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. . -» .- - Weekly Cjeorjjia (foiistitettaiafet an& ikynblie. BY JAMES GARDNER, JR. (Cunstitutiiiniiliiit & lUpuhlir. OFFICE ON McINTOSH-STKFF.T THIRD DOOR FROM TUB NORTR-WBSC OORXBB OF BROAD BTREKT. goes of kAND by Executory Administrators or Gna diaus. are required, by law, to bo held on the fir«* Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in which the property is situate. x °tice or these sales must be given in a public Gaxette, blXi x DAYS previous to the daj of sale. gales of NEGROES must bo at Public Auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration, or Guardianship, may have been granted. fir>t SIXTY DAY S notice thereof, in one of the public Gasettes of this State, and at the door of the Court House where such tales are to be held. Notice for the sales of Personal Property must be given, in like manner. FORTY D AYS previous to day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be published for FORTY DAYS. 4 r Notice that application will ba made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell LAND, must be published for TWO MONTHS. Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must be published TWO MONTHS, before any order absolute can be given by the Court. •TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One square. I*2 lines. 75 cents the fir»t insertion, and 50 cents afterwards. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sheriff's Levies. 30 days. s*2 50 per levy : 60 days, f 5. Executor's. Administrator’s and Guardian s Sales. Real Estate, (persquare 12lines,) $4 "5 Do. do. Personal Estate. 3 25 i Citation for Letters of Administration 2 T 5 Do. do. Dismission *4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 25 Two Months' Notices 4 00 Rules NUT, (monthly) $1 per square, each insertion !“?• Obituary Notices over six lines, will be charged at the same rates as advertisements. LEGAL NOTICES OT7* Notice of the sale of l.an-1 an 1 Negroes bv Ad ministrators. Executors or Guardians, must be publish ed FORTY DAYS previous to the day of sale Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate must bo published FORTY DAYS t 'J* Notice that application will be made to the Court ► of Ordjnarr for leave to sell Land er Negroes, , m uaAJbo published TWO MONTHS, weekly tor Letters of AdnvnUtra t- aa, : fmWf ¥ DAYS; and ** "-7* Sales of personal property of a perishable na- j tnre, bv the Act of 1852. by Executors and Administra- j tors, at the discretion of the Ordinary, upon not less : than TEN DAY S notice. Sales by regular Administra tors. as under the old law. FORTY DAYS. ALL REMITTANCES PER MAIL, arm at our JU»K. Ocrlcslcn PRY GOODS, IN CHARLESTON, so ca. BROWNING k LEMAN. No. 209 and 211 King,CornerofMarket-st. XT Till oiler to FAMILIES and PLANTERS \\ visiting Charleston this Spring, the choicest Stock of FANCY and STAPLE DRY GOODS, that has ever been offered for inspection in this citv. They invite an examination, and assure their friends, and purchasers generally, that their prices trill r&mputre favorably with tiny market in the U States. Terms eash or city acceptances. BROWNING A LEMAN. Successors to C. A E L. Kerr’so.n A Co. may 1 dAeo LUMBER FOR SALE. VT7HITE pine. Oak, Ash. Hickory. Poj I ar, » t Mahogany, Cherry. Juniper, Black Walnut, and every variety of Northern Lumber. —also — GRIND STONE and ICE, for snlo in lota and quantities to suit purchasers. Address: JOHN B. MARTIN. Agent, Charleston Neck Ice House, S. C. ©•t 24 dtAc ly _ ~ FOR CASH? Vs. G. BANCROFT A- CO., 253 KING !»TR EET CHARLESTON. S. C. YT/’e HAYE in comformity with the spirit of the » V times, adopted in our business the system oflow tariff and cash prices, and offer to the city and country retail and wholesale trade, every va net vof roods in our lino. PRINTS, MUSLINS, SILKS. BOMBAZINS, SHAWLS, LINENS, CLOAKS. CASSIMERS. DRESS GOODS of ail I kinds—GLOVES, HOSIERY, Ac. Ac. WeshaUbe constantly receiving the latest and most fashionable styles of goods, and it is our de termination that our stock in point of style and assortment shall be unsurpassed : and in cheapness of prices unequalled by any in the city of Charles ton. We have made this change in our system of 1 business from our preference to the small but more certain return of the nimble sixpence rather than that of the slow shilling, and in the belief that the public cannot fail to perceive the advantages it of fers to purchasers, our business will bo conducted so as to ensure their entire confidence and wo ap peal directly to their judgment Through our con nection in the various markets of Europe and of this country, we possess the ability and the will of offer extraordinary inducements to the consumer, the planter and the merchant. feb 1 4inosdAc ilny IJnrh JUiirrtisfinrnts. VARIETV STOYE WIREHOI NE. BARTLETT BENT, JR. Alanufaetnrer ami Dealer in the must approved Stoves, Ranges, Farmers’ Boiler.. Ship Cabooses, Gas Ovens. Charcoal & Hard Coal Furnaces, Oven Fronts, &c. Iron Castings generally. 238 Water Street, New York. apt 29 C :l 'U * ZINC PAINTS. THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY _____ Are now Manufacturing c these Paints, of superior *\ quality. Their advan /, tage over other Pair.ts z TOS. 'Z- ’ are: fl] Ist, They are not Poi- Z IvO.l. O j souous.— Sleeping apart -4 ■ 'O j ments. recently painted, \'JL OR A?/ may be occupied with '/y, -<S-impunity, and painters using these paints are not subject to the distressing maladies ar.smg from the use of Lead. 2d, Their Beauty and Durability—Zine, on inside work, becomes much harder than any other Paint, and is not easily soiled : is whiter than pure white Lead, and as it retains its whiteness and brilliancy unaffected by bilge water, coal or sul phurous gases ; it is unrivalled as a Paint for ships and steamboats For outside use. exposed to weather or water, Zine Paints will retain their color and preserving qualities long after other Paints are destroyed. 3d. The White Zinc Paints will cover (equal weights' about two-thirds more surface than pure lead—this, in connexion with their greater dura bility. makes, in the long run, the cost of painting with Zinc less than half the cost with Lead. Brown and Brown Stone Color Zinc Paints, which are sold at low prices, are well adapted to painting roofs, out buildings, and all metallic sur faces, particularly Iron, which they effectually pro tect from rusting, exposed either to heat or weather. These Paints are prepared ie the same manner, and may be used in all respects like White Lead. They are for sale by many of the principal dealers in the cities and large towns of the Union, and by the Company s Agents. MANNING ASQUIEK, 45 Dey street. New York. N. B.—All Paints manufactured by this Compa ny are warranted pure. apr 24 d-tclrn BLANKETS AND CARPETS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FOR SALE BY GREENWAY, BROTHER A CO., 19 Barclay street, and 24 Park Place, New Fork. opr 19 3m Jtyilabrlpljia WOOD’S STEAM ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS, jfe PHILADELPHIA. i - *-? and Wrought Iron RAILINGS, Window GUARDS, CHAIRS, SETTEES, and every article in the above lino always on hand attholow estpriees. Theundorsigned haying the agency of the above establishment, and a book of the different design*, will be pleased to show them to all in wnnt, and re ceiveorders. GLENDINNING A CO. mar 3ft ly 17 BROWN’S ESSEN! EOF JAMAICA GIN- 1 • GER.—This ESSENCE is a preparation of unusual excellence In ordinary diarrhrea, inci pient cholera, in short, in all cases of prostration of the digestive functions, so common, it is of ines timable value. During the prevalence of epidemic cholera and summer complaints of children, it is peculiarly efficacious; no faintly, individual or tra veller should be without it. as it enables the system to resist the influence of incipient disease, which lurk in a changing climate. Ca>;tios. —Bo sure to get the genuine Essence, which is prepared only by F. Brown, at his Drug and Chemical Store, N. E. Corner ot Fifth and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and for sale by all the respectable Apothecaries in the United States, and in Augusta by D. B. PLUMB A CO . HAVILAND, RISLEY A CO., fob 10 dicly PHILIP A. MOISE. Baltimore GWYN & REID, (t.ATB GWTS, KETH k TAYt-OK,) IMPOBTZBS AND JOBBEBB OF DRY GOODS. No. 7 Hanover etrert, Baltimore, Md. aug 20 ly BALTIMORE SILK HOUSE. YEAKI.E. < 088 t/ CO., 255 BA CT IMO HE STREET, BALTIMORE. SILK GOODS, adapted to the wants of the Sou thern States. A stock competing with any found in the Northern cities, to which the atten tion of Southern Merchants is raspeetfully invited, on terms liberal as elsewhere. Baltimore, August 1, 1852. dfAcly aug 1 SAFETY FUSE. JUST RECEIVED, from the Manufactory of Messrs. Toy. Bickford A Co., Simsbury, Conn., a supply of their celebrated patent improved Safe ty Fuse, suitable for dry blasting or blasting under water. Apply to ROBERTSON 4 CROCKER. nor 24 tActf A GEORG I A REM EDY - PRYOR’S PILE OINTMENT, which cures the Piles, forfale by [apr 29] PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist. political lloticfs. ' PUBLIC MEETING IN JACKSON COt'NTY. i Cf*‘ > Tjir^* r he friendi and supporters of the Id- I ministration, as indicated in the Inau- I gural Address of President Pierce, in Jackson ooun ! tv. are requested to meet in Jefferson, on the Ist Tuesday in May next, for the purpose of organizing for the approaching campaign, to appoint Delegates t« a Convention to nominate a Governor, and to make arrangements preparatory to nominating e&ndidates for the Legislature, Ac., Ao. a] ril 13 Hak'.!