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THE IIKHALI.): TH* FLORIDA Waß.—The Si Louis Bulletin say* : We heve never yet ee<-n the American people more uniteil upon eny one subject, titan in their opposition to the disgrace ful nnd ihameful termination of this war. We have heard many gentlemen of both partiea apeak of it, nnd all have nlludcd to it with re gret, and have seemed to consider it more hu miliating to our national character, than any thing which can be found chionicled upon the pagcflofotir history, from the days of our glo nous revolution, down to the present time. Indeed, the whole war, sofitt as the Govern ment has been concerned, ban shewn one con tinned scries of folly eud mismanage incut. In the first place, instead of relying upon the valor and bravery of our own troops, Indians were taken ftoni the wilds of the ‘ far west” to light our battles, nnd as might have been fore seen, they proved to be utterly unfit for service, and far inferior to our own forces in contend ing with the wary Seminole*. The Secretary of War must have been greatly nils taken in their character when he employed them upon -tieli a service. Our Western Itidiuus will light when they have Irecs and bushes to con real them, or when they have the advantage Wit they would almost as lief shot them selves, as inarch on open ground gainst a con cealed or unseen foe. This however, is but one error in the long catalogue of blunders. General, after General, was sent to super sede the one in command, and after a three years fight, and an expenditure of mure than thirty millions of dollars, we have absolutely sued for peace, which was reluctantly granted by the Indians. Yes, they have grunted our prayers for peace, but for how long none can say. Their spirit of hatred and hostility, has been aroused to its highest pitch— and as soon as they raise another crop, they may again flourish the tomahawk and scalping knife. Af ter loosing some of the most gallant officers and soldiers belonging to Ibe ranks, we have given up the whole matter in dispute, and have left the Hcininotrs ill the quiet undisturbed possession ufa large portion of Florida, end huve Urns vir tually confessed thut we were beaten. This will have its effect upon the Indians elsewhere, and will encourage them to com mence hostilities. The honor of the nation required that their should have been no com promise, and the chivalry of the land will rebel against it. The American spirit can never submit to such humiliation, and will look upon a compromise as an insult to the character of the nation. The blood of hundreds of our slaughtered citizens cry aloud ngiiinstH, and the people will never, never sanction a res sat ion of hostilities until this handful of Indians nre conquered and driven from the hummocks and everglades of Florida. From thk W rut From the New York Gazette. We have been favored with files of Bar bn does paper* to file lftth, and St. Thomas to the HHh of June, brought ny the barque llecln, CujiUin 11 ml If v. Most melancholy accounts arc given of the demtffctlizcd conditioned the lately cufiauch iseil classes at Dennirara. Theft ia described ns having risen to such a height both in town and country, that the depredators have formed themselves into association* and gangs, pro vidod with places appropriated for the recep tion ami concealment ol stolen properly, and who to escape detection, do not hesitate to commit murder. The Royal Gazette says that so far as freedom has ns yet developed the moral character of our Inlawing population, it does nut show it in u very favorable light. The Governor ofUuadalupe, under date of Hassuterre, 26th May, lots decreed that from that date and until otherwiseotdered, the Su g irs of Guadeloupe and its dependencies may he exported from the open portsoftliut Colony by every ting and every destination. The last aeeotutis from Martinique repres ent the crops as sintering from the effects of a long spell ofdry weather. The canes planted last fall had been cheeked, and in many in stances hud perished altogether. The coffee plantation* have also suffered, so that the pros poctsof the next crop were of aigloomy char acter. Good quality sugar hud advanced in consequence from lb to 22 francs 50 es. the quintal. In St. Christopher the Governor and Legis lature were nt issue nbout the tax bill; and tit Ailtigue dissensions had arisen between the Council and House Assembly in respect to a dispatch from Lord Glenelg. From the Antigua W eekly Chronicle of the lllhof June, we learn that a severe shock of an on. .hqttake was felt in that Isluml on the morning of thu Wilt, and on (be afternoon of the same dav there was an evident change of weather. Which gradually increased as the night advanced to a terrific thunder storm, and