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VOL. XV. THE GEORGIA .IPFERSOM. IS PCfBLISHF.D EVRRT THURSDAY MORNING BY WILLIAM CLINE, At Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per an num.crTwo Dollars paid m advance. A JVKHTISEMkfNTS''Me iuser!ed t ONE DOLT.AIi per square 1 , (or the first insertion, tfn<) FIFTY CEBITS per square, for each insertion t Hereafter. A reasonable ileduenou will t>e made to those who advertise by the year. All advertisements dot otherwise ordered, will be continued till forbid. fQh jALES OF LANDS by Administrators, Kxeo.itors or Guardians are required bylaw to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours o! ten in the (orenoon nnd three in the afternoon, at the Court-House, in llie county in which the land is situate?). Notice of these sale, must be given in a public gazette FORTY DA FS previous to the day of sale. SiLES OF NEGROES must bo made at pub lie auction on the first Tuesday of the month, be iwccn the usual hours of sale, at l lie place ol pub lie sales in the county where the letters Tesla lienlary, of Administration or Guardianship mn have been granted; first giving FORTY DAY notice tLeivofin one oftlic public gaieties ol th B’a*.. and a! the court house whe c such ealearsi to be Reid. Not.ce fortlie sale of Personal Property must b*= given in like manner FORTY DAYS previous •vine day of salt;. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate ilnst be published FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will he made to the Court Ordinary for leave to selt land must be pub is hed for TWO MO JOT FIS, Notice for leave to sell negroes must ho iuhHshed TWO MONTHS before any order ab tohile shall be made llicreon by the Court. CITATIONS for Letters of Administration must be published thirty days; for Dismission from Administration, monthly six months; so Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. (lulcs fonhe Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months, lor pub listing tost papers, for the full space ot three months; for compelling titles itoin Executors, administrators, wheic a bond has been given by the deceased, for the space of three months. For the Georgia Jeffersonian, Mn. Editor: P’s migh'y sqld im that the Di vine Sperit cums upon me ; but seen’ ;in yore .ast isbue a warnin’ “-‘to the Intemperate,” I rizolve f to invoak theGoddis ot Rime, and ansur nit. Picas ixkuse spellin’ and punkehuash in, asl haint time to tend tosieh smut matters. To the Bard of Jeriko, BY Y. DEMI JOHN. Why suffer that‘‘lone hand” of yourn, To pluck a felher fiurn the Muse’s wing, Alroddy so drcdiiilly torn, By varius poets in Gritting ? I’ve hoered of menny a no count dog, Losin oil his bar with the “mange,” But for a feller to have it what drinks liiagreg, lssumthin’ very turns and strange Is it so verry “sootliing to see,” One es that “glorious little ban,” On a dev.l of a thunderin’ big spree, With a black bottle in his ban ? •■young man, in yore early‘years remove” From the public “the heavy burdening load” Os yore rimes, or else “the approving love” In sum other way will he showd. You make me think, ns you. do sing, Os a scrhdi oul Bellin’ on a hearse, And I smell a •‘devil’sburning wing,” In evorv raggid stumblin’ verse. You’d better burn that old quill pen, -Fur ait the coinin times, And cease to Pore yore filler men, VVithsich fool slipshod rimes. Harper's magazine for Septem ber Our readers need not be alarmed, we are not going to puff this work, nor Put- : natn’s, nor the Knickerboker. They have all occasionally excellent articles in them, but none of them are worthy of Southern patronage, owing to their anti-Southern proclivities. One of the most entertain ing series in Harper’s, is Abbott’s biogra. phy of the elder Napoleon, and from the • number mentioned is extracted his return from Elba and rencounter with Gen. Mar chand at Grenoble. They are described in the following vivid language: . They were now approaching*Grcnob!c. The commandant of the garrison there, . Gen. Ware hand, marched with a force of six thousand men to oppose the emperor. He posted his troops in a defile flanked by the mountains and lake. It was in the rooming of the Tth cf March. The crisis which was to decide all had arrived. Napoleon was equal to the emergency.— Requesting his column to halt, he rode, at a gentle pace, and almost alone, to ward the hostile arm}’. ‘1 he peasants, who had assembled in vast numbers to wit ness this marvelous scene, greeted him with shouts of “vive /’ Eu.pereur .” Napoleon, without any hesitancy, rode calmly along, upon a gentle trot, until he arrived within a hundred paces of the glit tering bayonets which formed an impassa ble wall before him. He then dismount ed; handed the reins to one of the Poles who accompanied him, crossed his arms upon his breast, and advanced, unprotect ed and alone, until he arrived within ten paces of the troops. There he stood, the mark for every gnn. He was dressed in that ample costume which every French man recognized, with the cocked hat, the grey overcoat, and the high military boots. The commanding officer ordered the sol diers to lire. ‘1 Ircy seemed to obey. Ev ery musket