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Fromthethtfi Francisco Jour, of C>»irini»w,«ept.l5* gecms lO I»e . California- The jircKnt ttntc nujljtroTjKCls of fhe i Country. We me wither disposedlo lie a Cfoak- cr nor to despair of lh*t olrirnnie pros perity nud greatness of California. But i lit el licence, on which we can rely con fidentially. has rrnrhrd us respecting! tUHiUUes*Ho a ihe ,r„r«me of.nfloirl in ihe imerior. d<-«wqiy>l-lli» cwy. which leads os, even against nur will, lo form evil forebodings as to tlic pro* balde slate nml prosjwcis nt the couii- ir v, during the approaching winter. 1 Sping in our ipproaebing w social. SZTf • i Jlrts Southern, fourteen. If A Mnmp Speech | Indies ol South Carolina. ’lea lucky and Maryland abnl- J Thefollowlng specimens of quaint hu- • The following extractor a letter From » •* stand eleven lo fhir-: mor we find in one of our • exchanges,; a Lady of Sumter District has been fur- Jirfuntil disiress and despair unite them,! which we look «.:u .j-, jr.rr.^.u «... j .1 *> * - - , t . . . ; • “““ 111 .“iiy . u* uul civiiaii^vs, . “ »** oumioi uas iu» i 1 hi*, win be exclusive of the' under the head of “ California Corrcs* i nished for publication to the Charleston British provinces, pondence.” They purport to have been i Courier. It shows the feeling which WeltNlk upon •** OSSUTCOS the fool- ■ delivered llV 9 Glnmn Rrin ! ni’rvnilps ihn pilivpns nf itinl Slnlp m>n- > gentlemen of charactci v, with — rni""W''*'i bm -wjn Qtsuretu the foot- ; delivered by a stump candidateat San j pervades the citizens of that State gen ii will ^t»e difficult to suppress,, and t supsofUmc.” The Northern section of Francisco. . erally, ami which will soon pervade the x ‘— iffrubdued-al'llie expense of bfood.J the Uniotf will fierieafier be divided by j « Fellow-Republicans and Fed- 1 entire South : e»gcd by the ,poUticulj>;uiieiiiml.wUlvibvvilb each ; low Suffebbos :i am a plain anti We have no longer the unjust, design- j °lheiy I«» see which enu go farthest in ^ modest man, born at an early period of ing fanatical legislation of an unpalriot* p^piriatinn-of the Abolition sentiment. j my existence—which great event occur-; ic and scheming majority to discuss, but i-xed at home one night while my mother we have what is of lar more importance them to their children. One imagines! that he sees the family of a shepherd j There isj._ 0 w _ who is distributing the milk of his flock.! horetl, and yet there is no individual It is named the polo de vac or cow tree. 1 more useful in his way. From the great arch devil do\vn% Tn© printer’s devil, Tbo Devil. > name more generally ab- svmild doubtless be 4 •struct ion Either free passages out of of the coun-' . else a large expenditure of money | No Southern man could find a place < , ■ • .^ o .. ' he has his uses and nbusA^ and Wen are poking l deal ol fan“al T j 1 ® «* e ». c a«<r young ladFor ra,hio„ . •« ' 0 „r ,i * • , would he shocked to hear the name Bostonians on account ot the Lmd ... . u„ . « r u«. f*»i public nnd private improvements | a ticket run hy either one of those par-1 was out—1 have struggled from the ob- to consider, and that is whether it ii through all the towns and cities of the j ties. The true [Milicy of the South is to • scurity, to which an unlucky start had possible the prosperous, bountiful south, \Ve have just Im-cu conversing with f Stale, can alone prevent the social j keep clear ofalliiuiecs with all Northern j doomed, me, till 1 have risen like a ; with such a popular: J «• 1 .... „:t pvila we nimrehend. Thermites' whv . narlies anil unite hprself 'in nnp <irpni Krioki P«hnlM'mn ; n avanim, m ilm ' mwI a whirk «ln .. ..od'Veraci- honi we are acquainted, amli , J ,e y sinister motive or preju- 1 ' ils we apprehend.. The mines! why i parties and .unite herself 'in one great • bright exhalation in the t and From the Anjrn*t» Ci»n,Ututiot»li»t. Prcsideiit-tfaklng. " There is no man of his age in the Uli on tcho is so greatly the favorite oj the American people—and his ndeent to the Vresidency is as sure as the footsteps oflime. —Southern Banner, October 17. So speaks, or rather raves the Editor of the Southern Danner, in reference to the Hon. Howell Cobb. His intellects hav been so long steeped and absorb ed in schemes of President-making, that his wildest visions, by familiarity, have become to wear to his view the features of sober probability. In the midst of the wild commotion of sectional ele ment in which the honor ami vital terests of the South and the sovereignty of their Stale governments are threaten ed to be engulphed, or may be saved ly from the wreck of the tempest loss ed Union, which may go down in the storm, the Editor of the Banner is pall ing and mousing over party schemes for the advancement ol his favorites lo the Presidency. He reminds us of the beef man sucing for and crying out, Bed, beef,” in the dark days of the revolution, as inimitably described by the immortal Patrick