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[From the Richmond Examiner.] David andh Shimei. Among the hooks of the pious, not one has attracted more of the writer’s attention than Sterne’s Sermon “On the Character of Shimei.' 1 Shimei was one of King David’s especial friends and courtiers. lie had originally belonged to the Saul party: but David generously forgave his political sins when he got to be King—kept him in office perhaps—but certainly made his fortune, raised him from the dunghill, and fa * vored him in many ways. Shimei was extrava gant in his gratitude. He basked in his prince’s smiles, and he daily swore that the sun saw never such king as David in the whole of his diurnal race. But there came a time when dim eclipse fell on Bathsheba’s splendid lover. All Israel was in flat mutiny against the man after God’s heart. Absalom and Attritophel had triumphed. The king had fled his capital, ab dicated his throne. All seemed over with Da vid—and where was the loyal Shimei when his glorious friend was clambering up the rocks of Olivet, attended by a half dozen old fogie fol lowers. weeping bitterly, with ashes on his head, and his hairs out of curl? Shimei saw him and came out to meet him—but not with ointments, oils, or cologne—not to bind up his wounds and give him wine to drink. Time and troubles had tilled a cup for David, but Shimei came to add his portion: “As he came,” says the holy text, “he cursed “and threw stones, and cast dust at him; and “thus said Shimei when he cursed ; Go, thou “man of Belial, thou has sought blood, and be- j “hold thou art caught in thy own mischief.” 1 “And as David and his men went by the way, ; “Shimei went along on the hill-side over against i “him, and still cursed as he went and cast dust “at him.” Thus at the time when David’s troubles fall upon him and he is leaving his house in des pair, Shimei is the ffirst man we hear of who comes out against him. But the wheel turns again. Absalom goes to the deuce, and David returns in triumph, with all the people hallooing at his heels and a variety of priests capering and dancing before his face. Then again we hoar of Shimei. He is again the first man who comes to meet him. With a thousand men he comes to kiss the king’s toe and swear his unchangeable affection and fidelity to the best of masters, the kindest of Kings. He has a hundred explanations of his seeming inconsis tency, and defines his position with a dexterity which Rives and Clayton might envy, He makes peace with David ; but Abishal who stands behind the throne, grimly asks, “shall not Shimei the son of Gera be put to death for this?” David answered “No; Absalom, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeketh my life!—how much more may Shimei do it!—let him alone!” So Shimei went scathless. and without doubt lived prospe rously all the dj.ysofhislife—such peojilealways do ;—but the preacher concludes the sermon, of which we have given an outline, with this sig niffcant sentence-* “O Shimei, Shimei! would to Heaven thou “hadst been slain, and all thy family slain with “thee, and not one of thy resemblance left 1 But “ye leave increased and. multiplied exceedingly, “and replenished the earth,and if I prophesy right "Jy, ye will, in the end subdue it.” Such is Sterne’s Sermon on the Character of Shimei. Who cannot sympathize with the hope less melancholy of that concluding apostrophe ? Who has not seen Shimei, or some of Shitnei’s kindred? How many who read these lines are at this moment in their heart of hearts acknowl edging their own close ties of consangunity, if not of lineal descent, from that extensive connec tion ? In David’s time there was one Shimei. In our day there are millions. Shimei sits atyour ta ble, Shimei meets you in the street, Shimei stands behind that counter—writes in that office— pleads in that courU-sits on yonder bench figures in the Senate—perorates on that platform. Shimei is an “able editor Shimei is a “distin guished divinehe is a physician in extensive practice; he is your protege, commencing busi ness under your countenance ; he is your grate ful dependant, your poor relation, the man to whom you gave an office, the friend whom you helped ou* that difficulty. In all the walks of life, life, in all the countries of the world, the family of Shimei multipliesexi eedingly.— His sons have a stronghold in the learned professions, are fond of the arts and sci ences, and do not disdain mechanical trades.