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twlfflilu Constitutionalist. BY JAMES GARDNER. Congress—Length of Session—Change in ' Meeting. A Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, (an auti-Lecompton paper; states, in a re cent letter, that the Committee of Congress, crea ted by the adoption of the resolution of Mr. Harris, j of Illinois, will make their report at an early day. In relation to the adjournment of the present session, the writer says: » “ The few who thought, at the commencement t of the present session, that it would terminate iu , May, have reluctantly given up this hope. The J main appropriation bills, the Kansas question, the ( Utah question, eight Investigating Committees, the i codification of the revenue laws, the Clayton-Bul g wer controversy, the Paraguay difficulty, and many other questions equally important and ’ which will give rise to debate, have j'et to be disposed of in either House. The six or seven hundred reports * from the Court of Claims, which will be taken up,are ' excluded from the consideration, as there seems to ( be no disposition, on the part of the House at ( least, to give them any large amount of attention. . It is hardly probable,'with these facts in view, that 1 Congress will adjourn sine die before August. An effort will be made, I learn, to equalise the length of the two sessions of Congress by provid- < ing that they shall be opened in October, instead ot on the first Monday of December, in each year. ( This has been tried, on occasions, unsuccessfully fqr a dozen years past. The Use of Sait as a Manure. A portion of the proceedings of the American Institute Farmers’ Club, we find in the New York Tribune , of the 17th inst. We copy the following from that paper. At this time salt can be purchased in this as well as in the Atlantic markets, at a very low price, and our planting friends should at least regard the opinion of one of the ablest and most successful agriculturists in the Union, Professor Mapks, and try the effect of salt upon the old pastures of the country. Salt upon Old Pastures — Solon Here is another seeker after knowledge. He wants to know if “sowing salt upon old pasture-lands in*- creases the growth of grass, and whether salt sown upon any dry lands increases the crops? Also, how much weight of guano, from actual trial, is necessary to sow per acre on fair latnis to insure a good crop of corn, and whether it should be plow ed under or sowed on plowed land and harrowed in.** v, JCln regard to the guano, my opinion is that it is always most profitably used upon land sown with small grain, thoroughly mixing from two hundred to three hundred pounds per acre with the surface soil, by the plow or harrow, and always sowing grass or clover-seed with the grain. Turn this crop of clover or grass under to manure the crop of corn. If guano is to be applied to a corn crop di rect, I would plow it in. as lam not an old salt, I will leave that question for somebody else to an swer, for the benefit of “A Young Connecticut Farmer.” Prof. Mopes. —An excess of salt upon land will kill all vegetation for the first year, except aspara gus, but the land will afterward be found very pro ductive. In England salt is recognised by gov ernment as a manure of such value that it passes turnpikes toll free, and it is used by farmers at high prices. Here it is used to be thrown away by the pork-packers, aud I have bought it at four cents a bushel, Balt upon old pastures will always improve them. It may be used from five to fifteen bushels per acre. It always does best upon luiftfc that has been limed. I would use it five to ten bushels per acre on old pasture. It is useful mall cotopust. It is largely used upon cabbage gardens fcf*t- tbls city. If J* u slack throe bushels ot lime UPii solution o t one bushel of salt, it is the thing ever used to decompose muck. It is also excellent upon the roots of peach trees. Gu ano is much more valuable when treated with a carboy of sulphurous acid to a tun. It makes the guano fine, so that all the lumps can be divided and mixed with the soil. I prefer to mix guano with super phosphate. HT We see it announced that Mr. Joax Bukw a prominent merchant in New York, hung himself in that city, on the ISth inst. The weather is reported in the neighbor hood of Albany as very pleasant and spring-like. The Patriot says “ many large planters will com mence planting their corn crop next week.’’ - IW The Savannah Georgian seems somewhat solicitous about Prof. Charles DeGhath. We fear the Professor is rather “ unremiting” in his attentions to our cotemporary in Savannah. j Jg~ Thomas Thomas, who was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, at tbe last term of the Superior Court of Lee county, for the murder of Joseph S. Caoss, broke jail in Starkville lasi week. One thousand dollars is offered for his apprehen sion. So says tbe Albany Patriot. &T A very neat breastpin has been left at our office, and which was found near the Augusta Ho tel laet night. The sets are rubies and pearls (or at lean by gas-light appear so) und evidently be longs to a very beautiful lady. It is now in our editorial sanctum, awaiting a call from owner. The Hermitage. —A bill has passed both House* of the Tennessee legislature allowing further time of two years for the General Government’s accept ance of the Hermitage for the site of a military school. Madame Axxa Bishop is concerting in Chili, and Madame Thierry doing the dancing. The United States frigate St. Lawrence sailed from Rio de Janeiro December 16th for the river Plata, and the United States-steamer Merrimac left the same day for Valparaiso. A Submarine Tunnel. —It is proposed to con nect Boston with East Boston by means of a sub marine arch or tunnel under the channel, at a cost of three hundred and fifteeen thousand one hun dred and fifty dollars. Hoop, Hurrah I— Two thousand girls, or a force equivalent to that number, are employed in one establishment in the city of New Yori:in manufac turing hoops for the ladies. We are an expansive people—enlarging daily. African Immigration to the South.