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£imfs avto Smtiml. COLUMBUS, | WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 25 Hon. Robert Toombs. This distinguished gentleman arrived in this city on Sunday last and will rernaiu in this vicinity a few days. ! We have reason to believe that bis position in reference to the Know Nothings has been grossly misrepresented j by tl.e Chronicle cj* Sentinel , and that the Columbus Enquirer has thereby been put on a wrong scent. This i is the more inexcusable as Mr. Toombs is one of the most outspoken men in Georgia. Whatever may be j his faults, concealment and duplicity are not among ‘ them, and on this account we were slow to give cre dence to the rumor that he sympathized with the Know Nothings. Besides, it is well known that Mr. Toombs severed his long connection with the glorious old Whig party because it ignored slavery, and it would be mon strous if he were to join a secret political scciety that does the same thing. lie spurned the offered hand of Sew'ard in the open Senate $ it is hardly to be credited that he would take Wilson, Hale, Harlan and Turn bull to his bosom in the secret places of the council chambers of the Know Nothings. So firm is our conviction upon this point that we will cheerfully join with the Columbus Enquirer in a call upon Senator Toombs to give us his views of the objects, oaths and organization of the so-called American par ty. If, however, the patty friends of the Senator re* fuse to extend to him this courtesy, we assure him that the Democracy of Columbus would be mo6t happy to hear from him at Temperance Hall, at such time as may suit his convenience. Every citizen is in duty bound to give his aid in the dissemination of sound principles, especially when new political combinations are being formed, and we, therefore, trust we have not overstepped the bounds of propriety in making this di rect call upon our distinguished Senator. He owes it to himself and his country to rebuke the attempt to use his name to build up a party which he despises. Funeral of Rishop Capers. On Sunday, 22d inst , a very large audience assem bled in the Methodist Episcopal Church in this city to hear a funeral discourse upon the life and character of William Capers, deceased, by Lovick Pikrck, of the Georgia Conference. The occasion was a most inter esting one, not only on account of the eminent virtues of the deceased, but of the peculiar relations of the eu logist and his subject. The reverend preacher was a pioneer of Methodism and had personal experience of tho life and character of William Capers from his boyhood to the day of his death. The discourse, therefore, was rich in personal anecdotes and was the more thrilling as it reached back to the days of Francis Asbury, who planted Methodism in the Southern States. Our space will not allow us to give even an abstract of the dis course. Cue or two of the venerable preacher’s remi niscences must suffer. William Capers was converted in 1818, just after he graduated in South Carolina College. He belonged to the old aristocracy of the Province of South Carolina. In personal beauty he was unrivalled among his fellows. In eloquence, learning, taste, and ail personal accom plishments, he had no equal. His fellow citizens were proud of him, and were shocked when it was announced that young Capers had determined to give up all the bright prospects that were open to 1.i3 ambition and sacrifice himself to preaching tho gospel among the despised Methodists. He was the first educated young man who had ever entered the itineracy in tho South ern States. He turned a deaf ear to all tho allure ments of ambition and followed the call of duty, and it is the opinion of Dr. Pierce that he did more than any other man to break down the prejudice of the earlier Methodists in the United Slates against an educated ministry. The power of his eloquence was illustrated by the effect of an exhortation delivered in Putnam county, Georgia, between IS2O-’25. It was at a camp meeting at which there were three thousand persons present. After a sermon had been delivered, he arose to invite mourners to the altar, and preceded it by an appeal of such power that when the invitation was given the whole multitude, without an exception, fell upon their knees. In 1819**20, he was stationed in Savannah.