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pressive, and its sentiments altogether too valuable nnd truthful to be restricted to those who were with in the hearing of the speaker's voice. We hope it will be published. Thus closed the commencement. The crowd dispersed, and Oxford was left once more , to the quiet of its classic groves. W. It. c. “ * Few Society. t Phi Gamma Society. [*EW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.] New York, July 16, 1850. Arm Yrk in Mourning—Commencement of the Rutgers Female Institute—The Operant Cas tle Oar Jen—Reform at the Fire Points —New Italian Paper — Literary Intelligence , cf-c., t fc. Ah! how transitory are all human emotions.as well as all human circumstances ! The solemn event, which, at the beginning of last week, seemed to overpower all hearts, as a national calamity, has al ready ceased to be remembered, and will no more be thought of until the occurrence of the pageant Which is to commemorate his funeral obsequies. Our jmblic procession, which will be composed of milita ry, civic societies, fire-companies, citizens, &c., and j will no doubt be a grand display, is to take place to day week, the 23d instant: hut Saturday last, being the day of the funeral in Washington, was also appoint ed by our city authorities to be observed in an ap- j propriate manner. Never did we see the city ap- j pear so grandly solemn and mournful as on that oc- 1 casion. The public buiHlings and most of the stores Were closed, while from many, sable emblems of mourning floated on the air ; the Post Office and ‘ Custom House were almost covered with black drapery. The flags were hung at half-mast, and I shrouded in crape. At 12, all the.fire and church hells began to toll a solemn concert, the effect of j which can hardly be imagined. At the same hour Capt. Raynor's corps of Artillery, accompanied by a splendid band of music, took its station on the Bat tery, with four cannon, and fired a salute of sixty-six guns, that being the late President’s age. The firing was answered by a corresponding salute from the Navy Yard, Governor’s Island, theU. S. Ship North Carolina, and, what gratified us most as a mark of optional sympathy, the English steamer Europa.— Many of our citizens were in the streets, and all seemed to feel the solemnity of the occasion. On Sunday, our clergy, without exception, alluded to the event, while sonic hesitated not to make their sermons | eulogies of the deceased. Yesterday and to-day, however, we have observed that very little is said or •thought of the sad event; or, if it is made the subject of conversation, it is only with the view to ■speculate on the character of his successor, and the ■Course of the new Cabinet. Yet such is life, and such is death. There is the same oblivion for Pres ident and private citizen. You have heard, I doubt not, of our Rutgers In stitute, a trusteed establishment for the education of young ladies, which has an average attendance of four hundred and fifty pupils. One of the pleasant est afternoon* wo have spent in a long while was at the Commencement of this Institution, held in the Rutgers St. Church, on Friday last. Just think, Mr. Editor, of -100 young ladies, and some of them, the most graceful and beautiful creatures that ever went to school, filling up the aisles, the inimitable blush on their cheeks contrasting with the pure white of their dresses in a style which a painter might envy but could never catch. And then when the exercises were over, to see them warmly shaking hands with, and bidding adieu to, their Professors, (we would have 1 given a ten dollar bill to have been a Professor for ns many minutes,) —and the w armer caresses which they bestowed, at parting, on each other, sounding | *s’ if popped-corn were going off’ in all parts of the Omilding—can you wonder that it made a bachelor’s ■mouth water ? The exercises consisted of reports made on the different departments by various com- I mittees appointed for the purpose, and the reading of a number of compositions written by the young la •dies. Some of the latter were well w ritten, but we j would advise the Trustees to let the authors read them, 1 for some of the old sprigs chosen for that purpose murdered them most miserably. Some fine songs ‘ were sung; hooks, diplomas and medals given to the deserving ; the fair ones were applauded till the old church rang—and I dreamed till night of Mahomet’s Paradise and its ravishing peris. Though the weather luis been very warm, and the ■city is almost depopulated through the absence of i those who seek pleasure, relaxation, or fashionable 1 re-union at popular watering-places, yet the Opera continues to be well patronized. The Italian Com pany is the best beyond comparison that has ever been in New York, and they have very judiciously chosen Castle Garden* as the place of their enter tainments, where the sea-breeze rolling down the lfay even in the warmest nights of summer, is almost as attractive as the divine strains of Tedcsco and Stofthnoni. “The Huguenots,” a magnificent piece which no company in this city ever before had pow er to produce, lias been put oil the stage with a splendid caste and the most decided success.— Strakoscli is now engaged on anew picee, entitled “La Regina di Napoli,” founded on the tragic histo ry of J. anna, Q teen of Sicily. The Crusade, in which our respectable Sixth “Ward Police are the King Richards and Godfreys of Bouillon, which has in view the laudable object of j rescuing the Five Points from thieves, prostitutes, j and all other unbelievers, continues with unabated vigor; and we hope at last to see those dens of vice j incredible, completely obliterated from the face, or rather bowels, of otherwise respectable Gotham. On Saturday last no less than one hundred and sixteen ! persons were arrested, forty-nine of whom were prostitutes, and more than fifty brothel-keepers.