<'\\- L'/* ? Lolitii nl Mi riiug in < ohitnbin —All afr-K those who arc favorable to the Ad ministration of Gen. Pierce, without regard to old issues, are requested to meet in Appling on ; sale day, (Ist Tuesday in June.) for tho purpose of j appointing delegates to the Gubernatorial Con. : vention. Come one, come all! Come Whig and : Democrat! a V r - 7 Democratic .Meeting in W niton.— The Democratic party of Wai ton coun ty, are requested to meet at the Court House, in Monroe, on tho first Tuesday in May next, for tho purpose of appointing delegates to the Demo cratic Convention, to bo held in Milledgeville on tho 2d Wednesday in Juno next. apr 2d Special Holier!/. ► r*- —Snowiirn & shear will remove Tliiu Day to the .Sron* of Doer. Hknri ' F. Camvpell. whore they will be pleased to see their friends after Monday next. Imdc apr - Z. D. Gilman, Chemist and Drug gist, Pennsylvania Avenue, City of * Washington, Inventor and sole Proprietor of Gil ! man’s Instantaneous Liquid Hair Dye, the i only instantaneous Hair Dye. which is permanent. Gilman's Liquid Hair Dye is tho only article now used in this city. Gentlemen who wear whis ! kors or moustaches of a gray or reddish hue wish ing to attend a ball or party, can appear in a suit of black, by devoting one additional minute at their toilet, in using tho very celebrated article which heads this notice— Philadelphia Ledger. a l , r 10 d£c3m MP* —We have commenced ro- ceiving and Summer Clothing of all tho newest styles and Vest frabrics, which we offer to the public at New York prices. Our stock will bo replenished every week during the season, with the latest and best styles from foreign mar kets. [mar 16] Wm. 0. Price A Co. All persona indebted to the lato firm of Adams. Hopkins & Co. are request ed to make payment. Claims not paid, or arranged for payment at an early day, will, without discrimination, bo placedin suit. The death of Mr. Adams renders this course im perative, and we trust indebted will prompt ly settle the demands against them. Lamberth Hopkins. feb 6 c’oni Frakcis T. Wu.t.is. ZwT'"** * s a lacl and well known that tho Arabians attained a height in the knowledge of medicine which caused 1 the whole world to wonder and admire. AVith them the science of chemistry ha I its birth, and it is. therefore, not at all strange that a people so emi: ently successful in the healing art, and so per severing and daring in character, should, by actual an 1 untiring experiment, discover remedies far surpassing in efficienc s'al! others, fur the cure of those diseases incident to them from their mode of life. The greater part of their time being spent in hazardous and bloody warfare with the different tribes, they were subject to the most violent at tacks of rheumatism, paralysis, neuralgic pains, and various inflammatory diseases, as also the most horrid wounds, sprains, bruises, tumors, swellings, diseases of the joints, etc., otc. All these di.-cases they were so surpr singly efficient in curing, that i the uninitiated looked with wonder and attributed I their skill to the power of magic. 11. G. Far- ■ rell's Arabian Liniment is a composition Ox I balsams and oils 4 from rare plants peculiar to this ; country, and it was*by the use of the prticles com- I posing this great remedy that not only their physi- | cians, but even the wild Arabs of the desert were enabled to perform such miraculous cures. The ! Arab steed is world-renowned for his beautiful ’ symmetry of form, his unsupassed speed and agili- ; ty, and the incredible fatigue he is capable of en during. Why is it ? Because from tho time of his birth his limbs are carefully watched, and upon the first app stance of disease the magic lotion is applied, and such things asconfirmed sweeny, pell evil, fistula, ringbone, scratches, spavin, lameness, etc , etc., etc., are unknown. The same result will follow in all cases where 11. G. Farrell’s Genuine Arabian Liniment is used in time. Therefore de lay not in procuring & supply of it for every dollar . spent in it will save you twenty, and a gieat deal • of suffering, if not your life. Look out for Counterfeits. — Tho public aro cau- 1 tioned against another counterfeit, which has late- . ly made it-» appearance, called W. B. Farrell’s Ara- i biaa Liniment, the most dangerous of all the conn- ! forfeits, because his having tho name of Parrel', ’■ many will buy it in good faith, without the knov - ’ ledge that a counterfeit exists, and they will, per- { haps, only discover their error when the spurious mixture has wrought its evil effects. The genuine article is manufactured only by 11. G. Farrell, sole inventor .and proprietor, and whole sale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria, Illinois, to whom all applications for Agencies must be ad dressed. Be sure you got it with the letters 11. G. before Farrell’x. thus—il. w. PARRl£LL’ii—and his signature on the wrapper, and all others are counterfeits. Sold by HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO., Augusta, Ga., j and by regularly authorized agents throughout tho United States. * 07F* Price 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottlo. Agents Wanted in every town, village and hamlet in the United States, in which one is not already established. Address 11. G. Farrell as above, accompanied with good reference as to character, responsibility, Ac. dAc4 apr 1— Dental Notice.—W F. HoLLEYMAN has dissolved his connection with Dr Thomas J. Jones, D. D. S., in the practice of Den tistry; and returns his thanks to the public general ly, for the liberal patronage conferred on him, and will continue to practice in the offic© formerly occupied by Holloyman A Jones, on Broad street, over Wm. Haines Drugstore, Augusta, Ga. mar 17 tclm LADIES’ MANTILLAS. S.VOWDES & SHEAR HAVE received a supply of Ladies’ "White nnd Black LACE; Colored and Black Silk Man tillas: Black Lace SHAWLS; White and Black Lace SCARFS, of beautiful styles ; Also, White, Pearl, Pink, Blue and Tea Green SILKS of beautiful shades of color, for Ladies' Mantillas, with Silk Fringes, and other trimmings to match ; to all of which they respectfully invite the attention of the Ladies. dfAc apr 21 FRENCH ■’CASHMERETTES? SNOWDEN & SHEAR HAVE received from New York a supply of Superior Black French CASHMERETTES, a beautiful article for Gentlemen’s Summer wear; Also, DRAP D ETE. of the best quality. Superior White and Brown India Grass LIN ENS, for Gentlemen’s Summer Coats, and a full supply of articles suitable for Gentlemen's and Youth's SUMMER AVE AR, to which they re spectfully invite the attention of tho public. apr 21 di Ac BEAUTIFUL - FROM NEW YORK. GRAY BROTHERS have received two dozen of Rich and Beautiful Application MAN TILLAS, now style, only four days from Now York—to which they respectfully invite attention of the public. dfAc apr 21 FOR SALE. GOOD WORK HORSES and *l4 number one MULES. Also. 5 WAGONS and 12 DRAYS, with harness—three Y'OKE OF OXEN. Terms cash. W. IL OAKMAN A CO. aprls dAc2w WATCH THE SCOUNDREL ! _ A .MAN by the name of ALFRED OWENS se duced a young lady, an orphan girl, by tho name of Kenada, in Lawrence District, S. C., who was living comfortably with her brother-in law, by the name of Garrett, who, having no children of his own, contcmp’ated bestowing a handsome property on the unhappy victim of this unhallow ed. villainous debauchery. He promised her mar riage. and the wedding dinner was actually pre pared. He finally rannway, leaving the unfortu nate victim of rnis-plaeed affections tho mother of twin children, to drag out a miserable existence. He camo to Franklin county, Ga , where he took up lodging withan aunt of his own narn*, an aged widow lady, in easy circumstances, who had pre viously boarded him gratis some two or three years, to go to School, Ac. The old lady had but one child, a daughter, a lady of feoble health, the only solace of her mother’s declining years. This consummate villain managed to gain her affec tions, and by promising marriage, as in tho former case, succeeded in seducing her. And, after lying and swindling the neighborhood to an unprece dented extent, and borrowing all the money ho could, he runaway from Bushvillo District, Frank lin Co , Ga. on the 20th February. 1853. Ho es caped under pretence of going after License to marry this last'victim of his hellish passion, leav ing no effects to pay his debts. Ho passed through Athens, Ga .on hi-flight, where he was owing a note to the firm of Pitner A England, nnd told them that his brother would bo down in a few days nnd pay it off; but it so happened that his brother sloped by some other route, leaving Athens rather in nis rear. AVe suppose ho is gone to sornq other connexions in A Inbama. to erect a carriage shop. And. as we do believe the said Alfred Owens de cidedly as great a scoundrel, (according to his abilities.) as anv we have over had knowledge of, tho celebrated John A. Morrell not excepted, we take this method of guarding tho people against his innovations ; and, i' order that he maybe the more easily nnd certainly detected, wo will partic ularly describe him : Bo is about 28 years old, 5 feet. 6 or 8 inches in height, dark complexion, black hair, a heavy beard, square built, bow-leg ged, of low Dutch appearance, a dull, pensive countenance, very surly and sour looking, has think lip*, yellowish gray eye*, i» exceedingly «o eluded and *e!Bth in hi* habit*, niggardly, proud, has but little to nay and neve gpoaks well of any body hut th-vulgar—he professes to boa great Blacksmith. Carriage Trimmer and Painter. Wo understand that helms a sort of recommendation which ho has either forged or otherwise unfairly obtained, which ho will no doubt exhibit ; but if the people, wherever ho may locate, desire any further particulars, if they will address either of the undersigned, »t Bushvilie, Franklin county. Ga.. we will aendthem tho particulars, under seal of thocounty. Wc