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gpj'jiiJKßsr EDITED UD PUBLISHED WEEiLT, BV Wn. K . IV AKIMSO \ . CITY PRI .V TER. from Cody's Lady's Rook for .Vvrembcr. THE REPO.*K IX EGYPT. BY FANNY I.IBTOR. Weary and sad, on Fgvpl’s plain*. The fl\»Mg parcnls sink to rest : Not so their child, who warm retains His sacred mission in his hreast; Whose spirit upward wings its flight Serene, amid the wash s around, And contemplates each prospect bright. With which his Father’s realms abound. Sleep, Mary ! gentle mother, sleep ! Sleep, Joseph ! parlerof her woes! Your Indy child doth \igils keep, To guard you in your sweet repose. Your infant’s prayers ascend on high, As purest incense lo 11 is throne, Whose watchful and all-seeing eye Illumes the path with sorrows thrown ! Repose, while heavenly visions conic, And bright angelic forms appear, To point anew loved Israel's home, And your lone hearts with hope to cheer. Repose, while Judah's lyre is strung, And fancy gildsyour native skies; While, soft, again liis praise is sung, And hosts seraphic chant replies. Ye hearts bereaved, your hopes renew, Y’e pilgrims o'er earth’s gloomy scene, Y’our angel child now pleads foryou, As pleaded once the Naza> elm ! At this bright throne your lost one kneels, With golden harp and thrilling voice; And, viewing all that heaven reveals, He bids you in your faith rejoice! t htiplcr oil Love. [The foilin' ""'g admirable extracts at e akeu from Mrs*. Ei.i.is’ new Novel entitled “Hearts and Hornes anil we commend them to the careful perusal of out fail readers :] Will the young reader endure for a mo ment a few grave hints on a subject which its too frequently placed beyond the pale of reasoning; by some parties thought too sacred, by others too trilling, by all unsuit able for the reasoning powers? And con sequently that which forms at one time or anotlter in the experience of every human being a large portion of the business of Human Kfe : —that which; above every other tendency, impulse, or passion, decides their destiny for this world, and often for the next —that which attaches them hv in dissoluble lies to relations, home, and so ciety—that which constitutes their bane or their blessing, their happiness or their misery, which enters alike into their suc cess or their failure, and is equally capa ble of accelerating both—that is not to he looked into with serious eyes, hut is left for the gossip of the young, the jest of the vulgar, and the scorn of the would-be wise. One word, therefore, of serious earnest ness on this forbidden subject—one word of quiet reasoning, and of simple tiulli, may surely be borne with, for the sake of the variety which it presents in the accus tomed mode of treating a sotmawhat popu lar theme. One word—and it is this. There are two distinct ways of becoming entangled in what is called a love affair : there is the lore itself— a holy, and a pre cious thing ; and there is the love if being lived—a mean — a greedy—a devouring ji&SSiOTc ZcIiCTC it CXvotS IVitJiOlit ttiC tli o loving, and where it demands so costly a thing os a human heart, with all its warm uni generous affections, to sat iff j the hun ger of a selfish vanity. It is-on these unequal grounds that the yoorrg so often mix in society, and that such fearful and fatal mistakes are conse quently made. The false passion exhibits all the outward symptoms of the real one, and what renders discrimination between the two more difficult, is that it often, if not always is, in some measure mixed with it; for to love, anil not to desire to be loved in return, would be as little in ac cordance with reason, as with nature. It is or. these unequal, and false grounds, that women sometimes dare to marry; and oh ! what an awakening to the truth comes then ! The devoted affection which liad supplied abundant food for vanity in those circles of society where it could be exhibiied as a trophy of conquest, or while the freshness of the victory enhanced its value, how does it pall and weary in the privacy of domestic life; or perhaps if still valued for the precious incense it of fers, how is it drawn upon, and drained ot its sweetness, by that requiring and insati able love of being loved, which must he fed by constant demonstrations of attach ment, at once degrading to the dignity of man, and wearying to the patience of the most devo’ed ! It is this vanity of being loved, when mistaken for the act of loving, which makes so many fretful, teasing, and requiring wives. The character of the flirt, is pe culiarly marked ’by this propensity, and might be a warning, instead of an attrac tion, as it too often is, to those who com pete for her favors or her smiles. The position of a flirt is that of a person ile Branding of others a costly and valuable treasure, for which it is impossible that any equivalent should be returned. It is more odious even than this, for it implies the use of deep artifices lo obtain by se cret means, what