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POETRY. (/4>r.'/s Ll.ity Min nine Neus] What is Life? Wk»i iLife ? G-> ask a other W eepiug o or her childrens graves, When they all succeed each other, Side by aide like pttuy waves. What is Life ’ (io ask the orphan When < (' all h>s friends bereft. Ar host mds beside the coffin Mour ‘.ug o'er the fragment left. What isl.ife? Go ask of friendship, When it sheds a silent tear. Pointing out a mourn ul conscript, l>e th isshroud.d oua bur. What is Life : Go ask the fever. With a thousand sioiiuu slain, Ask if death is sated ever, W’ailo a life on earth remains What is Life ? But comf rts fading. Years of grief and paintul sorrow, While to day tho heart is lading, Bring tears to weep to morrow. c x. Savannah, Itth Nov , 1854. W nnMirr~ . «ara»ij=tw*a.wv»- MISCELLANEOUS. (Fn.ru r'l- Difroil -li/i'rrliSf, Oct. 31 ) Doestioks Sees the Spirit Rappers. SI.VEMY Hundred and O-k Narrow Srs New YoiiK'City.—Being satisfied with the or dinary commots-place things of e cry day life, and having heard a great deal about the myst--- rious communications telegraphed to this our ig norant sphere, by wise amt benignant spin's i.-i bliss, through the ihg< -ill ' medium of old chans washstands and card-tables, we three (who bad met ag.ii.i) determir ed to . nt ourselves in com munication w.th the next w.-ii-i, to find out, it [ cssib e, <ur c unces ot a •vv..table reception v Len b i ice s >r plea lie c * us in that direc- Up Broadway till we c..me to an illuminated tlree corneied transparency, (which made Bull Dogae smack his lips and say ‘oysteis,’) which li.forme.i us '. wilt,in a large ass. rtment ol S| iri.e cl e-ery dv.-eriptiou were constantly in attendance iea.,v loauswt-r inquiries, or to run on e, rands -> in,- spirit wor 11, and I, ring the guoat oi ,:.., b.dv'.s I'elunct relatives to that classic spot, . it c ... .ersalioi.ul pin poses, all f-.r the mod erate marge ol twenty. ti«e cents. (Damphool, who had be-'ii t’'.*-;e Delore, n .1 that these ‘Ueii icate Ariel-"" were the spirits ol departed news boys, woo are thrown ".it oi their legitimate bu siness. and sT.ve to ger an holiest living by do ing tin se rigutee. -| ei.ny j ibs ) E .ie.ed the room win. becoming iravity and overt. ..long awe. (‘would foozles in white neck cloth st -I no c >i.,.rs. a returned Californian in ar. li.dic.i blanker t.v o peak-no ed old maids, a good looking .-.. h..iv witn Lttle boy. our own sacred trio and the “medium,"’ composed the ■.vr.-i-c < the assembled multitude. I’lie" medi um a..i-<-s.i,d was a vinegar-eoiuplexioned wo man, very ruby nose, mouth the exact shape oi asou. d ii-dr to a violin, who wore given specta cles and petticoats oi equivocal purity. I’be furniture consisted of several chairs, a minor, no carpet, a small stand, a large dimrm table, and in one corner ot the room a bedstead, washstand sud bookcase, with writing desk on top. After some remarks by the medium, we formed the magic circle, by sitting close togeth er and putting our hands on the table. Bull Doggo took a big drink before he laid his pon derous fist by the side of the others. Alter a short length of time the table began to shaHe iis riedetty legs, to flap its leaves alter the rnanrn-r of wings, and to utter ominous squaks from its crazy old joints. Pretty soon ‘‘knock” under Damphool’s hand; he trembled and turned pale, but on the whole, stood his ground like a man.— Knock, Zcnoc.t in my immediate vicinity—looked under the table, but could’nt see anybody— knock, knock, knock, KNOCK, directly under Bui I Dogge’s elbow. He, trightened, jumped from his seat and pre- I pared to run, sensrble to the last, he took a drink. . felt better—reverently took off his hat. and said I “ hang it”—and resumed his .eat. Knocking s became general—medium said the spirits were i ready to answer questions—asked it any spirit , > would talk to me—yes. Come along. I remark- j < ed—noisy spirit announced its advent by a se- | ries or knocks, which would have done honor to i i two penny-postmen ‘‘rolled into one.” Asked I | who it was—ghost of my unde—(never had an i.. uncle) inquired it he was happy—tolerably. j What are you about ? principal occupations are i hunting wild bees, catching cat-fish, chopping i pine ’umber, and making hickory whipstocks. How’s your wife’—sober,just at present. Do ■ you have good liquor up there ?— yes. (very em- I phaticalty.J What is your comparative situa- s tion ?—am in the second sphere; hope soon to ; get promoted into the third, where they only ; < work six hours a day, and have apple dumplins j every day lor dinner—good bye—wile wants me s to co oe and spank the baby. One of the old I foozles no v wanted to talk—spirit was gratified ' by toe remains ot his maternal grandmother, who i hammered out in a series of forcible laps the i gratifying intelligence that she was very well i contented, and spent the most of her time drink- < ing green tea a id singing Yankee Doodle. i Damphool now toot courage, and sung out for ; ‘ his falter to come and talk to him—(when the j, old gentleman was alive, he was “one of em”— i on demand, the lather came—interesting con- ! i versatioa —old man in trouble—lost all his money j betting on a horse race, and had ju-t pawned his ■ ?9at a pda spare shirt to get money to set him-1 sell up in business again, as a popcorn rneichant (Damphool sunk down exhausted, and bor rowed tne brandy bottle.) Disconsolate widow gets a communication from her h sband that he is a great deal bapp’er now than formerly—don’t want to come back to her no thank you—would rather not. Old maid inquires if husbands are plenty—to her great joy is informed that the prospect is good. Little boy asks if, when he gets into the other world, he can have a long tail coat—mother tells him to shut up—small boy whimpers, and says that tie always Am worn a short jacket, and he I expects when he gets to Heaven, he’ll be bob tail Angel. Dampbool’s attention to the bottle has re-as su.nd his spirits, (he is easily affected by brandy —one gla:s makes him w nt to treat all his friends; when he has two bumpers in him he owns a great deal of real estate, and glass No. 3 makes him rich enough to buy the Custom House, and be now ventures another inquiry of his rela tive, who shuts him up, telling him as soon as he gel- sober enough to tell Maiden Lane from a light-house, to go and go to bed. Went at it myself ; inquired all sorts of things from all kinds of spirits, “black spirits ar.d white, red spirits and gray.” Result as follower By- ms of thumps knocks raps and spiritual kic" I learned that Sampson and Hercules have go;.