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WILLIAM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR.
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Words for Music.
BV. RBV. DR. SETHUNK.
I lore to sing when I am glad,
Song is the echo of my gladness ;
I love to sing when I am sad,
Till rang makes sweet, my very sadness;
’Tis pleasant time,
When voices chime
To some sweet rhyme in concert only ;
And song to me
Is company,—
Good company, when I am lonely.
Whenev'er I greet the morning light,
My song goes forth in thnnklul numbers,
And ’inid the shadows of the,night,
I sing me to my welcome slumbers.
My heart is stirred
By each glad bird
Whose notes nm heard in summer’s bowers ;
some with lofty decks, crowded with warriors in
bright scarlet attire, profuaely accoutred with Hash
ing arms j some broad, cumbrous sen-carriages ;
some, graceful, tapering vessels, Rdorned at the lutty
with plumes, as it were, of the pal-
And song gives birth
To friendly mirth
Around the heart, in wintry hours.
Mon-first learned song in Paradise,
Propr the bright angels o'er him singing :
And in our home, above the skies,
Glad anthems are forever ringing.
God lends his ear
Well pleased to hear
The songs that cheer his people’s sorrow ;
Till day shall break
And wc shall wake
Where-love will make unfading morrow.
Then let me sing while yet I may,
Like him Godloved, the sweet tongued Psalmist,
Who found in linrp, and holy lay,
The charm that keeps the spirit calmest:
Kor sadly hero
I need the cheer,
While sinful fear with promise blendeth ;
O, how 1 long
To join the throng,
Who sing the song that never endetli I
PIRATES Ol 1 ’ THE INDIAN ARCHI
PELAGO.
[Concluded.)
One profitable branch of the pirate trailie illus
trates a singular feature in the civilization of those
regions. The Chinese emigrate in great numbers
from the Celestial Empire, and settle nmong the Indian
Isles, especially at Singapore, where their notional
talent for cheating is offered a wide scope. They erect
for themselves comfortable habitations, and amass
largo fortunes. At first they usually cume with the idea
of returning to their own country, but gradually settled
down as coloniests in their snug homes, with their
money bags and opium pipes. But with a Chinaman
at Singapore, us with all other men in any other part
of tho world, a good house, a full purse, und a pleas
ant pipe, cannot compensate for one deprivation—a
wife. So, at least, these settlers thought, and resolv
ed in their minds how tho loss was to bo supplied.
We all know the rigorSuslaws of China on this sub
ject No woman is allowed, under any circumstan
ces, to efaigrate ; and the edicts of the barbarian des
pot arc sufficiently rigorously enforced, so that a case
of elopement is unhenrd of. The merchants, indeed,
say that should such in event come, the friends of the
frisky lady, if they |were not put to death, would
he compelled to pay an amount of what is ingenious
ly called hush money, that would ruin a rich man.
Consequently the damsels of China, though they
■ elope from their parents,—and sometimes from their
husbands,—among themselves, never quit the soil
•of their birth, and the Singapore colonists must look
elsewhere for wives. But the ready wit of a Celes
tial, assisted by the elastic conscience of n Mnlay, has
obviated the difficulty. The respectable Chinese
merchants of Singapore entered into a convention
with the pirates to take annually so many scores of
youthful maidens, at a fixed price, to be educated as
their future wives. Tho kidnapping of these children,
therefore is carried on to a groat extent along the
coast of the larger islands, and uinong the little groups
near the Anambas and Natunas. The damsels of the
Indian Isles are also in request nt Suiu, at the courts
of all the petty chiefs, and, probably, in the Dutch
towns. When, therefore, a pirate-fleet puts to sea
from any island, one of the chief purposes of its
equipment is tile capture of slaves. With some com
inanities, indeed,—the Illaununs among them,—it is a
rule to take only prisoners, gold, silver, gums, spices,
and such other costly merchandise as is easy to
transport and difficult to identify. With those of
Borneo, however, when the recent operations took
place, our countrymen discovered in some of the
towns English anchors, gnus, barrels of powder—
some marked witli the broad arrow, as government
property.—with an immense quantity ot other cum
brous and heavy stores, evidently the plunder of
European ships. A little girl, probably English or
German, has been found and placed in chnrgo of a
missionary at Sarawak Bhe is too young to tell her
tale, hut doubtless it is singular and strange. Per
haps her parents have been murdered ; perhaps they
still sorrow for her loss, .and hope her recovery.
Where they are, and how long the child may have
. been a forced rover with pirates, is a mystery.
