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VOL. XV. THE GEORGIA JOTERSOMIN. IS PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING BY WILLIAM CXiINE, At T-93 Dillard and Fifty Cento per an asm. or Two Dollars paid m advance. *.>VISItTISKMI£NTS are inserted at ONE [>OL T..IR per square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CE.\ TS per square, for each insertion t lie realter. \ reasonable deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. All j’dveitisemcnts not otherwise ordered, will t'oeonSiniieil lilt f.rtiirf. ‘r 1 v!/.fiS OF LJINDS bv Administrators. Kxr .tors or Oaardiane are required tij law to be !n-J*i on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-House, in the county in whiett the land is situated. Notice of those sale, wist i>c “ivi'ii in a puidic gazette FORTY DjSYS tW'Kin? ‘othe dav of sale. •S JIF.S OF NFC ROES must he made at pjb t:e oc!in>! on ihe first Tuesday of the month, he tVi'. n ’tie. usual hours of sale, at the place ol pu ( !:*• si>'(*4 in tin; county where the letl'TS To* • n’ary, of Aduiinislrii’lion or Guardianship m t.are b**er first jrivinc FOH7 1’ I'Jt 1 ivriri ll.onofin one of the public gazelles pf ti S a* •. .•••.i a! the court house whe:e such salcarsi , i fe- t o.d. - -V-ti.rfhe sale of Personal Property must • .*•! in likcinanncr FORTY DAYS previous •*i • da v of sale. .‘.•ave t DcMor* and Creditors of an estate -t >published FORTY DAYS. >?otire f iiat application will be marleto the Court •"> .eiv-v for I.L IVE TO SELL LAND IllllSt 110 pull • • f.- TWO MONTHS, ’•■ivt tor i.r.\vf. to sell negroes must lie • *r •* ffKfl MONTHS before any order ab sba-t he n-.a io I iiereon by the Court. “'i F ?VS for Letters of AdiTiini-'tration ■ . .. !ie I thirtt dais; for Dismission , Artoiini drafon, MoNTiii.y six months; to .K-i-.n ironi Guardianship, forty DATs. ’ lor he I'oreelosiircoi Mortgage must he ,• : >'r I MOVTIII.T FOR FOUR MONTHS,tor pil'i ;• ‘• g i.r ttie full space of three >: ‘st is; for compelling ti!l-s from Kseentors, i.ii!'lr:'’or=r, wlicie a howl tins been givuAq a be t-veAJ -d, lor the space ot three months. C;riO TOLO'JY in atisrica. Conclusive proof ilial “ all the Fools in ihe World are not Dead.” TVe copy from an extensive collection in vie New York Tribune, the following exs ?r; ets from late ghost-seeing papers They furnish a species of amusing reading which onr readers have not often had an oppor tunity f enjoying: (CorresroudcDce if Ih2 Cleaveland Plaindtalcr.) Ghosts fiudinj a Pocket B;x>k. WiLi.ccannr, April 19, 1854.—A few days since B. Wooisey, Esq of this place, a very distinguished Methodist, whom ma ny of our readers know by the name of Father Wooisey, lost h ; s pocket book, con taining nearly SIOO in bank notes. Af =rer long and anxious searching, ’ for days, i:o trace could be found of it. Now Uncle Ben is a God-fearing man, and, withal, was afraid to tempt God by consulting fa miliar spirits. Yet the bare possib lity of finding his money induced him to consult them [Tempt or not tempt, it appears Uncle Ben was willing to try it.] The spirit said he accidentally dropped his -pocket book in his own yard, that an indi vidual (describing him,) picked it'up, and fearing to pass the money, gave it to an other indhilual, an Irishman, who ex changed it in Cleaveland for gold; that the Irishman kept half, and the man who picked it up half On this information the Irishman was charged with it, and all the circamstaucee, place where found and kiud of money exchanged for, and what exchanged for, made known, just as the spirit detailed it; whereupon the Irishman and his friend owned up ar.d refunded ihe tnor.ey, grciuy to Hie joy of Father IVcol sey, who thiuks there must be something in it (Fr< .m the Spirit tin 1 Trlrgrnph.) Spirits get Hold of Follows. At a eircle in New York, I experien ced an attempt on the part of a spirit to t ake |osession of me. Richard Bradford, a medium, was being controlled by a spirit apparently attempting, unsuccessfully, to ~peak through him. He was raised out of his chair and his body made to sway to and fro, and to gesticulate as if making vi olent efforts to speak. While he remained in this condition, I inquired of the spirits if I should lay my hands ou his head, thinking that it. might possibly modify the conditions sufficiently to enable him to enable him to speak. Through the raps the question was answered in the affirnva ive I then went up and laid ray hands • his head, when there immediately r up my arms a singular sensation which passed like lightning to my head. It felt us if ,t was suddenly increased to twice its ... ual size. My face turned very red, and * began !o stagger, when 1 took my seat, ’ bad I not done I fully believe I - <i iu h ive fallen. As soon as I let go ’ * -• medium the influence left me, but v- i h ‘ttdaebc that lasted until the next •Jrv On inquiring of the spirits, it was said at the spirit possessing Mr. Bradford, on laying my hand upon his head, tried : l l: t posission of me , and as soon as • spirit had left him, another well known • - hicfnntly took possession ol him. and ; lieu brut to perform a number of antics round the room, to the no small amusc nK-at of all present. T. ToWNsrxn. Ghost as Boats and Kittens, he Spiritual Era, of July 6, contains i >;*ori! article detailing some curious .. i iif.