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"the CONSTITIT'fIO-NALJST. 1 " JAMES GARDNER, JR. ! -——- • - T i: R 31 s. Daily, {Ver aamim, $8 bO Tri*Weekly, per annum, 6 00 if paid in advance,... 5 EJ Weekly, per annum J 00 if paid in advance,. 2 50 | To Clubs, ram tiling 010 in Advance, FIVE I’OPIE?s are sent. Tins will put onr week’y T’- per in lite read; oi new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. f/3~ Subscribers v.Tio will pay up arrearages, a-nd send four new subscribe is, with lise money can gel I lie paper at $2,00. iCTAI! new subscriptions must be paid in advance. iO” Postage must be paid un all Comiuuiucatn ns and Letters of business. From a book called “The Handful us llouey nu kies,” by William Ilunnis, printed m 1585, we extract the followingTelic, uliich lias been re peatedly ascribed to later authors : Meditation ou Retiring >t.. n. 01, Lord, my God, I wandered have As one that runs astray. And have in thought, in word and deed, In idleness and ulay. Offended sore thy Majesty, j. In heaping sin to sin, And yet thy mercy hath me spared, So gracious hast thou been! O Lord my faults i no' - confess, And sorry am therefor; llu'l not so much as fuiti I would : O Lord what vvililhoamore ? It is thy grace must bring that spiiil l*oF«w’iiirh I humbly pray* And that this night thou me defend. As thou has done this day, And grant when these mine eyes and tongue Shall Tail through nature’s might, That then the powers of my poor soul 31 ay praise thee day and uiglit. [ From the N. O. Della 31 si all.] Interesting AlexicauDocument. 'l'ke battle of Cerro Gordo—Santa Anna's \ Defence —Mexican Acknowledgment of the Splendor of our Victory. The victory of Cerro Gordo appears to have produced a more powerful effect in the City of Mexico than any which we have yet gain ed. Theeneffiy had never before fought under such favorable circumstances—Mexican cun ning was never before so embarrassed and contused for an apology. iSanta Anna was never so completely stumped in his whole life. The strongest evidence ol the exhaustion and poverty ot ISanta Anna’s imagination on this subject, is to be found in the severe and free expressions of the press, not only discredit ing his explanation of the Cerro Gordo ass air, but also impugning all ills former statements in relation to his battles. The papers are loaded with these sceptical and satirical ef fusions. The curent against him is rising higher and stronger. “Why,” say 1 1 ie=e writers, “are Gens. Arista, Ampudia, Here dia, Canalizo, dtc., so roughly handled by Gaula Anna’s friends on account of their ‘misfortunes,’ when a much greater ‘misfor tune’ of the General-in-Chief is praised rather us an act of patriotism than a disgraceful route?” The excuses given heretofore by Santa Anna’s friends are not satisfactory to the un reasonable scribblers of the Capital. The pretence that tiie National Guard did not un derstand the use of arms and behaved badly in the action, is well met with the reply that the National Guards were al! captured at their posts, bravely fighting, whilst the veteran re gulars were escaping under Ampudia, Can alizo, and the General-in-Chief. This is a good hit. Other disposed of with like ease and pungency. Seeing that his case was badly presented by his friends, the General hasseized his pen, and in the name of one of his satellites, tries a new tack, and presents his late “misfor tune” in the following ingenious exposition. The reader will recognise in this article the characteristic style of Jdanta Anna. The allusion to Napoleon is decidedly Santa Anuaish. To keep tip that pleasant conceit which manifested itselt rather ridiculously in the lent of Gen. Houston, when the Mexican chief “sofl-savvdered” the Texan hero, by in forming him that he was the “conqueror ol tie Napoleon of the West,’ it has been the lubit of Santa Anna, in all his military em . ergeucies, to draw liberally for excuses and causes upon the copious annals of the great Napoleon. His search, however, after anal ogies between his situation and that oi Napo leon, has introduced him to other great Gen erals, who, like himself, have been caught napping, and in his distress, he eagerly a dopts the excuse which could not save the Austrian General from disgrace and a court martial, lie calculates, wisely that what could not satisfy the stubborn good sense of the Austrians, may easily content the im aginative and windy Mexicans. But. JVon nos tantas componere hies. Let the Mexicans settle their own disputes. It is comforting, however, to us to see so fine an exemplification of the old proverb, that when “rogues fall out, honest men