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(JOLUMBUH: Wednesday Morning) Auguit SJT, 1856. LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. Serious Aflray. Quite a serious affray occurred yesterday morning at Mygatt’s old corner, between two steamboat men, Jas. McNeil and Frank Breck n. We have made diligent inquiry, and by putting together all the odds and ends, given us, we oonstruct the following report, which if erroneous, we will correct: The parties had a difficulty some time ago on the boat Laura. McNeil declined settling it by force of arms, at the time, through re spect to ladies on the boat; but promised to attend to Brocken on shore, at some future pe riod. Yesterday morning McNeil was at or near the above named corner, and seeing Brecken going down street (Broad) with a friend, hailed hiut. 8., turned and went to him. High words ensued ; the d—d lie pass ed ; and at length, Brecken drew his bowie knife which caused McNeil to retreat up street, drawing a small pocket knife as he ran. On reaohing the Eldorado Bat room, McNeil at tempted to dart into the door, but at the mo ment of his entrance, the bowie-knife descend ed upon his right arm, severing it to the bone about three inches below the shoulder, and also entering the right breast, where it struck through, to within the eight of an inch of the cavity—if indeed, which is by no means cer tain, it did not enter the cavity. Dr. Carri ger was called to the case, and though the wound is serious, it is hoped that due care will effect a cure. At this writing Brecken has not been arrested, though we are told, he gave himself up, trusting to be able to prove, that he acted on the defensive. Nothing further has been heard from the es caped jail-birds. The horse which they rode off was taken up yesterday some distance from the city. - ♦- Bioknosa iu Columbus. The Montgomery Journal learns that there has been much fatal sickness in Columbus, Qa., and suffering among the families of the ulliicted. A relief club on the plan of the Howard Association of New Orleans has boen formed. The character of the sickness is not mentioned. The rumor that it is yellow fever is contradicted. We clip the above from the Mobile Tribune’s selections. It has, however, been “touched up a little” since the Journal set it afloat.— The Journal did not state, (if we are not much mistaken) that the Relief Association “was on the plan of the Howard Association of New Orleans.” But if so, theJounml was in error. Now the Sun denied the above report on the 19th inst., the day after it appeared. llow is it that the Tribune did not see the denial ? We kuow they read the Sun, because the same pa per which contained the above had also an editorial paragraph from the Sun of the 21st. This is certainly very strange—very strange indeed; nor does it appear to us very charita ble, or very just. -■ More New Cotton. The Charleston Courier reports the receipt of ten bales new cotton on Saturday last, grown in Sumpter District, and classing good middling. A letter from a planter of Marlbo ro district, of recent date, states that he has some twenty bales ready for market, and that the whole neighborhood are busily engaged picking, and expresses the belief that the crop will be sent forward early. The SavannAh Georgian says the total re ceipts of new cotton at that port up to the torenoon of Saturday last, were 105 bales, 42 of which are offered in the market for sale ; the balance of 63 balos have been sold, or ship ped to Northern ports. Edinburgh Review. We are indebted to Messrs. Leonard Scott & Cos., of New York, for the July number of the above periodical containing the following articles: Sir G. C. Lewis on the Credibility of Early Roman History ; Tho Diary of General Patrick Gordon; Growth of the Map of Lon don ; Samuel Rogers; Cavallier and theCami sards ; The Coins of Greece; Heinrich Heine; Supreme Courts of Appeal; Remains of Wil liam Archer Butler ; Memoirs by Sir R. Peel: the Catholic Question ; Great Britain and the United States : Note on the Sue* Canal. New Sporting Paper. We are in receipt of a letter from W. T. Porter, Esq., for twenty-six years editor of the “New York Spirit of tho Times,” announc ing that he intonds issuing in the first week of next month, tho first number of anew weekly Literary and Sporting journal, to be called “Porter’s Spirit of the Times ; ” and request ing us to give him a “lift.” We very cheerfully do so to the extent of our ability. Mr. Porter, however, is so widely kuown, it is hardly nec essary