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IE ROME COURIER. LISHED EVERYTHURSDAY JIORJflllO, BY KNOWLES & MYERS. TERMS: f he Courier wlirbo published nt Two Dol- .-B'poc amium. If paid In advance ; Two Dol- irs and fifty Cents If paid within six mouths, Jr Three Dollars at the end of the year. %Leoal Advertisements will bo Inserted vrlth strict attontlon to the requirements of the law, at the usual rates. , i ‘Miscellaneous advortlsoments will ho Insert ed at Ouo Dollar por square of 12 lines or less, for the first, and Fifty Cents for each suhsc- quont Insertion. .... 5 i Liberal deductions will bo mado in (hvorof those who advertise by the year. BUSINESS CARDS, &C. BOOK & JOB PRINTING PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE •ROME COHEIEE. B. W. ROSS, DENTIST, Rome, Goorgia. Office over if. J. Omberg’s Clothing Store ■ Jan. 16 1861. FRANCIS M. ALLEN, Wholesale and retail dealer in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods & Groceries. - Receives now goods every week. Romo. Oa., Jan. 2 1861, ' PATTON & PATTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rome, Georgia. Will practice In all the counties of the Cher okee Circuit Sept. 6. I860, DANIEL 8. PRINTUP, Agent for the Southern Mutual Insurance Company at Rome, Ga. Insures against loss by Fire. Also Lives of Persons and Servants. Chocks on Charleston and New York for sale by D. S. PRINTUP. Oot. 10,1860. W. C. DABBS, WATER OR URIN DOCTOR, Five miles South of Romo on tho Alabama Hoad. April 8.1862—8ra. LAN! Kit 11 O U S , BY LANIER It 80N. BATHING ROOMS ATTACHED. Macon Oct. 2 185L GORDON HOUSE, BY BARKER, BILL A CO., Calhoun, Ga. ALSO. A LIVERY STABLE. F. U. SHACKELFORD, FACTOR AND COMMISSION Charleston^f?^^.South’ Carolina. April 1, 1862. SCREVEN &. HARRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, No. 99 Hay Street, Savannah. Ga. \T. B. 8CRBVEN, **• HARRIS. Bbpbrbncb—J. Knowles. March 25. 1852. J01l\ A. R1AYER, druggist, 161 Broad Street, ’ , Nov. 14 1851. Savannah., Ga, iy ' VOLUME 7. ROME, GrA., THURSDAY MORIIM, MAY 27, 1852. NUMBER 34. ■h AGENT8 FOB TUB COURIER. . P. Wootten, Dirt Town. T. Finley, Chattoogavlllo. Daniel Hicks, Summorvlllo, tV. M. Peeples, Calhoun. E. R. Sasseen, LaFayottoi a, Post Mastors gonornlly nro requested to act ns Agents, also to give'us Immediate notice o any paper not taken from tho ofllco. Money sent by mall nt our risk. Letters, to insure attention, must bo di rected (post-paid) to Knowles & Myers. N. B. Our Agents and othors Who feel an Interest In tho circulation of our paper, will confer a favor by urging upon their friends tho importance of suslaningn paper at homo. Wo shall ondeavot to make tho Cocmea wor thy of tlio patronago of Corokoo Georgia. From the German of Komer. Good night I All tho toil-worn now repose, The weary day comes to a close, Hushed are the busy not a few, Till the morning wakes anew. Good night I Now repose," Let the weary eye-lids meet, Now how quiet Is the street, Hark tho watchman's hourly cry, . Tells time Is passing by. Now repose I Sweetly sloop 1 Now may many a heavenly beam, O’er thy slumbers sweetly stream, If of Paradise thou dream, And its radlnne splendors gleam. Sweetly sleep I I am Not Old.—by park benjamin. I am not old—though years havo cast. Their shadows on my way ; I am not old—though youth has pass’d On rapid wings away. For In my heart a fountain flows, And round It pleasant thoughts reposo ; And sympathies and Hidings high, Spring like tho stars on evening's sky. I am not old—lime may havo sot " His'signet on my brow," And soilleTaTiirnirrews- teeto tum, .set,— Which care may deepen now : Yet lovo. fond love a chaplet weaves Of fresh young buds and verdant leaves j And still in fhncyl can twlno Thoughts, sweet flowers, that once wore mine. nough In her bright girlhood to aecure to hur name ah abiding place In Amorlcan poetry. Now that sho Is gono, let those who would bo just to her memory and her genius, open tho pages of tho volume containing her poems, and rend any where, aud they will And tho unmis takable evidences of true Inspiration In many poems, which In beauty of thought, doliclous- ncss of melody, freshness of fooling, and na turalness of Imagery, have rarely been equal ed. Sad Indoed are we now to know that the bright mind from which emanated those glorious songs Is gono from tho scenes offline, and that Its lost strains of earthly music havo died upon the air. "Along the blessed heaven Her spirit holde Its way, In the starry radiance of the night And the golden light of day— Its pinions flashing back tho sheen Of those uncloudcd^phores. And Its own wild music mingling With tho angel-notes It hears.” each other’s frailties and Imperfection's to the end of their lives.” The Call to Prayer. Among tho many beautiful allusions to the. solomri and soothing sound