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agriculture, ftlnuttfidurrs, fcx. From Wilrncr & Smith’s Times, June 29. The end of the Cotton Commission, EAST INDIA AND UNITED STATES COTTON. The House of Commons was occupied for seven hours with the Cotton question. Mr. Bright’s Royal Commission was of course, by common consent consigned to the tomb, but upon the whole the dis cussion to which the lion, member for Manchester’s motion gave rise was valuable, and showed that Parliament lias made some advance in its aeqain tance with India. India cannot furnish Britain with a great supply of cheap and good cotton. The experiment has been fairly tried for thirty-six years—and failed. In dia cotton forms now, as it did thirty years ago, in quantity about one-tenth and in value about one twentieth part of our consumption. American Cot ton has increased in the same time to the enormous amount of TOO millions of lbs. and by it is maintain ed a manufacture of the value of some £50,000,000 through which subsists, directly or indirectly, at least one-sixth part of the population of the empire. American skill and industry, with boundless fertile lands, and no rent have proved a sufficient compen sation. American Cotton has improved in quality as well as quantity. Not so Indian: What it was when first imported, near sixty years ago, and what it probably was in the time of Alexander the Great, or even of the great legislator Menu, so it is at this day. The weaver who wore Menu’s robe had to tree his raw material of 25 per cent, of sheer dirt, and so has the Manchester and Glasgow manufacture of the ar ticle now imported. Let us for a moment, refer to the causes which have led to the failure in producing Cotton, contras ted with our success in other branches ot industry. The culture of a Cotton fitted to our demands, so far as the processes of agriculture are concerned, a great deal of care and skill is required, to which In dian industry is unequal. This is a branch of indus try into which no Europnan has engaged without loss. The opinions of two distinguished botanists who have specially attended to the subject, Doctors Wallich and Boyle, deserve attention. These high authorities are distinctly of opinion that the climate and seasons of continental India are unsuited to the successful growth of all the better varieties of the Cotton plant. In the lower Gangetic provinces of India, cotton for home use is largely produced; but there is none for exportation. On the contrary, the provinces im port it from the poorer and less populous countries of the South and West, and, as the greatest Indian authority says —Henry Colebrook for TO years. China, it may be added, is in the same state with the Gangetic provinces. She has been a great cot ton growing country for many ages. Let ns sup pose, however, that they consume only to one-half the value, or at the rate of os. for each individual of 300 millions; leaving the remainder estimated TO millions for the inhabitants of the Northern provin ces; clothed, for the most part, in wool or hair; and we shall have for China a consumption of cotton cloths of the value of £50,000, which is probably equal in value to our own; and it is well ascertained, that the cloth which it receives from India, and Siam and other countries, forms but a trifling amount of its whole consumption. It would not have been reasonable in us to have expected, sixty years ago, that Great Britain, grow ing in wealth and commerce, was to become a great corn-exporting country, simply because, at that time, Britain exported a little wheat; neither is it reasona ble to expect that India is to become a great cotton exporting country, when India is moving, merely because she exports driblets of bad cotton to Eng land and China. We have territories of our own, with abundance of fertile and unrented land, perfectly well adapted to produce cotton of every requisite quality, and with climates unquestionably more congenial to the plant than any part of the American Union, through out all of which the~winter kills the plant, and for bids the possibility, when it is desirable, of a second crop. In British Guiana and our Antilles we have about 112,000 square miles of territory, much of which is well situated to the growth of cotton, al though comparatively little to the growth of sugar cane. They contain a population exceeding < 00,000, which can entertain no prejudice to the mild, easy, and to them obsolete cultivation ot cotton, as they do to the service and slave-reminiscent culture of the cane, and manufacture of sugar. W e must really hear no more of scarcity of labor, since the A\ est Indians are now known to waste it, as the Irish do their potatoes. Sugar-growing in Bengal has been just as disastrous to the planters of Bengal with 600 inhabitants to the square mile, and twopence a day, as to any of the complaining planters of the \V est Indies. Both had alike carried on their busi ness, by bounties paid out of the pockets of the peo ple of England; and as there is an end to this forev er, they must direct their industry and capital to le gitimate channels. The British West India Islands, down to IT9O, furnished the largest supply of cotton and wool to our manufacturers. Guiana, when taken possession by us from the Dutch, hardly furnished anything else than cotton. By the operation of the protection to sugar and coffee, this legitimate branch of agricultural industry in the West Indies, after Guiana and Trinidad have been added to them, has dropped down to about one-tentb part of what it was half a century ago. We recommend to the mer chants of Manchester to sail from East to “W est, and although, as the companions of Magellan did, they may lose a day (the latter not in idle talk,) they will be gainers in the long run by the change of course. The people of Jamaica have already, we observe by the last arrival, actually commenced the cotton ouiture; and we heartily wish them all suc cess, for their own sakes as well for that of the un easy men of Manchester. Tomato. —This belongs to the potato family, and like the potato, is found wild in South America. It is of quite recent introduction to the kitchen garden and now ranks among the highest of the culinary vegetables. Tomato seed may be planted from a bout the middle of March through the month of A pril. They are as tender as beans, and those who would have them early must look out for frost. They may be sown broadcast or in drills, and may be transplanted as safely as cabbages. It is found to improve the quantity and quality of the fruit to stick the vines and train them up on the bushes like English pea*. The fruit ripens earlier, is not as much inclined to rot, and is much better flavored, than fruit that ripens on the ground. To save the seed, select the earliest and ripest, mash them with the hand and wash the pulp from the seed, spread the seed in shallow dishes and dry in the shade ; when thorougly dry, put away in paper hags for future use. The large smooth red tomato is the best for cooking, and the pear and cherry shaped, for pick ling.