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[From the Southern Quarterly Review ] The Character of the Gentleman* • *••*** And yet wo know that the world abounds in gentlemen. We meet them at corners of streets. They fill the cars of railroads, and are as plenty as l lackherries at musters and barbecues, hotels and watering places. In'Europe they are created by the word of a prince. They hand a king his shitt or hold his towel while he dresses, and are - secure of the distinction, if they’ have the privi lege of standing near the table at which he eats. It would seem from this, that the popular ac ceptations of the term differ w idely from that of our author, and it may not be without amuse ment to inquire what those acceptations are. Having examined the refined standard of Dr. Lieber, we may inquire what those are by which men ordinarily estimate others, and are estimat ed themselves. t The most popular standard of the character of the gentleman, seems to be expressed in the old couplet, which, with a large part of the world, has lost no part of its authority : “When Adam delved, and Eve span, Where was then the gentleman]” It wonld seem from this pithy question, that j delving is altogether at variance with the char acter, no matter what may be the virtues and excellencies of the party. Milton tells us that Adam wag the “goodliest man of men since born, his sons,” as Eve w'as “the fairest of her daughters”—a mode of commendation, by the way, which has subjected the poet to the charge of committing a bull. Adam was pre-eminent in personal beauty, in mental energy, in manly grace and dignity. Angels were his companions, and he engaged in tolloquies divine with seraph ic natures. But these advantages, according to the popular estimate, are not decisive. Ex emption from labor, from the spade, the symbol of all labor, makes the great point of distinction. It is the standard measure, the very spear of Ithuriel, by which we may at once detect and expose the counterfeit. We must look at a man’s hands, and not at his heart or his head. If his palm be hardened by work, he is exclud ed from the class of gentlemen, whatever his virtues may be. He is secure of admission, on the other hand, if he enjoys the gentlemanly freedom from labor, though he may rival the courtiers of Louis XV. or Charles 11., in every kind of gentlemanly excess. He must be able to live without working, to consume without producing, to enjoy without acquiring. The marks and |hrandg of labor, bodily or mental, are a disqualification. The gentleman, then, is one who can afford to do nothing, and who has nothing to do. As it follows, that to do nothing, and to have nothing to do, renders a man incap able of doi lg anything, it may be added, as the crowning grace of the character, that the true gentleman is fit for nothing. This is so true that the mere suspicion of a man’s retaining, as an incurable malady, the ca pacity to do something, constitutes an insur mountable obstacle to his attaining the true gen tlemanly character. It is for this reason, solely, that the architects of their own fortunes, as Lord Bacon terms them, are not permitted to be free of the corporation of gentlemen. They may be very highly esteemed, and regarded as useful and worthy men, good citizens, estimable friends virtuous, intelligent, accomplished, but there is still an objection. The having made their for tunes by their own labor, mental or physical, proves conclusively that they are fit for some thing. It is in vain that th party shows, by the abandonment of all employment, that he posses ses the genuine gentlemanl y freedom from work; he may still work, ifg he chooses, and therefore he is not altogether and absolutely a brother of the craft. He is a parvenu. It is only after agenera’ion or two, when the delving ability is gone, that the claimant’s character is established When the induration of the hand or intellect, from mental or bodilv labor, shall have passed away, the descendant’s claims are appreciated and universally admitted. In Europe, the oldest and best established right to the position of the gentleman is lost, if the possessor should en gage in trade-in the ungentlemanly occupation of earning his living. A stain on the escutcheon is the consequence, and its delicate polish is not easily regained. Sterne tells tho story of a French gentleman who had been compelled to betake himself to business, and who, in resum ing his station and sword, drops a tear on the stain that had deformed its blade, and which the tear, unhappily, was unable to remove. It will be seen, from all this, that the