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llljc fUcfftfiMj ihimntn fHWnl?>, by h. styles bell. Terms of Subscription. THE Herald is printed on a large imperial sheet, with new type, at $3 per year, in ad vance, or SI at the expiration of the year.— No subscripting, received Ibr a less term than one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. id” Advertisements pubHshed nt the usual . rates. BY AUTHORITY. EDUCATION. AN ACT to establish a general system of Educa tion by common Schools. Sec, 1, Beit enacted by the Senate ami House of Representative* of the State of Georgia in General . Assembly tnet, and it is hereby enacted by the autho rity of the same, That from and after the firnt day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the funds ot this State heretofore known as the Academic ami Poor School Funds, jjc, nmltheaame are hereby con- j aolidated, and together with the interest on one third part of the sunihts revenue, derived to this State i from the United States, and heretofore set apart for , that purpose, shnll compose and constitute a general fund for common Schools, for the State of Georgia. Sec 1 And be it further enacted by the authority j aforesaid, That within ten days after the reception : of such nmiee, the School Commissioners shall as semble together, and elect front their number a Presi dent of tbs Board, and a Secretary, and shall also appoint a Treasurer, who shall give bond and secu rity to the Commissioners for the time being, and their successors in office, in such sums as they may fit upon, conditioned faithfully to discharge hisduty asTreasureV, and should any vacancies happen in such board of Commissioners, by death, resignation or otherwise, the same ahull J>e filled by the hoard itself. Bec. f. Ami be it further enacted fy the authority nforeuid, That it stall be the duty of the. School Commissioners in each division, or a majority of them, to lay ofl their respective counties into school districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the present Militia districts? in the same, in a manner most suitable and convenient for the purpose* contem plated in this act Sec, *i. And be it further enactcdby the authority ‘formmd, That tf*r> shall apply for, and receive tram tile state, their pronrirtionabfe share of the gen oral fund for Comm a Education, and shall appor tion and the same among the several School districts 4* th*ir divisions, in proportion to the num ber of children is <®mh, between the age* of five and fifteen years, taw shall make an annual report to the j Governor, of the number of School districts in their respective divisions, the districts from which reports j have been made to them, and thcl faulting districts, the length of time a school has been kept in each, and j also the amount of funds received by themselves or j treasurer from the State; and from taxes raised, and ] in what manner the same has been expended, mid j the number of children taught in each district, which j report the said Commissioners shall cause to be re- j corded by the Secretary, in a book kept for that pur- j pose. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of each School j division, shall, by this act be, and they* are hereby j constituted a body corporate, under the. name ami j style of the Commissioners of the. Common School, j and are made capable of suing and being sued, and i the Trustees of the several school districts of each di vision shall also be a body corporate, under the name j and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with j like powers ns above, both of which said Corpora- I lions, shall !>e allowed and entitled to own real cs I tale and other properly, upon which to erect School I houses, and for otic r purposes connected with the i frciipobh.. j). And be ii further enacted by the authority j aforesaid, That the Trustees shall within 15 days | after their appointm*nt, proceed to ascertain the number of free white poi sons in their respective dis- j tricts, between the ogee of five and fifteen years, and I return the same to the Commissioners of the School ! division to which they belong. They shall also re ceive from the school Commissioners, or their Trea- ] surer the funds to w hich they are entitled under the J law’, and on the first Monday of November in each j year, make a report to the said Comniissiooera, show- ‘ ing the amount received, the manner of its expendi- j lure, the number of children taught in their district, ! the length of time which a school has been taught, ‘ and the compensation paid to teachers and their names. They shall locate and superintend the erec tion of suitable School houses in their respective dis- j tricts, at the most convenient and suitable [daces for the inhabitants and scholars residing in the same, shall employ and pay teachers and visit the schools, j at least twice in the year. See, 10. And be it further enacted by the authority j aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees under this act, shall hold their office for twelve i months, or until their successors are elected, and re eelve no compensation for their services Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority j aforessid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor; annually to distribute to the Commissioners of each < School division in the State, their proportionable ! part of the Common Seh m>l fund, winch apportion ment shall be made (by the last census, until the next census be taken, and then by that) according to the 1 number of free white persons, between the ages of five and fifteen years, of which he shall give to said commissioners, in each division, immediate notice. Sec. I*2. And be it further enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That no moneys received from the State by the Commissioners for School purposes, shall lie expended for any other purposes, than for paying teachers and purchasing book* and stationary for children whose parents are unable to furnish the ame. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That after these schools shall have gone into operation, no Trustees for districts shall be ai owed to receive any funds from the Commissioners, unless they shall nave made a return signed by a majority of their number, showing the amount re ceived by them, and how the same has been expend ed, and that a school has been kept in their districts, at least three months in the year preceding, or then ending. Sec. 14 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all moneys not drawn by any sucli . defaulting district shall be added to the amount to be ! distributed the next year, and ap|H>rtioneU among all 1 thedastricts in such divisions. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority ; aforesaid. That should the Commissioners, in any division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund re ceived as directed by this latv, that shall be subject ! to a suit for damages, at the instance of tire trustees ■ of any district in such division, in any court oflav. in this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of i damages so recovered, shall be collected out of the private property of such commissioners, arid not * from the funds of the School. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority ! aforesaid, That all white persons between the age's of five and fifteen years, shall Ik; allowed to lie taught as scholars in the respective districts in which they reside, or in case their location may make it inconve- \ nient in the adjoining district, by making appliea- j lion to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe, though no one over the age of fifteen years and under tyenty-one, shall be excluded from said Schools. Sec! 18. And be If further enacted by the authority i alCesaid, That in those counties where the inhabi-; taris are thinly settled, the commissioners may, if they think it best refuse to lay off the same into schsol districts, but they shall employ a suitable , najjber of Teachers who shall under their directions, v te*s school not longer than three months in any one * ,;,ar; or so that every section of such k shall receive. as nearly ns can be. equal ad [ E from said fund; and it shall he the duty of the , --ixniaaM.tv r . of any such county in which the P inner < it*C ysi in may be thought best, to mention the -1 ** >n til- ir annual rejKirt, and so far as relates * , i .i be -Siatysof Baker, the Contmissioncrssliall con fine themselves to the three Military districts of said j County, See. I‘* And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees . elected ns aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before they enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take tlie following oath before any Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, a Justice of the Peace, in the county wherethey reside, vie : 1 A. H . j and” solemnly swear, that I w ill faithfully perform all I the duties required ot me by law, as Commissioner of Common schools, or Trustee of Common Schools, as the ease may he. JOSEPH DAY. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOES, President of the Senate. Assented to, 3Gth December, 1H37 GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. AN ACT, To amend an act, to establish a general system of education by common schools—assented to 20th December, IN.'! 7. ® oc * 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General ; Assembly met, ami it is hereby enacted by the uutho | rity of the same, That the second and third sections j ol above recited act, be, and the same are hereby repealed; and in lieu thereof, that each county in this stale, shall be considered and known as a common | school division; and that on the first Monday in ! March, in tlie your eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, ami on the first Monday in January, of every year thereafter, or so soon after the above mentioned days, as the same can be conveniently done, the justices o the inferior court of each county in this state, shall by order, entered upon the minutes of the court, ap point five fit and proper persons as commissioners of common schools, in the division wherein such justi ces may reside, and shall within tettdays, thereafter, cause a certified copy of such appointment, to be de livered to them, which shall lx? sufficient notice of the same. And such commissioners shall continue in office one year, or until their successors shall be ap pointed. Sec. ‘2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it the said commissioners, or any of | them, shall be unable at any’ time to procure the ser- I vices of a treasurer, as contemplated in the fourth ! section of the above recited act, it shall, and may be | lawful, for the president of such board of commis sioners, to act as treasurer, who shall give bond and security to bis excellency the governor, and his suc cessor