fix in midnight till morning the atmosphere was oue blase of lightning and one roar of thunder. During this time there were heavy falls of ruin. Another slight shock was felt the morning of the Hth, a few untunes before 6 o’clock. Kxect rioN. —“Adams, the murderer of Mrs. M'Vuy, (his paramour,) was eart h ’> on the 6th instant, to the gallows, to meet tin penalty of of violated Law. lie was aentenev i lobe hung by ihe Court in this place, bis Honor Judge Faulk presiding. The charge accompanying the sentence, was a masterly production, doing credit to the heart as well as the head of ns author, and though it has long since been pub lished in the papers of the Town, we shall at some future time lay it before our readers. It was a solemn sight to see the immense crowd gathered before the jail, waiting to ac company the unhappy man to the place of his execution. The gay laugh grated harshly on our ears, amt burst from the lips of thoughtless youths. A few years ago, he was possibly as gay, and as innocent, and though he served but a short apprenticeship io the grogshop and the brothel, yet lie soon reached that acme in guilt and depravity that required him to be cut off from life in the noon of manhood, as a wretch unworthy to live. O ye! who hang around the bat room, sipping its poisoned streams pause & reflect! It may be that in some unguarded hour, when the brain is heat ed and the passions aroused by the intoxicat ing bowl, you too, may lie hurried iiituthe com mission of crime, your souls would loathe in your calmer moments. Columbia (S. C.) Temperance Advocate. in Apology.—When the French army nil- j t-red Berlin after the battle at Jena, in 180(5. the ladies, a* a party, expressed their surprise at the rapid march, *\Ve should have arrived sooner,’ replied one of the French otlicers. ‘but some light obstacle detained us for twenty four hours.’ The ‘slight obstacles, were 800.- C VY ’ men n-he wore overthrowp to gel past. For the Herald MY FATHER. 1 remember, welt remember wbea my father died— | My moib-r call'd me from my ply and laid me at | his aide | His face was pair aa pale eoutd be, and calm that i wriufctad brow, Thcee eyes that late look’d bright on me *lr'd ; dimly on me now, Hr took me in hit feeble arm* and press'd me to hit check, And whrn he moved his trembling lipa and thrice assayed to speak ; tie could ntrt apeak 1 then came the sigh and on my cheek the tear, For death had drank that blessing up before it reach'd mine ear. Uut obi that smile—l see it yell—the kindly look lie gave, And that last kiss and fond embrace—they hide not in the grave, For they are now a* bright to me as erst hia spirit fled— They’ve shap’d rny thoughts to saddest things,— they die not with (he dead 1 An-f then my mother looked so pale, ! thought 100 she would die, A nd leave me here a lonely one bereft of every joy—- W ithoul a friend to take my part, a helpleaa Orphan Roy ; Hut God is good to little ones for by his mighty will My mother liv’d and precepts mild into my breast instill'd; Oh’ may my heart those lessons keep a mothers love hath taught And live within my bosoms core and dwell in every thought. They Intd linn in the Cold deep grave I heard the holy prayer Which woke my hearts affection fresh and mingled sadly there; But recollection knows nought else for by some hidden power My griefdtd wash from memory's rock the doings of that h iur. ssssssss His grave's as humble as he was, o’ergrown with grass and weeds, No sculptur'd m arble blazons forth hts virtues or his deeds— But memory in my heart has built a monument of love Which lime itself shall not decay nor earthly power move. ALFRED. Nerersink Cottage, July , 1830. Lakeit of Indiana. —The scenery of the “thousand isle*” of the Ht. Lawrence, and of the ‘highlands’on the Hudson, have been made subjects of history and themes of romance, while the wild, beautiful and the gorgeous scenery of northern Indiana is almost un known to those who have never traveled among it.—Hundred* of small, clear Lakes with san dy shores, from one to five miles ill circum ference, decorate und enliven the face of the country. At one moment the eye of the trav eller rests upon cultivated fields, fait hamlets, and bright sheets of pure water glittering in the sunlight. Suddenly the scene changes, and the view extends, through ‘‘oak opemuga ‘ and over n gently undulating surface covered with rtcii and variegated wild flowers, as far as the eye can reach. Wild deer are often seen hounding in herds over the plains, nnd flocks of white swans croak their hoarse notes at sunset upon the waters of the Lukes. Al most every Luke is invested with interest by the legendary lore of the Indians who have in habited the country for centuries, and whose traditions, is faithfully recorded