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JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S. T. Cll.V I’.HA.V & S. HOSE. Editors. Manufactures in Tennessee. Snivel D. Morgan, Esq. of Tennessee, in a most interesting letter to V. K. Stevenson, President of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, gives the follow ing interesting statement in regard to the condition of the cotton manufactories of Tennessee : “ There are probably now in operation, within the bounds of “Middle Tennessee,” some twenty differ ent mills for the manufacturing oi yams and cloths.— From the best data I have at command, I estimate the number of spindles in operation at not less than IS or 20,000. There are, but few ot these mills which ns.yet ore making'cloths, though several more, I understand, are preparing to do so. The article manufactured con sists chiefly of cotton yarns, varying in sizes from number 3to 4 or number 13 or 14. Borne two or three of them also manufacture a heavy article of wool and cotton goods used for negro clothing. “ In addition to the mills alluded to, there is now be ing erected, and very near its completion, another one at Lebanon, 30 miles distant from Nashville, and v*hich, in point of construction and machinery, is be lieved to be fully equal to any one in America of its size —the building all being of the best material,and on the most approved plans—fire-proof throughout.— The engines for propelling it, as well as its operative machinery, embrace all the latest American and Euro pean improvements. The buildings (which are in great er part four stories high) cover an area of very nearly or quite ihree-fourths of an acre. When finished, it is designed to contain 6000 cotton [and 2000 woolen spindles, and 240 looms,capable of producing from sev en to eight thousand yards of cloth daily ; and as the goods which it is intended to produce will be of the heaviest description, the quantity ot cotton which it will require for a year’s operation will be about 2500 Or 2000 bales*, -with a proportionate am* unt of wool.— So you will perceive that within a short time there will be in operation, in this division of the State, certainly not less than 25,000 spindles ; and as these spindles will all be engaged in producing the very heaviest de scription of yarns, the entire amount of cotton required for them will not be short ofßooo bales. “ In the eastern, and also in the western division of the State, there are many other small mills, of whicli I know too little too enable me to give to you, for your friend,any information of a character sufficiently re liable to make it valuable to him. I hesitate not, how ever, to assert that, together, the two other divisions possess not less than 10,000spindles,and consequently increase the quantity of cotton manufactured annually to not less than 12,000 bales in all—more likely exceed ing than falling under this number.” Cotton {tagging Factory. The Madison Visitor, notices the fact that a New Factory has just gone intooperaticn at Anthony's Falls in Elbert county. It is intended to be employed princi pally in the manufacture of Cotton Bagging. The Fis jtor says: “The Company have made arrangements with the Cotton Growers in that section, to furnish them with cotton, which they work up into bagging of any de sired quality, for tour cent3 a pound. The number of j pounds to the yard, as well as the quality of cotton, is optional with the planter. He can therefore procure a good or an ordinary article. It affords several advan tages to the customary way of procuring this article.— , It saves a large sum of money ; which is a thing to be j considered in these days of depression in the cotton j market. It gives an opportunity of working up jnfe- I rior cotton into bagging for the better qualities. And, aside from this, the very money expended at the Man ufactory, will return into ihe Planter’s hands again, for auch articles as are needed by the operatives. Manufactures at the South. Os the many evidences of the growing prosperity ot j the United States, the advance which enterprise is 1 making in the Southern States cannot be overlooked. ‘ Until within a very short period our Southern neigh- 1 bora were satisfied to raise the raw mateiial merely,! and to sell it to the Northern and Eastern maintfectu rers,or to those ot England, without entertaining the thought that they themselves could manufacture it.— They lost sight of the fact that they possessed within themselves all the facilities necessary for the work Os late however, a change has come over them. They ! have awakened, as it were from a reverie, and now ■ proclaim that there is no necessity for selling their cot- j ton and purenasea or them fjr the same article manufactured. They have arrived at the conclnsion, that they can manufacture it themselves, and hence we see cotton manufactories springing up in several of the Southern States, We are pleased to see the spirit of enterprise at work among our Southern friends. We look upon it as a happy omen £ and we hope it will increase and prospei until the South shall rival the North and East ia its in dustrial and manfacturing productions. This is the only kind ot rivalry that should exist between the dif ferent sections of our republic. They have been long enough arrayed against each other on the subject ot slavery, and have permitted themselves to be led and duped by designing politicians, until a portion, at least, of the South imagine the North to be their enemies. It is time for this to cease. The South has it within its power to become as prosperous in manufacturing as the North or East, and we would rejoice io see it so. N. Y. Herald. Extensive Cotton Mill. There are several extensive cotton mills in New Eng land, among which the Naumkeng mill, of Salem, Mass., 9tands conspicuous. For the four week ending the third of March last, there w-ere spun in this mill, 3.397 793 skeins of yarn, on 31,232 spindles ; averaging four and thirty-nine-one-hundredths (4 39-100) skeins per spindle each day. Eleven pairs of mule; spun warp, and nine pairs filling. The fineness of the yarn averages fully No. 29 ; and is regularly weighed each day. The cost of spinning, for the above quantity, was 9 35-iOO mills per pound, including overseers, dol fers,sweepers, tube repairers, back and front piecers and, in tact, all the labor of every description. This iathe largest mill in the United Slates, and believed to be the largest in the world, in w-hich the entire pro cess of converting raw cotton into cloth is carried on under one roof. It contains 31,232 spindles, 659 hand looms, and other machinery. The machinery is driven by a steam-engine of 400 horse power and 6i tons of anthracite coal are consumed per day to generate ■team for the engine, for the mill and machine shop, to warm the mill and offices for drying, making sizing, and all other purposes. The entire establishment, in cluding tw-o blocks of buildings for tiie accommodation of operatives, cost in round numbers about $600,000 ; yet such is the quality of the goods and the nature ol the management,that the business has paid a hand some profit during the hardest times we have experi enced within the past year. —Exchange paper. The Quakeress. We heard it observed, says the Delaware County Republican, by persons who w-ere present during the progress of the Hinchman case, in Philadelphia, and by others who reiul the putitisheil reports of the trial, that the evidence given by the female portion of the witnesses was remarkable for its correctness and beau ty. One of our Philadelphia cotemporaries thus alludes to the subject: 11 Being present in the court during the examination of these female witnesses, w-e were struck with admi ration at the manner in which they