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ST-oung man, very poor, very modest, and giaatly beloved by his comrades This youDg man, in order to assist his old mo ther, united the functions of chorister to the more lucrative employment of jour neyman tailor. One day when he had ■taken to Noaari’s house a pair of panta loons, that illustrious singer, after looking at him earnestly, said to him kindly’: “It appears to me my good fellow, that I have seen you somewhere-'’ “ Quite likely, sir ; you may have seen me at Theatre, where I take a patt in the choruses.” “ Have you a go>d voice?” ” Not remarkably, sir. I can, with great difficulty, reach Sol.” 41 Lat me see,” said Nozari, going to the Piano; ‘ begin the gamut.” Our chorister obeyed, but when he reached Sol he stopped short, out of breath. * “Sound La—come, try,” said Nozari. “ Sir, I cannot.” “ Sound La, you lool.” ” La, La, La.” 41 Sound Si.” “ My d*>ar sir, I cannot.” “Sound Si, I tell you, or I’ll—” “ Don’t get angrv, sir, I’ll try. La, Si, La, Si, Do.” ‘ f “I told von so,” said Nozari, with a voice of triumph. “And now, my good fellow, I will say only one word to you. If you will only study and practice yon will become the first Tenor in Italy.” Nozari was right. The poor chorister, who, to gain his bread, had to mend breeches, possesses now a fortune of two millions, and is called Rublni. We have before remarked that there are systems which run into extremes, both of technicality and simplicity. The following is an instance of the latter: A Highland piper having a scholar to teach, •thus initiated him into a knowledge of semibreves, minims, crotchets, and qua vers—“here, Donald,” said he, “take your pipes, my lad, and give us a blast. So, very well, indeed ; but what is sound, Donald, without sense? You may blow on to all eternity without making a tune of it, if I do not tell you how the queer things on that paper must help. You see that fellow with the white, round, open face, (pointing to a semibreve be tween two lines of a bar) he moves slow ly from that line to this, while you beat one with your foot, and take a long blast. If now, you put a leg to him, you make two of him, and he’ll move twice as fast; if you blacken his lace thus, he’ll run four, times faster than the fellow wiih the white face; and what, think ye, after blacj ieninjj-his face thus, if you bend- his w iiqrfhis leg, he will bojryou stilt ■ffghl'times \faster than the wh Mellow I showed*fou first ? Now when ever you blow your pipes Donald, re member this, the tighter those fellows legs are tied, the faster they will run, and the quicker they are sure to dance.” There is a great evil (if not an evil, at least a great drawback to the advance ment of Church music) which predomi nates throughout the South, especially in the country. We allude to the practice of reading a line or a couplet nt a time ■while singing a hymn. This practice first arose from the scarcity ol Hymn books, and why it is kept up at this’ en lightened day is rather a matter of won der. The old excuse will not do, for there are plenty of Hymn books to be had, and so very cheap that every one can buy them. This practice ought to be abolished, for it not only ruins the music but in some instances completely destroys the sense of the words. When line by line was sung in olden times, in the meeting houses, sad work was often made with the meaning of the Psalmist. For instance— “ The Lord will come find ho will not,” After that line, the next is, “ Keep silenco but speak out.” Each line is a contradiction of itself separately, but by a proper union becomes a truthful expression. Some may think that this is bringing forward an extreme case. Even admit” ting that it is, every one will admit that the music sounds better without the con tinual interruptions that must occur where the practice is followed. Every one that is accustomed to singing much in Church, knows that they can sing bet ter when they have a book and can see the words for themselves. If the old custom was abandoned, those who could sing and would sing, would provide them selves with Hymn books—the music would not only be improved, but very many ludicrous mistakes would be avoid ed, such as singing the text, &c. While on this subject, we beg leave to introduce a little anecdote that occurs to our mind.Jwhich is rather in point. In olden times, when it was the custom in many parts. of New England (and is still the custom all over Georgia) to sing the Psalms and Hymns by “deaconing” them, as it is called—that is, by the dea cons reading each line previous to its be ing