for us to moro than make mention of his now enterprise, and to add that the corps of correspondents who made tho “Spirit” of j past days, so popular, will be employed on tho uew paper. Nothing is said about tho price of , the forthcoming journal, and we cannot there lore inform our readers upon that point. So soon as particulars are received we will give them. Meanwhile, all lovers of racy reading, and sporting intelligence, may enjoy the pleas ures of anticipation. In Kentucky, they make politics delightful. At a Fillmore Barbecue in Clarke county re cently, said to have been atteuded by ten thousand persous, the ladies were out in spleu- , did array, and in immense numbers. In one delegation there were thirty-one lovely girls, each bearing a banner, upon which was the name of one of the States of tho Union. They rodo in four chariots, each drawn by four horses. Old Buck I Old Buck! when will the ladies do the like for you ? An extensive and well arranged system of mail robbing i- now in successful operation, it is said, between Newburyport, Mass., and New ork. Many letters containing jewelry, money and other valuables, have recently been stop- ‘ ped somewhere on this route. Some of the missing letters were duly registered. Slaves, Books, eto. Within the past few weeks three Southern communities have been startled by the discov- j ery of operations in their midst, tending to corrupt and inflame the minds of their slaves, and fraught in the end, if successfully prose cuted, with the most dangerous consequences. We expressed the opinion a few days since, that proper inquiry would develope the exis tence of such operations in many other locali ties than Mobile, and Huntsville, Ala., and Columbus, Miss. To this opinion we still ad here. There is another fact which very super ficial inquiry would bring to light; and though the dangers flowing from it, are more remote, than the consequences of direct incendiarism, as such, they are not so remote as to be safe ly neglected. We allude to the lax enforce ment in Georgia and other Southern States, of the laws passed for our protection. It is an undoubted fact that negroes in many places in the South are taught to read and write, allow ed to purchase books and papers, to traverse the country without legal permits, &c., &c. Under these circumstances we think it advisa ble to give some extracts to day from the laws of Georgia, so that none within the range of our own paper, at least, inny infringe the laws through ignorance of what they are. The first extract wo make is from Cobb’s Digest, page 830, as follows : Sec. I. lie it enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, if any shop keeper, store keeper, or any other person or persons whatsoever, shall sell to, give, barter, or in anywise furnish or allow to be furnished by any person in his, her or their employment, any slave, negro, or free person of color, any printed or written book, pamphlet, or other written or printed publication, writing paper, ink, or other articles of stationery, for his, her or their use, or for the purpose of sale, without written or yerbal permission from the owner, guardian, or other person authorized, such person or persous so offending shall, upon con viction thereof, pay a tine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for the first offence, and upon a conviction for a sec ond offence, be subject to a fine and imprison ment in tho common jail of the county, at the discretion of the Court, not'to exceed sixty days’ imprisonment, and five hundred dollars fine. On page 782 we find the following in regard to incendiury documents : Sec. V. If any person shall bring, introduce or circulate, or cause to be brought, intro duced, or circulated, or aid, or assist, or be in any manner instrumental in bringing, in troducing or circulating within this State, any printed or written paper, pamphlet, or circu lar, for the purpose of exciting insurrection, revolt, conspiracy or resistance, on the part of slaves, negroes, or free persons of color in this State, against the citizens of this State or any part of them ; such person so otfending shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished with death. In regard to teaching negroes to rend or write, the law says, page 1001. Sec. XI. If any slave, negro, or free person of color, or any white person, shall teach any slave, negro or free person of color, to read or write either written or printed characters, the said free person of color or slave shall be pun ished by fine and