testified. Their ev idence was straightforward, correct, and in most beau tiful language— dot a word was misplaced. They seemed to have a perfect idea of the logical value of every sentence, and, in propriety of manner and self possession, we have never seen male witnesses who excelled them. They were clear and precise in their statements, and sustained the long and able cross-ex aminations of David Paul Brown, with dignity and calmness. “ They seemed to have a perfect idea of the techni cal point which arose during the case ; and when,after discussioaa beiween the counsel, the court intimated its opinions, they shaped their testimony in accordance with the decision, though at times the princ pies set tled were rather abstruse. We do not think any lady witnesses, drawn from fashionable society, could have sustained the uymg circumstances under which these Quakeresses were placed, half so well. The letters which passed between so.ue of them and the plaintiff were beautrfu! specimens ol epistolary composition. There has never been a trial, vvithm o ur knowledge in which the witnesses were so far above th „ ’ run of people , intelligence, as in this ease Tand b! for the most interesting, among the one hundred and nty examined, were the female witnesses. Their whole examination shows the superiority of the man ner in which the Quakers educate their women insu ring to them intelligent minds, instead of trumpery ac complishment.” y y MACON, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. 1849. Extend ng the Area. Our correspondent “ Aleck,” in quite a philosoph ical desserlation upon the causes oi the present drought, attributes its existence mainly to the wretched policy of the late administration. He says, that “we have been annexing so much territory ol late, that there is not rain enough to go around,-” and besides that, “the gold washers are using more than their share ot water at any rate. He proposes that Mr. Calhoun and the Charleston Mercury should get up a Southern Con vention to consider the crisis, and that “ Agitation Meeting’s” should he generally held throughout the Old States, for the purpose of exposing the “stepmother | policy” of the “the powers that be,” as well of those ; that “have been.” The dissertation is a very pointed j one, and we would publish it,entire, but it would take j as long to do so as it would to “lay the iron upon the i Central Road,” according to the recent calculation of our correspondent “ Ilocomoti ve.” Our Washington Correspondent. We take pleasure in calling attention to'the lettersof our Washington Correspondent. They are not from the pen of any of those ordinary scribblers who infest the Capitol, and who spin falsehoods and fictions at the rate of a shilling per column. Having a national re putation, as a correspondent, and the very best means of obtaining information, his letters will possess a novelty and a reliable interest, which cannot fail to render their perusal at once profitable and agreeable. Georgia Iron. We call especial attention to the advertisement of Messrs. White & Cater, who have on hand a most superior lot of Iron from the Etowah Woiks, which they osier at prices extremely accommodating. The Steamship Cherok c. This magnificent vessel reaehed Savannah early on Saturday morning last, havingmade the run from New York, between bars, in the unusually short space of 59 hours—having a full freight and about 20 passengers. We are indebted to the Editors ot the Georgian and Republican for files of papers, and hope hereafter to be j in receipt of similar favors from some ot our New- | York friends. May Day Celebration. The advent of the Queen of Flowers, was celebrated yesterday with becoming ceremonies, at the New Fe male Academy, now under the superintendance ol the Rev. Mr. Robert and Lady. The happy, gleesome faces of the young, were as bright and as appropriate insignia ot the season, as the flowers ihemselves. The exercises of the occasion were conducted with much order, and gave evidence of a high degree of taste and cultivation, on the part of both the principles and pupils of the institution. Sunday School Celebration. The Union Celebration of all the Sabbath Schools in ; this City, will take place on Saturday morning next— \ The Schools will assemble at their several places of i meeting, at 7 A. M. and march under their several ! Teachers to the Academy Square, where the Union j will be formed. From this point the procession will pro- ( ceed down Walnut Street to Third Street, along Third j to Mulberry, and up Mulberry to the Methodist Church ; where addresses will he delivered by representatives of the several schools, accompanied by appropriate music from the choir. The public generally are invited to at tend. The Mails Again. One of our subscribers writing from Chenubba, Lee county, complains of very great irregularity in the re ceipt ot his paper. He says that he gets one paper ; about every two weeks, and sometimes two papers in the same mail. How this irregularity occurs, we are ‘ at a loss to understand, as the Stage carries our papers direct to Americus on Wednesday, and thence they ought to proceed by a horse mail on Friday to Che nubba. Will the Post-master at Americus, be good enough to look into this matter, and inform us where the failure occurs? Pedlars. We are informed that ihe whole country is swarming ; with Pedlars, who are not only travellina in most in- j stances without license, but who are spreading reports j in re surd to the prevalence of Small Pox at Griffin, j Macon, and other places. Tnr ivk io„ i They are striving to prevent the people from coming I to trade with honest, responsible merchants; hoping thereby to be enabled to impose upon them their own worthless wares, at enormous profits. ‘I he Drought. With the exception of a partial shower a week ago, we have had no rain in this region for seven weeks. The drought seems destined to finish the work of des truction which the frost began. Seeds planted will not vegitate ; or if they do, the young plants look thriftless, and often die in a few days after they come up. Plan ters seem completely dispirited, as their hopes one af ter another are blighted, and there really seems some cause for their gloom and despondency. One thing however is consoling. That Providence “Which shapes our ends, rough hew them as we may,” generally so directs, as to carefully average the means of human existence and enjoyment. A famine in Ire land, for instance, was necessary to prove to the old world, the practicability of exporting grain and provi sions irom the new. It may be that the partial or en tire loss of a cotton crop, is equally necessary to con vince the new world, the folly of relying upon the pro duction of the raw material atone for subsistence, of su t lining the rotten dynasties of Europe, by patro nizing their manufactures, and feeding their pauper | population, instead of cherishing home labor and home interests. Should such a result follow, the lesson of • experience, though dearly bought, could not fail to re ■ suit in lasting benifit. Virginia Elections. The Virginia elecxionscommenced on Thursday last Owing to a discretionary power vested, by law, the judges aie at liberty to keep the polls open for three days. As far as has been heard from, this has general ly been done. The result of the first day’s voting was in almost every instance, favorable to the whigs; the j true hearted Virginians not relishing the recent coali- I tions between the Democrats and Abolitionists in Con j nectieut, Ohio, Wisconsin and N. York. It is thought the Whigs will do better in the State than they did even at the Presidential election. Do not leave Georgia. Under the above heading, the Savannah Georgian has the following sensible and timely remarks : “ There