get their due.” It was only when the Mexican chiefs got by the ears —when their military reputa tion demanded the admission, that they be came willing to acquiesce in our clains to some consideration for prowess and military capacity. The truth has at last worked its way into 3h ex i can confessions. Pallia Anna, in order to justify his rout at Cerro Gordo, bestows upon Gen. Scott and his gallant army, higher praise, and confers upon this achievement a more brilliant re nown, than our own warm imaginations and j proud hearts ever conceived of. Here follows the vindication of the milita ry conduct of Gen. Santa Anna in the battle of Cerro Gordo, published in the Diario del Gobierno, at the City of Mexico, on the 30llr I April; Tiadicatiou of Sautii Anna. The internal enemies of the country, the : secret agents of our external enemies, those | who are laboring to open to them the gates of the Capital, neglect no means, however criminal, of fomenting dissentions and dis trust among us, as more favorable to the de eigns of the invader is our own disunion, tnan all the disasters that we can suffer in combat. Hence the zeal and the bad faith with which they present to the public their j accounts of the events of the war, disfiguring j them in such a manner that the disasters ot j our arras, as well in the North as in the East, may be attributed r.ot to involuntary errors, bulio treason. With a like motive do they endeavor to de preciate Gen. Santa Anna, knowing, as they do, that he is the enemy whom the North Americans most fear, and that lie once out of the way, they will have removed the prin cipal obstacle that they have met with up to the present time, in their career of destruction and conquest. This idea predominating, these internal - -r a-mm —~ ti n ii —g , narmm nwaa—urn ■ r m<‘ f ■ MfM enemies of the country have published, vari- j ous pamphlets, representing the triumph ob- i laiued by our arms al the Angostura as a loss. At the present moment they are doing the same tiling in relation to the actions ot j the Teiegrafo and Cerro Gordo, in both of which they censure the General-in-Chief, in ; terms so severe that it only remains to uc- . cuse him clearly and expressly of treason. The editorial*of the 38th number of the ; Bulletin of Democracy, (whose authors are well known.) is full of this kind of charges a<jai nst Santa Anna, who is there accused of the loss ol Cerro Gordo; the article saying that all trie said misfortune proceeded from a want of foresight in the preparations, and 1 frotn a like want of judgment at the time of ; the attack, and from bad arrangements. We i are given to understand, that he sacrificed uselessly a large portion oi’ his force. And j he is even blamed for not performing a mira cle by raising, in a moment,-a new army, just as if we were in France in the time of the National Convention. We need only read, with a little attention, the said editorial, to i penetrate the depth end the w ickedness of the design of its authors. Unjust men ! your calumnies suffice to detect your partiality and I your insane intention-, i Without calling the attention of our read ers to the documents published in the Diario , r del Gobierno, and in other papers, the Re ! publtcu.no, (which certainly cannot be taxed | with partiality to Santa Anna.) in its num- . j ber oflhe 23d hist., gives a clear idea of what took place in this action—dissipates the rash | imputations of our enemies—and depicting j ! the conduct of the invader, his tactics, his j numerical superiority, the advantages of his ! artillery, and all that contributed to facilitate i i his triumphs, demonstates, most completely, ■ that our loss was the result ol inevitable mis- : j fortune. I in fact our position was well chosen: it j 1 \vas tonified as well as circumstances permit- i ! led: its Hanks were covered; and all was fur- j seen that was to have been forseen in regular order, and in usual ladies of war. True it \ itiiat no expectation was en'ertained of the ; rare, bold and desperate operation of enemy, ■ who, in the night between the 17th and IBth, I broke through the woods, crossed a ravine up to that time never crossed, and taking in reverse the position which the main body of army occupied, surprised it in the time of ac tion, made a general attack on all parts at : once, and cut offTiie retreat of the infantry 4 the artillery, and even a part of the cavalry. | Uis pretended that the General ought to have forseen this risk; but to this argument two sufficient replies maybe made: First —that , notwithstanding the old opinion, confirmed by the experience of the whole war front 1810 to 1821, that