was brought to the shoulder, and aimed at his breast. Had there been ouc single man among the battalions will ing to shoot the emperor, he would have received from the Bourbous boundless re ward# 1 . The report of a single musket would tlieu have settled tiie destinies of France. Napoleon, without the change of a muscle of bis features, or the tremor of a serve, continued to advauce upon tho mus kets leveled at liis heart. Then stopping, and uncovering his breast, he said, in those resounding tones, which, having been once heard, never could be forgot ten: “Soldiers! if there is one among you who would kill his Emperor, let him do it. Here I am.” For a moment there was silence as of the. grave. Then the point of one musket fell, and another, and another. Tears be gan to gush into the eyes of those hardy veterans. One voice, tremulous with e-- motion, shouted, “Vive VE//ipereur! n It was the signal for a universal burst, re echoed by soldiers and by peasantry in a continuous cataract of sound. The troops from Grenoble, the grenadiers of the guard, and the peasants, all rushed in a tumult of joy upon tho Emperor, who o pened his arms to receive them. In the confusion, the Bourbon commander put THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN. spurs to his horse and disappeared. When the transport was somewhat moderated, the Emperor, taking gently by the whis kers a veteran, whose appearance attract ed his attention, said to him playfully: “How could you have the heart to aim your musket at the little Corporal!” The old man’s eyes immediately filled ’ with tears. Ringing his ramrod in the barrel of his muskot to show it was un loaded, he said, “Judge whether I could have done thee much harm. All the rest are .the same.” Napoleon then gathered the whole as sembly of soldiers and peasants in a cir cle around him, and thus addressed them: “I have come with but a handful! of brave men, because I rely upon the people and upon you. The throne of the Bour bons is illegitimate. It has not been rais ed by the voice of the nation. It is con trary to the national will, because it is in direct opposition to the interests of the country, and only exists for the benefit of a small number of noble families. Ask of your fathers, interrogate these brave pea sants, and you will leant from their lips the actual state of things. They are threatened with the renewal of the old tithe system, of privileges, of feudal rights, and oi‘ all those abuses from which your victories had delivered them.” Napoleon now resumed his march, ac companied by a vast crowd of inhabitants, increasing every moment, and thronging the roads. The battalions from Grenoble acted as the advauce guard to the grena- ■ diers from Elba. As he approached the city he was met by a messenger, who said: “Sire! yon will have no occasion for arms. Your riding-whip will be sufficient to scatter all resistance. The hearts of the soldiers are everywhere your own.” As Napoleon approached the city, one of the most important fortified places in France, the enthusiasm of the populace ex ceeded all bounds. The tricolored cock ade was upon all hats. The tricolored banner waved from the windows, and floated from the battlements and upon the spires of the city. Shouts of “ Vive VEm pereur” filled the streets. The soldiers shared the enthusiasm, fraternized with the people, and promised them that they would not fire upon their brothers in arms. It was impossible for the Bourbon officers and magistrates to stem this torrent. In despair they fled, having locked the gates and concealed the keys. At midnight, from the ramparts of Gre noble, were seen the torches of the multi tude, suriouuding the Emperor, and ad vancing toward the city. Shouts of “ Vive I'Emperaor ” rose from the approaching throng, and were echoed back from the walls of the fortress. Tho inhabitants, in their ardor, wrenched the gates from their hinges, and Napoleon entered the streets in the midst of illuminations and exulta tions sueh as earth has rarely witnessed. A countless crowd, almost delirious with joy, bore him to his quarters in an inn.— Throughout the night continuous acclama tions resounded beneath his windows. The people and the soldiers, almost delirious with joy, fraternized together till morning, in banquets and embraces. “All is now settled, said Napoleon, and we are at Pa ris.” Shortly after Napoleon’s arrival at the inn, an increased tumult called him upon the balcony. The inhabitants of Grenoble had come to offer him the gates of the city, since they could not present him with the keys. Pure Patriotism ami Christianity Here is a gentleman after our own heart lie has said in a few sentences what we have boon trying to say for the last six weeks. Every man who makes pretension to common sense ought to read his re marks carefully, and those touched with the folly of Know Nothingism at least twice over. Head them, and determine with yourself if they are not just such feel ings and opinions as every patriot and Christian in the United States should pos sess: From the Richmond E-iqnirer. The Religious Pre.ii aad the Know Noth • ings. We notice that several of the leading religious Protestant