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Ftom Thiers’ “ Consulate and the t&apira.'* NAPOLEON’S MARRIAGE WITH JOSEPHINE The eve of that grand solemnity now ap proached ; that it to stay, Decem ber. Josephine, who had foußßfavor with the Holy Father by a kind or devout ness much akin to that of the women ol Italy, Josephine sought an interview with him, to make an avowal which she hoped to turn to good account. She, declared to Napoleon, as, at the tirrie of her marriage, religious ceremonies were sboilishcd. The very throne* presented a strange specimen of the msnners of the time. Na poleon had put sn end ftrthis state of.things for his sister, the princess Murat, by asking the Cardinal Capture to give her the nup tial benediction ; but'be had not chosen to do the same for himself The PApe, scan dalized by a situation w hich, in the eyes of •ltd Church, was a mete doneubinage. bl atantly demanded an interview of Napoleon, and iu that intervidv declared that he could aery well eonsecr|t him, for the conscuuu ’ cea of emperors bar! silver been inquired 4 **! to by the Church, rdierTthey were to be ernwtlfed, but flngdielcouM tipt by crowning Josephine, give, the Sjauie cotiseccatson to a State of coiiatjSjhtagef' Napoleon, irt Stated against Josephine fur this interested revela tion, fasting to ’’offend the Pope whom ho VrewAto ha inflexible in matters of faith, snivßoroovec,unwilling tosltei/a program md%hich had always bletj puWsrrfed, con seiwid to receive the nuptial benediction. — Mmsephine, sharply reprimanded by her husband, but delighted by her success, re ceived, in the very night preceding jier cor onation, the sacrament of mat riage in the chapel of the Tuileries. It was Cardinal Fesch, having Mile Talleyrand and Marshal Beithieras witnesses, who, with the most profound secrecy, martied the Emperor and ‘ Em pi ess. The secret was faithfully kept until the epoch of the divorce. On the fol lowing nmtning, the reddened eyes.of Jose phine still Imre testimony of the tears w hich these inWard agitations had cost her. On Sunday, the 2d of December, a cold, but clear wintet’s day, that population of Paris, which forty years later, we have seen crowding in similar weather, towards] the m ■rtal remains of Napoleon, hurried to see the passing of the imperial cortege. The Pope first set out at ten o’clock in the morn ing. s.Ki much earlier than the Emperor, in order that the two colleges should tint hin der each other. He was accompanied by a numerous body of clergy, attired with the most costly ornaments, and escorted by de tachments of the impel ial guard. Aridity decorated portico had been erected ail •round the Palace Notre Dame, to receive, •t their descent from their carriages, the sovereigns and princes who were to pro ceed to the ancient basilick. The Archhisli optic, adorned with a luxury worthy of the guests that it was to] shelter, was arranged so that the Pope and the Emperor could test there for an instant. After a brief stay, the Pope entered the church, where for several bouts there had already been assembled the deputies of the towns, the representatives of the magistracy 1 and of tbe army, the sixty bishops, with their clergy, the Senate, the Legislative Body, the Council of State, the priiif;*of. Nassau, Hesse, and Baden, the arch -llor of. the Germanic and | . ;\e min isters of the different powers, fH| great door of Notre Dame had been jj'! fed, be cause the back of the imperial throne was placed against it. The church, theiefore, was entered by the side doors, situated at the two extremities of the transversal nave. When the Pope, preceded by the cross, and by the ensigns of the successor of St. l’cter, appeared within that ancient basilick of St. Lnuia, all present ruse from their seats, and 500 musicians pealed forth in solemn strain the consecrated chant, Titles Petrus. — The effect of this was instant and sublime. The Pope pr-icedad in a slow pace, directed to the altar before which he knelt, and then took Ids place on his throne that had been prepared for him to the right of the altar.— The sixty prelates of the French church presented themselves in succession to salute him. To each of them constitutional nr not, his countenance was equally benevolent.— The artival of the imperial family was now awaited. The cbutcli of Notre Dame was decora ted with an unequalled magnificence.