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ute to the honored dead. We are j move to be accomplished in orde
•sure we do not exaggerate, when to complete d,i nee.
• 1 The Mayor devo e t innon
the tree Policy of Virginia.
The following from the Richmond j W(J asscrt that from eight to ten
Va Dispatch, is suited to our latitude ! thousand people we: e present to
iS* Wo invite the attention j witness and to n.nte ».o iuneral
at tms une _ . ntes.—Augusta Chronicle.
of our Legislator to it. It is q ulte ] v ,. r
Vote for Speaker.
The following is the vote for
Speaker of the House of the House
of Representatives on the one hun
dred and tiiirty'tliird ballot, which
resulted in a choice. ^ Wc copy
from the Washington Union of Sat
urday last:
For Mr. Banks.—Messrs. Al-
, bright, Allison, Ball, Barbour, tlen-
irv Bennett, Benson, Bellinghurst*
l Bingham-, Bishop, Bits?, Bradsnaw,
iBreuton, Buffington, Burlingame,
a iggestive.
In a late debate in the Semite,
Mr Parks, commenting on tuc • i
prehensions .ha, were expr^nf
increasing taxation by the pio-ecu
tion of internal improvements, ic-
ferred to the late exciment m the
Parsons case, in which, he said,
there was an eagerness almost uni
versal to embark the State in a con
test which might cost millions upon
millions of treasure and rivers ol
blood ; a contest which could only
be destructive aud ruinous in its , 0 - .
effects-, Whilst a proposition for a j James 11. Campbell, Lewis DrCamp-
measui-C not involving one linn- j be n. Cuaffee, Ezra Clark, Claw-on,
dredth part of the treasure, net j 0 o ]f ;lX) Comins, Coyodc, Cragm,
demaudtng a drop oi blood one | Q um back, Dainrell. Timothy Davis,
which would create prosperity and j Day j) e Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd,
wealth and strength, was opposed j D^-fee, Edie, Flagler, Galloway,
on the cround that it might increase , Giddiugs, Gilbert, Granger, Grow,
the taxes. . , Robert B. Hall, Harlan, Holloway,
It seems to us that, simply as a r p bo mas R. Horton, Howard, Kel-
measure of defence and security, it se y j King, Knapp, Knight, Knowl-
tou, Knox, Kunkel, Lcitnci, Mace,
Matterson, McCarty, Meacham. Kil
lian, Miller, Morgan, Morrill, Mot:,
Murrav, Nichols, Norton, Andrew
Oliver' Parker,Pearce, Poitou, Pen-1
nington, Perry, Pettit, i ike, Pr n- 1
space
to the introduction ot foreign crimi
nals and paupers iiro this port, and
r. commends a remonstrance, or
represent it ion to t lie general gov
ernment, through our delegates in
Congress, on tl e sul j ct. The ac
tual amount of the
1st of January was
which is a decrease
as compared with the debt ou the
1st of January previous.
War with England.
The National Intelligencer quotes
what it pronounces the “calm and
wise sentiments” expressed in a pri
vate letter from Washington, pub
lished in the Philadelphia Inqu for,
sentiments to which itsavs, itattach-
i es especial consideration and weight
poli
ence to the respect of
fisin i who; in patriotism and honor,
can liil their places.”
the Fruits of War.
The. Albany Evening Journal
publishes a list* of the battles fought
K .1. i Ii tlia niim*
during the year 1855, wiJt the mint
l>er ol pedple killed at each, begin
ning with the bombardment ol
Shtitighai, by the French, tit vHifoh
due hundred fell, and ending with
xperi- j t ] )e |' a | () f Kars,"at wiiicli 2,500 fell;
patriotic ... --
patriotic | b w Mg, ]; st it’ appears that s V.en- j {»|f , .{
men. The Inquirer says that the j t y. tbtce battle? have ofourted du- j W) ^nron.cte.
