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VOL. XIV. THE GEORGIA JEFFERSOMM IS PUBLISHKD EVERT THURSU.IT MORNING BY WILLAM CLINE, At Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per an num, or Two Sollr.ro paid in advance. A,l V!£R'PISK.M KNTS m insrried ( ONE FOU.AR per square, tor the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per rqimre, lor each insertion thereafter. A reasonable dedtieimn will he made so those ” ho advertise lv the year. Ail nrlvertirerucr.ts not otherwise ordered, will I e continued till fnrliirf. •t FT'S'fFF.S OF RANDS ly Atimtuistmtors, f X'cidors ot Guardians are lequired ly law to be held on tins (iist Tuesday in the month, between t ini hours o’ ten in the forenoon and three in the iit’erno ui, at the Court-! li use, in the county in v 'hn h the land is situated. Notice of tln se sale, must he given in a public gazette FORTY DAY S p-iniw to the da v of sale.’ S ‘iRRS OF NIIGROES must befmar’e at puh lie auction on the lirst Tuesday ol the inonlh, be tween ’tie ii sti a | hours of sale, at the place of pub lic sties in the county where the letters Tesla uen'ar.’, o! Ad:n’mislr..lion or Guardianship may have been granted; first giving FORTY DAYS no! ice t!i >renf m one of the public gaz-ttes of this ito, an I at the court house who c such safes are te I'e held. JNo'ii'” I o the silent” Personal Properly must be given in like manner FORTY DAYS previous To I he da v of sale. Notice so Debtors and Creditors of an estate must tie published FORTY DAYS. Xo'iee riiat application will lie made to the Court *'■ Oidniirr lor i.r vve to sell land must he pub ished TWO MONTHS, iNotiecfiir i.f.avk to sr.i r. necrofr must he p io ished TWO MONTHS before any order ab solute shall he made thereon bv the Court, CITATIONS for Le tl-rs of Administration, must lie pu dished TIIIHTT PAT*- for Distnissinn Iroui \etiimis!r:iiion. mon rm.y six moetiis; for l>isosiss:on from Guardianship, forty Cat , I'uies lor ilie Foreclosure of .Vtortgage must he puMished .monthly for four months, lor estab lishing 10.-i papers. (or Die foil space of three m i\Tit?; for compelling tides from Kx < ulors or Ai!nrnistr.iinrs, w here a bom! lias been given bv he diseased, the fill! s’paee of three months. spring. A ! u sfn’g'jido greenness, A waking as iron sleep, A twitter and a waiblt: Tint make the pulses leap: A si n-e offenovat o 0; freshness and o’ health, A casting ofl’of sordid tear, A circles mess of wealth. A watching as in cluliihnnd, I-’or the flowers tint one hy one Open their golden petals To oo the fitful sun: A gusli, a ft .sh,a gurgle, A wi-h to shout and sing, \i titl’d wdh hope and gladness, Vv e haii the vernal Spring! Death cf the Vic 9 President. It is with pain that we have to an nounce the death of the Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, Vice President of the United States. He died at his residence * in Dallas county, on Monday evening, the 18th inst. at six o’clock, after a long and severe illness, the nature of which, by fre queat announcement, has become too fa- ; miliar to the American people. i Col. King was a native of North Caro lina. He was born 7th of April, 1786, and consequently a few days over sixty seven years of age, at his death. Col. King’s father was an Irishman by birth, and one of the first settlers of Virginia. His mother was descended from those per secuted Huguenots, who found refuge in tills eon itry and in England after the He- • vocation of i lie Edict of Nantes. Col. King was educated at the Umver-) slty of North Carolina. His academic stu lies finished, he entered upon the study of law with William Dully, of his native State, lie was licensed to practice in 1803. The next year he became a mem ber of the Legislature of North Carolina, lie-elected the following year, he was cho sen solicitor of the Assembly, and resign ed his seat for the more exclusive practice of iiis profession, in which he met with great success. Col. King’s public services have been long and valuable. In 1819 he was elect ed member of Congress, then but twenty four years old. With short intermissions he hud been in public life to the day of his death. In IS 16 he resigned his seat in Congress to accompany Mr. Pinckney as .Secretory of Legation to Naples, afier v.arasAo St. Petersburg. He remained abroad two years, filling with honor the posts to which he was called. On his re turn he settled in the then territory of Alabama, where he was soon called to the most responsible positions. Soon af ter, elected Senator, he went to Wash ington, where he soon became as distin guished as a national legislator as lie had been in the councils of his native and a dopted States. Col. King was four times re-elected Sen ator, in 1823, 1828, 1834, and in 1840. In 184 4, he accepted, with much reluc tance, the Mission to Franco, at a critical period, when the annexation of Texas was pending. This delicate business he con ducted with his usual prudence, tact, and wisdom. Col. King remained in Paris till 1846, where he always Kid, gathered around him, a circle of devoted admirers, both fellow-countrymen and distinguished citizens