Henry, in liis fincsts burst of oratory. It waB but a few months ago the Ban- r, in an agony of distress at the dent widening of the breach between the Northern and Southern wing of the , . ... , ... Democratic party, exclaimed, “ Unless hand. We are on the eve of a crisis thc organization of the National Demo- tlicv dice for what the y say; and, 1 hough lucinntly, still \r|ieri*pu*lipd and crosf- rtnniiitril nn jhe subject, they candidly confess, that life and property are not safe in the mines} that murders and robberies are of daily occurrence; that men known to have gold are frequently disappearing; that the rife suspicion m most eases, and the subsequent circum stantial evidence.in nil, seem tn justify 1 lie emielusion, that foul play n«d se cret murders are extrusive ly practised. Throughout the diggings' there arc tlioiisumlS of desperate nnd disappoint ed men, .who on finding that their hopes of sudden fortune arejhliglited, nnd that n bare subsistence is n»l so easily realised, have resolved to stand nt nothing in order to posses* themseves of the means either of gratifying their vices, or of leaving the country before the winter sets it.. Men nre being put nside, either by assassination or by oj»en violence,and the perpetrators after providing themselves with someofdicir neiglilmr’s horses, gel out of lho way with celerity befitting the emergency. As for Mexicans nnd other foreigners, their ii\cs are made little account of by the ruffians who nre at work on this game of rapine and blood, nnd when the intended victims, to try to escape from the mines with what they have got, and turn their faces homeward, re almost invariably pursued by of confederate robbers, and eith er quietly plundered or slaughtered the road. This deplorable stale of affairs, stead of abating towards winter, will obviously become worse. Thousands of infatuated dupes will yet have tc drink the dregs of flic bitter cup, mu! then find themselves thrown upon the ultimate resources and crim inal expedients ol desperate and un scrupulous men. The mania lias been e, and a powerful reaction is at t less deplorable whether it come i the shape ol a collapse nr nn explosion.— When thousands shall be udnft in the interior, with no hope of gaining a sub sistence but by violence • r thoir wits, we agree, not to enter into details to depict the fearful aspect and condition ol society throughout the country ai large. • Thc despondent and disap pointed, together with the loose and reckless elements of society, will fall back upon the towns, and think it robbery to help themselves to the pro perty of their more fortunate neighbors, nnd if resisted they have no alternative heforo them, between death cither by starvation or violation, on thc one hand, nml thc acquisition of money nt all hazards to take themselves away, on tha oilier. When two or three hun dred thieves only nre to be dealt with, society can protect itsslf by means of police vigilance and a rigorous adminis tration of law, but when necessity drives thousands lo dcs;>era!c shifts for self-prcservaiiiin.thc sympathy of num bers ami of common interest and ca lamity, is very apt to mako men look with wolfish eyes on private property^ and to develope a formidable confede racy for criminal and agrarian purpos- All this is in keeping with human na ture ; and it is folly to close our eyes to the truth of the foreboding. What is there to ohvinte this state of things, or prevent so lamentable nnd destructive ai result? Neither police forces, trained hands of civic guards, nided by the paltry detachment of soldiers with in our rcHcl).|CnuId save Snn Francisc from rapine an»l plunder, from bein^_ sacked nnd destroyed by an army^ of desperadoes, united and cemented to gether in nn agrarian confederacy and hound by thc strong tie of common in terest and danger, and justifying their nets «»n the pleu of necessity and self-pre servation—tl»e former of which has no law, and thc latter is the first lam of na ture. Deliisioq lms been ' practised, anil thousands arc now the dupes ol t|io infatuation *«> universally produced. But when it comes to n question of life . death, and so many in the same prcdic- . ament unite to urge and countenance I her ic hern.-, ao agrarian war, with in discriminate rapine and plunder, if im perfectly resitted* is by no means mi improbable result to -lie apprehended frotn so anomalous and desperate a siatO of a flairs. Already we find nibheric# becoming rife in San Fraricisco. aod ii is npt safe to .walk unarmed through the city by night.’ U this .lie tho; case even now, whiMi - comparatively tew have ns yet! lomid their Way hack from tlic mines, whiit mav we not expect, yvheo thou- samls. will lie fl.