and transmit ted to posterity, will be regarded as deep in teresting memorials of a strange race of “bar barians” who perished u uier the “protection” of their civilized brethern. Logansport Telegraph. The following information is from returns . made to the, Post-Oflire Department, and lias been politely handed to ns for publication; Newspaper*, Magazines and Periodicals published in the United States, Ist July, 1881). Maine 41 New-Hiitnpshire 20 Vermont 31 Massachusetts, (at Boston (55) 121 Rhode Island I t Connecticut ;ti Ncw-York, (at New York City 715 271 Now-Jersey 39 Maryland, (at Baltimore 20) -48 Pennsylvania, (at Philadelphia 71) 253 Delaware 3 District of Columbia, (at Washington 11) 1(5 Virginia, (at Richmond 10) 52 North Carolina 30 South Carolina 20 Georgia 23 Florida Teritory 9 Alabama 34 Mississippi ;iti Louisiana, (at New Orleans 10) 2ti Arkansas 4 Tennessee 50 Kentucky 31 Ohio, (at Cincinnati 27) 104 Michigan 31 Wisconsin Territory 6 lowa Territory 3 Indiana (59 llirmus 33 Missouri 25 1555 Os the above, 11(5 are published daily, 14 triweekly, 30 si ini-w eekly, and 991 once a week. The remainder are issued semi-month ly, monthly and quarterly, principally maga zines and reviews. Many of the daily papers also issue iri woeklys, semiw eeklys,and week- Thirty eight are in the German language, : in the French, and one in the Spanish! silveral of the New-Orleans papers are printed in French and English.— Globe. The Anapolis, Maryland, Republican men tions a mulberry tree growing on a farm near the Severn river, the body of which measures 1 twenty hso feet in circumference at some dis tati ‘e irom the ground, with height and expan sion of limbs in full proportion. It is in full foliage, and the owner was a few days since offered thirty dollars to allow it to be stripped of its leaves. — Paulson. .In apt reply. —John Randolph once re proached Daniel Sheffy,a member of congress from Virginia, with being originally a shoe mu- i ker ; when Sheffy, replied—“lt istrne. I com menced the businessoflifea shoemaker. Had my colleague begun hiscareer in the same vot cation, it is very possible he would have re mained a shoemaker to this day.” “The New Yorkers go behind Indies in the street, and spit tobnccojuice upon their white dresses, and refuse to hoist the flag of their country on board of their vessels when the Chief Magistrate of the nation enters their city ! If there be any thing meaner than those two acts, please ‘name the article, for the crowd is ! approaching.’’— Boston Post. THE IvrcZNTOSH; COUNTY HBRAID From the Cortair. Hr. Willi*’ First Letter lon EiiXlaud. More fortunately than we ventured to unti- i cipate, our friend and associate arrived in Eng land after a passage of tw emy days, hi season to t ail himself ol the atesm-packcl Liverpool, ! and to write us a brief letter, announcing his 1 happiness in ugain selling foot on terrnfinno. i ilia most welcome letter will speak for itself; ! but in juslicc to Mr. Willis we will take the liberty of saying that, when on the ocean, it is j his tnlsfoi tune to be constantly ill with sea sick ness and mostly confined to his berth, which readily aerourns for his refraining to enter into any detail of the events of the voyage. No sooner, however, doea he “snuff the land breeze,” and disembark, than his spirits revive. ; and be luxuriates with his wonted felicity of expression in giving vent to Ins joy. We are pained to add, that immediately on sealing the subjoined letter, so indicative of the happiness he was gratefully indulging, it was announced to him that his aged and res pected father-in-law, Mr William Since, of the Koyal Arsenal, Woolwich, died the week pre vious to his arrival.—Sympathy with one dear est to him, w ill naturally engross for a lime his tende.rest sensibilities; but on ihe arrival of the llrmsh Queen, already on her way, we confi dently expect a renewal of the correspendence which thenceforward will he uninterrupted. Sum Glx dutch, orr tiil Isle or Wight. Evening of June 9th, 1839. My dear doctor. The bullet which preserves the perpendic ular of iny cabin-lamp is at last still, I congrat ulate myself; and w ith it my optic nerve re sumes its proper and steady function. ‘l'he vagrant tumblers,the peripatetic tceth-brushes, the dancing stools, the sidling wash-basons and el ceteras, have returned to a quiet life. The creaking bulk- heads ery no more. I sit on a trunk which will not run away with me,and pen and paper look up into my fare with their natural sobriety and attention. I have no apology for not writing to you except w’ant of event since wc parted.