— His daughters frequent ball-rooms, and are a 1 marrying set. Who does not know them ? If you have not made acquaintance with Shimei, then be a prosperous merchant and break, and you will do so ; be a President, or a Governor, or any other great political person—leave of fice with small chance of getting back—have either wealth or power, and lose it—exercise extensive influence, have talent, have honor, j have troops of friends, and begin to be shady, j sickly, unsuccessful—and you will see Shimei. ; Just so certainly as the man goes down the! mountain side, weeping with ashes on his head, i ■ > certainly will Shimei come out to meet him, j “and curse still as he comes, throwing stones j and casting dust.” Here’s Old Davy!—“We halted m the village of Santa Fe for a short time, and Gen. Twiggs and the officers of his staff entered a house where they sat down to rest, sheltered from tiie scorch ing heat of the sun. Some of the men in tne mean time had discovered an apartment at the other end ot the building, containing some bar rels ol aquadiente, or Mexican brandy, and an entrance having been effected, a considerable portion of the liquor had found its way into the men’s canteens before a knowledge of their proceedings had been communicated by the M. xicans to the General. The fury of Gene ral Twiggs as he rushed to the scene, and the celerity with which the marauders ‘vamoosed the ranche* as they heaid the ominous alarm ot ‘d n ! here’s old Davy,’ transcend descrip tion. Two or three of the unlucky wights, however, he met on the threshold ot the door, on their way out; these he seized by the collar ami swung round till he had an opportunity ot administering a sound kick to their posteriors, or a mffet or two from his heavy fist on the si e of the head, stamping and shouting vocif ot them, however, stayed to ■tration* at< r o” tll , e , se r;lt her unpleasant demon onlv °tl‘ h r ld ° eneral 8 * to ° ha PPy to ge t put of that fix so easily, and the bugle having been ordered to sound ‘The Assembly,’ we were formed into our ranks, and the march was immediately re sumed ” (Times mrtr Sentinel. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1853. Col. A. J. Pickett. We publish in another column an interesting letter from this accomplished scholar and gentleman, in which he declines to allow his name to go before the convention of the Alabama Democracy as a candidate for nomination as Gove’ nor ; preferring to devote his time to the completion of his history of the country from the Savannah to the Rio Grande, to the honors of office. In view of iho noble work in which he is engaged, we cannot regret his determination. We dt light, however, ! to hold him up before the people as a specimen of man ly virtue, who prefers to benefit his age and nation to the gaudy honors of political life. Such men are rare, and when found, ought net to be forgotten and passed by, for noisy demagogues who only love the people be cause they hold the - polls. We wish Col. Pickett a happy and successful voyage to the old world, and h"pe he may return laden with the hidden treasures of which he is in search. Another Rail Road. Georgia has done much to bind the extremes of the country together with the iron ban ‘s of railroads —but her noble work is tint yet accomplished—and will not be. until the whistle of the steam ca> - is heard in every county in the State, and an easy and direct transit for freight and passengers is opened to Savannah from every corn rof her splendid domain. Memphis isdes tined to be the great centre of tho immense trade which lies on either side of the rocky mountains. It is almost certain that that city will be the terminus of the great line of rail way which will be constructed to the Pacific const. It is, therefore, a matter of capital im portance to connect our magnificent lines with that city. And we are gratified to learn that this can be done at small expense, and that our noble city of Savannah is the nearest point from Memphis to tiie sea. The fol lowing estimate of distances are from the Savannah Georgian : “From Decatur to Savannah bv the proposed road, we have estimated Hie distance at 424 miles. From D catur to Savannah by Memphis and Charleston mad, extended as it is pmpos-.