*ckiug down ujwm driving thousand* every day to lespondency and dentil, or else to mad ness nnd despair. And if a merciful 1 Providence interpose not to aid the ef forts of human prudence nnd benevo lence, a sc!f-iiiflic!cd cnrscand dire ca lamity will soon overtake this devoted community. May Heaven gram that our forebodings may never be realised; but that thc clouds that' lower upon our heads may pass away without bursting, ami leave us unscathed by the lightening of so fearful a convul- r ^ g ip the and a cause which should inspire apathy Southern Rights Party, pledget! to com- ’ very summit of human greatness anil with energy, cowards with heroism, and promise no more of her rights. grandeur. Gentlemen. 1 profess no thc wavering with enthusiasm, can pause — — {principles—unfortunately, 1 have none, much longer on the course and measures From tlto N.O. Picayune. . Out he unhappy occasion o{ my birth,, they should adopt. I am convinced the From Texas. a dismal and melancholy man, clothed inclination to submission is not the fault By the arrivalyestenlay of the steam* in thc sombre hues of mourning, swap- ( of the people, but of many ot the leading ship Galveston we have received pa- ped me away (or another baby, and sub-j men, who truckle to power, are aspir- pers from Brownsville of the 23d ami! srqnently lost me nt a raffle. Bad event! | ants for favor, and stop to calculate „r «u„ ok.u | But who can control his fate? Wc are j probabilities, while the enemy is pre clasp the fetters tbat make Galveston of the 25th _ . Thc returns of the election on the the creatures of destiny—‘there is a j pari: Boundary bill arc coming in very slow- divinity that shapes our ends rough hew ly, though it is almost ceitain that there them how wc will.* will be a large majority in favor of the . «* I was intended oy nature for a proposition. ! great statesman. Had l lived in the The following are the returns, as days of Hannibal, I should have beaten far as received, in addition to what wc j that great chieftain in crossing the Alps; erode parly is kept up. General Cass can not be elected President in 1852,*' and we suppose be would have softly breathed at the same lime if his thoughts had found utterance, ** nor Mr. Cobb of the Vice- Presidency." The nomination of Martin Van Buren for the next Presidency of the united Democracy ol New York- rather dims the prospect of any ticket a Southern Democrat could run on as Vice Presi dent. The time has come when no Southern roan can run before a Northern constituency and hop$ to get Northern votes, without abating somewhat of his Sonihcmism and being extremely tol erant of free soil principles. No ticket can succeed hereafter at the North, whether Northern or Southern men be upon it, which does not pander in some way lo abolitionism. The Martin Van Burens and the William H. Sewards the Hales, Chases and Gidding*s now rale the Northern mind, and control its elections. The 'Southern Banner may as well give up its dream of tacking on thc people of Georgia to the tail ol a North ern free soil party ns the price of the elevation of Mr. Cobb to the Presidency or Vice-Presidency. They will not be bartered off in that way. They have something of more vast concern with which'to engage their thoughts and en ergies. Thc division of the Southern people by the old national organizations of Whig end Democratic parties, by which their strength was neutralized nnd re duced to a cypher ha* worked nothing but evil. . - The last Presidential election is an illustration. A Southern man was elect ed by aid of Northern voters Southern voters combined, and he turned against thc weaker section' to please his free soil supporters. Had Gen. Cass been elected, the South would probably have come out Do better, ami her rights would have been'just where they ore now.-— She would equally, and by the same process have been cheated out of her entire share of ihe. terxunries—Califor nia would have been admitted with her Wilmol Proviso Consiiibiion, and a per manent free soil majority established in the Senate. ... t It is time thc South ^should cut loose from these connections with Northern parlies, and stand aloof and independ ent. Thus may she hold tbc balance of power between the contending fac tions of the.abolition-tainted .North*. 3 This sjiq can do by the triumph, which must soon he realized, of The , Great Southern Rights Party, cmbrac- * ing' io it# firoad folds. a large majority in each ofilie Sinies of the Soutb. During this summer, the cry of “Cass and Canada, Cobb and-Cuba,” has have already given: To accept. Reject. San .Antonio, 417 22 San Joan precinct, Bexar county 23 4 Walker county 978 48 There were also large mejorities in favor of the hill at Casiroville, and in Burleson and Milain counties. A private letter, dated thc 12th inst, from Corpus Christi, slates that a gen eral Indian war on the frontier is ex pected. In the recent capture of two German girls by the Indians, it was the oldest that made her escape. She was to have been married a few days after the affair. A small patry of Indians visited the ncighltorhnod of San Antonio, on the 10th inst., and stole twelve head of hotses and mules, from farms on the Cibolo. They were pursued, but, as usual, not