The’description of a private cruise may illustrate
•the formidable features of the system, and wc give it
as collected from the information supplied by recent
writers on the spot. We may suppose n largo fleet
to he collected on the coast of Borneo. Messages are
. despatched to the chiefs of the allied tribes to pre
pare their prahua, their arms, and their w arriors.—
Tho large vessels are usually kept in creeks, near the
months of rivers, under the guardianship of a town
or village, enibossomcd nir.id masses of jungle and
forest, and defended by booms and stakeo. The
dwellers on the most distant banks of the stroams
are summoned by nte^ougera. They muster their
forces, and embark iu canoes. Should their course
lead them past, any powerful communities inimical to
them, they cuse their paddles in soft hark, and, put
ting themselves in motion nt sunset, drop down the
river by night. No dip, no word, no other sound
breaks tho stillness. One by one the little boats are
impelled along, swiftly hut noiselessly. Avoiding the
open waters, they creep under the 'shadow 'of the
woody hanks, and at break of dawn scrcou themselves
in tho jungle. Monkeys, wild hogs, and serpents,
form during those few duys their simple food, and
are killed with poisoned darts blown through sumpi-
tans, or hollow reeds. Occasionally even these sup
plies fail, an 1, ns there is no room in the canoes for
provisions, want is severely felt. Among the pirates
of thelvoti river, the chiefs have been known on such
-emergencies to cut otf the head of a man, hang it up
among the trophies of the tribe, and eat his flesh. If
• by the way u small hamlet is discovered at a safe dis
tance from any powerful settlement, it is attacked by
night,wrapped in Humes, and desolated by these fierce
hut stealthy marauders.
Reaching tho point of rendezvous, the freebooters
throw otf concealment, rush on board the prahus,
sound their martial instruments, hoist flags, and fire
gunsin anticipation ol’triumph. Then the squadron
is unmoored, and, one after the other, the prahus put
to sea, proceeding to join the great fleet at some ap
pointed place of rendezvous. Thus n formidable ar
mada is collected, which takes its departure, and sel
dom separates until scenes of death und devastation
have taken plnce. on which none can dwell without a
shudder. For us, indeed, iu the security of our is
land, amid peace, civilization, and Christianity, this
piracy lias its features of terror. Perhaps many of
those (who view this sketch many dwell in lonely
Plucw, where they are sometimes visited by fear of
titc midnight burglar. Sitting in the silent house ot
night, they may think of dangerv from robbery and
murder, .perhaps a rustle, a creak, a footstep may
break the stillness, and the blackened face of some
huge villain may peer in at a door o’ window. On
such occasions tiiey know their own thoughts -hotter
than we can describe them; and if so. what a misera
ble state of existence must be that of the simple tribe
of fishermen, in constant dread of pirates ! The hath-
let stands on the shore, peaceful, defenceless, uud ex
posed to all attacks. The villagers are harmless, in
nocent, industrious. They do’wrong to none, and
deserve no injury from others. But when the day
-dawns they know not whether the sun may not set
on a smoking pile of ruins; and when the evening
doses whether it may not rise on a little wilderness,
.> where the blackened remnants of their dwellings,
tlead bodies of men. women, and children, the hum
ble wealth of the tribe strewn about, betoken the visit
of a pirate fleet, while those who hflVe escaped the
massacre have been hurried into hopeless slavery.
The’fleet sails out to sen. it present• a splendid
spectacle. Perhaps a hundred and forty war prnhus
of large size and. power fully armed, with more than
two thousand mra on board, are arrayed and equip
ped fici' plunder. The vessels are ot various builds,
pointed prows with plumes, as it were, of the pal
metto palm-loaf; whfle the buccaneers themselves,
variously clad with a diversity of weapons, throng the
decks. Below, ranged in banks, as in tho galleys of
classic times, on Salami*, the oarsmen ply their la
bour, and impel the barques along. The fleet sails
for its first destination. If this bo a town or village
—generally built on tho shores of a bay—on tho const,
the vessels are rauged nlong tho out waters, while a
few are detatched to the attack. If the enemy be
weak, the nssalut is made by day, when the pirates
crowd to the shore, land, surround the plnce, fling
brands among the houses, and killing the old, the
weak, the maimed, and, the useless, with ull who resist,
make captives of the rest. These are bound and
taken on hoard. In case of an overwhelming attack
from an English vessel, or rival pirate, or a powerful
trading chief, they slaughter the women thus taken,
cutting off their heads, and gashing tnom from
shoulder to lied with ferocious cruelty. 1 ms occur
red iri the late conflict. The piratical Malay is so
bloodthirsty that, in the Inst hour ol Ills file lie will
satiate his horrid appetite on a defenceless victim in
revenge for the punishment inflicted by a superior
"^Perhaps the next object of the expedition will be
the communities on the bank of some river like tlie
Knluka. Then the pirate fleet, extending itself in a
long line, boldly dashes along; the first prnhu enters
the stream with lings displayed, music sounding, and
shouts echoing back from the banks. Sometimes a
fleet of equal power ik encountered by the way, when
n friendly barter in the profits of plunder takes place.
One after tho other vessel push up the stream; a bril
liant, lengthened, strange array, leuving on both sides
tracks of plunder, collecting heads lor tropheB, and
merchandise for booty. On the return voyage, any
village that may have escaped is ransacked, an i when
tho freebooters again emerge on the sea, the river rolls
through n melancholy waste, deserted, blood stained,
and desolate. A new infliction has fallen on tho
peaceful tribes; a new triumph is added to the bloo
dy records of- pirate history; and tile civilized friends
of the system have new facts to add to their accounts
of the simple innocence of the Borneo buccaneers.