of France. In U4B, Col. King was again appointed to the United States Semite, to fill the vacancy caused bv the resignation of Mr. Bagby” in 1849, he was elected for a full term ! of six years. Chosen President of the Se nate, he became, ou the death of General Taylor and the elevation of Mr. Fillmore to the Presidency, Vice President of the ! United States. It is needless to say, that he filled fits high office as presiding officer, with dignity quiff honor. The rest of Col. King’s life is too recent to have escaped the of any. Nominated on the Presidential ticket at the late Baltimore Convention, he was elect i by an unprecedented majority. But while preparing to enter upon the dis charge of his high duties, lie was prostra ted by a lingering and fatal disease. Ho now lies low in death. Col. King was a fine specimen of the old school gentleman, Tall and erect, he made a commanding figure. Polite and •dignified, he was the ornament of every so cial circle in which he moved. Hospitable, liis house was always open to strangers. Brave and chivalrous, he exalted our com mon nature. Eloquent in conversation, he delighted and instructed a U who came within the sound of his voice. —■ Savannah Courier. MR. AND MAS. SKINFLINT OR, ONE WEEK OF MARRIED LIFE. NO. 2. — MO.VDAY NIGHT, fl lrs. Skinflint has been out shopping, i! lr. Skinflint is incensed !. “So ma’am Skinflint, you have been out shopping, I perceive. And pray, who gave you authority to gad about “the streets from morning till night in the manner you do? Things have come to a pretty pass indeed, ma’am! Hero I am, delving like a nigger from day-break till sun down, and all for what? To get money for you to throw away. You are an economical body, you are'! What did you say just after 1 married you? That we could get along nicely on a very small amount of money.” “I never said so,” Mrs. Skinflint re marked. “You never said it! I’ll go before a magistrate as soon as I get up in the morn ing, and make an affidavit that you said so; I will, see if I don’t?” “I have not spent five hundred dollars since we’ve been married.” “You’ve wasted more than ten times five hundred dollars on some infernal trumpery or other in the twelve years I’ve been chained to you. Because Mrs. Scat terbrain has chairs that cost twenty-five dollars a dozen, is that any reason why you should have them at the same price"? 1 wonder if you ever consider that there is such a thing as a poor-house, madam Skinflint! “It’s no use for you to dig your knuckles in your eyes, and stick out your lips, and call me hard-hearted, for this is a business that I’m determined to see to at once.— Yes, ma’am, I’m determined. I desire you to recollect that I am master in my j own house, and that I’m resolved on ex | erting my authority. When I was so in j fatuated as to marry you, I thought I had ! a woman who would attend to the domes tic affairs, and not busy herself about eve ry body’s business to the entire neglect of her own. What?” “You’re an ungrateful wretch!” “I’m au ungrateful wretch, am I? It’s you who are ungrateful; you should thank me for living witii you as long as I have. I’m sure you would have killed niiif.y-nine i men ouc of a hundred in half the time. If I had’ut had a strong constitution, ma’am, you would have wearied me into consump tion long ago. You are eternally on the tramp;you attend regularly the dry good (sales; sticking yourself up among the men, and bidding as if you had a hundred thou sand dollars in hand. But I’ll put a stop to it. I’ll go round among the auction eers to morrow and tell ’em not to take any more of your bids for anything.— Every two or three days some fellow pokes a long bill under my nose. No ma’am, I shall not suffer you to carry on so any longer—don’t think I will. You arc entirely mistaken if you suppose I in tend to be bothered any more in Litis way. I’ve only paid your debts to save you from disgrace, but look out for yourself now, ma’am! “You uced’nt ask if I a:n done, for I’m not done. I must have been mad when I married you. It was on the fifth of Au gust; in (.log-days. I don’t exactly recol lect, but I think 1 must have been bittcu by a rabid animal about that period, for I don’t sec what else could have blinded my eyes to your failings. Anyhow, I was bit when I got yon; you were a complete take-in, ma’am! What arc you grumbling about? What do you say?” “I say you might have gone farther and fared worse.” “I wish to the Lord I had kept on going to this day’; I should have saved myself twelve years of trouble. You are enough to try the temper of a saint. I have promised to take care of you, and I’ve done it so far, but I can’t do it much lon ger. That’s cle vas mud. Do you hap pen to remember what you promised me, ma’am!” “I don’t care what?” “Oh, very well; very well indeed, ma’am! Thank heaven, there must be an end to everything some day or other!” “i only spent seven dollars.” “I don’t believe a word of it. There’s at least a dozen yards of silk on the table in the other room, and you paid at least a dollar a yard for it. Besides, there’s a pile of calico, and four pair of stockings. Who sold you till that for seven dollars? Just tell me who it was, and I’ll go to him to morrow and ask him how much he expects to make this year. I don’t believe there are five sticks of wood in the yard, and wc want anew iron pot to replace the one little Jontiy broke the other day. And you are away buying silk gowns and all sorts of trash. Think what wc could buy for the money you have thrown away to day. What?”” “I only had two dresses.” “Well, isn’t that enough in all con science, to satisfy any reasonable woman? You’re running me dry, ma’am; I can’t stand it. I shall be compelled to run a way. You’ll wake up s#me fine morning and discover that I am gone, ma’am.