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®nk!n tonuntr ’ > i 1 ATLANTA, NOVEMBER 23, 1855. GTSee Third and Fourth Pages. W*Wc would call the attention of our numerous readers to the advertisement ot Mr. Mann, which may be fonndin another column. The property offered for pale, is located in the Midst of the city, and well adapted to the busi net* for which it is designed. Speculatorswill Ind it to their interest to give him a call. Thanksgiving Day. It will be seea, by reference to the Procla mation of the Governor, in another column, that he has appointed Thursday the 29th inst., as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and re quests its observance by the people of the State. We hope the recommendation will be mors generally observed than is usual in such cases. The considerations so eloquently pres ented by His Excellency cannot fail to touch the heart of every reader, and wo wonld invite Mpecial attention to the proclamation, with an earnest wish that the subject will be taken up by ministers and others, and that the day be really one of thanksgiving and prayer—not a mere formal observance of the executive man date. Book Hotices. “Olis," Mason A Bro., New York; Wm. Kay, Atlanta. Cloth #1.25. This is a pleasant book, one that reaches the heart through the medium of gentle impressions, rather that by force of stirring incidents. It is a book of a peculiar style; no rant, no sickly sentiments,- nor is it of that “butter-cup and daisy” sort, attractive only to school girls. Its chief beauty is its naturalness, its every-day, life-like style; no shrewd plots. At the same time there is nothing tame about it; nothing insipid. We like such books. There is no powerful excitement to bring into play the evil passions of the heart, nor, enough sorrow to excite unnatural tears. Were all novels like Olio, arguments against novel reading would lose half their force. Tub Wager or Battlb, by Henry W. Her bert. Mason t Bro., New York; Wm. Kay, Atlanta. Price SI. Here is a stirring work for sluggish disposi. tions. If any one desires to be thorough'y aroused, let him read the “Wager of Battle.” From a hasty glance at its contents, we imagine it peculiarly adapted to instringing weak nerves. Tho e who like sublime, with a smart sprinkling of blood and thusder will find thia as entertaining book. Comb out Corners.—Mason k Bro., New York; Wm. Kay, Atlanta. A waggish gossipy book —one that raps the knuckles of some conspicuous characters with a politeness not loss amtiing than its sarcasms _ are severe. It is a book of local interest,but will occupy very pleasantly a leasure hour for the general reader. Milledgeville Correspondence. Senatb Chambrb, Monday Nov. 19. Bills Read the first Time.— M. Billups, of Morgan—a Bill to provide against counsels pre siding in cases in which they were formerly employed or consulted. Mr. Buchanan, of Coweta—a Bill to expe dite suits in Law and Equity, in certain cases, by authorizing plaintiffs to sue singly members of a private association, a joint stock company, or a dissolved corporation. Mr. Calhoun, of Fulton—a Bill to give en dorsers control of judgments which they have paid off. Also, a Bill to expedite taking cases to the Supreme Court. Mr. Cone, of Greene—a Bill to amend the Ist section of the 3rd Article of the Constitu. lion. A Resolution passed the Senate, instructing the joint standing committee on the Penitenti ary to enquire into the expediency of moving that institution to Stone Mountain. Mr. Lawton, of Dougherty, introduced a Resolution requiring the appointment of a com mit'ee to investigate the labors of the Judges of the Superior Court, and report upon the ex pedfenev of constructing new Judicial Districts. A Bill making a new Judicial District, to be called the Lumpkin District. The Athens Bank Bill was taken up in the afternoon, and discussed at length, by Messrs. Peeples of Clarke, Cone of Greene, Baxter of Hancock, and Calhoun of Fulton. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, Nov. 19, The Resolution of the Senate to take up the election of Bank Directors, and Judge of the Supreme Court, was lost by a vote of yeas 28; nays 41. A Bill from the Senate for the pardon of Bird was read the first time. Also, a Bill from the Senate, to authorize the county of Dougherty to aid iu the construc tion of a Rail Road, or Rail Roads, running into or through said county. Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, said he had received some additional testimony in the case of Boyd, which was ordered printed, as was also the de cision of the Supreme Court in the cases of Boyd and Mercer. Bills Read the first Time —A Bill to incor porate the Indian Springs Female Academy. Mr. Terhune, of Floyd—a Bill for a new county, out of Floyd aid Chattooga, to be called Coosa county. Mr. Watte, of Campbell—a Bill to remove a certain precinct in Campbell eouaty to Pal metto, in said county. Mr. Phillips, of Habersham—a Bill to pro vide for the appointment of officers and em ployees of the W. AA.R. R. Ordered to be printed. This Bill contemplates a transfer of the appointing power to the Legislature, giving the Governor the power of nominating three candidates for the office of Superintendent, whose qualifications shall be discussed by the General Assembly. The Auditor, and Treasu rer are also proposed to be elected by the Leg islature. The Bill also provides for the appoint ment, by the Governor of a Commiss.oner, whose duty it shall be to hear, and transmit in writing to the Governor,evidence in all charges against either of the three officers so elected. Mr. Guyton, of Laurens—a Bill providing that parsons hiring slaves at public hirings shah not be liable for hire, in the event of the death of the slave, except a proportionate ratefor the time of service, unless especially agreed to the contrary at the time of hiring. Mr : of Lumpkin—a Bill to incorpe- i rate the.M lute Path Gold and Copper Mining ' Company ot N orth Western Georgia Mr. Jones, of Muscogee— a Bill defining the ' duty of Superintendents. and requiring the pro- j duction of the naturalization papers of foreign- : born citizens, previous to voting. Bills Read the Third Tinu.~X Bill for the relief of securities of Wright. Tax Collector of i Putnam county. The committee reoorted G-' vorwbly. aud the bill passed. A Bill to create a new county from Polk aud ! OarrsH. to be twlled Marabou, and attached to i the Coweta Judicial Circuit, was reported fa vorably upon by the committee to whom it was referred under rule of the House, but was lost on its final reading, by a vote of yeas 55 to nays 64. “ A Bill to authorize the Tax Collector of Lumpkin county to pay over the taxes of that! county for 1856 to the county Treasurer, was reported against by the committee—lost. A Bill to authorize the Governor to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for a sum sufficient to satisfy a judgment in favor of certain par ties, against the Central Bank, was amended by adding an advance to the State Printers of three thousand dollars, and was reported back to the House by the committee of the whole, and passed. A Bill to create a new county from Frank lin was reported favorably upon by the new county committee, but was lost, upon its final reeding, by a vote of G 2 nays—46 yeas. House’ adjourned until 3 o’clock this after noon. 3 O’clock, P. M. > The House met pursuant to adjournment, proceeded to reading of Bills the third time. A Bill requiring parties defendant to pay extra costs in certain cases. Referred to Ju diciary Committee. This bill contemplates the payment of 5 per cent, upon all sums recovered against parties in actions of debt, on all sums under SSOO, and 21-2 percent, on all sums over $500; as a