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if fttf •* ■■■.‘J'iijLK 1 ‘ - m** oJ^DV|RTISI!ieI^[ One mjnwfiw ih ftwt insertion, and Fifty teau for fe* W M „nt *".*. A *re . twelve Hoes,nr iM. Advenisemenu banded in without having Libera Xeuu made w-itb those .i o ndvertise by the • - 4ta e^t ;, **d*^ f ** f j'rfy dfiys; runice f’ M j aj^Tfcalioffwin 1,- m ute to the rrmrt nfOrdinary for leave j to sett land aad negroes, uiim be published two month* ‘ Sheriff"ft under executions must he advertised thirty days; under more igc executions, sixty days. Imitations fr Letters of Administrator’s sole must be pub lished thirty days; for Dismission from Administration monthly six months; for Dismission from G uardianship forty days. Applications for foreclosure of Mortgsjes must he pub- | lished monthly six months; for establishing lost papers meek i ly three months. JKfLetters on business to ensure attention, must be post i Paid. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Law INTotice, THE undersigned will give prompt attention to nil business entrusted to his rare in the counties of Sumter, Clay, Rmdo'ph, Early. He catnr, Baker, Callmnn, Dougherty anil Lee, in this Circuit. JOHN LYON. fvtli’ itni Genaral, S. W. C. Newton, March IS, 15.54—1 y R. XV . PF,ARMAS & O- KIUBROCGH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STARKVILLE GEORGIA. February 4,1854. —1 y HENRY C. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia. Willis five prompt attention to ail business nt'Tu**tp4l tn bis care. Office upstair*, river J f\ Oivi.s’ Store. Albany* January *2B, 1854 —ly STROSIER & SLAUGHTER Attorneys at Law, r ALBANY, UEORUIA. YY/'ILL practice in the South-Western Cir ’ r cuit Having n|tened offices both at Alba ny and Newton, they may he consulted at the latter place during the first and third weeks ot etch month -of the present year. Albany, Jan. 7, 1854. s—ly. DOUGLASS A DOUGLASS, Attorneys at. Law. CytfiT>?fr^ssT’ YATILL practice in the South -Western Cir- Y cuit, and in Stewart county. EUGENIU* L. D’UGLASS. ] MARCELLUS DOUGLASS. Dee.. 17. 1853—1 y , WARREN A WARREN. Attorneys at law, At.RANT, GEORGIA. WILD practice in the following Counties:— Sumter. Baker, Earlv, Thomas, Lee, Ran dolph, Decatur and Lnwnds. IA3TT WARREN, L. T. D. WARREN. jane 17, 1853—1 V K. J. WARREN, ATTOIVNE Y AT L A VV, , , Starkviu.e, Georgia. - July 1,1853—1 y _ * C WALKER, ATTORNEY at law ; Lumpkin, Georgia. NovemAer 12. 1852. ly HENRY MORGAN, attorney at I.aw, . . . , ALBANY, GEORGIA. WILL practice in the Courts of the South- Western and Southern Circuits. Office up stairs in the old Franklin Hall, next deer to the ‘Georgia Courier. June 17, 1853—ts THOMAS C. SPICER, Attorney At Law, ALBANY, GEORGIA. July 23, 1853—1 y ~ K. B. HINES ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, GA. July 16,1853.—if ~ WILLIAM E. SMITH, Attorney at Law, ALBANY, GEORGIA. WILL attend to professional hnsiness in the Superior Courts of Sumpter, Lee, Randolph, Baker, Earlv, Decatur and Lowndes; and in the Inferior Courts of Baker and Lee counties. • ALSO, in-the several Courts ot Ordinary of Baker county. Office, upstairs, on door West of .I. C. Davis Btore, Oct 8,1853—ts MEDICAL. VARS. JENNINGS &.LUNDAY having formed 33 n co-rartnership, tpnder their prolessional service* to the citizens of Afoany and vicinity. February 10, 1854. 10 —ly. DBS. GILBERT & NELSON, HAYING formed a copartnership in the practice of Medicine, respectfully ten der their services to the citizens of Albany and vicinity. jfi/OHH B. GILBERT. JOHN T. NELSON. January 14, 1854. ts L. E. WELCH. d&aler in BOOKS, STATIONERY, Finnic a 1 Instruments, Jewelry, Ac. ALBANY, GEORGIA. . po20 —ts. 1 But a few-liaysnefore, (Jur.-'F. said) he had j t;fl his own home, where the crystal ice covered j the harbors of [sake Erie, a foot in thickness, i and lie had found himself here, suddenly traus i laied to a laud of buds apd flowers, ot green ! foliage and beautiful vegetation. The change apoeared like a wonderful dream. It was diffi i cult to realize that he was still in the United ! Siates; and-when he looked on the beauiiful de- I conations of nature which advancing slimmer was hourly presenting to his gaze, and remem bered that, the cold blasts of winter were even now whistling over his own beloved citv, he could only say, “Cursed be the fanaticism that would separate or dismember so vast and so glo riuus a country.” Spiritualism.