of tho " church- going bell," as It rings out on the aletr morning air of the Sabbath, commend us to tho following quaint, yet surpassingly effec tive homely, from tho pon of tho gifted Jer- rold, tho well known author of " St Olios and St. James." There Is something beautiful In tho church bolls. Beautiful and hopcfhl. They talk to high and low, rich and poor, in the samo voico; there Is a sound In thorn that should scare prido and envy, and meanness of all sorts from the heart of man: that should make him look on the world with kind, for giving oyes j that should mako the earth seem to him. at least for a time, a holy placo. Yes. there Is a whole sortnon in tho sound of tho church bolls, if wo only have the cars to understand It; there Is a preacher In every belfry that orlos—"Poor, weary, struggling, fighting creatures—poor human things, take rest, bo qulot. Forgot your vanities, your follies, your week-day craft." And you, ye human vessels, gilt and paint ed. bellovo the Iron tongue that tolls yo that, for all your gliding, all your colors, yo are the same Adam’s earth, with the beggars In your, gates Come away, como, cries tho church hell, and learn to be buipblo: learn that, however danlnxl and stained about. Washington’s Charmed Life. Ofolghty-slx officers twenty-six wore kill ed, (in Braddnck’a action.) among them Sir Poter Halkot. and llilrty-scvon wore wounded, Including Gage and other field officers. Of the men one-half were killed or wounded.— Braddock braved every danger. His secreta ry wns shot dead. Both his English aids wore disabled early In the engagement, leav ing tho American alone to distribute his or- “I expected every moment," said one vrhosinlfe^M on Washiest-.*. jj-. Indian ehlef-I suppose a Shawnee-singled <« a. the sores of tho un- him ont with hi. lino, and bade other, ofhl. eomnlnlnlmr Lararn,: and vo. noor creatures. with jewels, you ... _ jhot alt 'Fogy I ^ threinMsaa.hfsBolf otluwf tutnur inilpUn Rnvi Tho Bulxemann Lottei. Our readers will rooolloot that a day or two since It was stated that tho Austrian Minister has addressed an Insulting letter to Mr. IVob- ’ster prior to hta departure from Austria. Tho Washington Gorreifondopt of the Now York Herald says that tho letter Is dated April 20, and states that In November and December, Mr. Hulsoman had remonstrated with tho Sec retary, on account of his communications and interviews, and tholr subjects being treated with rldlcnlo and dorlslon, In certain public journals of New York and Philadelphia. The Secretary’s treatment of tho Kossuth affair, and particularly his speech at tho Kossuth Congressional Banqnot, had mado it the duty Mr. Hulsomann to ascertain whother such sentiments as tbo Secretary had made ex pression of, wore those of tho Government of tho United 8tatos. Tho vorbal explanations and assurances mado to him on tlicso occa sions had been followed by no change In tho manner in which his transactions with this Government wore treated by thapubllo press That, particularly, some artlclo published In New Orleans, had recently been the occasion of tho Austrian ministry suffering considera ble unpleasantness and annoyanco. Under theso circumstances he considered It bis duty withdraw from any further relations with the Government, which could only be contin ued through the medium of ono who was a promoter of Kossuth, ami unfriendly to tho Austrian Government; and, therefore, that Mr. Belmont. Austrian Consul Gonorat at N. [Ulrcd Ware-House and Commission Business N. OII8LEY k BON, Macon. Ga. GODFREY, OIBI.EY k CO., Savannah. Ga. JAS. E. GODFREY, N. OUSLBY, R. F. OUSLEY. Z~ nTb. A II. WEED, Importers and Dealers in Hardware, Nolls fco. . Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga New. 11. 1851: !y .. BUTTER AND CHEESE EMPORIUM, 1 «Y SEABORN GOODALL, SAVANNAH. WUOLKSAtsF, DEALER IN j B itter and Cheese, Direct from Goshen. New York. ' . ^Nov.-U. 1851. !>'* r. it. BEUN, Savannah. 11. foster, Hancockco. DEIIN & FOSTER, Footers and Commission Merchants, t Savannah, Ga» Reference—J. Knowles. Nov. II: 1851. ly* f ■ LYON & REED, Wholesale Dealers in Heady-Made Clothing, Halt, Caps, and Gen tlemens'Furnishing Goods. \ is. 156 Cong, and 76 SI Julian Sis. Savannah. Nov. It 1861. ^ ' ! E. F. WOOD k CO. • WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. Nos. 01 and 152, Gibbons Building, near the Al irket.Sign of the Large Boot, Savannah, Ga. Nov. 11*1861. iy N. U. KNAPP, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, tco. Market Square, Savannah, Ga, Nov. li, 1851. kr,h. CARSWELL, I T./.KOBERTS, | SAM.B. 8UBAT, CARSWELL, ROBERTS k CO. Footers and General Commission Merchants, Brauton and Bay Streets, Savannah, Ga. o Nov. H. 1851. ly PETER G. THOMAS, Dealer In Window-Sashes, Blinds and Panel Doors. No. 168, Bay SI. Savannah Ga - !2T Ordors from the country promptly at- tended to. (ST Tebms: Cash. , Nov. 14. 