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COLTJMBTJS:
Tuesday Horning, Sept. 10, 1H56.
I,AItGKST CITY CIRCULATION.
We call the the attention of our citizens to
a com inimical i mi. in this morning’s issue,
signed “A Citizen,” calling upon the people
of Columbus and vicinity for S3,O<H) to equip
and provision a company for Kansas. Will
someone whose interest is prominent, make
a move in the matter.
Favor in Charleston.
The Hoard of Health report three deaths
from yellow lever for the last 21 hours end
ing 10 o’clock Friday night.
The Savannah River has five and half feet
water at, Augusta, and Navigation is going
on.
Suicide.
We learn from the Atlanta papers that Mr.
Joseph Morris, a carpenter by trade, commit
ted suicide lit the Lafayette House, in that
place, on Friday last, by cutting his throat
with a razor. No cause is assigned for the
rash act, further than that the deceased hod
been drinking very freely for some time past.
Morris was a native of Ireland.
Fatal Affray.
We understand that an affray occurred in
Auburn, Alabama, on Thursday last, between
John Bates, an Englishman and silver smith,
formerly of Montgomery, and Robert Lamp
kin, in which Bates received e pistol shot
from which lie died on Saturday.
Moro Recruits for Walker.
We learn from the Houston (Texas) Tel
egraph. that (apt. S. A. Look ridge, Agent
for Nicaragua, has departed for homo with
160 recruits, in the shape of emigrants to Ni
caragua.
One Day’s Jlecoipts
The receipts of cotton in New Orleans on the
I lth far exceeds that of any day this season,
as will be seen from the following arri
vals: Eclipse, 11,402 bales; Music, 1.10 l ;
Belfast, 312; Illinois, 401; Linda, 100; Or
leans, 681; Natchez, 1,080 —making a total of
8,047 bales.
The celebrated race borse Lexington, has
been purchased by Mr. Alexander, of Wood
ford, Ky. Hemet Mr. Tenbroeck in England,
and the purchase was made there. The price
paid was $16,000. This, we believe, is the
highest price that was ever paid for any horse
in the United States.
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Fire in Augusta.
We learn from tl iv . Constitutionalist that
about 4 o’clock Saturday morning quite a dar
ing ntteiupt was made to set fire to (lie small
wooden store and residence occupied by Mr.
Henry Datum, on the North side of Ellis
street, nearly opposite McConnell & Kent’s
stables. The entrance was effected into the
store through a window in the yard. It is
not stated whether any robbery was commit
ted.
The fire progressed to such an extent, be
fore it was discovered, that Mr. Damm and
family had to escape through the flames to
save their lives.
Buckets of water were promptly brought
from the stable opposite, which kept the fire
some ~at subdued, until l’latt’s long hose
was brought down, supplied with water by
his steam fire apparatus, and the flames was
controlled in a few minutes.
More men for Kansas
We learn from the Tribune, that a company
of sixty men, all native Alabamians, lias been
raised in Mobile, under the auspices, and to
go out in command of Capt. James Ingraham.
They have announced their organization, and
appeal to the citizens of Mobile for $2,800
to equip and carry them to Kansas and pro
vision them for three months after they ar
rive in the territory. The Tribune says each
recruit before being enlisted, was required to
produce proper certificates of bis birth place,
and standing in the community, and to take
an oath “faithfully to support and uphold
the southern cause in Kansas.”
The Tribune makes a strong appeal to the
poople in behalf of the company, which we
doubt not will bo promptly responded to.
lit hough the equipment of this company
include a Sharpe's rifle and Bowie knife to
each member, and they are expected to form
part of Doniphan’s command, and do good
service in the field if necessary, yet they are
going to Kansas ns bona fide settlers, with the
intention of making it their permanent homes.
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Important Arrest.
The Mobile Tribune of Saturday, says Don
Vicente Hernandez de Ayala, Minister Pleni
potentiary and Envoy Extraordinary from tlie
Republics of Venezuela and Granada, Ac.,
Ac., was arrested in Mobile on Friday, by
by Marshal Maury and Deputy Marshal Seol
lick, on the charge of forgery and swindling.
After this arrest he made an attempt to swal
low forged drafts to tlie amount of six thous
and uoil'M's, but was prevented by a prompt
squeeze on the throat by the Marshal, while
Mr. Seolliek drew the papers from his mouth.