— Columbus ( Oa .) Enquirer. Herd’s Grass.— No grass has succeeded so well iir Georgia as the llerd,s grass. It flourishes on wet soils and reclaimed swamps, but will thrive on most soils ; makes an excellent spring and winter pasture, and can bo mown twice in one year. This valuable grass is more extensively cultivated in Habersham county than any other section of the State. — South ern Cultivator. Clothing for a Field Hand.— The clothing for a field hand should be made entirely of wool, as it is not only a poor conductor of heat, but produces friction under the movements of the body, thereby irritating the skin and inviting an increased flow of blood to the surface, to the relief of internal parts. Peppermint Culture. —The town of Florence in Michigan, has full 10 per cent, of the land cultivated in that town devoted to the culture of peppermint. The returns give 962 acres of peppermint, from which was realized SI6,TTS. White rigeon sent to market 1000 ponnds of oil. Tiießose. —Professor Agassiz, in a lecture upon the tress of America, stated a remarkable fact in regard to the family of the rose, which includes among its varieties not only many of the most beau tiful flowers which are known, but also the -richest fruits, such as the apple, pear, peach, plum, apricot, cherry, strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, &c.; name ly, that no fossil plants of this order have ever been discovered by Geologists! This he regards as con clusive evidence that the introduction of this family of plants upon the earth was coeval with, or subse quent to the creation of man—to whose comfort and happiness they seem especially designed by a wise Providence to contribute. Jonning’s Patent Rifle. We have before alluded to this effective weapon, with which a portion of the Cuban invaders was armed, and which did such terrible execution at Cardenas. The following de scription of the rifle, we take from the New York Courier and Enquirer: % “ There are two kinds, the one a single loading gun and the other a repeater, which throws twenty-four balls in suc cession. The principle is very simple and easy to be com prehended, and the only wonder, as in all such inventions, is that no one found it out before. In the single loading rifle, the trigger sides about one inch forward and back. As it sides forward it turns a small rag wheel, which in turn opens the barrel by sliding back the breech pin and opening the barrel at the breech, so that a cartridge may be thrown in with the hand. The trigger slides back, closes the breech pin, and throws a strong steel block behind it to take the recoil, and thereupon discharges the gun which has primed itself by a simple contrivance that drops a pill of percussion powder under the hammer. The finger may immediately open the barrel by sliding forward the trigger, and a cartridge thrown in is instantly discharged, so that a person with practice may discharge from fifteen to twenty balls per minute. The repeater is like the other, with this modification. In place of a ramrod it has a tube capable of containing twenty four cartridges. These slide down, and a finger or cap ar ranged at the breceh lifts one cartridge up to the level of the barrel, as the trigger opens the breech, and then the breech pin slides forward, pushes it in, and tire gun is discharged, opened, closed and discharged again, as rapidly as the hand can work. The whole twenty-four are discliarged in quick succession, and a second load of twenty-four can be slipped into the tube in thirty seconds. The gun is remarkably clean. After the discharge of thirty-four rounds, it appear ed to be as capable as ever of continuing its work. The cartridge used in the gun is especially ingenious. It is a leaded ball, with a cork cap over the cylinder end, which is perforated to receive fire. This ball is about the usual size of United States’ rifle balls, but its force is prodigious. The power of the gun has never been fairly estimated yet, though it has been known to carry over nine hundred yards. The balls perforated green trees, and it is not to be doubted that the rifle will throw three-quarters of a mile. A friend of ours has tried its accuracy at forty rods, and says it is equal to any rifle he lias ever used. The shape is graceful, scarce ly differing from an ordinary rifle, and the weight is that of the mos: approved single barrel rifles. There is no external evidence of its tremendous power, but its ability is almost in credible, end its greatest recommendation is its simplicity. There is no complication of work about it, but, on the con trary, it is so simple that any ordinarily ingenious workman can repair any accidents which may happen to it.’