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Vol, V. The MadisojQ County Whig; IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, - JBY W. H. PHILLIPS, _ Corner of Albany St., and the Public Square. -T-E RMS To ofllec and mail subscribers, the papers will. Jw rurninhpil p*_tfie low price-uf OWE DoL,KAHANn Vint CENTS, Cash, if paid at t^tMtmie of sub scribing. If paynw'nrbe tirade in'Producer etc,} Two DoLLABs^will he invnrinhly rhnwrrl ; n£ 4 ^,1 „„ M | ,i„i,,,.„,.,i« i,i.„„i ,„•• f M| . r,r„„ Two 'JBo*rf«rnn» Firrr Oun per annum, tf viltofl!0 / The party was to bo given by delayed unl.lthe expiration of the year An ad- ^JS,-.. -J ' were H aken , ditiunal FIFTV CENTS will be charged to those who receive the paper by Carrier. (J®. No paper discontinued while arrearages arcade, except at the option of the publisher. <y3r Letters and communications addressed to the Editor, must be POST PAID to meet w ! lh at tention. A P V ERTISEMENTS, inserted at $1 per square, [14 lines] for the first three weeks, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. A .liberal discount made to those who advertise by the year. MISCELLANEOUS. From the Ladlea' Nattooit Magazine- for June. Xiie Heir's Choice. imlBB-. C. G. MORTON. ' Havo you heard (hot Henry* Cennor is ex pected home- this week V said Patty Allen, at the sewing circle of our village, looking up from her work whilo she spoke,us if announcing something of importance. •No indeed! You den't say 1 La now J' were the various ejaculations ihut responded to her remark. 'Do tell, is he as neb and hand some as-ihey soy V ' I had the news from his aunt.' said Palty. ' He is to be home on Saturday. Father says he will ba the richost man in the county, for he has got all his uncle's estate, and Dr. Parker wus the first physician bore fo.* thirty years.' 'Then thenld mansion-will be opened once worej'-sBtd—EHen ^Eden^ looking up with en- thusiasm in net finetfycB? 'it is so dull and gloomy now, in spite of its magnificent belt of trceB, and everything about it seems io glu to clear the de:td twigs from the walks and tie up the roses on the trellicc-work again, as 1 re- memlier them when 1 wasa child.' • P«haw !' said Isabel Worner. 'If it were mine' I'd cut dowo all the trees-sod tear nwny the old trollice-work porch ; and in its place there should be a colonnade with Corinthian pillarB. And I'd have large windows put in, sind the parlors thrown into one; and there should be new marble mantles ; and then I'd give a great ball—ohI such a ball as we've nev er seen here—and then, girls, you should alt be invited.' 'I'm afraid,'said Ellon, smilTng; 'that the old place would scarcely know itself.' ••-iThat it wouldn 't;- but-what of- tho} I Old Dr.-Parker waa a blue-law'Presbyterian, iilmost as bad os you, Ellen ; but I warrant the young heir is not, so old fashioned. SVay, I beg par don,'she said, ns she saw Ellon's flushed cbeek, ^Htdn't in\tend~fo~lnrrt yourfeeling*.' 'There is no need (or an-apology,' said Ellen mildly, T>ut dear Isabel I only wish you were irblue-law Presbyterian, as you call it—or a blue-law Episcopalian, or anything elso;' ..' WelP— well—time enough yet/vaid Isabel, half gaily, pettishly.- 'But Patty /you havo not told us yet if Mr. Connor ie hanjdoome,' she re marked, turning to the first speaker. - ' His sunt says-he-itv-but he was always her pet. He'll be at church, however 1 , 'on Sunday.' 'Than wn nhnll BPP fnr n^rsw!vr.« Xa6- now, girls,-tho best one is she IhatgetB the firs! introduction.' 'Agreed,' Bald all, and tha cnni&rimlinn ceased, Isabel Warner was a spoiled beauty, but with a naturally good heart, as was evinced in her conversation with Ellen, which wo have narrated. Between her and Miss Eden there could not bo a greater contrast than already ex isted ; for Ellen was a girl of rigid notions of du ty, an'exemplary though unobtrusive christian, and one of the mildest and -sweetest of charac ters. While every one admired iho.gay, high- spirited and brilliant Isabel, all loved the mod est and retiring EHen: tho ono was the dahlia which flaunts before all eyes, the other was the retiring violet. ID her secret heart, Isabel, already the most popular belle of the village, had resolved to make o conquest of the young heir. She loved ostentation quite as much as she loved flattery; ondsne longed to be] mistress, of tho old man sion. ^She knew, however, that ebo had many rivals, for there was scnrcoly a young lady in the village, having either by birth, accomplish ment or,beauty and pretensions to the*alliance who did not indulge a hope that .she might bo the favored one. And each resolved to appear tober best advantage on the following Sunday. Accordingly\the church, on that day, pre sented'quite ari^array of new bonncla and flow ers. Our young ladies had really outdone father shrank from than sought opportunities of