He is a Spaniard, well educated, and a most
accomplished swindler, and many sufferers in
New Orleans will rejoice at his incarceration.
His detection and arrest, on a very slight
clue, were most artistically planned and skil
fully executed.
Bees and Quails.
The Rev. W. H. Milburn, in a lecture on
the west, says:
Two remarkable facts are to be noted in
respect to the advancement of the whites.
The first is that tlie quail, unknown to the
Indian, makes it? first appearance—from
whence no man kn ws—when the white man
ploughs and plants, his fields affording an
abundance of delicious food to these pioneers.
The second fact is, the honey bee is not
found in the country while in possession of
the Indians. It keeps just in advance of the
wave of civilization. When the Indians see
swarms of these new visitors, their wise men
sadly acknowledge that it is time for them to
abandon their present hunting grounds and
the graves of their fathers, aud seek thern
jtelves new homes.
A Cargo of Intermeddlers.
We learn from the Charleston Courier that
the citizens of Cheraw held a public meeting
on Wednesday, the 10th instant, at which
Dr. Thomas E. Powe was chairman. The
meeting decided to pack up and ship oft lor a
Northern market two peripatetic individuals,
who had been engaged in mischievous at
tempts against tlie peace of that neighbor
hood. As these individauts will no doubt fi
gure largely In (Ireeley’s list of martyrs, wc
append the descriptions from the Gazette:
James Calwcll alias Connell, alias Dempsey,
is an Irishman, with o liberal share of the
brogue. He says he is 22 years of age, is
about 6 feet 10 inches high, black hair and
eyes, sallow complexion, and of a medium
size. His occupation while here was the sel
ling of window shades. Packages to him
were always addressed to James Dempsey.
“John Malone is also an Irishman, with jet
black hair, beard and eyes, dark complexion,
he is but little over five feet in height, quite
stoop shouldered, and very glib with the
tongue. Last, though not least, he is a thor
ough going Black Republican, free speech,
free soil, free negro Fremont Democrat, llis
occupation was a window shade pedlar.”
Communicated.
Mr. Dt. Wot/: 1 have for some time noticed
in your paper, and also in others, the great
amount of suffering the people of Georgia,
who have emigrated to Kansas, are now un
dergoing. and every intelligence from there,
asks tlie people of Georgia to assist, them.—
Are we all asleep—or are our ears stopped
against their implorings. God forbid that
such should be the case. We must no longer
hear their pleadings in vain, but go immedi
ately to their rescue. If the citizens of Col
umbus will raise $3,000 in money, 1 will raise
a company of young men in this place to the
number of 30 or more, and will start so soon
as the funds are in hand, to assist our broth
ers in Kansas. We will also want the citizens
to arm and equip us, so that we may be pre
pared to defend ourselvs. Never in my life
has tlie spirit of vengeance burned in me so
high as now, and for my part 1 would freely
spill the last drop of blood that runs‘through
my veins in defence of the South and her
rights. Respectfully, yours, &c.,
A CITIZEN.
Further by Cambria.
Gotten circulars generally not ice an advance
of Jd, in Fair Orleans and Mobile cottons.
The following are the quotations;
Fair Orleans to 7jd.
Middling Orleans <1 5-1 (id.
Fair Upland 6fd.
Middling Upland 0 3-1 fid.
Fair Mobile . 6|d.
Middling Mobile 6 3-1 fid.
Stock on band, 702,000 bales. Receipts
light. Sales on Friday 16,000 bales, of which
speculators and exporters took 10,000.
There has been very unfavorale weather in
England, and also on the Continent, and har
vest operations so much affected by it as to
stiffen prices of breadstuff’s.
During the past week Flour has advanced
Is.; Wheat improved 2d. to 3d.; Indian Corn
advanced front Is. to Is. Od.
Trade generally throughout England is pros
perous.
Money easy at former rates reported. Con
sols Unchanged.
The steamship Atlantic hud arrived out.
The tory party in England are endeavoring
to overthrow the Palmerston administration.
Terrible earthquakes had occurred in Algeria
and several villages were destroyed.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Private letters, dated on the day the steam
er sailed, and telegraphed from Halifax, re
port. that sales since the last steamer reach
40,000 bales, of which speculators have ta
ken 7.000, and exporters 4,000 bales. The
quotations given are Middling Mobiles, 6} ;
Middling Uplands, Oj. The latest reports of
Consols were 94J. No political intelligence of
much importance. There is discontent spread
ing throughout Daily.