But it is the night nttnek that is most tearful. A bo
dy of pirates, landing alter sunset, on the shores of
some thinly peopled province, conceal themselves
until all the population has sunk in slumber. The
night in those regions is beautiful beyond fancy. The
stars are large and lustrous, the moon’s broad, bright
lace, silvers the wood and the waters with her smiles,
and the soft winds, sighing among the forests, lull ail
nature to sleep. Some doomed village lies in the re
pose of a sequestered gindo, in the depth-of a shady
wilderness. The tribe, having enjoyed the evening
repast, witli the song, the music and the dancos.which
are hereditary with those savages, as wisdom is with
our peers, is scattered in groups in the long building
elevated on posts, which 1 orms the dwelling of tho
whole community. The Dyak has retired to the com
fort of the hollow tree, suspended against the wall,
that serves as his couch. Covered over Svith a fine
mat, he sleeps, and dreams of Sabyan—the happy
hunting ground of the Indian Islander. The lire,
which is never allowed to expire, smoulders, and
emites only a dull red glow that lightens through the
dusky room. Now nud then a form rises from one of
the colfiu-sliaded receptacles nlong the wall, and a Dy
ad comes forth to blow up the embers and warm him
self.
Meanwhile, the scene without is still more wild and
strange. Encircling the village, hut concealed in the
gloom of the jungle, the pirate host has spread itself
around, strongly guar ing every path, and preparing
to celebrate with the din of triumph the fiery and
bloody sacrifice. Now they lie silent and motionless,
grasping their arms, and awuiting the signal of as
sault. The village has relapsed into utter stillness.
Nothing but the low whisper of the summer wind,
and the ripple of the neighbouring river, can be
heard. Then one crafty robber, drawing the ready
kindled brand from its concealment behind a hush,
crawls with stealthy steps towards tile buildiug, and
dexterously throws the lighted billet on the roof of
thick Atap thatch—combustible as straw. Others
follow his example, and soon, from severul portions
of the structure, rise BrnaU light flames, that creep
upwards and spread with a low hissing sound, un
til, communicating with the timbers and the walls,
they join each other, and the whole edifice hursts into
ablaze that shineB fur and wide over tho forest, with
a roar tlmt calls up its inmates—too late tor safety.
The pirates now. with yells and shouts, rush forward,
and as the startled wretches leap madly from the
raised platform on which the dwelling is elevated,
seize or cut them down without mercy or remorse.
There is little struggle. The buccaneers enjoy an
easy triumph, and before dawn the village is level
with the earth ; its site is a black spot, strewn
with the headless and mangled dead ; the sad
captives are iu the pinite-prahus, and the pirates
themselves are again on thdir bloody track, to earn
new trophies and new wealth, by new atrocities and
new destruction of life. Thus are the peaceful
islanders immolated nt the shrine of that gigantic
system whose savage votaries may find something to
plead iu excuse, in the truth, that they are encour
aged by writers and orators in civilized and Christian
lands. In picturing the outline of these scenes, whose
minute details are too horrid to describe, we merely
sketch incidents ns common in Borneo, ns highway
robberies were once on Hounslow Heath.
[Sharpe's London Magazine.
Swearing and Lying*
The following story may be an old Joe redivivut,
hut we do not recollect having seen it before.
A Quake rhad a piece of new ground to plough
which was full of roots, and he set his hired man
John to hold the plough while he drove the oxen. A
root would catch the nose of the plough, the plough
handles would hit John a wallop on the side, nud
John would commit a breach of the commandment—
"Swear not nt all.” Ho went it continually, catch, jerk,
thump, swear, whoa I back! gee! haw I jerk,thump,
swear.
At length tho placid spirit of Jedediah became
disturbed by so much proinnity, and ho stopped the
team and told John to tako tho goad nnd drive the ox
en and he’d see if he could notnold the plough with
out swearing. John topk the ox-goad and Jedediah
seized the plough handles. He placed liis two legs in
a bracing position, and John drove ahead. The
plough caught a root—made a bound, and one of the
handles hit Jedediah under the chin, and he exclaim
ed;
"Well, raly I never saw the like.”
Again It caught, hit Jedediah again, nnd he again
declared he had never seen the like. It caught again,
knocked Jed down, and he roso witli the exclama
tion. .
"Well, raly, I never did see the like.”
So matters ■ went,’ till Jed returned to the starting
point and had positively affirmed that he had never
seen tile like some fifty times.
“There, John,” said lie, “tako hold of tlio plough
and see if thou cantit not get along without swearing.
Thou hast seen that 1 have not Bworn an oath tho
round.”
"No," replied John, “thou hast not, friend Jed, hut
thou hast told fully fifty lies."
Jed thought a minute and replied:
Well, John, I don’t know but my lying may he
Ini ’
and Darby."
|3P The Emperor of Chinn died on the 25tli Feb.