sung. One of these Church dignita ries after working at his book some time, and making several aitenr.pts to spell the words, apologized for the difficulty he experienced in reading, by observing, ** My eyes, indjod, are very blind.” The chorister, who had been impatiently waiting for a whole line, thinking this to be the first of a common metre hymn, immediately sang it, accompanied by the whole congregation, who were without books. The good deacon exclaimed with emphasis— I cannot sen at all.” This, of course, they all snng, when the astonished deacon cried out in a mazement— “ T really believe yon are bewitched,” which was also sung bv the congregation, when the deacon thinking they were ma king fun of him, added, “ The mischief’s in von all.” The congregation finished the verse by echoing the last line, and the deacon sat down in despair. Again. There are some who are fond of music, but owing to their entire ignorance ol the science are continually producing discords in Church, which has a very unpleasant effect. To such we would say, either learn how to singfor do not try in Church so long as you know nothing about it. Others, again, who really knotf"fffiw losing, and have very harsh voices, have taken up the mis taken idea that to sing well they must sing loud. To such we would say. curb your voices so that they may blend with others who are singing with you ; if you cannot do this, do not sing at all. A young man at a social party was ve hemently urged to sing a song. He re plied that he would first tell a story, and then if they still persisted in their de mand he would endeavor to execute a song. When a boy, he said, he took lessons in singing, and one Sunday morning he went up into his father’s garret to prac tice alone. While in full cry he was suddenly sent for by the old gentleman. “This is pret ty conduct, said the father, pretty em ployment for the son of pious parents to be sawing boards in the garret on a Sun day morning loud enough to be heard by all the neighbors; set down and take your book.” The young man was unanimously ex cused from singing the proposed song. Again, there are many churches that feel greatly the need of a good chorister; if every member of the church under stood music, this would not be the case, and church members would not be so of ten mortified at the bungling manner in which tunes are raised, and the frequent mistakes of one metre lor another; to say nothing of the unsuitableness of tunes to the words to which they are applied.— We are taught iu all works on sacred mu oic, pieces of music.fiji the minqf modo'are generally best adopted to words of sadness and supplication, affliction ; while the major mode is most appropriate to words of praise, joy, thanksgiving, &c. Unless the chorister understands music, it is obvious that it is a mere chance whether he select a suitable tune to the words to be sung. All who have ever tried to raise a tune in church know how very mortifying it is to make a failure, that is, to get about half through the line and find out you have selected the wiong metre. For instance: At the meeting of a church the Paster gave out the hymn— “ I lovo to stoal awhile away,” when the chorister commenced singing, but owing to some difficulty in selecting the right metre, could proceed no farther than— “ I love to steal,” which he did three or lour times succes sively ; when the clergyman, in order to relieve him from his dilemma, waggishly remarkd that, “ it was very much to be regretted, ’* and added, let us pray. As to the value of a musical education, apart Irom the pecuniary benifits to be derived from it, we will merely quote the language of Horace Walpole, addressed to the Countess of Ossery, he says : “Had I children, mj utmost endeavors would be to breed them musicians; considering I have no ear nor yet thought of music, the preference seems odd, and yet it is embraced on frequent reflection ; in short madam, as my aim would be to make them happy, 1 think it the most probable method. It is a resource which will last their lives, unless they grow deaf; it de pends on themselves, not on others, al ways amuses and soothes, if not consoles; and of all fashionable pleasures it is the cheapest.’’ The imaginary music of the spheres is a doctrine of gieat antiguity ; since we find allusion to it in the Holy Scriptures. Job, chapter 38, speaks of the creation “VVhen the morning stars sang togeth* er and all the sons ol God shouted for j°y-” Among the ancient writers, this wa3 a subject ot philosopical enquiry. Pythag oras and Piato were ot the opinion that the muses constituted the soul of the planets in our system, and the desciples ot both these celebrated Philosophers of Harmony. The Pythagoriaus maintained an opinion which many ol the poets have adopted, that music is produced by the motion of the spheres m their several or bits, that the names ot sounds in all prob ability, were derived from the seven stars. Pythoguras says that the whole world is formed according to musical proportion. Plato asserts that the soul of the world is conjoined with musical proportion. Sir Isaac Newton was of the opinion that the principles of harmony pervaded the universe, and gives a proof of the general principle from the analogy be tween colors and sounds. From a number of experiments made on a ray of light with the prism, he found that the primary colors occupied spaces exactly corresponding with those inter vals which constitute the octave in the provision of a musical chord ; and hence he has obviously shown the affinity be tween the Harmony of colors and musi cal sounds, Shakepeare, Milton, Dryden, Mason and other eminent poets, all seem to fa vor the Pythagorean system The first of these, whose vast mind grasped the whole creation, with its internal mechan ism at once, thus happily alludes to the subject in his play of the Merchant of Venice— “ There is not the smallest orb which thou Bvholdest, but in his motion like an angel sings, Still choiring to tho young-eyed Ghdrubims. Such harmony is in immortal souls | But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, wo cannot hoar it.” Fresh fuss with Spain —The Phil adelphia Bulletin notices a rumor that a fleet hai been ordered immediately to Havana, though it does not trace the ru mor to any relitble source. The ‘dif ficulty’ appears to be as follows : An American citicen died in Mantan zas, and the consul took charge of his ef fects, sealing them ip with the seal of the cousulate. The Alcalde requested that the seal might lie opened, so that, in accordance with t well known law, an inventory of the effects of the deceas ed might be taken. The consul refused to allow this, the Alcalde reported the refusal to the Captain General, and the Captain General ordsred that the law should be Hereupon Dr Worrell feels himself* and through him, his republic, insulted, and packs up his carpet bag for home. By tfiis time the carpet bag and overburdened feelings are unpacked and theitory of his wrongs is probably laid before the powers nt Washington we await with intense anx iety the proceedings on the Worrell case. The amoui of indemnity claimed is not yet announced. Kossuth on the fall of Sebasto pol.—The New York Time publishes a letter from Kossuth in relation to the fall of Sebastopol the leading idea of which seems to b$ that the allies are very much inThe orlfie won an elephant in a raffle—they will not know what to do with tho fortress now that they have got it. He gives it as his ‘de cided opinion that the prospects of peace are rather lessened than otherwise by the fall of the south of the town,’ and still insists upon the belief that it ‘was a great mistake that the allies chose that point for an attack on Russia.’ After alluding to the fall of Sebastopol, he says: ‘What, then, is next to come? In my opinion, for the next winter, the cam paign will probably be restricted to the Crimea, and next year it wilt still con tinue there; while, on the other hand, the naval operations in the Baltic will be resumed with augmented forces, and on a more effective scale.’ What will Austria Do.—The most conclusive answer to this vexata questio was lately given as follows, by T hiers when the question was put to him : ‘lf we beat the Russians on the Tcher naya, the Court of Vienna will offer its congratulations to our Ambassador—if we take the Malakoff an express Envoy will be sent to us—should Sebastopol fall into our hands, the Austrian ammunition wagons will be dispatched towards Gal- I'.cia to take cartridges to the armv— should we become absolute masters of the Crimea, the entire army will be put on a footing—and if we sign a treaty of peace, Austria will then be ready to open the campaign.’ Suicide in the Bridal Chamber M iss Clara Haskins was found dead in her bridal dress and chamber near Natch - ez, Mississippi, on the 2d ult., After be ing dressed by her bridesmaids, she re* quested them to retire for a short time, and when they returned they found her lying lifeless upon her couch, with an emtpy vial which had contained prussic acid still clasped in her hand. She had adopted the desperate alternative of self destruction rather than marry a man she could not love in obedience to parental authority. It is stated that the war has already imposed upon Turkey expenses to the amount of over 500,000,000 frances, of which 220,000 000 had been met from its own resources, and 80 000,000 would be provided lor by the new loan, guaranteed by the Western Powers. A Drawing Room Test—You gen erally tell how popular vou are with a lady by the length ot time she keeps you waiting whilst dressing to receive you. ©iir ©a?