Late from Kansas.
We find the following letter from Col. Ilos
scr, to the editor of the Petersburg (Va.) Ex
press.
lIEADyi AUTEUS, AKMV OF LAW AND OItDKH, |
Di li. Creek Camp, K. T. I
August 31st 1850. j
Dear Express:—A messenger, is this mo
ment, about to leave for Little Saute Fe, and
1 embrace this opportunity of saying a word
to you that our people at home may be in pos
session of t lie facts of a battle which came off
yesterday morning at Ossawattoniie. The de
tachment of our army was headed by our
Brigadier (len’l. lleed, aided by Col. Brown,
of the Ist Regiment. The fight was a hot one,
which lasted, however, but a short time, and
resulted in the overthrow of our lawless ene
my, killing some 25 of their men and wounding
quite a large number, but how litany it is not
at this moment known. Our party had not a
man killed and only four slightly wounded.
The enemy were secreted in a thick chapparcl.
but the cowardly wretches were soon routed.
Ossawotttunic was reduced to ashes.
The enemy presented themselves near our
camp yesterday afternoon, in a force of about
300, all moun’ed, and gave evidence of a wil
lingness to engage our forces. Our men were
promptly brought up in line of battle, and
were ready for tight, but our enemies soon
withdrew, to the great disappoitment of our
boys. You may look out for important events
in a few days.
In great haste, yours truly,
Tuos. 11. Rosser.
The Gentleman from Georgia
The North and the South.— As an inci
dent. not mat apropos at the present time, re
lated to us a few evenings since by the good
and fair compagnon du voyage of a whole souled
and impetuous friend of ours, just returned
from his summer's “grand tour” in the North,
we give the following: Ho entered the ears
for Philadelphia one morning with a lady upon
his arm, when every seat seemed to be occu
pied. Looking around for a moment and see
ing no signs that tho spirit of gallantry was
moving any one, he loudly exclaimed. “Is
there not a gentleman here to offer a lady a
seat? 1 don’t care for myself.” Ilis appeal
brought one gentleman promptly to the rescue,
aud while our friend was making his acknowl
edgments, he says t “ k Sir. 1 presume you are
a Southerner: give me your hand.” “Yes,
I am from Georgia."—A". O. True Delta.
A Good Day’s Work.
The receipts of the Mobile and Ohio Kail
Road ou Wednesday last, for freight alone,
were over twelve hundred dollars. Make an
average of this during the winter, and the
road will go ahead independent of the sale of
bonds.— .Vacon (Mus.) Star.
Spontaneous Combustion in the Town of
Bedford.
Yroni the London Times, Aug. 1.
During the last few days public curiosity
has been excited to a very unusual pitch by a
series of occurrences that would be by no
means out of place in one of Mrs. liadclift'e’s
romances, but which will read strangely in
the matter of fact columns of the Titues. The
several theories of spontaneous combustion
have often been revived, and, in the opinion
of most wise men. have been successively and
repeatedly exploded. But just as late years
have witnessed a revival of ghost stories, spir
it communications, and direct demoniacal
agency, it seems not a little likely that the
old theories of spontaneous combustion are
coming in for another day in their turn, if wc
ar<‘ to judge from the extraordinary revela
tions which have been not only retailed in gos
sip, but most gravely and fully inquired into
under a coroner’s warrant, and before 18 men
honest and true, and, we may add, picked
men, of this highly educated borough.
On Tuesday night, llie 12th inst., an alarm
of fire was raised, and on proceeding to the
scene of danger, a house ."butting on the large
store-yard belonging to Messrs. Howard, im
plement makers, and tenanted by one of their
servants, it. appeared that, the family hail tak
en the opportunity of the master’s absence
from home to have a good cleaning down witli
a certain pest better known to Londoners than
the happy dwellers in the country. In fur
therance of the latter part of this design, re
course was had to fumigation. A vessel con
taining broken roll sulphur was placed in
what was deemed safe position, viz., in a bas
inette, which was removed from its usual
place and set in the middle of the room. The
sulphur was duly ignited, and the room of
course vacated by all except the obnoxious
vermin.