— Hangings of velvet, sprinkled with golden bees, descended from the roof to the pave ment. At the foot of the ultnr stood two plain arm-chairs which the Emperor and Empress were to occupy before their crown ing. At the west end of the church and opposite tu the altar, raised upon tvvenly fuur steps, and placed between columns, which supported a pediment, stood an im mense throne, a Sort of monument within a monument, intended fur the Emperor, when crowned, and his wife. It was the custom in both the Roman and French lilual. The .mon--c k did not seat himself on the throne , SHF” he had been crowned by the Pun * wCu.y now waited for the Emperor, and Willed f>considerable time. This was thaJaplu aaameeahle circumstance in this RflßaU}’ Vfbe position ot the Pope •r of tlm day, skid VerySiirtUar to fbe cos tumes of the sixteenth century. He wore • plumed hat' end a short mantle. He was not lo assume the imperial customc until lie reached the archbishopric, and at the mo ment of entering the church. Escorted by bis icarshals on horseback, he proceeded •lowly along the Rue St. lionore, the Que ry of the Seine, und the Pluce Notre Dame, •midst tiie acclamations of immense crowds delighted lo sea their favorite General be- Cme Emperor, as though he hadnot achiev ed this with his excitable passions, and his j warlike heroism, and as If some touch of • magic wand had done ihdir him. Napn hJott, on.arriving before dm portico which we have dlfesdy described, alighted from his carriage, proceeded to the Archbishop ric, took the crown, the sceptre, and the imperii}: robe, and directed his coutse to the cathedp). Beside him was borne the grand crown, in the form of a tiara, and modelled after ttwMf Charlemagne. After this first stage ortho, ceremony he wore only the crown of.the Ctesars, namely, a simple gol den laurel,* All admired that noble head, noble beneath that golden laurel, as some antique medallion. Having entered the church to the sound of pealing music he knelt, and then passed on to the arm-chair which he was to occupy previous to takir.g possession of the throne. The.'ceremony then commenced. The sceptre, the sword, and the imperial Tojie had been placed on the altar. The Pope armninted the Emperoron the fiirehead, the arms, and the hands, then blessed the sword, with .which he girded him, and the sceptre which he placed in his hand, and approach ed to mko up the crown. Napoleon, who had watched his movements, now, as he settled the difficulty on the *8 pot, by firmly,- though nntfaiolenlly, seiz ing the crown, and placing it on his own head. This action, which was perfectly ap preciated by all present pr#!bce§ an indes cribable efl’ect. Nspnleon.'fhen, taking the ctnwn otthe Empress, and.approaching Jo sephine, as blic knelt beforte him, placed it, with a visible tenderness, lipon the heid of ‘the partner of hie fortunes} wVb at fha’t mo ment burst into tears. This done, he pro ceeded towards the gland throne. He as cended it, followed by his brothers, bearing the train of his robes. Then, the Pope, ac cording to custom, advanced to the foot of the throne to bless the new sovereign, and to chant those words which greeted Charle magne in the basilisk of St. Peter, when the Roman cleigy suddenly proclaimed him Emperor of the West; vivat in .etdrncm semper Augustus. At this chant, shouts of “lire l’ Emptreur” resounded through the arches of Notre Dame ; the cannon ad ding theit thunder announced to all Paris the solemn moment of Napoleon’s consecra tion, with all the forms received among mankind. Tbo arch-chancellor Conibaceres,present er] him with the form ofthe oath, a bishop handed him tho New Testament, and upon the book of Christians he took that oath which embodied the great principles of the Revolution. A pnntificial high mass was then chanted, and the day was far advanced when the two colleges regained the Tuile ries, through an immense concourse of peo ple- n “ Dow, J.” on Anatomy, Pathology, Phys ics, tyc. —lt is a long time, Nitniod,since we have proposed questions for you to answer Suppose you get round on the other side of this imposing stone, and let us see how near you come to knowing as much as doctors. Yes, sir—here 1 am. Q. —How does man differ from the brute creation 1 A.—He stands upright, but’ doesn’t act so. He walks on two legs contrary to the Bible, where it says, “ upon thy belly shall ,thou go all the days r.f thy life,” and the jseed of the woman shall cotjh thee by the t fljK—What is tlje office of theism 1 . —To grind over old ideas and pass.’em l toss for new. - p Q. —What isthe spina! marrow ? s ; A.