remuneration for collecting fees expended by plaintiffs, in such cases. The House was then occupied until its ad journment with reading bills a second time. SENATE CHAMBER. Tuesday, Nov. 20. The Senate met at the usual hour this morn ing. After the Journal was read, the President directed the Secretary to announce the Com mittee appointed by him in pursuance of a Resolution adopted on yesterday to consolidate into one, all bills for the promotion of new coun ties. , Os this Committee Mr. Wales, is the Chair man . The Secretary then proceeded with the call of the names of the Senators. Mr. Baxter offered a Resolution to this effect —That all motions to reconsider bills shall re quire a vote of two thirds of the body, or be considered lost ; and that this be a Standing Rule of the Senate. Mr. Moore, of Cobb; introduced the follow ing Bills. A Bill to authorize John W. Grantham to peddle in this State. A Bill to create a new Judicial Circuit to be composed of the Counties of Carroll, Campbell, Paulding, Polk, and Forsyth, to be called the North Western Circuit. Mr. Moreland introduced a Bill regulating the peddling of clocks in this State. Mr. Nichols introduced a Bill to prevent the sale of spirituons liquors within five miles of the several Court Houses, in this State, sn Court and election days, and within three miles of the election precincts on election days. Mr. Renfroe, introduced a Bill to prevent the charge of storage on Cotton at the Warehouses in Columbus, where it is sold from the wagon. Mr. Lewis, introduced a Bill to prescribe the mode of taxing costs in the Supreme Court of this State. , , Other Bills of local interest were introduced by several Senators of which we took no special note. . , , The Senate then proceeded with the unfin ished business of yesterday, which was the con sideration of an amendment I o a section of the Bill to incorporate a Bank in Athens. The amendment propsaed to define the lia bility of stockholders. The Senator from Bulloch, Mr. Cone, asked for an explanation of the Senators from G reene and Fulton, in relation to amendments proposed by them. Both the gentlemen explained, and an anima ted discussion took place, in which Messrs. Calhoun, of Fulton -, Murphy, of DeKalb; Cone, of Greene ; Cone, of Bullock ; and Pee ples, of Clark; participated. X*vxlAa.pD 4.1*0 nrl'hrt]({.P.VX 111 1 lit* Banks of our State, and those which may here after be created, is a question in finance second in importance to no other. We could not but admire the soundness of the views of the Sena tor from Greene, on this subject. While tho ■ Senators, who assumed positions adverse to those of the Senator from Greene, advocated with ability and with great plausibility their views, there, was, in our humble judgment, no resisting the “knock down” arguments and facts pre sented by the latter. In granting the privilege of banking to a company, he was going to the greatest, though not to an unreasonable extent, as he clearly showed, in protecting the bill hold er ; aud not for confining the responsibility of the Stock holder, incase ofa failure of the Bank, to the amount of stock only which he held.— This is but a partial security at the best, and although the principle is engrafted in the char ters ot several banks of our State, which failed, some twenty years, no unfortunate bill holder has yet succeeded in receiving from the stock holders of those banks, one solitary dollar. The views of Senators Calhoun and Peeples, were expressed with much clearness and force. The latter went into a somewhat detailed state ment of the origin of banking, and formation of incorporated companies for that purpose, with the design mainly of showing that the advanta -1 ges were, to a considerable extent, mutual be tween the bill and stockholder. He. however, at the close of his remarks, moved that the bill be recommitted, in order to perfect it, in ac cordance with the views of its f iends in the Senate. The Senate then proceeded to the the House for the purpose of electing a director for the Bank of the State of Georgia, on the part of the State, and for a Judge of the Supreme Court—which duties having been performed it adjourned till 10 o’clock tomorrow morn ing. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, Mili.edokvii.le, Nov. 20. So much of the Journal of yesterday as re lilted to the Bill creating a new county out of Carroll and Polk, was reconsidered by a vote of 79 to 49. A motion to reconsider the Bill creating a new county out of Franklin, was lost by a vote of 62 to 61. A special message was received from the ‘ Governor in relation to the Boundary line case pending in the Supreme court of the. United States between Alabama and this State. Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, introduced a bill to authorize the ditching and embanking of water course . in certain cases. Mr. Milledge, of Richmond—a Bill to extend , the jurisdiction of the Justices Court of the city of Augusta to SSO. Ako a Bill to change from Biennial to Au . uual sessions of the Legislature. I Mr. Thornton, of Muscogee—a Bill to endow the University of Georgia with 8200.000 : and ’ to make the State Road, if not sold, pay 7 per! ! cent, yearly, upon that amount, for the benefit■ of the College. ' A motion to reconsider the resolution passed ' yesterday to bring on the elections of State! i Bank Director, aud Judge of the Supreme I Court, to-day, was lost. ; The Senate came in. and both Houses pro ■ needed to ballot for Director of State Bank. ' first ballot. — Brantley. 80: Long. 91; • I Young. 65. j second ballot.- Brantley, 75 : Long. 99 : Young, 63. third ballot. —Long. 131: Br. ntley. 97:' Young, 1; Lyons. 1. After the third Ballot. Mr. Long was de-! dared elected. | The election for Judge of the Supreme Court j I was then brought on. ami upon the 4th ballot ' Hou Charles J McDonald was elected. The! i Ballots stood as follows : ' First Ballot.—Chappell. 12: Hull. 26 : .Jenkins, 96; Starke. 35; Schley. 10; Lyons! : 27; Thomas, 1 : McDonald. 23; Blank, 2. I jecond Ballot.—Jenkins,lll: Starke.3o: l Lyon. 24; Hull. 18; McDonald. 11: Chap-' j pell, 4: Schley. 3: Long. 4. The names of Messrs. Schley, Lyon, aud Chop- j ! pell, were then withdrawn, and' Hou. C. J. > I McDonald s was then for the first time annouu- j I ced iu form, and was received with every maui. j festatiou of approbation, by the members who | then proceeded to the third ballot: Third Ballot.—Jenkins, 111 ; McDonald, 95; Hull, 8 ; Starke, 7 ; Lyons, 16. Messrs. I Hull and Starke were then withdrawn. Fourth Ballot.—McDonald, 126; Jenkins, 110. Tho announcement of the result was respond- i ed to with tjiuuders of applause from every i quarter of the house. The Senate then returned, and the House! adjourned until 3 1-2 o’clock. Nothing was done in the afternoon. Mr. Tliornton’s£Biil. Mr. Thornton of Muscogee introduced the following bill, providing for the sale of the | State Road. We spread it before our readers, as a part of the historv of the Session. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED An Act to sell the Ue.s-: tern and Atlantic Hail Road, by converting the same into slock, and dividing said stock\ into fifty thousand shares of the value if one \ hundred dollars each, providing for the sale of\ said stick, and incorporating a company lobe called the “ Western and Atlantic Rail Road! Company,'’ to provide for the organization of the same, prescribing its powers and privileges and pointing out its liabilities. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Geor gia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Western & Atlantic Rail Road, its equip ments, fixtures, real estate, houses, engines, I cars, and appurtenances of every description whatever, be deemed and held as stock of and at the nominal value of five millions of dollars, and that said stock be and the same is hereby divided into fifty thousand shares of the value of one hundred dollars per share. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor or his agent shall cause to be sold at public outcry, at the Capitol of the State, after three months notice in a public paper at New York, Wash ington City, Charleston, New Orleans, and in the principal newspapers of this State, at the! time specified the stock created by the first sec-! tion of this act, in lots of ten shares each, to ! the highest bidder. And that ho shall issue! certificates of stock to purchaser of the same, under his official signature, and countersigned by the Secretary of State. Sec. 3d, Anil be it further enacted, That the purchaser of said stock shall pay one fifth down on the day of sale, and one fifth each year thereafter until the whole is paid, with six per cent interest per annum on each subsequent payment, which payment may he made in the bonds of this State, or in money into the trea sury of the State, at the option of the pur chaser; and should any purchaser fail, or refuse to make payment on the day specified, or with in thirty days thereafter, the stock so purchas ed by him or them, shall lie forever forfeited, and the stock so forfeited shall revert to this State, and all payments previously made. Sec. 4th, And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor, immediately after ti e passage of this act, to give notice of the time and place aud manner of the sale con templated in the second section of this act. Sec. sth. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from said sale, shall first be applied to the payment of the entire debt of tbc'State; after which one million of dollars ari sing from said sale, shall be appropriated to educational purposes, and the remainder to aid other works of Internal Improvement in this State. Sec, 6th, And be it fiii'ther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the purchasers of said slock, their successors and assigns, shall by virtue aud authority of this act, constitute a Rail Road Company which is hereby incorpor ated under the corporate name of the Western & Atlantic Rail Road Company, with vested rights and priviliges; and by such corporate name shall be capable of sueing and being sued, of holding real and personal property, of contracting and being contracted with, of mak ing all by-laws and regulations for the govern rncut of tLo some, cvimeeted with the success ful operation and management of said incorpor ation. Sec. 7th. And be it further enacted by tiie authority aforesaid, That at the first incetin"- of said stockholders, they shall proceed to elect ten Directors, who shall elect one of their number a I resident, and the same shall contin ue in office one year, or until their successors are elected, and at the said election, or elec tions, each stockholder may cast as many votesl as he, she, or they hold bona fide stock in said I company. Sec. 8, And be it further enacted, That the laws of force, with regard to liabilities andl punishment for injuries done-to said road, or to any rights, privileges or property connected therewith, shall continue and remain in full force and effect. Sec. 9tb, And be it further enacted, That it shall not e lawful for the company incorpor ated by this act, to give any better terms of U s !l s l!? r 4V. On ' or (ra 'el, to any one of the Rail Road lines connecting at Atlanta, than to another, so that the lines of the Rail R oa< ] h ‘. r , om . At!anta ' t 0 the Atlantic aud the Gult ol Mexico may be placed on equal terms so far as reacts the rates of the Company hereby incorporated. 1 Sec. 10th, And.be it further enacted, That the books, papers, correspondence, and funds of said company shall always be subject to the inspection of the board of Directors, and to the stockholders at cadi annual election if re quired. Sec. 11th, And be it further enacted, That the corporation hereby created, continue in force for and during the period of thirtv vears J’ 1 Al,d , be U 1 d, That' all aws and parts ol laws that militate azninst this aet be aud the same arc hereby repeal. [A Y. Corresponduice of the Daily Examiner-] John Bull-War in Prospective-British , Pohcy-Fashions-Necessity of Annex &”S ew and JuUa Dean—Strange Railroad Accident, &c. New York. Nov. 16,1855. j Hie news by the European mail steamer is' j ofa very interesting character. It discrilxs a! i panic in England—caused through fear of a I : war with this country. The late English jour-; mils have been talking war at us most fearful-1 ly. Since the Russians beat them so shame’- fully at the Redan, while their French eomradi s were driving the enemy from the Malalcof, the English have been very crest-fallen. A« there is no possible chance for them while on the < rimea, they appear desirous of showin-j- Louis Napoleon that there is some nation to which ; they can give “fits.” and hehce. we are to infer. I John Bull threatens to send a fleet into the , Gull immediately that our filibusterin'’- cies may be kept in check. One English jour-! ual gravely suggests that, inasmuch as our gov ernment is too weak, the English ought to as-i sist it in keeping our |xop!e in onler. The! Irish, too, are a thorn in their flesh. It has 1 been suddenly discovered in England that tho I Irishare forming into immense brigades and ' preparing to rush over, in onler to wrest the : Emerald Isle from its grasp and make it free ■ John Bull has in fact, discovered a mare’s nest ■ ami is trying with all ]>i s might to put his foot into it. The warlike toue of the English jour nals w ill no doubt provoke considerable discus- j ston here, but the idea of the English provoking a war should not lie entertained for a moment. England is afraid of us. and her present threat eniug is but a ruse. She is afraid that in h< r! present crippled state we may lay violent hands upon her colonial p 'sessions t.> America Not long before the Eastern war broke out the Can adian Inspector General—Francis Hincks Aient to England oq business connected with that colony, and was snubbed by air John Packinton io such a manner as to provoke a i very violant letter from Hincks. The Cana-j dian Minister was not there allowed to-speak in the Colonial office in Downing-; street. But in ark the change in j four years. Tho English papers arc now discussing the propriety of. giving the colonies a scat in the Imperial Par-1 liament—and Francis Hincks—who is by the way mi Irishman—has been appointed to the’ Governor Generalship of Barbados*. By this; stroke of policy, it is no doubt supposed that! the colonies, and the Irish, will be conciliated.; Who would suppose that the English would; make such concessions in four years if it were i not through fear. We have had very disagreeable weather du- j ring the past week. The rain fell continaally | for several days, and the lowering clouds were ' as cold as tho looks they engendered in the ■ promcnaders on our streets. White hats have : vanished and the black angular, stove-pipey j things called by that name succeeds. The la-. dies have already put on furs and only lack the! streak of blue and red upon the nasal organ to j have a most wintry appearance. A fashion i has been introduced this Fall which if carried j into general use, will endanger the country j The English ladies were obliged to abandon it j as they lacked the necessary room on their lit- i tie island. There is a better chance for it here I however. I allude to the hoops in tho under i garments of ladies. In moving along the street from the waist downwards, they have the charm ing appearance of a barrel of jelly. They have