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Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel. BY AVILLIAM S. JONES. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL » PnOH? <LA 4JEQ2U the weekly la Published every Wednesday AT TWO DOLLARS PER ASIEB IN ADVANCE. TO CI.CIW or INDIVIDUALS ■wdln* a« T« Doflur*. PIX soph* of the Paper win b« Mot fa* «»• tbi»fur ouhlng tb« Paper at the rat* of MX COPUM FOBm DOU.ARS, nr a fro* copy to all wtio may procara u tjltt aobacrlbtra, and f •rsarJ ui Um money. CHRONICLE &. SENTINEL DAILY AMITIU-WKBRI.Y, Are alao puMUh'- l at tbia ofll**, and mailed to aobsorfi*** a t the fbßowing r»t*s, namcljr: Daily Paraa. If tent by mad, *•" p«r antrom. Tai-Waasi r Piraa, 4* * TERRS OF ADVERTISING. Ia Waaai-T.—Seeanty-flT* cant* par aqnar* (10 Bat* » tm) for th* drat inMrtion, [and Bfty oenta for «a*h aubae quant ln«*rtion. HY AUTHORITY^ TAX LAW. Ax Act to Tsry and collect a Ter for each of Pi* jxAiHoat yearn \<rl an* \*M, and thereafter, unw rr/>*al'd. Hxx.Tiow |. He it enacted lot the innate and Uouee of fl+- presetdaVtie* o/Vw SUiU o/GeorgU, in General A**mbty met, and ti l* her fay emictcl try V* authority >f the tame. Tnut from a»'i after the paMßjfo of Iki# act, »U real Hii<i yervjutk 1 estate within this fllato, whether owned, by in'iirMn.tln or corporations, region t or non-riwulont, fth«M be liable to taxation, subject to the exemption* horetu aftor » pud fled. Nr;. 2. A rut he U further enacted, That the term “real e»Ute f ” a* need in this act, Rhall be construed to include land itself, all Iwildluga or other articles erected upon, or affixed to, the name ; all mines, minerals, fossils, aa<l qmirries in and under the same, except mine* belouifinpr te the flute, and the term “personal ewtate,” a» u*e i in Ibis act, shall be construed te Include all chattels, monies, debts due from soltent debtors, whether on note, bill, draft judgment or mortgage, er open aeceunt*, goods, wares and tuerohandiae, capital incited in dipping er tonnage, or capital otherwise invested, negro slaves, pleasure car riages, public stocks, and stocks In monied corporations; abo such portion of Hie capital es incorporated companies Il.tbleto taxation on their capital as shall not be Invested in ri'd or pcruonul estate. . „ . sc. 4. And he it fa'-Vier mute**. That the following pro|»ertg shall be erempted from taxation, te wit: All exempted from tsxation, by the Constitution es this flute or under the (Vaistituhoo of the (Jailed Stairs, all jmuu belonging to this Slate or the United States, every building erected tor th# use of and used by a college, incorporated academy or other seminary es learning, every building for public worship, every school house, oourl h*°"«. and jsil, and the severs! lets whereon such bulkUnjp aru situated, and aO the furniture belonging to each of them, all books and philosophical apparatus not held as merchandise, and for the purpose 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 library, and other literary associations, all ctoek# own ed by the fltate and by literary and charitable instituons, also all plantation and mechanical tools, all household and kitch en furniture not above the value of three hundred Hollars, not held fer purpose of sale, or as merehandkie, oil libraries all poultry and S2OO value of other property belonging te each tax piiyer, and also the annual crops and previsions of the dtixottt of thin fltate, and ail Are arms and other instru ment! .and all munitions of war not held as merchandize, and all wearing apparel es the tax payer and family, and the holder or owner of stock in any Incorporated company liable to taxation on its capital shall not be taxed as an Individual for such slock. i Sue. 4. And be it further miarted, ad lands hold under warrants, and surveyed, but not granted by the , ffimte, shall lie liable te taxation In the same manner as if , • H tuaily granted. i flic c. 5. And be it further mutated, That all monied er , stock corporations deriving income or profit from their capital or otherwise, except as before exoepted, shall be j liable to taxation. I Sac. 6. And be H further enacted) That each and every free per* >n of color in this fltate betweeen the ages of , eighteen and fifty shall bo taxed annually ths sura es five , d lifer#. . _ « fix’. J. And hr it further maeied, That thosnmef five j dollars shall be levied upon all practitioner* es Law or , l'bysic or Dentistry and Dagaerrean Artiste. , flrx?. fl. And be U further enacted, That each aid every j male citizen between the ages es twouly-ene • sixty years, shall be taxed annually hereafter, tweety-ive cents. | Hue. 9. And be it farther cmscdrJ, That the receiver of tax returns in each eounty, shall reoelvt ill returns to him ( on tho oaths of the persons in iking them aid at such vsl- , nation as they may nflix, and If any person shall foil to tn ike a return, or to affix a valuo, tho rooeivor shall make . such valuation, and assess the tax thereon from Hie best infor- . inatlon in his power to obtain, and iu oases where no return | itruade or no valuation made by the porsons returning, he , shall assese a double tax. (hen. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the receiver tu assess all real and persenal e«- , late not returned or not assessed by Use person retaining ( tiio same at the full market value. t flxe. 11. And be it further enacted , That the receiver ( »f tux returns shall require all persons te give iu ( each and every tract or parcel of land, he or she | may own, specifying lie location, quality, and the nura- [ her of acres, if known, and the aggregate value, includ ing tho value of the buildings, machinery, tell bridges or , furies on the same, a dsMificalhiu of the personal estate j subject to taxation, ns defined in the second section of thin , act, specifying tlie number of negro slaves and their sggre gate value, ami the agfregnte of all other chattels, j moneys, debts due or to became due from solvent debtors in ( whatsoever form, and each classification shall be entered in , separate columns. Hk<\ 12. And be it further enacted. That the Resolvers of tux returns throughout ths State ahull administer to ©ark hikl every person giving in his or her taxable properly, the following oath, lo wit: You do solemnly swear (or affirm) as the ca*# may be, that the tier-mint which you now giro In U a just anil true nocount of all the taxable property which you wero possessed ©f, held or claimed on the first day of January Inst, or was in terested In or entitled onto, oitber in your own light or in the right of any other person er persons whatsoever, as Parent, Guardian, Executor, Administrator, Agent, er Trus tee, or any other manner whatever; and that It is not worth more than the valuation you have affixed to It, to the beet of your knowledge and belief—so help you God. Ski’. 111. And be ii further enacted-, That It shall be the duty of the several tar Receivers within this State to take in all taxable* heroin before enumerated, and enter the same in his book or digest with the ap praised value thereof, following the classification speci fied in the second and eleventh sections of this act, and return a copy of the same made out iu fair and legible hand writing, to the Comptroller General, and one lo 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 ho carefully made out, an abstract, stating each subject of Taxation, the amount of aggregate value of each, the num ber of acres of laud, nuinl»er of slaves, polls, free persons of color, professions, dentists and deguurroan Artists. Hec. 14. And be U farther enacted. That when the Comptroller General shall have received said digest, ho is hereby required to examine the same carefolly, to detect any error or errors therein contained, and having corrected the same, if any shall bo found to exist, he shall then foot up each column and ascertain the aggregate amount of each and all the digests, and report the same to his Excellency the Governor, who with the as sistance of the Comptroller shall assess such a rate por ceat, not exceeding 1 12th of ono 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 Statoof the rate per cent, so imposed, and the amount to be cotleted by him in each county. Bee. 15. And be it further enacted, That the amount so required to be assessed and collected, shall not exceed the sum of three hundred and seventy-live thousand dollars annually. geo. ltf. And be it furtherenacted, That the amount of tax to Ih> paid annually to the State upon ttsj amount of real and personal estate taxable under this act, shall be l 12th of one per cent., which shall be levied and collected and accounted for according to the existing law, together with the poll tax and tax on pmctltlouers of law, medioiue, freo negroes, dentists, and Daguerrean artists. Hec. 17. And be itfurther enacted by the authority qfore mid, Tlmt it shall *be the duty of the Comptroller Ge neral, with the assistance of the Treasurer, after the re turns of taxi's have been made by the tax receivers of the several counties in this State, 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 ibis ust to be raised; then the Comptroller Ge neral shall issue his circular directing the tax collectors of this State to make such deduction in an equal ratio upon every thing taxed according to value, as will reduoo the sum total of taxes, as nearly to the amount required by this act to be raised, as is practicable. The Comptroller speci fying the per cent, deduction necessary lo be made. gee. IS. Anti be it further eiuictat, That the tax re ceivers and collectors 'shall receive the same compensation now allowed by law. Sec. Iff. And be It further enacted, That to net the digests as provided for in the 7th section of the act of 1845, for the receivers, the default 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 act, shall be paid in gold or silver, or in the bills of specie payiug hanks of this State. Hoc, 20. And be it further enacted. That the fourth ami tifth sections of an act passed the 22d of February, eighteen hundred turd fifty, te levy end collect a tax for each of the political years, 1850 and 1851, and thereafter, be, and the same are hereby continued in hill force and effect, saving and excepting so much of the fourth section as in the following words, to wit: not being ever sixty years of age, or valueless from decrepitude er disease. Sec. 21. And be it ft* ther etuicled, That nothing in this tot shall be so construed as to relieve Bank*. Railroads, or agencies of Foreign Uanke*frora auy special tax heretofore as&esscd on them or any of them. Bee, 22. And be it further enacted, That all law* and parts of laws militating against this act, except such parts of the tax acts now in force in this State, as may be ac cessary to carry out this act, and which are declared in full force, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JA& A. MERIWETHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Seuate. Approved, 9th January, 1952. lIOWEI.L COBB, Governor. SUPPLEMENTARY TAX ACT AN ACT supplementary to an act, entiled an act to levy an>t collect a tax for the political year# 1852 and 1852, ap proved January 9,1852. \\ iikhka**, by the fifteenth section of the above entitled act to levy and collect a tax for the political years 1552 and 1858. it is enacted that the sum of three hundred and sev enty-five thousand dollars shall be raised for the support of the Government of this State for each of said years; and whereas, by the fourteenth section of said act, it has been further emoted, that to raise the said sum, for said political years, not more than one-tvrelfth of one per cent, shall be as*css<xl on the actual value of all the property liable to taxation under the provisions of tho above entitled act; and whereas, his Excellency, the Governor of this State, in a sjHxia? uv'ssajre made to the House of Representatives, hasexprt >.-<*! his doubt* whether the said sum of three huudrv and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary for the suptKirt of the government of this State for each of the said political years 1852 and 1553. can be raised by the aa sequ ent of only one-twelfth of one per cent, ou the estima 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 said act sh-All not be sufficient to raise the said sum for said polit •»! years 1852 and ISM, to pass an act supple .plementary to said act, authorising him and the Comptrol ler General, on the return by the several tax Receivers of this State of the Digest of property subject to taxation un der the provisions of said act, and the value of the same, and upon the examination and footing up of said Digest, it • shall satisfactorily appear to them that the said sum of three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars cannot be raised by an aweMUßt of one twelfth of one per cent, on the value returned in said Digest, that they may be au thorised and empowered to increase the said rate per cent, so 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 whereof, gacmer Ist. Be it ewuM by the Senate and i/ouee of Reprt tentative* of the State of in General Ae *etaMy met, andU i* hei'eby enacted by Me authority f tie same, That if, upon the return by the several Tax Re ceivers of this State, of their respective Digests, contain ing the property subject to taxation, and its value, in pur suance of the provisions as are contained in the said act en titled an act to levy and collect a tax for the political years ls*»2 and 1858, it /hall appear to bis Excellency, the Gover nor, aud Comptroller General of this State, upon the exami nation and footing up of the same, that the said sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary for the support of the Government of this State, for the •aid 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, io such case, it shall aud may be lawful for his Excellency, the Governor and Comptroller General of this State, and they are hereby authorised to increase the said rate 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 yeans as aforesaid; and thereupon forthwith to issue an order to each of the tax collectors of this State, requiring them, and each of them, to proceed and collect and receive of and from each tax payer the amount cf his tax at and after the rate per cent, so increased, and neces sary for the purposes aforesaid. Mui y That when the tax ooltecior of any county shall hereafter issue an execution for taxes in arrear, the same shaU be directed to all and singular the Sheriffs and con stables of this State, and shall be levied by either officer whju the tax due does not exceed thirty dollars; but where the tax exceeds that sum, the execution shall be levied by the Sheriff alone, and said officers shall be liable to be proceeded against by rule in their respective courts as it prescribed by law in relation to other executions. Snc. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Mid, That all laws, or parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved January 21,1552. AN ACT to require all Wills of personal property, to be ex ecuted and proved in the same manner as is now prescrib ed by law, for the execution and proof of Devises of real estate. Bac. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Haute of Repre of th* SUOt <e (Horfta, *n Gtncral Anmbty met, and U te hereby enacted by the authority of the earn*. TTiat from and after the first day of June next, ail wills and testaments of personal property shxD be in writing, and •igned by the party so willing and bequeathing the same, or by some other person tn his presence, and by his express di rections, and shall be attested and subscribed in the pres ence of the said testator by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of no effect. fIEC. 2. And he it further muu ted by Vie n uthority af>ro eai/I, That ail law* and parts of laws now of force in this -tote, and appl cable to the Revocation of derites of real es tate, shall extend to Wilis ami toetamenta of personal pre perty. flue. fl. And bdit further enacted by Vie authority a/bre~ •aid, That all laws and |>arts of laws now of force in this fltate, preseribing the mode of proof of devisee of real estate, are foereby extended to Wide and testaments of personal property. Arc. 4. And he itfurther enacted by (hr authority afore •aid. That tliis act shall not he construed to extend to nun cupative wiiis. flue, b, A rut be its urlher enarteri by Vue authority afore •auJ, That as soon as this act shall be pawed, it shall be the duty of the Governor to esuse the same to be published in three or more of the public Gazettes of tliis flute, at least once in every week until the first day of June next, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved 21st January, l<r2. fob C, wj 1 AN ACT to provide for the Education of the Poor. flsenox 1. /> it enacted by the General A**nnhly rs the %tte of liroryia , That eighteen hundred and thirty-three •hares of the capital stock of the bank of the fltate of Geor gia, eight hundred and ninety shares of the capital stock of the bank of Angusta, and <>ne hundred and eighty-six shares of the capital stock of the Georgia Rail Road and banking Company, all belonging to tliis State, be hereby set apart a* a i*em»anent fund for the education of the poor, and the said fund shall be increased by so many shares of the capital stork of either of said banks as can be pur chased with the unexpended balance, if there be any in the Treasury, of the thirty thousand Dollars appropriated te defray ths expenses of the flute Convention of l’iSU, and with all the available assets of the Centra! bank, after •he payment of its debts, and the Treasurer of the fltate is hereby required so make such perchase. in whole or in part, according to the means at any time available therefor, and ths scrip of the fltbeks so belonging to the fltate, and is to be purchased, shall be under the control and management of the Treasurer for the purpose aforesaid. flax:. 2. The income of the perrifcun-ntfund aforesaid shall be divided yearly among those Counties which may have at the Treasury of this fltate by the first of December, in each year, li«L* of their poor children, in the manner hereinafter pointed out, tho division to be in proportion to the i.uin>r of names on the respective lists and the quota of each county, to he paid to the school commissioner's order under the real of his office. 8*50. 8. Tho Ordinary of each eounty shall be ex officio school commissioner thereof, and shall take an oath and en ter Into an obligation as part of his official bond as ordinary, to discharge all the duties of flehool Commissioner as pre scribed by this act, and to faithfully apply all the money which may some into his hands in that capacity: he shall ab.o be entitles! to retain as a compensation for bis service-* as such eommiHsiouer, two and one half j>er centum, upon rill suob monies as he may receive, and the same per cen tum upon all such monies as he may pay out under the pro visions of this act. Provided, That no provision of the foregoing net shall repeal or militate again- 1 the provisions of an act assented to the 24th December, 1547, prescribing the mode of disbursing the Poor School fund, end the elec tion of District Treasurers, entitled an act to amend an act to provide for the education of the Poor, so far as the counties of Lumpkin and lUbun are concerned. flue. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the duties Imposed by the provisions of this act upon the Ordinaries of each county, shall, in tho county of Chatham, be dis charged by the JuMice* of the Inferior Court, and the said Justices are hereby authorized to appoint one or more fit and proper person, who shall act as flehool Commissioner or Commissioners for said county, and who shall discharge the duties imposed by this act, upon the select commissioner, under sueh regulations as the said luferior Court may pre scribe. Pec.#. And be it further enacted, That the county of Union be exempt from the provisions of this act, and that the Poor School fund of said county, ho disbursed under the heretofore existing law. Provided, that said county is not to be excluded from the benefits of any fund raised under this act. Arc. fi. The duties of flehool commissioner In each county, shall he 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 Coert in each year, for the purpose of educating the poor, and shall take charge of the same when collected, lie shall, each year, between the first of September and the first of November, make and keep in a book for that purpose, a list of all such children in the county, between the ages of eight and sixteen years, as he may deem unable from the poverty of thomselves or parents, to procure a plain Eng iiili Education, without public assistance; and to assist him in making such list, he shall appoint two persons in 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 are entitled to the benefits of thin act—he shall, within the first week of November,each year, forward one copy of said list for that year to the Treasurer of this fltate, and shall by the first of December, in each year, have at the fltate Treasury, his order under the seal of his office, for the quota of bis county, in,the State dividend aforesaid, —be 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 his written estimate of what county tax will be necessary to secure the tußion of all such children as may be ontitlcd to be placed on tne list for the year then present—he shall pay teachers of poor children in the fol lowing nmunlr, that is to say : ho shall keep on file every ■ueh account for the tuition of children on the list for each year a* shnll be rendered to him, on or before the 25th of December, in thal year, proven by the oatli 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 be established by the Ordinary in each county ; and after the 25th of December, he shall pro ceed to pay all such account# in full, if the funds in hand be sufficient, or rnteably, if insufficient, and always keeping as a fund for the next year, any surplus which may be left. flue. 7. The Judges of the Superior Courts shall give this act specially in charge to the grand juries of the first Courts iu each year, together with suggestions and arguments 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 be made un der the oath and in the manner prescribed in the sixth sec tion; and ordinaries in said counties, shall be entitled to re tain their commissions on the State fund received, but not on its disbursement. Skc. S. 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, 1552. 110 WELL COBB, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of married women whose husbands H have deserted them. t Hr.c. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- a resentattves of the State erf Georgia in General Assembly convened , and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in all cases where a married woman has been deserted by her husband, and has, w hile so deserted, J by her exertions and those of her children, or otherwise ac quired property of any kind, the same shnil bo exempt from the payment of said husbands's debts, and be vested in said married woman, for her sole and separate use, not subject p to the debts, contracts or control of said husband. Approved December Bft, 1851. j AN ACT to amend the act of eighteen hundred and thirty eight. regulating the taking testimony in certain cases. 1 Sue. 1. Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- t rest nUitires of the State of Georgia in General Assembly 1 met, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That in addition to the eases already specified in the act assented to twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred i and thirty-eight, the party plaintiff or defendant, where he 1 has but a single witness to prove any particular point or f fact in his case, may take his testimony by commission ex actly ns in eases provided for by said act of eighteen hun dred and thirty-eight, with the restrictions and limitations therein set forth. Approved, January 5,1859. FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD. ! TO AN A WAY from my premises in Burke county, IV on the 25th January last, my Boy HENRY. He TO is about 5 feet 8 inches high, yellow complexion, about 2ft years of age, and weighs about 175 pounds. It is >vL likely he is lurking about or on the Savannah river, as he has been a raft hand on said river. I will give 15 for the j boy, delivered to me, or lodged in any safe jail so I can get him. Or if said boy has a free pass, I will give the Above reward, for sufficient proof to convict tho person for giving \ said pass. Any information of said boy, addressed to Gerard Post Office, will be thankfully received. , fe6-wtf _J. R. MOBLEY. j STOP THE VILLAIN. " Rayaway from the subscriber, on the sth m* j inst., (after having knocked his young master «© down with ah axe, fracturing his skull considerably, OA and leaving him, as he supposed, dead) a bright mu- 1 latte (nearly white) Boy, about 21 years old, named HEN RY, chunky built, about ft feet 8 inches high, with light sandy er brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined to eurl a little, gray eyes, cheeks frequently flush, and is much given to smoking; has on his left hand, just where the ferefinger leaves it, a large scar from a knife; his left leg, also, has n 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 are in clined to knock-knee. He is of a lively turn, and can do a little at dressing plank and putting up weatherboarding, and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will, no doubt, try to pass as a white or free man, under the name of MATHEWS. It is confidently hoped and believed that the public, and especially every father, will take some iuterest in apprehending and bringing to justice so daring a villian. A liberal compensation will be given for his apprehen sion and delivery in any jail so that I get him. PITT S. MILNER. Barnesvlile, Feb. 16,1852. fe2ft-6m |3F"The Tri-weekly Savannah Republican and Colum bus Enquirer will please copy for two months. P. S. M. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. KAN A WAY from the Subscriber, the 15th of • September, ISSI, my Negro Man, HEARCLES. TO He i* about ft feet, 10 or 11 inches high, slim, well made, and stands very erect. He is about 45 years —IL»L of age, moderately grey, and his compaction extremely black. Supposed to weigh about 165 pounds, and hi 9 lan guage much broken. I expect he is Charleston, S. C., or near by. He formerly had a wife and seven children in the neighborhood of Charleston. I will give the above reward for the apprehension and confinement iff said Boy in some safe jail, if out of the State. * or Twenty-five Dollars if within the State. Address, ISAAC I>. SLATON, felß*2m Millstone, Georgia. TEN DOLLARS REWARD? — KAN AWAY from me, on the 15th of March, my > Negro man SAM, Blacksmith by trade, lie is TO very dark complected, bad countenance, inclined to 'll stutter a little, weigh* about 15ft or 16ft pounds, chunky built, about ft feet ft or 6 inches high, and about 30 years old. I expect he is trying to get to Virginia, where he was raised. I will give tho above reward to any person who will lodge him in any jail so I can get him. mhffO-lm JOHN ATT AW AY, Burke Co., Oa. CARRIAGE MAKERS WANTED. A GOOD HODY M AKER and a good Carriage Trtra- J\. mer can find constant employment and good wages, by applying to BLINN & POYTHRESS, mhffO-wS* UG range, Ua. OLENDINNINO & CO S MARRI.K WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia, 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 tho attention of those wanting work in our ine. Wo are now prepared to fill all orders at short no tioe, in as good style and as low as work of the same quality can be fornished for from any establishment in the United States. Plans and prices will be sent those who cannot call and examine for themselves. P. —Orders from the country executed with neatness and despatch. d 27 SIOOO REWARD. DR. HTYTKR’S C ELEBRATED SPECIFIC, for the cure of Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and Anala gons Complaints of the Organs of Generation. pg* Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com plaints. this is the most certain. gagr* it makes a speedy and permanent eure without re triction to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application to business. £ST“ It is perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be taken without ixfiuring the patient. ur It is put np in bottles, with foil directions accompa- | nying it, so that persons can cure themselves without re sorting to physicians or others for advice. One bottle is enough to perform a certain cure. Price sl. ur is approved and recommended by the Royal Col- J lege of Physicians and Surgeons of London, and has their certificate enclosed. t3F" It is sold by appointment at No. 195 Metcalf* Range, Broad street. jj6-w7m PHILIP A. MOISE, _ IXFOATKa AND DEALER W fk PUrC.9 and MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, *£s/ VA pVE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- VI AJA EH, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, „ INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac. 30. 