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EDITED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY WM . B . HARRISON. CITY PRI.XTETi [rOR THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM ] A VALESTIXE, ADDRESSED TO A FEMALE FKIF ND - Here's a health to thee on this festal day, And a wish, and a smile, and a sigh And a hope unseen, and a thought unheard, That they meet with thy favoring eye. Thy health I sing may it ever be fair ; And thy rosy cheek, and tiiy harmless glee And thy gen’rous heart, may it never sear— Nor thy cheek grow pale,nor thy mirth less free’. Thy sparkling eye, thy ruby lip, Oh, may they still of pleasure sip ! Beauteous in youth, ardent in truth, Brilliant in mind, gen’rous and kind— Heaven bless thee, my friend ! My wish I note : may thy gathering years, Bring thy dearest hope, and the brightest sky, Be the future thine; time lessen thy cares, With desires possessed, and contentment nigh. May faith and charity unite To lead thee to the Infinite. Harmless and gay, fair as the day; Clear as the dawn, mild as the fawn— Heaven bless thee, my friend ! My smile I give : with these quivering lays I approve thee w'ell; I respect thee more ; Tho’ the deed be frail, yet the will is praise, And the heart sincere, in its treasured store. My sigh, I fear, must be unknown, Thou wouldst not list its musing tone : But midst this life, in joy or strife, ’Neath reeking pain, or pleasure's reign— Heaven bless thee, my friend ! And now I send my humble Valentine, And in its folds an humble prayer entwine, That all its blessings may be ever thine ; Good day, my friend, think oft of me and mine ! W. P. H Feb. 14, 1849. Douglass Jerrold’s “Man made of Money.” The racy author of “Mrs. Caudle’s Cur tain Lectures,” has written an interesting novel under the above head. It is well spoken of by those who have had the pa tience to read it, and, from a hasty glance at a column or two, we conclude that it is full of the characteristic eccentricity of that writer. Where he found the substan tial “Man made of Money,” we do not know, for we have yet to find one whose pockets are made of that article, and much less do we hope to see a veritable walking gold-mine. We have seen men, howev er, who were worth their weight in gold, but they seem to be fast disappearing, be fore the would-be progress of fame-fam ished politicians and embryo immortal originals for future monuments. Such an individual would create as much conster nation in our mind, as would fill the won derful intellect of a scientific star-gazer, at the premature appearance of a comet. — But to our extract. Duyckinck’s Litera ry World, speaking of Jerrold’s “Man made of Mony,” says : “Our author has taken a fashionable London diner-out—a married bachelor; and after pestering him to death with the pecuniary importunities of a wife fond of a good wardrobe and the filling the pock ets of her‘darling sod has made him a wish which (rash man that he was!) was readily granted. He wished he was made of money and he was ! Not that he be came scaled with bank notes; or made eagle-eyed with gold pieces ; or had his head covered with gold thread by way of hair, the while mint drops coursed thro’ his veins and arteries. Oh, no! hut his heart was converted into a dull mass of pound notes ; his bones were marrowless, and there was little speculation in his eyes; as little as appears in the vision of a ‘ducked’ member of the ‘third board’ when an unlucky fingering of ‘Harlem’has burn ed holes in his bank account. Outward ly he continued a man ; inwardly he was a bank ; hut without the power of increas ing his capital ; or withstanding a ‘with drawal of the deposits.” r I bus made of money (having hut to put his hand to his heart and draw at sight —not the slightest check to his operations in that way) —he went through the world ; pandering to his wife’s love of display and feeding the vulture of the world of fashion ; meantime his inward joy and peace of mind perish, and himself became a fitting Siamese twin for the “Haunted Man.” He bought out his early friend; exiled his son ; bankrup ted a truth-loving physician ; and gave up his daughters as prey to fortune-hunters. He was shot through the heart in a duel ; but the bullet came out at his hack, and not a sign remained save a delicate hole through the after emission of bank notes from his bosom treasure. Consequently the world said he was the devil; grown one from that root of evil which threads its way into the groundwork of all society. “There was another drawback. That he was morose and selfish; unfeeling; that his May of life had fallen into the sere and yellow leaf; that his joy proved unsa vory ; were small matters. But the of tener he drew forth a hank note from his heart, the thinner he