—ln the United States Sen ate, on Monday of last week,Gen Shields pre sented a petition signed with fifteen thousand names,asking of Congress to appoint a scientific committee to investigate and report on the phe nomena ot sp'riiualism The General made quite a speech on the sub ject of spiritual manifest* lions. After giving a synopsis of ‘ln phenomena of which investiga tion is asked he says : “The petitioners propped to slate that two opin ions prevail with respect to the origin of these phenomena—one ascribes lliem to the power and flip intelligence of departed spirits operating up on the elements which pervade all material forms; the other rejects this conclusion, and contends hat ail these results may be accounted lor in a rational tod satisfactory manner. The memori alists, white thus disagreeing as to the cause, concur in opinion as to the occurrence of the al leged phenomena, and in view of their origin, nature,and bearing upon the interests of mankind, demand for them a patient, rigid, scientific inves tigation, and request the appointment of a scien tific. commission for that purpose. 1 have given a faithful synopsis of this petition, which howi-v er unprecedented in itself, has been prepared with singular ability, presenting the subject with great delicacy and moderation. I make it a rule to present any petition to the Senate which is re -peellul in its terms, but having discharged this duly, I may be'permitted to say the prevalence of tins delusion at this age of the world, amongst any considerable portion of onr citizens, must ori fHcit'die* produced By a aise.iseu cortJmAfPNMIH 11 physical organization. * Considerable difficulty was experienced in re ferring the petition. Cue Senator mined to refer it to the Committee on Foreign Relations, but it was finally laid on the table. We rtiwk that (except perhaps in the matter of distilled spirits) Congress is about the poorest place that could be found to seek for information on matters of a spiritual character. Nculr;il V etsselt*.— I The -declarations of England and Fiance in regard to Ihe course to be pursued towards the vessels of neutral pow ers are identical. Both powers pledge. (Item selves to “ wave their rights” ahd to seize only such articles found on board vessels tra ding to and from Russian ports as are contra band in war. So, of course, American vessels can carry on a trade with Russia without inter ference from the fleets pf'the. allies, unless they lake on board contraband articles. Below we publish t ie declaration of His Ma jesty,the King of the French : Paris, March 29, 1854. The Emperor of the French being forced to take up arms to succor an ally, desires to render the war as little amorous as possible to the Pow ers with whom he remains at peace. In order to protect the commerce of neutral Powers from all useless impediment, his Majesty consents fur the present to renounce a part ot the rights which belong to him as a belligerent Power, in virtue of the law of nations. It is impossible for his Majesty to renounce the exercise of his right to seize on articles of war in contraband, and to prevent neutrals from conveying the en emy’s dispatches. He is bound also to maintain intact bis right as a belligerent Puwer to pre vent neutrals !rom violating any blockade which may be established by means of sufficient forces belore the forts, harbors, or coast? of the ene my. But I lie vessels of war t>f his Majesty will not seize on the properjy of the ene my placed on board a neutral vessel, unless such property be war supplies in contraband —■ His Majesty does not intend m*><lfrvf>se of tlie right of confiscating ‘he neutrals found on board the enemy s vessels. His Ma jesty declares hpsides .f/i.at actuated by a desire to diminish as much as -possible the evils of war, and to restrict its operation to the regular-’ ly organized forces ot (he Slate, lie had not, for the present, any intention so deliver letters of marque to authorise-the operations of priva teers. Tlie Chances of NVar. —The Life In surance Companies in England have calculated thechanc.es ol being killed or wounded in battle and fixed the rate* f.insurance. A party may be insured pgainrf"ffffcth by accident or violence from any cause, including death in action, for £3 3s. on the £IOO per amiam ; and if to in clude a payment in case of loss ol of limb ol half the sum insured, and payable on death, £3 3s. per cent extra.” It would see# ‘ from these terms, that a man is twice as likely to lose his his leg as he is to lose his head, probably because he has two legs and only only one head. There is a