is one consummation, however, more de voutly to be wished for than the adoption of any agri cultural system, the establishment of any manufactory, or the construction of any railroad. It is, that her young men should stay at home, and not abandon their native States. From her early settlement, the great drain upon her ity has been that spirit of emi gration which has so prejudicially effected all the States of the South. The love of adventure, which brought the early settler to her bosom, was bequeathed to his strongest, stoutest, and most energetic son, and so long as rumor, magnifying all the advantages of a western home, could delight the fancy, the yhungbone and sin ew of the State were from year to year, wrenched from her. Had all who had been born in Georgia, during the last half century, clung to the home of their fath ers and displayed their energy, not in seeking a home , in the bosom of the western wilderness, but in improv -1 ing ihe soil which gave them birth, not in developing the resources of anew region, but in advancing their native State in all the elements of national importance —can any adequate estimate be made of what might have been the present position of Georgia ? Unfortu j nately, the possession ot energy seems to have involv- J ed the necesiity of emigration ; and those who have been most able to serve Georgia by remaning at home, have been the most ready and anxious to leave her.” The Georgia Provisoists. At a recent dinner given to Senator Butler,ol South Carolina, in Edgefield District, that gentleman used used the following language: “ The Northern men would assent to nothing that did not fully acknowledge the principles they contend ed for. They have gained boldness by their success in attaching the Wilmut Proviso to the Oregon Bill.— That event, it is to be feared, will prove fatal to South ern rights. Since the passage of that Bill, the Free Soil men do not scruple to bring fotward the most in sulting propositions. Giddingsgotup a resolution and obtained for it 74 votes, ‘that all persons in the Dis trict of Columbia, including slaves themselves, should decide whether or not thp slaves in that District should be free” Effects of the Frost on Fruits. We find it a very difficult matter to ascertain tin precise extent of damage done by ibe late cold weath er to the fruits. In some localities they were entirely destroyed, while in others, they have been only par tially injured. Even in the same localities the t fleet seems to have been entirely different upon different varieties, both of peaches and apples, as will appeal from the following extract of a letter from our friend Harry Camp, Esq., of Covington, Newton county, dated on the 21st ultimo : “ Five days ago, we bad a killing frost. From that time to the present, we have had high winds, vatymg front North-west, to South-west,continu ■ ity, ntnl more or less frost every night. Corn, cotton, wheat, (late kinds excepted) and the various summer vegetables, lie prostrate, some of them to rise no more ; others will vegetate again if we can get rain, none having fallen here within the last live weeks. Since the fiist frost, [which occurred last Sunday night,) I have been enga ged in examining into the t fleets produced on different vegetables. Os forest trees, the dogwood se< ms to have sustained the least injury. Apples,pears,quinces, nectarines, plums, apricots, peaches, cherries, having bloomed, and the young fruit, in most cases, of considerable size, is generally killed. One fact ntnact ed tny attention—the sourest varieties of all kinds of fruit suffered the most. The Summer Limber Twig, Early Pippin, and other sour, juicy varieties of apples, are nearly all killed—summer sweet apples, injured but ] tile. Fall Sugar Apple, not injured; large red French Winter Apple, (a very rich apple in saccharine matter,) not injured at all. Os peaches, the large white Na tive English Peach, least injured of any others, in equally exposed situations, except the Pennsylvania white English Peach, which is not injured any ; from which, it would seein, that fruits containing a con siderable amount of sugar, stand frosty weather best £ As I close, the weather is moderating, and we have some appearance of rain. Yours respectfully, HARRY CAMP. Effects of the Frost. The injuries to the crops and vegetation generally bj the late frost, seem to lmve been seriously felt in even Southern State—even as far South ns Florida, and as far West as Texas. We extract the subjoined notices merely for the purpose of giving our readers a general idea of the condition of things. We could give hun dreds of paragraphs of a similar nature. Extract of a Letter, dated Marengo County,(Alu.) April 16: “ This is a sad day with the planters in this region ol country. We had a killing frost this morning—sweep ing off all the cotton, and garden vegetables, cxcepi the most hardy. The previous frost of the last March, killed all the early cotton, and most ofthe planters had to replant their crops, and the country was pretty web gleaned of seed. Now, it will be the utmost difficulty that stands of cotton can be obtained w'ith the very limited quantity ot seed left on hand and with all that can be obtained from abroad, in time. Under the mosi favorable circumstances, the crop must be a month la ter than usual in coming forward. The time for the maturing of the cotton crops extends from the the 20th of July to the 20th of October—say about 12 weeks.— By this calamity we have lost four weeks in the age ol our crop, and we are but little North oflatitude 32, and the bulk of the crop in the United States is grown be tween 32 and 35 degrees. Assuming a full crop to be two million four hundred thousand (2,400,000) bales— and bearing in mind that each week in maturing sea son is equal to 200,000 bales, you will readify perceive what effect this sweeping frost will have upon the next crop, however favorable the rest ol the year may be.” The Montgomery Flag of Tuesday, says: “ We have information from various parts of the State, that the frost of 15ih April destroyed the cotton and corn crops, and damaged severely crops of a more hardy nature. In the cotton growing counties of Soiitli Alabama the damage it is feared may affect seriously the extent of the crop. We learn fro n Green county that seed is scarce at $1 per bushel.” Extract of a Letter, dated Livelier, Mississippi April 16: “ From the morning of the 15ih the snow fell freely, with a cold wind from the North winch prevailed 48 hours. “ There was ice frozen over awn-h-pan hall full of water so thick that it was turned hoitom upwards and still held the water, the ice not breaking. This was oil A1 outlay morning, ilic JOili. The hvui whd severe, but the ground was dry, as we had not had rain for two or three weeks previous. Had the ground been wet or tne air damp, every tning wouui nave been killed, and it is bad enough as it is. The corn is bitten smooth with the ground ; ali the gardens arc ruined, though we worked with the plants to secure them ; the wheal is badly injured, and all fruit, peaches and apples, to tally logt. 1 saw to-day sassafras and persimmon shrubs an inch thick killed dead. Many of the leaves ofthe timber and the twigs are singed. About half of the cotton crop in this region had come up, but is cut smooth to the ground; and what is worst of all, we have no more seed. Farewell for one-half ofthe stand this season. “ The Mississippi River is as high as it lias been heretofore this year, and perhaps as high as it ever was known. The damage is beyond calculation. None, or but little cotton will be planted m the bottomlands, and the loss in cattle, &c., is immense. What with the frost and the overflow, tlie loss to the State of Mis sissippi alone, cannot be calculated.” What