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COLUMRUH: Saturday Morning, July 12,18511. IiAHUGMT CITY CIRCULATION. Tribute of Respect. At a meeting of the Columbus liar yester day, Col. Seaborn Jones in the Chair, and Mr. W. N. Hutchins Secretary, a suitable tribute of respect, was paid to the memory of the late Col. A. McDougald. The proceedings of the meeting were furnished us, but at too late an hour for insertion. The Funeral services took place yesterday at the late residence of the deceased; und his inortul remains were attended to their lust resting-place in the family burying ground, by a large concourse of our citizens. We learn that a man, supposed to bo Thad dcus Rees, from the fact of his answering the description given of Rees in the hand bills is sued by our Mayor, was arrested in Macon, j at 1 o’clock yesterday morning. He is held in custody, and was to have been examined yes terday, when his identity or non-identity with Rees could be easily established. Return of the Guards — Columbus Triumphant I The Columbus Guards, Capt. P. .). Hcmmes, arrived yesterday about noon, on their return from LaUrange, where they have spent nearly a week in one continuous round of enjoyment. They were hot, dusty, and wo expect tired, on reaching homo ; but as they marched through our streets, they carried a higher head, and walked with a prouder than their accustomed step. They were returning Hushed with vic tory—laden with well enrned spoils, and bear ing before them the trophies of their triumph. They had maintained their reputation as a corps, and addod to it now laurels ; while the military prestige of our city, which hail for awhile been entrusted to them, was gallantly sustained and increased. The Guards bring back with them— -Ist. A Silver pitcher, won for the company by Private Ilentou, and offered by the ladies of the Hentz and Judson Societies, for the best singlo slid, and contended for by the Guards and the Montgomery Blues. 2d. A silver goblet presented by the citizens of LaG range. 3rd. A magnificent cake, presented by the Hentz Society, to which the Guards belong as Honorary Members. The Guards all speak in the warmest terms of thoirtrip, and return homo highly delighted with the tiptop treatment they have received. “ All Around my Hat-” We notice since the advent 01 the “ heated term,” anew feature in Columbus hats.— Many of our citizens who are necessarily much exposed to the sun, have perforated tlioir hats with a series of holes each about the size of a dime, and not far from the crown. Tho effect is to give the hat a very queer appearance ; but the benefit secured, in promoting free ventilation aud koeping the head cool, is said to more than compensate for what may be lost in appearance. As the holes run all round the hat, the slightest breeze from every quarter lias free ingress to the head ot the woarer—• Wo have always believed that hats should be ventilated; the fashion is a good one, and will no doubt become general; but till we get used to it, it seeins very odd to look through a gen tleman’s hat at the landscape on the other sido of him. Governor Wise Insulted.—An Ex-Editor Chastised. A letter from Richmond to the Petcrsburgh Fxpress says: Tbero is considerable “ town talk ” about a visit which an ex-edi >r this morning paid to the State Library, wnero he made a remark offensive to the Governor, who was present, though the vh tor was not aware of it; and as the story goes the Governor dealt him some se qere blows, damaging his countenance very se riously. From a dispatch to another paper, we learu that the Ex-Editor was Mr. Hugh R. Pleasants, formerly of the Richmond Penny Post: that he was not “ at himself” ; that he insulted the Governor in the Executive Chamber, and when ordered to leave, struck at the Governor.— Whereupon the latter struck Mr. Pleasanst in the < ye, and finally kicked him out of the room. The Amerieus News commenting ou the pro pos extension of tho South Western Road in the direction of Cuthbert and Kufaula, says : It is intended to purchase the road from A'nericus down to Sumter City, aud make con nection there, if the purchase can be made on advantageous terms. We would prefer that the connection were made at this place, and think it would be more satisfactory to the peo ple of Cuthbert and Kufaula, anil algo to the citizens of Webster, who would be benefit ted by the upper route. There is much diversity of opinion among our business men, as to tho influence which will be exerted on the business interests of Columbus, by the extension to Kufaula.