use of the old English verse, as a test of character, is not confined to the common people, but is found among the most refined and elevated portions of society. We can exhibit very little of the gentlemanly character, according to this estimate of it, in any portions of our country. Property is too fluc tuating, andpasses too easily from hand to hand to furnish the successive generations of idlers necessary to make the grand distinctive quali fication of the gentleman, easy, graceful, and natural. We are all parvenus , pretenders, or snobs, to use the current word of the day. The few attempts made to attain to the character, are feeble and clumsy, and therefore ridiculous. They show the disposition, but not the ability. If we fail, however, it is our poverty, and not our will, consents, and we are so far worthy of commendation. Under happier circumstances, we also may have our class of gentlemen, able to do nothing and fit for nothing, whtAnav bes tow on our men of genius and learning the bene fit and honor of their patronage and their din ners. A quaint old gent, not a hundred miles from here, who is withal one of our most active, ring men had a man at work in his garden, who was quite the reverse. ‘•Mr. Jones,” said he to him on mornirg, “did you ever see a snail V* ‘•Certainly,” said Jones. “Then.” said the old hoy, “you must have . met him, for you never could overtake him.” A rustic belle, who came tripping into the house one evening from the fields, was told by her city cousin that she looked as fresh as a daisy kissed with dew. “Well, it wasn’t any fellow of that name, but Bill Jones that kissed me ; and confound his picture, I told him everybody would find it out.” ‘Connecticut Temperance Convention. THE FREE SOIL STATE TICKET ADOPTED, New llave>’, March 10, 1853. A M nine law temperance convention was held in this city to-day. B. Hudson, of Xartford, President. Answers, pledging their efforts fora prohibi tory liquor law, were received from the free soil candidates for State offices, viz: Francis Gillette and his .associates. The convention therefore adopted the free soil ticket, but in tho resolu tions left tho voters free to support either of the candidates upon the other tickets whom they might know to be favorable to the prohibitory law. ant) Sentinel COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1853, The Mails. We have received no mails from the East since Thurs j day evening. If there is any deficiency of interest in | this issue, our kind readers will attribute it to this cause, j and not to ft want of diligence on the pan of tho Editors- Mrs. Emma G. Ilostwick. We are gratified to announce that this eminent Ameri can vocalist will shortly visit our city, and favor us with i one of her superb concerts'. Mrs. Bostwick has won a deservedly high rank as a singer; and her late con certs at New Orleans were quite as successful as Ole Bull’s. We hope that the fact that she is a native will not detract from her merits. Kase’s Patent Pumps. We have had one of these pumps placed in our yard for the purpose of supplying our steam engine with water, and take great pleasure in bearing testimony to its excellence. Our well is 31 feet deep, and yet wo can throw water easily over the adjoining buildings. Our supply of water is obtained with but little labor and in a very short time. The cost of the pump erected by ns was 45 dollars. By reference to our advertising columns, our readers will see that Mr, McQueen is still in the city and will at short notice and small expense furnish all who wish them with these invaluable labor saving machines. They combine the advantages of a fire engine with the pumps. More Rain—Railroad Collision —Loss of Lile. Ou Thursday night last the windows of [leaven were opened, and a great flood of rain fell in this section. The flume of the Eagle Factory was washed away and a portion of tho wall of the canal lately rebui.t, was thrown down by the violence of the waters. But tho most melancholy accident occurred on the Railroad which it has been our duty to record since our connection with the press. The cars left the depot at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and had hardly gone 10 miles before the trestle work across a ravine gave way and precipitated them into the depths below and destroy ed the lives of two esteemed citizens, and severely in jured another. The engine passed over the trestle work safely, but tho weight of the tender crushed through it and dragged the engine and car after it, causing the collision between them which was so fatal. The engineer Mr. Charles D. Schoqnmakek and