became. As heal thy in look, and speech, and action as ever; but frightfully emaciated. He was a fortune to an ‘old clo’ dealer ; and equally so to the tailor of his early pover ty whom [with honor be it saidj he did not desert in his prosperity. “Jericho [that was his name] w as no lo gician ; deep as he might have been, but his thoughts were below the reach of re- I flection’s book; or he would have been painfully cognizant of the slight tenure lie possessed in life. Man made of dust returns to dust, was a matter of fact that he had never conned ; or he might have gone further by the help of analogy, and learned that man made of banknotes was a mere mass of primitive tinder. This was unfortunate, as the sequel proved ; for using one of his own notes as a match, lie ‘combusted spontaneously,’ and only a spark [was it of gratitude ?] remained for his friend, the Devil. The novel contains a pertinent moral. We are all of us made of money, more or less ; the greater our degree the greater our bondage to his Satannic majesty. If the love of gold corrupt our blood [and that beyond the reach of Sands or old Dr. Jacob Townsend :] poisons our affections; and banishes joy from our heart’s premi ses ; will be even like unto poor Jericho; and our memory when dead will he just as evanescent as were his corporeal remains. Our genius ; our industry ; our capacity for the driving bargains ; are all parts of our nature ; and it is through them we are made of money. Let the career of poor Jericho, as the reader follows him chapter by chapter through his eventful life, from the time his forehead is made the pulpit of two moralizing fleas to the time his earthly fabric dissolved and left no wreck behind, he a warning against too profuse a sacrifice at the altars of Mam mon. “Literary California emigrants, if you would stay behind, ‘go to Jericho."' Tlie Next Legislature. It is not at any time inopportune to urge the importance of selecting for the Legis lature competent and reliable men—men of the best judgment and abilities. At the approaching election it is particularly des irable that sucli men should be chosen, on account of the many important subjects to he acted on at the nextsessiori, and which if not then disposed of, cannot be reached for two years longer. The next Legisla. ture will have under conisderation the question of a change in the Tax law ; a re vision of the whole body of the State laws ; of a reform in the Militia system and the establishment of a system of general edu cation. By Resolution of last Legislature the Governor was requested to appoint three suitable persons as a Committee to enquire into the state of Education in Georgia, to report to the next Legislature on the operation of the present Toor School law, to recommend any alteration in the same that may to them seem advis able, or to suggest a plan for general edu cation if considered by them expedient, accompanied by a suitable hill for carrying out the same. Though, by the resolution, the Committee thus appointed must not expect compensation for their labor in pre paring this report, theie is no doubt that suitable men have undertaken, or will un dertake the task for the good of the State and the cause of Education. By another resolution, the Judges of the Supreme Court, were requested to make a report to the next Legislature, stating any exis ting defect in the laws of Georgia, and suggesting a remedy fertile same, and also to give their opinion on the expediency and practicability of so condensing and simplifying the laws as to place them more within the knowledge of the citizens gen erally. Besides these subjects, there vvill he brought up for action, other matters of general importance or of local interest, that will make it highly desirable that each county should have able, efficient and in dustrious members to watch over, and la bor, and act for the good of their immedi ate constituents as well as of the State generally.— Cherokee Advocate. Tun Three Great Events in Eu rope.—Three great events claim, at the present moment, our cheif attention—the advance of the Russian troops into Hun gary, the approach of a French army to Rome, and lastly, the prospect of a serious contest between all the existing govern ments of Germany and large masses of the people, already pledged to risk every thing in defence of national unity and Democratic institutions. We believe that, in this country .those events are unanimous ly regarded by men of all parties with serious apprehensions and sincere regret. They bode no good to Europe or to the times we live in.