-, into partnership in the millinery business. Julius Ctesar is peddling apples acid molasses candy, Tom Paine and Jack Sheppard keep a billiard table. Noah is running a canal boat. Xerxes^and Othello are driving opposition sta ges. George 3d has set up a caravan, and is waiting impatiently for Kossuth and Barnum to come and go halves. Dow, Junior, Is boss of a Methodist camp meeting. Napoleon spends most of histime playing pen ny ‘‘ante” with the three graces. Benedict /Arnold has opened a large bier saloon, and left a vacancy for S. A Douglas, (white man ) John Bunyan is clown in a circus. John Calvin. Dr. Johnson, Syksey, Plutarch, Rob Roy, Davy Jones, Gen Jackson, and Damphool’s grandfa ther are about establishing a travelling theatre, having borrowed the capital, (two per cent, a month) —they open with ‘ How to pay the Rent.” Dr. Johnson in a fancy dance; to con clude with “ I he Widow’s Victim,” the princi pal part by Mr. Pickwick. Jo Smith has i ought out the de-il, and is going to convert Topbet in to a Mormon Paradise. Sbakspeare has pro gressed m his new play . s far as the fourth net, w here he has got the hero sevi’n miles and a ball up in a balloon, while the disconsolate heroine is hanging by her hair to a limbovei a preCipice, question is how Ide heroic lover shad get i.owr, and rescue t.is ladv-love before her hair breaks, or her bead pulls off. Spirits now began to come without invitation, like Paddies to a wake. Soul ol an Aiderman called lor clam soup and bread and butter. Ghost of a i ews boy sung out for the Charleston Courier. All that was left ol a Bowery fireman wanted to know it Forty had sot her butt fixed, and a now inch and a hall nozzle. Ghostol Marmion want ed a dish ol soft crabs anil called out after the old fashion, to charge it to Stanley. Medium had by this time lost all control over ghostly company. Spirits of waiters, soldiers, tailors, (Damphool trem’ led.) babies, saloon keep- :... dancers, ac tors, widows, circus riders, in lact all varieties of obstreperous, began to play the devil with things g nera ly, the dining table jumped up. turned two somersets, and landed with one leg in the widow’s lap, one in Damphool’s mouth, annthe other two on the toes of the sanctimonious look j ing individuals opposite ; the washstand exhibi ted strong symptoms ot a desire to dance the ! Jenny Lmd polka on Bull Dogge’s head; the I bookcase beat time with extraordinary vigor, 1 and made faces at the company generally , our j walking canes, and umbrellas promenaded round | the room in c. uples, without the slightest, regard Ito corns or pother pedal vegetables: while the [ badstead in the corner was extemporizing a c miic song with a vigorous accompaniment on the Heap dish, the wash bowl, and other bedroom | crockery. I Bull Oogge here made a ruch for the door, and dashed wildly down Broadway, pursued, as he I avers to this day, by thespiri". of un Irishman | with a pickaxe,a handsaw and a ghostly wtnt I I barrow. Concluding I had seen <no igti, 1 took ■ Damphool, and B. D’s. bottle, (empty, or he | would never have left it,) and went home t-.i’i- I fi< i! that “there are more thing" in heaven ar.d I earth than are dreamed oi,” except by lying ; “mediums,”so called, who. too lazy Io wmk andtoocowardlytogetanhonor. b e living by. s'- aiing. adopt this m -thud to sponge their bie--.d and butter out of those whom God, in his mys terious wisdom, has seen fit to send on e.mh •v ek enepgh to believe their nliolic ravi. gs. Disgusted, by still yours, Q. K. PuILANUSR DoESTtCKS, P. B. (From the Albany Register. N'V 6 ) Being Gut—A Right-Hander Badly Invested. “ I nank y ou, I don’t care if 1 do,”‘saiu a lu.-i young man, with a large pies*ed hr.ck m his hat as he surged up to the Indian that stands in trout ot Van Cott’s to: acco store in Broadway with a bunch of cast iron ci ars in his fi-i-d 'Til take one, I smoke sometimes.” and h* reached out tp take the proffered weed, but Hit Indian wouldn’t give it up He hung on to’the cigars like grim death “ Look here, old copper he -.d, said the fast young man, ‘‘ none ol tha-.no tne< su;or tiaveilcis, or there’ll be a muss, you and. I‘il tall out. ‘sunel ody’il get - punch in tr: head.” The Iridian said nevi, a word, but held on to thee ist iron cigars. He was calm, digni fied, unmoved, as an lauan should be, looking his assailant straight in «he lace, and no muse e moving a single nair. “Yes! yes! Look al me o.d teatnerhead—l’m one <4 ’em I’m round, I’m lull weight, potato measuie, heaped up,” and be placed liimsell in a p situ..:, ttirew back hiscoat, and squared off for a fight. All the time the Indian said never a wotd, looked without the least alarm nnwinkirigly straight into the lace rd the lasi, young man, still noldiug otit the cigars tn a might y friendly sort ol way Ihe y.iuug man was plucky and just in a condition to resent any sort of insult, or no suit oi insult at all. He was ready to “go in,” but tne calmness and imp-rturbabilitv ol the In dian rather cowed him and he was disposed io re -, on the mat er. “ i’ll take one,” said he, ‘ certainly ; I said so before. I frieze to a good cigar, Cm one ot the smokers. My father was one of the smokers, he was; one ot the old sort, arid I’m edition number two, revised and corrected with notes, author’s hatid w-c.tiiig on the title page,and copyright secured Yet, Iff take one. All right, old red skin,/// rake one.” But the Indian said not a word, all (he time looking straight in the face of the fast young man and holding on to the cigars. “Look here, old gimbiet-eve, I’m getting riled—my I back’s coming up, and you and I’ll have a turn i —smell oi that old copperhead, and he t nust his I fist under the nose of the cast iron Indian, who ! said not a