journals arc “defining their positions” in relation to the new po litical element, styled “Know Nothing ism.” We have already stated that the “Churchman,” published in New York, had declared its open opposition to all such combinations, and now wc find a communication in the New York “Chris tian Inquirer,” styled “a letter to the Know Nothings,” taking similar ground, from which we make the following ex tracts: “The idea of ignoring a man’s individu ality'’ and of giving him a badge in society according to the accident of his birth, was one of the main results, as it is one of the chief props, of arrogance in man and of despotism in governments. “A man is born a Christian, and he has all the characteristics of the Jew. A man is born a Jew, and he has all the im pulses of the Christian. A man is born a Roman Catholic, who detests the Pope and Jesuitism. A man is born a Protes tant, and his sensuous nature leads him to the most sensuous religion. A man is born in Europe with all the instincts of a < republican. A man is born in America with proclivities to exclusiveness and aris tocracies. “Don’t you see your short-sightedness? You cannot judge men by what they pro- Jess to be, or by what, from the inference of their birth, you suppose them to be.— You must judge them by what they arc. If you wage war against all who are cor rupt, whether born here or abroad, wheth ,er Catholic or Protestant, you will suc ceed, because there is justice and common senso in your war. From the moment you descend from that comprehensive plat form and singje out one or tho other acci dents of birth, as your special enemy, you will not only fail in your endeavor to re form, but you will destroy the republic which you wish to save, by destroying the principles of religious liberty and political equality upon which it is fuunded. “You argue, further, they cannot bear allegiance to two powers—the Pope of Rome and the Constitution of the United GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 81. 1854. States. The animal principle of Gavazzi has materialized your understanding. Your senses are fascinated by the gesticulations of the Italian, and your reason does not pay homage to the genius of the Ameri can. Your reason does not pay homage to the innumerable agencies of enlighten ment which the pulpit, the school-house, the press, the forum, the whole atmos phere of American life, provide for defeat ing the most tortuous machinations of the Jesuit, as well as the most God-defying ravages of the Infidel. Like all that is divine, those influences are silent, and you do not see how they work. But, like all that is ungodly, resentment and intol erance are boisterous and noisy, and thus have for champions all those whose mind’s eyes are shut, who are blind, and who do not hear unless they hear a noise. “The talk about the oath of allegiance to the Pope is sheer nonsense. If the old man himself had the slightest notion of the validity <of that oath, the first thing he would have done when he fled in 1549 would have been to call to his assistance all his subjects, or if they had cared a straw about him, they would have rushed en masse to Rome to his rescue. You li bel your American intellectuality by re peating the trash of Italian quack-elo quence. “Os course, popular passion is blind al ways. Mobs follow those who are most successful. Crowds of needy politicians who now declaim against yon will soon crouch at your feet. But there is a God in Heaven; and as sure as He, in His goodness, never deviates from His divine principles, and sends every day his sun to illuminate this wicked world, lest darkness might make wickedness more wicked, just as sure will those who have. Christ in their heart and Washington in their mind never deviate from their divine ly inspired principles; and long hence, when you and your efferts are forgotten, history will speak with emotion of the na tional men who, by waging war against all corrupting influences, and by shunning invidious distinctions created by accidents af birth, brought the country back to the practical Christianity of our Saviour, and to the dignified and iaodest virtues of the republican Washington.” New Democratic Soft Con vention. The “Softs” had a general Convention of Delegates atSyracu.se on the Tth inst. to nominate a Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The present incumbent, Gov. Seymour, was nominated for re-election. The following resolutions were offered by Mr. Wright, as the majority report of the Committee oil Resolutions, and unan imously adopted : Resolved, That the Democrats of New York repeat here the expression of their unchanged devotion to the principles of the National Democracy, as laid down at the Baltimore Convention of 1852, and as approved by the united Democracy of the State in its Conventions since; that we recognize in that platform the only sure foundation of a national party, and the only bulwark against the inciting and dan gerous agitation of sectionalism on the one side, and the insidious encroachments of the federal powers upon the rights of the States on the other, and as the best guarantee that a political organization can give of its fidelity to