— During the summer the yellow fever broke out and swept over the city as it did lust year. While oth ers fled from their post, lH stood lbs ground, adminis tering to the sick, comforting the distressed and bury ing the dead. By his self sacrificing devotion and eloquence he won the hearts of all and planted Metho dism among a people who had hitherto despised it. At the death of Dr. Pollock his congregation tendered him his pulpit, which he of course declined. Bishop Capers was the author of tile Mission to the Blacks in the Southern States. The following description of Bishop Capers must close the article: In person it was a pleasure to look upon him. so no ble was his countenance and so faultless his proportions. His voice was tuned to nelody and fell like upon the ear. He had but to open his mouth and a stream if simple and ornate doqutnce gushed forth as from an ever living spring. His attainments, learning and man ners fitted him to adorn courts and he would have been the welcome associate of princes, and yet he made himself at home in the hut of the backwoods man who welcomed him as his equal and friend. In all the varied relations and situations of Lis life, he was the Christian gentleman, and never was guilty of an act that wou’d not have been becoming in the most cultivated and refined society. The boners and digni ties that were heaped upon him by his grateful breth ren never made tho slightest impression upon him : he continued, to the end of his career, the same simple, unpretending, laborious man as he was at the begin ing. llis last words were, in reply to his weeping fam ily, who refused to give him up, “Let me go to God.” We spoil the beauty of the description by our para phrase. We but give the ideas. It, as well as the whole discourse, was worthy of the fame of the preach er, than whom hie chinch lias no brighter ornament, and of the fame and virtues of the illustrious dead. A. B. Meek and ihe Know Nothings. —ln the last Mobile Register we find a communication from tiiis able and accomplished gentleman, in which he clears his skirts of all complicity with the order of Know Noth ings. He says: To the Editors of the Register: —S;r—ln your paper you state that a report is in trreulation that 1 am a member of the political party called the Know Nothings. Now, sir, 1 have to say, that such a report is utterly untrue. I am not only not a member of any such party, hut, as far a-i I understand its policy and principles, am utterly oppos ed to it. I believe that they art* at war with the [test and most sacred princ pies of our Federal and State Coosttu tions and utterly irreconcilable with Republicanism. In nn> political laid), I am now, as I ever have been, and ever expect to be, a Southern Rights Democrat; and I never h<*v3 done and never shall do anything inconsistent with that faith Robert Graham; A Novel by Mrs. Caroline Lee llentz. Persons familiar with the writings of the gifted Caro- j link Lee Hentz, will be gratified to learn that she has again laid at the feet of the publio another of her sparkling productions. Robert Graham, the bold, reck- j less and even lawless Robert Graham, who was so un satisfactorily and summarily disposed of in the charm- j ing story of “Linda; or the Young Pilot of the Belie- Creole,” is the central figure of this new novel. Alter three years’ absence in India, he returns to his native shores, calm, subdued, resigned. lie finds Linda the happy wife of his rival and a mother. The purpose of the author in throwing him in contact with the object of Itia early love, under such circumstances, is to show the power of religion over the human heart. The strug gle between duty and passion is painfully interesting, : but we may be allowed to question if it is in harmony , with that portion of Scripture which teaches us to pray, “lead us not into temptation.” Our old friends “Tus cora” and “Longwood,” and the bla.*k devil, “Mc- Leod,” are again introduced to the reader. The old warrior is as stern and true, the Pedagogue as learned and simple, and the Scotchman as wicked as in the j earlier romance. Several new characters are intro duced. Nora Marshall is a sort of Backwoods Di Vernon, and is one of the most sprightly of all Mrs. Hentz’s fictitious children. Julia Bellerden, and her Brother Henry, add much to the interest of the story. Julia is one of those lovely beings “sent to earth to keep alive our dreams of heaven,” who, to avoid death, i seek a home in the balmy breezes of the south, and find him where they least expected him. Windows and widowers are not generally considered very romantic characters. Mrs. llentz has, therefore, ventured upon very ticklish in selecting these un fortunate classes for heroes and heroines. Her success in the management of the story, so as to avoid giving i offence to delicate sensibilities, in marrying Linda to | Robert Graham so soon after the death of her heroic husband, Roland Lee, is very decided. J The work is a most charming oue. The incidents ’ are numerous, varied aDd