— Some of them will no doubt manage to os- j cape the law, but most, we sincerely hope, will be converted into “hewers of stone,” and in that ca pacity for once “dothe State some service” at Black well’s Island. It gratifies us much to reeord that a great moral reform lias taken place, and is still going on, in this awful locality, whose wickedness has passed into a proverb, and which even our philan thropists seem hitherto to have considered a Nazar eth from which no good thing could conic out. Many of the hell-houses are now closed; and every Sab bath, directly opposite that haunt of iniquity, known ns ‘‘The Old Brewery,” a prayer meeting and Sun day school are held, which these poor wretches are invited and urged to attend. Horrid obscenities and blasphemies have given way to “the voice of praise.” Anew paper in the Italian language, called “the Italian Exile,” has just been started here by Signor Torrecelli, late a Genevan Monk, who was com pelled to flee from his native land in consequence of a warm espousal of republican principles. There are hardly enough Italian residents to support this and the other paper in that language, which is already published here. R. 11. Stoddard, who has lately obtained quite a magazine reputation as a poet, is about having a eol . lection of his poems published by Tieknor, Reed & Fields, of Boston. His later pieces are decidedly better than his “Footprints,” which first brought him before the public : and yet we do not know’ that we praise them very highly even in saying this. Bayard Taylor, who, by the Way. is becoming one of the most popular writers of the day, is to deliver the poem be fore the literary societies of Harvard Lniversitv, on the ISth inst. AVillis is publishing in the Home Journal anew work of his, “Tour in Ireland,” com piled from notes taken during his European travels. It is not marked by the piquancy of expression, or the general interest which characterize some of his earlier productions. Whittier, whom we must ad mit to be one of America’s most brilliant poets, though his abolition sentiments we heartily de spise, has been for some time in ill-health. He is living on his farm on the Merrimac. Yours, I\ Q [YANKEE CORRESroNDENCE.] Boston, July 14, 1850. Professor Webster — General Taylor — President Fillmore — James , the Novelist—Ghostly Knock ings in Boston —The H orcestcr Light — Kossuth , dfC. The case of Professor Webster is not yet decided. Many petitions have been presented to the Governor and Council in his favor, ami several medical gentle men and others have been heard by the committee on pardons, to show that the prisoner was of an iras cible temperament from his youth up ; also, to show’ that a single blow on the temple may possibly kill a man. In the meantime, the newspapers have given their opinion of this awful emergency. These are, in general, unfavorable to the convicted man. The con fession is considered to be a terribly cold, hard docu ment—not what the remorse of a penitent murder er's heart coul<T make it, or should make it. Some of the papers comment severely enough on the ad mission of evidence before the committee, as if there was not had a sufficient trial of evidence before the jury, and they demand that witnesses shall be heard anew on the side of the government also. But I think this concession to the friends of the accused j man bespeaks a “foregone conclusion.” The govern- ; ment will stretch a point—will hear everything—will try to satisfy the philanthropists, but it will affirm the sentence; and in this it is very well known and inti mately felt that it will only act according to the con victions of the public. I>y the slaying of Parkman, it were possible that Webster would not forfeit hi* life. It is the terrible duplicity of the man that has doomed him. People do not believe one word lie states ! If ho had gone out, after the murder, and given himself up, his life would probably be spared. Miserable man ! liis apparent duplicity and hard heartedness are more taken into consideration than j the fatal act itself. It is expected that on the 18tli j inst. the committee will have come to the close of its deliberations. The unlooked for death of the venerable President has thrown a gloom over this community. All the public demonstrations of respectful mourning, cus tomary on such an occasion, have been made. The offices of the State House and of the Custom House, the Law Courts, &e., have had their business suspen ded for a fitting interval; bells were tolled at ap pointed hours, and all the flags of the city and ship ping were suspended at half-mast. Other ceremo nies expressive of the public regret for the loss of the brave and honest old republican soldier are yet to take place—among them a funeral oration. The or ator lias not yet been named. Thre is a good deal of talk about the effect produced upon the late Presi dent by southern ultras , and the policy of some of his own friends in Congress. People say these things killed him. They might have affected him, but they did not kill him. The imprudence of drink ing ice-water too freely when hot and tired, and then eating cucumbers and cherries, and drinking milk, would sufficiently account for the death of the youngest and strongest man in the community. What a comment upon the nothingness of life is here furnished ! A few vegetables have power to extin guish here, the soul of the foremost man in the re public, and turn the entire current of national feel- j mgs and expectation. After catastrophes take place, | people, in general, see liow they might have been avoided or averted. Very unexpectedly, without doubt, Millard Fill more finds, himself President of the United States. His father is a farmer in western New York. He has a son, about twenty years of age, studying the law, and his daughter, aged eighteen, is, or was, very lately, a teacher in one of the Public Schools at Buf falo. The members of the intelligent and highly res pectable class to which she belongs, will now, doubt less, hold tlieir heads a little more proudly than be fore. This is an excellent illustration of our republi can institutions. Miss Fillmore will not be the less amiable and dignified in the White House from hav ing taught “the young idea liow to shoot” in the close and murmurous academy of Buffalo. Wliat the future policy of Mr. Fillmore will be, and how it will affect the destinies of this continent, I need not talk to you about. Is it not thoroughly discussed in all the newspapers of all the Union ? “Look in the (cotemporary) chronicles,” as Christopher Sly says. Mr. James, the English novelist, has published a letter in the New York Mirror, in which lie disclaims any intention of writing a book upon us, as was re ported. This well-timed announcement lias calmed the general feeling of terror, mixed with anger, which began to be felt in the community. The En glish have been setting their book-makers at us for n long time, and turning us into ridicule in the most shocking manner, and it was determined that James should be avoided like a man with the plague, till it was known that his intentions were peaceable. But he lias buried the hatchet and smoked the calumet, at Tarrytown, with Washington Irving, and our peo ple again are expectorating freely both at home and out of doors. We are about to have “ghostly knockings” in Boston. The Rochester ladies are making such an unconscionable stay at New York, that Mr. Cutter, lecturer on Biology, lias resolved to furnish us with the supernatural, manufactured, as it were, in our own city. He lias engaged the ghosts