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flu DcelUii time® & Sentinel. BY LOMAX & ELLIS.] Volume XIII. JTIIE TIMES & SENTINEL. TENNENT LOMAX & ROSWELL ELLIS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. THE TRI-WEEKLY TI3IES & SENTINEL. is published E VERY IVEDMESDA J and EItJUA Y MOIt.Y IMG and Sul TURD A Y EFEMJJYG. THE WEEKLY TIMES SENTINEL inpublished every TUESDAY MOHJYIJYG. Office on Randolph street, opposite the Post Office. TERMS: TRI-WEEKLY, Fir* Dollars per annum, in advance. WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in sidvance. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at Oke Dollar per square, for the first insertion, and run cents for every sub sequent insertion. Liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertisements. t Muscogee Sheriff Sales. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Jlfny next, at the market house, in the city of Golumbus. between the usual hours of sale, the following property to-wit: Lot ofland number one hundred and ninety four in the sixth district of Muscogee county, containing two hundred and two and a naif acres, more or less, levi *d on as the property of Nathaniel Duttlo, to satisfy a tl fa from Jt/uscogee Superior court in favor of Parker Fisher against said Duflle. Also, lots of lauds numbers one hundred and twenty nine, one hundred and fifty nine and one hundred and sixty, each contain ing two hundred and two and a halt acres, more or less, lying in the sixth district of Muscogee county, levied on as the proper ty of Samuel F. Bussey to satisfy a ft fa from Talbot Inferior court in favor of Joseph Hough, for the use of Hilliard Y. Burt against .Samuel F. Bussey and Peter Baugh. Also, the north’ half of city lot number four hundred and ninety one, together with all the improvements thereon, levied ou as the property of William Alley to satisfy a fl fa from M uscogee Supe rior court ; levy made and returned to me by a constable. Also, the west half of lot of land number nineteen, in the sev enth district of Muscogee county, containing one hundred and one and a quarter acres, more or less, levied on as the property of Madison Dancer to satisfy all fa from Muscogee Superior court in favor of Ralph O. Howard against said Dancer. Also, city lots nuinbersone hundred and fifteen and one hun dred and sixteen, each containing half an acre, more oi less, handsomely improved, being the place where John Hunley now resides; also the following articles of houselio'd furniture : one line rocking chair, half dozen maple ehaiis ami rocker, one set fire brass, small mahogany table, one fine rug, one strip of car peting, one oil cloth passage carpet, one tnaudo glass, one mahog any bureau, one carpet, one wardrobe, all levied on us the pro perty of John Hunley to satisfy afi fa from Muscogee Superior court in favor of Charles Myg'att, and other fl fas in ray hands against said Hunley. Also,all the interest ol Elkanah Pollard in and to the north half lot of land number one hundred and seven in the sixth dis trict of Muscogee county, said interest being one undivided eighih interest; also his interest in and to lot number owe hunured and six in the sixth district of Muscogee, levied on to satisfy a tl fa from Muscogee Superior court in lavor of Leroy Lloyd against Elkanah Pollard, principal and John Pollard, A/eredith Wise eecurity. Also, the banking house of the Bank of St. Marys, and that pari of city lot utimber one hundred nd seventy eight, on which said building stands, levied on as the property of the Bank of St. Marys to satisfy snndrv fl fas from the magistrate court iti favor Henry W. Brooks, and others against said Bank ; levy made and returned to me by a constable. Also, the following articles: three cloth coats, three dress cloth coats, three cassimere coats, six casaimere stick eo.ats, two cassi mere vests, three summer coats, live pair cassimere pants, three ■air white linen pants, seven pair gray sal-met pants, eighteen .weedsand Kentucky geans pants, one pair kerey pants, four pair summer pants, three pair white summer pants, one linen jacket, three cloth biushes, one hnirhrush, two linen bosom shirts, three red flannel shirts, two hickory shirts, seven pair pants, one lot padding, ono lot remnants, one lot buttons, silk and thread, one pair shears, roll paper, one show case and rule, levied on by attachment as the property of John Kan ton to satisfy a demand of Alex. Hunters , property sold by order of court. April 2,1853. A. S. RUTHERFORD,Sheriff. MORTGAGE SALE. Also, at the same place, trill be old , on the first Tuesday in May a ext, the following property , to-wit : John a man about forty years old, Agnes a woman about forty three years old, Cornelius a man about twenty one years old, Catherine a girl about twelve years old, Daniel about ten and ■Charlotte a girl about five years old; all levied on as the propei ty of Bllas McGrady to satisfy a mortgage fifa from Muscogee Su perior Court in favor of William A. Redd against said JVcGrady. A. A\ RUTHERFORD, Sheriff. Columbus, March 4—tds Randolph Sheriff Sales, WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in r May next, before die court house door in the town of C'uthbert, Randolph county, within the usual hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: One lot of land number ono hundred and forty cignt in the sixth district of said county, levied on as the property of Arthur Mauoii to satisfy one fl fa issued from the Superior Court of Stewart county in favor of Beniamin B. Dikes vs. Arthur Mauou; pointed out by Pl’ff. Atty. IjOt of land number one hundred and sixty nine in the sixth district of said county, levied on as the property of Willis Cole to satisfy sundry fl fas issued out of a justice court of said countv in favor of E. McDonald and others, vs Willis Cole, principal, and Washington Joyce, security ; levy mude and returned tome bv a constable. One town lot in Cutbbert number seven in letlor G., levied on as the property of William 11. Barton, to satisfy two fl fas issued out of a justice court of said county in favor of James R. Gausc, vs William 11. Barton ; levy made and returned to me by a cou ntable. Lot oflaud number one hundred and fifty live in the fourth dis trictof said county, levied on as the property of Miles Murphy to satisfy one fi la issued out ot a justice court of Taliaferro coun ty, in favor of Aaron W. (frier, vs. Torrence Ruork and Miles Murphy: levy made and returned tome by a constable. Two lots of land numbers one hundred and eighteen ami four, in the fourth district of said county, levied n as the property of Nathan G. Christie to satisfy one fl fa issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of Hiram Roberta, vs Nathan G. Christie, and sundry ti fas In favor of the officers of court, vs said Christie; issued from the superior court of said county. 