whipping, or fine or whip ping at the discretion of the Court; and if a white person so offending, he, she, or they shall be punished with fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the common jail at the discretion of the Court be fore whom said offender is tried. We are informed that under the guise of re ligious instruction, the last section above quo ted, is infringed to some extent in our city. If this be so, whether through ignorance or not, it deserves attention ; and being in plain contravention of law, should be checked. The evils growing out of disregard for these acts may not be immediately apparent; they may be so distant as scarcely to excite a thought. But the instruction of negroes lays the foun dation—prepares the way—for consequences which may more properly be left to the read er’s own reflection, than declared here. To their serious reflection then, we leave tho sub ject, trusting that not only officers of the law, but private citizens, will jealously watch all infringements of tho above quoted sections, and assist in securing due observance of them, upon which so many and such vital interests depend. A letter from Richmond Va., to the Peters burgh Express says: “ A young lady, attend ing school in this city, has received the melan choly intelligence that her father, brother, uncle, aunt and two cousins, were lost in the recent storm at Last Island. She is com pletely overwhelmed with distress. Her moth er having previously died, her situation is in deed lonely—too lonely for human heart to bear.” Xiife at the Springs. Belle Brittan, tho spicy’ correspondent of the Now \ork Mirror, makes the following confes sion while in one of her serious moods, and doubtless she speaks the sentiments of more than one devotee of fashion, if those senti ments could be obtained: I have not been a “young lady ” long: but | 1 have already seen enough to convince me of the hollow mockery of what is termed fashion able society; and I would much rather be known ns tho simple-hearted country girl “ the flower of the plantation,” the idol of the “colored people” at home, than to reign here “the belle of the soason;” admired for my fa ther’s “uncertain riches;” and abused for the very “charms” that makeup my attractions. Yellow Fever in Charleston. Tho Board of Health report two deaths in Charleston from Yellow Fever, for the forty eight hours ending Sunday night, ten o’clock. Col. Thomas C. Howard has dissolved bis editorial connexion with tho Atlanta Intelli gencer. Mr. Thomas N. Cox who has been, sub rosa, the chief working editor for twelve months past, continues at his post. The wild rice which is so abundant iu the swamps of Minnesota, has been introduced into Connecticut, and the crop last year is said to have been excellent. The first armed vessel which ever passed into Lake Superior, at least within historical reach, was the United States steamship Michi gan, which vessel, a few days since, passed through the Sault Canal into the Lake. She had ou board a large party of invited guests. Congressional Pay. On the bill in the House, increasing the pay of members to $3,000 per annum, the Georgia delegation, stood :—Stephens and Lumpkin, Nay; Trippe, Foster, Seward, Warner, and I Cobb, Yea; Absent or not voting, Crawford. A few days since, in a short paragraph com menting on the proposed increased pay, we took ground against it. Maturer reflection has led to a reconsideration of that position i and its reversal. We candidly confess our selves to have been in error of judgment, and are moreover of opinion that the President and some other Government officials should be paid more liberally than they are. The Presi dent, especially if of limited means, should receive enough to enable him to save something, it being discreditable to us as a Nation, to let any man who has once presided over our destinies, afterwards experience the pinchings of poverty. Even in Washington’s day, when living was much cheaper than now, he was compelled to draw upon his private purse, to maintain tho dignity of his station. And wo do not suppose any President since then, has ever saved a dollar out of his salary. We do not advocate European salaries—do not wish to see government officials pampered; but they should bo liberally compensated for their own sake and the people’s. The uew measure may meet with disfavor with some constituencies. Members of Con gress originally received $6 per day. Many years ago Congress changed it to SISOO a year. In consequence thereof, eighty seven members staid