—They menace the world with a conflict of extreme parties. But, as the tempest blackens day by day, it is impossible to deny that the chances of these differences diminish, and they are left more and more to the arbitration of the sword. Yet, even when this conflict has been fought and won, the victorous party, whichever it may be, will bo alike embarrassed to restore the tranquillity of society and the authority of government, either by the force of military despotism or by the license of unlimited Democra cy.—London Tones, May 10. THE CHOLERA. Much causeless alarm is felt in anticipa tion of the approach of this disease. It most generally attacks the exposed, im prudent, or dissipated. Any course of life that disturbs the healthy functions of the body, will create a predisposition, and therefore, all who would escape must give ordinary attention to the preservation of health. Temperate habits, cleanliness, a quiet mind, and attention to business, are the best safeguards in the midst of this or any other epidemic. In regard to sanita ry regulations, the following, which have been adopted in London, are based upon one of the most minute investigations that was ever made into the circumstances at tendant on an epidemic disease. The London Lancet says: “These simple measures are worth all the nostrums or specifics which have ever been vaunted for the cure of cholera.” Let every impurity, animal or vegeta ble, he quickly removed to a distance from the habitations, such as slaughter bones, pig-sties, cess-pools, and all other domestic nuisances. We do not believe that animal putrefac tions are ever connected with epidemic diseases, but there can be no objection to their removal from habitations. Let all uncovered drains he carefully and frequently cleansed. Let the grounds in and around the hab itations he drained, so as effectually to carry off moisture of every kind. Let all partitions he removed from with in and without habitations, which unneces sarily impede ventilatiou. Let every room be thrown open for the admission of air ; and this should he done about noon, when the atmosphere is most likely to be dry. Let dry scrubbing be used in domestic cleansing, in place of water cleansing. Let excessive fatigue and exposure to damp and cold, especially during the night, be avoided. Let the use of cold drinks and acid li quors, especially under fatigue, he avoid ed ; or when the body is heated. Let a poor diet, and the use of impure water in cooking or for drink, be avoided. Let the wearing of wet and insufficient clothing be avoided. Let a flannel or woollen belt be worn around the belly. [This has been found very serviceable in checking the tendency to bowel com plaint, so common during the prevalence ot the cholera. The disease has, in this country, been always found to commence with a looseness in the bowels, and in this stage is very tractable ; it should, howev er, he noticed that the looseness is fre quently unattended by pain or uneasiness; and fatal delay has often ocrurred from the notion that cholera must he attended with cramps. In the early stage here re ferred to, there is often no griping or cramp, and it is at this period that the disease can he most easily arrested. ] Let personal cleanliness he carefully observed. Let every cause tending to depress the moral and physical energies he carefully avoided. Let crowding of persons within houses and apartments be avoided. Let sleeping in low or damp rooms he avoided. Let fires he kept up during tire night in sleeping or adjoining apartments, the night being the period of most danger Lorn attack especially under exposure to cold or damp. Let all bedding and clothing be daily exposed during winter and spring, to the fire, and in summer to the heat of the sun. Dr. Drake, a physician of Cincinnati, whose acquaintance with this disease is said to he as extensive as that of any prac titioner in the West has published some suggestions on the subject, worthy of no tice : 1. That leaving the city can do no pos sible good. The disease is not contagious. 1 he cause of it has already spread through the city and been received into the bodies of the inhabitants. Those who escape to the country, are more likely to be ill than they that remain at home. 2. Epidemic cholera has no premonito ry symptoms. The diarrhoea, which is sup posed to be its forerunner, is the disease itself, in it first stage ; as positively so as when advanced to vomiting, or coldness and collapse. 3. The disease may be generally stop ped, it it cannot then, it cannot afterwards. It cannot even then if the patient contin ues on his feet. His life dependes on his lying by. 4. All persons who hay; worn flannel during the winter, should keep it on un til the epidemic has passed awav. llow TO prevent thf. Cholera.