startling. Every character has strong individuality, and it is preserved throughout the story. The style of the work is easy and Bowing j ing and sparkles with tropes, figures, similitudes and comparisons; it is like India's golden strand—every step reveals a precious gem. The woik is for sale by J. W. Pease and J. L. How ell, Columbus, Ga. Price 50 cents. Great Excitement in Selma. About 12 o’clock on last Satuiday, says the Selma Reporter, nature played off one of her strange freaks, which produced quite an excitement among our citi zens. The boring of an Astesian well, has been going on lor some time in the rear of Central Depot build ing, which has reached the depth of 440 feet, and was affording near five g lions of water per minute, when it suddenly sank some 15 or 20 feet below the sut face, causing a large aperture in the earth, which reached to the landing, and about 100 feet West of the bui cl ings, or down the river. The opeuing is about 40 or 50 feet from the river, and from appearances, the whole bank or bluff, will give way. The aperture is near 300 yards in length and varies in width. All the wells in the vicinity, have stopped running. Mr. Camp bell, who was boring the well, thinks that the water is running out at a crevice in the rock. What has caused the breaking oft’ the bluff, or what will yet be the result, no one pretends to know, but one thing we do know, and that is, up to this hour, 2 1-2 o’clock, Saturday evening, that there is considerable excitement, and the bank of the river is lined wi;h citizens, who are philos ophizing upon the “home made” earthquake, or what ever they may call it. Democratic Meeting In Mobile. On the 21st inst., the Democraoy of Mobile met in convention to nominate a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate, in opposition to the Know Nothing candidate. A. B. Meek, Esq., who is alike statesman, poet and historian, was unanimously nominated. The following resolutions were unanimously adadopted : Be it Resolved, That as citizens who regard the consti tution ot the United States as the rule of their political re lations, and the guide of their civil conduct, they look with alarm upon any political organization or party whose principles are a secret. That the glory of Ametican freedom consists in the pro tection of the life, liberty and property of American citi zens. and its preservation depends upon open and tree dis cussion. That any order or party who proscribe a citizen because of his religious opinions, or foreign extraction, make war upon the lundamental principles of American Liberty. That they are citizens—entitled to all the privileges and immunities of American citizens, whom, whether born up on the soil or on foreign laud, the constitution and laws recognize as such ‘I hat this meeting will heartily support for the office of Judge of Probate, the nominee, and recommend him as an American citizen —opposed to secret organizations, and in favor of open speech, freedom of eon-eienee, and equal rights under the laws and constitution for all citizens, whether native or naturalized. That we cordially invite all persons who entertain these opinions, to co-operate with us in this effort to defend the true principles of our government “The Next One.” A friend suggests that the “next one,” referred to by the Atlanta Intelligencer as deserving of tremen dous partialities from Lady correspondents, is the Senior editor of the Enquirer. Wo concur in this opinion, and can but express our surprise that over weening self-esteem basso blinded the usually clear per ceptions of the “ Little Bantam” as to make him ap piopriate to himself honors intended for his more favored colleague. Anonymous Correspondents. We respectfully remind our readers that they must comply with the well known canon of publishers, and give their names if they expect their favors to appear in our columns. An apparently harmless article may be de signed to inflict a covert blow. Our only guard against such results i9 the character of the authors. Atlanta Election —Judge Bull has granted the mo tion of Jlanlieter to file an information, in the nature of a quo warranto against tho Mayor and Aldermen of Atlanta, calling upon them to show by what authority they exercise their offices. The grant of leave to hie the Information does not decide any of the rights of the parties. The judge intimated that he was of opinion that such contests had better be left in the hands of the people. Hardeiter charges, Ist, that the election was held by managers not qualified according to law. end that during the lime the poll was being taken they transfered the superiateadency toother parties ; 2d, that the present incumbents were not elected by a majority of legal voters. The questions involved are very im portant ones, but the ease wi 1 hardly ba disposed of until after the term of office of the present incumbents has expired. If tho election is declared void, the in cumbents will be liable to their opponents for their sal ari.s. Sate of Rock Island Factory.