—There is not a mile stone in the three thousand four hundred miles I have travelled. “Travelled,” said If lam as unconscious of having moved from the wave on which you left me at Staten Island as the prisoner in the hulk. I have pilehed forward and backward, and rolled from my left cheek to my righi; but ns to any feeling of having gone onirartl I um as unconscious of it as a lobster backing after the ebb. The sea is a dreary vacuity, ill which he, perhaps, who was ever well upon it, rati find material for thought. Ilul for one, I will sell at sixpence a month, nil copyhold upon so much of my lifeas is destined “to the deep, the bine, the black,” (and whatever else lie calls it) of iny friend the song-wriler. Yet there are some moments recorded, first wilh a sigh, which we find afterwards copied into memory with a smile. Here nod there a I hough i has come to me from the wave, snatch ed listlessly from llic elements -here and there a word has been said which oil shore should have been wit or good feeling—here and there a good morning, responded to with an effort, has, from its courtesy or heartiness, left an im pression which will make to-morrow’s part ing phrases more earnest Ilian I had antici pated.— W ith this green isle to windward, and the smell of earth and flow ers coming to my nostrils once more, f begin lo feel an interest in several who have sailed w ith rhe. Humanity, killed in me invariably by salt water, revives, 1 think, w ith this breath of hawthorn. The pilot tells us that the Montreal, winch sailed ten days before us, had not yet passed up the channel, and that we have brought with us ibe first west wind they have had in many weeks. The sailors do nol know what to say to this, for we had four parsons on board, ami by all seacunons, they ure invariable Jonah*. One of these gentlemen, by the way, is an abo litionist, on a begging crusade for a school de voted to the amalgam of color, and very much to the amusement of the passengers he met the steward’s usual demand lor a fee wilh an ap plication for a contributing to the funds of his society! His expectations (him British sym pathy are large, for he is accompanied by a lay brother “used to keeping accounts,” whose sole errand is to record the golden results of his friend’aeloquence. Hut “eight bells” warn me lo bed; so when I have recorded the good qualities of the Gladiator, which are many, and those of her captain, which arc more, I will put out my sea lamp for the last time, and get into my premonitory “six feel by two.” The Georob Inn, Portsmouth. — This is a morning in which (under my circumstances) it would be difficult not to be pleased w it It the entire world. A fair day in June, newly from 1 sea, and with a journey of seventy miles be fore me on a swift coach, through rural Eng land, is what 1 call a programme of a pleasant day. Determined not to put myself in the way of n disappointment, I accepted without the slightest hesitation on landing at ihe wharf, the services of an elderly gentleman in shab by black, who proposed to stand between me and all my annoyances of the. morning. He was to get my baggage through the cusloine, submit for me to ail the inevitable impositions of tide waiters, secure my place in the coach, j bespeak me. u fried sole and green peas, and sum up his services, all in one short phrase of £s. and. So putting my temper into my pock- ! el, und making up my mmd to let roguery take the will of me for one day unchallenged, I mounted to the grassy remparts of the town to walk off the small remainder of sea-air from rav stomach, and admire every thing that came in my way. I would recommend to all newly lauded passengers from the packets to step up and accept of the sympathy of the oaks of the “King’s Bastion” in their disgust for the sea. Those sensible trees, leaning toward the earth and throwing out their boughs as usual i to the landward, present to the seaward ex- 1 posttre a turned up and gnarled lookofhausea and disgust, which is as expiessiveto the com monesl observer as a sick man’s first look at his bolus. I have great affinity with trees, and I believe implicitly that what is disagreeable to the tree cannot be pleasant to the tnan. The salt air is not so corrosive here as in the Mediterranean, where the leaves of the olive are eaten off entirely on the side toward the sea, but it is quite enough to make a sensible tree turn up its nose, and in that attitude stands most expressively every oak on the “King’s Bastion.” I have returned from this pleasant walk, dear Doctor, gay. fresh and with once more an earthly feel in iny limbs. And now a brief, adieu, for here comes my fried sole, done to a most judicious and delicate tint of brown, and ! w ith it the most grateful flankers of peas nnd asparagus. — Faith! you’ll excuse me breaking oft". n. p. w. Torch I.ight Pageant. — The reception of the Eagle Fire Engine Cos., No. 13. and Victoria llosc Cos.. No. 47 of new York, by their brother firemen of Albany on the evening preceding the Oth. was a splendid affair. The guests, who went up in the Eri, Capl Benson, were received at the | wharf at Albany, by all the fire companies of that city, each member bearing a torch. The N. Y. engines were manned by the Al banians. and a grand procession formed by torch light, the effect of which is described as magnificent. An address was delivered to the guests, by Alderman McMullen, President of the Albany Fire Department. N. Y. Star. Fraud upon the Indiass.