at home next session. Hon. Rufus Choate. This gentlemen addressed a long letter to the Whig Mass Meeting at Waterville, Maine, dated Boston, August 9th. We give the two last paragraphs: 1 have hastily and imperfectly expressed my opinion through the unsatisfactory forms of a letter, as to the immediate duty of the Whigs. We are to do what we can to defeat and dis band this geographical party. But by what specific action wc can most effectually contri bute to such a result is a question of more dif ficulty. It seems now to be settled that wo present no candidate of our own. If we vote at nil, then, we vote for the nominees ot the American or the nominees of the Democratic party. As between them I shall not venture to counsel the Whigs of Maine, but I deem it due to frankness and honor to say, that whilo I entertain a high appreciation of the charac ter and ability of Mr. Fillmore, I do not sym pathize in any degree with the objects and creed of the particular party that nominated him, ami do not approve of their organization and their tactics. Practically, too, theeontest in my judgment, is between Air. Buchanan aud Col. Fremont. In those circumstances I vote for Mr. Buchan an. He has large experience in public affairs ; his commanding capacity is universally ac knowledged ; his life is without a stain. lam constrained to add that he seems at this mo ment, by the concurrence of circumstances, more completely than any other, to represent that sentiment of nationality,—tolerant, warm and comprehensive—without which, without increase of which, America is no longer America; and to possess the power, and, I trust, the disposition to restore and keep that peace, within our borders and without, for which our hearts all yearn, which all our in terests demand, through and.by which alone we may hope to grow to true greatness of na tions. It is said that Gov. AVise, of Va., intends to declare any one who permits his name to go on a Fremont electoral ticket, guilty of contem plated treason to the State. News from the Georgia Colony. The Petersburgh (Va.) Express has received the following letter from a Kansas Emigrant who recently left Petersburgh for that territo ry : In Camp, Jackson Cos., Mo., 1 mile from Kansas line, Aug. 10. J A messenger has just arrived herefrom Bap tista Peola, iu Kansas, who states that the Georgia Colony has all been destroyed, and Captains Taggart and Cook both taken prison ers by the Free Soilers. Maj. Treadwell, of Alabama, was also taken prisoner. They were at Hickory Point, and were driven from there to Saunders. AVe leave here to morrow to go to their aid, and will die in the attempt to help them. A. L. P- S.—Maj. Hinkle has just arrived in our camp, and confirms the report. The Drought. Under this heading, the Memphis Eagle & Enquirer of Sunday last, has the following— “ The prospect for tine corn and cotton, here while so promising has been sadly dark ened by the relentless and all-nfllictingdrought. The complaints, are very general throughout the whole surrounding region, in Tennessee, Mississippi aud Arkansas. In some quarters the corn crop, we hear, will be almost a total failure, and it is estimated by some of our best merchants that the receipts of cotton here next year will full short of those of last year, by from thirty to sixty thousand bales. AVe trust this calculation may be disappointed, but the prospectss ahead, it must be admitted, are of a very gloomy character. As yet, there is no prospect of rain. A Noble Act. The Philadelphia Evening Journal says: | “ AVe are informed that a day or two since a number of ladies and gentlemen were enjoying ‘ a salt bath at Brigantine Beach, when two of j the former were swept out in the surf beyond their depth. Major AV. A. Thorp, of Phila delphia, at the risk of his own life, and with a j daring deserving of the highest commendation, at once rushed to the rescue. As the unfortu nate bathers were swept farther and farther from the beach, many a tear ran down the cheeks of the sympathizing observers, who witnessed the scene of danger. The Major, ‘ however, who has a stout heart and an arm ‘ nerved for nny exigency, struggled manfully after the frail forms that were rapidly floating from him. His efforts were crowned with sig nal success—and as the two ladies were brought upon the beach, a thrill of joy, of thankful- 1 ness and gratitude pervaded the large assembly which had been attracted there by the excite ment of the occasion.” “Belle Brittan, who writes the piquant let ters to the New York Mirror from Newport, is no other than the redoubtnblc Fanny Fern, al ias Mis. Parton, wife of the man who doesn’t believe in a devil.” Iu a recent letter to the Mirror the lady de nies that she is Fanny Fern, or that she is the wife of any body. Mr. Partou, also, it is said, most emphatically rejects the skepticism impu ted to him. and says that he has never so ex pressc i himself —tuice his marriage. TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. The Extra Session. AVashingxon, Aug. 23.