about them so many different kind of springs, that if a person by any accident runs against them, the rebound sends him either on his back, or into the middle of the street To let ons of them pass, it is necessary to turn into the next avenue. If the fashion becomes general it will ■ be absolutely necessary to obtain both Cuba - and Canada for the males, as the females will ! certainly require all our spat® territory. King Solomon, in a moment of inspiration, once exclaimed, “In the making of many books there is no end.” This Fall we ars having a deluge of literature. A few good and many indifferent books are announced. “Religion in all Ages” is the title of a work by a lady, that ie very valuable for the amount of information condensed from otlwr writers into her volumes. ■ In her opinions, the lady herself may differ from I many of her readers, but her lucid style and the j many facts adduced will make ths work sought ! after as a book of referencs. A gay, spark ling, gossippy work has just appeared from the ! press of French, Nassau st., entitled “Crotchets I and Quavers, or the Revelations of an Opera - Manager.” The author is Max Maretyck, the I present musical director of the Academy of Mu sic. From his position, he has been enabled to become possessed of some very amusing inci dents in the lives of many of our most celebra ted singers and performers. It is going off rap idly and is well calculated for fire-side cheerful readings. The Lectures delivered by Thackery are to appear very soon. They do not possess much historical value, nor are they either espe cially witty or sarcastic. Rachel has left the Academy of Musie. She complained that it was too large. She is now playing at Niblo’s Gardm. Julia Dean is at the Broadway Theatre, andplays to good houses. It is a matter of some interest, to notice the difference in the style of tlese two ladies. If Julia is not so good an actress, she is a bet ter woman ; and her acting is, in the opinion of many, in no wise inferior. GEORGIA. [Correspondence of the Landon Tinies.] ; Scientific Engineering. September 29.—The contrast between the actual'proceedings of the allied armies since the 9th of this month and the fivered dreams in which the public at home, as represented by the press, arc indulging, is as striking as it is painful, The Russians, so far from flying in discomfort, over boundless wastes, are calmly strengthening their position on the North side. The face of the country bristles with their can non and their batteries. As I write the roar of their guns is sounding through our camp, and occasionally equalsethe nois of the old can nonades, which we soundly hoped had died into silence for ever. There is no trace of any in tention on their part to abandon a position on which they have lavished so much care and la bor. They retired from the South side when it became untenable, shaken to pieces by a bombardment which it is impracticable for us to renew. They have now between themselves and us a deep arm of the sea, a river, and the sidesofa plateau as steep as a wall. We let them get off at their leisure, and looked on, much as we. would have gazed on the mimic representation of such a sane at Astloy’s while the Russian battalions filed in endless column over the narrow bridge, emerging in unbroken order out of that frightful sea of rasring Are and smoke, which was tossed up into billows of flame by the frequent explosion of great for tresses and magazines. What tine our generals woke up and knew what was going on I cannot tell, but it is cer tain that they did not as a body distress them selves by any violent efforts to get a near view of theenemy’s movements early in the morning, It was late in the day when Fort Paul blew up. At about 5;30, as well as I can recollect, that magnificent work was shaken violently, heaved upward, seemed to fly into pieces—tlie break ing masonry and embrasures emitting sheet of white smoke lighted up fin-—and then collapsed, as it were, into ruins. The mine missed in the first instance, but, so cool were the enemy, so perfectly satisfied of our inaction were they, and so convinced they had awed us by their tremendous energy in destruction, that they sent across a boat with a few men in her, about 4 1-2 o’clock in the evening, who quitely landed and went into the fort, and were seen by several people in the act of en tering, in order to prepare for the explosion, which followed immediately after they bad re tired. Spies have, however, informed the authorities iu the mest positive marfter. that the Russians were prepared to retreat, and had all in readi ness to cover a retrogade movement in case the ’ fleet succeeded in forcing a passage, and the I Allies evinced a <1 termination of throwing their! whole force agin-t the north side. Their field ■ guus and guns of position*were al! in readiness ’; and were strengthened by a very large corps of i cavalry, which would hold our infantry in check. I and our cavalry could not, of course, get over > the water in less than several days, nor could it j gain the heights es Makenzie unless thejinfantry I had previously established themselves there. l Everything was foreseen and calculated and the : Russians were in hopes that they might catch ' us at a disadvantage amid some of their forti-' fied positions. in a difficult country, and retrieve i their past disasters, or. at all events, make a masterly retreat. But when they saw that all] was hesitation, if not confusion, in the army of j the Allies. they recovered their courage, started ' ti e situation in the face for one nomeut and 1 the next were busily employed in making the' best of it. and they have now erected such bat teries as to shut up the harbor to our present navy and to rendetßany attempt to sross it as rash as it would be undesirable. Yesterday they finished a new line ot batteries, to-day we! begin I" make some reply. Sickness in Ohio.—Several parts of Ohio are raid to be afflicted with sickness unpurali cled in th ■ history of the State. It is not con fined to particular 1< callties, but appears to be' general—on the hills as well as in the valleys, in ' towns as well as iu the country. Za central Ohio where the chills were never before known.; they Lave been shaking the people most eerdi- I ally. “ j «. Greeneville (Tenn.) and French j Broad Railroad. M e are pleased to learn, through a source I perfectly reliable, that the work on this Road ' is rapidly progressing, and that the friends of the enterprise aro pushing it forward under the most favorable auspices. In Tennessee and Kentucky the work is Ixj iug vigorously prosecuted. The Tennessee Com pany have let out contracts for thirty miles grading, towards the North Carolina line, which will terminate within 110 miles of the road in South Carolina, touching at Spartanburg;! which, when completed and the connect iou is I made, will bring us into immediate communi-! cation with the net work of the roads in East! Tennessee, already built and in course of con-, ’struction. This connection, when made, either by Spartanburg or Greenville, will command the best and easiest pass in the Blue Ridge—in fact, the only one capable of being overcome without a tunnel or stationary motive power. The company in North Carolina, whose duty it will be to fill up the gap referred to, closing at the line of this State, are to be organized ! this day, (the 14th instant,) and it remains to I be seen, whether the people of South Carolina, i through their legislative capacity, will aid the 1 enterprise by appropriations similar to those [ granted to like enterprises, and thus inau-rarate : one of the most complete, if not the completes!, I chain of intercommunication between the sea i board of South Carolina and