in the space of two hours it was discovered
that the sulphurous fluid had escaped into the
basinettc, had burned through the bottom,
fired the former, and eaten its way through
the bottom, fired the floor, and eaten its way
through the planks. Timely observation and
alarm availed to arrest the progress of the
fire. All was deemed safe. But on Saturday
evening the head of the family returned, and
on retiring to rest, and having innocently
thrown his damp stockings on the carpet,
what was his astonishment at seeing them ig
nite ! Something like a panic seized the house
hold, but at length their fears were pa
cified and they went to rest. On Sunday
morning, while the master was attending di
vine service at the Methodist chapel, fire was
again discovered in the house. Considerable
consternation was occasioned to the assembly
by tlie calling out of a fireman during service,
and also by the master’s disappearance from
his pew. These fires were suppressed ; but
in tlie course of the day no less than thirty
fires broke out in different parts of the house
—in the presence of visitors, most respectable
and intelligent men.
Every part of the furniture in every room
oi the house appeared to be charged with some
mysterious self-igniting gas. Smoke issued
suddenly from cupboards, large and small,
from almost every drawer, and even from
boxes of linen and woolen materials which
liad not been opened for some legntli of time
prior to the Tuesday’s tire. Some of the state
ments made before the Coroner are so start
ling as to be nearly incredible, fine gentle
man laid his handkerchief down upon tlie so
la, when it iorthwith ignited. Another gen
tleman, while discussing the marvels of the
day and washing his hands discovered that
the damp towels on the horse in the bed room
were on tire. A lady, anxious to prevent fur
ther mischief, had a short time previously ex
amined a box containing articles appertaining
to feminine apparel, and pronouncing it safe,
liad shut it up, but on going to remove it felt
that it was hot, and on re-opening it dis
covered the contents in a blaze; but it is im
possible to enumerate all the strange fantasies
played by this subtle and mysterious fire.—
(it course suspicion was soon awake, but the
closest investigation afforded no ground on
which to rest the surmise of foul play.
On the Monday morning the phenomena,
somewhat abatted, reappeared, and it was
found that the greater part of the property in
the house was charred or burnt to tinder.—
Two medical gentlemen—Dr. Barker and Mr.
Blower—visited tlie scene of the fiery myste
ry, and at. noon made an application to tlie
sitting magistrate (in the absence of the may
or,) for sanction to their proposal of submit
ting the matter to tlie coroner. The coroner
lost no time in summoning a jury, which con
sisted oi tlie most respectable tradesmen of
the town, and which proceeded to business at
the George Inn. The inquest commenced at
3.30 r. m. on Monday afternoon, and at seven
o’clock was adjourned to Tuesday morning at
10. On Tuesday it was resumed and conclud
ed by 0 l*. m.
hi the course of the prolonged inquiry the
whole of the incidents (some of which we have
mentioned above by way of specimens,) were
deposed to, and every effort made to account
for the singular occurrences. One time there
was some slight hope of establishing a connex
ion between the tire of Tuesday night and tlie
numerous outbreaks of tlie following Sunday,
but (his idea was abandoned perforce—so far
at least, as any ordinary connexion between
the two sets of events was concerned.
l’he medical testimony of the two gentlemen
named above was by far the most important
inasmuch as it most distinctly demolished all
preconceived explanations, and also because
it indicated a most remarkable and important
class of truths iu practical chemistry. ‘ With
out venturing to give a formal solution of the
phenomena, these gentlemen were of opinion
that the sulphurous fumes in connexion with
the gas of the charred wood, had charged the
entire house with inflammable gas, which in
cases of friction, in others by electricity, had
been from time to time ignited.
No suspicion of any person survived the
first few hours of the inquiry, although the
jury felt’that tkere was not ground for a dis
tinct opinion on the matter. The depositions
will doubtless be submitted to some eminent
manipulators in chemical science, and it is to
be hoped that they will be able to give a more
precise solution to the mystery which lias fill
ed many a wise head with misgivings as to the
spiritual geography of the somewhat lonely
house.
The verdict of the jury was according to
the evidence, so far as the first fire (Tuesday)
was concerned, “Accidental,” and with re
gard to the other fires the verdict was an open
one.
Tunnel Finished.
The llrooksville Tunnel, 800 l'cet In length,
we learn from the Charlottsville Jeffersonian,
has been entirely arched with brick, and the
work completed and ready for the iron rails.