the Union and the ‘Constitution. Resolved, That we consider the intro duction of the- clause in the Nebraska and Kansas bill repealing the Missouri compro mise, as inexpedient and unnecessary, but vwo are opposed to any agitation having in view the restoration of that line, or tend ing to promote any sectional controversy in relation thereto—and we congratulate the country that the results to grow out of that measure are likely to prove beneficial to the people of the Territories, and that while we maintain our position, that opin-. ions in regard to the power of Congress in this matter are not tests in regard to Democracy, wc regard the act of renun ciation by Congress of the power it has heretofore exercised over the subjects as the practical surrender of a formidable function on the part of the Federal Gov ernment, and a6 the accession of a right on the part of the incipient sovereignties that are to constitute the States of the Union, the exercise of which can, in all probability, result only auspiciously to the people of the territoties and the peace of the Union. Resolved , That we recall, with pride, the vote which the united. Democracy ol the States put forth in the great coutest of 1852, in behalf of Franklin Pierce and VV. R. King; that the administration then inaugurated have ‘displayed great ability and integrity and patriotic solici tude for the welfare of the people, and the vetoes upon the unguarded legislation of Congress, the course of internal admiuis tratian and management of public finan ces, and the attitude assumed in support of the American name abroad, as well as the important treaties with foreign Gov ernments, present a series of measures, the influence of which will be stamped upon the h'story of the country. Resolved, That cherishing the Union as well as the freedom and independence of the several States constituting that Union as the fundamental condition of all na tional existence under the Constitution, and as the mcaus of protection against foreign aggression and domestic strife, we do not hesitate to repeat, that “it must and shall be preserved.” Resolved, That the Democratic party, true to the principles with which they have ever been identified, declare that they re gard the doctrine of civil and religious liberty as vital to a republican system, and that they hold all citizens to be equal before the law, without reference to creed, or the circumstances of birth. Resolved, That we are in favor of free trade npon liberal principles of reciproci ty, with a tariff reduced to the point of collecting revenue sufficient only for the necessary wants of a fair and economical administration of the Government, with out wasting it in bounties for commercial projeets and monopolies, or schemes for river and harbor improvement of doubtful constitutionality, and mo% doubtful expe- dicncy. to the eud that our people may be relieved from the burdensome taxation, and suffered to enjoy the rewards of hons est and honorable labor. Resolved , That while our whig oppo nents have always proved themselves to be bad and unsuccessful administrators of onr financial affairs, adopting a prodigal and often corrupt system of public expen ditures leading to dishonor aad discredit, it behooves us to look well to the preser vation of our agencies in that department, and to repudiate and discharge all unfaith ful stewards in our household, If any such obtain admittance therein. Resolved, That we favor the free dispo sition of the public lands, in limited por tions, as homesteads, amoug citizens, and other persons who shall have declared their intention to become citizens, but sub ject to the condition to inalienableness and occupation; that the opinions which pre vailed in the enactment of the homestead bills of New Mexico arid and Oregon, are entertained by us in common with the de mocratic masses of the Union, and that we request our State Legislature to instruct our Senators in Congres to advocate the passage of such a measure, and wc re spectfully invite the democracy of other States to procure similar action by the State Legislatures. Resolved, That the administration of Governor Seymour has been conducted in strict conformity with the principles of the party which elevated him to the position which he has so honorably filled; and that his great talents, and large knowledge of public affairs, his integrity, and the firm ness which lie has developed, at an impor tant crisis, -command our admiration, and entitles him to our gratitude. iflassaeliasatts Anti-Nebraska State Couvcution. The Know Nothings at the South deny that they are acting with the Abolition ists. They must admit that their society is of Northern origin, and the people of Massachusetts know better than they do what the objects of the originators of the society really are. In no state have they spread more rapidly or more universally than in the State of Massachusetts, and to that State we are willing to refer to de fine their position. For this reason wc copy the following account of a meeting held at Worcester, Massachusetts, on the Ith inst- and to the declaration of Hon. Araasa Walker we commit the posi tion of the Know Nothings. Worcester, Sep. 1.