-scauoiis which the editor has wit . ‘scd. For instance, a table is spread i *. the usual manner for a meal, by a young irl who is a highly developed medium.— oon apparently a living thing about the size of a kitten, is seen tc be moving about . .dor the table-cloth, and after a while as the spectators grow familiar with the ulicnomeuon, a small delicate haud, seem ing to belong to a child about four years bid, is observed to protrude suddenly from bcueatk the cloth, and is as suddenly with drawn. After this operation has been repeated several times, the manifestation changes, and a good sized foot, witli per haps a boot upon it, is suddenly thrust out from beneath the cloth, and is withdrawn under it again. At other times the fami ly are in the habit of placing a Bible un der the table, as they are seated around it, when the spirits will opcu it at the pas sage which tlisy desire them to read. From the Sp>i ritual Tlc£papM. A Ghost tick’es the b>ttooi of a Man'* Foot. ?Jansion House, Yovkeps, July 10th, JS5i Poring a recent sitting of a pri THE6EORGIA JEFFERSONIAN. vate circle in your city, (New York) con sisting of four persons besides myself, the following demonstration occurred : In about live minutes after the circle was formed, I began to feel distinct touches from some objects resembling a human hand; these touches were first felt on the knee, then on the arm, aud at last on the forehead. ***** After I had felt a hand laid on my forehead, five or six times, I suddenly readied forth to see if I could clutch it. I caught hold of an object resembling the wrist of a person. As soon as I had fairly clasped it, 1 was drawn from roy chair across the room, for eight or ten feet. Meanwhile I was hold ing on with all my strength, and the ob ject which I held on to was making much effort, apparently, by wringing or twisting the arm and hand to release itself from my persist'd* grasp. ***** When it touched my forehead, I could distinctly feel the fingers, and even the very nails upon them The hand felt to be smoother and far less moist than the human hand; in fact, no Parian marble could be polished to such perfect smooth ness. I tdso held a closed fan up as high as I could reach, and it was taken from me, though no person was within seve ral feet of me at the time, and I was fan ned for nearly a minute, and so were the others in the circle, each one in turn. My shoe was taken off my foot and thrown across the room, and the bottom of my foot was tickled excessively. My port-monie was taken from my pocket, the bank notes removed from it, and laid around on the heads of the members of the circle. They were soon replaced from whence they were taken, and the port monie returned to ine. Indeed, it was slipped back into the pock et of ray pants, opposite to the one out of which it was first removed, it beiug the , furthest off from those who were stting with me in the circle Ghosts tAkins out in Meeting-Said to Ie the Devil. Toronto, March 31, 1554. Jllessrs. Partridge Sc Bnttan : \\q have several writing mediums in Toronto-one gentle man who is partially impressed, one lady who is a speaking medium, but not fully developed. There have been some strange demonstrations. One took place on the cve of the 16th of March. Several per sons were sitting around a table, when the table commenced moving. It was told us that if we would wait 22 minutes, wo should have a very different demonstra tion from any that we had ever witnessed. At the expiration of the time mentioned, I observed that the spirits had disappiut ed us, and that the spirit who had prom t ised to do something different from other demonstrations was not here Instantly there came a voice distinct and clear in answer to me, “yes I am.” This voice was so distinct and clear, and uttered in such a peculiar tone, that it removed my last doubt in reference to its spirituality. After this there commenced a course of ; demonstrations that was truly wonderful. | One of the ladies were raised up out of her chair; the chair moved back to the wall of the room ***** The greatest trouble here is the fear of public opinion. The next great obstacle that we have to conteud with, is the opposition raised by the ministers of the Gospel, al leging that it is the devil. Some of the j first men in this city arc believers, but are! afraid to come out. F;om the Spiritual Telegraph. Ghosts pinch a Man’s Bar. In the latter part of January some phy sical tnanile>t itions commenced at the house of a neighbor whoso family are all mediums to some extent Tne youngest member of the family, a boy, ten or twelve years old, is possessed of very remarka ble powers in this respect. They had been accustomed to hear from time to time, in presence of this lad, electrical vibrations, which all at once assumed a new and peculiar character. These sounds commenced one morning at about 6 o’clock, and were so loud, sonorous and ! deep as to be heard all over the house.