. ppropr ivv
little higgling, “knocked down” for 1 gone on four times as fast as foi,
Tim purchase*' was :t Mr: iso that the result of the hi../,
George. Banks, who quietly, but j years will show tl
millantlv seized the halter and le l | pemliture to have been a nu**,-,
9 ‘ What next? 1 " u - - - - - **•*
is Virginia’s true policy to go on
with her works of internal improve
ment. The best war measures she
can adopt to meet such a ease as
that of Parsons, or any future ag
gressions upon her rights and hu
people* are the peace measures of
internal improvement?. / ( ,
tension of the James River Garni
aud Covington Railroad to the Ohio,
the completion of the Southwestern
Railroad, and other leading 1
could all be accomplished forMe s
than it would cost net-to dm, the
sword against a single * ' ,
Union; and once aecompli-Led,
they would pour into her trcasuiy
such a flood of revenue they womd
so augment her material wealth and
strength, that her institutions would
be safe to the end ot time. If ox er
there was a case in which it is law -
ful and expedient to learn a lesion
from an enemy, it is 111
subject cf internal impro emcn^
The Northern States have but little
to say about State’s Rights/ and
make small pretensions to chi v airy ,
but,practically, they build a buh\ m k
about the rights ot
which make them mipiegnabL
against all foreign assaults, i }
build railroads and canal
they
gle/Purviatiee, Ritchie, ltobLins,
Roberts, Robinson, Sabiii^ Sago,
Sapp, Sherman, Simmons, Spinner,
Stanton* Stranalnin, Tappan, 1 hor
ington. Thurston, Todd, Trafton,
Tyson, Wade, Walbrklge, \\ al-
dron, Cadwalader C. Washburn *,
Ellihu B. Washburne. Israel Wash-
burn, Watson, W 1 h, Wood,
Woodruff’ and Woodworth—103.
For Mr. Ai ei.—M* ssrs. Allen,
Barksdale, Bell, H udiey Ben
nett, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce, Branch,
Brooks. Burnett, Cac’a.valuer, John
P. Campbell, Garble, Caruthera,
Caskie, Clingman, Howell Cobb*
Williamson, R. Vv. Cobb, Cox,
Crawford, Davidson, Denver, Dow
dell, Edmundson, Elliott, ^English,
Etheridge, Eustis, Evans, Faulkner,
Florence, Foster, Thomas J. D. Ful
ler, Goode* Greenwood,. Augustus
Ilall, J. Morrison Harris, Sampson
W. Harris, Thomas L Harris,
Herbert, Hoffman, Houston, Jew
ett, Geoigc W. Jones, J. Giancy
Jones, Keitt, Kelley, Kennett,
A Schoolmaster "Bearding
Round.”
Extract from the journal of a
schoolmaster, published in a "Ver
mont paper:—
Monday—Went to board at Mr
B ’s. Had a baked goose fo -
dinner. Suppose from its size, and
the thickness of the skin, with oth
er venerable appearances, to have
be n one of the first settlers in \ er-
mont. Made a slight impression
on the patriarch’s breast,
Supper-—Cold goose and pota
toes. Family consisting of the hus
band, gude wire, daughter 1 egg
four bovs, Poinpev the dog, and a
brace of cats. Fire built in the
square room about 9 o'clock, and a
pile of wood lay by the fire-place.
Saw Peirgv scratch her fingers anil
Feltsquea-
liiy -— j iy-iriTCc Uiiniis
listinquished writer, temporarily j r j M g the year, or more than mie for
on a visit to the capitol, is among j eacb week, with an aw rage loss 0!
the ablest and most experienced of | over thousand men killed in each.
American statesmen now living; at rpj,; g j; st j, K snot include those who
a former day long and prominently
connected with the management of
our home and foreign affairs, both
in Washington and Europe, now
wholly withdrawn from the public
service and living in dignified re
tirement. After strongly condem
ning the conduct of the House of j
Representatives in squaring for j
two tnonts over the cl etion of a
Speaker “in the face of danger from
abroad,” the writer saysr
“That war with England is cer
tainly to come, I do not say. The
bolt may, some how or other be
warded off be tore it talk*, as all
hope, I am among, but that there
is sufficient probability of a coming
contest to create anxiety, who that
has carefully read the Presidents
Message and nil the official eorres-
liave fallen by disease or in skirm
ishes, nor the woitTvdcd, diSuMefc',
those who died in the hospital or
the ambulance, or were irreparably
maimed, or missing or prisoners.—
The number lelt dead upon the field
usually comprises only aoout oiie-
fourth of the entire loss in a battle.
By this rule the entire number
swept out of useful existence by
the wars of 1855 must have reach
ed over 300,000 men. No year has
p csented so bloody a record since
Waterloo.