1861. ly- » | CUAS. II. CAMPFIELD, « 171 Bay Street, Savannah, ■ Dealcrln Agricultural Implements of every - kind, Burr Mill Stones, Cotton Gins Ac, ■ Nov. 14. 1861. fl '»* YONGE k ODEN, -- Factors and Commission Merchants, tv- No 9-i, B -y Street, Savannah. Will attend promptly to whatever business play bo collided to them, ' Nov. 7,1851. ly W. P. TONQE. | W. OPEN, CHARLES,II. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ’ ' Rome, Georgia. | Col.N.L. Hutchins, Lawrcneeville, Refor to j (Ion 1I, NE8 Holt, Columbus, Ga. f Dec. 26 1851. ROBERT FIDNLAY, MANOPACTU BER OP ' Steam Engines, Boilers, Machinery, Ac. AND DEALER IN MILL STONES of ovory description. Steam aw Mills, Circular and Straight, put up in Ulterior stylo. Macon, August 21,1851. WASHBURN, WILDER A CO. Footers and Commission Merohants, And Agents of the Brig Line of New York | Packets. Savannah, Ga. Will make liberal advances on produce con- 1 for salo. Office 114 Bay Street, east of xchango. Refor to Major John S. Rowland, Cass co. , WASHBURN, I JNO. R. WILDER, | F. O. DANA, ~ 12.1861.0m; iship heretofore existing be- ".'Coulterand Wm.E Col- "■- l by mutual consent, V B. COUL'"”" From the Louisville Journal. Death of Mrs. Amelia B. Wolby. It is with very Rad feelings wo nnnounco tho decease ol Mrs. Amelia B. Welby, tho cele brated poetess. Sho died In this city yester day morning nt the residence of her husband, Mr. George Welby. Mrs. Welby wns a woman of true genius. Indeed wo novor know ono to whom nature had been more partial In tho gifts of song At a very early ported of her life—a period when the mind is gonornlly vory Immature— sho produced poems that havo everywhere been received with delight, and which will never tkdfl from our country’s literature. It Is now about fifteen yenrs since tho public 6rst became acquainted with hor name and her.productions through tho columns of this pnpor. Poem followed poem In bright suc cession,' each one teeming with fresh wild thoughts expressed In verse of tho most deli cious harmony. Theso poems cams from the heart of tho gifted girl and were all vory beau tiful—so beautiful and.so.turfedMyed, that they havo scarcclv been equalled hy tho pro ductions of any other American poetess. Such an extraordinary Rerles of poems, all expressive of unworn feelings and glowing with genius, could not fail to attract attention. Amelia” became a great favorite with all the lovers of poetry throughout the Union. As poem followed poem they wore eagerly caught up by tho conductors of tho public press in all sections nnd published until every render In the Union became familiar with them. Nor was their fame confined to the United States, for many of them wore republished In Eng land and created in that country a deop inter est in tho welfare of tho young minstrel girl from whoso harp-strings floated harmonics of thought nnd expression that charmed all hearts. For two years sho continued to sing, making this pnpor tho medtem of her com munications with the public. That her po ems were unequal in their merits, It Is true, but yet what wore considered her poorest efforts were sweeter than the best of those of other people. Such an Intellectual phenomenon was re garded with strange Interest In every State In tho Union. Tributes of admiration in vorso nnd proso flowed In upon her in abundance Tho names of her admirers included many of tho most distinguished in our literature. All strangers on reaching our city desired to see tho poetess, tho enchantment of whoso verso they had so often felt. And when they saw her. a most artless, shrinking, " April-hearted thing." with tho flowory hues of sixteen sum mers on her joyous brow and the light of ge nius in herdeep bright eye, they could scarce ly believe that the mere girl boforo them could possibly havo produced thoso poems of such great wealth of feeling and such imper ishable beauty. But sho wns n mystery to herself nnd n mystery to her friends, for "ge nius is ever a mystery to itself and to others.’ Those superb poems which nro equal to tho best of their class in the langungo, ennui In all their cxquiRito brightness and perfoetton from her mind almost without an effort. She always had them finished In her mind before sho committed them to paper. They were for the most part composed white she was enga ged In some domestic avocation, and written offwithout difficulty and published ns they were written. Alas! that wildly sensitive heart has ceased to beat, and those harp-strings will be heard no more on earth t She has gono from amid things perishable to tho homo of the immor tal and tho unfading. That bright star which shone so lustrously in tho heaven of song is eclipsed to our vision, nnd wo shall seo it no more among tho bright sisterhood. Hor spi rit has passed