, in a littie lower tone, with his head slightly inclined forward over the back of the seat: “Was you eal’laiu to get married ag’in?” “Sir!” said the widow, indignantly, “you are impertinont!” And she left her seat, and took another on the other sido of the car. “Pears to be a little huffy!’.’ said tho indefatigable bore, turn ing to our narrator behind him; “she nced’nt be mad: I didn’t want to hurt her feelin’s. What did they make you pay for that nmbrel you got in your hand t It’s a real pooty one ?” Queer Doings in Oregon.— From n letter in the National Intelligencer, it would seem that in Ore gon that there are two seats of government, i's not in (Viet two governments. A minority of the Le gislature and the Supreme Court, consisting of Chief Justice Nelson and Judge Strong, met at Oregon City, and the Court, on a question made, decided that a certain law, fixing the seat of Gov ernment at Salem, is null and void. A majority of the Legislature met at Salem, and remained there, disregarding the decision of tho Court, until the recent adjournment, after a session of two months —they and the remaining J udge (Pratt) of the Supreme Court, denying that any Court, properly constituted, had been held, as it could only sit and act at Salem and not at Oregon City. Gov. Gaines, last winter, when the law passed, refused to recog nise its validity, for reasons then assigned by him, which havo been approved by ..the Attorney Gen eral of the U. S. The majority of the Legislature have memorialized Congress on the subject, pray ing a dissolution of the present Territorial Gov ernment, and the right to select their own Gov ernor, Secrotarv and Judges. They have also provided for a Convention of the people upon a State Constitution, in the event of a failure in Congress to grant their memorial nt the present session. The population of the Territory is less than 20,000 inhabitants. The contest seeing to be between the Democratic and Government parties and great confusion is likely to arise from conflict ing legislation.— Carolinian. A Universal Catholicon. —Mr. A. takes a glass of Brnndy and water, or some other aleaholic stim lant, because his doctor has recommended him to take a little. Mr. B. because his doctor orders him not, and he hates quackery. # Mr. C. takes a drop because he’s wet. Mr. D. because he's dry. Mr. E. because he feels something rising in his stomach. Mr. F. because he feels a kind of sinking in his stomach. Mr. G. because he’s going to see a friend off to Oregon. Mr. H. because he’s got a friend come home from California. Mr. I. because he’s so hot. Mr. K. because he’s so cold. Mr. L. because he’s got a pain in his head. Mr. M. because he’s got a pain in his side. Mr. N. because he’s got a pain in his back. Mr. O. because he’s got a pain in his cheat. Mr. P. because he’s got a pain all over him. Mr. Q. because he feel* light and happy. Mr. K. because he feels heavy and miserable. Mr. S. because he’s married. Mr. T. because he isn’t. Mr. V. because he likes to see his friends around him. Mr. W. because he’s got no friends, and enjoys a glass by himself. Mr. X. because his uncle left him a legacy. Mr. Y. because his aunt cut him off without a shilling. Mr. Z. (we should be happy to inform our rea ders what Mr. Z.’e reasons are for drinking, but on putting the question to him, he was found to be too drunk to answer. Localities or Heaven and Hell.— Some weeks •go, Dr. Porter, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, (Tcnn.) preached a discourse on the “ Locality of Heaven, astronomically consid ered,” and located that happy place in the centre of our solar system—in the Sun. On Sundayeven ing oflast week, he discoursed to one of the largest audiences ever seen in Memphis, on the “ locality of Hell,” fixed the abode of the damned outside of the solar and astral system, in the “ outer darkness,” beyond the light of sun and stars, where the plan ets, comets, and lost worlds, which have violated the great laws of their existence, travel forever on their returnless journey through eternal space. It would be interesting to know whence this in genious gentleman derived his information. Caution. —Prof. James J. Mapes states that he has made sundry experiments upon various kinds of confectionery recently introduced to the public, such as Banana aur Jaroonette Pear, and other drops. He states his decided conviction that they are injurious to health, and adds : “Many, if not all of these drops, are flavored with the hydrated oryde rs Amytc, known in our Pharmacopoeias as fusei oil, combined with nitric, ascetic, or citric acid. This poison is produced in the distillation of whiskv from corn, and probably the manufactu rers of the confectionery, in which it is used, as well as the consumers, are not aware of its poison ous properties. I nave just made some experiments with myself in the nse of this poison, and find that in the state probably used by the confectioners, the mere odor is sufficient to cause headache, coughing, Ac, Southern Cultivator. —We consider this peri odical one of the most useful on our exchange list. It is published monthly in Augusta, Ga., edited by Dr. D. Lee and D. Kedmond, Eaq., and devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and fee General Plant ing Interests of the Sontb, and forma a valuable addition to the library of the planter and farmer, as a compendium of reference, $1 per annum.