a fireman named Newton Gillmore were killed instant ly. Mr, Benjamin Gray, another fireman, had his leg and arm broken, and great apprehensions were at one time felt as to his recovery, but his physician assured us yesterday morning that he was out of ail danger. We are informed that Mr. Schoonmakbk was a very careful engineer, and that on the morning -in question lie used the greatest precaution to prevent the possi bility of accidents 5 and that when the accident did oc cur there was no cause for fear. The cars had passed over much worse looking places with safety. No biame therefore will be attached to him. It was one of those unforeseen providences which human foresight could not guard against. There were passengers in the cars ; but none of them were dangerously injured. The seats in the passenger car were torn up and t!:e car otherwise damaged. All communie; tio 1 with Savannah is now interuppted, but we hope it will be opened by our next issue. The Courtier and Demagogue- In a monarchy, a man who would be a demagogue in a Republic, is a courtier—he dresses iiko the king, talks like the king, walks like the king, thinks like the king, prays like the king. In a Republic, a man who would be a courtier in a monarchy, is a demagogue—he dresses like the people, talks like the people, thinks like the people, is of the same politics with the people, belongs to the same church and party of the people—that is, a majority of the people. lie has no respect, no charity, no sympa thy with the people who are in the minority. The peo ple as individuals, he will cheat, curse, and maltreat— hence, he is never seen by the side of the dying—he never gives alms to the widow and orphan —they have no votes. It is oniy the majority of the people who are honest, patriotic and virtuous. God forbid that we should say anything that will cause a leaf to wither in the chaplet that crowns the brow of the friend of the people. We love and reverence such men—Washington was the friend of the people. But he was uo demagogue. Ho nevrt’ did anything that would corrupt the people— he never traded in votes — he never brutalized the unfortunate to rise to power on their ruin—he never excited one class of the people against another class because they were rich or educated, or rode in carriages, We fear he would hardly have been regarded as a man worthy to shake the hands of “trace men”—he rode in a carriage with four horses to the polls and voted, and went home again without | ever saying one word to a voter on one side or the : other. He was familiar with “bugle blasts,” but he sounded them in the battle field, not at the polls. He thought every free man had a3 perfect a right as him self, to think as lie pleased, to vote as he pleased, to ride on horseback or in carriages, or to walk on foot, if be pleased, and that no other man had any right to force him to do otherwise This is freedom—nothing else is; and any man who pursues a different course, is at heart a tyrant, and would be the tool of a tyraut if be could fiud a master to buy him. A man is no friend of the people because be frequents grog shops, and bru talises himself and bis admirers by swinish indulgence; neither is he the frieud of the poor man who talks most against the rich. By their fruit ye shall know them. The frieud of the people is that man who do.-s most to make them happy, virtuous and contented. The friend of the poor man is he who does roost to relieve their wants m proportion to their means. A good many of the so called “friends of the people*’ are the most ar- j rant hypocrites ia the world. Like Alexander the cop- ; persmith, they cry out “great is Diana of the Ephesian*,’ simply because they make shrines for her temple. When they get off from home, they can t see a poor man : and are perfectly miserable if they cannot lick the boots of a rich man and eat the crumbs that fall from his table. We heartily despise all such miserable pup pies and feel contaminated by the touch of theit’ lianas. Perhaps we might find specimens of this creature in our own community if we searched it carefully with a can die. They are the worst enemies of the people, though they profess to be their best friends. Periodical Literature —Hippolytus and his age. We have not had space lately to notice Periodical literature. We will atone for this neglect in part in this issue. The Edinburg Review. —Os all the British Reviews we think this the best. It is free from the intolerant bigotry and conservative narrowness ot the London Quarterly on the one hand, and of the fanatical de structiveness of the Westminister on the other. The