for the faithful discharge of his duty, us trea surer. And the said commissioners, within ten days after their appointment, shall by order entered in the minutes of their board appoint for each school dis trict to be laid out agreeably to the fifth section of the above recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall re side in the district for which they shall he appointed, and shall lie notified of their appointment within ten days after it shall be made. Sec. 3* And be it further enacted, TlmUf the jus tices of the inferior court of any county, shall not within one month after the time herein before fixed for that purjxise, select and appoint five commission ers, as aforesaid, who shall accept their appoint ments. the said justices of the inferior court shall themselves discharge the duties of commissioners in their division; and unless said commissioners shall, within one month after their appointment, select and appoint three trustees in each district or division, who shall accept such appointments, the justices of the j>eucc, and such other person us the justices of the peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties of trustees, in any distriet in whirh such appointment shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ ap pointment by the. court, may fill bv election any va cancy which nmy occur in their board, during the year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the trustees, shall be competent to perform the duties re quired of them respectively. Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That it shall he the duty of the trustees of the school district, tocol leot by subscription, such sums us the citizens of the district may be willing to subscribe, which shall be applied to supply an amount of money, in uddition to what may be allowed by the state, so as to enable them to employ a suitable number of teachers in the district, provided there shall be no liability on the trustees for said subscription money, further than to transfer the said list of subscription to the teachers where such school may be luuglit. Sec. :> And be it further enacted, That the justi ces of the inferior court, in the several counties, in tins state, be, and they are hereby authorized, at their discretion, to levy an extra tax in their respec tive counties, not exceeding fifty percent, on the gen eral tux, which shall be added to the common school fund of saic county, and paid over to the commis sioners aforesaid, by the tax collector, who shall give bond and security for the same, as in case of other bonds, for extra taxes. Sec. 0. And.be it further enacted, That the trus tees of any county academy, be, and they are hereby authorized, to pay over to the commissioners of com mon schools, any funds in their bands Se<*. 7. And 1m; it further na- ted. That his excel lency the governor, within tn month of January next, be required to cause so much of the almve re cited act, as this act does not repeal, together with this act to be published iri the newspapers of this state, and also, to cause the same to lie published with the acts of the present session. Sec. ft. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second sections, and so much of the ninth section as refers to the notice to be given by a justice of the peace and free holder to the trustees of their I election, and so much of the sixteenth section, as re fers to the balances in tlie hands of trustees of acade mies and their treasurers be, and the same is hereby 1 repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate. Assented to 29th December, 1838. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. - Hay, Bricks and Pork. TONS prime Northern Hay, v 20 M. Bricks, 10 Bbls. Mess Pork, For sale by jan 22 2w WOODBURY <& STACK POLE. (TkORUA LIIMBEIi COMT. fai HE subscribers, agents of said company, ! JL offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or I elsewhere, of hard Pine lumber of the best I quality, sawed to any dimensions that may be | required, and at low prices. They will have i on hand at their depot in this city, a good sup- S ply of lumber of various sizes. WOODBURY & STACK POLE. Darien, Jan. 22,1839. 3w Justices Court for I H JO. A COURT, for the 271st District, will be holden at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the Ith Monday of each month—to wit Monday 28th January, 1839. Monday 25th February, t; * Monday 25th March, “ Monday 22d April, “ Monday 27th May, Monday 24th June, M Monday 22d July, Monday 28th August, “ Monday 23d September, “ Monday 28th October, “ Monday 25th November, “ Monday 23d December, u A paimel of 7 Jurors, will Ije drawn at each term ! after the first. NELSON W CARPENTER, Justice of the Peace for 271*t, District. Darien. January 29st 1839. Ur'JiI&'ZZXQ, OF everv ftescription executed at the of fice of THE DARIEN HERALD. DAItIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 18:10. WOMAN’S LOVE. I love the stream that fioweth Amid the desert waste, Where the dark pilgrim goeth, With joyous, eager haste ; It flows to tell the traveler there, Os other climes more bright and fair, Where glide those gentle streams above The fountains of eternal love; And like that stream is woman's charm, It cheers the desert waste of life. It soothes the bosom’s wild alarm, And calms the burning brow of strife, — It flows, when man each blessing knows And still mid life’s dark ills it flows. I love the smile that lieamcth, In sad afflict