is here said of Alabama and Mississippi, would seem from the papers to be equally true in regard to Louisiana, Texas and Florida. In Georgia and the Carolinas the damage is probably not ns great, espe cially to the cotton,as the crop was generally much less advanced. The severe drought, however, which still prevails in Geoigiu, inuwi cominuc t . pxi*itg ihe most serious apprehensions. The lion. Asbury Huff. The numerous friends of this distinguished gentle man will regret to read the following from the last number of the Athens Whig: “ One of the most prominent among the names pre sented to the public, through the medium of the press, lor the office of Governor, at the next election, we have been rejoiced to see, was that of our respected townsman, the Hon. Asbury Hull ; and we are sure that his numerous friends throughout Georgia will par ticipate with us in ihe regret we feel in making the an nouncement—which we do on the most reliable au thority—that iiis name will not go before the nomina ting Convention by his consent. “ We deeply regret this and “termination of Mr. Hull— believing, as we do, that mice before the people, his election would be certain,and thus withdrawing, the State will be deprived of his services as its chief Exec utive officer, a position for which he is most eminently fitted, and in which we had expected to see him placed by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens.” The Post-Office Department. It seems that the Post-Master General under Presi dent Taylor, understands how to drive business in his Department. We sincerely trust that he may evince equal encigy and determination, in driving up the Con tractors and Post Masters to a prompt and accurate performance of their duties. The Washington corres pondent of the Baltimore Sun, a neutral Democratic paper, has the following paragraph : “Some idea may be formed of the despatch of busi ness iu the General Post-Office Department from the following: On the fourth day of the present month a large chest of proposals for transporting the mails over some 1,200 routes in New England and New York, was opened under the established usages of the office. Each proposal was first marked by the Post master General and his assistants, arranged by Statis . the accumulated bids were then handed over to the clerks, by whom their contents were examined, com pared with the service and terms advertised for and endorsed ; re-examined before entry ; and then record ed in books beautifully prepared and indexed. This part of the process completed, the Registers were tak en up, when every bid, with all iiscondiiiorrp, was care fully considered ; the decisions on every route made by the prompt and discriminating Postmaster General, and oil the 18th instant, two weeks from the date of opening, the results to the contractors, and all others interested, were publicly proclaimed.” Hartford (Connecticut) Municipal Election. The election for city officers took place on Monday. The Whig candidate, lion. Philip Ripley, was chosen Mayor by a ‘arge majority. Three Whig Aldermen out of four, and sixteen out of twenty of the Common Council, are Whig. All the other officers are Wing. Trenton Election.— An election was held in Tien, ton, N. J., on Monday last. William C. Howell, Whig, was elected Mayor, and Charles W. Jay > Whig, City Clerk. We have no account of the other offices Interesting Presentation. The National Intelligencer of the 25th ult. says: Yesterday, at 11 o’clock, the Sword voted'by the Legislature of Virginia to Major General Taylor., (now President of the United States, in honor of the distin guished courage and conduct displayed by him in his victorious achievements in Mexico, was presented to him,at the Presidential Mansion,by the Committee of distinguished citizens of Virginia whose names have been already mentioned. The Committee having leen introduced to the President by Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Daniel, in behalf ofthe Committee, addressed the Pres ident in the following terms: “General : In the name of Virginia, we are deputed ; to present to you a Sword. On it is inscribed in endu- j ring characters, her message of affectionate approbn- j tjon, “ Presented by Virginia to her distinguished son, ! Major General Zachary Taylor, for his gallantry and ! good conduct at ihe battles of Palo Alto, Resaca debt Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista.” “To the modest car of manly worth we know that the language of personal eulogy, however sincere and j well deserved, is always unpleasing. But there are oc casions, and this is one, when the fullheart may speak cut—when anticipating the impartial judgment ot his tory, it may, without offending propriety, render to ex alted services performed by the living that tribute which treasure cannot pu;chase nor power extort —the spon taneous homage of a free, enlightened, and grateful people. ‘ Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey,and Buena Vista! What mingled emotion ot joy, and melancholy are excited by these names! O grief for the ‘Brave who fsank to rest, By all the country’s wishes blest’— of exultation at the proud achievements of the living on those glorious fields. feir, you cannot know, as we know, how, at the first threatened shock of arms on the Rio Grande, when to the general surprise, and without n sign of warning, that gallant little band under your command, poorly appointed, but few in number—many of whom had nev er met an enemy—wasseen opposed loan overwhelm ing force, of triple its own numbers, the very flower of the Mexican army; when, to all, great loss seemed in evitable, to many its entire destruction not improbable’ when, in the pause of excited expectation, the very heart of the nation stood still, ‘ And the bravest held his breath for a time :’ you cannot know, I say, what an electric thrill of exul tation shot through that heart when the news came to us that you had triumphed; that victory had impres ased upon your standard thatpres/jge whicli could nev er afterwards desert it. At Monterey! What fresh emotions of pride and saitsfaction swelled up in that heart when the world be held with admiring eyes, not alone the valor ofthe sol dier—the wisdom of mature and well considered coun sels—but that brighter exhibition of greatness which spared woman, in her weakness and childhood m its help less ness, and could mercifully temper the splendors of victory with a stiil more glorious humanity. Buena Vista ! It is a field that will live in story with the Pass of Thermopylae. Where else was victory every achieved against such fearful odds! And when we consider the circumstances under which you court ed that conflict—the intrepid boldness of a position as sumed against the uninstructed counsels of superiors, the wisdom of which was vindicated by complete suc cess ; when we regard the consequences, personal to the officer —political and military—which would have flowed from ffsaster to our arms; or, looking to the Mexican side, think of the momentous issue to the comm ander, strutting for existence at home, and set ting all upon a cast, perhaps there are few events in our annals of deeper interest and importance to the soldier or statesman who would study well the history of his country. Sir, it was for the sterling qualities of head and heart displayed on these occasions of uncommon trial that the nation has learned to look to you as one in whose hands its destinies will be safe ; who will again illus trate in its history that the succesful warrior may yet be the wise and moderate and prudent statesmen ; and exemplify again that truth, so full of moral beauty, that “ Peace hath her victories, No less renowned than war.” Ma y your Administration, sir, redound to the honor and prosperity