right reason and honora ble feeling would alike blush to demand openly- It implies deception, too, for it makes a show of being able to reUirnio kind, some portion at least of the treasure demanded. It promises nothing—it can Mot promise ; because there would bo liv- ing witnesses to prove that others had shared it the same, and all would know that the heart in question, however large and bountiful, could not be bestowed upon all. No; the flirt is acquainted wii It a safer course than this. It is the great business of her life to find out anil prac tice such methods <.f acting,speaking, and even looking, as shall convey the idea that she herself has a heart to be won, when n reality the ruling passion of her life is to win the heaits of others. If the professed flirt were the only one addicted to this practice, or liable in this way to be deceived herself while deceiv ing others, there would lie comparatively little mischief done to society; nor would the individual injury be such as to claim any large amount of sympathy or consid eration. But the evil to he deplored is one which tries the foundation of human happiness in a widely different manner, ft arises in the fact out of that ignorance of themselves which is supposed necessa rily to belong to the young, and wbichedu cation makes no pretence to remedy. It consequently exists amongst the learned and the highly-taught according to the ac customed fashion of instruction, and in fluences their actions, to as great an ex tent as amongst the more ignorant and un enhghlened. By which of the common systems of instruction, for instance, is a vain young girl to be made aware of the fact, that while believing herself captivated by her first love, and fancying him an object of affection,she is only captivated by his flat tering attentions, and charmed with the idea of being an object of affection her self !—that she is in reality only charmed with the idea of being preferred before others ; and thus the deeper the impres sion she lias the power to make, the more ardent and devoted the attachment dis played by her lover, the greater is the gratification to her own vanity anil self love ? It is precisely this mistake, so frequent ly the result of pure ignorance as regards ’he motives, powers, and passions which habitually influence our common nature, that makes shipwreck of so large an amount of human happiness in the married state. It is the fact of entering upon that state prepared, and expecting to tcceive, rather than to give —to be the pampered, cherished, flattered one, rather than to cherish, bear with, anil, if profoundly ad miring beflattering, then to flatter another. If in the outset there should he so great a similarity in the symptoms of these two emotions, or tendencies, as to excite the inquiry—where lies the difference?—their results are so strongly marked by contra dictory elements of character, as to draw out, through the whole experience of life, a set of feelings and habits enterely oppos ed to each other. In one case, these are greedily bent upon receiving—in the other, benevolently disposed to give out perpetually from a fountain inexhaustible as life itself. In one case there is a con stant demand—in the other, a no less con stant supply. Iti one case there is self for the centre of all good—in the other, self isforgo!ten in ministering to the good of a being who is more than self. In one case, kindness, attention, solicitude, are watched for, demanded as aright, arid on ly bore without, by sorrow, reproaches, anil tears ; in the other they are dispensed like the sunshine and the dew—equally natural, generous, aml spontaneous, hut not the less essential to the verdure and the beauty of life. 1 none case, the insati able receiver sits like a bloated idol on a mystic shrine, gloating over rich offerings presented theie— in the other, the heart itself pours forth its secret wealth, and asks for no return beyond those of wel come and acceptance. Just in proportion then as it is more blessed to give than to receive ; nnd jus’ in the same manner, is the act of loving, generously and devotedly, superior in all the elements of true nobility and true hap niness, to that common, mean and despi cable passion, which deserves no better name than a greediness for being loved ; and just in proportion too, as these dis tinct elements of character differ from each other, is it important to learn in ear ly life how to distinguish them each from the other, both in their outward manifes tations, and in their secret influences upon the happiness or misery of life. When education shall have mastered a few difficulties of this discription, it wi’l indeed have become worthy of its name. When educators shall have turned their attention to subjects of this nature—when they shall even have dreamed, that it is de sirable to do so—when they shall have en tertained, though but a faint idea of the fact, that the springs of human conduct arise