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resist raising the skirt of one of the prison ers with Ins stick, that he might exhibit the hoots and “trowsers - ’ which he had testified to in the morning. ‘• Didn’t l say so !” he •would exclaim. “ Maybe I’s a fbol and can't tell trowsbrs when 1 see ’em I” At length, every thing being in readiness. ’Squite Rogers having taken iiis seat r.t Ins desk, adjusted his spectacles upon his nose, dßil placed the Bible and the Georgia Jus tice in fearful army before him, the prison ers were summoned into the presence of that worthy functionary of the law. As they were ushered into the lighted room they were observed to hold down tbeir heads and gather their veils closer round their frees. ’Squire Rogers regarded them through'lds spectacles w ith legal severity. “ A pretty pair o’ birds, really,” said Ids honor, “to be circumloculin about the country in this way”—then lie whispered rt few wolds to Mr. Montgomery, and re sumed—“but we'll try to take care of you for the futerhut the noise was so great that he could not proceed, and he command ed, “ Silence in Court!” “ I ’spose,” re sumed the’Squire, “you thought we was utl asleep hi Pineville, and you would jest ride through our town with perfect infinity, .dressed out in them wimmin’s toggeries.” Here the Sheriff enquired what had been done w ith the buggy, to which Major Jones replied, that it was coming on in charge of Dr. Peter Jones and Bob Echols—the horse /was completely broken down, and they were obliged to travel very slow. This explanation was perfectly satisfac tory, and the ‘Squire proceeded. Taking his pen, he wrote in large round characters, “ State of Georgia,” then referring to the Digest before him, he demanded of the pris oners, their names, upon which they threw up their veils and answered, “ Boh Echols and Peter Jones, at your set vice !” The ’Squire dropped the Georgia Justice oti the floor, while Sammy Stonestreet’s eyes, mouth and nose were suddenly trans formed into so many exclamation points, all expressive of l.is utter amazement and “ W el!! be exclaimed, giving Vclit to ft volume of suppressed breath with the word, “if that oitil & nice come iff, dud fetch me!” He Wold perhaps have said more on ti e Occasion, but his voice was drowned by the crowd, who now joined in one concentrated shout that shook the very rot.fand waked the echos in the remotest quarters of the village. In the midst of the confusion. ’Squire Rogers rose from his :eat and placed his hat upon his head, remarking, “ Well, boys, its my opinion all hands has been snout audaciously tuck in th is time!” The matter is soon explained to the read er. The young men who composed the Major’s patty had leas tied tbe result of the Sheriff’s investigations, from an individual who had been in town during the afternoon, and foreseeing the ridicule that was certain to tie vi-ii Teri Upon them by their fellow-citi zens. bad recourse to the tiick which they so successfully practised, in order to involve their neighbors in the same dilemma with themselves. The wardrol.es were readily /obtained of some of their country acquaint ances, and they waited until night, that un /let its shadow they might the better avoid detection. \V. T. T. Madison , Georgia. t irO i if anmn k FATTENING PORK. We desire to lend our < (Torts to correct the great error into which many, ituiacd al most all of our planters have fallen, in fatten ing pork. Itis a common practice, we know, for our planters to turn their hogs intended for pork, into a water lot and feed them oil the ground, with corn in the ear. No sys tem could he more erroneous, whether it be considered for the excellence of the pork, or the economy in making it; both of which ore considerations not to he overlooked by lire prudent planter. It is well known by every planter who investigates the matter, that hogs put up and fed as we have stated, fatten slowly, and consequently consume so much food as to render the pork expensive. The reasons are obvious to any reflecting man—the food is not given to them in its most nutritious form—they eat too much dirt and drink too much water ; the former of which is injurious in any qantity, howev er small, and the latter is only beneficial in small quantities. We might enlarge upon these leasons, hut we deem it unnecessary, as every reflecting man knows, that unbro ken corn does not afford the same nutrition ltd animals as broken*; that dirt is injurious in health, and that hogs, like men, cannot eat so much when the stomach is filled with water, as when it is not. We, therefore, propose to suggest to the planters of Geor gia, a plan of