He is succeeded by liis fourth son, the eldest survi
vor, a youth nineteen years old, who will reign under
the title of Szehing. It is said that this change will
be of advantage to English interests liy bringing
Keying into a more influential position. The Over
land Register remarks, in anticipation that the legal
ization of the scale of opium, both as a source of re
venue in helping the new government through its
formidable financial difficulties, nnd towards setting a
long vexed nnd dangerous question, will probably be
one of the first measures submitted to the new sov
ereign.—IV. Y Ct'ltr. 6fEnq.
Friday Morning;, June 14, 1850.
Georgia Lumber. From the 1st of January,
1850, to the 10th instant, there liae been shipped from
the porta of Savannah and Darien 16,BG0,073 feet of
lumber, of which 10,764,000 feet were shipped from
Savannah.
By Wednesday night’s Charleston boat we
received the letter of our Cuban correspondent,
brought by the Isabel, the uonreceipt of which on
Tuesday morning last was a disappointment to us,
and a serious deprivation to our readers. We know
not where the fault lies, and have no disposition to
blame any one for what wus no doubt the result
of uccident.
P5P Youug Crockett, a grandson of thc noble old
patriot Davy, who fell ot the Alamo, was a captain in
the Cuba invasion. He is a son of one of the editors
of the New Orleans Crescent.
rTjp The Washington Republic has a communica
tion headed “ Five Wounds and Thirteen Doctors,”
ridiculing Mr. Clay nnd the compromise. The arti
cle is amusing nnd full of irony.
Chattanooga, Tknn., June 8, 1850.
W. T. Thompson, Esq.;
Dear Sir,—Business in our city continues dull.
The streets are dusty and disagreeable, there having
been no rain in this vicinity fdVseveral weeks. Steam-
boating is also dull, the river being very low. Tliero
is, however, very little produce or goods fortliis or
any other market ready for transportation. Now, if
tlie position taken by a politician of some note in
your State ho correct, that tlie small vote recently
polled for delegates to the Nashville Convention was
indicative of tlie people’s approbation of that assem
blage, wo may sgy that the small business now offered
to our Railroad Companies is also indicative of their
prosperity. I don't wish you to understand that I
would mislead your readers, and cause them to be
lieve such absurdities, for I doubt the correctness of
the hypothesis, und will not endeavor to teach others
that which is so utterly inconsistent with common
sense. The wheat in this section looks promising, nnd
if no disaster befalls it, will yield more than un aver
age crop. But not so with the Cotton crops of North
Alabama and Middle Tennessee, which, I regret to
learn, lias been much injured by tlie cold, ’.vet Spring.
Our Alabama and Tennessee friends who recently
visited your city, hnveretumed well pleased with your
market, and spe.,k in the highest terms of your busi
ness men. This is just ns it should be; nnd I nm
gratified to find that all who patronize your market,
return satisfied. These gentlemen learned one im
portant fact, that most of tho Cotton that is sold in
Augusta, is bought for re-salo in Savannah. They
also found out that Augusta, as a Cotton market,
stands in the same relation to Savannah and Charles
ton that a country post olllco stands to one in town.
The former being established to “ get the news"
without the trouble of taking a “horse out of the
plow” to ride after it in crop time. Tho country post
master makes nothing by his office, nnd the duties are
often badly discharged, being mostly done by wives or
children—hence, it it generally believed unsafe to mail
valuable matter at a country office.
There are, however, two things necessary to he
done by your Railroad Companies, before Savannah
receives her proportion oftrade or travel. One is
theponnectionof tlie Central und Macon and Western
Railroads, at Macon; the other is the passenger trains
of tlie Macon and Western Railroad Company, and
that of the State to run in connection. As the passen
ger schedules are now nrranged, it requires 60 hours
from Chattanooga to your' City, while 36 hours will
carry you to Charleston, making a difference of 24
hours in favor of the latter city. This your Railroad
Companies should remedy as soon as possible, for
until it is done, the travel from this point to your city,
must be light. Perhaps I may not he thanked for
these suggestions, which may, by some, he deemed
unimportant, but, 1 assure you, that 24 hours against
Savannah, and in favor of Charleston, will change at ’
least two-thirds of the passengers that would other
wise go to, or beyond your city.
Considerable dissatisfaction exists about the strin
gent rules adopted by the South Carolina and Georgia
Railroad Companeis, with regard to cutting oft’all per
sons from passing over their roads free. It must be
admitted by all having knowledge of sucli matters,
that tlie practice of franking had almost grown into
an abuse of official privilege. Heretofore, the Georgia
Railroad Company has not been so stringent; perhaps
their reasons for not adopting such rules before was
the want of some more amendments to their charter,
by tlie Legislature. This being accomplished, the
“dear people,” and officers of otlfcr roads, may take
care of themselves. And so runs the train of monop
oly. Yours, very truly, E. R. Mills.