—The St. | Louis Republican has taken the pains to condense, so as to give a satisfactory view, j in a small space, document No !229, pub lished under order of the late House ol Representatives; and surely in the whole j history of this administration, among the | many instances of the villanous exercise of power, there is not one more outrageous than is here disclosed. Tha document cotn -1 prises the correspondence of the depart ment in relation to the execution of the treaty with the Winnebago Indians. The 1 treaty was made in IKI7, at Washington, and the Indians agreed to cede to the Unit ed Htates their lands on the east of ’ the Mississippi. In the payments lo be 1 made by the United States government, i there were two stipulations— first, that 9130,000 should be applied lo the payment of the debts of the tiaders with the Winne j bagoes— second, that the United States should pay to the relations and friends of said Indians, having not mote than one quarter of Winnebago blood, one. hundred thousand dollars. In order to ascertain the proper individuuls who were to receive this money, the government appointed two commissioners, Gen. Simeon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. James Murray, of Maryland, to proceed to the West and i the-; obtain the required information. With | them went a lawyer from Philadelphia na med 1). M. Brodhead, whoappeored as the legal adviser, but as the document referred ‘ to show, went but to speculate or assist in 1 speculating and defrauding the poor Indians out of what the government had magnani mously proposed to give them. Arrived at the place of destination, they commenced ; the work for which they were despatched, ! but instead of a warding to thoseentitled to it the amount due them, they commenced a system of buying up claims, for which it appears they were well prepared, Brodhead acting as agent in all these transactions. Claims worth fifteen hundred and two thou sand dollars were bought for four or five hundred—not bought fairly and honourably, | but the holders were induced to sell from misrepresentation and a course of decep tion practised upon them. It is not exact ly known how much was made by the spec ! illation but the least estimate is put at sixty thousand dollars. Fortunately for the cause |of justice, however,Majoi Hitchcock, who was lo remit the money ot pay the claims, I understood that something like villany was going on, and he refused to pay any rlaims in the hands of Brodhead or his companions in the fraud. Major Hitchcock made a rep i escalation of the w hole matter to the De partment, which sustained him in the step he had taken. The Republican concludes the history, which we have rendered much more btief than it is there given, with ob serving—“ W e here take pleasure in no ticing the prompt manner the Commission er of Indian Affairs, J. Hartly Crawford, set his seal of disapprobation on this specu i lation. and which was fully sustained by the rieeretary of War. Whsn the facts were communicated to the Department, and the Commissioners had reported their proceeding*. thay examined hy Mr. Crawford and he recommended to the Sec retary of War to set aside their proceed ! itigs, which was done, and anew Commis sion has been ordered. ‘l’he the Commissioners throughout, in relation to the allowance of the traders and half breeds, and the assembling of the Indians, admits a total disregard of, the instructions of the Secretary of War; and wc are glad to see that there is yet virtue enough remaining at Washington to discountenance and con demn such an outrage. The document contains a number of letters, front theConi missioners and Brodhead, attempting to defend their conduct, which they wholly fail to do. The Commissioners deny any par ticipation in Brodhead’s speculations, and ; say lhat they were not aw-are of them until : they had given them the drafts; but all the I cireumstrnccs conspire to ptove the falsity i of this assertion, especially as far as Camer on is concerned. Murry’s participation ’is not so clear ; and Brodhead, as well as Cam eron, have the unblushing effrontery to call it a legal transaction, in which Brodhead i sold his legal services, as counsel to the half breeds, and is now justlv entitled to the