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MlSCßfetAgf. A J EW£L, * j Such children as the sweet little girl mentioned j in the following touching incident liom a Boston ] paper, are indeed ‘jewels.” And in such a mould we hope the women of America may long be formed. “ A half score or more of Irish women have j lately taken stands at the Park street corner ol , the Mali, where, with a few oranges and other fruit placed upon some temporary table or box, they remain from morning until night, periiaps ( clearing by their small sales from one to two slid- , lings per day. They are mostly old women who , can do nothing else for a living, and are patron- ( ized more from charity than from the tempting appearance of their goods. One day last week one of those old women became quite ill from ex posure to the sun aud probably for want of proper . nourishment, and was forced to leave her stand and seat herself against the iron railings of the Common, in the shade. A little bright-eyed girl or thirteen summers, saw her limp to the spot, and also observed the anxious eve of the old woman 1 directed towards her little store of oranges, nuts and candy. “ Never mind those (ma’am,” she said, “ I’ll go and sit there till you are better, and sell for you.” “ The little miss, dressed with much taste and richness, with an air that indicated most unmis takeablv the class to which she belonged, sat down upon the rough box behind the Irish wo man’s stand, assuming all the importance of a young saleswoman. She had never sold any thing before in her life, but the people began to stop and wonder what it meant to see the fair, and beauofui child in that singular position. — The story was soon told by the bv-standers, who had only to point to the poor woman. In n mo ment every one was seized with a very extraordi nary desire for an orange, a handful of nuts or some candy, and our little beauty could hardly serve them fast enough. Many utterly refusing any change, gave her ninepence, a dime, or six pence for a penny’s worth of nuts or candy. It was all accomplished very quickly, though the little girl was somewhat disconcerted, and had to be encouraged by a whisper now and then, from one who need not be named, for she was not ac customed to a crowd. “ The table was soon swept, and we saw her pass her tiny hands, full of silver, to the poor wo man, who thus realized treble the value of hei smallstock, and called on all thesants in the cal ender to bless the kind-hearted child.” Transplanting Trees. — We find in the Utica Ga zette, facts showing that it is not necessary to se lect small trees for transplanting in order to en sure their growth. Large trees may be as suc cessfully planted as small ones. The mode and result of an experiment, made by Messrs. Pome roy aud Dutton, of Utica, are thus given ; Those gentlemen transplanted trees, comprising maples, elm, beech, etc., some thirty feet in height, which were transplanted without being shorn of any of their branches. The process of removal was as follows : In the fall, before the frost, a trench was dug around the trees selected from ten to fifteen feet in diameter, and the roots severed. In the winter, when the ground had become solid from freezing, the trees were pulled out by the aid of oxen and levels, with the mass of earth firmly at tached to the roots. They were then transported erect on a strong sled, built for the purpose, and set out. These trees grew in open land, a mile and a halt from the city. They put on their foliage last spring as if wholly unconscious that they were still in their native soil, and the enterprising gen tlemen who undertook this unusual course are re warded with shade trees which by the old prac tice it would have required twenty years to pro d uce. Two Landlords. —The folio win cr anecdote is O very current in Aberdeen and Bauff shires, and whether strictly true or not, gives an excellent illustration of the character of the two noble indi viduals introduced : The Duke of Richmond, one of the best of land lords for enterprising tenants, dislikes smallhold ings upon his estates, and, as the leases of the crofters expire, he adds their few acres to the neighboring farm. The Earl ofFife is of the very opposite disposition. Nothing delights him more than to see the curling smoke from the little cotta ges on the road-side, as he sweeps through his estates. His factor complained of the number of persons from the Duke of Richmond’s estates re questing a cow’s meat and a small cottage. His lordship, of course, desired him to supply them, and to send none away. At last those applica tions became so numerous that the Earl desired hist factor to write to the Duke that he would greatly oblige “by not putting out the poor men’s fires faster than Lord Fife could light them.” Itissaid that this intimation had the desired effect, as the uncultivated hills, with a little cottage, have been set apart by those who choose, of the outgoing small holders.— Daily News . How to roast Apples. —Scoop out the core with out cutting quite through, fill the hollow with fresh butter and moist sugar, and let them roast in a slow oven ; when done, serve them up with the syrup. THE BANKRUPTCY OF ENGLAND. At the late “ Peace Congress ” in Pari, Mr. S. Gurney, son of the great Gurney whose word was law among the bankers and bill-brokers of Eng land, said that England could not go on long in her present course, without bankruptcy; 5” her means in times of prosperity were barely suffi cient to sustain tier very expensive government and pay the interest on her national debt, and that her people could be taxed no higher, and that the first season of adversity would bring the crisis. The London Times, certainly good authority upon English finance, says that Mr. Gurney s opinion ought to be decisive, for bis knowledge and experience enable him to understand thecase, and his habits of thought and action, for he is a Quaker, exclude all suspicion of rashness. In short, the London Times says ditto to Mr. Gur ney. The Quaker says that England has had peace and prosperity since 1815, and has greatly augmented her national debt. He adds that the expenses of her armament during this period have been 8100,000,009 annual!