— j An inmate of the house, a gentleman of j undoubted varacity, wishing to investi- 1 gate tbe origin of these sounds, arose at j early dawn, and placing himself in bed with the Iwo mediums, (who were bro thers —the younger being the lad referred to,) vrh‘ U the taps were heard even loud er than nefore. A pile of furniture (com posed of bedsteads, chairs, &c.,) occupy ing one corner of the room, near the bed, commenced to be violently disarranged and thrown about. The bed clothes were in part d-awn from the bed; the medium’s hair was pulled, also that of the gentleman, several small locks being found scattered over the bed; two hands were distinctly felt, very dissimilar in size and feeling, on their foreheads, hands, and aims. In shoit they were rather rougldy bandied, Mr. having his ear pinched in a manner that left the mark throughout tbe day. A small, white, and dimpled hand, evidently of female origin, was seen simultaneously by both gent'eu.en, placed before their faces, with the fingers spread somewhat apart, through which the gray morning light from the window was distinctly seeu.— It was recognized by oue of the gentle men as identical with the hand of a young lady A>f his acquaintance who died about six months go. Farming in California. -Three years ngo it was thought by most people that California would produce nothing but gold. Now it is known that it is the most productive country in the world, or can be made so. The trouble now is that we produce too much; things are too plenty, and, as a natural consequence, too cheap. Potatoes have rotted in the lield because they would not pay for being carried to market. Barley was offered yesterday for sale at a ceut per pound, and no oue stood ready to buy. There ia now one or two vessels loading with flour for Australia. Think of all this, when only two or three years ago many of these articles were worth from twenty to fifty cents per pound. Here is a cliango uot beneficial in all cases to the producer, but showing clearly that with proper exertion, California can sus tain a dense population, and that time and labor only are required to give us all the advantages which older sections of the country passeas —California Chtonicle. GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1854. A Touching Relic of Pompeii. In digging out the ruins of Pompeii, every turn of spade brings up some relio of ancient life, some witness of imperial luxury. For far the greater part, the relics have a merely curious interest; they belong to archaeology, and find ap propriate resting places in historical muse ums. • But there are some exceptions. Hero, i for instance, the excavator drops, an un i invited guest, upon a banquet; there he , unexpectedly obtrudes himself iuto a tomb, i In one place he finds a miser cowering on ■ his heap; another shows him bones of dancing girls and broken instruments of . music lying on the marble floor. In the midst of the painted chambers, baths, ; halls, columns, fountains; among the splen i did evidences of material wealth, lie some times stumbles on a simple incident, a touching human story, such as strikes the imagination and suggests the mournful in terest of the great disaster, as the sadden sight of a wounded soldier conjures up the horrors of the field of battle. Such, to our mind, is the latest discov ery of the excavators in this melancholy field. It is a group of skeletons in the act of flight, accompanied by a dog There are three human beings, one of them a young girl with gold rings and jewels still on her fingers. The fugitives had a bag of gold and silver with them, snatch ed up, no doubt iu haste and darkness.— But the fiery flood was on their track, and vain their wealth, their flight—the age of one, the youth of the other. The burning lava rolled above them and beyond, and the faithful dog turned back to share the fortunes of his mistress, dying at her feet. Seen by the light of such an incident, how vividly that night of horrors Icorns .upon the sense ! Docs not the imagina tion picture the little group iu their own house, by the side of their evening foun tain, languidly chatting over the day’s events and of the unusual heat ? Does it not hear with them the troubled swell of the waters in the bay ? See as they do, how the night comes down iu sudden strangeness, how the sky opens over head, and flames break out, while scoriae, sand and molten rocks come pouring down ? What movements, what emotions, what surprise ! The scene grows darker every instant; the hollow monotony of the bay is lifted into yells and shrieks; the air grows thick aud hot with flames, and at the mountain’s foot is heard the roll of the liquid lava. Jewels, household gods, gold and silver coins, are snatched up on the instant. No time to say farewell; darkness in front and lire behind, they rush into the streets—streets choked with falling houses and flying citizens. How find the way through passages which have no longer outlets ? Confusion, danger, darkness, uproar, everywhere; the shouts of parted friends, the agony of mea struck down by faking columns; fear, madness and despair unchained; here, penury clutches gold it cannot keep; there gluttony feeding on its final meal, and phreqpy striking iti the dark to forestall death. — Through all, fancy hears the young girl’s screams; the fire is on her jewelled hand. No time for thought, no pause; the flood rolls on, and wisdom, beauty, age and youth, with all the stories of their love, their hopes, their rank, wealth and great ness, all the once affluent