meeting.him. Yet Ellen felt that Harry Con ner was one that she amid love; for constant flattery had altogether failed to' corrupt the original nobleness of his heart. Whether it'was this conduct on the part of Ellen, or. a gradual increasing appreciation of her-qualities, that induced the young heir to seek her'society more frequently than at first, we know not; but nglie did, and eventually to such n degreo tb-irlsabel grew jualous. One day a.ptc-nTc parly-was projected, t o be \DDT the putlemen, and great pains were taken to con ceal from the ladies the nature of the prepara tions. All, therefore, (hot waa known was that'everything was to be arranged in' the most elegont manner. Harry Connor himself had superintended the orraDgomenls, and his taste waa proverbial. Every one promised them selves a day of enjoyment; even Ellen entered [-into the feeling of curiosity; and on the event ful morning many arose an hour before their usual time, impatient, as in earlier years, for tho hour of setting forth. The party was to meat nl tho house nf Miss Warner preparatory,to embarking. All hod now assembled: thoy wero waiting only for Miss EdohT~ At last she came, but not tutired for tho excursion. She had just heard that 0 pbor old woman, whom she was in tbo habit of assisting now and then-witlnrlm.s, WUH dying and requested to see her. 'Aro you not gningV'said a dozen voices. What is the matter V Ellen blushed, but said she could not go.— Something quite unexpected.had occurred to prevent her. 'I have run down, therefore, to make an excuse. 7 *She would not tell the rea son, for she knew there were those present Who would attribute it to ostentatious benevolence. ' Pshaw, how ridiculous.'said Isabel Warner, who was vexed, aside to Harry Connor, 'she i< only afraid to go: how I hate such strict Puritanical netions. As if a little harmless amu.semont wera^wrong' If Mlas Eden will not go because shu thinks it wrong, sho is certainly very narrow minded ; and what make's it worse is tho hy pocrisy which conceals tho true reason. Still, I cannot believe she is so bigoted.\ ' ;rc is uo.other' on it. And we shall bo Tuiile as well Without ler. I hate such loog sanctimonious faces when nlhcrvn'rerdispofca la-be merry, r Ellen happened to be nearer iliao Isabel thought, and heard ih.ise words : her eyes filled with tearsj which she with difficulty concealed by turning away. She longed, yet dreaded to (jiior-Horry Connor'sTmswer. You are too harsh,' was his reply 'But surely, ska ought to be able to give a reason for remaining, it she i» really not afraid to go.' At these words, Ellen was on tbo point of re vealing all, but sbe reflected that her motive would be misrepresented; and bosides her madesty shrunk from spoaking of her own good eds. She felt, therefore, that she must allow herself to bo misunderstood by Hurry Connor; but it was with a pang that ehe came to this conclusion ; and tho consciousness of this, led Iter nsw, for the first litno, to suspoct the true statrof herhearfr She-lovedllwyoung heir. Harry Connor was more dissppo<nted 1 at Ellen's absence\ Ihnn fie Had Relieved he cpulrJ be. He felt a little piqued at her refusal,, for he bad invited her 10 person.; and, to toll the |.truthr-somo of tho arrangements had been pre pared aolsly to please h«r. Indeed, Harry with out falhngjn love, hod been-growiog more and mora interested in Ellen ever einco his return. Tho very -indifTerecco -w4Mch she exhibited, so much -io-conlrast with the marked attention whi^h fH lr| P nllipf pnirLhim r Jii»L _thfr-yff «tt |o-| repay her fur any regret she might have felt.— Elien^caxcely knew what to make of his altered demeanor. There was semelhing so kind in his tone, so respectful in bis looks, something so different fr.m -JitUu^ fiSpeK ~ to the President of7to that he? heart trembled with-strange happiness, She had resolved to treat Harry BO coldly that 'be would abandon her society; for\she knew absence from the beloved object to be tho only cure for unrequited affection. But now she hesitated. A sweet-hope began to duwn on her. Could he really mean to give up the beautiful «nd-brtihant Isabel fo> her? His ' i' ins irHontiofw were not long a secret. The more Harry saw of Elleo the more ho congratulated himself or. -his escape from Isabel. The very piety oi our heroine, on which at first ho hadJIbkcd with disapproval, now became a new attraction ; for however men, in the giddy maze oPgaiety may affect contempt for the christian, they always, in their more serious moments, wish for a wife who shall be truly pious, Harry now found, moreover, that there was a vast difference-be- twsen a false, ostentatious Christianity and the puro religion which Ellen practised so anob.tru sively, ' Anil aro you really going to marry Ellen Eden?' said one of his friends to him. 'I hear every whero sbe is a canting religionist.' ' I am about to marry her,' he replied.