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EDITED AMI PUBLISHED WEEKI V, BY W .11 . IS . 11 A K it I S O A , C 1 T Y VIII .V 7 E it . from the .Vcic York Weekly Mirror What’s that Knocking. The Tribune recently published a mar vellous report of certain supernatural rev elations that have been frightening West ern New York from its property, which is calculated to revive the faith of the sup erstitious in “Witchcraft,’’Haunted Hous es, ” “Ghosts, ” “Hobgoblins, "and other mysterious “apparitions. ” We copy a portion of the “Revelation,’ which is sign ed by E. W. Capson, of Auburn, and George Willis, of Rochester. Though we are skeptical in all such ghostly mat ters, yet \vc cannot not let this wonderful statement pass without suggesting that the phenomena of the rapping may bo at tributed to the vagrant spirit of some dis embodied vagabond, who can find no bet ter employment than to bother the living by his “supernatural visitings. The sounds were first heard about two years since, and have not yet ceased, but srem to be spreading from one place to another,and gradually claiming tiie atten tion of the public mind. When first heard, they were manifested by a simple hollow sounding rap upon the lloor and house. — This rapping continued eery night, for a long time and finally commenced ill the day time. It was at first entirely unintel ligible to the inhabitants of the house. At length a little girl said “Now do as T <lo.’ and snaped her linger three tiines.- SlO was answered by three raps. On re. peating it she found that it invariably re peated tiio number she made herself.— Another person said, “Nowcount ten,* dttd it was done. “Now count the age of— (o le of the children.) It was done correc tly. Another was tried with like success. As it began to display signs of intelligence the family became alarmed and the fem ales all left the house at night. The neigh bors were called in but there was no ces sation of the sounds. The excitement became intense, and atone time it is said, nearly or quite 300 persons assembled to discover from whence the sounds proceed ed. r l ho house was thoroughly examined from garret to cellar, but while the sounds continued, no one over discovered the op erator. At length it was discovered that when a question was put that required an affirmative, a rap was heard for a ne gative—no sound. Ihe question was put “Are you a spir it • ’ Ihe answer was by rapping—three raps. By this means they found that it purported to be the spirit of aman. Many expedients were restored to by which to find out the name of the man whose spirit was making these manifestations. At length a stranger asked, “If l will call the Alphabet, begining with A, will you rap when I come to the first letter of his name 1” the answer was affirmative.— He then commenced “A, B, C,” when it came to C, there was a rap. Again he went on, and it rapped at H, and in that way lie spelled the name ofCharles Rasme. As before started, these sounds have from that time been heard in various families in that place and the cities of Auburn and Rochester and various parts of the coun try. Although confined to this rapping sound, the mode of communication has gradually improved so that many very ca rious astonishing sentences have been spelled by the use of the Alphabet. It no longer purports to he the spirit of one man or peason, but when an individual made the enquiry “who is it that wishes to communicate with tne,’ they will gen erally get the name of some friend or rel ative—a mother, father, sister, or brother who has passed from visible existence.— Many persons have made the trial and have had names spelled out to them of their friends, unknown to any person present. Strangers have tried the exper iment, had their names spelled out before any person present knew it or where they came from. The communication adds that three or four different committees, composed of the most inteligent and scientific men of Rochester have spent some time in inves tigating the mystery without being able to account for the rapping. The report in the Tribune winds up with the following irritation of the “bump of wonder'’ : On Friday ovening. after the lecture, the Committee, viz., Hon. A. P. Mascall, L>. C. McCullum