It is stated.that in 1828
there were but three miles of rail
way in thb United States, in 1829
& knilty.
ticKi
couldn’t take the hint.
Hush about the stomach, and talked
about going to bed. Peggy looked pondeiice wi
sullen, and put the fire in the square ‘>» sl .y ‘A’ffV *
room. Went to bed and dreamed lives of the
of having eaten a quantity of stone j) 11 ,ntK r:,’ r - v
wall. I' 1 "’’ 1 '. 1 '’
. Tuesday.—CoU gamkr !orbreak-! ^ °“ B)W , llry su l^ t .
fast-, swamp tea, and sone nut-cako, j , jo ,^ m abe y ancb (temporary •Itsso-
the latter some consolat-on, | llltion in tact) the most efficient
Dinner—1 lie leg.-*, kc. ol the j re 0 f ()iu . government by corn-
clcr, done up warm, one ncrly done ; fi{f){n)il!g nl! legislation !-
11 T- . [ Worse than alh there appears to be
Supper—The other leg, .Vc, co.d. ; n t()ta ] i n> - C nsibility oil their part,
'to everything like danger from
abroad in our present situation.
They dream over it* chat familiarly
of it, but won’t take it unto account
at all. Some thi ’ ‘ ' ' "
others laugh at it.
Jamaica.
We extract the following from
the American Statistical Arnuai for
1854, relating to Jamaica:
“From papers recently laid be
lie inciva.scj
utiturcto have been a *,
Brest m | of economy. During the past v
| Dr. Norwood and I. is assistants^’
! examined twenty counties, p;,.,;,
1 spiC-al attention to the Nilrti./'
coal fields. The development
this itirvev have now require-1 ; !
. ■ usual importaheo in al! parts iic J
it inereas^l to -.0 ip oot o , j- |(lo j bl CO ni«cquence of t-lrp ' k
41 m.l-x, ... 1840 W>>, -r-.fc, ; |,^ 0! , „ f r:lihv „ t
n:.d now m le-Jbit -»• '.<? -’o,2p ! thrl>llg h cverv soirtlolt.’ „
miles. We have in addition prob- n. ... .... , rov,r
ably
m;
mil
than
at the equator. Within t n years
the’length lias been quadrupled;
and since 1859 alone, trebled.—
There are now :.t least 0000 miles
in process of construction that will
be in use before the end of the year
1857. Valuing the completed rail
roads at $30*000 per mile* the Cap
ital now iuvested in this interest
amount's to $097,200,000.
[CENTRAL GEORGIA
3.1.11# E « « F,, <5.
First Developments or :iie
Thursday, feb. n, is3 (
p. c. PENDLETON, EDtttJR,
LYCEIM.
TbeSunik-r.ville Lyceum m-tO »n Fri.i,
continue to ber of estates aban tonecl, or jiarti-
ally abandoned* irom January,
1852. to January, 1$53, was as fol
lows
Sn>-r Ccir,-». Country s*atM.
Ahnnilontkl
I*:,rti»lt cliauiJoucd VI
build railroads ana camm*, Jones, ovetu, ixeuey,
encourage manufacturing industry; | Kind'.fell, Lake, Letcher, Lind ley,
thev dignify labor, and make it in Lumpkin, Alexander K. Marsnall,
.vervstapfond form honorable. -
This'is the pobcy fi w hic.
jonorable.
!i the South
ought to pursue; which they ha^- b
the ability to-pursue, and which
fall'irrevocably behind in the race
of enterprise, but, what is worse and
more fatal, sacrifice their real inde
pendence, and expose^ their institu
tions to hopeless overthrow.
We invoke the representatives ot
Virginia to look to r ilroads, canals
and manufacturing industry, as bet
ter thau forts and soldiers tor the
protection ot her rights Irom aggi t--
sion, and her very soil from the
footsteps of the invader. W bo be
lieves that, if Virginia were now as
wealthy and powerful a btatc as
New Tort, any other State would
seriously contemplate interli-reuct
•with her institutions? It is our
weakness that tempts aggression,
and it is only by might, that might
which internal improvements alone
e»> secure, that we can viu--.;ca.e
our right.
Humphrey Marshall, Samuel S.
