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Remarkable Plicnoinnnoa. The Hemsted, (Long Island) the 13th, gives an almost supernatural narra tion of tiie corpse of a young lady which was exhumed a fuw days since in that village for reinterment in anotlier spot. The coffin was in a good state of preservation—and on exam ination of tiie corpse, which yet presented its original shape, there was found to be growing from its surface, a vegetable substance in the ahape of filaments of grass, but of a whitish color, with a small bud on the end of each one. These spires of grass had risen from various parts of the face, the forehead, upj»er lips and •cheeks. Several were plucked, and are now in the possession of the gentleman who in formed us of this remarkable fact, and who has promised us an inspection of them. It is well known that in all dry, gravelly soils like that of Hemstcd plains, tlic body under .goes little or no dccoinjxxsition even after the japseof centuries. Under the tower of the church of St. Michael, at Bordeaux., (the fa jnous grave or gravelly country which raises tlie choice wines,) bodies are shown that are dried into mummies, and are several hundred years old—-their features, expression, &c., still femaining. The same, we believe, exists in fi church at Palermo, as described so grapically in one of N. P. Willis’ letters. In the above case, however, the fluids of the body appear to have been preserved, and to have afforded nu- : jtriment to the invisible germs of some of those -cryptogamous plants whose proportion is but little understood. Anecdote of the late King of Prussia. A Prussian lieutenant-colonel, whose regi ment had been disbanded at the end of the war of 1750, was constantly soliciting his majesty to be again put oil the establishment, and be came so troublesome that he was forbidden the court. Soon after, a libel appeared against his majesty; and Frederick, however indul gent he was to transgressions of this kind, was so much offended with the audacity of this, that he ode red a reward of fifty gold fredericks to any person who would discover the Tne lieutenant-colonel sent in his name king, signifying tint he had an of intelligence to give. He was a<iinittß~~- “ Sir,” he said, “ you have promised fifty* fPIP fredericks to the person who would discoved the author of such a libel—l am the man ; I lay my head at your feet; but keep your royal word, and while you punish the criminal, send to my poor wife and wretched children the sum you promised to the informer.” His majesty already knew who was the author of the libel: he was affected with the desperate extremity to which necessity had obliged an otherwise estimable officer to have recourse; but he had owned himself guilty.—“ Go (said the mon arch) instantly to Spandau, and under the locks of that fortress, wait the just effects of the wrath of your sovereign.”—“ I obey, sir ; but the fifty gold fredericks.”—“ In two hours your wife shall receive them. Take this letter, and deliver it to the governor of Spandau ; but en join him not to open it until after dinner.”— The lieutenant-colonel arrived at the dreadful castle assigned him for his abode, and declared jiimself a prisoner. When the desert was upon the table, the governor opened the letter; jt contained these words :—“ I give the com mand of Spandau to the bearer of this letter; be will soon see his wife and children arrive' with fifty gold fredericks. The present gov ernor of Spandau will go to B in the same quality : I bestow that recompense upon him, jn consideration of his services.” SINGULAR FATE OF A MISER. Monsieur Foscue, one of the farmers-gen eral of the province of Languedoc, in France, who had amassed considerable wealth by grind ing the faces of the poor within his province, and every other means, however low, base, or cruel, by which he rendered himself universal ly hated, was one day ordered by the govern ment to raise a considerable sum. As an ex cuse for not complying with this ■ demand, he pleaded extreme poverty ; but fearing that some of the inhabitants of Languedoc might give information to the contrary, and his house would be searched, he resolved to hide his treas ure in such a manner as to escape the strictest examination. He dug a kind of cave in his wme cellar, which he made so large and deep, 1 thnt lie used to go down to it with a ladder.