and William Fisher,re paired to the house of a citizen and pursu ed their investigations further. There were nearly a score of persons present. — 1 lie members of the Committee wrote many questions on paper, which no person present knew tho purport of and were answered correctly. At times they asked mentally and would rocieve the answers with equal correctness, and they were ful ly satisfied that there was something pre sent manifesting an intelligence beyond the person visible. * * * * Thus the matter stands at present, and whether it is only a remarkable pheno mena that will pass away with the pres ent generation, or with the persons who seem now to be tiie medium of this extra ordinary communication : or whether it he the commencement of anew era of spiritual influx into the world it is certain ly something worthy the attention of men of candor and philosophy. £3jT It is calculated that, in 15.30, ful 1 five hundred thousand emigrant, willnr i ive at t ho port of New 'toi,. i. nnbeyond seas. Quite one-fifth will land pentv j unable, from want of means, .go Bfciuto the interior. From thr Haiti more Patriot. election of Mpcakcr. Washington. Dr.<\22, 24 P. .M. Mr. Toombs continued at great length and with great violence to denounce the resolution prohibiting debate, declaring it to be unconstitutional, inoperative and tyrannical, amid cries of “order,’’ “order,” and demands to proceed with business. A motion to rescind the resolution was adopted—ayes 120, nays 97. The resolution for electing a Speaker by a plurality vote was then introduced, and is now under consideration. 5 o’clock, 55 m. After much confusion and excite ment, Mr. Stanton of Tennessee, offered a reso lution that the House proceed to a viva voce vote ; and after the fourth succeeding ballot, any member not receiving a majori ty of the whole House, but the highest number, if a quorum lie present and vo ting, he declared elected Speaker. This resolution was passed by yeas 113, nays 106. The House then proceeded to ballot, with the following result: Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. Winthrop, 93 95 97 100 H. Cobb, 75 93 99 102 The following wasthe last vote referred to : For Mr. Cent', —Messrs. Albertson, Ashe, Averett, Bay, Baylv, Beale, Bing ham, Bissel, Bocock, Bowden, Bowlin, Boyd, AlbcrtG. Brown, William J. Brown, Buel, Burt, Cabell, George Alfred Cald well, Carttcr, Williamson R. W. Cobb, Colcock, Daniel, Dimmick, Disney Dun ham, Edmunson, Ewing, Featherson, Fitch, Fuller, Gerry, Gilmore, Gorman, Green, Hackctt, Hull, Hamilton, Ham mond, Haralson, Harlan, Ilarmanson, [sham G. Harris, Sampson W. Harris, Thomas L. Harris, Hibbard, Hoaggand, Holliday, Howard. Hubbard, I“gc. An drew Johnson, R. W. Johnson, G. \v . i .Tones, Kauftnan, LaScre, Leffler, Little field, Job Mann, Mason, McClernand, McDonald, McDowell, McLanahan, Mc- Lane, McMullen, McQueen, Me Willie, Meade, Miller, Miilson, Morris, Morse, Olds, Oi r, Parker, Peaslee, Fetter, Pow ell, Richardson, Robbins, Robinson, Ross, Savage, S iwtelle, Frederick P. Stanton, Richn'd If. Stanton, Stetson, Strong, Sweetser, Thomas, Jacob Thompson, James Thompson, William Thompson, Venable, Walden, Waldo, Wallace, Woil born, Wentworth, Whittlesey, Wildriek and Young. For Mr. Winthrop. —Messrs. Alexan der, Alston, Anderson, Andrews, Ashrnun, Baker, Bennett, Bokec, Bowie, Breck, Briggs, Brooks, Burrows, C. Butler, T. B. Butler, J. P. Caldwell, Calvin, Campbell, Casey, Chandler, Clark, Cleveland, Clittg man, Cole, Conger, Conrad, Corwin, Cro well, Deberry, Dicker, Dixon, Duer, Dun can, Alexander Evans, Nathan Evans, Fowler, Freedly, Goodenow, Gott,Gould, Grinned, llallowuy, Hampton, llay, Hay mend, Hebattl, Henry, Hilliard, Houston, Hunter, Jackson,.!. L. Johnson, Kerr, Daniel P. King, Geo. G. King. James G. King, John A. King, Levin, Horace Mann, Marshall, Matteson, McGaughcy, McKis sock, McLean, Meacham, Moore, More head, Ncs, Newell, Ogle, Otis, Outlaw, Phoenix, Pittman, Putnam, Reynolds, Risly, Rockwell, Rose, Rumsey, Sackett, Schenck, Sehermeilmrn, Schoolcraft, Sil vester, Shepherd, Spalding, Stanly, Ste vens. Taylor. John B. Thompson, Thur man, Tuck,Underhill, Van Dyke, Vinton. Watkins, White, Williams, Wilson. For Mr,. Wilmot. — Messrs, Allen, Booth, Dutkee, Giddings, Howe, Julian, P. King, and Root, For Mr. Stephens. —Mr. Cabell. For Mr. Strong. —Messrs. Cleveland, Doty, and Peck. For Mr.Coi.cok. —Mr. Holmes. For Mr. Morkhkail —Messrs. Morion, Owen, Stephens, and Toombs. Fou Mr. Ddrkek.