The cars on the Central Road will cease to be
run over a port ion of the “ temporary track,”
as soon as the rails are laid in this tunnel,
and it will not be lung before the main track
will be ready for the ears as tar as “ Robin
son s Hollow Tunnel, discontinuing another
portion of the “ temporary track,” after which
time no other portion of that track will be con
tinue 1 til! the completion of the main tunnel
through t lie Blue Ridge. —Petersburg Express.
Landing of the Queen of Oude at South
ampton.
The London Times has an interesting ac
count of the arrival and landing of the Queen
Dowager of Oude, and the brother and son of
tho ex-King, with 1(M) followers, from the
steamboat Indite, at Southampton. England.
The Queen Dowager is a good looking wo
man of dark complexion, fifty-five years of
age and very intelligent. She is very san
guine as to the suceessof Iter mission to this
country for the restoration of her son to the
throne of Oude. She has SBO,OOO for current
expenses. She lost on her voyage jewelry
worth £60.000. Some portion of it was in
tended for presnts to the Queen of England.
The brother of the ex-lving is a tall man,
and is a general in the Oude army.
The son of the ex-King is a very handsome
youth. They dress in the most magnificent
style, their head-dress being covered with dia
monds and emeralds. Many of the iollowers
are ‘■mall poor looking men, and exceedingly
dark. They are shoemakers, tailors, cooks,
and of other trades. The cooking apparently
never ceased. The Queen of Oude and suit
occupied the whole of the fore part of the
ship where a cooking gallery was fitted up.
The party lived on rice curry, sheep and
lambs, between Alexandria and Southampton.
The dishes were unusually served up of cur
ries and pillaus. The Queen of Oude occa
sionally sent into the saloon for the English
passengers a curry or pillau, and such dish
es were found to be delicious.
An eunuch is with the party; he is a very
extraordinary looking personage. He has
long hair and a feminine bust and voice.
There are six maids of honor in attendance on
the Queen. A screen was erected on dock,
the inclosed part was carpeted, and the Queen
and ladies were escorted up behind the screen,
and guarded by the eunuch who behaved with
remarkable severity in keeping all persons
from gazing on the ladies, lie is a general
of infantry in the Oude army.
One of the party, a moonshee, or writer,
died on the voyage. He lived for a long time
entirely on opium. The ex-King of Oude is
expected to leave Calcutta shortly for England
with 160 followers.
The treasures which the Queen has on
board consists chiefly of tlie most costly cash
mere shawls and jewelry.
The landing of the Queen is thus described:
At three o’clock unusual excitement was
observed at the gangway of the Indus. The
landing stage from the ship to the dock was
covered with carpet. Surrounding the gang
way were eunuchs and tlie chief officers of
Stato belonging to tlie Oude, dressed in mag
nificient robes and holding the insignia of
their offices. A snow white screen was held
up before the gangway.
It was now whispered that preparations
were making for the Queen leaving the ship,
and voices were heard behind the screen.
Presently two figures, dressed like Egyptian
mummies, appeared walking across to the
stage, their little naked feet in guady slippers,
turned up the toes. They were assisted into
the Queen’s carriage,Jnot a vest age of any part
of them being seen but their feet ancl legs.
These were the chosen maids of honor to the
Queen.
Soon after they were seated tlie screen was
thrown down and the palanquin was brought
out. It consisted of a chair enclosed in a slen
der frame, which was covered with a splendid
blue and silver robe. In it. was the Queen,
whom few persons in the world have ever
seen. A splendid scarlet umbrella was held
over the palanquin. Mace bearers attended
her. The pressure of tlie crowd to get a
glimpse of her was immense, and the gigan
tic eunuchs were in agony. The difficulty of
getting Her Majesty into the carriage without
( being seen, was immense. At length a screen
was placed against the body of the carriage,
and Her Majesty was just in the act of stepping
in, when, horror of horrors, two men were
detected on the coach-man’s box, looking de
liberately into the carriage, and about to stare
Her Majesty in the face. A shout of indigna
tion drove them from their post, to the infin
ite relief of their courtiers. As soon as Iler
Majesty was seated the carriage started for
Royal York Hotel, where the Queen is to re
side during her stay at Southampton.
Discipline of the Mind.