word, moved not a muscle, but kept I | right on, looking straight into the face of the fast i young man, as it not caring a fig for his threats, | j or taking in at all the odor of his fist. | “Very well,” said tne fast young man, ‘ I’m j 1 agreable, I’m around, look to your ugly mug, old ; ' pumpkin-head,” and he let go a right-hander, i square against the nose of the cast iron Indian, I who never moved an inch, nor stirred a muscle, looking with calm, unchanged dignity, as before in the face of his enemy. “ Hallo,” cried the fast young man, in utter be wilderment, as he reeled back half way across the side-walk, with the blood dripping from his skinned knuckles Hallo! here’s ago, here’s an eye-opener, here’s a thmg to hunt for round a earner. I’m satisfied, old iron-face,/am. Enough .said between gentlemen.” Just then be caught sight of the tomahawk and scalping knife in the belt of the savage, and his hair began to rise.— The Iridian seemed to be making up his mind to I use them. “ Hold ou,” cried the fast your.g man, I as he dodged round the awning post. “ Hold I on, none of that, I’ll apologise, 1 squat, knock un- ! der. “ Hold on I say,” he continued, as the In- j dian seemed to scowl with peculiar fierceness.— “ Hold on. Very well, I’m off, I’ve business | down the street, people at home waiting tor me, i can’t stay,” and he bolted like a quarter horse down Broadway, and his cry of “ hold on,” died * away as he vanished beyond the lamp lights up ' Columbia street. Aunt Becky at Saratoga. We are *ri7r7‘“‘: to one of our citizens. j,;*t fa turned from his summer wanderings, for the fol lowing anecdote of Aunt Becky, the intelligent and faithful servant ot Mr. C., of this city : Last summer, she attended her master and family on their visit to the north ; they remain ed for a considerable time at Saratov, and whilst I there, formed quite sociable and Iriendly rela tions with Mr. 8., a Baptist minister, and his wile. It was the constant custom of Mr and Mrs B. to have family Worship in thi ir : 'ioin, morning and evening ; and Aunt Becky asked and obtained permission to enjoy it with them Very soon Mrs. B’s. mind became burdened on accountof Becky’s remaining in slavery,and she resolved to speak to her on the subject. Mr. B. opposed this, lor, said he, we are friendly with her master and mistress; he though not ot the Christian faith, yet freely permits his servant to worship with as, he must, therefore, be a kind and good man. His opposition only deferred the matter, for .Mrs. B’s. conscience was burdened and she must relieve it. She finally commenced with Aunt Becky’s master, candidly telling hirn in advance, that she intended to persuade Aunt Becky to quit his service and become tree. Mr. C. at cnee gave her full permission to do so, and added, moreover, that as all herarguments would certainly fail, sbe might add to them, the further inducement, that he would give his bond to pay Becky a life annuity, of three hUTidred dollars, it she chose to remain at the north. With this permission and promise, Mrs. B. proceeded to ner ta k. Becky listened calmly to ber statement and persuasions, and then, com pletely astonished her, by asking if she thought she was acting like a Christian. Why not, says Mrs. B ’ Because, says Becky, yoe are intimate and Iriendly wrth Missus, and yet trying to persuade her servant to leave her. Bit Mrs. B. could not bare to see an intelli gent creature as Becky was in slavery, and tiiougbtshe wasdeing right. Becky did’nt think so; she was better off wt’b her master; she was kindly treated, was well provided lor, had as much freedom as she wanted, would rather live at the South, and as for such free niggers as she had seen at the North, ehe couldn’t associate with them any how. Mrs. 8., seeing that her arguments had failed, then ventured to try the effect of the annuity, so she told Becky that if she would stay at the nori h she should have three hundred dollars a year tor her support. Becky wanted to know where the money was to come from. Mrs. B. assured her that it was already provided for. But Becky must know who had provided it.— Upon being told that her master had faithfully promised to give his bond lor it, she bluntly told Mrs. B. that he was only making fun of her, for, raid she, master knows I wouldn’t leave his chil dren for three thousand dollars. Upon this, Mrs B. abandoned the contest,anil cand'dly tfonfessed to the company that her el ' it completely failed; she also good hutnoredly told all that Becky had said to her, but insisting that this case is only an exception to the rule of slavery, she still holds herself ready forany othei case of conscience which may present itself. We freely admit that, this case is an exception, in one respect. That is, in the fitness of the subj-ct for freedom. There are very few ol the; colored race who are so intelligent, so capable ol providing tor themselves, are in any way so fit ted tor freedom, as Becky is. If, therefore, Ibe philanthropists will continue their efforts to im prove upon the Jamaica failure, their next expe riment ot the effect of freedom upon the colored race should be firstj’airly tiied upon such ol them as she is. If it fail with these, (as private ac counts from Liberia seem to fnrbclej-we may : then venture to hope that even fanaticism may I become content to leave the mass of duller slaves I to the care and protection of their owners. — I CAarteston Standard. Biography of Sir John Franklin. Ttie reported discovery of the remains of this iUustrious navigator—whatever doubts may be thrown upon the credibility of the narrative— furnishes a suitable occasion for collecting the scanty details ot his biography, which have thus far b-.-en communicated to the public. Sir Joklij, Franklin was born in 1786, and would accor- 1 dingly have be«u 68 years of age had he surviv- ■ *il to the present ime. His native plage '■ Spil-by, n small town in Lincolnshire, in the I v.c,..'.tv the North Sea. From Li.- earl: years he I e'reyed a certain boldness ol" dispo-i turn and love of adventure. His fa'her endear.