hope that nil editors of papers and periodicals, from their respect for female char actor, moral virtue, and honesty, will give the above at least one, or as many more insertions as they think tho case demands JOSHUA OAVEN, P. M., AVILLTAM OAVEN, J. P, ELIJAH OWEN, Jr., ALANSON FORBES, WILLIAM BREWER, ttpr 29 MICA JAH ESTES. AUGUSTA, GA. z SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 30. Honor* to the Memory of tho Vice-Pre*ident. We find the following in the last Southern j Recorder: j Kxkcutivk Dkpaktmknt, Ga., ( s Mii.i.kdokvii.lk, April 26, 1853. J 5 The melancholy intelligence of the death of ' the Hon. William R King, late Vice President of the United States, has been received at this Department. As a testimonial of respect to the ' memory of a worthy man and distinguished ( statesman who had just been called bv the voice of his fellow-citizens to the second highest office f of the Republic. It is ordered, That guns be tired on Capitol 1 Square on to-morrow, (Wednesday) from sun rise to sunset, at regular intervals of half an hour. 2nd. That the various offices of the Execu , tive Department be closed on that day. i- 3rd. That the entrances to the Capitol be hung in mourning for thirty days. i 4th. That the different Executive Officers wear crape on the left arm for thirty days; and ■ that it be recommended to all the Officers of the State, both civil and military, to wear the like badge for the same period. Howell Cobb. ‘ By the Governor: Arthur Hood, Sec’y, Ex. Dep’t. > Loss of Steamer Independence. The long suspense in regard to the steamer f Independence, which our California accounts , some time since informed us was missing, with some five hundred persons on board, has at length ' terminated in the news of a terrible calamity which has befallen her, involving the entire de struction by fire of the vessel, and the sacrifice ' of some 150 to 200 human lives. A telegraphic dispatch in another column,from New Orleans, received last evening, gives us such of the dreadful particulars’ak have vet come to hand, and by which it appears the steamer was burnton the 16th of February, after being run ashore off Margaretta Island, the pessengers to a large extent falling victims to both the flames and the water. A most important fea ture of the account is that which leads to the impression that the steamer had been culpably crowded with an undue number of passengers even for a good and safe vessel of her dimen sions. We do not learn, as yet, that any Bal timoreans or Marylanders were lost or were on board the Independence, though there may have been some. There were many from the Northern section 1 of the country, who had been taken down to the Isthmus by the Northern Light, which left New York on the 20th of January with some two hundred in the cabin and two hundred and sev enty-three in the steerage; and the Daniel Web i ster sailed from New Orleans two days subse quent, with 150 in the steerage, and 234 in the cabin—total of both steamers 857, who were to connect at San Juan with the steamer Indepen dence. It is not certain, however, that they all had through tickets for the Independence; and if they I had it would, it is stated, have been impossible i for her to accommodate them all. It is proba j ble that the number of the steerage passengers | in the two steamers was exaggerated, i The last time the Independence is reported to have been seen, previous to the disaster, was off I Cape St. Incas, on the 13th of February—three days prior to her terrible destruction. She was at Acapulco too, it appears, three days before that date, as would seem by the Republican published at St. Louis, where the first intelli gence of the Independence missing excited great anxiety.— Baltimore Sun. Protestants in Franck.—The N. Y. Even- I ing Post says that the number of Protestant Chistians attending their own places of worship iin France is 3,000,000. This differs widgly Ifrom a lengthy review of the French census of 1851, which appears in the Paris correspondence of the New York Courier and Enquirer. This ■ latter writer gives the number at 1,500,000, and quotes as his authority the “Revue des Deux Mondes.” These Protestants consist of Luth erans, Calvanists, Methodists, Friends or Qua kers, and Darbists. The principal sects are the two first named, and these are deemed by the government of Fiance of sufficient imfrortance to be allowed a share in the annual appoc/iriation for the support of religion. They receive in the ; total $238,528. The Calvinists have 511 min j isters resident in 62 of the 86 departments, ser- I ving 600 churches or places of worship; but of this latter number, 121 are in the single depart ment of Gard, in the south of France, and 68 in the adjoining department of Drome and Ar deche. The Lutherans number about one-third of the Protestants of France, and are located chiefly on the German and Swiss frontier, in the departments of Bas Rhin, Haut Rhin, and Doubs. They have 245 pastors, of whom 8 reside in the department of the Seine, and all the rest in the easternmost departments. This sect has 30,000 members in the city of Strasbourg, and 15,000 in Paris. In the department ot Gard are found, besides the Calvinists, congregations of Metho dists, Friends and Darbists. The Baltimore Sun says:—“ Judge Le Grand we learn, has declined to accept the office of So licitor of the Treasury, tendered by President Pierce. This determination of Judge Le Grand will not only be hailed with satisfaction by the entire bar of Maryland, by whom he is held in the highest estimation for his eminent abilities as a judicial officer, but by the people of the State generally, who warmly esteem him for his many excellent qualities as a citizen. His acceptance of the highly honorable post tender ed him by the President would have been, it is universally admitted, a loss to the judiciary of Maryland.”_ _ Mrs. Howard of Louis Napoleon Notori j rty.—The following extract of a letter from a | Baltimore correspondent of the New Orleans ■ Crescent, gives some interesting particulars of | this celebrated woman : ; The late marriage of the Emperor of France, I and the putting away of Mrs. Howard, as she is i ca led, his former mistress, has a peculiar inter est here. This Mrs. Howard is the daughter of a distinguished family in this city,but has long been considered by them dead. When young,she was distinguished for her beauty and wit, as well as her extraordinary amorous propensities. She went to England, and was introduced into the highest society there by the daughter of a Mary land family, who is now one of the brightest or naments of the British nobility. There she was married to a titled gentleman, and after commit ting a number of indiscretions and giving her ’ friends an infinite degree of trouble and anxiety, finally irretrievably disgraced herself by eloping with a gay young officer. After being in suc . ; cession the mistress of several noblemen, she f attached herself to Louis Napoleon, with whom • I she has remained a number ot years. A real : ; affection is said to have existed between them, ' several children having been the fruit of their connection. Her banishment to England and 1 her rumored abstraction ot important secret ; papers from the Emperor’s apartment, is the , last phase in her eventful life. After her fall, find ing her reclamation impossible,her friends here ■ announced her dead, and even went through ; the ceremony of interring her supposed remains in Green Mount Cemetery, and to them she is, 1 to all intents, morally, il not physically, dead. The Providence Conference of the Methodist ' Episcopal Church has just closed its session. ' Among the reports made was one by the Book i Agents. From this document it appears that the ‘ Christian Advocate publishes 32,000 copies weekly; Sunday School Advocate,7B,ooo f Mis ' sionary Advocate, 40,000; Quarterly Review, 2,300; National Magazine, 17,000. It is remark ed that the latter must have 20,000 subscribers to make it self-supporting. From the annual ; report of the faculty of the Biblical Institue we learn that thirteen students graduated last year . ’ the present junior class numbers 24. Sixteen of ; the students united with different conferences last year as preachers of the Gospel. , Tubular Iron Masts.—The great success < which has attended the construction of tubular ’ bridges, lias induced some of the British ship ' builders to takeup again the question of iron k masts. It is stated that tubular masts may be madeof iron, stronger and lighter than those of r wood, and with the additional advantage that 1 they might slide down one into the other tele f scope fashion, while they would require neither ■ shrouds or stays, leaving room for bracing round , the yards to the outermost. ; Death I'rom Rope J umi-inu.—A girl, about B fourteen years of age, who was at Sunday School in New York last Sunday, in good health, undertook the next day to jump the rope 200 times without stopping. She did so, but the unnatural exertion threw her into an illness, which proved mortal on Tuesday. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY I, 1853'. [From the Savannah Neivs, 2(ilh ins/.] Frcsoutatlon of Color* to tho Steamship August*. Yesterday noon a considerable number of gen tlemen assembled on the deck of the noble steamship Augusta to witness the formal pre sentation ol the suit ot color* voted to her by the City Council of Augusta in acknowledgment ot the compliement paid our sister city in the christening of one of the finest vessels afloat- Augusta was represented by her Mayor Dr. Wm. E. Dearing, Sam’l. M. Thompson, and John Foster, Esqrs., members of the City Council. There were present our own Mayor, Dr. Wayne, with several members of the City Council of Savannah. In presenting the colors to the officers of the ship, Dr. Dearing said : Officers of the Steamship Augusta : The City Council of Augusta, entertaining a high appreciation of the compliment paid their city in having so noble a structure as this to bear her name, have deputed me as her representa tive to present to you this Suit ot Colors, as a token ot that appreciation, and of the value she sets on the honor conferred upon her. Being fully conscious of my inability to do justice, either to giver or receiver, I have ac cepted this mission only from a sincere desire to do all in my power to promote and culti vate the social and commercial intercourse be tween the two cities, to see this monument to Savannah Enterprise, and to make the personal acquaintance of those who have so honored our city. In undertaking this pleasing duty, I have only to regret my inability to do justice to the occasion, and that the gift is not more worthy your acceptance. Take them; may they long wave over your ship, and may every breeze that unfurls them, waft you on to your port and to success. May the Au gusta 1 now stand on, be as prosperous as the Augusta I represent. May each successive voyage be but a triumph over the preceding one. May your cabin be always full, your freight list equal to the capacity of your noble ve***l ; and fat met assure you that-sou wilLq always carry with*you, oti each and every voyage, the kindest wishes of the people of Augusta. Take them—would they were more worthy of your acceptance. The address of Mayor Dearing, which was delivered in a graceful and pleasant manner, was cordially received by the company present, and was replied to by R. R. Cuyler, Esq., Presi dent of the Central Railroad, on behalf of the New York and Savannah Steam Navigation Company, as follows: Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Council of Augusta: The pleasant duty is devolved on me to ren der, in behalf of the New-York and Savannah Steam Navigation Company, and the command er of this ship, a hearty acknowledgment of the handsome present which you have just made. Although these colors are not destined to wave in battle, and we are not called on therefore to give you assurance of our determination and courage to defend them, yet we can and do promise you hat whilst they float over the peaceful pursuits of commerce and of social in tercourse, they shall never be tarnished by any want of good seamanship, fidelity or urbanity. I tender to you the sincere thanks of the Direct ors of the Conpany and the Captain of the ship, not only for the present made, but for the kind and acceptable remarks which you have been pleased to make. It may not be amiss on this occasion briefly to advert to the relative position, in days past, and now, of the Cities of Augusta and Savannah. Forty years ago this City enjoyed, almost exclu sively, the trade and business of the interior of Georgia. By the application of steam to the | navigation of this fine river, that trade and busi ness were, for the greater part, transferred to Augusta, the head of navigation. Your rapid prosperity and our comparative decadence were the natural consequence. Our people could not feel jealous or envious of } ou, but it was natural for them, in the circumstances which surround ed them, to make vigorous efforts for the return to them of days of prosperity, even if their suc cess should take somewhat from your City. Hence the Central Railroad leading to Macon. So soon, howevei.as that work was accomplish ed, Savannah turned to Augusta, seeking a close connection, commercially and socially, with her people. In 1835 your City was swift to see the advantages of her locality, and your sagacity as a community has been evinced by the great work which you have accomplished. We saw you being wooed and won bj- Charleston, and as you were “bone of our bone,” we felt anxious to bind you to Savannah—jealous, it may be, of our sister Atlantic City, but yet, I trust, not to be condemned on that account. My fellow citizens, here present, will bear me witness that our efforts, and our airns, have been for that irtimate connection with Augus ta. which should mark the two principal cities : of the State—one at the head, the other at the j seaward outlet of navigation—as twin Sisters of Commerce. At this day, circumstances are j greatly changed. You have your Railroad crossing of the State, and your connection, through the mountain chains, with the West, reaping therefrom, most justly, rich reward for your enterprise and keen foresight. We too, have connections of like character. No longer is there, or can there be any, the least diversi ty ot interest between us—no circumstance or state of things is likely to create the slightest jostle. I congratulate you, sir, and the people of Savannah herq. assembled, on this auspi cious condition of affairs. Your position is eminent and commanding; you are at the point where the great vehicles of intelligence— the mails and newspapers from the igreat city of the north—are first to enter our domain. We are to receive that intelligence through you. We are not far from the realization of our bright hopes ot communion and fellowship with you. We anxiously desire to do for you all that business which requires rapid and safe communication with the sea, inward and outward, and we shall leave nothing undone to bind ourselves more closely to you. Accept, then Sir and Gentlemen, the assur ance that we reciprocate the kindly feelings which it has been our pleasure to hear ex pressed by you. With the Iron link, soon to be completed, we feel that youn prosperity will be our prosperity, and that tne remotest parts of Georgia will be bound in patriotic as well as profitable bonds with this sea-port. After Mr. Cuy'ler had concluded, the colors were adjusted to the halyards and run up with a salute from the gun of the ship. The compa ny were then invited to the saloon by the agents and officers of the Augusta to partake of refresh ments. The incident was an exceedingly pleasant one, in which all present cordially participated. It was the beginning, or rather the revival, of an era ot social and business intercourse with our Augusta neighbors, which we trust will re sult in the greatest mutual advantage. The colors are worthy of the City of Augusta, and the noble ship that bears he- name. May they long continue to float at her mast-head, the emblem alike of national power, commercial prosperity, and mutual good will. Hon. Langdon Curves.—The Columbia Carolinian says: “ We are gratified to learn that this distinguished citizen will shortly take up his abode among ns—he having authorized a friend to purchase a residence in this vicinity. The purchase has been made.” Feeding Bees.—A writer in the Ohio Culti vator, after descanting on lhe unprofitableness of feeding bees on buckwheat blossoms, states his experience in feeding them with sugar—his plan being to put a pound of brown tin dish, wet it with water, and lay a number of small strips of wood across for the bees to rest on while at work. In every experiment one pound of six-cent sugar produced two pounds of honey. Another experimenter, per contra, says: “ Whatever bees collect and deposit in their comb, undergoes no change in consequence of any thing they do to it. If thev are led with molasses they deposit molasses, if with sugar di luted with water, it is sugar, and nothing but su gar when stowed away in the cells. Os this any one can satisfy himself, by trying the ex periment with these, or other sweets, as I have repeatedly done. The honey collected horn flowers is the same in the hive as it was m the flower, without any modification in flavor,color, or consistency, and the patent preparations for feeding bees with a substance they are expected to change into honey, are imposition, cant, and humbug.” Houses in New York.—The editdr of the Agricultor having taken some pains to collect information in relation to the horse trade in New York city, says that horse* are generally ten per cent, dearer than they were last spring, and thirty per cent, dearer than they were three years ago. The average sales are about 300 per week, and the average price of late has been S2OO. The average price of all the horses sold this season is said to be $l7O. The statement going the rounds that the au thoress of “ Queechy,” and “The Wide, Wide World” is dead, and that she was a daughter of Counselor Warner, of New York, who was con spicuous in the Drury torpedo affair, is contra dicted by the New York Tribune. That paper says: The popular authoress alluded to is the daugh ter of Henry W. Warner, Esq., a distinguished member of the New York bar, and we trust will long live to grace the social circle which is just ly proud of her fame, [communicateo.l ’• Cambridge, (Mass.) April 20, 1853. Jo the Editor of the Constitutionalist fr Republic: ’’ Dear Sir, —1 hope you will pardon my intru - ding upon your sanctum with Hie enclosed article <’ which 1 have taken the trouble to clip from a 1 Boston paper. It gives a somewhat life-like picture ot the state of affairs here, and I think it w <>uld do well tor some of the modern pseudo- • philanthropists to read. I lam about closing a course of legal study in the Dane Law School of the University at this • place, and lam heartily sick of the pharisaical and fanatical <*t|sbms and practices, which I find - to prevail amonga major part of the good citi zens of New England. I say the major part of them, because it has been my good fortune to meet wi’h many good citizens during my so journ here, —honorable men, conservative in their principles, upright in their dealings, and all in all, such men as I would rejoice to hail as fellow countrymen at all times, and in all places. But there are those, (and they go to constitute a