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from the Western (ChatanqueCo.) Messenger, April IP. SPLENDID METEOR. On Monday morning last, about 3 o’clock, we were awakened by a sudden and ex tremely brilliant light, which shone tbrousrl the window of our sleeping apartment. On opening our eyes, we had a momentary glimpse of a vividly luminous body or trai which almist instantly passed out of sigh', and was gone. We were convinced it wa a large meteor, and expected an explosion. We waited from three to live minutes, when a report burst through the welkin like a piece of heavy ordnance standing within b short distance. , There was nothing in ii like thunder, but a perfect resemblance to the sound we have named. It shook the house very sensibly, as it did others ; in one instance jarring a tooth brush from the win dow to the floor. Its direction was norther ly, and the explosion took place, probably, over the lake. We found, in the morning, that our citi zens generally were awakened by the re port, though not m iny saw the splendid ob ject that occasioned it. Mr.Tracy, the sta-rc agent, and the stage driver, were at the time at the barn, just leaving it with a fresh team when they saw the light, and at the same time heard a cracking or crushing noise like that of a falling tree. The source of light appeared like an oblong body of fire rushing with tremendous velocity through the air, and eight or ten inches in diameter. It seemed to approach the place where they stood in a curvilinear path, and led one of them to exclaim, “ It will strike the barn !” It however passed over, and disappeared as it seemed to them, about half a mile from the point of observation. In its course, it gave off frequent sparks, or streaks, from the sides, and this was probably the occasion ol the snapping or gathering noise which wa heard. Its disappearance was quite singu lar as described. The long fiery tail seem ed to separate from the nucleus, or head and the latter rushed on, emitting a dark blue flame; hut there was no division of it body into fragments, or any thing else to in dicatc a fracture, unless indeed the very sep aration of the fiery and blue portions were the result of the explosion. The light emitted was nearly as bright a daylight at meridian. The shingles on dis taut iiouses were distinctly visible. Mr Sexton, our postmaster, was, at the time ol its passage, assorting the mail, having tw< candles to furnish him light, but the light ol the meteor was so gre-i as to make them ap pear like burning candles in full daylight. From all we can gather, at least three min utos must have elapsed between the disap pearance of the meteor and the hearing o! the report. Consequently, as sound travel at the rate of a little over thirteen miles <> minute, the body of the meteor must have been nearly forty miles from us, either in elevation or horizontal distance, at the time of its explosion. Probably it was much high er than it appeared to be to the gentlemen who witnessed it. The whole duration of its appearance was not more than half a min ute, if it was as long. Its elevation was 56J miles from the earth and its diameter 1070 yards! It is worths of remark, that most of those which have been sufficiently noticed to form any satis factory estimate concerning them, have been found to he between fifty and sixty miles from the earth’s surface. Explosive meteors have usually, if not always, been attended with the dropping of stones to the earth. The stones thus brok en an l fallen are generally not large, weigh ing from a few ounces to a dozen pounds. There have been instances, however, where huge masses have fallen. In 1795 one feli in Yorkshire, which measured 30 inches in length, and 2S£ in breadth, and weighed 69 pounds. It fell with such force that it sunk into the ground to the depth of twen ty-one inches. The most remarkable stone, for size, whose fall has ever been witnessed, was one which fell in Connecticut some 25 years ago. This fell in the day time, we be lieve. It was so bright as to he luminous, but, if we mistake not, it was not attended with an explosion. It ruslied down into the earth with tremendous force, and gave such ajar and rumbling as led many to suppose that an earthquake had happened. It was seen to fall, and people soon repaired to the field and found its burrow. It was shortly uncovered, though it had sunk some three or four feet beneath the surface. Its weight, it we are not mistaken, was not far from a ton. Postscript. —Since writing the above, we have conversed with Mr. Hoiace Palmer, who was on his way from Dunkirk to this place, when the meteor appeared. He was two or three miles from Dunkirk, when In; appeared to he instantly surrounded with a most painfully vivid light, proceeding from a mass of fluid or jelly like substance, which foil around and upon him, producing a sul phureous smell, a great difficulty of breath ing, and a feeling of faintness with a strong sensation of heat. As soon as he could re cover from his astonishment, he perceiveu the body of the meteor passing above him seeming to he about a mile high. It then appeared to he in diameter about the size oi a large steamboat pipe, near a mile in length Its