more out of this class of feelings, than out. of problems in algebra, or Latin roots, or even living language in any of its varried forms, they will have advanced one step towards that blessed era when moral cultivation shall assert its claim to he regarded in connection with intellectual. Even then, the long years in which intel lect alone has been the direct object of the educator in systematic training, will have to ba recovered by that neglected por tion of our nature, out of which spring hap piness and human conduct—out of which spring happiness and misery—good and evil. All the long years in which this has been neglected will then have to be made up for by tenfold earnestness and effort, be fore that equal balance of mind, that har mony of character, and that consistency of action cart be looked for, which consti tute man a fitting recipient for the higher influences of religion, and which, instead of frustrating the great work still remain ing to be done, is like the preparation of the soil before the scattering in of precious seed. MACON, G A . SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 27, 1849. jy “ Zao,” No. 20, will appear in our next- Very Late anil Important from Europe. The steamer Hibernia in* arrived bringing Liverpool date* to the 13th inst. Cotton had advanced Iron jd. to jd., Fair Upland* 6d. aGjd. Sale* of the week one hundred and thirty thous and bales— being one fourth larger than ever be fore known within the same time, and about the same ratio of the entire stock on hand there This news has caused a re-action in our market and prices advanced yesterday from a A to 5 of a cent per pound—Fair Cottons being worth to-dav 10 cents, with a good demand. Godev's Lady’s Book. —This charming pe riodical for November has h, cn received. It stands A No. 1, and we advise all who wish a cheap and sterling work, to subscribe for this. For Terms, &c. see the Prospectus on the Fourth Page of this Paper. Tiie Gi.obe.—Those of our readers who may wish ‘.o subscribe for this valuable paper, arc re ferred to the prospectus in another column. The Globe is one of the cheapest and bandsoni. est papers in the country, and we advise all who desiro to obtain the proceedings of Congress in a permanent form, suitable fur binding, to sub scribe for tbeCongression.il Globe immediately They may rely upon getting these papers regu larly when due. VVe will cheerfully forward the name of any person who may. wish to sub scribe for either of these valuable and iut .-resting publications. J. C. Rivas, Esq., will please accept our thanks for a hound volume of the above work. Indians. —A correspondent of the Savannah Georgian says that the Chiefs in Florida have delivered up three of the murderers, and the hands of another whom they were forced to kill in capturing; ti e fifth, Mr. Bowlegs’nephew making his escape. It was proposed to them by- Gen. Twiggs to emigrate, which recommenda tion they took kindly, but requested sixty days to decide. Firk in Augusta —The Machine Shop of Mr. W. H. Goodrich was destroyed by fire on the night of the 22d inst. Ilis loss is estimated at .>515,000. A Lady in Pantaloons. — Mrs. Swissdelh, the editress of the Pittsburg Visitor, recommend* a sort of “ between” garment for the ladies, in order that they may be allowed all the privileges of the male sex, in romping,climbing trees.etc. We do not know but that the “ progressive age” demands tlie improvement, and, if we mistake not, the ladies will have something of the kind before long. The mongrel “jackets” nowin use arc the forerunners of this dreaded revolu tion, and ere long ive may have the mortification to meet a twin-brother of Cassimcre “inexpres sibles” on some delicate female form. Mrs. S. thinks that the wide skirts of women are imped imontd in ntrixl oxoroiooo, oe olio l>ua ofton {*.»ll in walking through wot grass, getting over fences, and clambering round rocks. She does not, however, approve of her sex wearing the pan taloons, and says, very emphatically, “it would he too humiliating to he met and mistaken for a man ! Wo should a great deal rather bo arres t'd as a sheep thief. VVe shall use all our influ ence to preserve man's light to his pantaloons inviolate. They ought to be his, nnd his only, for they are too ugly for any body else to wear !' Thera! what do some of our married ladies, who exhibit a penchant for their hosbands’s in expressibles, think of that? It is a matter of query whether the “lords of creation” should notcnll a convention—in these conventional days—expressly for the purpose of defending themselves against the unmasked en croachments of the gentle invaders. For, if the present state of things is looked over, we may shortly expect to see the “dear creatures” com ing up to vote at the ballot box, and, we'd hare, to let 'em ! Couldn’t dispute a lady’s word. But until they alter the suffrage-law, we won’t he troubled a great deal, for very few of them will own that