— This property was sold under mortgage, on Monday the -M inst., and was bought by R. L. Mott, E j q.. of ih;s city for s2o,* 250 00. From Waihingion. Slavery in Cuba —Bounty Land Warrants Washington, April 19. The Star of this evening says, that immediately alter the delivery of the recent speech by the Sparfisn Minister of Foreign Afiairs, Mr. Perry applied for an authentic copy to lorward to our government, and Mr. Luzuriaga promptly furnished it-—expressing a pledge that Spain would protect and cherish slavery in Cuba. We learn that the clerks in the departments are issuing proposals to look up bounty land claims, and transacting such business generally during their legular office hours. Rencontre between Lieut. Beale and Col. Manypen ny—lhe Court of Claim*, Etc. Washington, April 20. Lieutenant Beale, former Indian Agent at Califor nia, whose accounts have just been allowed by the Trea sury Department, inflicted a severe castigation with his fists upon Col. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian af fairs, at Willard’s Hotel, this afternoon. Lieutenant Beale attributes the temporary disallowance of his ac counts to the personal hostility of the Commissioner — and hence the assault. The organization of the new Court of Claims in this city has not yet taken place, but is looked for soon Chief Justice Gilchrist is now here, and Judge Black ford has been in the city for several weeks. Judge Lumpkin is expected to arrive in a few days. The mail from New Yoik failed to reach F’ del phia in time fur the three o’clock afternoou train from there, and did not reach here until three hours after the ’ regular mail time. The therinomter this evening stands at 60 degrees, j At mid-day it was quite warm. Later from the Great Salt Lake. Independence, (Mo.) April 17. The mail from Salt Lake arrived here at six o’clock last evening, but the news received by it is unimpor tant. Brigham Young continues to act as Governor. On the mountains the snow was very deep. There have been no detentions or molestations on the plains lately by the Indians. They appear now to be more peaceably disposed, and have returned the stock formerly stolen by them, and seers anxious to make amends for their past acts. Unfortunate Difficulty. On Thursday last an unfortunate difficulty occurred in Burke county, between Mr. Warner and Dr. A. V. Long street. From what we can learn, the parties met for the purpose of arranging a difficulty existing between them concerning some negroes. High words ensued, which re sulted in blow’s and a scuffle. They were, however, soon separated by friends close by. when it was discovered that Dr. Longstreet was stabbed in three places, the side, back, and thigh. It was reported in the City yesterday that he had died from the effects oi his wounds, but in the after noon information reached us that although they are seri ous, hopes are entertained by his physicians, the Dr. Camp bells, that they will not prove fatal. Dr. Longstreet is a young man who is heid in high esteem by many of our cit izens, and of a quiet and peaceable disposition.— Con. Rep. 21 st. Lass of tho Steamer Texanst—One Life Lost. Vicksburg, April 19. The steamer Texana, (formerly the Frank Pierce) with a cargo of 2200 hales of cotton, bound for New Orleans, took fire at 2 .o’clock yesterday morning in Yazoo river, about thirty miles above this city. The fire broke out in the hold and it was iound necessary to scuttle the boat.— This was done, and she sunk at about nine o’clock, and toon alter broke to pieces. The chambermaid ot the boat lost life. She is the only one believed to have perish ed. The boat is a total loss—[Picayune. The Massachusetts Legislature- The Nunnery Committee—Removal of Judge Loring — The Case of Mr. Hiss. Boston, April 19, 1855. The House to-day voted to reconsider the vote whereby it accepted the report of the Nunnery investigation com mittee, and then laid the report upon the table, on account of the absence of Mr. Griffin, the chairman. The debate on the matter was quite lively and personal. The report and address in relation to the removal of Judge Loring was further discussed in the Senate,and Wed nesday next assigned for taking the question. The special committee on the charger against Joseph Hiss, a member of the Nunnery Visiting Committee, at Lowell, reported to the