8 even and three quarter acres of the south east corner of lot of laud number seventy six in the sixth district of said county, levied on as the property of William Paco to satisfy sundry fl fas issued out of a justice court of Heard county in favor of John T. Meadows, vs William Pace; levy made and returned to me by a constable. The undivided south half of town lot in Cutbbert, Randolph county number two in square eight, it being one fourth pari of said lot, levied on as the property of James W. Johnson to satis fy one fifa issued from the Inferior court of said county in favor of Francis S. Galley, vs James W. Johnson ; pointed out by nl’tf. Fort y five acres of land in north east corner of lot of land number one hundred and ninety three in the ninth district of said county, levied on as the property of William H. J. Chapman to satisfy sundry fi fas issued out of a justice court of said county in favor of Hendrick Ac Hungerford, vs Win, 11. J. Chapman ; levy made aud returned to me by a constable. One lot in the town of Cuthbert, Randolph county number one in square niue, levied on as the property w f James K. John, to satisfy sundry fl fas issued from a justice court of said county in favor of John M. R. Gunn, vs J. E. John and others; James B. timith, vs James E. John; levy made ami returned to me by a constable. One negro woman by the name of Rachel, levied on as the ■ aerty of Samuel Rigsby to satisfy sundry fl fas issued out of a •e court of said county in favor ot Hendrick At Hungerford and others, vs Samuel Rigsby; levy made and returned to me by t constable. Lot of land number two hundred and sixty eight, and east half of iot number two hundred and seventy eight m the sixth dis trict of said county, levied on as the property of Jemima W. Poole, to satisfy one fl fa issued from the Superior court of said county in favor of Delaware Morris, vs Jemimu W. Poole; point ed out by defendant. One negro gil l by the name of Amelia, about nineteen years of age, levied on as the property of Henry S. Hane to satisfy th**ee ft fas, one from the Inferior court ot said county, in favor of Au gustus Henderson, vs Henry S. Haile; one James B. Smith, vs .11. S. llane from the Superior court ot said county, and otheis. The following lots of land numbers forty nine, and north half of h*t number forty eight in the eleventh* district, and number thirty five, and the north half oflot number thirty three in the tenth district, all of said county, levied on as the property of William Matlock to satisfy three !i las issued from the Superior court of said county in favor of Alexander Pace, vs William Matlock and John T. McLendon and others. One lot in the town of Guthbeit, Randolph county, number one in square eleven, levied on as the property of Alexander McCrary to satisfy one fl fa issued from the Inferior court of said county in favor of Delaware Morris, vs Alexander McCrary, one of the firm of J. and A. McCrarv ; pointed out by p Hf. IYA SUING TON JOYCE. Sheriff. April!—tds bv RICHARD DAVIS, Dvp. Sheriff. ORDINARY COURT—JAN. TERM, 1833. GEORGIA, Randolph county.—lt appearing to the Court by the petition of Benjamin Dawson, that John G. Mai nor of said county, deceased, did, in his life time, execute to said Ben jainin Dawsrn, his bond,conditioned to execute titles in fee sim ple to said Benjamin Dawson, lowest halt'of lot of land number one hundred and forty six, in the tenth district of said county, and it further appearing that said John G. .Mainor departed this life without executing titles to said lot of land, or in any way pro viding for the same; and it appearing that said Benjamin Daw son has paid the full amount of the purchase price of said half lot; and said Benjamin Dawsoh having petitioned this Court to direct David T. Langley, Administrator upon the estate of John 41. Maitior. deceased, loexecuteto him titles to said land in con formity with said bond : It is,therefore, hereby ordered. That notice be given at three or more public places in said county aud in Columbus Times and Sentinel of such application, that all persons concerned may tile objections in Clerk’s office, if any they have, why said David T. Langley, Administrator aeaforesaid, shoujd not execute titles to said halt lot oflnnd in conformity with said bond. A true extract from the minutes of aid court, Fel. 2Stb, 1833. March B—low3m <> P BEALL, Ordinary. Seaborn Jones, 1 vs. I Bill for l>is- Georoe Field, Thk Southern Life lssr-! covery, Relief, rance am Trust Company, The Pho;six f Jtc., in Muscogee Bank, Wii.liam Dougherty,George Hah- ! Superior Court. graves, Jons Banks ami Phi mi* T. S iiikv. J It appearing to the Court that the detendants, George Field and the Southern Life Insurance, and Trust Company, are not within the jurisdiction of this Court—Field being a citizen and resident of New York,aud the Southern Life Insurance and Trust Company being a body corporate established by the Terri tory of Florida. It is, on motion of complainant, ordered that the said Field and the said Southern Life In. and Trust Cos. plead, answer or demur do said Bill, not demurring alone, on or before the first day of the next Term: And it is further ordered tlm; the above order be published by the Clerk of this Court, once & month for four months, before the next Term of this Court, in otic of the. public Gazettes of the city of Columbus, Georgia. A true extract from the minutes of Muscogee Superior Court at No vein bet Term, 1852, this 10th day of January, 1853. JOHN K. STI/RpIS, Clerk, Jan. 11, 1853 1 m4m GEOUOIA, ) Court ok Ok din art, Muscogee county, \ April Term, 1853. RULE XI Sf. Nelson, administrator do boms non on . V the estate of John Liggin, deceased, having applied for l^M* raof dismission from said administration: It is ordered that aHuerw"s wi'crmed shew ouse.il'any Ihcv have, whv said administrator should nol be dismissed lU tho Court ofOrdiii.irv u. be held in and lor said county 011 the first Monday > N.veaiW next. A true transcript from the minutes of said court, April 4 1853. jmbui, April li— wlim JNO. JOHNSON, Ordinary. GEORGIA, J Court of ordinary of said coin- ‘ Randolph county, ( tv, April Term, 1833. JAMES W. Cl ILLINS, administrator of N. Collin-*, late of said county, deceased, petitions ihis court to grant him letters t ; dismission from his said administration, and it appearing that said estate has been fully administered : Ordered that all persons j file their objections, if any they have, on or before tin* Nov ember j Term ofltii* court next ensuing, otherwise said administrator will be then and there dismissed. April 12—w6lU <>. I*. BEAL!.. Ordinary. GEORGIA, i Cot kt of Ordinary. Muscogee county, s April Term, 1853. nr;le Mi si. Y\7Hi;UHAS, Will. N. Nelson,administrator on the estate of \ V Augustus Peabody, deceased, having applied for fellers of j dismission from said administration : It is ordered that ail per- ; sons concerned, shew cause, if any they have, why said admin istrator should not he dismissed at the Court of Ordinary to be hell in and for said county ou the first Monday in November next. A true transcript from the minutes of said court. April 4, 1853. April 12—w6t ->\o. JOHNSON. or.iinur>.__ j GEORGIA, t Coi kt ok ordinary, *f sun coi?- Uaixlolpli county, > tv, April Term, 1853. t fOHN T. McLENDON, Guardian of Himeou P. Turner, peti fj lions this court tor letters of dismission from ids said guar dianship: Ordered tlint ail persons having objections file them on ; or before the July Term of this court next ensuing, olncnvise said : letters will be then and there granted. April 19 —w3m O. P. BEALL, Ordinary. (GEORGIA, ) Uoi nt or Obdimhy, Talbot comity, S FebruaryTeint, 1853. RULE XI SI. WHEREAS, William F. Robertson applies by petition lor V letters of dismission as the administrator ol Barney Wilson, late of Talbot county, deceased. Be it ordered. That all persons concerned, be ami appear at the September term of this court next eusuing, then and there to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. A true extract from the minutes of said court. 