}’, which, in the thirty five years elapsed since 1815, would have almost paid lliis debt. It is now about $5,000,000,000, and these payments would have been $3,500,000,- 000, leaving only $1,500,000,000 due, and consid ering the sinking operation much less. Now we agree with the Times and Mr. Gurney, and say that the present English system cannot be long sustained. The English must reduce their army, navy and civil government, and let most of their colonies go. They must abolish their nobility, and leave religion to take care of itself. They can no longer force markets with the sword, or by prohibitions, but must seek them through mutual advantages. They are losing all influence in Europe, and becoming a minor Power; and the time is not distant when, as the advocates of free principles in every thing, they will find their only, and certainly their strongest, ally in the United States. The prophecy that the United Slates will finally become the protectors of the fatherland may now offend the pride of its aris tocracy. But it will be fulfilled ; and so will ano ther—their extinction. England’s follies, not her glories, are waning. Fascination of Danger . —At the siege of Gibral tar, Lieut. Lowe of the 12th regiment, a superin tendent of the working parties, lost his leg by a shot, on the slope of the hill under the castle. He saw the shot before the fatal effect, but was fasci nated to the spot. This sudden arrest of the fa culties was not uncommon. Several instances occurred to my own observation, where men to tally free, have had their senses so engaged by a shell in its descent, that though sensible of their danger, even so far as to cry for assistance, they have been immovably fixed to the place. But what is more remarkable, the men have so instan taneously recovered themselves on its fall to the ground, as to remove to a place of safety before the shell burst. A Curious Fact. — The whole population of the United States could be compressed into the space of one mile square, and each individual be allowed sufficient room to breathe in. Fifteen inches square would suffice for this. There are 1760 yards in a mile, which multiplied give 63,360 in , ches ; and this product divided by fifteen, the number of inches of space occupied by each in dividual would place 4224 of them in a row to extend the length of a mile; aud the same num ber of row to complete a square mile would con sequently number 17,842,576. A Breman journal contains the following ad vertisement: “A young gentleman upon the point of getting married, is desirous of meeting a man of experience who will dissuade him from such a step. Address,” &c. A rich lead mine has been discovered about two miles west of Dubuque, lowa, on lands owned by Chas. O. Hagan. From seventy thous and to one hundred thousand lbs., of the mineral in sight, and indications of a great deal more. “ Fanny Forrester .” —Letters from Dr. Judson, dated June 20th, state that Mrs. Judson’s health is so infirm as to require her to lay aside her pen for the present, and of the possibility that she may never resume it again for the purpose of au thorship. % Some compute that the rats in the United States consume six millions of dollars worth of grain a year. These animals are almost as expensive and worthless as loafers and dandies, who appear to be “ born only to consume the fruits of the earth.” The Boston Herald says that during the month -of September, 203 colliers have arrived at that port from Philadelphia, bringing a little short of fifty thousand tons of coal. Potatoes. — The Buffalo Commercial states that the fanners in that vicinity uniformly report fa vorably on the potato crop. The yield is abun dant, and no unsoundness is exhibited. A person writing from San Francisco says: “ To such an extent is the veneration of the fair sex carried here, that I have seen a party of Ore gonians stop and have a dance round an old cast off bonnet. The amount of capital invested in manufac turing at Manchester, N. H., is $5,450,000. Num ber of hands employed, 5,575. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, OCT. 25. 1849. agents. Mr. J. M. Boardman is our Agent for Macon. Mr. S. S. Box for Rome. Mr. Robt. E. Seyle for the State of South Carolina. James O'Conner, Travelling Agent. Dr. M. Woodruff, Columbus, Ga. SAVAN NAH RIVER. The Augusta papers state that the river has risen so as to cover the lower wharves. Virginia Minstrels have been drawing fine houses for the past week, the performance is excellent. rp* The Bank of the State of Georgia has established an agency at Rome Ga. W. C. Alexander Esq. is the agent. The Planters Bank lias also established an agency at Sparta, Ga. rr Our friend Mr. Guilmettr has at length arrived among us, for the purpose of giving instructions in \ ocal Mu sic, &c., to a number of Ladies and Gentlemen who have anxiously awaiting his arrival since last month, and on whose account he will sojourn in Savannah for some time. Mr. G. has requested us to announce he will deliver a free Discourse on the ‘physiological development ojthe local organs: the mental and physical