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* SfeHlfeeMs Sentinel | J - w - & VV S JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1840. Vol. IV—No. 30. I TUfc CIIROMoLE ASD SENTINEL 13 PUBLISHED D aILY TIU-VVEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, At No. 209 Broad-street, terms: Dail j paper, Ten Dollars per annum, in advance. Tri Weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or S;vcn at the end of the year. JVe:kly pap r, Three Dollars in advance, or Four at the end of year. CHROMCLK AM) SKNTIMSI.. A U « U 8 T A. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11. Hail Hoad Accident. We learn by a gentleman who came passen ger from Charleston yesterday, that the passen ger train came in collision with a freight train, going down, about four miles below Aiken, and such was the force of the shock that the two en gines, the first passenger and several freight cars were much broken. Fortunately, however, no person was injured. . New Jersey Delegation. By the correspondence of the Charleston Cour iei, in this days’ paper, it will bo seen that the Committee have at last made a Report in favor of the Van Burcn claimants. Upon what evi dence the majority of the Committee predicated such a report we know not. When it reaches us, however, we shall make such extracts from, and take such notices of the Report and evidence as will enable our readers to determine upon the justice or injustice of the Report. We learn that a gentleman arrived in this city last evening, by the Riil Road from Charleston, direct from New York, who stated, at the time of his departure, no Inter news had been received from Europe. We did not learn the day on which he leflNew York, but suppose it must have been on the afternoon of theslh instant. Tho entire route of the Wilmington and Ra leigh Rail Road, says the Charleston Mercury of yesterday, is now complete, and the passenger cars passed over it on Sunday last. The Whig members of the Massachusetts Legislature, in Convention on the 27th ult., unanimously nominated the Hon. Edward Ever ett as candidate for Governor, and George Hull for Lieutenant Governor. Cur, Thomas Francis Carpenter has been nominated for Governor of Rhode Island by the Locofocos, in the place of Gov. Francis, who declined the honor. The evening edition of the New York Courier & Enquirer of the 4th inst., says:— ,l The Cotton Market remains firm with an animated demand for export. The transactions of the last three days embrace 3000 hales, of which 800 were New Orleans, at a 10|; 500 Florida 7| a9 j ; 1550 bales Upland 7\ a 9j; and 150 bales Mobile at 9 a 10| cents.” Ccrsespondence rs Ihe North American. New' York. March 3, 3 P. M. Some eight or ten thousand barrels of flour have arrived from Albany this morning, and are landing on the piers. Sales have been made from these arrivals at 5,75 lor Gennessee, and 5.50 for Ohio wnh round hoops—at these prices there are still sellers. I’ennsyh ania flour may be quoted dull at 5.50. Corn 58c, 561bs. in Cotton, the movement is much as yester day, rather mmleiate for the want of a fuller stock, and more vessels to carry it away.—Pri ces are steady. Our wharves arc most unusually hare of ves sels. Around the foot of Wall street, where >es sels commonly load and discharge across and over each other, there are now some empty berths. Ship owners with their mouths lealizmg for the good freights now offered, have to wail a long while, and wish the wind was an shore. Cotton to Liverpool % a Jd; and flou. 5. Poor Manhattan lias more troubles to-day.— The first Teller is oil, and they say his account is minus some fifty or seventy five thousand dol lars. This was not known at the Brokers’ Board, and the stock sold at 86. Exchange on Phil. a CJ; Balt. 5j a G; Richmond 0 a Charleston 3 a Sa-annah 5J a 9; Augusta 7 a 8; Macon 8 a 10; Mobiles a biy, New Orleans 4 a 4j, Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. New York, March 3. From Canton, Whampoa, and Macoa, we have f dates to November 6, with imporiant news. It appears that a kind of treaty had been negotiated between the Chinese and Uri ish to trade upon ccrla.ii conditions, howe'er perplexing to the British. The High Commissioner, Lin, after this, however, wished the. British ships to come up to Whampoa, and trade as they had done, hut an Englishman must lie given up for a man kil led some time before by ao English sailor—life for life is the Chinese rule, no matter whether the realiriminal be known or not. The Superinten dent refused to give up the man, and, with three ships of war. look a position at the Bogue, where a great number of Chinese junks and fire boats crowded about them, as