proposition before the California Legislature to require of its members to make oath, on taking their seats, that tlify have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within the Slate, nor out of it with a citizen of the State, nor sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with jdeadly weapons with a citizen of the State, nor acted as second in carrying a challenge, or aid ed, advised, or assisted any person thus offend ing, APRIL £3, 2H.TL Tp prose but idle dreams. H*- Ib'w'tMfcTW"jpawidflon ‘by face, - F®=rv- |Hy )(Mft with Issr p, |£l. *>■*. ft wpjm the pre-,-. th. nr It m-r driain’d that prkfes.hSpritic power, L -. I rtiwart h n.VH * ‘ 1 t ‘ They bid us part, because I’m poor, Ah! little do they know. That love, like mine has’ valne mure Than gold can e’er bestow. Farewell my love ! this laithful heart, To THEE ALONE IS GIVEN; Anil e;ticc we now on earth must part, We’ll meet, to love in Heaven. “RUSTIC.” Oak Lawn, Dougherty Cos., April 12. 1854- NEWS ITEMS. Mobile receives about 200,000 bales of Cotton per annum. Washington's birth’uday was celebrated this year in Gonstakinople fo> the first time. The cost of the latelegislature ot Georgia to the State was $137,714. The population of Russia is 60,417,000. London has a population of 2.363,141; Paris, 1,053 252; Constalmopfo, 786,990. fit, Peters burg, 468,437. . A man ought to have n great deal of virtue to live among those who have none. The yearly bool and shoe manufacture of Massachusett: amounts to $37,000,000. A cubic foot of water vveiuhs 62£ lbs avoir,) u - pois,and a gallon 10 Ills. Hence 64 gallons of water make one cubic foot. The “Knownothiugs” have stared a per in Washington City as their organ, called the American Eagle. Its editors are B. C. Wright and J. C. Dennison, Esqs. The heat of the Sun meets with no nbstrne tion in penetrating glass—the iieat ol a lire will not pass tli oiigli it at ail. M rs. FrelinghnyeOn, wife of Ihe lion. Theo dore Frelinghiiyson, died at New Brunswick, N. J., on Tuesday last. There were cxo‘ rted from England last year, 1,600.000,010 yards ol cotton manufactures. There are serious apprehensions that lhe peach clop 011 !, no I land will he a dead failure’ tills seaeui. -The buds arc said to .las winter Kin \ Suaec]’- 1 iiai: cmVs*; 5 *; t oothuch# of thf* .11 It HI. *, * ‘Know thyself,’ is the Grpfa maxiuiti Satin* pet ole would have a very small subject to work upon, i! this doctrine ’ lolly carried out. Tile Railroad 3 ron i.ill.jj-VVe ha ve reason to believe, >ay- die Wa-hii-A;lhti Star of Saturday, that a majority of the Ilnuj-e Post Of fice CommiUee are in favor ol die bdl'cmicernii* gr duties on railroad Iron just introduced uv Goners* ! Rush into the Senate. In few words, it admit .* datv free, all iron to he i. 1 .ported by railrimd coin papies for their ou n use in c uistructiiui or re pairs, and grants for every mile id single track, three sections, and of double track, six section.-* of public lands; the strip to be located'on any vacant lands subject to pitvaleentry. Fur these favors, the railroads availed of them, are to carry the maiis.L&c.-, for’lhe Government free of .•►=>< thereafter 1 . The strict roustfoctimiists for, ji.e most part will Wpnose the proposition, and tire protectionists from regions where the iron pr<>- rlucting interest is stronger Ilian.the.rallroad bn.it diug interest, will also be pretty shre lo go a. , gainst.this bill. So i)a<> may we set ilmvu gen tlemeh from (lie Wes', wdai have it in 1 heir heads* that Congress must riglitfully confine its dona lions of the public domain-Wholly for the benefit of the States or Territrarierf in which they lie. The* strenuous manner in which many insist on ihis j doctrine, and at tlie tame time press schemes lor donating lands for the bpnrfit of public land re -1 gions, are inducing more or less of Uie heretofore I stiictest constructionists to cast about,them lor i some plan bv which'they can secure lor their I constituents in the old Stales, Some benefit from what they may judge to be a constitutional divis ion of ali'remaining public domain of the boqtecl uracy. Interesting Memorial. —People are’ in the habit ot expressing surprise at any eccen tricity in the weather ; such, for instance, as tlie heavy stipw storm of day belore yesterday. The annexed note, handed to us by a friend, while it will remind onr readers of a similar meteorologi cal incident five years ago, presents an interest ing memorial of a lamented statesman, who hard ly ever penned an