—Air. Wilmot. For Mr. Potter.— Mr. Wood. For Mr. Bovn.—Mr. Woodward. The Clerk then prepared to declare Howell Cobb of Georgia to have been elected Speaker of the 31. t Congress; when M. Stanley offered the following resolu tion : JlcsolvctJ, That Howell Cobb, a represen tative from Georgia,be declared duly elec ted Speaker of the House of Representa tives for the 31st Congress. Mr. Root, declaring his belief that the resolution of the gentleman from North Carolina[Mr. Stanly j was unconstitutional, demanded that the yeas and nays should he called thereupon. [Great confusion and uproar, many members calling him to order.] Mr. Schenk protested against calling the yeas and nays, Mr. Cobb having al ready been elected the Speakeir of the 3ist Congress. But amid groat confusion, the roll was called on agreeing to Mr. Stan ly’s resolution; and the resolution was agreed to—yeas 149, nays 33, as follows : Yeas.—Messrs. Albertson, Anderson, Ashe, Ashman, Baker, Bay, Beal, Bennet, Bingham, Bissel, Bocock, JJokee, Booth, Bowden, Bowie, Bowlin, Boyd, Breck, Briggs, Albert (!. Brown, Win. J. Brown, Buel, Chester Butler, Caliel, Geo. Alfred Ca : .oil, Jos. l\ C dJuej, Carter, f. -v, C'luigmati, V niatnion R. W. Cobb, Conrad, Comm, Deberry, Dimmick, Disney, Dixon, Duly, Duer, Duncan, Dunham, FJ.non n, A. Evans, Nathan Evans, Ewing, Ei .li, Freedly, Fuller, G-iry, Gilmore, Gorman, Gould, Creen, GriiHiel, tlac'.ett, liall, Hamilton, Hammond, Hampton, llaraL >», Har lan, Harm. »n, i.;liam H. Hart is. Sampson \v\ Harris, Tims. L. Harris, Hav, llaymuud, Henry, Hibbard, Hotig land, I : <u : it • .vv ; : . . ! Johnson, James L. Johnston, Robert W. .(..Imson, Jones, Kaufman, Kerr, George G. King, James G. King, John A. King, LaScre, Lelller, Levin, Littlefield, Job Mann, Marshall, McClernand, McDon gald,McDowell, MeKissock, McLanahan, McLaue, McLean, McMullen, McWil -1 io, Miller, Miilson, Moore, Morris, Morse, Newell, Ogle, Olds, Orr, Otis, Parker, Peaslee, Phmnix, Robbins, Robiuson, Rockwell, Rose, Ross, Sav age, Sawtelle, Schenck, Sberraerhorn, Shepherd, Stanly, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. Stanton, Stetson, Sweetser, Taylor, Thomas, Jacob Thompson, Jas. Thompson, Jno. B. Thompson, Win. Thompson, Thurman, Van Dyke, Vin , ton, Walden, Waldo, Watkins, Went worth, White, Whittlesey, Wildriek, Williams, Winthrop, Wood, and Young— -149. N.vvs —Messrs. Alien, Andrews, Av-j erett, Bayley, Burt, Cabell, Camp-j bell, Colcock, Crowell, Daniel, Dur-I kee, Feathcrston, Giddings, Hilliard. Holliday, Holmes, Ilovve, Hubbard, Hunter, Julian, Preston King, Mc-i Gaughey, -McQueen, Morton, Outlaw, Owen, Boot, Alexander H. Stephens, Toombs, Tuck, Venalde, Wallace, Wilmot, and Woodward—-331 M A~C ON, GA . SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 2", 1 - ID. O’ Our readers will please remember that next Tuesday is New Year's Day, and, in keep ing with a time-honored custom, we shall pre pare an Address for our Carrier. Wo bespeak for him a liberal reception. President's Message. —We received a sy nopsis of the President’s Message by last night's mail. Ti e President recommends the substitution of specific for ad valorem duties, .-nil an increase in the Tariff, lie recommends the reception of California and New Mexico as States, —also a reduction of postage, and appropriations for coastwise and harbor improvements ; a modifi cation of the sub-treasury laws ; the establish ment of a branch mint in California ; tho con sideration of the great Pacific Railway. The Message breathes an ardent desire for the per petuity of the Union. Death or an aged Ship Master. —The Charleston Courier says Capt. Oliver Fuller, for fifty years a highly respectable ship-master and ship-owner of that port, died on Wednesday, evening, at bis residence, in Meeting-street at a very advanced ago. Captain Fuller bad been, for some years, inspector for the Fire & Marine Insurance Cos., previous to its dissolution, raised by the great