fattening pork, which wo have tried and seen tried by others, and can consequently recommend it with the great est confidence in its success, both for econ omy and making fine pork. We have no objection to the plan suggested by Mr. Far rer, of giving them the benefits of his ear ly fresh fields, hut when tgken from the fields they should he put in a close pen, well ex- Eosed to the sun. Urge enough to hold dou lc the number of hogs to be fattened with good plank floor, so tight ns to prevent their feet from slipping through, and a sufficient descent to admit the water to pass off, a trough extending from oneer.d to the other, and one half of the pen (the north half) cov ered, to shelter them from the rain, and afford them on opportunity to bask in the sun. Food. —This should be com meal, ground as title as is designed for bread, made wet jtill.about the consistency of or a little thinner, /Iran dough, (arid if boiled it would he het ler,) given them three times a day, in such quantities as they will eat readily, so as nev er to have food in the trough when they are fed. The proper quantity, the feeder will ascertain irr a dnv or two. No water should ever be given them, except what is mixed with the food, and about once or twice a week, some /odder or shucks may be given then), and a little salt should be mixed with their food twice or thrice u peek. I'f> persons who have never trier) or heard of this plan of fatteing lmgs, it will npear very strange, but we commend it to them with every confidence that it is more econo mical than any cither, and that the pork made by it is greatly superior to that made in tlie usual way. —Editor Southern Culti j rutor Mr. John Farror, of Putnam county, I furnishes the “ Cultivator” a communica tion on the subject of fattening and curing pork, from which we make the following I extract : Curing Pock. —ls the weather is unfa vorable for saving poik, I linve always found it best to kill in the evening, and let the hogs hang out all night. By so doing the cutting up is performed much easier, I ami the pieces can he cut smooth and nice, which is vety important. In this case I have the meat salted up as fast as it is cut 1 out; hut if the pork is killed in the morning, I have it cut out late in fire evening, and 1 spread on the smoke-house floor, on boaids, I for the inglit, and sprinkle a little salt over i it, u> draw mit tbe bloody wnter, and early the-next morning 1 have it all taken and sal ted well; first triming every piece smooth i and nice, by taking off the little fragments, ; &<•„ and am sure to have more salt put on than the meat will take in—then 1 know there is no lack for salt. Iri cutting out my i pork, 1 make but six pieces of c hog after j the head is taken oft’, vizj two hams, two shoulders, and two sides, and do not take the ! rihsfrom thesidepieces.as doing so is an in i jury to the balance by giving it a chance to I rust where the ribs come fiom. In salting, I use about half a pound of I saltpetre to 1000 lbs. pork, (only on the i hams and jowls from 1000 lbs.) ami I nhvys > use hogsheads to salt the hams in. If I have ; not hogsheads enough to hold all my potk, j I use boxes for the sides; but have always i found meat to do bettei to lie in tbe brine | than to have the brine drip from it. It <!e ----j pends on the weather as to the length of i time I let pork lie in brine. In common V weather four weeks is enough, if’ it h ■.-* Ii 1 i; _ , ci.il. nvc weeks is enough, if it he a w arm time tilt ce weeks will do. To makegood bacon, pork should he killed early enough to go through the salting process l y the first of January, by which time it should he hung up to coie. My meat being hung up, (for this a dry, windy time is best,) after the first day I have a smoke under it every day, (ex cept it be a very dry windy time.) tiil it is thoroughly cured, w hich will be by the lest of February ; about which time, and that the dryest day we can get we have as much of it taken down as we wish, and have plen ty of good hick, ry a>hcs sprinkled on the flesh side of each piece, and have as many shelves, at a convenient height murid the smoke-house, as are wanting to lay up each piece of bacon, side by side, wilii the skin side down. There is nothing more to be done tiil this bacon is wanted for use, ex cept about mid summer it may be examin ed msec if any worms tiave rottrrmt un der it; if so, they n list be killed. As to ; skippeis, they have not been known in our | bacon for years. The baron we leave hang ing we have smoked occasionally with very j fine chips, and spi inkle a small quantity of i ground siilphui over each parcel of chips. | This