House this afternoon. The report says that no specific act or criminality has been proved against him. It omits mentioning whether Mrs. Patterson’s bill, at the Washington House, was paid by the State. The report was accepted. Black Laws in Massachusetts. —That remarkab* e body, says the N. Y. Herald,tho Massachusetts Legis lature, lias been legislating ptettv nearly til the present session for the benefit of the blacks. They have adop ted an address to the Governor, requesting the removal of a Judge for acting as United States Commissioner in a fugitive slave case ; a law disqualifying all persons who assist in the execution of the Fugitive slave act from holding office tinier the State constitution, has passed the House, we believe, and a law placing negro children on the same footing in public schools as white, has also been enacted. Now the blood of tho Win throps, the Oiisses, the Lymans, the Endicotts and the Eliots is in a fair w; y to be amalgamated with the Sam bos, the Catos and the Pompeys. The negroes have several thins forced their children into the public schools and been sustained, in one or two instances, bv the Su preme Court of the State, but the present law settles the matter. The vvolliest head and the thickest lips had an equal chance for education previous to this time with ttie whitest skin and the strongest Saxon peculiarities; but now the niggers are just as good as white folks.— The North is to be Africanized. Amalgamation has commenced. New England heads the colurnu. God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Hungry Set. —ln Barbour county, Ala., there arc eight candidates for the office of Sheriff; ten candidates for the office of Tax Collector; and it is reported that there are not less than twenty patriotic citizens who are auxieus to represent th*ir fellow-citizens in the Legis lature. A Know Nothing in the Legislature. —Owing to n ! new phase in politics, Dobbs, was elected to the Leg sja | ture. Though gratified, he was a little intimidated by i ihe honor, and bu? for the til ught that he was not nec | essar ilv obliged to speak, would have declined serving.— ! As it was, he accepted. All things went on snior thiy for a time. Mr. Dobbs could vote other people’s motion -, I though ho couldn’t make any himstlf. One lucky day, however, the proctelings being rather dull, and Mr. D bbs raih-r dud, and Mr Dobbs being ra her thirsty, he concluded to £o over to Congress Hall, and get a glass of lemonade. As he rose to leave the hall, lie caught the sptakere eye. The speaker supposed he intended to aidless the House, and accordingly announced in a loud voice—‘'Mr. Dobbs.” Dobbs started as it he had been shot. The assembled wisdom of the State had their eyes fixed upon him lie pull* and out his pocket handkerchief to wipe away the perspiration, and feeling It necessary to say som. thing, blundered out— " Second the motion.” “There in no rn ai->n before the House,” said the speaker. “Then I—I—” The si'ence was breathless. *T—l—” Dobbs couldn’t think >! anything tosuy. But a bright id a came to him, and be finish’ and the sentence — I mote cc adjourn. The motion didn’t go. hut Dobbs left, and nulling n *re was seen of him for that day. — Albany Kn.cker. backer. Death of a Philadelphia Merchant. ~ Pr it.adelphu, April 13,1855. —John Hooper, Esq , one of our most es teemed merchants, died this morning. BY TELEGRAPH. Expressly for the Times and Sentinel LATEST FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL of thk STEAMSHIP NASHVILLE. New York. April 22. The sternifehip Nashville, with Liverpool dates to the 7th inst., has arrived. The Markets. Cotton has advanced, since last advices, from a six teenth to an eighth penee. Ihe sales ot the week pre ceding the sailing of the steamer amounted to eighty thousand halos. The Vienna. Conference. The Vienna Conference was to have been re-opened, on the 9th inst., when it was expected that the ultima tum of Russia on the Third Point would be made known More Fighting in the Crimea. Sauguinary fighting has occurred at Sebastopol, but no particulars are given in our despatch. [lt 16 more than probable that the Russians arc continuing to assail the lines of the Allies ] Consuls closed at 93 3-4. FURTHER BY THE NASHVILLE. Commercial Intelligence. The. Liverpool Cotton Market .