overtaken. The Harrison county delegation in the State Legislature have resigned their seats. We take the following from the Brownsville Sentinel of tbo 23d inst: We are informed that Col. Portillo, with command ol two hundred, men, left Malnmoros, a few days since for the interior of Mexico. We know not upon what errand. It is rumored iu Mataraoros that the wiseacres of that place intend resort ing to a little ruse upon tfce Govern ment, for thc purpose of “ raising the wind ,? temporarily. The plan that is designed is too good to be lost, and we should be branded as a faithless sentinel did we not cry the alarm. The case is this: The commandant of the military forces, like Brutus of yore, has run short of the sinews of war, and has not the where with to pay his “grim visaged” war riors. To remedy this it is contem plated to throw the port of Matamoros open for the reception of all kinds of merchandise,* after which the Govern ment will be informed of the fact, and before answer can be returned, either in favor or against the operation, suffi cient money will have been raised to meet the ends desired. The Rio Grande is said to be remark ably low at. present. The steamers Camanche, Corvette and McKinney were aground between Brownsville and Camargo. In Leona, Limestone, and surround ing counties on the upper Trinity a two- thirds crop of cotton will be made this year. The corn crop has not been gen erally so good ns the cotton. The upper counties are seldom trou bled with the cotton worm, and in this respect arc more favorable to the cot ton planter than those on the coast, larger emigration is coming in this year than formerly. §J, _. . njcaiw .the |>nvaiio;f, ol winicr, aml.jbeen staricil nt Tnmroaoy Hall. It i, thousands more shall.nl l Ho same time • a cry destined Ao deceive and betray tbo . .l*\¥ rr l , vi* , S t3 ° N* teach thediggiugs, |6<»uth, if she traslsif. Canada will be to <|o any gooil tyr:themselves, even'annexed in a very, few years, if the Slncnlar Defence of a Player. An itinerant player, possessed oi more wit than money, was a few days ago driven by the hard master, hunger, to commit thc high crime of ppaching, in the neighborhood of Birmingham, England, and being unluckity detected in the act-, was carried forthwith before a bench of magistrates, when the offence was fully proved. The knight of the buskin, hewever, astonished the learned justices by adopting “Brutus* speech to the Romans on the death of Caesar** to his cose in the following manner:— “ Britons, hungry men, and epicures! hear me for my cause, and bo silent tbat you may hear; believe ine for mine hon or, and have respect for mine honor, that you may believe; . censure me "in your wisdom, and awake your senses tbat you may better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of this hare, to him I say, that a player's love for bare is no less than bis. If then that friend demands why a player rose against a bare, this is my answer not that l loved hare less, but that I loved eating more. Had you rather this hare was living and I bad died star ving, than that this hare were, dead, that I might live a jolly fellow? As this hare was pretty, I w&p for him * as be was nimble, I rejoice at-it; as hi was plump I honor him; but as he was eatable l slew-turn.*'. Here the gravity of the Court was obliged to. give way; prosecutors, spectators, and all burst aud it is a dead certain thing that I could have distanced Cortez jp crossing the Isthmus. _He never performed 1 lie. feats I did; he never came‘up the Cha- gres river in,a-cinoe, .with a deaf and dumb * bomjirej withJpt a red cent, or chauge of .summer apparel. * But a light heart and a tbin pair of breeches, goes merrily through the world.' ‘ Sir».every tnan who has come here is a Columbus! He comes to dis cover new diggings, I am a. Columbus! dead broke at home as Columbus was, and I have come out here to strike new vein. But I-ain not going to the mines'. Oh, no. You dont catch me up to my waist in' ice water, with a ju venile pickaxe and an incipient crow bar, laboring under a sun of one hun dred degrees in the shade, to dig out the filthy lucre. No sir! I’m not on that lay. I hate labor—it was an invention to vex mankind. I prefer an office, one that is lucrative and not laborious; what you call a sinecure. And if I can not get one myself, I will go in for any man who will devide.on the dead level, and no.splits. ' "Sir, where will-you find a country like this ? Talk not of orien tal gorgeousuess of eastern countries.