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tocckill (Meanings. Tho editor of the New York Courier end -Enquirer says that he has received from one of his roportera, a thrilling ac- count of ft dog-fight in the street, but that all the spare space in his columns is filled with accounts of similar scenes in the |S Senate Every man has just as much vanity a» he wants understanding. The worst pig often gels the best po tato, . The Albany Journal states thut a me- vlianlcin that city has invented iron marble mante!-pi< ccs, which are destined to become popular. The Boston papers announce the mar- I riage of the eminent Professor Agassiz to a y lady of that city, from which we infer that he believes in the unity of the sexes, if he does not in the unity of the race. In a manner cf dress, whether you be man, woman or child, remember that the more you approximate to uniformity of col or f6r the whole of your dress, the better. •A table is published stating the num- >er of persons killed on the Massachusetts Railroads last year at 64, injured 102. > —Glass and china ware is manufactured In New York city to a very great extent, \h*i latter richly decorated with paintings, in a most artistic style. • Henry Clay, Jr., son of the gnllunt Lieut. CoL Clay, of the Kentucky volun teers, who was killed at Buena Vista, has been appointed a Cadet in the U. S. Milita ry Academy. A sleigh, ma lufactured of gutta per- cha, convertible at pleasure into a boat, is to be sent out with the English Arctic ex pedition on the first of this month. ^er of Ttsj bursites bud looks up To ffrcci the sunlight, whfld It linger* rot Oa tt» wfciw Wit and tl» violet Opens tu azuro cup Mcokly, and counties* wild flowers waSftto (ling Their earliest Inecnso on too gates of spring. Continual eongs arise From universal Nature—Wrds and streams Mingle Utcir voices and the glad earth teems A second Paradinei Thrleo b !us9ed 8prlng:—thou hearest eins divine, Sunshine, and song, and fAgranco—«if are tliloe. Not unto earth olono— Thou hast a Mewing for toe human licort, Haltn fur Its wounds and healing (or lis swart, Telling of winter flown, And bringing hope upon tny rainbow wing, Type or Keirnal tllb-'-tfirlee blowiral 8pring I MELANCHOLY.—A lad about 11 years old lately hung himself in Newbury, under peculiar circumstances. His name was Amos C. Miller, son of Mr. Richard Miller. A rope swing was suspended in the wood shed, and he thought to frighten his little brother by putting the rope Blip-noosed round his neck, and telling nim he would hang himself. The little boy remonstrated, and ran into the house and told hia mother, but before she got to him he was fairly hung, though his knees nearly touched the ground, and life was extinct Probably he had not been suspended in that manner five minutes, but all efforts to restore life proved unavailing.-^-Urarf/brc/, Vt-, Gazette. A STAIITLINQ DISCOVERY confirmatory of the book of Jonah, has been made by Mr. Layard. In excavating the city of Nin eveh he discovered the name of Jonah in scribed upon the ruins. That prophet, as our readers know, was sent to announce to the people of Nineveh the destruction of the city. His eloquence converted many of them, and, \ God repented him,\ of the doom He had pronounced, and spared the city for that time, Jonah then became the prophet of Nineveh, and was reverenced by | the inhabitants. As was the Oriental cus- i torn, they doubtless inscribed his name in , conspieious places on the walls of the public J edifices, and the inscriptions thus engraved Among Commodore Hull's wines of by Assyrian hands a thousands years before Philadelphia, is some \erv old Madeira, ta- the Christian era, have been found by Mr. fcen from the British ship Macedonian, when Li)urd This is one of the most extraor- captured by Com. Hull. dinary rtemonxtratioii* oi the accuracy of Hiblicarhistorv we have ever heard of. As vet we have only seen the beginning of the end. The rity of Nineveh has scarce- An incombustible paper for roofing ly been entered, and when the excavations