will clean out the flics, &c. If any one of your readers should object to (lie tisc of ashes on bacon, as it is hard to clean off, I would advise them to put their bacon down in salt or charcoal, cither of which is, perhaps, preferable to ashes ; but in the use of either, boxes must he used in stead of shelves. I should have used salt long before now to keep bacon in, but nev er cat: have it ready for the purpose. I must now any something about the smokehouse, as with a shackling, open house, I consider it almost impossible to make ami save good bacon. To all others I prefer a framed Otic, closely weatherboard ed, well shingled, and so dose in every par ticular, that a fly cannot find its way in when the door is shut. My own is pretty much of this order, and is rat-proof. To make a smoke-house rat-proof is very important, as rats are very destructive in a meat house, and the object is easily accomplished and the building costs but a trifle more. It is done by having two sets of sills, and letting one set in the ground, and placing the other set, with which the house is framed, on the set that is let in the ground, then weather hoarded from the upper edge of the lower sills; ram the dirt well to the outside and drive thin heait plank and confine to the 1 sills or j the inside, taking care to ram the dirt well round the inside, and if the door and weatherboarding be well done, and the roof be tight as it should be, 1 will warrant that a rat never gets in before the shingles rot so that he can cut them, T Villus Agricultural Society, —The exhi bit ion rs Stock by this Society last Friday, though not to be compared with similar Ex- ! hibitions in other parts of the country, was yet most gratifying, as giving evidence of the increasing interest our people arctak- I ingin such matters, and we sincerely hope these small beginings may result in great and premanent benefits. It is by tin? 3 op eration of such associations, that their ex- ‘ hatisted lands are to he revived ; —that the disastrous spirit of emigration which has I desolated til's county (called oi l Wis • , though it has not yet been settled a cciitni v.) is to he checked ; that improvements in j Agriculture are to Ire discovered and brought I into use, that our people, the produce of: whose labor lias gone to pay strangers for their meat and bread, are to Ire made imle- j pendent, that our citizens are to be taught I to beautify the heritage of their fathers, and, by preparing li.r their children a home worth loving, lay the best foundation for love of country, in their beatts. It is our ardent desire to sec such associations multi ply and prosper, to see at least one such in every county, and every farmer a member of one. The Annual Fair of this Society took place in Washington on I’liday, the ilOlh of this instant. The number of Stock exhibited was not numerous, hut highly respectable as to qual ity ; and the interest manifested by our cit izens generally during the Exhibition, of find strong indications of the growth and prosperity of the Society. 3<DUOmiSiBH SLi a-3 ® IL il it => The committee appointed to exmnin the ; Stock, awarded the Premiums as follows : For the best Cow, premium awarded to ; M. J. lvoppel. For the best native'Cow, premium awar ded to Garnett Andrews. For the best Boar, 7 months old weigh- [ ing 218 pounds, premium aw aided to lames D. Willis. For the best Sow 7 months old weighing 2-10 pounds, premium awarded to James D. Willis. For the best -Colt, premium awarded to , Garnett Andrews. For the best horse, premium awarded to Nicholas Wylie. Of* The next Annual Fair of that Society, will be held on Friday before the fouith Monday in October, 1844. Wa&iugton j News. gfi ■ f ■ V yijr-y". —!rUTfa.'ji|.l..’",WKOT Ma&GEILL^iNIIf- IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. A correspondent of the New Orleans j “Tropic,” whose means of obtaining an- j thentic information, we are assured by die editor, are equal to those of any gentleman , in the republic, writesfrnm Galveston, under | date iif October 13tli. He says — Considerable excitement prevails here in j relation to the sale of the Now. under the . “Secret Act” of Congress. The Secretory of 1 the Navy Depa tn ent has just reached here, : and 1 am told declares that the sale shall take place agreeable to advertisement—at ( whatever sarrifice. To-morrow, Saturday, i tbe 14th, is the dry nppinted by advertise ment for the sale.