— Tell us not of the fairy scenes which poets, who revel in the great warm bath of heavenly imaginations, paint, golden pens, on leaves of satin. The description of this beautiful country should he written with the golden wand of an angel dipped in the softest rays of the sun-beam upon the. blushing and delicate surface of a rose-leaf. Excuse me, gentlemen, I except only the rainy season and the lime when the dust flie We love our native land—we hon or her flag, and would not rob the Cus- lotn-House if we had a fair show. ^But Congress must not put on any airs, will take charge of the Custom House and Post-Gffice, and make great muss generally. These are my sentiments, gentlemen. If they don’t admit us into the Union, we will burst open the Custom House and admit all liquors free of duty. And now, with a parting blessing upon the girls we. left behind us, and thc boys who are coin ing after us, wo will adjourn and take a private drink.” Distressful; Suicide. Mrs. Hindes, a lady residing on Lee- strcct, between Hanover and Charles, committed suicide on Monday night un der the following circumstances:— About mid-night an infant child in the bed with herself and husband com menced crying, and Mr. Hindes was about to gel tip and obtain a light.— Mrs. Hindes requested him to lie still, however, and she would get up. She did so, and went out of the chamber with the avowed purpose of gening 6ome matches. Mr. Hindes fell asleep the mean time{ but about one o’clock, Q3 called by a latly in another room, sister of Mrs. Hindes, who slated that she heard a singular noise in the garret. Mr. Hindes called to his wife, who he supposed lying in'the bed, but not finding her there, sprang out and them vassals. It provokes me, be} r ond endurance to hear men of education, holding a large property in slaves and land, saying there will be a complete backoul—it will end in submission the more degrading after the threats we have made of resistance. This is the most effectual method they can lake lo injure the cause. These faults are not with the people: every poor man I have seen for fighting for his rights. There is 1 lack of patriotism with them. On Monday at Sumterville. there was a Southern Safety meeting, and theunao- infity and nlncraiy with which they signed the preliminary step to resistance gave good assurance of their determina- peril all for country and liberty, My confidence in Georgia is unshaken ; Mississippi and Alabama are true, and North Carolina will sustain her revolu tionary reputation ; and we may count upon Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. It would be treason to suspect Virginia ; and, in fact, if all desert 1 trust South Carolina alone will take her stand, regardless ef consequences. Her Southern sisters contain thousands of brave spirits who would fly to so glo rious a battlefield. Let the test come ami every Southern roan at least in the army and Navy, would scorn to act a cause so unjust and cruel, in which they could reap nothing but remorse.— A revolutionary soldier, shaking with the infirmity of age, signed first in the Court House—the cheers were long and loud. There was no speaking, the time for that has passed. They moved up in solemn order to set their seal to a work that must be done, at any cost, and determined upon vengeance.” thrown off their balance, and losing .l«:_ fcgjjjiy 0 c f e e|ing, and nice, deco- . . * , . propriety of deportment, under ror '" hcr ™« r, «8 •PP*™'- . present excitement. But wait a bit, 1 '! e P. rea !; her [ r “‘ n >he pa'ptt denoun, gentlemen, till you have teen similarly c ' s U,c deV'Und all hi. imps, nnd yet tempted, nnd >} mny be our turn to man ofsaocttty will look very lilts laugh. Perhaps yon, too, may i w ,h -= deyd if his congregation do not pay thrown “off the l.«.ks"-tar more irre- “ffeast him on the good things of coverably—by the marvellous vocaliza- 1 1 e \ . , , , , , lion of “the Nightingale.” If wc cold, The church would be prolaned by unimpressihle Yankees can be roused ‘ he a PP ca ' ! ? n “ lhc Je r il > Y' 1 h “ w to such an intense pitch of enthusiasm, 'riony deviliah tricks arc played under Id he no s,range spectacle among j > h « ' cl ' of sanctimony ... the church— your excitable population, to see lh ” i And where would the church be tf not huzzaing throngs worked up to absolute ! or ,p. e l ,evl . , , . frenzy by her singing-so far as even, . I ,u: 1 { : “ ct .‘ s ' , ' evi1 ‘ 3 , /‘Mcssary to like the Berlin students, lo take lhe ke well be.ng of the world as salt I, horses Irom her carriage, and delirious-1 salvation of pork. Without the h„m„ Ihe scene ef her f = ar ol Salan before OOreyCS, WC Would r the miUi- A Disappointment. It was at one of the watering places near our city that the following incident occurred : A very romantic young lady—one of the misses who would rather elope with a distressed coachman than marry as every body else does—a young lady of the novel-reading, white muslin, pink ribbon, long ringlet st3’le, condescend ed one evening to make one of a party that strolled down a very long wharf to witness the arrival of the city boat. How it happened no one could tell, but a shriek and a splash in the water suddenly heard, and Miss Sera- phina had as suddenly disappeared.