-d that it sh ill b • to Chattanooga, the d:s tance is about 560 mis—making the difference in favor of ihe direct route to Griffin a large fraction over 100 miles; a fraction which must be increased when the comparison is made with reference to Charleston.” The prospects of the road and the means of build ing it are thus set forth by a correspondent of the Jef fersonian : “The road will run through about forty miles of the public lan sin Alabama. It is contemplated that Con gress wdl readily grant us lands to the same extent, as they do to the Mobile fc Ohio Railroad, which at per acre, would yield about $400,000. There is a strong probability that Alabama will, at the next session of the Legislature, and something for this route, because it opens upon the most direct communication imm North Alabama to Mobile Bay, and pub ic sentiment in the State is very much in favor of h iving a law enacted the same as Ten nessee, granting SB,OOO per mile for rail road improve ments. “The road will run over about 36 miles of the Seim t Railroad in Alabama; thus Alabama will have to build but 65 or 70 miles only. Morgan and Marshall counties will stand a tax 0f5200,000, and although the road runs through a poor section of the country for some distance, you perceive tbe project is far from being “hopeless” as to capital; but I maintain that if Georgia had to build every foot of the road, it would be the best investment she ever made in railroads, and would yield her a golden harvest. 11 Type Setting tor Girls. We learn from the New York Dady Times, that in consequence of the late str kes among the printers in that city, one of the daily papers has employed girls to do its type-setting. The Editor says : “If this should be the means of opening anew field of labor, to those young women in our city who are compell ed to earn a livelihood by their daily toil, and who have far severer struggles with poverty and want than any other class of our laboring population, we shall be heartily and profoundly rejoiced. The number of this class is far great 1- er than is gener 11 y supposed; and the diffi ultics they encounter, the sufferings they endure, the toils and priva tions they meet, are suspected by very few. There are thousands ot young women in this city who, besid<s sup porting themselves, are compelled to support infirm or in valid parents, and infant brothers and sisters. And i how fww departments of labor are open to them ? Even j i those kinds ot labor for which they would seem to be es j peoially fitted, such as shop-tend ng, the sale of fancy I goods, of gloves, laces, etc., etc., are monopoliz and by men, and closed, by prejudice almost as much as by custom, against females. The needle, teaching, and domestic service, seem to be almost ihe only means by which this very large class of our population can obtain a living; and of these, the last is not only filled, but over-crowded, from abroad, by those whose physical strength and habits of life give them advantages for it which they cannot rival Very few, comparatively, are qualified to teach; and so the needle is the sole resource. “And whit kind of a resource it is, no one who is at j all acquainted with the number, hard labor, and pti ul i earnings of the seamstresses in this city, needs to be in j formed. Even with steady employment, it is aim st im | possible even to support life, at the paltry prices to which ! excessive competition and the relentless cupidity of eni j plovers, have reduced wages in this department.” More important results will follow in the train of j tins reform. It is much to lie hoped, that it will im prove the moral tone of the New York daily press, which is conceded on all hands to ue the lowest in the Union. No gentleman could put in the hands of a blooming maiden the filthy copy, which but too often disfigures these sheet-*. What a pleas mt place the of fice of an Editor will be when this precedent is followed. The Abbeville S. C. Banner. Our old friend, C. 11. Allen, has retired from tin I Editorial control of this paper, and has been succeeded by Lt F. W. Selleck, of whom he speaks as follows : ‘‘ln his hands 1 feel sat.sfied it will lose nothing, an. that he who so nob y followed the flag ot his country ovei the ensanguined fields ot Mexico, and triumphantly place it upon the wails of her capital, will as gallantly bear aloi and sustain the Banner of his ado .ted District. For t!. *• Hero of the Gareta,” then, I bespeak the same libera patronage extended to myself, and trust that he may be a well sustained in hs new vocation of Ed tor, as he war aider mre trying times as a soldier, and by hearts a.- true.” Governor Finite, in a card, situs loUi ue nas been re quested by Gen.ru] J. D. Freeman, (who is now feeling the weight of domestic atfl.etion,) to say for him that be nas long since determined n*t to be a candidate for re election to Congress. A. G. Brown publishes a card m the last Mississippi n, declining to be a candidate for re -election to Congress. Shooting and Stabbing in the city. On Sunday morning 17th inst., Joseth Lpdeorafe was stabbed by Brittain M’Cullers. and has since died. M'Cullers has made his escape By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that a reward of one hundred dollars is offered for his appreb* nsion. On Wednesday. 