ion’s hour, When life a desert seemeth, And sorrows darkly low’r; It beams, to cheer the weary heart, To hid the shades of care depart. And like the rainbow in the sky, To tell that brighter hours are nigh, And like, that smile is woman's form, In pain and danger ever near; And thro’ the sunshine and the storm, Its presence can forever cheer; it cheers, when Joy’s bright beams are shed, It cheers, when Hope itself is dead. I love the flower that bloomctli, Above the silent tomb, Where Death's cold worm consumctli Man’s beauty and his bloom ; It blooms to keep the mourner there, From all the pangs of deep despair, To tell that man’s best hopes are given, To bud on earth and bloom in heaven ; And like that flower is woman's love, No sorrow cafl its freshness blight, It blooms, e’en death’s cold form übovc In misery’s deepest,darkest night; It blooms when joys the bosom fill; Mid care’s worst pang, it blossoms still. It. M. C. Savannah, Ga. A PSALM OF DEATH. ‘ Daar, beauteous Death! the jewel of the just Shining no where but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond they dust, Could we outlook that mark!’ Henry Vaughan. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle Keen, He reans the bearded grain at a breath, Ami the flowers that grow between. ‘Shall I have nought that is fair,’ saith he; ‘Have nought but the bearded grain; Though the breath of the, flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again.’ He gazed nt the flowers witli tearful eyes, * He blessed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. ‘Mv Lord hath need of the. flowerets guy, The Reaper said, and smil’d ‘Dear tokens of the earth are they, When he was once a child.’ ‘They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear.’ And the mother gave it sears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them nil again, In fields or light above O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day, ’Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. From the Southern Recorder. MARRIAGE. Though young in years. I perhaps have viewed this subject with an eye of scrutiny, rarely found among mankind. Than matri mony no social relation is more universally es tablished ; and to obey the mandates of the laws of nature on this subject, is a duty we owe not only to the dictates of our own feeling*, but to the solemn injunctions of Heaven. But to marry those whom we love not, is a practice that merits God’s displeasure, and calls aloud for the denunciation of the human family.— Let us strike at the root of this evil. We are all ready to admit, that the custom of marry ing, apart front considerations of genuine af fection, is common in the world; and that wealth, that monster that stalks abroad in the land, exerting his baneful influences through out creation, is the governor supreme in form ing matches between the sexes. Unfortunate ly no land nor country around which the man tle of civilization lias been thrown, isfree from this vice. A vice too that will crush to nothing ness that germ of American happiness that has so long been, and is now being fondly nurtured. I say where the blessings of civilization have been felt, this principle reigns predominant — and much does it argue in behalf of the culture of the mind. Better, far better had the germ of civilization never been called into existence, than for it to have brought with it, or been ac cessary to an influence that is striking at the foundation of the fairest fabricks of happiness, and must ultimately, if not checked in its ca reer, submerge the world in woe and misery. Who, to an extent greater or less, has not felt the force of what I am saying ? and who has not witnessed unions formed where that love, whose principle claims a higher destiny than a mere cultivated passion, produced not one emotion in the bosoms of the parties concern ed. And at this state of things who can won i der, when these principles are instilled by pa ; rents (whose opinions children generally hold sacred; into the bosoms of their sons and daughters. Almost as soon as they arc capa | Sale of receiving instruction at all, they are I tausht, to reverence riches. Great pains are taken to rear them in the most approved walks of life; they have bestowed on them till the intellectual cultivation within the grasp of the age—and for what ? that they may reap the glories of science? that they may be Hold tip as models, to guide tlie rising generation in their searches for knowledge ? Not so—but that they may marry fortunes! How ninny mothers, who have spent nights in watchful anxiety for the return of that ab sent husband, who is revelling in all the pro fligacy of the age, and who married her merely for her dollars, will now make a young man’s fortune her first object of inquiry. How many fathers, who have never felt the first nflertion ate impulse float through their souls for the companions of their bosoms, will make the for tune of the young man who is addressing his daughter, a matter of the first and greatest im portance. It never occurs to him to ask, is he intelligent, is lie moral, is he economical, and above all, is lie honorable. How many acts of dishonesty of magnitude sufficient to east u suspicion upon a man’s character, that should remain forever, are, plastered over and con cealed by coals of gold and silver; and thus the shining stuff will enable him to insinuate him self into the good graces of innocence and vir tue, to its entire