of our beloved country ; and, that well over, in retirement may the evening of a well spent life be as serene and happy as its noon is bright and glo rious? It remains to deliver to you this, the bright gift of Virginia, on*- —— •*>-. , ■ i islicil pnsxeoion to yourself—an heirloom of fame to be transmitted to those who will come after you. Well won, we know it will be worthily worr—in the spirit of that sentiment with which the Father of his country bequeathed the sword which achieved its liberties—never to be drawn hut in that country's defence, and never shea ted until that object be obtained. Gen. Taylor replied to this address as follows : Gentlemen : —I receive, with emotions of profound respect and gratitude, the sword voted by the Legisla ture of the State of Virginia, w hich you have been de puted to present fn her name. It need hnrdly be said that this token of approbation and of confidence bears with it unusual interest and value. It is from the State of my extraction and na tivity—a State distinguishad throughout the American annals for the abilities, the valor and the patriotism of her children, and which yields to none in devotion to the cause of constitutional liberty. This offering of her representatives will be cherished with jealous care, and handed down as a precious inheritance tomy chil dren. You allude to the services which have had the good fortune to elicit the approval of my countrymen. The recent campaigns in Mexico, so for as military combi nations and the Doi ic,ua uuminttudcrs are concerned have now bccome matters of history ; hut no history can fitly record the the privations, the cour age and the constancy of the common soldier. To the steadiness and discipline of the rank and file, ably led as they were by the platoon and regimental officers, our success must he mainly ascribed. Without such officers and such men, no inspiration, no good fortune, could have averted disgrace from our arms. I beg through you to convey to the able and distin guished Governor ot Virginia, to the Legislature, and to the people of the State over which he worthily pre sides, my most sincere and heartfelt acknowledgments for the high honor I have tljis day received, and allow me to present to you, gentlemen, my thanks for the •very handsome manner in which you have discharged the trust confided to you. Gone to California. The Savannah Republican of the 24th says; “The Hon. Thomas Butler King arrived here on Saturday evening last, ia the Southern steamer, and took his heparture yesterday in the steam ship Falcon for Chagres. We understand that the proprietors of the lines of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean steam ships, tendered to Mr. King a passage to San Francisco, dur ing the recess of Congress, to afford him an opportu nity of examining personally, the route across the Isth mus of Fannma, and the general condition of the great thoroughfare already established, mainly through his enlightened and patriotic course as member and Chairman of the Naval Committee. Mr. King expects to return home in time to take his seat at the opening of the next Congress, and we doubt not, our country will derive great advantage from the valuable informa tion which lie will not fail to acquire, concerning out new- and extensive possessions on the Pacific coast.” Locofoco Trickery. The Locofoco Postmasters, who fill nine-tenths of all tilt-Post-offices of the Union, are flooding the Post office Department with letters representing that they have taken no active part in partisan politics, and they are strictly attentive to their duties, and asking to be retained in public service. Nearly every one of these letters have.been followed by irrefragiblc evidence, that these Postmasters are the most virulent partisans of their respective neighborhoods, occupy the most prom inent positions in their political Locotoeo organizations and are notoriously negligent of their duties. In every such case, where the proof of political interference and englect of duly comes from responsible sources, the of fender is promptly displaced. This statement will explain to those Postmasters, who have been assaulting the Post-officeDepirtrnetu with fafoe representations, why their letters have not been answered.— National Intelligencer. Applications for Office.—The Posl Master Gen eral, says the New York Mirror, has now on file seven thousand applications for post offices : 380 for situa tions in the Department at Washington ; and 78 lor riding agents—six being the number employed. As there are some sixteen thousand post offices in lit United States, the Mirror thinks the appli cations on file is very moderate. Washington Correspondence. Washington, April 25, IS 19. Messrs. Editors: It is generally supposed, by those not much acquainted with this place, that it must be excessively dull duriny the recesses of Congress; but I find it quite otherwise. True, there are no parties and jams, where ladies and gentlemen can go and be squeezed half to death, and repeat the same silly, un meaning, common-place remark to fifty different peo ple in the course of an hour or two, take a glass of ice cream, eat a piece of “ sweet cake,” and go home There is enough, however, going on, especially at this t time, to drive off ennui and keep one on the qui vice of expectation. There is enough of hope and fear to prevent those who are here from stagnating, or becom- j ingdrowsy,though the numberofstrangers—applicants j for office—is comparatively small. The advice given j to those who do come, by the President and Heads of Departments, operates, it is said, like Branilreth's Pills ! upon the city, much to the chagrin of Willard, whose Hotel is ‘* head-quarters” for ail who seek office. This advice is, “ Tell us your story in as few words and brief a time as possible, anti having done so, take the next train of cats and go ‘ through in a day ’ to your respec- j five homes.” But, notwitstanding this advice, and its general sal- | utary effect, the Administration has been excessively | annoyed, and its patience nearly exhausted, by the importunity and contradictory statements and recom- 1 mendations of the different cliques in New York, in regard to candidates for Collector, Postmaster, &e. of the city and Marshal of the Southern District. There is the Seward clique, the Fillmore clique, and the Wall street clique—all hostile to each other, and all bent upon ; sustaining their own interests and putting into office ! their own men. To hear the character of the candi- j dates of one clique from the lips of another, you would ; suppose them to be the most corrupt and faithless of men, and vice versa. This, of course,embarrasses the Administration and operates in favor of our opponents, who cannot be removed until their successors have been agreed upon. The same, to a less extent, may be said in regard to the Collector, Naval Officer, Post- i master, &c. at Philadelphia, where there is, unlortu nately, a difference between the principal Whig mer chants and the principal politicians, in regard to the individual who should be appointed Collector. In re gard to the office of Marshal of the Southern District of New York, the circumstances of which you will have seen mentioned in the New York papers, the removal of ihe present incumbent, Eli Moore, is rendered im mediately imperative; for no Administration could think of retaining a man in office, for a single day, who had deliberately appropriated $20,000, belonging to the public or an individual, to his own use. I beg par don of Mr. Woodbury : I bad forgotten that, upon the recommendation of his special agent, Mr. Gariche, he retained a public defaulter in office in Mississippi, be cause, as Mr. G. said, he had already got his pockets full, but if he were removed and