ordinary note ing some tact or idea impressive andTnstrnclive 1 Thursday Mousing, April 19,1849. My Dear Sir : l received your note last eve nipg. The snow “torm will delay onr departure for Norfolk, and I shall be happy to see General Mason any time In and iy. | The 19thol April 1775, was so hot aday that I inanv British soldiers, on theit return from‘‘Con j cord figld,” fell down on the march, quite over come, and other*, lolled the tongue like over heat ed cattle and dogs. Here we are on the same day, four degrees further south, in the midst of >l snowstorm. Yours,truly. Major Graham. DAN’L WEBSTER. National I.itelligepder, 19th. We learn from the Richmond Penny Post that within the last six years, $1,500,000 have been subscribed towards ihe endowment of Baptist col -1 Ipges and seminaries in this country. The whole : number of instructors connected with lliein i* 154, students over 2,500. They have graduated over 4.0C0 students in all, and their libraries cou tain more Ilian 120,000 volumes. More than half a million of dollars, says the Journal of Commerce, was paid last year by the Life Insurance Companies doing busmen in toe city of New York to the families or repiesenta tives of deceased members. The average of dpaths will call for an equal amount every year, so great is the number of insurances of this class. 1 Ol the above sum a very large proportion was ! paid to families who would have had little or n* property without it. | Cnriosilies of Wall Stpect-Tlie HiSoarfl of Broker*.—'Tin* Board of Bro jjicrs is a curiosity, and is as well worth a visit as [any other meat*.eerie in the citv. The principal Banana la on exhibition are bulls and bears, but F there is a great variety of each genus ; and there his nt>-“ cry” of any wild beast now in existence (That.cannot be imitated in a manner superior to j the original 4iy someone of themembers. While [ ill tlie board room.all restraint and dignity 9 laid aH sorts of “ tricks upon travellers” jfre think of smiling. There are about one hundred ind filly Members, but only one hiindr.-d and twenty are regular attendants. The eldest mem >*r is about seventy years of age, and the young est twenty-five. The initiation fee : „s four lino il dollars, and the yearly dues, in the shape of 1,.V - IlTl* fV ."r, V*>:l..)’ lj. eto imK’£ .7 1. d'.-i ----)ars more. II riot on band a’ half-past ten o’clock, when the roll is called, the fine is sixpence ; lor going to Ihe door, one shilling ; for bidding 00 a stock out of order, two shillings; for standing up Inmgke a hid, two shilling-—and so on through the catalogue. Some of ilie members gel fined two or three dullursa day. Tlie stuck list is cull**d ofTbv the president, be ginning with government and State stocks, then banks, insurance companies,, fancy stocks, rail naid stocks, and closing with railroad bonds.— Time is given on each stock lor bidding. Every thing goesalong prelly quietly until the “ lancies” are reached, such as Nicaragua, Cumberland, Erie, Hudson River, and Harlem, whet there are (occasionally) scenes of noise and conliis on perfectly indescribable. Fdlv men are yelling al the top of th**ir vmces--aome warning to sell, some wantito buy —some jumping up and some sitting down—allexoited—all trying to sell tlie highest antPbuy the lowest—making noise enough to take the hair all off’a nervous man’s head, and rendering it almost impossible to get the sales properly recorded. After a great many raps, and “ Cm:** to order, gentlemen !” and “I will fine every gentleman two shillings bidding on that sloe.k by the president, ord'r is once mure restored.* ll nlten Happens that one-a lc is claimed by 1 wo'persoos.and ‘ll that case the ques tion is laid bet* re the board 10 lie deemed The di-cisions are ofteniiines unjust, but there is no help lor it. It a broker is not popular, lie stands a poor chance of gelling a decision in his favor. Sometimes, in the midst of ihe greatest excite ment, when thousands ol dollars are being made and lost, some little incidents will happen that will divert the attention ol the whole board, and prevent, lor a tirrfbf any busine s being done.— One day, when the board was on Cue, and the ex oil cine nl high, Mr. D. a French gentleman, and one of tin- most quiet, gentlemanly men in the world, got a little excited, and made some petulant remark. In an ins’anl, and with a una nimity I lint would hardly se*-in possible, tlie vv hole board.struck up the Marseilles Hymn, and sang il through, in .