* Another nimbly Valuable Invention. We had the pleasure of having exhibited to us, a few days since, the working model of a very important improve ment for safety from danger of explosion in the use of steam engines, lately invented by a gentleman named Grimes, of Philadelphia. We are not at liberty yet to give a specific description of the invention, but to state its object and our fullest confidence in the successful results of its operation. It is an apparatus which can be placed in any part or room of a building, as, for instance, over the desk in the office of a manufactory, or other establishment where a steam engine is used in the yard, basement or other room, and which, by connection with the boiler, is a certain and uncling indica tor both of the pressure of steam upon the boiler, and the exact height of the water within it, thus affording not only to the engineer, but to all others engaged in any part of a build ing, a safe-guard at one and the same time, and by the same operation, against the* two only sources of danger—over pressure of steam and lack of water. Its operation is by natural laws, and so extremely simple that it is to us a wonder that its discovery and application have not been made before; especially as the disastrous results of the numerous explosions throughout the country within a few years past, have arrested the attention and enlisted the ability of so many scientific and inventive minds in remedial contrivances, some of which have possessed great practical merit. But this invention seems to us to combine all the advan tages of those which have preceded it, and, at the same time, to establish important advances upon them all in its general utility and certainty. Ingenuity, by the use of fusible metals and a concurrent expedient,.has provided for the es cape of steam at a given degree of heat and force, and for the safety of the boiler under a casual diminution of the necessary quantity of water. And more recently the scien tific and delicate arrangement of the magnetic guage” lias been introduced, by which the height of the water in the boiler is accurately determined by au exterior index, affected by a permanent magnet within, connected with a float upon the surface. But the test is here, as a rule, only exhibited to the eye of the engineer; while the information to be derived from the trial cocks is to be obtained from his hand alone, and is only certain to an experienced ear. Now admitting the efficiency of the invention to which we allude, its great services as an indicator will be apparent to all who have any experience in this department of mechani cal labor. Its unerring character constitutes an invaluable feature in its use. But add to this the facility of multiplying the indices to any reasonable extent, and the vigilance of the engineer is multiplied in the same degree, not only in the ob servation of others, but in that of the engineer himself; at the same t ime, every one employed within the reach of danger can be the guardian of his own safety. The simplicity of the apparatus renders its application so cheap as to be burthensome to none, and thus to leave every one witnout excuse for not adopting it. The author of this invention is entitled to esteem, as a public benefactor.— Balt. Sun. Iron House. A young man in New York has invented anew mode of constructing iron houses, of which the Tribune , of a lato date, gives the following description : “ It embraces a rigid frame of east-iron pillars, with other parts of sheet iron. Pillars of peculiar construction are placed at equal distances, and each interlocks with the girdle and cross-sills, as well as lintlets, door and window frames, and all the parts which require to be firm, or to brace other parts. The panels aro of sheet iron, as are also the floors, Ceilings and shutters tor the doors and windows. To every part of the house there is an interior and exterior wall, leaving an air chamber between ; this renders each room fire-proof. The roof is also of iron, and couples to the walls and floors. The frame may be ornamented in the casting as taste shall dictate, and the whole painted to perfection, equal to the finest fresco work. The house will resist any kind of at mosphere in the most ]>erfect maimer, and when put to- ?IS ISIIIIA SHSSII. gctlier is so strong that it may be turned over and back again without injury. These buildings will bo more desirable than any other, and may be taken apart in a few hours, and put together again on another site, with entire facility. Having been taken apart, one may be packed in a small space, as the whole is in small sectional pieces, so as to be fitted for rebuild ing and for changing the form, or extending in either direc tion or in the height within a few hours, without preventing its use while being so altered or added to, and without loss of any of the material of the original building.” ‘• ‘ Important Discovery. The secret of manufacturing diamonds lias at last been discovered, according to the Paris correspon dent of the London Times, who says ; The scientific world has been in a state of com motion during the whole week, in consequence of the publication of the discovery of the long sought for secret of the fusion and crystallization of carbon. The Sorbonne lias been crowded for the last few days to behold the result of this discovery in the shape of a tolerably-sized diamond of great lustre, which M. Desprezt, the happy discoverer, submits to the examination of every chemist or savant who chooses to visit him. He declares that so long ago as last autumn lie had succeeded in producing the diamond, but in such minute particles as to be visi ble only through the microscope, and, fearful of rais ing irony and suspicion, he had kept the secret, un til, by dint of repeated experiments and great labor, he had completed the one he now offers to public view. Four solar lens of imrnese power, aided by the tremendeous galvanic pile of the Sorbonne, have been the means of producing the result now before us. M. Desprezt holds himself ready to dis play the experiment whenever it may be required. The diamond produced is of the quality known in the East as the black diamond, one single specimen of which was sold by Prince Rostoft’ to the late Duke of York, for the enormous sum of twelve thou sand pounds! Dfjuirtntrnt. To pour the fresh instruction o’er the mind, To breathe th’ enlivening spirit, to fix The generous purpose, and the noble thought. The Four Words. “ Four little words did me more good, when I was a boy, than almost any thing else,” said a friend to me the other day. “ I cannot reckon up all the good they have done; they were the first words my mother taught me.” “ Indeed 1 what were the four little words ?” said I. lie answered by relating tlie following story : “ My father grafted a pear tree : it was a very choice graft, and he watched it with great care. The second year it blossomed, but it bore but one pear. It was said to be a very nice kind of pear, and my father was anxious