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COIiUMBTCTS; Monday Morning, Augunl ,*si 1850. 1. A U<; KsT CITY tIRCULATION. There is to be a Grand Tournament and Fancy Ball at Catoosa Spriugs on the 4th proximo—day and evening. Crisp’s theatri cal wardrobe has been engaged for the occa sion. We do not know that our city has any claims npon the Montgomery press generally, to cor rect the erroneous reports in regard to the health of Columbus, which originated in the Alabama Journal; but that paper surely we have claims on. Strange to say, though the Journal has been duly notified of the error, by all the Columbus papers, and has had two op portunities for correction, it has thus far made no amende whatever. We willingly attribute the omission for the present, to inadvertence, and trust the Journal will put it out of our power to assign it to some less creditable mo tive hereafter. ———— Prof. Darby’s Lecture The Lecture by Prof. Darby, at Temperance Hall Tuesday evening, was well attended, and gave general satisfaction as a sound, practical address, whose recommendations, if carried out, could not fail to be of great benefit to the working classes, and as a consequence to the world. We attempt no report of it, ns it be longed to that class of lectures which do not admit of successful synopsis. The lecturer took oceasiou to comment freely upon the pres ent system of education, which supplies the student with so much that is comparatively useless at the sacrifice of more important prac tical knowledge. He said that though Gram mar, History and Geography were important, they could not rate with Natural History, Chemistry, and Mathematics, and drew an amusing picture of the man who would be thought a fool if lie could not tell the wherea bouts of Cape Horn, yet was not laughed at for ignorance of how a candle burns and gives light; who could trace the windings of the Ganges, but knew nothing of the courses of his own blood, &c. He also ridiculed the common idea that the smart boy of a family should be made into a lawyer or a doctor, wbilo the dull one was put to the plough or work bench. Os all men, he said, farmers and mechanics needed mind and cultivation. They were the high priests of nature, in daily communion with her, and if ignorant of her laws and her won derful processes, their v efulness would be es sentially impaired. The lecturo contained many interesting scientific facts, sketches and anecdotes of great men, who rose from obscu rity, and who were held up as exemplars for the rising gene: rtion, and also many good sug gestions and valuable admonitions. Among othor statements made, was one to the effect that only five wealthy men had obtained Amer ican patents ; ono ot these was for an improv ed pipe by which smoking was made easy—the other four for improvements in easy chairs! Prior to the looturo proper, Wiley Williams, Esq., made a few remarks explanatory of the aims and ends of the Mechanics’ Union, which were well recoived. Piesident Brown also an nounced, during the evening, that the Union had it in contemplation to furnish a scries of lecturos on chemistry with interesting experi ments. We are truly glad to hear this, and congratulate the Union and our citizens ou the prospect before them. Extra Session of Congress. A telegraphic dispatch to the Augusta pa pers announces tlint Congress re-assembled on Thursday, when the army bill was passed by eight majority in the House, “with the same restrictions that were passed last Monday.” The following is the provisions from which the House refused to rccedo : “ Provided, nevertheless, That no part of the military force of the United States herein pio vided for shall be employed in aid of the en forcement of the enactments of the alleged Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kan sas, recently assembled at Shawnee Mission, until Congress shall have enacted either that it was or was not a valid Legislative Assembly, chosen in conformity with the organic law by the people of tho said Territory. And provid ed, That until Congress shall have passed on the validity of the said Legislative Assembly of Kansas, it shall be duty of the President to use the military force in said Territory to pre serve the peace, suppress insurrection, repel invasion, and protect persons and property therein, and upon the national highway in the State of Missouri, from unlawful seizures and searches. And be it further provided, That the