it with the design of an at tack. whereupon they were ordered to leave in 30 minutes; with which not complying, theVolage opened a heavy sue upon them from both sides of the ship, and killed about 500 Chinese, they making no resistance. The substance of this account has been received via Baltimore,you will have learned belore tins where the parlies, how ever, were made American and '■ hinese, which is unques ionably an error. The Americans greeted to stand well with the Chinese, and were dri'ing a most profitable trade. We learn fiom the Pad lie that in Bolivia a revolution hail taken place in favor of Gen. Manta Cruz, wlto had left Guayaquil (where he had g me after his defeat by the Chilians) for Quito, But via bad declined ratifying the treaty with Pe ru. i,. l had appoint-d a plenipotentiary to nego tiate a new one. A defalcation to the amount of >SO 000 has be n discovered in the Manhattan Bank, in the secountsof the Ist Teller, Mr. Newcomb. When called upon to account for the deficiency, he im mediately left the Bank, and has neither returned nor been found. This has created a good deal of sensation, for Nr. Newcomb was a highly trusted officer. The Whigs held their Ward meetings in (ho city last night preparatory to a general organiza tion for the charter election. These meetings in dicate great spirit and activity. There is no fal tering in New’ York; and, if judicious nomina tions are made all around for charter oificers, the Wings will give the Locos here a good fight for the possession of the government of the city. The news from Philadelphia has had a depres sing effect upon U. 8. Bank stuck, which has gone down to 70. Manhattan sold at 86. Nkw York, March 4. 1840. The principal subject of conversation in Wall street to-dav has been the newly discovered defal cation in the Manhattan Bank. The stock sold ut the board for 80 cash, and 85 on lime—a de cline of six per cent, since yesterday. Nothing lias been heard yet of the absconding Teller. The amount of his defalcation is stated to be $49,300. The cash of the bank, however, has not yet been counted, and, therefore, it is not positively known whether any further loss has been sustained. No foreign arrivals yet. It may be that the Great Western will bring the next news. If so, it will he forty days later. Some apprehension begins to be felt for the safety of the packets now so long due. In the Pennsylvania House of Representa tives on the 3.1 inst., on motion of Mr. Church, the Committee on the Judiciary were instructed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing im prisonment for debt in all cases—and on motion of Mr. Lee, a select committee was appointed to ascertain the number of memorialists for, and the number against a speedy resumption of specie payments, and to mike a report to the House. The latter, in my opinion, will be found far in the majority. The resolution offered by Mr. Wilcox to raise a joint committee to visit the United States Bank, and investigate it, was taken up and debated some time, by Mr. Hopkins in opposition to Messrs. Bhoaiihkaii, Heooins, Church and Butler, in favor, when, on motion of Mr. Flenniken. the further consideration of the sub ject was postponed for the present. On the following day, Mr. Lee, from the com mittee appointed to ascertain the number of pe titions f r and against immediate resumption, re ported as follows, For immediate resumption, 1357 Against the same, 4049 In favor of small notes, 3972 Agasnsl the some, 352 The New York Journal of Commeice slates that the United Stales brig Washington, Lieut. Fiazer. sailed on Wednesday morning, 4lh inst., on a cruise, in search of the European packets lung due. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Wasbi noton, March 6. The Report from the Committee on Elections, in the New Jersey case, was made last evening, under the order of the House, that they should report, forthwith, the names of those individuals who received the greatest number of all the legal votes at the late election. Tile report is a long one, and manifests a disposition to comply strict ly with the order of the House, as the committee understood it, though they had designed to take a somewhat different course. They report that Messrs. Vroom, Dickerson, Kile,Ryall and Coop er received the greatest number of legal votes.