— You will find in one of your exchanges, “ The News,” the protest of the citizens of Galveston. If the warning is unheeded, you will next hear of the proceedings of a certain “small Tea l’aitv”—not in opposi tion to law, but in arrest of “ Secret Legis lation.” You may rely on the efficiency of their action. Commodore Moore, will, I believe, remain entirely neutral in tbe pro- ( ccedii'g* t>{‘the day ; which lam pleased to learn. Getietal Murphy, United States Charge to Texas lias left the seat of government. < (Washington,) and is now in this city.— 1 Strange rumors arc afloat—about the cause i of his removal from thence—and other mat ters in connection therewith. Mr. Abell, j liearer of despatches for the United Stales Government, who was wrecked on the Sa rah Barnes, will, 1 hope, be more fortunate on the schooner Galveston, which conveys j this letter, and reach his Government in 1 safety. On liis arrival at Washington city, i there will he some strange developmenfs j made public, which ate topics of daily eon- ‘ versation in Texas. Although you willdis- j cover nothing hut dark hints from the press, ‘ l will draw aside the veil, Messrs. Editors, for your especial benefit, as 1 remember to have seen in your paper frequent preilic- ! tions of the very treason which I have now the mortification to announce. It is this; j That General Murphy suspected some se cret machinations between the British and 1 Texian Governments, highly detrimental j to the United States interests, and forthwith | set about discovering the nature of the mys tery. This he was unable to do during President Housti n’s absence at the Indian Treaty Ground—be being furnished with well authenticated and undoubted copies | of the entire treasonable correspondence • held by the President with theßepresenta- I fives of the British and Mexican Govern- j ments —binding himself to send eommis- I sintts to recognize the nominal sovereignty j of Mexico, provided that Government will j -thereupon cede Texas to Great Britain, for } a consideration! Texas will then be a : British province, by cession from Mexico, I and consent of the Executive of the Repub- j lie!—the confirmation of the Senate and ! ai.r'tion of the people can be relied on, (it 1 is supposed,) alter sustaining the ordeal which the Ties!Jet.t has led them through. Once a province of Great Britain, and the immediate abolition of slavery follows as n matter of course ; but a consideration is se cured for the slaveholder. Free ports, cheap goods, smuggling, and the consequent influx of European population, iv.ll soon compen sate the people for the empty name of a re [ üblic, which lias mocked their ears dot ing Houston’s at hitary reign ! But what, you ask, is to he the traitors reward ?—Gover nor General for life, with a huge salery and a high sounding title, will bribe Houston to sell lr.s country !! ! ’1 he correspondence which 1 allude to fully explains the mystery of the President’s war against the navy.— I J lie vessels were to be sold in New Or leans last spring; after which the Mexican navy wete to take Galveston, anil control the coast ; tube secured by a formidable inland invasion. T lie cession to England was then to follow by agreement; atxl the people of Texas would look upon their new masters as very saviots, and adopt any foim of gov ernment that Jt heir deli verers might pi escribe. The contumacy of Commodore Moore de feated this weil rout lived plan, and lie de serves the execration of ev* ry lover of the ” British policy.” I believe that a plan is now maturing for the delivery of Texas into I the hands of Mexico this full. Pray God j that the Galveston Caucus may prove as successful in thwarting the President ns : Commodore Moore was last spring. Ifo r j that the prolonged detention of Mr. Abell, bearer of despatches, will operate most in juiiousqr on the nflbirs of Texas, fi r things are hastening to a grand demm merit, which will prove total to the young Republic, un less the Eagle can rescue the victim from j the Lion’s claws! j I have given you the outlines of (lie mys terious and secret policy of President Hous- I ton, which has so long been misinterpreted j by his friends, and scatcely believed possi ble by his Jenetnies. You will learn full particulars from your own government in a very short time, fully confirming all that I have said, and adding largely to the list of i enormities attempted to be perpetrated bv President Houston. The above facts have been withheld by the press in Texas ; but as they are tooics of daily conversation in the street, 1 see no objection to calling on Louisiana to watch her neighbor! You may rest assured gen tlemen, that 1 am retailing to you no vague tumor, hut facts, which hove been derived fiom the most indisputable source. From the Georgia Courier. TRADE OF THE TENNESSEE AND COOSA TALLIES. WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD. Almost