21th Feb., 1853. March l—Owfim MARION BETH UN E,, Ordinary. GBOKGI A, t COURT <>F < )RDIN A RY, Stewart county, s April Term, 1853. TTpoN the petition of William If. House, Executor of the last LJ Will and Testament of Thomas House, deceased, for letters of dismission from his said executorship: It is on motion, ordered by the court that all persons concern ed, shew cause, on or before the next term of said court, why should not theiitbe granted. A true extract from the minutes of said court. April 12.1853. April 12—Wfim J. L. WIMBERLY, urdinan. (tcorgia, Randolph county.-- Whereas, Margaret T E. Snappurd and Samuel C. Scott apply to me lor letters of administration on the estate of William B. Sliappard, late ot -aid county, deceased : Those are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my of fice, within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any j they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under mv hand at office tins 18th day of April, 1853. April 2ti—wfit ‘ O. I\ BEALL, Ordinary. S'S eergia, Hamiolpli county.—Whereas, Jas. Ruth- | VT eriord, Guardian of Benjamin and Absalom Suiley, applies i to me for dismission troin his said Guardianship. All persons , interested ore, therefore, hereby required to file their objections, if any they have, on or before the May term of this court next ensuiij//, otherwise said applicant will tie then and t.im* dismis i sed. Given under my band at office the I7th March, 1853. I March 2S—W6m O. P. BE ALL. Ordinary. ( 1 corgta, Knntlolpli county .--Whereas, Mary Ann J VT Butler and Thomas f'orant apply to me for letters m admin istration on the estate of Harman Butler, tale of slid county, de ceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the creditors and kindred of said deceased to appear at my office within the time prescribed by law.and shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not he granted. Given under my hand at office the ISth day of April, 1853. April 20—w7t. O. I’. BEALL, < trdinary. v veorgin, Randolph county.—Whereas, John Gil \T bert. Guardian of Headley E. Hill, minor and orphan of William K. Hill, deceased, applies to me for dismission troin said Guardianship. All persons interested are therefore hereby required lotile their objections, ifany they have, on or before the May Term of this Court next ensuing, otherwise said applicant j will be then and there dismissed. } Given under mv hand at oflh e, the 17th March, 1853. ; March 22—wfim •>. I\ lII.AU, ordinary. { p Uniiiiolph county.—Court of Or* ’ u pinary.—Whereas, by the petition ot William ilayes, ud ! ministrator on the estate of Enoch Rigsby, deceased, and the I* estate of Kinchen Fa ire loth, deceased, it appearing to this court that be has fully administered both ol said estates, aud moves the court to grant him letters of dismission: All persons Concerned in either of said estates, are hereby notified to make known their objections, ifany they hare, ou or Indore the October term of this court next ensuing, otherwise said .-idmiuitUralor williheii I and there l>c dismissed. Given under mv hand at office the 29th march 1853. O. I\ BEAM., Ordinary. April s—w6m ___ peorgla, Randolph county.—Wheieos,Baronet \. \T Grier, administrator do bonis non on the estate f John 11. Weaver, late of said county, deceased, has petitioned for letters of dismission from said administration. These ore, therefore, to rite, admonish and require all persons concerned to tile their objections,ifany they have, ou or before the September term of the Court of ordinary of said county. In be holdeii on the first Monday *r September next, otherwise said administrator will be then aud there dismissed. Given under mv hand at office this 22U dav of February, 1853 March I —ow6in O.ILBKALL, Ordinary. eorgia, Randolph county.—Whereas, Allan L. T Jenks applies to me h>r letters of Guardianship for the per son and property ol France* Rigs >y, orphan of Enoch Rigsby, ( late of said county, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all concerned, to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted,otherwise they will be granted at the next April term of I this court. Given under mv hand at office March Ist, 1853. ’ March—lo •>- P. BEAM., t r.linary. ( A eorgia, Early count y.—Whereas, Joseph Griinsley, JT administrator with the Will annexed, upon the estate of Sarah Griinsley, late of said county deceased, makes application I to me for letters of dismission from the further administration of J said estate. All person* concerned are hereby notified to be and j appear at my office, w ithin the time prescribed by law, and , shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted said applicant. Given underlay hand at office, ibis February the 24t1, 1853. March I—9wOm 8. 8. STAFFORD. Ordinary. /Georgia, Early county.—Whereas, James B. Brown VI makes application to me tor letters of Administration upon the estate of Joseph C. Gray, late of said county, deceased: These are to notify afi persons concerned, to shew cause, ifany they have, why said letters should not be granted said applicant. Given under my hand at office, this march 21st, 1853. March 29-13w<t 8. -S'. STAFFORD, Ordinary. (A corgiu, Early county. Whereas, the estate of Jack- T son v\\ Bartlett, late of said county, deceased, is unrepre sented at law : These are to notify all persons concerned in said estate, to shew cause, if any they have, why Thomas It. Andrews, the clerk of the Superior Court of said county, should not be appointed ad ministrator de bonis non upon the estate of said deceased. Given under my hand at office this march 21, 1853, March 29—13w7t 8. S f.\ FFORD, Ordinary. (~A corgin, Early count y.—Whereas, JaincsjK. Brown T and Ann J. Weeks apply tome for letters of administra tion upon the estate of Jane Stevens, late of said county, deceased: These arc to notify and summons ail persons concerned, to he and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, amt shew cvtise if any they have, why said letters should not be granted to one or the other, or both of said applicants, at the June term next of the Court of Ordinary for said county. Given undei my hand at office this I7tn day of April, 1853. April 20 wCt 8, 8. STAFFORD, Ordinary. /’a eoi-gia, Early county.—Whereas, Elizabeth Bart- V.T lett applies to me for letters of administration upon the estate of Nathaniel Bartlett, deceased : These are to notify all persons concerned, to shew cause, ifany they have, why said letters should not be granted said applicant, at the March term, next, of the Court of Ordinary for said county. Given under in v hand at office this April 17th. 1853. April 26—\v6t * ri, S. 81’A FF* *RD, Ordinary. / 1 rorgla, Tallot county.—offio* of ordinary, -.9th V 1 March, 1853.—Whereas. J. J. Jamison, Guardian of Nathan iel Wommock's orphans, petitions lor letters ot Dismission from said guardianship : Be it ordered. That all persons concerned, be and appear at the June Term of the Gourl of Ordinal y of said county, next en suing, then and there to shew cause, it any they have, why said letters should not be granted. A true extract Irom the minutes ofsa'd court. April 15th, 1853 April 26 wtim M ARION BETID NE, Ordinary. / leorgia, Talbot county.