President is required to disarm the present or ganized militia of tho Territory of Kansas, and recall all the United States arms therein dis tributed, and to prevent armed men from going into the Territory to disturb the public peace, or aid in the enforcement or resistance of real or pretended laws. The Storm at Calliou Island. During the late storm at Calliou Island tiv e dwellings with their outhouses were swept away. After the storm had subsided, a bath ing party found a large number of barrels con taining winos and brandies to the value of about $9,000. They are supposed to be part of the cargo of tho wrecked ship Mauilla, from Bor deaux. Much heroism was manifested during the storm both by ladies and gentlemen. A letter says: The landholders now here have decided to , remain, knowing that it is tho safest island in our . tate, and that there is no great danger here. We are all of opinion that the houses would not have been destroyed but by the bad j locations, which exposed their base to the waves, and by the severity of the winds : and, as you are aware, most of the persons here have built their houses in a cheap and slender manner. As for myself. lam convinced that I as a seashore resort, and for safety and pleas ure there is no island like this. ♦ ■■ The store of Scranton, Johnston & Cos., Sa vannah, was robbed last week of bacon, sugar, flour, and other articles by three negroes, two ■of whom have been arrested. They were in r the habit of selling stolen goods to a white man in the upper part of the city. Be have not yet received the official election returns from North Carolina. At last ac counts the Democratic majority for Governor wr.j over 13,000. The Atlanta Elopement. The Atlanta Examiner alluding to the above occurrence says there must be some mistake about it : It is an undeniable fact, that the married men of our city are a most exemplary set of fellows, and that our married ludies would as soon think of going to Kansas with one of Beecher’s Sharpe’s Rifles, to war against slave ry, as to pursue a runaway husband, with any i other intent than to recover her children.— Give us the “particulars,” friend “News,” by all means. We think still that the guilty man, and frail girl only seventeen years old, were “from Atlanta” only as others are who pass through our city on their way every day to parts unknown. The Savannah Republican contains the fol lowing card:— Savannah, Aug. 22. —Editor Republican — Sir:—ln the publication of the elopement of a geutleman from Atlanta, with a young lady, age 17 or 18, I have to inform you that the po lice are not responsible for the error of the re port, as they gave it as they received it from the wife—so they reported as the lady (the wife) informed myself and another officer that : such was the case. If any wrong has been done to tiie gentleman, it was done by the re ; port given by his wife to myself and others. I am, respectfully, &c., E. HUMPHREYS, Member Police. City Savannah. Yellow Fever in Charleston. Office of Board of Health. 1 Thursday Night, 10 o’clock. / The Board report one death from yellow fe ver for the past twenty-four hours. .J, L. DAWSON, M. I)., City Register. In our last paper was a dispatch from the Augusta Constitutionalist, in relation to a fire on board the Steamer Asia, which resulted in damages of §50,000. That paper says next day, that it mistranslated the dispatch ; there was no fire such as it described. Wife-Whipping. A man in this city, whoso name we withold for the present, having whipped and other wise maltreated his wife, was taken from his lodgings on Friday night last, by an impromp- I tu Vigilance Committee, and the rod of cor rection applied to him. We have no sympathy for a man who whips his wife; it is agrave of fence, and deserves severe punishment. We do not in the main, approve of Vigilance Com mittees, but as this one did no more to the culprit than ho had to his wife—thewife whom he had pledged himself to love, honor and protect—we leave it to others to condemn the summary proceedings which avenged her. Shooting Affray. We are informed that Mr. Thomas Reese, of this city, and Eugene Smith, his brother-in law, had a difficulty last week, report says about a bowl of peaches, during which the former shot the latter in the arm. Wound not dangerous. AVe are also informed that Mr. It. had a hearing before magistrates, and was admitted to bail, to answer hereafter. ♦ [by request.) Officers and