anew man appointed, the latter would have to fill his, so that the government would evidently be a loser by turning the defaulting swindler out! But these are not Van Buren times— the millennium of public swindlers. Thank God, we have at length an honest, upright man at the helm, from whom such men as the Swartwouts, the Prices, et id omne genus, can expect no toleration or mercy. The Administration are still arduously engaged in bringing up the business of the respective Departments, left as a legacy to them by the outgoing one. It is ru mored, in certain circles, that very important questions of foreign policy have been brought before, and discuss ed by the Cabinet, and that they have given rise to very long despatches and correspondence with some of the foreign ministers here, aid particularly with the Mexi can Minister and with Baron Roenne, (pronounced Renna.) What these subjects of controversy are, is not of course known, but I can surmise that the Proto col accompanying tne Treaty with Mexico should give rise to a misunderstanding between the Governments of the two Republics, which would require much diplo matic skill on our part; and I can also conceive that the very improper, imprudent and illegal permission granted to Baton Roenne by Mr. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, to have built and fitted out, in the port of New York, a War Steamer cf the first class, to be used against nations, or a nation, with whom we are at peace, may have given rise to a diplomatic correspon dence, because I am sure the present Administration would not suffer such an act, expressly prohibited by law, to be consummated. icuuiui uWo informs me that important matters have been the subject of a diplomatic correspondence be tw.ru ib Orrott-iary oi date ana tne fsparnsri minimer. lean repeat what I said in my last, namely, that the Secretaries have been most assiduously and laboriously engaged in business since they came into office, some of them laboring into “ the small hours of night.”— They have also required the Heads of Bureaus to have the work of which they have charge to be brought up, some of it being very greatly in the rear, owing,proba bly, to the fact that so much time has been occupied heretofore, by some of the clerks, in political matters, and some doing little or nothing but promenading Pennsylvania Avenue, or lounging about the Hotels, smoking and gossiping. This will now cease. The members ol the Cabinet have been much amused by the reports of their differences, and making no little sport among themselves at the quid nuncs who had been quizzed by such reports. The report was first started by the correspondent of the Philaddlphia Ledger and Baltimore Sun, who was hoaxed by a few young men who met him at an oyster cellar, and who thought to have a little fun with him. The Virginia election for members ol Congress, &c. takes place to-morrow. What the result will be I can not predict; but, in view of the open and avowed union in C nnecticut, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other Northern and Norh-western States, between the Abolitionists and Democrats—a union which had taken plnoe in Ohio and resulted in the election of an Abolitionist- Democrat to the Senate of the United States—l should suppose the \V hig cause would be strengthened. What now will the Democrats say of their brethren of the North? Will they still claim them as “the natural allies of the South V* It is said that extremes often meet: they are meet- i ing now. The Abolitionists of the North and the extreme pro-slavery men of the South, the Calhoun i men, were seen acting and voting together at the close j of the last session of Congress, and they are acting in j unison now, against the Whigs, who occupy a middle j ground between these two extremes. The coalition is an unnatural one, and cannot long exist. Agitation may unite them for a while, like oil and water shaken | together; hut they can no more combine than these two ingredients. The best way for Whigs, therefore, is ‘ not to agitate the subject, but to let it subside. As to ! the Willnot Proviso, that will he rendered inoperative, I and therefore a mere abstraction, by the action of the people of California and New Mexico, who will them selves soon determine the question of slavery or no slavery, by the adoption of a State Constitution, which they have a right to do. , Mr. Benton has just left the city fur Missouri, where, it is said, he will sjiend most of the summer in canvass ing the State. He is an extraordinary man and has had an extraordinary career, having been longer a member of the United States Senate than perhaps any other person ever has been. I had the pleasure of witnessing the presentation of a sword, yesterday, from the Stale of Virginia to her son, Gen. Taylor, in honor of his victories in Mexico. The address and reply were appropriate, and the ceremony interesting; but the General showed more trepidation than he probably felt during either ol his celebrated battles. Such is his modest diffidence that I have no doubt he would much rather meet a Mexican than a committee any time. OGLETHORPE. Proscription. A correspondent of the National Whig places the following reniinisenee before the editor of the Union, who is so grieved at the inability of his party friends to hold on to office forever: “Look at this picture which I give you, drawn from the official condition in which Mr. Poik left the Land Office, and judge ye how he revenged him of his enemies: Out of seventy odd clerks in this Department, he left not more than seven Whigs in their places. The Whig messengers even icere removed.'’ A Galaxy of Whig Cities. Every city in the Empibe State is Whk! This has never before the case at the same time. Look at them : Buffalo, Roouester, Auburn, Syracuse, Oswego, Utica, Schenectady, Albany, Troy, Hudson, New York, Brooklyn. We may say, in addition, that more counties have a majority of Whig Supervisors, and the aggregate num ber in the State is greater than ever before ! We point with pride andpleasre to these gratifying indications of public sentiment.— Albany Evening Journal. Union of the Harmonious Democracy. The Hunkers and Barnburners of Wisconsin, or the suppoiteis in the late canvass of Mr. Cass and Mr. Van Buren, have agreed to bury past differences and unite on the subjoined platform. The nuptials were celebrated on the 30th ult., according to a joint arrange- j ment of the two parties, and amidst much rejoicing.— The following resolutions are the articles of agreement, or marriage contract: “ Resolved, That while we will faithfully adhere to all the compromises of the Constitution, and maintain ali the reserved rights of the States, we declare, since the crisis has arrived when that question must be met, our uncompromising hostility to the extension of Slave ry into any territory of the United States, which is now free. “ Resolved, That in organizing governments for; New Mexico and California, the introduction and ex stence of Slavery in those territories should bo posi tively prohibited by act of Congress. “ Resolved, That there should be no more Slave States admitted in the Federal Government. “Resolved, That all national laws recognizing or sus taining Slavery or the Slave trade in the District of Columbia, or any other place under control of the Fed eral Government ought to be immediately repealed. “ Resolved, That the public lands should be granted to actual settlers in limited quantities at the cost of the survey and transfer ; and that a limit ought to be placed to the quantity of land which shall be hereafter acquired and held by any person at any one time. “ Resolved, That we demand cheap postage, a re trenchment of the expenses of the National Govern ment, the abolition of all