— Who! you mana by n canting religionist. I do not oxoctly know; but Ellen, however piobouho may be, hus nothing of cant.' *Shetexchuu Suuduy acliuol.' ' But is not that a merit rather than other wise! 'Surely to dovoto three hours, every Sabbath, to the gratuitous mental and moral instruction of others, is a self denying task wor- ty of all praise: and you will agree with me that time (bus occupied is spont moro benefi cially than dressing for a ball room.' I am a stranger/here, aqd know-uolkiiig of MiaaJEden,' said his friend with some embar 'Excuse me for what I said'. I am sure I would'rather have a pious wife than an infidel one.' 'There you ore right, and it is that convic tion, which has made mo seok Ellen for a com panion. I am only too happy that eha loves Tom unworthy of one so good and pure.' me. Believe me, my dear Frank, the best thing fman con do is to choose a woman with strong religious feeling, Recollect tho wife is (p be ' e-rooihor-of your child&en^your own consa ler in days of trouble—the guide, who ^ver by yourside y with sweet smiles-and angelic words, ra to win ynii up tor heaven,. What would rrrnn ba without woman ? And how dreadful to see an irreligious femnlo, one without any hope or affections except for this world, who is thinktog continually of gaiety and vain show, end who perhaps goes off to a ball when a child or bus. band is lying almost at the point of death, with no one by to turn the thoughts to a better world.' ' 1 never considered the subject so seriously' bofore,' said his frisod grasping bis hood.— But I feel that you are right.' ' Yes!' said Harry, 'and oven infidols— strange as it may stem—prefer a conscientious wife befo1e_one who mocks at religion.' 'I now see,' replied bjs friend, 'how it is that (rue love and religion-are so intimately con nected. Reverence is a prominent part in both. I too-will seek a wife like Misa Eden.' With ihewo-worda-they-par-iod. » —-—^ Harry Connor ood our sweet Ellen were married w'uliin u \month of \this cwversatiuii; and a happier couple.nowhere lives. , Tho bus- band, likp his uncle, has become a consislant christian, and chiefly through tho gentle per suasion of bis wife. The house is always open to innocent gaiety, cheerfulness has b«r abode (here, and all in our village, low aod high alike, love them. _\ A word on Isabel before wc-ctose. From tho Jjiy of, the pic-nic, she saw that her influence piuqo him; and pique often leads to warmer sentiments. Considerably mortified at her re fu8al ,he resolved to rovonge himself by flirting themselves. Never had Tiverton shone in such an array df millinery. > But Isabel was still the most beaUttful-gtH there; and con scious that this would be BO she delayed her' entrance until the services wste about to begin, i The young heir,, eat in the old family pew nearly - opposite to that of the Warners, ond more than one» durh>»' the sermon hiq. eyo wandered te the beautiful being opposite. -Is-)-poor and dying woman, that sho voluntarily wuh Isabel Warner, Tho woodland meal had beec partaken of, and Hurry, irrednjf the'noise of the party and still out of humor with himself and Ellen, strolled oflTrom tho parly, and ontering a skiff began idly tp float down tbofltrenm toward our village. Unconsciously he went further than he intended ; but before taking up the oars to row backJie resolved to land and pluck some flowers which ha saw growing luxuriantly on tho bank.. While thus engaged he no'ticed a low, log-hut bard by, from which arose a voice tlnn he thought not unfamiliar, - Curiosity prompted him to approach, it. The door was open, and peeping in, he saw an aged womon,opparenlly in the lost utogo of disease, while tllen Eden was propping tho dying peTson with pillows. ' God will bless you for this/said Ihosufftrer feebly. 'I know' what you gave up to come Hither. I sent for Alias Isabel Warner, whom I nursed whan a child; but sho said shu could not como : nnd tt}enj knew there was no one weuld sacrifice their*day's pleasure for me ex cept you, Miss Ellon. But heaven will rewqrd yeu for it.' 'Say nothing of it, but compose yourself,' replied the ew«et girlr— '1 only diJ my duty.' ' Ah ! -duty, doty—buUliat is it. Who does their duly? Few. Miss Ellen, few indeed.' The young heir listened to-A'omere, for be did not wish to bo seen. Ho bad heard enough. He noiselessly glided away, and, entering bis skiff began to row up the lake. After a while he stopped- and looked at the humble lojvcabin he had left behind*. . . 