— At tiie entrance was a door with a spring lock on it, which, w ien the door was shut, fastened of itself. Some time afte’* M. Foscue disap peared ; diligeui search was unde after him in every place: the neighboring ponds were drag ged, and every method which human imagina tion coaid suggest was taken to find him, but 1 without success. In a snort time after, his house was sold, and the purchaser begining to i rebuild it,or iWkc\>me alterations in it, the ■ workmen discovered a door in the cellar, with a key in the lock, which they opened ; and, on going down, found Monsieur Foscue lying dead on the ground, with a candlestick near him, but no candle in it—the latter he had eaten ; and on searching farther, they found the vast wealth he had amassed. It is supposed, that wlien M. Foscue went into his cave, the door by so ne accident shut after him, and being out of ttic call of any person, he jierished for want of food. He had knawed the ffesh off both his arms, as is supposed, for subsistence. Thus did this miser die in the midst of his treasure, to the disgrace of himself, and the prejudice of the I state. A noble deed. A few days since a gentleman from Phila delphia, with his wife and only child, a daught er about four years old, had taken passage on board the steamboat Buffalo, which was mak ing preparations to depart. The little daught er having wandered unperceived from her fa ther’s arms, and while playing near the guards, fell overboard. The cry was given of a drowning child! The father could not swim | —-the mother in an instant became almost dis tracted. At length tho former cried out, “will no one save my child—*my only child !” At this moment a boy, apparently about 12 years of age, sprang forward, saying—‘-Sir I'll try to save your child!” And doffing his fur cap, the little fellow plunged in with his clothes and boots on. The child was going down the second time in 30 feet water, when the boy caught the treasure and restored it safely to its mother. The best of it is, the boy refused compensation for what be had done. CROCKERY, DELF, AND CHINA. A lady, proud of her rank and title, was one day descanting on the superiority of nobility over the rest of mankind, to a large company of visitors. Says she, “ I think we may very well compare the threg.classes of people, no- Wity, gentry, and commonality, to the three ■asses of tea-drinking utensils,, china, delf, nil crockery.” A few minutes elapsed, when Be of the company expressed a wish to see B lady’s little girl. “ Tell the maid, John,” ?aid she to the footman, “to bring the little dear.” The fellow, wishing to expose his mis tress’ ridiculous pride, cried, loud enough to be heard by all the company. “ Crockery! bring down little China /” THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. MARYLAND. There is quite an exciement in the House of Delegates in the Stale of Maryland, in re gard to a demand made hv Governor Ilitner on the Governor of Maryland, for the surrend er of Nathan S. Bemis, Jacob Forwood, Ed ward Prigg, and Stephan Lewis, citizens of Maryland, for having, as is alledgcd," kidnap. [>ed several negroes in York county this state. The facts connected with this unpleasant af fair are briefly t lose : “ Several respectable citizens came into York county, in this state, in pursuit of their slaves. The fugitives were arrested on the warrant of a magistrate, who refused to give the certificate required by the act of congress for their removal, a law of this state having excluded him from such jurisdic tion, and vested it in judges of courts. With out any application to tiie competent authority according to our laws, the slaves were remov ed, and, in so doing, their owners not only in curred the penalties of the laws of this state, but violated the act of congress, and this with out necessity, as an application to competent judges would have been easy.” A special committee was appointed by the Maryland House of Delegates in reference to this matter, who after detailing the circumstan ces, reported the following, which was adopted by a vote of 50 to 4. “ We propose with the concurrence of your honorable body, to appoint a deputation from the Legislature of Maryland, to the Legislature ol Pennsylvania, to consist of three members, whose duty it shall be, immediately to proceed to Harrisburg and confer with the* Legislature now in session at that place, and demand from them the dismissal of the indictments now pending in York county court against Nathan S. Bemis, Jacob Forwood, Edward Prigg, and Stephen Lewis, citizens of Maryland, for the