— C3ills have ibeea introduced in the legislatures of Mississippi and Louisiana incorporating companies to procure the voluntary immigration of Afecans convacting to later for a term of years. The total amount of specie in the Pennsylvania banks is eight million one hundred snd seveety three thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine dollars, of which four million eight hxndred and twenty-three thousand dollars is in Philadelphia, one million three hundred and fifty thousand dol- Jars in Pittsburg, and two million dollars in the country banks. A Heavy Loss.—The sugar-house on the Louisi ana plantation of Col. Jacob Hollingsworth, of Hagerstown, Md., was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago' The Herald says there were several hundred hogsheads of molasses and a large quan tity of sugar stored in the building, all of which was burnt. Tbe loss is estimated at upwards of thirty thousand dollars, upon which, however, there was an insurance of twenty-eight thousand dollar?. » j A fire occurred in New York on Wednes" I day night, at No. 56 Maiden lane, and extended through to No. 25 Liberty street. The de stroyed the stocks of Wixdle & Co., Charles Ah renfeldt, and Edward Hex. The loss is estima ted at 1200,000. The Gila Expedition. —The legislature of the Tentory of New Mexico has adopted a preamble and resolution complimentary to Col. B. L. E. Bonneville, third United States infantry, and the officers and men under him, for the successful manner in which the late Gila expedition was pro secuted against the various warlike Indian tribes. Great Decline in Imports. —The whole value of the importations at Boston, during the last week, was two hundred and fifty-five thousand three hun dred and seventy-one dollars. The amount in the corresponding week last year, was two million four thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Deceased. —Mr. Jacob Dubbs, one of the oldest citizens of Harrisburg, Pa., died on Monday noon, 15th inst., aged about seventy years. He was drum-major of the second regiment of Pennsylva nia volunteers from that place, in the war of 1812, under the command of Capt. Walker. I Mortality Among the Ministers.— Since the Ist of January, of the present year, the New York Herald has published obituary notices of the fol lowing clergymen: \ Rev. Daniel Baker, at Austin, Texas. Rev. Hugh Sneed McEloy, at Detroit, Mich. ' Rev. J. A. Lehmanowskv, at Clark county, Ind. Rev. J. B. Carmichael, at Vernon, N. J. Rev. Wm. Ramsey, at Philadelphia. Rev. A. Harmon, at Savannah, Ga. Rev. Holloway W. Hunt, in Mercer county, N. J. Rev. Jacob Norton, at Billerica, Mass. Rev. Beverly Waugh, at Baltimore. Rev. John VV. Perkins, at Boston. Rev. Lester Lewis, at Middletown, Conn. Rev. Daniel Garrows, at Mystic, Conn. Rev. Samuel Gilman, at Charleston, S. C. Rev. John C. Welsh, at Providence, R. I. Rev. John Knox, at New York. From the Southern Christian Advocate. Col. Wade Hampton. We have received from a correspondent the fol lowing excellent tribute to the worth of Col. Wade Hampton, in one of the most responsible relations that a man can hold to his fellow-men : “ While many beautifully appropriate obituary notices of this beloved and honored gentleman have, since the short period of his demise, ap peared in the public prints, yet we deem the full measure of his praise has not been written, until his character as a master has been, at least, in some measure, portrayed. And although we can at best, but touch upon this part of his character, can but ta ; ntly exhibit the daily excellence of his life in this responsible relation, still, that the high example be not altogether lost, the noble lesson not entirely unread by those to whom personally or by character he was a stranger, we are induced to say what we know, and testify what we have seen in respect to this view* of the character of this model of a southern planter, and noble Carolina gentleman. And while we affirm, that, however well and nobly tie performed all the duties of life, yet, in that most difficult duty, to his servants, he most excelled, we will be borne out, not only by the public and his most immediate associates, but by his attached, and now bereaved and sorrowing servants themselves, who are even uow wailliag his requiem long and loud, os his beloved remains are borne from their sight forever. A noble pio* neer, a munificent patron of our missions to the negroes, by extensive and mighty example, he, in a thousand instances, smoothed the path for the disheartened, toil-worn missionary. A cheerful smile, a hearty welcome, a generous sum, did the preacher to his people always receive from him. No mistake about his subscription ; others might fail, might give grudgingly, or suntedly, but not so this liberal-hearted man. May the blessings of those ready to perish for the Gospel, supplied through his means or influence, descend upon his children to the latest generation. “The Congaree Mission of the Church South, (S. 0. Conference) of which he wus the pioneer, to which, since its existeuce, he has given energy and vigor, would be itself his noble monument; but the far South-west's teeming plantations of immortal souls saved through his instrumentality, shall, in the day of eternitv, we may trust, be his crown of rejoicing. Col. flampton, the most ex perienced, most practical, most successful of plan ters, taking hold (in the way he did everything he had at heart) of this great religious interest, gave tone, gave authority, to the thing at ouce, and thus opened new fields ot influence of untold ex tent, to the gospel minister. Then, his humane and considerate treatment of his poor dependants, in such beautiful harmony with his care for their immortal interests, held up to the most sordid and obtuse a pattern which often captivated* or con strained to imitation. To the hard mar., the churl, the purse-proud, though cold, reserved, in accessible —not so, to the humble slave, the tiller of his field. His ear was ever open to his cry, and oppression’s rule he was suffered net to fear or feel. If the Bible view of this patriarchal relation of master to servants, as exhibited by Col. Hamp ton, wus more often given to the world, how dif ferently would, in course of time, be looked upon and commented on, this much maligned institu tion of our southern States. “ A brief notice of Col. Hampton’s character, as a Christian master, we have thought due the read ers of the Sjuthern Christian Advocate , to whom his name has been so long known as associated with our domestic mission. “May his good name, in this connection espe cially, be as ‘oiutment poured forth.’ M. M. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 13,1555. From the Wilmington (X C.) Journal. White Hall, Feb. 17th, 1858. Messrs. Editors: An awful and heart-rending scene is presented here this morning. On last night, (Tuesday, the 16th inst.,) at 12 o’clock, the steamer Magnolia, Captain n, while delivering passengers and freight at this place, exploded her boilers, scattering wreck, ruin and death around. 1 have only time to state a few of the particulars. Among the whites we have found: Captain John Stedraan, killed. Dr. MiLton Fellows, of Bladen, killed. Thomas J. Tyson, of Cumberland, killed. Jas. O. West, of Bladen, on the boat, not found. Susan E..Larry, (or Leary,) formerly of Marion C. H.. S. C., late of Norfolk. Va., on the boat, not found. A small boy named Andrew Bell, on the boat, not found. Xegroes. —Five dead bodies found. It is thought that from five to ten others, white and black, are lost. Badly Hurt. —T. S. Lutterlob,arm broken, doing well; Geo. Peaman, Wilmington, badly scalded and otharwise injured;; Archibald Mcßae, son of John Mcßae, of Harnett county, badly burned ; to gether with aeveral othecs. The boat is a total ruin. Parts of her hull, ma chinery aad apparel cover the shore ifor two hun dred yards around. Harrison Driver, the male, after being blown overboard into the river, swam to the i’at lying at the landing, and was instantly active aad efficient in rendering relief. Driver’&sonduct merits much praise. The sufferers are being well attended to. Those of the whites, not here named, who were known to have been on the boat, are saved. The most melancholy and pitiable sight, is pre sented here. Frightful and horrible distorted corpses lie scattered around. New York, Feb. 17.—The United States frigate Wabash, has arrived below, and is now at anchor off’ the bar. New York, Feb. 17.—8. F. Butler, a director in the Middlesex Mills, has gone to Washington on business connected with the tariff’ corruption in vestigation. An Independent Treasury System, similar to that of the United States, is proposed and i a bill is before the legislature an the safijeat. j J AUGUSTA, GY., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1858. From, the Washington Uniqn. Inaugural Address of Gov, Weller, ol | California. The inaugural address of Gov. Weller, delivered on the 9th of January last, is of moderate length, and is devoted nriacipally to matters of a local in terest. He deplores the disposition manifested by a portion of the people in various sections of the country to take the law into their own hands; urges a readiness on the part of the community to discharge the duties ofjurors, and that the purity of the ballot-box be maintained; laments the fact that men have sought office in California, not to benefit the State, but from a sordid desire to make money: and declares that the whole power of the State snail be used to maintain # the supremacy of the laws. The Governor then dwells briefly upon the sub ject of land-titles in California, the condition of the finances of the State, the payment of the inter est on its debt, the wagon roads across the country now in course of construction by the general gov ernment, and concludes with the expression of the following patriotic sentiments: Although geographically separated from our sister States by uninhabited mountains and boister ous seas, we feel none the less interest in main taining that Union which has made the name of an American honored and respected in every por tion of the civilised world, and secured to us at home a degree of freedom and prosperity unpar alleled in tne history of man. Under that Consti tution which spoke the Federal Government into existence we have built up a mighty empire which now attracts the wonder and admiration of Ihe world. It is the bounden duty of every American to brighten and strengthen, and extend that Union and transmit it unimpaired to posterity. Different i laws and different customs prerail in the respective j States, and the only way to secure the peace and 1 tranquility of the Republic is for each to abstain from intermeddling with the affairs of its neigh bor. That fraternal feeling which ought to exist amongst members of the same family requires more than this. We should avoid, as fir as possible, the discus sion and agitation of questions calculated to im pair the constitutional rights of others. An hon est man will not agitate a question when the effect of that agitation is to infringe upon the rights and lessen the value of his neighbor’s property, but leave him to the free aud undisturbed enjoyment of it. The people of California, with great una nimity, decided that slavery should not exist in this State. No one denies our right so to decide, nor do any of our sister States attempt to interfere with this question. Other communities, in the exercise of their sovereignty, have seen proper to tolerate slavery. They have a right to enjoy their institu tions without being disturbed by us. It is true, the freedom of speech and of the press are guaran tied by the Constitution ot the people; but is there not a 'moral as well as a political obligation resting upon us to exercise these privileges in such .a man ner as not to invade or trespass upon the rights of other States ? The agitation of the slavery question in the northern States, whilst it has in no degree benefit ed the African race, has engendered a feeling which is now threatening ihe permanency of the government. These States can never be kept to- E’er by force. The tie of affection can alone us.' Destroy this, and it requires no prophet [ to foresee that disunion is inevitable. We must ' live together as frit <ds and as equals in all r or we cannot live together at all. We cannot