'And it was to seclude herselfin that misera ble hut,' he soid, 'to watch over tho couch ofu dbel\a lieaTTbeaXlifgh wiTh graitfiedjpridej and her triumph was complete when, at tho cloaeof -the service!, ihft young heir-atUanced-to-sln bands with her father whom lie recognized, and so designedly (brew hirnsolf in the way of an introduction-^ Isabel, ef which he availed himself immediately by walking-home with her. In a short time-the young heir became ac quainted, with the ether ladies of the village, but ho still showed a decided preference for Is- able, ' Probably be paid less attention to Ellen than te any of them; and certainlyshe was the only morrisgea'ble young- lady in tbo village, who did not seek every decorous opportunity te threw herself in his way. But Ellen ssither courted'Vis society ner .flattered bis tastes,— She treSTed\ him frankly and .converted, wiib .ease and uninintiun when they met;'bur she over the young heir was departing. She made several abortivo struggles to regain him, but finding ull in vain, and unwilling to have it thought any rival had supplanted her, sbe has- tily iiccepted au offer from a trao'sienl admirer and was married about three weeks before Ellen. But the ill-assorted match turned out unhappily, as might have been expected ; and for several years the onco -admired laabfMtns been living in seclusion with her parents, a de serted wife. Misfortune has not improved her character, for sbe makes all who approach her unhappy by her peeviah repinioga. attributing to a bard fair, what was really the result'of nor own misconduct. PRINTING!—Printing is u noble work ! and though the printer be confined to n narrow circle, and amidst the hum of the busy world witlraut, and the ceaseless din of the politician and the news-monger within—though com pelled to inhale the uoissome air of the prin ting office, ndd by the dim lightof midnight— Work, work, work! With fingers weary and worn- Eyelids heavy and red, '\ | yet does his bosom thrill, nnd his eyes glisten, as ho ''sets up\ the news ofsomo \great vic tory\ of his favorite party, and gloats with eager delight, while at the same time he reads nnd puts in type, the speech of his great ora- uir; he cannot be u meiu uiachiue—the verv gaVeup nio~dnuapaIebr~pTelsufes of flits day And 1 have been calling her Puritanical'for u.' —When—Harry Connor—fojoincd—tho pic-nic party be was no longer in a mood for replying to the gay sallies of Isabel Warner. His heart •wastry tlnjbedside ofiliat dying woman, -where Ellen Ederi watched in silence'and alone. As he looked ot'the boairtifal Isabel, and thought of her heartless refusal to visit her old nurse when dying, he wondsred how. he could have been deluded Into believing her amiable, as he bad-been. She seemed' to him now a lovely Medus'a, while Ellen rose up before him a mfo- \istering angel. , ; — From that doy Harry .Connor loved Ellen Eden. He made no allusion, when they next met, to her refusal to attend the pic-nic, .but he btroveby the-gentle kindocos of his manner, to and while'the type goes click, click, in his stick,\ lie may in immagination, be scruti nizing the inmost recesses of some distant country, wandering amidst \pleasures and palaces\ or riding on the soa._ He 'smiles at tho ludicrous, looks gravest the disastrous; tho thrilling romance gives-hira a pleasant ex citement, and poetryTaiseshw thoughts to tire sublime and it may be truly satdjof him, that often h *c is inwardly s \trivinir for lhn' highest Then he approaches the artist; he is the true ani-.t who works both with his head and bis hund<. Such is the-lot-of the -printer ;-such is the life of the man, whose days and/reqitent- ly nights are employed in ndministeringVo the wants, the necessities and the comforts of oth els—in.tJie art of all arts, the beacon light of the world. A REMARKABLE BOT.—The London N. I I Patriot, says there is a boy there, who can hit u bumble-bee wuh his rifle, ar.a distance of quarter of a mile ; on reading this fact the editor of the Boston Post sent the_editorof (he Patriot his nAT by express. * \THE SABBATH BELLS.\—The following beautiful sentiments, th.it will commend them selves to lb? udmimtion of the reader, are from Douglass Jerrold's Magazine, one o f the article from which the extract is made, is e n titled St James and St. Giles:\— \ Ther's something beautiful in the church bells, don't you think so, Jem ?\-uskej Ca p stick'Tn a'subdued tone. \Beautiful and hopeful! they tulk f to high and low, rich and poor, in the same voice;—ther's a sound in 'em that should scfri'e pHde,\anfl Butty; and mea*nness of ull sorts from the heart 6f \man ; that should make him look upon the world with kind, forgiving eyes; that should make the earth itself seem to him, at least for a time, a lrbly place. Yes, Jem, tliei's a whole ser mon in the very sound of the church bells, if we-only h,uve the ears to rightly understand it, Ther's a preacher in every belfry, Jem, that cries, \ Poor, weary, struggling, fighting crea tures—poor human things! take rest, bo quiet. Forgot your vanities, your follies, your week-day craft, your heart burnings I And you, y e humble vessels, gilt and painted ; belietfe the iron tongue that tells ye, tbnt for all, your gilding, all your colors, ye are the same Adam's earth ivith the beggar at your gates. . _ \ Come away, come, cries tho church-bell, a'mjrear'n to be Humble; letmilng UuitJ how ever daubed and stained, and stuck about with jewels, you~are but gruvifctay!