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m, wmtm mess. BY J. A. TURNER.} VOLUME IT. |1 o ctri!. W . . ■■ w [FROM TUE LONDON’ I'.X.VMINF.U.] Th« Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava BY ALFRED TENNYSON. Half a league, half a league, Half a league or.ward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred, For up came an order which Some one had blundered: / " Forward, the Light Brigud ■! “ Take the guns," Nolan said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade 1" No man was there dismayed, Kot though the soldier knew Some one had blundered: Their s not to make reply, Their’s not to reason why, Their’s but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them. Cannon in front of them, Voileyed and thundered: Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, Rode the six hundred. Flashed all their sabres bare, Flashed all at once in air, Sabring the gunners there, Charging an arm}*, while All the world wondered: Plunged in the battery smoke, With many a desperate stroke, The Russian line they broke; Then they rode back, but Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, I Cannon behind them, Volleyed and thundered: Stormed at with shot and shell, While hor.-e and hero fell, Those that had fought so well Cam© from the jaws of Death, Back from the mouth of Ilell, All that was left ot them, Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade ? Oh, the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made! Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred! Hisaltaoui Courting in Church. An eccentric rector remarked a gen tleman at church who was not a par ishioner, but who Sunday after Sun day, placed himself in a pew adjoining that of a widow. On the first occa sion he detected him slyly drawing the lady's glove off the back of the pew, where she was accustomed to place it. (Her hand and arm were delicately fair.) Bye-and-bye the lady’s prayer book fell—of course ac cidentally—from the edge of her pew into the gentleman’s. He picked it up, found a leaf turned down ; and scanned a passage which evidently caused a smile of complacency. Our minister saw all their movements, and continued to watch them with a scru tinizing eye, lor two successive Sun days. On the"third, as soon as the collects were read, and while the bea dle yet obsequiously waited to conduct him to the chancel, our eccentric pas tor, in a strong and distinct voice, said “I publish the bans of marriage between M and. JI , (de liberately pronouncing the name of the parties,) if any ol you know any just cause,” &c. The eyes of the whole congregation were turned on the widow and the gay Lothario; he lady suffused with blushes, and the gentleman crimsoned with anger; she farmed herself with vehemence, and he opening and shut ting the pew door with rage and vio lence. The minister, meanwhile, pro ceeded through the accustomed duties, with the same decorum and ease as if perfectly unconscious of the agitation he bad excited. The sermon preach ed and the service ended, &way to the vestry rushed the parties to the heels of the pastor. “ Who authorized you, sir, to make such a publication of bans ?” demand ed they both in a breath. “ Authorized me?” said with a stare that heightened their confusion. “ Yes, who authorized you ?” “ Oh,” said the minister, with a sly glance alternately at each, “if you do not approve of it, I will forbid the bans next Sunday.” “Sir,”bsaid the lady, “you have been too officious already—nobody re quested you to do any such thing— A CHilfflil!) |onniall)etmtti to literature, anti Central Bltsrcllann. you had better mind your own busi ness." “Wby, my pretty dear, said he, ratting her on the cheek, “what I have done is all in the way of busi ness, and if you :o not like to wait for three publications, I would advise you, sir, (turning to the gentleman) to procure the license, the ring and the fee, and the whole may be settled as soon ns to-morrow.” “ Well, ” replied the gentleman, ad dressing the lady, “with vour permis sion I will get them, and we may be married in a day or two.” “ Oh, you may both do as you please,” pettishly, yet nothing loth, re plied the widow. It was a day or two after that the license was procured. The parson re ceived his fee, the bridegroom his bride, and the widow Ibr the last time threw her gloves over the pew, and it was afierwards said the paities were satisfied. “ Nicholson ism. ” This is anew term very appropriate ly applied by the Louisville Journal, to the efforts of A. 0. I*. Nicholson, editor of the Washington Union , and organ of the Fierce Administration, to appropriate about twenty thousand dollars of the people’s money to his own private use, under a resolut on of Congress. The House having ascer tained his purpose, passed a resolution unanimously, that lie was not entitled to the money, which circumstance drew forth the following pertinent com ments of the Louisville Journal: “If the men of the Washington LTn ion, the public printers of the House of Representatives, have any sense of shame left, this vote of the House must be dreadfully mortifying to them. They chose to set up a most absurd and ridiculous claim, under cover of a law of the House, to a large amount of money, as extra compensation for work, and demanded of Mr. Guthrie to pay it over to them without cere mony, and undertook to get up a fuss on account of his refusal. Now we think that men, employees