— The bustle and confusion were great; several ladies fainted ; the young miss’s father went crazy without a word of warning; and most of the gentlemen look ed and acted as if they were rehearsing the first appearance on any stage of ylum. Meanwhile Miss R mance was drowning. Another splash was heard, and a big Newfoundland dog dived offer the fu ture mermaid. A moment more and he re-appeared towing Miss Saraphina ashore. She was carried instanter to the ho tel. She had, as in duty bound, faint ed. The big Newfoundland shook him self and coiled up in a sunny spot for a regular nap. Soon the young lady regained her senses. Her father’s joy may be im igined. His astonishment might also have been discoverable on hearing his fair daughter, so soon as she could move her tongue, ask for her heroic rescuer—she must see him—she must thank hint—she must offer him the hand, the heart he had saved from the briny deep. The poor father, half slupified by the strange proposal, attempted in vaiix^to expostulate with her or to show her the unreasonableness of her conduct, was of no use. She adored her rescu er ; she knew her heart would break if her father apprised her wishes: she was determined io many the brave fel low or descend into the tonib like a fa ded flower. " Well,” said her father, “if it roust be so, }*oii shall speak to the hero at ly drag her home from the scene of her triumphs. For our part, we glory in the reception thc Swedish songstress has met with among us, and tne vehe ment enthusiasm she has awakened.— The triumphs of the “Joan d’Arc ol song” in Boston are another proof that we are not wholly the straight-laced people—the soulless icicles—the cold, grubbing, utilitarian earth-worms, that we are represented to be. It shows that the love of lofty excellence in art, and of unblemished parity in morals, has not yet died out among us—that we care for something more than the hard, mechanical routine of our daily vocations—that we are capable of a higher worship than that of the “al mighty dollar.” For these reasons, it is with no unea sy twinges, but rather with a keen ap preciation and enjoyment of the jest, that we read such clever jcux-tT esprit as the following from the N. Y. Tribune: Adas, for Boston !—The Bostoni ans, after all their rebukes, their earn est Puritanic remonstrances against the honors paid to Mdle. Lind, in this city, have shown very strikingly their supe- dignity and serenity of demeanor, since the arrival of the Nightingale among them. There is but one theme in the Boston papers—Jenny Lind ;— but one house in the city—the Revere ; but one man worthy of notice, “ Ossi- E. Dodge, Vocalist.” Of a verily the Boston folks are mad. O! staid de scendants of a rigid and unsmilingstock, whither has fled that saintly decorum with which yc were wont to be clothed ? Where is the ancient dolour of counte nance, expressive of a satisfied soul; victorious over tl world ? Gone, alas the allurements ot eyes, all literally ** go to the devil.” Here a little smutty-faced imp at ir elbow whispers, “ More copy sir!** Oh, the devil. Why Women arc Unhealthy. Many of the physical evils—the want of vigor, the inaction ot system, the languor and hysterical affections—which prevalent among the delicate young women of the present day, may be traced to a want of well-trained mental power and well exercised self- control, and loan absence of fixed hab its of employment. Real cultivation of the intellect—earnest exercise of the moral powers—enlargement of the mind by the acquirement of knowledge, and the strengthening of its capabilities for effort, for firmness, for endurance of in evitable evils, and for energy in com bating such as they may overcome, are the ends which education has to attain. The power of the mind over the body is immense. Let that power be called forth; let it be trained and exercised, and vigor of mind and body will be the result. There is a homely, unpolished sa3 r ing. that it i? better to wear out than to rust out; but it tells a plain truth; rust consumes faster than use. Better, a million times belter, to work hard, even to the shortening of existence, than to sleep and eat awa3 r this precious gift of life, giving no other cognizance of its possession.—Madame de Wahl. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, Nov. 1. The great Industrial exhibition, which is to take place in London, next spring, occupies some attention of our public, the vanities of the | Extensive preparations have been made swept away by ! by American citizens to take a part in vvotnan’s voice, 1 the exhibition, and the products of igodly tongue.— American skill and industry will form no mean portion of it. As it is a gov ernment affair, on the part of Great Britain, the countenance of our govern ment has also been given to it, so far as to furnish a national vessel for the gratuit ous conveyance of the articles offered by Americans. Some of the newspa pers suggest that the big ship Pennsyb Fearful Sfort.