unnecessary offices and sala ries,and the election by the People of all officers in the service of the Government so tar as the same may be practicable. “ Resolved, That Congress has the Constitutional power and ought to make appropriations from the Na tional Treasury tor River and Harbor Improvements, to facilitate and protect commerce between the several States and foreign nations, such appropriation to be governed by a sound discretion and a due regard for the national welfare. “ Resolved, That we approve the principle of free and unrestricted trade, and believe that the most fair and equal mode of raising the revenue necessary to de fray the necessary expenses of the Government, is a direct tax upon property, and will demand its adoption by our Government as soon aspracticapble. “ Resolved, That we are opposed to the creation of a National Bank by Congress, and believe that the fis cal affairs of Government, both State and National, should be kept entirely seperatefrom Banks and Bank ing Associations, and its revenues should be collected and disbursed by responsible agents of the Govern ment, through the Independent Treasury. “ Resolved, That we are in favor of a liberal exemp tion of real and personal property from forced sale on execution, believing it both just and humane. “ Resolved, That we are in favor of equal and im partial suffrage.” Waking up the Office Holders. Every person who lias had any business at any of the Departments in Washington, during the last ten to his own mortification, the double power of “inso lence” and “indolence” of the office holders. Me know of innumerable cases where parties, sometimes poor widows, have been compelled to remain for weeks in Washington without getting even a respectful hear ing. The Washington correspondent of the Balt'.- mote Sun, who has had many opportunities of personal observation, and therefore knows the truth of what he writes, has the following: “The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Meredith, has applied himself with great zeal and assiduity to the duties of his < ffice. He works himself, and will be the cause of increased industry in others. No idlers will be tolerated in his department. A man who has, like Mr. Meredith, achieved an independent fortune by the drudgery of the law% is not very likely to let his de partment collapse through the lack of a proper degr e of vigor in its Administration. “Mr. Meredith has addressed a circular letter to each chief of a bureau in his department, requiring from each a statement of the condition of the bureau, as to its business ; whether ali its work is up, and, it not, the reasons for the delay ; what clerks are behind hand with their work, &c. The circular also states the public interests require that the public officers should execute their duties with promptness and des patch ; and it also directs that all officers and clerks who are behind hand with their business shall be re “ This circular is important, as proving that the pub lie officers are herealter to be required to do their duty, and to bear in mind that they are paid as public ser vants and not for service to a party. “Here is the beginning of a truly great work of re form. ‘The insolence of office’ ha 9, in atl ages and countries, been made a subject of complaint. The in dolence ot office furnishes a much greater reason for complaint than the other, and especially in a free and economical Government. Neither will be tolerated by the present administration. This is a substantial re form, worth more to this ccuntiy than all the glories of the Mexican war, and all die treasures of California. “Mr. Meredith’s circular is dated the 17th instant.— It has not yet, probably, been answered, and its effects are not yet visible. But it is w hispered that each head of Department has issued, or will issue, a similar circu lar, and that the answers will be required on or before the ‘first of May next.’ That awful first of May is close at hand ‘lf you have tears prepare to shed them’ then. Some people are practising, they say, be fore a mirror, in advance. What a wail will come from the ‘Union.’” The General Post Office. In copying into our paper yesterday from a cotempo rary in ihe West, a passing tribute to the political mer it of Col. Warren, the Second Asssistant Postmaster General, we inadvertently overlooked the statement in the introductory part of it, that the Bureau of which he is the head “ Las the appointment of thousands of Postmasters throughout the country.” Tnis is altogether an error. The appointments are in all cases the act of the Postmaster General. All the action of the three Assistantsto the Postmasters General is subordinate to his, their own tenure of office being subject to his will. The language of the act of 1825 is, that “there shall be established at the seat of the government of the , United States a General Post Office, under the direc tion of a Postmaster General that the Postmaster | General “shall appoint” his Assistants ; that “he shall establish Post Offices and appoint Postmasters at all such places as shall appear to him expedient,” &.C.- j and that he shall give his Assistants, the Postmasters, and other persons whom he shall employ or who may be employed in any of the departments of the General Post Office, instructions relative to “ their duty.” It being obviously impractible for any head or hand, to discharge all these functions, Assistants to the Postmas ter General have been provided by law, whom heap- j points,and ail whose acts require his sanction. We are induced thus particularly to state the law up on the subject, because we perceive, in other papers than the one from which we made the extract referred to, that some misapprehension exists on the subject. National Intelligencer. Visiters to the West Point Academy. The following named gentlemen, as we understand have been invited by the Secretary of War to attend the Examination of the Cadets of the Military Acad emy at West Point on the first Monday in June next ’ J. John S. Abbot, Esq., of Maine. 2. Hon. Horace Mann, of Massachusetts. 3. Capt. Daniel Tyler, of Connecticut. 4. Jerome Fuller, Esq., of New-York. 5. John L. Gow, Esq., of Pennsylvania. 6. Capt. John 11. B. Latrobe, of Maryland. 7. Capt. Patrick M. Henry, of North Carolina. 8. Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, ol Georgia. 9. Col. R. W. Burnet, of Ohio. 10. Gen. J. McCaleb Wiley,of Alabama. 11. Henry J. Ballard, Esq., of Louisiana. 12. Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi. 13. Col. William T. Stockton of Florida. 14. Dr. IT. Houghton, ol lowa. 15. Gen. Rufus King of Wisconsin. In connexion with this subject, some misapprehension being understood to exist as to the mode of appointing Cadets of the Military Academy at West Point, we take occasion to state, since the passage of the act of 1813, which in a great measure restricts the number of Cadets to the number of Representatives and Delegates in Congress, these appointments have been made on the recommendation of the Representatives and Delegates from the respective Congressional districts. In addi tion to these, the Executive has the appointment of ten Cadets at large, irrespective of residence in any Con gressional district. A Heroine. —Mr. Johns was knocked overboard at Cincinnati, and saved by his daughter, aged in years, who plunged in after him LATER FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the Cambria. The steamship Cambria arrived at Haliigv 26th ult, with Liverpool dates to the 14th. Th. r bria, according to the Telegraphic accounts <■ ‘ Charleston Courier, from which wc copy, j-.’ $250,000 in specie and the usual number of ‘ Cotton — The market had been dull $.