—Woffle \Dive- come, and be taught nil your glory, as you -wear it, is not half BO beautiful' in tho eye of Hea ven, as the sores of uncomplaining Lazarus I And ye poor creatures, livid and faint, stinted nnd crushed by the pride and hardness of the world—come, come, cries the bell, with the voice of an angel—come and learn**whal is laid up for ye.' And learning, take heart and walk among the wickednesses, the cruelties of the world, calmly as Da'niel walked among tho Ijons.\ Here Capstick, flushed and exci ted wrought beyond himself, suddenly_pausod From the N. Y. 2ribune. The Biff Chinese Letter. We find in The Union of Saturday, (ho 21st ull. lLo following translation of the Big Letter from United Slftte»i which reacbeinbe Department of State on Friday. The translation was. made by Mr. Parker, late Chinese Secretary of the Lega tion, ona\ accompanied_th£ original. The docu ment is a great curiosity. It consists of a roll 7 feet 1 inch long.-by-iHeBl 11 inches wide. The Avriting-is-on-«-field -or -plain vollow silk, with.-a-| margin of aill^ of thy same color, embroidered in Jem stared; astonished, but said no word — And then, Capstick, with calmer, manner, 3iiid—\-Jemy is- tliere-a-finer—*ight—than- stream.of human creatures passing from Christian Church V gold thread. The letter, is'in two languages,' (Chinese and Mnnchu Tartar) ia characters of largo size, and in perpendicular columns, which are separated in the middle by the imperial seal— vfhich is composed of Chinese characters,enclosed in a cartouche about 3 inches'square. This roll is enclosed in a wrapper of yellow silk, (yellow be ing the imperial color,.) which again is enclosed tin' a round box covered with yellow silk, and closed by two fastenings ofjq.de stone; and finally is enclosed in an oblong square box of rose-wood, and padded and lined with yellow silk. [cca'TT.] Tho CHEAT EMPEROR presents bis regards to the PRESIDENT , and trusts HE is well. I the Ejipsnon having looked up anil received the manifest WHUI{-HEAVEN, hold the reins of gooernminl over, nnd sootlio and (ranquitize the Central Flowery Kingdom, regarding all within and beyond the border seas as one and tho same- family. . _____ \ESrly'lh that sprint, the ' ambassador of your , honorable nation, Caleb Gushing, having received IT/OUT letter, arrived from wfaTTTTny proline of Vue. Ho having passed over ihp vast oceans with unspeakable toil and fatigue, I iboEairERQn, not bearing to cause him further inconvenience by travelling by land or water, to disponso with his coming to Peking to be presented atcourf, speci ally appointed Yc King, of the IMPERIAL HOUSE, minister and commissioner extraordina ry, So repair (hither, and to treat him with courte ous attention. • Moreover, tbey having 'negotiated and settled all things proper, (he said minister took (ho teller, and presented ilfor.MY INSPECTION ; and vocn sincerity and friendship being in the highest degreo real, and the thoughts, and sentiments being with tbo utmost sincerity nnd (ruth kind, at (be time of. opening 1 and perusing it, my pleasure and delight wera oseoedinglv. profound. AH and everything tbey had settled regarding COPimXO AN OLPfllATD tN BKCUISg.-^A young gentleman ot our city, who 'hud ex iiausted his wits in playing (ricks, and had almost become a te'rror to hi; family and r e tations, whs are of the IrigirestDrder of-soch ely in point of wealth, some weelts ago struck upon n new mode*of having spoit. He had noticed an old m;iid who was intimate with his mother, and who, we learn, hud never been mado so happy as t o have a beau.' He r age was fifty, her native land, England. Our. youngster determined that he would court this old mnicl, and for this purpose procured a p --\ir of English breeches, a wig, and other- things to suit the disguise of a young bachelor of fif)y I Thus metamorphosed into a spruce old man, he approached the old maid, and by. his sauvity of manner and changed, but win-\ nipg voice, completely succ.eedgcTjrt muking love to her, without ihef least suspkiou of Jiiu f.imily. She returned his caresses and. kisses in a most perfect frenzy of delight I Nevor before in all her born days had she felt the 4-eIeciriefir_ o£a Joyer's kiss. _Her virgin bo som forgot its age and reveled in the glowing passion of her spring time of life ; the warm but hitherto undisturbed blood of sixteen; for the first time, beating and throbbing in heart of fifty. This was a most exciting scene Sox the young scamp ; it was BO funny that he cniild not keop it to himself; so h e let his mother know of it, and sire, as quick as