January number contains several articles of general interest—to wit, Brunsens, Hippolytus and his age, Saul of Tarsus, Hungarian Revolutions, &c. We have time only to notice “Hippolytus and his ago.” In 1842, M. Villemalv, at that time Minister of Public Instruction, sent Mynoides Mynas, at the public expense, to search among the Monasteries ot Greece, for such ineditea classical, or other interesting works as he could obtain. This mission was attended with considerable success. Among the rest of the manuscripts thus obtained was i a Volume, which for some time was supposed to be a | production ofOreg n, tho most learned and philosophi i cal among all the early writers of the Christian church. 1 It is now ascertained to be an authentic work of much ; interest and importance by a Christian writer of the first j quarter of the third century, named Hippolytus. This ; father of the church was Bishop of Portus, the then new harbor of the Tiber, opposite to Ostiu. There is a statue of him in the Vatican Library, found in the year 1551 in the ancient cemetery near Rome, described, about the year 400, by Prudentius as the place of bu rial of Hippolytus. He is represented sitting on the episcopal chair or cathedra, and the Paschal cycle in scribed on the chair is a Western Roman one. That Hippolytus wrote such a work as the one just discovered is established by Eueeius, Jerome and Pho tius. The proof upon this point is very conclusive, but is xoo long for our columns. Who then is Hippolytus ? He was a disciple of Ire noeus, who was a disciple of Polycarp, who was a dis ciple of John. The title of the work is “Against all the Heresies and the learned comments of Bunsen, ns well as the work itself, will be read with great interest by the Christian public. The Soil oi the South. The March number of this valuable Agricultural aud j Horticultural periodical has been for some time on j our table; but we have had no room to notice it here? ! tofbre. The failure of the mails gives us a favorable j opportunity of bringing this periodical to the notice of | our readers. The most striking feature in this work is that it is filled almost entirely with original articles from the pens of Southern Agriculturists and Horticul turist, who are practically engaged in the culture of the soil of the South. All the contributors seem studiously to avoid the jargon of a learned nomenclature, preferring to enlighten their readers with plain statements of facts, rather than confound them with a vain show of karning. , 1 The Soil of the South has reached the tjiifd number of the third volume of its existence and may now be regarded as a fixed fact in tho history of Southern Ag riculture. Its power to do good is only circumscribed by the extent of its circulation, and we hope our readers | will pardon us if we recommend to every one of them who works a farm or cultivates a garden and plants a tree or flower to patronise the work; it will prove to you an invaluable companion. Tho following large and in teresting table of contents will show that our praise is Worthily bestowed: AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS. Page. Bernese Cattle, 451 How to Stop Gullies, 45 1 Bermuda Grass,... 453 Cotton Culture, 454 Prize Crushing Mill, 455 Scarlet Fever—Treatment, • - 455 Premium List of the Meriwether Ag. Society,... 456 AGRICULTURAL EDITORIAL. Work for the Month, 460 Corn Planting, 460 i Preparations tor Cotton Planting, 46'J j Manuring in the Hill or Drill, 461 Potatoes, 461 ! The Ground Pea, 461 The Annual Address,.. 461 ! Errata in the y’okru. ry No 451 | A Enquiries abc fee Scraper, 462 The Southern /tfriculturist, 462 Our New Volume, 462 ! SOUTHERN CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. Letter from George F. Pierce, 453 Premium Essay on the Treatment of Slaves 458 The Proposed Agricultural Convention of the Slave-holding States, 459 I HORTICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS. 1 Insects Prejudicial to Fruits, by Iverson L. Harris, 464 Culture of the Pear Tree, by J. D. L 465 Black Spanish Grape, bv Wm. DeForest Hoily . 467 ; Plants of Muscogee and Russell, by H. M. Neisler, 468 HORTICULTURAL EDITORIAL. Garden Work for March, 470 The Fruit Orchard, 470 The Flower Garden, 470 The Nurvery, 471 Vegetable Portraits of Character, 471 Gleanings of Horticultural Travel, 471 Mammoth Fruits and Vegetables, 472 Southern Agricultural Association, 472 To Correspondents, 472 Acknowledgments, 473 Erratum, 473 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. The Principles oi Manuring Crops, 449 Poultry Raising 450 Broom Corn,, 451 A Small Horse, 451 The Proper Period to Aprly Liquid Manure, ... 