majority of thftjjitizens of New England,so fai ns I have seen,) who are the wildest dreamers, the most inveterate theorisens, and the blindest worshippers of fanaticism, that I have ever had the extr- me sorrow and misfortune to meet with. Their eyes are blear from sheer weeping over the sufferings of the far off, whilst their ears are grown deaf to the wailings and pitiful beseechings of He near. They drive the poor beggar from their deors, and send him haggard and wandering through the streets and public highways—hoin-dejs, shelterless, sympathy less. They the poor children of Erin, and thestl« rs n their midst; and every prin ciple of hur - -.'H) every feeling of benevolence ; anil all jj*/* 1 sympathies of the human 'befit” t.ie’'aitanr pf | the god whom tVcy aflore and whom they serve. They fill the hovels of the poor with filthiness and rags, aril they disrobe the young maiden of that only mantle which can conceal her nakedness—her virtue. They take away from her her most costly jewel, and when they have deprived the rosebud of its fragrance and its bloom, they cast it all withered and blanched out cold winds,careless and unconcerned as to its Cite. And yet their mouths, like so many curs, are ever baying at the institutions of the South; and the worthless trash which reflects upon her chivalrous and high-souled citizens, and which is hawked and peddled through their streets, they catch hold of with greediness; and spend therefor the pennies which sorrowing poverty lias thrown into their lap, that they may weep over the imagined ills and sufferings of a down-trodden race. O! miseras hominum mentes, O ! pectora ctrca! But I have already trespassed much farther on your patience than I intended in the outset. I should not have sent you the enclosed article —but that it >hows how things exist and how penury and want prevail ever in the goodly city of Boston. And. moreover, since Mrs Stowe has just issued her Key to Uncle Tom, as a kind of salvo to her conscience for writing the origi nal work ; and as in that she has gathered to gether all the facts she was able to collect, de tracting from the institution of slavery, I think it but right that a few facts should be stated reflecting upon the practical working of her own free institutions in New Englanl. And here I cannot help remarking, that the course which this lady is pursuing, only tends to make her abolition friends the more forgetful of their own poor and lowly, by directing their minds to foreign quarters. And the evil which she thus brings about is incalculable. But I must stop. If you think that the aiticle I send you will be of benefit or importance to any person, by insert ing it in your paper you will greatly oblige one, whose sympathies are not enlisted in favor of the blacks only, but also in favor of the whites. Respectfully yours, H. The Lordly Tailors and their Starving Dependants. And the devil clapped bis paw on tho little tailor, With tho broadcloth under his arm. Old Song. In our last paper,we briefly adverted to the op pressed condition of the seamstresses of this city, i and some of the “ iron rules” which govern j many oXthe large establishments for the manu | facture clothing. Documents are beginning Itp comq furnishing us with the printed fticts. John Ci.. exact, imiieratirely. of fjhose in thej/i . >ploy, thirteen hours per day in sum mer, ai,*”eve>. hours in winter—with the ad dition, c Saturday evenings of as many hours as theyrian find employment—and every evening, of time sdSicient to replace everything which may be in disorder; and everything for delivery, is to be entered by the clerks, and packed bv the packers, before they can retire. The sales men are never to sit down ; but are always to be engaged adjusting goods, or stand by the door in waiting to receive customers. And all those who do not conform to these regulations are sup posed to he anxious to leave. Besides, they have a sort of code, instruct ing their operatives in money-making, enfor cing the importance of punctuality, and the ne cessity of economy, in imitation of a deceased philosopher, whose name was Franklin, whose memory and writings and examples are still cherished in Merchants’ Row. For instance— if you receive only two cents per day for your labor, you must expend but one 1 The most stirring incitements to constant toil,and unflinch ing perseverance under difficulties, are here set fcrth : and should any fail in their struggles to gfet bread enough to live upon, they will still honored (!) but if they shrink from the “ taskri they will be despised ! We have given the substance of these docu ments/and hope those for whose benefit and instruction they were promulgated may profit by tk»m—and if they do not get bread enough to sustain life, and clothing to cover their nakedness, they must not charge it to any error in the philosophy of John Gove & Co., but sit it down as their misfortune, and want of knowledge to apply it to their own bene fit. But, seriously, is it not enough to provoke a smile to read their counsels to their poorly paid workmen ? They recommend economy to peo ple who are compelled to subsist on 25 cents per day I—beg them to prolong their life of toil by abstinence from any recreation except such as they find in their business—to eke out their shilling at market in tripe and beef’s shanks— remembering by such economy they will finally have a pile ! For men who take such counsel and such pay, we can scarce entertain the emotion ol pity. They scarce deserve compassion while they, have the power so easily to remedy the evil. Combinations of wealth and numbers, are, we know, powerful against the poor and needy; yet they cannot move without their labor; hence the power is in their own hands, and they have only to apply the rightful remedy. How many in this city are constantly seeking distant objects on which to bestow their benevo lence and sympathy 1 If food is short in Ireland or Madeira, how soon they fly to replenish the storehouses of the starving. And with what gratification and self-complacency, they drink in the “ grateful thanks” which are returned in scented note-paper from these famishing islands of the ocean ! While they have no ears for the of the distressed and starving, which as of their own city, the most faint cry from a dis tance is readily heard and quickly responded to. Thousands of poor girls struggle through a brief, though virtuous life, scantily clad and mis erably fed. though their toil is severe and inces sant, receiving only from $1.50 to $2.00 per week, out of which they have to pay for board and clothing. Such, perhaps, possess not the charm of lovliness, or the tempter ■ would have found them, and they would have eaten the bread of guilt and shame, dressing in the most costly and gaudy attire, for a few short years —when, the pale, sunken cheek, and lustreless eye, having no longer a charm for the deceiv er, they are left to eke out a brief existence upon “ the town.” Very few pretty girls, who are en gaged in shops, depend on their scanty earnings with their hands. If not seduced by their em ployers, they are almost certain to be by some one else—and it would be safe to assert that three out of every five shop girls in this city have fallen —and no better fate could be expected to overtake them while starvation or prostitution stares them in the face! They soon find out that they are handsome, (ifthey are so,) and know how much more admiration they excite if prettily dressed. Some tremble when they think of the cost—ask themselves “ who will know it?”—try their ad venture very cautiously—make a trip to Brigh ton or Nahant with a friend,who adores them, (?) and return with tho value of a silk dress in their pockets. Their virtues has been left behind 1 The result is as above described. And is there no remedy for all this evil, vithich so sadly af flicts, not only tho poor, young female, but so ciety at large ? We think there is—and that if one half the money, sympathy nnd attention which is given to distant charities, and for “savingsouls” in foreign lands, were devoted to our immediate neighborhood, there would he less Buffering, less crime and prostitution, among the young females of Boston and the other large towns which surround it. The pious ladies of Massachusetts look with holy horror upon the exposed condition of the Topsys of the South— listen with opon ears and mouth to the tales of forced and indiscriminate amalgamation, and would move heaven and earth to prevent it.— Yet we assure them that it exists to no wider extent, nor is it a joy more forecd, than the same kindofvicein their capital city. Indeed, all 'he odds are in favor of the slave—who is fed, clothed, and cared lor, by force of law. How is it here ? Who is to feed and clothe the poor, yet proud girl, who will not condescend to beg ? I- ind who will not go to the almshouse, unless , compelled to? No one I There are plenty who will pray for their poor souls, while their bodies ire famishing. 1 Poor girls, starving amid plenty, find it lifficult to believe in that religion which starves the body, while it delights to feed the soul with the bread of life 1 Thrilling tales are written 1 for the arousing of your sympathies for the 1 poor negro, and hundreds of thousands of dol- I lars are expended to give them circulation I'be horrors of black slavery are on every ’ongue ; while the poor, struggling, starving white woman, under your very noses, is for gotten. <>h ! such is the present religion of the meek and lowly Jesus. It flaunts in silks and satins—rolls in the most splendid carriages, and its abode is in marble palaces! (t is redolent of costly perfumes, and is studded with sparkling gems ! Its voice is heard only in magnificent halls, or beneath the loftiest spires, where the senses are wrapt in elysium by the gorgeous drapery, the m flow light shed through the many colored glass—the great organ’s tones —the gay costumes of the wor shippers 1 Verily, the child of Nazareth, were he on earth, would be likely to mistake his disciples, or followers, —he would not know them unless he were told. But our article is getting long, and we are becoming serious. Three cheers for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Simmons & Co., John Gove & Co., the devil, and a/Z the oppressors of the poor. Piety, pet ticoats, pumpkins and poodle dogs, forever! East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad. The Board of Directors of the Cqmpany have just held their regular quarterly meeting.