—A correspondent writes us, that a member of Mr. White’s school, Amherst, Mass., a lad of 17, on Saturday the'12th, having a rifle in his hand loaded with a ball, in sport, plac ed the muzzle under his chin, and said to another youth present, “see how easy a man could kill himself,” at the same time placing his foot against the hammer, pushed it back until it had nearly cocked, when his foot slipping, the hammer fell upon the cap, and the rifle discharged. The chin was entire ly blown away and the ball passed through the back of his head. The fortunat His name was Frederick Good ale.—Boston Traveler. uui unuin” ucr iiicic, ^jji.iii” nui unu obtained a light, witlT-which he hasten ed to the garret. On the floor a most horrible sight presented iiself, Mrs. Hindes lying in a pool of blood, with her left arm cut to the bone above the elbow by a razor, and’she nearly insen sible. Dr. Knowles was instantly sent for, but she died before he could arrive. Sho had spoken on Monday in an ab sent manner'to her sister—was noticed feeling her arms; and said to her sister mar she must tnfcfr;’gooi! care of her children, as she did not expect to live long. There is no doubt that the act was committed whilst laboring under a mental alienation, as her family rela-J once.” And opening the door he began lions were of the happiest character, } whistling and calling “ Fompey ! You and no earthly cause can be assigned ! Pompey ! Here Pompey !" for the distressing act. Coroner Reilly j. Poinpey came, Miss Seraphina faint- held an inquest, and the jury rendered ; ed again, Pompey barked at her, as i ! a verdict in accordance witli the facts, i glad to escape “ the hand and heart.' *—Baltimore Clipper. * . Somehow or other the story leaked out -——— j Whether Pompey or the old geulteraar The Effect of -Disunion in New- j mid it could never be known. The ef- York.—-The Express says: - ! feet howt ver, was tremendous.'Pompey “ Grass-would grow in our streets : %vas called “ Great” ever after, and as we say, if thisUnion- was shattered ; for | for Miss Seraphina—as Jeemes Yellow- wbat is this city but ah exchange for plush indites it—“ phansy herpheelinx.” into laughter at the ready wit ol the' coUbn,forrice,(or Wbacco, aswell as —New Orleans Picayui “ noor actor.**' The information was ^‘ r wuhdrawn7and the knight of the sock ; *«, importations from Europe ; and i Tub. Cow Tree.—On the parched .. - k.. - «*— »<ii.i .- i e of ifje side of j» rock in .Venezuela'grows a Europe - tree with a dry and leathery foliage, in * *■ f, v;«v c I * ,-wi.BineimrmKn.o. appearing on the wiui wnicn we nave imercourw; where-j largo woOtly roots scarcely penetrating t£i»cc. mm iitway inat^tew thousands-^ delusion, for Southern men to indulge: stage the same evening in an “ emirly by oar commission merchants, onr job- j into the ground. For several months or even A*mh//w# nt starving anil desjie- the iliuuglu that any party can ever iri- • •« * - ■ . ! !»•»•« nn, imnnn*,, ami uTiwtrinr, ni’«ll I in ii«. »,!ir ihn UnvM nrp rale men will n«.i siaml. nt trifles to sup- .umpli at the North; that is not pledged, ** r . ■ rr Jj^toselves, to deeply, irrevocably, to opposethe acqui- perisli tikn iratile in our streets? No.’shion of more sltvc territory ami the certainly not, no man can expect'jt.-r- admission of another slave State. In When aMK’ieiy foil*to ««>|»plj the mean*, iwenljr-Gvcyears, ifiUe Union lasts that of- preserving life, its bonds nre soon long, there will be fifty millions of peo- r Atnrican manufactured goods, and | Tlte Oldest Soldier iu the World. Johu Kolombeski was born at Ostro- •a, in Poland, on the 1st of March. 1730, and is now 120 years old. He entered the French army in 1774, be ing then a promising youth of 44. He became a corporal in 1790, at the age . He was in all the republican and perial campaigns, and in 1808 was received in the 3d regiment of the Vis tula. In 1814 he was wounded and sent to the hospital at Poitiers, which he .after left, to be placed in the 2d. regiment ol light infantry. He soon af ter became an officer, and in 1840 at the age of 116, was enrolled among the veterans of the 6th company. This most extraordinary instance of longevity ever seen in the French army is now upwards of one hundred and twenty, has served seventy-five years, aud been in tweni3'-nine campaigns.— He enjoys excellent health, is rather strong, very well built, and does not look torescorc. LouttPhillippe, iu one ofbi9 travels, felHu with his company Dreux, and saw the old soldier on duty. He called him up to him, and taking his own cross off his breast,' fas tened it on the soldier’s. Kolombeski, received a pension on the 18th May, I860, and the minister authorized his admission into the Ho tel of the Invalids. The governor of the invalids had or dered that this brave veteran should be introduced to him on his arrival; but as Kolombeski was fatigued, he was taken to the infirmary, and the governor visit ed his bedside, as did general Petit like- In future, every centenarian soldier, when admitted into the Invalids, is to be treated as an officer, out of respect for his great age aud the long services he has rendered the Stale. new character.” ' j tiers, our importers and exporters of all! in the year the leaves are -moistened c’.as es live and thrive. (by a shower; its branches look as if . ; .. _ ~flnh. ~ (ifCnli H^jif'C^spt' mir|Whiit thesound.oflihe City Hall bell obtain j when the trunk is bored, a bland and cj»n expect'jt.