alledged crime of kidnapping; and such modi fication of the laws of that" State relating to negroes, as will effectually recognize the right of the master to arrest and bring away his ab sconding slave, and we have appointed Messrs. * -to join such gentlemen as mav be named by your honorable body to constitute such deputation.” The committe are Messrs. Maulsby and Alexander, of the House and one member from the Senate. Franklin, Pa. Telegraph. POE T R Y. “ The world is fulf of Poetry—the air Is living with its spirit: and the waves Dance to the music of its melodics, And sparkle in its brightness.” For the Southern Fust. TIIE MERMAID’S SONG. Oh ! come, sister, come ! to my beautiful isle, Which lies in the midst of the deep, deep sea ; And I'll meet you there with a welcome smile. And I’ll sing a song of love to thee. And I’ll show you where the sea-nymphs dwell, In their home ’neath the ocean’s deep blue wave, And I’ll let you sit in their rocky dell, Where the pure bright waters proudly lave. And the pearly gems you’ll gather there Shall shine with the diamond’s lustre bright: And they’ll deck your darkly waving hair. Like the twinkling stars in the sable night. Oil! come, sister, come ! to my coral bed, Where the sca-Wavcs echo to my song; And I’ll sing a dirge to the sleeping dead Who have laid in the briny deep so long. I’ll tell you how the ser-god flaps his wings, When he sends a wild tempest through the air; And the mournful song which the mermaid sings O'er the fatal seamen ship-wrecked there. And when you weep at the mariner’s fate, As he sinks to his cold and watery bed ; I’ll keep you safe from the sca-god’s hate, And my flowing hair shall pillow your head. And when you sigh for your friends away, .. Where they live ’mong your native forest trees ; I will not wish for your longer 9tay ’Mid the howling winds and the roaring seas. But away o’er the watery waste I’ll guide, And land you safe on your native shore ; Where you’ll meet With the ones for whom ron sigh’d, To weep and mourn for them no more. IVurrejiton, Ga. E. M. P. TIIE WORTH OF WOMAN, FROM THE GERMAN OF SCHILLER. Honored be woman! she beams on the sight, Graceful and fair, like a being of light; Scatters around her, wherever she strays, Roses of bliss o’er our thorn-covered ways; Roses of Paradise, sent from above, To be gathered and twined in a garland of love. Man, on Passion’s stormy ocean, Tossed by surges mountain high, •Courts the hurricane’s commotion, Spurns at Reason’s feeble cry. Loud the tempest roars around him, Louder still it roars within ; Flashing lights of hope confound him, Stuns him life’s incessant din. Woman invites him, w ith bliss in her smile, To cease from toil and be happy a white, Whispering wooingly—coipe to my bower— Go not in search of the phantom of power— Honor and wealth are illusory—come ! Happiness dwells in the temple of home. * Man, with fury stern and savage, Persecutes his brother man, Reckless if he bless or ravage, Action—action^—still his plan. Now creating—now destroying—• Ceasless wishes tear his breast— Ever seeking—ne’er enjoying— Still to be—but never blest. Woman contented in silent repose, Enjoys in its beauty life’s flower as it blows, And waters and tends it with an innocent heart; Far richer that; man with his treasures of art, And wiser hv far in her cin le colined, Than he with his science and flights of the mind. Coldly to himself sufficing, Man disdains the gentler arts, Kno*veth not the bliss arising From the interchange of hearts. Slowly through his bosom stealing, Flows the genial current on, Till, by age’s frost congealing, It is hardened into stone. She, like the harp, that instinctively rings, As the night-breathing zephyr soft sighs on the string?, Responds to each impulse with ready reply, Whether sorrow' or pleasure her sympathy try ; And tear-drops and smiles on her countenance play, Like sunshine and showers in a morning of May. Through the range of man’s dominion Ten or is the ruling word-- And the standard of opinion Is the temper-of the sword. Strife exults, and Pity blushing, From the scene despairing flies, Where, to battle madly rushing, Brother upon brother dies. Woman commands with a milder control— She rules by enchantment the realm of the soul; As she-glances around in the light of her smile, The war of the passions is hushed for awhile— And discord, content from his fury to cease, Reposes entranced on the billows of peace. New York Mirror. Office of the