— One or two movements of a most important character were adopted with an eye to the fu ture prosperity of the road and of the country, to two of which we will briefly advert. 1. By resolutions of the Board, the President is directed to enter into negotiations at the pro per t.me lojpurcbase Ibe iron lor the track nor‘l» of the river. This was an important* - step, and demanded by the present and prospective condi tion of the iron market. It is known that al ready a great advance has taken place in rail road iron and no prospect of a decline soon,but on the couutiary the article is still advancing in price. Again the demand for it in the United States is so great, that any quantity purchased now by this Company could not posssibly be de livered for eight or ten mouths to come. But it is not intended that the President should at once proceed to negotiations, but discretionary pow- i ers are given him upon the subject, so that he i may take advantage of the market as circum stances miy present themselves. While upon this snbject we would urge upon the Stockholders North of the river, to come for ward with more promptness and willingness to assist the Board in their efforts to extend the road to Knoxville. We know that the Company are pushing the work forward with as much rapidity as their means will justify—and it is equally well known that their efforts are dependent upon the subscription of stock in Knox and Roane. And now after all that has been said and done upon this subject, shall the work flag—shall it be suspended on account of a failure to pay on the part ol men so able to pay, and at one time so willing and determined to pay ? Are the people of Knox yet anxious to have the road? Let them show their faith by their works. 2. Another highjy important step taken by the Board was their subscription of the entire stock of the Cleveland and Chattanooga Rail road. This movement is made to secure the ultimate completion and to control the future operations of this, a natural branch to our road. It is a link which will be demanded in future by the commerce and travel of a large portion of the Union, and to belong to an independent Company it would be the key to the system of roads in Tennessee, and would in all probabili ty become an intolerable monopoly. We com mend the action of the Board in making this subscription. It is well known that large assis tance can be procured in the construction of it from other able companies—but it is none the less important that this Company should so far secure the read, as to keep the future manage ment of it under their own control. — Athens Post, 21st instant. This is certainly an important move, and one we are much pleased to see. It matters not who has the control of this road as a monied invest ment, but for the good of the country, our present thoughts are much in favor of the decision of the East Tenne see company. To have an inde pendent road connecting might be destructive to the interests of all parties. Here is a point at which terminate several different railroads.— The one to Cleveland or Charleston is a most important link to a general thoroughfare, which is in a rapid course of completion. It could be, controlled in an injurious manner, tho’ we think such would not be practiced. But it will be for the interest of the East Tennessee company to make proper connections to secure its share of patronage, and this will regulate the road as it ought to b->.— Chattanooga Advertiser. Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The Chief Engineer, James F. Cooper, Esq., l submits some excellent remarks about the inde pendent terminus of this load at Chattanooga. Mr. Cooper speaks about the trouble which will be sure to accrue at the juncture, concerning the freight and charges. We have already stated that a corps of Engi neers have been ordered to run the line North of the river to this city, from the junction. They have not reached here yet, but the estimates will soon be known. At this juncture, remarks the Chief Engineer, when your resources aie so heavily taxed for the consummation of your great project, accord ing to its original design, perhaps your Board will not conceive it seasonable to consider a proposition which will demand a large acces sion to your capital stock; and yet it is not deemed inexpedient to bring to your notice the question of your Eastern terminus, and to glance at the reasons which seem to favor an Eastward extension and a termination at Chattanooga.— The route will penetrate a rich coal region, af fording constant occupation for your trains in seasons otherwise dull, resulting probably in the development of large manufacturing inter ests along the line, which would, in turn, reach most favorably upon the Road. You would in tersect the fertile valley of Battle Creek and Se quatchee, taking a monopoly of their valuable trade, the Depot for which would be second to none on the whole route. These considerations leave nothing to desire on the score of local profits, but more compre hensive benefits would flow from the proposed extension. Chattanooga is the point at which transhipments of freight and passengers will be made from train to train : and it is not politic to confide to an intervening and perhaps a rival party the great interests that must arise at the point of exchange, when the construction of 45 miles of self-sustaining railroad would place you on the ground where those interests may be di rectly controlled to your best advantage. A junction at Crow Creek with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad will require a second transhipment or an interchange of trains—the one too expensive an operation to be fre quently repeated, injurious to packages and in convenient to travelers—the other a fruitful source of embarrassment, involving vexatious questions of car tent, and the equitable adjust ment of claims for loss, damage and detention, from which you can only be relieved by trans acting your business on your own road and in your own trains. Tariffs of charges and schedules of time, suit able to the intervening company, might result to you in great injury, inconvenience and loss. It is hoped that the great advantage promised by this modification of your first plan, will war rant the Board in taking such initial steps as will ascertain the cost of the extension, and the means which can be collected for so de sirable an object. Resting upon Memphis the commercial heart of the Mississippi val ley, it will perfect the symmetry of your en terprise to embrace Chattanooga, the entre-pot ot - the South Atlantic ; whence, its mighty traffic, having climbed from the ocean, is first fairly launched upon its Western destination.—Chat tanooga Advertiser. Memphis & Charleston Road. We learn from a reliable source that the Road on the north of the river, from the Bridge up to this place, will not be ready for the cars be fore the latter part of this year. Much yet remains to be done before the work is even in a passable condition—and.when all is done that can be, this end of the Road is likely to be the most inferior, unsafe, and expensive, of any other piece of Road of the same length in the country. The very nature of the ground over which the Road is be ing built, it seems ought to have deterred any Company from attempting 1 it. It this link to the Bridge is to be the only Road connecting the north and the south, through this place with the Valley of the Mississippi, we are inclined to think that many will go around rather than risk travellingover it. But skill, perseverance and a liberal expenditure of money may ultimately get the Road in a better condition than the re presentations to us and our fears permit us to hope with”any degree of confidence.—Chatta nooga Gazatte. A Round Salaray.