to knock for him. lie went to New York a month ago, and hav ing an interview with the “knockers,” through the Fox family, found that among them were the spirits of some of His particular friends, who were glad to see him. and let him know that they would be with him in Boston, such a day, and give him any infor mation from tlie hidden world, which he may desire, lie was very much surprised and gratified, and bid them come ; and they came, and were heard very distinctly at Mr. Cutter’s house a fortnight ago. This gentleman is now about getting a good room in some convenient place, where the spirits will answer all questions in a satisfactory manner, and at a much cheaper rate than the New York spirits. Mr. Cut ter's announcement, to the foregoing effect, lias ap -1 peared in our papers. We are all very glad that the monopoly is done away with. The Fox family thought they liad the whole business to themselves, and charged high accordingly—that is, a dollar for 1 each visitor. Mr. Cutter can afford his ghosts at 50 cents, and will, doubtless, do a good trade at that figure. I hear that the Boston knocks are much more distinct and satisfactory than the New York ones, and have less hesitation and caprice in tlieir manner of conversing with mortals. We are all, naturally, on the qui tore, in a state of pleasant ex pectation—all, except Professor Lister, the Boston Astrologer, who “tells destinies orally for fifty cents, and by letter for $3 he says he does not believe Cutter has got any ghosts at all, and, indeed, goes so far as to say he is a mere pretender ! But, of course, there will always be doubters concerning any new discovery that may be made, from time to time. For instance, the gas manufacturers and oil sellers of New Aork, can’t give Mr. Paine, of Worcester, who : says he can make light from water, a fairer name than “cheat” or “charlatan !” And, coming to Mr. Paine, this gentleman is very dilatory. It was expected that liis great fact would be made clear to all the world before now. A New York Committee have done liis pretenism more dam age than it had yet suffered. They went to Worces ter, saw his light, and from the appearance of it, and the manner in which Mr. Paine’s brother exhibited it. came to the conclusion that oil-gas was introduc ed into the vessel, and burned for hydrosen gas. thus branding Paine as cheat! If what they assert (and they have published a card to this effect.) be true, Mr. Paine deserves to be tarred and feathered from Maine to Georgia. But Paine still holds out. He denies that he exhibits oil-gas for the hydrogen gas he announces, and still appeals to the ultimate 1 result. Garibaldi, the general who defended Rome so bravely, is coming to this country. He left Liver pool on the 27th of last month, in the Waterloo, for New York. Forty Polish refugees are. also, on their way here. Kossuth will come to America the mo ment he is free. Our Minister to Turkey, Mr. Marsh, wrote to the Turkish Minister of foreign af fairs, demanding that the Hungarian chief and his companions, detained at Broussa, by the Sultan, should be permitted to go to the United States. In reply, Mr. Marsh was informed that the promises of the Sultan to Austria and Russia could not be bro ben—that the proscribed Hungarian and Poles must remain in their present imprisonment. The Sultan has offered to keep these men prisoners in Asia Mi nor for one year. The British and Neapolitan Min isters at Constantinople were in favor of Mr. Marsh's application. It is not improbable that some differ ence between the Sultan and the two northern despo tisms may have the effect of giving Kossuth and liis friends liberty to go where they please before the year is out. YANKEE DOODLE. One Week Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. The Steamship America arrived at Halifax on the 17th inst, with Liverpool dates to the 6th. Cotton had advanced l-Bd. The weeks sales amounted to 60,000 bales of which speculators took 17,000, and exporters 6,000. The accouuts from the manufactur ing districts are favorable. The money market was easy. Sir Robert Peel was thrown from liis horse on the 28th June, and instantly killed. From Washington. 11l the Senate , on the 18th inst., the first amend ment of Mr. Foote to make the 34th degree of North latitude the northern boundary of Texas, was reject ed—by yeas 20, nays 34. Mr. King proposed, as a substitute for Mr. Foote's second amendment, that the southern boundary of California be the line of 35- 30. On the 10th, the amendment of Mr. King was rejected by a vote of 20 to 37. The amendment of Mr. Jeff. Davis, making the line of 36-30 tlie south ern boundary of California, was rejected by a vote of 23 to 32. In the Ilttusc, on the 10th, the applica tion of Mr. IJ. N. Smith, as a delegate from New Mexico, was refused by a vote of 105 to 04. The same day, the report of the committee on elections against the admission of A. W. Rabbitt, to a seat as delegate from Deseret, was considered, and pending the discussion, the House adjourned. Tiie Cabinet. —Our latest advices from Washing ton announce the following as the new Cabinet. Mr. Webster, of Massachusetts, Secretary of State. Mr. Corwin, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Pearce, of Maryland, Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Graham, of North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Bates, of Mississippi, Secretary of War. Mr. Nathaniel K. Hall, of New Yark, Post Master General. Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Attorney General. Tlie Case of Prof. Webster. [Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.] New York, July, 19—6, r. m. The New York Globe of this morning lias a dis patch from Boston, dated at 10 1-2 o'clock on Thurs day night, which announces that the Lieutenant Gov ernor and Council had decided against the petition of Professor Webster’s friends for a commutation of sen tence to imprisonment for life, and have fixed tlie time for his execution for Friday, the 30tli day of August next. Excitement in Texas—Extra Session of the Legislature called. New Orleans, July 17. Advices from Texas are of an exciting cha racter in reference to matters in Santa Fe. Meetings have been held at San Antonio and on the San Jacinto battle-lield, where resolu tions were adopted denouncing the course of the General Government and calling on the Governor to proclaim Santa Fe in a state of insurrection. An extra session of the Legisla ture of Texas was called to assemble on the 12th August next. The alarm as to the difficulties with the In dians had somewhat subsided. The state of the crops, with the exception of those in the Trinity region, were more favorable. Texas Sustained. We take the following letter from