— During the week end ing the 6th lust., prices were a trifle higher. Middling qualities have advanced I—l6j. and Fair J per lb. There was also an active speculative demand, and the sales dur ing the week comprised 80,000 bales, ot which speculators took 19,0C0 and exporters 10,500, leaving 49,500 of all des ; criptions to the trade. ‘The market closed firm, with an upward tendency at std for Fair Orleans, sid tor Middling Orleans, l id for Fair Upland, and 5 1-lCd tor Middling Uplands. The Liverpool Breadstuff's Market was generally un changed, but firm. The Circular ol Messrs. Brown Shipley quotes old Western Canal Flour at 42s , new at 335. and Ohio at 455. per barrel of 196 lbs. White and Yellow Corn were worth 435. and the mixed 425. fid. per 480 pounds. White wheat commanded 12s, fid. and Red 11s. fid. per 70 lbs. The Liverpool Provision Market was generally un changed. Prices, however, were stifl’er, although not quo tably higher. Lard had advanced Is. per cwt. State of Tkads.—The advices from Manchester aie more favorable. The London Money Market was easier. The Bank of England had reduced the rate of interest to 4i per ct. per annum. Consols for Money closed at 92*. United States Stocks had advanced. General Intelligence There is nothing of any importance from the seat of war. The political position ol a flairs remains unaltered, al though, if anything, the impression of the public mind in England leans towards the opinion that THE WAR MUST CONTINUE ! The Russian ultimatum not having ariived, the Vienna Conference had adjourned to the 9th inst. Omar Pacha, the statesman, not the Turkish General, arrived at Vienna on the 6th inst. to take part in the future discussions on be half of the ‘‘Sublime Porte.” The “third point” will be the first subject brought up for consideration. A despatch from Berlin, dated the 6th inst., says that the Russian party is predominent there, and that Prussia is likely to throw herself into the arms of the Czar in case of the peace deliberations failing. A series of sanguinary conflicts had occurred between the French and Russians before Sevastopol, attended with various success and much loss. A skirmish on the night ot the 23d ult. put 3000 poor fellows hors du combat. LATER FROM HAVANA. The United States mail Steamship Black Warrior, Cap tain J. D. Bullock, left New York on the 9th inst., arrived at Havana on the 14th, and sailed for this port next day.— She crossed the bar on Tuesday, at half past four P. M., and arrived at 11 o’clock yesterday morning, having been detained ssveral hours by the log. We are indebted to her purser for the following memoranda: The U S. Steamer Princeton was still in port. Her offi cers and crew were all well. OlYthe Moro the Black Warrior spoke the U. S. sloop of war Jamestown, Cotn’r Ellison,bearing the broad pen nantot Com. Crabbe, from Norfolk, bound in, with all well on board. Dr. Peck, the person who was arrested at Puerto Princi pe, comes passenger in the Black Warrior. He was ar rested by mistake and brought to Havana; but he was af terwards released with the freedom of the island excepting Puerto Principe. As his business was in that town, how ever, he preferred coming to the United States. Sixteen companies of mulattoes are being organized, to be attached to the inlantry as soon as arms are deliverad to them. The Military Commission was in session last Friday and Saturday. Nothing of their proceedings had trans pired. We have received by this arrival full files of Havana papers to the 15th. La Prensa of that date has an elaborate article upon the ptospects of the next Presidential campaign in the Uni ted States, which it predicts will be the most hotly contest ed of any that has been known since the foundation of the Republic, and it expresses much surprise that many of the very States that contributed the largest majorities to the election of the present Chief Magistrate, should before his term expires, give evidence ot the utmost hostility to his administration. The writer goes on to slate that the dem ocrats have evidently chosen as the-r favorite candidate for the Presidency no other than the riiibusterio, Geu. J. A. Quitman. We have believed,”says the writer, “that this person age aspired to the first position in the nation, and also, this ambition was what'induced him to become Chief of the filibustering expedition, believing that he would thus be come popular with c asses most powerful at the elections in that country, where fists and slung shots are the most eloquent arguments employed.” We quote this ooinion as one eminently Spanish The officers and soldiers of the four battalions of Hav ana volunteers have commenced raising a subscription of one dollar per month each soldier, and four dollars per month each officer, for a given time —Yi months or longer —for the purpose of arming said battalions with Minnie ii ties, without cost to the Government, hour merchants,of ficers in the battalions, had undertaken to advance the sum necessary to purchase and import the guns, and it was thought they could