of the Gov ernment, editors and proprietors of a central Administration organ, guilty of setting up a pecuniary claim so mis erably preposterous that, notwithstand ing the advantage of their official po sition, not a solitary individual in a large body overwhelmingly Demo cratic, could be induced to recognize it, should feel themselves degraded to an almost inconceivably low level. “When the editors of the Union undertake to talk, as they do daily, about “Galphinism, M “ Gar liuerism, ” and what they call the peculations of the Whig party generally, let the pub lic remember the desperate attempt of those editors to relieve the treasury of “from twenty fifty to thousand dollars” without the slightest color of right. “Galphinism” is thrown very far into the shade by this sort of Nicholsonism. The Galphin claim was considered and prononneed just and equitable by a large portion of the Whigs and Dem ocrats of both houses of Congress, but not a man of that be dy can be found to endorse or to tolerate the Nicholson claim. The Pierce administration keeps, and will perhaps continue to keep, an organ pronounced by a unan imous vote of the House, guilty of an effort to obtain a large amount of the public money upon a good-for-nothing pretext!” Tie Wilkes Republican in specula ting about the approaching Guberna torial election in this State, suggests the name of the Hon. Garnett An drew?, of Washington, as a suitable candidate for the office of Governor of the State, claiming that he is no partizan, and that “ the great trust ould not be confided to better and safer hands.” We take great pleasure in endorsing every thing our contem porary has said of Judge Andrews, and if he is a oanuidate for Governor under proper auspices, we shall most cheerfully support, iin; Without de signing to disparage him, or any other individual who has been mentioned in connection with the Gubernatorial nomination of the opposition to the Administration, or to forestall public opinion in this matter, we may as well say that the Hon. Charles Jenkins, of Richmond, is our choice against the world, believing as we do, that he is one of our purest and ablest public men, and that defeated once for the office by the seer strength of party organiza tion, his claims should be din side red by the people stronger than those of many others, who are otherw'.s as worthy of promotion. This is simply the expression ofour individual prefer ence, by which we do not expect or design to influence the opinions of any one. Indeed, though we, and many other of his devoted friends through out ihe State may desire it, Mr. Jen kins will probably peremptorily refuse to be dragged again into a contest for the Gubernatorial chair.— Jour, & Mess. jfc y A father chiding his son for not leaving his bed at an early'hour, told him as an inducement that a certain man being up by times found a purse of money. l lt might be/ replied the son, ‘but he that lost it was up before him.’' - ■'•■v ——m u'-trir amain# ipaV'TOUJ <cai —— EATONTON, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1855. Debate ill the Spanish Cortes on Cuba. An important discussion took place in the session of the lute Spanish con stituent Cortes of the 18th December last. Don Luis de an in fluential and wealthy capitalist, repre sentative of San Sebastian, made an inquiry of the government on the sub ject of the relations between the court 'of Spain and our own government. — The Minister of State answered in a short speech, of which the substance is that the Spanish government would never consent to the sale of Cuba, considering it as a sale of the national honor. The debate was closed bv the unanimous adopti nos the proposition of Mr. Olozaga, who moved that the representatives had heard with faction the declaration of the Minister of State. As this is the first time so important a question has been treated in the Spanish Cortes, we deem it interesting t«> tr mslate for our readers the speech of Mr. Marintegui:— M. Mariategui —-The great impor tance of the subject which I now of f r to your consideration could alone induce me to occupy the attention of this assembly, so intently engaged in other important discussions. Ido not know but mv imagination exaggerates the magnitude of this question, and I must confess I long hesitated before taking up the matter. Seeingtha' one day after anolh t elapsed and none of the representatives reminded us of' the interesting questions which have arisen in reference to our maritime do minions—dominions whose loss would cause us to descend in the scale of na tions; seeing, also, that the subject of our dip omatie relations with the gov ernment of Washington lay as it en tirely forgotten, 1 have decided to call your attention to these points. I shall be, gentlemen, extremely brief; but even thus I feel the necessity of beg ging vour indulgence. I know the in convenience of publicly discussing the diplomatic affairs of the country; but if there are inconveniences in such dis cussions, they have at the same time great advantages; and, in my opinion, the latter are, as to the present subject, far more consideraole than the former. If I am mistaken, my respectable friend, the Minister of State, may con fine himse’f within the limits of a di plomatic reserve. I hope, neverthe less, that he will be willing to give such assurances as are sufficient to al lay the anxiety of the commercial in terests both in