®# * Is published by authority of the Southern Musical Convention. Terms—s I ,*SO Per ALnmim. {ty**No paper wtll be sent unless the cash accompanies the order. Hamilton, Oct 17. 1855. THE L\W OF NEWSPAP^RST^ 1. Subscribers who do not give express nonce to the contrary are considered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If suhcriSers order the discontinu ance of their newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their nwespapers from the offices to which they are directed, they are held responsible until they have settled the bills and ordered theirs discontinued. 4. If Subscribers remove to other places without informing the publishers, and the newspapers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The Courts have decided that refus ing to take newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for. is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. 6. The United States Courts have also repeatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perform his duty of giving rea sonable notice, as required by the Post Of fice Department, of the neglect of a person to take from the office newspapers addres sed to him, readers the Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription price. (ET Our Correspondents will confer a special fivoi if they will use but one side of a page of paper when writiugfor the Or gan. Also, number the pages at the top. To tho citizens of Harris County who aro in any way connected with the Party known as tho American Party, it is respectfully suggested that they meet at their several Court Grounds on Saturday, the 3d day of November, and select, in any way they think best, five Delegates, to meet in Hamilton on Tuesday. Gth day of the same month, for the purpose of nominating candidates to fill your County offices. All the friends are respec:fully Invited to participate equally. FTRE! On Sunday evening last our citizens were aroused by the cry of fire, which was discovered to proceed from the kitchen of Mr. Richard Ragland. When first discov* ered the entire roof wasenvelnppfi in flames. The dwelling house took fire in several pla ces. and seemed doomed To destruction, Gut the almost super-human eff rts of our citi zens finally conquered the destroying ele ment. The men were stimulated to their duty by the uoble example of the ladies, who'were out in force, and lent material aid in subduing the flames. One, we learn, mutilated her hands in her praiseworthy efforts. The origin of tho fire is not well ascei* tained. It is believed, however, to have been the work of an incendiary. No per son was on the premises atMie time. Mr. Ragland sustained a small loss in die break age of furniture, &c. The Georgia Platform —The above is the title of a Newspaper recently establish ed at Calhoun, Ga., and edited by G. J Fair. Terms, $2 in advance. Said paper is devote I to politics, civil and religious liberty, leaning quite heavily ou ihe side of Democracy—whether it io the Hard 9 or the Softs, we are unable to say, We suppose, however, from the title, that it tolerably Hard Shell. We somewhat regret that we cannot res pond on the same subject, (politics) as ours is a Musical sheet, and dabbles uot in po litical things; yet we would have been pleased to have sung a song for the express benefit of those who are about to launch the Boat described in his issue of No. 6; and more especially to stimulate the passen gers up Salt River. We would like, also, to blow the trumpet of alarm, to notify al the people that the Boat is on her passage, and destined to her port of fame, but out neutrality forbids, and we must forbear, otherwise we would prepare the music for the strings of the Editor that would sounc in tones equal to old Yankee Doodle or the American Star. (t/ 5 * A letter at Washington from Grey town states that Col. Kinney’s election is uot recognized by the property holders of Sau Juan ; that the Spanish residents have sent in a protest against it; and the British Consul and the commandei of the British man of war Eurydice, have refused to re cognize the new Government. 