195 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia, Has now on hand a very Urge Stock of the above articles, , which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on accom modating terms. r . fS'" oour :J r - t Merchant., Physicians and Planters are i invited to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere, r ja!6-w J lUMHS, BUCm THE IMIKRSICXKD are now selling o(T their Stock of GOODS, in Crawfordrille and Elherton, at Cost, and \ will give bargains to all who call. They also offer their , REAL ESTATE in each of the above Villages for Sale. They offer, in Elberton, the well known TAVERN LOT, for merly owned by Mrs. Oliver. They also request all those who are indebted to them, to call and settle immediately, or I they will find their notes and accounts in the hands of an } Attorney for collection, SLOMAN, HENRY A 00. jaSO-w&n t DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. * rrilE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under ! 1 the firm of KKitRS t HOPE, in this City, and of » KERRS, HOPE t CO., in Xew York, has been dissolved by the death of ANBREW KERR, and by mutual consent of • the surviving partners. The business of the Copartnership 1 will be set tied by either of the subscribers, who will siga the name of the firm in liquidation. JOHN KERR, JAMES HOPE, JOHN HOPE, » Survivors. il (ZT Notice is given, thst debts due KERRS * HOPE, unless paid, or satisfactorily arranged during the present - Spring, must ueceawrily. and without any exception, be \ put in suit. 1852. PROSPECTUS 1852. j SOUTHERNCULTWATOR VOLUME X, FOR 1852. Dr. DiXIEL LEE, TD. RED9OSD, Editor. ■ Editor. TEEMS —OKI DOLLAR A TEAR IK ADVANCE. ! The Soi-nraaut Ccltttator is issued erery month, I and ii exclusively devoted to Ajrrioulturo, Horti culture, Floriculture, Domestic and Farm Economy, | Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeds and Kaia.n« j of Domestic Animals, Poultry nnd Boca, and tho central routine of houthorn Planting and Farming. The new volume for 1852. will bo issued on a royal octavo sheet of 32 t>aces, with NEW TVI'E, FINr I'APEK, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS! It will contain a much creater amount of m»*ter than heretofore —will diacuss a creator variety of topics, and will be in every respect thr bebt Aork ci ltcbal Paper i* tub Socth 1 and equal to any la the Union 1 Friends of Southern Aerlenlture!! As the Cr ltivator was the First journal estabßched in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoW to the interests of tha Planter; and as it hao ovej> been an earnest and consistent advocate of tiaoso interests, wc confidently hope that, having fostered mid sustained it thus tar, your cordial and generous support will still be continued, J’I.ANTEHs, Fakeaas,Gardeners. Frot Growers, Stock Raisi.ra, Nurserymen, and all connected in i any way with the cultivation of thVsoil, will find the Southern Cultivator replete with now and valua ble information; and richly worth ten times the rifling sum at which it is afforded. TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR : ONE copy, one year, ::::::: SI.OO. SIX conies, :::::::::: 5.00 TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00 TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: $20.00 FIFTY copies, : : : :::::: FT.SO ONE HUN DRED copies, : : : : : : T 5.00 ALWAYS IN ADVANCE- Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will please forward them as early as possible. i-rf” AH bills of specie pavino Banks received at par—and all money sent by mail will be at our risa. VV. S. JONES, Publisher. Augufita, (la., January 1.1852. THE REMEDY FOUHD AT LABT\ MI'IIaVt iI'CCEfiS li.th attended the um • f that wonderful Ointment MARSHALL'S MAGICAL PAIN ERADICATOR. Every body thathac used it, *pcaka well of it, and what “every body nays must bo true.” Since the first of January last, upwards es 700 CcrtTfl cates have been received, testifying to the good effoofen and Superiority of Marshall's Magical Pain Eradicates In some very few instances this preparation has not given entire satisfaction, but just look, for a moment, at Lhc number who have been beneAtted. Seven hundred voluntary tes timonials have been given, and certainly not less than five times this number have experienced the good effects of this Ointment, in the same space of time. The public will please bear In mind that this is a purely Southern preparation, and is entitled to the patronage of Southern people. As no charge is made, should no be nefit be received, give it a fair trial, and in ninety cases out of a hundred the greatest success will be sure to follow. For further particulars, and a number of certificates, yon are referred to the pamphlet#, to be had at any of the Agencies. The diseases which Marshall’s Eradicatpr will care, art Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic, Lumbago, Painful Nerves, Scrofula, Spinal Affections, Dislocations, Sprains, (Edematou# Swellings, Tumors, Ganglions, Nodes, Wens, Bruises, Strains, Weak Joint#. Contracted Tendons, Head-Ache, Gout, Palsy, Tooth-Ach, Ac. For sale by HAYILAND, RISLEY A Co., Augusta, Ga. D. B. PLUMB & Co., do. do. D’ANTIGNAC A BARRY, do. do. BARRETT & CARTER, do. do. WM. K. KITCHEN, do. do. W. 11. TUTT, do. do. P. A. MOUSE, do. do. And by W. 11. Sc J. TURPIN Proprietors, do. do. It is also for sale throughout the State, by the principal Druggists. N. ll.—Be careful to look for the written signature of J E. Marshall ou the wrapper of each box. None fe genuini without it. 020 rTGUNfiIGUNfII Gl’NSlja On Mclntosh street, boo doors from Georgia Railroad Bank . JUST RECEIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer ed in this city, comprising every variety, from London and Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash. Double and Single Barrelled’GUNS, all sizes and price#. A fine assortment of Single and Double Barrelled GUNS for boys. IlIKLK&nnd Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel Rille and the other Shot, a fine article for hunting deer and Turkics. Colts’, Allen’s, nnd other REVOLVERS; also Single bar relled, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels. Common Pistols, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wentor ly Richard’s, Cox’s water proof, Walker’s and G. D. French, and Military Caps. A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and Game BAGS, of the finest Patterns. Also, Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks and Cups, Klrolo Wrenches, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, fine large hunting Horns, and everything in the Sporting line. Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having theee guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persons buying will get a much better articles than is sold at the Hard ware Stores, nnd at equally low prices, and all warrant ed to shoot well. Powder and Shot, Wholesale and Retail, all varletle#. N. B. —RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repair ing and re-stocking GUNS, done In the best manner and warranted. 010-ly K. 11. ROGERS. REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT ’WA TER WHEEL. CAUTION.— Having been informed that a certain per son named Reed, is vending a Water Wheel upon which the water is conducted by inenns of a spiri&l scroll, a# upon Reuben Rich's “Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notify and caution the public, that we will prosecute, In all in stances, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent, both the maker and party using, and will be thankful tor any information referring us to parties thus trespassing. GINDRAT A CO. Montgomery, Ala., June 11, 1850. Je2l-tf A GOOD CHANCE FOR A YOUNG PHYSI- 1 CIAN. ( A PHYSICIAN wishing to relinquish the Practice, on j account of ill health, will dispose of his Location a great bargain. | There are five acres of Ground, Dwelling House, Offioe and Shop, Kitchen. Smoke-house, Carriage-house, Stable, Negro House, Ac., *c. 1 A Rail Road Agency is attached, which pays from one < hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars per annum, be- 1 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, F<*q., Com mission Merchant, AiK«ta, either personally or by letter. ( Price of the above $1,500. fe24-wlm* < THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM- \ PA NY’S IRON WORKS. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. . MANUFACTUHE, in superior style, Iloriaontal and ! Upright STEAM ENGINES, of 'all sires; Steam . BOILERS ; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEBLB; Sugar MILLS ; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every rarie- i ty, (including Hoxie’scontinuous feet for Saw Mills;) En gine and Hand LATHES; Iron and Brass CASTINGS, of all kinds, Ac., Ac. All orders filled with despatch. , ap‘22 GINDRAT A CO. 1 IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANIf FACT UR EltS. Unrivalled Improvement in Water Wheel*. TIIE SUBSCRIBERS are sole agentsfor making and vending the best Water Wheel in the world, known as Vandewater's Water Wheel. Wo challenge the World to produce its equal. It has but recently been Introduced to the public, and found to be far in advance of an other 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 cf cast Iron, simple of construction, are not liable to get out of order, and are more durable than any wheel now in use. Wo 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. JAUOEU, TREADWELL * PEP.RT. Albany, New York. Or to their Agent, J. J. Kibbr, Augusta. [CERTIFTCATK.] Augusta, Ga., March 24,183!. Jagger, Treadwell A Perry—-Gentlemen:—l 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 beea using one of Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge 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 ainoufit of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and there was a difference in favor of yours of eight inchee in the depth of water in the tail race. I feel no hesitation in recommending your wheel to all manufacturers aud mill owners, believing it is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish ing you success in the introducton of so valuable an im provement, 1 main,{very respectfully, yonrs, Ac. mh26-wly GEORGE SCHLEY, ril DOLLARS REWARD wiU be paid for the re covery of a package of MONEY lost or stolen from * me on Friday evening, the 20th inst., at the Double Wells, Warren county, Georgia. Said package contained $675 25, all on the Brunswick Bank, in bills of 6’s, 10’s and 20’s, pos sibly one 50. Also, bill of sale of twenty odd bales of Cot ton, and bill for Groceries, bought of Buford, Beall A Co. Address B. W. FORTSON. fe2s-w6 Pistol Creek, Wilke* Co., Ga. IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS. THE 81 BSUHIBKRg are prepared to supply all kinds of COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY, of a superior quality, SHAFTING and MILL GEARING, with improved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hangers (which require oiling only once in three monthsY, LOOMS, of a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods, from One to Eighteen Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, capa ble of running from 150 to 170 picks per minute. They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively llttls labor; and all 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 ean be referred to Factories in almost every Stats South and West, by addressing a hne to the Subscribers. ALFRED JENKS A SON, Feb. 1852. felMy Bridesburg, 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 STONE MANU FACTORY. THE subscriber, thankful for the kind patronage htretofore extended to the late firm of Schirxk* A Wigaxd, would respectfully inform his friend* and the public, that he contin ues to execute orders for his well known Warranted French BURR MILL STONES, of every desirable *i*e, 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 Mill. Also, for Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to Gtn Gears. Ail orders promptly attended to. WM. R. SCHIRMER, jalS wtf Surviving partner of Schirmer A Wigand. NOTICE. MEBBRB. TALIAFERRO A TOR BET having con veyed to me the Lots of LAND on Watkins street, to gether with the remains of the Machinery, Materials, Stock, Patterns, Ac., thereon. Any persons desiraus of purchasing any of said Machinery, Materials, Ac., can do so, by appli cation on the premises. What remains undisposed of. fffl be sold on the premises, at public outcry, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th of April aext. mhSfrdlAtw A. J. MILLER. LOOK HERE. THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale hi* RESIDENCE in Roswell, Cobb county, furnished thoroughly. There are 5 Acres of Land attached to the house, all under good fence* —with all necessary out-buildings. The house is ona of the best finished and most desirable in the Cherokee country. Roswell is 18 miles from Marietta, and is consid ered, both on account of its society and location, one of the most delightful in the State. Also, a fine Farm, containing between 3 and 400 acres of Land, (about 200 cleared,) a well finished and comfortable House, with suitable out buildings, together with every thing necessary to carry on the farm, which is now under cultivation. The above will be sold together or separately, and possession given as soon as desired. For further particulars, enquire of IW-lawdAwtf ROBERTjA. LEWIS, Savannah. N~ OTIC E —in the Chronicle A Sentinel, I find a notice of the firm of BAKER, GRUBLE A CO., being dissolv- I am authorised to state to the public generally, that the ; individual who caused «>uch a notice to !* published, had no authority te do so by the Company. The firm has c ***°fß* , of mutual consent, from BAKER, GRL BLEA CO., to that by the BEARING STEAM MILL COMPANY. AD orders addressed to the Bearing Steam Mill Company, wil be promptly attended to by . je29-w4 A. E. STURGIS^Agent. BOLTING CLOTHS, of warranted quality, ftimished and put up in bolts to order. , Mill Stone Plaster, prepared for backing Mill Stone*, cheap t aad of the beat quality, for aak by S WJL K. SCHIRMER, AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1852. WEEKLY (MOMCIJ & SEXTREI. POETRY. • NOTE THE BRIGHT HOURS ONLY* A lesson in itself sublime A lesson worth enshrining. Is this —“ I take no heed of time, Save when the son Is shining.