advantages accruing from proper vo cal cultivation as set forth by great writers, both ancient and modern; the dangers arising from die practical adoption of promiscuous systems . The Discourse will be delivered in the Lecture-Room of the IraWpendent Presbyterian Church, on Tuesday evening, the 30th instant, at half-past 7 o’clock. The Public arc generally invited to attend. For a Friend of the Family. SABBATH DAY REFLECTIONS. Sunday, October 21st, 1849. The Christian duty of Self Examination. —Doubtless all who have any veneration for the Sabbath will admit that self examination is a very important duty ; and that no time is more proper for this great and solemn work, than the day set apart for our religious improvement. The very mention of this subject seems to bring us near to the eternal world, by reminding us of our accountability to God. But when and how shall I begin this solemn duty? If I look back on my past life, and examine every act, I shall only see what I was under certain circumstances, and as every day dcvelopes something new, this can hardly be a very good stand-point to get a good view of what I am ; as my mind is composed of af fections and thoughts, these are to be examined thoroughly and measured by that unerring standard of divine truth, that book of books, the Bible, which the Lord has given me to pilot me through this world of temptations, troubles and cares to i another and better world. Here, then, I must stand in the light of divine truth, and look into m3’ affections and thoughts, and see what I am. Suppose, then, that lam perfectly free to do just what 1 like to do, no external restraints, no fear of punishment, Would not these affections be my very self? Surely this is the only way I can look into m3’ very soul and see what is there. Ah ! poor soul, wouldst thou deal falsely’ with thy fellows, to aggrandize thy'self ? Then thou ait guilty of the sin of covetousness. Wouldst thou revenge thyself for | any’ wrongs that maybe done thee ? Then thou art guilty of 1 despising God’s holy’ word; for in that is taught, “do unto othe?s as 3'ou would have others do unto you.” Dost fhou not shudder to hear the name of God taken in vain ? Then thou art a partaker in other men’s sins. Wouldst thou be pleased to be in circumstances to live without labor, in order that tliou might be free from toil ? Then thou art guilty of violating the 4th Commandment; for'it says, “ Six days slialt thou laboa-.’’ WouJ Ist thou be pleased to attain happiness in an3* form or in any particular without goodness? Then thou art not really living a life that leads to Heaven, and thou art like Baliin, who d-esiredto die the death of the righteous with out living the life of the righteous! To shun evils because they re evils, is no more than any beast can do; but to shun them because they are sins against God, is a motive that will always yield a rich reward. So long as it is cultivated, it will carry me safel3* through the trials and temptations of this life, and prepare me for the perfect enjoy’- mentof goodnossand truth hereafter, NEIGHBOR. London Libraries. —The libraries in London accessible gratuitously to the public are four in number: the British Museum Library - , of 500,000 volumes; the Sion College Li brary, containing nearly 40,000 volumes ; Tonison’s Library’, behind the National Galleiy, consisting of 4000 volumes; and the Red Cross street Library, containing 30,000 volumes.— But these are not the only libraries in London accessible to the public, though on somewhat different terms. The Lon don institution, in Finsbury Circus, possesses upwards of 60,- 000 volumes; the London Library, in St. James’s square, has upwards of 50,000 volumes ; the Royal society, in Somer set House, has about 40,000 ; w hile the libraries of the Royal Institution in Albemarle street, of the Athenaeum Clnb, and of Lambeth Palace, are w T ell stored with books. Nor in an enumeration of this kind should we omit the several mechan ics institutes and coffee houses of London, possessing collec tions constantly consulted by their subscribers and frequenters. The stream from a spring in the neighborhood of Joliet, 111., disappeared about a quarter of a mile from its source. A few days since, say’s the True Democrat, when digging away the earth, a fiisure was found in the rock, two or three inches in width and several feet in length, into which the water empties, and dow r n which a line was sunk about forty’-five feet before it struck the bottom. The Richmond Whig has received from Mr. Faber’s lend mine in Nelson’s county, Va., the richest and most beautiful specimen of lead ore the editor ever saw. It would be an ornament to an3 r cabiuet of minerals. • An Englishman observed a -stone roll down a staircase. It bumped on every stair till it came to the bottom, there, of course, it rested. “That stone,” said he, “ resembles the national debt my country ; it has bumped on every grade of the community, but its weight rests on the lowest.” Cinderella’s Slipper.