05 s * It is stated that a messenger has been sent to Copenhagen with dispatches ! to our Minister, which will prevent any trouble with Deumark. 03” It is rumored that Santa Anna has been iu the city of Washington several days, privately quartered iu the house of Geu’l. Almonte. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. New York, Oct. 10th. The Royal Mail Steamship Canada has arrived at Halifax, bringing Europe an advices to the 29th ult,, one week la ter. The news is interesting, as showing that the Russians have made a vigorous stand on the north side of Sebastopol, but the Allies are acting with promptness and determination. the seat o¥ war. The Allies have landed 30 000 men at Eupatoria to act against the flank of the Russians, who are strongly fortifying the north side of Sebastopol. There has been a heavy storm in the Crimea. The AN lies will raze the fortifications of Sebasto pol. MOVEMENTS IN THE CRIMEA. The Allies attacked the Russian infan try on the 22d. The latter retreated on the 25th. An army of 33,000 Allies had debouched from Eupatoria and occupied the neighboring villages on the left flank of the Russians. L- The following was dispatched from Se oastopol lhe 17th t The All •es are concentrating troops be tween the Tchernaya and Balaklava and constantly reconnoitering the left wing of the Russians. 400 deserters, mostly Poles, had arrived at the Allies’ camp.— ■ They report that after the capture of Se vastopol. the demoralization of the Rus sian army was complete. Such was the confusion after the evacuation of the south side that the soldiers exhausted bv fatigue, lay 24 hours without food. The Russian loss is estimated nt 18, ■ 000 men The Russians ate firing shells into the city from the north side. There is a report at Berlin that Gorts chakwff will shortly evacuate the north torts But the Russians are making ex tensive arrangements for a winter cam paign. The Turks at Kars are short o! provis*. ions and eating their lioises. Austria still desires to mediate between the beligerents. Late from Salt Lake—The Salt. Lake mail, which left there on the Ist, arrived at VVestpoit, Missouri, on the 23th ult. The mail train met Gen. Har nev 20 miles this side of Fort Laramip. i Lieut. Heath was killed in the battle*.* at Ash Hollow. He fought bravely, and killed sif*lndians a* five shots. The Indians met a small body of whites between Ash Hollow and Laramie, and after shaking hands in the mu,l friendly manner they began to wound * ~ne ma ". 4-lulbw^ I roops ail well and in fine spirits. Virginians from Kansas.— A party of a bout filly emigrants from* Rippahaq onck and Culpepper couiU.es, Virginia, left Washington, in the former countv fast Monday, bound for Kansas temtoEfilf 1 hey are .-aid to embrace a numb&f*crt families, but it is n ..t staled Whether they were accompany by slaves, or whether the fifty were all whiles. An interesting discovery his been made in France with regard’ to nig fruits trees. Instead of making use nt a graft a slip i s taken from an anp'e tree, lor example, and planted in a no tatoe, so that a couple of inches of the sip remains visible, It soon takes root tWmps itself, and finally Decomesa handsome tree, bearing fi, ie fru t. This method is due to a Bohemian gardener. Reading in the Cars— Several in stances are lately recorded where per sons who were in the habit of reading much in railway cars had become nearlj blind and an express agent near Boston had totally lost his sight, it being imput ed to that cause. It appears the joltin* motion causes the eye to strain in catch” ing the separate letters, and makes their effect on the retina very injurious. Railroad Accident— We unders stand from a passenger that the Augusta nain on its way down last night, ruiTinlo a lumber train going up, near station No. 17. lhe engineer was very badly hurt, and one of the firemen slightly. Also, last night two freight trains for Macon run offthe track near station No. 13. No one hurt— Sav. Geor. ISM. A Venerable Couple. —Mr. John Burrows .of Noith Billerica. Mass., is 98 years old, and his wife Bridget 100.— I hey have lived together 79 years. They aie natives of Ireland, and reside with their son, Valentine Burrows, at North Billerica. It is doubtful whether there is another couple in America who has been married so lono'. O English papers express the opinion, founded on careful examination, that Great Britain will only require an impor* tation ot 30,000,000 bushels to supply every possible deficiency. The Land Office at Batesville, Ark., las been closed. The Standard says that no explanation accompanied the order for closing, and the cause is unknown*