462 Cultivation of the Osier Willow, 463 The Ac cia Dealbata—Hardy in Fiance, 473 Introduction of New Plants, 475 The Bourbon Rose, 475 DOMESTIC ECONOMY. V itegar from Beets, 475 To Preserve Apples, 475 Butter Making, 476 Frozen Potatoes, 476 To Cure Haras,.. .... 476 Sweet Potato Pone, 476 To Make Nice Jelly, 476 Light Bread, 477 Soda Biscuit, 477 Walnuts a Family Medicine, 477 Potato Rot, 477 How to Preserve Pumpkins 477 The New York Aldermen. Alderman Stuitevant Ins been imprisoned in the city prison for 15 days aud fined $250 and costs $lO2. All the other Aldermen were fined $250 and costs 10: 53 except Dougherty, who voted against the resolution, and Smith, who confessed his error and apologized to the Court. These cases originated in a contempt of an or der of Court in relation to the Broadway railway. The School Journal. We have received the March number of tliis excel lent periodical, and like i:s predecessor, it is filled with aood things. Every parent who has children to educate ought to, every teacher who is worthy °f the high trust reposed in him will have, if opportunity offers, a copy of this work. The lollowing is the table of con tents for this number : Importance of Education,.... page 33 Common School Education, “ 3* £ Education of the Heart, “ 35 Look Up, “ 36 How to Finish a Daughter,. 36 Education and Temperance, “ 37 Means of General Education, “ 37 Primary Instruction, 39 County Associations “ 43 Letter from Mr. Scruggs, “ 43 Our Exchanges—The Press “ 44 Teachers’ Associations “ 45 Influence of a Newspaper,.... “ 47 | Our readers will see that many of the subjects dis cussed are of vital importance to the well-being of community , aad we assure them that they are wisely handled by the accomplished Editor, Rev. Thos. F. Scott, whose public spirit and genial philanthropy en title him to the liberal support of a generous public. Pul lislied monthly at Columbus. Georgia, and Edited : by Rev. Tuos. F. Scott, at SIOO per annum. i Fruits of Abolition. The effects of emancipation, if it ever is accomplish ed in this country, are foreshadowed iu Jamaica, where, ho wever, they are, as yet, but partially developed. The i following facts are full of instruction, and ought to be | treasured in the memory of every southern man. “Sugar estates totally abandoned', lit 8; sugar estates * partially abandoned, 71; coffee properties totally abandon* i ed,96; coffee properties partially abandoned, 66; “pens’’ i totally abandoned, 30; “pens” partially abandoned, 22; i total number of acres of cultivated land thus abandoned, j 391,187 ; assessed annual value on the Ist day ofJanuu j ry, 1848, £98,439 19s. 6d.; assessed annual value on | the 28th of March, 1852, £53,221 19.-. 64.; average I amount of taxes paid annually lor four years prior to the I Ist of January, 18i5,£13,7J5 Sts. Gd.; amount of taxes : assessed for 1552, £72 Is 11. 7d.” And these thousands of acres of land fertile beyond i our conceptions, have been abandoned during the ; last four years in the face of the must strenuous | endeavors on the part of the British Government to i favor their cultivation, simply because the freed negro |is too lazy to work. And what has become of the 1 ! sturdy laborers who once occupied them? They have 1 congregated in masses aboutthe larger cities of the island. ’ | and have buried their strength and virtue in the sinks | of vice and corruption, and either starve in their degra ! dation or drag out a loathed life by stealing, robbery | and prostitution. Hon. Robt. McClelland—“Give the Devil his Due.’* N ■ - We published a sketch of the life of this Cabinet of ficer from the Herald , in our last issue, iu which he was charged with being a Wilmot Proviso man. There is no question, we presume, but that he did vote for the Wilmot Proviso up to the time the compromise mea sures were offered in the Senate, and that since then, he has given those measures a steady and consistent support. The lollowing is the proof; In 1850 he pres.ded as president of a State Democrat ic Convention, at Jackson, at which the following resolu tioiMyus unanimously adopted: Resolved , That tins Convention tender to the people otithe United States, an expression of earnest congratula tion on the passage by Congress, and their approval by tfie President ot the United States, of the series of mea sures by which California has been received into the fami ly W States, territorial governments established for New Mexico, Utah,and the boundary Ine of Texas adjusted. That we hail the adoption of these measures, alike justand