—The Senate by a vote of 35 against 9, insist on striking out the Kansas provisions from the army bills, and the disagreement between the two houses is con sequently continued and the bills arrested. Senator Clsyton has proposed a Joint Com mittee of Conference, and his motion is order ed for consideration on Monday, 25th. The House of Representatives laid on the table by a vote of 101 agaist 83, a resolu tion reviving the “Missouri Compromise,” and then by a vote of 98 to 97, insisted on adber- j ing to the Kansas amendments. Later from Kansas. St. Louie, Aug 22— Columbia, S. C., Aug. 23.—The St. Louis Republican of this day j cantains Kansas advices, by letters, to the 19th inst., which state that ex-Governor Shan non and nearly all the citizens had tied from | Lecompton, which town was taken by the Free ; I State assailants, and that Secretary AVoodson j and Sheriff Jones had been taken prisoners, , and several houses burnt. Preparations for ! war were in active progress at all points. A ; steamer was on the route witli three companies of volunteers from Missouri, ready for the field, and three companies of cavalry and one of artillery, United States Army, were pro ceeding from Leaven worth. Aid for Kansas. New Orlkens, Aug. 23.—A call appears this morning, signed by the conductors of our journals, our leading merchants and by many citizens, for a meeting in aid of the rights, in terest and iionor of the Southern States, as in volved in the Kansas troubles. Comflrmation by the Senate. AVashington, Aug. 23.—Mathias R. An drew, Collector of St. Augustine; George L. Cary, Governor of Oregon ; Franklin 11. Clark, U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; A. J. Haven, of Michigan, Mar shal of Utah ;. ,T. J. Taylor, of New York, Commissioner to run the boundary line be tween the Territory of Washington and the British dominions. Markets. New Youk, Aug. 23.—The Cotton market closed firm on transactions embracing COO bales. New Orleans, August 23.—Cotton—The transaction to-day reached 2400 bales, reduc ing our stock to a very small amount, and stif fening prices, so that wc now quote Middling at 10§ a 10ij. Remarkable. AVe saw, a few 1 days since, says the Staun ton Vindicator, at the Virginia Hotel, a grain of wheat embedded in a large clear lump of ice, which had sprouted and sent out, at a small orifice, a blade about two and a half inches long. There were roots of about the same length which penetrated the lump of ice where it appeared entirely solid. The roots were carefully drawn out of the ice with the grain by a gentleman present. AVe would have been slow to believe this fact, if we had not seen it. The grains of wheat, doubtless, fell from straw upon the ice when gathered, and when the mass congealed, the wheat was enclosed, and there remained until the removal of the superincumbent ice, when the warm air caused it to vegetate. Let no one now’ say wheat cannot stand cold. American Constitution. That is a beautiful figure of AVinthrop’s in reference to the Constitution where he says— “ Like one of those wondrous rocking stones raised by the Druids, which the finger of a child might vibrate to its centre, yet the might of an array could not move from its place, our constitution is so nicely poised that it seems to sway with every breath of passion, yet is so firmly based in the hearts and affections of the people, that the wildest storms of treason and fanaticism break over it in vain. Leopold de Meyer, the pianist, who made a musical tour of the U. States some fourteen years ago, performed before the Sultan of Tur key on the 14th of June. After playing six pieces and improvising a Turkish march the Sultan said: “You are a great master; but desist now, you must be tired.” The next day De Meyer received a gold snuff-box, inlaid with diamonds, valued at 8,000 francs. It tuvns out that the Republican candidates for governor and lieutenant governor in Illi nois aro ineligible, the former for challenging Jeff. Davis to fight a duel, and the latter be cause he has not