The Mummy, Kncckinos, &c. 8 0we
Y. papers arc disposed to huvo a fij n „ „° f I
for paying $5 for four tickets tor admission * t0D * nn "
lectures, aud to witness thq unrolling of V° ”’ rso
Mummy 3500 years old, enveloped in (onu
linen of various qualities, &c. & c . But sn„ 1 ’? UIul8 ot
script, Bostonians will have theirownwav • Trim '
of imposition. Speaking of Mumttties I
told this morning by a gentleman, that h c l r ”! f Wcre
admission to an interview with the mysteri *° Set i
ester girls, now in New York, but Was unZ 8 ^
tho Gothamites having secured all the admi..- C ° ,8fu1 ’-
ets for the next 24 hours 1 The *£££?**.
alarming. One dollar per ticket is demanded Vf' 1
bout a dozen persons are admitted at a time
heats Mummydom all hollow. So we think
ty Chromatypeis anew process of photomm
It consists in washing good letter-paper with th f
iowiiig solution : Bichromate of potash, ten er r
sulphate of copper, twenty-grains; distilled V?' 1
one ounce. Papers prepared with this are of
yellow color, and may be kept for any length of a
without injury, and arc always ready f or U8 e p
copying botanical specimens of engravings not u° r
can he more beautiful. After tho paper hos'lieon"" 3
posed to the influence of sunshine with the objcctsT
ho copied superposed, it is washed over in th e a l
witli a solution of nitrate of silver, of mod
strength; as soon ns this is done, a very vivid posh- 8
picture mnkes its nppearence, which t.ien onlvT
quires washing in pure water. 1 ^
iy Col. Swett, of Boston, has written a pamphlet
to prove that it was Putnam who commanded the
Americans nt the battle of Bunker Hill. The general
opinion lias ever been, we believe, that Colonel P r «.
cott had ubout as much to do with the lead in that
business as any body else. Col. Green, of Boston,
thinks that there was no sole and regular commander
but that Putnum, beyond the redoubt nnd Prescott
within it, gave independent orders, which were o-
heyed equally.
E3P To Americans about to visit England for the
first time, it mny hc of some importance to remark
that no books, not English, which they may take will!
them, for their own personal use, are exempt from
the enormous duty which she imposes; and all Eng
lish works, reprinted in any other country, ifbroudit
within reach of her Custom House, without reserve,
are taken and destroyed. So says a late London
letter.
Jenny Lind in Germany. Our Germnn correspon
dent informs us that this celebrated vocalist, at her re
cent concerts at Berlin, completely failed to draw a
great audience, nnd that generally she has exhausted
all the novelty of her peculiar vocalization through
out Germany. This fact will not prevent her from
succeeding in this country, if merely from curiosity
nnd novelity—a sensation of wonder—n something of
which we mny sny, “ 1 wanted to see, and I have seen
it.”— N. Y. Herald.
Barnum has certainly neglected to fee Binnet, or
Jenny has forgotten to send a bracelet to Mrs. B.
PIP Comparative Statement of tlie Earnings of
tlie Georgia Rail road for the months of May, 1849
and 1850:
I’asseng’s. Freight,mails. &c, Amount.
1850.. .. 15,503 05 28,991 55 44,494 06
1849.. ..11.457 09 18,401 39 29,858 48
Increase, 4,046 96
10,590 19
The Frontier of Texas.—Mr. G. R. Lewis who late
ly came on from Western Texas as the agent of tlie
people, of the Rio f Irand and Nueces, publishes in the
Washington Union a long article complaining of wliat
lie calls tho'Presidetit’s neglect of Texan interests. He
quotes largely from the proceedings of public meet
ings. calling for protection against tlie present Indian
hostilities which arc now desolating that country.
Negro Suffrage—In theOhio Convention, now in ses
sion at Columbus, on the 27th inst.,the following moves
were madein favor of negro suffrage. If our neigh
bors over the river place thmcselves on nil equality
with negroes, it is a matter of taste, about, which wo
shall not dispute:
Upon the usual call for memorials and petitions this
morning, Mr. Iluinplireyville presented a petition
which lie said was signed by some fifty or sixty fe
males and about as many males, nsking that the riaht
of suffrage may he granted to all the people of tlie
State of Ohio without regard to color or sex.
Judge Vance presented the petition of 50 negroes,
of die county ef -Butler, asking lor the right of suf
frage. which was referred, along with that presented
by Mr. Humphreyville, to the Committee on tlio
Elective Franchise.
The next thing we shall heal- of, will be the inter
marriage of whites and blacks in Ohio.
Louisville (Ky.) Jour. Com.
Premature Education.—That the Education of Chil
dren should not be forced, like lettuce in hot houses,is
becoming a popular idea. The more haste, in such bus
iness, the less speed. Wc find the following opinions
of learned authorities on this important subject;—
Of ten infants destined for different vocations, I
should perfer that tho one who is to study through
life, should be the least learned at the age of 12.—
Tissot.