-pite ol ail ihe efibrls of the pre-i ----dent to prevent it. Sometimes when on a seri ousstock, like Crystal Palace, a nr.x will be heard lo cackle, llioii a Shanghai will crow, ducks will quaeU, Hint a general bain yard concert will take place. A ppui u ill get up to go lo the oilier end of Hie romii, am! 1 very body will heg-ti to laiigb. lie will liHt arouiii) and so*’ all eves directed 10 1 £ tg 1 -its Wperiijv-T : >-u~j !r ’ - [.gft* ‘lywrtli ile doesn't g ‘ mad—because Inal tWw- and ; and i; lie c in di-au v jr. the I’uck u.bo ilu! the deed, he vvuiclics the chance lo pay him < IT in like coin Toere are some oldie fiup-t in- 11 in New Yok in tlie alock board, and, as a general tiling, die members are men of worth urd intelligence, li is difficult lo get in ; it only r< qmr s three black balls hi ltri a candidate 0111 ; and unless a man can show a p’t>y hill of health, there is hut lit he chance lor him. Young men who have been broualit up in Wall street are pome'imea admit ted without opjjosition; lint old men, merchants, and broken down politicians, me black-balled right and left. We may go on with (he subject next *vveek, anil stir up the animals individually. T!e lisioait.—Uf all punishments tin* knout is the most severe and sanguinary, but it is seldom inflicted, except for crimes of 1 lie deep est dye. Although it may appear to the casual observer litife worse limn our punishment nl ‘whipping petty isff-nders, yet its effects are great ly increased and death frequently ensues in con sequence ol ihe pains'taken by die judicial au - lliormes in Russia to peril cl the executioners 10 ■ their horrid occupation .. The’knout is a very heavy thong, as thick as .a.kan'.s wrisl, and weighing from two to three ... pounds jtlie lash of leather., about the breadth ot a broad tape and narrowing at the end ; und the hfivlfe.i's about two leet long. The place usually c)mscn at St. Petersburg for the public inflation oil-lie knout, is ail open muddy plain, near the river Neva, andtheexe cation is always attended with a military guard of U'W-sacks and oilier troop*. A? soon as the , qulprk qrrives nt the p atlorrn, a paper is read -aloud/ which contain* a description ot his crime, and tlie aeii'ence ot the court belore which he ha* been tried. In ordinary cases, the criminals, each in their turn, are pollened to hii inclined post, having a fiiio k at tlieiop, to which die head is so tigl.tly fixed, by. means of a rope, as lo prevent the pa ■ tieiif iroiri'try mg out. The hands are then closp ly lii’d on either side; at the bottom tin* leet are secured by means of two rings; Hie back is then bared to the waist, and tlie executioner com mences bis duty. Tlie afibe Chapped’ Auteroche relates an ex eciilfop nl a female 111 Hie ro.gn of Elizatielh.— He stales that Madame Lapookm, win* was one ol the most beautiful women belonging to Ihe Court of that empress, had be**n indiscreet enough to mention some of the endless amours ol le-r imperial tnislresa, and was, therefore, condemn sid lo undergo she knout. The beauiiiul culprit mounted the scaflMd iu anpj l -Sant undress, file* was surrounded by the executioners, 011 whom she gaze with a touishinenl, ami seemed to doubt that she was Ihe obj-ct ol siicii preparations. One <d tin* ex eciiliouets polled off'a cloak wliicll covered her bo-0111, al which her innde.-ly look alarm ; slie slarted hack, turned pale and hur.*l into lears. Her clothes were s*ripped otliiand she was na ked lo the waist belore Ihe earner eyes of an im mense Concourse of people, prohnitidk silent. Two of the executioners then took li**r by the hands, and,turning her hall round, raised Iter on their backs, inclining forwards, and lilting her a little from the ground; upon which another ex ecutioner adjusted her on tlie backs ol hiscoadju turs,aud placed iter in tile most proper posiure for receiving the punishment, lie then retreat ed 1 few steps, measuring tlie pioper distance with a steady eye, and leaning backwards, lie gavea stroke with the knout so as to carry a piece ol skin from 1 lie neck to the bottom ot the back ; striking bis teet against Hie ground, he made a second blow, piralled lo ill - former, and ilia few minutes all flieskiu o : tin* fiat i< was 1 cut avvay in email -lip-, ..mO-, of which r-t.ia'ii -1 ed hanging di.vv 11 ; bet tongue was cut cm! im ! mediately alter, and she ivas bc:ii*ocd to Sibtf- I XU. in the tim*’ of the early Cztrs, the performers of this lioniii were regarded with so much respect that they w ere admitted into the best so ciety. Nay.il is even said, that in those days merchants, thinking it, honorable llms to pass into rank above them, paid large sums of m >n ey to be al'owed to fulfil the murderous duly.