money. Efforts, through political in ; rtuences, and the aid prominent political men, have been attempted to operate on the Secretary of War, to induce him to re considere his decision rejecting the report of the Commissioners ; but with a firmness w hich does credit to his character as a man and an officer, he has withstood them ait, and set aside their report. The eonse ; quenre of this course w ill be that Brodhead and Cameron will lose their money, or else ; must seek it of the half breeds, whom they have cheated and defrauded—a consumma tion which their conduct richly merits. The whole transaction seems to have been but one continued series of frauds, almost, if not quite unparalleled even in this day. Eliza Emery warns all the girls out South and West—hoosiers, buckeyes and all—to look out for her gay, deceiver, runaway husband, David.—She says that he has eru ellv left her. ami told the folks when he started that he was going South-west to preach universal salvation and marry a hoosier. Eliza thinks he can easily be known, and to prove it says, “David has a scar on his nose were 1 scratched it.” Upwards of‘>oo.ooo persons have been conveyed on the Trenton Rail Road since its completion, and out of that large num ber it is asserted that only two have been injured, viz :Mr. Steel, who was recently killed, and another who lost the use of his hand by an accident which occurred about twelve months ago—Both of these persons w ere outside of the cars, smoking segars, and neither, it is said, would have been hurt, j had he occupied his scat in the car. .1 Great Day's Work- —The Salem Ga zette states that on the -Ith july, 7006 pas-! sengers were carried on the Eastern Rail Road. The trains tirade twenty-five trips between Boston and Salem, and two trips between Boston and Lynn; the largest num ber carried by one traiu was 553- No ac cideut, delay or confusion occurred. The , receipts were about three thousand dollars, j Decidedly Mad. —A northern editor says that he entertains hopes of getting all that is owed him hy his subscribers! From the Standard of Fnion. MONROE KAIL ROAD. Wc learn that there arc a number of miles now under contract, above Foresyth, and that the company are exerting all their energies to reach the main trunk, or Western and Atlantic Rati Road in a short tine as practicable. We also understand that they have adopted what wc consider the moat politic arrange ment for securing the speedy accomplishment of so great a work, by engaging those who lake stock, to work out three fourths of their sub scriptions, In labor upon the road, and receiv ing one fourth in cash. If the citizens upon, and tear the route, should go heartily into this measure, which we cannot doubt, the road will soon be finished, with the expenditure of a comparatively small sutn of money. This plan of working out stock, must give a new impetus lo the work of iuterual improve ment, and wc hope to see it speedily and gener ally adopted. It is one which claims, in a pe culiar manner, the public consideration, and w hich if reduced to practice, will obviate the difficulty of raising large sums of money, and place it in the pow er of the people to deveUpe the resources of the State, by the application of their own industry. Wc arc gratified to learn, that Mr. Benja min Brantly, of Monroe county, has w r orked out, with twelve hands, in two months, two thousand dollars worth of stock in the Monroe Kail Road. Tins is better business than plan ting cotton, and we hope to see hi, example j followed by many others. MfLLEDGVILLE. Perhaps there are but few cities in the Un ion, and none in the Southern country, which, in point of health, arc more desirable as a resi dence during the summer months, than the Capital of Georgia : and we have often been surprised to see lhat—while our citizens who, in the winter season, reside on their planta tions. in Ihe lower section of the State, are seeking a more healthy- summer’s residence than their own can afford them—but few of them seem to be aware of the great advantages which MiUedgeville and its vicinity present for their acceptance. Let an individual exam ine, w ho desires information upon this subject, and he wili find that the number of deaths in our city, during the sickly'season, are general ly so few as to bear no comparison with any other, and he will be compelled lo arrive at the conclusion that Milledgville is certainly one of the healthiest towns in the Southern country. To families, another induement be sides that of health is presented, which is of the utmost importance. This is no other than the excellent opportunity which is afforded them of playemg their children under the charge of instructors who are eminent in the profession which they have devoted them selvea to. Ogle-thorp