all who have felt an interest in, and advocated the system of Internal Im provement, upon which Goorgialias expen ded such large sums of money, and which has occasioned, mid still occasions, such a vast ‘Control iety of opinions, have been em barrassed we believe by the simple ques tions, where is your tiade to crime from ? Whence will be derived the profits and tbe benefits you anticipated 1 Many ardent friends of the system, we apprehend, have contented themselves with the plain axiom that ‘like causes produce like effects,’and rea son, ng from a n:il< igy,estimate foi Georgia, I bat the same prospeity, the same stimulus to en terprise and industry will be generated asex perienco lias evinced upon similar improve ments in other pans of the world. Opin ions thus founded, are doubtless satisfacto ry to those whose education and position in life enable them to ill aw tbe comparison.— But the plain, unlettered man, who strug gles on through life, views with a far differ ent eye these projects, which involve the expenditure to his apprehension of count less sums of money. One consideration, and one only, most often is evident to him, that from the sweat of his brmv is diawn the means by which these vast undertak ings are carried on ; and with the natural tenacity with which all cling to that which is with difficulty obtained, he resists a claim upon his purse for objeits, the utility of which, he does not concede. Now, to our apprehension in the management of the public works in Georgia, there has not been sufficient attention paid to these ennsideta lions. The mere dictum of the officers to whom their construction has be n entrusted lias been deemed sufficient, when the con descension to mingle with people, and elu cidate ti e subject in a manner suited to tbe com prehension of plain, uneducatcc per rons, would have been productive of happy effects. \Ve are not wont to say much about the virtue and intelligence of the peo ple. We honestly believe that there is great room for improvement, notwithstand ing the constant declamation of dema gogues to the contrary. Still we are per suaded that there is no mystery in this sub ject of Internal Improvement, that the most oidinaiy minds cannot fathom. The same facts and reasoning that lias produced con viction with us, would, we think, similarly convince them. Doubtless, the proper con struction of Internal Improvement requires profound scientific acquirements, and their after management, experience and judg ment. but tire wisdom of their design, and their prospective benefits are- matters com prehensible by nil. Under these convic tions, and impelled by an ardent devotion to this subject, we have endeavored to place it before bur renters m a simple and clear manner, and it may be, sometimes have tir ed tliem with it. We have been pleased to see, however, that m some quintets, our ar ticles have met with considerable furor, and we deem the impoitnnce of the subject a full justification for all the space it occupies in our columns. Simple answers to the questions cited in tbe beginning ofthis aiticle, are at this time the more to he desired, as the subject will probably undergo searching discussion in the Legislature about to be convened ! In a funner number, in ati atticle upon the trade of the Coosa Valley, vve pointed out one source of trade which has been, we think heretofore, not sufficiently consideted. Below, we give another statistical table, compiled, also, from the census tables of IS4O, which we think still more interesting. It embraces all the country watered by the Coosa and Tennessee livers and their tri butaries above Wetumpka and Muscle Shoals. It is proper to observe that in this estimate, w e cover a scope of country which already seeks a market across the Georgia lines of Improvement. We have indulged in no speculations upon the trade of the lower Tennessee, the Cumberland and the Mississppi Vallies, a large share of which we shall ultimately obtain. We desire to make it plain without subjecting ourselves to the trite charge of being visionary, that the certain trade which will flow ‘through our State, affords ample proof of the wis dom of the design of our slate works. The area of the country embraced in our table, is 30,000 square miles—as large as all the New England states together, excepting Maine. The productive capacity of this section is almost unlimited, and is as yet, not half developed. But a few years since, the Indians occupied one half its territory. In 1840, in the number of its live stock, it would rank as the 10th Slate in the union. In wheat anil oats, as the 9th. To corn, as