houses, has been invented in Germany J shall have been completed, if Mahometan _ , , icalousv should ever permit that consuma- -Thev who weep over errors, were not J - r... . , . - - 1 tion, we may expect illustrations of the propheucs that will st ike the world with awe and wonder. (treat credit is due the British govern ment for the munificent spirit which they have exhibited in aiding the labors of Mr. Lnvurd—pWing ut his command vessels -Two handsome carriages hav e >een built in London for the Pacha of Egypt formed for crimes. The annual product of coffee is esti mated at 180,000 tons. The population of France is set down at a.VJ55,181. CLEAR AS MI D —Transcendentalism is the spiritual cognoscence o f p>ychological irrefragihilitv, coiirectcd with conseientient udemption of lncntumbicnt, spiritual and tthc-ahzed coiit< ntion o f sub>nltor\ con- m-i uon. Twent \ thousand shad were tiki n in New 15,i\ latel\, in one dav COST OF KIOTINU —There has been pud b\ the c uint\ o f Philadelphia for n oi>. in< hiding jia\ \f milium and (i\il [><>•.- *»e. since the\.,ir IHV2 UJI In Ht'l, i:i< In M \e, $1 74,-l,li - 1 CAUTOBXIA. TKKKS .—-A letter from Smi Francisco, published in the Hartford Gour* ant, give* the following accoutit of some of tho trees in that vicinity. They might pass muster, even in our own woodland districts t The.trees here grow to an enormous size and height One tree in this, wood, cut down since I came here, averages 11 feet 3 in. through tho butt, and after working it 150 feet, it measured 8 feet through; the tree waa 250 feet in length. I under stood there is one on the opposite side of the bay still larger than this, sufficiently so to drive ahd turn a two horse team and cart on the stump. There has been apparently some years back a large fire in this wood, which burnt a great many of the trees hollow at the butt; houses are made of these hollows, and some of them sufficiently large to accommodate three or four persons very comfortably; so you can form some idea of their size. . N«w YORK TO BOTFALO .—.Passe n gers can now leave New York city at 7 o 'clock in the morning, with the New World, which comes up to Albany on Monday, Wednesday ana Friday, returning on alter nate days, arrive in that city from 4 to half- past 4 o 'clock in the afternoon, take the ex press train west at 5 o 'clock, and arrive in Buffalo at 5 next morning—twenty-two hours from the time of leaving the great Atlantic city,—Seek. Dem. RKSDSCITATION.—Dr. C. M. Sanders, of New Orleans, writing in the Delta, says: I was called to Miss M , who was rep resented to be dying from the loss of blood, which was caused by the cut of a vein in the arm. Miss M , during a fit of dis appointment, cut the vein in her arm with a penknife, which was not discovered by the inmates of the house until she had be come cold and pulseless. On my arrival 1 found her bed and bedding bathed in blood, and this fair young lady truly a most pitia ble objecL I could not administer remedies internally, as the patient was beyond swal lowing any thing. I had sinapisms ap plied to her strong, and bethought myself of the fact that the blood might be caused to gravitate on the brain, and thereby pro duce a reaction; to effect this, I had a cord passed round her feet, and raised to the cornice of the bedstead. She remained in this situation twenty- eight minutes before respiring; she had however spasmodic twitches as soon as her feet were raised; her lip became red and a coloration of the face rapidly followed. After the respiratory effort I discovered for\the navigation of the Euphrates, convey- | h \ r P\'*?. though so faint that I could hard- ing to England the magnificent sculptun-s j l >' perceive it with the most delicate touch; whi. h he has disentombed, and affording it gradually rose, however, and as soon as him everv facility which money or British authority can secure. We should be glad to -ee a proper spirit exhibited b y the gov ernment of this country in reference to American antitiiiitit-s.