the National ntellgencer of the 4th inst. There is evidently a coming together ofthe Southern statesmen and people—tlie true men of the South. They are rallying to the cause of their section, regardless of the interest of men or parties. They are break ing over party ties and party men, and are be ginning to look at the interest and honor of the South, and that alone. This is gratifying—glo rious. Let us teacli the whole tribe of anti- Southern statesmen, great or small, that they cannot betray our dearest interests and expect our support. House of Representatives, July 3, 1850. Gentlemen: In your paper of this morning 1 notice the following editorial: “We take it for granted that there is founda tion, of some kind or other, for the statement in the following extract from the Washington cor respondence of the Journal of Commerce. If it be all really true, the gallant State of Texas is about to march an army into the territories of the United States, and against an armed station of the United States within them ; and we are to have news of it in less than six weeks from this time! Let us hope, however, that the worthy correspondent of tlie Journal is prema turely alarmed tor the safety of Santa Fe and the detachment of the army whose duty it will be to defend it. “Correspondence ofthe Journal of Commerce.” “Washington, June 29,1850. “There will be some startling intelligence from Texas in less than six weeks from this time.— Texas will send an adequate force at once, as is supposed, to effect her objects—probablv 2,500 men. There are at Santa Fe about two hun dred Texan camp followers, who take an inter est in favor ofthe Texans. The troops of the United States, under Col. Monroe, number about five or six hundred, are about to be added. The Texans in this city are of the opinion that Texas, supported as she is by the sympathies of tlie whole South, will arrest the United States mili tary officers, and bring them to trial for obstruct ing the operation of her laws. Should the ad justment bill be defeated, there is no doubt that Texas will absorb New Mexico, and if the Uni ted States interfere, the Southern States will give her all the aid she needs.” From this it seems that you hold it to be the “duty” of the army of the United States now stationed at Santa Fe, to defend, without au thority of law, the military occupaiion of that portion of New Mexico lying this side of the Rio Grande against any attempt of Texas to main tain her claim by extending her jurisdiction over it. Your right to entertain such an opinion it is not my object to question. But I wish to say to you. lest you may be mistaken in the opinions of others, that the first Federal gun that shall be fired against the people of Texas, without the authority of law, will be the signal for the free men from the Delaware to the Rio Grande to rally to the rescue. Whatever differences of opinion may exist in the public mind touching the proper boundary of Texas, nothing can be clearer than that it is not a question to be decided by the army. Be not deceived, and deceive not others. “Inter arma leges silent .” When the “Rubicon” is passed, the days of the Republic will be numbered. You may consider the “gal lant State of Texas” too weak for a contest with the army of the United States. But you should recollect that the cause of Texas, in such a con flict, will be the cause of the entire South. And, whether you consider Santa Fe in danger or not, you may live to see that fifteen States of this Union, with seven millions of people, “who, knowing their rights, dare maintain them,” can not be easily conquered! “Sapientibus verbum sal.” Yours, most respectfully, ALEXANDER 11. STEPHENS. The Highwayman and his Counsel. I think it was at Preston Assizes, on the Northern Circuit, about the year 1814, that 1 was instructed to defend a notorious highway man ; and as the cause was expected to be one of great difficulty, I received a fee of five guineas. When the trial came on, the judge discovered some flaw in the indictment which was fatal to the whole proceedings, and the prisoner was in consequence dis charged without any of the particulars of the case having been entered into. I sat until late after the bar-dinner in the evening, and the clock struck twelve as I en tered my lodgings, which were in a lonely i house a short distance from the town. The folks had all retired to rest, and were by this time deep anchored in the snoring depths of a Lancashire hard sleep. I sat musing over the fire for an hour, visions of future wool sacks figuring to themselves shapes in the burning coals, when aloud knock at the door disturbed my meditations. My clerk, of course, was absent; and supposing some cli ent was in a hurry, or some ‘sublime rascal’ of an attorney was impatient, I went and opened it myself. A tall, gaunt man, wrapped in a loose horseman’s coat, with a handkerchief from which the tips ofhis ears peeped, red like ‘the rose morn,’ with a ferocity of whisker, and an obliquity of vision, and a deep scar on his cheek, in a gruff voice thus addressed me : ‘Measter, I a’cuin for that five pound.’ ‘What do you mean, my good fellow,’ said I, feeling rather nervous. ‘I say I want that five pound that my ’tor | ney, Mr. Shake, gave you this morning.’ ‘Who are you sir?’ I inquired, by no means ; reassured by this mention of Mr. Shake’s name. ‘I am Harry Hell-Fire, that was imprison ed for highway robbery, and they’ve just let me out so I thought I’d cum and have my money, before 1 was oft’to London.’ ‘But, my good follow,’ replied I, beginning to feel extremely uncomfortable, ‘you can’t claim the money : your case has been heard, and you are acquitted ; what more could you want ?’ ‘Ah,’ retorted my client, the highwayman, in a voice something between a growl and a grin, ‘no thanks to you measter —it was the old codger above in the wig that got me off; Mr. Shark handed you over the five pounds to make a speech for me, and you had no speech to make, and you didn’t make a speech, so hand out the money, measter.’ At this juncture the wind blew aside the skirts of his coat, and the moonlight fell up on the brass mounting of a horse-pistol; my knees knocked under me, but I summoned my courage, and, screwing up a bold face, I replied— ‘But it is not professional, my good friend, to return money, for you see if we were once to do so ’ ‘Oh, I don’t understand your trade, measter counsellor; but I know you have had my money, and done nothing for it; so hand it back, —eorne, I can’t stop.’ With this he gently insinuated his left hand and foot within the door, and tapped his fin gers persuasively on a 1; ‘-ge blackthorn club in his right hand. I looked backward upon the darkness and loneliness of my room, for ward to the solitary house and unfrequented lane, and, putting my hand in my waistcoat pocket, I took out the five-pound note and handed it to him. He wished me good night, with a knowing leer, and I heard no more of him. I never was so taken in but once, when myself and two other barristers having exert ed ourselves for a handsome fee, succeeding in getting the two W s off for forgery. They were acquitted—and by the time they were a hundred miles at least from the assize town, we found out that each of us, counsel, attorneys, and all, had been liberally paid in forged notes.—Recollections of a Sergeant at law. Tribute ol Respect. Mystic Star Lodge, I Columbus, July 23, 1850. \ Death, before whose power Kings and Poten tates must fall, and the strongman bow, has en tered our midst, grasped a pillar from our beau tiful Temple, and deprived us of one with whom we loved to meet and extend the hand of broth erhood. The sad news is announced to us that our much esteemed and worthy brother, William W. T aylor. departed this life at the residence ot N. Mcßobinson Esq., on yesterday morning, although a few short weeks ago, we met hiinjn all the strength and beauty of youth. While we are forced to submit to the dispen sation ot an Allwise Providence, and drop the tear of sympathy over the grave of the depart ed, we are compelled to acknowledge another verification of the Poet’s adage, “Death loves a shining mark.” If by us, then, his loss is deeply felt, who only knew him as a brother, a friend, and a good citi zen, how great must be his loss to parents and relatives at home and at a distance—bound by all the ties of affection and love, humanity is heir to. Though comparatively a stranger in our com munity, during his .short sojourn among us, he won the esteem and admiration of all who knew him. Be it therefore resolved, That Mystic Star Lodge, as an association with which the deceas ed was immediately connected, tenders its warmest sympathies to the family of the deceas ed at a distance, and to the relatives in this city, in this, their time of trouble. Resolved, That the furniture, regalia, and implements of our Lodge, be clothed in black for the space of three months, and that the mem bers wear the usual badge of mourning for the usual space of time, six months. Because “Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.” Resolved, That a copy, of these resolutions be handed to the family and relatives of the de ceased—that they be entered on the records of this Lodge, and that a copy be handed to each of the city papers for publication. J. A. GIRDNER, ) W. J. CHAFFIN, > Committee. T. S. CHAFFIN, ) A true extract from the minutes. T. CIIAFFiN, R. M. Tribute ofKespect. Comtany Room, City, Light Guards, ) July 22d 1850. $ Companions in arms! Death has again entered our ranks, and strickon down one of the good and the brave. Our comrade, Corporal Wx. W. Taylor, is no more! He died this morning at 15 minutes after 5 o’clock, af ter a short illness which he bore with calmness and re signation. Though he has been but comparatively a short time among us, he had endeared himself by many ties, and our grief at his loss, consoled by the reflection, that his death was a quiet and happy one. “He died as the good and virtuous alone may die ; Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch around him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.” Therefore Resolved, That by the death of Coiporal Taylor, this company has been deprived of one ot its most prom ising members: a true soldier and a steadfast friend. Resolved, That we will attend his funeral in a body, this evening at 5 o’clock, and will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That we condole with the abseDt relatives and friends of the deceased, upon their loss, and that the Secretary be requested to furnish them with a copy of these resolutions. Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the city papers. 2d Lt. ALEX. C. MORTON, ) Sergft JAS. BROADNAX > Comm. Pri M. BARRINGER 1 A true extract from the minutes of the City Light Guard:. C ROGERS, Sectv Trea. MARRIED, In Barbour county, Ala. ou Thursday evening the 18th inst., by the Rev. Geo. W. Cushman, of Eufaula, the Rev. Jas H. Tickner, Pastor of Trinity Church Columbus, to Miss A. E. Crofp, daughter ol the Rev. Benj. Cropp of the former place. DIED, In this citv, on the 14th instant, Thomas Bostwick, a native of Ring’s county, Ireland, aged 30 years. OBITUARY. Died, in this city, on the 10th instant, Mrs. Elleanor M. S. Ector, in the 23d year of her age. Her death was sudden as it was unexpected. For several months preceding her death, she had teen greatly afflicted, but ner family and friends entertained fond hopes for her speedy recovery, but alas! how uncertain is life. She is gone to the bourne from whence no traveller returns; where sickness and sorrow will be felt no more forever. Her naturally mild and quiet disposition was fortified by that Christian religion, which had sustained and comforted her in all her afflictions, and gave her that confidence, through faith, in the merits of her blessed Redeemer, which was a lamp to guide her salelv through the dark valley to her home in Heaven. In all her afflictions, not a murmur was heard. When eter nity was in view, when physicians lot hope, and friends despaired, she in prospect of death, looked up with con fidence, and expressed her assurance of a happy im mortality, and besought those whom she loved on earth, to meet her in Heaven, and there renew those bonds of love, where parting will be no more. In early life, she embraced religion and connected herself with the M. E. Church, and up to the close of her existence had lived in the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. The disconsolate husband, the neartstricken mother, whose watchful care had been over her since the dawn ofher existence, and whoso vigilance during her long illness was sleepless; the distressed brothers and sister, and her two little boys who know of what they have been deprived, mourn not as they who have no hope ; for their loss is her eternal gain. A. L. G. SCHOOL NOTICE. THE exercises of the ColumbusJMale School will be resumed on Monday, sth us August. The Acade my will be finishedj and every eonVfenioijce provided for the comfort of theaunknt. The unaemierned have gone to the expense of.ljijikfiig, wjffr the intention of making said school permanent, and second to none. From the advantageous locaity of their house, and with strict attention to the in Brest of those committed to their care, they hope to ineritli reasonable sjwfe of patronage. Reference —School Room. ** 41. H.MrQUEEN, , 1,0. P. AXTIIONY r * Columbus, July 25. 