the sth, producing more than New York and Pennsylvania together. In cotton, the produce was greater than Louisiana. In population, it equals the states of South Carolina or Alabama. These are a few facts relating to this interesting country which forms the back country to our cities, and whose travel is begirtiing to cross our line ot Improvement. But this aiticle is already extended too long. We must re serve to a futute number a continuation of tlie subject. A statistical table of the population, agricul- j fare, commerce oml Manufactures of the , country watered by the Coosa and upper Tennessee rivers. Population, 570,331 ; Number of horses ami mules, : 171,138 | “ neat cattle, : : : 455.995 j “ sheep, : : : : : 336,931 ! “ swine, 1,658,073 : “ bushels wheat, : : 2,287,406 j “ “ oats, : : : 3,746,160 “ “ rye, : : : 111,144 I “ “ Indian corn, 24,295,949 j “ “ potatoes, ; 717.716 “ pounds wool, ; ; j 453,079 i ” “ tobnccoga'.her’d, 716,138 “ “ cotton, ) 134,410,826 “ sugar made, 174,580 retail dry goods, grocer ies and other stores, 654 Amount of capital invested $3,442,874 ! do. in manufactures 81,618,348 do. in iron 371,936 Euih) American Heroism. —During nno | <>f (lie former wars between France and England, in which the then Colonies bore I an active part, a respectable individual, a member of the Society of Friends, of the name of- , commanded n fine ship. which sailed from on eastern port in Eng land. This vessel had a strong and effec tive crew, but was totally unarmed. When near her destined port, she was chased mid immediately ovethauled, by a French ves | sel of war. Her cammnndor used every ! endeavor to escape, but seeing, from the superior sailing of the Frenchman, that his capture was inveitnhle, be quietly retired below. He was followed into the cabin by his cabin boy, n youth of activity and enter pi ise, named Clias. Wager: lie ashed his commander if nothing could he done to save the ship ; his commander replied that it was impossible, that every tiling had been done that was practicable, there wns noescape for them, and they must submit to he captured. Charles then returned upon deck, and sum moned the crew around him ; lie stated in a few wotds what was their captain’s conclu sion—then, with an elevation of mind, dic tated hy a soul formed for etiteipiise and noble daring, he observed, “ If you will place yourselves under my command, and stand by me, 1 have conceived a plan by which the ship may he rescued, and we in return become the conquerors.” The sail j ors, no doubt feeling the ardor and inspired by the courage of their youthful and gallant lender, agreed to place t! ennelves under his command. His plan was communicated to them, ami they waited with firmness the moment to carry their enterprise into effect. Thesuspence was of short duration, fin the ! Frenchman was quickly alongside, and ns j the weather was fine, immediately grappled I fast to the unoffending merchant ship. As | Charles had anticipated, tin* oxliillernted , conquerors, elated beyond measure with the acquisition of so fine a prize, poured into his vessel in crowds, dueling and huz zaing ; and not foreseeing any danger, they left but very few men on board their ship. j Now was the moment sot Cliniles, who j giving his men the signal sprang tit their j head on hoard tin- opposing vessel ; while j some seized the arms which had been left | in profusion on her deck, and with which I thev soon overpowered the few men left on ! hoard, the others hy a simultaneous move ment, relived her from the grappling?, which | united the two vessels. Our kero having the command of the Flench vessel, seized ( the helm, and placing her out of hoarding • distance, hailed with the voice of a conquer j or, the discomfited crowd of Fienchinen, I who v. ere left on boa id the peaceful bark he Iliad just quitted, and summoned them to | follow close in bis wake, or be would blow j them out of water, a tin eat they well knew he I was very capable of executing, as their guns ! were loaded during the chase. They sor ! row full v acquiesced in his commands, while j the gallant Charles steered into port fidtovv jed by los piizc—l be exploit excited uui vcisal applause. The fotmer master of the | merchant vessel was examined by the Ad miralty, uhen he state and the whole < f the enterpiise as it occurred, and declared that Charles Wager had planned and effected the gallant exploit, and that to him alone belonged the honor and credit of the achieve ment. Charles was immediately transfer red to the British navy, appointed ntidsliip j man, and his education caiefnl'y stijerin j tended. He soon after distinguished him | self