• week, and a decline ol Ito Id was submitted t 0 of week only 22,000 bales ; 500 by speculators % 3)0 for export. Fair Uplands are quoted at 4JJ biles 41d.; N. Orleans 4ld. Provisions. —The resumption of hostilities Germany and Denmark, having cat ofi tne srjp wheat from the Baltic, flour had advanced to 24 per barrel, and Cor nto 325. Beef and Pork n, clined.but hams and shoulders had advanced— T ter'had sold at 31s 6d per cat. Money. —Consols at London are quoted at - general commotion which is in course of ■ throughout Europe, has no visible effect in Er She remains quiescent, but with less glowing - ‘ of a revival of trade. E nglish capitalists hown in good spirits, and money is easily obtained. Political Intelligence. We are indebted to the Charleston Mercun„ patch, for the following pretty full and compreß details of the general and political news by ~e i( A decisive victory has been gained by ttte H rian troops over the Austrian forces, in which to. ter lost thirteen hundred men, and twenty-four of cannon, and forty wagons. The Austrian fi Buckner, finding himself surrounded by a hos . ulation, and cut off Irom his communications , . dered the command of his troop3, and with thre er General officers threw themselves under the r lion of the Russians in Wallachia. Bern, the Hungarian General, is in almost table possession of Transylvania, and is mas. parafions for the capture of Constradt, the last c. , the Kingdom which is held by the Austrians. The state of blockade in which Vienna hash* long continued, was formally announced to ha minated on the 31st March, and martial ia*r abolished. The Vienna papers contain detai counts of the capture and destruction of the t Breshcia by the Austrians, and the general anj criminate slaughter of its inhabitants. After ay _ eight days, the town, or rather the ruins of v.ha;, the town, fell into the hands of the Austrians. \ place was bombarded for six hours, when a gen* : sault was ordered, and the streets were earned; point of the bayonet and the unresisting inha w’ere driven into their dwellings, which were v fire over their heads, and houses and inhabitants* involved in one general ruin. Denmark and Prussia. —lntelligence baa be ceived of the recommencement of hostilities br Denmark and Prussia. Tlie Danish fleet, in a* ing to capture the fortress of Reckenforde, were f ly defeated, and a line or battle ship and a frig, into the hands of the Prussians. These vessels r: ed, within reach of the guns of the fort, and tire eoon afterwards they blew up,and al! on bo ven hundred) perished. A despatch dated the i April, announces the blockade by the Danes of German ports. The King of Prussia had declined the accept;: the Imperial Crown of Germany, and ali iscou at Frankfort. Italy. —Letters have been received from Tor.’ nouncing that after Gen. La Marmora, a Pied General, had bombarded Genoa for twenty-four - and the city had been set on fire in several p,s deputation from the Municipality had proceeded cantp on the 6th, to request an armi tice of fonv-t. hours, to give time to proceed to Turin, to arrar.. capitulation. The deputation proceeded to T. where it arrived on the 7th. A renewal of disturbances has taken place in an towns in Italy, and the people were engaged ins: preparations to resist the further progress of Ausw On the 7th inst. Lord Palmerston received an : notification of the blockade ot Palermo by the > olitan Government. The King of Naples is nai extensive preparations for an immediate attack 0: cily, which has hitherto been deferred incoascq. of apprehension ot an outbreak in Calabria. France —France continues tranquil, but all par are preparing for an energetic electoral strugg - There are now thirty vacant seara in the National sembly.in consequence of deaths and resignations, s a great many of the members are detained frotnu seats by indisposition. The Cholera is m ikmg navoc nmoogsi nir iruwjts which arc quarr-rctf ten rarily in barracks in Paris. It is generally beiiev that the excessive dampness of the atmosphere base tributed to the development ot tins disease. .Mea have been adopted for the removal of the troops more healthy quarters. Ireland. —The intelligence from Ireland iso most distressing character. Pestilence and famir continue their devastating operations. The re; the Poor Law Inspectors for the last year eik. degree of misery and suffering almost without a ; dent in the history of the world. In one district,* only lour years ago contained twelve thousand. itants, not six thousand remain, and thev are in better than a state of starvation. Rev. Dr. C* Catholic clergyman, died at Drogheda of the C: on the 6th instant. Temperance in Wisconsin. The Legislature of Wisconsin has passed a stringent bill relating to the sale of intoxicating It requires all persons who would vend or retail ituous liquors” to give bond to the town auth with three sureties, in §IOOO, “ conditioned to p: damages the community or individuals may s by reason of such traffic ; to support all pauper? ows and orphans; pay the expenses of all ciu criminal prosecutions made, growing out of, or attributable to such traffic.” And it is made the of the officer holding the bond to deliver it to “ar son who may claim to be injured by said traffic Articles of L.uxu:y. From a work on the History of the Preciov a Is, recently published in Hanlord, (Conn.) we.. the following curious statistics : The value of ver Tea-spoons in the United States is esti:., $36,000,000 ;, of Silver jTable-spooas $27,00) of Silver Forks §4,500,000 ; and of Plate and C service §5,500,000. One of the chapters of the * work is devoted to gold hunting ; and in this the - gives it as his opinion that the emigration outfr labor of twenty thousand emigrants to Califon one year will cost the United States $23,260,0.'’'.’ sum must be received in return tor expenditure: the profits can commence. Learn to Cook Well. We again propose this advice to those of cu: • female friends who may chance to look into :h nal. There need be no scruple, on the groana the aim is not sufficiently high lor a generous anc mated mind. To do i cell, whatever it becon>: doty to do at all, is an ambition sufficiently e'er for the highest and most gifted spirit. Tne care family will be the duty of the woman till we a translated to a higher sphere of existence—and: care will always, as now be made up of detail, in themselves, ’tis true, bu’ in the aggregate, t their connections, vastly important. We say learn to cook well. The health of the family depends upou it. MY there are those who associate luxury, effeminac all dependent ills with every attempt of the k commended. But we do not believe that healti moled by eating raw carrots, or doughy bread— to secure long life.it is necessary to turn a Nor were men made to graze like cuttle, or e like dogs. Nor is it necessary, in order to shun the which we speak, to rush into the opposite es ’ Good cookery (lops not consist in producing dR est seasoned dishes ; nor such a3 to lostei a nr- f petite, but in preparing every dish well, bower?” pie or common it may be. There are, lor instance llies who never eat any good bread Irc-m one to another, and have no mea in wiiat it cons - ? are meats cooked any better within their Those little, simple, and healthy delicacies, good housekeeper knows intuitively how to F are never seen here. Even a dish of potatoes a get themselves well boiled. A member ol the ! might as well fall among the Hottentots as tu j proper nursing is concerned. These things on to be, nor is there any need ol their existence, is has any just notions of her obligations to those about her. The science ol bread making, of meat b stewing, roasting and boiling; of vegetable 1 and of preparing the multdarious small an d sorts, which go to make pleasant the table, about are Iter’s—her’s to understand, and Prairie Farmer.