— Some are of opine m that it is absurd to think of Eufaula as a > ompetitor with Columbus; others that she will compete with our city suc cessfully enough ! take a good deal of busi ness from her. For ourselves we incline to both opinions. We shall doubtless lose some trade, but we do not apprehend any serious damage so long as our market maintains its reputation for high prices paid for cotton.— This we must endeavor to maintain by every means in our power. Hon. J. Glancy Jones. This gentleman, who was to have delivered an address .at the LaGrauge Female College Commencement, this week, and who it was hoped would address the Democracy of Colum bus, Montgomery and Tuskegee, during hia visit South, has been unable to leave Washing ton. We learn that he could not succeed in “pairing off” with any brother member; and the business before the House was of such importance, he felt it his duty to remain at his post. W hilo much disappointment is felt by those who where anxious to hear him, all must admit his excuse to be amply satisfactory, and his course in the matter highly commtuendable. The people of the United States burst more steamboats and chew more tobacco than any other five nations on the globe. Mechanico’ Meeting;. Our City Mechanics aro reminded that the election of permanent ofiicers for tho “Me chanics, Union,” takes place this evening at Temperance Hall. It is hoped there will be a large turn-out of all interested. About Hoops. Till recently we have been badly posted on the Hoop sensation. We have thought of Hoops as of some object mythically existing, and not accurately known —like the Sea Ser pent, or the Mermaids. But a curious friend has enlightened us. We now know the entire auatomy of a hooped skirt, from the great cir cle at its base, to the tiny circlet at the waist —every button and string and crease and fold, is known to us, thanks to the investigations of our friend; and by serious meditation, we have been enabled to grasp the whole hoop se ries at one view. Our friend had a hooped skirt left with him to envelope. He, like our selves, was ignorant; and having plenty of time, and being thirsty for knowledge, he made a thorough examination of the wonder, and then tried it on ! There were five hoops in this specimen, gradually rising, one above the other, and diminishing in size as they rose. They wore of whale bone, and do not form a per fect circle, the two ends of the hoop being stitch ed firmly to the skirt, and terminating within from six to eighteen inches of each other. There was a long row of buttons descending from tho waist, and our friend, thinking that they were put there to use, proceeded to invest him self (oli! profanation of a sacred shrine!) with the skirt, and duly closed up the row of but ton boles. He managed to navigate pretty well, having a plenty of sea-room ; but when he came to sit down it was no go. He couldn’t effect it. At length, however, a happy thought struck him. 110 reloased the long row of but tons from their fastenings, (with the assistance of a friend,) and by vigorous jerkings of the skirt in front, managed at last to take a chair. Here his experiments ended ; but he is much puzzled to know what earthly use there is for tho long row of buttons. Our friend is something of a savant as well as philosopher; and being struck with the fact that there were just five hoops, no more, no less, he immediately named each one, taking the names from an old book on latitudes, lon gitudes, and other geographical lines and boundaries. The bottom hoop being the larg est of the five, he named it the Equator: the rest after the Tropics of Cancer and Capri corn, tho Arctic and Antarctic circles. Baptism of the French Prince Imperial. Tho Empress Eugenie’s Baby, has at length been baptised, with great pomp and ceremony, and at enormous expense. The spectacle is said to have been tho most brilliant ever seen, even in that land of pageantry and display. When tlie Pope’s legato took up the Baby, and was about to sprinkle him, the little fellow did as we have known many a baby do—commen ced to cry. At this the Emperor laughed, so tho Reporters tell us; the Empress bowed her head over the little one anil smiled, and the audience were much touched. Many a poor peasant of France is to help foot the bills, incident to this gilded piece of humbug. Thank God that we live in a land whore there are no royal babies to be b. ptised —where baptism is furnished to rich and poor, without money and without price : and where the poor are not ground down, nor the rich burdened