— Then where’ll you get money? Nobody will give you anything if you beg till the stars drop out of the sky; I guess you’ll be content with a calico dress then. Oh, I’m not going to be made miserable by you; I tell you that’s as plain as the nose on your face. No, no, that I wont. Don’t | think any such thing, Mrs. Skinflint!” Here Skinflint snored. To be continued. Some body thus sets fortli the impor tance of a single vote: W ithin the last dozen years the Governor of Masnchu sells was twice elected by n majority of one. A recent paper says that a single vote sent Oliver Cromwell to the long Paijratnent, Charles Stuart to the scaffold, revolutionized England, and made Great Britain free. One vote gave us the tariff of 1842, and one vote made the tariff of 1846. One vote give us Tex is and made war with Mexico, and purchased California, turned thither the title of emi gration, and will change the destiny of the world. Those who are in the habit of excusing themselves from elections, in j the belief that one vote will not make ; much difference, will do well to treasure j up these fact, and act under their in fluence.. GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1853. Tils Expects 3. Empire of Mexico. Anew revolution is anticipated in Mexico. Santa Anna is on the eve of a coup d’ elat similar to that of Louis Napoleon. It may be defered some days, but it will surely come at last. All are looking out for it; every thing is prepared; and what is generally expected comes to pass. Santa Anna is a resistless chief tain, of commanding talents and exhaust less schemes. tie has managed for the last twenty-five years to keep his conn trv embroiled; it is not probable he will fail in his evident intention to submit all things to Iris arbitrary will. On the whole, the establishment of a firm government, though it ba somewhat i despotic, tnay be the only hope for his distracted country. Diseases sometimes become so desperate as to require despe rate remedies. A successful republic pre supposes a certain amount of civilz > lion and social permanency. It may be doubt ed, from late events, if these can be found among our Spanish and Indian neighbors in the west. All account of travelers indi cate an unsettled social organization; the frequent revolutions of past years give no hopes of more firmness in politics in the present state of tilings. Each State seems to do about as it pleases; thefts, robberies and murders are the staple news all along the border. A firm even a military government for a time might opperate, like splinters on a bro ken leg, in giving support and strength till some dpgvee of social and political consistency be attained. It might prove troublesome to the Uni ted States to have power in Mexico con centrated in the hands of one ambitious chief,and he a declared and revengeful enemy; bu* it might perhaps be better than our unsettled condition on the fron tier. If war must come at last, it is more desirable to have a wcil defined, open enemy, than a skulking, indefinable one. .Mexico would make a pretty respect able Empire. With an area of nearly a million of square miles, she has a popu lation of about eight millions. Bhe is rich in mines, agricultural resources, and commercial privileges. Sue has fine harbors both on the Gulf and Pacific coasts. When the great canal shall be cut through the Isthmus, and necessary rail roads be built, Mexico will be what the Greeks, with pride, boasted them selves to be, the centre of the world, the connecting link between the West and the farther East. A quiet government, under which manufactures, agriculture and commerce might il ‘urish, is at present the one tiling needful sot Mexico. Un der such tutelage she would soon become (it to lie taken up by the all-absorbing power of this glorious Confederacy. Had tlurr’s bold scheme succeeded, she might have been so prepared long ago, indeed might now ba what -li3 will one day be co.ne, a living and vig irons part of our body politic — Sav. Courier ADVENTURES OF A I.ADY ON’ THE ISTHMUS. The story annexed, narrated by a cor respondent of the Lowell Courier , has been crowded, out for a week or two, but is entirely too good to lose: “Speaking of the Isthmus, I think I must tell you a talc concerning a young and blooming Lowell lady who had just arrived here, and whose adventures on the Isthmus were somewhat piquant, showing what ladies have sometimes to undergo ! who travel to California. Miss L was well