from our habitations nnd hor form will in a fow short hours be shut out forever to mortal vlow. Ono of tho most gift ed women of the ago has fallen, and tho pla ces which have known hor boro shall know hor no more forever- Sho is gono in tho spring-time of her life, and tho spring season of tho year; that season which she loved so well bocausu of Its birds and blossoms and visible pootry gushing out from hill-side and valley, and horoyo Is now dim to this world's myriad beauties, and hor ear Is cold to tho warblings of happy birds, sounding like the echoes of her own swcot melodies. For several years, Mrs, Welby’s muse was silont. Sho preferred silence to song, and would not yield to'tho solicitations of thoso of her friends who desired hor to strl warriors do the samo. Two horses were kill ed nndor him ; four balls penetrated his coat. ‘‘Some potent Manltou guards htm.” exclaimed thesavnge. "Death." wrote Wash ington “was levelling my companions on eve ry side of me; hut. by tho all-wise disponsn- tlnn of Providence. I havo been protected." "To the public," said Davis a learned Dlvlno. in the following month “I point out that heroic ynnth. Colonel Washington, whom I cannot hut hope Provldenco has preserved In so signal a manner for some Imporlsnt scr- vice to his country " ' Who Is Mr. Washing ton 1” asked Lord Halifax a few months later. "I know nothing of him." he added, they say he behaved In Braddnck’a action as bravely as If ho really loved tho whistling of the bullets."—Bancroft's American Devo lution. American Women. From a variety of causes, nothing Is more common than to And American woman who have not tho slightest idea of household du ties. A writer thus alludes to this subject: l In this neglect of household cares Ameri can females stand alone. A Gorman lady, no matter how lofty tifcr rank, nover forgets that domestto labor conduces to the health of bndy nnd mind alike. An English lady, whether sho bo n gentleman’s wlfeoradnko’s, doos not despise her household- and oven though she has a housekeeper, devotes a por. tlon of hertlmo to this, her true, her happi est sphere. It Is reserved for our republican flno ladles to ho more choice than oven their monarchical and aristocratic sisters. Tho re sult Is a lassitude of mind. often ns fatal to health as tho neglect of bodily exercise. The with who leaves her household cares to her servant pays tho penalty which hns been af fixed to Idleness slnco (lie foundation of tho world, and oltlior wilts away from sheer en nui or Is driven Into all sorts of fashionable follies to And employment for her mind." The Lip*. Leigh Hunt says of thoso who havo thin lips, are not shrews or niggards: «I must horo glvo as my firm opinion, founded on whnt I havo observed, that lips become more or less contracted in the course of years. In proportion ns they are accustom ed to express good hnmnr and generosity, or peevishness or a contracted mind. Remark tho effect which a moment 61 ill-humor and grudgingness hns upon tho lips; nnd judge whnt may bo expected from a habitual sorics of such momenta. Remark the reverse, and make a similar Judgement. Tho mouth is tho frankest part of tho faco ; It can tho least conceal Its sonsatlons. We can bldo neither Ill-temper with It. nor good ; wo may affect whnt wo pleaso. but affectation will no* help In a wrong causo It will only mako our observers resent tho endeavor to Impose up. on them. Tho mouth Is tho sent of ono class of emotions, ns tho eyes are of another; or, rather, It expresses tho samo emotions but in greater detail and with a more irrepressible tendency to he In ono motion. It Is tho re gion of smiles nnd dimples, nnd of trembling tenderness, of a sharp sorrow, ofa foil breath ingjoy, of candor, of reserve, of a carking care, of a liberal sympathy. Tho mouth, out of its many sensibilities, may bo fancied throwing up ono great expression to tho eyes —ns many lights In a city reflect n broad lus tre Into tho heavens. On tho other hand, tho eyes may bo supposed tho chief movers, in fluencing the smaller details of their compan Ion, ns heaven Influences the earth. The first cause in both is Internal and deep seat ed." Alas I It is not till time, with reckless hand has tome out half tho leaves from tho book of human life, to light tho Arcs of passion with from day to day, that man begins to Ree that tho Icavcswhich remain are few In nura- hor, and to remember, faintly at first, nnd then more clearly, that upon tho cnrlior pages of that book was written a story of happy influence which ho would fain rend ovor again. Thon como listless Irresolution and tho inevitable inaction of despair; or clso the firm resolve to record upon tho leaves that still remain a more noblo history than tho child’s story, with which tho book bo- gun.