dimensions varied soon ; becoming firs, much broader and then waning away in dia meter and length until the former was tv duced to about eight incites, and the latte. :< a fourth of a mile, when it separated iut<> pieces which fell to the earth and almost im mediately he hoard the explosion, which la says was tremendous. On arriving here in the morning, his face had every appearance of having been severely scorched ; his eye were much affected, and he did not recove from the shock it gave his system for two o three days. This is really a marvelous sto ry ; but Mr. Palmer, is a temperate and ai industrious man, and a man of integrity . and we believe any one conversing wit him on the subject, would he satisfied tb*e he intends no deception ; hut describes tli scene as nearly as possible, as it actually ap peared. Probably, however, his agitalio at his sudden introduction to such a scene, caused the meteor to be somewhat magnifies, t"* him. Witnesses here speak of the spark which were thrown off"; probably one oi those sparks fell and enveloped Mr. Palmer In addition to its light, Mr. Palmer, state.- that its passage was accompanied by a sou no like that of a car moving on a railroad, only louder.'- At Salem, an observer stated the meteor to be “as large as a house”—rather iudefi iite, hut proving it to have been one of ex traordinary magnitude. It was noticed at North East, Waterford, and Sugar Grove, Pa.; Harmony, Chautauque and other towns m this county. The report was heard also it Buffalo. In Chautauque, an observer des •ribes it as six or eight inches in diameter, tnd half a mile long. , We learn also that it hurst about th ree miles beyond Fredonia, or about eighteen from this place. The report is, that afi ag •nent has been found, a foot or more in dia meter, but we know not the original authori ty of the statement. If it did hurst where it is represented to have done, and it was seen here until it ex ploded, its elevation must have been about 35 miles. This is pretty low in comparison with most of them, but it would seem from the account of Mr. Palmer that it was much lower still. Perhaps it was not observed here as long as it might have been from good points of vision. Its course is represented hy all to have been North Easterly. In copying the above account, the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says : At Erie and Rochester, places about 150 miles apart in i straight line, the light was nearly as vivid as that of day. This shows the immense magnitude and great height of the meteor. From the Savannah Republican. THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA. There is mystery in the sea. There is mystery in its depths. It is unfathomed, | and perhaps unfathomable. Who can tell, i who shall know, how near its pits run down to the central core of the work!? who can tell what wells, what fountains, are there, to which the fountains of the earth are in com oaiison hut drops ? Who shall say whence the ocean derives hose inexhaustible supplies of salt, which to impregnated its waters, that all the rivers if the earth, pouring into it from the time •f the creation, have not been able to fresh >n them ? What uridescribed monsters, what unimaginable shapes, may lie roaming ui the profoundest places of the sea, never melting, and perhaps from their nature, un ible to seek the upper waters, and expose liemselves to the gaze of mail! What glittering riches, what heaps of gold, what stores of gems, there must be scattered in lavish profusion on the ocean’s lowest bed! What spoils from all climates, what works of art from all lands, have been ingulphed by the insatiable and wreckless waves ! Who shall go down to examine and reclaim this uncouited and idle wealth ? who bears the keys of the deep? Ami oil! yet more affecting to the heart, and mysterious to the mind, what compa nies of human beings are locked up in that wide, weltering, unsearchable grave of the sea! Where are the bodies of those lost ones, over whom the melancholy waves alone have been chanting requiem, what shrouds were wrapped around the limbs of beauty, and of manhood, and of placid in- i fancy, when they were laid on the dark floor of that select tomb? Where are the hones, the relics of the brave and the fear ful, the good and the had, the parent, the child, the wife, the husband, the brother, and sister,and lovet, which have been tossed and scattered, and buried hy the washing, wasting, wandering sea? The journeying winds may sigh, as year after year, they pass over their beds. The solitary rain-cloud may weep in darkness over the miugled re mains which he strewed in that unwonted cemetry. But who shall tell the bereaved to what spot their affections may cling? And where shall human tears be shed thro’- out that solemn sepulchre? It is mystery all. When shall it be resolved ? Who shall find it out? Who hut He to whom the wild est waves listen reverently, and to whom all nature hows; He, who shall one day speak, and be heard in ocean’s profoundest caves; to whom the deep, even the lowest deep, shall give up all its dead, when the sun shall sicken, and the earth and the ilses shall lan guish, and the heavens be rolled together like a scroll, and