20th inst., Mr. J. J. Walton fired a pistol at Barnard Dolan. The ball grazed Dolan s cheek. Walton has been held to bail in the sum of seven hundred dollars to appear at our next Superior Court to answer to a b’ll of indictment. Chunncnuggee Fair. The next meeting of this delightful association will be held on the first Tuesday in May. We invite attention to the advertisement of the Messrs. Holland, offering for sale, at a great bargain, their well known Plantation and valuable Mi Is, situated two and a half miles west of this city. These gentle men are determined and anxious to sell, and the public may do w’ell to look after the “bargain.” Col. S. R. Adams lias been nominated by the Democ racy of Jasper county as their candidate for Congrsss. They have also unanimously recommended Hon. J. J. Mcßae for United States Sena'or. Beers Discharged —The Case ol Beers, the Post mas ter at Mob le. charged with defalcation, has been carried before the Grand Jury. The evidence w r as insufficent to find bill, and h's and scharge has been ordered. A Challenge. The Columbus Times and Sentinel boasts that the foreman of that offic“ set sixteen thousand ems in a single day, and triumph litly asks, “who can beat this?” If modesty did not forbid, we could name a typo in this place who can beat it “all to tarnal smash,” Without hav ing a “bla- ksmiih proof” or reading h s “sticks” either, lie can put up 20,0ut) ems, or 2000 an hour, just as *asy as nothing, and never thought about boasting of it either, Sam. Ivins, editor of the Athens (Tenn.) Post, can, we believe, do the same thing.— Southern Herald. Sam is not w illing to give it up so ; and challenges the Athens “typo” to a trial of skill. What say you, Mr. Christy ? 1 FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] The Convention at Montgomery. Wvnnton, Ga., 23d April, 1853. Messrs. Editors: —By letters which I have just re ceived fr an Ex Governor G. R. Gilmer and Dr. W. C. Danjell, I learn that talented and competent gentle men have been engaged to make addresses at the Con vt-ntion in Montgomery, commencing on next Monday, on the following subjects : Negro Slavery the Cultiva tion of Cotton, the connection between Chemistry and Agriculture, the Cultivation of Rice, and probably the Cereal Crops and Grasses, the Culture of the Sugar Cane, and the manufacturing of Sugar, with various other appropriate topics, all looking to the development of the resources and great industrial interests of the Soutn. That in these addresses, South Carolima, Geor gia, Alabama, Mississippi, anil Louisiana are entitled certainly to be represented ; and distinguished gentle men from other States have been invited to participate. A rich, instructive treat may be anticipated, and it is to be hoped that the attendance will be large. Let no weak excuses keep planters away, when all are interested, and ought to join in the formation of ob jects of so great importance. All are invited to come. Very Respectfully, James'm. chambers?” v jFrom the Advertiser and Gazette.] Messrs. Editors: Before tnak ng known my determination in reference to ad siinguished po.-i ----tion which my fiiends are desirous for me to nt la n, I feel it due to myxelf *o state in what man ner my name has been brought before the public. ! In :he month of January last, several gentlemen of i the city or YVetumpka, who belong to the Demo- j eatie par y, resolved to suggest my name in con-! necdon with the office of Governor. They pre- i pared an article over the signature of a ’’Coosa I Democrat,” which made its appear. ain the pa- ; per of that place, and which has been copied by other journals in different parts ol the Siate. I knew nothing of this generous movt merit on the part of these friends until I saw their art cle in the Gaze’tes. The names of these gentlemen have since become known to me. am* they have mv grate ful acknowledgments. Not long afterward-*, a public meeting in Autaugaville adoptee resolutions lecouiineiiding me to the favorable considera ion of he people or A1 b ima. These spontaneous pi oofs o’ regard were succeeded by anonymous communi cations in several paper.-, witten in a spirit of ardent friendship. Many of the Democ atic editors of Alahami have endorsed these pieces. In Missis ->ippi and .Georgia several able journals have advi - l ed our peop e upon the borders of their respective ! States to support me tor the gubernatorial < ffiee.— E.en to one long connected with political life, such ! aetnonstra ions ot legaid and confidence, it would i vein, vvotild be graiHying : bu they are especially -oto me, who have never been an aspirant for office. I perceive that a Court House meetirg in A tm ga, in which oeleg .tes to attend ih* j approaching Convention weie appointed, have expre.