—Whereas, Ezekiel B. VI Smith jipplies to me for letters of Administration on the estate of'John \V. G. Smith, lateot Talbot county, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ail mid singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my oilier, within the time proscribed by law, then and there to shew cause, if anv tliev have, whv said letters should not be granted. Given under inv hand in office this 15th Ma ch, 1853. March 29—13w*7t MARION BETID N K, < mlinnry* \d in 1 ill at rat or’s Sale —Agreeably to an order of the Ordinary of Early county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in May nextl in the town of Dull in, Laurens county, lot of land number eighty-nine, in the first district of Lamms county. Sold as the propci l y of the late Alfred Renfro.-, of Early eotinly, and or the benefit of the heirs aud creditors of said deceased. Terms on day of sale. TIIOx. B. ANDREWS, AdmV. February 23—Owlds Vdmlnistrator’a Sale.—Will be sold in Cuihbert, Randolph county on the first Tuesday in May next, lot ot land number one hundred and fourteen in the tenth district ol ; said county; on whtch are small improvements. Persons wish ing a small farm will do well to examine it. Terms one Ms payable first January next, the balance first January, 1855. Sold by order oi the court of ordinary of said countvVor distribution nmDiig the heire of Tharpe Hale, deceas ed. * .March 22—tils DAVID RFMPII, AdmV Vdmi uist rat ors Sale.— \groeahle to an order of the Court of Ordinary of Early county, will be sold before the court house door in the town of Blakely , on the fir I Tuesday in June next, all the real -iatcW I’, Griffith, deceased, situated in the said town of Blakelv. Apr.l 18—wtds ‘ FRANCIS GBIFFITII, AdmV. IJ'xccutor , s Sale.--Will be sold in Thomasvilje, in Tiiom lias county, on the first Tuesday in May next, lot of land num ber eighty eight, in the eighth district of said county. Hold by order of the court of Ordinary of* Ra: doljph county, as the pro perty of Hiram Harrison, deceased. March 15—wtds I*. C. BALE, Ex r. riAwo monllis after date I will apply to the l Oruiuarv of .Muscogee county, for leave to sell a negro child ( Rosa ) the property ofilenry M. Jernigan, (Idiot.) April 19—w2m A. It. RAGAN, Guardian. rnwo months after date application will be JL made to the honorable ‘ ourt of ordinary of Early county, for leave to sell the lands belonging to Epsy Dyson, late of mM county,deceased. ABNER D\ BON, Adm r. March 15-—w2m . __ TWO monlhs after date, 1 shall apply to the *- ( ourt of-Irdinury of oandolph county, for leave to sell the lands belonging to Stephen Weatherby, lateot said comity, dec’d Feb. 15—7 w2in MARTIN POLLt>CK, AdmV. _ TWO mouths after date I shall apply to the Court of Ordinary of Randolph county, for leave to sell the and belonging to Henry Sandlin, djoCJsed. Feb. 8- <>w2m JMPE SANDLIN, AdmV. “the rNi ofl o r rir e state s an n the sovereig nt y ofth e states.” COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1853. rp,vo months after .late I shall apply to (he JL court of t irdinarv of Early couuty tor leave to still the negroes belonging to the estate of John Jones, deceased, late ot said coun | tv, for the purpose* of making a distribution * H ' irs ol ! said estate. THOtf. ANDRLMd, Adtur. march 29—w2_m _ rpWOmoiithsafter dale, l shall apply to Ihf 1 Ctiurt ol Ordinary of Randolph county tor h ave to sell the nescroe* lelongil, I” Timolh) I’itma,,. late of | y. April IS—wim A. A. PITMAK, AGui r. I( \ ttardian'K sale.—^On the Brel Tneed.y in June next, will i tl Go -• ,1,1 in (.’ulbbert, Kiiml<G|ilicunly, a m,i<ro man mimed | Peter, atmuf rtflv years of ase. Sold as Ihe property of llie minor., ol eu.l. uraies, deceased, l.y order of Ihe court of Orilma | rvof said coutitv. It.fIKAV K.S, t.aardian. | ‘ April lU-wUls : Poelnj. [From the New York Mirror.J THE IHTth HYMN. We have been so frequently urged by several of our j ; readers to give them the whole of the original of “I would j not live always that wc may at length comply, though j j somowhat reluctantly, a* it has appeared at various times j in print before— first in the Philadelphia Episcopal Record- j I or, somewhere about the year 1824. It was written without : ] ihe most remote idea that any portion of it would be em ployed in the devotions ol the Church. Whatever service i it has done in that way, is owing to the late Bishop ol Pennsylvania, then the Rector ot St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, who made the selection of the verses out ot the i whole, which constitute the present hymn, and offered it i to the Committee on Hymns, appointed by the General j Convention of . The Hymn was, at first, rejecte dby j the Committee, of which the unknown author was a mem ber, who, upon a satirical criticism being made upon it, earnestly voted against its adoption. It was admitted on be importunate application of Dr. Onderdonk to the Bish ’ ops on the Committee. The following is a revised copy o! the original: “I would not live alway. v JOB Ml. XVI. I would not live alway—live alway below ! j Oil, no, I'll not linger, when bidden to go; j The days of our pilgrimage granted us here, ! Are enough for life’s woes, full enough for its cheer ; | Would 1 shrink from the path which the prophets of God, j Apostles and martyrs so joyfully trod ? While brethren and friends are all hastening home, Like a spirit unblest, o’er the earth would I roam ? 1 would not live alway—l ask not to stay, ■ Where storm after storm rises datk o’er the way ; Where seeking for peace, we but hover around, Like the patriarch’s bird, and no resting is found ; Where hope, when she paints her gay how in the air, J Leaves its brilliance to fade in the night of despair, And joy's fleeting angel ne’er sheds a glad ray, Save the gloom of the plumage that bears him away. | I would not live alway—thus fettered by sin, | Temptation without and corruption within ; In a moment of strength if I sever the chain, j Scarce the victory’s mine ere I'm captive again. E’en the rapture ol pardon is mingled with fears, j And my cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears ; The festival trumpcalls lor jubilant songs, ’ But mv spirit her own miserere prolongs. 