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The following lines, entitled Corinne, were among those sent in to compete for the prize offered, some months ago, by the Publisher of this paper, for the best poem, under 60 lines. Corinne was one of the three compositions which the Committee of award, composed of Mr. James L. Eossig nol and Mr. Geo. T. Barnes, of Augusta, deemed of so nearly equal merit, that it was only after much delibera tion, that the selection was made, and the prize finally awarded to “ The Dream of Locust Dell.” [For the Southern Field and Fireside.] cobinne. BT BALLIB. “Lore and glorr were ever blended in her mind, and at the moment when she was about to resign all earthly ties, she wished Oswald to feel that it was the greatest woman of her day he had destroyed—the woman who knew best how to love and think, whose brilliant success he had obscured in misery and death."— [Madame De Siael Within the eapitoll she of the lofty lyre Stood like a prophetess, and swept, with lightning hand the wire— And hearts were hushed, and breath suppressed, as peal ed the notes along, And from her lips impassioned burst the burning words of song. The dark eye flashed, the radiant brow glowed with th’ Inspiring theme. Os glory—genius—ltaly I of her own bright land she sung; And like a clarion proudly the triumphal chords outrnng. A woman crowned ! oh not for her is meet the meed of fame; No joy for her, that the wind's voice speaks so wild her lowly name, There is no balm for yearning hearts in the green laurel wreath, But hidden lurks the poison asp the folded leaves be. neath. Corinne! soul-gifted, beautiful! was there in this no power To charm thee from a woman's fate—to free thee from her dower? The genius which o'er every heart its witchery had thrown , Was naught in its bright spell to shield from withering blight thine own? Oh t firmly e'en to agony, within a soul like thine The fiery links of passion's chain round every.chord must twine; Worn light as a tossing plume, aside as lightly flung. Even In thy triumphal hour, this doom above thee hung! Yet as the ship-wrecked mariner, when hope seems al most past, Clings but the more convulsively unto the broken mast— In this excess of misery still loath with life to part— Thus wildly to a broken faith' clings in despair the heart! Thou wasted, lone, expiring beneath neglect and wrong, Yet faintly held to this frail hope, the memory of thy song. And as the swan, his death-notes low sings sweetly to the last, 80, in a strain of melody, thy weary spirit passed. —i s > [For the Southern Field and Fireside.] A NATION'S BULWABKB. BY MRS. 8. B. 0. Man in the field, and woman at the fireside , — these are the strongest and surest bulwarks of a nation. Stronger far than battlements, and standing armies, are these two mighty agents, when their potent influence is fully comprehend ed and wisely directed. The question is, how can they, each in the appropriate sphere, accom plish the greatest amount of good, and be made to exert their elevating, pervading, legitimate influence ? Society is full of vagaries. There is far too much of superficiality, affectation and artificial display; far too little of solid learning, thorough discipline, and real merit. TVe need less of shadow, and more of substance. Much re mains to be done, in order to bring about the roform which is so greatly needed. In the first place, society must throw off the tyrannical yoke of modem conventionalities, which now shack les and holds her in bondage. She must re cognize and encourage real morit and genuine worth, wherever found—whether in the lower walks of society, or in the ranks of the wealthy and influential. She must secure for the truly great and good, that respect and that influence which are now almost entirely monopolized by mere wealth and fashion. In this great work, society has much to do, but parents still more. The fathers and mothers of our land hold in their keeping the keys which are to unlock the future of our nation. It is for them to say whether we shall be a great, powerful, and invincible people, or, whether we shall dwindle into mental and physical insignifi cance—fade and fall. In clarion tones the rising generation call upon you, fathers, to weigh well the fearful responsibility which now rests upon you. Heed the call, and it shall be well with you, and your children after you. Commence the work at home —commence it now. Have you sons and daughters ? Cherish them as the apple of your eye, and lay for them a superstructure of deep learn ing, sound, common sense, and heaven-born prin ciples, which shall prepare them for every emer gency, and fortify them against every foe. Your sons need your most vigilant care. To them will soon be entrusted all those interests which are now so dear and cherished. To them will a nation's eyes be turned for