provided with suitable clothing for a trip from Lowell to the “uttermost parts of the earth,” and had an exceeding pleasant journey till she arrived at Cru ces, when, not knowing what I know by experience, that it is not at all necessary to travel separated from your baggage, she suffered herself to be seperated from her own, thereby committing a grave er ror. She, supposing her baggage would arrive at Panama nearly as soon as her self, mounted ou a rickety little mule, clad in a thin Bloomer, and started from Cru ces to Panama. Now, as I before obser ved, the Isthmus and whole Pacific coast have had a long crying fit, and the conse quence is, that the road from Cruces to Panama was never in a more execrable condition. Miss L being very large and heavy, and her mule being small and old, they had a good time of it, and floun dered through tlio mud in a most aston ishing manner. She told me that at one time the mule went into a mud-hole so deep that nothing was visible but his nose and ears, while she was in up to her chin. The gentleman who was with her, informed me that he rescued her from such a position four times during the day —pulling her and her mule from the deep mud by main force, the natural consequence of then mil adventure>. When they got through the worst places, they halted at a convenient native ‘ranch,’ held a council of war, and concluded that, inas much as Miss L had not a change of clothes at hand, it was expedient to wash those she had. So the other ladies (there were several along who were either smarter, or had better luck than Miss L ) washed her off, as they would a new-born baby, rolled her up in a blan ket, and laid her away to be a good baby, and take a nap, while they washed and dried her only suit. They washed the suit, and hung it up to dry, and then, very naturally, sat down to dinner. Dinner being over, they went to get Miss L ’s suit, when, to their horror and astonish ment, they found it had ‘vamosed the ranch;’ in short, while they had been eat ing the natives had stolen it. Here was a pickle for a nice young lady, and a Yan kee school-marm to boot. Rolled in a blanket, and no clothes to put on, in the middle of a strange country, I think her situation interesting in the extreme, and I don’t remember any heroine in any novel ’ who was ever so peculiarly situated. I have a great mind to leave her where she is, just to lot you exercise your ingenuity in getting her out of the scrape. I think she must have had some very peculiar feel ings while rolled up in that blanket. The ladies finally got her out of the scrape by a contribution. One gave her a petticoat, another a skirt, another a shawl, etc. and as she was probably the largest in the crowd, you can imagine what sort of a rig-out she had. In this anomalous suit she entered Panama, where she was able to purchase a few absolutely necessary things, to come on with. Her baggage did not catch up with her at Panama, and she ar rived about as distressed a looking object as you could easily find. She has since received her trunks by Adams’ Express, and rejoices over them, and is ready to laugh over her ‘adventares on the Isth mus.’ FANN Y FEliX’s BEST THING. We think Fanny Fern never wrote a better pair of paragraphs than the follow ing from the Olive Branch: “Look on this picture, and then on that. — ‘Father is coming!’ and little round faces grow long, and merry voices are hushed, and toys are hustled into the closet, and mamma glances nervously at the door, and baby is bribed with a lump of sugar to keep the peace; and father’s business face relaxes not a muscle; and the little group huddle like timid sheep in a corner, and tea is despatched as silently r.s if speaking were prohibited by the statute book, anti the children creep like culprits to bed mar veling that the baby dare crow so loud, now that ‘Father has cornel’ “ ‘Father is coming!’ and bright eyes sp irkle for joy, and tiny feet dance with glee, and eager faces press against the window-pane, and a bevy of rosy lips claim kisses at the door, and picture-books lie unrebuked on the table, and tops, and balls, and dolls, and kites are discussed, and little Susy lays her soft cheek against the paternal whiskers with the most fear less ‘abandon,’ and Charley gets a love-pat for his ‘medal,’ and mamma’s face grows radiant, and the evening paptyt is read (not silently, but aloud,) and tea, and toast, and time vanish with equal celerity, for jubilee has arrived, and ‘Father his come!” THE SECRET OF MATRIMONIAL HAPPINESS. Zschokke, in one of his taler, gives the following advice to a bride: “In thy first solitary hour after the cer emony, take the bridegroom and demand a solemn vow of him, and give him a vow in return. Promise one another sacredly, never, not even in jest, to wrangle with each other; never to bandy words or indulge in the least ill-humor. Never, I ‘say, never! wrangling in jest, and patting on an air of ill-humor merely to tease, becomes ear nest by practice. Mark that! Next, promise each other, sincerely and solemn ly, never to have a secret from each other, un der’ whatever pretext, with whatsoever excuse it might be. You must continual ly, and every moment, see clearly into each other’s bosom. Even when otic of you has committed a fault, wait not an instant, but confess it freely—let it cost tears, but confess it. And as you keep nothing se cret from each other, so, on the contrary, preserve the privacies of your house, mar riage state, and heart from father, mother, sister, brother, aunt, and al'-^^Vorld.