Marshall, Maxwell, McMullen Mc
Queen, Smith Miller, M.llson, Mor-
decai Oliver, Ori\ Iknnc, Feek,
-roricr, rowert, rdry. nr, Qnrr....*n,
Reade, Ready, Ricai.nl, R.vers, Ruf
fin, Rust, Sandidgo. Savage, Shor
ter, Samuel A. Smith, \\ illiam
Smith. Williim R. Smith, Sneed,
Stephens, St.-warr, S"-.>pv*, Talbott,
Trippc, Underwood, Vail, Walker,
Warner, Watkins, Wells, Wheeler,
Williams, Winslow, Daniel, B.
Wright, John V. Wright and Zul-
iiooii'cr—100.
For Mr. I idler.—M -ssrs. Broom,
Clark of New York, Cullen, Davis
of Maryland, and Whitney—fi.
tor Mr. Campbell.—Messrs. Dunn,
Harrison, Moore, and Scott—i.
For Mr. Wells—ill*. Hickman
Went to bed as Peggy was carry
ing in the fire to the square room.
Dreamed I was a mud-turtle nud
got on my back and could not get
over again.
Vi'ednesdag.—Cold gander for
breakfast. Complained of sickness,
and could eat nothing.-
Dinner—Wings* &e., of the gan
der warmed up. Did my best to
destroy them for fear they' should
be left for supper \ did not succeed.
Dreaded supper all the afternoon.
Supper— IIot j oli nny -cakes. Fc 11
relieved. Thought I had got clear
of the gander and went to bed for
a good night’s rc s\ Disappomted
—very, cold night and coulibt t. keep
warm in bed; got up and stopped
the broken window with my coat
and vest—no use—froze the tip of
my nose before morning.
Thursday.—Cold gander again.
F. ,t very much discouraged not to
see the gander half gone. W ent
vis-ting for dinner and supper, slept
abroad and had pleasant dreams.
Friday.—Breakfast abroad. Din
ner at Mr. B.'s .Cold gand-r and
not potatoes—the latter very good *
U'9
^<5
tea
it
Tout acres *01.1ST
“The language of the late Gov
ernor General, Sir _ C'has. Grey, on
: the condition of this island, is in-
tlnuk It imi»»uc, 1 iva _ Tll0 fc-t-nty its soi
inand taking supper at the Mas- j We ilia ant te-tm whether i-zperntim
sasoit House, aud visiting the Ar j ttp-toeJ (?) ^
rnory and other prominent features j are upo^ntical tinu-*. Brata
ot Springtielll. i • c ladies JlCttd 4li? j are a i, L » ;u j. OurSliIp of State win have tube
escorts lbr the gentlemen, oi denng , ^3- skilful hnnds ,»r wo fosir thatwcidiaB
be upon them. .lu-Jging from wli.it b'aidu
be t!ii’tone of Mr. 1'nchnnnif:
the locals, paying the bit
furnishing the comforts of th
and
trip
g. nerally. We shall hope to re- | iaiulsw;i UL ^ K
o*iril many fruits of the leap-year J that ha u a pp rt .i,
gallantry among our matrimonial j GrC!lt {; rita : p . 0
announcements before the year is
over.
A gentleman liv the name of L
Tlie Dondon D.iilv P- si
savs;
Funeral of the lion. A. J- Miller.