— When their ambition was satisfied, they resold the vocation at an enormous profit. •So expert the executioners of the present day, ilia’ they can handle the knout with much more readiness than our coachmen their whips. A* a proul of their dexterity, a wager was laid by two Russian noblemen, relative to the pri.’ -.-inn- | al talents of two of them, and an eye-witness | relates the follow ing tube the result. „ The person who wn tbe bet, gained it. by ihe SHuwing feat : he placed hi* companion al arm’s ] eitglii from him, and undertook to strike ‘.two hundred rimes vvilli his knout, though he anbuld not touch or injure his person, at each blow he promised to tiling away a narrow strip of hi* triep.d’s shirt, which lie actually performed w-i'h -011! infl cl ng even the merest scratch on his body. By way ol expressing his gratitude for the | patience his companion lead elicited, when lie had finished the specified number ol blows, he lifted up his weapon, and in a playful manner appeared Jo give a slight fl p towards the man on whom his skill had hepn exhibited; lie hard ly seemed to touch his body, but, on inspection, a wound of at least a fool and a half iti length was perceived, bearing an exact re-eniblance to oiip which might have been given by a razor or other sharp instrument. ‘The one who had te ceived the nlow seemed lo lake it in good part as a joke; coolly remarking that he should not be long in embracing an opportunity of returning an equivalent to the favor received. The two men positivelv asserted that they could, without any remarkable efforts on their part, kill tlie strongest man, with only three hlowsof this sim hie though dreadful instrument—the knout. Cnsn3t your WWs.—A distinguished mao once sml, tout he never prospered in any enterprise where lie had acted against the advice of Ins wife. Misi’ortun s, or the result of bad speculations, always bear most heavily on tlie wile. Her interests are inseparably identified with his own. The ready perception and timid caution of woman, make her, especally lo the im pulsive and adventitious, peculiarly qualified to check the rash and impetuous act. Many a man whose fortunes are broken, vvi nld have been in a happy and prosperous condition had he listened i to the tietn-r counsels of the now afflicted part- | tier ot his troubles. A true hearted wife is also I our best Irieud in adversity; even when imprud ence, incapacity, or even folly, or perhaps our vices have brought it upon us, instead of re proaching him, she clings to and encourages him. Her words of comfort a.‘2, good cheer, revive his hopes and his courage, and lie is often able to re 1 rieve hi- fortunes. A> worst, with such a friend, lie holds up his head, grapples manfully the diffi culties of his lot. His position in society may i he more or le.-s reversed, and those whofl .tiered and looked up to him, may now p".r • him by cold- ( ly. A heartless world leaves him to hi_tale, or 1 j|j bliili > *' l “^ J ‘ l “ n '‘ *r,.r!iiy to be admitted to his socief*’ However cold and heartless H* \-e, lo’ is sure lie has one dear friend; one bosom, one heait is true to iiim; that friend is 1 lie wu ; “tier the lolls ol Ihe day,alter perhaps being bluff and li ny ! lie 1.1,- who were bis sunshine friends, how reviv | iog lo bis sinking spit its, to mingle bis sou! with ! the dear one who lias clung lo him in weal aod Wo. What a cordial are her wolds nl comfort, when all without is dark. In this iiourof dark ness ,-ureiy she is to him God's messenger of mercy. While the true hearted wife is all Ihis and mone to her husband, do we do well in all impor tant matters nut to consult so interested &, faith ful a Irieud? We repeat wliat we before said, tiie wife is out own safest and best adviser. The family is a little State; let those at the head of their iinle State mature all their plans by mutu al, kindly and wise consels, and there will be fewer wrecks, of tlie hopes of individuals and of families. Hustiands.yon will lose nothing,but gain much, bv trusting more to that dearest and best ol all e.i’rlly friends, Hie person you have select ed Irnm all the world lor file long Companion.— Olive Branch. | Sir. C;itsr3us Nar-iuf.