fire in 1533. The flags of the shipping in tho harbor were displayed at half mast yesterday, as a mark of respect to his mem ory. O’ An eccentric old bachelor who lately died at Madras, lias left a sum of £I,OOO, tiie inter est of which is to be divided annually into four portions, to be distributed at the discretion of tho minister of St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire. One portion to be given to the tallest woman that lias been married in the parish during the year, and one to the shortest. A third portion goes to tho eldest woman married during the year and the fourth to the youngest. O’ A romantic youth, promenading on a fashionable street, the other afternoon, picked jup a thimble. He stood awhile, meditating on j tho probable beauty of the owner, when he I pressed it to his lips, saying, “Oh, that it were j the fair cheek of the wearer !’’ Just as he hud j finished, a stout colored lady looked out of an ! upper window, and said, “ floss, dis please to flow dat limbic of mine in de entry—l jist now drapt it.” The man is said to have fainted. Great Yiei.d us Gold.— The Editor of the Richmond \\ big say s that lie seen thirty-seven burs of gold from the Booker Mine, in Bucking ham, the average weight of which was 195 pen ny weights each. It is valued by the proprietor at 5y6,.i00, and is the result of thirty four davs labor, with thirty bands. As the expenses are rated by him at twenty dollars per diem, the clear profits of the 34 days work, are upwards of five thousand dollars ! ID By the decease of Mr. William Long, of London, and his sister, Mr. Fowler, the .Society f>r the Propagation of the Gospel lias come into the immediate possession of about £27,000, winch was placed in too hands o! trustees some two years since, to become the property of the Society in case of the above events. An anony-- inous donor lias alsogiven £4,000. O’ A country merchant having procured a new cleik, waked him up the morning after he was hired, at a most unreasonably early hour, by calling out that “ tho family were sitting down to the table.” “ 1 bank you, said the boy, turning over in bed to adjust himself for anew nap— “thank you, but I never allow myself to cat anything during the night!” A Steam Man! —A mechanic in Russia is said to have succeeded in making a steam man. It is probably one of the most interesting inven tions ever offered to the public. It is a colossal statue, the feet of which are placed upon wheels upon a railroad, and as lie goes thundering over the course, the steam comes puffing oir. of his nostrils in a manner to give the appearance of Satan as pictured in Revelations. A iliMiims Heroine.— The U. S. mail steami r 11. riuaiin arrived at New York on Sat urday, having on hoard a number of the Hun garian patriots, among the m Mndetnoisel’c Apo loni.i Jagella. This Jady, we are informed served us Lieutenant in one of the Hun<*,.rian re, i nents of < a airy, ad subsequently held tho office of Adjutant of the Army in Uomorn, while that fortress held out out against the Atis trim forces. She is at the Irving House, where •-•hu receives iniu-li consideration in ,I i■ -peet :i"in the woithy host and his boarders Latest !>y flic Hibernia I’abis.—The French Government has sent or ders to Rome to send home that portion of the expeditionary army for which it lias been im possible to find barracks,’and who arc ill lodged- The Evenemcnt announces that M. de Perligny is about to proceed to flerlin on a special mis sion. The Estrenle mentions a report, that the President of the Republic will grant a general amnesty to all the political offenders on the 10th of December. Letters from Lyons of the 271 h inst. state that ilie overflowing of tiie Rhiue lias caused much damage in that city. The houses, quays, and adjoining streets were completely flooded, and j the inhabitants obliged to move with their prop- I erty. The proposition for the sale of the Grown Jewels is rejected. Twenty-three members of j a secret society were tried on Wednesday; fif teen acquitted ; the others condemned to peri ods of imprisonment not exceeding two years. The reports that the President lias signified liis intention to stand a second time for the Presidency is contradicted. Bank or France. —Returns show improve ment in Discount Bills of 2.J millions francs— -2,000,000 more of notes issued—while specie not increased. Paris Bourse—Fives, 86 65; Threes, 56 90. Vienna, 21th.