Yesterday the last sad rites were
paid to the remains ol this honored
citizen and favorite son of Augus
ta. It was, indeed, a day cf mourn
ing, of deep sol unnity, in which all
classes of our population p n.cipa-
ted. Never have we witnessed
such a universal demonstration of
sympathy and regret by a w ole
community', and we never ixpcct
to see sucii another, iu Augusta or
elsewhere. IV c were awar ; that
tluMleeeased had a stronir imkl up
on' the affections ot the people
nmong whom he had s 1 long lived,
and whom lie had served so ably
and faithfully in all the relations ot
life—that they esteemed, nay, loved
and honored him; but we confess
we had no idea or the depth of that
feeling—no conception of the pro-
founifregard they cherished for Him
in their heart of hearts. Wo will
not attempt a description of the de
monstration—-no language that wc
g&u employ, however forcible and
graphie, could convey to the apse 111
reader even a laint idea of the real
ity. It had to be seen and felt, (for
no one who saw but felt its all per
vading influence,) to be apprecia
ted. There was no attempt at dis
play ; it was the simple, but expres
sive manifestation of a people who
wero profoundly conscious that a
heavy blow had fallen upon them
—that one of the purest, their no-
blost and best men had passed to
“that bourne whence no traveler
returns”—bad been cut down in the
prime of life, in the zenith of his
usefulness, and in their service—
cut down, though, in their midst,
and surrounded by thos; who knew
him best and loved him most. Bus
iness was entirely suspended in ev
ery department; stores, banks,
“A a good editor, a competent
newspaper conductor, is like-a g*-t* -
c nl or a poet, born—not made.—
Exercise and ex pm nee gi ve faetli
tv, but the qualification is innate,
or it is never manifested. O.i the
London daily papers, all the great
historians novelist?, poet.?, essayist-,
and writer of tr..v 1?, have been
tried, and nearly all failed. We
might say all ; for alter a display of
brilliancy, brief; but grand, ih -y
died out literally. 1 heir re.-ourets
were exhausted. ‘I can,’ saiu 11
late editor of the Times to Mot re.
‘find anv number of men of genius
to write' for me. but very seldom
one man OT common sens*. Inc
•Thunderers,’ in the Time?, there
fore, have so far as we know, been
men of common sense. Mearly all
succcsful editors have been men oi
tnis description. Campbell, Carlile,
Bulwer. and D’lsraeii, failed;
Barnes, Sterling, and Phillips, = u -
needed, and DeLane and L >w - suc
ceeded. A good editor seldom
writes for his paper—he reads, jud
ges, selects, dictates, directs, alteis
and combines ; and to do all thi-
well, he has but little time lor com
position. To write for a paper is
! one thing, to edit a paper another.’’
quake, it uoues no good
our country, happen " ha tnav at
this juncture. Such utter inercuu*
ktv, such slumbering and sleeping
are surety the very reverse of wis-
, rn .
Tlioeo nro gi-ui-o u-oi-.lw. l 1m»v
ous and valuable minerals, the tim
ber and ornamental woods of its for
ests. the abundance and variety of
fish on its coasts and neighboring
reefs, indicate peculiar faculties for
the promotion of the future welfare
Tko«« M gmvo . * 'Tp, ami'prosperit y of its inhabitants,
do not come from an marm.s , ana '. arrant t | 5C hope that low as it
they have the endorsation of J e . ... * *
wisest and most discreet journals in f ’ ,llu V lt A1
the United States. Otherwise, we
could not imagine the possibility
of such a monstrous crime and fol
ly as a war between England and
the United States. Whether tie
Palmerston iuistry will urge an
absurd pretension iu Central Amer
ica to the poin of a rupture with
the United States, wc cannot say,
UUu pULiliUcS i-uw liiu-v.* w * J & 1 j ^ - , — , - J I f
ate these and went to school some- but possibly, encouraged L*y the
Message ef Mayor Wood—Pre
parations lor War.
Mayor Wood sent a message to
the councils on Monday, urging up
on the general government appro
priations for the defence of the city.
The Mayor evidently considers the
p esent condition of our foreign re
lations very critical, In case of u
war with England, he says, New
York, of all the Atlantic po t-,
would be the object of assault by
sea and land. His honor, neverthe
less goes on to say that it is a fact
that New York has alre ady in po i
tion more guns of heavy ea.1 bre
what contented
Supper—Cold gander again and
no potatoes, bread luavy and dry.
Had the headache and couldn’t eat.
Pegr-y much concerned ; Lad a fire
built in the square room, and
thought she and I had better sit
there out of the nose. \\ ent to bed
earlv. Peggy thought to.) much
sleep bad fo • the headache.
Saturday.—Breakfast, cold gan-
Icr and hot Indian johnny-cake—
• lid very well—glad to come off so.
Dinner—Cold gander again.—
f)i iu’t keep school this afternoon.
\\ 7 ei'd.‘ j il and found that 1 had lost
six pounds the last week! Grew
banned. Had a talk with Mr. B.,
uni concluded I had boarded out
uLs share.
Lnpjitmce of Recreation.