to maintain in voluptuous ease, a few dozen royalties, no more royal, nor any better than other people, in the siirht of the only King—Ho v> ho rules the worlds. But let us uo justice to tho Baby. We honor him for that “long, loud, sharp cry,” uttered in Notre Dame itself, in the royal presence, amid all that useless pomp and show, and in defiance of royal etiquette. That cry links him with humanity, and strips from his royal person tho tinsel that would hide his common nature. It demonstrated that he too was a baby, like other babies; uo more royal than the peasant’s babe, with whom that cry gave him fellowship and brotherhood. Long livo the Baby, say we—long enough to throw off his Imperial Princehood, to shatter the em pire, and rear upon its ruins a Republic, where simplicity shall supersede pomp—economy, profligacy—and liberty, a flowery, but none the less stringent, despotism ! The Dismissal of Crampton. The New York Post publishes the following extract from a private letter dated London June 17 : We are all in high spirits to-ilay at the break down of Lord Paimerston on Crampton’s dis missal. It was a bail ting for him to do, and both he and Clarendon were in favor of dis missing Dallas. They became convinced that a largo majority of the House of Commons would opposo the measure, and that public opinion, including that of the Court, was strongly against them. There is no doubt that the Queen, advised by Priuce Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, refused to sustain the dismissal. I was at the House last evening, aud it was a most interesting scene, The House was crowed by members and the galleries by strangers. Lord John Russel spoke with great serious ness, aud every body felt that it was a most important crisis in tho career of the Rnglo- Saxon race. When Palmerston rose to an nounce the determination of the Ministry the silence was profound and the anxiety intense. At the announcement that they had determin ed not to suspeod relations with the American Minister, there were a perfect thrill of emo tion and satisfaction. So close the cabinet kept the matter, that when I arrived at Mr. Dallas to congratulate him, he had not receiv ed tho slightest intimation as to his fate, and I had the very great satisfaction of announcing it to him and his family. The National Convention of Scgar makers, which met in New York last week, adjourned on Thursday, having summarily put down an attempt to introduce slavery discussion They resolved to take earnest measures against Sen ator James’ tariff bill. They also adopted res olutions tending to equalize the price of segars and tobacco, and looking to the assembling of an annual National Convention. They also propose memorializing Congress for a tariff bill laying a duty of 30 per cent, on all imported segars, and admitting the unmanufactured article free. There were also resolutions off ered to establish a Trade Union for the protec tion of journeymen segar makers and the trade generally. [From the TimeH & Sentinel.] Ulennville Male Collegiate Institute. Messrs Editors; About two years since, a number of our public spirited citizens deter mined to established at this place a school for young men (seeing that the gallantry of our citizens had done a great deal for the young la dies) and subscribed some six or seven thousand dollars to build a suitable house for the pur pose. Not this only;—they procured from an older Ktate three of their best teachers, to-wit, Mr. A. S. Andrews, and Messrs. Wra. M. and F’. C. Robins, from the Normal College of N. C., to take charge of the School. These gen tlemen came out, and have conducted the In stitution, and have met with a success unprece dented in Eastern Alabama. Our village is one which may challenge com parison with any in the State. Not'that it can make a greater display ol’ fine houses, regular streets, &c. ; but can show the best looking women, the most intelligent and worthy men— a community, determined to use all their avail able means and their influence to make it a community desirable to live in, and a commu nity which those who wish to raise children properly, will seek. The commencement Exercises began on Fri day, 27th June; the primary classses did as well as could be expected. On Sunday the commencement sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Barker, of Wetumpka, from Acts 9th and 6th.