they are twenty-one years old ! Parracide- —A Mr. Joshua Hammond was killed near Columbia, S. C., by bis own son, a few days since. The young man was irregular incoming home, and after being out late one ■light, hi* father remonstrated with him, and took up a chair toslrike him, whereupon the son stabbed him with a knife, from which wound he died. Western Antiquities. — At a recent meet ing of the Ethnological Society of New Yqrk, an interesting paper was read from Mr. Sqif.r, our Charge d’Affaireg at Gautima!a,in which lie relates the discovery of a city buried in the for est, near Leon. The opinion is advanced that there are hidden remains of architecture, in the Western continent, far surpassing the renowned antiquities of the Old World. The Mirror says: “ Mr. Bartlett also read a curious letter address ed to the United States, from the Inst of the Pe ruvian Incas, accompanied by a letter from Sa muel G. Arnold, of Providence. Mr. Arnold, who lias recently returned from South America, met with the venerable Inca, who is ninety years of age. He gives n very graphic account of his appearance; and relates the affecting sto ry of the wrongs of his royal race. He found the princely old priest sitting in the shadow of the Temple of the Sun, engaged in reading Tas so—a scene for a painter, aud a theme for a novelist.” Father Mathew. —Northern papers say that this venerable banner bearer of Temperance principles is casting ruin and devastation abroad among the grocery.keepers of New York, and the North generally. .>$101),000 Reward. —A Western Editor offer* t ie above reward to any man that will extermin ate the bed-hugs from his sleeping apartment. He says he lias his bedstead washed and scour ed three times a day : keeps his “ devil” with a lighted candle up all night to keep them out of Itis eyes and nose,—but after alt it won’t do. Wbo’ll help him ? 3I»-« Meeting of tlie Sous of Temperance. This meeting took place in Macon on the 24th instant, anda grand affair it was too. At II o’clock, A.M. on that day, a procession of the Sons was formed in front of the Court House, numbering eight hundred and ninety men, which marched up Mulberry street and Cotton Avenue, to Messrs. Ouslet &. Son’s Warehouse, where a very large concourse of persons, parti cularly ladies, had already assembled ; and the exercises proceeded in the following order, viz : 1. Singing by the Choir. 2. Prayer by the Grand Chaplain, (Bishop J. O. Andrew.) 3. Singing by the Choir. 4. Address by Professor Alexander Means. 5. Singing by the Choir. C Benediction. VVe were forcibly impressed with the ravages which time ha* committed on the orator, Dr. Means —hi* emaciated form—pallid cheek, and slightly frosted hair, all taught us that premature old age has already singled him out as a victim whose physical energies she might paralize— hut whose mental faculties have only now reached their fruition—and whilst we viewed him on his heaven born mission, the ejaculatory orison went up from us to the Father of all, that lie may long be spared our race, to win converts to the Cross, and enlist soldiers good and true, to the Temperance cause—the triumphs of which, like the sweet gales of a reviving morn, bearing on their wings the redolent perfumes of May flowers, salute us from almost all quarters of our highly' favored and happy land.—The cause of Temperance, which is emphatically the handmaid of Religion, is making silent but onward march—firm, steady, and durable—con quering and to conquer.—To our minds there is a moral beauty—a dignity—a sublime elevation, in the reformation of the unfortunate inebriate, that extorts universal admiration and esteem from the virtuous and good. Botho-w shall we accomplish the great work ? VVliat remains to perfect this groat reform, but the voice of every upright man, lifted up to his neighbor, in praise of Temperance. If every friend of another would speak out frankly and fearlessly his opin ions against the vice of indulging in Alcohol, in any shape or form—no matter how disguised the inebriate would speedily disappear from so ciety. Let the goddess fashion bow beneath the sceptre of Temperance and the hearts of thous ands will sing for joy, and many of our most promising and talented youths he saved front an untimely grave. At 5 o’clock, P. M., the Prize Banner was presented by the Grand Worthy Patriarch, Ber nard Hi 11, with a neat address, to “Triumph Division, No. 250,” hailing from “Box-Ankle,” Stewart county, Ga , which was received and responded lo in an appropriate manner by one of the successful Division. The following is a description of the Banner, as far as we recollect- It consisted of a handsome piece of silk thirty four inches wide by forty long—on one side are the words “Sons of Temperance,” over the arch of the coat of arms of the State of Georgia, substituting “Triumph Division, No. 250,” for the word “Constitution” and “Sept. 14, 1849,’’ (the date of tlio formation of the