Committees of the Fillmore Party of Muscogee. YOUNG MEN’S NATIONAL FILLMORE CLUB. President— John Peabody, Esq. Vice Presidents—Hugh B. Dawson, Esq., “ Thomas Sloan, Esq., “ “ W. D. Banks, “ “ W. J. Chaffin, “ “ AV. G. Clemons. Secretaries—G. E. Gnger and J. W. Barden. Executive Committee. J. J. Slade, Chairman. AVm. L. Salisbury, Wm. Cooper, Jas. L. Garrard, A. Ingmire, Janies Roe, Jas. M. Hughes, E. A. Jackson, J. C. Battle, S. J. Howard, L. B. Duck, J. M. McCoy, AVm. Laws, Wm. Daniel, J. A. McNeil, 11. P. Robinson, Geo. Spellman, J. J. Jones, W. H. Griswold, A. K. Ayer, A. G. Foster. Corresponding Committee. J. A. Girdner, Jno. C. Calhoun, John AV. Howard. Co-ODERATING COMMITTEES OF THE PARTY AT Large. Executive Committee. John Hazel ton, A. S. Rutherford, Esq. Col. S. A. AA’ales, Samuel Johnson, N. L. Howard, Esq., John Duck, Wm. Mahaffey, Benj. AVillis, T. A. Brannon, E. C. Beers, James Moaler, J. M. Parker, F. M. Brooks, Jas. Massey, Enoch Willett, Wm. McNeil, J. E. Webster, Enoch Dudley, Jno. T. AAnlker, F. L. Anderson, Geo. AV. Martin, Augustus Dill, Benj. Clarke, A. J. Odom, A. M. Kimbrough, Judge Wimberly, A. J. Floyd, John Roquemore, F. M. Diggers, J. A. L. Lee, T. D. AVest, F. B. Adams. J. AV. Thveldkild, Committee of Finance. Col. John AVoolfolk, Thomas Kagland, Henry T. Hall, Jere. Terry, M. J. McKiimie, It. L. Mott". Corresponding Committee. R. G. Caruthers, Esq. Judge Wm. Dougherty, Col. T. B. Howard, Judge G. E. Thomas, Col. Hines llolt, Jos. Johnson, Esq. Death of the Editor of the Courier. We have to record this morning the death of Alexander Carroll, Esq., one of the editors of the Charleston Courier. He died at about nine o'clock on last evening, after a sickness dating back to but Saturday last. Mr. Carroll was born iu Cheltenham, county of Gloucester, England, in 1818, and received his primary ed ucation in Somersetshire, where lie entered Queen’s College. Oxford, iu 1837. lie came to this country in August, 1849, and in the spring following, became connected with the Charleston Courier, where lie hassinco remain ed. In his intercourse with hi contemporaries ami associates, he was uniformly courteous, gentlemanly, and kind, and secured and retain ed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. lie hud had muck experience iu newspaper life, and he brought to the Courier the talent and information which has done much to secure to that journal the reputation by which it is known in the community. His death will he mourned as a sad loss by those who were among his friends.— Charleston Standard. A witness in court being interrogated as to hit knowledge of the defendant in the ease, said he knew him intimately well, “He had supped with him, sailed with him, and horse whipped him.” TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. Further by the Asia. A dispute between the Allies and Russia continues, and the English fleet has been or dered to the Black Sea to superintend the exe cution of the 20th article of the Treaty of Peace. The Liverpool Times says that Robert Lowe is charged with the settlement of the Central American question. Later from Kansas. St. Louis, Aug. 19.—Later accounts from Kansas say a party of Southerners which leit here two weeks ago tor Kansas, was attacked between Kansas City and Lecompton by free soilers. A desperate conflict took place. Many were killed on both sides. Tho Southerners retreated. Know Nothing Nomination. Boston, Aug. 20. —Tho Fillmore State Com mittee of Massachusetts, has nominated Amos A. Lawrence for Governor. Congressional—Extra Session. Washington, Aug. 21. —A quorum was found in each House of Congress to-day, in ac cordance with the call by proclamation of the President, and the special message of Presi dent Pierce was read in explanation of the call. It relates entirely to the army appropri tions and sets forth the evils which would re sult at this juncture, from a disbanding of the army, when our Indian fronties need constant and vigorous protection over a line of more than four thousand miles of exposure and a large area of sparse population. Tho Senate immediately suspended its rules, which re quires six days before taking up any bills re ported in a previous session. In the House, Mr. Campbell, Chairman of AVays and Means, reported the previous Army bill with the Kansas riders, which passed by a vote of 93 to 85. The Senate will take up the matter on Fri day. Freshet in the Hudson. Albany, Aug. 21. —There is a destructive freshet in the Hudson, caused by a rain of thirty-six hours, which ceased this morning. Great damages have been sustained, and much injury caused to bridges, roads, &c., and in destruction of corps. The river has risen seven feet since last even ing, and all parties interested are busy iu re moving goods from warehouses, &c. Railroad Accident New York, Aug. 21.