livql 1 as friends unless we cease slandering and abusing J each other. We cannot be equals unless territory l [ acquired by our common blood and common tre*-| ' sure is left free to emigrants lrom the respective | States with their different species of property. | _ When nStategovemment is organised, then slavery | 3 may be sanctioned or prohibited as the people m£y i £ direct. If they have not intelligence decide this question without the intervention of * I Congress or any other power, republican inStitiv B tions can no longer be sustained by Americans. B May He, who controls the destinies of nations, ‘j preserve aud protect our national ship from the im e pending storm which threatens its destruction. ; If tom the Washington Union , Feb. 18. t Statement by General Calhoun* * Washington Cmr, Feb. 17, 1858. i To the Flitor of the Union: 3 Sin: I have already communicated to the Com mittee on Territories in the Senate a full state . ment of facts connected with the application of ) Kansas for admission into the Union as a State. • I need not repeat those facts in this paper, as they ; will doubtless reach the public m a few days. It f is with reluctance that I refer to matters pertain , ing solely to the local politics of the Territory in * which I live, and with which, to some extent, I - have been connected ; but thtf various and contra • dictory statements that have been made by un » scrupulous and irresponsible letter writers to the ? public press, touching the discharge of rny official l duties as President ot the constitutional conven tion, make the duty imperative. i Excitement, conflict, and great confusion, must , necessarily attend the organization of government p for a community brought together from all parts l oftheworli, and actuated by different objects, - motives, and prejudices. No Territory ever or ) ganised in the United States has suffered more - from causes of this character than Kansas. The * conflict about the shaping of our institutions, so I constantly directed bv persons and parties outside p of the Territory, has forced within its limits a class i of population from every portion of the Union, • most dissimilar in character and with the strongest - predisposition to collision. That disorder and i confusion, the violation of individual and public • rights and duties, should result from such causes, may be deplored, but could not be prevented, i Good men have sought the peaceful remedy to ■ these controversies in the ballot-box. Rad men i have been governed by no scruples as to public or l private action. In the periodical addresses put forth by the law and order or Democratic party of • Kansas, every foreign influence has been repudi ated, and every effort made to procure for Kansas the quiet, peaceful settlement of all questions of public policy by the fair and honest expression of the popular will. To the fullest extent these re commendations have not probably prevailed with r their own party friends, who, in opposition to a ’ party knowing and respecting no law, may have , been driven to the extremity of wrong and the violation of public right and duty. Bpt it is not ’ my object to go into a full examination of thissub , ject. My obiect now is to place myself right be , tore the public on the subject of the election re turns for members of the legislature in Leaven worth county, the statements m reference to which have been so conflicting and contradictory. On the 13th of January, the day before I opened the returns of the Kansas elections for and under the Constitution, I was called upon by several gen- 1 J tlemen from Lawrence, headed oy JJoctor or Gover-1 t nor Robinson, and asked if I would be governed, in determining the result of the election in Lea- ' venworth county, L y the sworn statement of one of i ’ the judges of election at the precinct known as the 1 “ Delaware Crossing.” I replied, no! That I , could not, and would not, go behind the election ! ' returns. It was then stated that the question was 1 f as to the legality of returns; and fraud was ’ charged, on what information I did not learn, upon 1 p the ground that ‘the returns sent to me were not ] the true returns as approved and signed by the ! judges of election. To give the full opportunity « of submiting testimony as to the legality of the returns, I told the gentleman that, as the lelfisla- ! ture would have no duties to perform until "after ] the decision of the question of admission, there i t could be no necessity for the immediate issuance < . of certificates of election in that or any other case, 1 ' and that the difficulty u hich they suggested could, * in the mean time, be fully investigated. This statement I made the next day in the pre- 1 sence of the gentlemen wko were present at the opening of the returns. I also authorised Gov. Denver 1o state that if the judges of election would furnish me, under oath, a statement that the re turn made was false and fraudulent, 1 would treat such statement as a corrected return, and be gov erned by it in giving certificate? of election. I 1 knew nothing of the Dele ware returns, t only that public rumor had given to the j ‘ ic party a majority at that precinct of som ® three ; * or four hundred. I supposed the returns fron’i that | * precinct were in my office, and was undece»’ vec M | only when all the returns were opened and th>V ! 