Intellectual effort in the first years of life is very in
jurious. All labor of mind which is required of chil
dren before tho seventh year, is iu opposition to the
laws of nature, and will prove injurious to tho organ
ization, and prevent its proper and mature develop
ment.— Hufcla nd.
Experience demonstrates that of any number of
children of equal intellectual powers, those that re
ceive no particular care in infancy, and who do not
begin to rend and write until tlir
14,636 12
Resigned.—It is stated that Orlando Brown, Com
missioner of Indian Affairs at Washington, has resign
ed. It is stutedthat Maj. Markland, of the same bu
reau has also resigned, and that there is much bad feel
ing in tlie Indian Bureau.
The Great Tunnel on the Baltimore nnd Ohio
Railroad, is said to be one of the greatest works of civ
il engineering now going on in the world. It is a few
miles from Morgantown, West Virginia, nud is through
a mountain a mile nnd a quarter wide
The Rochester Witches.
It would seem that no imposition is too absurd to
“go down" in New York, and that no species of decep
tion is toorediculous to be countenanced by a portion
of the press of that city. The Tribune, the organ of
all tlie newisms. heresies, and humbugs of tlie day,
gives a long account of an interview with the famous
Rochester women on Thursday evening last, nt
the rooms of Dr. It. W. Griswold.—Messrs. Fenni-
more. Cooper, Ilryunt, Bancroft, Willis, Tuckerman,
Dr. Hawks, Dr. Francis, nnd other distinguished gen
tlemen being present. The “spirits” were variously
invoked during the evening, aud the responsive rup-
pings appear to have been occasionally apt and satis
factory. The deportment of the females is commen-
ded by the writer, from whom we derive this speci
men of the entertainment;
The evening was now far advanced, and it was not
thought desirable to continue the colloquies any fur
ther. Attlie suggestion of several gentlemen, the la
dies removed from the sola, where they had sat dur
ing the evening, and remained, standing in another
part of the room. The knockings were now heard
ou the doors, at both ends of the room, producing a
vibration on tlie pauncls which was felt by every one
who touched them. Different gentlemen stood on
the outside and tlie inside of the door at the tame
time, when louil knockings were heard on the side
opposite to that where they stood. Tho Indies were
at such a distance from the door in both cases, as to
lend no countenance to the idea that the sounds were
produced by any direct communication with them.
They now went into a parlor, under the room in
which the part” was held, accompanied by several
gentleman, au tithe sounds were then produced witli
grent distinctness, causing sensible vibrations in tlie
sofa, nnd apparently coming from n thick hearth-rug
before tlie fireplace, as well as from other quarters of
the room.
Can anything ife imagined more utterly ridiculous
than tlio unblushing effrontery ol these women, ex
cept it be tlie credulity or knavery of the men who
aid them in practising their wicked imposition ou the
public. If by some hocus pocua they are enabled to
produce the rappiugs, let them keep their secret, nnd
make money by exhibiting thoir mysterious power.
But they commit un outrage upon society when they
assert that these demonstrations are from the spiritual
studies tiiose who commenced earlier, and rend num
erous books when very young.—Spurzhcim
gin to read and write until the constitution begins
be consolidated, hut who enjoy tlio benefit of a ,, , „n
good physical education, very soon surpass in their world, which should be promptly rebuked by allnioi-
- ... ■ „i men—by all who reverence truth, and reprobate
falsehood. We never had any opinion of these pre
tended spirit tamers—those weird women of Roches
ter. Their recent movement to New York lor the
purpose of exhibition, has shown them to be as mer
cenary as they are false and impious, and we only
wonder that they aro tolerated in their wickedness by
persons making any pretensions to respectability or
character.
Married.—Ill Newport, 3d instant, by the Rev. Dr.
Choulous, Mr. George H. Darling, oi this city, aud
Miss Maria A. Sweet of'Newport.
Sweet girl, and a darling wife.
Great Strike in New York—On Saturday morning
tho boss builders of New York city refused to pay the
laborers nine shillings a day, as demanded nnd receiv
ed by them since the 10th of Inst month. The bosses
sny, ono dollar is ull they will pay. The result is,
business in this line has stopped. Arrangements are
being made for a muss meeting in tho l’ark to-morr<fw
ufteiiioon.
.4n Adrcntu-.r of Old Age.—Among the. passengers
who arrived nt Boston a few days ago, in the hark
Eagle, from Ft. John's, Newfoundland, was Michael
Mulloy, aged one hundred and three years, lie is a
Unlive of Kilkenny, Ireland, which he left 82years
ago. He comes to this country to visit his children ;
and is going first to Providence. It. 1., where one of
them resides, and then hopes to real'll Michigan,
where he will meet another. He enjoys fine health,
says he never has lust a night’s sleep ou account of
sickness yet. lie walks witli a firm step, and his eyo
sight’is keen enough to enable him to tlireiidsi tine
cambric needle w ithout tiie use of spectacles.