—1 tis reported that a train on the Erie Railroad fell through the Chemung bridge last night. Second Dispatch. The accident reported above as occurring at the Chemung bridge, was only a running off the track. No persons were seriously injured. Hideous News. The Calcutta Englishman is determined to frighten us out of our senses. It says : “At Sreekond some 4000 or 5000 Santlials have collected for a re adjustment of their jummahs, and the amlahs, to the detriment of of all other business, are busy writing out new pottahs.” In utter despair, we ask, what is to be done? AVliat can we get, what shall we send, ■what can we do ? AVkat’s a jummah, what are anilahs, what are pottahs ? Would the hanging of Air. A r ernon Smith be any use as a prelim inary measure ? Do the people want fire en gines, or subscriptions, or tracts ? Let us know what to do—it is a shame to send such messages without a hint of their meaning. English Church Law. A novel case has been decided in England in favor of a clergyman of the Established Church, which has excited some comment in the public journals. In tho Court of Arches : a clergy man plead guilty of gross acts of intoxication and the use of profame and indecent language. It even appeared that on one occasion he took with him to church, when about to officiate therein, a bottle of spirits, of which he drank a considerable portion, so as to render him unfit to decently perform the service. Y’et, notwith standing he had already been suspended for a similar offence, and re-instated iu his curacy, tha • juvt (Sir J. Dodson) refused to deprive him of his office. His Honor said: “ I should be very unwilling to pronounce a sentence of deprivation upon grounds which have never been considered sufficient for that purpose. I think I shall adequately punish Mr. Pughe by suspending him for a longer pe riod than any clergyman has ever been sus pended before for an offence of this kind, namely for five years, ab officio de bencficio, at the expiration of which time he must pro duce a certificate from three beneficed clergy men in the neighborhood as to his conduct dur ing that period. The Conquerors of Beaver Island. The following manifesto has been issued by the party who expelled the Mormons from Bea ver Island, in Michigan; “The dominion of King Strang is at an end. The band of marauders once occupying the Beaver group of islands, under the administra tion and direction of James J. Strang, their reputed prophet, have fled at the approach of the sheriff. Thejland is redeemed; a kingdom no longer exists upon the borders on one of our most populous States. And wo rejoico to know r that tho resources of this upper region will be properly and speedily developed under tho operation of our State laws. The institu tions of our country secure protection to all hnr citizens, especially to their religious free dom ; hut when its tenets are criminal and di rectly antagouistical to our laws, and subver sive of our constitution, we as citizens would prove recreant to our duties to permit a longer contiuuauco of the evil. It should be a mat ter, therefore, of public rejoicing to all per sons living contiguous to tho lakes that this nest of banditti has been exterminated, and we would take this occasion to caution the citi zens of Wisconsin against many of them who liuvo fled within her precincts. Down With the Union. A correspondent informs us that tho Democ racy of Rockford iu this State, ou the Bth inst. raised the American flag—with thirty-one stars—ou State street, in that city, on Friday last, aud that twice during the day it was cut down by the Fremonters. Such conduct Is in perfect keeping with the political principles of the mongrel crew who follow tlu* fortunes of Alariposa, even to destroy the American Uniou.— Chicago Times. The Lumpkin (Ga.) l’laindcaler has the fol lowing: A cock-fighter was boasting of the game of a favorite cock, which he proposed to fight against the world. His challenge was accepted, and his boasted chicken hacked at the first spur. “sMy friend,” said a by stander, “did you not say that your chicken was game ?” “ A'es —he is Burlin-game!” was the rueful reply. Resignation of Major Cooper. AVe are informed that Alaj. Cooper, the Superintendent of the AV. &. A. Rail Road, resigned his situation on last Satuday cve uing. Mr. Spurlock is spoken of as bis pro bable su;;es*or.