University, with its Fhofkhsors and Tt tors j So,rrsßi no’, with its Female Seminary, under the rlmge of Mr. nnd Mrs. Anderson ; Midway, with its Female H< iiool. under the superintendence of Ma. Kc erton and his accomplished lady, and our ow u Ctrv Schools, afford advantages for the edu cation of youth, which no other section of the State can surpass, and but few equal. The fame of those who are engaged in the instruc tion of the youth of our Slate in the vicinity of Milledgville, is so generally acknowledged and appreciated abroad, that they need no panegyric from our pen lo add to their well earned reputation, but w'e cannot refrain from laying claim to their merit, as an inducement fUr parents to seek a residence among us. Good water, good health, good teachers, and excellent society, are temptations of no ordi nary character, which we present to those w ho are seeking a more desirable summer residence than their own homes may afford to them. Miliedgrille Journal. A Journeyman Printer. — Much Ini- been said and sung about the characteristics of “tramping Journeymen Printers,” and the ex traordinary vicissitudes which mark the pro gress of that most intelligent, though thriftless, race of mortal* ; but we believe the following extract of a letter, received from an old ac j quaintance of one of the Editors of the Couri er, indicates a versatility of accomplishments rarely equalled in these days : “ 24th June, 1839. ‘■Look at the signature of this, and you w ill remember the person who addresses you. i met your brother, who is settled here, about half an hour ago, and was informed by him that—— will start to your place in half an hour, I have, of course, no time, to say much. lam hereby chance— met your broth er by chance —and had a host of of remini scences awakened in my mind in a moment. Since I saw you last, I have experienced all j the vicissitudes of fortune —at one moment a Colonel ofTexian cavalry—the next a prison er among the Comanche*; at another, lieu tenant aboard a Te.xian sloop of war—the next prisoner among the Mexicans of Mata moras—finally a ‘ypo in , under the weath er 1 ('an I serve you at Terre Houle, or can you serve me? If you have forgotten my qualifications, here they are: A practical printer—an experience stenographer—a good English writer —a perfect French scholar, vo calist. and player on the Spanish guitar. If I can be of no use to yon, write and say whether 1 can get a school in your neighborhood.’ When we last saw the writer of ihe above, in 1834, he was acting in tho capacity of a Re porter in Congress, and the next time we heard of him was through an obituary notice in a New Orleans paper, detailing the circuiustan i ces of his sudden death 1 Our readers may therefore imagine our surprise on receiving the post mortem evidence of remembrance from a gentleman whom the newspapers, lOor 12 months since, had consigned to mother earth! If the services of a gentleman, so gifted, can be profitably employed by any of our cotem poraries, we shall cheerfully communicate to them his address ; for, we regret to say, we have no room for him in our own establish ment.— Wabash Courier. Macon, July 16th. The Crops. —Accounts from all quar ters, concerning the crops, are very cheer ing. It appears to us, from what we, have seen and heard, that they are not half so much injured by the late draught, as many would fain make belief. It is true, that, in certain portions of the country, they are, in a degree, injured, but take the country throughout, abundant harvests may be an ticipated. We think that what will be lost to the com crop by the drought, will be gained bythe extra favorable weather for gathering the wheat crop. Consequently, out greatest loss will be sustained in gar dens.— Telegraph. The Young Dyotts. —The St. Louis Even ing Gazette of June 28th says,—“The neph ew and son of Dr. Dyott, of Philadelphia, who were implicated in his frauds and the subjects of a criminal complaint, were at the National Hotel, in this city, on Sunday last; at which time they left, it is supposed in the Pawnee, for New Orleans. The nephew registered his name, on the book at the hotel. William Boyd: the son as John Williams. Caution to Masters of Vrssels. —Judge Buchanan decided in the District Court at New Orleans on the tiSih ult. that officers of steamboats and of other vessels, on board of which a slave may be found, who was not there with the knowledge and consent of his master, were liable to the penalties which the law imposes for feloniously or clandestinely taking away slaves, even though such ships or boat had not left her moorings. The captains of steamboats and vessels are cautioned how they employ or permit on board persons of color, of whose freedom they are not perfectly satis