1 would not live alway—no, welcome the tomb ; ! Since Jesus bath lain there 1 dread not its* gloom; Where He deigned to slcCp, I'll too bow iny head , Oli, peaceful the slumbers on that hallowed bed. I And then the glad dawn soon to follow that night. When the sunrise of glory shall beam on iny sight, When the full matin song, as the sleepers ari-o To shout in the morning, shall peal thro’ the skies. Who, who would live alway ! away from his God, Away from yon heav’n, that blissful abode, Where the rivers of pleasure, flow o’er the bright plains. Aud the noon tide of glory eternally reigns ; Where the saint- of all ages in harmony meet, i Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet, | While the songs of salvation exultingJy roll, ’ And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul, j That heavenly music! what is it I hear ? | The notes of the harpers ring sweet in the air; ; And see,soft unfolding, those portals of gold I I The King all array’d,in Ilis beauty b -hold ! ’ (), give me, () give me the wings of a dove ! Let me hasten my flight to those mansions above ; Aye,’tis now that my soul on swift pinions would soar, ; And in ccstaey bid earth adieu evermore. [From the Oxford Edition of Milton’s Works.] MILTON ON Ills LOSS OF SIGHT. I am old aud blind! Men point at me as smitten by God’s frown ; | Afflicted and deserted of my kind, Yet lam not cast down. 1 am weak, yet strong ; ; 1 murmur not, that I no longer see ; Poor, old and helpless, I the more belong, Father Supreme ! to Thee. O merciful One! When men are farthest, then Thou art most near ; When friends pass by, my weaknesses to shun, Thy chariot hear. Thy glorious face ’ Is leaning toward me, and its holy light Shines in upon niy lonely dwelling-place : And there is no more night. On my bended knee, I recognise Thy purpose, clearly shown : My vision Thou hast dinim’d that I may tee Thyself, Thyself alone. I have naught to fear ; This darkness is the shadow of Thy wing ; Beneath it I am almost sacred —here Can come no evil thing. Oh ! I seem to stand Trembling, where foot of mortal ne’er hath been, Wrapped in the radiance from Thy sinless land, Which eye hath never seen. Visions come and go; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng, From angel lips 1 seem to hear the flow Os soft and holy song. It is nothing now, When heaven is opening ou my sightless eyes, When airs from Paradise refresh my brow, The earth in darkness lies. In a purer clime, My being fills with rapture—waves of thought Roll in upon my spirit—strains sublime Break over me unsought. Give me now my lyre! I feel the stirrings of a gift divine, Within my bosom glows unearthly fire Lit by no skill of mine. Fun in Court. —We occasionally have some amusing incidents in the dull practice of the law ; recently an applicant for admission to the bar, undergoing an examination, was asked by I one of the examining committee, liovv many per sons there were in law, very readily replied, “two/’ “True,” said the examiner, “what are they called V’ “Women and men,” replied the applicant. “No/’ said the examiner, “in law the persons are either real or artificial. What is an artificial person ?*’ “A woman,” unhesi tatingly answered the applicant—at which some old disappointed bachelors pretended to be very much amused, and thought it an excellent hit. i^isccUmiccnuL [From the London leader, April 2J A story of a ilress. \mmii; the sights of London I encountered j one that i little expected to sec, and it may not j lie uninteresting to some of our readers down | South. I was looking at the Palace of the | Kings, not at all equal to the White House, ; which is open to every citizen —and it was there that a sight struck me which was not quite ! pleasant for one of uncle Sam’s nephews. A | hevy of fair ladies were leaving a great house, j j with a crowd of folks looking at them, and pn- I lice to keep order. The ladies had been attend ! iug a meeting to sympathize with Uncle Tom— \ that benighted and maundering old nigger, i whose jargon helps to prevent our real states j men from making the men of the Soutli even j listen to reason. The poor ladies, however, ! looked more fit for a hall or morning concert ! than for any political work in earnest; and their countenances were guilty of nothing worse than a little holiday bustle, newly spiced with black pepper. But something was to happen besides this “Uncle Tomerie.’’ In the crowd I saw a young couple who were waiting out of more than mere curiosity. You could see that by the eye of the girl. The young man also watched the ladies as they came out, but evidently his care was the girl. At last a lady issued from the door—a tall, handsome woman, with fine aristo cratic features, bold yet delicate; a very vo luptuous countenance, if the sensuous look had | not been rendered harsh by a slight habitual | sneer of scorn, very common with Lnglish peo ! pie of ‘ high birthher face being also, if if is j not rude to say so, a littte hardened by time. She must have been a glorious creature, and j she looked to think herself still so. She was in no hurry—haste would have spoiled her cos tume. I wish I could describe it, but that would ! need a less republican pen than mine. Her j noble throat rose out of a wide expanse of j delicate and brilliant silk, softened with a large j ( white shawl and a variety of lace, or whatever | j else it was ; but the taste of the arrangement j j disposed the mass of soft strips so as to display | j and not to disguise the grace of her tall and j ! rather slender figure, ! “That gown,” said Ito the young man, “cost ! more in the making than the stuff'.” I “It might in your country,” he answered, j turning round sharp to look at me—though t ! did not know that 1 had any peculiar accent; | “but in this country the labor is the least part !of the cost, except to the laborer.” He had an I accent not quite English. ! “What have all these fair ladies been doing, 1 sir ?” I asked. “Meeting about Uncle Tom said lie. “I ! wish they would look to the slaves in their own i country.” ! “Wed un’t get up abolition meetings for tbe j j white niggers of Manchester, sir,” said 1. I “No,” said be ;“I wish you did. But Man j Chester is not our South. There are worse. places than that not so far off.” I The fine lady came down the steps, and then | the young woman, who had not attended at all ; to us, stepped close to the lady aud spoke to her. A policeman came forward to remove the | girl; and my blood boiled to sec a fellow in a j glazed hat attempt to touch a female ; but the ! ! lady herself stopped him with a wave of her hand, j ! The girl repeated what she said, but I did not j hear it. The lady looked—not surprised, she | \ was too proud for that, but unbelieving. The | girl again spoke ; and the lady again replied ; | aud then the lady motioned to the girl to get ’ into her carriage. They both got in; and after | a few words to the footman—a fine gentleman, j in a lovely, delicate blue coat, with white gloves, t and cheeks like a girl’s—the carriage drove off. The young man looked for an instant into I mv face, and then asked me if I could run.— Without reply I joined him in following the car- I liage. We ran barely a mile, and then we ar rived at the door of a poor house, in a small j street before the carriage. The young man fob j lowed the woman, and 1 followed him, nobody I stopping me, I suppose, because I did not look as |if I expected they would. A sense of silence I came over us as we went up stairs, and the rust j ling of the fine lady’s dress was the loudest ! noise as we crept up. We all entered a small J room, and as we did so, a child began to crv. ] The woman took it from another who held it, j to suckle it, and so to stay the little voice which j disturbed the quiet room with its healthy discon tent. The silence lay thickest at the further end, on a narrow, white bed, which the lady ap proached, and gazed upon. On it lay a young woman, but partially undressed, ghaslly pale, with her eyes olosed. By her side, with its head pillowed on the arm that partly clasped it, lay a little child ; like its mother in paleness, like her in its closed eyes, but unlike her, whose j breath was scarcely heard, in its short and j painful breathing, which would have been loud I had it not sunk to the hurried whisper of de parting life. We all gazed for a minute in silence and in reverence for mortal suffering, which calls alike republican and aristocrat, rich and poor, to ac count. The lady looked at the sick woman and then at the dark-eyed young girl who had brought her, and who kept her eyes fixed on the j lady : the proud woman’s looks seemed to ask why she had been brought there. “Jessy wished me to fetch you,’’ cried the happier mother, for she could nourish and quiet her child. I noticed that there was no ring upon her finger, however. “Poor thing! But I would have assisted her without ’’ and the lady put her hand into her pocket for her purpose. “No, it is too late for that. You must do something else for her, and you are bound—yon are doubly bound.” Again the lady’s proud eyes looked a question. There was no fear in her face, but her glance around implied a challenge of the right to keep her there, “It was your haughty haste that killed her ; it was yours that brought her so near death.