The following felicitous passage
tsJ too it .l
t iu lion. Edward Eve re it, at the
Webster Festival at the Revere
ilouse la-it week. The orator, in
r ferring to Mr. Webster’s taste for
inanlv snorts, added these words:
The Americans, as a people—at
1 a.T the professional and mercan
tile classes, have too little consid
er-d the importance of healthful,
•ivnerous recreation. They have
ot learned the lesson contained in
.he \er/ word which teaches that
he worn-out man is re-created,
m ale over again, by the seasonable
ivlaxation of the strained faculties,
fine old world learned ibis lesson
viars ago, and found out (Herod I,
L73) that as the bow always bent
will at bust break, so the man, fqr-
evcv on the strain of thought and
action, will at last g<> mad or break
down. Thrown upon a new conti
nent—eager to do the work of
twenty centuries in two—1 lie An
glo-American population has over
worked, and is daily over-working
it -el f. From morning to night—
,rom January to December—brain
and hands, eyes and lingers, the
wLhousS; workshops were tbra SebaSicp 1 had at the-tick of.
everywhere *\odd ; And ..all—all the allied a ,me?, or that Lou? i dt
United in pft^inf^Jbhia last sad trib-1 has at this time—but to* n is muon
p ace prospect, it may be guilty of
such madness. Y et, the popular
sentiment, of England, we should
think, would deter even as violent
and headstrong an administration
as that which now rules England
from embarking in a war which
mfo’nt injure for a time Armreau
j commerce, but would inevitably
(destroy both the commerce and
manufactures of Great Britain.
Crime and Punishment.
A correspondent of the Cincin
nati. Oiiio, Gazette states that there
have been five hundred murders i 11
Hamilton county, Oiiio, wituin the
last lilueii years, an t that but one
man lias been hung there for mur
der during ail this time. II inilton
county is that in which Cincinnati
is situated.
The enemies of capital punish-
m*>ia.ouIy .-ilij.'t-t to tlxe taking fli
iife ov law and for the protection
of society ; not when it is taken by
:he skulking murder- r or assassin.
Had there been live hundred hang
ings in the above county during tiie
time sped lied, philanthropy would
stand aghast; but murders excite
no ii rror. Instead ot pity for the
victims of assassination, there is
sympathy and a petition to the Gov
ernor for the perpetrator.
not he permitted
io relapse into utter barbarism.’—
Even'll ling, however, indicates that
such must be the fate of this beau
tiful and fertile island, unless its
social elements be speedily changed.
The process of its downfall is being
accelerated every year.”
About China ami the Chinese.
Sir John Bow ring nas recently
ad. Ire ssed a long and interesting let
ter to the Royal Asiatic Society of
London 011 the subject of China.—
Ilis official position as ambassador
i has given him a good opportunity
to obtain authentic information, and
the following facts collected from
his communication cannot but be
read with interest.
Forty-three veara ago the last of
ficial cet s is of the Empire was ta
ken. at which time the population
was reported at 302,0(10,0(10, and
the present'estimate is 400,000,000.
According to ancient usage tin* pop
ulation is grouped under the follow
ing heads: 1, scholars; 2. husband
men; 3. mechanics; 4. merchants.
A numerous additional classes is
that of social outcasts—such as
gamblers, stage players, beggars,
con victs, and robbers. Human life
is divided bv the Chinese into ten
l» foods, as follows: The. age of 10
M called tlio “opening degree; 20,
“youth expired;’ 30, “strength and
marriage;” 40, “officially apt;” 50,
“error knowing;” 00, ‘ cicle clos
ing;” 70, “rare bird of age;” 80,
‘ rusty visage;” 90, “delayed100,
“age’s extremity.”
'-•lteri (ou'
iniiii.“tcr at tiie Court of St. .James) it is eviUrn:
fbensivc of a collision wiiii
Great Brita;i». Our grave Sctiatois cfalj par.'
•S iu AV:»shiugtip. ;u.tici[nilc it nud are mak
ing war speech'.'.-*. Some of them seem almott
nltnelr
11m
secret council*
Knitliili
C.ntri!