— Much agitation was created in the House by the report. Mr. Fillmore, on the part of the minori ty of the Committee, moved to re-commit the re port, but Mr. I’etnkin obtained the floor, after a long senflio for the right to it, and moved that Messis. Vroom, Dickerson & Co. be admitted, at once, to their seats, and. thereon, he moved the previous question. The House was in a great uproar for the remainder of the silting. Many attempts were made to adjourn, but without suc cess. The adminisl alion seemed determined to admit the Jersey members before the adjourn ment, but, between 8 and 9 o’clock, they yielded to a motion to adjourn. The subject could nut be taken up to-day, without a vole of two-thirds, which could not be obtained. It will come up, on Tuesday next, in course, when the Jersey ad ministration men will be admitted as tbc sitting members. The House was engaged upon private bills to day. In the Senate, a storm was raised and is still raging, in relation to the language employed by Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Walker and others in their late speeches on the Sub-Treasury. It seems that some of the workies at the North have taken exception to the doctrine that the wage i of labor ought to ht reduced. Mr. Davis, of Mass., in his speech, imputed to the Senators, on the other side, the argument that credit would he de stroyed, a true metallic currency established, the banks prostrated, and wages reduced to the stan dard price of labor in the old world, by the Sub- Treasury bill and the doctrines of the administra tion. Tnis Mr. Buchanan has denounced as a false representation of his speech. &c. Some ve ry unpleasant personalities followed between him and Mr. Davis. Mr. Preston staled that he ap prehended the general argument of Mr. Buchan an in the same way that Mr. Davis did. but bis open and warm disclaimer of those radical doc trines was a subject for congratulation with him. I suppose the resolutions against assumption will pass this evening. St. Augustine, March 6. From the South. —The steamer Cincinnati, Smith, arrived this morning from Key Bi cayne. She brings no intelligence other than that signs of Indians are frequently seen around the posts. When the steamer was Northward of Fort Lau derdale, a white flag was discovered ashore, waved by a small party of Indians. The surf prevented all communication. The annual hum bug of this Indian war, in shape of “ flags and treat’es,” we do hope will not he reviveo—hut that some active measures for operations through out the country be promptly entered upon to bring the graceless outlaws to a sense of duly. The posts Mouth are isolated and feebly garrison ed. and utleily inadequate o the purposes of ex amination, &c.—the enemy therefore, can, with perfect impunity, approach the beach and rove where they please. From Middle Florida, we learn, on the 22d ult.. that a detachment of volunteers, under Lieut Wlicdan. were in pursuit, on a fresh trail of In dians, near the Calico Hills, in the vicnily of Magnolia. Suddenly they came upon a numer ous body of the enemy, and. at the first fire, Lieut Whedan was killed His men retreated, leaving | their officer on the field. On learning the intel ligence, a body of regulars were sent out to bring tfie body in. Lieut W. has left a widow, whose shrieks and lamentations were truly heart-rend ing, on hearing her loss. Practical Agrarianism. —The following is one [ ot the fundamental laws of Norway, “ every hum m being an equal amount of properly on arriving at twenty one years ; and previous thereto, equal food, clothing and edu cation, at the public expense.” Regular Meeting. Council CiiA3inF.ii,> Saturday, March 7, 1810—10 a. .m. 5 Council met—present Hon. A. Camming, Mayor, Aldermen H irper. Crump. Dortic. D’An tignac. Dye. Jackson,Thompson. Hitt and Parish. The minutes of the last meeting were read and continued. The petition for a Pump to be sunk near the intersection of Jackson and Walker streets, was granted, and the pump contractor requested to give immediate attention to it. The communication of J. 11. Spencer respect ing the removal of trash from the old trash wharf agreeably to his contract with the river bank committee was read. and. on motion, it was or dered that bo lie paid $295 on said contract, and that the matter he now ref'rred to said commit tee, who shall have power to release him from so much of the original contract as relates to the removal of the jettee below the wharf, and report on other matters connected with the contract. The following communication was received from the keeper of the Upper Bridge: The keeper of the Upper Bridge represents to the City Council, that the South Carolina road leading to the Upper Bridge has liecn shut up since Monday last, 3d March, and that during the past week no wagons have crossed the bridge, except those with wood, which came through by a private way. Respectfully, JOHN T. TAYLOR. Which was read and ordered to be published. The following communication was received from the Clerk of Council: To his Honor the Mayor, and members of the City Council of Augusta: Gentlemen—l have the honor to present to your honorable body the following comparative table, exhibiting a view of the present and lust years taxes. I have the honor to he your most obedient servant, 8. H. OLIVER, Clerk. CO3IPAUATI VK TABLE OF TAXABLE PHOPERTE IN THE CITT OF AUGUSTA. 