— At the accession of Franck I (husband of Mary Queen of Scots,) Paris wns involved so I tinual broils by the struggles for precedency between th COn fraternities of the drapers, the mercers and the which the furriers finally triumphed. We may be so far to digress as to explain the cause of this triumph, q centuries ago, furs were so rare, nnd therefore so highly a ued, that the wearing of them was restricted by several sui tuary laws, to kings and princes. Sable, in those laws <*ll*, I 'air, was the subject of countless regulations. The ex* quality permitted to be worn by persons of different gra ( ] e and the articles of dress td which it might be applied, were t j e fined most strictly. Perrault’s tale of Cinderella origin marked the dignity’ conferred on her b£ the fairy, by wearing a slipper of vair, a privilege then confined to the high est rank of princesses. An error of the press, now becon, inveterate, changed vair into verre, nnd the slipper of was evidently converted into a glass slipper. —Dublin Unify sity Magazine. Heat Expands the Bodies. —This is a universal j, w and there are but one or two apparent exceptions, tyem there no such tiling as heat, liquids and gases could not exi>t all matter would be solid. Heat is the cause of bodies be coming fluid; it insinuates itself between the particles which the}’ are composed, and forces them further apart; $ a great degree of heat is applied, tlie particles are sepnr^i so far that they then assume the form of gas. Steam familiar example, and the thirmometer acts on this pfin. eiple. There are ouly two or three exceptions to this and they are only so in appearance. The principle one 1, water, which, instead of contracting when cooled downfe. low 32 degrees,expands when it assumes the form of ic<>.- This is a beautiful provision, since the ice, floating on the vj. ter, prevents it parting readily with its heat and thus does allow our rivers, Ac., to become a solid mass of ice, as thn otherwise would. The cause of the water expanding and be. coming lighter whou it freezes is because the crystals of !te have interstices between them, which are filled with air. The happiness of life consists only of incongruities; sweets are rendered more sweet by its bitters; the centre of life’s gravity—the great motive to a comfortable existence. The titled great, the owners of the soil, the cn|n. talist, seek tlieir happiness in the turmoils of legislation, the horrors of war, and the chances of speculation ; because sudi avocations excite the energies, and a greater amount of nientnl satisfaction or pleasure can be thus obtained than from idle habits. Love is a mixture of incongruities; affection, doubt, jealousy, hope, fear, revenge, quarrels, and reconciliations nr# its component parts ; and if our passion for the other sex wu wanting, this group of opp sites would cease to exist, and life ceases to be interesting. Life would not be worth having, if there was not a struggle to maintain it; and hence, it mny be safely said, that there is no human being who does not live to excite, or to be excited, in some way or other. Life's bitters are requisite to the enjoyment of its sweets. i OT Nature, nnd beautiful nature too, may be so verynatu. ral, that if too accurately copied, it will seem unnatural. Thu assertion has a most paradoxical sound, we confess, nnd is quite worthy of a Kartinn metaphysician. Still it is the fad. That which is true is not always probable. Who has not ob served in natural scenery, a brilliancy of color, or some singu lar effect of form or light, which, if faithfully transferred to the c anvass, would be pronounced at once, by’ ninety-nine out of a hundred, to be an extravagant and fantastical capriccio ot the art. So, too, in real life, occurrences happen every day be fore onr C3'es, which, if related in a novel or interwoven in 1 would be branded by the whole critical brotherhood as too far out of probab lily to bo tolerated even in professed fic tion. The hands mny he preserved dry for delicate work by rub bing a little club moss (lycopodium) in very fine powder over them. This would be useful to ladies knitting lace, whose hands perspire. 1 A great many people like an “independent press,” which always chimes in exactly with their own opinions ; but a truly honest press must sometimes differ from somebody'. The life boats on the Jersey Coast, which hnve been put there at a cost of -sio,ooo 133’ government, are said to be of no use, not being in proper hands they’are going to wreck. Gen. Cavaignac is suffering from a consumptive affection, hereditary in the family, and which carried off his brother Godfrey. Two actions have recently been tried at the Common Plea* Court of Strafford county, N. IL, in which merchants who have settled with their debtors for less than was due to them , under fraudulent representations, have recovered the whole ot their dues. The admirers of the late Rev. Dr. Chalmers are contribu ting to the erection of a memorial to him at Anstrutlier.in Fifa the place of his birth. The memorial is to consist of a band some free church with a lofiy tower. The members of the French Assembly receive about fife dollars a da3 r . If they are disorderly, the President can stop their pay. We think the adoption of such a rule in our House of Representatives would stop some of the bear to* ting and other disgraceful scenes occasionally exliibitod there- The postmaster general was lately at Farnum, Richmond county, Va., led to appoint “ Mr. Spencer Martin ” postal ter at that place, who, it turns out, is a free man of color” Upon being advised of the fact, the postmaster general ished the office. A wagon was overturned at Pittsburg last Thursday, aDu a quantity of loco foco matches set a fire by the codcu- 8, s.on; there were some barrels of oil which helped on tb® conflagration. The wagon and load were destined, and tb* driver, who was hurt by the fall, would have met the fate but for the aid of some passers by. Stranie Birth. —A boy in the district of Kirkcaldy, has a passion for chicken hatching, got a large egg some t jnie ago from some sailors just come from Alexandria, nnd pl® ceu it uuder a favorite hen, expecting to get a large Egyptian I°"*’ but his surprise and astonishment may be better cosl * ceived than described, it produced a live crocodile.— L- J° u *