to see if it came up to the promises of the man who gave him the graft. This singular pear, then, was an object of much concern to my father. He wanted it to become fully ripe. The high winds, he hoped, would not blow oft* the pear; and he gave express directions to all the children on no account to touch it. The graft was low, and easily touched by us. It grew finely. “ I think that graft will meet my expectations,” said my father many times to my mother. “ I hope now there is some prospect of our having good pears.” Every body who came into the garden he took to see the graft, and every one said, “ It will prove to be a most excel lent pear.” It began to look very beautiful. It was full and round, a rich glow was dyeing its checks, and its grain was clear and healthy. “Is it not almost ripe? I long for a bite,” I cried, as I followed father one day down the alley to the pear tree. “ Wait patiently, my child, it will not be fully ripe for a week,” said my father. I thought I loved pears better than anything else. I used to often stop and look longingly up to this. O, how good it looks! I used to often think, smacking my lips, 1 wish it was all mine. The early apples did not taste as good, the currants were not as relishing, and the damsons I thought nothing of in comparison with this pear. The longer I stopped under this pear tree, the more I longed for it. Oh, I wished I had it! was the selfish thought that gradually got uppermost in my mind. One night, after we were in bed, my brother fell fast asleep before I did ; I tossed about and could not sleep. It was a warm, still summer night; there was no moon; no noise except the hum of numberless insects. My father and mother were gone away. I pftt my head out of the window, and peeped in the garden; I snuffed pleasant smells. I traced the dark outlines of the trees. I glanced in the direction of the pear tree. The pear —then the pear! My mouth was parched; I was thirsty. I thought how good a juicy pear would taste. I was tempted. A few moments found me creeping down the back stairs, witli peithcr shoes, stockings nor trousers on. The slightest creaking frightened me. I stopped on every chair to listen. Nancy was busy somewhere else, and John had gone to bed. At last I fairly felt my way to the garden door. It was fast ened. It seemed to take me ages to unlock it, so fearful was lof making a noise, and the bolt grated. I got it open, went out, and latched it after me. It was good to get out into the cool air. I ran down to the walk. The patting of my feet made no noise on the moist earth. I stopped a moment, and looked around, then turned in the direction of the pear tree. Presently I was beneath its branches. Father will think tlie wind hits knocked it off—but there was not a breath of air stirring—father will think somebody has stolen it—some boys came in the night and robbed the garden; lie’ll never know. Such were my thoughts. I trembled at the thought of what I was about to do O, it will taste so good ! and father will never kuow it. He never would think I took it. On tip-toe, with my hand uplifted, and my head turned upwards, I beheld a star looking down upon me through the leavep. “ Thou God seest me !” I could not help saying over and over again. God seemed on every side. He was looking me through. 1 was afraid to look; and hid my face. It seemed as if father and mother and all the boys, and every body in town, would take me for a thief. It appeared as though all my conduct had been seen as by the light of day. It was sometime before I dared to moved, so vivid was the impression made upon my mind by the awful truth in these four words, “ Thou, God seest me.” I knew he saw me. I hastened from the pear tree ! nothing on earth would at that moment have tempted me to touch the pear. With very different feelings did I creep back to bed again, I lay down beside Asa, feeling more like a criminal than any thing else. No one in the house had seen me, but O ! it seemed as if every body knew it, and I should never dare to meet my father’s face again. It was a great while before I went to sleep. I heard my parents come home, and I involuntarily hid my-face under the sheet. But I could not hide myself from the sense of God’s presence. His eyes seemed every where diving into the very dephths of my heart. It started a train of influences, which, God bo praised, I never got over.— School Friend. Respect for Parents. It is reported of a Polish Prince that he carried the minia ture of his father in his bosom, and on particular occasions was in the habit of looking at it and exclaiming—“ Let me do nothing unbecoming so excellent a parent /” Happy is the child who is blessed with a parent worthy of such re gard—thrice happy is the parent who has thus engraven his excellence and dignity upon the heart of his offspring ! Asa general thing, children aro too forgetful of those who nurtured them, after they have left the parental roof, and gone out to strive for self in this selfish world. It is next to an impossibility for a son or daughter to pay the vast debt of obligation which they necessarily owe, even to an indifferent father and mother. Who watched over them with sleepless vigilance through the long periods of infancy and childhood ? Who nursed them in sickness—cared for them in health, and in a thousand ways contributed to their physical, mental and moral well-being ? The parent. Who is generally tenderly alive to every thing concerning a reckless and disobedient boy ? The mother who nurtured him, the father who loved him, even before he knew the meaning of the word. If children could but realize how much anxiety is felt for them they would often make glad the hearts of those at home by kind letters and tokens of affectionate re membrance. — Fumtly Fist tor. €'lje Imnurist. * Let dimpled mirth his temples twine, With tendrils of the laughing vine.” “Not quite the Cheese.” On entering my room a few evenings since, I found a large package lying on my table, and tear ing off the wrapper 1 found it was Vol. 19th of the “Spirit,” fresh from the bindery. Opening it I com menced carelessly turning over the leaves when my eyes fell on the sentence above —“Not quite the Cheese.” Now what the deuce gave rise to that saying ? thought I, as the