1839. 1840. r A \ r —■ A ~~—x White Males, 675 686 Carriages. 172 • 166 Real Estate, 1‘454.650 1,442,500 Owners, 340 358 Bank Stock —taxable, 3.106,625 3,025,500 Merchandize, 1,731 445 1,535.420 Tax, s2l 624 74 $21,143 85 The following reports were read and received: The Mayor reports the expense of grading, cleaning and filling up the several streets contem plated by the resolution of instruction, and the removal of an accumulation of trash at East Boundry street, $194 42 For the hireoffive carts, five daysoach, previous to the establishment of the present arrangement of the 12th February, at $2 per day, 50 00 $244 42 Since then he has made an arrangement and hired five carts at $1 50 per day each, the owner to find every thing. He is under the impression that the amount of work done, would, under the old system, have cost much more, and not have been so effectually accomplished. The vouchers for the above expenditure are herewith submitted. (Signed,) A. GUMMING, Mayor. Augusta, March 7, 1840. The Mayor reports that the title for the pur chases of the moiety of the upper Bridge has not been submitted to the Attorney of Council, and not yet been returned to him. The following note was received from the May or and read : The Mayor notified Council that he will : n a few days give public notice of ins intention to de cline a re-election to the office which he has the honor now to occupy, and hopes that the Council will believe that he is not induced to this course from any want of devotion to the public service, nor an unwillingness to discharge all the duties of that olfiee. The Committee on Accounts acknowledge the receipt from the Collector and Treas rer of thirty-eight hundred and fifty dollars and seventy five cents of mutilated City Scrip, widen they have burned under the order of 6th October, 1838. which they request may be entered to the, credit ot that officer by the Clerk of Council. Os the denomination of 6$ $195 60 “ “ “ “ « » “ “ 25 3to 00 •i “ “ “ 50 760 25 “ “ “ “ 1.00 843 50 “ “ » « 2 00 735 00 <• “ “ “ 3.00 688 00 $3,850 75 Signed. A. GUMMING A G. T. DORTIC. 5-Committtec. T. S. HARDER,3 Augusta, March 7, 1840. The Committee on the J til Report, that they have visited and inspected the Jail, and that they take pleasure in slating that every part is in the best order. The comlirion of the rooms and en closure are rlean, and the officer under whose superintendence it is placed is dcsening of great credit for the manner in which he discharges his duties. (Signed,) P. CRUMP. ? p ‘ W.E. JACKSON, 5 Com ’ Augusta, March 7, 1840. The Clerk of Council reports a cash balance in the hands of the Collector and Treasurer, agreeably to his hook, of $27,355 07, which amount corresponds with the balance exhibited by the Collector and Treasurer. March 6. 1840. The following returns from the several oificers of Council were received, with the Collector and Tre surer’s receipt annexed to their names; City Marshal, fines, guard house fees, Ac., S2BO 18 Keeper of Magazine, storage of powder, 131 25 Jailor, balance cash received, 110 00 Clerk Lower Market, fees and scales, 93 5(1 do Upper do do 10 50 $625 43 The Collector and Treasurer has receiv ed from Lower Bridge, since last re port, $1917 00 From Upper Bridge, 67 55 $1984 55 The Keeper of the Hospital reports: 3 receiv ed in the Hospital; 2 discharged; 4 remaining on this date. The Sexton reports the death of 2 white per -1 sons, one of which wa* a child, and 7 blacks, three of which were children, during the past month. The following resolutions were offered: By Mr. Parish: Resolved, That the Mayor direct the Collector and Treasurer to pay in full, the notes running to miturily at the Augusta Insurance and Bank ing Company, and at the Mechanics’ Bank, in City Scrip. By Mr. Dortic: Resolved, That the Bridge Keepers lie made accounting officers, and that they pay over the receipts of the Bridges weekly, to the Treasurer, when called on, and lake his receipt for the same, and make their reports monthly to the Clerk of Council, producing the reccip s of the Treasurer, as vouchers for the amounts paid him at different times during the past month. By Mr. Jaekson: Resolved, That the Street Committee Ire au thorized to receive proposals, and contract with In* lowest bidder, for furnishing, planting and boxing two rows of shade