* These motto wor ls a dial bore. And wisdom never teaches Tofciman hearts a better lore Than this short sentence preach-w. A# life is sometimes bright and fair, And sometime# dark and lonely, Let us forget its pain and care, And note lie bright hoars only. There Is no groTe on earth's broad chart But has tome bird to cheer it; 0o hope sings on, In every heart. Although we may not hear it; And if to-day the heavy wing Os sorrow is oppressing, Perrhan ’«to morrow’s sun will bring The w«*ry heart a blessing. tor life is sometimes bright and fair, And sometimes dark and lonely, Then let's forget its toil and core, And note its bright hours only, We bid the Joyous moments haste, And then forget their glitter— We take the cup of life and taste No portion but the bitter ; But we would teach our hearts to deem Its sweeten drops the strongest; And pleasant hours should ever ceeru To linger round us longest. As life is sometimes bright and fair, And sometimes dark aud lonely, Let us forget it# toil and eare, And note its bright hours only. The darkest shadows of the night. Is Just before the morning ; Then let os wait the coming light; All boding phantoms scorning; And whfie we're passing on the tide Os Time’# fast ebbing river. Lot’s pluck ths blossoms by its side, And Mess the gracious giver. As life Is sometimes bright and fttlr, And sometimes dark and lonely, We should forget its pain and care, And note it# bright hours only. BP RING 19 COMING.— By. w. a ». nark ! I hear an angel sing I Angels now are on the wing. And their voices, singing clear, Tells us that the spring is near. Dost thou bear them, gentle one? Dost thou see the glorious sun, Rising higher in the sky, A# each day he pasee# by ? Just beyond yon clift of snow, Silver rivers brightly flow ; Prnilinf woods and fields aro soea, Mantled In a robe of green. Birds and bcce, and brooks and bowery Tell us all of vernal hours; There th% birds are weaving lays For the happy Spring time days. Spring breezes kisses bring From the ruby lips of Spring— And her choir of yarblers made. Boon will give a serenade. Look I oh, look 1 the Southern sky Mirrors flowers of every dye; Trippling o’er yon flowery plain— SpriDg is ooming back again 1 Winter’s toggery Is old. Rotten is its every fold— And our portion of the globe Boon will don a fairer robe. Spring Is coming, shout# for Joy 1 Man and woman, girl and boy ; Soon you’ll hear her busy hums— Yob, she oomes ! she comes! she come# 1 I\vm the American National Preacher. LIVING AFTER DEATH. BY RKY. J. M. SHERWOOD. The influence which miud exert* npon mind is a * mysterious and poworful characteristic of our bo- ' inf. It enter* into every set. relation, and cireum- < stanoe of life. It begin* with moral ngenoy, and « extends along the entire line of existence. It is i ever flowing out from u* through a thousand chan- 8 nols and agencies, orer the surfaoe of society. No H man oan divest himself of thie power, or refrain 1 from exercising it; it it a condition of moral exis- « tence ;ws mutt exert a deep and lasting influence - on the world, for good or for evil. A link, unseen P yet roal, connects us all with the past end with the 11 future. Those influence* which are moulding our c character, and working out cur destiny, took their c risiefar np the stream of time; we did not create c them, and we eennot arrest or escape them. And we iu turn are living for ooming ages; bouls yot > unborn will foel our influence, end bo saved or r damned bv it. The food man little knows the ex- t tent es that blotted power which he will silontly 8 wield oror human minds and hoarte when he haa J ceased to be; the fruit of it ell gathered to hoavon 1 will fill him with adorning wonder. And the tm- « ncr knowe not how fearfully hie influence will I aooumulate In after ages, nor how many souls will 8 oharge their sins npon him in the judgment-day. ' “We ero foerflilly and wondorfully made.” Such 1 are the elements of our own beipg, and each our r relations to others, that we oennot die in this world 1 or the next. How numberless are our actions 1— T and not one of them will ever And a grate, or live « an idle life, or prove false to it* parentage. They * may be unwise and regroted by m; the work of a moment’* folly or pension: no matter, we havo t given thorn lire, and we oannot take it away; and > they will live on in their consequences when the T occasion which oelled them into being, and the re- c membrance of the deed* themselves, have perish- 8 ed; livo still to fasten impression* on human char- 1 acter, and control the destiny of souls immortal. 8 The wioked Oam is alive etlll en the earth ; his } type of character is manifest, and his footprints are seen along the pathway of tne living world. The * man whohates goodness and sheds innocent blood, 1 oopios the example and acts ont the spirit of the * first murderer. AM is not dead. He belongs to c living piety, a* well as to history. By his record- 1 ed example of obedience and by the 8 memory of all that he was, he is prosent with the * child of God in every land and age of the world, declaring the necessity of faith in Jesus, the mercy J and favor shown to the penitent and believing, > and the treatment which the good are to expect in e thie world of enmity and death. All the great and * good of paetagee are speaking to ns—with united ' voice crying to ns to press on the race and eeize the * immortal crown; their influence, in letters of light J and pnrity, ia reoorded on overy page of the world’s 1 history; ft is embodied in a thousand forms of f living truth, and freodom, and piety. The Vol- ' tairee, and Paines, and Byrons of past days, are still leading actors In the great drama of life. Their 1 monument* stand thick along the road we are < traveling to Immortality. They live to-day im all ' those sentiment* and movements whioh are hos- 1 tile to Christianity, and operate, through a eorrupt c literature, a false philosophy, and an infidel creed, 1 along all tho ohanneleor human Intelleot, affection, 1 and enterprise. On their mission of madness and ’ death, they aro traveling round the world. The 1 missionary encounter* them in the very heart of ! heathendom. They are breeding a moral pestil ence amid the share of Christianity; The press is wielding it» giant power to give them a vet wider and deeper influence. What a harvest of ruin and > damnation will snoh mon reap 1 What a legacy to 1 leave to posterity! What a curse to entail upon < untold generations I Not lees certainly indeed does the life ofevory ( sinner reach into the future. His influence oor- i rnpt* and destroys beyond his death-bed. It rolls < onward from his grave with a cumulative sweep < and strength. His example ruins his children; a i whole community U inreoted by it; the poison ] course* through all the vein* of living men, and < flow* down the ever-widening of human < thought and life. And should not every qo*i men, 1 therefote, treasure np for posterity aholy Influence, i to counteract the many example* of wickedness, 1 and perpetuate goodness, end truth, and piety in the earth * Should it not be the strenuous and uneeasing aim of every living man to loave a food i influence to eome after him, einee he must leave one of eome kind—either a saving or a ruining ones We cannot gather np our influence when w* com* to die, and take it with mi. W* oennot i bury onr example with onr bohes in the grave, *o prevent it* breeding a moral pestilence. Wo can- i not take bock onr words, call in our sentiment*, blot ont onr deed*, and so put an end to onr moral being on earth. Many a a ring man would rive | world* if he could bnt do this. If he could drag with him into the darkness and oblivion of the grave, his infidelity, his wicked example, and all the evil influence* which he has originated, that they might not live after him, to cuse his memory, and blaet the hopes of his family and friends, and entail misery on the world, ho might die in peace. Bnt no; the dying man oennot n* it. He has no power over his inlnenee ; he oennot stay the wa ter* which he ha* let out. He ha* sown the seed, and the harvest is sure to follow. The grave shall receive hi* body onlv, the living world will retain hia character, example, and principle*. Death can not arrest our influence; it may hut augment and diffuse it. It will live and yield it* fruit when our name* have perished from the earth. It may epeak for ns in proie* or blaephomy, in life or death, while time endnre*. It may go on producing im pressions on the living world, which no man or angel can ever efface. There is a thought here which the minister of Christ, the professional man, and the man of wealth, tie Sabb&th-sehool teacher, and above all, the parent, may bring home to his heart with ealn tarv and impressive force. There is a light of vammg and a light of encouragement in it. Each of ns may so live as that our very grave shall bloom till the resurrection morn. The good wc do is not to be measured by the length of our day*, but by our stamp of character, the piety of onr purpose*, the grandeur of onr aspirations and conceptions. Then np and be doing, ye children of light! Every prayer, every charity, every effort for Christ, every tear ahed over sinnors, will yield a revenue of re ward and glory. Physical Benefit or the Sabbath.—The Sabbath is God’s special present to the working man, and. one jf it* chief object* is to prolong his life, and preeervo efficient his working tone. In the vital system, it acts like a compensation-pond; it replen ishes the spirit*, the elasticity and vigor, which the last six days have drained away, and supplies the force which is to fIU the six days succeeding, and in the economy of existence, it answers th* same purpose* se, in the economy of income, is answered by a saving bank. The frugal man, who puts aside a pound to-day, and another next month, and who in a quiet way is always putting by his stated pound from time to time, when he grows old and frail, gets not only the same pounds back agf.in bnt a good manv pounds besides. And the conscientious man, whodmebands one day of existence every week— who, instead of allowing the Sabbath to be trampled and tom in the hurry ar.d scramble for lift, trea sure* it devoutly up—the Lord of the Sabbath keeps it for him, and in tho length of dsvs and a hale old age. gives it back with usury. The sav ings bank of human existence is the weekly Sab bath. Ala»! it is not till time with reckless hand has tom onthalf the leaves from the book of human life, to light the fires of passion with from day to day, tbat man begins to see that the leaves which remain are few in number, and to remember, faintly at first, and then more clearly, that npon the earlier page* of that book was written a story ofhappv in noecnee, which he would fain read oyer again. Then eome listless irresolution, end the inevitable inac tion of deepair; or else the firm resolve to record upon the leaves that still remain a more noble his tory than the child's story, with which the book began.— LongfMov. i Immense Capital.— The capital of the Cunard I Steamship Company is $7,500,000, more than 1 double that ofanv company concern in the Cnited States, and yet this is all owned by a few indivi ■ duals, probably not more than ten or twelve, who make of it a partnership concern. This company own nine steamships : but the two largest, which 1 have just been completed , the Arabia and the Per sia. of 2500 tons and 250 horse power, have been ’ sold to the West India Mail Steamship Company, whioh has 15 or 14 first-class steamers, and proDably twice the capital of tbe Osnsrd Company. MISCELLANY. From tKe S. O. Picayune. The l-a<*«fthe Marshals or Napoleon. Another, and, ire belierc, the last of the mar shal* of the empire, created by Napoleon in 1804, i* dead. It is but a few months einoa we ehromi eledtho death of Soult; who, of all this band of illustrious soldiers, had the longest and most uni formly successful career, as boy-soldisr under the monarchy who lived his fourscore years and up wards, without meeting any scrions reverse, to impair his glory or his fortune*. Marmont now follows him—a younger man by a few years, and a soldier of reputation scarcely behind that of Soult, but clouded, in his lattcryears, by misfortunes and suspicions, which attach to his name a vague, but still inetfacable charge of treachery’ and ingrati tudo. Volumes have been written, in accusation and rcplv, upon liis conduct in the defenoe of Paris, where he oommandod in ISI4, when it capitulated to the allies and forced the abdication of Napoloon st Fotainbleau ; and, strange coincidence, on hia conduct in defence of the same city in ISBO. where be commanded during tho revolution of July, and the expulsion of Charles X. In the first cause he has warm defenders, on principle, ss brave and faithful; in the second, unhappily, the imputation of gross misconduct is only avoided on the hu miliating plea of a failing capacity: he did not do his dutv because ho had lost his mind. The taint of these failures has followed him ever since. He has enjovod very little publio confidence, but has lived of late years a very discontented and unhap py life. 