—Goose gease extracted from hot li , iiings, leather tprons, and various other I vegetables. . Q. — What isquanandromliydrosudother i npmia 1 , A. —That is what they call the water . cure ; putting a cutiken man under a pump i nose, or drownilg one’s self for love. It is a sometimes practieci on diity faced children, -but in a different/nnnner. !. Q. —What is tie hnmoepathelic system? ] A.—Letting a patient look at a box of :i pills, or making Hm walk past an apotheca i ry’s shop twice c day. Q. — Where i: situated the carotid arte i ry ? i A.—lt commmces both sides of the neck, , at the shirt collir, passes up under the hat - brim to the top .if the head, and down the r insensate canal :nd terminates in both boots. Q. — What is panacea? - A.—A uui'ersnl medicine ; by many - thought to he Irarnly and water. i Q. — How Inig ought a person to remain - in a warm ball ? a A, —Till he finds bis toe nails floating on J the surface of die water. We are sttisfied; the examination is ] closed.— St. Louis Reveille. Essay on Natural History, written during ‘ the intervals of business —by an Attorney. — 3 H’hei eas. Harmony pervade Creation, one 1 would expect to find analogies between na -1 lure and the Law, whether common or stat - ute —nor is the said expectation disappoint -3 ed. The young Cuckoo, to wit, as is well known, serves an Ejectment on the young Hedge-spairow, co-tenant of the same nest I with himself, the snul Cuckoo; though it 1 ; may be doubted whether, in “so doing, he 1 does not commit an assault. There is ho 1 question that the old Cuckoo, jitft ent of the young Cuckoo, aforesaid, in laying and de positing, her egg in the said nest, the prop - erty of the Hedge-sparrow the elder, is guil | ty of a trespass on the said property. In ■ this cas6 lihwever, there is no remedy; which shows the superiority of the British over the merely Natural Law. ltonks are said to distrain upon each other's nests. — The hawk, ovtd, weasel, polecat, fet ret, and other cainivoia, setve writs of capias on their prey ;. and I recollect many years ago witnessing, with interest, the apprehension of a chicken by n kite, on mesne process, the abolition of which, in cases of debt, is deeply to be regretted. THE THUNDER CUST. The loud wind roared, the thunder roll'd, Fierce lightning split the sky. And all the west seemed fringed in gold, As I was reaping rye. , I laid my sickle down to view 4 The grand and awful scene, I But I didn't atay lo see it through— M Oh no —l warn'/ so green, H (D nr ® m mjsh maa- © Georgia Arrow, Root. —Col. Hallnwes, of Camden county, has sent us a specimen of Ar row Root prepared from his crop of 1845. Owing to the severe drought of the past sum mer, we are sorry to learn that Col. H. has not realized quite as largely from his crop as he did in 1844. In quality, however, the prepar ed article is pronounced by good judges to he decidedly superior. Col. H. has, thus far, we understand, labored under great disad vantages in regard to his machinery for pre paring his crop—roost of it being of his owu invention and manufacture. We commend to his attention swell written and instructive article on this subject, which lie will find in the ‘Suppliment to Dr. Ure’s Dictionary of the Aits,” Arc. He will there find detailed the whole process of the manufacture, with a variety of excellent plates illustrative of the machinery, to he used. We mentioned some time since, and will here repeat, that a specimen of the product of Col. Hallowe’s last crop, was carefully an alysed by a distinguished physiciau of New York who pronounced it equal if not supe rior, to the best foreign article. When we reflect that a vast prnpoitinn of the article, generally found in our markets, is made up of foreign substances—of adulterations of the basest sou—it hecomes n matter of no small astonishment that the American pro duct is not more readily and advantageously disposed of.— Savannah Republican. Thu AWe. —There dtfTerenre in the number of yaids Contained iV a mil* in the different countries ‘flic following table will he useful to geographical readers: England or America 1.7G0 yards. Russia, 1,109 * “ Italy, 1,476 “ Scotland 3nd Ireland 2,200 “ Poland, 4,400 “ Spain, 5,028 “ Germany, 4.566 “ .Sweden and Denmark, 7,223 “ Hungary. 8,80 “ Reslora/ion of St. Domingo The Philadelphia U. S. ur day, quotes fiom a kite pa per, to effect that a re potted at Havana, has Do mingo and established a over the Dominican Republican. billion of President Porteis. Tile black the other part of the Island. Pres ident l’iei ot, menaced in con sequence of insults at the Cape, for which an is demanded. The Turpentine Region.