- r e-I to cine him ol" bis si a-f-jiirg propensities, b ; P ii- itlir . him to try the experiment Iff a voy age to Lisbon io a trading vessel But this oid l , pio tucid rhe opposite eifi-ct IL was confirmed ii. l;-st.-s's lor the ocean, and - . -jui-t hothesatis i-it until he had pr. cured the consent of hi arhi'i .<> his entering fl.e navy. He obfidfied a , . ; !shi,>m-•:-’s variant in his t hirteenth year lis iii>t servic; was in the trig-ite I‘olyphe’mc, where he was uisti.-, -.u'.shed for his youthful cou rage and energy . 1! was in the battle of Co i.ts n.’.gtm in 1801, a .il two years after accom panied his relative, ('apt. Flinders, on a voyage ,>t discovery t» the South Sea. during which he wasstHpwiecked on tl-.e coast of New Holland. A t a subsequent period, he was in tho Dellero plion if tin- battieot Trafalgar. In 1814.1ie was , lientenarit ii. the Bedford, which brought th allied monarchs to England. He was concerned in the attack o:: New Orhans, where he gainer credit by his bravery and skill. In IS 18, he com manded the brie Trent in the Polar expedition under C.-ptain Bu han. Alter the failure of the -arch for the north-west passage by Captain Ross, he received th-> commission in 1819, to ui.- dert'kean expHtiti" ; by laud Horn HiMoOn ■ Bay to the rnou'n of the Cdppirr Mine River, in conjunction with Richardson and Bach, opeiate with Captain Parry, who waste via,! 'he region by water. O.i this expedition hi tollowed the coast as tar as Cape Turnagairi, 68 deg. 30 mm. north latitude, and after incredibl nardshipvhaving been once rescued fr m death uy the Indians, tie returned to Eng'and in 1822 j He was promoted to the rank ot Post Captain, I and three years alter undertook a second expedi tion tothe Polar Sea. visi'mg the coast between Vlackei'Zie river an.i the (‘.ppur Mine river.] By the middle oi August, 1827, he had reached ! lhe seventeenth itegree ot laiitude, and the one hundred and fiitietb degieeol longitude, but was compelled o return by ihe early setting in of ex- Heme cold weattier. In recognition of his merits on this expedition, he received the order ot Knighthood Irom George the Fourth. In 1836 be commanded a ship of the line in the Mediterranean, and af.'erw ard was appointed Governor of Van Diemen’s Lund, from w hich post he was recalled m March, 1813. Return ing to England in the spring of 1843 he was en trusted with the command ot the fatal expedition m which his life has (alien a sacrifice, l lie two vessels Erebus and Terror, in which the younger Ross Lad accomplished his expedition to the South Pole, were selected for the voyage; and two distinguised officers, Captains Crozier and Fitzjimes, were appointed as his companions. I’be expedition sailed on the 19tb of May, 1845, arrived at the Whale Fish Islands 09 (Uai 4th oi July, and was seeii for the lait tiri'w in 'MAilvilh' Bay, on the 26th of" that month. It was not until after the return oi Capt. Ross in 1849, who had been sent in search ot the missing naviga tors, that general anxiety was lelt for their safety, In 1850 an Expedition was fitted out by Lady Franklin, and another by the British Govern ment to seek the lost vessels. About the same time, our townsman, Mr. Henry Grinnell, dis patched the two ships Advance and Rescue for the the same purpose. The unsuccessful result of these expeditions is well known. During the past year a large fleet was sent cut by the British Government, to make renewed search for Sir John Franklin. Mr. Grinnell also dispatched the Advance, under the command of Dr. Kane, on a similar errand. But all in vain. Before the announcement of the recent intelligence no further hope was cherished that the lives of the brave explorers had been preserved Their names were some time since stricken from the , Admiralty list,and orders issued for the recall of j the expeditions.—A’. Y. Tribune. Shocking and Startling Confessions.— j The Philadelphia Inquirer of the Sih inst., fur-I pishes the following additional particulars re-1 lating to the awful crimes of Pamela Myers. We gave in yesterday’s Inquirer an account! oi in-arrest ot" Pamela Myers, at Mr. Thomas | Rice's house, on the Nicetown Lane, in the i twenty-third ward, charged with having very! mysteriously made way with a number of her j children. We have been informed that she has I voluntarily conies ed to the officers that she had, at different times, within the past six jears, given birth to six children, which had either died about the time of their birth, or had been mur dered by their mother! These children, which were ail illegitimate, were the result of inter course with different men, and to make the af fair still more shocking, the uncle ot the misera ble woman, a man named Snyder, is charged with the paternity of two cl' them. Snyder is I now in prison. He is a married man. He is also accused of having been accessory in the murder of some of the children. Pamela, after her arrest, made a lull confession of h?r crimes, she first child to which she gave birth, wat borin in the entry other uncle’s house. Thg mother had the small pox at the time, and thfe child took it and died soon after. She was de tected, however, a day or two before it's death, in an attempt to suffocate it. The second child was choked by its mother after its birth, arid was thrown by her into the cesspool, fropa j whence it was afterwards taken by the uncle, placed in a box, and buried in the yard attached to the house. The third child was bom in an open field, and was, the miserable mother says, stillborn. The fourth was born alive, and was choked by the parent, and disposed of in the same manner as the second. Oi the filth child we have no inlormation ; and the sixth, which was born five or six days since, the mother says was still born. Other parties allege that it was thrown into a pig pen, and devoured by the hogs I Ou Sunday afternoon the wretched woman had an interview with the Mayor, and was committed by him to prison to await a fur ther examination. The lollowing is the sub stance of her admissions, made to the Mayor- One ot tbe children was buried in the church yard, and one in the yard, in a box ; my uncle and the people buried it in the box; they got >’ outot the piivy ol the yellow house opposite to where 1 lived ; I had dropped it into the privy ; all I stated to Mr. Seed was correct. Two of the chddren were born alive, and 1 choked them to death. The lastone was not horn alive; it was born in the field, and I left it there. SAWrNG.