— Chattanooga Gazette , Aug 19. , Alabama Elopement. The community of Madison county was sud denly startled bv the elopement of John E. Townsend with the step daughter of his over seer, on Friday night, the 25th ot July, and the discovery of the extensive frauds he lias committed—taking with him, it is supposed, cash funds to the amount of over one hundred thousand dollars, belonging to the assets of t e estate of his uncle, Edmund Townsend of which he was the coadministrator; as also funds obtained from two commission houses in Huntsville, in drafts, to the amount of $05,000 or §40,000 besides contracting sundry debts about Huntsville, leaving his wife and chil dren, and all his property, growing crop, &c., except two negroes. Attachments up to Mon day, the 28th, to the amount of §120,000 had been placed in the hands of the sheriff, and had been levied on his property. It has been a matter of much speculation as to the motive which influenced Townsend to thus abscond. He was not in debt—his pro perty that he has left is worth, it is said, very near the amount for which ithas becu attached, anil he was the heir, inprospectu, of all of Sam uel Townsend’s property —estimated at $200,- 000—besides other legacies iu prospect. So that the only advantage he has apparently gained in his situation by the operation is the “ gal”—a boon rather costly to him any how, as it is said he bought §7OO worth of jewelry to deck her off with, in Huntsville, a day or two before he started. Apparently to the pub lic there is no motive for his elopement, nor is it known which way he has gone. If lie had intended to pursue planting, the only business he knows anything about, he would have tak en his negroes and gone south west. But we incline to think his object is some secluded spot, where the chances for discovery will be very few, and where lie can live on his money in seclusion.— Athens Herald, Aug. 8. The Accident to the Steamship Arbia. Halifax, Aug. IS. —The Arabia struck on Blond rock, on which there was above sixteen feet of water. The ship, drawing twenty-one feet, going at full speed, struck her bow on the rock, she then rose and slid over the rock, striking first at the bow, then under the boiler, then under the mainmast. The survey of the divers was not made public, but I have learned that they found the false keel, the main keel, anct the garboard gone as far aft as the fore mast, which is as far aft as they surveyed. A Boston shipbuilder, who examined the Arabia here, thinks that when she struck first she stove in the lower part of her stern, her keel and deadwoods forward, and the fore ends of her bottom planking, then rising on the rock she crushed her keel and tore it off smooth to the floors. Tho divers stuffed large quantities of oakum into the bow. Outside a bulkhead of cotton and oakum was built. Inside, the ship was making eighteen tons of water per hour when she sailed. About half her Liver pool passengers stopped here. More would have left at the last moment, but could not get out their baggage. It is the general opinion here that the ship was unseaworthy when she sailed. Prayers were said in the churches yesterday for her safe passage to Liverpool. A Stray Monkey. Our reporter being on a scout yesterday, says the Savannah Republican, after local items, fell upon the trail of something that promised a reward for his perseverance. Fol lowing it up from the rear of the City Hotel, in the direction of Bull street, he discovered one of the Mounted Police “ in hot pursuit” of a refugee of some sort, which clambered over the Custom-house railing enclosure, and into a very small opening within said enclosure just large enough to admit of its body. Here the intrepid guaidian of the peace and dignity of our city had but little trouble in arresting, for the first time in his official career, an offen sive ’Moxk.f.y. This counterfeit of the “human form divine” had just arrived in the steamer from Florida. Extra Session. The President’s Proclamation, convening both Houses of Congress on Thursday next, was issued yesterday at 3P. Al. Many of the members received the first notice of it while in the cars or on the steamboat on their way to the South, North, and Northwest. A por tion of them returned, aud others continued ou their journey, and will be absent until Thurs day. It is presumed that a considerable num ber, however, will not attend tho extra session, in consequence of private engagements at home.