—“ What will thou have me do.” The ser mon was characterized by that fervor which is peculiar to the Methodist denomination —ex- tempore anil quite eloquent. On Monday, many classes were examined, and shewed that they were well acquainted witli the several branches in which they had been taught. On Tuesday, the young men who had been in the school for some time were examined in the higher branches, and proved that they were properly instructed. Tuesday evening, the exercises were very in teresting ; selected speeches were delivered by about 20 pupils, aud a baud of music made the evening pass pleasantly ; the band giving us a tune between every three or four speeches. On Wednesday, eleven of the young gentle men, of the school, delivered original speeches, the style and delivery of which, did credit to themselves and to their accomplished teachers. In fact, a display was made, which we have never seen excelled and seldom equalled. The order of speaking was as follows: C. G. Stovall, Barbour County—“ Don’t give up the ship.” R. R. Coleman—“ Advantages of a cultiva ted mind.” T. T. Rivers, Glennville—“ Evils of Idle ness.” Wm. L. Graves, Glennville—“Man.” J. R. Reed, Warrior Stand—“lmportance of aiming high.” J. 11. Brown, Glennville —“ Alabama.” A. S. Grady, Warrior Stand—“ Female In fluence.” Jesse Wood, Barbour County—“ Merit Tri umphs.” J. B. Borom, Macon County—“ Knowledge is Power.” Between each of these speeches, the band in attendance played an appropriate tune, at the conclusion. The Hon. John Gill Shorter, delivered the literary address. It may be unbecoming in us to speak of this beautiful, chaste and practical address. Judge Shorter is our neighbor and friend, and any praise by us bestowed, would perhaps be con sidered out of place. But Barbour county knows him—Alabama knows him; and therefore we will speak. As much as wo anticipated— as high as our expectations were raised, we did not look for so complete, classical and elegant an address, as we had the pleasure of hearing. The learned Judge, the talented and honorable gentleman, exhibited all those noble traits which so peculiarly belong to his character.— Those traits, which from his first settlement on this side of the Chattahoochee, to the present time, have raised him from the humblest walks of professianal labor, to be a bright and shi ning light in Alabama, not only as a courteous end impartial Judge, but as a public spirited citizen, an honest man and a Christian. On Tuesday night the Ist inst., our young friend W. W. Screws addressed a large and in telligent aundier.ee in behalf of the school boys, soliciting subscriptions to establish a “ Libra ry,” und his chaste and impressive address was responded to by subscriptions amounting to S7OO. Will evei'y friend of our Institute send us a book ! Will Alabama, Representatives send such documents as will be useful. If they will, around this nucleus will soon be formed a Li brary which will reflect honor on our commu nity, and be of immense advantage to those who will come after us. In conclusion, let me say to those who have sons to educate, that we offer them advantages which cannot be surpassed, in this pari of the State. Society as good as any. Teachers ca pable, honorable, talented and moral. Build ings commodious and well arranged ; and we expect soon to have an Apparatus as complete for the demonstration of philosophical, chemi cal and mathematical science, as any similar institution in the country. Yours, H. ♦ Homicide in Louisiana. Wo find the following account of the murder of W. 11. Perryman, formerly of this place, in a letter in the Mobile Register, written from Clinton, Louisiana: A man by the nnrne of Peterson being exci ted by liquor, commenced a quarrel with W. H. Perryman, a house carpenter by trade, who is well known in your city, drew a pistol aud threatened to shoot him. The bystanders, however, disarmed him. Perryman turning to his employer (the head carpenter,) asked him if he had not given the pistol to Peterson as the weapon belonged to him. Upon his ac knowledging that ho had furnished the pistol to Peterson, Perrymau upbraided him, telling him he was ail —n scoundrel for so doing. No sooner were these words uttered, than the other raised the pistol and shot him through the heart. Perryman immediately fell aud ex pired within half an hour. The murderer, for so he is by every person here proclaimed, is name James Cravy. Having squuniieril his time and money, lie could not pay his work men, and so it is said he must have meditated this quarrel with Perryman, as it is shown that he loaded a pistol, gave it to Peterson, and got him intoxicated, but seeing Peterson taken away, got up tho quarrel and in cold blood de prived a fellow being