thought, do teimineU to punish her son for tho imposition he had practiced upon lier-old and respecta ble maiden friend. She, therefore feigned siblc that he could ao chango his manner, voice and dress as to impose on the old maid. Tho son proposed that ho would demonstrate the fact,by his mother happening in whon he nnd his dame were together. In the meantime, tho mother visited her old friend, and they became satisfied of the. peifidy of-the_young] man, nnd both resolved on vengeance. When tho day come for the next visit, the mother happened in sure enough, but a very few min utes satisfied the imposing party that he had got into a very bad fix. The 'doors were im mediately locked, whennhe mother and the old nwid each pulled out a whip from under their aprons, and the way the young marh with an old look aud courting propensities got thrasliod, was a caution to all kinds of impos tures; the fury of the insulted maid was as violent as had been her passion, and the back, legvfuce nnd arms pf her quandnm JoVer at tested it. In the syncope state, following, it was di>closed by th e '.old un' that her wedding day had been appointed, and her wedding dress prepared.— Tfanluckct Inquirer. A HOOD ANECDOTE.—The Lowell Courier relates rlie following.anecdote, illustrating the principles of office seeking : \A mart-applied toMivGolIeetor WilliamsJ^the latter situated-neat-Calcutli nature of his work sets his thoughts in motion'^Ulorton's predecessor, for an office which was hbld by a Whig. The business of the officer was to translate into ICngli-h, the ship papers of foreign vessels. Mr. Williams asked the applicant if he knew the French language.^ No, said ho, I don't know Jgrench. lie Uien asked him if heTcriew German^' KuTsfan'ond' Swedish. No, he didn't know any thing a- bout either. Well, said Mr. \V.-, do you un derstand Chineso ? ' O, no, he didn't know Chinese. 'Then, said Mr. Williams. I'm a- fraid you wont he able to discharge tho du- tios of the office, it is absolutely necessary that the incumbent should .know all these languages. . But (continued the Collector) I like your appearance very much, and wish to satisfy your desire ; you bad better commence forthtviih the study of tho languages, under some competent teax-her, and whon you have mastered them all, just call down, and ff I a m alive at the time, I will do what I can t o give vou the office. The man put' on his hat and walked off.\ He that seeketh to be eminent; among able men, !.- a good citizen. tho regulations of gommetcc, I the EMPEROR\ further-examined with utmost sincerity, nnd found the-y are all perspicuous, and forever worthy of nd- lierenco. ToKutangChow.IJenATun, t^uh Unow.JVing- Pa and Shang Hat* it is alike permitted (he citizens ol (ho United States to proceed, and ac cording to the articles of the treaty, at llieir con venience to carry on commerco. Now, bound by perpetual amity and concord, ad vantages will accrue to (ho citizens ot both na tions, which, 1 trust, mutt certainly causo ihc PRESIDENT also to be extremely well satisfied and delighted. T«on TVanj.UlUs jr. HUiro. Md7Uid. (IStfiDec. A. D. 1844, Ore»l|c»t of tha Empire Is Chi-1 Signet ot Itief neieand Tartar. S imperial will .r •CSipied) PETER PARtCKR, Lata Chineie Secretary to Uie LegaUon. \ Tbe/ie; porta In the CMDIIO empire which tho Treaty openl to .(he Ccmmerca of (ha UnlUd Slatcf. P^nt.sja/jErAs'T INDIES.—It appears from the following paragraph, which we find in the London papers, that the King of Denmark has sold out bis lerrUorUa -, n ln0 g ajf Irtdies, after o possession of moro than 200 years, \& U>a English Enst Indiu CoTSpany. These are the t6 *\vn^Ca^Tfjmp5ra, on the river Hagti, in tho Bay of Bengal, now Cal cutta, and the town and district of Trankcbar.— Scromporo is a town of 13,000 inhabitants, well, built in the European stylo, and it has been hither to the residence of the Governor General of the Danish possession of the Indies. It is pleasantly situated, and (he necessarietof life being cheap (here, it is much resorted to by many English fami lies, as a preferable residence to' Calcutta. For merly, during Iho long wors between Great Britain and France, as a neutral port, it enjoyed great ad- vnnlnrjflu fnr rnmmerrn, nnri il tiernrnn pylrpm>iy rich. The advandigo of this distinction it has boetn for a l>/ng timo'dcprlvcd of, and by the pres ent-transfer Of its flag, it will of course bepcrmn- iejHty^estrtf^era--wora-irBfora any prospects of its being revived. Il lias beenYnr many years the principal seat of the Baptist Missionaries in the East, and of a great establishment for the printing of the scriptures in all the languages of (he cast Trankebar is situated on Iho coast olCoromandol in the kbgdoniqf Tanjoro. It consiits of a small territory for which the \Danes have paid, to the Rajah of Tantos. an annual ronl of 2000 sicca ru pees, from the year 161C. It is a (own of 12,000 inhabitants,—independently of those is a small surrounding territory, handsomely built, in tbo European stylo, with fine-streets, and largo houses two or three stories in height, ornamented with porticoes. It was the residence of a Governor who was subordinate to Iho Governor General nt Scrampore.' The following is tho account furn ished by the English papers of tho transfer of these possessions : The Copenhagen papers statos that his Majesty the King of Denmaik has ratified in Privy Coun- A MOB MOW PROPHET.