trees, under direction of said Committee, in the Centro of Broad-st., on each side of the drain from the Lower Murke # lto East Boundary street. By Mr. Parish: Resolved. That the Collector and Treasurer be authorized to pay Mr. P. Crump, iwo thousand dollars City Scrip, in part and on account of his contract for erecting a wall around the grave yard. By Mr- Harper: Resolved. That the sum of fifty dollars he ap propriated towa ds making McKinnie street pas sable, fiom Green street to South Boundary street, under the superintendence of the Commit tee on Streets. , Relered to Street Committee, with instruction.! to report. By Mr. Hitt: Resolved, That twenty dollars be paid Charles Turner a destitute man, and that the same he handed him by the City Marshall. Council adjourned to meet at half past 7 o’clock. HALF PAST SEVEN O’CLOCK. Council met—Present the Hon. A. Gumming, Mayor; Aldermen Crump, Harper, Hitt, Dye, Dortic, D’Anlignac. The following hills were severally read and ordered to be paid: On account of Engines, $1565 00 do Health and Hospital, 335 21 do Bridges, 315 97 do Salaries of Officers, 305 01 do City Watch, 424 00 do Jail. 48 20 do Streets and Bridges, 258 24 do Incidental, 216 12 $3527 75 The following resolution was offered: Resolved, That a p oper respect for the opin ion of those whom wo represent, added to the manifest loss that would result to the city from the adoption of the resolution providing for an union of wharf interest, makes it incumbent upon us to rescind that resolution, and that the same be and is hereby rescinded. The yeas and naya being railed for on this re solution, they were taken, and on motion that the Mayor he allowed to record his vole on this ques tion, it was agreed to, and the yeas and nays stand as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Crump, D’Antignac,Dyc, Dor tic and the Mayor. Nays—Harper and Hitt. So the resolution was passed. Council adjourned. S. H. OLIVER, Clerk. From the Albany Evening Journal. Expenditures ol the Federal Government. It is still a mystery to thousands how the Fed eral Administration has managed to increase its expenditutes from twelve millions of dollars per annum, in each of the yens 1827 and 1828, un der John Quincy Adams, to more than thirty-live millions (after deducting for the redemption of Treasury Notes) in the years 1837 and 1838, un der Martin Van Buren. The increase of onr population during the ten intervening years is not equal to fifty per cent., while our Commerce and Revenue have increased in diminished pro portion. How, then, have our National Expen ditures been so inordinately increased 1 The thirty five millions per annum, aforesaid, include no portion of Ihe vast sums stolen by Sub-Treas urers, or peculated in variousways. It embraces only the moneys drawn from the Treasury in nnr suanco of regular appropriations. Woore has the money gone 1 We are enabled to discover in port by a recent Report fnrn the .Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a requisition of the House of Represenlati'es last winter, calling for tlie amount of Annual Disbursement, under each material head of Expenditure, from !835101838 inclusive. We hive not room fir the whole of this statement, hut we notice a few items at pre sent, and may recur to the subject airain r For “ Compensation and Mileage to U. S. Sen ators'’ ttie Treasury has paid— In 1835. In 1836. In 1837. 1838. $109,540 $94,188 $95,627 $175,728! It will he remarked that the .Senate was a Whig body in 1835, but had become bitterly Van Bu rcn in 1838. To “Officers of the Senate," $12,452 were paid in 1835 and soup to $18,753 in 1838. The “ Contingent expenses of the Semite" were SBS 550 in 1835, and had swelled to $127,- 823 in 1838. The expenditures of the House have been in creased in nearly equal proportion—its “Cnnlin g-nt Expenses." for instance, from $199,950 in 1835. to $373 960 in 1838. In the Treasury Department, the salaries have increased from $246,201 to $337,013, and the ■“ Contingent Expenses" in propurl ion. In the War Department, the salaries have in creased from $84,328 to $122,111. In the General Post Office, under the manage ment of that eternal babbler of economy, fidelity anil efficiency. Arnos Kendall, the salaries have increased in three years from $91,288 to $136,- 996; and the “ Contingent Expenses" from $9,- 140 to $23,680. The Territories are found very convenient for pensioning off and stall feeding damaged pol iticians, who cannot be provided for, or will not bcevtdured where they are better known. For the Government of lowa Territory alone, the U. Bt:ites paid in 1838 the enormous sum of S7B, 9/6; which is more than the entire annual