the rich and tecm | ing valleys of Tennessee and Kentucky. I It is to be hoped that the financial condi i tion of our treasury department will warrant a liberal appropriation to the furtheranee of this enterprise, which is of equal importance to the people of the State as the Rabun Gap, or any other similar work already begun. If the Legislature of our State will appro priate a sufficiency to lay down the superstruc ture to the line, and put on the running stock, the work will be accomplished. A correspondent, writing from North Caro lina. referring to this enterprise, remarks: “By an appropriation of this sort, the most unquestionable guarantees of good faith toward the State will be given ; for you will see that j the distance being ascertained, and the track, as a precedent condition, being prepared ready for the superstructure before the State is called on to appropriate anything, no uncertainty ex ists as to the amount to be subscribed, or danger that the funds of the State will be expended without completing the road, and securing all the banefits to be realized from such a connec tion. We are willing to accept aid upon these terma. We know the ground to be occupied, and our resources; and confidently believe that the persons interested along the line, and south of us. are able to grade the track, if your State will do the balance.” The importance of the enterprise is well un ; derstood, and, we doubt not, properly appreci ated. by the mercantile community of this State, who look forward with much anxiety to its com pletion; when the superabundance of the produc tions of the soil of those fertile valleys in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, will be emp tied into the lap of South Carolina, whose sea port town will become the great exporting and importing mart for the people of the West, and wc trust that the efforts which will be made thia winter to secure aid for the successful pros ; ecution of the work, will be crowned with success.— Carolina Times. The News by the Empire City. The steamship Empire City, with the Cali fornia mails to the 20th ult., has arrived at New York. The Herald gives the following synop sis of her news: “The advices from San Francisco are no later than those received by the Northern Light on Sunday last, but we have interesting news from New Granada, the South Pacific, and Austra lia. Our Panama and Aspinwall dates are to the 3d inst. The New Granadian legislative assembly adjourned on the 22d ult., after pass ing several important laws and greatly modify ing the tonnage tax bill. The isthmus was ex ceedingly healthy, but some heavy showers of > rain had been experienced, t’anama was j crowded with visitors and passengers. The I mode of assessing baggage charges on the rail- I way was much complained of. In Aspinwall 1 the newly organized government was likely to i break down soon. High rates of rent were in- ■ juring trade. “From Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, we have dates to the 15th and 18th of August.— In Melbourne an association to receive the opening of the Crown lands was beilis formed. : The agricultural prospects of the country were quite favorable, but the markets were very dull. Flour ruled from £35 to £4O sterling per ton. The demand for gold exceeded the supply, and it is an important fact that the article was taken at £4 sterling per ounce, when the par price in London ruled at £3 16s. 10 l-2d. “From the South Pacific we have advices dated at Valparasio, September 29, and Callao. October 16. The Chilean Congress had ad journed, and an extra session was to be had for examination of the civil code. “Several attempts at revolution had been made in various quarters since the departure of Belzu from Bolivia. In the north they had been promptly suppressed. In the south agi tation was still rife. In Peru the question of religious toleration was creating much excite ment. Confusion and turbulence reigned at the Chinchas. A government Amazon gold expe dition had reached Pancortumbo; had pros pected with some success, and did not expect to leave there for six months. Having found that they would have to build launches, and not having received as good treatment as their gov j eminent orders should have insured them, they had sent back for more explicit instructions.— An attempt had been made to arrest Meigs, the California defaulter, in Chile, but he succeeded in escaping to Buenos Ayres. “From Carthagena we learn that the ■ work on the canal was going on favorably. The peo ple there were in a wretched state of poverty, and daily locking out for the return of Santa Anna, who was reported to them as being worth twelve millions of dollars. The ex-Dietator had already lent a portion of his funds, free of interest charge.” The following incident is related of the late Mr. Webster’s courtship. He was then a young lawyer in Portsmouth. N. 11. At one of his visits to Miss Grace Fletcher, he had. probably with a view of combining utility and enjoyment, been holding skeins of silk thread for her, when suddenly he stopped, saying. ‘■Grace, wo have thus been engaged in tieing knots; let us see if we can tio a knot, one which will not untie for a lifetime.” He then took a piece of tape, aud, after beginning a knot of a peculiar kind, gave it to her to complete. This was the ceremony aud ratification of their en gagement. And now in a little box, marked i by him with the words “Precious Documents, ’ I containing the letters of his early courtship. ■ this unique memorial is still to be found. The knot has never been untied. Sa- Mr. Arnott, the eminent British inven-, tor and mechanician, has invented a new fire-1 ■ place for dwellings, the principle being that of! supplying the fresh fuel at the bottom instead j of heaping it on top of the fire. The coal is in a box. nearly air-tight. I elow the fire: tiie tar.! vapors and gasses produced by the decomposi . tion of the coal pass through tiie incadescent! fuel above, and bum on reaching the air. while! fresh fuel is supplied bv pushing the coal from 1 below. The draught is regulated by a single valve, and the useless escape of heated air up the chimney diminished. The fire burns quite free from smoke, the burnt air is safely earri’ d ; away, and fuel economized. The invention may! be easily adapted to existing fire-places. ■Wisconsin Election.—Private and publish ed accounts all go to confirm the belief that the; Democracy of Wisconsin have achieved a most ’ brilliant victory at the recent election. The j re-action in public opinion throughout tne State! is as remarkably as it is gratifying. A corres pondent of the Washington Union, writes: 1 ■lowa county, which last year gave four him- 1 dred and ninety free-soil majority, now give* 400 democratic majority. Cxrr'A lady advertises in the Glasgow Her-. sud that she wants a gentleman for breaklast and tea. That cannibal. An Eccentric Character. The Ohio, Statesman gives the following a<_-1 count of an eccentric prisoner who has now been confined in the Ohio Penitentiary for thirty years, and who was sentenced for life. He was sent from Butler county, for murder in the 2d degree-—and was in jail some two years before final conviction and sentence. He is about six ty years of age. large frame and very portly,— He has been a man’of powerful nerve and sin ew, perhaps the strongest man ever in the pris-! on. But for the last ten years he lias been suf fered to remain idle, and amuses himself in ta king care of the bear, deer, peacocks and other fowls about the yard. He has been, up to that time, a very hard workingman—chopped wood ; in the fields adjacent to the prison—during nil the time of building the new penitentiary—and claims to have bossed the job. For several years