-sed a pre terene- so” me* S eh ha.- been the decision of a similar meet! gin the county of Bibb. I under stand that othereuutjti s have held meetings, and dthough some of them h ive remained s.Lnt as to heir choir*-, their relegates are kno.vn'o ;e for me. i I certainly feel vey much flattered and very much honor* and by these testimonials o public esteem. It appeals 1 1 tmy friend i tend to use my name in t e Conveu ion. Tneir affluence of friendship, the gratitude I teel for th it iriends'dp,and ihe res- peet whim I have for it in connection with mv i •and siivs, whic i I snail presently mike known, tender my situation extr. me v eu.bairas.-i g. for the la.-t n.ne mon hs I have been engaged in tite prep.ration of a 1 terary wok of considerable iii .giiiiude, embracing the h story ot tne coumry •min he rive of Savannah io the river of the Ho Grande A-1 progress with that vvoik I am, day oy day, more couvin. ed tnai I ought not to reliu piis . ,t. For its successful c ur.pl. to ,it is neces sary that 1 should go to Europe. It is important uia. I sh.-uld remain s< ine time in Madrid, Rome md Paris. I, is ~y .to \isit Europe in the early pari.of the ensuing year as a private Ameri c.u ci. z • 0.. my own mea-ns, ielying upon what a duress I comm nd to be permitted to explore the • iioiii.it records which relate to this countiv. Ala oamu has much of her lii-to y locked up n the ar bivi sos Frmce, I aly and Spa n. Wuile 1 am broad, it all shall he embraced in the great work • o wtldl I have referred. When I return to Alabama nd att- r I ahull have accomplished all for her tha I can, and then, my fellow countrymen choose i* i.uior me with a distingnv-hed position, it will b accepted. It, on the other hand, they should deter uiueiliatl am to rema u in pr vate life, I shall •••w vvnh respect to I heir decision. For these reasons, I desire that my friends should n t present my name as a candidate be;ore tin Demo, ratio Conventicm for a uomin tion. I think it pioper a.so to take this occasion to announce i as my determinati m to support the numi ee ot .He Convention. For each and .11 of the disiin guished gentlemen who are said to be aspirants lor the < ffi e f Governor, I “tertain no other feeling ih n that of kindness, and I have much respect for heir tafentsand worth. I hope that harmon) pervade the deliberations of the lespeclable body which is to decide between them. Kesp,o,fully, a y pjcKETT. The in Ctnmril --We understand that at a meeting of the Democratic party ot this county, in the < ourt ho se, de egates were appointed to the Sate convention and a * so *° a District convention, to be held tor the pur pose of nominating a candidate tor Congress tor this district , . It appears, therefore, from the action oi this meeting, that t apt ; bercrombie is not to be allowed to walk over the course without oppo I sition. The Advert s r and Gaze te at Aiontgo ! mery, also favors a conven ion, end we have very littl doubt that one will be held. Under the circumstances the Democrtic pany has only to nominate its cand.dato to elect him —Macon ( Tuskege i) h<p iblican. Cu f hbfr’ Female Col leg e— W e learn that the Rev J H. Luther has resigned his po las Pro fessor in this fl urishing i aptist college, and that Mr V\ m M Janes, A.. :0., has be n elec ted 10 fill th vacancy Prof Janes is an ac complished and experienced teacher, and well qualified to perforin the and ties of his respon sible and honorable position, ‘i he t uthbert female college is • ne of the leading institu tions in Sou'hwestern Georgia, and we trust that its future may be one of the highest pros pt rity and usefulness — Geo. Hume Gazette. The *an Antonio and M'xican Gulf Railroad. — The propo als for building the above road were opened at San Antonio on the sth inst, and the contract granted to a company oi Northern capitalists, who pro ose to build the entire road from >aluria to San Antonio, and furnish everything necessary to the comple tion and perfection of the whole work for $2 ,000 per mile and bind themselves to com plete it in three years. So it seems that, not withstanding the doubts of some, and the ob | s acles thrown in the way of the company by others the road will now be commenced, and not on y commenced, but complet and, and that in the shorted possible time the people of Y\estern Texas and the citizens o San /\nto nio particularly, may congratulate themselves on the prospect of the speedy completion of t eirfavorite road, which is destined to produce mighty