—’ You two, with God’s help, build your own quiet world, every third or fourth one whom yon draw into it with you, will form a party, and stand between you two. That should never be. Promise this to each other. Renew the vow at each tempta tion. You will find your account in it.— Yoar souls will grow as it were, together, and at last will become as one. Ah, if many a young pair, had, on their wedding day known this secret, how many marri ages were happier, than alas, they are?” From the True D2ta. Vvr-i# v.lw • Lain Mtartws A-niu; The eccentric and fascinating Lola Montez is hack among us. Let the lo vers of excitement and novelty rejoice! In very pity for the low state of the item market, she condecended to enter the green room of the Varieties, Friday night, and while the play was going on, pitched into the worthy prompter, called him strange and somewhat Billingsgatish names, and with feet and fingers made a wild-cat attack, to which in fury, the at tack of the famous grizzly hear, General Jackson, on the Attakapas hull, Santa Anna, was not a circumstaqgf. The ex citement in the Theatie became immense —the play for a time was trad the noise of the green room heroine awa kened the echoes of all the adjacent streets. “And then and there was hur tying to and fro,” for Lola had to be turn ed out, and those who assisted in the per formance of the feat confidentially assert that the natural perfume of her breath was heightened and etherealizc?cl by spirit uous odors. The police then went in search of Lola, but slip escaped them. We learn that a warrant lias since been issued for arrest of her ladyship. Since writing the above, the fair Coun tess of Landsfeldt, with the agent S. H Henning, have been arrested and arraign ed before acting Recorder'Summers.— They gave bail for their appearance fur examination on the 14th inst. The affidavit in The case was made by George T. Rowe, prompter at ilie Varie ties. He deposed that on Friday night, in the Varieties Theatre, in the First District, City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, one Lola Montez and 8. H Hen ning, unprovokedly assaulted and batter ed deponent, against the peace and digni ty of the State, &e. The Countess declared that “Lola Montez” was not her uni that she felt disinclined to pread, save under her legal title of Countessof Lands feldt; but, as she considered herself the aggrieved party, she would not insist upon her right. She then was permitted to make a counter affidavit, in which she entirely reverses the charge, as made by Mr Rowe. Those who heard her pass thro’ the Alley-way and Common street into Carondelet, after she made her exit from the Theatre, declare that’ in ‘a certain style of elocution, she beats rjl armies that ever celebrated themselves /in Flan ders. Fenelon observed to a priest who was complaining to him of the dances of the peasantry: “My friend, neither you nor myself need to dance—we can be happy in our own way; but if dancing makes these pour people happy, who have so tew enjoyments, why should they not dnr.ee?” Cotton Cordage. While experiments looking to tire ex tensive substitution of flax or hemp for cotton in the production of fabrics are ex tensively in progress, an effort is now making iri our city to demonstrate the superiority of cotton as the staple of a fabric hitherto exclusively manufactured non hemp or flax—-namely, cordage. “Tiie American Cordage Company,” working a Yankee [intent, at Nos. 529 and 522 Water street, is now making some two tons per day of cotton cordage, mainly intended for tow lines, how lines, &c of canal boats, of various sizes, from one inch to six inches in circumference- It is no cheaper than hempen cordage, being solo for sixteen cents per pound, while hempen costs twelve, which is just about equal to the other—the cotton rope weighing one-fourth less per yard—- but its manufacturers assert that it is more pliable and every way more serviceable; that one cotton tow-line will outlast three or four of the Manilla staple. The man agers evince great confidence in the suc cess of their enterprise, and intend to double and treble their daily product so fast as they can procure the requisite machinery. They have orders a good way ahead, and the daily consumption of cordage in the inland navigation only of our country is stated by them at thirty five tons! In this establishment, bales of cotton from the southern vessels are hoisted to the upper story of the building and come out biles of cordage on the ground fiuor. The process of carding is entirely dispensed with—the cotton pas sing directly from the picker to the ma chine on which it is converted into roving, thence spun into yarn, and so twisted in to cordage. As raw cotton now costs 11 a 12 cents per pound, ami.something must he deducted for diri ami waste, this Com pany must make rope very rapidly if they are to seii it for sixteen cents per pound and make dividends. —New York Tribune. Anecdote of the President.