— Wash. Organ. Ice in Surgery. The French doctors have discovered recent ly, by various experiments instituted by them, that ice is safer and better to use in surgical operations than chloroform. By the applica tion of pounded ice and common salt to the diseased parts, thus causing numbness and in sensibility, a surgeon lately succeeded in re moving a tumor of considerable size, without any pain, and causing little loss of blood. If ice can thus be successfully substituted in the place of chloroform, iu surgical operations, it will be of great value in saving patients from the risks involved in the use of chloroform. A “Duel” in Olden Times. Iu this connection perhaps the following par agraph, dished up by the London Weekly Chronicle from the New York Evening Post of December 13, 1805, may not be uninteresting: On Friday last the well known Leib, one of the representatives of Pennsylvania, and the leader of the Duane party, and Joseph H. Nicholson, ono of the representatives of Alary land, met in the Congress lobby about 1 o’cl’k. wlioh Leib immediately commenced one of the best fought battles recorded in the annals of Congressional pugilism. The fight continued till the sixty fourth round, when Leib recoived such blows as deterred him from ngoin facing his man. He protracted the fight, falling af ter making a feeble Lit. In the round which ended the fight, those who backed him advised him to resign, which he did after a combat of one hour and seventeen minutes. The comba tants were both very much beaten. — The Macon Telegraph contains an advertise ment, signed by AVli. Shealy and six others, offering a reward of §2,000 for the arrest of Alexander H. Kelvins ton and Eugene Helvin ston, two young men, 21 and 17 years of age, who killed Andrew Shealey, ou the public road, in Alacon county, on the 4th inst. The partic ulars were published at the time of the occur rence, and it nppenrs that the two Ilelvinstous tied immediately after committing the deed. Singular Coincidence. The volcanic eruptions in the Alolucca Is lands occurred on the 2d, Bd, and 17th of Alarch of the present year. On the Ist of the same mouth A’osuvius sent out smoke and ash es, the latter being slightly magnetic. On the 2d, in latitude 37° 30 min. X., longitude 70° 40 min. AV., the ship A\ inconsin encountered a heavy tempest, in which she was struck by two meteoric balls of fire, set fire to the ship, hut the storm of ice, sleet and snow [extinguished the flames. Ou the Ititli, three shocks of au earthquake were felt in Chili. Were these phenomena connected with the terrible erup tions in the Moluccas ? GENERAL ITEMS. In Kentucky the tobacco crop is said t„ almost au entire failure. The Russian government is about i 0 out next mouth, from Cronstadt, two curve;;’ on a scientific voyage round the world. The American Association for the advaii, ment of Education, commenced its seventh s nual meeting at Detroit ou the 12th inst, The rumors of the intention of Lord Russell to withdraw, for some time, frump, lie life, are confirmed. The Mormons have a church in full blast Tom’s River, the county seat of Ocean count New Jersey. The State of lowa, claimed as the first ; tory of the Free Negro and Fremout party,!, its Constitution excludesthe peculiar favor!, of that party from the privileges of resident The gunny bags and cloth are made mini by hand, or by a simple hand machine. Tt, were first used to put up saltpetre, salt, j grain. It is a singular fact that the change of u, istry at Madrid and the subsequent insuvr tionary movement were first made known Paris by a telegraph communication from L don. The Liberia Herald announces the arrh out of a sugar mill, tho donation of Sehieffel & Cos., of New York. One planter is spok t of as showing great ability and industry cultivating the sugar cane. AV. Gilmore Simms, author of the series Revolutionary and Border Romances off South, has accepted a number of invitatio from Lyceums at the North to lecture brio them the coming season. A marriage occurred on the 2tith of Ju last in Jefferson co., Florida, of Air. Thom A. Fondee, of Sumpter co., Ga., to AlissStai ra AA’oolf. The groom was