—A sawyer, after sawing with a very dull saw, exclaimed, “Ol all the saws 1 ever saw saw, I never saw a saw sow us tbat saw saws.” I i {From the Charleston Courier, 13tA met. | The Regatta. Had it been possible for the energetic mem , tiers pt 'he South Carolina Regatta Club to have selected a day calculated to attract large numbers I to view the sports so liberally provided by them it would have been difficult to have found one ’ better adapted for the purpose than yesterday | An unmistakable black frost, having occufied rhe previous night, a bracing influence was imparted i to the atmosphere, which, contributed a certain j buoyancy of spirits to our citizens, inducing them. 1 tor the occason, to leave their business and seek : some spot from whence they could observe all that was passing in our harbor. Consequently, at an early hour,crowds were assembled in vari OUS places, arid the harbor was covered with craft ot all sizes, filled with spectators eager to enjoy the amusements in store for them. At a quarter before eleven o’clock, precisely, the booming of the Cutter’s gun gave notice that the first race for the day— tor sailboats, for a prize of sloo—as about to take place, and al J el. n another gun started the contending par | “the yacht Evelyn, 7 tons,entered by Hugh I E. Vincent, Esq , and the sloop boat Pet, 6 tons, I entered by F. N. Bonneau, E-q. The start was teffected after one tack, and was a remarkably 1 pretty one—no bungling whatsoever having <taken place—and indicated that tbe club had thoroughly become acquainted with the’r duties, and were determined mat no contretemps whatso ever should occur to mar the sports of the day The wind, which was from the northwest, blew pretty stiflly. at the sart was dead alt. 1 and was regarded as affording a good opportunity I ‘> test the men's of tho respective boats. From the • taitl ; , : '-I .Cl G. VV. C: ff. 1. i ar.<?’??red efi" I (.<_• Bat'.i'iv—to Cummins' Point | >3.11,1', tin- ‘auce isabout tour and a halt notes in a dii -C; I: and it v. .is fir t rounded by the Evelyn, both boats having as much sail as they 1 ,'.ii',. v,-ell carry, arid thu re-alt ot the race being v lydoubifut. On the sccorat tack, however, ■to.i rounding the buoy, the Pet carried away her j'b sheet, ar'J lost some time necessarily in reeving a new or e, which 01 coarse, materially effected her ch rnce of success. Both boats beat very prettily up against tbe wind and tide, the E'elyn eventuil y passing tin- Judges first, hav ing run the distance in one hour and forty-five rnmetes, and won tbe race by 3 minutes and 52 seconds, which time, however, after deducting 1 he difference in tonnage, was reduced to 1 minute and 22 seconds. The Evelyn n a beautifully built boat and well d serves her laurels. The Pct, also, uot withsianding she was entered at a very late hour to make up a race, and was not exactly in sail ing tiim, bad many admirers, mid it is the opin ion <i good judges that bid not her jib sheet been carried away she would have wen. Tue excitement attending this interesting race having somewhat subsided, at two o’clock the Sunny South, 48 feet, canoe, 8 oars, entered by J. Harniltou Cquper, Esq , of Georgia, and the Ht'iaid, 46 feel 6 iiicnes, canoe. 12 oars, entered !.-y 'fhomas Bailey, Esq., of Edisto, appeared at tteSreamer prepared to start in the first class race for row boats lor a prize 01 SSOO,- Isaac R. Wilson, Jr. E=q ; of St. Paul’s having, in conse quence ol the roughness of tbe sea, withdrawn Younger Sister, the 10 oared canoe, 15 feet, en tered by him. Although the sailing match had created tome ! .--nsation, this race was rt gaided with fargr-’u’er I interest, it having been reduced to a match be- I ween Georgia and South Carolina; and, con | trary tothe expectations ot the majority of the : .'pec' itor-:, the Herald, steered by C. Bailey,Esq. —who steered the Tariff, on a former occasion— after a Well-contested and spirited race, came in two lengths ahead, having run the distance in minutes and twenty-six seconds, and retriev ing the laurels of South Carolina. Georgia, how ever, nobly did her duty, and Mr. Couper’s de feat reflects no discredit whatsoever on bis boat or crew. It is the fortune of war. and the con quered bows gracefully to the decision. Wecor uially wish him better success in his race to-day. The last race of the day was for Third Class Row Boats, prize S2OO, and was contested by tbe Susan Clark, 40 feet, canoe, 8 oars, entered by Ephraim William Clark, Esq., of James Is land, ar.d the Josephine, 40 feet, plank, 8 oars, entered by Wm. R. Webb, Esq , ol Charleston. The Susan Clark was the winner by 8 lengths, and performed the distance in seven minutes and forty-four seconds. The defeat ot the Josephine ■ is to be attributed, however, to the fact that the i c:gw ejfjaged to row in her did not make their i and Mr. Webb was compelled to ro4keshift with a promiscuous crew. She is a finely built-boat and well manned, is capable of doing service—indeed one ol our Georgia friends thought so much of her as to remark that he be lieved were she in his hands he could win a blight reputation for her. With the last mentioned race, the sports of the day terminated, and the crowd dispersed highly delighted with their entertainment. We con gratulate the members of the Club, and the Stew ards particularly, on their arrangements, which were most excellent, and the theme of universal approbation. To-day some first rate sport may be anticipated, and we trust that more of the fair sex will grace the occasion with their presence tan we obSf-rved yesterdsy—the coolness ol" the atmosphere, doubtless, having had an opposite effect on them to what it had on the sterner sex. In a rape case before the common pleas at Lowell, Mass . last week, criminal term, justice Bishop presiding, B. F. Butler asked H. C. Snow, of Groton, a witness on the stand, if he belonged to the secret society of Know Nothings. At first Snow denied that he did, but finally, alter