— A cor respondent of the Boston Journal furnish es the following anecdote of President Pierce. It will give our readers some idea of the man without the politician, and, we think, a favorable one: A few days since the President appoint ed on individual to a responsible and lu crative office in a distant part of the country on the recommendation of two United States Senators, and the Senate confirmed the appointment. This grati fying event produced an exhilirating ef fect upon the successful applicant for office, who so far forgot himself as to in dulge in a ‘glorious jollification. ’ As he was lodging in a fashionable hole!, his disgraceful conduct became known and was freely commented on—indeed, it be came the ‘town talk.’ The Senators who had recommended him to the favor of the President, finding that he had dis graced himself, and was unworthy of confidence, waited upon the President, stat id the facts, and asked for his remo val from office. ‘Gentlemen,’ said the President, in reply, ‘this gentleman was nominated by me on your recommenda tion, and at your solicitation, to an office under the Government, and the nomina tion was confirmed by the Senate. You now say that his habits are intemperate, and that he is unworthy of the situation Out if I were to remove him now, the consequence would be inevitable ruin to him. The shame and disappointment i.. f'cc. J i ■ g hld dis m: ss a 1 ft o m oS c e under such circumstances would lead him to find soL.ee in the intoxicating bowl, and he would become a confirmed inebriate, whereas if this conversation is repeated to him, he may, and probably will, re form, and become a sober and exemplary citizen. I shall not remove him from office for this offence; but this, as it has been the first, so it will be the last time 1 can forgive him.’ Atmospheric Telegraph:— Mr. I. S. Richardson has invented a machine, the operation of which was witnessed by a company of scientific gentlemen and members of the press, on Saturday, at room No. 2-4, Merchants’ Exchange, for the transportation of letters, packages, Sic. The vehicle for transport, as ex - perimented upon, is a lead tube, one inch in diameter and twenty feet long. The letter or packages to be conveyed is fold ed and placed in a bag attached to a plun ger, and is propelled by pressure of air. Piio plunger is so arranged that the air cannot pass it. No friction is created.— WesAw packages pass aud repass the tube mentioned above, hi a second. We understand that an Atmospheric Tele graph Company has already been formed, and that a line is to be erected between this city and New York, having stations at Worcester, Springfield, &e. Mr. Richardson is very confident that by means of the tube letters can be conveyed to New York in fifteen minutes! or as speedily as business is now done by tele graph. He invites business men to call (between the hours of twelve and three o’clock, and examine the instrument and witness its operation.— Columbia Banner. Prim People. —There are a set of peo ple whom l cannot bear—the pinks of fashionable propriety, whose every word is preesie, amt whose every movement is unexceptionable; hut who, though well versed in all the categories of polite be havior, have not a particle of soul or cordiality about them. We allow that their manners may be abundantly correct. There may be elegance in every gesture, and gracefulness in every position, not a smile out of place, and not a step that would not bear the measurement of the severest scrutiny. TtoUs all very fine; but what l want is njHpieart and the gayety of social intercourse; the frank ness that speaks ease and animation; the eye that speaks affability to all, that eha ■ses timidity from every bosom, and tells every man in the company to be confident and happy. This is what 1 conceive to be the virtue of the text, and not the sickening formality of those who walk by rule, and would reduce th? whole of human life to a wire-bound system of misery and constraint.—Dr. Chalmers. Tiio Kana Expedition. Dr Kane is now in Washington re ceiving instructions for his Northern Ex pedition. tie has attached to his service, i from the many who have offered, Mr. J Henry Brooks, of the Rescue, and who | has already accompanied him in many iof his travels. The whole band will not exceed thirty persons, including some Esquimaux who are to join the party. — Sir Edward Parry, the Rosses, and other well known Arctic authorities, have, by order of tire British Admiralty, written suggestive letters, affording valuable practical information relating to sledge travel. ‘1 he letters were accompanied by presents of field compasses and india rubber clothing and sledges, valuable to the party. The vessels are provisioned for three years. The provisions consist, of meat, biscuit, condensed milk, and dedicated vegetables. The little brig ( I'he Advance) which is to convey the gallant