results, open new sources of wealth and bring to light the hidden treasures of her vast and beautitul domain The country ill become more extensively known, and when known must be appreciated The salubrity of the climate - the fertility of the soil the abun dance t the game—the superior graz ng lands lor stock the gorgeous beauty and pictur esque scenery with which the face of the country abounds- the beautiful rivers and streams meandering .he country in all direc tions, and the recent discovery of the precious metals on several of her streams, are all strong inducements for the adventurer, the farmer, the stock r iser, and man of wealth, who will of course avail themselves of the advantages now offering, to settle in a State that must, ere long, be one of the wealthiest and most flour ishing in the Union — JJeLa . News from Washington . —Our special des patche from Washington this morning announ ..ces that Gen. Pierce has been formally advised the acceptance of the Collectorship of this port by Judge Bronson, and the Dstrict Attor neyship by Chas. O Conor, Esq, So the long agony is positively over at last. We are assur ed that none but the most friendly relations ex ists between Hon. Pierre Soule and Senor Cal deron, the Spanish Minister at Washington-er go, all doubts as to the acceptability of the for i mer gentleman at the Court of Madrid are re- I moved. Foreign missions possess no attractions jin the eyes of Col. Benton. He is determined j to serve his term of two years in the House of j Represenatives.— N. Y. Herald. Illness of Hon. Mike Walsh. —We regret to learn that this gentleman lies dangerously ill at his residence in this city. Mr. Walsh has re cently been elected to fill one of the most im | portant stations in the gift of the people, one : which his talents render him most capable of discharging honorably to himself and beneficial | ty to his country; and we trust that he may yet he spared to fulfill the mission of good which cannot hut result from his participation in the legislature of his country.— True Nat. Democrat. Temperance in the City of Washington. —A joint resolution has been introduced into the hoard of common council of Washington, and passed, proposing to take the sense of the vo ters of that city at the election in June next, on the propriety of prohibiting the granting of li cences for the sale of intoxicating liquors. Escape of Slaves. —On Sunday week las’ i about twenty slaves belonging to citizens of ! Boone county, escaped from their masters. They 1 belonged to different individuals, and so well was the plan of escape matured that at last accounts nothing had been heard of them. They were without doubt aided by abolitionists of Ohio or Indiana. The people of Boone county, as may well be supposed, are justly excited and indig naut at this new and heavy outrage upon their ; rights.— Louisville Courier, lltk inst. _ ’’ ‘ I The Chattanooga Advertiser says scarcely a | day passes without the arrival of pig iron from | Etowah Iron Works at that place, to be ship- I ped on that river for Louisville, or Cincinnati | and Pittsburgh. The editor says hundreds of tons of pig metal are yearly made on the banks of the Tennessee, which are transported about 2,000 miles by water and sold at a good advance in Pittsburgh. The East Tennessee Manufac- turing Company have sent several hundred tons this year. Ihe Etowah Iron Works, of this State, get their supply ot coal at Chattanooga, and then ship the pig iron hack, and forward it to Pittsburgh in competition with their iron. W hy cannot railroad iron he manufactured in I ennessee and Georgia? certainly not for want of the minerals, iron and coal. The Florence (Ala.) Gazette has hoisted the name of Col. John A. Winston as its candidate for Governor, and advocates his nomination very earnestly—and the Democratic meeting of Lauderdale to appoint delegates to the State Convention have instructed their delegates to vote for Col. W. in the Convention. Samuel Perry, on trial at Wilmington, North Carolina, for the murder of his wile, has been found guilty of murder in the first degree. [Fiom the N. O. Picayune.] Forest Funeral. She was fair, with tresses of long Black h lying over her pillow. Her eye was dark piercing, and as it met mine, she started s )jJ!