'This is a sad contrast to the brilliancy of his early career. Mannont was one of the earliest of the vonng officers whom the eye of Napoleon sin fleif out to attach to himself at the first dawn of is fortune*. At tho age of eighteon he was at the siege of Toulon —where Bonaparte acquired his own first diatinction—and attractod tho notice of the future Emperor at the same time with Juuot. When Bonaparte became general in 1795, and was invested with the command of the army of the in torior, ho recalled Mannont to Paris, from the army of the Khine, to bo ono of his aids; and altcrwards took him with him on his Italian campaigns. At the head of his troop Marmont had tho glory of taking tho first piece of cannon at the drcMful bat tie of Lodi; and so distinguished himself that he was selected to he the bearer, to the Directory in Paris, of the standards of trophies of the campaign. He executed this duty in publio amidst imposing ceremonies with groat eclat. He went with Bona parte to Egypt; and on his way was the first man to disembark at Malta, and with his troop captured the standard of tho Order of the Knights—forwhich feat ho was created gonoral of brigade on the spot. Bonaparte selected him as one of the party of con fidential friends who returned with him . from Egypt. Marmont’s course on the eighteenth Bru ma'ire procured him from the First Consul the ap pointment as ono of the Counsellors of State, and tho command of the artillery of the army of reserve. Ho was at Marengo, and contributed so mnoh to that astonishing victory—as chief in command of the artillery—that be was created general of di vision. at twenty-soven years of age. He was af terwards at the capture of Ulm: and won the bat tle of Castel Nuovo against great odds, with so much skill, that in tho after creation of titles he was called Duke of Ragusa—from the name of the town near which tho victory was gained. He fought at Wagram; was next Governor of Illyria, and then succeeded Massena in the eommund of tho French army in Portugal, where ho encounter ed tho Dukoof Wellington without success. In the heat o f fight at Cuidad Rodrigo Marmont was struck in the side by a shell, which inflicted two ghastly wounds, and eompollod him to submit to the amputation of his right arm. This disabled him from activo service until the fatal campaign of 1818, when France made such horculcan exertions against nearly all Europe. •Marmont commanded a division at Lntzon, Drcs don and Liepsic. In this last battle his remaining hand was maimed. In all tho desperate struggles which followed, until the overwhelming mnsaes drove Nipoleon back upon Paris, Marmont was formost in daring. To him and to Marshal Mor tior Napoleon committed the defence of tho capital; and whatever may bo possibly said of his after conduct, it novor has been denied that he fought tho battles there with a personal daring not to be surpassed. With only one arm. and that crippled he was in the hottest of tho fight, his horse was shot down, his hat perforated with bullets, and several sol diers bayoneted actually by his side. Up to tho close of that contest Marmont was the very beau ideal of chivalry and personal bravery. The accu sation brought against him afterwards, of having saorificod or betrayod tho Emperor in tho capitula tion, lias always seemed to us undeserved ; on tho contrary his stipulations for the life and liberty of Napoleon, undor circumstances which ho had grounds to think desperate, should acquit him of anything more than error of opinion, it there were one. But the charge operated to throw a stain up on him, which his most earnest defences could not oblitorato. He accepted a peerage and a Commission from Louis XVIII ; and wnsdonounccd by Napoleon on his return from Elba, for treachery, in the transac tions at Paris and Fontainblcan in 1814. Mannont accompanied tho King in his retreat to Ghent, com manding tho esoorting army. On that occasion it is said, the communications between the two corps wore destroyed on a critical occasion, becauso Marmount, suspecting treason in his stall', wrote his secret orders himselfi of course with Ids left hand, which was crippled ; and it was uttorly impossible to decipher the name of a single place on the route ho prescribed. The conscqnenco was, that the rear guard was captured. After the second restoration ho retired to hiß farm, and did not emerge until July, 1850, when Charles Xth mado him Military Commandant of Paris. Nobody appears to dofond his military disposi tions dnnng the celebrated three days. They were feeble, contradictory, and accelerated rather than retardod the fall of Charles Xth. Marmont, how ever, remained true to tho monarchy ; wont into exile with tho Bourbons ; and though he returned to France, has lived since in neglect and obscurity and has now died in Italy, aged about eighty years. Besides his dashing courage and military skill, Marmount hnd qualities which wore not possessed by somo of his more fortunate associaios, who stand hotter with tho world. He was stained Dy no crimoa of cruelty or extortion, and left, even among the conquorod over whom ho was appointed to rule a grateful recollection of his mildnoss and jus tice. \Vo have written more at large on the history of c Marmontj because he seems to us to have been treated with n groat deal of unmerited harshness, of which the tetegraphio despatch that brought < the notioe of his death, affords a notablo instance, 1 by designating him as the man who proved a trai- 1 tor to Napoleon in 1814. In a long lifo of eminent ' deeds, the ono thing only which could bo recalled < by which to describo him", is the charge of a great 1 crime which was never proved, and it is not pro- t bable. The death of Marmont closes the military line of ! the horoes who stood at the birth of the Empiro i of the great Napolson. The little Napoleon— S Princo-rrosidont, or Emperor—can connoct with 3 his throne none of those whose deeds illustrated 1 even the glorios of thoir mighty chiof. Whore I will he find tho material, and who are the marshals i who will encounter the ridicule of being compared ] with the marshals of old, as tho Emperor of to day is compared with tho great predecessor whom ho apes. ! North-Host Storms. ' The Phi’adclphia Bulletin, in an article referring ! to the late gale along the Atlantio coast, proceeds i to make the following remarks in regard to North- < east Btorms: „ i It was Franklin, we believe, who first noticed gales of this description began to leeward and : workodup against the wind. lie obsorved that all tho great north-casters of his time wore folt at 1 Charleston before they, appeared at Philadelphia, 1 and that they raged horo prior to thoir advent in Boston. Many years passed, however, before the eauses of this were satifaetorily explained. It is only in our own day, indeed, that the subject has , been thoroughly and convincingly elucidated: and for this tho soientifio world is principally indebted 1 to Mr. Kedficld, but partially also to Professor ' Espy. By collecting data, respecting tho timo when va- i rious gales of this character passod speoific points, Mr. Rcdfield has demonstrated that the tempests, which we experience hore, originste in the West Indies, and that they move northwardly in a par abolio line, bending at first to the west, but curv ing afterwards to the oast: in short folio wing gen erally the outline of the coast. But these gales have" another motive in addition to thia curvilinear one: in other words they are rotary as well as pro gressive. Their phenomena may be best express ed bv saying that those Btorms are great whirl winds, represented by a circle who«e centre is made to advance along a curve, the circle expand ing as thoy get more remote from the point of starting. In fact what tho diurnal motion of the earth is to its annual motion, that tho rotary mo tion of these hurricanes is to their progressive mo tion. Generally these tempests are most severe at tho south: and this because, with the expansion of the circle, the violence of the tempest decreases. This is not, however, always apparent. In fact, to a cursory observer it would sometimes seem to be the case that tho storm was more severe at Boston than at Philadelphia. This happens when the centre of the gale passes close to, or directly over Boston, while Philadelphia feels only the outer edtres ; bnt it is not often that this occurs. The diameter of thesa great storms is often many hundreds of miles. They rage in the southern hemisphere, as well as in the northern, and are governed there by laws analogous to those that control them here—bnt while the rotary motion, in the southern hemisphere, is in the same direc tion in which the hands of a watch revolve, in the northern it is ths reverse. They rarely continue more than twenty-four hours at a given point. At sea, however, they frequently appear longer, hut it is because the ship is scudding, and so rums with the galo for days. Lieutenant Colonel Reid an officer of the British Royal Engineers, had de scribed a hurricane of this descrinifcm, which over took the East Indiaflect, when Under convoy, in 1809. Some of the vessels, by lying to, got ont of the storm almost immediately. Some, by taking a wrong direction, rushed into the heart of it and foundered, for they were never heard of after wards. Some, bv sailing noross, met the storm in different parts of its progress, and encountered the wind blowing in opposite directions, so that they spoke of it ignorantly as two distinct hurricanes.— And some, by accidentally keeping in the bend of the curve, but beyond the circle cf the great whirl, escaped the gale altogether, though it raged for davs on ail sides ofthem. I’rofessor Espv coincides generally with both Reid and lledfiold as to law of these great storms. The Professor, however, differs somewhat os to the character of the interior motion of the gales, or that which we have called the rotary. He con siders that the whirlwinds blow progressively to wards a common centre, and not in concentric cir cles. as Reid and Rcdfield believe. The controver sy will be settled in time, we suppose; but many and extensive observations, taken at different points, will first be necessary. It is probable that Espy's idea is the correct one, with respect to the beginning of hurricanes at least, for they obviously commence at a common centre, from a sudden and and powerful ascent of a column of air, in conse quence of an overheated atmosphere. The rotary motion may subsequently follow, as a natural re sult of the progression of the storm. The velocity of the wind in these great gales varies from forty miles an hour to seventy. \Ve have no doubt that the wind yesterday at the height of the gale, moved with a speed not less than the latter tremendous rapidity. It is but rarely that a tempest, in this latitude, exceeds the rate of eighty miles an hour, and we ought to be thankful it is so, for, at a hundred, trees and houses are prostra . ted. The Cattvrer or Lopez Rewarded.—The man named Castaneda, who captured Lopez, has rcturn ‘ ed to Havana, iaden with honors. The Queen gave him SB,OOO, and made him a captain in the rural militia, with a salary of sllO a month: ten ‘ negroes and a tract of land have been given tonim. [ The order of Isabel decorates his person; his chil ‘ dren are to bo educated at the expense of the gov ■ emment; end while in Spain, ho was permitted 5 the farce of kissing the hands of the Qneen aDd the ’ Uttle princess. He can neither read nor write. A monument to the Pilgrim Fathers is proposed i in Massachusetts, to be erected at Provincetown, to , commemorate the fact that the Mayflower was in f harbor, and our present Constitutional Govern ment vat germinated In her oabia while there. The Suffolk Bank Defalcation. The New York Times has the following particu lars respecting this affair and tit* arrest of ono of the persons implicated: A Heavy Bake Dkfalcatiok ra Bostox. —Arrest of one efthe Defaultere in this city. —One of the most extratwd inary arrests that has been mad# in this vicinity for many years, was effected on Wed nesday last by officer William H. Stephens, of tho Lower Polico Court, and officer Robert W. Bowyer, of the Chief s Office. The officers were in company with Sheriff Bliss, of Norwich, Connecticut, at Jer sey City in search of a Southern fugitive, Whom they anticipated would sail for Europe ; n the steam ship Asia st 12 o'clock that day. They separated, and searched for the individual whom they were after, and abandoning ail idea of fiuding him, they were about to return to the city, whon one of them observed a genteel-looking young man hastening toward tho vessel, with a carpet bag in one hand, and several packages in the other. Suspecting something wrong, they resolved to watch closely, and make inquiries who the person was, and what his carpotbag contained. Upon following him down the wharf, lie was seen to meet a man of gen teel appearance near the gang-plank, to whom ho handed tho carpet bag, and alter whispering to gether for a few seconds, slips of writing (taper passed between them hurriedly, and they then took leave of each other.—These actions being appar ently performed under a state of cxeitemout and fright, they were scrutinized with groat care bv tho officers, who finally became convinced that "their suspicions were correct, and Mr. Bowyer arrested the latter person, and Mr. Stephens secured the bearer of the supposed treasure. Tho individuals were perfectly astonished when finding themselves within the clutches of tho authorities and one ofthem exclaimed, “Well, I'm caught at last I” The suspicious carpet-bag was immediately search ed, and found to contuiu $6,000 in gold coin, and documrntß belonging to the Suffolk Bank, of Bos ton. Ono of the two was searched, and from papers and letters found secreted within tho inner pockets of his coat, his name was ascertained to be Charles Brewer, the receiving toller of tho Suffolk Bank ; tho other was a friend of the teller, named Albert C. Converse, who was to assist Brewer in tuking his departure for the Old World. The slip of pa per alluded to in tho foregoing, proved to be a tel egraphic dispatch for Brewer’s wife and his broth er, and was to have been forwarded on House’s or Bum's lino, to the assumed name of “Mrs. M. A. I’almor,” at No. 36 Common street, Boston, by his friend Converse. Each dispatch said, “It is all right,” and were signed with the initials “ A. T. C. in the hand-writing of Brewer. Information was speedily dispatchod to the officers of the bank ing institution, by telegraph, stating tho arrest, Ac., Ac.; but before an answer was received, tho Bteamcr had sailed with tho book-keeper ot the Bank on board, whoso namo is Thorndike Rand.