protection, prosperity and peace. To them will future generations look for counsel and defence; and from them, will the latter in their turn, receive a nation’s legacy—civil and political liberty, healthful, confirmed and prosperous, or an ill regulated liberty degenerating into license, to end in an archy and confusion. Let no pains, then be spared in the education of your sons. Watch them carefully in child hood—guard them vigilantly in their youth— guide them judiciously in opening manhood— and they shall come forth noble, self-dependent men—perfect in stature and abundant in intel lect. Their physical , as well as mental training must be wisely directed. If we would have their bodies developed into the strong, vigorous pro portions of manhood, we must have more of the hale, ruddy comrades of the top and ball; — more lusty youths, full of sprightliness and fire; more of real manual exertion, and less of cigars and fast horses ; more of mechanical skill dis played in the construction and carrying out of new inventions, and less of fitting and remod eling at tailor’s shops, and fashionable stores ; in fact, more of the practical and substantial, and less of the useless and artificial. To another point of no less importance, at tention must be called. It is to the proper di rection of individual talent. Heaven has as signed to each order of beings and to each indi vidual a particular place and special duty in the groat machinery of the universe. Search out, then, the embryo genius of every son in the land, and give that especial cultivation. The discov m'WEMMW®: VXg&D UH VX&SBXB3E. ery of this fact, and proper attention to it, is a secret of powerful influence and success.— Each has his special talents, and adapta tion for some distinct calling ; —ascertain what that calling is, and then draw out and cultivate those natural endowments with which Heaven has gifted him, and thus fit him to do a citizen’s service in the great arena of society. Every man should be found at his own post, and each should be the master of his own pro fession. The mechanic perfect in his profession —the lawyer in his—the doctor in his—the phi losopher in his —the farmer in his—the black smith in his—each in his own calling, should know something more and better than his neigh bors ; should follow closely, investigate and elu cidate his own department of science and art, . thoroughly and satisfactorily, through all the minute ramifications that others could not trace. Thus, the arts and sciences would more speedily approach perfection, and all would make up one great, harmonious whole. There is, at the present day, too much of a growing dislike for manual labor. The learned and literary professions are overstocked with candidates who are wholly unfit for the positions they occupy ; and like wandering planets, hav ing forsaken the orbit in which Heaven placed them, their existence proves a failure, and “ all their boasted fire is lost in smoke.” Here is a radical evil which is felt, to a fear ful extent, all over our land. How many whom Heaven designed to be skillful workmen with the pruning-liook and plow-share, have made havoc with their talents and lives, by as piring to ministerial honors, and essaying to scatter the seeds of divine grace winch Heaven had never dispensed to them I How many good shoemakers have been spoiled by painting on their shingle, “ Attorney at Law,” instead of “Shoemaking done Here!” Admirably would they have succeeded in equipping fallen humanity for pedestrian journeyings on the rough highway of life, but illy prepared are they to plume swift-winged justice for flight, now many a good mechanic has been lost to society in the ignoramuses who encumber the medical profession ! They might have understood the frame-work of a house—they know nothing of that of the human body. How many who might have been blacksmiths, are bunglers at dental surgery ! These are no fanciful sketches. Every profession is crowded with misguided ge niuses, who make, at best, mere cobblers in the professions they have chosen. Society should see and understand these tilings, and correct the evil, by giving its patronage to the true artists only. Another evil in the education of the sons of our land, is the wide range of study laid out and followed in a regulai college course. This tends to dissipate mental strength, and results in an imperfect and superficial acquaintance with many studies; whereas the proper course would be concentrations Upon particular studies indicated by the ascertained bias and genius of the man. Some may contend that it is better to have a smattering of all the different branches in a col legiato course; and some may also think that it is well to box the whole compass of occupations in early life before settling down upon any. It is true, that a host of miscellaneous facts may be thus acquired, and a