the mind has been failing; he claims that the State owes him for all the work he has done and says he will never leave the prison until it is paid—amounting, according to his estir ato. to $4,444. Hu insists that the State shall board him until the last cent is paid, and refu ses to leave his old quarters. He has occupied the same cell for a great many years—has fixed it up to suit himself, with all manner of traps, including an old-fash ioned suit of citizen’s clothes, which lie some times puts on, struts about the yard in grand style with his cane, demanding a settlement of his account. He makes toothpicks of a very fine appearance, and is permitted to sell them to visitors. His hat is of the old-fashioned bell crown high top; and when he gets on his citizen’s coat and pants—the latter being quite too short and close fitting—he presents a ludi crous appearance. One day a quail had got into the yard, and was caught by him ; and im mediately he started to the office to show it to I the warden, having never seen one for thirty jyears. It was a great curiosity to him. While ! in the office the warden whispered to the guard. (in tones just so that the convict could hear him. I to lock the door and keep him out, so that the State would get clear of paying tho debt. In I a twinkling the old man was on bis feet, and, I fleet as a deer, he fled through the door to his I cell, before the officers was aware of his inten , tion. saying, as he wen off that he never mad? ■ a house that he could be locked out of! ! He came to the prison under the name of I John Phillips, but for a number of years has ; called himself Aaron Crouder, and flies into a | passion the moment the name of Phillips is I inentione lin his hearing. He is very healthy, though growing feeble, never is sick—never troubles the hospital—pretends to be a doctor, and often feels the pulse of the officers to see if they are well, and prescribes some simple reme dy for them. During the prevalence of the cholera, brandy was prescribed in small quanti ties for the convicts, but he would never taste a drop, and says he never wifi. j He gives an account of his arrest and eon j vietion. He says it was all about a woman.— j Her man abused her—he took her and her things into a wagon to take her to her people ; her man overtook them in the woods, and a fight ensued, in which her man was killed. Crouder says he could not help it: he would fight, and he was the strongest. That’s all 1 I He knows of no relatives living—and has no accurate idea of his state after his death. He is kind, docile, afid rather inclined to be sociable but has been, sometimes, a hard case tomanage. Sometimes, now, he gets a little wild, and scolds bitterly—but an offer to buy a toothpick, or trade for anything, puts him in a good humor. His case is a lamentable one, and it is ques tionable whether he ever becomes better pre pared for death than when sentenced, though he has suffered more than death in hia thirty years of dying. If turned out fifteen years ago, he would no doubt have liehavcd' himself, been some comfort to himself, and thought more about the future. A New Disease. During the last cholera season a newly arriv ed Dutchman made his advent in the city of New Orleans, andset in quest of a boarding house. He inquired of the first one he saw, if they had the cholera in the house ? The reply was • Yes.’ and Dutchy moved his boots.’ He asked the same question and received the same answer of three or four other. Finally he found a landlored who assured him that he had no cholera in his house, aud there the Dutchman concluded to tarry a while. The landlord was a pious man, and a 1 ways hail family worship before separating for the night. Accordingto the custom, therefore, the family assembled for prayer. During the pro gress of the exercise, the pater familias groaned and up popped Dutchy, with— ‘ Oh, Lord! vot ish ter matter?’ ‘ Nothing,’ said the host, and scriptures went on. In a short time the landlord groaned again and again, Dutchy started up. with eyes like saucers, saying— ‘ Oh,mine Got! dere is something the matter mit you.’ . ‘ No,’ sai l the landlord, adding byway of quieting the Dutchman, ‘l’m a Presbyterian, and it is the habit of the most of the members of the church to groan during religious exer cise.’ Up jumped Dutchy with his hat in hand, and scuds along the street at a spceed that wonld shame a 2:40 racer. Seeing a physician's sign, he called a halt and told the Doctor to run quick to No. 8, street. • What’s the matter there,’ said the doctor, ‘have they got the cholera?’ • No, but mine Got in Himmil! da has got tier presbyteries—mure worsens der golera.and der landlord vill die mit it. before you kits derc if you don’t run quick ’ Salt Lake Mail .—The Salt Lake mail ar rived last night under charge of Mr. Chas. Gil key, making the trip in thirty days. He re ports that provisions are very scarce iu Salt ■ Lake City. The trains of Mormon emigrants i were arriving daily, when lie left, in pretty good condition. Williams' freight train will not I reach the valley this winter. Owing to the j danger from lhe Indians in the mountains, and i to prevent white men from furnishing them j arms and amuuition, the traders in all that | country are ordered to repair to Fort Laramie, i aud reside there during the winter. : Gin. Harney intended going into winter i quarters soon on White River. Considerable I snow had fallen in the mountains, and the ice j on the Platte was some ten to twelve inches thick. Plenty of water and grass on the route in. The party br< light in three passengers.— The Indians are considered very dangerous on the route. This party travelled without an escort. Gen. Sumner’s command, which bad started to reinforce Gen. Hurney, have been ordered bac to Fort Leavenworth, where they will re main during the winter. It is said that Gen. Harney, will spend the I winter in the States—the elements on White rive- being too severe for his health.—lnde • pendente Dispatch. Bni’i Mermaid Burnt.—Through an extra I from the Apalachicola (Fla.) .Advertiser, we ! learn that on the Ist inst., the brig Mermaid. Capt. Thayer, from New York, was burned to I the water’s edge, while laying at anchor in Ap ' i bay. The vessel had arrived the previous day and came to anchor some miles ! ! down the harbor, the Captain taking the pa-.- 1 ! sengers up to the city in a yawl. At midnight, j and while the master and lioats crew were yet! absent, anoke was discovereil issuing from the 1 ! main hatch, which was removed, when flames > ! burst forthwith great violence. Withdiffi-| cully the mate aud five men saved the chronoin- ‘ eter a«d of their clothing. At seven o'clock next evening the wreck sank in ten feet' water. The brig was ten months old. owned 1 by B. Richards. Esq., ot New York, aud val-' tied at 820.000. She was loaded with an us-1 sorted cargo, the value of which is estimated at from 875.000 to SBO,OOO. At Medina, N. Y., reccently'a young I man 23 yvurs of age, who had been deaf anil dumb . .nee bis ninth year, was taken with vio lent spasm of the chest about a week ao’o, and after throwing up a small quantity of blood found tb ,t that his hearing and power of speech were entirely restored. NaturalJßet’Ourees of Nicaragua. Wc have partaken ofa great variety of fruits and vegetables which are indigenous to tho soil of Central America. Among the fruits are the orange, lemon, limes, banana, coci’anut cocoa plum, alligator pear, guava, plantain, papaya, marmion, rose apple, grandilla, water melon, cantelope. bread fruit, citron, and a va riety of others which we have not yet become ! familiar with. Those of the vegetables that we have seen consist of cocoa, a species of our potato, ochre yam. sweet potato, peas, Lima, French, and vauillu beans, squashes, pepper, pumpkins, Ate. ■ Wc have no doubt that a portion, if not all. of the products of the United States can be ! cultivated here. We notice many fruits and plants similar to the growth of Florida and the more northern States, but they are more ma tured and in a greater variety. The cactus grows to a gigantic height, and the sensitive plant exhibits in a marked degree its peculiar characteristics. Beautiful roses, in great variety of their species, grow wild and luxuriant. The vegetable productions for commerce are principally sarsaparilla, anota, sloes, ipecacu anah. ginger, vanilla, peruvitin bark, cowage, copal, gum arable, ci>pavia, caoutchouc, dragon’s blotxl, vaugo and oil plant. 