— & a Temperance McomU, > ITEMS. > We perceive by tiie London papere that the om nibus proprietors have been proseentit g their dri ! vers for cribbing. Several were convicted, and since proceedings have been commenced the re ceipts of one liho alone have increased S4OO por week 1 Verily, the drivers were making a good speculation of it. A SrmiTEi) Lady.—Mrs. Charlotte Baldwin, has posted Professor Elliott, Principal of the Female Academy at Nashville, Tenn., for calling her hus band, who had been employed at the Academy, an “ordinary humbug.” She says—“l now call upon him to come tonvard and prove him to be snob, if he can, or I will cowhide him as a slan derer every time I meet him in the streets of Nash ville.” It is not unworthy of remark that the late ad vices from the Pacific bring no confirmation of tiie report, brought by a previous arrival, of a rebel lion in the Territory of Utah. It may therefore be presumed that our original conjecture as to the origin of this story was correct. Fkom Bakbadoes.— By way of Jamaica, wo have later advices from Barbadoes. There is no news of importance. The young cane crop was well grown ami promised well. The Island continued healthy, and the shipping of produce had fairly’ commenced. The Burlington ( i?.t Sentinel, says : Sartain’s Magazine contains a poem entitled “Our Baby, by Phoebe Carey.” A pretty thing—hut it don’t compare with our baby—by the. editor of the Sentinel. , A Bio Pile of Ikon.— There are now thirty thousand tons of railt oad lying at Dunkirk, N. Y., waking shipment to tho West, most destined for Ohio, and there is daily more receiving. Awful.— A political circular recently put fortli in one of the “rural districts" portrays tlio conse quence of a suspension in tiie operations of the Post Offico Department, in the following hyper bole : “The Genius of Intelligence would be stopped midway in her flight, witli her wings pinioned behind her, and iter feet glued to tiie stiffened nir.” Our time is like money. When we charge a dollar the dimes “evaporate” as tilings of no ac count ; and when we break a day by idleness in the morning the rest of the hours loso their impor tance in our eyes. Doctor Boman, of Troy, remarked in a sermon istoly, that if F’ranklin tamed tiie lightning, Prof. Morso taught it the English language. Ambition is a kind of dropsy, the more a man drinks the more lie covets. A young lady who wore spectacles, exelaimed in a voice of sentimental enthusiasm, to a young ploughman, who was walking on the road: “Do you, sir, appreciate the beauty of that landscape? Oh, sec these darling sheep and lambs skipping about 1” “Them ain’t slieop and lambs—them's hog's, miss. A poet carried somo verses to a critic, and desir ed his opinion of their merit. Afterroading them, tho critic observed—“My dear sir, those lines need fire.” And he threw them into tho grate. The Dutchman who refused to take a one dollar bill becanso it might he altered from a ten, prefers stage travelling to railroads. The fornior, lie says, rides him eight hours for a dollar, while the lutter only rides him one. Detam Yankee becblus can’t sheat him 1 Never Satisfied.— Lately, as a gentleman was examining a desk, which had stood in an old out building for a long timo, ho found n small bag, which lie thought a shot bag; hut on taking it up, tiie bottom eamo out, and to his great surprise, out rolled 5,000 guineas. After counting them, ho said he was very sorry that he had not found them twenty years sooner, that lie might have bad tlio interest of them also during that period. Jenny Lind Goldsmidt and husband, will em bark, it is said, in May next, for Europe, hut intend to return to the United States, to reside permanent ly- An application has been made to the Canadian Parliamcntby the Montreal and New York railroad Company for leave to build a bridgo across the ri ver St. iiawrcneo, connecting the north with tho south shore, above tho Lachine Rapids, and below the villages of Lacliino and Caughnawaga, with 1 power to acquire the lands necessary to connect the bridge with the montrcal and New York rail road. And application lias also been made to the same body for a charter to construct ars.iiroad from 1 AmhcrstViunr, county es Essex, to intersect the Great Western Railway, or connect with thtvßranihril and Buffalo railroad." Singular Physiological Fact.— The editor of the Springfield Mass.) Republican, who is somewhat of a daddler in the (esthetics of sentimentalism, an nounces for tho edification of his lady l eaders tho ; following curious physiological fact concerning Ik. Marvel, the author of “Reveries of a Bachelor “Wo have no doubt that our lady friends will take 1 great plensuro in knowing that he who writes so eloquently of domestic pleasures, and enters into thoir details with such refined gusto, never hud a baby in his life, and don’t know any thing about tho subjoct.” No doubt, says another paper, they will breathe easier after learning thnt Air. Marvel has never passed through a severe trial of that nature. There is no telling what may happen, however. The Steam Marine of the U. States.— By tiie recently published report ofthe Secretary of the Treasury, is stated that we liavo of steam vessels, 1391—some of great power. We have 9(5 marine steamships, 15 of winch compared with 15 of the largest belonging to England, exceed them by 5009 tons ; and then to these we cn:i add BS2 stemii propellers, some very fine and large ships. The Inland steamships and boats and the United States number 766; the tonage of these, in the aggregate, amounts to 204,613 tons ; tiie tonnage of our ma rine amounts to 212,500 tons —total 417,113 tons. Our mercantile stegm vessel tonnage is the largest in tiie world. Trial of the Cuban Expeditionists.