-—The Massachu setts Republican State Convention met in this place to day, and was very fully at tended from all sections of the State. J. J Andrew, of Hingharn, was tempo rary chairman, and Robert Rantoul, of Beverly, elected to be permanent presi dent. Upon thapeotrauee of Charles Sumner into the hall, the convention rose and re ceived him with great enthusiasm. Hon. Amasa Walker then addressed the convention, saying, among other things, that in the coming contest on the one side would be slavery, Romanism and rum, and on the other, freedom, protestautism and temperance. Tills was received with great applause. At this point a large delegation from the cast came in, and the house became densely crowded. Mr. Rantoul being absent, Mr. Morse, of Lowell, one of the vice presidents, took the chair. A committee on resolutions having been appointed, Mr. Sumner, of Boston, came forward and addressed the convention. — He said that he had come from the taint ed breath of slavery to breathe the flue air of freedom here in Massachusetts.— He came not to receive their applause, but to join with them in new vows to do their duty in the coining contest. He then proceeded to speak of their duties, and how they were to bo performed. The two great outrages of the past, he said, had been the Nebraska Bill, and the surren der of Anthony Burns to Virginia slave hunters. lie said that if the Nebraska bill had not been taken out of its place in the cal ender it would not have been passed. He then proceeded to comment with great severity upon the Burns rendition, in which he said the Mayor of Boston was but a tool, and the Governor a cypher—that the glory and pride of Massachusetts fell down while the slave power flourished o ver them. He alluded to the South, in speaking of Cuba, Ilayti, etc. as our south ern isles to be forcibly purchased or ta ken. Rcmarkable Coincidence. Thpre are hut a few men in Griffin whom we would venture certainly to pro nounce Know .Nothings, not perhaps more than half a dozen; yet of that small number, the following portrait, drawn for members in Ohio, fils three of them as exactly as if they had set for the pic ture and a first rate artist had done the painting. It is as like as life. Look at it: From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The zeal of the Know Nothings in behalf of Protestantism a most transparent humbug. Ifthere is anything more disgusting than another in the aims and tendencies of the Bundiue conspirators, it is the zeal which they alfect in behalf of the Protestant re ligion. Os that they assume to be par excellence champions. Trt*e and undefi led Christianity they profess to be very desirous to promote, by making war up on those whom they conceive to be op posed to it. Hypocritical and false as are the pretensions of their organization, being favorable to ihe cardinal and cher ished institutions of American liberty, which it is doing all it can to destroy, it is surpassed in effrontery by the regard which it professes for Protestant Chris tianity. Look, reader, at the loaders of the con spirators, and see the shamelessness of their assertion. When, we ask, have the men whose names we have published ex hibited any evidences of evangetical pie ty? Do they bolong to any Christian church; or are they among the constant visitors to the Protestant sanctuary? We venture to say that many of the promi nent individuals who figure in the coun cils as leading conspirators, do uot see the inside of a Protestant church from one year’s end to another. Practically, their lives convict them of having no religion at aM; and yet they are the ones who are so loud in their denunciation of the faith of others. It is not enlightened and pi ous Protestants who stand forth at the head ot ibis onslaught upon another re ligious creed, bbt men whom we have reason to believe care not a jot or tittle for the difference between two sects, and who aie not Christians of any denomina tion. Were the know’ nothing leaders really devoted Protestants, although they would still be justly chargeable with bigotry and fanaticism, they would be entitled to a respect for their sincerity, where they now only get contempt for their hypocri sy. Protestantism is opposed to theoret ical and practical infidelity in even a greater degree thsn it is to Catholicism, and it does not look very well to see the first closs of its opposers assuming to be its advocates in its battles against the latter. The adherents of the cieed of Luther and Calvin may well exclaim, deliver us from such champions, whose lives bring reproach upon usl Hereto fore, in the history of the world, religious persecutions have been instituted and encouraged by men attached to particular sects; but this one presents the singular anomaly of having its advocates princi pally among those who care for no reli gion—w'ho are unbelievers in all creeds. There can be but little, if any, doubt, that it there was the same preponderance ot Catholics in the United States that there te Proiestants, the leading know nothing conspirators would be as ready to light the fires of persecution against the latter as the\’ now are in respect to the former. Their