party to their scene of operations has been magmficen.ly fitted out by Mr. Grinnell. The sledges, in addition to their scanty cargo of food, will carry an india-rubber boat, spread upon basket or wicker work—a valuable suggestion by Mr. Bennett, agent of trie Stanton L fe- Boats. Dogs will lie used freely to car ry out depots of food for the little party- installation of Collector Boston— Retire ment of Air. Roberta The Savannah news of the 14th inst, says: “We understand that Mr. John Boston, the newly appointed Collector of this port, entered on the discharge of his official duties yesterday morning, his worthy predecessor, Mr Hiram Roberts, having surrendered to him the keys, ant! with them, the responsible trust which he has so well and satisfactorily dischar ged. We apprehend that few changes in cident to the revolution of political parlies, has been a3 satisfactory to all the parties interested as the one we havejust record ed. Mr. Roberts retires gracefully, cheerfully and honorably from the post in which lie has given the fullest satisfac tion to his government, and preserved the highest confidence and esteem of the merchants of our city. With a delicate regard for the established usages and rights of parties, he ueither expected nor desi red to retain the office, and we feel assu red that he experiences a high degree of! satisfaction in giving place to a warm personal friend of opposite politics, whose appointment, had he been consulted, would have received his cordial approba tion . “ We understand that it was the inten tion of Mr. Roberts to have resigned immediately after the inauguration of President Pierce, but by the solicitation of his personal friends, of both parties, he was prevailed on to await the appoint ment of his successor, rather than em barrass the action of the incoming ad ministration.” The Journal of Commerce is showing us how the spirit-rapping humbug is made to operate upon the public, credulity In* different means; and how the curiosity, not to say excitement, which it awakens in some communities, presents a strong temptation to that description of persons who are said to “live by their wits.” The Journal says: “The latest method of effecting the ob ject that we have heard of, is through the instrumentality of‘medium tables,’ of peculiar construction, such as are prompt ly manufactured to order at a certain place in Pearl street. The table is like an ordinary one, with a top formed of a thick board, but concealed within a cavi ty; in the latter is a small apparatus, with a kind of hammer, for producing the ‘raps.’ The hammer is so constructed with a wire running down through the table-leg, that the latter ins only to he in contact with a nail head, or something of the kind, in the r ft.>or, to enable the op erator to produce tire raps, by means of galvanism. We understand that several of these machines have been made, and that it is probable that quite a number are i use.” Vegetables for the London Market.- The London correspondent of the Nation al Intelligencer, in his last letter says: “The extent of the gardens round London, required to supply the two mill ions and a quarter of eaters there, will be hardly credited. Within a radius of fif teen miles of London there arc two hun dred thousand acres of land in the hands of market gardeners, all laboring for the London market. Ten thousand loads of turnips, 100,000 sacks of peas, 20,000,000 heads of celery, 40,000,000 cabbages, and 1,000 tons of water cresses, are said to be sold annually in Covent Garden market alone, to say nothing of the pota toes, carrots, beets, onions, herbs of al! kinds, &c. which are sold in immense quantities. The manufactory of jewelry is carried on in New York city to a large extent. It is estimated that the annual manufacture amounts to $3,000,000. There are sev enteen houses engaged in it on a large scale, and twice as many small manufac turers. One v)f the former is understood to <}<y $ business amounting to $500,000 per annum; and the average number .of men employed by each is CO or 70. The wages given range from 10 to IS dollars per week. Some earn from S2O to $25; •and a few have been known to get S3O per week. Gold sovereigns -are chiefly used, though refined gold from the bul lion offices is worked up, to a considera ble extent. Some manufacturers con sume $2,500 worth every week. Porcelain’ Ware. —The painting and ornamenting of China Ware is a business rapidly increasing in this country. Im porters purchase the white ware in France and England, thus saving the du ty on the increased value, and furnishing employment to thousands of male and fe male operatives. There are two hun dred girls employed in New Haven burnishing the gold after it comes from the furnace, but the painting is all done by experienced male artists. The busi ness is also carried on to a great extent in I New York. - A Cat Story-By a Smoker. The Cotton Plant relates a capilal cat story, the incidents of which are said to J have occured between two of the most an gular, mercurial, and dignified Judges of the Circuit Court District wherein the respectable town of Van