Division,) just above the words “Prize Banner from the Grand Division,October 24, 1849,” all in gilt letters, at at the bottom, executed on a ground of Red, by Mr A. F. Sherwood, of Macon. On the Re verse, the words “State of Georgia, ’’ in a half circle, with a single * underneath, and a Female figure clasping a child in her arm to her bosom— near her a guishing Fountain of Cold Water—and a little Boy with a Spaniel, sitting on the green meadow—and at the bottom a scroll, with “Love, Purity and Fidelity,” entwined witli an Ever green and a forest in tlio distance, — on a ground of White, and executed by Mrs. Dr. Wood, ot this city. The Banner was fringed with Blue Silk and Tassels—thus presenting the emblems of the Division, viz : Red, White and Blue.— It is worth about SIOO, and as a specimen of art, it is creditable to those who prepared it, whilst it will doubtless cause the successful Division to press forward in the good cause hereafter ; as they did in this instance, (every Member being present, having traveled over one hundred miles in order to be hero.) May its name and present triumph be ominous of its future success. The Meeting was addressed at night hv the Rev. D. P. Jones, the Hon. J. J. Flo . n at the Methodist Episcopal Church, and by Bishop J. O. Andrew, at the Presbyterian Church, with great effect. Previous to adjournment, the following gen tlemen were elected Officers of the Grand Divi sion of the Sons of Temperance of Georgia for the ensuing year, viz : lion. John J. Floyd, of Covington, G. W. P. P. A. Lawson, of Griffin, G. W. A. W. S. Williford, of Macon. G. Scribe. E. C. Gkanniss, of Macon, G. Treasurer. Dr. Alex. Means, of Oxford, G. Chaplain. Titos. Flewellen, of Thomaston, G. Con. John W. Burke, ofCassville, G. Sentinel. The following are the Representatives to the National Division which will assemble in Boston in June next, viz : P G ft’. P. W. 8. Williford, P. G. IV. P. Joseph Felt, P. G. IV. P. Bernard Hill, G. IV. P. John J. Floyd, P. G. IV. A. Gf.o. S. Obear, P. G. IV. A. William Dirbi.e, G. IV. A. P. A Lawson. The next Meeting of the Grand Division of Georgia, will be held in Madison, Morgan county, on the last Wednesday in April next. A Resolution was adopted authorizing an ap plication to the ensuing Legislature, for a charter for the Sons of Temperanoe. A vote of thanks was given to Messrs. N. Ouslf.y At Son, for their generous gratuitous tender of their spacious Warehouse, during the meeting. After transacting other business the Grand Division adjourned on Thursday night last. Steamers. —lt is estimated that there have been built in the United States, from the year 1824 to the year 1848, 2,310 steamboats The present rate of steam boat building is about two hundred per annum. Expedition op Sir John Franklin. —The Cleveland Plaiudealer, of Oct. 5, has a Utter da ted “St. Marie River,” September 28tb, an nouncing the arrival of Sir John Richardson, from the fruitless search after the lost Polar ex pedition of Sir John Franklin, of whose dread ful fate among the ices of the Artie Ocean, there is left little or no room to doubt. Sir John Rich ardson having failed lo find even the remotest clue to the Franklin Expedition, is now on his way back to England. He left there in April, 1848, and Irom the Sault Ste. Marie has made a voyage in canoes, and boats, and overland, a dis tance of three thousand and five hundred miles and back, by way of Lake of The Woods, Ma kenzie’s River, &c. After reaching the Arctic Ocean, they travelled five hundred miles along the coast. He speaks confidently of the cxis tcnce of a northern passage; practicability, he says, is another question, the summers being o»- ly trom 38 to GO days long. He goes by the way of Toronto and Montreal to Boston. Sir John Franklin found probably. —The hatque McLellan, arrived at New London, re cently, from Baffin's Buy, with interesting news oftlie great English adventurer. Aboutthelst ot August, while the McLellan laid in Pond’s Bay. an indentation of Baffin's Bay, in lat. 74, lon. 72, the natives of the coast came on board the Chieftain, a whaleman, and gave informa tion by signs that two large ships were then ly ing in Prince Regent's Inlet, and hud been there fast in the ice for four seasons, and being asked with regard to those on board, whether they were dead or alive, they replied in the same way that the crews were not “ asleep” (that is, not dead ) but were all well. This information was considered by the Englishman and by Capt. Chapel, as indicating that the ships of Sir John Franklin were clearly meant. The Englishman landed at Cape Bay,some distance from Pond’s Bay a quantity of coal and provisions with which his ships was furnished by the British Government for the use of the long missing ships, if they should chance to come there, as tlipy would he, obliged to do on their return to England. This is certainly the latest news from that quarter, and there is a pos sibility, perhaps