of life, lie was immedi ately taken in custody, and now awaits exam ination which will take place ou Tuesday next. The deceased is a Georgian by birth, but was raised in Montgomery Alabama; he also work- I ®d> 1 think, in 1854 for Bob Chamberlain. Ho i was about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 or 11 incli jes high. Ilis mother still resides in Montgom -1 ery. He was decently buried by the mechan * ios of the place, and “the lynching of Cravy is ; loudly talked of. The British Admiralty have declared Dr. James Rae and his companions entitled to the reward of £IO,OOO offered to those who should first ascertain the fate of the expedition under Sir John Franklin. TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. Trial of Col. Brooks. Washington, July B.—At the trial of Col. i Brooks to-day, Messrs. Butler, Benjamin, Pearce, Foster, Toombs and Keitt were pres- j ent. Mr. Sumner left the city to avoid being-; subpoened, and the leading counsel for the | prosecution [regretted the absence of Mr Sum- , uer, as both he and Col. Brooks had desired to interrogate him in regard to the evidence be- j fore the committee of the U. S. House of Re pvesentatives. After the conclusion of the evidence, Mr. Brooks made a short speech, lie took the giound that there were some of fences where law was inadequate to afford a remedy. Ho said that while he had a heart to feel or a hand to strike he would redress the wrongs of liis political mother, from efforts to cover her with obloquy and dishonor, and would squander property and endanger life in her defence. He now bowed to the majesty of law to receive sentence. Judge Crawford for bore comments, and fined him S3OO. Congressional. Washington, July B.—The Senate Commit tee have reported back the House Kansas bill, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting tho Senate bill as amended. The amendments were agreed to and the bill passed. In the House the Internal Improvement bill, which passed the Senate yesterday, was, also, passed over the President’s veto. July 7.—ln the Senate, Mr. Yulee reported a joint resolution, which was passed, appro priating SIO,OOO for the continuance of the Mail service between Charleston and Havana, during the months of August aud September, for which, the present contract does not pro vide. The Senate then took up the a bill for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi, which had been vetoed by President Pierce. Mr. Slidell made a speech in favor of the bill, and so did Senator Cass. The question was then taken shall the bill pass, notwithstanding the objections of the President, and decided in the affirmative—yeas 31, nays 12. The Chair announced that two-thirds of those present having voted for the bill, it was passed. Mr. Mason appealed from the decision of Chair. After some debate, the decision was sus tained by a vote of 34 to 7. The Senate then passed the St. Mary’s Ri ver and tho St. Clair Flats improvement Bills, over the President’s veto—the former by a vote of 28 against 10, and the latter by a vote of 28 against 8. The House Bill for the admission of Kan sas, was referred to the Committee on Terri torids, and then the Senate adjourned. The House ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, the bill providing for a settle ment of the claims of officers of the Revolu tionary Army, and the widows and orphans of those who died in service. It refusod to sus pend the rules, in order to set on the Senate’s resolutions, fixing upon a day for adjournment. The Senate Kansas Bill was ordered to be printed, together with the amendments offered by Messrs. Dunn, Haven and Bennett, of New York, and then adjourned. Markets. New York, July B.—Cotton is firm and 800 bales were sold to-day at from 11J cents for Middling Orleans, andjllj cents for Middling Uplands. Flour and Wheat are unchanged. Corn is unsettled. Spirits of Turpentine is firm. Rosin is heavy at $1.57 per bbl. Rice firm. Freights are quiet. Celebration of the Fourth. New York, July s. — The Fourth was cele brated here with the usual demonstrations and about the average number of accidents occur red. A young woman, named Hannah Willean, was shot dead while standing in her yard, by a young lady named Amelia Steward. Tho affair was purely accidental. A young man named Jas. Taylor, was stab bed to the heart in an affray on Prince street. The statue of Washington was inaugurated early in the morning, at Union Square, in the presence of a vast concourse of citizens. The ceremonies were very imposing. Dr. Bethune delivered