con sulting council, answered in the affirmative ; and a long cross examination elicited further an swers. He had been a member of the society four or five months. Upon joining it he tockan oath, “so help me God.” There are two degrees in the society. Had seen at the Meetings Dr. Norman Smith and Deacon John Pingree, two other witnesses in the case. Refusr dto tell the form of initiation, because it criminated him and exposed him to punishment from the society. Judge Bishop, said it was a startling revelation that men took secret oaths which they regarded as above the oaths administered in the courts. A. M. Gage, another witness, testified that he had belonged to the secret order but left three months since. The kind of oath administered be said, was like that published in tbe Boston Post of October 25. Dr. Smith, above mentioned admitted that he belonged to the know nothing society, and that it exeicises a political and re ligious influence ; a Roman Catholic cannot be admitted, although he be an American born citi zen, nor a P otestant if his wile be a Catholic. Could i.ot tell the form of initiation because it would expose hirn to punishment; and for the same reason could not tell what office he held in the lodge at Groton. A Moral Lfeson for Croakers.—There is a moral in the lollowing anecdote which is pe culiarly applicable at the present lime: “An accentric lawyer, named Burgess, many years ago lived in a New England village, and became quite famous for his ‘skeptical notion.’ Attending a town meeting, after its adjournment he lingered among the groups of substantial farmer deacons who composed it, and listened to the prevailing conversation. The bad weather, the fly, the rot, the drought and wet were dis cussed, when some one turned to Burgess, and asked, ‘How comes on your garden ?” I never plant anything,’replied .Burgess, with a solemn lace; “lam am afraid even to put a potato in the ground.” ‘ It’s no wonder,’ groaned one of the most eminently pious persons present, ‘ it’s no wonder, tor a man who disbelieves in re ligion could not expect to have his labors bless ed.’ ‘I am not afraid of failing in reward lor iny work,’ replied Burgess; ‘ but I am afraid the agricultural labor would make me profane. If I planted a single potato, what woud he the result ? Why I should get up in the morning, look about and growl—“ Il’s going to rain, and it will ruin my potato;” then I should in dry weather, say “(he drought will kill my potato; then I should be unhappy because the ‘rot’ might des troy my potato; in fact gentlemen,” concluded Burgess, in a solemn manner, “1 should bealraid to do anything Unit would induce me constantly to distrust Providence. The reproof was keen ly felt by many present; mid for months after- ward, the larmera with a fare ol Burgess before their eyes, talked ol tbe blessings, rather than he evils attending their dally In hors ” A Nest of Soauipa. An arrest was made in this p ace some weeks s.nce, which bids lair to lead to the discovery ot a precious nest ot rascals, who h ive t een prow ling through the South—there, is no telling how long, and with what effect—for the purpose 01 robbery and plunder. Some three months ego, two men, calling themselves■ -■ Williams and James T. Henry, travelling in a buggy, stopped at the house of M" Joel Snelson, in this cauuty, with whom they exchanged their vehicle for one of but little value, receiving the difference in cash , they pro ceeded to Mr. P. Callaway’s, where they dined, and when about to start on their journey after dinner, one of the party, Henry, only having got into the buggy, the horse took fright, ran off, and dashed the vehicle to pieces, and fractured the ankle ot Henry in a most frightful manner.— I I‘be ii jured man was taken to the house ot Mr. Callaway, where, for several weeks, he received I every attention and kindness from the family. ' besides the constant care of a physician. Wil -1 liams, ab’er remaining with him tor a week or I two, pretended to have urgent business in Ten- I nessee, and left, taking with him, as Henry avers, all the money belonging tothe concern, I and even the watch ot the latter, though ptom- I ising to be back by the lime Henry got able to I travel- He has not since made his appearance. ■ and Henry, having recovered sufficiently to get i about, catne to town some four or five weeks ago I for the purpose ot taking the cars, alleged that ’ he had rot a cent to pay eff the varirwisdebts con fute vu ~u>u g ins couiiuerrn.ut, but wo -id sciai the money as soon as he got home in North Ca rolina. There being some stiong grounds lor suspicion, he was arrested under a bail precess, and lodged in jail, where he remains up to the pn’-ei t time. Upon mmitment, a large bunch of talee keys was found about his person, am! other'actscame to light soon after that proved him extensively connected w ith a baud of thieves that ne now irffesting the country. Since hi.-- confinement, he has been corresponding fre quently with one John Btmon, ol Nashville, i't r.n for the purpose of procuring money lor relief 'mm his present confinement. Unlortir nately for him the money did not corrie, arid John Benson, (who is no doubt his friend Wil liams who accompanied him to this county ) was arrested some days ago in Nashville, as w ill be seen by the following paragraph from the Whig of that city. AxorHEa Tninz Arrested.—Two officers have em ceeded in arresting another wholesa.e thief, wbo e prosp.ets icr tbe Penitentiary are extremely flattering. John Benson alias Joh 1 Riley, &c., was caught in their toils on Saturday night. In his trunk was found between reven and eight hundred dollars tn ..go'd and silver, a j.oitio 1 of winch was recognized as the money stolen from Morgan & Co. In another trunk was found a full set of burglar’s tools, from a wire lock pick to a horse halter. On his way to jiil it was supposed he relieved himself ot his portemouie, as one was found on the stairway ol the Recorder’s office containing a SIOO South Carolina note, counterfeit, which was also iden tified by Morgan & Co., as among the money stolen from them. Other papers in the port I monie proved that it belonged to him.