words recalled to memo ry a scene which was of rather a cheesy nature, and it made rather a strong impression on a sensitive or gan, I did not easily forget it. Some years since, I was employed as warehouse clerk in a large shipping-house in New Orleans, and while in that capacity, I came across something that wasn’t “quite the cheese,” as the sequel will testify. One day a vessel came in consigned to the house, having on board a large lot of cheese from New York; during the voyage some of them had become damaged by bilge water, (the ship having proved leaky,) consequently the owners refused to receive it, as it was not as the bills of lading said, “delivered in good order and well conditioned;” they were, therefore, sent to the consignees of the ship, to be stored until the case could be adjusted. I discover ed a few days afterward, that as to perfume, they were decidedly too fragrant to remain in the ware house in June, and reported the same to the concern, from whom I received orders to have them overhaul ed, and send all that were passable to Beard & Cal houn’s auction mart, (then in old Camp street thea tre,) to be disposed of for the benefit of underwri ters, and the rest to the swamp. I got a gang of black boys to work on them, and when they “stirred ’em up,” by the bones of Moll Kelly’s quart mug! but the smell was illegant in tirely! I kept a respectable distance, believe me, for strong nigger and strong cheese, on a hot day, just bangs all common essences, including a certain varmint we read about. Presently the boys turned out an immense fellow about three feet six, “across the stump,” from which the stump had rotted oft’; in the centre, a space ot about ten inches was very much decayed, and ap peared to be about the consistency of mush, or a bluish tint, which was caused by the bilge water. — The boys had just set it up on its edge on a bale of gunny bags, when I noticed over the way a big dar key, (then on sale at S. <fc Ik’s,) from Charleston, S. C. who was notorious for his butting propensities, having given most of the negroes in the vicinity a taste of his quality in that line. I had seen him and another fellow the night previous practising; they would stand, one on each side of a hydrant some ten yards distant, and run at each other with their heads lowered, and clapping their hands on the hy drant they would but like veteran gods. A thought struck me that I might cure him ot his bragging and butting, and have some sport al so, so 1 told the boys to keep dark (which by the way, caused very little exertion,) and I called “Old Jake” over. “They tell me you are a great fellow for butting, Jake?” “I is some, Massa, das a sac—l done butt de wool ’tirely ors ob old Pete’s head last night, Massa Nich ols was gwinqto gib me goss ! 1 kin jiss bang de head of any nigger in desc parts, myself-—I kin!” “Well, Jake, I’ve a little job in that line for you when you haven’t anything else to do.” “l’se on hand for all dem kin of jobs myself —I is.” “Well, you see that large cheese back there \ ’ “l does dat! I does mysel.” “Now if you can butt a dent in it, vou shall have it.” “Golly, Massa ! you foolin’ dis nigger.” “No, I’m not Jake —-just try me.” “Wot! you gib me de hull of dat cheese if I butt a dent in um V ’ “Yes.” “De Lor! I’ll bust ’em wide open, I will, mysef. Jess stan back dar you Orleans niggers, and clear de track for Ole Sous Carlina, case I’se a cornin’ myself —I is!” And Ole Jake started back some fifty feet, and went at it at a good quick run, and the next instant I heard a dull, heavy sound, a kind of squllish, and Old Jake’s head disappeared from sight, with the top just visible on the other side as he arose with his new fashioned necklace, the soft rotten cheese oozing down all around him as it settled down, so that just his eyes were visible. From the centre of it Jake’s voice was scarcely audible and half smoth ered, as he vainly tried to remove the immense cheese. “O-o-o-o ! er de Lor! Mas —took um ors! O-o-o-o! bress VI Lor! Lit’ um up! Gor a mighty ! 1 Meanwhile, I was nearly dead myself, having laid back on a cotton bale holding myself together to keep from bursting, while the boys stood round Old Jake paying him oft’. “De Lor ! how- de nigger’s breff smell! You does'nt clean your teeth, Old Jake.” “I say ! you did’nt make more dan four times dat han, did you, old boss “Well, you is a nasty nigger, das a sac!” “Well, you is de biggest kine of Welch Rabbit, you is!” “Wliar you git your hare greese !” and thus the boys run Old Jake —now half smothered —until I took compassion on him, and told them to take it off. Jake didn’t stay to claim his prize, but put out growling — “Gor amity! I done got sole dat time! I’se a case ob yaller-feber —I is myself!” Ole Jake was never known to do any more but ting in that vicinity after that, and I am still of the opinion that it was “not quite the cheese /” Important Convention of Fashionable Ladies of Boston. The Boston Transcript says that at a recent, though informal , Convention ot highly respectable Ladies of that city, the following resolutions were proposed, discussed and adopted nemine contradicen te : Resolved, That we approve of fashion, and the change of fashion —so far as it is necessary to en courage the artist, and to elevate the standard of true taste. Resolved, That in making changes, however small, it is our duty always to insist upon undoubted im provement. Resolved, That all fashions in any degree objec tionable, should be improved without fear or hesi tation, and without delay. Resolved, That it is a self-evident truth—that all garments should be madft subservient to the wearer, and not the wearer to the garment. Resolved, That long dresses are provoking ob stacles to convenient walking; are literally brooms in dry weather, and mops in wet weather ; —and, that it is the duty of all ladies to propose, and gen tlemen to encourage a change of fashion, in this respect, so that our sex may enjoy the comforts and healthful advantages of all proper exercise without restraint, and without a sinful exposure to the in jurious effects of mud and water to our feet and an kles, and sore vexation to our tempers. Our special correspondent informs us that the fol lowing Proviso was offered to the last resolution, but