there shall be “no more sea.” A NOBLE ACT. A short time since an occurrence took place at the navy yard at Charlestown, which deserves to be recorded. A lady had enter ed the rope walk and while earnestly gaz ing at the strands. as by the operation of machinery they were rapidly twisted, she unconsciously approached so near, that one end of the scarf which she wore on her neck was caught in one of the strands com posed of some fifteen or twenty yarns, and she was drawn with irresistible force toward the strand, and would have been inevitably strangled in half a min ite, had it not been for the presence of mind, courage, and mus cular strength of Francis F. Joy, one of the mechanics employed in the establishment, who fortunately happened to be near at the time. There was not time to ring the bell as a signal to stop the machinery—and as the only means to save the life of the woman he sprang and grasped in his hands the strand, it a distance of about a foot from the scarf, md between the woman and the propelling nachinery, and compressed it so forcibly as is to prevent any twist below tlie part which ie thus seized. Although suffering much pain from the twisting of the rope, he field on nobly, until the stiand absolutely twisted iff within an inch of his hands, and the woman was saved without injury ! Not so, lowever, with Mr. Joy. His hands were njured by the resistance they offered to the wisting of the rope. They were much ilistered and swollen for several days.—Bos on Mercantile Journal. Think of it. —A humming-bird once met i butterfly, and being pleased with the beau y of its person and the glory of its wings, nade an offer of perpetual friendship. “ I cannot think of it,” was the reply, “ as you nuce spurned at me, and called me a crawling dolt.” “ Impossible,” exclaimed the humming >ird; “ I always entertained the highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you.” “ Perhaps you do now,” said the other j ” but when you insulted me, I was a cater pillar. So let me give you this piece of ad vice : never insult the humble, os they may one day become your superiors.” * ; To Ladies. —We arc sorry to see the la dies in our city so well and fashionably dress ed. They look to us like victims being at tired for the sacrificial altar. Before six months are over, their husbands will want the money they now lavish away, to buy din ner with, or perhaps to buy carts and mules to carry them to some wilderness. There the report of the rifle will answ-er for tilt report of present wealth, and the dying deer be a welcome exchange for a dying reputa tion. Ladies must recollect that because tlieir male friends do not tell them freely of their distiesses in the commercial world, it does not follow that they are ‘well off’,’ as the saying is. Many a man on the brink of ruin, tries to wear a pleasant visage at home, for the maintenance of his wife’s or daugh ter’s eujoyment, and we, the agents of those unhappy men, have to tell what they dare not. We call then upon all females to re gulate their expenses —curtail tlieir wants —cut oil’ extravagance —practice economy, and prepare to fall from tlieir present condi tion to the earcli—not like the tortoise, breaking his life to pieces, hut like the wounded pigeon, fanning the atmosphere with its bruised wings, so as to come quietly to the ground.— N. U. Crescent City. Thrilling. —At a fire in Philadelphia re cently, a female continued asleep until the house next to her was almost totally de stroyed and her own already wrapt in the flames. She was then aroused by the noise and smoke, when she jumped from her bed, and, seizing her child’s cradle, escaped with in her night clothes only. On putting down the cradle on the opposite pavement, she discovered to her horror that her child w-as not in it, and recollecting, for the first time, that she had taken him to bed with heron the previous night, she rushed back again to her chamber, and fortunately ar rived in time to rescue the loved object of her search. During the whole of this brief but exciting period, she was so alarmed as to he utterly incapable of speaking, and the first exclamation she made was a hysterical cry, half joy and half grief, when she placed her child in the arms of a neighbor, with the consciousness that he was safe, although her house was lost. Aquatic Amusement. —One of the fishing boats in our harbor had a delightful excur sion yesterday, without the use of sail or oars. It appears that while the persons in the boat were quietly pursuing their avoca tion of hooking the finny inhabitants of the deep off’ Holmes’ wharf, a monster, in the shape of a Devil Fish, became entangled in the cable hy which the boat was anchored, and much to the astonishment of the crew, made off with her, taking a direction down the river. Persons on hoard other boats, observing an unusual struggling and splash ing in the water, made off to their assistance, and, after a hard contest of some hours, (six boats, using some twenty oars, being en gaged,) the monster was brought up on the flat near Castle Pinckney and killed. It was then towed up in to town, and became an object of much curiosity, being visited by large crowds. Shortly after reaching the Market wharf, it gave birth to a young one, which was landed, and placed in one of the stores. The old Sea Devil measures about fifteen feet from wing to wing, and about sixteen feet in length being similar in form to the Stingaree. It is supposed to weigh about a ton. The young one is about six feet hy five and a half.