in action, and underwent a inpid pro j motion, until at length lie was created an | Admiral, and known as Sir Charles Wager. | It is said that he always held in vcneiation 1 and esteem that respectable and conscieti- I tuuis Friend whose cabin boy he had been, l and transmitted yearly to his old master, as j he termed him, a hnndsorn piesent of Mu j deiia, to cheer his declining days. Taking the Veil . —The imposing ceremo ny of taking the white veil was yesterday i performed tit the Carmelite Nunnery <ti j Aisquith street, in the chapel attached to the | institution, which was witnessed by a large i concourse of spectators. The candidate for i the veil. Miss Courtney, of Charles county, j Maryland, attended by Miss Ellen Louisa j Jenkins,of this city, in the capacity of brides j maid etumet! fits chsp.H about 9 o’clock, j both dressed in puto white, with embroi dered veils thrown loosely over their heads, j taking their seats directly in front, of the al j tor among the audience. The sacramer.t i of high mass was then performed by the , Rev. MrGilden, ntid also administered to j the applicant for holy orders. The Rever end Archbishop Eccleslnti now entered, nr j tnyed in the pontificals of his station, when j the curtains behind the grating of the clois | tors were drawn, atid about twenty sisters ; all dressed in white with heavy black veils i thrown over their heads and shoulders, each hearing in her hand a lighted taper, were perceived walking two and two towards the door leading into the chapel. The candidate for the veil was then received by tlie lever end mother, a lighted taper wreathed with flowers placed in her hand, and conducted within the precincts of the nunnery, the sis ters witii their lighted tapers following, which was visible to the audience through the gratings. The Atclihishop then read a passage of the scripture, proclaiming the re { wind of those who forsake the world and nil the ties of kindred to follow Christ, as the I authority of the Church for the dedication which was about to be performed, and de livered an eloquent address, directed prin cipa'ly to the young novitiate. She then approached the railings, and the Archbish op questioned her as follows :—“ My child, what do you demand 1” to which she an swered, ‘‘The mercy of God, and the holy habit of religion 1” Q. ‘‘ls it of your own free will that you demand tlie holy habit of religion V A. “Yes, it is.” Q. “My 1 child have you a firm intention to persevere in religion to the end of your life, and do you hope to have sufficient strength to car ry constantly the sweet yoke of our Lord Jesus Christ solely for the love and fear of God I” A- *’ Relying on the mercy of God, 1 hope to lie oble so to do. The novice then arose and retired, con ducted by the superioress nnd assistants, to put off her secular dress, and returned in a few moments arryed in the religious habit of the order. She then knelt down, ‘ and hcT secular veil being removed by t|, e assistants, she was girded with a cincture by the superioress, and received the veil of tie 1 chtircli, previously prostrating herself before the altar. She was then raised and saluted by the superioress, oiler which she saluted all the sisters present, when they retired in the precise order in which they had entered chanting the same low nnd solemn hymn which had been heard throughout the grc'ater part of the ceremony. The extreme heau j ty of the novice, the solemnity of the cere i nmny, nnd her firm and unfiinltering car- I tinge and manner, rendered the sccr.e of j unusual interest. — Baltimore Sun. We would throw before o'tf readers ntif impression of the action of the approaching Legi.-lature, so far ns our opportunities of j ascertaining the view’s of very many of those who will constitute that body, have enabled list.) form an opinion upon the subject. We think then, first, that a very thorough , reform will he made in regard to the expen j ses of the government. We think that some I thirty thousand dollars per annum will b c | saved to the people by a reduction of the j pay of the members to three dollars a day. We believe the reduction measure of the Legislature will he carried ; thus making a ; fuither saving to the people in future years, of upwards of thirty thousand dollais more. In other words in those two mcasuies alone j the expense of legislation which has hither to annually cost over one hundred thousand dollars will he reduced ton little over thirty thousand. This is doing much, if no more were performed by tire Whig ascendancy. The State Road, we are inclined to be lieve, will he sold. We are almost certain t'hat tin’s will he done, if it