the road by which the enemy | flanked os was impraclicabled, the General j iFd not neglect if, since lie stationed, in or der to cover it, the greater part of his cavalry ; in the mouth of lbs gorge; and if this force did not fulfil the object of its mission, the i fault should not be imputed to the General in-Chief. We do not intend here to examine and quality the conduct of the chief of the j cavalry; the fact is, that the point which this force should have guarded was left uncover ed, and that is more than sufficient of justify Gen. Santa Anna. Secondly—A recent historial fact my serve fur the second solution of the question. We refer to the passage of Bonaparte over the great St. Bernard, executed likewise at night, with such silence and despatch, that the Austrain general, deceived by thedexteri j ty of the operation, said on the following day, before lie learned Uie result, ••that he answer ed with his life, that the French artillery had nut passed that way.” And if this hap • pened in Europe, in the midst of a war that j had formed so many expert commanders, it I need not astonish us that like events transpire among ourselves! Men are not goda! * * * * * After enlarging upon the particular in stances of partriolisrn displayed by ISanta Anna, from the beginning of his career down to the present time, his apologist concludes by the following peroration: Mexicans, be just! Du not suffer yourselves to be deceived by perverse and evil-intentioned men! Reflect that some of these writers, who to-day are so earger to lead astray your opinions, to the prejudice of our well-deserv ing President, have sold themselves to him for friends—have flattered him in the season of his prosperly, and now declare themselves his enemies, when fortune is against him.— 1 Examine well the fac^s —compare, judge with j attention and impartiality; and it is sure that ; your conclusion must be, that gratitude is due to Gen. Santa Anna, as one of the best servants of the Republic, botli before and since its independence. [Signed] Manuel Maria Jimenez, | [Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.] Boston, .May 28, 1817. j j -For the satisfaction of such of your j readers, as are interested in the operation oflhe new Commercial system lately es- ; lablished, I inclose the results of the com mercial warehousing at this port for the quarter ending March 31st. The gencr- ; j al statements of the receipts al this port, i < published by you some time since, shows j a slight decrease in amount. The num- : i ber of arrivals, however, for the last quar : tor, and in fact up to this time, has been i nearly one third greater tkan fur the cor ! responding months ot last year. The rapid increase of commerce, will, at the present rate, very soon pay to the govern ment a larger sum than had been receiv- 1 | ed under the tariff of 1842. j The accommodation offered the mer chants here by the warehousing system, j j and the extent to which they have avail- j ! ed themselves of its facilities, have led to I f I the leasing of several stores on India and | j Broad streets, by the government, for j j storage. On Broad street, a spacious i I granite block is to he erected for the use oflhe government, which is leased, how ever, for a term ofyears, not purchased. in the schedule below you will notice ; that in a list of ten enumerated species of I merchandise,two—lron and Coal, in value | i make nearly the whole amount of goods | i w arehoused. The value of merchandise j | remaining in the warehouses at the com- j I mencement of the quarter ending March 81st, was §>305,761. I hat remaining al | the commencement of the present quar- I ter, is valued at §439,753, —nearly one third less. For the present quarter, up to this time, the amount of goods deposit ed in the warehouses show an increase |of 100 per cent. Every effort has been made by the collector of this port, Gov. Morton, and Mr. Wellman, w'ho is at the head of the warehouse department, to re- ducetho complicated operations of this branch of commerce to a system, and 1 believe theie indefatigable exertions have met with the approval of the great body of the merchants. X. Warehousing Statement. District of Dcston and Charlestown, fur the Quarter ending March 1,1347. Value of merchandise remaining in Warehouse at the cunitneuceaumt of the quarter. $G03,71» t IX-poeiiod during the quarter, 430,323 $1,023,034 | Wiilidrawn and duties there on paid, $193,069 Exported to foreign countries and transported to oilier district will.in tlies Lulled States, . 