— Charleston Courier. The following judicial decision should he noted by lawyers, critics, and the rest of the world. Lien is not leen, but lyen: Important Judicial decision. —His Honor Judge Story, during the hearing in the Uni ted States Court, took occasion to rule on the pronunciation of that excruciating word lien, which lias been enacted by law into a term of common use. He remarked that it was frequently spoken as if written le-en, on the supposition that it was derived from the French; hut on the authority of Lord Mansfield, who judicially decided that the word was the past participle of the English verb to lie, lie considered that it should be called ly-en, and pronounced judgment ac cordingly. — Worcester JEgis. The influence of Sisters. —“ That man lias grown among kind and affectionate sisters,” I once heard a lady of much observation and experience remark. “ And why do you think so ?” asked I. “ Because of the rich development of all the tender feelings of the heart, which are so apparent in every wold.” A sister’s influence is felt even in man hood’s later years; and the heart of him j who has grown cold with its chilling con ’ tact with the world will warm and thrill with pure enjoyment as some incident awakes within him the soft tones and glad melodies of his sister’s voice. And lie will turn from purposes which a warped and false philoso phy has reasoned into expediency, and weep for the gentler influence which moved him in his earlier yesys. In a lecture recently delivered by Profes sor Maflitt, the following beautiful apos trophe to water was introduced : “ Tlie strength of rum ! give me only the pale water, which nature brews down in the bright crystal alembics of her cloud-crested i mountains. Give me, when I would assail with strained nerves and the arduous outlay of bones and sinews some amount of oppo sition, reared full and impassable in my path —give rue only that pure flow which follow ed the Prophet’s rod—give me that gush cool and clear that bubbled up before Hagar and Ishmael in the desert, (live me only that fluid which trickles down the bright sides of our own American mountains— gathers into rills in the woody uplands, then rolls into broad, beautiful, transparent rivers —spread into lakes, the mirrors to reflect all ‘ that is dark or soft, or bright, or deep in the i unfathomed firmament above. Clive me j these crystal streams —these cool, fever al- j layining waves, in health or sickness, when * the thirst of the last fatal fever shall assail my vitals—give me these waters, untortur- j ed and free, until that moment wheu 1 shall [ drink the waters of eternal life ! I The Grand Jury, of Pittsburgh, Pa., pre sent drunkenness as a nuisance, and recom mend that it be made an indict aide offence. The Wedding-Day.-Toadelicately-minil cd woman, the wedding-day is one of mingled mournfulness and hope. To he another’s — to resign to another’s care her will, her hap piness—to think that every feeling must be moulded to please one, whoaccepts her sub mission as a duty, not a favor—is a sacrifice indeed ; but the hope, that, in return for the homely comforts, the cheerful acquiescence, the soothing voice, the ready smile, the de lightful tranquility that woman’s love sheds over the humblest home—the hope that these tendernesses will be repaid by the wise guidance, the steady counsel, the noble friendship into which the tumultuous feel ings of the lover subside, when he is called uusband, cheers and supports the most sen sitive mind under a change so decided and entire.— Mrs. S. C. Hall. Scolding wives and squalling children should be permitted to scold and squall on, without let or hindrance. There is nothing that will strengthen and invigorate the lungs more. The woman who scolds with a hearty good will is proof against pulmonary complaints; and her husband, if she have one, should rather encourage than repress her in thus giving vent to her disposition, as it is such a blood circulating and health in ducing exercise of the faculty with which it is her good fortune to be endowed. And the babies—those dear little pledges—let them bawl ever so lustily, ought not to be quieted with a “Lullaby, lullaby, baby— hush thee my dear, lie still and slumber,” but allowed to cry as long and loud as they please, as they are doing battle with the enemy of lungs, and if let alone, will come off conquerors. But let not the child whine nor the “ better half ” mutter. It were far better to pinch or prick them into a distinct and audable utterance of their grief. It is | more sinful to fret the lungs out than the gizzard. Peruvian Bark. —An Indian in a delirious fever was supposed by his companions to be incurable, and was left by the side of a river, that he might the more easily quench his thirst, till death should relieve his misery. He drank large and repeated draughts from the stream which having imbibed virtue