certain sort of experience, but, as a general rule, it would be productive of far more evil than good. Rare instances of suc cess are on record. Few possess that versatili ty of natural endowment which would admit of success with this diffusion of power and effort. Ca-sar, to be sure, excelled as orator, writer, statesman, and general. History records some such examples; and we have in our own day, illustrious men who have adopted in turn all the professions, and have acquitted themselves with houor in all. Such instances, however, are rare, and must not be used as precedents. The y are the exceptions to a general rule. We have now hinted at some of the more prominent points which should receive close at tention, if we are to have sons well trained to do sturdy man’s-work in the battle of life. We have endeavored to show that the highest, no blest type of manhood, is a healthy, robust body, combined with a well disciplined, active mind. Manly vigor and mental vivacity must go hand in hand. We must have more of the old Nor man vigor of our lieavy-fisted sires, combined witli the justice, independence, wisdom, and sa gacity of our more immediate progenitors—the revered fathers ofour country—the guiding stars of our great Republic. We must have self-dependent sons—sons strong in themselves, ready for any contest, and equal to any emergency; noble sons, full of in ternal strength, who, like Apollo, could string their harps with their own hair, and tune and radish the earth with melody. Sons thus train ed, thus disciplined, would indeed be the im pregnable bulwarks of a nation—the proud as surance of her strength, her safety, her prosper ity. In such characters as these reside the pros perity of a commonwealth and the glory of a people; they form the deep, strong foundation on which a Republic stands —for, “ What constitutes a State ? Not high-raised battlement or labor'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with Bpires and tassels crown’d. * * * * * * * a No! —men, high-minded men, Men, who their duties know. But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain; These constitute a State.” And are not these indeed the bulwarks of a nation ? * Thus far wo have been discussing the training of the sons of our country, preparing man for the field. Let us now bestow a few thoughts upon the daughters of our land, and see what we may expect of woman at the fireside. If there are evils connected with the training of the young men of our land, so also, there are those equally manifest and equally deplorable in relation to the young of the other sex. False views of life, high notions, extravagant desires and foolish pride obtain far too great a suprema cy in the female character. "We need more wo men—real, genuine women, and fewer ladies, women that are dolls. The present age is also rife with uncomely monsters, in the shape of “women's rights,” “professionalladies,” “female politicians,” Ac., Ac. Between the extremes of childish helpless ness and masculine boldness, it is difficult to steer. Seilla upon the one side—Charybdis up on the other. Happily, however, there is a smooth, narrow channel between the two, and the carefully guided bark need never suffer wreck. The daughters of our land are speedily to be come the mothers ofour Republic. What a mo mentous thought 1 How important that they should be well fitted for the sacred trusts to be committed to their hands 1 If the French empire was once tottering to its fall from the want of mothers, who shall say how soon our own loved America may not wither under the same blight, if the training of her daughters be neglected? It is not enough that a regular collegiate course be laid out for your daughter. Not enough that she become a proficient in the more elegant accomplishments. Not enough for her to move with grace and elegance in the parlor, in the drawing-room, and in the crowded assemblage. Not enough that she underst; nd thoroughly the conventionalities of fashionable and polite socie ty. Something far higher, ans nobler, and of far greater importance than all these, must be carefully taught and practiced. She must be fitted, also, for the higher res ponsibilities of domestic life. She must be pre pared to act well her part in that blessed sphere of home, where she is to work out those great moral transformations by which the world is to be redeemed and saved. She must have a tho rough knowledge of all the various duties in do mestic life, and these are neithar few nor light. There are branches of female education which are not to be learned in academic halls—they devolve almost entirely upon the conscientious, faithful mother. Cast your eye over the circle of your married acquaintance, and enquire what it is that causes so much of disquiet and unhappi ness in domestic life. In a vast majority of in stances it arises from false views