92,637 Balance remaining in AN are hucse March 31,1317, viz ; Iron. 141,314 Wool, 41.4 23 Sugar, 3.0*3 Molasses, f4),:3J | Spirits, \\ iue, 3,270 j Hemp manufacture* _ 4-1,752 Fi.:h, 31,0'5 Raisins, '■* .058 Dry Goods 514,470 Utbar merchandise, 3?.262 $139,758 $1,027,081 Duties collected on amounts withdrawn during the quarter, $143,753 Duties chargeable on amounts retraining in Warehouse, $139,343 . A CC V BTA. tiKu.. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1817. lLTArchibald Boggs, Esq., was yesterday re-elected Book-keeper of the Branch of the j Dank of the Slate of Georgia, located in litis I °hy. fpV E. IT. Holliday, a membi r oft he Riclunond Dlues, returned to this city yesterday morning. We have not had the pleasure of seeing him since his return. Ail of the b’hoys, noduubt will he home in a day or two, when we hope to see a 1 warm reception given them. Another Nomination. The Macon Messenger and Journal of 2d insl., comes out with another nomination, in | the shape of Gen. Taylor for President, and George W. Crawford for Vice President. The Crop The Clieraw Gazette ofthe Ist instant, says.— “Daring last week we had several warm days, and a beautiful season on Thursday and Friday last; which, together, have considerably changed ; the appearance of the crops for the better. ” Cotton Wq’iin ex, Theodllor ofthe Abbeville Banner was shown on thc2Gth ult., two stalks of Cotton, grown on , the plantation of Mr. James Fair, upon which j were several squares. The Steamboat I face. 'i he New York Journal of Commerce of j Ist hist. P. M., says—“ The Oregon beat the | Vanderbilt in a race this morning to Croton | Point and back, a distance of 72 miles, two j and a half minutes, running time, three hours j and nineteen minutes/’ | Resignation ol Professor Hare* At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of | the University of Pennsylvania, held on ilie | 14th inst., Dr. Robert Hare resigned the : situation of Professor of Chemistry in that j institution, which he has tilled with so much ability thirty years. The Board j conferrecfwpon him the appointment of Erae . ritus Professor of Chemistry. It is stated on official data that there are 125 vessels engaged in the whale fisheries | which belong to Connecticut. These em ploy 5000 seamen acd a capital of about five ! millions of dollars. The Norfolk Beacon says that Com. Kear ney has been ordered to the command of the | Gosport Navy Yard, in place of Com. Skin ner, appointed Chief of the Bureau of Con struction, Equipment and Repairs. The citizens of Newburgh, N. Y., have caused to be made an elegant sword, which they intend to present to Col. Belknap, of the U. S. Army, as a testimonial of their admira tion of his gfllantry as a soldier. Col. B. is a native of Newburgh, ; The citizens of Alexandria are about to present a splendid sword to Lieut. Col. Child*, of the U. S. Army, as a testimonial of their admiration of his gallant conduct in Mexico. Col. C. was formerly a citizen of Alexandria, The three steam-propellers built at Phila- I delphia for the U. S. Government, made trial trips on Saturday afternoon, and proved them selves fine vessels in point of speed. Extraordinary Number of Clearances. The New Orleans Picayune of the 30th ult. says—“ The largest number of clear ances, we believe, that has ever been made at this port, was made yesterday. No less ! than thirty vessels were cleared, of which four were ships, two barks, seven brigs, twelve schooners, four steamers, and one steamship. They had on board the following merchandize: 3,303 bales cotton, 5,095 bar rels flour; 22,122 bushels corn; 12,937 bush els wheat; 251 bales hemp; 35 hogsheads to bacco; 8,300 pigs lead, and 37 barrels of whisky.” The Baltimore Sun ofthe 2d ult. says—Hen- Richard Hush, Minister to France, did not depart yesterday in the Washington as was intended, from New York, in consequence of sickness in his family. Ho will depart in a few days. The Boston Journal of Saturday afternoon says—“We learn by a private letter from Washington, that the U. S, ship Jamestown is soon to be placed in commission, under Comm’r Bolton, who has his orders for the coast of Africa;and that the Plymouth,Comm’r Gessioger, and the Fairfield, Comra’r Gednoy, are ordered to the East Indies, and the St. Louis to the Brazils. The squadron in the Mediterranean is to be increased as soon as the war with Mexico shall have been brought t#a close—two frigates, probably, being at tached to that squadron, [ From the Chronicle Sentinel of ilk inst ] l>c:itb of IC. It. Ringgold. The following letter brings us the unwel come and painful intelligence ofthe death of a gallant young man, whose ardent enthusi asm fur the service of his country induced him to seek the theatre