— He is also a defaulter to a heavy amount, and is supposed to have upwards of $20,000 in his posses sion. At the time of tho arrest, the officers took Brewer's baggage from the steamer, und among it has since been found the travelling trunk of Rand, containing a year’s stock of clean linen and other wearing apparel. Tho Tellor and‘his comrade, Converse, wore innnediatolv tnkon on to Boston, by railway, via Hartford anil Springfield, und de livered over to tho Bay State authorities, who held Converse to bail in tho sum of SB,OOO ns n witness, and detainod Brewer in custody to await the result of the investigation of the cash and books by the bank officers, who are at a loss to eonjectur’o tho amount of the defalcation at present. Tho Boston Commonwealth, after giving tho pro ceedings before the Boston authorities, says : “ Mr. Thorndike Rand, tho book-keeper of the •Suffolk Bank, went to New York Monday after noon, on plea that ho had received a telcgraghio despatch from that city announcing the illnesß of his brother. Mr. Brewer, the Teller, loft tho bank Tuesday afternoon, saying that he hnd a severe headache, and that it would be doubtful whether he should be at tho bank the next day. He, how ever, left for New York that afternoon. Wednes day morning a note was received at the bank from ’ Mr. Brewer, dated Wednesday morning, although written Tuesday, saying that fie was quite unwell, but would probably be at the bank in the course of the forenoon. Early in tho afternoon a dis patch was received at the bank from a police officer in New York, saying that Brewer hrd been arrest ed on board the steamer Asia about an hour before her departure, having in his possession S6OOO in fold, also stating that Mr. Thorndike Rand, tho book-keeper, had sailed on board the same steam er, though that fact was not ascertained till after she had sailed. Mr. Brewer was brought immediately to the oitv by the first train after his arrest.” These procoedihgs have excited the deepest sur prise and consternation. Mr. Brewer was not sus pected at the bank. His father is the Cashier and is one of his sureties. Tho first intimation of any thing wrong was tho news that lie had been arrest ed by New York officers. Why was he arrested ! The explanation thus far given is that lie has been suspected in Connecticut of having had somo con nection with a robbery which took place there a little more than a year ago. It will be recollected that tho of the Thames Bank, New London, was robbed in the Norwich Station House, where he was waiting to take the steamboat train to this city, of a carpet bag containing $39,000, which ho was bringing to the Suffolk Bank. Tho story was that a stranger step ped up to him to inquire tho time, and directly after hit him with a slung shot, leftliim insonsible, and walked off with the bag. The Messenger was intimate with Brewer, and ns the bills known to have been in the bag have since been coming in, certain officers have kept a sharp eye on him. Last Friday the same Messenger, Air. W hotter, came on here at the request of Brewer, and had several interviews with him. He (Whetter) is supposed to havo boon arrested here yosterday and taken back to New London. About a year ago, Mr. Thorndike Rand, then supposed to bo worth SIOO,OOO, wont largely into the Canton speculation and failed, notwithstanding which, ho has been a bold oporotor in stocks since. It is a question why ho was retained by tho Bank, when they knew he was a bankrupt stock specula tor. After ho failed, Mr. Rand sent in his resigna tion, but was asked by tho Directors to wiihdraw it, and did so. Mr. Brewer, at tho same time with Mr. Rand, went into tho Canton stock, wasswamp ed and supposed to havo lost all ho possessed. lie, however, is not known to have been engaged in stock speculation since. Neither Brewer nor Rand has had a bad reputa tion hero. Brower has a wifo and ono child. Rand has left a wife and three children, who are in great distress at his departure. Tn* Suffolk Bane Case. —The Boston Trans- ’ cript, of Saturday afternoon says that Charles 11. 2 Brewer, late receiving teller of the Bank, waa brought before tho Police Court on complaint made by Mr. William W. Tucker, ono of tho Directors i of the Hank, charging him with embezzling, on the Hh inst., seven bank bills, each of the denomina- t tion of SI,OOO. Also, embezzling on tho 20th inst., < four other bank bills, each of the denomination of ] SI,OOO. Also, with embezzling, on tho same (Into, < a check signed by C. & W. Loring, for the sum of $1,537.62, and of tLfit value. Also, with embez zling from said bank certain hank cheeks of the 1 value of $6,274; and, also, with ombezzling, on the ■ •amo date, hank hills and specie of the value es $5,000 —making in all the sum of $28,861.68, tho 1 property of the Suffolk Bank. 1 Tiie Trade or the U nited States. —By tho official i statement the value of articles exported from ths | U. States last year amounted to' $217,517,180, of > which there were domestic products to tho value of $178,548,555; domestiegold and silver, $18,148,163; foreign gold and silver, $11,088,717; foreign goods exported, $8,718,695 : making an aggregate, as above, of $217,517,130. The imports in tho same period amounted to $215,725,995, of which $4,967,901 were in specie. If we deduct the specie from tho gross amount of imports, and also the $9,788,696 for foreign goods exported, there will remain $201,019,899, as the value es foreign goods imported into and eonenmed in this country in tho year 1851, against $178,546,- 555 es domestic product* which we exported in that rear, leaving a balance against us of $22,472,844. This is bad enough: yet it would have been a great deal worse but for the advance in the price of raw eottoa, which thus swolled the value of ourexport*, and reduced the balance against us. This and the gold roeeived from California enabled ns to meet the cost of our importations ; and but for those resources, the ono incidental and the other new, how would the industrial and commercial interests of the country have sustained themselvos in the •rises which they have had to pass through at the close of tho year I Tet, in view of these facts, we are neglecting or refusing all protection or eneouragementto our own industry, and contributing all our resources to the support of that of foreign countries.— Baltimore Patriot. Discharging Vessels bv Steam.— I The Boston Journal has the following notice of an apparatus which Messrs. E. Train &. Co. of that city huve adopted for discharging thoir Liverpool packets: They have a portable double cylinder steam en gine, of ten horse powdr, which takes the place of the old fashioned “winch.” With this engine all thoir freight is discharged, and they estimate that the work can be done about one-third of the time which was required to discharge a cargo by the old method. A few davs since they discharged from the ship Levi Woodbury, seventeen hundred and fifty tons of freight in forty-one hours. Nine hun dred tons of this freight was dead weight, iron, &c. At the same time that they were taking the eargo out of the Levi Woodbury, ajsecond “whip” was run to another vessel on th e other side of the wharf, and about three hundred tons taken out of her; so that tho two vessels were being discharged at the same time and by the same power. It re quires about tho same number or hands to re move the freight, as it comes from the hold, as it did under the old svstom to hoist and remove it. The saving is mainlv in tho timo, and this, ail en gaged in commerce know hv experience, is of the utmost importance, especially in cases where it is desired to give vessels immediate dispatch. The engine is covered by a small moveable house, which occupies but little room, and does not inter fere with the other business upon tho whazf. Important Discovert for Seamen. —Mr. Tliomp son, Surgeon, British R. N., the inventor of the naval telegraph lights, has submittad a plan to the l*rds commissioners of tho admiralty by which candles and oil may forever be dispensed with, many thousands of pounds annually being saved to the country, and yet ten times more light secured to every ship afloat; this is accomplished by a simple and a very ingenious method of tiring tho slush from salt meats; now of no use. Their lordships have approved of the invention; and since the order was given by tho admiralty, her Majesty’s ship Impregnable,"flag ship, Devonport, has been lighted from stem to stern on thia new plan. The men in each ship, in place of having one dip of 34 to the pound, havo now a light for six hours equal to 16 dips, and from which, by the aii of a parabo lic reflector, they are enabled to read 30 feet off. This candle-tube mav be filled with water, yet it can be instantly expolled, and tho light fully maintain ed. The g’roa-e is so locked up that it cannot well escape, so that the lamp may be rolled about the deck. The item of oil consumed on railroads is a far more expansive one than is generally supposed.— An authentic statement shows that during the vear 1851 the railroads of Massachusetts, cam pris ing a total length of 1012 miles, expended for sper meeiti oil $77,868.80. The number of miles of rail road in operation ia the United States, is 10,1814. Reckoning the cost of oil on all the roads in the mme ratio as that paid by the Massachusetts rail roads, we have the snnp little sum of $825,943.82 as the amount paid by all the railroads in the Uni ted States for oil in 1851. A Xrw Mode of V illainv. —On Saturday night, in Loui«ville, thieves made entrance into a dwelling house by means of outsiders, and finding their way to the room where the family (three persons) were sleeping, applied chloroform to their nostrils, until they were sufficiently stupified to be past the pos - eibility of waking by any noise that might be pro duced. Thus secured, th* rascals ransackea the house, and made way with the money, Jewelry, ■ and other valuables at their leismra. 1 The New York Times says—The fire Insurance i Companies suffer severely from the conflagration in Dev street yesterday morning, and the an# ia Philadelphia this morning. The stocks destroyed l and injured amount to $580,000 in this city, and > $925,000 in Philadelphia. The losses here are di l vided in small sums among the eitv and country - office™ having agents here, generally, and they will probably foot up half a milium ITEMS. A Hoax. —The wholesale murder of seven per sons reported to have taken place in Doddridge eounty, Virginia, proves to have had no better au thority than a rumor for its foundation. Tho do nial ot sueh an atrocity having occurred is mails by the editor of the Clarksburg Emitter, published in Doddridge county, who pronounces the whole story “ tho greatest humbug of the season.” Obadiah says a Dentist should be a great swords man, for he is constantly using his foil. A Fat I test. —We like fat people—good, jolly, laughing, broad-visaged, fat people. W e love fat women—fat hoys—fat babies—fat purses—a fat list of subscriber—a fat job—fat advertisers—fat everything. Fatness is a big sign of big health. Fat men are never treacherous—fat women are not sharp-tongued— tat boys are not mischievous —fat babies are always good—in fine, fat people arc the kndest, and therefore the most popular. Com mend us to fat people. Doo Wanted!—A Kentucky editor advertises as follows : “Wanted at this office, a bull-dog of any color except pumpkin nnd milk, of respectable size, snubbed nose, cropped ears, abbreviated con tinuation, and bad disposition—who can come when called with a raw beef steak, and will bite tlie man who spits tobacco juice on tho stove and steals the exchanges.” M Oman.— Her natural place is, between angels and bloomers, without wings and without panta loons. Lola Montoz is visiting tho Public Schools in Boston. She is getting to bo quite a lioness among the down casters. Tho puritans can’t stand pretty fuces any better than our respectable progeuator, Adam, did. One-half of tlie want in tlie world is caused by people looking on tliis, that, and the other useful employment as not being genteel. The Tribune’s marvellous rapping story, of Andrew Jackson Davis’s telling correctly before hand whnt Dr. Bushnoll was going to say in his lecture the other evening, is smashed by ford Courant, which says that Dr. Busluiell did not deliver any such lecture, nnd in fact has not lectured at all for more than a month I The autocrats of fashion in Europe have issuod a decree interdicting the wonring ol*white vests by their subjects. The dcerco says that only ballet singers, servants, and showmen should wour them. lie who waits for good luck to come to him, is destined to die in poverty. No ono has tho right to expect fortune, unless ho goes to work and de serves it. Common Sense now-a-dnys to a poor man, des titute of hope and credit, is about ns useful,to him, as a Bhot gun is without stock, look or powder, to a sportsman. The desporate young man that lntcly attempted to swallow a gimlet hole, is getting bettor. “No cause could be assigned for the rash act!” California is a great country 1 It is said that all yon have to do there in ordor to raise a crop of Potatoes is to hang one up with a string on a sun shiny dny, and let the shadow strike tho ground ; it immediately takos root, spreads, and produces a bushel per hour until you cut the string, or pocket the potatoes —fact. An ingenious Yankee mechanic is now doing a “smashing business” by manufacturing wooden skeletons of the Mastodon to be hereafter dug up by in enterprizing western naturalist. The Now York papers of Mondsy morning state that the Hudson river was clear of See to Albany. Old Mrs. Podger married her second husband, not because she admired tlie man, but because ho was the size of her first protector, and “would como bo good to wear his old clothes out.” Con siderate woman that. Mrs. P. “can’t bear to see anything go to waste,” ns Sirs. Mulony observed when sho fried her potatoes with an end of can dle. Sheridan, the scholar, wit mnl spendthrift, be ing dunned by a tailor to pay at least, tho interest on his bill, answsred, that it was not his interest to pay tho principal, nor his principle to pay the interest. A country editor somewhere or other, has late ly expressed himself in the following bold and fearless manner: Tho principles of my party are as progressive as the eternal rock of Gibraltar. “Good morniu’ Squire, I hear you have got a now preacher up the hollow.” “Well, wo have, and a regular buster at that.” “You kneed a good preacher. Brother Y. was too easy.” “Brother Y. hit tho devil a good many hard licks, but this fellow knocks the old un’s horns clean off.” Poetry.— lt is the gift of Poetry, to halo every place in which it moves ; to breath round nature an odor more exquisite than tho perfume of the rose, and to shod over it a tint more magical than tho blush of morning.” Tiie Young Wipe’s Response. —“ Why art thou sad, my love, to day ?—■what grief is frowning o’er thy heart! Why dost thou .droop and turn away, and why do tears unbidden start 1 When first I wooed thee in thine isle—thy Erin, emerald of the deep—l saw thco sweetest, only smile, nor even thought that thou conldst weep. Tho sun of sum mer lights tho earth, tho zephyr’s kiss is on the cheek; and nature calls thee hack to mirth, then be not, prytheo, love, so weak. Wliilo I thus spoke, my bosom’s queen, ono deep, fond glance upon me stealing, exclaimed : “Be .Tabers ! hut you are green! It’s inguns shure, I’m peeling!” Dobbs, in his late lecture on Domestic Economy, indulged in the following remarks : “The best way to get along with women is, to tokcep them well loved all tho time. A woman oan never be satisfied unless she is loved to deuth. Keep her mouth -stopped with kisses, and she cannot scold.” Claims or the Heirs op LaFayette. —The heirs of Gen. LaFayette have brought suit to recover several hundred acres of land, having a front of 800 yards beyond the old fortifications at New Orleaus. This is a portion of tho 11,520 acres land grantod to LaFayette by Congress. An Alum Spring. —A spring of water, having all the properties, it is said, of the celebrated Alum Springs has been discovered two miles from Nor folk, Va. The discovery has just been made by a learned philosopher that without a mouth, a man could neither cat, drink, talk, kiss the girls nor cliew to bacoo. A “Tree Society” is about being formed in East Boston, for tho purposo of' rapidly studding the principal public avenues with omamontal troee. I’oisoNEb by Accident. —Mrs. P. T. Barnum, of Bridgeport, Conn., tho wife of Mr. Barnnm *f the Museum in this city, swallowed by mistake, last Friday, a spoonful of a most deadly poison, akenine, or wolfs bane, for somo simple medicine. A powerful emetic rescued her from the very jaws of death. Some years ago, a heavy dose of morphine, taken by mistake, very nearly sacrificed, the life of the same lady.