— Tho trial of the alleged Cuban expeditionists, J. L. O’Sulli van and Major Schlessinger, at New York, lias now , been in progress eleven days. On Thursday Dr. , Burtnet was examined, aud’on his cross-examina tion he absolutely refused to answer tbe questions, and was committed to jail for contempt of court. The witness declined to answer on the ground that he was not on trial, and he had taken warning by the example set in the Forrest trial. Ho was com mitted; and the trial continued by the calling of other witnesses. Mr. Secretary Webster has gone from this city to Trenton, New Jersey v upon a professional en gagement in a great Patent case there, which is to come offthis week. The lion. Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, is enaged in the same ease, and is probably already at Trenton, with other learned members of the Bar whom the importance of the case has called thither. Simi-le Remedy foe Scarlet Ffver.— The Balti more Sun says : —We published a year or two ago, a simple remedy for scarlet fover—being no other than rubbing the patient thoroughly with fat bacon. Wo have since, at different times, received assur ances from different parties, whom the notice led to make a trial of it 4 of tho entire success of tlio ex periment. Others are just now sending us testi monials of tiie astonishing and speedy cnrvs recently wrought by it. .\\ e mention the matter that others may “go and do likewise.” There is nowliving in Townsbend, (Vt.,) a colored woman named Susannah Ilnzzcy, who has attained the advanced age of an hundred and three years. Her husband was a slave in Massachusetts", and won his freedom by enlisting in the re volitionary service and serving during the war. The old wo man now enjoys a pension of $96 per annum, and has recently made application for bounty lands, under an old statute of Massachusetts. It is computed that there were 7,984,957 persons carried on railroads in the United States, last year, and about 86 killed and 47 injured. Most ot' the killed were employees of the companies. There ware 11,657 persons earrried lor every mile of line. Totally insolvent—A report of the Trustees of the State Bank of Illinois, states that, the assets arc not sufficient to pay all the liabilities, and that, there fore, the stock of this defunct institution is worth less. Richard Lcaycraft, Esq., of New York, died on Tuesday last, aged 90 years. lie was the oldest member of the M. E. Church in this city, and per haps in theUnitcd States. He was also’one or the few who worshipped in the “old Pail Loft” in Horse and Cart, now (William) street, the first place found for stated pr inching in New York by tho followers of John Wesley. A mountain of Emory or Cdrondutn is reported to have been discovered in the southern part of Arkansas, near a mountuin of iron. It is renreson ed as being equal if not superior to the Russian material. In the Arkansas Emory, as in that of Russia, rubies arc fonnd. Women that are the least bashful arc not unfre quently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which of ten arises from a total ignorance of vice. Prudery, on the contrary, is often assumed to keep off the supieions of criminality. Horace Mann thus sums tip a few o; the advan tages of modern inventions : “One boy, with a fourdiDier mschire, will make more paper in a twelvemonth than all Egypt could have made in a hundred years daring the reign of the Ptolemies. One girl, with a power press, ’will strike o f books faster than a million scribes could copy 9* -m be fore the invention of printhtf. One man with an iron foundry will turn out more ntensils than Tu bal Cain could have forged had he worked diligent ly to.this time.” Caleb Quotum Matched.— The N. Y. Scapel states that the following assortment of signs orna ment a one-story wooden building in su Eastern city: Wm. Boyd, Medical Gal vanist and llom«pathist. Tailoring and Cutting, by William Bevd. Phrenology and Mesmerism. Doctor Boyd. Fashionable Dress-making. William Bovd. There was a shanty adjoining this multifarious professor, in which vegetables were for sale, with a connecting door between the two establishments. A Mr. Charles Black has obtained a verdict of $lO, 000 against the New Orleans and Carrolton Railroad Company, for injuries to his little son, occasioned by an accident on their road which hap pened near Greenville, La., and was the result of carelessness on the part of the Company’* agent. The Philadelphia Bulletin contradicts positively the report that Grace Greenwood is going to Eng land with Miss Cushman, with a view of appeai-imr upon the stage. The lady ia shortly going, with another party, to Itaiv, but with no intentions of adopting the theatrical profession. An Irishman, committed to the tread-wheel for the space of a month, observed at the expiration of his task—“ What a great deal of fatigue and botheration it would hav* saved ns poor creatures if they had invented it to go by steam like all other water mill*; for burn me if I have not been going up stain for this four weeks, but never could reach the chamber door at all.” The Rev. Dr. Winans of Mississippi is pre faringa series of sermons for publication embra cing all the leading doctrines of Rev ‘aled Religion. Thres of them are ready for the press —one on the “Evidence# of Revealed Religion;” one on the “Existenoe, Nature and Character of God;” and the third on the “ Trinity in Unity of the Divine Jlatnre,” VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 13. Corrupondence qf tin National InttUigtncer. The Catacomb* or Palermo. Cliiof among tho wonders of Palermo are the catacomb* of tho Capuchin Convent, near the Portad'Ossuna. It is said to boa place of great antiquity; many of the bodies have been pre served in it for centuries, and still retain much of their original freshness. I had heard of these cat acomb* in Paris, and my visit to Palermo was in duced chiefly by tho extraordinary account given of them. Entering the ancient aud ruinous court* of the Convent, distant about a mile from the city, wo were conducted by a ghoatlv-looking monk through some dark passages to tho subterranean apartments of the deep. It was not my first visit to a place of this kind, but 1 must confess the sight was rather startling. It was like a revel of the dead—a horrible, grinning, ghastly exhibition of skeleton forms, sightless eyes, and shining teeth, jaws distended, and bony hands outstretch ed, heads without bodies aud bodies without heads—the young, tho old, the brave, the once beautiful and gay, all mingled in the ghastly throng. Wo walked through the long subterranean pussuges, lined with the dead on both sides ; with u stealthy and measured tread we stepped, for they seemed te stare at the intrusion, and their skeleton fingers vibrated as if yearning to grasp the living in their embrace. Long rows of upright niches are out into the wall on each sido ; in every niche a skeleton form stands erect as in life, habited in a robe of black ; tho face, hands and feet naked. Witherod, and of an ashy lino ; the grizzled beards still hanging in tufts from the jaws, and iu the recent cases the hair still clinging to the skull, but matted and dry. To each corpse is attached a lable upon which is • w ritten the mime and date of decease, and a cross or the imago of tho Saviour. , Soon recovering from the shock of tho first im pression. 1 was struck with the wonderful variety aud marked expression of character iu the faces and forms around me. There were progressive dates of death extending from remote centuries up to she present period, the niches being so arranged aa to admit of a regular order of deposito. Many of the bodies stood erect, ns if just lifted from the deathbed; the tacos colorless, and the horrible agonies ofdissolution stamped upon the features ; the lower jaws hanging upon tho breast; tho teeth grinning and glistening between the parched lips, and tho black lino of sickness about tho mouth and around the sunken sockets of the eyes' and in some the sightless orbs were open and staring with a wild glare of affright, as if peering into the aw ful mysteries of the unknown bourne from wlisnco none return ; while others wore a grotesque laugh of derision still more appalling while the muscles of the mouth drawn up, the eyebrows lift od the head jilted knowingly on one s'ido, tho hair majted in horny tufts, the bare spots on the skulls, like the piebald wing of a harlequin ; the skeleton arms strotchod, and the bony fingers spread ns if to ciutob tiio relentless destroyer, nod wrestle with him to the lust. These I fancied were lively fellows who were carried off suddenly after n midnight 1 carouse. 1 sat down on a box containing n dead 1 child, and looked up at a row of bodies opposite j that attracted my notice in a particular degree. In i the middle stood h frolicking follow, two years dead, whoso sunken eves appeared still to burn with tho firo oflife and humor. His bunds were 1 lifted in a dopreoating manner over a congregation of corpses sitting on a shelf below. Some appoar- ] ed to bo listening; some grinning at his humorous 1 harangue ; others, with their heads together, seem i to question the propriety of liis anecdotes; old gentlemen, with knitted brows and lantern jaws ; i ranges of bodies stood on each sido of him os if I laughing, talkingpiaying, dying, suffering, listening, 1 rejoicing, aud feasting at the banquet of death. One little man, in a dingy suit of black, satin a 1 corner; tho end of his noso was oaton off by the worms ; liis month was compressed, aud had a pinched expression ; liis hands grasped eagerly at something. I thought that little man was a miser, t whoso death was caused by starvation. Another * figure, a large portly body, stood in a conspicuous > part part of tho vault; it was tho oorpße of a fat i old bishop, whoso jaws were still rotund and i smooth with good living, ami liis sleok huir patted l down to liis head ns with the oil of bygone roast beefs and macaroni soups, and jolly cast of counts- 1 nance, betokened- a system libe/ally supplied with < the juices of life, and a consciancj rendered easy i by attention to tile ereaturo comforts. That man t lived an easy life, and died of good feeding. lie I was carefully labelled, and carried on his wrists a ’ jewelled cross. There stood in another part of the i vault a fiery orator, with open mouth and distend- I ed arms. The head was thrown back, the breast t partially bare, a sow tufts of black hair fell from i liis piebald skull; his round staring eyes were > stretched open, and liis brows arched high on jiis i wrinkled forehead ; lie looked toward heaven for < inspiration. I fancied I could hear tho flaming i torrent, ns it blazod and craek’cd and scintillated i from liis thin ashy lips. It was tho glowing elo quence of an ardent soul