of life origina ting in girlhood. Petty pride and thoughtless extravagance have rung the death knell to the high hopes and noble purposes of many a manly soul. There is one remedy, and but one; this lies in the proper education of the daughters of oev land. One of the first and most important lessons which a young lady should learn, is that of self dependence. She should have an inward prin ciple of self-support. A lady may possess these traits, and be none the less feminine—none the less a true and refined lady. Prepare your to cope with adversity, for nothing, alas! can guaranty for them unim te ruptia, and then, if calamities come, they may be met calmly and firmly. Then, too, may they often extract good froiji seeming evil. If the rock of their earthly strength be smitten—the proud oak on which thej lean with the fondness of » first affection, be blasted —they may, never theless, stand erect in mournful but triumphant superiority to misfortune, How sad a spectacle is the helpless, inefficiem woman, whom some se vere affliction has deprived of the support to which she clung, and lea res her alone upon the world 1 Dependent pov rty is one of the sad dest and hardest condil ons to which a female can be reduced. Life is a dreary waste to such a victim, and its storms foe fraught with certain destruction to those who have never learned to suffice and act for themselves. Do you ask how this all-important point is to be attained? We answer, by throwing your daughters, in some measure, upon their own re sources. By teaching them to think and act for themselves. By devolving upon them household duties and responsibilities. By permitting them to share the labors and cares of the nursery. By vour own example of self-control and self-conquest. By drawing out and bringing into play their own inventive faculties, in the multitude of perplexing dilemmas incident to domestic life. Here is where the work is to be commenced and carried on; and every mother in the land may rejoice in the assurance, that if her duty is faithfully discharged in this sphere, she will reap an abundant reward for all her care. Home has its voices of experience, its duties and its trials, which are to be found nowhere else; and these are what is first needed to prepare the faithful daughter for the rough world outside. Home is but the dressing-room of life—“the amte-cham ber which will eventually lead into the world’s great assembly hall ” —the little world, in which the events of the great world arc daily and hourly rehearsed. Let your daughters learn all its varied lessons well, and they will bo abundantly prepar ed to fill with fidelity any subsequent station, which heaven may call them to occupy.— You will thus fit them for a glorious and happy womanhood. Such daughters,too, are precious, golden links in the family chain—soft, gentle stars of beauty in the domestic social firmament; and they will make any home to which they may be called, a miniature paradise. Another highly important lesson to be taught, is that of judicious expenditure. Guard dili gently against extravagance. This is a hydra headed monster, which always is certain to gen erate a multitudo of evils. It lias involved gloom and desolation in countless happy homes, and spread blight and mildew, over hundreds of buoyant spirits. Could we read on the se cret heart the records of wretched husbands and disappointed wives, we would realize the terri ble woe which it inevitably produces. Would you have your daughters exempt from these direful evils, fail not to instil into their minds the wholesome lessons of economy. Teach them to measure tlieir wishes and wants to their means—to adjust their expense to their income. There is, at the present day, such a general and growing desire to appear aristocratic, ele gant, and refined, that the danger is fearfully augmented. These habits beget an enervating and luxurious indolence, which writes the doom of many an ambitious youth—of many a hopeful, amiable, but improvident girl. It is this deplo rable habit of extravagance which has begotten the fatal idea, that marriage is a luxury too ex pensive for any but the sons of rich men. It is this fatal habit, too, which has caused so many able-bodied men, with stout hands and sound heads, to become in marriage the con temptible appendages to rich and silly women. It is this, also, which has caused many a silly girl to reject the manly heart whom she loved, and plight her faith in holy vows to another, when every heart-throb charged her guilty, sor rowing soul with the agonizing and ignominious consciousness that she was peijuring herself in every word she uttered. A fearful crime—but pity her I for Heaven knows she felt her utter inability to meet the rough experience of poverty and toil, and to escape these lesser evils, she had committee! moral suicide —her’s will be a