1 were not found. These returns wore of great im* 1 1 portance, a3 they determined not only the political t 1 1 complexion of Leavenworth county, but of both ! a branches of the legislature. As they stood at the opening of the returns, without the Delaware Crossing vnte, the Republicans had a majority in Leavenworth county, and, consequently, a majori ty of both branches of the legislature. * In order to ascertain the truth, I sent a messen ger to that precinct to see the judges of election, and learn the facts as to the charge of fraud in the return*. In the meantime, the sealed returns from that precinct were put into my hands by Mr. Diefendorf, one of the commissioners for Leaven worth county, and on the same day that the mes senger returned from Delaware Crossing precinct. I received the returns and the messengers report at Weston, Missouri, on the 21st day of January. The messenger brought to me the following sworn statements of the judges and clerks of the precinci in question: Territory of Kansas , (Jaunty of Leavenworth: The undersigned judges and clerks of the elec tion held for State officers and members of the State Legislature, held at the precinct known as Delaware Agency, on the fourth day of January, A. D. 1859, do hereby certify that the returns made by U 3 of said election were correct and gen uine, and any statement made by any person as to the vote of said precinct can onlj be determined, as to ita truth or falsity, by a reference to said re turn* made by us as managers and clerks of said elMtiori'at raid precinct. Isaac Monday, ) Theodore F. Garret. / Judges. James C. Grinter. ) W. C. Wilson, I James Findley, J Lierks. Territet'y of Kansas, county of Johnson : Before cs«, tiam’l. Balters, an aetiug justice Os the peace in and for the county ana Territory aforesaid, personally appeared Isaac Monday, Theodore F. Garrett, James C. Grinter, Wm. C. Wilson, and James Findlay, who, being sworn, deposetb and saith that the foregoing statement is true, to the j/est of their knowledge and belief. Isaac Monday, Theodore F. Garrett, James C. Grinter, *f . W. C. Wilson, V James Findlay. Sworn to and subscribed before me this eigh teenth day of January, A. D. 1858. 'Samuel M. Salters, J. P. Territory cf Kansas , County of Johnson: Before me, Samuel Salters, personally appeared , Theodore F. Garrett, who, being sworn, says that j on the 11th day of January he was arrested in L-4iTehworth countv, under, as it was said, a war- t rant, and taken to Lawrence, by an armed party of ( ten or eleven, and, while he was under arrest, a proposition was made to him to make a new poll ( book, (by some one of the free-State party in Law rence, and he thinks by a man named Ewing,) j wlicb poll book should be made out so that Gen eral Calhoun would receive it, which deponent, . bfeiojf in durance, told him or them he supposed would* be all right. Theodore F. Garrett. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the eighteenth day of January, 1858. Sambel M. Salters, J. P. These depositions impressed my mind fully that the returns’ placed that day in my hands were true. I entertained no particle of doubt about the result, when, in the presence of Colonel Starks and others, I opened the returns and found a ma j jority of three hundred and seventy-nine votes [for the democratic party. I concluded, as a mat ter of course, that the depositions of the judges ( fmd clerks were made with a full knowledge of the HCODte-tfa of the returns, then for the first time in fin/ pt pession. The returns, together with the de- Vpositions of the judges and clerks, I sent to my | office at Lecompton, by Mr. Brooks, one of the l clerk in the Surveyor General’s office. lam m forujL^4n«ik letter from Mr. Brooks, that he placed " xhVrrai ?>votiat.ds of Gen. Maclean, the chief clerlr jk» the‘Surveyor General’s office, oh the 27th day of January. I at once said to my friends, a ;t» others who approached me on the subject, that the Democratic party had a majority in the legisle ure, and authorised the publication of such a state ment. I came to Washington with no particle of doubt on iny mind as to the result. On the Satur day night after my arrival in Washington, I called to pay my respects to an old friend, Judge Doug las, and before leaving be placed in my hands a paper he had just received from Kansas. This paper contained what purported to be the deposi tions of the judges of election for the precinct of Delaware Crossing; and in which the judges de posed that there were but forty-three votes polled at that precinct. I could not act, or form my opin ion upon a newspaper publication; but I imme diately informed my friends that if the statement so made should prove true, they must inevitably control my action. I have received and opened a return from the Delaware Crossing precinct, which gives to the Democratic party a majority of three hundred and seventy-nine votes, and would thus secure a majority to the Democratic legislative ticket of Leavenworth county, and a majority on joint ballot in the legislature, under the Constitu tion. If the judges of election at that precinct furnish to me, as I informed Gov. Denver before leaving Kansas, a reliable and sworn statement that but forty-three votes were polled there, 1 should make myself a party to the fraud if I de clined to be governed by the oaths of the judges. It is a question going to the legalityofthe returns. Os that I may judge and determine. I shall do so * and, in my determination, I shall be governed by justice, and truth and the right. If it shall, as it probably will, place the government of the State of Kansas in the hands of my enemies, no one will regret it more; but yet no one, not even a Black Republican, could perform the duty with more of the consciousness of right than I shall feel in the honest discharge of my official duties. I have written to Gov. Denver to procure the sworn state ments of the judges of this controverted precinct, and to have them taken under such circumstances as will secure a free and unbiassed exhibition of facts. By the sworn statements, so procured, I shall be governed in giving the certificates of elec tion to the members of the legislature from Lea venworth county. J. Calhoun. The Influence of a Smile. —Who can tell the value of a smile 7 Itccsts the giver nothing, but is beyond price to the erring and relenting, the sad and cheerless, the lost and forsaken. It disarms mal ice—subdues temper —turns hatred to love—re venge to kindness, and paves the darkest path with gems of sunlight. A smile on the brow be trays a kind heart, a pleasant friend, an affection ate brother, a dutiful son, a happy husband. It adds a charm to beauty, it decorates the face of the deformed, and mates lovely woman resemble an angel of paradise. Death of a Noted Duellist.