—A corres pondent of the Journal of Commerce says that a town in Tennessee has entirely escaped the scourge of the cholera the past winter, not a case ofit having occured there, notwithstanding every other town in the vicinity suffered from it se verely. This has been attributed, and no doubt correctly, to the free and universal use oCquick lime, fresh from the kilns, which was scattered hrough the gutters, cellars, privies and yards. Its disinfecting properties seizing with avidity on all impure and deleterious gases are well known, and where plentifully used, will no doubt under ordinary circumstances of prudence and cleanliness preserve the health of any cities and villages in the United States. O’ A letter from an officer in the United States Navy, dated San Bias, March 23, is pub lished in the Brooklyn Eagle, gives the follow ing information : “The Warren, St. Marys, Ohio, Dallas and Store Ship were at San Fra-ncisco. Several sail ors have been shot fur desertion. Gen. Smith was temporarily on board the Ohio. Court mar tinis were in full blast, for the trial of deserters from the different ships.” MACON, G A . SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1849. City Taxes. —Those of our city readers who have failed to make their Returns, will hear in mind that the Books will be closed on Friday next. Sec advertisement. nJIVe learn from a correspondent at Marietta that on .Monday night Inst, whilst the “ Sable Melodists” were performing at the Court House in that village, a difficulty arose attlie door be tween the agent, Mr. Weston, (brother of Mr. J. M. Weston,) and a son of I)r. Randall, in which tile former was dangerously stabbed twice in or near the abdomen, and bis recovery was considered doubtful. g.j’At a meeting of the Democratic party of Bibb county, held at the Court House on Tues day last, the following gentlemen were appoint ed Delegates to the Democratic Convention, to nominate a candidate for Governor of Georgia, viz: H. Newsom, S. B. Hunter, R. A. Smith and T. R. Bloom, Esqs. The Whigs hold a meeting at the Court House to-day, to appoint Delegates to their Convention. THe Mechanics’ Society. We regret that we have not heretofore noticed, in detail, the formation of an association of Me chanics, together with those friendly to the Me chaliic Arts, to the diffusion of instructive and valuable information among the laboring classes in our city, and to effect their moral and litera ry, as well as pecuniary, advancement. That such a society is calculated to be of great bene fit, not only in the prescribed circle of its mem bership, but also throughout the whole commu nity, we have not the least reason to doubt. On the contrary, the experience of Northern cities plainly indicates, that wherever the working men unite themselves to an association for their mutual improvement, the price of labor is satis, factory, and Mechanics are more intelligent and liappy. The motto, “united we stand, divided we fall,” will hold good in this particular as well as in many others, and it is a mistaken idea that laboring men have any individual interests which this association will undo. It is doubtless the case that in various branches of the Mechanic Arts there is a spirit of competition and rivalry among those who follow these several callings- But as far as our observation extends, the object has been to excel in diminishing the price, and not in perfecting the work, and, so extensively has this principle pervaded the working masses, that, with a few exceptions, we can find no one fully acquainted with every department of his trade, or prepared to execute his work with a faultless finish. This state of things has been brought about, during depressions in monetary affairs, by the employers who seem to have es tablished in their own minds the false theory, that if a thing be cheap, it must of course be good. We presume it vvill require no argument to show that, instead of the interests of contrac tors and workmen coming in contact, they are one and the same. Give a good price for labor, and you have it executed well—the article made .will last a hundred per cent, longer than if you paid less for it—the Mechanic will put iris wits to work in order to produce something unri valled ; every exertion to perfect it will be en couraged by- the consciousness that he is reward ed for his trouble. On the other hand, give him an inadequate price, and he is compelled, in justice to himself, to slight the work—and, of course, the first is not benelitted, and the last is injured. The question then arises, will this Associa tion remedy these evils ? We answer that it will. If Mechanics will resort to a place where they r could take counsel together, how lone is it probable they would take to devise means for a remedy ? They have the power, and why vvill they refuse to exercise it in their own be half? If they should fix the rates of labor at any reasonable standard, would not