that left its parting im- t press upon the clay ; the form yet spoke, but the ' sound was not there. Passing on from vault to 1 vault, we saw hero and there a dead baby thrown t upon a shelf—its little innocont face sleeping calm- ( lyamongthe mouldering skulia: a log; or an arm, s or an old skull, from wliioli the lower jaw had fal- » len ; now a lively corpse, jumping with a startling « throe from its niche, or a grim skoleton in its < dark corner chuckling »t tho ravages of the de- 1 atroyer. Who was the princo hero? Who was i the great man, or tho proud man or tho rich I man ! Tho musty, grinning, ghostly, skeleton in the corner seemed to chuckle at tho thought, nnd a say to himself, “Was it you there on tho light, a you ugly, .noseless, sightless, disgusting thing? i Was it yon that rode in your fine carriage about a t year ago, and thought yourself so great when yon c ordered your coachman to drive over the beggar if i lie did not get out of tho way ? Don’t you see he a is ns handsomo as you are now, and ns great a man! s you can’t cut him down now, old fellow 1 And t you there on tho left. What a nicofigure you are * with your ficsliless shanks and your worm eaten i lips 1 It was you that betrayed yontli and becuty and innocence, aud brought yourself here at last to a keep company with such follows as I am. Why, I there is not a living thing now, save the maggots, j that wouldn’t turn away m disgust from you. And l yon sir. on the opposite side, how proud you were 1 when I last saw you; an officer of state, a groat t man in power, wlio could crush all below you, and 1 make the liappv wife u widowed mourner, and f bring licr little babes to starvation ;it was you r that had innocent men siczcd nnd cust in prison, c Wlmt can you do now ? Tho meanest wretch that mocks you in this vault of death is as good as you, as strong, as great, as tall, as broad, ns pretty i a piece of morality, and a great deal nearer to lien- t veil. Oh, you a*e a nico set of fellows, all mixing 1 together without ceremony 1 Where aro your 1 rules of etiquette; your fashionable ranks, and f your plebiau ranks; your thousands of admiring 1 friends, your throngs of jewelled visitors 1 Why, t tiio lowiicst of us has a* many visiters here, and as t many houost tours shed as yon. Ha | ha! This I is a jolly place, after all; we aro alia jolly net of e republicans, and old Death is our President 1” ' Turning away from this strange exhibition of 1 death’s doings, I followed tho old monk into tho 1 vaults allotted to tho women. Here the spectacle f was still more shocking and impressive. Tho bodies t were not placed in an upright position like those 1 of tiio men, but were laid out at full length in glass 1 eases, tho walls on both sides being covered. . t The young, the gay, the beautiful, were all here, l laid lowly in tho relentless embrace of death; dock ed out in silken dresses, laces, and jewellery, as in mockery of tho past. Each corpse had its sad his- t tory. I saw a young bride who was stricken down t in a few brief months after her marriage. She was dressed in her bridal costume; the bonnet and veil still oil, the white gloves drawn over her skeleton I fingers.; a few withered flowers laid upon her breast J by the mourning one she had left behind. Through ' the thin vail could be seen a blanched, grinning, bonyf. ee; sunken sockets, marked around with the dark lines of decay; and her long hair was drawn inluxuriant masses over her withered bosom. 1 Another held in her arms a skeleton babe. Some 1 were habited in walking dresses; others in oil the J finory ol’ ball-room costume, with gay Bilk, Blip- ‘ pers, silk stockings, and tawdry lace. It was a ’ ghastly sight to look under the bonnets, and gaze ' upon the sunken ashy features, decked around ? with artificial flowers, unci trace in those withered 1 lineaments no lingering line of beauty, no flicker- 1 ilig ray of the immortal spirit, but a dreary history ol mortal agony, decay, und corruption. Yet here the husband coinoß to* held communion with the . beloved soul that once dwelt in that mouldering j corpse; to look upon those blanohed features, that , wore once animate with life and affection ; to kiss the cold lips, and feel no returning warmth. And here, too, the father, brother, sister and wife come ( to gaze upon the dead ; and here the mother comes ( to weep over the withered corpse of her babe. ( Once a year, as I learnt from the old monk, the , relatives of the deceased come to pray for the sal- ( ration of their souls, and deck their bodies with , flowers. , Prom the conversation of the monk, I learnt that ( these catacombs are snpportcd'by contributions from , the relatives of the deceased who par annually a certain sum for the preservation of the bodies. Each new comer is placed in a tempoary niche, and after- i wards removed to a permanent place, where ho is i permitted to remain as long as tho contributions i continue: but when tho customary fees are not i forthcoming, the corpses arc thrown aside on a 1 shelf, where they lie till the relatives think proper I to have them set up again. Whole shelves are ] filled with skulls ana bodies of the dead, put out of < the way to make room for others of a more profl- < table slinractcr. * It might be supposed that the air of tho cata- i combs is in some tfcgrcc affected by the fresh bo- 1 dies ; but this is not the case. There is no often- t sivo odor, and the visiter would scarcely know, if f lie did not see them, that lie was surrounded by the i dead. I could perceive no difference in the atmos- t pliero of these vaults from that of any other snbter- i rarican places, except a slight smell of mould, not i altogether disagreeable. The fresh air i» admitted < from the top, and it is to its extreme dryness that i the oreservation of tlie bodies may be attributable. 