—The New York Mirror states that C. K. Garrison, Esq., has been ap pointed agent of the Nicaragua Transit Com pany, at a salary of $60,000 a year: in addition to which four Insurance Companies nave agreed to pay him SIO,OOO each a year—making $40,- 000. Total amount of salary per annum. One Hundred Thousand Dollars! This gentleman takes out letters of credit to draw for one million a month on account of gold dust, and has one fourth interest of the profits. Punch discovers a new “ dodge” in the em blematic representation of the billing and cooing of two doves, encircled by a ring. He says: Or lot the wreath when raised, n cage reveal, Wherein two doves their little bills entwine ; (A vile device, whioh always make* mo feel Marriage would only add your bills to mine.) VOL. 32 -NEW SERIES -VOL-8. -NO. 13. | Sian the only Miser. , BY CHARLES BERTRAND, s The liirk sings gaily to the morning clouds, While swiftly soaring in the regions high— ? Th > nightingale in music tolls his love, s Unto the heavenly watches of tho sky ; , Th t flowers hide not their beauty from tho sight, , Nor their pure fragrance to tho world Jerry, But yield fair homes to many insects bright, Aad bless with sweets each hour that passes by. 1 Tho sun his warmth and brightness freely sheds 1 On ocean, river, city, hill, and dale ; And of bis plenty gives the queenly moon, While she on earth bestows her brilliant Dale; The st irs smile softly ns with speed descend Their dancing rays, to gladden care-clad night; Tho northern lights in Lapland's winter shine, A daylight making in the sun’s despite. Th’ electric flash that gleams athwart the sky, Becomes man’s messenger and bears his will, Al swift as thought to countries distant far, And crosses seas bis bidding to fulfil. The river winding like a silver chain, Makes fruitful all tho land thro’ which it wends ; Tho clouds pour down their fertilizing rain, On which tho fullness of the ear depends. Tho snow crown’d mountains, nnd the dusky mines, Unfold their riches at the call of man; Strong iron, silver, precious gold, rare gems, And fuel growing since the world began. The trees that stretch their strong arms to the winds, Give leafy shelter to tho birds of air; And bear rich fruits of various shape and kind, And juices yield most useful and most rare. Man, only man, his treasures doth conceal, And hoard them up for solitary joy; As if kind hoaven ever yet conferred A blessing that he ought not to employ ! All gifts received should freely be diffused, Not idly hid to please one mortal will : For talents, wealth, and knowledge aro abused, Unless they aid earth’s onward sails to fill! Mr*. Partington Back Again. For a long time past we had heard nothing of theold lady of the Boston Post, until yesterday, on opening that most estimable journal, we found her “ foot prints.” We knew them as jpon as we saw them. But tor the fear of be ing thought too inquisitive, we should like to know -where the dear ol 1 lady has been all this long time. We.hail ber return not less cordial ly than the Pos' itself, whirii thus introduces her: Mrs. Partington Back Again. She loitered by the door, But she didn’t speak a word, And thoughts she’d seldom known before Her mind s composure stirred. She gazed far up the stair— The stair so dark and grim— And her specs, so long familiar there, Were dewy, damp and dim. Anil step bv step she went Up the dark and sombre stair, A tinge of coffee “ flngranco” blent With the wholesome morning air ; Her stop was dull and slow, And a tear was on her cheek, But ’twas from naught of pain or wo— Nor grief did it bespeak. She turned to gaze around Within tho quiet room : The olden pictures there she found, And Saunders with his broom— The cobwebs waved o'er head, That long before she’d known, And Carter’s whirling mill, she said, Had “hominy”* in it* tone. She hung her ridicule Beside the ancient chair, And the rappee box, all crowded full, She laid before her there; Thon she sank upon a seat, With her finger on her chin, And smiled benignantly and sweet. As she murmured, “Home agin!” Boston Post Office, April 9, 1853. *lt is nothing but justice to suppose that tho old lady meant harmony. A Maiden’s Soliloquy. [A Maiden alone—Milton in her hand. Sho opens at the passage, *’ Hail wedded love! mys terious law,” etc. She thus soliloquises:] It must be so ! Milton, thou reasonest well; E'se whence this pleasing hope, this vain desire, This longing after matrimony! Or whence this secret drend, this inward horror Os dying unespoused ! Why shrinks the heart Back on itself, and startles at celibacy ? ’Tis reason, faithful reason, that stirs within us; ’Tis Nature’s self that points out an alliance, And intimates a husband to the sex. Marriage! thou pleasing and yet anxious tho’t! Through what new, various changesmust we pass ! Tho married state in prospect lies before me, But shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If nature prompts the wish, And that she docs is plain, from all her work, Our duty, interest, pleasure, bids indulge it, For tho great end of Nature’s law is bliss. But yet—in wedlock woman must cbey— I’m weary of those doubts ; tho priest shall end 1 ’em. Nor do I rashly venture loss and gain ; Pleasure and bondage meet my thoughts at once. I wed—my liberty is gone forever, But happiness itself from this secured ! Love first shall recompense my loss, And when my charms shall have faded, Mino eyes grow dim, and stature bends with years, Thon, virtuous friendship, shall succeed to love; i Thus pleased, I’ll scorn infirmity and death, Renewed successively in another race. “ A Man of his Word.” You may sing of tho heroes of yore, You may speak of the deeds they have done, Os the foes they have slain by tho score, Os the glorious battles they’ve won : You may seek to eternize their fame, And it may bo with goodly success— But it is not the warrior’s name That this heart and this spirit would bless : Though oft at their mention my soul hath been stirred, Yet dearer to mo is the man ot his word. You may speak of the great ones of earth, Os prelates, of princes and kings; I doubt not there's something of worth In the bosom of all human things ; But dearer to mo than the whole Os pageantry, splendor, and pride, Is the man with a frank, honest soul, Who never his word hath belied: Yea, prized above all that this earth can afford, Though lowly and poor, is the man of his word ! From the “ Carpet Bag” wo gather tho follow ing scrap on office seekers : “ Tho office holders are all in a sweat,” Said an office hoper, with exultation ; “ True,” said old Roger. “ I never yet Saw such a General Pierce-piration 1” A Romance in Real Life. We find the following paragraph in the Utica Herald. They have all the elements of ro mance, but are related as real incidents in the life of an unhappy man : Major Hicks, a keener of the toll gate, on the plank road between Richland station arid Pulas ki, was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning last. He probably died of apoplexy. He was a miserable old bachelor, and for years rented his house and lived in his barn, in Pulas ki. He Jived alone, separated from sympathy, and leaving no place desolate in the social circle. We knew the old Major well. It was only weekjbefore last we saw him standing in the door of his den rs we passed by. He looked the very embodiment of hard times and desolation. He was a singular creature. He married when quite young, and after living with his wife a short time, left her and suddenly disappeared, no one knew where. His wife, after living alone a number of years, supposing him dead, solaced her grief at his absence in a second marriage. She had lived with her second husband but a short time, when suddenly one day Major “ turned up,” and claimed his spouse. The wife ylung to her new lord; the interloper was in despair; the Major was inexorable. After maintaining an attitude of siege for some time, he proposed that it the second husband would fork over $5,000, he would leave them unmolest ed. This was granted, and the Major vanished a second time. After squandering this sum— which it took him but a short time to do—he re turned and renewed hostilities. He insisted upon another £5,000 as a condition ot perpetual non-intervention. This was also finally grant ed. Having received this, the Major repented him of his former evil course, joined the temper ance society, and retired to spend the remaindei of his days in solitary grandeur. He has man aged to live on the interest of this last $5,000 for the past fifteen or twenty years. We re member when the Major looked sleek and trim, and was regarded as quite an oracle, among schoolboys and village idlers. But owing to one or two demonstrations of a rather savage nature, he had fallen into disgrace, and been rather shunned, if not feared, for some years. The Albany Dutchman has the following hit at American love for change: A writer in Put nam’s Monthly, in speaking of the Architectur al peculiarities of the New York Custom-House, says it is u one of the finest pieces of masonry in the world, and if let alone, will endure as long as the Pyramids.” That’s a good one. Ihe idea that “ the American mind” will let anything alone for over a lornight is preposterous. A late English tourist says an American is a 'creature that wants everything done in twenty minutes. This is true—but if he had added that he don t wish anything to last for longer than twenty minutes after it is finished, he would have made the portrait much more complete. Last as long as the Pyramid* I What has got into the man ' In less than twenty-five years we ex ect to see the New York Custom-House converted into a young ladv’s boarding-school, or else saw-dust added to the great circular room, and the whole structure dev< ted to the wants ot the Metropoli tan Arena and North American Gymnast c Troupe.” There are no old buildings in the Uni ted States, and we doubt that there ever will bo- Our love of change is not limited,, we regiet TO say, to half-eagles and doubloons. The following conundrum is, we believe, now, and very nearly as good as Burke s thrnous “ What is majesty stripped of its external . jest—: What makes reason treason in Ireland? The absent T. Here is another question, which perhaps some of our readers may be able to an- I Bwer: “When a man cannot contain himseli, is it because he is too large or too small. Washington's Courtship and Mamage. Beautifully situated on the banks ofthe Pau munkey, is the mansion known as “ the White House ” It stands on the site of the one in which Washington was married. From Custis’s Life of Martha Washington, we extract the ac count of his courtship and marriage : It was in 1758 that Washington, attired in a military undress, and attended by a body ser vant, tall and his chief, crossed the ferry called William’s,ovef the Paumunkey, a branch ofthe York river. On the boat touching the southern or New Kent side, the soldier’s progress was arrested by one of those person ages who give the beau ideal of the Virginia