—The last Nauvoo Neighbor, (Mormon journal,) publishes thB' fol lowing important—notice from Wm. Smith, the brother of Jne Smith. From its conlexi and the remarks of the editor, we suppose the mantle of Joe has descended to his brother. William, how ever, is not the man tit figure and control .the multitude, as either ofhis brothers:— \DEAD BrtETiintN AMD SISTEUS:—After hav ing been for so long a time buffeted upon the wavo of alliiction; after, having suffered, for so long a series of years; after having sacrificed alj -this world's goods, by mobs nt Jiff \' ' and after having suffered so much sorrow ami alliiction from the loss of friends and relatives,' 4 mill do not complain, but remain resigned to\ the will nf God, who knows what is best for hisSaintsT And I hopq that my brethren and sisters Will remember their old and tried friend,(Wm. Smith.) I am now ready to receive the calls of the Saints, and confer upon them their patriarchal blessings, as they may desire. Residence on Water St., house formerly occupied hv Mr Marks. WILLIAM SMITH. , The office of Patriarch .over the whole church is to be a father to the church, and to confer bless ings on its members, according to an order hand ed down from the first of Pul/larchs lolhe present. By some of these, great and most marvellous events have been predicted, which have received, their fulfilment after many generations, have passed away; for instance: Jacob blessing_hia son Joseph\; Moses blessing (he tribes of Israel, &c. &c. Father Smith, the first patriarch and Hyrum, his successor, onfercd many Llessings upon.the Sninu th\^\rt\ .thfjr 4iejmi4iloAK _But they, in, the wisdom of God, have been caiie(V-aWirr,TrnuV William the son and brother, succeeds them,— How many now will say, I wish I had my patri archal blessing? This haB been the lamentation of many since the death of Joseph and Hyrum. William is the last of the family, and truly Inher its the blood and spirit of his father's house, as well as the-priesthood and patriarchal office from fiis father and brother, legally and by hereditary descent.— Ed. , LATEST INCENDTAHY ATTEMPT AKO PKOMBT PUKJSUMEKT.—The last thing that we have heard, in the way of incendiarism occurred in Dorches ter, near He v. Mr. Hall's meeting house, on Sunday afternoon last. Two young men, Whose tastes and principles did not lead them to church, were in seorch of a comfortable place to smoke a \cigar amT \happening To \cast IllC'lr t'yes upuu-a; horae. and corryull, sta'nding quietly 111-the shade, were pleased with the situation, nnd immediately ensconced themselves on the hind scat of tho vehicle, where tliey were soon absorbed iu their cdi/yjng baooatit employineJlt.—One cinut had India Companyr - ^ho-purchase money amounts to Irl25i000-rix dollars. The treaty, which con sists of nine articles relative to the treatment of Danish subjects, religious missions,, commerce &c, refers only to the Danish possessinns.on the continent of India, viz: Trankobar and Scrampore been smoked, another lighted; and the stump of the old one thrown away, when all nt once, wiiTT n leap and a plunsc, the horse, breaking the reins whioh fustcned him, started off a t a Gilpin pace, to the great astonishment and bodily fear of our unwilling travellers. He dashed down a steep embankment, spilling both our heroes out, and smashing the carryall to pieces. It was some time before the young gen tlemen so far recovered themselves as to be able to investigate the cause of this unaccountable proceeding; but at last thoy discovered that the lighted stump of the cigar, whioh had been thrown a way,bad become entangled in the^orsees talhand that when he began to leel the.heat, he had mis* construed it into a new method of urging him-to his utmost speed. Neither of the young men was injured, except in their purses. As lhu.net of incendiarism war involuntary, tliey will not bo a mono ble to 'law, probably} in any other way than -n\ civil suit. It will do them no hurt if they shall become satisfied by this untoward adven ture tlrat the safestBcnt durinirJivine eervlccvon Surtdoy t« in a church pew.— Boston Traveller. \ Irr A TIOHT PLACE.