employers he forced to comply ? But if they do not see fit to concert arbitrary measures, they can still ac complish the end, by consulting one wilh ano ther, and devising more lenient, and less exci ting means. We have, then, to urge upon all laboring men who desire to advance their own interests, that they carefully consider the sub jeci, and lend a helping hand to those worthy gentlemen who have already united themselves with the Society. # Two Public Lectures have been delivered be fore the Mechanics’ Society, the first by S. T. Chapman, Esq., and the last by Robert B. Lester, Esq. The first we noticed soon after its delivery—the latter we had not the pleasure of hearing, but we are told it was a very credit able production. We are authorised to say that this Society will adopt a Constitution at its next regular meeting, on Thursday night next, at the Council Room, and an entire attendance of the the friends of Labor and Mechanical Improve ment is earnestly solicited for that occasion. The Georgia and Tennessee Railroads. We learn that Gen. Duff Green has re cently completed a favorable contract with the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company by wliich he will be enabled to complete the Iliwasseo Railroad to Dalton, where he had pur chased some $30,000 worth ofproperty. There are about twenty miles of this road already gra ded in Tennessee, and a fine bridge across the River. The grading on that part of the Road South of the Hiwassee river, and a part of that in Georgia, has been already put under contract in short sections, to efficient and energetic con tractors—and the balance ofthat part lying in Georgia, tvill be placed under contract immedi ately. We are also informed that the cars run to the Tunnel on the State Road—and that there arc but four hundred feet to cut through, which is being excavated at the rate of one hundred feet per month. The contractors indulge the hope that they will have the Road completed to Chat tanooga by the first of October next. May their expectations be fully realized—and this work prove an enduring monument of the wisdom and enterprise of the people of Georgia. HEALTH. We invite the attention of our city readers to the Proclamation of the Mayor in another co lumn. There is much room for improvement in various parts of the city, and if the citizens gen erally will but co-operate with the public Au thorities in reporting all nuisances to them, we may expect a continuation of the good lieallh, which a kind Providence has so bountifully bestowed upon us as a community, for several years past. None hut those who have been de prived of this blessing, can duly appreciate this great boon, which indeed may be said to he the rich man’s happiness and the poor man’s wealth. Without it, what are the world’s rich es and honor?—Nothing but “sounding brass and a tinkling symbol.” By the term health is ordinarily understood that state of the body in which every organ per forms its appropriate functions, without pain or inconvenience. This may be considered the lowest definition of the term health ; and yet without extending it, we shall find from obser vation on ourselves and others, that health is the most scarce commodity in creation. If we make the inquiry of our friends and neighbors, or of every man and woman we meet in our inter course with society, we shall not find one, per haps, who vvill declare unequivocally, that he or she is well. They have all taken cold, or have a head-ache, or weak eyes, or pains in the limbs, or have tne dyspepsia, or some other fashionable or unfashionable disease. The fact then, that either real or imaginary disease is almost univer sal, cannot be questioned, unless we admit that veracity has left the world—for every person is sick according to their own testimony. Whence then, may vve not ask, is the cause of this universal absence of health ? It is certain ly not because this blessing is not desirable, for every body young and old, male and female, are found travelling because they are “out ofhealth.” Millions of dollars are annually expended not only upon the Faculty, whose professional edu cation fits them to preserve and restore health, but millions more, upon those empirical charla tans, who speculate upon health and life at hap hazard. A multitude of our population are em» ploeyd more than half the days of their earthly pilgrimage, in following hard after health.