tris bursernents of either of the Wtiig Governments of Connectirut or Vermont. The expenses of the Judiciary of the U. .States have not increased. They were $405,669 in 1835; $352,433, in 36; $399,708 in 37; and $378873 in 1838. On “ Pnbtic Grounds ,” there were expended $6,100 in 1835; $44,500 in 36; $47,564 in 37; and $35 496 in 1838. Three-fourths of tills is thrown away, and rhe remainder not needed. For “ Building Custom Houses," there was expended the sum 0f5363,639 in ’35, $376,950 in ’36, $174, <OO in ’37, and $264,325 in 1838. A good portion of this is shamefully misapplied and wasted—being paid to'partizan Inspectors, and other mere lookers-on, who receive large sal aries and earn them in electioneering for Van Bu ren. Under the head of “ Additional Compensation to Collectors, Naval Officers, Surveyors and oth ers,” there wore paid $80,300 in 1835 and $190,- 354 in 1838. As these gentlemen are all paid very good salaries by law, we believe these “ Ad ditional” thousands belong in the same list with Mr. Barry’s Extra allowances” to Mail Con tractors for valuable political services. Under the head of “ Smil/isml Lr/raci it appears Ilia', that interesting and stern-souled Patriot, Mr. Richard Ranh, was paid $15,000 in 1830 and'37, for going to England and getting the money bequeathed in trust to the 11. Stales by Mr. Smithson. The duty might '■•ell and properly have been performed by our Minister or Consul at London without an expense of fifty dollars, but it was necessary to pay Richard in some way, and no opportunity offering, one was created The increase in the cost of the Army, Navy, and Indian Uepatments is enormous, hut we must leave them for the present. We will congratulate the country, however, on our discovery of one item in which a saving has been effected. For “ Suppressing Piracy and prohibiting of the Slave Trade,” there was expended in 1835, sl,- 915 ; in ’3O. $660; in ’37 $974; and in 1838, RpH Dollars, licing a reduction of more than ninety per cent, in three years. We believe this branch of the public service. (Suppreaion of the Slave Trade) is not a special favorite at Wash ington Just now, though the Trade itself under the flag of the United Stales, is now more ex tensive and demoniac than ever. But we will not stand to scrutinize motives, where wo have discovered an actual, no-mistake saving of the Public Money. Hurrah 'or Van Burcn Econo my, Retrenchment and Reform ! Circumstantial Evidksck. —A writer who opposes the infliction of punishment of death, especially when the guilt of the accused rests upon circumstantial evidence, cites the following fact: —“ The Journal du lias Rhin mentions that a man hud just died in the valley of Munster, w ho confessed in his last moments that he committed the murder of a person named Heinrich, in 1819. for which his wife and sou were convicted and executed at Colmar. These persons protested their innocence up to the last moment; and it is related of the son, that when on the scaffold he said to the clergyman who attended him—“ It is impossible (hat Cod should allow this execution to take place, for I always loved my father, mid am perfectly innocent.” A Case of Elopement. A correspondent handed into our office yester day an extended statement of a transaction, of which the following is the substance. Dr. J.C. Bloat, lie says, came to this city from Ulster County, where he married his wife, who is an excellent woman, and of a wealthy and respecta ble family. Soon after his arrival here he united himself to the Methodist Church in Second street of which uC was for a year or two an active mem ber. Ho was then for some cause discharged from society. Ho was always handsomely dress ed, but report said it was at the expense of the tailors. His practice being inconsiderable, he could not, or did not support his family. The last place he lived at with his wife, was at No. 234 Second street. His wile finally left him and suppored herself by teaching school. Since that period Bloat has had offices in different pla ces, but not succeeding in obtaining a practice sufficient for his support, he hired himself nut as a clerk in a drug store, and procured bis board in a private boarding house in the Bixlh avenue, where also hoarded a Mrs. M. and her mother, la dies of wealth and high respectability. Dr. S. here passed liimsel" off as a single man, amt be ing of rather pleasing appearance and address, he soon won the confidence of the old lady and her daughter, lie informed them that he owned the drag store he attended, and he having been seen there by several of the inmates of the house, and also by the young lady and her mother, they did not doubt his ownership of