from the trees that grew on its banks, soon vanquished the fever, and he returned to his i astonished friends perfectly restored. The superstitious savages believed the stream, to be holy, and multitudes of sick people crowd ed to its banks. Some of the tribe, who were wiser than their companions, at length found out the secret and disclosed it to the world. Since 16-19, it has been a celebra ted medicine throughout Europe and Amer ica. j • Anew Play, called “ Blighted Hope,” was presented at the Bowery Theatre, New York, on the 4th ult. It illustrates the direful consequences of indulgence in the use of ardent spirits. The N. Y. Aurora says—“ We understand, so conclusive were the arguments, and so overpowering the in- i fluence of this inimitable production upon i the spectators, that upon the fall of the cur tain there was a general rush of the audi ence to join temperancS pledges, which had been provided for that purpose in the neigh borhood.” 1 ! Marriage let ween Blood Relatiovs. — When cousins (i. e. brothers’ or sisters’ children.) intermarry, or unite in wedlock seldom do they maturely consider the fol ! lowing natural law, namely : alliance with ; two near affinity or kindred almost invari ’ ably deteriorates the offspring. How often has it been observed, that idiotcy or mental imbecility, personal deformity or physical malformation, has resulted in nineteen out of twenty of such sort of two near blood intermixtures. But generally, says a great authority, the children or offspring are infer ior to what they would have been if the pa rents had united with strangers in blood, of equal vigor and cerebral developcment.— Comb’n Constitution of Man. Boring square auger holes has generally been considered rather a bad job. Accord ing to the New York Mechanic, one of our most readable and useful exchanges, the job is not quite so difficult as many have im agined. That paper says a machine has been invented, the boring part of which consists simply of a screw-auger, inclosed in a hollow squnre chisel, which being forced down by a draught of the screw, or worm, chipped down the four corners very smooth ly, while the chips were cleared out by the twist of the revolving auger. Two or more of these square holes in contact constitute a mortise. Just Sentiment. —A noble heart will dis dain to subsist, like a drone, upon the honey gathered by others’ labor—like a leech, to filch its food out of the public granary—or, like a shark, to prey on the lesser fry, hut will one way or other earn his subsistence. Crickets. —A correspondent of the Gar dener’s Chronicle, whose house was infested by these insects, says that by placing within the fender a couple of spitting boxes, con taining a small piece of fat floating in the water, with an inclined plane of wood to en able them to ascend, he destroyed within twelve months, 2,271 of these troublesome insects. Progress ‘)re Payment of Debts. —The St. Augustine Herald states that a stay law was passed at the late session of the Council of the Territory of Florida, which provides that any dependant in a suit, upon the pay ment of 10 per cent, of the principal and interest, may obtain a stay of execution tor sixty days, and so on until the whole is paid. Can it be? —The New Orleans Corres pondent of the Madisonian says that the English houses in that city have secret or ders from the British Minister at Mexico to furnish supplies of munitions of war, pro visions, See., to the invading army. One ves sel laden with powder has already been des patched. Modesty. —The first of all virtues is inno cence—the next isTnodesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it. That’s what a “ Spectator” once said about modes ty. THE PIC NIC. The Macon Volunteers, under Capt. Holmes, on Saturday celebrated their 17th anniversary. They formed on the North Common, overlooking the city, with tents pitched, flag-staff’s raised and colors flying; and all the usual paraphernalia attending a military camp. In the afternoon they were visited in their encampment by nearly all the ladies and gentlemen of the city, who were highly gratified by their soldierlike appearance and gentlemanly hospitality.— The day was closed by a splendid Pic Nic provided by the Volunteers. Two long ables were spread with refreshments, fruits, Sic., for the ladies, besides which, an abun dance of good things were found in their tents. The Floyd Rifles, under Lieut. Ray, also honored the occasion with their presence — and by their handsome appearance and cor rect discipline added no little to the pleasure of the scene. This beautiful company has hardly been in existence a twelve month, vet, evinces in marching, maneuvering, and in the manual exercise, all the skill and sci ence of a veteran corps. We are pleased to see the good feeling that exists between these two splendid companies; arid that their only i ivalry is in seeing which can make the most perfect soldiers. The Macon Volunteers were organized 17 years ago—soon after the city of Macon was first laid out. We believe not more than one or two of the original corps, now remain in its ranks. The evening was pleasant and every thing went oft’ in the finest style, and without any accident