— Jf. Y. Tribunt. “That’s a fine stream for trout, friend,” obsorved a piscatorial acquaintance the other day to a genuine sprig from the Emerald Isle, who was whipping away with great vigor at a well known and favorite pool. “Faith, and it must be tho same, sure enough,” returned Pat. “for divil a one of ‘cm will stir out of it.” Sure Enough, “What Does it Mean ?”—From tho New Orleans Times on Friday, wo copy as fol lows: Whst does it mean? We take the following para graph, detailing a most extraordinary procedure from lairt evening’s Picayune. Wo confess that wc cannot understand it: Th* Duel Cate. —The announcement that the tri al of Dr. Thomas Hunt and others, forthe killing of John Frost in a duel would como off to day, at tracted a large number of persona to tho First Dis trict Court. Judgo Larue excused himself and would not sit in tne case. .1 udge Straw-bridge de dared that he was to unwell too attend, and .Judge Buchanan stated that ho had no time. Under these circumstances, tho Ditrict Attorney, said that ho believed he had done his duty in the mat ter, but he conld not try the case without a Judge. He would therefore move to dismiss tho accused. Judge Larue then ordered the ciiso to bo dismiss ed. New York and Philadelhia. —The following statistical comparisons bet ccn the cities of Phila adelphiaand New York were read at a meeting held in Philadelphia, on Thursday, of persons fa vorable to a consolidation of that city and tho Dis tricts into one municipal Government: The conntv of Philadelphia, from one extreme to tho other, extends about twenty-three miles, and has an average breadth of about five and one-lialf miles. It comprises ono city, Beven incorporated districts, five boroughs, and a population of about four hundred and ten thousand souls, of which only 121,417 are in the city proper. The city and seven incorporated districts arc, to agreat, extent, com pactly covered with houses, havo the appearane of unity, and contain about three hundred and forty thousand souls. The remotest point of tho country from the State House is about fifteen miles. The city of New York embraces the whole Island of Manhattan, extends fourteen miles in length, and has an average breadth of about one and a hal f miles. The rural parts of the island contain only the an cient and r mall villages of Harleam and Manhattan ville, and the entire city a population of about five hundred and fifteen thousand souls. The funded debtof the city and county of Philadelphia is about nine millions of dollars. The funded debtof the city of New York is about eleven millions of dol lars. The ratio of tax paid for corporation and county purpose varies in the various municipali ties, but may be fixed at $1.31 per cent, of value; while in New Y'ork, for like purposes, it is every where, not including the rural parts, $1.13#. Protection of Timber against tiie Sea Worm.— Timber exposed in marine works is bored by the teredo, whose head is armed for that purpose, and it is soon reduced to tho appearance of sponge. \\ orms three feet long and one inch diameter have been found in piles of fir, their favorite wood. At Southampton, piles of 14 inches square have been eaten down to 4 inches in four vears. Experiments have been made by Mr. Brunei and others to pro tect the wood by creosoting it, and their efforts have been very successful. Lately, a piece of creoso ted timber has been taken out perfectly sound, af ter a seven years’ immersion, when ail the unpre pared timber adjoining was more or less injured by the teredo. The cost of preparation is 6d. per cubic foot, while the cost of casing it with largo headed iron nails, which is also effectual, costs lid. per square foot of surface. This latter price cor responds to44d. per cubio foot for ordinary timber 12 inches square. ! Death or Mr. Charles Cotton. —We regret to , announce the death of this old and estimable citi zen, in this city, on the 25th inst., in the 59th year of his age. Mr. Cotton was a Native of New York, s bnt had resided in Macon, since 1825, and for tho i greater portion of that time, was a partner in tho i well known mercantile firm of Rea and .Cotton. — 1 Honest and just in all his business transactions, 1 intelligent, affable, charitabla and humane, he has . closed his earthly career, leaving behind him no r enemy. Few men in our community have been j more beloved than Mr. Cotton—the death of none will he more generally lamented.— Jour, do Mm. YOL. LXVI.-NEW SERIES YOL. XVI.-NO. 14. A Yankee on Ywcvii s. —A correspondent of tlie Boston Transcript, waiting fr.tn Nunles, thus describes an amusing interview with livo Yan- The other day, on reaching the top of Vesuvius, I descried a man sitting astride a block of lava. 1 don’t know why, but 1 marked him at once for one of my countrymen. As I advanced towards him Icould not help noticing the cool manner in which he and Vesuvius were taking a morning smoke to gether. His long nine was run out like a bowsprit and lie took the whole affair as candy tvs one would look upon a kitchen fire at home. As soon as I camo up with him lie bawled out, “ Hallo, stran ger 1 pretty considerable lot of lavy round hero! — Any news down below? Ye haiu’t tuckered nont, be ve ?” On my asking him if he had looked into the crater, he replied. “Yaasl but I burnt the laigs of my trowsers, though, I tell yew.’* He turn od out to be u man from New England who came up from Marseilles to see tho volcano. New York ('anal Contracts.— Charges of gross corruption havo boon made in great, abundance in Now York, against the Canal*Board, on account of their mode of given out tho contracts, some months ago, for the enlargement of tho Erie Canal. The subject has been examined by a committee of the Legislature, amd majority mid minority reports made concerning it. These reports amt tho testi - mony are very long. It is said they differ in some respects, but they agree in the opinion that the contracts, as tiicy stand, me not only legally vnlid to the contractors, hut arc advantageous to the Stato, and ought to be sustained and executed. They agree in saying that no proof of fraud, or eVeu ol an abuso of official discretion, on tho part of the State officers making the contracts, lias been adduced in the whole of tho voluminous testimony. The majority report also states that no further le gislation is needed in the matter, except it be to compel certain officers having charge of the pub lic works and their subordinates to do their duty as already prescribed by low.— Trenton Gazette. Gems oe Thought. —Tho mind nmy lie over burdened ; liko the body, it is strengthened more by tho warmth of exercise than of clothes. ’l'neasy und ambitious gentility is always spu rious gentility. The garment which one has long worn never sits uncomfortable. He that blows the ooulsin quarrels lie lias noth ing to do with, has no right to oomplaim if a spark fly in his face. if you wish for care, perplexity, mid misery, he selfish in all things; this is the short roud to trouble. Tho forms and ceremonies of politeness may bo dispensed with, in a lnoasurc, in tho relaxations and intimacies of one’s own flre-sidc, but kind at tentions never. The hoaviest fetter that ever weighed down the limbs of a eaptivo, is as the web of a gossamer, com pared with tho pledge of the man of honor. The wall of stone and the liar of iron maybe broken’ but his plighted word never. Childhood is like ajnirror, catching mid reflecting images all around it. Remember tliut mi impious, profane or vulgar thought may oparate upon a young heart like a careless spray of water thrown upon polished steel, staining it with rust that uo after effort can efface. 1 never knew one who was in tho habit of seold ing, nble to govern a family. What makes people scold? Tho want of self-government. How can they govern others? Those who govern well are generally calm. They are prompt and resolute, but steady and mild. Snow And Comfort. —There are mmiv persons in the world so constituted tliut the most intense onjovment of which they are capable, consists in making a display. It must be so, otherwise wo should not see all that is comprehended in the meaning of that genial word, comfort, so frequently sacrificed for the sake of external show. There are establishment! in this city where the family dinner is out down to the proportions of a lunch, tho kitchen tiro fed sparingly, tho ten diluted to tlie extreme point of exhaustion, tho butter, sugar, candles, and soap doled out liomainnthieally, and even tho supply of clean linen abridged' below what wo should consider the limits of necessity, in order that tho lady of the house may give a few grand galas during tho season, refurnish reenrpet her reception rooms every two years or so, sweep the streets witli brocade silks, woar the nowest styles of bijouterie, and make a sensation in tlie glittering spectacle* got mi for effect by the urtifl oialists of tlie world of fashion. Major Gen. Sin Charles James Navum!.—A friend lias communicated to tlie N. Y. Commercial Advertiser a remarkable episode in this gallant officers personal history. He was wounded in the battle of Corunna, January IC, 1809; was left for dead upon the field of battlo, and was reported in tlie dispatches of Sir John Hope among tlie killed. That despatch was published in the London Ga zette of January 24,1809. Acting upon this intol igenoe, bis brother, Richard Napier, provod his will in tho perogative Court of Canterbury, and ob tained letters testamentary upon it in February of tho same year. On tho Brd of the. following May Charles James Napier came in person into court and received baek his will, tho probate being can celled. Readers are aware how eventful lias boon the hero’s lifosinoe then. The remarkable facts above narrated may bo fouud in Phillmorc’s Ec clesiastical Reports, vol. 1, page 83. The railway of Britain have cost twelve lwndrod millions of dollars; the canals thirteen hundred millions: tho docks one hundred and fifty millions. There are 35,000 merchant vessels; 385 war ves sels ; 520 yachts. All together represent a tan nage of 4,763,000 tuns, mid are manned by 290,000 men. An avorago of one,vessel is lost at every tido. The amount of coal mined In Pennsylvania dur ing the year 1851 was 1,400,000 tuns of bituminous, and 4,900,000 of anthracite, of which tho aggregate value is $22,000,000. Tlie coal fields of Pennsylvania covor 15,000 square miles; those of Great Britain cover 11,000 square miles. The first are above or within the water level; tho second from 900 to 1,800 feet be low the surface of tlie ground. Singular Desertion at Sea. —Tlie ship Cincin nati, of Stonington, which arrived yesterday, from a whaling cruise, on tlie 20th Marsh fell in with and boarded tlie British Schooner, Fanny Bourne, of Dortmouth, N. 8„ nbandonod ntid dismantled. The Captain of the Cincinnati reports tho schooner icrfectly tight, lie took from her a quantity of fills of lading, insurance policy, a promissory note, private letters, Captain’s memoranda, and other papers.— Times. Religious Statistics of England.—A lato Lon don letter in the National Intelligencer quotes from tho Journal of the LondonStatistioal Society for January, tho following statement of the places of worship in England aud Wales: Denominations. Churches Per or Chapels. cent. The Established Church 14,000 49.49 Presbyterians 1 150 .56 Independents....' 2,572 9.09 Baptists 1,W3 7.87 Wesleyan Methodists 4,460 lie. New Connexion 281 Primitive Methodists 1,652 Wesleyan Association 822 Bible Christians 415 Calvanisiio Methodists 778 I,ady Huntindoa’a Connexion 8(1 .11 Unitarians 260 .91 Quakers 830 1.17 Various miner secte 500 1.77 Total Protestants 27,698 97.89 Roman Catholics 597 2.11 TStul p!ac« of worship 28,290 100. During the last twenty years the places of worship of The Established Church have increased.. 18.89 per cent. Tho Independents 39.78 " The Baptists 61.77 " The various bodies of Methodist 102.19 “ The lteman Catholics, ia 26 years 59.29 ** Protestant churches or chapels, since 1881 40.07 “ Roman Catholic chapels, since 1859 29.20 * Protestant places of worship built sineo 1881, in comparison with Roman Catholic ones sines 1826, is 34 to 1. The most striking circumstance in this statement is the Blow rate of increase in the places of worship of tlie Established Church, compared witli all th* ether leading Protestant sects, and also with those of the Roman Catholic. It is true many of the ehurches of the established religion are much more eapaeious than a majority of tlioso of other denomi nations ; but this would account for only a small part of the difference. Thus, the Independents have increased their plncos of worship since 1831 more than twice as much as the Church of England. The Baptists nearly three and a half times as much. Tho Methodists nearly eight times as much. The Roman Catholics at least three times as much. Os the minor Protestant sects there arc no re turns prior to 1846, but subsequent statements show that they have all increased at least equal to the average of other sects, vis: 40.07 per cent. CnARAITEBISTIOS OF THE KeV. JoIIN WeSEF/V.