30 \i0ff COLUMBIJS MALE ACADEMY. (Corner of Forsyth and Randolph Streets.) THE exercises of this Institution will be resumed on Monday, the 19th ol August, 1850. Tuition for Scholastic Year $36.00 JOHN ISHAM. Columbus, July 25. 30 5t GODFREY & SOLOMONS, Factors and Commission Merchants, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. JAMES E. GODFREY, E. W. SOJ.OMONS. REFERENCES. Rev. jas. e. evans, Rev. samuel anthony, Savannah. Talbotton. RIDGEWAY &. GITNBY, N. OUBLY & SON, Columbus. Macon. July 25. 30 6m. SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE, OPEN ON THE \Bth NOVEMBER NEXT. THE second annual Fair of the S. Carolina Institute, for the promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, &e. will we held in Charleston, opening on the 18th Nov., and to continue during the week. Specimens of every branch of Industry are earnestly solicited. Premiums will he awarded—for the best ?])e cimens, a Silver Medal; for the next best, a Diploma. For original Inventions, a suitable premium, at the dis cretion of the judges. A selection will he made of the best specimen of Me chanism and the Art?—of Cotton, Rice. Sugar, Tobac co, Coni, Wheat, Flour, Rosin and Turpentine—and sent to the World’s Fair, to be held in London in the Spring of 1851. A large and commodious building has been selected for the Exhibition, and every attention will be paid to the reception and care of articles sent to the Fair. All articles must be directed to L. M. Hatch, Chairman of Committee of Arrangements, and be delivered by the 14th of November. Communications addressed to James 11. Taylor, Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, will meet with prompt attention. Tlie Hon. JOS. H. LUMPKIN, of Georgia, will deliver the Annual Address, on Tuesday night, the 18th November. Arrangements have been made with the South Caro lina Rail Road Company to let all articles intended for the Fair return free of charge. WM. GREGG, President. E. C. Jones, Secretary. July 25. 30 6t Dr. Willcox’s Sarsaparilla, TS decidedly the best Medicinal Extract for the cure of all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood, and other fluids, that has ever been brought before the public. The following are a few of the com plaints in which the power of this extraordinary Com pound has been displayed, viz; Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Piles, Scald Head, Pimples on the Face and Body, Liter Com plaint, Rheumatism, Consumption, Erysipelas, Cancers , Ulcers, and all Mercurial Diseases. It is also a certain cure tor Indigestion or Dyspepsia and General Debility, and is especially valuable for Female Complaints. The origin of all diseases, it will undoubtedly he ad mitted, arises from impurities of the blood and fluids generally, or the action of morbid causes upon both flu ids and solids—and whatever remedy will restore the physical functions to a healthy state, and carry off the cormpt matter which impregnates the blood and other fluids, mutt necessarily be of great interest to mankind. Many of the medicines now in use are wanting in their sanitary effects, in consequence of the absence of some essential article, or an injudicious combination of the ingredients used. Against this medicine no such charge exists. While it does all that other Extracts of Sarsaparilla are said to perform.it accomplishes what they leave undone. Penetrating and Purifying the Blood is only a part of its office ; The Secretions of the Fluids Generally are Pro moted by it, and the internal muscular action relieved from that slug gishness, which frequently lays the foundation of that distressing complaint, generally known under the name of Indigestion. Its effect on the solids is such as to give to each part of the muscular system that wholesome relaxation by which the blood is enabled to extend its circulation free ly, leaving the extremities as well supplied with life as those parts least exposed to exterior changes. The disfigured appearance of many of the human fam ily by Tumors, Abscesses, Swellings, Glandular and Cu taneous affections, may be attracted to the inactivity of the organs where these affections occur. As the fungus makes its appear ance in decaying vegetable matter, so do Tumors pre sent themselves on the human frame whenever the ani mation of its parts is partially suspended. This medi cine, then, by its singular and peculiar action on the solids, is eminently calculated to afford relief when, without it, the scalpel would hasten the patent to a pre mature grave. This Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, In Chronic Constipation, Quietly insinuates it elf through, and purifies the fluids, relaxes the solids, and without draining the sufferer of his energies, restores a healthy and permanent vital ac tion. In Rheumatic Complaints, Its virtues are incomparable. The nervous system, which, in these derangements, is deprived of its equili brium, yields its negative action, assumes the positive, and supplies the blood with that assistance in its arterial transit which, in endeavoring to make, before caused pain and inflammation. THERE IS SCARCELY A CHRONIC AILMENT which may notbe greatly relieved, and in most cases,entirely cured, by a judicious and well-timed use of this remedy. Nervous Diseases and Fe male Complaints , The most gratifying results have been effected. In such cases, if taken as set forth in the directions, this remedy will be found in reality an IJN VIGOR ATOR AND, AS IT WERE, A LIFE-RESTORER. To go through with the whole list of human ills is not the design of this circular. The principle of the medi cinal effect in cases for which this Sarsaparilla is a cer tain cure, is all that is intended to be shown, and all that is necessary to be known, to ensure its universal use. For sale only by Robert Carter. Sign of the Red Mortar. Columbus, July 11, 1350. 23 Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry. A. 11. DeWITT, HAS received this week, a large and general assortment of Ladles’ and Gents’ GOLD W ATCIILN, also, Silver, Hunting, and other Watches ; also the most fashionable and desirable JEWELRY worn this season, consisting of Breast Pins, Bracelets, Ear R ings, Gold Thimbles, Silver \V are,- Plated Ware, Silver Card Cases, Gold pens, SONS OF TEMPERANCE Jewels, MILITARY Goods generally ; together with a large assortment of other goods, received and on the way from New York. For sale at his usually low and uniform prices. Mr. WM. B. MOORE is permanently engaged in the Watch Repairing Department. Mr. Moore, as a Scientific Watch-Maker, has no superior North or South, as the many will attest w ho have favored him with their work. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Music Boxes, Accordeons, &c. repaired at shortest notice andth* lowest prices. Engraving on Seals, Stamps, Keys, Silver Ware and Jewelry, neatly executed/ krfef” Call and see me at the old stand. A. H. D. Columbus, March 21,1850. 12 ts Spring and Summer Clothing. WELIFBIB k MMIEI, Next door to Hill, Dawson & Cos. Broad St, Columbus, Ga. ARE now receiving an extensive and well assorted stock of Fashionable Spring and Summer Clothing, Gents’Furnishing Goods, Fashionable Hats and Caps, Trunks, Carpet Bags, Valises, &c. Also, the largest and most extensive assortment of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND VESTINGS, ever offered in this market, which will be manufactured in the latest styles, and warranted to please. Those who favor us with a call, may be sure of getting Goods at reasonable and steady prices. . (ffp- Persons wanting Cloths, Cnssimeres, Drillings, Vestings, &c. by the yard, can bit ecommodatcd, on the most reasonable terms. JAS. D. WILLIFORD. JOS. H. DANIEL, Columbus, March 14, 1850. O ts Muscogee Division, Sons of Temperance, .’ll rEETS this evening at 8 o’clock. The members l'l generally,and brethren of Chattahoochee Division, are invited to attend. SONS OF TEMPERANCE CELEBR ATION. CENTRAL DIVISION, S. of T. No. 237, will cel ebrate their Anniversary, and also dedicate their New Hall,on Thursday, the first day August, at which time several addresses will be delivered. Brethren ot the Order, and the public generally, and the Ladieeses pecially, arc respectfully invited to participate in the celebration. July IS. 29 It Among the many blessings attendant upon improve ments in the social condition and the advances of our race in intelligence, is the prolongation of human life. With the increase of intelligence has grown up a knowl edge for the elements of health, and a regard for them, and eommensurately with the strides of science have we acquired the means of arre-ting disease, and avert ing its ravages. Notwithstanding the progress we have made,statistics show that even now, one sixth of the whole population die annually of consumption. One ot the most important discoveries ot the age. in ameliorating the condition ot this large class of suffering humanity, is Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, Nunda, Livingston, Cos., N. Y., June 20,1948. Mr. S. W. Fowle—Dear Sir: Prompted by a sense of gratitude from the benefits received from the use ol Wis tar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, I submit the following state ment: Previous to my taking the Wild Cherry, I had been obliged to ghe up my business in consequence ot a severe affection of the lungs. In this distressed state I was ordered to try the temedy for Consumption. 1 did so, and in the course of a few weeks, I was restored to comparative good health, so that I have been able to attend to ordinary busiuess. Indeed, my present state ot health far exceeds my most sanguine expectations. Yours truly, (Signed) JOHN BURNS. None genuine, unless signed I. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale by Dr. R. A. Ware, and Danforth & Nagel, Columbus; J. A. <fc S. S. Virgins, Macon ; S. Ken drick, Bamesville, Bowdre &, Woodson, Thomas toil, and Agestu everywhere. POCKET BOOK STOLEN. A lanr RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK was , V stolen front my pocket at the execution of Geo. W. Evans on Friday last, containing a note made by B. F. Grigg, for $l5O, and payable Dee. 25, 1850, to Martin Shoffne.r; an execution and a note against Fortunatus Webb, for $26 and odd cents, payable to H. Turnage ; the execution in my favor : a note made by Samuel Hy att and Jefferson Hayatt, for*slo,due and payable to rue ; a note by James Tumage. for $lO, due and payable to me ; a note by Abraham Odom, for sl6,payable to me 25th Dec. next; and the following accounts,to wit: One against N. L. Howard, for $7 and odd cents ; one against H. W. Nance,for $7 and odd cents; one against Moses Garrett, for between sl6 ana S2O. One against Robert Reese, for $2 50. Also, a bundle of receipts. Persons are cautioned against trading for any of the above notes or accounts. A liberal reward will be paid for the recovery of the Pocket Book and contents. W. A SHOFFNER. Columbus, Ga., July 11, 1850. 11 3t (1 EORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY -Court of X Ordinary July Term, 1850— Rule Ni Si.—Where as, Thomas McCarty, Adrwnistrator with the will an nexed of the estate of Pai-iA McCarty, deceased , hav ing petitioned the Gs>uit,tO l\ dismissed from said Ad ministration. It is ordered by The Court that all persons concerned show caujfe, if any they have, at the January Term next ensuing of this Court, why the Administrator as aforesaid should not be dismissed. A true extract from the minutes of said Court. JOHN JOHNSON, c. c. o. July 11,1350. 28 6m Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turn pike Road Cos. TAKE NOTICE. BOOKS of Subscription for Stock in said Comnanv, will be opened at the Commercial Exchange Read ing Room, on Monday and Tuesday, the 15th and 16th of the present month. By order of the Corporators of said Company. HAMPTON S. SMITH, JOHN C. LEITNKR, GEO. W. WINTER, DAVID ADAMS. July 11,1850. 28 ts UNION IRON FOUNDRY, COLUMBUS, GA. r rM!E SUBSCRIBERS having nearly completed their 1. New Establishment, are now ready to receive orders forlron or Brass Castings of all descriptions Gin Gear, Sugar Mills, Plates and Balls, Cotton Press Pulleys, Racks and Ways, Rag-Irons for Saw Mills. Railroad Wheels,Cast-iron Water-wheels and all castings execu ted with neatness and dispatch. Their Foundry is on O glethorpe street, opposite Mr. Jefferson’s stoJe, where persons wanting eastings will please call and examine theirwork. SAMUEL HAY’S &, CO. N. B. All orders from the COUNTRY directed as a bove, will meet with prompt attention. H. CO. July 16 29 3rn RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS. r pE subscriber offers for sale probably the best col - A lection ever brought here, comprising over 650 VOLUMES. Among them the following—Lives of British Reform ers—English Martyrology—Newton’s Cardiphonia— The Life of John Banyan,or ; The Bedfordshire Tink er-Professors of Christianity—Madagascar Martyrs— Miller on Public Prayer—Men and Scenes before the Flood—Causes and Cure of Skepticism—Short Daily Texts—Bates’s Harmony of the Divine Attributes—Old Antony’s Hints—Providences Illustrated—McGill on Secret Prayer—Learning to Think—The Three Ques tions, What am I? Whence Came I? And Whither Do I Go ?