to martin? general festivities of the occasion. Long will the agreeable sensa tions excited, remain in the memories of those who were present. — Macon Telegraph. SINGULAR 01KCUMSTANCE! About six years ago a child of Mr. Alex ander Dennard who resided in this County, (Baker,) came to its death from swallowing a quantity of pet russi.on caps; the hapless little suffer died in the most excruciating agony in a few hours afterwards, and on the following day was interred in the burial ground at Byron. Several days after the interment some of the inhabitants of B. were astonished at hearing a smothered ex plosion in the direction of the grave-yard; proceeding thither to ascertain the cause, it was discover and that the earth with which the grave of Mr. Dennard’s unfortunate little child was heaped, had been violently shattered and broken, as if caused by the explosion of gunpowder, or some volcanic or other convulsive agency beneath. The circumstance elicited a good deal of specu lation at the time, but the philosophy of the thing never could be satisfactorily deter mined by the knowing ones hereabouts. — , Will some of out scientific friends abroad give us the rationale oi it?— South- Western Georgian. IRON WAR STEAMER. We clip from the Norfolk Beacon, the following description of this Vessel, for the building of which an appropriation has been recently made by Congress, “if tnese anli cipations are realised it will prove a most valuable acquisition to our naval defence The steamer is to be shot and shell proof; the engine and propelling apparatus are to be placed so that the latter shall be sub merged, and the whole engine out of way of shot from the vessel of an enemy. Her guns to be large and to be adapted* to both shot and shell; her burden not lessthan 1,500 tons. Mr. Stevens’ vessel, says the report, will possess many advantages of which it is unnecessary here to detail. Some of them, however, will lie briefly averted to. She will scarcely present a vulnerable point to the fire of the enemy, while those construct ed on the old method have a large surface exposed. The hull being low, will cause it difficult to hit her; whereas the lofty sides of a seventy-four will make hern fair mark. Being able to approach within point blank shot, she can fire shells and grape shot into the large port holes of her antagonist, with terrific effect. The thinness of her bul warks (only 41 inches thick) will make a very small opening for the gun necessary, and this to he effectually protected by a’ drop curtain of the same material as the sides of the ship ; so that, in truth, her men will be hardly exposed to danger. She will combine nearly all the advantages of a ship and battery, being a kind of floating iron fort, and having no vital points exposed, such as spars, sails, &c. She will be free from accidents, then, which oftentimes render a vessel unmanageable. Hollow shot orshell will burst in pieces against the walls of the steamers which, if made of wood, they would penetrate, doing as much damage as round shot, and, if they exploded, much niore. CONFIDENCE OF LOVE. The brightest part of love is its confi dence. It is that perfect, that unhesitating lelianee, that interchange of every idea and every feeling,that perfect community of all the heart’s secrets and the mind’s thoughts, which binds two beings together, more closely, more dearly* than the dearest of human ties—more than the vow of passion, or the oath of the altar. It is that confi dence which, did we not deny its sway, would give to earthly love a permanence that we find but seldom in this world. Supposition. —Suppose one member of the British nr any other Congress, should accuse another in debate, and when done the other should walk up and slap his chops, and thereupon a fist fight should ensue. What would the American people say ? Another. —Suppose some foreign Con gress, should assemble under pretext of legis lating, according to appointment, for the lietiefit of the government and welfare of the people, and instead of giving attention to these important matters,they should waste months of time and millions of the nation’s money in personal abuse, political intrigue, and a variety of disgraceful performances unworthy of gentlemen in any capacity. What wquld the members of the American Congress say ? Hard Times in Boston. —A salmon was recently sold there for the moderate sum of j thirty-five dollars. Nobility of Labor. —The man who labors in some honest occupation and supports himself by his own industry is one of na ture’s noblemen. He carries with him an independence of feeling unknown to ma ny a titled aristocrat who spurns the idea of lalor, and holds in utter contempt the man who lives alone upon the result of his own industry. To what pitiful shift and disreputable means are the labor haters often driven to maintain the dignity to which they aspire, the dignity of living without manual labor. Many, not relishing work, think that some professional pursuit would elevate them in the scale of human dignity, and, in spite of what nature designed them for, commenced a profession in which they can never rise above mediocrity, whereas they might ac quire reputation in their legitimate sphere. How many of these professional hangers on may every where be met with, who by some means have obtained a fine suit of clothes, and being too proud to work, live a life of miserable dependence, and encounter the sneers and jibes of the honest mechanic who asks no favors but from heaven, and a plen ty of employment from his fellow man. Many a poor, laughed at doctor, and pettifogging lawyer, who are more than half starving for want of employment, mighc have made good mechanics, been respected in their calling, and in the enjoyment of at least a decent competency. Parents, we advise you to let your children follow the indications of nature in their choice of pur suits through life.