Georgian, > January 29, 1838. FROM FLORIDA. A letter* from M camp near the Everglades and 25 miles west of the depot at India R ;ver Inlet,” dated January 18th, 1838, says : “You will hear, probably, before this leach, es you, that Lieut. Powell had a little brush with the Indians near Jupiter Inlet. It appears that he landed With about 80 men, sailors, with the exception ol 25 regulars. Soon after land, fog, he found an old squaw, who offered to guide him to the place where the Indians were —about 7 miles off. He followed her direc tion and came upon the Indians— somcsav-ld -—some 60—-and others 80 or more/ Thefird commenced on his side, when the Indians re turned it with spirit, and soon put the sailors into utter confusion, who fled, and the whole party would have keen cut to pieces, but for tho regulars, Us L cut. Powell ai.d all acknov.U edge. Six or eight were killed and left upori the ground, with h 4nasi who was only wound* oil, but could not -retho. 'He was left to the tender mercy of.thfe Indians. Dr. ,Lightr.er, of the navy, was killed,-and everV officer wound, ed. The regulars behaved nobly, Two of the boats were left, in one of which were a keg of powder and a box of eta ridges, with rum, whiskey, and other sailor comforts, We are within 21 miles of Fort Basinger, |one of the forts on Kissmee river. Wc have now a cordon of posts from Charlotte harbor | to Indian river* and most of the-Indians are be ! lieved to be south of us.” Another letter dated, January 19th, at camp near the lat. 27°, about 30 miles S. W. from 1 Indian river Inlet, E. F., says:. “ We have nothing here but what will reach ■ you before this letter. The affair rear the Jupiter inlet is very unfortunate, and will, no doubt, inspirit the enemy. Gen. Jesup and staff*, with the 2<j rcgimqnt of dragoons, reached camp from Indian riycr 'depot yesterday. It is pretty well ascertained that the largest body of Indians is collected <s{i the island and the sw amps, surrounding cho-bee, to which the army will probably move from this position, in a day or two. Fort i Gardner is 21 miles due west, and Capt. Few. ; !er who returned yesterday, having been sent I out for the pbrpose, reports that the ground wfH' ■admit of a good road, and it is probable we will get our supplies from that side/ From Fort Taylor to this camp it is almost imprac dicable.” Another letter of same date (from' Fori Christmass) says:—“Nothing Ims been heard !of the army, for 6 or 7 days, except that it is .60 or 70 miles in advance/of'Fort Taylor,* j near the enemy, on the St. Lucie. Something* important must soon transpire. v ■ "* - Another letter of the 21st inst., (at Fort Brook, Tampa Bay,) says:—“Jumper, with 11 warriors, 22 Indian women and children, 6 negroes and 24 women and children, in all 64, arrived here on the 19th. Tiie Indians are on board a vcssell, and will leave 10-n;or row for Fort Pike. The negroes remain here for the present. t Gen. Jesup is now on the Kissimmee. It is thought the army will meet, or have met, at Fort Basinger. It js said that the Indians ■have located themselves on an Island south of Oche-chubhec.” Another letter says :—“ Since the surrender of Jumper and his Warriors to Cos!. T. of which you have heard, Ala-toochc, with 16 warriors, had gone in to Gen. Smith, who oc« cupys positions still westward of Col. Taylor, both of whom have strong forces.” THE PATRIOTS. The influence of our government officers, and the course which they have adopted to pre vent the accumulation of additional'force upon Navy Island, from this sides, together with the difficulties to be encountered in removing from the island to the Canada shore are, wesuppose, the reasons which have induced the patriots to abandon the island. The war, notwithstanding this movement, is far from being ended. The Patriots are only seen in detached companies without arms, and arc wholly silent as to any future movements. We Irelieve it is there inten tion any violat or of our laws, or to do any thing which can in the remotest degree con nect our government with their movements in Canada. The Barceiona camc up this morning as far as Black Rock Dam without molestation ; hut the schooners are still there, and show no dis position to remove. In passing up from the Rock ths boat will be exposed to a battery from the Canada shore, and our community is now awaiting with some anxiety to see whether she will be allowed to pass up to Buflalo. which she will attempt as soon as the wind subsides,