equitable to ail, by which the country has been restored to harmony, as a tr umph of wisdom over sectional strife in, our common country. i Immediately alter the nomination of General Pierce for President, Mr. McClelland was, as before stated, renomi nated lor Governor, and his name placed tit the head of a tj)-ket, adopted at the State Convention, w-h eb also adop ted the following, among other resolutions : Resolved , That in the division of public sentiment among the States of the Union, and the temporary ess trangemei.t oi members ot the same brotherhood, we recognize a national calamity, demanding forbearance and a patriotic and self-sacrificing spir t, which, discharg ing its first duties to the constitution as ot first necessity, shali seek by proper means to allay excitement, and to bring back that unity of sentiment and harmonious action which once characterized the States of the Republic. Resolved, That the recent measures of compromise, embracing a settlement of the distracting questions which have disturbed, and almost interrupted the business of Cougress, seriously threatening the integrity of the Union itself, were demanded by a fair consideration of the con stitutional rights of the various members of the confede racy. Resolved , That the Democracy of Michigan pander ing to isms, rejecting all alliances ivith sectional factions, having in view the irrepeulable claims of each State in the Union, and yielding only to the demands of the eons stittstion, declare emphatically, that the compromise mea sures stan i justified in trie eyes of every well-wisher of ins country, and should be sustained and executed in all their parts faithfully, fully and impartially. With such resolutions and sustaining such political views, Governor McClelland accepted his nomination, and traversed the greater part of the State. Whenever he made his appearance before the people, he was hailed I with acclamation. lie boldly proclaimed himself a com j promise man, and, as such, was elected by the largest ma I jority ever given in Michigan. Sale of Lots in Savannah. At a late sale of the city lots in Crawford, Troup, : Calhoun, Wesley and Forsyth wards, in the city of Sa ! vannah, prices ranged $725 to $3750. The lowest ! price paid for a lot in Forsyth ward was SIBOO. Thir ty- four lots were sold for $53,525, which were apprais ed at $41,770. We arc gratified to observe the eon i fidenee of the public in the future prosperity of our | principal sea port which this sale indicates. The Savannah Republican. | Mr. Cornish has become connected with this old and high iy respectable paper as Assistant Editor. Mr. C. has been employed for several years in tin* Commercial Depart ment of the New York Express, and has been for some time employed as a commercial correspondent of the Republican. The Latest from Mexico. caravajal’s forces disbanded. New Orleans, March 8, 1853. We are in receipt of Browhsville dates to the 30th ult.jhy which we learn that Caravajal has abandoned his plans, and disbanded Ids follow ers. Murder by a Roy.— Rochester, March 10, 1853.—A boy named Satterbee, aged fourteen, was stabbed to the heart this forenoon, during | a quarrel, by a lad named Gardner, aged only j twelve years. Satterbee died in a few minutes. ! [Correspondence of the New York Herald.] Office Seekers and Washington Rumors. Washington, March 10, 1853. The following* nominations were sent to the Senate bv the President to-day, and referred to the appropriate committees: S. J. Bridge, of Boston, Appraiser at large for the Pacific coast. Mr, Carr, Receiver of Public Money in Indi ana. Jesse B. Clemens, as Marshal of the Eastern District of Tennessee, in place of Mr. Brown, re moved. A nomination was also sent in for Marshal of the Western District of Tennessee, to fill a va cancy caused bv death. A large number of naval promotions were also sent in. No other nominations have yet been received by the Senate, except what I have sent you. The announcement that Mr. Johnson, an ap plicant for the California marshalship, was a whig, is a mistake. It was probably caused by his holding office under the present marshal. 