'l he staple products of the State and those which arrive at great perfection, sugar, eoff c. ! tobaco, indigo, maize, or Indian corn.rice.choe j elate, cocoa. Among the valuable trees may be noticed mahogany, logwood, Brazil-wood, cedar, iignumvita?, fustic, yellow pine, silk cot ! ton-free, oak, copal-tree, buttonwood, ironwood, j rosewood, aud Nicaragua-wood, calabash. &c Wheat and other cereal graine flourish in the elevated districts and Northern parts of the j Republic. in fact one can have any climate they wish'. , from the atmosphere of the plains to the bro ’ ken and uiountaiuous country, which extends i even to the coast. The mineral resources of Nicaragua are nu merous, consisting <>f gold, silver, copper, iron, lead and coal. Mines of the latter are easy of access, and within a short distance of the Sul phur, is found in great quantities; also nitre, sniphate of iron and a number of other mine rals. 'Hie beef of San Juan is very good, but there is not so large a stock as in tho interior, still there is sufficient for practical purposes, and we venture to say that any amount of the Durham species could be raised here, or a few milre higher up the coast. Wild animals abound— such as the tiger, wild hog, monkey. Ac., all of which are harmless, except when attaked. The poultry is excellent, and there is plenty of it; also birds of all kinds—parrots, parro qnets, bullfinches, canariea amr almost every other species that the tropics produce. We have had the pleasure of lunching on snipe, and can w arrant their flavor. Fish, oysters, clams, shrimps and crabs can ; be found iu the be found in the bay and river. The jack fish, drummer, and a species of shcepshead, we think peculiarly fine. Clams are round and small, but very tender and deli cate. The cowfish is considered a great relish by the natives, but wc have not yet mustered courage to pirtake of this or the alligator. [Sm Juan Central American. Equality or States.—The Washington Union publishes the following decisions of the Attorney General opon important points connected with the Ordinance ’B6 and the Mis souri Compromise: 1. Ithua been adjudged by a long series of decisions of the Supreme Court that the United States never held any municipal sovereignty, urisdiction, or right of soil in the territory of which any of the new States arc formed, except for temporary purposes, namely; to execute the trusts created by deeds of session of Virginia. Massachusetts, Georgia, and other States in the original common territory of the Union, or by treaties with France, Spaia and the Mexican Republic, in the territories of Louisiana, the Floridas. New Mexico and California. 2. It has been adjudged by the same scries of decisions that the provisions of the ordin ance for the organization of the Northwest Ter ritory were extinguished by the constitution ; or if any of them retain continuing validity, it is only so far as they may have outhority derived from some other source, either the com pacts of cession or acts of Congress under the Constitution. 3. This doctrine has been applied in lend ing cases to questions touching the property iu public lands, the relation of master and slave, religion, navigable waters and the eminent do main, and may be taken as the established lead ing truth. 4. In obedience to the same principle, and proceeding in the same line of adjudications, it must have been held, if the question had come up for legal determination, that the provision of the act of March 6.1820, which undertakes to determine in advance a perpetual rule of municipal luw for all that portion of the prov ince of Louisisiana which lies north of the parallel of 36 deg. 30 min. north latitude, was null and vaid aJ tncep/o because incompatible with the organic fact of equality of interna right, in all respects, between the old and th new States. The New Colln's Steamer—The Journal of Commerce says that the most noticeable object of tne ship yards of New York, is the mamotii Steamer, Adriatis building for the Collin's line in Mr. Steer’s yard, and which attracts numer ous visitors All its proportions are gigantic, the vessel exceeding in size any that has ever been built in this country.' In some of its dimensions it will not very materially from lie United States steamship Niagara, building at • the Navy Yard, but in the number of tons it will be superior. The ship is entirely in frame. ! so that the deck beams aud iron braces arc be- I ing put in. The “garboard streak,” which extends parallel with the keel, and is equivalent to the first plank is also beingput on. The strength of the vessel is in some degr e indicated by -the fact that this is eleven inches in thickness. I The iron braces, which will extend obliquely across the frames, interlacing each other at in tervals four feet, are of themselves a curiosity and wonder. They are each fifty feet in length, seven-eighths of an inch in thickness, and five inches broad, weighing 750. There are three hundred bars or “straps” of this description. Four hundred men are constantly employed on this ship, whose weekly wages average about $2,400, and it is expected she will be launched the Ist of April. She is three hundred and forty-five feet in length, fifty breadth, and thirty two in depth. Kansas Free State Convention.—A cor | respondent of the St. Louis Intelligencer writes as follows: An animated discussion arose yesterday on a resolution introduced by Mr. Delahay of Leav enworth, (editor of the Territorial Register,) in ; dorsing the Kansas Nebraska bill, and falling back on the squatter sovereignty principle.— This was an effort to raise the Whig and Dem ocratic issue, and resulted in considerable alter cation. Dr. Russell of Lawrence was the most I prominent opposer of the resolution, and con- I tended that by adopting the resolution the I Convention would not only indorse the objec tionable features of that bill, but raise a ques j tion on the authority of Congress, to which it ' was the intention of the people of this Territo iry to apfieal. Amendments and conuter-reso i lutions followed each other in rapid succession; I at one time the whole matter was laid on the table, but it was called up in the afternoon of yesterday, and made the special business for next Thursday. Medical Virtues of Parsley,—Two phv ricians of Faris have published ave y iuipo'r- ! tant luemoir, the object of which is to make i known the immense resources which theheab'ii" ' art may draw from the seed of parsley. The ! common indigenous plant possesses iucontesta-1 ble febrifuge quantities or properties; the de coction of its seed may be substituted for tha ‘ of cinchona, and the active principle which ha? been drawn from it, and which they designate under the name of apiol, is equivalent to quiuin in the treatment of the local intermittent lo ves. The Euu«l»«»r Illinois. The Alton corrtspondi nt of the St. Louis R publican gives II <■ following inforimitioti in ngiird to the couipdition for | Hr ,|, j h Jifinois: ‘•The Danville Lund Office i : , about to Ims re opened, and a multitude of him) speculators arc on tins <ji,, ca-caccordingly . with | ah( ] warrants uii.l the p' wtoil learn that they have got Up maps, showing every vie nut piece of land n that district, uud thwc tri I Ic- a Jrimindoua rush alien .the office opens. By law. when two or more p rsons desire the same tract for entry, it is set up at auction, and gi<‘b to the highest bidder. (’onsiqueutly much of this land will thus be sold, unlessspeo ulators form a strong combination and keep outsiders away. Tin- lands of that district em brace a tier ol Ix'uutiful prairie counties, lying u'ona and ad jacent to the Wataisli, now, or un til the Central Road was surveyed, a wilder ness. 11 sold nt a fair competing safe, they would bring to tla‘Government $8 p< r acre.