of war, where he has fallen, in early manhood, an untimely victim to lhe climate. With a mind which gave I high promise of usefulness in maturer age, j he lias been suddenly cut ofi'—sundered for ever from the kind offices of a devoted mother, and an affectionate sister, whose spirits were but yesterday buoyed up with the high hope of welcoming him in a few days—such a ! welcome as none but a mother and sister can i give—to the enjoyments and sweets of home; | —But alas, these bright hopes are forever blasted, and instead ot meeting him in life and clasping him to their bosoms to impress upon his bronzed, war-worn cheeks, affec tion’s sweetest kiss,lheir’s will be the melan choly duty to consign his remains to the cold ! embraces of the tomb. New Orleans, May 29th, 1847. i Mr. Junes- —We are thus far on our way I home; you may expect us about the middle of i June. J would write you a long letter, but I really have not the time. Capt. Dill is sick, and we lost on }'esterdav, R. H. Ring gold, a young man universally beloved and respected. I shall endeavor to have his re mains carried home, as the only offering we can make his afflicted mother and sjster. Truly yours, John Ph'ikezy, Jr. [We are informed that tiic remains of Mr. Ringgold, are expected by the cars this raoru [communicated.] V ou remember the time when 1 first sought yotlr home, When a smile, not a word, was the summons to come. When you culled me your frtcud, till I found with sur -1 pßs«, ; I hat our friendship turned oul to be love in disguise. You remember it don’t you ? You will think of it won’t you 7 Yes, yes,of all this the remembrance will lu; l Long after the present fades into the past You remember the grief which grew brighter when . shared , With the bliss, you remember, could ought be c; in pared 7 i You remember how food was my earliest vow ! N ot louder than that which 1 breathe to thee now . You remember it don't you 2 You will think of it won’t > ou 7 Yes, yes, of all tins the remembrance will inst ; Long after the p escut fades into the past. Arrival of Troops. The steamer Jamestown, Gapt. Whitten, ■ from Cincinnati, which arrived yesterday, j brought down Capt. E. Bogardus, and Lieuts. f Smith, Murray and Martin, with company E. 14th Regiment, numbering 85 men. The steamer Die Vernon, Capt. JStaiiey, also ar i rived yesterday from Cincinnati, wilh two > companies of the 15th Regiment, under the . command of Col. Howard, and one company ofthe 2d Regiment, under the Command of Capt. Cosey—numbering in ail 331 rank and * file. The steamer Star-Spangled Banner, r Capt. Pierce, from Cincinnati, brought down I Capt. Chase, and Lieuts. Goodlove and Wilie, ’ wi ll 90 men of the 15th Regiment—and the ■ steamer Caroline, from Cincinnati, with 250 recruits for the new regiments—arrived last night- —JV. O. Delia, 30lh nil. | Depat Hire of Troops. The ship Russia, Capt. llantiford, and the ship Southport, Capt. Griffith,sailed last night from Vera Cruz. They lake dowu Col. Joshua Howard and Capfs. Yandewentor, Jones, lloagland, Quarles, Chase and Towl, 1 with GOO mem The steamship Mary Knigs • land, Capt. Davis, with Lieut* Scull ofthe . 7th Infantry; W. Hammond and G. VV. Arm strong, Paymaster’s clerk. Lam m Gill, Esq., who goes for the remains of Lieut. Gill, of Tennessee, who fell at Cerro Gordo, and 160 teamsters and a like number of horses on board, also sailed for Vera Cruz. Tiie bark Jubilee, Capt, Harman, sailed for the Brazos, having on board Capt. C. P. Smith, 200 men of the 19. h Infantry and a detachment of the 3d Dragoons.— Ju. [From the Album/ Atlas of Saturday ,] A Slave Case in Albany, This morning the New York boats brought to the Delevan House a Mr. Duchong of New Orleans, accompanied by two colored children, one 14 the oilier IG. who had been slaves in ths possession of Mr. D. There t was great commotion and excitement among those who felt it a duty to rescue these children ; from servitude, which resulted in the issuing of a writof habeas corpus to bring the chil dren before a Judge, and show what cause there was for detention. The case came on at 11 A. M. before Judge Bramhall. Mr. Duchong declared that lie did not claim the boy and girl as slaves (though they belonged to him in that capacity) but that they volun tarily accompanied him as servants,and were to go with him to France, and that, he was willing it should be left to their option to go with him as such, or not. Under these cir cumstances Judge B. instructed the children j as to their rights, and told them that they must make their own election, whether to accompany their master, or remain here.