destruction. Parents, I would have you awake to this sub ject ; on your shoulders rests the most awful responsibility ; on you I charge this evil—and with it hanging like a mighty incubus about your souls, many of you will appear before Jehovah’s throne. Is there a father who is so lost to all the no bler feelings of Ilia nature, as to sit without a sigh, and witness the scenes of unhappiness that result from matrimonial connections which are brought about without love’s being the rolling principle in the matter? Is there a mother, who has all those fine ami sensitive im pulses of her bosom so blunted, as not to feel a condemning remorse, when the tale of ne glect and inal treatment is told to her, by that lovely daughter who is the pride and solace of her declining years, and whom she influenced to marry him she did not love? Alas, I fear there arc many to be found. I tremble for the plausibility of this tale. I fenr there are parents who had rather see their sons and daughters riding forth on the pinions of nfllu ance and splendor, with their destinies blend ed with him, or her, they do not love, than to see them moving in the more humble spheres of life, in the delightful enjoyment of a com panion for whom they cherish the most devo ted affection. Wo, I must say, to the spirit that is uctuuting intelligent minds to such a course. Can they he aware of its unhallowed tendency, which can only he told by its unfor tunate victims? Molliers, you who are strang ers to the sweets of an husband’s smiles, you whose cheeks are furrowing under the hectic flush, to you 1 appeal for u true debt ‘ulion of this picture, which is not one of an idle funey, hut found in real life. And if so, let me exhort the rising generation, by all that is sacred to them in life, not to follow the example of their unfortunate predecessors. Let affection be their guide in forming that union that is sever ed only by death—and they will pass their lives in peace and happiness. Clinton. Extraordinary Circumstance—New South Wales. —We extract the following from an excellent article in the last Quar terly Review. The effect of European colonization up on the native black tribes has been, as iri most other new countries, an injurious one. They are unable to resist the temptation of spirits, with which the while men sup ply them profusely,* they’ are averse to labor, and seldom continue in any agricultural ser vice. They are, however, excellent marks men and are sometimes employed as con stables in aid of the police, on account of the acuteness of sight and of scent with which they hunt and trace down fugatives. An instance of this keenness is said by Mr. Martin to have occurred during his stay in New South Wales, under the following ex traordinary circumstances “A settler on the great western road was missing from his small farm. His convict overseer gave out that he had gone ofl’ privately to England and left the property in his care. This was thought extraordi nary as the settler was not in difficulties, and was a steady, prudent man ; the affair, however, was almost forgotten, when, one I Saturday night, another settler was return ing with his horse and car from market. On arriving at a part of the fence on the road side, near the farm of his absent neigh bor, he thought he saw him setting on the fence ; immediately the farmer pulled up his mare, hailed his friend, and receiving no answer, gotout of the cart, went towards the fence. His neighbor (as he planly ap peared to be) quitted the fence, and crossed the field towards the pond in the direction of his home, which it was supposed he had deserted. The farmer thought it strung, remounted liis cart, and proceeded home. The next morning he went to his neigbor’s cottage, expecting to see him, but he saw only the overseer, who laughed at the sto ry arid said that his master was by that time near the shores of England. The circumstance was so inexplicable that the farmer went to the nearest justice of the peace (I think it was the Penrith bench,) related the precceding circumstan ces, and added that he feared foul play had taken place. A native black who was (and, I believe, still is) attached to the station as constable, was sent with some of the moun ted police, and accompanied the farmer to the rails where the latter thought he saw, the evening before, his ‘deceased friend. The spot was pointed out to the black, without showing him the direction which the lost person apparently took after quit ting the fence. On close inspection, a part of the upper rail was observed to be discol ored,- it was scraped with a knife by tlie black who next smelt at it and tasted it. Immediately after lie crossed the fence, <fc took a straight direction for the pond near the cottage ; on its surface was a scum, which he took ttp in a leaf, and. after tas ting and smelling, he declared it to be “white man’s fat.” Several times, some what after the manner of a bloodhound, he coursed round the lake ; at last lie darted into the ncigboring thicket, and halted at at a place containing soine loose decayed brushwood. On removing this, he thrust down the ramrod of his musket into the earth, smell at it, ami then desired the spec tators to dig there. Instantly spades were brought from the cottage, and the body ol the settler was found, with his skull frac tured, ami presenting every indication of having been some time immersed in water. The overseer, who was in possession of tlie property of the