sick at the time marriage, and died three days after. Exceedingly modest young lady—“lsn’t tl a very pretty baby, Mr. Brown ?” Brown—“ Yes, my dear, boy or girl ?” Young lady—“ He belongs to the feint persuasion, sir.” Count Rossi is spending the summer at 1| hehnsbab, with his family. His eldest daugl ter, says the Augsburg Gazette, inherits talents and charms of her gifted mother. sJ is Henrietta Sontag at eighteen. According to a Milan newspaper, the Ki Father Secchi, director of the observatory Rome, has succeeded in taking photographs the moon, and among them, one in which tL mouth of a volcano of Copernicus is distinct represented. This must be a novel sight tr >y “ In Rome,” said Daniel Webster, “ puWj virtue fell with private morality. The sane ty of the nuptial bond is, in my opinion one the principal, if not the chief cause of the? perior refinement, freedom and prosper; enjoyed at the present time by Christian n tions. In going on board a Mississippi steambi the other day, Air. Jones met Mr. Smith “ Which way are you going, Air. Smith—u; or down ?” “ That depends on circumstances. If! sleep over the boiler, up—if in the cabin, down.” The clerk of a retired parish in England when reading the third chapter of Dank, wherein thd names of Shadrach, Meshech ar..| Abednego are thirteen times repeated, nfttf speaking them once, called them during tit remainder of the chapter, “the aforesaid tlemn.” Col. Fouda, of Calhoun co., Michigan, ha?: farm of nearly 100 acres. He is now raisin; fine woolcd sheep, and this year sheared for hundred, obtaining 1,900 pounds of to: which lie solu for 42 cents per pound. Tli are all full blooded French and Spanish Met: noes. Four of the former sheared ninety lk To show what hot water is capable ofdck lor the human family, a late English jouri. asserts that a bushel of coal properly consume; will raise 70,000,000 pounds a foot high. Ti is the actual average effect of a steam engirt now in operation in Cornwall, England. It was stated at a meeting of the Bik> Manufacturers’ association, held in New Vm on the Oth inst., that bricks are now selling’ §4 a hundred, wh ch is less than the aotm cost of manufacture, and that 00,000,000 brio's are now lying idle in the arches of biick ms ers who deal with New York. The associate: desires to raise the price from §4 to So. A windy orator once got up and said : ‘‘Sir. after much reflection, consideration and ex* ination, I have calmly aud deliberately, '■ carefully come to the conclusion, that iu citie where the population is very large, there a greater number of men, women and childra than in cities where the population is less. There is a young daughter of a titled E. lish aristocrat living in Albany, N. Y. Shi was brought up in luxury, fell in love wii and married her father’s groom, was turik out ot house and home, and obliged to flyffi l her country to avoid her father’s vengeance She passed through many trials which rend tk heart, in her career from wealth to poverty Sho is now a seamstress. A letter in the Richmond Dispatch, fi -1 ’ Green co., Abi., says : “ For the past two w* our county has been visited with a malign.* epidemic, which the doctors call typhoid tl* It has proven fatal in a great many cast?- some thirty or forty have died witli it. It still raging, though supposed to be on the I crease.” Another census of Chicago is being tin by the authorities of that city, who hope tb it will show a total population of one huuJrr thousand souls. They take a census nt 1 once a year in that exuberant city, and son | times oftener. And these enumeration? i complish an important local purpose in ti< i monstrnting the actual importance off place, and thereby attracting new poptilati AVe find the following bit of philosophy i an exchange : First class in Oriental I‘hilosopliy will sm l, ; up. Tibbies, what is life? Life consists of money, a 2:40 horse, and fashionable wife. Good! Next—what is death? A paymaster who settles everybody's deb j and gives them tombstones as receipts inf of all demands. AVliat is poverty ? The reward of merit genius .general'.'‘ ceives from a discriminating public. What is religion ? Doing unto others just asyou please, “it allowing them a return of the compliment What is fame ? A six line putt - in a newspaper while ing, and your fortune to your enemies dead. Next and last. Which is the quickest ’ easiest method for you to reach heaven Ask the Camden and Amboy Railroa 1 1 ’ pany.