l.fe, arc gone forever. When unearthed after many years, the nameless group has no other importance to mankind than as it may “serve to point a moral or adorn a tale. ” From the Preabytc-iart. Politics or tlic Gospel. The question whether onr Congrega tional brethren are to be instructed by their pastors in politics, or in the gospel, is one which we should judge will soon have to be considered. A loyal sou of New England, a gentleman and a Chris tian of the highest standing, whose home is now in a different section of the coun try, but who has recently been on a visit to his native region, said in onr hearing, within a few days ago, that “he did not know but that it would be well to send some gospel preachers to New England,” that he “had heard Nebraska preached much more than the gospel ” Testimony to the same effect, has come from other sources. An intelligent New England correspondent, in a late letter to a widely circulated journal, intimates that unless there should soon be an end to political preaching, many of the Congregational Churches must be divided, as the conserv ative portions of the congregations arc determined they will not endure the prev alent desecration of the pulpit. He also says, that if the present state of things continues, many will be driven into the Episcopal Church, as the most conserva tive body among them. A friend of ours was recently present in a Congregational Church, when the pastor read from the pulpit a call for a church meeting togeth er with two sets of resolutions, the one from a portion of the people protesting agaiust his new fanglcd progress preach ing, and the others sustaining him in his course. It was obvious that a breach had been made, and that there was ample ma terials for a warfare. Our brethren will probably discover, when it is too late, that it might have been better for them to fol low the example of Christ and the apos tles liy preaching the gospel, and letting polities alone. The great change impending in the East —A correspondent of the N. York Courier & Enquirer, writing from Ilong Kong on the subject of the war iu China, remarks: “Whatever be the issue, civilization and commerce can scarcely but profit by thfe result. That it will be momentous, if the present dynasty falls, we entertain uo doubt. VVithiu a short space we may bear of the breaking up of an Empire, the greatest perhaps, of any that has ex isted since the fall of Rome, though the voice of its wars and aggressions is less familiar to our ears. A vast territory, hitherto almost inaccessible, will be laid opeu to modern enterprise and innovation. Anew spirit, perhaps of freedom, will be breathed into tho East, and a people num bering a third of the whole human race, will, after countless ages of separation, be at least restored to tho family of men.” A Love of a Shawl. We were in the Crystal Palace last | week; and as we past one of the glassed ; cases in the south-west corner of the lower i, floor, we were attracted by the earnest ex ’ clamatiou of a lady, (apparently an Eng- I lish one,) saying to her companion: I “What a love of a shawl 1” To her it was so, no doubt; yet we might have looked at it, or rather towards it, a dozeu times without noticing its beau ty. The lady’s companion was a fine look ing, dark-skinned gentleman, with a very black mustache and black hair, covered with a red cap. He was a Turkish merchant from Con stantinople. Our curiosity was awake now. We had heard of the shawls of Thibet, made by years of patient hand labor, in the families of Princes or the no bility, and that their value was often counted, like goid or diamonds, by weight and fineuesj, to the amount of thousands of dollars, but we had never seen one of the articles. “How much,” said the lady, “is it worth ?” The Turk gave an uneasy shrug of the shoulders, and a very dissatisfied curl of the lip, before he answered. “I am told madam, that a thing in this country, has no regular commercial value —that it is worth what it wifi fetch. I cannot tell what this is worth. I know its cost.” “How much ?” “Two thousand seven hundred dollars.” It certainly was a love of a shawl. We put on our spectacles, but the view thro’ the glass case was unsatisfactory. Fortu nately just then our friend Brcvoort, Cus tom House Officer at the Palace, came np where we were standing, wrapt in—not the shawl—but—astonishment at what we saw and heard- The lady aud tho Turk walked away to look at the four other shawls of the same character, but not quite so costly. We addressed the offi cer : “Mr. Brevoort, is this shawl in bond?” “It is.” “IVhat is it iuvoiced at for duty ?” “Let me sec —this is the fine one - Would you like to look at it closer? It is perfect gem.” lie unlocked the case, and we actually haudled a shawl more valuable than some good farms; more costly than some pretty good country stores well filled with “dry goods and groceries.” ‘! his shawl is of the finest fabric and needle-work, known as “India Cashmere,” and was made in Thibet by the patient in dustry of one of the most celebrated ar tists of India, Hadji Mohammed Hassan, for a prince of the royal blood. Shawls of this class are never made in manufacto ries, but in private families, generally in the house of the nobility, for their own use, and are only procurable by special favor, as some favorite piece of needle work, made under similar circumstances, would be in this country. Mr. Brevoort assured us that nothing has ever been seen in this country before, that was even an approach to this in tex ture and general excellence of perfect workmanship. A part of the work in the corners tells its history in Turkish charac ters—that is, the name of the prince for whom it was designed, and when and where made. Its size is over one and a half by three yards within the border.