It is not by mere study, by mere accumula
tion of knowledge, that you cau hope for em
inence. Mental dicipline, the exercise of the
faculties of the mind, the quickening of your
apprehension, the strengthening of your mem
ory, the forming of a sound, rapid and dis
criminating judgment, are of even more im
portance than the store of learning. Practice
the economy of time. Consider time like the
faculties of your mind, a precise estate; that
every moment of it well applied is put to an
exorbitant interest. The zeal of amusement
itself, and the successful result of application,
depend in a great measure, upon the economy
ot time. Estimate also the force of habit.
Exercise a constant and unremitting vigilance
of acquirement of habit, in matters that are
apparently of indifference, that perhaps are
really so, independent of the habits that they
engender. It is by the neglect of such trifles
that bad habits are acquired, and that the
mind by total negligence and procrastination
in matters of small account, but of frequent oc
currence—matters of which the world takes
no notice—becomes accustomed to the same
defects in matters of high importance. By
motives yet more urgent, by higher and purer
aspirations, by the duty of obedience to the
will of God. by the awful account you will
have to render, not merely of moral actions,
but of faculties entrusted to you for improve
ment—by till these high arguments do 1 con
jure you “so to number your (leys that you
may apply your heart unto wisdom”—unto
that wisdom which, directing your ambition
to the noble end of benctitting mankind, and
teaching humble reliance on the merits and
on tlie mercy of your Redeemer, may support
you in the “time of your health;” and in
“the hour of your death, and in the day of
judgment,” may comfort you with the hope of
deliveranee. —Sir Robert Peel.
—♦
Railroad Statistics.
Mr. Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury,
has prepared a set of “Interrogatories” which
are to lie addressed “to the Presidents of Rail
Road Companies,” with a view to the compi
lation of Rail Road Statistics of the United
States. The questions embrace all points con
nected with the history and operation of each
road—its length, cost, termini, branches,
amount of double track, capital, bonds issued
floating debt, operating expenses, amount of
freight and number of passengers carried,
dividends, average speed of trains, miles run,
casualties, Ac., Ac. The Secretary requests
that the answers to these interrogatories may
be given from the last annual report of each
company, with the date of the report; that
they may be inserted in the blank left oppo
site to each interrogatory; and that the inter
rogatories so answered may be returned to
the department at the earliest period practica
ble. W lien tlie compilation is completed and
printed, it is the Secretary’s intention to send
a copy to each president, partly to requite the
tavor solicited, and partly to disseminate the
information collected and combined.
telegraphic;
FIVE DAY’S LATER FROM EURopjT’
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
Telegraphed for the Daily Sun.
New York, Sept. 14
The steamship Arabia has arrived tit
fax with intelligence from Liverpool t 0
4th instant, five days later than tlie Cautl,/
The cotton market since the sailing of tj
Cambria, lias been active without any eha n
in prices, us is shown by the sales, n],,’
reached 55,000 bales for the four busines
days, 12,000 of which was taken on specuh
tion, and 7,000 for export. Quotations—p.,;.
Uplands Ojjd., Middling Orleans lijd.. \p (!
tiling Uplands 6Jd. Market closing tirm
The trade of Manchester was rather r in j e|
but not unsatisfactory.
Consols quiet and quoted at 04g to !)4|
Dr. Chalmers.
Studious persons are sometimes surprisin'-
ly ignorant how to act on ordinary occasion.
Dr. Chalmers came home one evening on hor
back, and as neither the man who had char
of his horse, nor the key of the stable, could
be found, he was for some time puzzled'win.,’
to find a temporary residence for the anium
At last he fixed on the garden as the finest
place lie could think of for tlie purpose; iu
having led the horse thither he place: l it on tin.
garden walk. When his sister who liad ala,
been from home, returned, and was told thin
the key of the stable could not be found, she
inquired what had been done with the horse
“I took it to the garden,” said the Doctor
“To the garden!” she eagerly exclaimed
“then our flower and vegetable beds will be
destroyed.” “Don’t be afraid of that,” said
the Doctor, “for £ took good care to place the
horse on the garden walk.” “And did you
really imagine,” rejoined the sister, “that he
would remain there?” “1 have no doubt of
it, said the Doctor; “ for so sagacious an an
imul as the horse could not but be aware of
the propriety of refraining from injuring the
produce of the garden.” “1 am afraid,” said
Miss C., “that you will think less favorably
of the discretion of the horse when you have
seen the garden.”