fied. “Get Money, honestly if you can; if not Get Money,’’ —Old Text—We were told this week by a gentleman who was conver sant with the facts, lhat during this spring a company of eight negroes were enticed off, or runaway from their master in Wood county, Ya., and were secreted by an Abo litionist on the Ohio side. .4 reward of one hundred dollars for each ol thc negroes was offered by the planter, and to obtain which the benevolent philanthropist inform ed his brother-in-law where the slaves were secreted, who immediately took them into custody, returned them to their owner,- received two hundred dollars rush down, and a bond for the remainder, payable in sixty days, which of course was divided between the good Abolitionist and his rela tive.”—M a shin gum Yaley. We learn from the Lancaster Herald, lhat during the last month there passed over the Swatara Bridge, on the Lancaster, Eli zabetown and Middletown Turnpike, eigh teen thousand, four hundred and nineteen head of Sheep, and two thousand, two hun dred and twenty eight head of Cattle.—All in the direction of the City of “Brotherly Love.” /.. E. Lawless, U. N. Judge for the Mis souri district, has resigned his office, to lake effect on the Bth instant. This resig nation, according to the St. Louis Republi can, will he “highly gratifying lo the bar, suitors, and the public.” It is the same Judge Lawless who once decided that there is no appeal from the will of a mob, when it clearly appears that it was a numerous assffinbly ! A preacher who had once been a printer, thus concluded a sermon. Youth may be compared to a comma, manhood to a semi colon; old age to a colon: to which death puts a period. With what amusement simplicity a child, w hose infant faculties are just expanding under the influence of objects around, as the bud unfolds itself into the blossom, will sometimes answer questions or make re marks upon what is passing before it. A little fellow, who had been rather wild and noisy during the day, was seated before his mother, when she began to admonish him gently. “You must be a good (jov—God loves you and lakes rare of you always.” “ Well, mother, what did he let the bum blebee sting me for yesterdayt” asked the child, looking up earnestly into his mother's face.—[Claremont Eagle. Neic Definition of a Gentleman. —A sai lor under examination the other day, at thr Police-office, charged a youth, whom lie described as a gentleman with robbing him. “ Why do you call him a gentleman l .’ ’ asked the magistrate. “Because he wears a long tailed coat,” replied the sailor. In Germany, men do all the ladies’ work. There is no lady in Dresden w ho can make a dress. All the German ladies employed men dress makers. The best mode of dying. —The cxsltange papers are full of suicide. The easiest wav to tiie is, to pay all your debts and wait till your time comes. We’ve tried it. You arc a happy tnan. We hope you may live a thousand years, and leave a hundred children after you, to follow their naody’s example. Special Verdict. —Three young men w ere recently tried in Cattaragns county, for shooting and mortally wounding a dog. The written verdict of the jury was : “all three guilty ; plaintiff’s damages assessed at 0 pence ; and each of the defendants to hare another shot at the dog !”—Buffalo Com. adv. A Mississippi paper advertises “two bush els Holly Sptings Bank bills for sale— cash or on a credit—or of not sold they will swop it for seed potatoes.” Docters and Undertakers. —There ate 479 legal practitioners of medicine and sur gery in New Y T ork City, and 273 underta kers. Taken by Surprise. —About sixteen hun dred persons visited Havre de Grace, on the 4th of July, from Baltimore and Phila delphia. The good people of that place did not expect so many visitors, and were nearly cutout of house and home. Good. —The Lafyette Gazette, speaking of Ellen Tree’s intended marriage, calls Povet a twig, and says it is not surprised to learn that the “twig is bent,” but that the “Tree is inclined.” x Imperial Humiliation. —At Vienna the old custom of washing the feet of twelve poor persons, in commemoration of oar Saviour’s washing the feet of the twelve apostles, was performed on Good Friday by the Emperor and Empress of Austria. The former performed the task on twelve men and the latter on twelve woman; each of the twenty-four had a puise containing thirty pieces of silver presented to them. The Cinciunattt City Council have under consideration an ordinance authorizing the ar rest of “all vagrants, loafers, gamblers, com mon stree drunkards, and all odd looking gen tlemen having no ostensible daily employment nor means of livelihood.” The Cincinnati Whig ventures the assertion that lhe city mar shall and watch will have thiir hands full should the ordinance pass.