— Its value, as the owner said, is what it will fetch. We hope, instead of sending it back to Constantinople, as he intends, after the dose of the exhibition, that he will prove that value by offering it to the ladies of New York at auction. We think we can assure him a thousand dollars “on speculation” for the first bid. Cer tainly in a city where opera tickets sell for two hundred and fifty dollars apiece, such a shawl as this will find a purchaser at half price. The other shawls are very beautiful, though valued at only about half as much as “the jewel of Persia.” They have been but a short time in the exhibition, and perhaps have never been seen by a dozen ladies of the city who are able to wear such costly articles These shawls arc owned by Y. Chira gy, the Turkish minister to the World’s Fair. They were found in a state of pro gress during his travels in Thibet, and en gaged to be forwarded to him here for the purpose of exhibition, as soon as com pleted, and have only lately arrived. Will ladies who can afford to wear diamonds of greater value, allow them to be sent back to adorn some favorite of the harem, where they will be handed down as, they might be here, in perfect condition, thro’ several generations ? No ladie3, don’t all start at once; only one can have the best. Only one lady in America will probably ever have a chance to'wear‘‘such a love of a shawl ” You can all have a look at it- If it is sold at auction we will let you know, and you can have the pleasure of bidding on it and hearing “who bids for a two thousand sc ven hundred shawl ? Going ” It will soon be gone back to its own country, and the Turks will say, “American ladies are very pretty, but they don’t wear pretty shawls ” —New York Leader, A Constantinople correspondent says that the Turkish ladies arc progressing rapidly, and in proof, remarks that the veils grow thinner every day. They are also growing more and more sociable, ac cording to the same authority, especially with their eyes. One of them, on a recent occasion, even went father than this • she presented her handkerchief and a boquet to a handsome young ensign of a British regiment,, who happened to be strolling about that fashionable resort of the Tur kish ladies—the Sweet Waters of Europe at a time when it was crowded by hun dreds of the fair sex The poor eunuchs, seut out to guard the damsels are kept in a continual stew of uneasiness. They dare uot strike or even complain, if at> English or French officer goes so far as to smile or kiss his hand at any fair one committed to their charge. The old Turks dislike all this exceedingly, and scowl at the fo reigners as they pass; but the women are fond of the attentions paid them, and seem to have lost all terror of sacks ami deep sea-batkingra the Bosphorus. The Odd Fellows. The Grand Lodge of the United States assembled in Baltimore on the 4lh uit.— Much preliminary business was transact ed. The report of the Grand Sire im parts “the gladsome tidings that the work goes hravrly on,” in the following words: ■ “Ihe returns from the various jurisdic- 1 tion and bodies under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge show a healthful con dition of the Order, both in numerical strength and in financial prosperity. But most of all do they exhibit the liberal banded charity with wihch the distressed ol our fraternity have been aided. Tho last annual report exhibited a total of 2,- 941 lodges, a membership of 198,020; and a revenue <d $1,209,228 90—of which $491,322 12 were expended for the relief of the sir-k, the burial of the dead, the aid of the widowed, and the i education of orphans. “The report to be presented at this communication will s v ow about 3,110 lodges, 204,000 members, $1,375,000 revenue, and $530,000 of expenditures for the benevolent purposes of our organ ization. Penetrating deep into the reces” ses of the north ar.d stretching northward toward the frozen regions of the Arctic Circle, as if emulous of the philanthropic efforts which science is making for the relief of the bold navigator, Sir John Franklin and his gallant companions, from their icy prison, charily, too, is seek ing in those far off lands to relieve and comfort suffering humanity. Following the axe of the hardy pioneer, and bearing the best principles of civilization within its bosom, charity seeketh too, in the westward, the opportunities of proclaim ing good will towards men. Wafted by the wings of the wind to the isles of the south, even there charity raiseth her stand ard, proclaiming’ to the tempest tossed mariner rest from his labor aud commu ni’.y w.th his brethren. Representatives, from Canada, from the prairies of the west, from the isles of the Pacific, chari ty reporteth to you of her deeds.” Tkc Corn Crop. There has been for some months past so much speculation and so many differ ent opinions advanced in regard to the present crop, that an article on th s sub ject would appear stale and unseasonable. However, opinions which have been pass ed, were based upon supposition only, all of it mere guess work. The die is now cast, the crops of corn are made, and stand in the fluids to tell their own tale. We are now satisfied and convinced that the repoits which have been put in cir culaiior., were tremendously exeggerated. We speak candidly and deliberately, and from our own observation. We have re cently traveled through a good many counties in Middle Georgia, and at no place did we find crops of corn so bad, not by a third, as has been represented.