only desire is to use the feelings and predilections of Protestants against Calhol cs as a means by w hich thep can obtain the spoils of office. It remains to be seen it American Protestants w;ll thus allow their creed to be made the instrument to subserve the purposes of demagogues and hypocrites who have no regard whatever for it. If they do, we have given them more credit for shrewd ness and intelligence than they possess. The same conspirators only two years ago made an attempt to trade upon Cath olic prejudices in behalf of General Scott, but were most signally defeated, as we believe they will oenovv, when they take the opposite tack. We invite attention to the following communication from a highly intelligent and influential citizen of this city. It speaks for itself, and is suggestive ol im portant considerations. We trust the ball will be rolled on to the consummation of this proposed enterprise.— Am. Union. Railroad to Covington; Messrs. Editors: —I discover in your paper of the 2d inst. you publish a letter in which the subject is mentioned of building a Railroad from Covington to this point, and I am pleased to see that your very able journal endorses the enter prise as practicable and desirable. Since the subject has been agitated I have con versed with many of our best citizens, and I am sure no enterprise in Georgia would more thoroughly and unanimously enlist their co-operation, than the Rail road to Covington. They are anxious for it and will contribute to the utmost of their aoility to its success. Nor would this road he without great benefits to ail concerned. The benefits to Griffin would be of incalculable advan tage. It would open to our merchants two direct routes to market, and they ‘would no longer be at the mercy of a “heartless corporation that . m kes them hewers of wood and drawers of water,” a corporation owned by men who have no other feeling in common with the people of Georgia than to make all out of them they’ can. As it is, our people have no other alternative, they must sub mit, however exorbitant ihp exactions. It would bo belter for the farmer, be cause it would open to him two markets for his cotton instead of one. It is, I be lieve, conceded, that Savannah is a poor cotton marke'. How much better, then, to have an opportunity to sell it in Au gusta or Charleston, as well as Savan nah. If the road was built to Covington. Ido not doubt but that cotton would be sold in Griffin for a half cent per pound more than without it. Will not our peo ple go into this enterprise then, with hearts and hands and purses? If there is not a connection between this point and Covington on the Georgia road, there will be one at some other point that will very materially injure our place. Now is the time to do something or it will be too late. “Awake, arise, or be forever fallen.” The road it. contemplation would great ly benefit the flourishing town of Coving ton, and the whole country through which it would pass, for miles on each side. That railroads are of great advantage to every country through which they pass and every town or village at which they touch is no longer a problematical question. Nor would any interest be more pro moted than that of the Georgia Railroad. The cotton annually received at this point amounts, of an ordinary year, to about thirty thousand bags. This road would increase it to forty or fifty. The amount of dry goods, groceiies and hardware brought here is very great, and a majority of this would pass over the Georgia Rail road Nor need the road to stop here. The route from this point to Co'umbus, Ga. is highly practicable, and would pay as well or better than any road in Georgia. A Railroad can be built from here to Covington af a cost of not more than five hundred and fifty thousand dolhis. 1 understand the Georgia Railroad will take a large portion of the stock, proba bly one half. Surely the remainder can be easily taken by persons in Griffin, Cov ington and along the line interested in it. 1 know this is an unfavorable time for building railroads, but certainly a road that will bring such benefits and cost co little, as the or?e from here to Covington, can be built, and that speedily. I beg that our citizens should speak out upon this subject. What say you to a meeting of the citizens of Covington, Griffin, and those along tho line? I would suggest to the citizens of Covington to fix a time when they will meet us here to talk over this important matter. JUSTITIA. The Artie Fleet, We do not recollect that any tiling has been heard of Dr Kane, who sailed in the Advance last year from New York, since he struck the coast of Greenland, now more than a year ago. It was his intention to retain home this fall, and we suppose he may be looked for before very long.— The following appear to be the latest accouuts from Sir Edward Belcher’s ex pedition and other British cruizers in the Artie seas: Tiie Arctic Search.