, r (trrit
importance in this issue, peace seems likclj m
take place between the eonteuiliii"
Europe. The immense war feotinf ^
which the army and navy of England imv
placetl (not to allude to ' her Ally) v.'ill nJte
her, without additional expense, hi *in\u
terrilile and sudden'blow in any q ••Art or of th*'
globe. The intimation, long ago thrown out,
that t his alliance looked to the regulation ot
the balance of power on the IVef-tsm, a) mil
■rii Continent, seems to hare jd-
Messed more sigmitanco than was then aatici-
"Wealth of Atlantic Cities.—
The wealth concentrated at the
great commercial points of the Uni
ted States is truly astonishing. For
instance, one eight part of the en
tire property of this country isown
ed by the ci izetis of New York
and Boston. Boston alone in its
corporate limits owns one-twentieth ; U1C u;iia , 1LU u ,
the property on this entire Union, j , 4 Uie . Kagtc
being an amount equal to the 1
wealth ol an\ liUCC Of the New j ,yjted. That there is danger, cfin nolongtr
England States, except Ma ill.* ; * 3C , disguised. England ha? now the Bii*tn*^-
| niBcent and well nppjinted war fleet that las
| ever floated upon the ocean. There u a jest
! ousy of the ;>ower and growth of this cnunirv
j that manifests itself on all occasion*. We .ire
j their rivals in everything that has made Kn?
i land, not only great, but for centuries, tlio
j leading power ol Europe. -She can li>"k fit
sympathy, hi a contest with us, from all ilit
crowned heads of the Eastern continent be
cause of the spread ot democratic sontunenu
throngli the suecessful example of the uxperi-
inent here. She has been twice defeated iu a
contest to subjugate us. In the tirst instauc,
disappointed mainly through the aid we oUnin-
cil from tier present Ally; in the second, k
! not being aide, in consequence of her'mhtr
wars, to concentrate all cf her force tq-on r.
At least this is Iter own reasoning. There is
-round to fear she may be mad enough to*
dertake it again.
But on the other hand, it would seemfr®
setts. In thid city is found tin
richest community per capita, of
a iv iu the United States. The ncxi
city in point of wealth, according
. to its populution,' is Providence.
R. I., which city is one of the rich
est in the Union, having a valua
tion of fifty-six millions with a pop
ulation of fifty thousand. The
bare inercifio tier annum of the
wealth of Boston is equal to the en
tire valuation of many of the minor
cities, sucii as Portland, Salem, New
Bedford, Cuicago, Louisville, &c.—
Boston Traveler.
Judge Berrien.
Health of the Pre ident.
The Washington correspondent
of the 1‘hiladMphia Inquirer writes,
speaking of New Years day :
The President was dressed in a
plain black suit, with white gloves,
which must, at 3 o’clock P. M.,
have become somewhat soi led from
the contact with such a multitude
of hands m various stages of cleanli
ness. I had heard that he was not
eyes w .
powers of the body, anil the powers
o. the mind, are in spasmodic, mer- or the Seuator, who rqct bun hi d
ciless activity'. There is no h ck of j bate, met a mail of unshorn man-
afew tasteless and soulle ss dissipa-1 hood, and of unclouded vigor. Thus
" one by one, go off tlm *'
Calhoun-, the Clay
The New York Express in noti
cing the recent death of this distin
guished citizen, pays the following
beautiful tribute to his acknowl
edged abihtv:
In the Hon. John M. Berrien, of , A
Georgi*, passes away a great mind ^*ok.ng well, but was not Prepare*
and a great man. In professed l e -j to hnd him such a wreck ot lus
gal acquisition, in general legal i for,ner sclt. II*s person has be
fore in the faeuitv of analysis, [« very tlun a d lus face wears
combination, and 'exposition of *^me so gastly and cadaverous,
thoughts, he had but few. very few | thatono could almost fa**ey he was
eq ua?s in the United States. At | i^mg upon a corpse,
the age of *72, for that must have |
bi cn about his .age, his head was as i
clear as a orysuil, and the Lawyer, '
Sale of a Wife.—A short
while ago, Mr. Robt. Rhodes was
united in the bonds of matrimony
witli a Miss Eiisthau, o r L<mgridge;
but the marriage was unfortunate,
stage, the j Bot.li parties soon forgot their vows
* the Wousters, j 0 “tove and to cher sh ;” for short-
or exercises, are too iitil*. cuitiva- the Beiiiens of our second golden ]y a f they reilnvuished the fiis‘.:imi-
tions which ire called amusements,
but uobl: athlctsesports, maniy out
An Antiquity.—The Srni'hso-
uian Totitution lias rcceive«l as a
pr*: en‘ from thcUniversity at Jene,
a co. y of the original work of Otto
lie Guericke, the renowned inYi 1HO! j the reciproeiil commercial dependence ofik
of the air pump, published 10<2. K ;—„i
The work is in folio, illustrated by
a number of engravings, among
which is a representation of the cel
ebrated experiment of the resistance
to separation of two hemispheres,
irom which the air had been ex
hausted. when the force of eight
span of horses was applied to them
two nations that nothing short of madness®
folly, on one side at ledgt', could prccip-iit* 1
war. Every consideration of ChristUnitr. d
peace, of commercial prosperity, of gnodfe
:vnd protection to the governed, who are tot'
so much nfieeted by the war, should i-fM
if. The bimiinir force of seleinn treaty
tions alone,'should Be sufficient iimongijiW*)
confessedh* Christian, to jjravcnl tljc jeTj
consequences of war. But if all these H!'-" 1 ?', ;
onr government keeps herself in tiie right.*?,.