deceased, and who had in vented the story of his departure for Eng land, was committed to jail, and tried for murder. The foregoing circumstancial ev idence formed the main proofs, lie was found guilty, sentenced to death, and proceeded to the scaffold protesting his innocence. Here, however, his hardihood foresook him ; he acknowledged tlie mur der of his late master ; that he came behind him when he was crossing the identical rail on which the farmer fancied he saw the de ceased, and, with one blow on the head, killed him—dragged the body to the pond, and threw it in ; but, after some days, took it out again, and buried it where it was found. A GERMAN DUEL. “Oh !” said the German, with insolent cool ness, “I remember—fair hair, blue eyes and a charming voice.” “Well, then,” exclaimed Frederick, driven to fury, “it is she, with her fair blue eyes and an angel’s voice, of whom you robbed me. It is for her that I now de mand my revenge; and more still, for my blasted youth, my lifo embittered, months of anguish and despair, while you have hid your self from me, like a coward and a thief.”— “Hold, sir!” interrupted the other, with the phlegmatic vanity of one proud of the re proaches and fearless of their consequences; “spare your own breath and my time. lam ready to meet you when and where you please. 1 am always the willing champion of my own gallantries. What is your weapon—sword, or pisto ?”—“Pistols ure surest and quickest. I 1 wish to send a bullet through your heart’!, “Your time und place?” “To-morrow, at day break; five o’clock; atlxelles, under the Abre benit.” “Enough 1” True to the desperate pledge, the parlies met next morning. The clock of the townhouse struck half-past four, when two individuals were seen by the senti nel at the Namur gate, walking quickly through the licuvy fog, such ns is common to this cli mate, in the autumn season, at that early hoifr. One was an old and withered-looking man.— The other was but young, who might have been mistaken for an old one, so stumped were his features with tho traces of passion and a life misspent. They followed tin* high road of the suburb for some time, and then siruck olf to the right into a narrow and irregular path, bordered by a rugged hedge, whence, from time, to time, a bird made its escape with a faint chirp, frightened from its perch by the in trusive footsteps. This path led directly to the tree called the Abre-benit, where the two friends soon arrived, and where thfcy (I need not say it was Frederick and his evil genius) were almost immediately joined by a third— lie who had given to Frederick the friendly warning of Leora’s Right. In a few minutes, Huron Lichtenstein and his two friends were on the spot. The distance was measured, the combatants placed, the weapons put into their hands, and they were told to fire at the fifth stroke of the cathedral clock. The minute or two which was still wanting of the hour, were like an age of dread suspense to Frederick.— Ilis arm was almost upraised involuntarily once or twice, so anxious was he to fulfill his deadly purpose. Tho clock struck one. The sound was borne heavily on the breeze, which blew from the city. The adversaries brought their pistols to a loved. What a terrific lime for preparation—for aim taking! Two, three, four, five! The two shots were heard almost together. Tlie German’s bullet whistled past Frederick’s ear and lodged in the trunk of a tree, close behind him. Tho baron himseif fell shot through the heart: He sprang from the earth, staggered against a hedge and expir ed instantly, Ids glazed eyes fixed on his ene my. Frederick was horror-struck. The last look of a man slain by one’s own hand, is the most hideous spectacle in nature ! “Let us be oil!” said the old mail, with a fiendish smile on his countenance; “you have done your work well!” “Leave me!” thundered forth Frede rick; “leave me ! You urged me to this ; you are my evil genius, you have ruined me, body and soul!” “Young man, we are never ruin ed but by our own doings, by our bad Inclina tions, vicionsthoughts and criminal passions.” And, with these words the old man walked away. Frederick’s other friend and the friends of the slaughtered baron hastily quitted the scene, and Frederick was left alone with the dead I sidy. Whipping children. —Some folks in the world are much afraid of having their chil dren whipped. To such we commend the following mutter-of-fact anecdote : The mother and the wife of Govenor Fitch, of Connecticut, were setting togeth er, discussing the imputed point of wlup ping children. Says the mother. “I never whipped mvson, the governor.” “Madam,’ said the wife “I didin’t now your son, the governor, when he was young enough to be whipped, hut I have known him since he deserved it, most confoundedly.” Children who arc not whipped, will live to deserve it most confoundedly. Cincinnati Chronicle. Cite him a Chance —The Editor of a Western paper Informs his readers, that he I has the worst kind of fever and ague, and, i asks them to let him off from publihing his I paper for one week, to give him a chance I to shake. VOL. 1. NO. 7. Death by a mistake.