a probability that the comman der of the unfortunate expedition and his crews are still alive. Lord Byron’s Son. —Our readers doubtless recollect that Mr. George Gordon Byron, claiming to he a son of Lord Byron, attempted to publish a work which professed to contain let ters and suppressed manuscripts of the great English hard. These, however, by the prompt, energetic and commendable action of the New York Mirror, have been proved forgeries, and, if the pretended nobleman he a son of Lord Byron it was clearly proved, from good authority, that lie was an illegitimate one. It is time that Americans should correct, that grievous abuse of the literary appetite for foreign productions, which makes our rountry the refuge of such miserable counterfeiters. Turkish Plan of Curing Founder in Hou ses —The following is a singular circumstance, as related by the N. A. Farmer:—The late Com modore Porter, when Envoy of the United States had a horse cured of founder by a.Turkish farrier in the following manner: The Turk said the horse must he bled in the inside of the deceased leg. He put a nipper on his nose to keep him steady—then took up the left leg, and crossing it over the right, gave it to an attendant; ho then struck his his lancet into the vein, a little above the fetlock joint, and took from it about three and a half pounds of blood. The vein bled freely, lie now said lie had taken enough ; he then went to the very opposite side of the leg, and striking his lancet into a vein above the knee-joint, a single drop of blood exuded, nnd both that and the first opened vein instanilv censed bleeding. There may he no novelty in this, hut it certainly astonished me to find that opening two veins in the same limb stopped both from bleeding ; such, however, is the fact, for I witnessed it. lie de sired that the lioise should rest the next day— that lie should then be rode witli great violence until lie was in a profuse {perspiration—the dis eased limb tiien to he rubbed with wet salt—(to which I added a pint of hot brandy)—then rub bed dry, and then walked about until cool, and covered with blankets; the same process to he repeated next day—which was done, and all lameness from that time disappeared ; the horse the third day was perfectly w ell. Advantages of Being Temperate. The Bible tells us of four boys, viz. Danieli Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-nego, of the tribe of Judah, of great beauty and intelligence, that were carried captives from their native country and presented to the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, a mighty monarch, to stand before him as his most honored servants. These favored youths were provided with every means which that court of this great -monarch could furnish for making them skilful in wisdom and science,—cunning in knowledge nnd under standing—and beautiful- in person and accom plished in manners. The richest fruits and most dilicious wines were given to nourish them. But they were lads of greater wisdom than even those persons who were set to perfect and polish them. And whop the wine was brought them to drink, they decided among themselves that they would not partake of the proffered dainties and wine. It is not said that tliev signed a pledge, hut they formed a total abstinence soci ety, and refused the meat and wine offered by the servant of the King, and requested him to give them “pulse to eat, and water to drink.” At the end of the appointed time they were brought before the King who after examination, “ found them ten times better than all the ma gicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.” Australian Cotton. —ltis stated that a sam ple of Cotton, superior to the average article in America lias been exhibited in London. Ameri can growers will be compelled before long, if the signs in the commercial heavens, are ominous ofanytliing, either to find anew market for their produce, or make less of the staple. Dear Bosoms.— J\ view style of shirt bosoms has been introduced in New York, richly em broidered, costing only sl2. Important to Rail Roads.— Should the i n ventitin noticed below prove practical, the tr av elling public w ill he immensely benefitted, and secured against the frequent accidents that are occasioned by night running. The Philndelph;* Ledger says “ Professor Grant is at present engaged in arranging his “Calcium Light," f or the use of the Camden and Amboy and New Jersey Railroads, to he placed upon the froatof the locomotives. Should this prove successful and of the utility I’rofi ssor Grant supposes it will render travel ing by railroad as safe ty night as by day. Tiiis light is a discovery by Professor Grant, and is said to combine the sev eral qualities of both the electric and the Drum mond lights, andean he furnished at a compar atively much cheaper rate than the ordinary lights.” 1 Talking with Fingers.