—Longfellow. Addislon. has lelt on record tlio following Important sentonco : “Two persons who havo choson each Other out ofall the species, with a design to be each other’s mutual comfort and entertainment, havo jn. that action hound themselves to bo good-humored, aflhblo, for- complaining Lararus; and ye, poor creatures, livid and faint—stained and crushed by tho prido and hardships of tho world—come, como cries tho bell, with tho voice of an an gel—como nnd learn what (s laid up for yo,— And learning, take heart, and amidst the wickedness, the cruelties of tho world, calm ly as Daniel walking among the liens. The model lady puts her children out to nurso and tends lap-dogs: lies In bed till noon, wears paper soled shoos, and pinches her waist, give the piano fits, and forgets to pay hor milliner, cuts her poor relations, and goes to chureh when she has a new bonnet, tnms the cold shoulder to her husband, and flirts with hor "friend," never saw a thimble, don’t know a darning needle from a crow-bar, wonders where puddings grow; ests ham and eggs In private, and dines off a pigeon's leg In public; runs mad aftor tho last now foshlon; doats on Byron, adores any fbol who grins be hind a moustache, and when asked the age of hor youngest child replies, don’t know, in deed, ask Belly l—OHve Branch, Sound Northern Sentiments. Tho New-York Express, whloh with tho Journal of Commerce has stood up manfully for tho Cnmpromlso and the Union during all tho Into excitement on the slavery question, thus puts nn oxtlngnlshor on tho hopes of Con. Scott and Mr. Seward : “It is given out, wo seo, in a very well In formed quarter, that It Is now settled that Gen. Scott shall keep mum. and if this be wo have no hesitation In saying, he can carry against a woll known Compromise candidate, but ono State of this Union for the Presiden cy nnd llmt is Vermont. It will bo as big boat as Mr. Van Burcn had in 1848, plus Ver mont. Tho Idea prevails In somo of tho agricul tural parls of tho country, that the trouble with the Sonthern Whigs alone in their Compromise Moasures, and that if the North is left untrammelled, tho North can carry all before It. Nover was there a greater mistnko save that committed by the Van Burons 1848. No sectional candidate for tho Presi dency can begin to live oven, fairly ns a can didate ovon In tho North. A largo majority of the Northern people—if notof the Whigs, —nnd a majority of them we think, we may say, desire a truco, a peace with their Sonth- ern countrymen, and will shrink bock with affright fr om any sectional candidate for the Presidency. There la a determination hare an end of tho era of tho negro, and tho ro-cstablishmcnt once more of tho era of tlio white man. Tho fugitivo slavo Are brand cannot bo loft open for tho Abolitionists to (Sin or blow. Gon. Scott cannot bo represented ono way in Auburn and Syracus, and another way in tho great commercial and manufac turing marts even of tho Northern country.- We cannot bo denounced here up slave catch ers in tho Atlantic cities, nnd vote for mon, who thus dcnounco us nt Auburn, or else where. There is, therefore, just as great difficulty here in tlio North, as In tho South, Wo might hog tho mechanics of tilts part tho State, and tho merchants of this and tho surrounding country for months to como vote for Gen. Scott—running thus double- tongued,—but wo could not persuado them —wo could not induce them to do it. Tho manullicturcrs abovo all, want peace botween the different sections of this country. They are looking for tho restoration ofpeaco In dor to have a restoration of specific, instead of ad valorem duties,—and they will, as body, havobutlittloto do with a Northern Sectional Candidate. Wo repeat then, that it Is our deliberate, sober conviction, that Gen. Scott bo ran blind—ns tlio schemers In Washington now intend to have him run. Vermont will bo the only electoral vote will havo for tlio Presidency. Wo do not say this in a spirit of throat,-for wo havo our selves great confidence 'In lbo principles Gen. Scott, and have reason to know that himself, Is a friend of the Compromise Bills, —but wo cannot persuado our pooplo, that running him North, to repeal the Fugitive Slavo Law, and running him South against that repeal, will not again bring Into Con gress just such consequences as thoso of1860, which for weeks could not choose a S|ieakcr oven,—and whose sittings at last beenmo alarming, as to jeopard tbo pesco and ‘ very existence of the Union. Early Wheat.-Wc were shown on Satur day several heads of ripe vy'amf grate largo, well filled and thoroughly XT <Chead 1 contained ninety-two grates j ofwhoat.—Saw. News, Tobacco fob Snake Bites.—Mr.Editor:— As corroborative of your views of the cfllcaoy of tobacco juice In the euro ofsnaka bites, I send the following: “Somo years ago my lh- tlior was bitten by aeopperheaded snako; ha Instantly applied tho Julco of Btrong tobacco, mingled with saliva from tlio mouth, nnd so porfcct was the curd that he did hot lose a day from business on account of It."