—Keith on the Prophecies—Pickte’s Christian Theology—Bunyan’s Holy War—Alexander’s Evi dences of Christianity—Doddridge’s Rise and Progress— Baxter’s Call—Edwards on Baptism—Noel on Baptism —Calvin’s Institutes—Home on Psalms—Haldane on Romans—Bridges on the Christian Ministry—Bridges on CXIX Psalm—Hodge’s History of Presbyterian Church—Lime Street Lectures— -History of the Inqusi tion—Life of Zuinglins—Life ot Melancthon—Life of Newton, M’Cheyne, Henry Martyn, Rowland Hill, Dr. Milnor, Isabella Graham, Harlan Page, Buchanan, James B. Taylor, Simeon, Jeremy Taylor, Howard the Philanthropist, Cecil, Amiinins, and others—Anxious Enquirer —Chamock on Regeneration—Destruction of Jerusalem —Miller on Ruling Elders—Ditto on Creeds —Ditto on Christian Ministry—Boston Fourfold State — Council of Trent—Jay’s Exercises—Tales of the Cov enanters—Common Maxims of Infidelity—History of Yycklifiites—Butler’s Analogy—Walk about Zion — Bible in Spain—McGee on Ephesians—M’Cheynes Ser mons—Foster on Decision of Character —Christ our Law —Davidson’s Connexion—Brownell’s Commentary on the Prayer Book—Stanton’s Church Dictionary—Pal mer’s Ecclesiastical History —Churchman’s Reasons for his Faith and Practice —The Church Identified—Devout Churchman’s Companion —Williamson the Miracles — Hobart’s State of the Departed—Steps to the Altar—E piscopacy Examined —Dyer on the Church. &.C., &c., with many others impossible to name here. All for sale as low as books can be sold here. V. F. WILLCOX. June 13 GREAT COUGH REMEDY* AYER'S Oierrv Pectoral. FOR THE CURE OF Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, FYhoop ing-Coughs, Croup, Asthma and Consumption: in offering the community this justly celebrated rem edy for diseases of the throat aud lungs, it is not our wish to trifle with the lives or health of the afflicted, but frankly to lay before them the opinions of distinguished men, and some of the evidences of its success,from which they can judge for themselves. We sincerely’ pledge ourselves to make no wild assertions of fabe statements of efficacy, nor will we hold out any hope to suffering humanity which facts will not warrant. Many proofs are here given, and we solicit an inquiry from the public into all we publish, feeling assured they will find them perfectly reliable, and the medicine worthy their best confidence and patronage. FROM BENJ. SILLIMAN, M. D., L. L. D.,ETC. Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, J(c., Yale College. Member of the Lit. Hist. Med. Phil, and Seien. So cieties of America and Europe. “I deem the CHERRY PECTORAL an admirabU composition from some of the best articles in the Mate ria Mediea, and a very effective remedy for the class of diseases it is intended to cure.” New Haven, Ct., Nov. 1, 1849. PROF. CLEA VELAND, of Bowdoin College, Main Writes —“I have witnessed the effects of your “Cher ry Pectoral” in my own family and that of my friends, and it gives me satisfaction to state in its favor that no medicine I have ever known has proved so eminently faithful in curing diseases of the throat and lungs.” REV. DR. OSGOOD. Writes—“ That he considers “Cherry Pectoral” ther best medicine for Pulmonary Affections ever given to tho public,” and states that “his daughter .after being obliged to keep the room four months with a severe settled’ cough, accompanied by raising of blood, night sweats, with the attendant symptoms of consumptions, com menced the use of the ‘Cherry Pectoral/ and had pletely recovered.” HEAR THE PATIENT. Dr. Ayer—Dear Sir: For two years I was afflicted with a very severe cough, accompanied by spitting'of blood and profuse night sweats. By the advice of my attending physician I was induced to use your “Cherry Pectoral,” and continued to do so till I considered myseß cured,and ascribe the effect to your preparation. JAMES RANDALL. Ilampden ss. Springfield. Nov. 27,1848. This day appeared the above named James Randall/ and pronounced the above statement true in everv respect- LORENZO NORTON, Justice. THE REMEDY THAT CURES. Portland, Me., Jan. 10, 1847, Dr. Ayer: I have been long afflicted with Asthma-, which grew yearly worse until last autumn, it brought on a cough which confined me in my chamber, and be gan to assume the alarming symptoms of consumption-. I had tried the best advice and the best medicine to no purpose, until I used your “Cherry Pectoral,” which ba cured me, and you may well believe me. Gratefully yours, J. D. PHELPft. If there is any value in the judgment of the wise, who speak from experience, hero is a medicine worthy of thor public confidence. Prepared by J. C. AYER, Chemist, l/owell, Mwv BSgT* Sold in Columbus, by Danforth & Nagel, and R. Carter, and by Druggists generally. May 2. 18 3m P. McLaren & Cos. KEEP constantly on hand a large assortment o# GROCERIES; LIQUORS ; WINES; TOBACCO; &C. And have just received a large supply of CIGARS direct from Havana. jy°Countrv Merchants are especially invited to •- amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. Columbus, April 11. 15 rs JAMES FORT; ATTORNEY AT LAW, HOLLY STRINGS .MISS. July 4, DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATURES. J. Iff. SPAULDING XITOULD respectfully call the attention of the citi- V > zens of Columbus and vicinity, to his beautifully COLORED SPECIMENS. Mr. S. is enabled by his proeess to make good pictures of children in from eight to twelves seconds. Persons wishing to set for pictures should avoid white, light blue and pink dress es as much as possible. Persons arc invited to call and set for Specimens. Rooms over Foster & Purple’s store. Instructions given in the art, and persons fitted out oo most reasonable terms. Columbus, June 20. 25 ts WYNN TON M VLE ACADEMY. THE exercises of this School wifi be resumed oil Thursday, Ist day of August, under the direction of the undersigned. Terms for schol alstic year, $32. WM. F. PLANE. July 4. 27 4t ” WARM SPRINGS. AgdjL fTMIIS establishment,situated on Pin* Moun ||||!| JL tain, in Meriwether county, 36 miles from ... :, ~*.Columbus, and the same distance from Griffin, will be opened for the reception of visitors on the first day of June. ty A tri-weekly line of stages will run from Colum bus, and a daily one from Greenville to to the Springs. JOHN L. MUSTIAN. May 16,1850. 20 tlst Sept. WASHINGTON HOUSE, Chcsnut Street, above Seventh Street, PHILADELPHIA,, IS central, in the immediate vicinity of the most im portant public Institutions, the best and most fash ionable places of business, and the attractive public Squares of the city. In the important requisites of light and ventilation, two principal onjects aimed at in the re cent enlargement and thorough improvement of thjp House.it is not exceeded, perhaps, by any establishment in America. To strangers, therefore,the position is pe culiarly desirable. The subscriber returns thanks to nie friends and the public for the liberal patronage ther have extended to him, and assures them that he will endeavor to merit a continuance of their favors. A. F. GLASS. J tin*2o, 1830. 25