— Licking Valley (Kxj.) Register. Disgraceful Riot at Boicdoin College. — This ancient and compaiatively quiet Insti tution of Learning, in Brunswick, Maine, has been the scene of most scandalous pro ceedings. A riot broke out there lately, on the evening of East Day, involving the des truction of College property, and a most cowardly and brutal assault upon Professor Goodwin, who, in attempting to identify one of the ringleaders, received upon his face and person a discharge of nitric acid from a syringe or apothecary’s pistol. Pro.” ssor G’s face was frightfully burnt by tin icid, and it is feared that he will lo -e his eye sight. This appears to be a base imitation of the assault of young Simmes upon Professor Davis, of the Virginia University. The excitement was most intense amorg I the citizens of Brunswick at this atrocious i outrage. It is high time that the students | of the various Institutions in this country should cease to view their Professors as per sonal enemies. There is neither wit, spirit,, nor bravery in this ridiculous opposition to constituted authorities, and the most exem plary and condign punisnmentshould follow quick upon the perpetration of these reck less attacks. The truth is, that many of these young students would he benefitted by a good sound threshing which would humble their pride a little.— Savannah Republican. Boicdoin College. —The Boston Tran script says we are requested to state, on the authority of a letter from a gentleman of the highest respectability) that the account published in the Bath Telegraph, which has been copied into some of the Boston pa pers, respecting a riot in Bowdoin College, is false in almost every particular. ” Written for the “Southern Miscellany.” WOMAN’S INFLUENCE. “That woman exerts a greater, or less influence over man,” is an assertion, which few gentlemen, of this enlightened nge, will dare to contradict; and those few, I would say, had spent but little of their lives in fe male society. They have been deprived, perhaps, of the advice, which a kind and solicitous mother, is ever wont to give her children, even at an early age; or they may never have listened, to the fond confiding tones, of an affectionate sister. To such, I would say, seek the society of the ladies; spend at least some of your time in their company, and then decide, whether or not, they are capable of exerting anv influence over you. I know that the days of chivalry are past; and we do not, as did the ladies in those days, expect a gentleman to leap some dan gerous precipice, or, perhaps, scale a Cas tle’s wall, to obtain a smile from us. No; these days have long since gone by. Men now, are actuated much less from impulse, and more from conviction, than they were at that time; and the sentiments entertained by them towards woman, have undergone as great a change. The romantic passion, which once almost deified her, has now ceased to have its influence; and it is by intrinsic qualities that she must now inspire respect. ’Ti.s true, that there is less of en thusiasm entertained for her, hut the regard is more rational, and, perhaps, equally sin cere—since it is in relation to happiness, that she is principally appreciated. There can he no doubt, that domestic life is woman’s sphere, and it is there she is most usefully, as well as most appropriately em ployed. Domestic comfort is the chief source of her influence; for happiness is almost an element of virtue. But society too, feels her influence, and owes to her, in a great measure, its balance, and its tone. She may be here a corrective of what is wrong, a moderator of what is unruly, and a restraint on what is indecorous. It is to gentleness, elegance, and Chris tianity, that woman is chiefly indebted for the influence she exerts. Gentleness ought to be the characteristic of the sex; it mat ters not, how superior may be the talents with which a lady is endowed, without gen tleness, she cannot be agreeable; and thero is nothing, which ought to compensate the other sex, for the want of this feminine at traction. Without elegance the fairest form disap points, and wearies; but it is more easily understood than defined, and better felt than expressed. And religion far from dispar aging elegance, gives new motives for its cultivation. It is a refiner, as well as a pu rifier of the heart,—it imparts correctness of preception, delicacy ot sentiment, and all those nicer shades of thought and feel ing, which constitute elegance of mind. The pious woman should endeavor to increase