— Levying of troops in the Crown Lands proceeds with rapidity, and the contingent is almost formed. Prussia. —Government lias informed Den mark that correspodeneo must be entered into with the Government of Holstein, or the Prus sian troops will be withdrawn and negotiations for peace on the part of Prussia broke off, leav ing Denmark to settle the matter herself. Aesen and Sonderburg are to be put on a footing of war. Quarters for 10,000 men have been bespoke. Tho Elbe was almost impassable at Hamburgh, on the 27th November, from the accumulation of ice, and should the severe frost continue for a few days, the navigation may he considered closed. Business at Hamburgh in active and markets dull. No change in prices. A Committee of Naval officers has been ap pointed by the Adtilin'litv. to consider the most advisable ineaus for ascertaining the fate of Sir John Franklin. It is expected tho report of the officers appointed will be made early on Monday. Indiana Debt. —The debt of this State is 11,- 045,000 dollars. The holders of $0,563,000 have submitted to the terms proposed by the Legislature. The others will have to come in, or get nothing—so we infer from Gov. Dunning’s message. Tho revenue for the year amounted to $131,650 und the expenditures to $74,470. Tho taxable property lias increased $4,458,070. From tins, it would seem they are able to pay. (FT It is common for girls, when they give their consent, to say to their lovers, “ Go ask my father.” A bachelor recently got acquain ted with a pretty woman, to whom lie very soon popped the question, to which she replied, “Go ask my husband!” lie supposed her to be a spinster. The Bridge —The Augusta Constitutionalist of the 18th inst. says :—lt was rumored in this city, yesterday, that the Legislature of South Carolina had granted to Ilenry Shultz, the right of collecting toll on the other side of the Bridge leading from this City to Hamburg. We ran hardly believe the report. In the first place, we cannot see what right the South Carolina Leg islature has to legislate on a question which is brought into litigation in the United States Court by Mr. Shultz, and is as yet undecided; and in tiie second place, we do not think the Legislature of that State would commit so suici dal an act against the interests of the South Carolina Rail Road If they have passed such an act, all our city authorities have to do, to prevent a serious difficulty is, to collect double toll on all produce passing through. iur.xtco. — llic rumor is prevalent of an ap proaching revolution in the distracted State of V ucatan, having for its object to overthrow tho Governor, Sarbachano. The insurgent Indians, who at one time threatened to exterminate the white population from Yucatan, and to capture all their cities, have fallen outainong themselves. In consequence of this, they aro now making their submission to the federal government, and availing themselves of the amnesty which has been offered them. The government of Ilcrrcra is involved in great financial difficulties, and has not money to carry on its affairs and pay its employers. The minister, Iturbidc, proposed to put the three millions of United States money at the command of the executive, and resigned in con sequence of Congress not acceding to liis propo sition. Mr. Calhoun on a “ Bust.” —Editors are of ten guilty of tale-teiiing to tiie injury of private individuals, hut when they come to slandering public characters, it is really too bad. A Charleston paper says Mr. Calhoun—the great, immortal Statesman is in that city on a “ bust!” And more than that, the distinguished man is placed up in public for exhibition, in that dilem ma ! Shame on the Temperance folks of South Carolina ! More Indian Murders. —News from Santa Fe has been received at St Louis, to 30th Oc" tober. Information had been received that thirty-six California emigrants had recently been killed by the Indians near the Copper Mines. The troops stationed at El Basso bad started in pursuit of the enemy, but at last accounts bad