— Tlie coroner held an inquest yesterday at No. 1 Grosvenor street on lilt; body of .Sarah l,e Count, aged 3 months, who died under the following melancholy eir eumstanco, The deceased was one of a pair of twins, and according to the mothers evidence they began to be very troublesome and noisy when three week* old, and to quiet them she would administer paregoric, commencing at IS drops and gradually increasing the dose un til it reached a tea-spoonful. On Wednesday evening the children being as usual, noisy, slto gave the regular dose to one of them, but as that consumed all she had in the house, she sent her son out for more, lie returned with a phial full of what she supposed to be parego ric, and although the bottle was not labelled, she did not use the precaution to test its con tents, but gave a teaspoon full to the deceased. It turned out to he laudanum, and when that wus discovered, every effort that medical skill could devise wus resorted to, to save the life of the iittle innocent, but in vain, and it expired yesterday morning about six o’clock. The druggist who sold the medicine, testified that he was asked for laudanum, and that he gave it. -The Jury returned a verdict, that the de ceased came to her death by taking a quantity oflaudnnum, administered by mistake. New York Paper. Accident. —At an alarm of lire between one and two o’clock, on Monday afternoon, as the Humane Engine was proceeding rather swift ly down Fflh street, • colored matt huving hold of the rope, when near North alley, acci dently fell down, and was run over by the en gine, both wheels of which passed over his legs. Ho was immediately conveyed into an apoth ecary store near Commerce street. It is hut just to state that the members of the Company made several efforts to rescue him, but tlie swiftness with w hich the apparatus was im pelled rendered them unsuccessful.— Ledger. New York Police. —A Literary Thief. — A negro named John Scott was brought up on Saturday, charged with stealing from Messrs. Collins, Kcese and Cos. of 264 Pearl street, ten volumes of Day’s Algebra, four Greek Readers, three handsome Anuals, and other valuable books, worth in ail about gf>7. The fellow stated that he expected to git an appointment as a professor iu a college to be established by the Abolitionists, and he wished to prepare himself for his approaching duties, but not having the w herewithal to purchase the neces sary books, he took the easiest and cheapest method of procuring them, i. e. stealing. His studies were interrupted for the present, he having been fully commited for triul. Pensioners. —According to the report of the Secretary of War, there arc 41,870 Pensoncrs ofthat Department. The number who receive pensions from the Navy pension fund, is 848, who receive 108,000 dollars annually. The privateer pensioners nunibar only 30.—Death is making rapid inroads in the list of revolu tionary invalid*— scarcely taking up a weekly paper but we find one or more of these w thies recorded as having departed tee J'bourne from which no traveller rctur ttj New Specie's of Mulberry.— We >fton that poplar twigs have sold this \| wt ,ks lmva high price as the genuine Mows Tty, y or k iu ,d and report says that one. man hasc store in tho the amount of 600 dollars I—We hum ofpublio prohensive that themultxrry excitem, afford opportunity to some of the wool. meg genus to engage in speculation. 7 who arc not well acquainted with the mulberry tree, should know of whom they buy. We have little doubt that many trees, on cultiva tion, will prove to be not tbe kind they were purchased for.— Hampshire Gazette. The Last. —A Gentleman, in senkingto wind up his watch, wound himself up, nev er perceived his mistake till his creditors objected to let him go on tick any longer. Ahkhd of the Mummies—They arc show ing Lot’s wife in one of the Eastern cities. She is done up in salt, and said to be the genuine article. A lot of Texas sugar was received at Cin cinnati on the 23d ult. Three hundred and sixty-five brick hou ses were erected in Baltimore last year. The Standing Army in the Island of Cuba is 24,000. Luck. —An Editor at the West was late ly knocked down arid severely mauled by one of his subscribers, because he refused to take, Putter at 2£ cents a pound, in pay ment for his paper. The Army of the United States, as au thorised by law, would amount to 12,530 officers and men ; hut its entire force at present is only 8,658, there being 3,880 to he recruited. Buckwheat Cakes. —ls any lady ofour acquaintance will try the following receipc, and let us know when the hatter is ready, we will pass judgment on it in person. Be ing an epicure m the article, we should like to test it : To three pints of buckwheat flour mixed into shatter, add oncteaspoon ful of carbonate of sod*, dissolved ill water, and one of tartaric acid, dissolved in like manner; first apply the carbonate, stir the batter well, and then put in the acid—thus the use of yeast is entirely superceded, and cakes “as light as a feather” are ensured. One great advantage is, that the barter if ready for baking a* soon as it is made. — A Treasonable OrrENCE.—A Scotch man named Henry Johnson, has been lodg ed in the Toronto U. C. jail for whistling Yankee. Doodle. Mr. Jons Tan Bures in ScoTLiNt).— Mr. Van Buren, son of the President of the United States, passed through Dumfries ori Saturday, on a visit to St. Slary’s Isle, the residence of Lord Selkirk. He was present on Monday at the election of Mr. Murray for the county of Kirkcudbright.— Fddcnlturgh Courant. A German journal annonees a young thorcss called Baroness de ClokekrafcegiiJ toccae Pickalkreneen. If her work* are sip crooked as her name, people will want *■ double set of jaws to read them. commend the rase to the attcntiaat jjjEjaß “Zigzag Society. TmefejO