( that lierown people are satisfied tliat she *■* ^
the right, then the doom of Enclandxai-^
commercial power, is sealed, written
bkxid of her own people.
j^"What a man really is, will
appear in the truest light under his
own roof ami li v his own fire-Me.
I can believe that he is a’Christian,
when I know that lie faithfully
takes up the-daily duties, and bears It L , nmv thc niitldie of Feb n.»ry
the crosses that cluster within Ins liav „ scarc . ch . ?cen a }lIow - at work.' Tt*-^
own d*Kirs. I shall think that the j veri , v of tl)0 wintcr lias p „ t back events
world rightly Jails him a phlla - Thcrei8 some con, ton for the farmer, bn**
thropist, when, notw.tliManding j _ n t|)e tlmt tllL . sevcre h.v*a*»*
common faults and tnurmuies, he | „ --- • *
some extent, what hi? plows have not l
— -r i been able to do, nor are likely to d*> this
titC fro tl busbsUu •tlHi I«.ttriC ly cHAiJ j tliOfougWv brpnk t!u? Ifliui before ptonWV
,\Ve have seen as yet but one or two
I at gardening. mucTi less the heavier
| field work. But thc* weuthsr begiiw to ^
you find occasions for. i likfi breaking up. and it is high thneto-i\
Let farmers rexieniluT
that I
receives the spontaneous award of
the go d husband and father, and
the kindness of his nature is reiiec-
ted in the very air tmd light of thc
dwelling. And talk of noble deeds!
where will
where will you behold manifest:!- [ th e pi QW . i A -t tanners rcr.ienim.-i
(ions of a more -beautiful self-sacri- j <Ltton will be almoq valueless in th®
fie-.% a more generous heroism, than war, and mat grain will bring the lug
in the labors and in the endurance
of thousands of'men and women
shut out from the world’s observa
tion in silent nooks and corners of j ju
this very city, amidst the relation-j It was a bcautihil thought of a Gen ^
price®.
The tall, the wise, the reveren
Aluat lie as low as ours.
i.l h«l‘ J
Fort
ship, and cares and struggles of| who compim-d iiic t., a forest " f j7bi
home? But whether it be informs | ».tageandgrow^,H^“^
ot good or evil we know that the j si|ent> inttfnt aaaeaniest .
r:*al olements ot character, the gen- j and tbe tali trees one by one bow to ‘“ e t nd , ri
uine moral qualities of peojffic, must j n 0TL . a majestic oak, ami tiiere il - vonn *
1)B expressed there.—Rev. E. II. j well formed and graceful tree, •
• erringjilin and vigorous strokes o
Illinois Geological Survey* j ^
—For five, years pasta geological !
jna«
.hood
' oatter.
1 That tbrost represents youth, ^lit
Tiiat wood-cutter, death, ^
ur wwKJ-ciiuw,
d. .or exercises, are'teo little cuitiva- the Berriens of our second golden ] v af thev reiinvuisi.ed the fasqiim- - or ? ar ? P ast , a 6 x ‘ 0, . (> -teai r .j tn tL §s wopk, lh ,
ted in town or leountr^ {ago, and it is to bo hoptnl some am of Wh ortwr’s ehartt^'and survey' of fbnow has befii g >-ngr on r, b , W (wr,crueltyTti->n.-y:rd.iqf9.