—Pierre Gextin, •an old citizen of New Ojrleans, died suddenly a (ew days ago. The Picayune says: Mr. Gentin was a native of the ancient city of Geneva, and had devoted his early years to the profession of arms. Since 1808 he resided in this city, and during the war of 1814-15, served as a volunteer under Gen. Jackson. Shortly after his arrival here, he got into a difficulty about a game of billiards which resulted in a duel. When he and his opponent met, the latter, be fore they had crossed swords, struck him a false blow on his foot, which for the time being disa bled him. His second then took up the gauntlet ; on his behalf, and was slain. Two years after wards Gentin and his former adversary met as seconds at another duel, and after their principals 1 had decided their matter of dispute, another meet- i ing was at once arranged between Gentin and tne opposing second. This time the contest proceeded \ to a fatal issue, and Gentin came off conqueror. £ Since then he had been the hero of half a dozen j hostile meetings; but from all of them he escaped unwounded. * £ Cincinnati, Feb. 20. —The Methodist Protestant j Church, near the corner of Race street, was par tially destroyed by fire last night %an explosion l of the gas-pipe. Eight or ten persons were se- t verely injured, two or three of whom are not ex pected to live. ( St. Louis, Feb. 20.—Utah advices from Fort Scott to January Ist. The troops were in good spirits, waiting good weather and re-inforcements l to make a decent on Salt Lake Citv. Johnson was t well advised of the movements cf the Saints. Cummings was performing Gubernatorial duties i as far as able. The outward bound mails were i making good progress, having met many Indians, 1 aj! friendly. From the New York Journal of Commerce. 1 Additional by the Baltic. < The Collins steamship Baltic, Cap. Comstock, ‘ from Liverpool, at about > P. M., on the 3d inst., i arrived at quarantine about 10 o’clock last night. 1 The Cunard steamship Africa arrived out at 1 Liverpool, at 11.30 P. M., on Saturday, the 30th i January. j London Money Market. —The money market was j most abundantly supplied, and continued to grow < in ease. The rates for short loans were little more ; than nominal, and some transactions had taken i place in the discount market as low as per cent. Messrs. James Cousens & Sons, tea mer chants, had suspended payment. The failure was < also announced of four or five houses in Dublin, including that of Arthur McKenna k Sons, timber merchants. Gold continued to flow into the Bank ot Eng . land, and the bullion reserve was expected soon to • reach a point greater than ever before known, j The funds were firm, and Consols closed on the , 2d at 95%&95% for money and account, which » was rather below the highest point reached during - the day. 3 The'export of specie to the East by the mail of t the 4th would be £219,000. >- The Daily News thinks that gold will soon d again be exported to the Continent. American securities are reported quiet and without alteration. Great Britain. —The steamship Leviathan was successfully floated in the Thames on Sunday, the 31st of January. Arrangements had been perfect ed to complete tbe launch on the day previous, but the prevalence of a heavy gale rendered a post ponement imperative, and as Sunday proved most auspicious, it was determined to proceed with the operations rather than encounter the risks which a further lengthened delay would have entailed. The final floating of the great ship was effected with perfect ease, and no accident of any kind oc curred, although the river was literally covered with boats full of people, and the timbers forming the cradles, which had been kept down by the weight of the vessel, ascended with great, force some twenty or thirty feet above the surface of the water. The scene was a brilliant one, and the en thusiasm of the multitudes who witnessed the launch was manifested in loud and continued cheering. The Leviathan was towed by four powerful tug boats to her moorings, opposite Deptford, where she will remain until her internal arrangements are completed. The Atlantic Telegrayh Company had issued a call for the ordinary meeting ol the stockholders on the 18th of Februarv, and in anticipation of this meeting had published a full report of the position of the company. The report states that it is pro posed to raise a certain amount of new capital by an issue of twenty pound shares, with which to meet the charges of the seven hundred miles of additional cable now in course of manufacture, und to provide for contingencies. Great confidence is expressed in the success of the attempt to lay the cable next summer. The report concludes as fol- “ From the first commencement of the company’s proceedings it had been arranged that a certain number of gentlemen in America should be select ed to hold a position as honorary directors. Un der the original Constitution there were no powers to effect this object, but in the act obtained by the company, duriug last session, a clause was insert ed, giving the requisite authority, and it is there fore intended to propose to the meeting on the 18th February, the election of the following gentlemen, ordinarily resident in America, as honorary direc tors under the clause above referred to—viz.: “ In the United States—The Hon. E. M. Archibald, 11. M. Consul, New York; August Belmont, Peter Cooper, Francis P. Corbin, Wilson G. Hunt, A. Low, Matthew Morgan, Watts Sherman. f In Canada—Hon. George E. Cartier, Hon. John Ross, Hon. John Young. In New Brunswick—Hen. J- hn Robertson. The Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia quitted England on the 2d inst. They pro ceeded from London by railroad to Gravesend, where they embarked in the roval yacht, under a salute from Tilbury Fort and the squadron in at tendance, and amidst enthusiastic cheers of the assembled crowds. In the city of London, and all along tbe route, there was a perfect ovation to the young couple. A meeting of the bond and stockholders of'the Erie railroad had been held in London, to hear ex planations from the President, Mr. Moran. He staled their difficulties to have arisen from an in adequate capital and an enormous and misman aged floating debt, but considered there was a clear possibility of surmounting them, and obtain ing a fair