-Wftas part*f our State has never, to our knowledgeßeen in so prosperous a condition as at pßlent. Lands have risen one, two or three hundred per cent., negroes have risen probably fifty per cent.; and labor is so profitably-that the country is full of money to make invest-, ments. At a late public sale in Wilmington of fifty negroes, the overage price paid for men, women and children, is stated to have been 8550. In the lower part of Bladen, hands hired for from 6126 to 8160. A gen tleman who bad gone to Wilmington to sell his turpentime, on pocketing SI9OO, remark ed that that sum was tbe produce of the la bor of four Asa of things p and fur the time, probably, many per sons from the upper country are moving down. The tide of western emigration may be said to have censed entirely.—Fayette ville Observer, 27 th ult. Kentucky. —We learn from the Message of Gov. Owsly that the affaiisof the State are in a good condition. The amount ofthe State debt, instead of being increased, is re duced by tbe fiscal operations of last year; the resources of the sinking fund have been ample to pay promptly and punctually the interest on the debt without anticipating means; the avails of the Treasury have been abundant to meet the ordiuarv expenses of the Government, and leave an expected sur plus on hand at the end of the next fiscal year; the receipts from taxes, fiom turnpike roads, from bank dividends, mid from the rivers, have all been greater this year than heretofore ; all going to show the solid pros perity and tbe felicitous condition of the Commonwealth, mid reflecting the highest praise upon the able and faithful agents to whom the administration of public affairs has been so wisely and happily committed. An extensive AJfray.--Al a ball in Frank fort the other evening, a young gentleman, it is said, took an undue liberty with a pret ty lady’s pretty ringlet. The lady made her complaint to the gentleman with whom she was dancing. Thereupon, the last named gentleman knocked the first named gentleman down in the ball room. The fight extend until, as we are told, fifteen or twenty persons were engaged in it. Fists, pistols and knives of all soils were floursh ed, and some blood spilt, though no body Was killed. Two of the yiersohr. who took part in the affair, have since arrived here •with the intention of settling the quarrel oil the Indian shore. It is said that an English officer sojourning for a short lime at Fiankfort, was remark ing on the day of the affray, that he had heard much of Kentucky ‘rows,’ and that it was his most anxious desire to see one.— When the ball room fight got well under way. a gentleman, who had lieatd the ex pressed wish ofthe officer, ran to his loom and told him what was going on. The of ficer ran to the ball room, but the moment he entered the door, a tremeudoos stray fist knocked him down. He scrambled up and ensconced himself in a corner where he thought lie could look on in security.— lie had not been there many minutes, how ever, before a big fellow mistaking him for another, rushed at him, exclaiming. “This is the very scoundrel 1 have been look’iig foi.” The officei darted like lightning fiom the room, and, strange to say, lie has not since been heard lo express the slight est curiosity to see a Kentucky row.—Lou. Canada. —We have no Moutreal papers to-day, but the Albany Atlas of Thursday contains advices fiom Montreal as late as Tuesday, received through Virgil & Co’s Express. The Montreal Times of the 26i1l announced the arrival of dispatches fro dtp England, appointing the Earl of Cathcatfl Governor General, and directing the imnUre diate embodiment of malitia. On this the’ Montreal Transcript remarks: “The appointment of Earl Cathcart to the government of this province has been, in all probability, suggested by the uncertain na ture of the relations at present existing be tween Great Britain and the United States. Although we by no means apprehend a war, we can peifectly understand that the ap pointment of a man possessing the military reputation of Lord Cathcart, may be useful in more ways than one. The Transcript adds— It is staled that thitteen thousand trnopV of the line, including two companies of sap! pera and miners, have been oidered immediJ ately to this country. This will account fori some of the recent movements that hovel l taken place in the lower provinces. I We suspect it will be found that the dis-l patches confirm Lord Cathcarl’s temporary! asrumption of the Government until a suc cessor of Lord Metcalf can be determined on. When Lord Metcalf reached England the Mir.isteia had something to think of be sides appointing colonial Governors. The embodiment or enrollment ofthe ma-l litia may have been'dfr&ttfdrnt’ rather sane*] tinned; something of the Rind has been go-1 ing on in Canada f.u the last two or tbreel months. We see no probability in the ru-| mor of 13,000 troops of the line.