— In Alabama, Montgomery, Tallapoosa, Macon and sever,. 1 otaer contiguous coun ties, we had a good opportunity of inspect ing the crops, v having traveled through them on a lazy mule) and we find that the fields there, too, give the iie to the reports which have Lteen put in circula tion. In our own section there will be corn made sufficient to supply our de mands. We cannot speak po.-itively for any other counties than Whitfield and a portion of Murray, Gordon, Cass and Walker. It is true ih >t in these counties the yield will not be as large as last year, to take it upon an average, but there are many fanners who will crib as much corn as they have done for the last five years. The drouth has not been general, aud in no place half so bid as represent ed. We have just returned from a short trip through Artnuchee Valley, by the by, one of the prettiest valleys in North Geor gia, and we wete perfectly astonished to see such splendid fields of corn. Not here and there a good field, but it is a gen eral thing throughout that large valley.— I’nere is no speculation in that we have said, and many will agree with us that, notwithstanding the doleful tales that have been circulated about the failute of the crops in this sectuo, there wi Ibo a pletily for all, and to spare. We h ava had flue showers for the past week. Georgia Dalton ) Times , 28 th. “Cut Loose again Mister.” —A friend of ours, who is a most accomplished sales man, aud who is kept very busy in one of the up town dry goods house-*, was com plimented not long since in a manner and form as follows, to wit: lie had a countryman in the store, and was showing him a very handsome piece of ladies’ dress goods, not with any hope of selling it; still, there was some slight chance, and besides it is necessary—so our friend avers—to keep constantly in practice. So he dashed ahead in fiae style, praised the richness of the pattern, extolled the texture of the fabric, held ii up to a favorite light, vouched for its ultra fashionableness, and, in short, let loose a torrent of eloquence, in which it was difficult to distinguish which was most flattered, the taste of the admiring rustic, or the quality of the magnificent “mousseline,” Bumpkin’s eye flished with gratified pride at the complimentaiy allusion to himself, and unconcealed as tonishment at the development ot beauty ui the goods and fluency in the salesman. Catctiing our friend by the arm, he exclaimed, “Mop right here one minute!” and dnshed out of the store with two or three rapid bounds. Grosdehap stood, a little bothered, holding the bolt of goods across both hands, just as though he hud fruzeu in the attitude in which he had so thoroughly impressed the rural gentleman. Meanwhile, this last mentioned individu al whisked two bouncing girls out ot a cariy-all which stood in froul of the store, aud half pushing, half pulliug them, brought up iu front of bun of the fluent longue: “Gait,! stand there—right there, Sally? —and now, mister, cut loose again! I just want the gals to hear you! n It is almost needless to say, in view of the peculiarity ot the circumstances, that our friend was utterly overwhelmed with his emotions, and lor ooce in his life fail ed iu his utterance —to the great disap pointment of both fattier and daughters. Secrets of Happiness. —A susceptibil ity to delicate attentions, a fine sense of the manliness and exquisite tenderness of manner and thought, constitute in the minds of its possessors the deepest under current of life; the felt and treasured but unseen and inexpressible richness of affec tion. It is rarely found in the characters of men, but it out-weighs, when it is, all grosser qualities There are many who waste and lose affection by careless, and often unconscious neglect. It is not a plant to grow nntended; the breath of indifference, or rude touch, may destroy forever its delicate textare. There is a daily attention to the slight courtesies, of life, which can alone preserve the first, freshness of passion. The easy surprises of pleasure, earnest cheerfulness of as-ent to slight wishes, the habitual respect to opinions, the polite abstinence from per sonal topic iu the company of others, un wavering attention to his or her comfort, both abroad and at home, and above all, the careful preservation of those proper ties of conversation and manner which are sacred when before the world, are some of the secrets of that rare happiness which age and habit alike fail to impair or di’ minish. Treasure Discovers at Harlem