the inaugural address. A tremendous shower came up about two o’clock, lasting an hour. The evening was clear, and there were grand displays of fire works in all directions, lasting from sundown until nearly midnight. Philadelphia, July s. — Tho fourth was celebrated here with much spirit. The only public demonstrations were the banquet of the Keystone club, and the annual meeting of the Democrats in Independence Square. Quite a number of fires occurred, but none were very serious. Washington, July s — There was no public celebration of the Fourth here yesterday. The only noticeable event is the murder of a sea captain, named Charles A. Bell, a native of Bremen, at a German merry making last night in the suburbs of Washington. Boston, July s. — The heavy rain of yester day morning and occasional showers during the day dampened the ardor of “ Young Ame rica,” and materially interfered with the usual display of the Fourth. The review of the military, tho firemen’s processions, the dinner of the city officials in Fanueil Hall, and the regatta on Charles River took place according to programme, but the public generally were compelled to remain in doors. Several thou sand people congregated on the Common in the evening, and witnessed a highly successful bal loon ascension by a son of the celebrated uero naut, Mr. Wise, in the balloon America. Railroad Iron Arrived. We learntheschooner John Forsyth, Holmes. Captain, has arrived at Fernandina with 125 tons of iron for the Florida Railroad. Wo al so learn from good authority, that a thousand tons will be immediately shipped from the North, and that a cargo was shipped direct from England to Fernandina last mouth, which is expected to arrivo there during the present month, and that another cargo will be shortly despatched from the same place. We also learn that a locomotive to be called the “Pioneer,” and a number of platform cars, to be used in transporting tho iron over the road, is obtain ed, and will soon be forwarded from Philadel phia. We understand the company are resolv ed to prosecute the work vigorously through i to completion.— Jacksonville News. Killed. A few minutes before 9 o’clock on Thursday night as John R. Starck was crossing Texas street from Mr. Sharp’s corner towards the “Smile,” someone unknown, shot him twice wi*h a double barrel gun, killing him insaut ly. He was penetrated with seven or eight buckshot. One load passed into the left sould er, three or four shot passing through him. A jury of inquest was summoned on the body by Justice Robeson but no facts were elicited. —Shreveport Gazette. Dreadful Railroad Accident. We learu by telegraph last night that a ter rible accident occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yesterday, but were unable to get the particulars in consequence of the wires being occupied in the transmission of news south of Petersburgh.— Petersburgh Express Bth. ITEMS. Impertinent query just about now—., u l is this hot enough for you ?” ‘ V The number of interments in Savanual M the week ending July Bth, was 24 ; f! —blacks 8. es |b . A man who always sneering at the Wf:t | j is generally a coarse profligate or a ‘* a bigot. L( ' a * A young American lady being asked i,,| politician which party she was most in f* 1 of, replied that she preferred a wedding y^T “ Do make yourselves at home, ladies Mrs. Smith to her visitors: “I am a ” .'H myself, and sincerely wish you all were ” °f* The Bostonians, last Friday, sent six tl A sand pounds of yellow snuff to Melbourne t exchange for the yellow gold of Australia “ “ Hob, by sitting oil that side of the I you are missing all the sights on this “ Never mind,..Tom, I am sighting “uii ‘.H misses on t’other side.” In the Senate, on Wednesday, after tl Wade, of Ohio, had made a speech on the K sas bill, his colleague, Mr. Pugh, said “ho'iri spoken like a blackguard.” John Adair, Wm. Vaughn, Marion (Jlnl bers, Y'oung Posey and James Gaddis mi J ners in Dahlonega jail, made their esc’at.p *l’ the night of the 2d inst. 1 I If you wish to cure a scolding w if e n I fail to laugh at her with all your might uni she ceases—then kiss her. Sure cure 1 quack medicine! Twenty seven thousand two hundred ndl eight one persons arrived at the various hotfl in St. Louis during the period of ten ending the 10th of May last. The King of Oude, who has recently bel dethroned by the East India Company, i s „■ pected to arrive in England by the Alexaudil mail packet Indus due the beginning of nel month. The Washington Union publishes a lettl from the United States Consul at