-H seems impost ble to restrain that “wee little thing,” a wo man s tongue, from its customary exercise,but from the paragraph below, it will be seen that the “gentle sex” can talk and yet speak noth ing. “Mirabile dictu !" as the Latin scholars say, what will become of hen-pecked husbands and surly old bachelors now, if the enterprise no ticed fielow should become universal. “ The female operatives in some of the mill* “down east” being prevented by the unceasing noise and clatter of the machinery from indulg ing in the indispensable amusement of the gen tle sex, have resorted to anew mode of telegraph ing. Fingers have been substituted for tongnes, and, through the instrumentality oftlie alphabet of signs, invented for the use oftlie deaf and dumb, while away their “ten hours" with dis ) cussions upon matters and things in general." Another Trojan War.—Some enamored American Paris has stolen the Helen of a Spanish Don, and the latter has applied to Mr. Ci.avton, Secretary of State, to deliver up the lovely treasure. The opposition prints predrel another seven years war, and, very likely,the fall of Republican Troy. If these prophecies are fulfilled, we shall not need the assistance of a Homer to classify the heroes of the crusade, but “ the great Achilles’’ and the stalwart Hector are ready armed and prepared to reverse or confirm the hislory and fate of their “ illustri ous predecessors.’’ We do not agree", however, with the venerable authors and friends of anti quity, that one woman or even a dozen of ’em —is worth a war, chivalry, diplomacy, etc. ta the contrary notwithstanding. Something Strange. —lt is said that Mr. Calhoun, of South Carolina actually favors “the man that crossed the. Rubicon.” At any rate, lie resembles a statue lately found of the invincible Julius Ctesar. W e can’t see how this alledged likeness is very complimentary to Mr. Calhoun, for he has oftener played the part of Brutus in murdering the i ncniies of his country, than aspiring to obtain the government in his own dictatorial hands, ala C«?snr. Wars in Europe. —The New York Mirror, in a recent article, expresses the opinion that France, England, Prussia and Turkey, may en gage in war, occasioned by the refusal of the sublime Porte to deliver up the Hungarian refu gees to Nicholas. How the parties in this new contest will ho divided, is hard to conjecture. France, as a people, we believe, claims no affini ty to the Autocrat of Russia, notwithstanding the heartless perfidy of Louis Napoleon. Eng. land has enough to do at home, to quell her own domestic disturbances; and whether she would give “ aid and comfort” to Russia or to Turkey, the people would shrink from such a contest — they would refuse to aid Nicholas, and if they were called upon to assist Turkey, they won Id take advantage of governmental acknowledge ments to “carry war into their own Africa. ’’ I 'he uncouth “ Russian Bear’’ may venture upon the strife alone, but we have no doubt that the imbecile quadruped would he “ puffeif’ away by the “ opium-smokers.” P acific Railroad —The great talked-of Co nvention assembled at St. Louis on the 15th inst., 465 delegates being present from the States of Missouri,Pennsylvania,New York, Ohio, Ten nessee, Kentucky, Illinois, lowa, \V i sco a sin and Michigan. Up to the time reported, noth ing definite had been agreed upon,the chief point of difficulty being the route for the proposed road. A Fossm. Are. — The New York Scientific American, in a recent number, stated that a fossil Ape had been found in the upper tertiaT stratum at Montpelier, V» 'rim urocn Moun tain (Vt ) Freeman states that no such thing has been discovered to the editor’s knowledge, albeit there are plenty of indigenous apes in li is lati. tude ! A Man of a Thousand. —A gentleman who, a few weeks ago, visited Gravoise,a small town some ten miles south-west of St. Louis, found there no less than twenty-five infant hoys and girls, whose parents had died of the cholera. They were all gathered into the dwelling of a benevolent gentleman named Soppington, by whom they were generously cared for. An Editor in a Fix.—The. editor of the Oca* la (Fla.) Argus, complains bitterly of scorpi ons. Unsays: “ The like of these venomous, irascible {reptiles or insects we have scarcely ever seen. In getting type out of our upper cases they have so severely’ stung our fingers that we can hardly use them. With the bites of fleas, gnats, musquetocs, sand-flies, bod-hugs, ants, roaches, and scorpions, we’ll he a hunch of pizen shortly, certain.” Made up his Mind.— A doubting swain in Ohio lately refused to marry n young lady whom lie had courted for fifteen years. The would-be bride sued him, and obtained a verdict of S4OO damages, for breach ofpromise. Tolerable cheap courtship, O’ Gen. Duff Green, says the last Chatta nooga Gazette, wo understand lias gone ta Nashville, to get the legislature to grant him Banking privilege*, lo enable him to raise the means to continue his work on the East Ten* nrssec and Georgia Kail Road.