Buren, (Ark.) is situated. I came down with the Judge of the 4th, who was to argue a case at Van Buren court. He was a testy old fogy, nervous and impetuous. We all put up at the Frenchman’s Hall an 1 Traveller’s Home, as a small sign-board in front of a rather obscure house, announced. Af ter the fatigues of the day we all retired early—three in a room, myself and two Judges After a long legal conversation in the dark, each voice arising from its respective corner, a gradual stillness came over the house and room. I was sudden ly startled by hearing the discordant and disagreeable hovH of a cat just under my bed. I heard the Judge of the ‘4th* start. “Gracious— a cat,” exclaimed he. There was another cry from the other end of the room. “Another one,” said the other awaken ed Judge. Then there was a general “shew —shew—shewing,” and scamper ing over the floor. 1 detest cats 1 ieit the perspiration on my brow. Tneie was another ‘mew.’ In the dimness of the room. I could just perceive the ‘Judge of the 4thV full fig ure arise stealthily 7 from its bed. At the same instant I could clearly see the form of the other Judge pass between myself and the window—pillow in hand. (‘Judge of the 4th’ had aiso seized his bolster ) I saw at once that the two Judges were simultaneously acting upon the same idea, that was, imitating the cat, and get ting the animals within reach to deal a furious blow upon poor tabby. “Mew!” said ‘the Judge of the 4th.’ “Mew!” answered the other. Then there was a tremendous snewin” and howling of the real cats and the imi tators. It was pitch dark. I heard tho cats trip out of the door, and it turned out to be so, and the. Judges were left alone. “Mew! mew! ! mew! J !” By this time they are evidently ap proaching each other —each under the impression that he would wreak his ven geance on the disturbers of our rest. Be low I distinctly heard the tramp of feet. It was the host, who aroused by the noise above was hastening to the scene. In the mean while the two irascible old gentlemen, with night cap on head, and each brandishing a pillow, were approach ing nearer. “Mew! mew! !” I here was a blow—another an 1 an other, mingled with excited exclama tions. A* this crisis the host burst into tbs room with lights The real cause of all this mischief had fled, and in their stead upon hands and knees in tho middle of the room, were exposed the wrathful Judges. I will spare the reader further purlieu-’ lars. Ihe scene is easier im ijined th tu described. Rev. John M. Spear i:i a Tranoo. The spiritualists held a convention, on Wednesday and Thursday, at Springfield. I lie Republican gives a long account of the farcical and wicked doings. We copy a scene, in which John SL Spear, of New York and a lady were the actors. The coup!e, having gone to sleep, sub sequently rose from their benches, and like lunatic somnambulists, belched forth thus: Mr. Spear—(Hands to his face—face red as a cabbage.) 800 boo! Ah-o boo hoo! Oh-h-h boo hoo-00-oo!!! My fa ther is dead, my mother is dead, and my little boy is dead! 1 saw them ail hur ried in the grave! And I must ho bur tied in the grave! (Wringing his hands.) 800 hoo! Oil where is my mother?— Where is my father? and where is my ittle b >y? (More blubbering) Lady—(Arising and advancing)—Your father and mother are here, and little Johnny is hero. Don’t you see them?— Here they are, and here is little Johnny—• little curly headed fellow! Mr. Spear—(More boo booing j—My father is dead, my mother is dead, and little Johnny is dead. Oh! I want to see little Johnny! Oh! I wish I was dead too! Lady—(Kindly)—Here they are, they are not deiflL they are living. Mr. Spear—Little Johnny is dead. 1 saw him die. Lady—No, Johnny is not dead. Mr. Spear —It is a lie! Lady—Why, hers he is. Can’t you see him? He lives, and is here by your side. Mr. Spear—*lt is a lie! It’s aa infernal lie!! Oh! where is Johnny? Mr. Finny of Ohio—(advancing and partly addressing the audience) —Here is materialism in its grossest form- (Addres sing the lady)—He comprehends you not. His eyes are closed. With the material vision he secs not spiritual realities. He must be educated. He must be taught the very A B C’s of spiritual being. Mr. Spear— 1 want to see Johnny. Lady—(lmpatiently sputtering)—Pa tience! Oh! can’t you see him? Hard work and cold water would be apt to cure tbe diseased minds of these .individuals. The glass for tho New York Crystal Palace lias been made.in New Jersey, by Messrs, Cooper & Belcher, of Capetown, near Newark, who have contracted to supply the managers with 40,000 feet onc eighth of an inch thick, enamelled by a new process, invented by Mr. Cooper, one of the partners. In the Crystal Pa-’ lace of London, if was found necessary to cover the glass with a cotton cloth to prevent the ingress of the sun’s rays, hut t*lr, Cooper’s invention saves the neces sity of this. It has an effect similar to’ that produced by ground glass, being translucent, but not transparent; so that the sun’s rays are diffused, and yield an agreeable light to those within the apart ment enclosed, without being visible to those on the outside. No. 17.