British Iron.—Immense quantities of foreign iron
are said to he coming into New York, and the Express
notices six thousand tons imported by one Now York
house to meet home orders. Tlie price of railroad
iron is very low in England, hut is kept up to about
$38 a $40 per ton here, by tlie heavy freights. The
Erie Railroad Co., alone have received ten thousand
tons at Quebec, to he landed at’Duukirk via the Wei-
land Canal.
Distance to I.iVEnrooi-*.—It appear# from an
article in the New York Courier nml Enquirer, dint
tho distance between New York and Liverpool i* 3084
miles, while from Boston th Liverpool it is hut 2349,
making a difference of 235 miles in tavor oi the route
from Buston via Halifax.
(From the N. O. Ficayunc of Saturday.)
Fxnininntion of Hen. INnrclso Lopez.
Gen. Lopez arrived in this city this morning for
the purpose of surrendering himself to the U. States
Marshal, in accordance with a previous statement to
thateffect which we published in our pnperof yester
day morning. The following is a copy of the letter
addressed to the U. S. Marshal by Gen. Lopez :
[Trans 1 a t i o n.]
Pass Christain, June 6,1850.
To the Marshal of the United States iu New Orleans;
Sir—Having understood that you desired to see me
in relation to matters connected with your office, I
take the liberty of informing you that for that pur
pose I shall repair to the city to-morrow; and shall
await your commands in the gentlemen’s parlor of thp
St. Charles Hotel from 4 to 6 o'clock ill the afternoon.
With great consideration and respect, I subscribe
myself your obedient servant,
(Signed) NARC1SO POPEZ.
At 10 o’clock, tlie writ of arrest having been served
on Gen. Lopez, he appeared in tlie U. S. District
Court, accompanied by his counsel, Messrs. John
Henderson, S. S. Prentiss, and J. Sigur. The court
room was crowded with our citizens, who evinced
groat interest, and much excitement prevailed.
Gen. Lopez is a man about 45 years of age, middle
size, rather stout, dark complexion, with very black
and black eye-brows, high forehead, hair slight
ly gray, and with gray whiskers under his throat. He
was dressed very plain, in blue linen pants, arid a black
dress coat, dark vest and blue cravat, with no attempt
at show, and without nny thing particularly striking
ubout him to attract attention.
The District Attorney for the United States, Mr.
Hunton, announced to tlie Court that Gon. Lopez was
present under an order of arrest, mid he desired to
know when it would suit the convenience of tlie
Court to proceed with the examination. 'He then
proceeded to rend the order of arrest, and the nliidn'
vit made by Juan Y. Labonrde, the Spanish Consul,
which stated in substance that hc verily belived that
ou tlie 7th of May last, Nnrciso Lopez (lid begin and
set on foot, and did prepare mul provide the means
fora military expedition und enterprise to be carried
on from the United States against the Island nnd Cu
ba.
The court said it would be prepared to tuko the
case up on Monday next and that the accused might
be bailed.
Mr. Henderson here rose aud said he did not see
how the court could ask hail on such an atlidavit,
which made no specific charge whatever, even if
the accused had been guilly of the blackest crime.
Tlie Spanish Consul had said lie “ verily believed"
an offence had been committed, hut no fuct hud been
sworn to iu tlie affidavit. Hundreds might sweur
that they believed the contrary. Would that be evi
dence ? Was this enough for tho Spnnish Consul to
take away tho liberty of n mail 1 No. Some fuct
must be swore to, some offence must be alleged, anil
no belief of tlie Spanish Consul would be sullicient
iu an atlidavit for an order of arrest. If the Spanish
Cousul should be tried for perjury, ho could not be
found guilty, on an expression of mere belief
Mr. Houston was astonished at tho objection taken
by tlie learned counsel. A warrant had been issued
on grounds -which he believed sufficient to arrest the
accused. He had never understood that criminal
practice required that in affidavit tlie time, pluce and
facts should be stated.
Mr. Henderson replied and cited the ense of the
United States vs. Skinner, Don Manuel Igna et ah,
before Judge Livingston, for their discharge on a
charge of fitting out two vessels at New Yorkagaiust
a foreign power, und contended the affidavit was in
sufficient.
Mr. Hunter contended that the case did not touch
the question. It did not state that such be tlie form
of thenflldavit, tlio question in that case was the na
ture of the offence and not the charge. He then
cited from Chitty’s Criminal Law.
Mr. Prentiss spoke at grout length, und was replied
J to by tlie District Attorney. The court took the ques
tion under advisement und udjourned until 10 o’clock
to-morrow morning, when it will deliver its opinion.
Gen. l.opez was hailed in the Eum of $2000 for his
appenrance at that time. Recorder Caldwell became
his security on the bond.
From Florida. The United States steamer Mon
mouth, Captain Freeborn, arrived at this port yester
day afternoon, in 42 hours from Indian River. By
this arrival wo have no particular information from
the interior. Billy Bowlegs has gone into Tampa Bay
to hold another talk with General Twiggs. Sam
Jones is st .11 in the Everglades, but has sent word that
he will soon, come in to one of the Forts. The Indians
are all quiet, coming in nnd going out at the different j
posts at their pleasure. They mingle freely with th»
troops, selling corn nud such other articles as they
have. It is said to be the intention of the government
to leave things in their present position until fall, and
then to insist upon their removal The troops arc
still healthy—very lew coses of disease occurring.