-r- . admission of another slave State. - In I TowerV cleared at ibis pon to-day; for their livelihood from the sugar and cot-; nourishing milk flows from iu It ii at nmole thrf mean* imniv.lbn Vwrfv.. Cumana Venezuela^ to recover tbc trea- ton planter of the Mississippi, the Ala-j son rise that thc vegetable fountain *to, • -.* ■ — - . r ,_ surd from the Spanish ship San Pedro, baraa,lbc Chattahoochee, the Santee, j flows freety. At that time, the blacks rciit as«un«lt*r, and its obligations are it pic in' tlw present territories ol ihe U- sunk near Cumana. She lakes out~an etc., who exchange herethe products of; and natives ara seed coming from all iiii jpuid, nnd MiuU-ss the. governmental jSini<4. , The Southern States will .have engine, diving bell, and cither machine- his soil for the handiwork of the North ; j parts, provided, with bowls to receive ——i—i........ m~A ^ - — ry Vjiecessai^ fot- ihe experiment, anil and what an utter suicide it is for such j the milk, which grows yellow and thick- power Ue overwhelming, anarchy and • sixteen millions,^ihe Northern tbirty- rapmc mdSI.supervene. . £ ’ * Should any such terrific crisis - j four. There will be ai least fifiy States, ihincca mcn.—Boston Transcript, 28lA h eity to ;pile bn tIie abblilion .lorch, ] ens at ils surface. Some empty their sis as this ot which tlic rion-slavelmlding will have { 1 n ■ *•*-*•.— - and to set on fire so glorious a work!” J vessels on the spot, while others carry mnia, be selected, and if the exhibition was to be of a naval character like that which lately took place at Cherbourg, there would be some propriety in it. The building for the Exhibition has been already commenced, and it is to cover twent)-oneacres. The Parisians and Belgians are, it is said, to make an unprecedented display of their wares and fabrics and fancy articles. The British artizaus do not, it seems, much favor an enterprise, which implies m doubt of their superiority in the arts, and which also mvites competition with them, and opens the door to successful /airy. The statements made in several quar ters, that the Executive has determin ed to enforce the execution ol the fugt- act, are correct. The President has repeatedly intimated his determina tion to execute the law to the letter.— The subject has also been under advise ment in the Cabinet, whose views coin cide with those ol the President. Mr. Webster and Mr. Crittenden are still absent. The City is very dull, but pre parations for the session aud the recep tion of a vast crowd of visitors are eve ry where visible. An odd Nurse's Curb for the Summer Compdaxnt.—Take three nut- megs, grated; to which add the yolks of three fresh eggs, and three table spoonfuls of French brandy, or best Port wine. Dose—a table-spoonful three- times a day. It is one of tha simplest and most effective remedies ever used for cholera infantum. For thirty year* an old nurse used this, and during all that time lost not a dozen cases. With ordinary care, good nursing, proper at tention to clothing. Sec., no child need die of summer complaint, if you will but use thc above assistant. miss Lind. Some of the folks Eastward are grow ing exceedingly anxious touching tho forlorn condition of spinsterhood in which Miss Lind persists in remaining. It is slated that she received two offers of marriage while in New York, one pf which was from an enterprising me chanic of Brooklyn. Willis, the Editor ot the Home Journal, is also troubled, on the subject. Qoth be : “ To see such a heaven as her heart untenanted, one longs to write its ad* vertisement of ‘ To Let.’ Yet it would tale polygamy to match her; for, half a dozen poets, two Mexican heroes, sev eral drygoods merchants and a rising politician, would hardly ‘boil down* in- How^a Jackass Became Respected. —Laku, King of Siam, being awaken ed from sleep aod saved from assassin ation by the braying of an ass, com manded, in the ardor ot bis gratitude, _ _ that all mankind should be called asses, to a man of gifts enough to be worthy The story tells us that whenever an of her.*’ ambassador from China came to the Siamese Court, the master of ceremo nies proclaimed—‘Most potent Laku, absolute Lord ol the Universe, King of the white Elephant and keeper of the sacred tooth ! a great Jackass! from China, has come to speak with your Majesty !* . ' 09* While the Criminal Coart »t Richmond vu in session, on Wednesday, » prisoner named Har dy, who was on trial, made his esespe by mixing with the crowd in attendance. Havaba Lottext—The grand prize of 20flOQ dollar* in the last Havana Lottery, was held by a fortunate indiridnal in Near Orleans.