—Ex. Tan Babk.—Tliore is no hotter covering for beds and bulbs (such as hyacinths, and tu lips, Ranunclns, Ac.,) tonder herbaceous plants, &c„ than tan laid over tho top of tho ground a couplo of Inchos thick. A coat of this thickness should bo laid ovor all straw- berry beds In parts of tho country whoro tho. winter frosts are severe upon them. Aud as paragus beds are much bonofitted by tho same treatment.—Horticulturist. To Cure a Kickino Horse.—It Is not an uncommon thing to moot with horses which will kick while In harness. Such horses are dangerous to drive, and tho habit diminishes their valuo vory much. Tho Ohio Cultivator publishes a communication from Jonathon Coo, of Dalton, Ohio, giving (ho following sim ple method of preventing tho practice of this pernicious trick. Take a forked stick about two feet long, varying a little according to tho size of tho horse, tlo the ends of tho fork firm ly to each ond of tho brldlo bit. and the oth er end ofthe stick to tho lower ond of the col lar, so as to koep tho head up, and this will prevent hts kicking. A few day’s working In Austrian Government might havo to make. The Chevalier thon presents the President his thanks for hlskindness, urbanity, Ac., Ac., and asks tho Secretary to accept assurance of his high consideration, Ac. Tho lottor covers several pages of foolscap, and Is written in vory til humor, and quite tart and piquant. Tho reply Isby the acting Secretary of State, and Is dated May 8d. It acknowledges the receipt of tho Chevalier's letter very briefly, and moroly says such communications as tho Austrian Government may hiijo occasion to mako through Mr. Belmont, will be roipect- ftilly received —Charleston Courier. Letter from Rome. Mr. Weed, in bis last letter from Rome, announces that he. had Just beon presented to the Pope. Wo quote: In the afternoon of Sunday, I wns present ed by Mr. Cass to his Holiness. _Wo went by nppotntmont at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Middleton, of Bouth Carolina, Mrs. Rutliorford, of New Jersey, and Gen. Stuart, of Baltimore, were presented at the same time. Mrs. Middleton Is tho daughter of a Roman officer, who died recently, and who was for a long time Gover nor ofthe castle of St. Angels. Sho had a petition to present, as king for tho contlnua- iloaof* pension to her mother. This led to a conversation which displayed tho Popo in all hla benovolcnce of heart. I was gratified with tho opportunity thus offered to see his fine, expressive countenance lighted up. and to hear him speaking the Ian- gunge ofklndnoss and affection which have characterized his whole life." Mr. Cass told mo that Mrs. Reed, of Bal- timoro, whom ho presented twoor three weeks igo, informed tho Pope that slio took a warm interest in a church nearly finished In her native city, and asked of His Holiness a pic ture. This request was readily granted, and a valuable painting goes to Baltimore. “There was an unpleasant occurrence In front of St. Peter's yesterday. When tho Pope was abont to pronounce the Boncdiction, a French officer ordered Mr. Jones, of Now York, to takooffhlshat, Mr. Janes refused, and tho officor knocked it off, for which be struck the officer with his cane. Tho officer struck hack with his sword, cutting Mr. Jones slightly in tho hand, who returned another blow with his cane. By this time he was ta- kon In chargo by troops and carriod to prison, Information was taken to-Mr. Cass, our Min ister, who immediately wont to tho authori ties, and after two or threo hours’ delay pro cured his relcnso.” turning in plowing or harrowing, than when doing any other work. Worth Knowino.—A young lady of Ibis city, while In the country soma yearsago, step ped on a rusty nail, which ran through hor shoe and foot. Tho Infiamatlon and pate wore very great, and look jnw was apprehend ed. A friend ofthe fiimily, howovor recom mended the application ofa boot taken fresh from the garden and pounded flno, to tho wound. It wns done, and the effect was very beneficial. Soon the inflamatlon began to subside, and by keeping on tho crushed beet, changing it for a fresh one as its virtue scorn ed to bccomo Impaired, a speedy cure wns ef fected. Slmplo but effectual remedies like this should bo known by everybody,—Phila delphia Saturday Evening Post. Com which Is Intended for tho market, should not bo shelled until near the time of sending It away; It should then bo thorough ly dry, and carefully flrnned from chaff and particles of cobbs, because theso substances are frequently the origin of heat In shollcd corn, from tbo feet ol their being more sub ject to decay than the com Itself. Every tiiino under shelter.