Europe and America. Although the majority of the repre sentatives :n this assembly are now be ginning their political career, they are alf, I feel sure of it, conversant with the state of our colonial polities, and know what are th€ dangers that threat en our maritime possessions, especial ly the island of Cuba. These dangers come not from the discontent of the Cuban population, though we must agree that they have a right to ask for some political as well as administrative, and economical, reforms: those dan gers grow from the existence else where of an ambitious democracy, proud of its absolute sovereignty. A democracy, when it has attained such a height/is essentially ty rani cal, im agining that there can be no obstacles to the accomplishment of its ambitious schemes. I cannot'accuse, as being the cause of the existence of those tendencies, the immortal Washington and his il lustrious companions, the founder of the greatest of republics. Neither do I accuse their worthy successors. I only accuse that European democracy, w h ieh, conscious that its hour has not yet come, nor perhaps will ever come, on tins continent, seeks, like Kossuth, a refuge there, and throwing away the legacy of the great Washington, preaches only war and devastation. What were the elements which en tered in the organization of those ex peditions which in 1850 and ’sl left the American shores to invade the is land of Cuba? Only filibusters and other similar characters, led by an un fortunate Spanish g nerai, who, abu sing the confidence of his superiors, was honored with a commission in Cuba, and afterwards dishonored him self in the Spanish uniform. These expeditions have, nevertheless, had a most important result-*—that of show ing the elements of resistance we have m Cuba, and impressing the convic tion that it cannot be conquered so easily as were the Mexican territories. The punishment which followed those expeditions was indeed terrible* though not unjust; and the energy' of the Captain-General Concha preserved un impaired our rich Cuban empire, ren dering, at the same time, more easy for his successor the defence of the island. But now, I ask, 1 have those dangers disappeared? On the contrary, gen tlemen, perhaps they are now nearer than before. The States in the South of the Union* and also*' those in the North, covet the annexation of Cuba, each for different purposes, ami they take up every subject which is likely to occasion any misunderstanding be tween our own and the American gov ernments. The question of the Black Warrior claims is present -to vour minds, and affords a suflioient proof of the truth of these assert ions. The cause of their difference was a very insignificant one, and still its con sequences have been such as to make the world believe that the moment had arrived for a terrible conflict be tween Spain and the United States. The governin' nt of Washington, as soon as the news of the supposed out rage reached them, sent a commission er to Cuba; a small squadron was or dered to cruise the Cuban seas; Mr. Soule received instructions to make, I knovi not what claims for indemnity; though, if what I have heard be true, they implied the removal of all the Cuban authorities who directly or indirectly had meddled in the affair. Some time afterwards, the President sent a message to Congress asking lor an appropriation of ten millions of dol lars in order to provide for the expen ses of the impending war. But the commercial cities of the Union, con vinc'd that the real importance of the Black Warrior affair was greatly ex aggerated, were not at all alarmed, and the wisest statesmen at Washington, imitating their example, resolved to postpone the matter for more mature consideration. The report of the commissioner on the Black Warrior affair was at last made known. It stated that the mas ter of the vessel was alone in fault, and it prayed the Spanish government to remit the mulct of six thousand dol lars, which favor her Majesty willingly granted. But, has this generous con duct 011 our part been enough to ty the exacting dispositions of the American government? Has the American Minister ceased to urge his claims? If we are to believe what foreign newspapers say, exactly the contrary is the truth. I understand that now claims are made, all founded in offences entirely imaginary, and for damages which never have been caus ed. One of the objects of those claim# is the losses that have accrued to American commerce, by the fact that the Cuban authorities, in 1846, declar ed free of duty certain imported ar ticles of consumption, and afterwards, by a decree of the government in Ma drid, the duties were re-established. But no claim can be fairly made on this ground, because t+ie measure adop ted by the Cuban authorities was sub ject to the superior revision of the central government, and above all, be cause a natron always has a right to modify its tariff whenever it deems it proper. One instance identical with this may be found in the cotemporary history of the United States. During the fi nancial troubles prevailing in that re public in 1842, the government of the country, in order to augment its revenues, caused an augmentation in the duties on articles of importation to be made; and such was the speed with which a committee on the matter was appointed, and the vote passed in Congress, that the merchants of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands experinced considerable losses. Now, gentlemen, I will say a few words concerning some statements which I have read in foreign newspa pers, but of whose exactness I have 110 where a proof. It is stated the American govern ment, in adopting the course they have incessantly pursued since the be ginning of this affair, had only in view the acquisition of Cuba, unwilling to lose the opportunity of the two gov ernments of France and England be ing engaged in a gigantic struggle which would render them unable to render any assistance to us. It was agreed that the American government should send an energetic note to Ma drid, stating that, owing to certain political and geographical considera tions, the possession of Cuba had be come necessary to the security of that republic, and their duty made it ne cessary for them to propose to us a friendly transfer of our right of sov ereignty over Cuba, or to ask such guarantees as to prevent in future the renewal of these disagreeable differ . ences, Perhaps those rumor's are not known by some of the representatives, and I must add that if they are true, the eagerness of. the annexation party in the United States will not be less dis appointed in these new attempts than it has been already in the failure of the' filibustering expeditions. In respect to the intervention of for eign governments in this question, I must acknowledge with pleasure the position assumed by the Emperor of the French when, last spring, he sent one of his admirals to co-operate with our own naval forces in repelling any attacks upon Cuba; though I know perfectly well that we were then far from being in danger of losing that colony. I am, besides, firmly convin ced that France will never be able to induce England to declare war against the United States, neither during the contest in the East nor after the ter mination of the present war. Eng land has lost all prestige in America since the battle of New Orleans, when General Jackson said : —“For you, in dustrial nations, we need neither jpew der nor bullets; commerce is enough.” Some time afterwards, the question of Texas and Mexico, and a good many others, came to confirm this truth. But if the United States possess strong means of injuring a commercial nation, we also possess the same, and to Corunna, Ferrol, Parages, Santan der, the Philippine Islands, &c., we must look for the elements of the de fence of Guba. We are not like Rus sians, shut up by two straits, and we must declare that we are disposed to avail ourselves of all our means of de fence against any dangers. I should advise our government to use towards the government of the L T nited States a policy firm and ami cable at the same time, in order to promote and encourage our relations with that prosperous country, and to derive from these relations the impor fantand mutual benefits which thechair man of an American committee, ap pointed in 1844, has so ably set forth. [The orator reads.] I hope t at the magnitude of the subject under consideration will be a sufficient exeuse for having kept the attention of the assembly from other important business. And I would pray the Minister of Foreign Affairs to let us kn w what is the s'ate of our relations with the American govern ment, and what has been the result of the note sent by the American Minis ter in Madrid to the ministry of the court of San Luis. The Young Emperor of Austria. The New York Tribune gives the following flattering portrait of the young Emperor of Austria : “Francis Joseph is twenty-four years of age. His mother, the Arch-Duchess Sophia, of Bavaria, educated him with the utmost care. If we recollect aright, his tutor was the Count of Bombelles, belonging to a family of the most stiff necked ultras. He was a man of un common ability, but a Jesuit in small clothes. Sophia herself is eminent for great activity, readiness of mind, an aptitude for directing every sort of court or diplomatic intrigues. The lineage of the Hapsburg furnishes, from time to time, persons of superior intellect, like Joseph, or ol fox-like cunning, like Ferdinand II and 111. It is possible that Francis Joseph is such an offshoot of that foul old stock. He was called to the throne very young, amid a tremendous conflagra tion, threatening to destory Austria and the Ilapsburgs. , He 1 ad then the opportunity of gaining in a day the experience of years. Trained, as he was Irom 3 r outh, in the arts of Jesuit ical astuteness, why should lie not grow up to match the blackest among that black order? He has outwitted Nicholas, Napoleon, and the English cabinet,and we believe ourselvesjustifi ed in ascribing to Francis Joseph the honor of being a consummate diplomatic trickster. llow long such deception can succeed is another question, and we hope the current year will give it a final solution.” Life Insurance. This is a subject that does not re ceive due attention from those who have families, and have not the pros pect of insuring to them a competency. If our readers knew the large amounts that have this year been paid to the fa milies of those who have died in our midst, they would deem a life insu rance company one of the most valua ble institutions, and lose no time in procuring a policy. The expense is a trifle when compared with the benefit accruing to the widow and the orphan. We acknowledge that we were some what awakened, and much surprised at some statements made to us yester day, by