To decide the controversy by an appeal m
facts, they went to the garden, and found
from the ruthless devastation which the ti-aiuj.
ling and rolling of tlie animal had spread over
part, of it, that the natural philosophy of the
horse was a subject with which the lady win
far more accurately acquainted than her learn
ed brother. “I never could have imagined,”
said tho Doctor, “that horses were such sense
less animals!”
The articles (additional to those of March
1851) between the Postoflice Department of the
United States and the Postoffice Department of
Canada, for the exchange of registered letters
between the countries, will go into operation
on the Ist of October next. The first article
provides “letters alleged to be valuable, posted
at any postoffice in the United States or its Ter
ritories, and addressed to Canada, or posted iu
Canada, and addressed to the United Strtes
and deliverable at any of the respective offices
of exchange to be thence conveyed to their des
tination shall be registered at the office of
mailing, on the application of the person post
ing the same, provided that the full postage
chargeable thereon to destination, to together
with a registration fee of five cents on each
letter, be prepaid at such mailing office: and
providing also, that such registration shall not
be compulsory, and shall not tender the res
pective Postoffice Departments of the United
States or Canada, or their arveuues, liable for
the loss of such letters or packets, or the
contents thereof.” The fee is to accrue to
the United States Postoffice Department upon
all registered letters sent from the United
States to Canada, and to the Canada Postoffice
Department upon all registered letters from
Canada to the United States.
Mormonism in Germany.
The “Latter Day Saints” evince u most
extraordinary activity in making proselytes.
In Great Britain and the Scandinavian coun
tries their missionaries found a fruitful soil,
ami gain thousands of converts, mainly among
the agricultural classes. From Denmark
some of these Apostles to the Gentiles journey
ed to Hamburg, where they firmly established
themselves, and have already issued a Ger
man translation of the Book of Mormon.
They also penetrated to Saxony, and have
succeeded in forming a society of adherents
in t lie city of Dresden carefully avoiding any
collision with the police, who are ever on the
alert for new religious sects, suspecting every
new- doctrine to be a mere cloak for some po
litical plot. The apostles seem to have plen
ty of funds at their command, apparently de
rived among their proselytes. Several “fami
lies have recently left Dresden for Liverpool,
w here they will meet, other converts, and con
tinue their journey to “ the New- Jerusalem
in the interior salt basin of America.” On
the Ist instant, the,Mormon community in the
city- of Dresden numbered sixty members
males and females belonging to various grades
of society, some of them persons of high in
tellectual endowments. The greater part ol
these new born “Saints are making prepara
tions to “forsake the thraldom of the heath
ens,” and journey to the holy city of Nauvoo.
The New Orleans Delta learns that lied
River has dammed up its own mouth, and notv
makes its way to the Gulf through Atchafalia
Bayou. There is no doupt that this was the
former course of the stream, and that at on?
time it never touched the Mississippi, but pur
sued the course which it has now resumed,
emptying iuto the Gulf far to the west of the
Mississippi. The Red river is now low and
it remains to be seen whether, when lull, h
will not re-open the outlet to the Mississippi
and again mingle wiith the “Father of Wat -
ers.
A late writer on kissing very properly re
marks, that the abominable fashion of Indies
kissing each other is a piece of wanton and un
provoked cruelty ; a sheer waste of Heaven *
good gift—a miserable frittering awayof what
was designed for Letter purposes. It is also
lutely wicked, and, ninety-nine cases in a
hundred, it is done for no other purpose titan
to annoy and make wretched the poor thing*
who stand with their hats in their hands, tutu
dare not so much as open their watering
mouths for fear of sobbing their bosoms.
A Mnn Fired for Cheating Himself.
At the Sheriff's Court of Alloa, England,
lately, Mr. John Bonar, of Kennet. was
charged with using a steelyard which was
found to be incorrect. It turned out that the
inaccuracy of the steelyard, which was the
one used for weighing the coals from the Plts
defrauded Mr. Bonar himself, and the Shti
ill said it was rather hard to impose a fincin
such circumstances, but while he had the
power of modifying the penalty, he could n u
remit it altogether, and therefore, Mr. Bonfr
was fined 2s. lid. with 19s. expenses.