remuneration to the shareholders for their outlay. A motion, authorising the creation of a fifth mortgage of five million dollars was carried, after a division. General Ashburnbam, who was appointed to command the British force* in China, but was transferred to India, had suddenly returned to Eng land without leave, because, as is said, only a com mand in the Punjub was suggested to him, which did not answer his expectation. The Morning Advertiser reiterates the rumor that Mr. Vernon Smith is to be raised" to a Peerage. An investigation at Liverpool into certain scan dalous charges brought against the Rev. Mr. Gent, a Curate in Dr. McNeile’s church, and which at tracted great attention, had ended in the complete vindication of Mr. Gent’s character, and so elated were the people at the result that they carried Mr. Gent in triumph to the Court, and dragged him in a carriage through the streets, while those who gave evidence against him barely escaped “lynch law”*from the mob. A frightful colliery explosion had occurred at a pit near Ashton-under-line. About one hundred men were iu the pit at the time, und it was feared that many of them were killed. At latest dates about forty had been taken out alive, some more or less injured, and two dead. A large reform meeting was held at Birmingham on the 2d, and resolutions were adopted declaring that no measures of reform would be completed without household suffrage and the ballot. Char tists amendments for universal suffrage were de feated by laFge majorities. Trance. —The Paris correspondent of the London Times, under date January 29, writes as follows: “A very numerous andhighly respectable meet ing of Americans was held this afternoon in the Hotel du Louvre, to express their sentiments on the recent atrocious attempt to assassinate the Em peror of the French. The Hon. John Wethered, a member of the United States Congress, was called to the chair, and in a few observations he explain ed the object of the meeting. Mr. Pillo, of Louisi ana, then proposed, and Mr. Prescott, of Boston, seconded, the following resolution: “ Whereas, Bv the Constitution of the United States the conduct of our relations with foreign governments is confided to the President of the United States, we, as citizens of the United States now assembled, disclaim all inclination or purpose to interfere with the Executive of our country in the discharge of its duties. “ And whereas, While temporarily sojourning in Paris, an attempt has been made to assassinate their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French, and that by means which necessarily en dangered tbe lives' of many of both sexes and of all ages, against whom the murderers could have had no cause of ill will. “And whereas Americans regard with horror : the crime of assasination and such diabolical at tempts to commit it: “ Resolved , That we have heard with detesta- , tion of the attempt made on the 14th inst., to de- , stroy the lives of the reigning Emperor and Em press of the French. , " Resolved, That we express our congratulations \ at the escape, which, under Providence, has been , accorded to their Majesties from the terrible dan ger to which they were exposed. ] “ Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting be requested to communicate these resolutions, so i that they may be made known to their Majesties.” These resolutions having been put, were adopt- , ed unanimously, and the chairman signed them. The meeting then broke up. It is said that five great directors of police are to be created. Each director generaUs to be under the orders of the Minister of the Interior. The list of the marshals to have command of the new military division, received by the Niagara, was incorrect. According to the most reliable au thority the commanders will be marshals Baraguay D'Hilliers, Canrobert, Bosquet, Magnan and Cas- 'VOL. 87—1STO. 9. tellane, while Pelissier will have supreme control over all, with the title of marshal general. Paris correspondent of the London Times reports that the improvement which was beginning to be observed in the general trade of the country, had been checked by the rumors in" regard to the restrictive measures proposed by the government, and the violent language employed in the military addresses to the Emperor. Wheat and flour had declined in price in almost all the markets of France. Brandies were dull, and quotations fall ing. An engineer named Duterte is have in vented an apparatus w-hich is destined to effect a complete revolution in the construction of locomo tives, and to save fifty per cent, in the amount of combustibles at present consumed. The project for a submarine tunnel between France and England had been submited to an offi cial commission named by the Minister of Public Work*. Letters from Paris mention the failure of Mr, James Odier, one of the oldest and most respecta ble of the banking firms of that city. The liabili ties were estimated at two hundred thousand pounds sterling. Hopes were entertained of a re sumption. A steady improvement in the Lyons silk market is reported, under the influence of orders for the European springtrade. The London Times is requested by Gen. Chan i garnier to state that, as the decree which exiled ! several French Generals has not been repealed, it ■ is not his intention at present to return to France, t In Paris, on the Ist, the project of a new law was • read in the legislative chambers, empowering the t Executive to remove from Paris all persons who may attempt to disturb public tranquility. A bill > was also submitted for the Constitution of a Coun ■ cil of Regency. The Empress is to be Regent, of I right; she failing, two French Princes m the order ■ of progeniture. The members of the Council of I Regency to be, the two French Princes in their : own right, Cardinal Moilot, Marshal Pelissier, > Count Persigoy, M. Fould, and the Presidents of the Senate, the Corps Legislatif, and the Council of State. A dispatch from Paris, of the 2d inst., says: “There is no doubt that the Emperor will modify some of the most stringent clauses of the repres sion bill. The papers discovered by the English police at Pierri s