On Thursday last four companies of Artillery left
Indian River for Fort Mead.
The Richmond Enquirer.—The Senior Editor of the
Enquirer, now on a Northern tour, thus writes of the
recent anti-compromise editorial, which erepijpto his
paper, by stealth, during his absence—
••The Enquirer of the 28th ult., has nn article denun
ciatory of the compromise, strangely in conflict with
my New-York letter alongside of it. 1 know not what
ilevelopcmcnts may have since occurred—but, the
more 1 reflect on the difficulties oi the subject, the
more inclined nin I to believe that the South should
nccept. as the best she can do, the compromise, wilh i
some material modifications. Had the South shown
the proper firmness and union, the ense would be ou-1
ferent, and we would obtain ull we asx. But, no .
she is divided ns to her true policy, and, u n
nites upon something, we can get nothing[near J*
good ns what is offered us. I had believed, _ j
ing the debates of the winter, that the South »o™
not accept the Missouri line. Gen..Cass put
tion directly to Jefferson Davis, who (and othc , >
1 believe,) replied that he would RoFtek* 1 •
the right of settlement by the slnvcho^liter
prcssly recongnized. This wc cannot get, ■
Let the South with f.otne unanimity ngreo,up ^
policy nnd 1 will stand by them—hut, ns tdhnt
seem probable, may wenot lose more an P -l
whole, by not closing this dangerous question at |
and crushing the free soilers ? ’
Kp Willis, of tlie Home Jourual, tells the fo' 10 ™ 3
anecdote of a scene which he says he witness#
centlyin an omnibus. The heroine was a j' 0 * 1 ”
girl,‘excessively pretty, and in her mouth— e
pies at the corner of which were so deep, an 8 .
ed iu, liko inverted commas, that her >P 3 I
like a quotation—she carried the fatal eixpcnc c,
ed to pass from the warm bliss ot flint rosy P
to the cold change-box on the top.’ .u i
“Arriving opposite the Talfernacle, P ^ #ni
string, took the piece of silver lrom J) jj c re cei> I
gave it to the young man sitting oppo- • . (e or(! > I
eil it politely, but, us the omnibus was a fe t j,,t
in coming to a stand still, she had timet ^
lie admiringly placed the moist sixpe ^ f ron i bis
_ There wu
own ]jps, and took a less inagne
own pocket to throw away to the driver. -- w i
a suppressed smile among the othe p “j scuo ui-1
the lady was not to be complimented \ ( || (i
ly. ‘I’ll trouble you for my Sixpence, 8 rpceit .
holding out her hand with its green m » 8 be.
ing the money, between thumb and she
would take a cockroach tram apoto re j, u )tinglyi I
passed it up herself, anil looked aro rt j BPn ccW
as she went out, on those who had the ®F l ■
smile." . . ciivntes oni'W I
Wc don’t believe a word ol it. It s ‘
think of it. —
—e— n 0 Boston I
The Lawrence Divorce Case ' marks C '
Courier of yesterday, lias the following
this case: . ,
It is not often that affairs of a prrtare
cluce so widely-extended a seneut ^ _ - r|
community, and even through of Mr „
tions ot a nation, as the recent di then 10 ’
Lawrence. It is not our purpose to <» we c ,n »
or demerits of tlie parties, but to d ° i( , vi ' tal)le
prevent the alienation which w * q 105 e who C
them, froth extending its influence to Uio^ j(
connected with only 0I )<? a- wecxP^L
have some tendency to ettect thi- > T.B.I' 8
convictions—nay our knowledge— h j s p a tnily r ‘
U.’ I
5^" Louis rhilippe is menaced With on attack oi
dropsy in the chest. y
member ot the J-< ttW reuce gur e« u«
and regret they have felt
fit to puraue, are inexpreMJ■ • y,
to them anil to the general fe (UT
hick 1'F
sorrj'
here, to make this statement. 0 f » *" 1
speak in such a manner of any onr Mii> li,e Ls I
so much respected as that of w ;j 0 fl'e ncr8 ,.«j I
London is the head; but it is be ■’ f ho»k' rt ' ft s,ii I
needs come, that the weight o „ rut jier . * I
him by whom the offence c<>^ ^ diem ^ 1
those who are especially aHuct_ * n juct.
the innocent victim oi another ^ in ^ I
rr* You ng~C rockett, : Wtow,a cr - e r H
Cuban expedition, writing to 1 c an» 0, ‘ j |
jeuns thus speaks • of Ueii. Lorirt- no t *> ’ I
he, “I cannot imagine why Gcn. LoP ercTet & I
Ho seemed to bear a charmed hte, LopfJ; fis w ^ I
fell thickest, there you would 8 ? c u , ;in I « rer! |
and giving ordera He is the bravest
heard, or rend of."