While some workmen, in the employ of George Gibson, contractor, were removing some earth at Harlem, on land belonging formally to Samuel Benson, deceased, they came to a box of Spanish dollars, which contained some two or three thou sand, which were deposited there under the following circumstances: Samuel Ben sou, great grandfather to the late owner of the estate, unwilliug to carry so much money with him to the mountains df Fish kill, whither he was gone during the days of the Revolution, deposited the same for safe-keeping, and planted over it a small fruit tree, as a mark of the place of de posit, leaviug his entire farm in the ch:.rge of his slaves, his wife alone being acquaint ed with the secret. The tree soon dying, was removed by a faithful old negro ser vant named Tom, and the ground worked as usual. When peace was declared, and Mr. Benson and family returned to their farm, greatly to his chagrin he found the tree removed, and the burial placo lost to his memory. The workmen whofjund this deposit, the other day, tilled their pockets, and other portions of their clothing, and left their employer on the spot, and since then have not been heard of. They were two Dutchmen aud three Irishmen. Contrac tor Gibson had left the spot a few minutes before the discovery.— N. Y. Daily Times. The Choctaws xot to be Duped. —The American Board of Missions held their meeting at Hartford, Connecticut, a few days ago. Dr. Dwight, of Portland, from the Committee on Choctaws, Gherokees and Dakotas, reported that the Choctaw Council had forbidden the education of slaves and slave children, under penalties; aud had also forbidden abolitionists to re main in the nation, in any of the missions. The definition of “abolitionist” in the Choctaw statute book is, “One who teach es a negro or slave to read, write or sing, or who sits at meals with them ’’ Dr. Ba con, at the meetiug of the Board, said this definition would drive missionaries out of the nation. The Choctaws had made a contract with the missionaries to employ them as teachers in their public schools. Resolutions were offered, approving the conduct of the missionaries in retiring from the schools. Chancellor Walworth regretted the in troduction and discussion of the resolu tions. It will end, he said, the usefu'noss of the Board at this meeting. Oue of these samo resolutions nearly rent the Board asunder some years ago. As to ( foreign interference in Choctaw legislation, these Indians are perhaps as competent to draft laws as others. He moved to lay the reports and resolutions on the table. The motion was lost. The Board adopt ed the Report and Resolutions of the com mittee, refusing to continue connection with the Choctaw schools, uuder the pre sent laws, which forbid instructing slaves or slave children, aud exclude abolitionists and those spreading fanatical sentiments among the Choctaw nation. Russian Politeness. —A Fact.— About the close of last July a very loqua cious and corpulent German lady, resi dent in S. Petersburg, having quarrelled with her servants, (Russian,) the latter gave intimation to the Perfecture of Po lice that the former had spoken of the Russian government in terms of reproach and disrespect. The lady received a summons to appear before the Perfecture, to whom she repaired accordingly, vow ing revenge on the whole tribe of servants. On her arrival at the office, the Prefecture most politely received her, aud ushering her into a small box looking apartment, commenced reading over sundry charges against her, which he had scarcely finish ed when down sunk the corpulent lady through a trap in the treacherous floor, above which nothing of her portly figure was to be seen but her head, arms and crumpled habiliments —and, shocking to relate, thirty blows from an unseen hand were, administrated, where, however, they were unlikely to cause permanent injury except to the feelings of the sufferer. On the completion of the sentence the stout lady’s fperson reappeared again abov ground almost as suddenly as it had dis appeared, and the Prefecture, in the most courteous aud polite manner, bowed, her out of the office.— Scottish Press . Ancient.— Some time since, some grains of wheat which had been taken from au old Egyptian Sarcophagus at Cairo, were given to the Agricultural Society of Coru peigne, by whom they wore sown with the most surprising results. The stems which have risen from this seed are as large as a reed, the leaves are more than an inch in breadth, and the ears have each one hun dred grains of very large size, so that se veral of the original seeds havo multiplied 2,000 fold. It is thought that the seeds date as far back as Sesostris. The wheal seed can lie 3,000 years in the tomb, aud yet arise to beautiful life—but the atheist will let men li7o only his three score and tea. In this mammon worshipping agw, it is rare to find a man who places his use fulness to the public, before his interest. During a late visit to the City of Spindles we were presented by a professional friand, to the celebrated Chemist, Dr. J. C. Ayer, whose name is now perhaps, more familiar than any other, at the fced side of sickness, m this country, Know ing the unprecedented popularity of his medicines, and the immense sale of them we had expected to