—Sir Charles Xl - pier has as little ol Hie heroic look as any man 1 you ever saw. He is stout, burly, and square ! m figure. His features are ordinary. His as- I pert is that of a m*’re farmer, and his usual attire j is by 110 means so good as many fanners would i wear. He has a very good-natured expression of countenance. His fiair is u bite—that is, such jofit as remains. He has a slight limp, from a severe wound in the thigh received in the en gagement, in August, 1808, between his brig Re e.ruii and ti e French corvette Di igente. He is tend of rural life, and (as Lord Palmerston ob served) is an excellent farmer deep in sub-soil ploughing, the breeding of stock, the alternation ol green and cereal crops, the use and abuse of manures, and ail that relates to a country life. A- a speaker lie is energetic and decisive, com ing at once to the purpose, and throwingout his -entenc.es rapidly and loudly, as if lie were firing red hoi balls into tlie enemy. At tlie age of six 1 ty eight, this fine old lellovv goes out again to 1 L-uie.—London Correspondence N. Y. Sunday | Times. Matte Your Mark ! In Hie quarries should you toil, Make your mark; Do you delve upon the soil ? Make your mark ; In whatever path you go, In whatever place y*-u stand, Moving swift or moving slow, Willi a firm and honest hand Make your mark. Should opponents hedge your way, Make your mark; Work by night or work by day, Make your mark; Struggle manfully and well, le t no ob-taele- oppose. None right shielded ever fell Bv the weapons of his foes— Make your m irK. Life is fleeting as -a shade, M ike your mark, Marks ot some kind must be made, Make your mark— Make it while the arm is strong. In the golden hours ol youth; Never, make it wrong ; Make it with the stamp o! truth— Make your mark A Capital Toast.--T'ne following toast was drank at a social gathering in Baltimore a few days -ittee. It is hard to beat: “I.i as i (-ending ill** hnl o; prosperity, miy wo never ’ neet a friend-” ‘B’iie Lake Citieii.—The Lake cities are-, increasing in an enormous ratio. Cleveland has reached sixty thousand inhabitants, and so has Chicago. Such a growth is not equalled even by that of San Francisco. What the next cen sus of these citips will develop it is impossible to tell, for we daily receive evidences that the throng ot population gathering at those points is too great to find accommodation. It appears to be an indisputable fact that house rents are higher in Chicago than in either Philadelphia or New York. Toe hotels and boarding houses are all crowded beyond precedent,and JmildUigs there cannot he inuiiiplied fast enough to supply the demand. From these remarkable tacts we may gather that our lake frontier is destined lobe tlie location of several of t e largest cfiies in Amen** ca. A few year* since such an idea was deem ed likely to have its realization only in the distant future; but the growth of Buffalo, Cleveland', Chicago and Milwaukee is enough to convince any one that the copsuroaf iou is nearer t hunt fiat, Much of this vvonderlnl growth is auribu-uuftle *<> the rapid extension of our railroad systeto, b|rt that is nut its sole cause. The commerce of the lakes is beginning its development, and the pros perity of its pjrt depots is. but a natural conse quence. To be sure, Cleveland and Ciiicagoare the most prosperous, because ol their very exten sive railroad connexions; but this is because land commerce and water commerce are so insepara bly blended in their interests, and the railroad is the iudispen*able concomitant ot the seaport.—* Nortii American. ?-"> .. IRockadc of Russian Boris on tlx? S*a.*ii6*.—The British government, it is said, Imv- iintitiod the United Stale.- that they shall, immediately mi Hie e inineiieement of lion* lililio* in Ell ope, blockade all the Russian ports on Hie Pacific, and that order.* to that effect have already been transmitted. This, it is feared, will considerably effect onr California m rcli nts, and one case in particular is mentioned, being that ol an American company of ample means which have lately completed arrangements tor wonting lie Russian coal mines. Coal is an article of great importance to California,the price it hrings there being from s3t> in $35 per ion. It is in cons'aut demand 10 supply. 