— Nashville IKhig. We are glad to know that both of these ras cals are in safe custody w ith a good prospect of punishment tor their villainy. For the inlormation of the public we state that Henry (who, doubtless, has as many aliases as ills friend Benson) is, apparently about 25 or 26 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches in height,spare built-, withdatk hair and eyes, and weighs about 130 Ibs. Perhaps some one who has suffered from his exploits, may recognize him from this de scription.— IFiisAington (Gu.) Republican, 11/A ins/. Clark Mills—We regret to find the sub joined poragraph in the Washinton Union of Sat urday. “ We are pained to hear that the establish ment of this distinguished artist has been visit- I ed with a calamity by which be suffers severe pe- ' cuniary loss, and which will delay the completion I ot the great works which he had commenced— the equestrian statues of Washington and Jack son. Yesterday afternoon, whilst his furnace was in full blast,tbe roof, from some unexplained cause, took fire, and, nothwithstandinggreat ef forts were made to save the model of the statue of Gen. Jackson and tbe building, they were, in an incredibly short time, destroyed by the flames. Several casting of the statue had been taken and placed outside of the foundry, and were saved. The loss sustained by this fire is estimated at six to ten thousand dollars, and the destruction of! the model for the statue is particularly to be re- I gretted, as it cannot be reproduced but with great I labor and heavy expense. There was no insur- 1 a nee on the property. “ We give place to this intelligence with sin- , cere regret; but, knowing the indomitable ener- I gy of Mr. Mills as we do, we do not entertain a I doubt that he will arise like the fabled bird ot antiquity, and pursue his business with renewed energy and success. He has been tried in the furnace of affliction, but ultimately he will come out unscathed.” More Thieving Operations.—We are in formed, on reliable authority, that a cheapening ! operation on the prices of country produce was detected at the plantation of Wm. Faulk, near Maiion, in Twiggs county, on Thursday night last. Mr. Faulk, with some of his neighbors, having cause to suspect a depletion of their corn cribs in a clandestine manner, were on the watch. Two men, with a two-horse wagon, were encamped in the vicinity. At a proper j hour ot the night for such operations, negroes j were seen carrying them bags of corn, for which I they traded, bartering in some cases Cognac ! brandy at eighty-seven and a half cents a gallon, j tobaco, &c., at corresponding prices. On being interrupted by the owners of the corn,they begg j ed very hard to compromise the matter, and be I released by receiving.A’orZk Carolina law, to tbe satisfaction of their captors. This being refus ed, they were safely deposited in jail at Marion, leaving the horses and wagon, and articles ol traffic, in their hands. The men gave their names as Zachaiiah and Elias Garis—said that they were from the vicinity of Macon, and named some ol their/ncm/s in Macon, who, as they said, would be their secuiity on bail Their operations in country produce, are sup posed to be a counterpart to those in Clothing. ' Boots, Shoes &c., which recently took place m certain parts of our city, by which those articles were afforded by theselleis at very reduced rates while the railroads have had reason to com plain ot paying lull prices, as theirshare in those operations.— Macon Journal, l!'th inst. Frost and Ice.—The first frost this :ason, sufficient to check vegetation in thisvicinuy, oc curred on Monday night the 13th inst. Very thin ice was also termed in exposed situations. --Ib. The November Term of the Supreme Court of Georgia, at Milledgeville, was not opened in that city on Monday, on account of the abscence of the three Judges of the Court. Judges Lump kin and Staines, we regret to learn, were de tained at home by sickness in their families, and Judge Benning was himself too unwell to utten4. The cases returned to this Court, are continued to the next regular term at Milledge ville. which will be held in May, 1835.— 1 b. The Synod of Georgia, will convene at the Presbyternian Church in this city at 11 o’clock A. M., on Thursday, the 23d inst. The session of Hopewell Presbytery adjourned from Rich mond Bath, will be held at the same place, on the day proceeding the opening of Synod.— lb. A Lofty Mountain.—Mount Hood, in Or egon, has now been ascertained, by actual mea surement, to be full eighteen thousand three hun dred and sixty-one feet high. This is the high est peak on the American continent;, and one of the highest in the world. From this peak mountain tops five hundred miles distant aie distinctly seen. Tne mountain is volcanic smoke bemg seea to iszus from the aummit. I'hk Gmekokkk Nalion—John Ross, Presi dent of the' heiokee Nation, sent to the Na tional Council, on the 2 1 October, his annual message. He refers, in the opening paragraph, to the necessity o' seeking the guidance nf tbat Being who holds the destii.ies of nations and in dividuals under his supreme control, and then directs attention to the lact that during rhe past season many portions of the country have been visited by seveie drought. “Fruitful showers nave been withheld; the crops have been cut short, and it is seriously apprehended that among portions of the people there w:P be great des titution. and it may become necessary to devise some mean- for their relief.” He congratulates, them, however, that in some locations the cions have been very abundant, affording the ho,,e that supplies for the relief of the destitute may be found within their own borders. The message then pays a proper tribute to the memory ot Thomas Foreman and Walter Adair, two distinguished Cherokees, who have depart ed this life within the past year, and sketches their public services. At the time of their death they were professors of the Christian religion. The condition of the national finances is avert ed to, and they are represented as being in a de pressed state. The pub’ic schools are in a prosperous condi tion, and theii value is every year becoming m tie ar.d moreduly, appreciated. The siipriin ndent report eal ten lance much lar rt aa during the preceding year, and that i.i n,.,st oi the schools there is a laudable ambition to make -uch adyanc'--- as will sc.