find him a millionaire! and rolling m wealth. Bat no, we found him in his laboratory, busy with his la borers, among his crucibles, alembics,, and retorts- giving his best personal care to the compounds, on the virtures of which, thousands hang for health. We learned, that notwithstanding his vast business and prompt returns in cash, the Doctor is not rich. The reason assigned is, that the material is costly, and he per sists m making his preparations so ex* pensively, that the nett profit is small,— American Farmer, Phil. 1 he. Jewish Chronicle gives us a bcanti tul insight into the “voluntary” character of the Austrian loan, The Vienna cor respondent of the Ostee-Zeitung contains the following document > “Sra : I have noticed with extreme dis pleasure that the Jews of Pesth, have not yet given energetic proof of that patriot ic feeling for which I have given them cre dit. Whereas in consequence of the most high appeal of his Imperial Royut Aoo ;- tolic Majesty, no—l say, not one single subject—dare now-a-days, evade his du;? to his sovereign, yon are hereby requested to summon every Jewish inhabitant of Pesth before you, when you shall urge up on him the duty of voluntarily subscribing, and give me the names of those who should behave iu a lukewarm manner or even presume to avoid all participation in the loan. Expecting to receive this very day your reply, together with a list of Oil subscriptions made, as well as of those in different patriots (schltchUti PalfLteu\ wlio refuse to subscribe, f am, &c. Baron of Augusz. ‘•lmperial Royal Vice President. “Buda-Pcsth, July 20, 1854. “J. A. Boskowitz, Esq Mayor of the Jewish Community of .Pesth.” Singular Origin of a Fire.—The corpse of a German woman, who died on Wedne-dnj, was laid out upon a bed yesterday, *t her residence on Water street. As is the custom, a IMited taper was placed in the stiffened hind of the corpse, and it was left for a time without watchers. Byjsotne unaccountable means the candle set fire to the bed clothes, anti the ff urtes had nearly consumed the body before they were discovered. At last, those in the house became sensible of the condition of things, and, rushing in, sei zed the corpse and dashed it on the floor, after which they can the burning bed out of tbe window. The dwelling “was nut burned, though it came very near bein' - so. lhosft who saw the charred remains say that the scerie was shockirg to a de gree.— Buffalo Express, August 25. A days ago, says the Nia-ari Mail, an enormous serpent was discover ed in the garden of Moffat’s Hotel, Nia gara. This most truculent looking rep tile was about twelve feet long, and as tbior almost as a man’s leg. After sun dry stratagems he was taken alive by Mr. Moffat, and 4 safely|bairelied Up. It turn ed oat to be an anaconda, which had got away from an exhibition that had been he.d on the C.iia l.ua abojt a fortnight previous, since which time his snakeship had been enjoying himself at iarjje, and feed. ng luxuriously oh chickens, of which a considerable number had disappeared very mysteriously from the’neighbor hood. ‘ • A Consistent Pasty.— The Boston 1 lines aptly remarks that the same men, in the same party, that only two years ago attempted to rally foreigners to give the “rich Irish brogue” of their voices to Gen. Scott, and invoked the “ho nest German accent” of another clas; and who invoked the Catholics to vote against Gen. Pierce, because his State excluded Catholics from office, and to vo'e for Scott because his daughter was in a Nunnery, now lead the proscription against foreigners. 1 he’wnr in Europe is increasing the Germanfemigration very largely, the peo ple of that country choosiug rather to find peaceful homes in the American wilder ness, than to run the chance of getting their brains dashed out for the g!cry of some imperial master or petty prince uo better than themselves. For the eight months commencing with January and ending with August, the returns shew a total of arrivals at New York, of Lisi, 54,548; German, 116,400, making with natives of othert countries, a grand total of 209,414. Many of these German em igrants are meri’of capital, who enrich the State in which they settle with their sa vings as well as with their labor. “Punch” on Bonnets. —The last nui* her of Punch contains a pictorial gues-> at the distance at which ladies’ bonnets will be worn from their heads at the next re move. The tendency has been further and still further rearward, and the next change Punch thinks, will carry them off the head entirely; so he represents the next fashiou by two ladies in full dress and bare-head ed, sailing along the streets, with a loot man walking some ten feet behind, carry ing their bonnets on a waiter. Bank op England Notes notes of ihe Bank of England,’ brfde'f H new pro cess not long since adopted, ar^signed by machinery. The engraving of the whole note is complete. Formerly the bank em ployed twenty clerks, at a salary each of J 2500 per annum, Who did nothing efcre but sign their names to notes. Thrahr new mode of sigrting, it is supposed, wifi prevent counlefeiting. Envy nobody, covet nothing Worldly, go quietly about your work, and believe that a man may work at an anvil and be is Re ligions as if it were his office to staai at the altar. No. 41.