was rejected after a very excited debate. Provided, That nothing in this resolution shall be so construed as to prevent ladies from wearing long skirts, who from a sense of delicacy or other cause may see fit to adopt them. The Proviso, says our correspondent, was at first warmly supported, and such was its popularity that the friends of the original resolution were not with- out apprehension of a defeat, despite their powerful arguments and parliamentary manoeuvering. But the short skirts were not without able and zealous friends among the younger members of the Conven tion, some of whom spoke beautifully and eloquent ly in their behalf. One young lady, in particular, distinguished herself in the debate, and it was doubtless owing to her address that the Proviso was defeated by a unanimous vote. In the course es her argument she remarked that she was not to be de ceived by the artful wording of the Proviso. She well understood why “a sense of delicacy” was lug ged in to cover the “other cause.” She well knew the true meaning of that “other cause.” A sense of delicacy had nothing to do with the matter. She trusted she had as delicate a sense of propriety a3 any other lady in the room, and yet she could see no reason why a sense of delicacy should require ladies, in this weather, to be the street sweepers of the city. She did not approve the extremes, even to the points of the toes, to which some ladies carried their “sense of delicacy.” For her own part, she saw no impro priety in allowing her feet to be seen—(here the speaker was observed to stamp the floor with her ex quisitely formed foot) —sh& was perfectly willing to let the world see that she had been provided by na ture with feet, and that she used them in walking : and if in walking it should be discovered also that she had ancles, she could assure that meeting that she would not feel the least disconcerted by the ex posure. There was too much fastidiousness among the sex; it was mawkish, ridiculous; and, for one, she was ashamed of it. She was aware that some had private reasons for voting for this proviso, but she congratulated herself that she did not belong to that party. She hoped the vote would be taken, aud she would be satisfied w ith the disclosure which that vote would make, assured as she w as, that no lady who had ancles ft to be seen would vote for the proviso. The hist remark settled the fate of the amend ment. The ayes and rtays being called, not a vote was recorded in its favor, the mover declining to an swer when her name was called. Progress of Knowledge. THE PRESS IN MOTION. The St. Louis Reveille gives !he following graphic descrip tion of the removal of that office, anil the mysteries of the craft thus exposed to the gaze of the day : . “ Before sunrise, every window and house-top in the vicini ty was occupied by curious spectators, anxious to behold the extraordinary procession; and it is said, that at 8 o'clock, pre cisely, a barber, whose shop commanded a full view of the scene, refused five dollars for a seat upon his pole. The half square, through which the procession was to pass, was beauti fully adorned in honor of the occasion. Among the chaste ornaments hung out, we particularly noticed Mr. Byron’s garland of fresh mint, which was tastefully’ displayed at the door of the Byron house, with the following appropriate motto from Milton’s Comus : “ And first behold this cordial Julep here. That flames and da rices in his chrystial bounds, With spirits of balm, and fragrant syrups mixed.” “ The spectators seemed to be highly exhilirated ; anJ as the dense crowd which nearly blocked up the street were on the tip-toe of expectation, it was announced, at half-past eight o’clock, by one of the devils falling down stairs with the second volume of Richardson’s Dictionary, that the proces sion was in motion, which was confirmed by another devil following with the first volume, and an apprentice appearing immediately afterwards with ‘ Webster unabridged.’ The procession then moved on in the following order: Two Compositors —each bearing a case of small pica, aud apprentices on each side with sticks of the office. Four Compositors, with weekly forms . surmounted by a beautiful medley of pi. Foreman —Armed with shooting-stick. Twelve German Gentlemen, bearing the imposing stone, and singing in their native tongue—compositors on either side with cases of minion and nonparielT Editorial Chair —Carried young gentlemen who kindly volunteered for the occasion—young gentlemen on either side with bottles of bitters. Editors smoking segars and carrying inkstands. „ Clerks, with pens. Bust of Franklin —Carried by a member of the Typo graphical Association. Scissors —Carried on a green cushion. “ The procession moved in beautiful order, and was ap plauded as it marched an entire half square. Though the crowd was great, and the pressure, occasioned, by a desire to see the sight, was excessive. We are happy to announce that no accident occurred during the interesting ceremony, with the exception of a slight scratch received by the devil in his fall with the dictionary'. “Seriously, for the ‘noise and confusion,’ hot weather, etc., has led us to make light of a troublesome affair, the Reveille office is now’ once more located near the very spot, whence for*many years have been sent forth daily missives for the amusement of the public, and where, it is hoped, we may still be allowed to call up those peculiar creations, for the gratification of those who have always kindly received them with favor, and whom we trust yet to and gratify. To all, our new office is open, and our hands extended to give them a hearty welcome. A “Webster Boy.” The Wtbsteriau aphorism, “ I take no step backwards,” is becoming a pet phrase with the people, and, like other nota ble sayings, is beginning to be applied in ways quite foreign to its original signification. The New Orleans Delta tells of a case in point. A Yaukee from the Old Bay State—“a Bunker Hiller, and nothin’ shorter,” as ho declared himself— winl ljj>d strayed down South, applied to a Terpisehorean pro fessor in the Crescent city to induct him into the mysteries of the “poetry of motion”—or, in his own words, to “learn him how to dance them Polkas and other foreign fixins:” [Yankee Blade'. “ The terms were made known and agreed to, and the pupil was- placed on the floor to le-aru the first of ‘advance and retire.’ ‘ Look-e-here, Mister,’ said this young scion of Massachu setts, ‘ I may as well tell you before we begin, that I go my death for Dan Webster—for Old Black Dan. He is a real Massachusetts monument in that ere Senate, 1 tell you; and if you have any Southern prejudice against him, I may as well clear out right off; for I can’t stand it, no how.’ The professor assured him he had not, and the lesson com menced. The’pupil was first instructed how to make his obeisance to his partner; next, the ‘positions,’ and next to advance and retire. Professor : 1 Advance, one, two, three-—dal, al, al. Very good; retire now—same step—one, two, three, dal, al. al.’ Instead of retiring, however, the pupil stood at the point to which he had a<L’aneed,as if he were transfixed to it. Professor : 1 What are you about, sir? retire—tread the same steps backwards—just as you advanced.’ Pupil: ‘No, I’ll be darn’d if Ido; I told sou I was a Webster boy, and I ain’t any thing else—l believe in Old Dan. Now, he has said that he ain’t ngoin’ to take no step backwards; and I’m blam’d if I will, any way you can fix it—good mornin,’ stranger.’ Saying this, he picked up his hat, placed it on his head, and sloped.’ Thankfulness for Safety. One of the passengers on the ill-fated Troy at the time of the late explosion, writes to his friends at Cincinnati ‘lhere were fifteen or twenty killed or wounded, but thank God we saved our lives and baggage /” This expression of grati tude over the safety of “ our baggage ,” amid the saerifioe of human life, reminds us of a melancholy anecdote that a facetious friend of ours was in the habit of relating in years gone by. It was connected with tho history of the pioneers of Western New York, while the “ Genesee Country'* was mostly an uninhabited wilderness. The characters of the narrative oonsistod of an old farmer and his two boys, Peter and George, and a favorite dog named Bose. They left the valley of the Mohawk, with a span of horses and covered wagon in search of the far West —the family and farm re maining in charge of the eldest son John. The party pro ceeeded without incident worthy of note, until they reached the Genesee River, near the present city of Rochester. Th being no bridges in those primitive days in the west, the rir * was crossed at a ford. Unfortunately, when our m reached its banks it w'as somewhat swollen. The farmer J. tempted to cross, but the current set so strong that it carn t 4 the horses, wagon, old gentleman, one son and the dog down stream, and they were dashed over the falls. Peter aH e 1 the party escaped to tell the sad tale. With a heavy he returned to vhe homestead bearer of these dreadful tiding John, on seeing him alone, inquired for Dad and George bn; Peter shook his head mournfully. He was too fall of tion to speak. John became rather impatient, and urm \ him to speak and not make a darned fool of himself jj,’ spoke—the tale was told—and after John began to r<yv, Tt . from the first shock of the dreadful catastrophe, he went oft) the particulars, in this wise—“ Pete, did yon say that Iw went over the falls ?” “ Yes!” was the moumfal response. “ And the horses, w-agon and that new harness 7” “ Yes.” “ And George and Dad “ Yes.” •“ And you got out f” “ Yes.” “ Well! you be a darned fool! Why the 4 — J didn't you save Bose — he's so good for coons!” Powerful Reasoning. At a young men’s debating society- somewhere down itj Indiana, the question for discussion was “ Which is 9*, greatest evil, a scolding wife or a smokey chimney.” After the appointed disputants had concluded the debate, a spectator rose and begged the privilege of “ making a few remarks on the occasion.” Permission being granted, he delivered him self in this way : “ Mr. President, I've been almost mad a listening to the debate of these ’ere youngsters. Thev don’t I know nothing at all about tho subject. Wliat do they- know about the evils of a scolding wife. Wait till they have had one for twenty years, and been hammered, and jammed and slammed all the while, and wait till they’ve been scolded be cause the baby cried, because the fire wouldn’t burn, because the oven was too hot, because the cow kicked over the milk, because it rained, because the sun shined, because the bear didn't lay, because the butter would’nt come, because the old cat had kittens, because they camo too soon for dinner, because they were one minute too late, because they sang, : because they tore their trowsers, because they invited neighbor woman to call again, because they got sick, or be cause they did anything else, no matter whether they could'nt help it or not, before they talk about the evils of a scolding wife ; why, Mr. President, I'd rather hear the clat ter of hammers and stones and twenty tin pans and nine brass kettles, than the din, din, of the tongue of a scolding wife. Yes sir-ee, I would. To my mind, Mr. President, a smokey chimney is no more to be compared to a scolding wife, than a little negro is to a dark night.” mmmm MILITARY INSTITUTE I3lue Licks , Ky. BOARD OF~VISITORS. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, together with five fit person*. to l* annually appointed by the Executive, to attend examination, at least once a year, according to law. WA e flit. Incorporated with all the powers, and rights excjcieed by the Tmi tees and Faculty of any other College. COL. T. F. JOHNSON, Oennral Superintendent. ‘COL. E. W. MORGAN. Joint Superintendent and Professor of J**. gincerinfr and of A'atureii History. •LIEUT. COL.’ 15. R. JOHNSON, Professor ef.Vatural and Irpaee mental Philosophy. +SIAJ. VV. W. A. FORRES, Prnfrsssor of .Mathematies. RICHARD N. NEWELL, A. 31. Professor of .dnoient and Mod** fsingungrx. JAMES G. ELANE. A. E. Jljunrt Profrssnr of languages. REV. J. R. SWIFT, A. M. Professor of F.thirs and Belles letters. J AMES 11. DAVIESS, Esq. Professor of lair. REV. 11. V. D. NEVIUS, A. M. Principal of the .Icadttoy. CAFT. C. E. MOTT, Tear her in V.r .leaden,?. CAPT. W. IV. GAUNT, .Idjutant of the Institute. •Educated at West Point. fEducated at the Virginia Military Institute. Two hundred and thirty Odets, from fifteen different