gentleman of the old regime, the very soul of kindness and hospitality. It was in vain the soldier urged his business at Williamsburg, im portant communications to the Governor, &c. Mr. Chamberlayne, on whose domain the mili taire had just landed, would hear of no excuse. Col. Washington was a name and character so dear to all Virginians, that his passing by one of the castles ofVirginia, without calling or parta king of the hospitalities of the host, was entirely out of the question. The Colonel, however, did not surrender at discretion, but stoutly main tained his ground till Chamberlayne, bringing up bis reserve, in the intimation that he would introduce his friend to a young and charming widow, then beneath his roof, the soldier capitu lated, on condition that he should dine—only dine—and then by pressing bis charger and bor rowing ofthe night, he would reach Williams burg before his Excellency could shake off his morning slumbers. Orders were accordingly is sued to Bishop, the Colonel’s body servant and faithful follower, who, together with the English charger, had been bequeathed by the dying Braddock to Major Washington, on the famed and fated field of Monongahela. Bishop, bred in the school of European discipline, raised his hand to his cap. as much as to say, “ Your orders shall be obeyed.” The Colonel now proceeded to the mansion, and was introduced to various guests, (for when was a Virginia domicil of the olden time with out guests) and above all. to the charming widow. Tradition relates that they were na turally pleased, on this, their first interview— nor is it remarkable ; they were of an age when .itmpre*Bion* ere strongest. The lady was fair to befipld, o’, fascinating manners, ar*<l splen didly endo/rz 4. with worldly liene.it*. The hero was frosh from bis narfy irf.. fame, and with a form on did seem to set his seal, to give the world as- ’ surance of a man.” The morning passed pleasantly away, even ing came, with Bishop, true to his orders and firm at his post, holding the favorite charger with one hand, while the other was waiting to offer the ready stirrup. The sun sunk in the horizon, and yet the Colonel appeared not. “ T was strange,’twas passing strange :” surely he was not wont to be a single moment behind his appointment—for he was the most punctual of all men. Meantime the host enjoyed the scene of the veteran at the gate, while the Colonel was so agreeably employed in the parlor; and pro claiming that no visitor ever left his house at sunset, his military guest was. without much difficulty, persuaded to order Bishop to put up the horses for the night. The sun rose high in the heavens the ensuing day, when the ena mored soldier pressed with his spur his charger’s side, and speeded on his way to the seat of gov ernment. where, having despatched his public business, he retraced his steps, and at the White House, the engagement took place, with pre paration* for marriage. And much hath the biographer heard of that marriage, from the gray-haired domestic who waited at the board where love made the festal and Washington the guest. And rare and rich was the revelry at the palmy period of Vir ginia’s festal age; for many were gathered to that marriage, of the good, the great, the gifted, and they with jovous acclamations, hailed in d Virginia’s youthful hero a happy and prosper ous bridegroom. “ And so you remember when Col. Washing ton came a courting of vt 11 ” - young mistress?' 1 0 said the biographer to old Cully, in his hundreth year. " Av, master, that I do.” replied the an cient family servant, who had lived to see five geneiations; “ gre t times, sir. great times— shall never see the like again 1” “ And Wash ington looked something like a man—a proper man—hey. Cully ?” “ Never seed the like, sir—ne'. er the like of him, though I have seen many in my day—so tall, so straight! and then he sat on a horse and rode with such an air I Ah. sir, he was like no one else. Many of the grandest gentlemen in in the gold lace were at the wedding ; but none looked like the man himself.” Strong, indeed, must have been the impres sion which the person and manner of Washing ton made upon the “ rude, untutored mind” of this poor negro, since the lapse of three-quar ters of a century had not sufficed to efface it. The precise date of the marriage the bio grapher has been unable to discover, having in vain searched among the records of the vestry of St. Peter’s church, New Kent, of which the Rev. Mr. Munson, a Cambridge scholar, was the rector, and performed the ceremony, it is believed, about 1759. A shoit time after their marriage. Colonel and Mrs. Washington re moved to Mount Vernon, on the Potomac, and permanently settled there. “ This union.” says Sparks, “ was in every respect felicitous. It continued forty years. To her intimate acquantances and to the na tion, the character of Mrs. Washington was ever a theme of praise. Affable and courteous, . exemplary in her deportment, remarkable for her deeds of charity and piety, unostentatious, and without vanity, she adorned by her domes tic virtues the sphere of private life, and filled with dignity every station in which she wes placed. Previous to his acquaintance with Mrs. Cus tis, Washington had been pleased with other ladies. The author above quoted on this point says, that in 1756' “ while in New York, he was lodged and kindly entertained at the house of Beverley Robinson, between whom and him self an intimate friendship subsisted, which, in deed, continued without change, till severed by their opposite fortunes twenty years after ward in the revolution. It happened that Miss Mary Phillips, a sister of Mrs. Robinson, and a young lady of rare accomplishments, was an inmate of the family. The charms of this lady made a deep impression upon the heart of the Virginia Colonel. He went to Boston, return ed, and was again welcomed to the hospitality of Mr. Robinson. He lingered there till duty called him away ; but he was careful to intrust his secret to a confidential friend, whose letters kept him informed of every important event. In a few months intelligence came, that a rival was in the field, and that the consequences could not be answered for, if he delayed to re new his visits to New York. Whether time, the bustle of a camp, or the scenes of war had moderated his admiration, or whether he des paired of success, is not known. He never saw the lady again till she was married to that same rival, Captain Morris, his former associate in i arms, and one of Braddock’s aids-de-camp. “ He had before felt the influence of the ten- • der passion. At the age of seventeen, he was smitten by the graces of a fair one. whom he called a ' low land beauty,’ and whose praises he recorded in glowing strains, while wandering with his surveyor’s compass among the Alle- ' ghany mountains. On that occasion he wrote a desponding letter to a friend, and indicted i plaintive verses, but never ventured to reveal 1 his emotions to the lady who was unconscious of ' the cause of his pains.” I Musician in Luck. Max Maretzek has returned to New York, ' from a brief visit to Kentucky, and is now waiting orders from manager Le Grand. He will, of course, assume the baton at Niblo’s at an early day, in pursuance of the general ar rangement with which his popular name was • associated. His trip to Kentucky, we are I told, involved an interesting and almost ro mantic story of strange fortune, growing out of the French alliance with the revolutionary ■ cause ol the Ur ited States in the war of Inde pendence The grand uncle of Madame Ber- I tucca Maretzek was oi eof the companions of the illustrious Lafayette in this country in 1776, and served in the patriot ranks as an officer of sufficient grade io entitle him, after tbe war, to a large grant of bounty land in the then districtof Kentuck, forming part, of the mili tary land ofthe State ofVirginia. The pa- I tent was duly issued for something like 20 000 ■ acres in Bath county, then a portion of the , county of Fayette. The scrip was carried to ; France, and held in something like the careless > indifference ot an old lottery ticket. The owner died many years after, without direct i heirs. The scrip, in the division his estate, telitoone of his nephews, M. Bertucca, the : father of Madame Maretzek. He treated it much after the manner ot his uncle, until his daughter came to the United States in 1848, as prima donna at Astor Place, and subse quently married Maretzek He then made her a present of the patent in her own right and in right of her child or children, Ameri can born ; and although ths lady insisted that good must come out of so much land, it was not until the present season that her husband could find time or confidence to go in search of it. By the assistance of his attorney, Hon. James Harlan, of Frankfort, he traced the land and ascertained the legal title to be all right. But the claims of occupancy ior nearly half a century, under the county privileges which at tach to the wild lands of non residents, and the prospectsofa tedious and unpleasant law suit, induced a compromise with the tenant*, and a surrender tot hem of their improvements and seven thousand of the twenty thousand acres, she rapid progress of railway improvement will «oon bring the remaining 13,000 within a tew miles ot the Lexington and Covington Rail road, and render them at least worth looking to in the future Is Falling Overboard Contagio»s or In fectious ?—Tho marine report of one of tbe morning papers has this paragraph, which sug gests a more serious question than whether saltpetre will explode. “ Arrived at St. Jago, 21st ult., bark A. B. Sturges. Avery, from New York, (placed in quar antine for seven days, in consequence of having lost a man overboard on the passage.”)