been a naturalized citizen long enough. i he sum of $3 per day will be paid to gran ite cutters on the uew State House, Columbia, South Carolina, and their traveling expenses alter six months work. Harriet Mart'meau, in her “Retrospect of AVestern Travel,” penned a great many shrewd observations. The following opinion is appro pos of certain matters now transpiring at Washington City. “One fancies,” wrote the shrewd woman, one can tell a New England member in the open air by his deprecatory walk. He seems to bear in mind perpetually that he cannot fight a duel, whilo other people cau.” Buried Architecture. The Master Mason employed in the construc tion ot the Merchants’ Bank building. State street, Boston, has discovered on taking down the massive granite pillars which adorned the old structure, that one ot them contains a smaller column in its interior, much more beautiful and ornamental than the original one. The old pillars were perfectly plain, but those which are enclosed in them are handsomely : fluted, and possess an architectural grace j which was wauting in the old ones. Workmen are now busily engaged in removing the su perfluous granite which covers the new col s umns, and developing their architectural beau- I ty- Insect Lamps. ; ‘1 he Coeoy Queen Beetle is about one inch j aud a quarter in length, and, what is wonderful to relate, she carries by her side, just above her waist, two brilliant lamps, which she lights up at pleasure with the solar phosphorus I furnished her by nature. These little lamps | do not flash and glimmer, like that of the tire- 1 fly, but give as steady a light as the gas light, 1 ■ exhibiting two perfect, sphores as large as a minute pearl, which afford light enough in the ; darkest night to enable one to read small print : by them. Ou carrying her into a dark closet in ‘ the day time, she immediately illuminates her 1 lamps, and immediately cxtingu,shes them on coming again into the light. —— A Novel Idea. A certain dignitary of our city—a member of City Council, at that, undertook to paint his house one day last week. He got along very well until he came to the top part of it. when he began to grow fearful of fulling and hardly knew how to prevent such a catastrophe. He finally came to tho conclusion that if he did fall bed fix a plan to prevent him from falling any great distance; he accordingly took the precaution of tying a rope around his neck and j fastening the other end to the chimney!— Cin% Com. ‘ s j GENERAL ITEMS. r The wooden huts sent from England to i t Crimea, at a first cost of from £IOO to £*(> have been sold to the Russians at £1 peril, A gentlemen in St. Jose Valley, Californj ha 9 twenty hives of flourishing bees, whit produce 150 pounds of honey per month. The Age is the title of anew penny p a , r just started in New York. It advocates £ election of Mr. Fillmore. One of its edit is George Copway, the celebrated Indian ChU All interest iu the Spanish coup d'et has subsided, the prospect having wholly C(1 ed of the struggle for constitutional lib r being maintained. The Natchos Courier states that there are that State twenty-two papers supporting F[ more and Donelson, twenty-three that supp-. Buchanan, and lour that are neutral. There is a divine out AVest trying top | suade girls to forgo marriage, lie niigh,. well undertake to persuade ducks that tL j could find a substitute for water, or rosebu,. ‘ that there is something better than sunsliiu, J A petition praying the United States Sena to request of the heirs of Henry Clay the put cation of the letter of .James Buchanan inr gard to the charge of “bargain and sale,” being circulated in Philadelphia for signature During a thunder storm at Boston, recent! the wires by which the fire alarm is operate were taken in hand by the electric fluid, r, . for some ten or fifteen minutes the bells tune out merrily on the surcharged atmosphere. AVhen the Russians desire to keep fish pe fectly fresh, to be carried alongjourneyinaii climate, they dip them into hot beeswax, rt acts like an air tight covering. In this r they are taken to Malta perfectly sweet, en in summer. The bell for the Unitarian church, in Lfi: i rence, Kansas, which was sent from Bosk Mass., arrived at its destination, on the F. inst. It was immediately placed on block-, j and the first peal of the church-going fe 1 awoke the chosen on the plains of Kansas. Prentice ol‘ the Louisville Journal, oncest j that he’d give any money to have a cast of 11 P. Blair’s countenance transferred to his irons, as the