—Tho wag ons, carts, plows, harrowsj cultivator, liorso- roko, Ac. cost on manv'fendl at least "S39D. They wear out or break (n halfthe time they wouldolliorwiso endure, by exposure; that is, 6800 with Interest has to bo paid where 8300 might answer with cate.—Albany ('ul- tivatoa. Death from Excitement.—A fow days since, two gentlemen, Wm H. Miller and James McDonald, had an altercation near, Martlnsburg, Va., In which tho latter was knockcddown. A bystander told Mlllorthat ho had killed him, when he, Miller, Immedia tely fell and expired. Miller had been sub ject to a discaso ofthe heart. Somo excitement has been created at Rich mond Virginia, In conseqnpnco of Govorucr Johnson having commuted tho punishment of death to that ofbanislimcnt from the State tho case ofa slave named Jordan, who on be ing whipped by a white ovei seer for had work and disobcdlcnco, bad rlson against and kill cd him, for which crime ho had beon regular ly tried and sentenced to be hanged. The Escapo of Thomas F. Meagher. Wo have already mentioned the rumor of the escape of Mr. Meaghor, ono of tho Irish exiles, from Van Dleman’s Land. The New York Truth Teller contains tho following ex tract from a private letter, dated on board British ship, nt Hobart Town, January 18th, which would seom to confirm tho rumor. "Meagher has mado his escapo from this— somo say he has broken hisparolo, others say not. Ho wrote to the police magistrate of his district, to say that ho did not wish his leave extended. Somo say ho left before the letter was delivered, ethers say he did not, but that lie remained until a person who was sont to watch him came to his houso. Ho came out and asked tho man whether he wanted him. Ho said ‘No.’ Ho then went into tho house and escaped through tlio back way. In two hours after somo more polico came to arrest him, but the bird had flown. And so tho case stands.”-^Sae. News. Tnn Excavations at Nineveh.—Private letters from Nlnovoh state that Col. Rawlln son, who Is now conducting tho excavations abandoned by Mr. Lnynrd, “ has opened out tho entire plnco of a sopulture of tho Kings and Queens of Assyria." "There they lie ' wo are told, “In huge stonn sarcophagi, with" ponderous lids, just as they were deposited more than 3000 years ago," • Laughter. A faculty bostowod oxclusively’upon man, and one which thoro (s, therefore, a sort of Imploty in not oxevclslng ns frequently ns wo can. Wo may say wi^i Titus, that wo havo lost a day, If It has passed without luifghlng. Tlio pilgrims at Mecca consider It so cssen- • tlnl a part of their duration, that they call up on tholr prophet to preservo them from sad faces. "Ah I” cried Ilchellas, with an honest prido, as his frionds were wcoplng over his death-bed. “If I wore to dlo ten times ovor, I novor should mako you cry half so much is I have made you laugh." Hard Swearing In France. A most startling artlclo appeared in tho Times: It was a list of various oaths taken by French statesmen and French officials, from tho lima of tho last oath proposed by tho President—oaths of all colors, and all as serl- outly carved as tho patchus of harlequin’s jacket. Tho President has, of conrsa, his own notion of an oath—that Is of nn oath sworn by himself, Whon a Chinaman swears ho breaks a saucer. Whon a Louis Napolcsn swears nothing Is broken except the oath.— Punch. IffT A certain cockney bluobcard, ovorcomo by his sensibilities, fainted at tho grave of hts fourth spouso. "What shall wo do with him 1" asked a porploxcd friend of his. “Let him alone," orlcd a waggish bystander, “he'll soon revive. Smith says that, when tho law says that* roan can't marry his grandmother, or his aunt, io law makes an ass of lt- A Doctor as is a Doctor.—A lolf-suffl- clcnt humhng, who took up the business ofa physician, and pretended to a deep knowl edge of tho healing art was once called to visit a young man afflicted with apoplexy. Bolus gazed lnng and hard, felt his pulse and pocket, looked at his tongue and his wife and finally gnvo vent to the following sublime o- plnion: “J think lie's a gono follor." “No, nol" exclaimed tho sorrowful wlfo, “do not say tint." “ Yes," returned Bolns lifting up his hat and oyes heavenward at the same time, “yos, I do say so; there ain’t no hopo, not tho least- ost might; ha's got an attack of nihil tit in his lost frontls—,’’ “Whore I" cried tho startled wlfo. "In his lost frontls, and can't bo cured with out somo trouble and a great deal of pains. You see his whale planetary system is deran ged; fhstly, hts voxpnpnli is prcssln’ an his advalorem; secondly, his cutacardlnal cuta neous has swolled considerably, If not more; thirdly and lastly his solar ribs are in a con cussed state, and he ain’t got any monoy, con sequently he’s hound to die.” A Short Confab.