— The Dilligencc storeship arrived at Woolwich on Sunday afternoon, from Disco, where she parted with the Phoenix screw steam sloop, Cap tain Edward A. Inglefield, and the Tal bot, tender to the Phoenix, on July ?, the Dilligencc on her return to England, and the Phoenix and Talbot proceeding up the Winncgat between the Disco and the Main, and on their way to Beechey Island, with stores for the relief of Sir Edward Belcher’s expedition. The last winter in the North had been the most severe expe rienced for many years past by the inhab itants of the Danish settlements, and the reports received at them from every quar ter alluded to the uncommon severity of the weather, even for these high latitudes. Captain Inglefield’s expedition experienced very boisterous weather duriug the pas sage of the vessels from England to Disco, and unfortunately the Talbot sprung aleak, which damaged about five thousand pounds weight of biscuit; and, to make up in some degree for the damaged biscuit, the Dilligence transferred all she could spare for the Phoenix. The crews of all the vessels were all quite well when they parted, and the use-cf the razor had been abolished on every parrt of the faces of the officers and men, and the natural hair al lowed to grow in the fullest luxuriance.— No intelligence had been heard of any of the ships at present in tho Arctic regions, but some news of them may be . expected about the end of September next. The Dilligence had very disagreeable weather daring her passage home She is expect ed to be paid off at in the course of the present week. The Intercepted Letter. The following glimpses at a young la dy’s heart, taken from a letter to a bosom friend, will amuse, if they do not instruct, the reader: 1. You still tell me, dear Amy, you’re anxious to know all about that affair with my recreant beau. ’Tis quite an embarrassing matter-, his true; but you know-, dearest love, I’ve no secrets from you; and so, without any undue affecta tion, I’ll tell you a tale you may tell to the nation. 2. I had met him quite often at party and ball, had danced with him, talked with him, walked with him, all —had heard all those stories, where largely he 1 draws on the w’orks of his countryman, Baron Munchausen, had looked at his pictures, had laughed at his “brogue,” and thought him a charming unprincipled rogue. 3. Conceive my surprise, when, one fine Summer morning, without e’er a word or a whisper of w-arning, the ele gant Herman (for that is his name, from some old Dutch Duchy he says that he came,) in terms which I cannot this mo ment repeat, his heart and his pallette laid down at my feet. 4. 01 Amy, I trembled and colored up so! I dared not say “yes,” and 1 couldn’t say “no.” My breath came so fast that 1 hardly could speak, all the blood rushed at once from my heart to nr.y cheek; while Herman sat by me quite tranquil and cool, and thought me, io doubt, a complete little fool. 5. At last I got out, “it was such a surprise—l knew not what to say;” and he looked in my eyes with a kind of a look that I couldn’t resist, and then with such ardor my fingers he kissed! In short, my dear Amy, I hardly know how, I ended with saying, 1 would be his vrow! 6. After that, matters went along smoothly and trim; he made love to me, and I listened to him. We often took rides in the sunshiny weather: and, on rainy nights, sat on the sofa together. — He sometimes would talk to me of his mother, also of the colonel, his wonderful brother. 7. I loved him, dear Amy, I’ll own to the truth; my soul was bound up in the picturesque youth I It was not his beau ty that won me alone, but a something he had in each look aud each tone, a mixture of poetry, romance, aud art, taken altogether, quite “did” for my heart. 8. I was proud of him, too, only, once in s while, when he told his adventures, and people would smile, and tread on each other’s toes under the table, even my warm affection was not always able to keep me from telling him that [ did w ish* his tales would not smell quite so strong ly of “fish. ,> 9. But then I*d excuse him one way and another. I’d say: “All the world lies, for something or other; politicians for places, and lawyers for pelf, and mer chants to get goods oft’ from the shelf; they’re in for it all, though they “fie!” and “pooh-pooh!” it—and since he enjoys it, he may as well do it.” 10. Herman was all devotion, all pas sion and sighs; he seemed but to live in the light of my eyes. What words of endearment would fall from his lips! how countless the kisses on my firtger ti-psd— “Love thinks but of love!” was his ar dent pretence. Alas! I found his reck oned—dollars and cents! 11. One day he came in from his la bors at school—l thought he appeared unaccountably cool. Not one “dearest cngel,” or any such word, from the tongue of my altered adorer was heard. That evening he called upon Annabel Chase; the next day I learned the whole state of tie case. 12. He supposed, it appears, dear papa had the “rocks,” vras rolling in dollars, and swelling with “stocks,” would “cut up,” in good style, and in consequence that his child would come in for a bit of “the fat.” When he learned bis mistake, it was odd to discover how the rock went at once to tbs heart of my lover! 13. He came up to see me, and sa-*- me alone, and unfolded affairs With a grace all his own. He would have“pre ferred” me, he said, for a wife,to anyone that he had met in his life; but as for himseil, why he hadn’t a live,and I must agree that it was ilfaui vivre. 