bitter, bitter penalty. Listen, then, ye mothers of the land, to the lessons which experience is every day affording. Let them serve as warnings, as admonitions, and as incentives, also, to the greater dil igence and faithfulness in the discharge of your duties to those frail daughters, which a kind Providence has intrusted to your keeping. Teach them that gentleness, purity, and true charity, are gems of far greater value than all others. Teach them to feel that genu ine worth and real merit never need the gaudy trappings of fashion to advertise their claims to distinction. Show them that diamonds of the first water need no gorgeous setting in order to increase their brilliancy—that well-cultivated minds never waste themselves upon, and are never caught by mere tinsel and glitter. These are lessons of common sense and sound judg ment, and, if well taught, they will ultimately prevail over all the whims and fancies of fashion able life How cheering, then,the work to which Heav en has called the faithful mother! True, it is a herculean task, but the reward is commensu rate with the toil. If life be spared, she may have the unspeakable joy of seeing her daugh ter a happy wife, and a devoted mother—the crowning glory of her model home—the kind benefactress of her race. Duty and love will always work together in all she undertakes, and joyously and prosperously will she fulfil her life mission. And when her earthly task is accom plished, myriads of happy beings shall greet her pure spirit in the better land, with the exul tant shout—“ Well done, good and faithful ser vant.” Conld mothers but appreciate the full extent of their responsibilities and influence, they would never ask another or a wider sphere for act'on, or a nobler work to perform. Truthfully hath the poet said; “The mother, in her office, holds the key Os life: she stamps the coin of character: And makes of him who, but for her, would be A savage thing— a Christian man.” What, then, are the surest bulwarks of a na tion? Heroic, powerful, well-disciplined men, in the world’s great Field —and gentle, faithful, devoted women at the Fireside. Creole. —The word was used by the French in all their colonios to designate one born in the colouiee, in contradistinction to the native abo rigines, as well as natives of all other countries. Hence a child bom in a French colony, whether from French, English, Dutch, Yankee, or Afri can parents, is a creole of that colony. Alexander Hamilton was a creole of the island of Neriz; The Empress Josephine, of Martinique. In all bills of sales, or public notices for the sale of slaves, after describing his age, color, Ac., he is said to be a creole of San Domingo, Martinique, New Orleans, Ac., as the case may be'; or, if an African, he was so designated, ad ding the province or tribe to which he belonged —as a Mandigo, Congo, Ac.— Mobile Tribune. THE*NEWSPAPER. There is no book so instructive as the news paper; no knowledge so necessary to bo ac quired as that which may be gleaned from its columns. *lt is not only the vehicle of the cheapest, but the most innocent and least cloy ing source of happiness. A newspaper in a family, is sure every week to be the means of interesting, informing, or pleasing almost every member of the family, where they live in the. country, and see and hear but little that is new. In the course of a year, a well conducted paper conveys information on almost every subject, or at least excites curiosity and inquiry on all sub jects. To know what is nearest us in time and. space, is most necessary, most pleasing and most instructive; and tins kind of knowledge can only be obtained from newspapers. We would venture to affirm that there never was, and nev er will be, in a country situation, an ignorant family who take a newspaper as it is impossible that a family should not become in time well in formed, provided they live sufficiently secluded to be thrown upon the paper as a source of amusement. The dullest child who hates a book will, in rainy weather, steal up to a news paper, read a marriage notice and an advertise ment or two, and put it down. The next time probably ho will become bolder and get through “An anecdote about Washington.” Soon he will read short tales of fiction; then, news of general interest, as well as foreign intelligence. By this time his curiosity on most subjects is excited, and overcomes his aversion and fear of books, and he is lured on to become a reading and well-informed man. It is strange that any family, as a measure of economy, should be without a newspaper. Children see the world cheaply at home, in a newspaper, without the danger of bad association or the expense of travel. A good newspaper—Tfe Southern Field and Fireside— ought to bo in every Southern family. DR. Facstus. —lt is or ought to bo generally known that Dr. Fuustus was the inventor of the “ art of arts.” According to Disraeli, the tradition of tlio Devil and Dr. Faustus was de rived from the odd circumstance in which the Bibles of the first printer (Faust) appeared to the world. When he had discovered this new art, and printed off a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in manuscript, he undertook the sale of them in Paris. It was to his interest to conceal his discover}-, and to pass off his printed Bibies for manuscript. But as ho was enabled to sell his Bibles at sixty crowns, while the other scribes demanded five hundred, this crea ted universal astonishment; and still more when he produced copies as fast as they were wanted, and even lowered tlio price. This made a great sensation at Paris. The uniformity of the cop ies increased the wonder. Informations were given in to the magistrates against him as a ma gician ; his lodgings were searched, and a great number of copies being found, they were seized. The red ink which embellished his copies was said to be iiis blood; and it was solemnly ad judged that he was in league with the devil. Faust was at longtb obliged, to save himself from a bonfire, to discover his art to the Parlia ment of Paris, who discharged him from all prosecution in consideration of his useful inven tion. The Meerschaum Mania. —Within the past two years there has sprung up in our midst a disease known as the “ Meerschaum fever,” and so rapid has been its growth, that a smoker of cigars or fine-cut is not considered genteel or fashionable without the smoke of his “ regalia ’’ or “Turkish" passes through a meerschaum. The usual salutation of “How are you?” is now forgotten, and the words “ Does your meer schaum color?” substituted. For it must be understood that the meerschaum is only consid ered valuable when it assumes a dark, reddish appearance. No matter how much it may smell like an old pipe, and scent one’s clothes until your friends turn their nose from the wind ward while talking to you, fashion has issued its mandate that meerschaums must be colored. Cigars are smoked without number, sleepless nights are spent in extracting the oil from to bacco, so that it may be absorbed in the beloved meerschaum, and the coveted color obtained. Fabulous amounts are paid for them when they have donned the fashionable hue, and that which was worth but fifty cents when new, has been sold as high as fifteen dollars, when color ed and rank with the oil of tobacco. The price, however, cannot be considered enormous vAen it is understood that the quality of meerschaums cannot be perfectly colored under three months, and then it must be in use nearly ali the time; say, for instance, thirty cigars per day smoked through one, each cigar costing three cents, would make the cost for ninety days $Bl, with out counting sick-headaches, nervousness, etc. The meerschaum, or that portion of it in which the cigar or tobacco is placed, is made in Vienna, of day found in Asia. This clay re sembles the porcelain clay of this country, and is easily moulded into any desired shape, and the finer the quality the more easily colored by the oil of the tobacco. The mouth-piece of the merschaum is made of amber, a substance re sembling rosin, found along the Black Sea. This is valued according to the size of the piece, and its fitness for mouth-pieces. Many of the meerchaums, since the great de- mand for the article, are now made of a French clay, with mouth-pieces of copal, and so strong is the resemblance that none but judges of the article can distinguish the difference. These are called by the knowing ones * mere-shams.’— These sell from twenty-five cents to one dollar and upwards. The real meerchaums are val ued, as before stated, by the length and purity of the mouthpiece and the fineness of the clay from which they are made. Some of them sell as high S2O, and the bowls for pipes as high as SSO, in consequence of the elaborate carving upon them. They are made in Vienna, where a large number of persons are employed to meet the present demand. One firm, Doll A Co., have sold over $6,000 worth the present season, and the cry is still “ more meerchaums.” These pipes have been in use in Vienna and Qermany for fifty or more years, and by a few Germans in this country, but not until very recently have our citizens taken such a fancy to them. ORIGIN OF “THE OLD DOmNION.” Few things are so well calculated to awaken in the mind of the proud Virginian when wan dering in foreign lands, touching reminiscences of home and kindred, as the simple mention of the “ Old Dominion.” And yet there are com paratively few who are aware of the term which has so long and so generally been applied to the State of Virginia. It originated thus: During the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, the colony of Virginia refused to acknowledge his authority, and declared itself