— N. Y.l Courier. I Highly Important. —The Washington! correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, thusl happily liita off the excitement which wasl occasioned by the ai rival of the news by thel British steamer, and the consternation whiclil it scattered among a ceitain class about tliel Capitol. Writing to the Editors on the 24th j ins!., he says : | “ When your extra arrived through the| j telegraph, there was a tremendous comma j tinn. The cry arose far and wide. ** The steamer’s arrived !” The men shouted, the women looked bewildered, the children 1 wondered what was the matter, the dogs barked, the roosters crowed, and last, but not least, an incorrigible dandy was seen to run oil'and pay his tailor’s bill. “ Is there going to be war ?” asked an ap ple woman. “ Dreadful war,” -said a mischievous fel-l low. 1 •• O then what shall I do, for 1 shall havel to sell apples to the British, and folks say! they aie bad pay.” I “ The steamer’s arrived.” shouted a negrej into a barber’s shop. “ Has it 1” said tha barber as in bis excitement lie thrust th J lather brush into the mouth of a shavee. I “The news is come, 1 ’ shrieked a cook asl she fell down in the kitchen with a large! turkey, and a dish of oysters fried in butterl “ The Hibernia has arrived,” said a cor! poral of a volunteer company to hie wife. • lie took down the inkstand tu wriie bis re-1 signalioti. I TliereJs Vo be war,” said a young hladJ to his sweet heart, “ anduynu worn me I’ll enlist.” The dear creature gavji him a “ long, long kiss of youth and love,’l sweeter than the very sweetest loaf sugar! and the Rev. Mr.— : was straightway! called in to tie the knot. I “ The steamer’s arrived,” said a married! gentleman to a fair young creature, as hoi looked into her face and caught a glimpse of heaven in the depths of her deep blue eyes. “So it seems,” said his wife, who that moment came unexpected out of a dry goods store, and caught Mr. Caudle and Miss Prettyman together.” A few hints to keep away Hard Times. —l Rise eatly in the morning and be diligentl during the day in attending to our b isiness.H and not worry ourselves by our neighbor’s* concerns. I In stead of following the fashions of EuJ rope, let us cultivate a spirit of independ ence, and decide forourselves, liowour coats, bats and boots shall be made. Keep out of the streets, unless business calls us to transact that which we cannot do in our stores, shops of dwellings. By all means keep away from drinking and gambling houses. When we boy an article of clothing study commendable economy, at the same time gel a good article, and when made take par ticular care of it, and wear it regardless of any change of fashion. Fashion is a great tyrant, and men are fools lobe slaves to it. Stay at home nights, improve our atudiea bv reading, writing, or instructive conversa tion, and retiro to our beds 8t an early hour. Be kind to our relatives, obliging to our friends and charitable to all. Acquittal.—The Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor of the I'resbyteiian church on Lafayette Square New Otleans, lias been ncquilted by the Presbytery of Louisiana, before whom lie was arraigned on the charge of propaga ting a falsehood during the late Presidential j campaign, by slating that Ifenry Clay had played cards on the Sabbath—and then de nying that had so stated. The senior editor of the Mobile Advertiser, announcing the result of this trial, has the following rernaiks; “ Suffice to say, the Reverend gentleman has been acquitted, a result that will disap point no one, when are considered his high standing heretofore as a Minister of the Gospel, his reputation as a pulpit orator, and the interested character of the tribunal that sat in judgement on his conduct. Yet, the verilictnfall the Presbyteries and Synods in Chriscndom would not convince us that lie and his associates in this business, the Rev. Mr. Lyon, of Columbus, had not been guilty of propagating, wilfully and deliber ately, a foul and unmitigated slander against Henry Clay.” , ■ • Mn, aiut Joe Smashy a court in ur ■Lucy?’ H ‘No ; what makes you think so 1’ ■ • Why, always when he comos new her] Klie sorter leans up to liiui, like • sick kitten] Ko a ho! brick.’ j hem, lhe v W,ai®;Vv;';i,? lishts what folhfc^Cy’ Temple, and nient, for which lW J '%} preparing, is nov|§ downier.r coi^tfllHn erty to another who iifltVhiaHH sequence is, all Naj9| the saints were with excitement. Hf||| concluded to endflSgg la r manner, was bfl||| willing to go to jecied, and matched, the Lfßgp difficulty, by giiriH|§| Henry Clay. —General Jackson has troops of friends whose feelings were linked to him with hooks of steel, but we think it may be asserted that note there is no one of the great men of our country who has more allarbed personal admirers than Henry Clay. The Lexington Observer makes the following extiaet of a letter from a distinguished’ Whig of Matthews county. Va. I“1 have been long trying to.get my do mestic matters in such a condition as would enable me to visit your Stale, more to see Vlr. Clay than for any other purpose, ant] if God spares my life and his another year, I mean to go.itand if he dies, still I’ll go and see his grave and weep over it, bring some of the earth from it, and put it around an aloe that ntry wife is. growing ,- for such men as he, like the aloe, bloom but once a cen tury, if, indeed,. #o often.” Mr. Clay. —The New Orleans Bee of Wednesday, says : The Hon. Henry Clay has Ibeen in our city some days, enjoying nor fine climate in’ unostentatious privacy. We bad the pleasure a day or two ago, of shaking hands with-the veteran patriot and statesman, and rejoiced at perceiving in lf,s countenance the hues of health, ami in his unbending form tokens that time degU leni ently with him, and a greet) end vigorous old age has succeeded a manhood full of en ergy and usefulness,. God bless our Harry of the is still the jdpl of hi s puftiL and the honored pot riot whom all good imul respect and rev- • elmco. W* Hemoi.racy of Alabama fr- A corres- M..>d'jnt of tier Montgomery Advertiser, ■ dung from Tuib&kwsl, signed Montgom fl,/, end vi%H known fciys the Alabama X urnal) as a gentlemirfrof influence in his Kjrt y, admits, that which hto long been ap ■brnn't, that the elements injlho Loco caul- in a state of terrific convulsion, and th°r- 1 fjar that the Democratic IIII& this Stntslis about to be rent asun ||i||||Mh>r one, jfom against the division, \ i to come, let us prepare for the the storm, cveithing that tc |||||||pt tolbe pure. bility. and disgust. This reasoning has but little weight with the youthful mind; it is too prudential—its advantages, seemingly, too problematical; it conflicts with,the ardor of’ their feelings in whom ‘‘the bey-day of the blood” is untamed. But the rash decisions of early life are not unfrequently reversed by the sober, deliberate judgment of our malurer years. It is sometimes observed by many who lack the first qualification of Moralists, and acquaintance with mankind and a capacity for nice discrimination, “that . pleasure is at best a poor pursuit.” The position is untenable. We were undoubt edly intended by God to he happy : every thing that conduces to the misery of his creaturesjs opposed to his will, and sillUsw, ever ten JatdViuUiply their/enjoyments well pleasing in His sight. Those enjoyment* must be stxclj. sg .accord with His precept and would receive‘His apptobation. This gives ‘ a ,n license to'tlie Sensual who impair the,r health, vitiate their minds and destroy Vnelr usefulness by an abuse of their facul ties. lam unable to form the idea of a no bler object than a man whose mind is fami liar with the glorious truths of Science, who bast subdued the stubborn passions dil'.biß heart and extirpated bad habits, which siting and entwined about his nature like embra cing ivy around some venerable pile of an tiquity. f He has tivalled the labors of Hercules; he stands a Demi-God,f tempt from the in firmaries of humanity, unscathed by the fie ry *rdeal of the world. This degree of per fection is seldom, or never, .attained ; yet, the portrait may serve to awaken emulation, as the Madona, confessedly inimitable, stim ulates the energies of the Artist. To him, the volume of Nature presents no iblank. He finds “Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in every thing,” In the skilfully wrought web of the spi der, in the fell ravages of the merciless tor nado, he discerns the might arid glory of Jehovah, and reads a lesson, profitable, pleasing and instructive. ‘ EDGAR,