— They compass sea and land—visit watering places, far and near—ride and sail under every possible modification—they alternately eat and starve—drink and famish from thirst—plunge into cold and hot water, salt or fresh—journey to the North and South, East and West—take advice and physic—drink stimulants and lose blood—and all these, and n thousand other means are employed in pursuit of health, without ever overtaking it. True they are getting better and better all the time, until they die ; and it may be remarked that those who follow the chase af ter health most zealously and rapidly are the most unsuccessful—having more when they com mence the pursuit, than ever afterwards—al though they think themselves betterjust before they end their race in the grave than ever before. Hence the only persons who arc unequivocally well in their own estimation, and whom you cannot persuade to acknowledge themselves sick, are those who are sinking from consumption, or some similarly fata! malady. Let it not he supposed, from this artless narra tive of simple truth, that the want of lieallh, so prevalent, is imaginary in the sufferers, for no thing can be more real. It is its reality that ought to interest us all, in the inquiry vve pro pose to make, for it cannot he denied, that in our country, as well as in other countries, so far as civilization has extended, every body is out of health more than half the time. While it is equally true, that in our Western wilds, and in the isles of the sea, among the savages, the un civilized children of nature, thousands die of a good old age, who never had a fever in their lives, nor complained of being in had health. And it ought not to be forgotten that among our primitive fathers who settled this continent, the standard of health was far above what it is now among their descendants—and the same remark will be found to apply to the progenitors of the present race in every civilized country. Why is it then that our countrymen are so generally and universally without health ? We have seen that it ts not because it is undervalued —nor because it is not pursued with industry and zeal. Nor can it be because the Creator has inflicted upon this latter generation any judicial visitation. The secret of the whole matter, wo think, is to be found here:—“God made man upright, but he has sought out many inventions.” California.— The reader will find a late and interesting account from this Territory, in ano ther column. At a public meeting held at San Francisco a resolution was passed against the in troduction of domestic slavery or free negroes as apprentices, by indenture or otherwise, to be employed in the Territory of California. A Convention of the people of California is to be held at Monterey on the first Monday in Au gust next, for the purpose of forming a State Constitution, preparatory to the admission of California into the Union. Conventions. —The Whig Convention for nominating a candidate for Governor of Georgia to be supported by that party at the election in October next, will be held at Milledgeville on the 25th inst. The Democratic Convention for nominating a candidate to be run by that party will take at the same place on the 11th of July next. Explosion.— We regret to learn that the steam boat Emily, Capt. Jones, burst her boiler at Ap alachicola on the 28th ult.justas she was in the act of leaving for Columbus. There was a full cargo and thirty five persons on board. The Captain had a rib broke, and the Ist Engineer and assistant engineers, and five others badly scalded ; and six others were killed The cause of the disaster is supposed to have been some defect in tlie head of the boiler. Declined —The Hon. Jas E. Bf.lser has refused to accept the nomination for Governor tendered him by the Taylor party of Alabama. Ihe Mon. \Y. 1,. Yancv has also declined to become a candidate for Congress from that State in opposition to Mr. Hilliard. Tlie Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. The Tallahassee Floridian Sc Journal of the 2d inst. says : “ We felt much gratification in read ing the following sentence from the last Jackson ville News, under the above head : “ We understand that the projectors of the Railroad are taking active measures to in-ureits speedy construction. The Euginccrs may be expected on the route by the beginning of next October.” When the hill granting an act of incorporation to a Company for the establishment ofa Railroad from the Atlantic to the Gulf, was first brought forward, we attached little importance to it, from the fear that after the charter was granted no thing farther would ever he heard of the project. But on making inquiry, we learned with infinite satisfaction that the plan, so feasible in itself and promising so much profit to its undertakers and benefit to the State, had engaged the attention of far-sighted men, who not only possessed the a bility but the determination and disposition to make it successful. This Road once completed New Orleans and New York vvill be brought within five days travel of each other. Thegreat route for travellers, and for the transportation of an immense