not met with them. Three Mexicans had been killed at El Basso, on the Gth of October, and several others were reported to have been mas sacred near Santa Fe. The Indians were daily committing Iresh depredations, and had become quite hostile to tho emigrants. Five \pnchc In dians had been taken prisoners, and offered in exchange for Mrs. White and daughter. The -Mormon Delegate. —Mr. Babbitt, tho Mormon delegate, insists that he has been regu larly elected ad ''‘gate to Congress from the Territory of Desei t, and designs claiming his seat as soon ns the House is organize and. Ho bases liis right to a scat upon the precedent set iu tiie case of Minesota, which at the time was regarded san unsafe one, and which wili lead t l ' so in , uiilu.-.ra.'smcnt in tiie tli.-;-. .itiuii of Air. Babbitt s claims. Comi*i.iment ro Georgia. —\Ye are always pleased to read surh articles as the following from our cotemporaries in the Sister States. The Mobile Daily Advertiser, says: “ Among the States South of Mason &. Dixon’s line, none are at this moment more prosperous and flour ishing than Georgia. Her Legislature lias fos tered and cherished a judicious system of Banks and credit, the influence of which lias perva ded every department of trade, and giveu life and vigor to every industrial enterprise and pur suit- Her citizens under its genial effects have awakened to activity and thrift, which have produced, and are still producing, a degree of wealth and aflluencc extending themselves iu the remotest corners of the State, and promoting those noble enterprises which have strechod their iron arms to every desirable point in the surrounding States. “ Nor these alone. She is rapidly becoming the great manufacturing State of the South. South Carolina envies her noble progress,and sinks beneath tlie strides and idoinitable encr. gies of Georgia. In sound institutions, in in creasing manufactures, in a healthy trade, in all the advantages of Rail lload transportation in developing her resources, in a thrifty, industri ous and happy population, and iu sound and ju dicious views of what constitutes the elements of her future growth, greatness and prosperity, she is far outstripping all her neighbors, and now presents a spectacle, tiiat our Legislature now in session, may well contemplate in views of the labors before it.” High Handed.— The Saturday Post, says: “ U’e recently noticed that the island of Tigre, had been ceded to the United States by the government of Honduras. “It now appears that Mr. Cliatfleld, an agent of the British Government, disregarding that cession, has taken possession of the island in question, torn down to '.he flag of Honduras, and run up that of Great Britain. It is also stated that the British have seized ail the islands in the Gulf belonging to and San Salvador, as well as the ports of Truxillo and Moro. In answer to a remonstrance from Mr. Lquier, the American Consul, Mr. Chatfield declared that Honduras had no right to cede any portion of her territory, because, first, she had not even the right to a national existence! And, second ly, lie is understood to have said that she had no right to dispose of the Island of Tigre, be cause he (Chatfield) had intimated liis intention of placing a lien upon the Island. Under these circumstances, it is reported that the Ameican Consul iiad demanded the evacuation of the Is land within six days. “ These high handed measures have naturally created great excitement and indignation in the Central American States, and, conscious of their own weakness, they have appealed to the Government of the United States for redress. “ Judging from a late article in the London Times, it is probable that Mr. Cliatfield’s con duct will be disavowed by the British Govern ment. If it should not be, this affair may fur nish grounds for a serious controversy between the United States and Great Britain. Believ ing, however, that the government of both coun tries are sincerely desirous of doing what is just and right towards each other, we cannot appre hend for the present any interruption of the amicable relations between them.” More Indian Outrages.