1 During iny sojourn in Palermo I visited Mor- t reale, a village situated on a hill, about three miles i distunt. The chief object of attraction here is a < very ancient church, in which may bo seen some i of the finest mosaic in Sicily, and a court contain- ; ing two hundred double columns, each different i from the other. Among the pictures in mosaic is ’ a representation of St. Paul in the act of pulling t the devil out of somebody’s mouth; to which one of the reverend padres pointed with a grim smile | of triumph. 1 believe he suspected that I had < something of the kind in me that could be extract- < ed by bard pulling; but I gave him a couple of i carlini, v.-hich seemed to afford him much satisfac- 1 tion. • _ _ « Pembina.—The Minnesota papers speak of the j Pembina delegation in the Legislature of that Ter- j ritory. Where is Pembina ? we doubt if many of , our readers kuow. Pembina is on the lied River of the North, ariverthat falls into Lake Winnipeg, away up in the British possessions, almost in the region of eternal ice and snow, and just on the boundary line between those possessions and the c U. States', in latitude 49. Between Pembina and 1 Saint Paul, the capital of the Territory, is an un- r broken wilderness of 250 to 800 miles. But it is ( fast filling up, and will soon be a densely popnlat- t ed and well cultivated country. Particularly around t Bcmbina is a beautiful and fertile region, ahd the i people are raising more produce than they know ‘ i wind to do with. The Saint Paul Pioneer remarks ? that a distillery could be well supplied with corn, t rve and barley ; but singularly enough adds that [ the people are mostly temperate in their habits. < But these far-off northern regions are a part of < our great ahd glorious Union; a Union that stretch- t e» throughtwenty-flvcdcgreesoflatitude,and near l sixtv of longitude; from Madawaa and Pembina to < the Florida reefs and the Kio Grande; and from < ocean to ocean; controlled by the freest and be»t I Government in the world, anil containing twenty- f five millions of the most intelligent people. —Macon I Republican. , <0 .* The Boston Medical Jotnial mentions the fol- 1 lowing simple and economical apparatus forover- i coming bad odors, and purifying any apartment i where the air is loaded with noxious materials: 1 Tukc one of any of the various kinds of gins* lamps —for burning cainphenc. fbr example—and fill it with chloric either, and light the wick. In a few minutes the object will be accomplished. In dis- i seeting rooms, in the damp, deep vaults where ve getables are sometimes stored, or where drains al- 1 low the cscane of offensive gases, in out buildings, 1 and in sliortin any spot where it irf desirable to 1 purify tlie atmosphere, burn one of these lamps, i One tube, charged with a wick is sufficient. * The Musical Times gives some curions statistics of negro mipstrelsy in New York. In .1842, the i profits of one company for six months wefe but > |2S»4, while iulMSthoy were SIS,IJ7. \ Artesian Well al Cahaba. A ooebxsfondext of tho Alabama Journal stir -0 nishes that paper with the following very interest , ing account of an Artesian Well at Caliuha: Metert. Editort: —When In Cahaba last week, I f had the pleasure ol examining tho very interesting . Artesian Well, bored by *Mr. N. B. Read, for Joel . Matthews, Esq., at the sito of liis cotton foctory. , The depth already penetrated is 710 feet 10 inches, i Tlie first bore was about three inches diameter, and t the discharge is 600 gallons per minute, or 864,000 c gallons in 24 hours, exceeding probably any well , ui America. Mr. Read is now ougaged m rimming t out to a diameter of six inches. Tiio force of tho , water greatly facilitates this operation, as it throws f out at the top all tho materlul, which the auger [ detaches. This, I believe to bo the first well in Alabama, which has been sunk balow tho water, which rising to the surfuoo in abundance for ordinary , purposes, is found beneath tho first stratum of soft limestone. In this locality, this stratum was perforated at a depth of 868 feet from the surtkee, when astrat um of sand-stone was reachod five feet in depth. In this formation, niariuu fossils were found in great abundance, sliolls, star-fish, Ac. Below this In a stratum of gray sand, threo feet thick, water was found t whioh'roso to the surface in a bold stream. • This is the point, ranging from 200 to 600 foet below tho surface, at w liicli it is austomary to Cense operations in boring Artesian weds in this country, butinthis instance, Mr. Matthew* discarded tlie fear of losing tho water, which has hitherto do . terred penetration to a greater depth, and allowed Mr. Read, at his solicitation to extend his opera tions downwards in search of a more abundant supply. Immediately below the water, was found a formation of very hard sand-stone, 1 foot 8 inch es thick. Then a’formation wbieli Mr. Read des cribes as a “dark blue sticky sand,” 9 foot 9 inch es thick—then blue soft llme-stono 7 feet—bluish gray sand 19 fleet—green sand 8 feet. Below thi last stratum, water was again found in a gray sand, or fine dobris of mioa, quartz and feldspar, proba