—"Say 1 hillol Joomcs, wot’s your name 1 Look’ yo here, wore you at SUnker's hall last evonlnl” Yah, I vash dore mit minojolf, mine vrow und dor mote littlo hoy.” "now did you like It 7" “Veil, I likes him so hotter ash nothing— It vash goot, yet vas bettor as good, it vashe nlsbo." “Wot ’ad they ter eat, old six-and-olght ponce 1" 'Veil day hash dcr bork nnd ponns, dor senaps und der lawgor poor, a nlslio pand of mooslo mit anudder hant-orkin, and a grate pig flto unt dor fishts und pisbtol mit locks und powdor.” The “James” and hlsqucstlonor "Blid," one to abcor houso, tho other to nobody knows whore 1—iV. Y, Pic. Bulltrog Concert. An eastern editor hns boon favored with a grand Frog Concert. Ho transcribes tho re citation as follows i “Rung do nung—knng tubg, Koo do kung, to koo ; Titterl, titteri nong, Tittori, titterl koo." full cuoous, Bung do kung—kick a hu I Te to wco noun da koo. SOLO SOPRANO. Tlddery po do wo kum, Podo wcot, podo weet 1 CHORUS OF BASS VOICES, Kung, kung, trata kunk, Diggory kum, do kum de boo. tree-toad solo. Tr—a—a to weet! Wcetorry dec I The effect was truly astonishing; tho stars blinked, and tho balmy zeph; catch tho cuchantlng melod, marries tho whole femily, A poet says: "Oli sho wns ftlr, But sorrow camo and loft it traces there." He does not inform us what became of tho rest of tlio harness. Questions in Military Tactics.—Which Is tho most difficult operation 1 To knock down a fort, or throw up a fortification! Ought tho Poor te bo provided for ! y tho, country 1 This question was onco debated tea litera ry Society, Tho argument was summod up a follows: There are throe kinds of poor: tho Lord's poor; tho Devil's poor, and tho poor Devils. Tho Lord will tako caro of his poor, and tho Devil will toko caro of his poor, and tho poor Devils are not worth taking caro of. Enoo.—Tho country need not trouble It self about tliu poor. Thoro Is a young lady up town who says that if a cart wheel has nlno felloes attached to It, It’s a pity that a woman Uko hor can’t have ono follow. A Midshipman's Apolooy.—Tho Scientific American, te reporting an experiment with tho Firo Anniidlator, briefly stated that tho “build ing burned down, as ivator was not handy."— Colton, the oxporiraenter te tho caso, has re monstrated against this statement as untrue, aud Insisted on. a correction. Whereupon the Scientific American apologizes, and admits that tho “water was handy, but, it not being used, tho building burned down." An Irish counsel being questioned by a Judgo to know “ for whom ho was concerned,'' replied,I am concerned,my lord,for tbo plantlff, but I am employod for tho defendant,” Personalities.—An eccentric parson te tho Old Dominion, who is known by tho some what unique nntno of Sorvant Jones, onco dined with a Mr. Owl who placed before his guest the mortal remains ofa fowl whoso bones formed tho debris of a former repast. The parson was called upon to ask a blessing, which hegdid te the following manner; “Lord of love, Look down form abovo, And bless the Owl That ate tho fowl,' And left tho bones For Sorvant Jones.” (3T The Southern Era notices tho marri age of Mr, John II. Stranger to Miss Eliza beth A Stranger, ali of Albemarle county,' Va. An exchango thinks that this is vory Strange, but says, no doubt tho next ovont of courso will bo a tittle stranger I A major of militia te Pennsylvania, who had recently been oloctcd, and who was not overburthened with brains, took it into his head on tho morning of parado to go out and exercise a littlo by himself. The field selec ted for the purposo was his own top. Plac ing himself to a military attitude, with his sivonl drawn, ho exclaimed,—"Attention tho the whole! Rear rank, threo paces, march 1" and ho tumbled down tho collar. His wife, hearing the noise occasstoncd te fulling, camo running out and asked— “My dear liavo you killed youraclfl” “Go te tho houso, woman,” said tho major ‘wbnt do you know about war 7" An Epitaph.—thrmor named Kcozlo hired a fellow who had-a knack of pootrymaklng to write bis opitaph. Ho was to give tho pocta dinner and supper for the job. After tho first meal, ho sat down and began thus: "Thoro was a man who died oflnto, For whom nngols did impatient, wait, With outstretched arras and wings of lovo, To waft.him to the realms above." Kcczle was much pleased with this, and begged tho writer to go on;.but ho declined finishing the epitaph until he had tho supper. That Unished, ho put on hts coat, and then wound.up tho verso in theso words: "But while they disputed for tho prize, Still hovoring around tho lower s In slipped tho devil, like a ive And down to ho kickci After,which ho took to his Keozlo after him withn horsoi Stranoe Story.—Bayard of his letters from'Africa, that, “country of dogs” te Arabia v wore te all respects hun men had races llko dogs, c and tolls liko monkeys. 1 but carriod on convi tails. This lud fori