1 lie enormous con sumption of onr steamers in those waters, and the company in question largely investing in it, hud calculated upon reaping large profits, at the same time promising to reduce Hie price one half to consumers. Ice is another article, in which there is a large trade between California and Hie Russian possessions. Considerable capital is in vested ii. this, as in the iron trade, but the block ade will at once put an end lo these operations. V- 1 A portion of the monstpr tree which was fell ed awhile since on tlie Sierra Nevada, Calitorpia, arrived in New York lately The Sunday Atlas says it measured, when standing, 320 feet in length, with a diameter ot 82 feet a! five feet fr*>m the ground. ‘The trunk r/ihrs huge mon arch of the forest was periectlySssotid from tlie sapwm and to Ihe centre, and, judging from the number u! concentric rings, its ageJias been es limutedal l!i|t*,lbousatid year.,.. Os tliis^ vege table pnviig*.* 53 feet of tlie^y-ftunuka lower formed a -necious carpeted room, eoutainir** a piano, with seats lor forty persons. On one occasion one Hundred and forty children were admitted with out inconvenience; and at oilier time thirty two couples waltzed within its colossal circumference 1 with the greatest harmony. Tubiic exhibition will be mad of this majestic tree in New York as soon as a suitable place can be procured foj that puip ise. Yatio:sal 37uud-Writing.—At a re cent sitting of tiie I’aris Academy of Science, some papers were read relative t*. hand writing. Among tlie facts stated, the most remarkable was, that no man can ever gel rid of the style of hand writing peculiar to his nation. If in* be English, lie always writes in English style; if French, in tiie French style ; il German, Italian or Spanish, in the style peculiar to his nation. lam ac quainted with a Frenchman who has passed all : ids life in England and who is English in dress, habits, tastes, everything, who speaks English like ode of our count ymen, and writes English with ten times rnoie correctness than ninety-nine in the hundred of us hut wlio cannot, lor tlie life |of him, imitate our in >deof writing. 1 leave also hoard speak of an English youlii who w s care* ! fully educated in this country, and for eighteen | years of his file mixed exclusively with Freud) writing-masters, and perhaps never saw anything but French writing in his file, hut who always w role in the same sly leas we,all do; it was re ’ fiy national instinct. In I’-iris all the writing inasters profess to teach the English manner of writing, hut with all their exertions they can never get their pupils to adopt any but the cramp ed hand of the French. Some person pretended that he could tell the character of individuals from their hand-writing. I know not whether he spoke tlie truth or not but assuredly he might have asserted, with the most ported confidence, that lie could distinguish a man’s country by liis hand writing. The difference between our wri ting and that of the French is immense—a school boy would distinguish it at a glance. Mix togeth er a hundred sheets of manuscript wrilien by a ; hundred ot our own . countrymen; and no one j would fail to say w hich was the British and which I was the French, even though they should be : written 111 th'd-f-ame language, and w ith the same liens, ink and paper. The djjcrmmg between Italian and Spanish and German sty!<*s.-i7>riling is equ illy as great. —E Imbnrgfi Review, Lntlicroui (73tschief.—Tlie fo'lowing “ droll incident ’ i related hi the Knickerbocker, as having occurred to a lady of respectability in Brooklyn :—“ The lady lias a charming linle boy, very o i-erving, imitative and active The child li nl noticed tin* p ‘S’iiiiii constantly leaving letter■ and moving off quick ; and he thought II would be a very fine thing lo become a pi*:man. So lie one day went to his mamma’s escruloire, and took out some twenty-five or thirty letters, tied them up and sallied hirll), leaving one at every hou-e and moving offquiek. Tiie lady was rather surprised when her next neighbor brought her an open letter, which lie said somebody ad left al the door; but what m* her i*t nii*luii *nt when visiting Imur arrived, for another, and another, and another lady coming in, and bringing open letters, until Hie ample pa-lor was eoiupiotelv crammed! You need not doubt the mirth and fun grew fast and furious as each lady entered with Hie same tale, and Hie little postman was elated beyond measure to find wlia a capital post man he was; but the best of the fun was, that every lady, one and ail, asserted she had not un folded 0/ read one word.” Gcmomenf Clarks,—There are em ployed in the different executive depirtmonts in Washington 73 7 clerk *, who are ilfvi (•••I into l.nir Cthese*: Hie tir*t class receiving .'B9 0 ; the sec ond class ®1,2U0 ; Hie third class SI,SJJ, and ths I fourth class SI,BOO per annum. NO. 31.