14. Such being the case, hs would bid me adieu, and hoped the affair would not render me “blue.” I thanked him, and told him I always was taught, that the sea held as good fish as ever were caught, “and perhaps I may yet do as well, my dear Herman, as to be linked for my life to a penniless German.” 15. So we parted. I hurried away from the scene, if not very “blue,” I did feel lather “green.” I left in the stage coach the very next day, and shed a few tears the first part of the way; but five miles passed over, the roads grew so bad, I looked out for the jolts and forgot to be sad. 16. When I got in the cars, and was safe in my seat, what person, of all in the world, should I meet? Why, whom but Fred. Forresti! He has, as you know, been travelling in Europe these three years or so, and has grown—oh, so hand some! why, Herman himself, when Fred was at hand, would le laid on the shelfl 17 No.w I bad intended, when no one was by, to let down my veil, and indulge in a cry; but talking a while with that love of a Fred., put such sentimental stuff out of my bead. He abade his adieu at the Utica station, hut oh, we commen ced a delicious flirtation! 18. lie came out to see me, we rode and we walked, and various topics over and over were talked. The end, dearest Amy, you’ll easily guess, he asked me a question and 1 answered, “Yes.” Pack up, just as soon as you can, and come over to “stand up” witu me on the twen tieth of October 19. A more thorough contrast there never was seen than Herman and Fred erick, in person and mien. Fied’s eyes are so smiling, so blue and senene, his mouth is so delicate, rosy and clean.— Herman’s eye had at times quite a sinis ter flash—and I often saw crumbs on his nasty moustache! 20. Then Herman you know, was unpleasantly small, while Fred, is so elegant, slender, and tall. He wears such a diamond, aud sings so divinely, and plays the guitar and the violin finely! He has a sweet place on the shores of bay, and a foor story mansion just out of Broad wayl 21. I feel quite content, fnd my dear foreign beau is welcome to- marry for money or show. Poor fellow! I pi him, grubbing away at those rusty o ; landscapes of his, day by day. Here’ my parting advice to that pupil of ar|. — “Beg, borrow, or steal, sir, a conscience and heart.” 22. “Wall these small additions to your stock in trade, rest assured, my de r H -- man, your fortune is made.” Good hv>\ beloved Amy, keep secret till then. Coin*', along—well, we’ll say by the tenth—i you can; your image will fill my heart’s innermost cranny, while life warms the breast of your own attached Annie. Judicial Decision on a bad Dinner.— The late Judge Dooly was remarkable f.r his wit. “At a place where be attended court, he was not well pleased with his enter tainment at the tavern. On the first day of the court a hog, under the name of pig, had been coojjgd whole and laid upon the table. No person attacked it. it was brought the next day, and the next, and treated with the same respect; and it was on the table on the day oil #hicli the court adjourned. As the boarders finish ed their dinner, Judg3 Dooly rose from the table, and in a solemn manner address ed'the clerk : “Mr. Clerk,” said he, “dis miss-the hog upon his own recognizance until the first day of next court. He has attended so faithfully during the presen t term, that I don’t thiuk it will be necessa - ry to take any seenrity.” ‘ Clocks, for China and Japan.—Wo saw on Saturday the latest piece of Yan kee clock ingenuity, a clock for the Jajfciu and Chinese markets, that measures time as the hours are counted in China and Japan, the hands making a diurnal revo-. lotion within twelve Chinese hours. The characters upon the dial plate are Chinese. The inside circle has four characters, show ing sun rise, meridian, sun set and mid night. The next circle exhibits the odd and even hours: the even hours are desig nated by the bold figure, and the odd hours by smaller ones. The dial there had the common miuute marks, and at the extreme outside was the Chinese numerals, running from one to twelve. —New York Tribune. Turn your Fence Posts. —lt is men tioned as a curious fact, that a farmer in Connecticut who recently took up a fence after it had been standing fourteen years, found all those posts solid which had been inverted from the way iu which they orig inally grow, while those which had been set as they originally grew were rotted off at the bottom. Heads down, therefore, seems a spcciGe against decay. —Oswego Times. > Horrible Intem.pera.vcß'. —The N. Y. Courier states that it appeared in evidence at an inquest upon the body of a female iu that city, on Thursday, that she had been constantly drunk for the last ten mon&s ! and that on the day before her death, she drank sixteen quarts of beer, besides con siderable brandy and rum l Wayland’s Moral Science.— At a late meeting of the trustees of LaPiace Col legiate Institute, Ala., it was unanimous ly resolved that Wayland’s Moral Science “contains abolition doctrines of the deep est dye/’ and the trustees accordingly “denounce said book, and forbid its far ther use in the Institute.” _\o. 38