— Yes, Lady Julia, I do not mean to offend you, hut you ought to know the truth—such as you I ought to know it. That is a beautiful dress you j have ou, very beautiful, far too beautiful for poor Jessy to wear. But when did you order it t Was there time for human hands to make it before “you must have it,’’ for this very day ? And who set the finish to that beautiful dress ? Whose aching fingers put the last work into it ? Jessy’s, there ; and when 1 took it from her last night, she lay down to die 1” The proud lady was silent; her eyes bent upon the dying woman, without retort, and her haughty features sotteued to a gaze of reflecting sorrow ; for these English women have hearts in their bossoms, haughty and cold as they seem—at least some have. Suddenly the lady’s manner altered, as if she threw oil’ some maiule of pride and restraint, and turning once more to tlie girl whom brought her, with a blow, simple, direct way of speaking, she said: “And what can be done now ?” “One tiling—to lot pride of luxury come and do homage to want and misery, when death raises the lowly above the high.” “i have done that that.” “Next, to bring justice and consolation to parting life. On that bed lies, half conscious, the poor seamstress who died at her needle—it is a common enough. But that same woman— not half your age—do you see her child?” The lady bowed. “flow much would you rate its life worth ? ’ Why is it there at all ? Why come into the world only to loek for a few uncertain days up on its misery ? Who called it ? “The girl paused, as a sigh from the dying woman summoned her attention ; hut she went on, bent to make out the retribution where re demption could not come. “Lady Julia do you know what it is to have temptations—hopes of the heart where no straight path of hope appears ? You cannot.— If ever you are tempted—and you are —and you yield, your face tells it—you have not been driven by total wretchedness and despair.— Love never visited you in misery, and privation, and endless toil ; never came from a distant world of pleasure and power ; never whispered into your wearied ear, that pleasure might in it self he a release from slavery ; never won you to one short dream of delirious delight, and then left you back in that nightmare of pleas ureless toil, to await the consequences of pleas ure taken, pleasure granted without bond exac ted. But it did come so to poor Jessy, there.” j The lady began to look impatient. 1 notice j of these English that they can never listen to j any narrative of sufferings save when they tell | it of themselves, “You are looking at my hand,” said the girl,! holding it out, to confess by the act that it was I riugless : “but I was not deserted. Trouble j and sorrow have I, hut not despair. Bertrand, take the darling.’’ She gave her own baby to the young man, and stooped over the other’s child. “Now, Lady Julia, look closer, and see if in this poor death stricken little creature’s face you can trace a proud likeness. Jessy, on her deserted death-bed, has conceived a longing to see the father of her child. Both will he gone soon, ami why should not that lit tle wish be gatilied ? Would the father grudge that trouble ?—betook more to persuade Jessy out of her hard poverty into his pleasure ! Would he be too much of a coward to visit this poor room where suffering and ghastly death have succeeded love ?” Lady Julia looked as if an answer was ex-j pucted to answers that seemed so abstract. ; “Do not he amazed, for it is you only can j answer. Poor Jessy’s last toil was to finish j the gown you wear. The father of her child j is your son.” A dead silence followed this somewhat j startling announcement, and the girl evidently j took a pleasure, which Bertrand shared, in | driving home the knife. Doubly had poor Jes- j sy’s life been sacrificed to the pleasure of La- j dy Julia’s blood. The lady stooped down and kissed the child, not hastily ; and then stooping lower, she kiss ed the moveless hand of its mother. “Send for him,” said the girl. “t will fetch him,” said Lady Julia, rising. “I see the likeness. But take this, my good girl;” and she tried to force her purse into the reproachers hand, “It is too late.” “I hope not—skilful aid ; and,” she added, yielding to the hopelessness plainly written on the aspect of ‘hat cheerless room, “if not for them, at least for yourself and your—.” An Incident. —Afe.v mornings since, just as the cars iiad started from the depot, a gentle man, his wife and daughter, were observed at a distance up the street, running with great speed towards the depot. One of the agents of the railroad, or some other person, observing the efforts of the party, started after the train, and succeeded in giving the engineer a sign to j stop for passengers. As it was the accommoda tion line, the train was stopped some distance on the road, and waited the approach of the man, his wife and daughter. They were all pretty much exhausted by the long and hard run they had, but they reached the location of the train, and, by anew effort, climbing a small pile of plank close at hand, they stood looking at the ears, and commenced remarking upon the ap pearance of the vehicles. The man gave something like a combination of a blow and a grunt, and said addressing his wife: “Well, I don’t think they look so very danger ous, do you ?” “Why, I don’t think they do,’’ responded the lady wiping her face, “they look rather safe and comfortable.’’ “La, mother,” said the daughter, “ain’t they pretty coaches—so many seats and windows, | | and so pretty painted,” taking a short breath. ! and fanning herself with her hankerchief. ! “Jump in, jump i:i!” said the conductor. “Oh,” said the old gentleman, “we don’t want to got in— ire only want to sec them!” — Albany Dutchman. An Indian’s Joke. —ln the time of Indian troubles, a friendly Indian visited the home of I Governor Jenks of Rhode island, when the Governor took occasion to request him, if any strange Indian slmultl come to his wigwam, to let him know it. This the Indian promised to do, and the Governor told him that when he should give such information, he would give him a mug of flip. Some time after the Indian came again, and on meeting the Governor, said— “ Well, Mr. Gubernor, strange Indian come to tny house last night.” “Ah,” says the Governor, “what did he say.” “He not speak,” replied the Indian. “What! not speak at all ?’’ inquired the Gov ernor. “He not speak at all.” “That looks suspicious,’’ said his Excellency, and inquired if he were there still. Being told that he was, the Governor ordered the promis ed mug of Hid. When this was disposed of, and the Indian was about to depart, he mildly said, “Mr. Gubernor, my squaw have child last night,’’ and the Governor finding the strange Indian was anew born papoose, was glad to find there was no cause of alarm. “Betsy, get up, and get me something to eat” “Why, John, there’s nothing cooked.” “Well get up and cook something.” “There’s nothing to cook.” “Nothing at all ?” “No.” “Well,get up, and get a clean knife and fork— I’ll go through I lie motions anyhow.’’ Os ono thousand men who formed the New York regiment in the Mexican war, only sixty are now alive, and hut about forty are able to earn their living, What a commentary on war! Washington’s Courtship nnd Marriage. Beautilully situated on the banks of the Pau munkey, is the mansion known as “the White House.’’ It stands on the site of the one in which Washington was married. From Custis’s Life of Martha Washington, we extract the ac count of his courtship and marriage : It was in 1758 that Washington, attired in a military undress, and attended by a body ser vant, tall and militaire as bis chief, crossed the ferry called William’s, over the Paumunkey, a branch of the Y ork river. On the boat touch ing the southern or New Kent side, the soldier’s progress was arrested by one of those person ages who give the beau ideal of the Virginia gentle man of the old regime, the very soul of kindness and hospitaPty. It was in vain the soldier urged his business at Williamsburg, important com munications to the Governor, &c. Mr.Chamber layne.on whose domain the militaire had justlan ded, would hear of no excuse. Col. Washington was a name and character so dear to ail Virginians, that his passing by one'ofthe castles of Virginia, without calling and partaking of the hospitali ties of the host, was entirely out of the question. The Colonel, however, did not surrender at dis cretion, but stoutly maintained his ground till Chamberlayne, bringing up his reserve, in the intimation that he would introduce his friend to a young and charming widow, then beneath his roof, the soldier capitulated, on condition that | he should dine—only dine—and then b\ T press ing his charger and borrowing of the night, he would reach Williamsburg before his Excellen cy could shake off his morning slumbers. Or ; decs were accordingly issued to Bishop, the : Colonel’s body servant and faithful follower, j who, together with the English charger, had been i bequeathed by the dying Braddoek to Major Washington, on the lamed and fated field of Mon | ongahela. Bishop, bred in the school of Euro pean discipline, raised his hand to his cap, as much as to say, “ Y our orders shall be obeyed.” The Colonel now proceeded to the mansion, aud was introduced to various guests, (for when was a Y irginia domicil of the olden time with out guests?) and above all, to the charming wid ow. Tradition relates that they were mutual ly pleased, on this, their first interview—nor is it remarkable ; they were of an age when im pressions are strongest. The lady was fair to behold, of fascinating manners, and splendidly endowed with worldly benefits. The hero was fresh from his early fields, redolent of fame, and with a form on which “every’ god did seeni to set his seal, to give the world assurance of a mail.” The morning passed pleasantly away, even ing came, with Bishop, true to his orders and firm at his post, holding the favorite charger with one hand, while the other was waiting to offer the ready stirrup. The sun sank in the horizon, and yet the Colonel appeared not.— “’Twas strange,’twas passing strange:” surely : lie was not wont to be a single moment behind | his appointment—for he was the most punctual j of all men. Meantime the host en joyed the scene of the i veteran at the gate, while the Colonel was so agreeably employed iri the parlor; and proclaim ing that no visitor ever left his house at sunset, his military guest was, without much difficulty, persuaded to order Bishop to put up the horses lor the night. The suu rose high in the heavens the ensuing day, when the enamored soldier pressed with his spur his charger’s side, and speeded on Lis way to the seat of government, where, having despatched his public business, he retraced his steps, and, r ‘he White House, the engagement took placi, with preparations for marriage. And much hath the biographer heard of that marriage, from the gray-haired domestics who waited at the board where love made the festal and Washington the guest. And rare and rich was the revelry at the palmy period of Virginia’s festal age; for many were gathered to that marriage, of the good, the great, the gifted, and they with joyous acclamations, hailed in Vir ginia’s youthful hero a happy and prosperous bridegroom. “And so you remember when Col. Washing ton came a courting ot your young mistress ?” said the biographer to old Cully, in his hun dredth year. “Ay, master, that 1 do,” replied the ancient family servant, who had lived to see five generations; “great times, sir, great times—shall never see the like again!” “And Washington looked something like a man—a proper man—hey, Cully ?” “Never seed the like, sir—never the like of 1 him, though I have seen many in my day—so tall, so straight! and then he sat on a horse and rode with such an air! Ah, sir, he was like no one else. Many of the grandest gentlemen in the gold lace were at the wedding, but none looked like the man himself.” Strong, indeed, must have been the impres sion which the person and manner of Washing ton made upon the “rude, untutored mind” of this poor negro, since the lapse of three-quar j ters of a century lias not salliced to efface it. The precise date of the marriage the biogra ! pher has been unable to discover, having in vain searched among the records of the vestry of St- Peter’s church, New Kent, of which the Rev. Mr. Munson, a Cambridge scholar, was the rec tor, and performed the ceremony, it is believed, about 1759. A short time after their marriage, i Colonel and Mrs. Washington removed to Mount I Vernon, ou the Potomac, and permanently set ! tied there. j “This union,” says Sparks, “was in every’ re- j spect felicitous, it continued forty years. To I j her intimate acquaintances and to the nation, j the character of Mrs. Washington was ever a j i theme of praise. Affable and courteous, exein : plary in her deportment, remarkable for her deeds of charity and piety, unostentatious, and without vanity, she adorned by her domestic vir tues the sphere of private life, and filled with dig nity every station iu which she was placed. j Previous to his acquaintance with Mrs. Cus tis. Washington had been pleased with other ladies. The author above quoted on this point says, that in 175 ti, “while in New York, he was lodged and kindly entertained at the house of Beverley Robinson, between whom and himself an intim ito friendship subsisted, which, indeed, continued without change, till severed by their opposite fortunes twenty years afterward in the revolution. It happened that Miss Mary Phil lips, a sister of Mrs. Robinson, and a young la dy of rare accomplishments, was an inmate in the family. The charms of this lady made a deep impression upon the