Paris, call J the attention of benevolent persons’ in tl country to the terrible devastation resulti| from the recent floods, as a proper subject t| pecuniary liberality. The Ribbon system is prevailing cxtensivel in the north western counties of Ireland. TIM constabulary are making great exertions | break up the confederacy. In Donegal, oil day, twenty one persons were committed f| trial. A private telegraphic dispatch, sent to t| London Times by its Paris correspondent, a| nounces, under date of Madrid, June 15,'til the Spanish Government has accepted the m| diation of France in its differences with Mt| ico. At the recent dedication of anew CatholM church in San Francisco, a novel, but apparel ly practical, movement was adopted. t| beautiful young ladies, daughters of FrencM consuls, officiated as collectors of the cont| bution. A mass State Convention of the people | Vermont, held on the 2d inst., nominated ll| land Fletcher for Governor, James M. Sla| for Lieutenant Governor, and Henry M. Bat| for Treasurer, and endorsed the nomination | Fremont and Dayton. A dispatch from New Haven, dated July * says : At New Canaan yesterday, while soml persons were preparing to fire a salute a bofl threw a fire cracker among a pile of cartridge* exploding the whole, by which twenty bysta| ders were badly burned. One is dead, anl five others are not expected to live. 1 At the celebration of the Fourth at Quine* Mass., the oration was delivered by Hon. Cbaß Francis Adams, the Declaration of ludepei* dence read by John Quincy Adams, and thl services held in the church under which reposß the remains of Presidents John Adams anfl John Quincy Adams. Mr. M. G. Underwood, brother of the Job* C. Underwood who undertook to represent Vi* ginia in the Black Republican Convention a Philadelphia, and made an abolition speec there, warns his brother not to come to Vii ginia at present, as the excitement again: him is so great that he will be mobbed. Lead pipes are far more durable than iroi when carefully’ laid under ground—the forme often lasting fifty or a hundred years, whil the latter sometimes rust through in live o six years, or less. Old iron pipes are of littl value, while old lead pipe will sell for one hal or two thirds its first cost. A letter from St. Marys, Ga., to the Savan nah News says: A sad accident occurred her a short time since. A negro girl by the nam of Eliza, belonging to Mrs. Mack, shot a gir named Eady, the property of Mr. C. Hays- The former not knowing that the gun w loaded, pointed it atEady, saying in fun, “H shoot you,” anil pulled the trigger. The loat entered the girl’s head causing instant death Os the rapidity with which some portions o the machinery employed in the manufacture o cotton operate, we may form an idea from thi fact that the very finest thread which is usei in making lace, is passed through the strong flame of a lamp, which burns off the fibre: without burning the thread itself. The veloci ty with which the thread moves is so great tba it cannot be perceived there is any motion a all—the lino of thread, passing off a wbee through the flame, looking as if it were P cr l'ectly at rest. The trade of Algiers with France is _wor:b every year 120,000,000 francs, hi 18).>, lic colony shipped to different French ports ■ 000,000 hectolitres of grain, and the following year 2,000,000. The horse breeding estab lishments in the colony contain 2,207 stalli®’ and 62,000 mares, The stallions are of finest breeds, amt were imported by the t lll peror from Central Arabia. In the Circuit Court hblden at Newport, j 1 I 1., last week, the only case tried betoro t jury was Francis B. Fairweather vs. Alfred j Willard, all of Providence. This action brought by the plaintiff for seducing his dan?*-1 ter under a promise of marriage. It was comj menced on Tuesday morning, and endc I Friday evening. After an able charge i “ I Judge Curtis, the jury retired, and in ft U ] 1 fifteen minutes retured a verdict for the p a I tiff for $5,000 and costs. Restorative for the Hair. I The age in which we live is truly one o r ®| search and discovery, and to Professor | the present and succeeding generations ar I debted for one of the most valuable r em .1 produced for the restoration of the hair. • I persons while young in years begin o I their hair, and some turn gray, but by I of this truly wonderful preparation, i I dencyto fall off is arrested, or resto ’ J its original color, and it is rendered sou j glossy in appearance. Remember, . a dye. We hear it highly spoken of.—- (Illinois) Patriot, Nov. 3, 1853.