\—The Memphis Inquirer tells a curious story of a pnor black fellow who was foiled in an attempt to gain hid liberty. It says:— *On Sunday morning, the 8th ult. a box marked \John \Bonnet Louisville, Ky,\ was deposited on the wharf—to be shipped by the first boat. J [.was left by a free blank who was very particular in dircciinir it to be handled with caret An 'hour or two .after, a fif ntlernnn happened to approach when n vnice from the in'crior wns heard to\coil out \open the door.\ Much consternation fol lowed, and the spectators thought his Satanic \\j^ly I'TI 'ptrn temporary lodgings in the box. After due dehhernlion, Mr. Shnw, the owneroT the boot, ripped ofT the top with n butcher's cleaver, when, out jumped a strapping negro,--. nearly dead with suffocation and steaming like the escape pipe of a steamboat. lie was greatly exhausted, but was revived by the fresh air and the application of stimulants, when he gave the following account of his singular incarceration. \ It appears (hat he brlnngs to Mr. Job Lewis of Gcrinantnwii, nnd hai been Inrtil here in tow\fiT~ lie snvs that the scheme which had well nigh cost htm his life was concocted some months ago by John Bennett, a free black, well known to many of our citizens. The intention wns to ship him, 111 the manner ntWmpled, to Cincinnati, whence he was to be conveyed '.oCnnada. In tha box were 0 quantity ol'mos*, a number nf plates, nnd n few dozen water crackers'. \ Airholes were bored injhe cud .of the btfir. They forgot, how ever, to put in a supply of wstcr. He snvs that would inevitably have died in a very short cil tho treaty which on Feb. 22d had been conclu- hj .._ _ _ . ded at Calcutta', between Iho Govcrnorof tho Da- /h\ u ] e , if he had not been cxlricnled.and Ins con nish possessions, Stale Counsellor Hansen, on onej dilioli when taken out of the box confirms tho side, and Sir H , Hardingo, General Governor of opinion.\ British India, or. the other, respecting the sale- of Bennct has since been arrc3tcd. certain Danish East India colonies to the East known in. Denmark as Frederiksnagor) and a dis trict in Balasore. There is no mention mado in (ho treaty of the Nicobsr Islands, which have been for a longtime claimed by Denmark, but in which no. Danish establishment at present exists. The treaty was also signed on (be English side by Sirl GrPollock. • ' \* ^ - 1 , , CHTI,DnEN \~A<I0A , O THE OsAGBS. —We leasn from a gentleman who reiidcs on the State line near Iho Osago Indians, and wtose word may be relied upon\ that the Osagcs have now in (heir tribe about twenty white^ children. Theso chil dren, tho Onages piircbajed from Tho Camaiichcs, by whom they wero stolen from their parents\ in Texas nnd New Mexico. Our informant slates that sucti oflfieniw hwe bfieri seen by the tvhites are said to be sprightly and intelligent, children, of botb.sexes, but generally have been taken when so young as to have lost all recollection ol their parents, home* or the places Irorp which they were'taken. Tba Osages*will only sell (hem for horses or goods. Occasionally they bring one into (ho settlement to barter off. .A few days sinco a gentleman of Newton county purchased,-for a horse, a pretty girl, about elcve/i years old. A few days before our informant left, another Osage brought in a boy, about eight years old, which he, howoyer, did nol succeed in selling. —St Zouts THE ARMY WORM AT FLATBUSIJ.—This destructive worm mode its nppenranco in swarms, in (he village of Flatbush, last Tuesday. It first attacked a field of about six acres nf wheat, be longing to Mr. P. Crook, and lying; on the public street. In two days lliey had entirely stripped Jbn finlit nf every grce nleaf. but fortunately (he grain, wns far enough adVanceiTTn reatiTJripl? faT-> ages. They then commenced their migration 'norlhwnrd, but tbe owners of the adjacent lots had, by this time, thrown up a tronch wilTv deep holes ni the intervals of a few feet, into ninth llioy-teil in myriads and perished. A fow that escaped llie trenches,-were dcSWoytd by other means and (ho progress, of this scourge was arrested. Tho place resembles very much a field of battle, and it is within a'few feet of the very spot where a trench as thrown op. ami a sWrmish fought during tho devolution. This is Iho fitst appearance- of (be army worm in Flatbush during the-last .twenty xaait.—Ewnxhg' 1'osl. •years.- 00\ At a Loco-Foco Territorial Convention, held in Iowa City on Juris 11, Dr. Bailey of Van Burcn county, WBB-\appointed President. A. C. Dudge was nominated fur re-election (o Congress, and resolutions were passed, laudatory of Mr. Polk ond his administration—dcnounctnglhe Ta riff ni)d the Distribution of the proceeds of the Public Lands-^approving the-annexation of Tex as— asserting our right to Oregon—sympathising with Dorr—ar.d approving tbe repeal of the charier of the Dubuque Bank, and (bo law to re-submit tbe Constitution to v the people.— Tribute. (jf^»Col. Stephen C. Pavatt, is to run for Con gress a^ainsfihe Hon Milton Broivn, (Whijj) of Tcontsset!.