- Wild prairie lands in this Htato—thousands, vs. millions of acres—are held at from $5 to S2O per acre throughout all Illinois. At tho present ratio of increase, in twenty years from this time, ail onr prairie lands will lie worth s2(l " 825 per ncro cash in Lntxl; for the idea is now prevailing that Illinois will lie tlic brat laiin ■ g SfaU. east of the M -sisaippi. S|s‘cu atoi'R from t ecast and in ■ d men who w ish a safe iuvislnieiit. nrehim.ding on warrantsto in v.»t. in leinois lands. l np<‘r rinnf. Under this iuad. tho Mineral Point Tribune publishes an account of a newly discovered plant from s Mrs. Beaniont. of Arena, as fol- • J discovered about two years ago a plant that yields both cotton and flux from the same root, and I believe 1 am the first person that ever cultivated, spun, and knit from it. I am persuaded that any article that will make us good cloth as can be made from thia plant, will make good paper; hence 1 call it ’he paper plant. It can be planted in the Spring, and cut in the Fall or Winter. It bleaches itself white as it stands, and will yield at least three tons to the acre. “From a single root that I transplanted last spring there grew twenty large stalks, with three hundred and twelve pods, (containing the cot ton)‘with at least sixty seeds in each. From this root I obtained seven ounces of pure cot ton, and over half a pound of flax. It is a ve ry heavy plant, mid grows from six to seven feet liigli." The Tribune adds that it has seen several samples of the cotton and flax, prepared from this plant, by Mrs. Beamont, aud thinks that for tlic manufacture of pajsT it will prove bet ter and cheaper thun any other known article. PRKTfY Women.—A pretty woman is one of the “institutions” of the country—an angel in dry goods and glory. She makes sunshine, blue sky, Fourth of July,and happiiires wherev er she goes. Her path is one of delicious roses, perfume and beauty. She is a sweet poem, written in rare curls and choice calico, and good prin iplcs. Men stand up before her as so ma ny admiration points, to melt into cream and then butter. Her words float round the ear like music, birds of Paradise, or the chimes of Sabbath bells. Without her society would lose its truest attraction, he church it’s firmest re liance, and young men the very best of comforts and company. Her influence and generosity restrain the vicious, strengthen the weak, raise the h>wly, flannel-shirt the heathen, and strength en the faint-hearted. Wherever you find the virtuous woman, yon also find pleasant fire-side bouquets, clean clothes, order, good living, gen tle hearts, piety, music, light and model “insti tutions” generally. She is the flower of hu manity, a very Venus in dimity, and her inspi ration is the breath of Heaven. fi®” “This is a very beautiful taste,” said Mrs. Partington at the agricultural show, look ing at the big sheep, and addressing a tall voung man by her side. He responded ‘yes’m.” “Is that a hydraulic ram?" she asked , wi ll great simplicity, provoking a smile on the young man’s face, and a loud laugh from outsiders , who were attracted by tho black bonnet. The young man informed her that this was a long wooled shii'p. from which very long yarn was spun. “Ah!” said she, ‘fyou arc very kind; but can you tell mo if the Pope has sent any of his bulls over here to this show?” “No,” said lie smiling tremendously, out among the swino is a descendant ol the great Boanerges.” Nei ther Partington nor any one near knew what lie meant, but he laugheil loudly, and those outside laugheil louder than he, much to his sat isfaction.. They laughed even louder when he found swinging from his button behind a tag bearing the inseription, “Vermont Boy,” with age and weight given, but lie didn't. And Ike was looking so innocently all the while, trying to muke the rum sneeze by tickling his nose with a st;a i! ftaT’"Ah! said a mischievous wag to a lady acquaintance of a proud aristocratic caste, “I percive you have been learning a trade.” "Learning a trade 1” exclaimed the haughty dame, looking needles and pins, -indeed you are very much mistaken,” ‘■Ob! sai the vviekivl wn , I, J thought by the looks of your checks tha t you bad turned painter!" Ji, wag •' lid instanter— the lady saved I! Item fainting by dinking aI an idly glass of waler. Prepare fob the ’aniahy Election.—ln many cjunties in the .Slate the Know Noth ings have pretended to disband their organiza tion. and yet in every county where they have the least chance of success they are calling vig orously upon Sam, onci more to rally and elect none but his d< voted followers to county offices Let the Democrats and Anti-Know Nothings every where be on their guard; bun is only pre tending to let go that he may be able to get a better hold. Personal— Very Important.—The Hon. Mr. Smugging, the Hou. Mr. .Snobs, the Hon- Mr. Spatterdash, the Hon. Mr. Thingumbob, General Longsward, ColonelQuattebum, Major Fircup, Cuptuiu Furioao, Lit uienuul Split brain Sergeant Pontoon, are ut present iu the city of Mushroom. It is rumored that Mrs. Cangshays, the ac-- complished lady of General Sangshay s, intends to spend the winter iu Washington, and will be accompanied by her beautiful niece Miss Addie L mgpurse.— American Organ. ttpj>„ Niepcce, the co-luborer of Daguere, has after ycari of study aud experience, succeeded in almost perfecting the art his associate discovered: —”1 have begun,” says he, "with reproducing in the camera obscura colored engravings, then artificial, and lastly, dead nature, a doll dressed in stuff of diflereut colors, uud always trimmed with gold and sib er luce. I have obtained ull tlie colors, and, what is niore extraordinary ami curious, the gold and silver arc depicted with their metallic lustre, and rock crystal, porcelain, uii alabaster arc depicted with the lustre natural to them.” The Democacy of Cass County, Texas, held a meeting on the 24th ultimo, and a point ed delegates to tire State Convention. The 10l - owing resolution was adopted : Resolved, That Gen. Suu Houston, iu his ca pacity as United Staten Senator, has violated the coutidiuce reposed iu him by iiis constitu ent. uiiethat iu view of ihen almost unanimous wishes ot the people, he ought to resign his seat, so that they might elect a man who would become the expoueutof th ir principles aud the defender of their rights. A Monster Killed.—A Panther measuring 7 1-2 leet, ami weighing lot) pounds, was killed as ter a desperate struggle, on Saturday night, the -Oth ull., near Curd springs, Tenn , by a party of nine gentlemen, assisted by twenty dogs.- The struggle lasted half an hour, aud it is ile cribed us extremely desperate. Besides the attack el the dogs (which he resisted gallantly) u‘: received live shots ; aud a number of blowa rum stones, fence rails, Ac., before Le gave it up. N one ot the men were hurt, but thrui of the dogs were killed and several others badly cnppM.-4(«*son (Ay) J