the store- He fi nally informed them that he had so much prac tice that he would be compelled to sell out the store, which it was understood he said lie did, and was then | ermitted to put up his name on the frontdoor of his boarding house. The mother as well as daughter became so fond of the Doctor, that he proposed to marry the young lady Mat ters were going on smoothly in this way, when our correspondent informed the landlady of the house that the Doctor was a mairied man—and the landlady imparted the intelligence quickly to the Doctor, informing him also that he must leave the house. The mother and daughter were also advised of the Doctor’s married slate, as well us of gome other matte's of a disr putable charac ter concerning him—hut they were too much at tached to him to believe a word to his prejudice. Whilst the old lady was gone to inquire into the character of the lover of her daughter, the doctor proposed to the young lady to leave her house, go to Newark, New Jersey, with him, and there get married; and when the mother re turned. the daughter and her lover had disappear ed. In a day or two, however, she received a let ter from the doctor informing her lhat himself and her daughter bad taken board in a hotel at Newark; and that the first thing they thought on using in (he morning and the last on retiring at night, was their mother. This letter was direct ed to the care of our correspondent, requesting him to band it to the old lady herself. It was handed accordingly, when the old lady remarked that she was afraid the doctor had married her daughter, and proceeded with the utmost haste to Newark. In the interim the doctor’s wife hud i been apprised of her husband’s conduct and of j his hegira with another lady to Newark, and she I also hastened to find him there. And there to ! be sure the doctor’s wife and the mother of the | young lady met the doctor, who was not particu larly pleased at the interview. The doctor's landlord in Newark getting information that all was not right with his guests, had the doctor ar rested for his Isiard bill and lodged in prison. There the rival parlies met —the doctor refused to speak to his wife, saying he had obtained a bill ! • divorcing him from her, wide;-, the young wife believed to he true. Much confusion ensued, [ tears flowed, as is common in such cases—the l daughter refused to return with her mother and said she would die in the doctor’s cell rather than leave him—for she knew that the charges against him were false. After much resistance she was fin-lily prevailed upon to accompany her mother to this city. The magistrate in Newark (contra ry to law, however,) look Mrs. Bloat’s affidavit that she was the wife of the doctor, who at the last advices remained in prison. The old lady and her daughter on returning hither changed tlieir hoarding place, the better to keep secret what had occurred, and prevent their friends from knowing it. It appears, however, that the doctor and the young lady were not married, but merely lodged together as husband and wife for three successive nights.—New York Sun. Characters and Manners of Different Na tions. Moiesjlioinimim multorum spectavit —Horace lie looked into mankind. [The following is the picture of different na tions, in miniature, sold in the streets of Paris on a sheet of paper, decorated with large wood cuts. Curiosity will be gratified by reading the quint essence of the Judgment and prejudices of Frenchmen, respecting themselves and their neighbors.] In Religion, —The German is unbelieving ths Englishman devoutthe Frenchman zealous; the Italian very ceremonious; the Spaniard a bi got. In k-eping his word. —The German faithful ; i the Englishman safe , the Frenchman giddy; the | Italian cunning; the Spaniard a cheat. In giving udvict. —the German slow; the Englishman the Frenchman precipi tate ; the Italian nice ; the Spaniard circum spect. In love. —The German dbes not understand its the Englishman loves a little here and there; the Frenchman every where ; the Itnllian know* how one ought to love ; the Spaniard loves tttK iy- In eternal appearance. —The German is tall; the Englishman wsll made; the Frenchman well looking; the Italian of middle size; the Span iard frightful. In ch ess. —Tile German shabby; the English man superb; the Frenchman changing ; the Ital ian a tatterdemalion ; the Spaniard decent. In manners. —'l he Gorman is clownish; the Englishman barbarous; the Frenchman easy; the Italian polite; the Hpanimil proud. In keeping a secret. —The German forgeta what ho has been told - r the Englishman conceals what he should divulge, and divulges what he should conceal; the Frenchman blabs every thing; the Italian