house, at Birmingham, are now in the hands of the authorities in Paris, but it is not known whether they have led to any further disclosures. Orsini and Pierri confess all that is imputed to them. Their murderous designs, it appears, were not confined to the Emperor; other sovereigns were to be included m the assassina tion, and especially the Pope, the King of Naples, and the King of Sardinia.” Latest—Faris, Tuesday. —The Monitevr pub lishes letters patent nominating the Empress Re gent in case of any calamity befalling the Empe ror before the Prince Imperial attains his majority. The repressive measure which has been proposed to the corps legislatif is a project de loi, and it • consists of certain additions to several of the arti cles penal codes—article second, punishes » with imprisonment from one month to two years, l even- individual who, with the object of disturb - ing the public peace or of exciting natred and con - tempt against the government of the Emperor, s shall have practiced any intrigues, or carried on e any correspondence either within this country, or - abroad. 3. Every individual, who, without being - authorised, shall have manufactured, sold ordistri li buted: Firstly, destructive machines, acting by i, explosion, or otfierwise: Secondly, fulminating s- powder, of whatever description, shall be punish n ed with imprisonment from six months to five l. years, and a fine of fifty to three thousand francs, sr "Article seven declares as follows: Any individual L may be interne in France, or Algeria, or expelled, who was condemned, expelled, interne or trans it ported in May or June, ls4H, in June, 1849, or in December, 1851, and who may jgain have been pointed out by important circumstances, as dan »f gerons to public safety. »- j Holland. —The Bank of Holland had reduced its 1, rate of discount.from five to four-ufld-a-half per a cent. t- Hanover. —M. Chas. llostmann, a Hanoverian e banker, bad failed, and committed suicide. 1 Sweden. —The new Swedish railway loan of e about one million two hundred thousand pouuds sterling, had been taken by several of the Banks of ) Credit Mobelier in Germany, in a four-and-a-half • per cent, stock, at a price between ninety and nine- I ty-one. Italy. —A rumor was current that the assassina tion of the King of Piedmont formed a part of the • programme which included the death of the Em peror Napoleon. The National Bank of Turin had reduced its rate of discount from seven to six per cent. India. —The Bombay mail of January 9th had arrived in England, but the news adds nothing of • importance to the telegraphic accounts brought i out by the Niagara. The correspondent of the Daily Hews, however, • asserts that the news from the Punjaub is unfavor i able. The Sikhs were not safe, and the Affgbans threaten on the northern frontier, t Australia. —The Australian mail, with dates from Melbourne to Dec. loth, had reached Eng . land, but the nett's was anticipated by telegraph— t as per Niagara’s advices. Trade throughout the . country was very dull, being confined to merely » actual requirements. Actors and Actresses. From the period immediately preceeding the Shakspearian epoch down to our own time, reh j gious excommunication and social ban have rested on the (theatrical) profession. a The profession of the stage is perhaps the most laborious of all crafts, requiring almost unceasing A mental and physical effort. The duties of an actor g comprise a study of new parts, and recovery of old e onpspbccupying, on an average, from two to four hours a day; an attendance at rehearsal m the n morniDg, occupying about two hours a day; and a ~ performance each evening, occupying in winter | tour and in summer about three hours. > The salaries of actors vary considerably; they may, however, be set down as averaging: In France, from twenty to two hundred francs a month ; in England, from four to twenty pounds a u month ; and in the United States from fifty to one : hundred and fifty dollars a month. Actors who have some acknowledged excellence, or peculiar e individuality, or are especially attractive, are call- II ed stars, and earn generally from four hundred to l * twenty-five hundred dollars a month. *} Actors and actresses, as the records of the stage a attest, are proverbially long lived, and free from f“ bodily infirmity. Performances are seldom changed ‘ by illness of the performers. In many theatres a season has passed without a single alteration, even of a part, from illness. This healthiness is doubt less owing to their necessarily active life, and reg -1 ular exei cise, not only of the limbs, but also of s the internal organs of the throat and lungs, there -3 by fortifying the weakest portion of the human ' system. *Wnen not addicted to intemperance, to 1 which the exciting character of the life inclines too many of the male portion of the profession. | many actors have reached the veiy longest period of the duration of human life. Os all classes, they are freest from crime. This is owing mainly to , the constant occupation of mind, time and bocy in their pursuit; but it may in some degree also be attributable to their softness of feeling and sym pathy of character. They are charitable almost to recklessness.— New American Cyclopaedia. Agricultural Truth.—The followinjg state ments will be found correct as to the soils under cultivation: 1. All lands on which clover or the grasses are grown, must either have lime in them naturally, or that mineral must be artificially applied in the form of stone, lime, or marl. 2. All permanent improvement of lands must look to lime as its basis. 8. Lands which have been|longj in culture will be benefited by the application of phosphate of lime, and it is unimportant whether deficiency be supplied in the form of bone dust, guauo, native phosphate of lime, compost of flesh, ashes, or oys ter shell lime, or marl, if the land need lime alone. 4. No lands can be preserved in a high state of fertility, unless clover and the grasses are cultiv r ted in the course of rotation. New York, Feb. 20.—Capt. Jas. We' ’ on the Baltic, Captain Comstock h St. Petersburg to treat with th» ment for the purchase of th'-