bly disintegrated granite, being 40 feet 6 below tlie first wator, and 411 foot 0 inches below the surface. Th.s stratum continned unchanged for 126 in depth, and the wator obtained from it greatly aug mented the supply. Below this, a hard gray snnd stone 11 fcot tmefc was encountered, where wator was ngßin found in sand, generally similar to that above the sand-stone, except that, it was traversed with occasional thin strata ol soap-stone. This formation, with water, constantly augmenting the discharge of the woll as tlie depth was increased, oontinued for 299 feet, or 710 feot 10 inches from the surface, where tlie boring tofminates for the present. It is Mr. Matthews’ intention, after be lias rim mod out the well to tho diameter of 6 inches, for tho whole depth, to eontinucEbring so long as the water continues to increase ITI quantity. It is the design to tube tiio well, so *ur at least ns to shut ofl*the water found beneath the first stratum of lime-stone. It is thought that this will greatly inereaso the force of the discharge from the lov.ev fountain, whioh ia tho tntiin sonroo ofstipplv. • Many wagon loads of sands have been thrown out from below by the force of the water. Tlie water, however, is perfectly clear nnd limpid, and pleasant to the tnsto. Pieces of stone the size of an egg, or larger, or a silver half dollar, if thrown into the well, are immediately ejeetod. I hare reason to believe from the. determination and ability of Mr. Matthews to prosecute this en terprise, sustained as he is by tho able management of Mr. Road, that this will eventually eclipse any Artosian well yet made, in the quantity of itß dis charge in a given- time. Maroh IS, 1852. A. A. D. Boy’s Kvenino. —Many a boy ruins bis charac ter, nnd wrecks till Ids hopes, bv misemploying tiio evening hours. School or business has conflnod him during tiio day, and the rebound by which liis elnstio nature throws these duties off, carries him often unawares beyond tho limits of both propriety nnd prudence. Besides tho impetnona gusli of spirits whose buoyancy hr.* been thus confined, there are influ ences poeuliar to the time, whieli render tlie even ing a period of special temptation. Satan knows that its hours are leisure onos for the multitude, and then, ifever, is ho zealous to secure their ser vices ; warily planning that unexpected fascinations mnv give attractive grace to sin, and unpnralleled facilities smooth tho path to ruin. Its shadows are a cloak, which ho persuades the young will fold, with certain concealment, around every error, in seductive whispers telling them, “It is tho black and dark night, como." 11 ow many thus solicited to come, “as a bird hastening to tho miarc, knowing not that it is there lives," let the constantly recur ing eases of juvenile depravity testify. Parents acknowledge the evil here pointed out, and anxiously inquire, “wliatit to bo done; can wo debar otir children from every amusement!”. Boys thomsolves confess it, but plead, in reply to the remonstrance of friends, “that evening is their only playtime, and that they must have some sport." ’itis certainly very proper that tho young should have amusemont. None better than our selvos are plonscd to hoar the tips of childhood el oquent with the exclamation, “Oh, wo hovo had lots of fun,” It seems llko our own voice com ing back in ocho to ub from out of a long-lupsed pnst. Tho amusement should however, bo innocent; and innocont amusements tiro most easily secured., and enjoyod at home. Hero parental sympathy may sw'octen the pleasures, and parental cure chock tlie evils of pluy, frequently intermingling its inci dents with lossons of instruction. It parento would use half the asastdulty to render an evening spent at homo agreeable, that Satan employs to win to tho haunts of vice, they would oftentimes escape tho griefoccasioned by filial misdeeds, and secure a rich reward in having their childrert’a maturity adorned by many virtues. A word to boys concludes all tliutwc would now say. Spend your ovonlngs boys, at home. You may make them among the most agreeable and profitable of your lives, and when vicious compan ions should tempt you away, remember that God lias said “Cast not thy lot with them ; walk not thou their way, refrain thy foot from' their path. They lay it in wait for their own blood ; they lurk privily for their own lives. But walk thou in the wny of good men aud keep tlie paths of the riglit- OOUB.” A Melodious Brmrr Gone.—The nnnoimccrnenf, In the foreign news whioh we have published of tho death of the great Irish poet, Thomas Moore, will cause a pang of regret in thousands of hearts. For *cveral years the master lyrist had been silent from a mental affliction, similar to that which hushed “unseasonably" the muso of Southey, but tho world still rejoiced in tlie life of the bard though his harp was unstrung. No mortal hand lias touched more thrilling, sensitive, nnd tender chords In our common nature than Moore. No voice of song lias spoken, that will be oftener or longer echood in onr language. Wherever the beautiful in sentiment and’ tiio pure in melody, find response, there is both shrine und worship for tlie gifted soul that is now, we doubt not,in that Paradise of which he so sweetly sung—and which ho peopled witli tho houiit of hia exuberant and tender fenov. Penco and pleasure, evermore, to his departed shade.— N. Y. Mirror. Tux Giieat Routes or Wehtkrn Travel.—Tlie business of three of the greatest routes of Western, travel in 1860 and 1861, was us follows . 