— | Both the boy and girl decided to continue i wilh Mr. Duchong; and the case was dis | charged. More Military Heroes. Our anti-war Whigs have a furious taste for | military candidates. Not only must they have a “wholesale murderer of Mexican women and children” for a President; but the Governor of Georgia also run to the music ofthe drum and fife, and the shrieks of butchered, Indian, I squaw and papooses. \V ithlacoochee must come into the field political, says the Savannah Repub lican. “What say you Georgians I—“(quoth the editor) will Taylor and Clinch—“Okechobee and Withiacoocheedo for you?” Here is “.war, pestilence and famine” of Whig origin with a vengeance! Cannot Scott and Worth, Capt. Walker and Charley May, be roped in to advantage, somew here? There a “lit tle more grape Capt. Bragg!” what a ery “cry” that would make for a canvass, eh! Old Twiggs, too, who says little, but is always on band when fighting is to be done, could not the Whigs do something with him? A door-keeper to the blouse of Representatives, or private Secretary to Cor. Clinch? Think of it, Messrs. Editors, you have not half exhausted the prlitico military box yet —Columbus Times, Is/, inst. Col. Doniphan’s Expedition, In the history of the present war, there has not been a more impudent underta king than that so successfully accom plished by Col. Doniphan. With a force 11 ■ I««r T’*'*’*".~* r r~~*Y747* > * J *“ l um,mm not exceeding 1000 men, nearly all volun teers. he marched between 400 and 500 miles through a hostile country, defeated a vastly superior force of the enemy in two engagements, (at Bi acilo and Sacra mento) capturing eleven pieces of artille ry, and finally capturing ihe Capital of ihe State of Chihuahua in triumph. More recent reports, through the Mexican chan- | nels, represent him to have proceeded 200 miles further South to a place called Fa ral, whither the. Slate government had fled; and it was feared hy the Mexicans tiiat he was about to penetrate the Stale of Durango! The probability is, that he . was on his way to Saltillo, to join Gen. j Taylor—the term of service of his men | being about to expire. Should they lake ihat loute home, they w ill have travelled more than 4000 miles, viz : Miles. From St. Louis, Missouri, to Santa Fe 990 “ p Santa Fe to Chihuahua o'U “ Caihual.ua to Saltillo “ Saltillo to Mouth of Ilio Grande 490 “ Mouth of the Rio Grande to New Orleans, say - 800 “ New Orleans to St. Louis HBO 4180 (V. V. Jour. Com. Asi aiuiisiiig ia tlic.Acw York 1 .legislature. By far the richset and most graphic scene which has taken place in any legislative body, was that in which Mike Walsh and Bub Watson figured as principal actors. Bob Watson, who is a lawyer, represented ihe city of Albany in the Legislature. He is somewhat vain of his abilities and personal appearance, though withal a pretty clever sort of fellow. His hair being, as lie a leges, rather thin, he concluded, some two weeks since, to get his head shaved, and enscouse | himself in a wig until a new and more ; -yigoro is c op J weloped itself, J hat this was his sole object, however, has been rende ed >o u ea ha dt uhlful, notwithstanding his pro fera oils to the contrary, by the form and co or of the artificial covering which he lias selected as a temporary shield to preserve his bald knob from the inclemency of the weather and the rude gaze ot the thoughtless, vulgar, and quizzing rabble. His own hair was light, sandy, and perfectly straight; and the wig % which flows in a luxuriant profusion i of glossy ringlets, is as black as the plume ot I a raven* By this you can judge how great | was the alteration produced in his personal appearance. The House having resolved it self into committee of the whole, Mr. Blod gett, of Genesee, in the chair, the suspense in which all the members had set during the whole morning was suddenly broken by Bob s rising in his seat, which is some distance fromlhat of Mike, and bawling out at the lop jof his voice—“ Mr. Chairman, 1 rise, sir, with | the vi-i-ew of making a few remarks upon this-——.” Here tie was brought to a dead | stand still by Mike, who jumping up, exclaim ! ed with the most imperturable gravity, “ Mr. ; Chairman, I rise to a question oi order.” ; Chairman- -(Scarcely able to suppress hie ; laughter)—The gentleman from New * ork. 1 j Mike —(Looking over at Bub, whom he i wildly scrutinized from head tc foot, vrith , j great seeming amazement, and considerable I indignation)—l would like to know, sir, by i what right individuals who are not members | ot this House can be permitted to take part in j its debate; where, sir, are we to slop if the i floor of this House, with all the rights