be obtained immediately. The Prensa states that the commerce of Havana and of the entire island had suffered much during the two past months of February and March, in consequence of the condition oi things m which the i-land was placed,but that American commerce had also suffered, and that it is as much the interest of the American as of the Cuban mer chant to put an end to the contusion arising irom reports of invading expeditions. The Diari'j tires up indignantly because the Delta saw fit to speak of the Spaniards as brave and resolute dogs. — The Di trio admits mat the Spaniards may be likened to dogs in one respeet —that they stand ready to defend their domicils against thieves who are intent upon breaking in to steal. It intimates that the wriier of the Delia’s article has lived a long time m Cuba.—JV. O. Prevent, Uth Augusta Bridge Case —The great apple of discord ar and vexation, says the Hamburg Pioneer, lias been swal lowed at last, ‘idle Ciiy Council of Augusta completed negotiations with Messrs. Jones & Kennedy a f w days ago and purchased the.r inle est—whatever it was*—in the Augusta Bridge ; and uiso tneir charter with all their rights incident thereto. ’I he papers have been drawn, signed, sealed and delivered, and thus has ended, and, wo trust, quieted forever, the truly vexatious ar.d celebrated “Bridge question.” The Little Boy lhal Died. , Messrs. Editors — Dr. Chalmers is said to be the author of the f0i1,,., beautiful poem, written on the occasion of the and ath ‘ son whom he greatly loved. Perhaps you will give ‘ place in your columns, and remind other bereaved on - | a great and a good man felt and suffered as they do. I am all alone in my chamber, now, And the midnight hour is near; And the fagot’s crack. and the clock's dull tick, I Are the only sounds i hear. K- And over my soul in its solitude, Sweet feelings of sadness glide, For my heart and my eyes are full when I th : \ Ol the the little boy that died. I went one night to my father’s house— Went home to the dear ones all— And softly I opened the garden gate, * And so'tly the door of ihe hall. My mother came out to meet her son— She kissed me and then she sighed, And her head fell on my neck, aud she wept For the little boy that died. •*, I shall miss him when the flowers come, In the garden where he played ; I shall miss him more by the fireside, When the flowers have all decayed. I shall see his toys and his empty chair, And the horse he used to ride ; And they will speak with a silent speech. Os the little boy that died. We shall go home to “our Father’s” house— To “our Father’s” house in the skies, Where the hopes of our souls shall have no blight, Our love no broken ties. We shall roam on the banks of the river of peace. And bathe in its blissful tide, And one of the joys of our heaven shall he The little boy that died. American Kumor. Coleridge, with admirable acuten.ss, lias said that “thero is such a thing as scientific wit.” ‘.therefore pure wit sometimes gives an intellectual pressure without making us laugh. The wit that makes us laugh most freely, js that which instantly accepts another man’s premises, and draws a conclusion from them in its own favor. A country gentlemen was once showing his improvements to the Prince de Ligne, and among other things pointed ou; to him a muddy spot which he called Lis lake. “It is rather shallow, is it not ?” said the Prince. “I assure you, Prince, a man drowned himseit in it.” ‘Lvh, he must have been a flatterer, then,” answered De Ligne. Os ilie same kind is the story told of one vs our old Massachusetts clergymen, Dr. Morse. At an association dinner a debate arose us to the benefit of whipping in bringing up children. The Doctor took the affirmative, and his chief opponent was a young minister, whose repo* ta'ion for veracity was not very high. He affirmed that parents often did harm to their children by unjust pun ishment from not knowing the facts of the case. “Why,” said lie, “the only time my father ever whipped me was for telling the truth.” “Well,” retorted the Doctor, “it cured you of it, did’iit it?” In wit of this s rt there is always a latent syllo gism. f i>i .1 ... • „i_ _ „t • t l , , • . , Th; n, there is the wit which detects an unintentional bit of satire in a word of double meaning ; as, where Sir Henry Wotton lakes advantage of the phrase commonly used in his day to imply merely residence, and finds an undermeaning in it, saving, “that ambassadors were per sons scut to lie abioad for the service of their Prince.” On the other hand, 1 think unconsciousness and want of intention, or at least the pretence of it, is more or less essential to the ludicrous. For this reason