the gentleman who represents the Mutual Life Insurance Company ol New York, and whose card appears in our columns this afternoon. If deli cacy did not prohibit his making pub lic the business transactions of that com pany, the act would add vastly to his own profits and the interest of the shareholders. We refer to the subject merely, from aconvicton that it is a du ty we owe to our readers. Let the me chanic and the merchant apply a por tion of his earnings in this way ; it is laudable and honest, and his helpless offspring will reap the benefit. On the mutual principle, we may also remark, the annual premi”m becomes reduced according to the profits arising from the business of the company. We do not intend these remarks as a puff for any insurance company; they are not given in that spirit. Life insurance is becoming much more popular with the public than was the case a few years since, and we believe the time is near at hand when every thinking man in moderate circumstances will value his life insurance policy as he does that of his stock in trade, and would as soon be without the one, as the other. [Journal & Courier. Singular Accident.— The, Man infant son of Mr. William Gardner, of Mason Village, was strangled on the night of the 25th, in this singular man ner: The fopt of his little sister who was in the same bed, got entangled in the string: of the night dress about the neck of the child, and drew it so tight ly as to cause its death. [from tub constitutionalist.] “ liito ’Em Again.” Lexington, Ga. Jan. 17, 1855. Mr. Gardner'. —Some six or eight months ago, there came to this (town) “ beach”—not a “ poor exile of Erin/’ —but a foreigner from Prussia, with his wife, a Russian, who has success fully “ diddled,” ala Kirkl nd, some of our good folks out of their dimes, to the amount of some three or four hundred dollars. He chimed to be a veritable Count, and so far as “de mus tache ” went, he was ugly enough to be one; and his Countess, the Madame Siminski, was robust and masculine enough in appearance to be a Count herself. She was a Professor of Mu sic, and a superior Flutist, as all will acknowledge who ever heard her play. She taught music, and occasionally would give Concerts. They succeeded in procuring a school at various points in our county; and were apparently going ahead, and making money. About four weeks since they conclud ed to take a jaunt towards Macon , and having procured a horse and buggy on tick, left, and since, then no tidings have reached here of them, except that they had “took a different route,” and were Concerting near Montgomery, Ala., evidently en route for New Orleans. Count Siminski is well read, but can easily be detected by his lame efforts to speak English. Madame is, if any thing, a worse pupil than he is. They are imported swindlers, and the K. N.’s, and the public at large, should be kept advised of their charac ters. "No Stockholder in the Siminski Bank. Singular Escape. Not long since as Mr. William Bon ner, Jr., of this county, was driving two spirited horses throng . a long lane in tlie western part of this county, one of them st milled against the tongue, which broke s oft off. As they were going down hill, the buggy ran on tlie horses, which frightened them, and they were off quick as thought. The driver jumped out, arid Mr. B. was either thrown out or jumped out; his cloak caught in the axK-tree and he was dragged some distance, and so se verely stunned as to lose his conscious ness for a while. The frightened horses soon overtook Mr. and Mrs. Stowe, of Uojmnbia county, who werein a buggy and could turn neither to the right nor the left, owing to a deep gullv and tenee on either side; and what is singular enough ran oyer them in such a way as to leave Mr. B.’s buggy pret ty much on top of theirs, crashing it up, but leaving them uninjured. Both buggies were badly broken, but no se rious injury occurred to either of the parties. Mr. Bonner’s cloak was found twisted tightly round the axletree. [Central Georgian. Gen. Scott on the War. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston Mercury , writing under date of Jan. Bth, says that he has re cently had the pleasure of hearing the criticism of the hero of Vera Cruz on the war in the Crimea. Gen. Scott’s opinion on this subject is, of course, high authority, and we copy it below : The allies committed a great blun der in delaying the attack upon Sebas topol as long as they did ; that imme diately after the raising of the siege of Sil istria, they should have attacked Sebastopol, at which time there was a comparatively small force in the Cri mea; that the Allies cannot take Se bastopol unless they receive reinforce ments giving them the superiority of force to the extent of from 30 to 50 per cent; that the Russian regular soldiers are the best troops in the world for defence; they never fly, but perish unle& ordered to retreat. He thinks the Allies labour under a great disad vantage* in having two commanding Generals; that the road to victory is thro gh unity of design. The infer ence I would draw from Gen. Scott’s ideas, is that Sebastopol will not be taken ; for I doubt whether the Allies can throw such a preponderance of force there as is necessary. The Gen eral furter said, that the Allies could not re-embark now without immense loss of men, and all the materials of war in camp, except the weapons in their hands.” Sunday Amusements.