amount of merchandize between those cities, being made to run across our State vvill give to Florida a degree ofimportance which she can hope from nothing else.” Latest from Europe— We received the relegraphic accounts per steamer Europa, to the 26th ult. on Thursday last. The week’s trans actions amount to 40,000 hales—imports for the same time about 125,000 hrles, nearly all Ameri can. The stock at Liverpool was estimated at 700,000 bales 1 500,000 of which were American nix’The Cholera is increasing in New York tliere were one hundred and forty new cases in that city from Friday to Tuesday last, forty of which proved fatal. It is also spreading in Phil adelphia, Norfolk and Boston. lEUThe Griffin Whig of the 7th inst. states that on Saturday last a cotton stalk of this year’s growth was brought tu Griffin, which measured fifteen inches in height, had seven well formed limbs, and as many squares, which grew on Mr. T. Williams’ plantation in that vicinity. The field from which it was taken had been planted before, but had come up since the frost. The Whig remarks, however, that the cotton crop generally in that section is less promising than for many years past. The corn crop is also very backward, and promises to repay the planter but a scanty remuneration for his labor. [CyThe receipts of Cotton at Augusta and Hamburg up to the Ist inst. amounted to 279,764 bales—being an excess of nearly 100,000 bales over those of same date last year. 1 he Overflow. —The New Orleans Pica yune of the 29th ult. says : “The truant waters of “Father Mississippi” continue to encroach upon our city, and the song of the gondolier, or rather the shout of the Municipality boatmen, is fast nearing St.Chorles Street. The inundated streets present novel and exciting scenes, and, apart from the melancholy reflections caused by the disastrous state of affairs, there is muck to amuse. All sorts of aquatic conveyances are brought into requisition, and these are now to be seen at all corners wailing to convey passen gers through avenues where carriages and cabs were wont to roll. Through many of the streets, however, the authorities have caused gunwales or plank walks to be constructed, which prove a great convenience. It was im possible, in the haste in which they were put up, to make them firm. The traveller is obli ged to step with great caution, and even then primly dressed gentlemen are occasionally seen to disappear for a time beneath the dirty flood. With the fine prospect of stopping the crevasse, however, we have reason to hope tiiat inis siate of affairs vvill not last much longer.” Fires.— A fire occurred at Mobile on the 28th ult. which destroyed SBO,OOO worth of property. At Charleston on the 4th inst. a fire broke out in a building in the rear ot Mr. Else’s residence which consumed property worth $15,000 before it was subdued. Another recently occurred at Columbus, Miss, where several thousand dollars’ worth of pro perty was also consumed. In a city in China four thousand houses have I recently' been destroyed by fire. Accident to Hon. Wm. Moseley—The Griffin Whig of the 7 tfi inst. says: “He ex ceedingly regret to have to chronicle the occur rence of so sad a misfortune as has happened to our much esteemed friend, Hon. Wm. Moseley. “We learn that one day last week, while ri ding out, he was thrown from his buggy, and had his scull fractured, and several of his ribs bro] ken, and the last vve heard from him, he wts lying in an insensible state, with but little hope of his recovery.” Nlw Composition for Sion Letters.— Tho Scientific American says i “Mr. John A. Parks, /' of this city, has discovered anew composition I for making ornamental letters for signs, and for I making mouldings and other works of au own f mental character. Tlie composition can bo ! struck out with dies in a press, while in a soli j state ; and afterwards it becomes quite hard, but j possesses great tenacity, and is not easily bra-1 i ken. For sign leiters it is a thousand fold better; | than wood, and can be manufactured at oae half the cost. It is capable of taking a very fio* t j polish. Electric Light. —Daguerreotypes have bars produced in Dublin by making use of the Eh c trie Light in place of the sun’s rays—the marks' 1 fidelity of outline, with the depth and delicacy of shade, elicted the highest admiration. After the complete success of the experiment in *l ,al respect had been established, anew test of t ,|f power ofthe Electric Light was essayed—na" 18 ' ly, the preparation of the plate on which 1,11 portrait is fixed. In this novel and inger" 01 " appliance the utmost success also rewarded lllC efforts of the experimentalists. Since the year 1810, 1,400 persons have bf (! executed in England, for crimes which ate 1,5 1 longer capital.