| a but looking up 6he smiled. I spoke toherlalf’ and then turned to her, and asked if glia l. her condition. “I know that my Redeemer liveth,” in a voice whose melody was like the ! strains of the teolian. You may imagine the answer startled me, v with a few lines of like import, I turned from her A hall hour elapsed and she spoke in the Ea . lie deep, rich and melodious voice. “Father, lam eold, lie down beside me,” aiu j the old man laid down beside his dying and she twined her arms around his neck, and murmured in a dreamy voice, “dear, dear father” “Mv child,” said the old man, “does the flood seem deep to thee ?” “Nay, father, my soul is strong.” u “See’st thou the thither shore V* “I see it, father, and its banks are green with immortal verdure.” “Hear’st thou the voice of its inhabitants?’’ “I hear them, father, the voice of angels cal ling from afar in the still and solemn night-time and they call me. Her voice, father— oh. I heard it then!” “Does she speak to thee ?” “She speaks in heavenly.” “Does she smile ?” “An angel—hut a cold, calm, smile? But I am cold, c<dd ! Father there is a mist in the room. You’ll be lonely. Is this death, fa ther?” “It is death, my Mary !'* “Thank God!” Sabbath evening came, and a slow proces sion wound through the forest to the li tie school, house. There, with simple rites, the clergy man performed his duty, and w ent to the grave. The procession was short. There were hardy men and rough, in shooting jackets, and sonip w ith rifhs on their shoulders. But their werni hearts gave beauty to their unshaven faces, and they stood in reverent silence by the grave. The j river murmured, the birds sang, and so we bu ried her. I saw the sun go down from the same spot, I and stars were bright before I left, for l always had an idea that a grave yard was the nearest to heaven of any place on earth; and with old Thomas Brown/’ 1 love to see a Church in the grave-yard, for even as we pass th rough the place of God on earth, so w’e must pass the tem ple of God on high.” Government Sale of Muskets. —On the 12th inst. a sale of about 5,000 flint muskets and other military equipments, took place at the Marine Barracks at Washington, The Repub lic say s: A merchant in New York, engaged in the sale of military goods, made large purchases of muskets; and he and a gentleman connected with the American Colonization Society wen* nearly the exclusive successful biddeis. The prices ranged, for each gun, from eighty-two and a half cents to and ‘eighty cents; or, an average, upwards of one dollar and twenty cents. Fifteen hundred of those mus kets will hereafter enter into the defensive ope rations of the republic of Liberia, together with the swords to wdiich we have already ie terred ; and the clothing and equipments intend ed for marines w ill adorn probably the land for ces of the African soveieigns. Eight iron six and twelve pounders were purchased by the New York merchant, at eight dollars each ; and the balls were sold to oilier parties at eight cents apiece. Gold in Texas. —The reported discovery of gold in many places on the upper Colorado, in Texas, has been confirmed. The greatest ex citement, in consequence, prevails all over the country. ‘ Remarkable. -The Jail in Leon county is without a tenant, and we are informed by the Grand Jury, that the Criminal Docket “small by degrees, and beautifully less.” The Louisiana Bank Law. —The Louisiana Fiee Banking Law has passed the Senate. Philadelphia, April 18. James O’Neil, last evening, stabbed another man, in a fracas at Cedar Grove, in the upper part of the county, killing him instantly. O’Neil was committed to prigon by alderman Fenton, of Kensington. Gov. Seymour, of Connecticut, it is said, will succeed Judge Conkling as Minister to Mexico. The President has decided upon appointing George W. Clinton, of Buffalo, as District At torney tj and John M. Mott, of Rensselaer, as Marshal, for the Northern District of New York. Indiana is a great State; she has 800 miles of finished railroad, 1500 of plankroad and 550 of canal, besides 1000 miles ofrailroad in progress. Her principal railroad stock sells i.i New \ork at 111, and her State 5 per cents, at 106. The Commissioners of the Texas and Red River telegraph commenced receiving subscrip tions at Galveston, on the 14th instant, for stock, and the subscriptions that day amounted to $3,000. Mr. Robert S. Hayward, late of Tallahassee, and clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida, * died ofconsurnption on the 33th ultimo, on board a schooner off Cedar Keys. The friends of the Hon. E. Pickens announce his name in the Selma Sentinel as a candidate for the Senate in the district composed of the counties of Wilcox and Dallas, Alabama. The Commercial and Agricultural Bank ot Galveston has been indicted by the State a* an illegal corporation. P T. Barnum, the great show man, ha3 been elected to the Connecticut Legislature front Bridgeport. * Mr.Thos. Evans, late of New York, has been appointed dentist to Louis Napoleon and the Empress.