— The Rev. Joh'n Wesley when reminded by his friends that he need not’be in a hurry, used to give the following characteristic reply: No J here no time to he in a hurry." Ho was proverbially slow about everything. He wrote slow, Mr. Moore, one of his biographers, remarks that ho never knew any person to write slower, but he saved tims by the process, for ho never revised anything. And how much this ono careful, thinking, never idle, never burn ing man, accomplished in the course of his life! lie wrote books, translated huge volumes, abridged, preached “in season and out of season,” visited distant lands, acquired a fame for learning, eloquence and piety which was truly enviable. He was orderly and methodical in the midst of seem ing confusion. His room was a pattern of neat ness—his dress usually simplo and elegant. He was always in readiness to go at a moment’s warn ing “to the ends of tho earth,” on “his Master’s business,” but he never hurried past anything— nothing escaped his observation, nothing turned him from his purpose. To the end of a long life he preached a sermon regularly at five o’clock in the morning—the time when not a tew of us are now locked in the arms of Morpheus. Let our religious opinions and prejudices bo what they may, it is impossible to withhold admiration from this earnest, eloquent, never timing and apostoli cal man. We never pass the admirable engraving of his “Death Bed, often found framed and hanging in parlors, without pauising to look at it— without admiring the expression of serenity which pervades his countenance. One Bees there how gloriously the sum of a useful life will sliino in its setting, (ind lingers to catch the light which flashes in, heralding the dawn of a more glorious morning. Visiter. Paul Wilhelm, Duke of Wertemburg who has been travelling last summer nnd fall in the West ern wilds, has lately published in the Algcmine Zeitim? asliort sketch of his adventures from which appears that on the 26th of October lie fell into tho hands of a band of Indians near the mouth of the Southern Platte who robbed him and liis compan ions of all they possessed und grioviously ill-treat ed them into the burgain. He lured, however, still worse on tho 14th Novcmtcr. An awful snow storm broke over the hapless wanderer; his threo horses died one after another; witli difficulty could he continuo on foot for fifteen miles further, when at last, near the mouth of the Big Sandy Creek, his strength gavo way, and ho laid himself down ns ho thought to rise no more. Already were his limbs sitff, and liis sense began to for sake him, when the mail rider from Fort I.nmario found the wretched Duke, nnd carried him with great difficulty to Independence, Missouri, where, under the most hospitable care of its generous in habitants, he soon recovered his health and strength. The Duke expresses great gratitude to the people of Independence. Diamonds in North Carolina—Tho “North Caro lina Whig,” published at Charlotte, in tlie North State, has the following, under dote of March 17 : “A few days since we were shown by Dr. C. L. Hunter, of Lincoln county, what is supposed to lie a genuine Diamond, weighing abont half a curat, discovered in the neighborhood by the Doctor, while searching for gold in a small stream. He will send it North to have the truth of tho matter tested, and then, if it Is genuine, he will himself give a description and history of it, and search for more of the same kind.” It appears by the St. Louis newspapers that the amount of money contributed toM. Kossuth in that city was $1,700, instead of SIOO, ns reported by the Telograph. The above named sum was qx qf tiio sale of Hungarian bond*, Policy of tho Colon Party. InHhe positon of which ws li««e assumed, upon tho question of the policy of the Constitutional Union Party, we doom oursolves safe, and certain / secure from any chargo of inconsistency. Ti,« principles of the Constitutional Union Party, iftho Georgia Platform embraces them—load it to adopt tho position of neutrality, with regard to tho Whig aud Democratic Parlies. This is the status which our principles givo us, whatover may be the posi tion which tlie pussions aud prejudices of individ uals may lead them to assume. Accordingly, we liavo favored tho proposition made by the Union Convention of Alabama, that tho Union Party should hold a Convention in Washington City salsa sequent to tho meeting of tlie Whig and Dun.oorat ic Conventions, if this is dono, the Party will not necessarily he committed to the support of a third candidate; but will hold its strength in| resorts until the Whig and Democratic nominations sic made, until their candidates are exposed upon their platforms, and thou givo its support to tlio candi date aud the Party which best represents its prin ciples. t'liure is no argument which enu ho employed against this view of tlie duty of tho Union Party, if it recognizes aud acts upon tho principles of tin) l’urty. The only reason which has been urged against tho idea that the Union Party should man tain its separate organization and ’ndherc to ita principles, is that this unreasonable, childish, anil simple regard for principle, will make the Party “contemplate in sizo.” We eanuotappreciate such, reasoning. Wo are porvesely bout upon believing that size alone will not constitute s Party—that great size will not make it respeotablo in the sense la which we uiidersuma the term, nor small size make it disreputable, and, in short, that size is not tho criterion by which wo should judge Parties when we decide to abandon them. If this were so, the question of political nliogianeo could be summarily disposed of. It would bo asitnple matter of arith metical calculations —sometimes complicated, as tha Faculty would say, by a calculation of chances.— we cannot understand the strength of this reason ing with any niihi who doos not expect a share in the patronage of a triumphant Party—of a Party not “ contemptible in size.” Tlie vast majority of tho Constitutional Union Party neither oxpoot or desire this kind of patronage. Snch a desire, or expectation, is not the bond which hinds them to tlie Union Party. They will not bo disappointed if that party has no patroimco to dispense. Tlie objection whioh we have to sending dele gates to Baltimore is, that we cannot anticipate the action of that Convention. From present indica tions, wo do not bolievo that tlie finulty of the Com promise will ho recognized by it. Vvonrenot in favor of sending delegates to tho Whig Convention of Philadelphia for the same reason. At the same timo, if wo were disposed to transfer the Union Par ty to the support of a Whig candidate, we imagine wo could present a stronger caso than the one which is made by tlioso who desire to transfer it to tho Domocratio Party. We might refer to tlie fact that a National Whig Administration, poised tho Compromise through Congress—that this Administration, sinoo the passage of the plan of Adjustment, lias occuplod tho identical position of tlie Union Party of Goorgia—that it lias gone be fore tlie country upon this Compromise issuo—that it lias hazarded'overy thing upon it, and made itself unpopular with the Froosoil wing oftlie Party as thi N. Y.Tribune assorts for its uniform and unswerv ing support of Southern Rights. Wo might refer to tho feet tliut a Whig Congressional caucus adopt ed the Compromise, as tho oasis of Whig National organization, whilst a Democratic caucus repudi ated it. Wo might refer to tiio fact of tho sound ness of tho Southern Whig Party, upon tho Com promise issues, and to tlie strength of the Whig el ement in tho Union Party—and we might safely loavo tho question of tho relntivo cloimß of the Whig and Democratic nurticsto the support of the Union Party, with tha intelligent votes of that paHv. But we do not deßire to raise this issue— we do not wish to depond upon past or present de velopments, in determining to which wo slinll give our support. We desire to await tho notion of tho Conventions of the Whig and Domocratio Parties. Perhaps when that action is known, we will cheer fully support tho noininse of the Baltimore Con vention. Wo objoct, liowovor to the disposition which is manifested by certain presses of tho Union Party, to prejudge this question, to assume that tho Democratic Party of the North is the sa fest for the South, and that tho Democrats Con vention will acknowledge nndnssertthe flnalty of tlie Compromise, end upon these bare assump tions, to commit tho Union Party to tho support of tho nominee of the Baltimore Convention, and to consequent co-operation with Free Soilors and Southern Rights men. — Journal <ft Messenger. The United States Armory In Springfield, Some time lust Summer wo published an extend ed article upon tho operations of the U. S. armory, and in it, alluded to tho reduction in tho cost or tlie manufacture of musko'.s, whioh hsd been effected within a dozen yours. We are now en abled to present a statement, showing the number manufactured at tho armory oaoli year, from 1889- 40, to 1860-51, inclusive, in connection with the cost, and showing the reduction in the (sist from year to year: No. of Musket* Years. manufactured best of e«<Sh eucli year. Musket, 1889-40 5,967 sl7 44 1840- 10,700 1«6» 1841- 9,720 18 68 1842- 4,600 1* ** 1543-44 7,657 ll T» 1544-45 12,107 11 09 1846-46 14,265 10 74 1846- 14,800 10 ** 1847- 15,017 1 0 00 1848- 15,218 * 89 1849- 18,145 0 09 1850- 21,000 8 76 It is a fact of interest that, notwithstanding the reduction of oost on oaeh musket, the average wages of operatives have increased, as will be seen in the following tahlo, exhibiting the average monthly wages of each operative in 1840 and 1841, ns compared with the average monthly wage* of eneli operative in 1850 and 1861: Average Wages. Average Wages for two years. 1840 $35 18 1841 40 61 SBB 87 , 1850 88 83 1851 88 84 88 86 Tho two tables show that while tho cost of mn <6 kets bus been reduced, in the poriod embracep, from sl7 44 to $8 75, the average wages of tho workmen have increased 98 cents per month. Tlie Olden Time. Tlie subjoined article, bonded “Advertisement,” copied, exactly aud literally, from a Manuscript Adoertisemcnt, issued soventy-flvo years ago by the person whoso signature it bears, has been forward ed to us by a literary gentleman at Baltimore, wh* rightly thinks that so singular and illustrative a document rclutivc to tlie American Postal System of those primitive and drying times of our history ought to bo disseminated and preserved : with which design lie dosiros that we give it a place in the columns of tho National Intelligencer. • W* yield with pleasure to his suggestion piersuading ourselves tliut tho contrast between this early ele ment of mail transportation and the present vast enlargement of it—to the oxtent of requiring, within the space of each l'onr yoars during which mail contracts now run, as much as nearly two hundred columns of our small newspaper typo to publish only a list of tho contracts to bo made for f transportation of tlie mail—cannot but afford food for reflection, calculation, und instructive compari son to all thinking readers.— Mat. InteL ADVKKTiafBHt. This is to lot all Gentlemen and others know, that by tho inconragiiment 1 liavo from Several Gentlemen, That I, Jacob Abel of Philipsburgh, in Sussex County West New Jersey, have resolve to Ride Post for tlie good of tho Public. Intended to begin on the sth day of February next on Mon day in every Fournight till the 6 day of April!, ail'd from tlie 5 day of Aprill to the 5 day of De cember next ensuring every Monday in a Wock. .Take therefore roysell tho Liberty to rccommand myself in tho favour of tho Pulfiice, Advising them tlinton my return to Philadelphia shall Ride to Garmon Town and then turn off on York Road, crose the Rive v at Durram and purpose to Lieve my Packet ut the following Person, as, Georgo Taylor Esqr. Mr. Jones Thomas Pots Esqr. Mr. Sprowl Gust .Barns Artor Henry Thomas Peterson Straw Tavern Jacob West James Stewards Sosepli Mocks William Carr, and Several l'uckit at East-Town und Palling Skill. Tho Garman Papers at Four Shilling & Six Pence a year Tho English Papers at Seven Shilling <fc Six Pence*! year. Desiring the prompt Payment each quarter. Any Parnell or Letters What any Gentlemen Person or Persons will ho pleased to trust to tho Rider Care, may depend they shall be safely deliv ered, and if it should bo required am willing, (as able,) to give security. Any Person or Persons that is willing to give' incouragcment to tho Rider are disire to singe thoir worthy Names on tho Su perscription paper left in seveal Hands and you Wi “ Sent! einon Your most obedient humble Servant Jaogb Ab zu Philipsburg the 15th January 1776 All Gentlemen & Others that are willing to in couragc tho Post Rider Jacob Abel of Philipsburgh Susex County West New Jersey are desire to sott their Worthy Numos (according to the advertis ment on tills sri-ERsciiirnoN taper Kmimsh News Gakmai Nnws •Geo Taylor £llO for Hall & Sellers ftazzette 1 Bradford Journal! Humphrey’s V Ledger Town Evening l’osl ) Thomas Long—Dunlap’a Paper James Gallagher —Hall & Sellers Hugh Orlton ditto Samuel Hiclborn <l* endorsed • To George Taylor Ihq: sa Durham [•One of the Signers o? the Declaration at Independent* —from Pennsylvania.] A Woman in California.—We havo before ns, says tlie Boston Traveller, a private letter from a lady though a hard working woman in California. It would interest our rcuders, we have no doubt, as it has ns, were we at liberty to publish itentire. Tlie writer appears to keep a restaurant or eating house, in a mining village. Among her visitors she accidentally discovers the son of an old Con necticut acquaintance, and finding hewas endeavor ing to iuduco his father and mother to visit Cali fornia, she writes this letter toeucourage them for ward. After an introductory explanation of who she was, and where they beearno acquainted with each other she goes on to say. “I have made SIB,OOO worth of pios—abont one third of lids has been cioar profit. One vear I dragged my own wood off tiio mountains and chopped it, and I never had so much ns a obild to . take a step for mo in the country. SII,OOO worth I baked in one little iron skillet, a considerable portion by a camp fire, without the shelter of a tree from the broiling sun. But now I have a good cooking stove, in which I bake four pieces at a time, a comfortable cabin, carpeted, and a good many ‘Robinson Crusoe’ coinforte about me, which though they liavo coat nothing, yet they make my place look habitable. I also liavo my wood hunled and chopped. 1 hake on an average about 1900 pies per month, and clear S2OO. This, in Califor nia is not thought much, and vet, in reality, few in comparison, arc doing as weft. I have been in formed there arc some women in our town clear ing SSO per week ut washing, and 1 ounnot doubl it There is no labor so well paid as women’s labor in California. It is hard work to apply one’s self incessantly to toil, but a few years will place von above want, with a handsome independoncy. 1 intend to leave off work the coming Spring, and give my business into the hands of my sister-in law. Not that lam rich, but I need little, and have none to toil for but myself. 1 expect to go home somo timo during the present year, for a short visit, but 1 could not be long away from the sunny clime of this vellow land. A lovlior or more healthy climate confd not be, and when I get a few friends about me I think 1 shall be near.y happy again. I supposo O. C. B. has described the face of the country to you a hundred times; so I will conclude by wishing and hoping that you will be in California before you are pinehedinat the north by the cold of another winter. If you do nrt come I should be obliged if you could find time to writ* iaa occasionally. Your old friend, 1* A. S,