istrue as wt|, re in formed, that it can be sold for at least one I million, with assured guarantees of its being i carried out to the temiiuution fix- those wlxi seek it. Should the Side of the road to a compe tent and reliable purchaser, be either de feated or delayed, it is understood that the comparatively trifling amount of three bun dled thousand dollars will complete and per fect this great stale enterprize; and from ud the iiifm motion of which we ore pos sessed, we do not hesitate to give our opin ion, that the legislature will not, on account of such an outlay, permit the entile loss of the enormous public treastre already ex pended, not stdler the world’s stigma and opptol rum which must be incurred-by its fuiluie at this almost completed sttigeof the work. And we loj.-ice to ladieve, that the great reform in the general expenses of the j Stale Government, contemplated hy the W bigs, will enable ti e State to complete J this work, out of the curtailed crpernlitvrts I aj even two sessions. At all events, neither ! for this wink, nor any other objects of pub lic t ecessily or utility, will the j eople he I ur dened by any additional taxation vet tl at they h ive hitherto borne to no purpi se. i lie-$200,000 iti contest by the Monroe P. R. Company will lie a subject of strict legis lative sei ut'my. If after such investigation it should be found that the State in grind Faith is bound for tlie amount, by the fair anil pet feet compliance of the other patty on its part, tie legislature nil! not repudiate her own faith, hriwev* r injudiciously pledged— il otherwise, the mete name of Sta'e repu diation will not frighten it into an injurious compliance with a vitiated contract. | \\ bile we hope sincerely that the heltor | skelter jurisprudence of Georgia may have openeef the eyes of all of every party, to the impnitance of mi appellate tribunal for tlie , collection of the emits of our conflicting courts, we cannot say we are sanguine of the measure. Its only hope is for the friends j of this great measure of both sides, to dmp pa ty mimes and considerations so f r as it is roncei t ed, and to tally to its support, as a great State measure, essential for the safety of the tights of the citizen, alike of all par-* lies. Whether this w ill he done, and even if done, whether they etm carry it, ive t! ink far from cei lain. Rut whether carried or t ejected, il ought to lie, and will hy the candid, he hailed not as a | a:tv triumph nr defeat, but as it of tight ought to he viewed, as a great State, henejil or a great State misfortune, of which hoth parties may share the honor or hear the responsibility, according to the result. The law will probably be amended i:i re lation to the selection of juries for crim inal trials, by selecting fiom theGinnd Jury box and making the test of competent jurors, their oath that they are unprejudiced, and theii belief that they can act os impartial jurors. ’I lie expenses of the government, and the iuteiestof the State debt, w ill I e provided for, (if it can ever be ascertained vvliot the State debt is.) without a cent’s addition to the presort tax. The District bill, will wepresume, again he passed. ’l’he Central Rank, now in ptogress of liquidation, in the course of next year hy the receipt of taxes and bonding, will retire its whole circulation. The amount now out, is only about 050,000 dollars, we be lieve. What changes may be made in the present, order for bringing it to a close we are unprepared to say. I’ut we believo we may say, that in bringing it to as spe etlv a close as practicable, while jus tice will he done to the state on the one hand, unnecessary harshness to its debtois will not lie ordered on the other, the gener al good without prejudice, will be the gov ering motive of the legislature— Recorder. Marriage in the Street. — On the 20th ulti mo Squire J. F. Malian linked Miss Eliza Little to Mr. Nelson Aubry, in otic of the streets of Palmyra. The circumstances are a little romantic; it seems two families weto traveling westward in company, with one of which was the fair lady, with the other the loving swain, who had concluded to mar ry. The old folks refused consent ; they thus traveled on until the families with their wagons parted, each taking a different road, when the lady contrived to escape from her parent’s wagon, and followed that of her lover. On reaching town they jumped out of their wagon, called for the squire, hitch ed traces and drove on “their way rejoicing-’’ The opposition of her parents had neatly driven the young lady to a state pf distrac tion, so her Inver dtove her to the State ol 1 llinois.— Missouri Courier.