— The fol lowing appears in a Calaveras (Cali fornia) county paper : ‘A grand bull-fight and a between a bear and a jackass will take place on Sunday next, December 10, at Moke luinne hill. The proprietors, regret that the exhibition last Sunday was nut satisfactory to the public; but they pledge themselves that on the coming occasion they will give entire satisfac tion. The performance will com mence with a fight between two bulls; next, a woman will be introduced, who will fight with and kill one of the wildest bulls that can be obtained from the Posada Ranch. The whole to con clude with a fight between a bear and a jackass. Doors open at 12, and per formance at 2 o’clock, p. m. Tickets, $1.50.’ i nr’XSMWMKSBf I W.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 5. A Dwarf Race of Men. The Newport, (R. I.) Mercury give* the following: “There is a singular race of dwarf* in upper Peru, (Bolivia,) known as 1 Chiquitos,’ or * little men,’ that are as worthy of attention as the Aztecs. Eve* ry thing connected with them seems to indicate that they are indig nous,though their general-aspect gives the impres sion of people reduced in stature by poverty and hardship. The tallest are not more than four feet and a half in height, while many will not measure more than three and a half. Their legs, apparently, are devoid of muscle*, their eyes black and elongated, nose aquiline, cheeks drawn in, with high cheek bones, forehead low and retreat ing, hair black and wiry, and mouth tending to muzzle. They travel south, on foot, and aie often absent from home nvo or three years, returning with small hoards of silver gained in traffic; traveling about five or six miles a day. From long habit they can do without food an extraordinary length of time, supporting nature by sucking coco-leaf gathered from a shrub analogous to the betel-nut of the East Indies. It is equivalent to tobacco, laudanum, or a strong infusion of tea; and it is only when their animals die of disease that they have a plentiful supply of food. Their covering is aeoarse lcind of cloth which they prepare themselves. Their abodes are rude huts, and when trav ellingthey sleep ontheground, huddled together to keep warm, on the dry, cold desert, where they are principally found.” A Wonderful Cow. The editors of the American Agri culturist have occasionally had a par agraph which seemed to convey the idea that the accoun sos the Oaks cow, of Danvers, Mass., were not cor rect. But in its last number it comes out with a cow story, that puts that of the Oaks a great way behind it. It is the statement in regard to a cow ex hibited at the late National Cattle Show at Springfield. It was exhibited by John W. Brock, of Highland county, Ohio, mainly of the “ Patton Stock,”j so called, with a dash of short horn blood in her veins. She is seven years old. Certificates were shown by her owner that'she had given, for days together, on grass pasture, eighty-eight pounds of milk per day, and that twenty-six pounds of her milk made a pound of butter! The yield, calling the milk nine pounds to the gallon, would be equal to thirty-nine and one-ninth quarts a day, making twenty-three and two third pounds of butter per week.— This same cow had also given, on the same authority, for a few consecutive davs, four pounds of milk ever/ hour, it being regularly milked from her four times per day. This made the yield still greater, equal to ninety-six pounds of milk, or forty- wo and two-third quarts per day. A Certain Cure for Scrofula. Nicholas Longwortb, the famous millionare and wine-grower of Cincin nati, publishes the following cure for scrofula:— Put 2 oz. of aquafortis on a plate, on which you have two copper cents. Le( it remain from 18 to 24 hours. Then add 4oz. of clear strong vinegar. Put cents and all in a large-mouthed bottle, and keep it corked. Begin by puttiug 4 drops in a teaspoonful of rain water, and apply to the sore. Make the application three times a day, with a soft hair pencil, or made of soft rags. If very painful, put more water. As the sore heals apply it weaker. I request editors in all parts of the Union, and abroad, to copy this, and republish it quarter yearly; it may save many lives. N. Longworth. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 18,1854. P. S. —Captain Harkness, of our city, the first person cured by this remedy, applied it without water, and he in formed me that he thought it would burn his leg off; but the next day it was cured. Ilis was a small sore, and had been attended to for months by one of the best physicians without any ben efit. A London paper styles the follow ing a perfect joke :—A gentleman showing a friend his portrait, admira bly done by'the photographic process. ‘lt’s very well,’ said his friend, retur ning it to i im; ‘ but the fact is, I hate the style altogether 1’ ‘ But why, nrjr good sir ?’ ‘ Because,’ replied ho, ‘it* a foe to graph ic art /’ A Curious Physiological Fact. —A French officer while making a reconnoissance near Sevastopol was knocked down by the wind of a can non ball, and the shock was so severe as to cause a paralysis of his tongue, so that he could neither move it or speak. Obtaining leave of absence, he return ed to Marseilles and placed himself under electrical treatment. After ft. few shocks he could move his tongue with more facility, and at lengh, after an unusually powerful shock, his speech was restored and he WJflgpiUy recovered.