— A party of traders have arrived at Independence, (Mo.) bringing additional accounts of Indian outrages. Seven whites, of whom four were Americans and three were Germans, had been attacked and murdered by a band of Indians, had been attacked and murdered by a baud of Indians, at a place called Point of Rocks. The Americans who fell vic tims were James M. White, Mr. Caloway, Ben jamin Beausman and wife. Mrs. White and her daughter were carried off. The Governor had sent out a party of Puebla Indians, to effect, if possible, a ransom for the female prisoners. Idlers at the Mines. —A Mr. Becket, of Boston, who went out [in the ship Capital, in February last, returned in the Crescent City. Although he did not go to the mines, lie accu mulated s.>ooo at San Francisco by trading, lie represents the lion Ith at the mines as tolerably good. There were undoubtedly many deaths but no general sickness prevailed. lie thinks, however, that there will be great suffering this winter among the crowds that arc daily arriving by sea and by land. As to the prospects at the mines, Mr. Becket states that an active, indus trious man, who sticks to liis location can make from $lO to $25 per day, but that there were hundreds of lazy follows hanging about, who on ly digged when necessity urged them, and from whom most of the complaints that reach this country emanated. A California Writer’s Prospects. —A cor respondent of the New York Courier, writing from the gold regions, draws the following gloomy picture. No doubt the hues of liis own feelings have somewhat sobered the picture:— “ I wrote very disparagingly of the mines in my last correspondence, but the homeward emigra tion for the next three months, will fully sub stantiate my opinion. The sufferings in Cali fornia during the present winter cannot be esti mated. The first heavy rains will drive thou sands of miners from the mountains into the cities, in hopes to procure shelter and employ ment. By the middle of December, the aven ues to the mines will he closed, and,of course the demand for labor will nearly cease during tho rainy season. Imagine, then, the condition of u crowded population, dependent upon their labor, receiving daily accessions to their num bers by fresh arrivals, unsheltered, sick, idle, and with too fair a prospect of a general failure in provisions and hreudstulls,and you may draw your own conclusions.” 1 V The fi,st electric telegraph was a wo i.i..n s heart. Lver siuco the days of Adam , she has extended her influence from pole to pole. Yen ha\ e been forced to alloc her all degrees ' t latitude , and i ,r loiigiliiu. , females must e.en speak for tin in clves, as chronometers vary. ffj- A countryman being in Buffalo | atc | and after being shown the sights by a friend suddenly asked, “ But where is the Bufulo Pl u .’ form?” The gentleman accompanying explained, with some difficulty in restraining liimsclf, that the staging put up on that occasion* 1 had been taken doicn after tire performance ua’ occr ! A Marriage Story. —The story which \ VP gave last week, that a farmer had married a young emigrant girl at the office of tb e p ou _ missioners of Emigration in New York, having never seen her before, lias been spoiled by | at(r accounts. It apprars the girl thought the mar riage was only “ in fun,” and refused to go wii|, her new husband. O’ A London paper says that a curious accj. dent occurred to the electric telegraph at Berlin and Stettin the other day. The communication having been found to be interrupted, search was made for the cause, when a mouse’s nest, with a little brood, was discovered in the guttaper cha tube ; and it appeared that the little animal had contrived to gnaw through the wires. Pleasures of Gold Digging. — A corrcg. pondent of the Newark Advertiser, writing from North Fork, Sacramento river, complains sadly of the difficulties of digging, but says that lij has made from S4O to S6O a day for three neeks. He adds —“ \V expect to go to the dry digging very soon. If you iicar of any one corning to California, tell them they had better stay at home. I thought I saw the elephant coming around the Horn, but it was not the real ‘Simon.’ He lives here. When the gold hunters come to climb mountains from two to two and a half miles high, then they will realize what fools they were in coming to California- Every night we hear the low growl of the grisly bear, the wild scream of the catamount and the barking of the grey wolf and kioties. This is all the gold digger hn» to cheei him in his loneliness— except tiie Indians, whom we hear every night yelling and whooping on the topis of the moun. tains which surround ns. But we do not care for them, for one white man is more than a match for a dozen savages. I went out the other day with a companion after deer, and fell in with eight Indians, whom we went after on a full run. Sucli scampering you never saw : J thought they would break their logs jumping over the old pine logs. They are in great terror of white men, and think a gun will shoot all day without loading.” ITEMS. Dates from Chihuahua to the 30lh Septem ber, represent the cholera as raging fearfully at that place. Not less than 72 to 100 deaths were occurring daily. Tiie cost of Congress while in session is a bout S3OOO per day. C. C. Langdon, editor of the Daily Advertiser, has been elected Mayor of Mobile. lion. Win. L. Hunter, L L. D., died at New port, R. 1., on the 3d inst. lie vtas elected a Senator in Congress in the year 1841, and con tinued to represent Rhode Island in Senate da ring the ensuing nine years. The Dundee Advctiser reports the death, at Kinnordey, Scotland of Mr. Charles I.yell, the father of the eminent geologist. Gold is not the only large product of Califor nia. One of the natives is noted as the father of 36 ch ildren, 20 of whom were the result of his first marriage, and 16 of liis last. Milinnn, the Poet, and author of the Tragedy of the “Italian \\ ifu,” has been appointed Dean of St. Paul’s London—a very high clerical tru.q having at least 25,000 worshippers under liis ecclesiastical control. The Arctic Expedition and the position of Sir John Franklin, continue toform a fruitful subject of comment in the London Journals. Strong Itopes are still entertained, in intelligent quarters, of the missing navigator. Commodore Joseph Smith, for several yeui's past Chief of the Bureaus of Yards and Docks at the Navy Department, is soon to repair to tho Pa cific, to assume the command of our naval for ces on that coast. A writer in the Boston Medical Journal asserts that the mortality of the free people of colour of the United States is more than one hundred pei cent, greater than that of the slaves. Tiie Mannings, convicted of the horrible mur. dcr of O Conner, in England, were hanged on the J4tli ult. Tho cause of the splintering and disruption of trees when struck by lightning, is ihc-snddtn expansion of the sap that is converted into va pour by the electricity. r I lie New York Mirror speaks favorably of a newly invented machine for carving metal or wood, now in operation in that city. It is said to work with rapidity and excellence. France, with an army 0f500,000 men, lieutenants, whilst England, with little mot* than 100,000, has 2,353. Rev. Bcter Rogers, aged ninety-nine years, four months and ten days,died in Waterloo,.lll, on the 4th ult. He was one of Washington s Life .Guards, in the war of Independancc, at 4 perhaps the last of of that noble band. The religious order of Dominicans has bee* officially reinstalled in Baris. It is calculated that since 1800 more than 20,- 000 human beings have been killed in the coJ mines of Great Britan. Randall grass is the name of what is said t<d !C anew grass found in the mountainous regions' f Missouri, and recently brought into culti vation for pasturage and hay, with much success. M. Luvini of Turin states that by placingco! ored glass between the eye and the a telescope, the effect of a fog in obscuring jocts is very much diminished. Rats, they say, will venture in no barn ° r house whore elder bushes are scattered about" This is anew and valuable discovery. The Right lion. James Grattan, eldest son ol the late Henry Grattan, the great Irish orat (,r and patriot, has sold out Irish property, and 111 tends settling in Virginia, in which State lie U ,s purchased five thousand acres of land. Rev. John Andrews, of the Presbytery ‘ IM,io, who died at an advanced age, on the > ult., at Pittsburg, is said to have been the ll ’ vv ho originated a religious periodical west' Mleghativ Mountains.