heart of the Virginia Colonel. He went to Boston, returned, and was again welcomed to the hospitality of Mr. Robinson. He lingered there till duty called him away; but he was careful to intrust iiis se cret to a confidential friend, whose letters kept him informed of every important event. In a few months intelligence came, that a rival was in the field, and that the consequences could not be answered lor, if he delayed to renew his visits to New Y’ork. Whether time, the bustle of a camp, or the scenes of war had moderated his admiration, or wnether he despaired of sue- [TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE. cess, is not known. He never saw the lady again till she was married to that same rival, Captain Morris, his former associate in arms, and one of Braddock’s aids-de-camp. “He had before felt the influence of the tender passion. At the age of seventeen, he was smit ten by the graces of a fair one, whom he called a ‘low land beauty,’ and whose praises he re corded in glowing strains, while wandering with his surveyor’s compass among the Alle ghany mountains. On that occasion he wrote desponding letters to a friend, and indicated plaintive verses, but never ventured to reveal his emotions to the lady who xvas unconscious of the cause of his pains.” Frederick the Great. Frederick the Great one day yuig iiis bell, and the summons being unanswered be opened the door of his apartment and beheld his page reclining in an arm chair, asleep. The King was about to awaken the youth, when he per ceived the corner of a note protruding from his pocket. His .Majesty’s curiosity was excited ; he softly drew the letter from the pocket of the page, and read it. It was from the young man’s mother, acknowledging the receipt of a portion of his salary, sent to relieve her wants, and expressing a hope that Heaven would reward him. The King having read the letter, returned to his apartment, and in another moment softly crept out again, with a rouleau of ducats in his hand, and slipt it, together with the letter, into the pocket of the page. Then having once more returned to his apartment and closed the door, he rang the hell with sufficient violence to rouse the young page from his slumber, and ; lie hurried to attend the King. “Have you been sleeping?” said Frederick, “I have rung the bell twice.’’ The page endeavored to excuse himself, and in his embarrassment, thrusting his hand into his pocket, he felt the rouleau. He drew it out, turned pale, and gazed on the King without be ing able to utter a single word. “What have you got there?” said Fred erick. “Ah, sire!” exclaimed the young man, throw ing himself on his knees, “some enemy is seek ing my ruin. 1 assure your Majesty I know nothing of this money, or by what means it came into my pocket.’’ “No matter, my good lad,’’said the King, in a tone of kindness, “Heaven often sends us good luck in our sleep. Forward the sum to your mother; give her my regards, and tell her that l will provide for her as well as for you.’’ The lips and Downs of Politicians. An amusing and instructive volume might be written upon the ups and downs of politicians. Martin Van Buren, and Captain John Tyler, the lucky, might bo very properly placed at the head of the interesting catalogue of remarkable cases The advent of the present administra tion, also, turns up some very interesting speci mens. We find ex-members of the House and px-mernbers of the Senate of the United States among the applicants for, and appointments to, the little subordinate offices of the federal gov ernment. Thus, we find Daniel Sturgeon, for merly a United States Senator of twelve years standing, advanced backwards to the quiet post of Treasurer of the mint at Philadelphia; and B. B. French, formerly Clerk of the House of Representatives at Washington, at 3,000 a year, promoted recently to a clerkship for signing land patents, at fifteen hundred dollars per an num. But perhaps the most remarkable case of the recent curious applications for office, and which is still pending on the docket of the Postmaster General for settlement, is the application of Hon. Wm. J. Brown, of Indiana, for the post of a travelling mail agent in the West- Mr. Brown, some four years ago, was member of Congress, and a rather prominent one in his way, and came within one vnte of being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives But at that point there was sprung upon the House a charge of collusion against Mr. Brown, with the free soilers. And “that’s the way iiis fall rose.’’— There was a recoil; and Mr. Brown from that Congress retired to private life, or the next thing to it—tlie editing of a political paper in In diana. Now we find him a candidate for the modest post of a mail agent. Rumor, too, has it that Senators Bright and Pettit are, pro or con, hav ing quite a scuffle over Mr. Brown’s application. Let Mr. Brown strike higher. “It will never do to give it up so, Mr. Brown! It >■ ill never do to give it up so.” Mrs. Howard of Louis Napoleon Notoriety The following extract of a letter from a Balti more correspondent ol the New Orleans Cres cent, gives some interesting particulars of this celebrated woman : The late marriage ot the Emperor of France, and the putting away of Mrs. Howard, as she is called, his former mistress, has a peculiar inte rest here. This Mrs. Howard is the daughter | of a distinguished family in this city, but has long been considered by them as dead. When young, she was distinguished for her beauty and wit, as well as her extraordinary amorous pro pensities. She went to England, and was in troduced into the highest society there by the daughter of a Maryland family, w ho is now one of the brightest ornamentsofthe British nobility. There she was married to a titled gentleman, and after committing a number of indiscretions and giving her friends an infinite degree of trou | ble and anxiety, finally irretrievably disgraced ; herself by eloping with a gav young officer. | After being in succession the mistress of several noblemen, she attached herself to Louis Napo leon, with whom she has remained a number of years. A real affection is said to have existed between them, several children having been the fruit of their connection. Her banishment to England and her rumored abstraction of impor -1 taut secret papers from the Emperor’s private apartment, is the last phase in her eventful life. After her fall, finding her reclamation impossi ble, her friends here announced her dead, and even went through the ceremony of interring tier supposed remains inGreen Mount Cemetery, and to them she is, to all intents, morally, it not physically, dead. A Rebuff.—A worthy man in this great me tropolis, recently visited a medium to witness the wonders of spiritual rappings. He had lived twelve years with a notorious shrew, who at last died, soon after which he married a young woman of comely person and pleasant disposi tion. On inquiring it any spirits were present, he was answered by raps in the affirmative. “Who “The spirit of Melinda, your deceas ed wife.’’ “Ah !” exclaimed he, “are you satis fied with your condition? Are you happy?” “Perfectly so,” replied the spirit. “So am 1!” gruffly exclaimed the ungallant inquirer, as he turned upon his heel aud walked off.— Boston Journal. * Lamartine-is dying ; his physicians have no hopes of him. Number 18,