States, hare entered this Institution since it was organized, in 1817. It is entire ly free from the control or domination of any sect or party, either po litical or religious. Economy in dress, by tfie adoption of a cheap Uniform, for Winter and Summer, is rigidly enforced. Every student is required to select a College guardian, with whom all funds brought or received must lie deposited, and no debt must be contracted without the consent of such guardian. An Institution combining the science of the West Point Academy and of I’yh-techiiic Institutes, with the classical literature of our best Colleges, adding the modem languages, and superadding practical schools of Law and Engineering, nearly realizes the long-felt denitr ation of a university able to meet the wants of Western progress—a university where all may select a course of steady to suit their tint*, means ond professional destination. Mr. Davikss, the Professor of Law, is known is the varioat Courts as a practitioner of great ability, varied learning, long experi ence and exalted character. His eminent qualifications, the whole some exercise and discipline of the Institute, and the convenient ob servation of the forma of judicial proceeding, offer unusual induce ments to those who arc earnest to achieve distinction as sound Lawyer* CIVIL ENGINEERING Will be thoroughly and prertical!y taught in the Western Military In stitute—the Professor. Col. Morgan, being one of the most skillful and experienced Engineers in the United States. Alt the instrument* con nected with that deiiartinent, have been procured at considerable cost, and are of the best quality. The Superintendent takes the liberty of stating that be is now oflrr ed $75 per month, for compliant assistant Engineers. One of bi* for Bier pupils receives at this time $2,500 per annum, as Principal En gineer of a Railroad now under construction in Kentucky—whilst others of the same class are receiving in different parts of the United States, $2,000, $1,500, or $l4lOO a year as Assistant Engineers. The time is rapidly approaching when there wtil he a great demand for such as have been prepared for that vocation, at the Western Mil itary Institute. Nothing is hazarded in saying that they will readily command $1,200 or $1,500 per annum. Every man of observation must see that the gigantic enterprises already proposed, will give birth to hundreds of others, tributary to them. The rapio advancement of onr whole country, and the eagerness of our people, for exploring the hidden resources of the new states and the newly acquired territory, will give ample scope for ages to couie, to the skill and enterprise of the Engineer, the Geologist, the Mineralogist, the Purveyor and ths Architect. Young men who have an aptitude for the Mathematical and Physical sciences will have a wide field opened to them for enga ging in an honorable, a healthful and a lucrative pursuit, for which they may be thoroughly and practically qualified, in a short tint*, aad at small expense, at the Western Military Institute. TERMS. In the Academy - - - s3<> no per ***** In the College - - - - 10 00 “ * For Music and use of Arms and Accoutrements 3 00 “ * For Fuel - - - - 2 00 ““ BOARDING can be had in private families, at from two to two and a half dollars a week. When in Barracks, it is designed to furnish Commons at a uniform rate. Student* from a distance will be require *ed to board at the Institute- -ind have no communication with the town, except as allowed by written permits. ZIT The next session will commence on the first of September, tad continue ten months. March 21st, 1850. I—ts1 —ts 3000 DOLLARS REWARD?! Reuben Rich's Patent, Centre Vent, Water Wheel made entirely of Iron with Iron gates—a gainst Turbine, Hotchkiss and all other Wheels* I WILL give SSOO Reward to any person who will produce* a Pa tent Water Wheel, that will do as much business with the sam quantity of water under any given head from three feet to thirty feet, or I will give 8500 to any person, who will produce a Breast Wheel un der a head of eight feet or less that shall ..quel it, in saving of water, or I will give the same amount to any one who will produce an ver shot or under-hot, that will last with roy wheel and not cost more mo ney sooner or later, or I will give ibe same Reward to any man w ho wiU produce an over shot undershot or Breast Wheel, that will run as steady as my wheel, or I will give SSOO to any one who will produce a wheel of any sort or kind patented or not, that will combine to the same extent, cheapness durability,power, speed or simplicity so easily applied in all situations and so universally applicable to all purposes and every location, or I will give SSOO. to any one, who will produce a Hotchkiss Hkse that does not consume fifty per cent mere water to do the same Saw! ng or Grinding. Those who doulit can visit the Coweta Falls Factory in this city end they will see my wheel, driving all their machinery without a Governor, where a French Turbine made in the great city of Lowell failed to do the business at all. Or if they will visit Pleasant Macon's in Macon county Alabama they will see one of my wheels only 2 feet. 8 inches in diameter, under a head of 9 feet, grinding 9 to ten bushels of corn per hour. Or in a short time I will show at Winter’s Mills in this city, one of my wheels 3 1-2 feet in diameter, grinding, 50 to 60 bushels per hour with two pairs of stones. In the State of New York there are at least 500 of oiy wheels, Grinding, Sawing anil Manufac turing in a style never yet done by any other. With sufficient head can turn 5000 Spindles and 100 Looms with one of uiy wheels but 2 eet in diameter, I Gindrat St 00. at the Montgomery works Alabama, who are manu facturing roy wheels, will execute orders for them, and deliver them in any place South of the Potomac, and furnish directions for putting them to their work, with models if required. Post paid letters addres sed to meat Montgomery care of Gindrat & Cos. or at this place enterof G. VV. Winter Esq. wiU meet with prompt attention. Iq ad ease* when the Purchaser is not fully satisfied with the performance et my wheel, the money will be returned. REUBEN RICH, Patentee,, from Oswego County New York. Columbus Ga. March ljd> 1850. I— tJ j.