-ure t-.-.-'radaiiSsion into the seminaries. rheCrys*ai Palace has put on the shutters riiu dost d sU l ', . i b ataC<> r ■ h»J ■» .ut ftt".vvtnifc it bhouhi have been. Ihe Palace has dotif* a great deal of good and great deal of bairn. It doubled tbe pn.li's of < ur hotels, quadrupled the business ol our dry goods men, but it has ruined the stockholileix. soi:n-d our '’peculators, arnlgiv en low spirits la> ’‘‘all-street. The Palace ha* sunk neatly a million ot dollars. What remains ol tbe enterprise w-dl be brought to the hammer, and rushed <•ff at miction. Tbe building is one of the finest in Am- rica. It cost some 8300,000, and will probab y sell (or what old stoves do— a cent a pound ; that i-, the iron portion wihselt b r this; as tor the glass and other arrangern<-nts, it is very probab e that they will go for a sr.i-g— --just enough ri'-t to make it profitable to make & bon tire of them, and burn them tip. Tha: the Palace should have ended in a failure is to be re gretted. In the way of art, it advanced the country a whole < eutury. It has inerr-ased the national taste, and given us a desire lor trfine ments ot lite, that must exert a lastmgand bene ficial effect on the republic.— New Yu>k Volsk- Kansas Terrxtoiy. The excitement, among the iq-nttris on the slavery question, which awhile ecu t ateoeil to issue m the shedding of blood, L,-s passed away. The thirst for filthy lucre seems ‘to Lave displaced all other feelings in the rni; ,'s < rhe contestants. A correspondent of the Ne .v York rimes, from Fort Levenworth, the seat ol i-ov ernment ol the territory, writes as ollow ..: d »te Oct 23rd. There is not much concern d a» pres ent on the subject of Slavery. The fact is, the desire to get itch by speculating tn i-i'y si ares, town lo‘s, and squatters’claims, seen o have engrossed every other Consideration. Th,-re are at least a dozen huge sized cities laid . . in the Territory already. At every hotel in ‘W.stov, Kansas, Westport, and all arc un !, the iie aiest variety of city plots are exhibited on ad the walls, accompanied by rival state.nerits ot the immense natusu) advantages attachir g to each. The Missourians, particularly, are st mut.iteil to a paintul degree by the most extn.v igant vi sions of terri’orial aggrandizement t hey were very much excited a tew months si ■ • by ap; re hensions of Northern immigration and Aeoiittois fanaticism; but that derangemeiit ha* I? < n sup planted by another, which it is to be hoped may be equally harmless and , hoit lived as its pre decessor. In all probability the greater portion of the influence ot the civil authorities here will be exerted against the introduction ot slave ry. He adds, however, there are several officers of the Government here, and several influential parties in Missouri, wbo will fight for Slavery to the last. Senator Atchison, wbo resides in Platte City, only a few miles distant; General Strongfellow of Wirton, and other politicians Missouri; together with Mr. Woodson ginia, the Territorial Secretary, Judge Elmore of Alabama, one of the Associate Judges, ai.d pro bably Judge Lecompte, of Maryland, the Chief Justice, who has not yet arrived, will do their best to rally a Southern or Pro-Slavery party. The following, by Tom Hood, is one of the most remarkable stanzas in the language. It ;» one of the last of “ Miss Kilmansegg and bee Precious Leg :” GOLD. Gold ! gold! gold ! gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammered, rolled, Heavy to get and light to hold, Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled, Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old, To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold I gold ! gold ! gold ! ' Good or bad, a thousand told, How widely its agencies vary . To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless, As even its minted coin express— New stamped with the image of good Queen Bessy, And now of bloody Mary. Machine Poetry.—The author of the follow ing lines is said to be a distant relative of Alex ander Smith, the poet. His name it probably John. He is in a lair way to become as celebras ted as Alexander : Abigal Brown ; With a bran new gown, Went down to see her sister ; . When Johnathan Lee. As brisk as a Hee. Jumped right up and kissed her. A good old Dutchman and his frow set up till gaping tithe, when the latter after a full stretsh tn the above operation, said: *1 wish I was in heben? Hans also yawned and replied: ‘I vish I vash in the still bouse.’ The eyes 01 Sallie flew wide open as she ac claimed: ‘I pe pound for you, you always wish yourself in the pest place.’ Game in Virginia.—The Richmond Penny Post says: “We learn from all quarters of the State that game is unusually abundant the present season.. The dry weather in the summer was very favor able to the “partridge crop,” and, besides large numbers of these, tnere are a plenty ct squirrels wood-cocks, and "old hares.”. Fine times now or the sports of the field.” Deleterious Brandy.—At the last meeting ot the Farmers’ Club, which is composed ol some ot the ablest members of the American Institute, French .brandies were the subject ol discussion. It was shown by quotations from Flench jiur nals that alcohol, manufactmed bum beets and molasses, has, to a great extent, supeiceded tho grapo brandies formerly exported to this cotm cry, caused by the total destruction of the grape trap. Since that time the French Government has opened its ports for the introduction of for eign wines and liquors, and large orders hava been sent to this country and Holland lor a laiga supply of whisky, or pure spirits, as o'is callerQ lor the purpose of making it into Fiench brandy, to supply this and other brandy drinking coun tries. Hogs are selling throughout east i e it essee rm far as we can learn at 4 cents gross, we have heard of sales made lately at this puce. though some we believe arc asking l.igio .■ la'ts, biri we have nut heatd of any sales made above tcW ceats.— Da«druli;i Herald.