1850. 1851. length. Cost. Earning!. Erie Canal 850 620,763,240 1",983,126 68,001,488 ■rle Railroad....NT 28,880,000 1,061,660 2,776,919 Central line It. K. 402 10,120,280 2,896,042 8,167,696 Total 1141 660,203,444 66,893,117 68,636,098 This ia a remarkable result, showing gross earn ings of 15 per cent, on the aggregate cost of the works. Within ten year* tho increase of traffio upon tho lending public works of this country has been immense, no loss thun 68,410,214.. The re venues of tlie Northern line, Erie ('mini, Pennsyl vania Canal, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were $8,924,987, in 1841. Tho revenues of tho same routes of travel, together with tiio Erie Railroad, were $12,685,001 in 1851. —Albany Jieyinter. MAsaACHUuxTTs Railrods.—The annual reports of the various Railroads in this State, lor file year 1851, have been published. There are 18 roads now in operation in tho State, tho entire length of $ which is miles. The capitul stock of these corporations is $56,798,700, of which the amount of $45,292,478.17 lias been actually paid in. The entire stock of these road* ia $58,148,888.08. Tlie earnings of these roads in 1861„were $7,380,961.60, and the expenses of working $4,018,695.58, leaving the net earnings $8,280,886.29. Tlie dividends de clared wore $2,169,436.67, or 48 per cent nearly, on the amount of capital actually paid iu. The debt of the Massachusetts roads is $15,069,819.72; their surplu* is $1,841,478.41. Ninety-eight causualtiee have occurred in tho year, of wliieli 68 were fetal. Historical Anecdote.—As is well known in the annals of our naval history, Commodore Jones, while in command ofthe sloop of-«ni Wasp, after a short but bard feiightaetion, captured tlie British A sloop Frolic his suporior in force, as acknowledged by the enemy themselves. Shortly after the action, both vessels were captured by the seventy four Poietiers, Com. Jones being unable to eso pe in consequence of injuries sustained in hi* late en counter. The Wnsp and Frolic were both taken as prizes to Bermuda, from which place the Amer ican officers were sent home and exchanged. The Wasp was repaired and fitted out as a British crui ser, and attached to the squadron at that time en gaged in the blockade of New York liarbor, of which the Policti«rs was the flsg ship. While at tending to these new duties the ship and crew met an awful fate. In the midst of an awful thun der storm, at night, the crow of a ship a few miles distant were startled by a tremendous explosion, immediately succeeding a hurst of thunder and lightning, when tho whole heavens were illumina ted in the diraction of the Wasp, for a few mo ments, until night again spread her Ruble mantle over the troubled waters. The ill fated Wasp was never again seen ; aud not until the deep .shall yield tip its treasures with all the secrets of that fatal night be revealed. The ocean was dotted with fragments, but not a soul survived to toll tho tale. Commodore Jones, in relating this anecdote sug gested a reason for the catastrophe. While in command of the Wasp, he was ourefn! that con ductors were rigged to cveTy mast; for he consid ered theshipinspccfeil danger from the effect* of lightning, as tho mizzenmast stepped through the magazine, in his engagement with tho Frolic his spars and rigging were muoh out to piecesaad in her subsouent repairs at Bermuda bv her captors donbt less the same precaution was not observed. The bolt which struck tho mast must have communi boted immediately to the magazine, and destroyed at once both crew and ship. Increase of tiie Mormons. —We learn from a Ban Diego paper that a deputation of Mormons have visited that city, and that a Mormon settle ment in the V alley ofthe Gilo is to be established. Great activity prevails in the preparations for the new colony, and those qualities of energy, indus try; and concentrated effort which have character ized tlie Mormons from the first are manifested ' very conspicuously on the Gila. The object of tho Mormon leaders is to open a communication with the Pacific with a view to tlie establishment of a port at or near Bon Diego. Tho plana and policy of those people look far ahead, and indicate a full ( confidence on their part in the permanency of their organization ahd its increasing power. The position which they are likely to hold toward the Government ofthe United States has already be come a serious question, and it mav involve* more serious matters still in the event or the continned growth of the Mormon association and the main tenance of its allienated attitude.— Balt. Amer. The Aurora by Day.—A correspondent of the Port*month Journal state* that on tho morning and forenoon of Wednesday last the aurora was distinctly Been. The auroral arch stretched from the western to the eastern horizon tho corona of which was near the zenith, while streamers flashed up from the north and east. Tlie arch was wide, the streaks of light differing and varying in inten sity. The peculiar flickering inotiou of the aurora , was evident to all whose attention w<Ss directed to tho phenomenon. Tne aurora by day has often been described in scientific works, but though of frequent occurrence, it is rarely notioed. Its usual appearance being faint and indistinct, it passes for •light cirrous cloud. A Libel Suit between the euitoSof two German papers in New York was lately tried mid resulted, lfia verdict of six centa damages, The amount, stan*d waa SIO,OOO, * . . *i: ""\ - i-’.