1 learn from undoubted authority, that he is a democrat in good standing. The question of the New York appointments is yet undisturbed. Mr. Emanuel B. Hait is an applicant for the post of Navy Agent. The announcement that Mr. Eames, one of the assistant editors of the Union, has been appoint ed Assistant Secretary of State, must have been discovered by the aid of spiritual rappers, as the office itself does not go into operation until after the 30th of June next. The report that Mr. Hammond is appointed to the collectorship of California is rather prem ature. It is said that Mr. Marshall is now in the ascendant. Mi. Vezey, who has been appointed Consul to Havre is now Consul at Antwerp He was appointed by President Polk, and kept in office under the late whig regime. He is now ap pointed at the personal request of General Dix, who, it is said, declared it to be the only favor he would ask, Mr. Maunsell B. Field is a candidate either for ehargeship to Leghorn or secretaryship of the Legation at Paris. Neither Mr. Eames nor Mr. Brodhead are ap pointed as yet to the office of the Assistant Se cretaryship. Mr. Aaron Vale is a candidate. This appointment is involved in uncertainty. Mr. Edward C. West is a candidate for the District Attorneyship of New York. It is thought that the chief New York appoint ments will be disposed of to-morrow or Satur day. Mr. Libby has been spoken of in connec tion with the Post Office. There is no truth in the report iu a paper of your city that the ; President had offered the collectorship to Schuy ler Livingston, either by letter or otherwise. A movement that has been in operation for some time to overthrow all the candidates for the collectorship, particularly Mr. Schell, who is now supposed to lie the strongest man, has been brought to maturity this evening. The Doctor and the Sexton. A good story is told of a doctor in Beverly, Mass., who was somewhat of a wag. He met one-day imtlie street th^sexton,wu ith whorm he was acquainted. Ass the usual salutatio, we ( e passed, the doctor happened to cough. “Why, Doctor, 5 ’ said the sexton, “you have got a cold ! How long have you had that ?” “Look here, Mr. ,” said the doctor, with a show of indignation, “what is your charge lor interments?” “Nine shillings,’’ was the reply. “Well,” continued the doctor, “just come in to my office, and I will pay it. I don’t wan’tto have you round so anxious about my health.” “Ah, doctor, i cannot afford to bury you yet. Business has never been so good as it has since you began to practice.” In a Dilemma.—We were much amused by an incident which a friend of ours related to us the other day. A gentleman who had been ab sent tor a considerable time, and who, during his absence, had raised a pretty luxuriant crop of whiskers, moustaches, &c., visited a relative, whose child—an artless little girl of five or six years—he was very fond of. Tne little girl made no demonstrations towards saluting him with a kiss as was usual. “Why. child,” said the mother, “don’t you know your uncle Hiram ? Why don’t you give him a kiss ?” “Why, ma,” returned tiie little girl, with the most perfect simplicity, “I don’t see any place.” Texas Items. The merchants of Houston propose to subscribe ten thousand doiDrs to the teUgiMph line now in contemplation between Gaivestmi and Shrev. po t. Galve-ton will contribute fully as much, and, if necessary, two thousand more may be raised in each place. This, together with what m-iy reasonably be expected f om ine o’her towns along the route, will be sufficent to put the line straight throng I '. The San Antonio L dger says th.tei y continues “to fnruisb positive and alarming evidences oi the daily commission of outrage- upon the personal and property rights of the citizen*.” We learn l'r m the Western Texan that thp Free- School a\B’em has b en established in S.m Antonin. Schools hu\e already been ope :ed in two different parts of theetty. The interest ot the money d ,je in the sales of city property, is appropriated for the payment of teachers and other contingencies. A schooner, called the Charles Wilcox, launched at Galveston, on the 2d instant. This*? 8 * sel is pronounced a beautiful model for sh al “’i.tej'. and admirably adapted for tlv* bay tiade, f r w she is intended. JShe uas built (>v Messrs. Bailing & Patrick, for Messrs. Wilcox Martin, and is the capi.c’ty id 27 ions. M. Seefgson was elected M lyi r of Galveston on ttie 7th irsst., in oppos tion toJ. 8. Sydnor by majority. Compensation for Causing Deah.— The L gislature, at its recent session, enacted “ That whenever the death of a person shall ; caused by a wrongful act, neglect or ‘J if such as would (if death had not ensued) 1 entitled the party injured to maintain an tion, and recover damages in respect !,ie . ‘ then, and in * very such case, the P er>() ” | iave ’ or company, or corporation which wou ‘ .• t) j d been liable it death had ensued, shal b to an action tor damages not withstand!it* f(io death of the person injured.and aitno'r c j r death shall have been caused under sum* cumstancea as amount in law to felon) •