does not utter a word; the Spaniard is very mysterious. In vanity. —Tho German boasts little; the Englishman despises all; the Frenchman praises everything; the Italian values little what is of little value; the Spaniard is indifferent to all. In Eating and Drinking. —The German is a glutton and a drunkard ; the Englishman a lover of sweets ; tho Frenchman deli: ale; the Italian inodarate; the Spaniard niggardly. In offending and doing good. —Tho German does neither good nor had; the Englishman does both with reason; the Italian is prompt in ben clicience, but vindictive; the Spaniard indifferent in both respects. In Speaking and Writing. —The German' speaks little and badly, hut writes well; the Frenchman speaks and writes well; the English man speaks badly, hut writes well; the Italian' speaks well, and writes much and well; tho Span iard speaks little, writes little, but does both well. In address. —The German looks like a block head ; the Englishman resembles neither a tool nor a wise man; the Frenchman is airy; the Italian is prudent, but looks like a fool; the Spaniard is quite the reverse. In laws —The German laws are indifferent: the Englishman has bad laws, hut observes them well; the Frenchman has good laws, but observes them badly ; the Italian and Spaniard have good : laws; the former observe them negligently, the latter rigidly. Sirvanls are companions in Germany ; slaves in England; masters in France; respectful in j Italy ; and submissive in Spain. The Women are housewives in G irmany; Queens in England ; ladies in France; captive* in Italy ; slaves in Spain. In courage —The German resembles a bear; . the Englishman a lion; the Frenchman an eagle; . the Italian a fox; the Spaniard an elephant. In the Sciences —The German is a pedant, the Englishman a philosopher; the Frenchman has a smattering of every thing; the Italian n profes sor: and the Spaniard a profound thinker. Migivjicence —ln Germany the prince* are magnificent; in England, the ships ; in France,. the court; in Italy, the churches; in. Spain, the armories. Husbands —ln Germany they are masters; in'- England, servants; in France, compeniena; in ' Italy, schoolboys; and in Spain, tyrants. The two Coubultatioxs —[A Fact.] Lord Egertou, who possessed and resided in the Hotel de Nouillcs, Hue dc Rivoli, united to singularly, original habits and immense fortune, by which he was enabled to gratify them at any price what ever. The Hotel de Noailles was doomed to > demolition, alter his Lordship had inhabited it a ' considerable portion of his life, for the new im provements in that part of the city, projected and in process of execution by the municipal author ities. The magistrates accordingly sent anintU mation to the noble occupant to that effect. But. they tud never taken into account the possibility of his disagreeing with them. He was old, in firm, and consequently, did not wish to have his household economy deranged ; he was, moreo-. ver, one of the most obstinate English peers 4n 1 existence, and. to increase the difficulty, he was enormously wealthy. He received the city ar chitects very politely, hut he assured them he had neither time nor inclination to overturn his do mestic arrangements for the sake of embellishing the capital. The magistrates then determined to • eject him, and accordingly, a legal process was instituted. He was nut slow in deciding on the course he mount to pursue—He sent foe a phy sician. “ How many years,” said be, with the utmost gravity, “is it possible for alt the efforts of the faculty to prolong my existence !” “ Five years,” replied the astonished physi-. ' cian. “ Without flattery and without false hopes?”" again asked the noble earl, “ Without either,” responded the physician.' “ Well! vou may go.” Ho then sent fb. bis solicitor, and showing him' the legal process served on . him by the city au thorities, said, “ 1 low long can you undertake to protract the defence to the suit? Tell me nothing but the strict truth. Consult all your streng h—review all your resources-beforo you reply,” “ I promise you. upon ,my honor as a gentle man,” replied the lawyer, " that it shall be con tinued through five clean years, if not longer.’! “ That will do. You may go now.” Lord Egertou despatched a certificate of these two consultations to the Hotel de Vide, where the magistracy sat, w ith his compliments, and a request that they, would give them due consid eration. They ilid consider them, and stayed the suit. Lord Egerton died in 1889, and the Hotel de Noailles was then demolished. DIED, In Greensboro, on the Bth instant, after a short illness, Lewis P. Thompson, M. D., formerly of. Pelawart county, Pennsylvania.