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VOL. V. THE ALBANY COUItIEH, 18 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BIORXINO, BY GARDNER, BROTBER aC HARVEY, Editors anil Proprietors. ~Terms7~~~ Tvo join .j. r aimu,; ; i:’ pi vancr. or Three I oil vs : ■ !< cml’ ‘the veaf * k 3! ivlf J| j i® ft if* tions per minute, which a pk'u-tioal gentleman present stated would drive a hour. This test has rumovedK.’ miubts on the j minds of those who were sceptical. — M e cannot dilate on the iiwortancc of this greatest of modern with regard to steam navigation: but this /wo may, that sit -e the days of Arkwright nothfcig equal in import ance to it has appettrcdjCml we expect it will remain a brilliant of the genius and the judgement Ue undersyftjq tit at Mr. Psfrkhurst leaves by the •• on a temporary visit to „|,j o ,.t, we believe, is to lay his ,-w,* ■the Unut-d States; whose navy and commerce, He feel confident, will bj greatly enhanced by the Application which proftpse to revolutionise the whole system of navigation. ON£Y TRY. I The following has) been translated froiS a wrench paper:—Tlieji used to snv that cvey S'd- Hpr carried in Ids cartridge box a marshalls I>a- Might not onesav, in these days, that fcv |Hr chorister crfrriesii his winiLpipe a fortune : Imrrtfb"? example it roast. About years ago, in a littlqeity of Italy, ■ Berganie, by a singular contrast, the eompa wy at the Opera House was quite indifferent, while the choristers were excellent. It would Acaicely have been otherwise, since the greater Hiart of the choristers have since become distin guished Donizetti, Cruvelli, Leodo ■o, Blanche, Mari, and Dolci, commenced by Bringing in the choruses at Rergame. There Ivure, among others, at that epoch, a young man, Acrv poor, very modest, and greatly beloved by ! his ci invades. Tn Italy, (ho orchestra and elior ■gfers arc w rso paid than in France, it possible, won enter a boot-maker’s shop, the master is flic ■first violin. The apprentices relax themselves ■vfter a day’s work, by playing the clarionet, the ■hautboy, or timbrels, in the evening at the tliea ■tre. One young man, in order to assist his old ■Pother, united the functions of ( (jovister to the ■more lucrative employment of journeyman tailor. iOue day. when he had tAon toNozdtri’s house ■i pair of pantaloons, that illustrious singer, after Hooking at him earnestly, said to him, very kind - ftjuv Ii vf <c, my good I AJLBAIW, GA, HVTUIiDAY, MAY B*lS47\ of the bridegroom that gaily married, laws of this made no joking. So much hkwft ing married in tun. f lIOW TO BE MISERABLE. , if Sit at the wind'w. and look over the Wat top V - H your neigliboril? excellent, mansion, * which lief hasj recently built and paid for, and sigh out f"0. \ that l was a rich man!” / | Get angry with your neighbor,’and thiilj jjm I have not got a friend in the world. Shedja tyir ‘ or two, walk in the'burial ground, Continual,’ > saying to yourself, WJien shall Tbe buritmheriV; igJAiitifftSff twrf’ V * 1 -wn your kindness: and every hour in the day whisper to yourself, “I wonder if he will pay that note.. j Think every man means to cheat you. Put confidence in nobody, ami believe every , man you trade with to ho a rogue. Never accommodate, if you possibly can help , it. MC'cer visit the sick or afflicted, anil never give a cent to the poor. Brood over your misfortune, your lack of tal- j ents, and believe atWo distant day you will come - to want. Let the work house be ever in you/ , mind, with all the horrors of distress and poverty. Then you will he miserable to your hearts con tent, (if we may so sick at heart, and at variance with all the world. Nothing will cheer or encourage yon; nothing will throw a gleam ot sunshine or a ray of warmth into your heart, All will be as dark and cheerless as the grave. TABLE TALK. Pome of the Representatives of the Legisla ture are occasionally the subjects of a joke, prob ably from their inquisitive dispositions. At the table of one of our hotels on Washington street, one of the “ wisdom,” who was in the hit bit ot asking those around him, intoad of the waiter, to wait on him, one day asked Mac, the gentleman opposite, “ Can you reach them pertaters, sir?” Mac extended his arm toward the dish and i sat isfied himself that he could reach the pertaters, j and answered, “Yes, sir.” “ And will you stick my fork into one of’em ?” j asked the Rep. “ 0 certainly,” said Mae, as he took the fork.; carefully s abbing it into polatoe, where Ik. - ... t the Constitution.*’ af a civil ontbreakjbasfforbiddon, for thejirpsunt, further .exportation of the grain. ~ ; . ! : Mr. O'Conhcdl had, just rjuitted on*iis’ Swyv to Italy. YIo is’not sy.lll jjjjt the London [papers have represented, Kltten tdauts doubt that lie will cvor"bo abm tiyagain ap-i pesr in public, fife. , .. | All the inhabitants of the town of. Egle!sa'ch„ jin the Grand Duchy of Hess Darmstadt; 1,400 im |mutibor,.have requested permission to be allowed Sto emigrate to the United States. * J Frym Bremen flic number of emigrants has {bora extraordinary, and in April and May will : A 1 prcpl:ilons an: making for'migration to the States Indeed, some districts are threat ened with a complete depopulation. Corn Ma rket.— The corn markets arc receding in every direction, and in some descriptions, that of Indian corn for instanco astounding. The price lias receded about 245. The rapid rise in this species of food surprised many persons, and, even in the judgment of the uninterested, exceed ed the necessities of tho ease. Flour, like Indian corn*has experienced a considerable fall, and the i qxisting depression can hardly fail to be increas es by the fine spring weather w# arc now enjoy ing, which foreshadows an early and prolific harvest.. Corn. Market. Liverpool.’ have been several changes in our market slijce the sailing ’of the Hibernia. Large imports of all descrip .tklis of breads tuffs to all parts of the kingdom hare bad the effect of putting down the prices of all descriptions of grain ar;d flour. The fluctua tions during the month aiyonnt to I shilling per 7 opounds on wjieitt. (> ponce per 40 pounds on mis, G pence pJ!’ GO pounds on barley; 4 shil in |s per on riee; pease and beans (i j shillings S shillings per sack on flour; 2 loud oatmeal; 24 to 2o shillingsj poi 4SO pounds, anil 10 shillings par barrel on corn meal. TfVithin a few days past a reaction has taken I | c lee in pease of 2 shillings per quarter; on bar | c*. 2 shillings ]ier sack ;nil Indian corn 5 sliil j li:jgs per 480 pounds; on Indian corn meal 2 ( t s jilings per barrel; and the trade generally has 1 ,mned morn firmness’ with some heavy trims-'. flour at IST to 38 shillings per Imrel for >• foe Pldhidi lulu* hikL JJ.;/iunoxc, *his command tho Iford will be, uhleSs it should be C tA Wffttiwiiigj are the positions and move ment** of General Taylor’s column, according to ithh rast advices, as far as we can learn them: General Taylor is quartered at Walnut Springs, near JJcuutprey—General Wopl in domniand at Buena Yicta —Ist Mississippi, Ist Ohio, IstJudiana, Bragg's battery, and the squad of Dragoons, tho latter now commanded by Col. l'auntleroy, at Monterey—2d and 3d Qliio, Ist 2d Illinois, 2d and ,<sd Indiaima, 2d Kentucky, Arkansas (Waltjfe, MAisbingtun^s Urv at Saltillo—Kentucky Cavalry stationed on ’the line between Cmnargo and Monterey—lst Kentucky, and one half at the mouth of tho Rio Grande, slid the balance on their return march. Virginia and 2d Mississippi on their march t.om Camargo to Monterey—North Carolina at Ca margo—Massachusetts at Ma'tamoras. Our wounded men are doing well. In one hos pital, of which Dr. Ilijnricif had charge, out of eiglit-yvwouuded men of the Illinois regiment, not | more.tlian three or four died—the remainder were fast convalescing. TJeneral quietude prevailed ; the people of Sal tillo and Monterey had returned to their business and,seemed satisfied with the powers that bo. If they could but feel assured of their contimi- They have heard in Monterey of Santa Anna’s arrival in Mexico, and those who affected ; to know more of his movements than tWir neighbors, would wink and say that there will be no more fighting. ’ Dr Merrick loft.Moutery with the 1.4 battal ion Kentucky Legion, fifty cavalry atfi tSvo com panies of Texas Rangers, escorting a in tuber of j returned wagons, ammunition trains, Src. Ac. to Cilinorgo, under the command of.GqJ. 1 jlknnp. Nothing Was heard of, much less seen ol Frrea, on the rortti'iCnl H was thence couclndtd he had fled, as we have already recorded in’one of our preceding numbers, behind the Mountains. The whole of our posts on lie Rio Grande, from (Jafiiargo to Brazos, a/ in the greatest, possible tranquility. jM- Belknap, of Genial Taylor’s staff, has been detached to C unargo, as wo learn, to assum/ command there. The l„t Kentucky witrYomaiiunt Camargo until joined by 1 the 2d k whenjt is expiated they will return Ihjiueyj tion, nevertheless, will not expire—-I will answer for the triumph of Mexico, if a sincere and unanimous confidence seconds my wishes. For tunate, indeed, (feliz Ait terSC) jld unlucky success of the enemy at Vera Cruz, if the de struction of’ that place should'inspire the Mexi- . oan breast with enthusiasm dignity and tho generous - ardor of a true patriotism. It will’ undoubtedly be the means of saving the cofintryl General D. Ronmlo Diez do la Vega, and tint ) Governor of the Department, *Dou Juan SotO, j were at I’uente Naciomd on the 27th r ftßknd • ■ DetwSeu mmTJI.'W tr mid ot* with ponding batteries and 2000 men, left the city of Mexico in that direction. On the Ist of April Snnfa Anna was fbleavfl Mexico with an additional force of 2,000 men, to direct in person, the military operations in the’ department of Vera Cruz, determined it is said to dispute the territony inch by in-h, and resolv ed to die “ before he would make peace” —Santa Anna’s own words. Enlistments were going on i in various parts of tho country The army of the North had retired to San Luis I’otosi. at which place it was stationed at the last accounts. Prom /he Washington Union. 1) FFI CIA LJ)ES PA T CIIE S. Important from Calieorxia. . Lieutenant Gray, of the United States Navy, reached this city last evening with important despatches from Commodore Stockton, to thu Secretary of tho Navy, extracts from which we are permitted to lay before our readers. Lieut, Gray left San Diego on the ‘2oth of January, in the prize schooner Malek Adel. At Panuni’, ho found Major Emory of tho army, bearer of despatches from Brigadier General Kearney to the Secretary of War, and Commander McKean of the sloop Dale, returning to tho United States, in bad health. They crossed the isthmus, and took passage in tho British Steamer to the Hava na. Major Emory took passage in the New Orleans packet, and may be expected daily.— Lieutenant Gray took passage in a vessel bound to Baltimore. Ti e intelligence’ which he brings is highly gratifying, as by the brilliant affairs detailed, and the capitulation, tranquility is restorcdAo^ NO. it).