what may bo called the nit of events is always ludicrous. Nothing can be it ore so, for example, than the Pope’s sending a Car dinals hat to John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, which arrived in England after ilenrythe Eigh.li had taken oft’ that prelate’s head. So, when Dr. Johnson said very gravely, one day, that he had often thought that if he had ahaiem he would dress all the ladies in white linen, the unintentional congruhy of the speech with the character of the great moralist threw Boswell into an testacy of laughter. Like this is the ludicrousmssof PopeP. in 111, writ ug to the Council of Trent “that they should begin w/tb original sin, observing a due respect unto the Em peror ” C ptain Basin Hall, when he traveled in his country, found the Yankees a people entirely destitute of vvit and humor. Perhaps our gravity, which ought to have nut him on the right scent, deceived him. ido rot know a more perfect example of wit than something which, as I have heard, was said to the captain himself. Stopping at a village inn, there came up. a thunder storm, arid Captain iiall, surprised tlial'a new country should have reached such a perfection in lhost metecrolrgic manufac tures, said to a bystander, “Why, you have very heavy thunder here.” ** Well, yes,” re-plied the man, “we du, considering the number of inhabitants.” Here is another story w hich a stage-drive r told me cne<: A wag on the outside of the coach, tailed to a man by the roadside, aho was fencing seine very poor land—“l say, mister, what are vou fencing Jiat pasture for? It vwuld take forty acres on’t to staive a ndddie-s zid cow.”— “Ji ss.j; and I’m a fencin’ of ;t to keep our kettle e< ui ?” Now in tiie ‘forty acre’ part of this story, we have an instance of what is called American exaggeration, and •a 1 ich I lake to be the .-v inptorn of most premise in Yan kee fun. For it marks that desire for intensity of ex pression which is one j base of imagination, indeed,, many of these sayings are purely imaginative— as w here a man said of a painter he knew, that ’he painted a shin gle so exactly like marble, that when it leli into the river it sunk.’ A man told me once, that the people of a cer tain country town were so universally dishonest, “hat ihey had to take in their stone at night.’ In tome of these stories, imagination appears yet more strongly aud in that contradictory union with the understanding which lies at the root ol the highest humor. For example, a coachman driving up some mountains in Vermont, was asked if tLey were as Bleep on the other s;ue also ? ‘Steep I chain iiglt tilin’ couldn’t go down ’em without the breech in’ on ” I believe that there is mete latent humor among the American people than in any other, and that it will one day devdope itseif and find expression through art. R. Lowell’s Lecture on Hudibras. j A Virginia Diamond. —A rough •uamont was recent ly picked up near Manchester. V u small town opposite Richmond. The stone h about the size of a bezel bin, and weighs forty-three carats. It has a flaw in tie- ctli tre, but it is otherwise quite premising. The Richmond jewelers estimated its value at four thousand dollars, ai< i claim that it is the largest diamond ever found in Kuril America. We presume that it wifi be submitted to the inspection of some of •. ur iapidarit s, and that a scientific, report wilt be male. It was found m a clay bank, about two feet frmu the surface. There are coal and iron mints u the vicinity. Fanny Fern's best ‘l/ring. —’Taiutr is coniii g I” and little round faces grow long, and rm rrv void a ate hushed, and toys are hustled into the cut st-i. ; nd mamma glances nervous’y at the door, and the baby is hr.l < and wi’h a lump of tugar to keep the peace, and lather’* bu, siutss face relaxes not a muscle, and the J tile group hud dle 1.-ke timed sheep in a corner, and tea is despatched as ssieni!y as if speaking weie prohibited by the stair.to book, and the children creep like culprits to bid, mm vai ling that baby dare cry so loud, now that “father has come.” ‘ Fa ! h ris coming I” and bright eyes sparkle for jay, and tiny feet dance with g ee, and eager faces press against the window pane--, and a bevy of rosy Sips claim kisses at the door, and picture books lie unrebuktd on the table, ani tops and balis, and dolls, and kite- are dit cussed, and little Susy 1 lys her soft cheek against the pa - ternal wh'ekers with tin- most fearkts, ‘abandon, ’ and fii irley ge.s a lovepat for Its ‘imda,’ and mamma’s lace grows radiant, and ihe evening paper is read (not silently, but loud.) and tea and toast and time vanish with equal celerhy, for jubilee has arrived and “father has co .ne.” . m