of j membership, is to be thus thrown open to the public at large? At this the whole House, galleries, mem bers, officers, rep inters, Chairman, and, in short, afl but Mke and Bob, were absolutely convulsed with laughter—many laughing until tears rolled down their cheeks. Not the shadow of a smile, however, was to be seen on the counfenan«e of either of the two actors in this most admirable force. Mike’s eye, as he leaned over, rested steadily on Bob, and the latter gentleman seemed perfectly paraliyzed by the unexpect ed, and, to him, inexplicable course matters had taken. He seemed riveted to the spot, and remained perfectly speechless. At length the chairman became sufficiently composed to dra wl out, in a very indistinct manner,l.hat lie was “rather inclined to the belief that the gentleman was a number.” Mike —Not having before had the plcasare of seeing the gentleman, sir, I would inquire of the chairman at what time he has present ed his credentials, and what particular sec tion of the Stale he has the honor to repre sent? A second roar of laughter, if possible more bosilerous than the first, succeeded this in quiry, and Bob,who is notorious for his cheek and selfcomplacency, seemed on the verge fainting, when tiie chairman announced that “he believed the gentleman was from Alba ny.” Mike —(with increased surprise)— Albany? I thought Mr. Watson represented Albany. It is utterly impossible to give even a Hint idea of what followed, and the whole House roared until they almost fell under their desks, from the exhaustion produced by excessive mirth. Oil of Stones. Under fliis title we find in a recent Paris journal an account of a singular substance manufactured in France, of peculiar proper ties. It was discovered several years since, and an interesting paper upon it was reab before the Institute. Since then its manu facture, far from being abandoned, as many supposed, has been silently undergoing im provements, and recently a company has been formed for its manufacture. It is now termed mineral oil. By means of a new and very ingenious instrument and machinery, they obtain an oil as transparent as the pu rest water. This remarkable liquid is said to have this great advantage, of notstaining by contact, and of giving an admirable light by the fixedness and clearness of the tUme. The company possesses in Autunnois, inex haustible beds of the mineral from which this oil is extracted, as well as several other productions, as paraffine, mineral tar, a new kind of manure, invaluable for exhausted land, and many others. However much we may be surprised, adds ihe journal from which we derive this information, at seeing a vile and despised rock thus yielding a vari ty of precious matters, there is no room for us to doubt the fact. It only proves that the science ofChemistry is in its infancy, and that no one can assign limits to its progress. When the first attempts were made to burn bituminous coal, who then would have believ ed in such results as gaslight, its application to the generation of steam,or the bright future in reserve for so humble a mineral? And yet, are not the mines of Auzin more valua ble to their proprietors, than the silver mines of both the Indies? Exhaustion of Talk* How long the lump of conversation holds out to burn, between two persons only, is cu riously set clown in the following passage from Count Gunlallonicr’s account ot his im prisonment: . ‘•I am an old man now; yet by fifteen years my soul is younger than my body! i ilteeu i years I existed, lor I did not live it was nut life—in the self same dungeon ten feet i square! During six years 1 had a compan ion; during nine 1 was alone! I never could , rightlv dial inguisb the face of him who shared my captivity in tire eternal twilight of our cell. The first year we talked incessantly together! we related our past lives, our joys j forever gone, over and over again. The next I year we communicated to each other our j thoughts and ideas on ail subjects. 1 iie thiid ! year, we had no ideas to communicate; wo were beginning to lose the power of reflec tion! The fourth, at Jhe interval of a month or so, we would open our lips to a.T each oilier if it were indeed possible that the wor d went on as gay and bustling as w hen we formed a portion of mankind. Tne fifth we were silent. The sixth, be was taken away, 1 never knew where, to execution or to liber ty; but I wa s glad when he was gone; even solitude was better than the dim vision of l that pale vacant face. After that 1 was alone, only one event broke in upon nine year’s vacancy. One day, it must have been a year or two after my companion left me, liu* dungeon door was opened, and a voice— whence proceeding I knew not—uttered these words; ‘l3y orders of his imperial majesty, I intimate to you that your wife died a year ago.’ Then the door was shut, and J heard no more; they had but flung this great agony j in upon me. and left me alone wrlli it again. Eloquence mid Ducks. The advocate who is truly eloquent wants but a pin’s point on which to rest the fulcrum of his imaginative (lowers. — I The force of this conclusion was yester -1 dav fully fell in a case that came befme the Recorder. An honest Dutchman a< - Sensed a laboring man, named Jack i Wrong, with having stolen three ducks from him, and afterwards for having as saulted and struck him. ‘•Now, sir,” said the counsel for Wrong, tothe astounded prosecutor, --stale your , case, and remember, state it in a clear j and perspicuous manner.” ‘•Well, den, I shall stdate it. Yt u s e mine ducks wash trove out of mine yaid mil proom-haridles and sthones : deie wash tree of dem ducks wat wash trove out, and dere wash one of It; ducks dat i would not he trove out, and’ “Stop, sir!” said the counsellor, rising in the majesty of five feet one inch— “stop sir! Can you identify those ducks?” ) *• What ish dal?” “1 mean, sir, are there any marks about them by which, iftiiey were now presented to his honor, the Judge, you , could point out as having observed before? Remember you are ou your oath, sir!” , “Yesh, 1 knows mine duck>; I hatched dem mineself; dat ish dey wash hatched Iby mins wife’s prown hen-chicken, and’ “Don’t speak of what was dene by oth ers, sir—speak of what you personally know.” “Well, den, de ducks wash a gabblin' and eatin' in mine yard, when Mishter \V rong’s wife come out rnit a proom han dle in her hand, andchasfes dem into her yard, and”—- “Slop, sir—i am done with you. Now, may it please the Court, I have a few words to say in this case. Thanks be to Heaven, 1 have established the innocence of my client beyond the shadow of a do ibt. This illiterate German comes be fire this honorable court, and accuses my client with having stolen three ducks.-- Did he identify tfio.se ducks? No, st r . They might have been teal, sir, that de licious bird that old Epicurus himself would have delighted in; they might have been the glorious canvass-back, or the martial red-head—aye, sir, they might have been the Muscovy.duck, for all the prosecutor knows! And then again, lie says they were warmed into life by a brown ben! Was there any tiling so pre posterous?—was there any tiling so en tirely opposed to the sublime laws of na ture? And, sir, to clap the climax, after having taken his solemn oath that my cli ent stole from him three ducks, he has the brazen effrontery to charge my client’s estimable lady with this audacious rob bery. I call upon the Court, not as a man, hulas an advocate—aye, sir, as the oracle of the law—to frown down this charge, and allow my client to walk forth from this frail of justice without a stain upon his character—without a cloud upon his honest brow!” The Recorder sa*d he would pass over the ducks, but the deduction he made was, that Mr. Wrong was guilty of the assault and battery, and he required him to give 8500 security to keep the peace.—JV. O. Delta. IHr A morose looking rnon was yesterday brought before the Recorder for beating hi* wife, J who has, or rather has had, the verv tongue of j a termigant. The watchman described the wo i man as unable to speak at the time he arrested the prisoner, so severe was the beating she had Just received. “E twards,” said the Recorder— the prisoner’s name was John Edwards— “ I shall fine you ten dollars and oblige you to give bail to keep the peace.” “This is the sentence of the Court, is it?” said Edwards. “Is it,” said the Recorder. •• Then I protest against it,” said Edwards. ‘ O i what ground?” sail! the Recorder. On the ground,” said Edwards, “that it is con trary to the spirit of our institutions, and a viola tion of my personal rights as a citizen,” “flow sol” said the Recorder. “How so! said Edwards. “Why, sir, its out rageous. How! for making an attempt to do what 1 succeeded in accomplishing, you dub Gen. 1 aylor a hero—and a hero he no doubt is— you throw up your caps and say he shall be every body’s President, or the President of ail parties, which is about the same, and—” “Well. sir,” said the Recorder, “where lies the analogy between your conduct and that of Gen. Taylor?” “ VV hy , in this, sir,” said Edwards, “he has at tempted to conquer a peace, and, so far, has fail ed; I attempted to conquer a peace, and, accord ing toy our own testimony--the testimony of your watchman—/ succeeded.