independent— Shortly after, when Cromwell threatened to send a fleet and army to reduce Virginia to subjec tion, the alarmed Virginians sent a messenger to Charles the Second, who was then an exile in Flanders, inviting him to return in the ship with the messenger, and be king of Virginia. Charles accepted tho invitation, and was on the eye of embarkation when he was called to the throne of England. As soon as he was fairly seated on his throne, in gratitude for the loyalty of Virginia, be caused her coat-of-arms to be quartered with those of England, Ireland and Scotland, as an independent member of the empire, a distinct portion of the “ Old Dominion.” Hence arose the origin of the term. Copper coins of Virginia were issued even as late as the reign of George 111., which bore on one side the coat-of-arms of England, Ireland, Scotland and Virginia. —Notes and Queries. STATISTICS oFtHEGrBaT EASTERN- Length between perpendiculars, 680 feet. Ditto over all on upper deck, 691 feet. Breadth of hull 83 feet. Height from bottom of ship to top of iron upper deck, 58 feet. Diameter of paddle-wheel, 56 feet. Ditto of screw propeller, 24 feet. Number of blades on ditto, 4. Weight of screw-propeller, 40 tons. Height of principal saloons, 19 feet. Weight of iron in the construction of the hull, about 7,000 tons. Ditto of ship with machinery, coal, cargo, and full equipment, about 25,000 tons. Draught of water at that weight, 30 feet and 6 inches. Weight of each of the paddle engine cylinders, about 30 tons. Number of ditto, 4. Diameter of ditto, 74 inches. Length of stroke, 14 feet. Paddle engines, about 1,200 horse power. Weight of each screw-engine cylinder about 20 tons. Number of ditto, 4. Diameter of ditto, 84 inches. Length of stroke 4 feet. Screw engines, about 1,600 horse power. Weight of shafts for paddle engines, 80 tons. Weight of shafts for screw engines, 150 tons. Number of boilers to paddle engines, 4. Weight of one pair of do., including funnels, 87 tons. Number of boilers to screw engines, 6. Weight of one pair of do., including funnels, 96 tons. Thickness of the plates, in the bulkhead, | inch. Ditto, in the skins, J inch. Number of rivets used in the construction of the ship, about 3,000,000. Number of masts, 6; of these, three will be square-rigged, os well as fore-and-aft rigged. The remaining three will be fore-and-aft rigged. Total quantity of canvass in sails, about 6,260 square yards. There will bo tw'o screw steamers, one carried on each side abaft the paddle-boxes, as jolly boats. Their dimensions are: Length, 100 feet; beam, 16 feet; measurement, 110 tons; horse power, 40; and there will be about twenty or dinary boats carried in addition, with masts and sails complete. —Life Illustrated. , i —»•> —i STATISTICS OF MORTALITY General. —ln 1840 the average duration of life in England was 38 years; in France 36| years. In 1857 it was found to be 41 and 40 respective ly. The average throughout the world is 33 years. One quarter die before they reach 7 years of age; one half before 17. Os every 1,000 persons, one reaches 100 years of age, and not more than two live 80 years, while only about sixty reach 65. In Massachusetts —lt was ascertained by a collation of 33,680 deaths, during twelve years, that the average age attained by persons of the following classes of occupation are: Clerks 33.73; operatives 34.19; mechanics 42.88; merchants 52.06; physicians 55.25; lawyers 56.60; bank officers 61.72; gentlemen 63.73; paupers 65.10; judges and justices 5T.10. Os 2,376 females, of various occupations, the sta tistics of life were: Operatives 27.69 ; dress makers 32.36; seamstresses 41.83; domestic 43.95 ; nurses 54.61. Tie average of 706 men, of twenty-four different professions and trades, who died in Boston to 1855, was 41.55. The average annual mortality of the population of the United Sates, male and female, bond and free, when Jast calculated, was 3.93; that of England 2 -20; France 2.29 ; Prussia 2.66; Aus tria Russia 3.59. M American Cities. —An interesting and sug gestive table of mortality, in eight American cities, has been prepared by Dr. Simonds, of New Orleans, which is worth attention. Lowell would seem to bear away the palm for salubrity; the per centage of deaths having been 2.11. Boston comes next, 2.45; Baltimore 2.39; Phil adelphia 2.56; Charleston 2.57; New York 2.9&; Savannah 4.16; New Orleans 8.10. Royal Family of England.—The following list shows the names and times of birth of each of the royal family of England : Queen Victoria, born May 24, 1819. Prince Albert, “ Aug. 25,1818. Princess Royal, “ Nov. 21,1840. Prince of Wales, “ Nov. 9, 1842. , Princess Alice, “ Api 15, 1843. Prince Alfred, “ Aug. 6,1844. Princess Helena, “ .May 25, 1846. Princess Louisa, “ Mar. 18,1848. 1 Prince Arthur, 11 May 1, 1850. Prince Leopold, Ap’l 7, 1853. Princess Beatrice “ Ap’l 1,4, 1857. 155