resemblance would frighten Li children so as to prevent all danger of flit going too near the fire-place. Mr. John Alexander, of San Pedro, Calif* nia, while shipping some eggs, was accost; | by a rather seedy-looking gentleman, ul ‘ asked him whether they were Mormon egg “No, sir,” was tlie laconic reply, “thesea: ‘ hens’ eggs—Mormon don’t lay eggs.” A dealer in the likenesses of the three ca; didates for the Presidency reports that ini travels through the State of New Jersy, m disposed of the following numbers of these eral candidates ; Fillmore 175; Fremont 1W Buchanan 25. Three or four women of doubtful reputt tion were about to take possession of a bom in Temperanceville, Canada, when ten respe table women of the place formed themsek into a committee of vigilance, and pulled it building down. Mr. Abraham Flavell, of Newark, N. J, well known second advent man, has publish j a paper predicting the end of the world*! October 13th, which he says is “ the first dr of the Feast of Tabernacles, and the very ds; the church was delivered from Papal bofl age.” The effect of the notice voted by Cong* to Mr. Collins’ steam ship line, will be ton duce, at the end of six months, the extra con pensation of $33,000 the trip for postal servir to $19,000, as contracts stood before the Cot | pany appealed to that body for a more rent j merating compensation. The New York Churchman laments that; 1 many churchmen are not ‘cheerful givers,’lt I give grudgingly or stintedly to church elm ties, and attributes the cause of this delit queuey to ‘extravagence in female finer; the expenditure for which, the Church® avers, are as SI,OOO to SSO. Another great trial of reaping machines b just taken place on the farm of the Com 1 Beranger near Paris. The three winning® chiues, in fact the only three which finish j their work, were American, two built afi- j McCormick’s model aud |one after llusse; , Seven machines started in, and but three eat • out. School Marm—(pointing to the first let* I of the alphabet)—Come now what letter ( that ? Aoung America—l shan’t tell you. S. M.—You won’t. But you must. Co#:J now, what is it? A. A.—l shan’t tell you. I didn't cot here to teach you—but for you to tench me , The New A r ork Evening Post in nnnouDff a meeting of the 20th ward republican els , adds: “As far as we know, this is the out ward in the city whose meetings aie regular® attended by ladies. More than a hunilrtj were present last week, and they are as dce[| interested as their brothers and husband; : the “great commotion.” The limitation of the time of the da)’ 1 j marrying in England is fixed by statute. & 1 period between 8 o’clock in the mornings- l noon is assigned as the legal time for all mi’ riages. In this country the evening is m generally selected for the ceremony. 1 custom here and the law in England are *il ; ly different in this particluor. The marriage of a deaf and dumb couple** recently celebrated at Ulm, a town in “t temburg, Germany. The Government Lad ; first refused permission, but it was subseqaf 1 ly granted, on the Director of the Deal ] Dumb Institution at Gemuna declaring l -’ the state of the parents would have no infill on any children that might be born to then! j At Deerfield, Mass., last week, the toll-®® on Cheapside Covered Bridge in that tows,® rising, heard the cries of a child. On in'4| gating the cause he found a little boy in ft M I box lying near the centre of the bridge 1 was well dressed, and there was a seoomH'lj in the box. A paper in the box requested l, 1 tho little one might be named “Charles Sa J H ner.” The toll-man has adopted the chill- j At a recent meeting of the Board of T r! ’ J tecs of Jefferson College, Pa., the degree ! LL. D. was conferred on President Moi\’ B South Carolina College, wiio, it seems,>- I Alumnus of Jefferson. It is a little retn<‘I‘■ 1 ‘■ hie, says the Due AVest Telescope, th al | I’residhet of the two first colleges in S’- ‘I Carolina arc graduates of the same institu- Dr. Grier, the President of Erskine Collfß being also alumnus of Jefferson. So, too. I Prof. Hemphill, of Erskino College. The chimney of a vitriol factory, in I’ r f denae, U. 1., now building, is to be 21D , high, 20 feet in diameter at the base; 111 ’ j at the top, with the expectation of car l '!’’ off all poisonous fumes. It is to be hoped that plan succeeds, something similar nrO j done with the chimneys of the PhilaJ e Mint, in order to carry off the vapors 1,1 ’ I riatic and other ncids, used therein, 1 great annoyanco of the neighbor!)® o ' 1 ’ times.