— XmiA'a Sunday Turn < vv .irdrohi » of perl\ informed tor oru.imi ni, for llxe hteri 111 IV miii h h .lS been upp' >llile - -The f I. „'M| M irlm t ni d I <r <• AM'\ Hammond, -Libraries are the tare, vv hence m n p r bnn/ forth s inn tiling t .r i uriosii\, and more ('hirl 's .1 Mi ('iird\, of L\ me, I'l , • I Miin *t' r to \ uM ri.i • li mil' nun • s lli il (' ipi u-tm4 .iw i\ lhe M h Mi n r has In i n ii' • j111*t» il The pinple nf Southern IN.. 11 1 11• U\ h i\ e leinli n i| a pul lie dinm r to (., |) I 'renlli e, Ehi| , lor tVVrllt\ \eJJ|x til' • i!l(. >r of tie I .oiiivx die .uriinl Mr P d. . !in. d lie li-'iior, \ii a. i \lint o| iiiia% oulabl' .ill NI nee - \ fi \ u K Hum—-A line «pi ( nn< n \f thi ,_di»»\ Ihis, a bird HIIMII Alltlul»• i*l (Ii M nlies as exceediriidv, rare in the I nited Plaits, though common rnotie /h in Mi \n w i> shot la >t week near F n s|) Pond m Cam bridge, MILSS. The spei imen was pn s ( ut i d 1\ the Harvard Natural lli.stor\ Sm'nti Jud^e llii hanl.Min, of South Carolina, died at Charleston on the Mth insL, in the se\ent\ fourth \ ear of his aye He had been a member of the judi< win of that State for thirt\-lwo \eurs. 0\er tieenfi/ tiro thoujumd deaths oc curred in New York city during the last year—about one in ttrcnli/. The ordinary ratio for tlie last few years has been from ten to fifteen thousand. Liverpool, the first commercial city of England, the very counterpart of New J York, with the same population, affords only one daily paper New York supports (iicr a dozen iounshing dailies, and a host of weeklies. Frightful Accident at Angiers. We LTI\I the follow inif brief summary o f the t. ruble e,usually at Angiers. the news of \\\\,< li \\..is brought bv the Wunhiinjtmi. The loss of hfe is almost without parallel, ami sa d it is indeed t o think o f 2^2 hnman In in^s 1, me- ,(t the hanie moment, and in sin h an aw tul m .uitK r, hurried from the sta^e of iii lion At I 1 o*i !••< k in th e morning, a sijuad- inn \I 1! U- S .IIH , iiitiimg li\in Nant( s, had crossed n\< r th e siisp. union bridge o f the Masse Maim . w .ihoui any act ideiit, nltlio' I could administer any thing by the mouth I gave xxx. grains sulphate quinine, and repeated the quinine in broken doses; al so spirits vin galcreie warm. I have the satisfaction of restoring this young lady, and she is now in good health, though it was Reveral weeks before she fully recov ered from the extreme weakness to which she had been reduced. I am satisfied that she did not l«ise less than sixty ounces of bl<*>d. She was however a robust and rather fleshy girL THE Ct DAN BI'SINKSS.—It seems possi ble that a few hundreds of foolish, hair- brained, buccaneering young men are real ly contemplating the invasion of Cuba, and may possibly have already started for the consummation of their folly. There is no proof, howexer, of the fact. Innumerable rumors, traced to no authentic source, in duce the belief that the thing is possible. The Journal of Commerce says if they an IK wind hi' w MI\ IIUIMK fm m the west, H |„, t , or hung up by the neck until dead, in and the in 'I h e last i d the lit ul limn \f tin t mlr\ app' rati d w annii troops ( H bn ak into s» ctioiis. as i s usual I \ done, but the ram falling heauly at the time, tin warning WILS disregarded, and the battalion ad\ , IIH ed in close i ulumn. r w a s mm Ii agitated if th e horsi s had scarcely cross- , when the head o f the col - :d halLalion o f 1 I lli Li-lu l« and o n the <>tli«T side. Keite- had hi ell gl\ en to the they will have no right to complain. Nor power either, we apprehend, after that sum mary operation. We wait for well autheii- iKnieil Oiet-s, ruuiitrn liaic deceived us t <H> t>ften to be relied upon, however ofu-n re peated by pn\ate letters or by telagrnph That manieu\re is by no means dilficult when the wriU-r or U'legraphist is anony mous. We have New Orleans papers of the 8th of May.— X. Y. Com. '1 h e In ad \f th e battalion had reai lied the op|»,site M de—the pioneers, the drum- jt-fT A rumor reached town last night that niers, and a part o f the band were off the fhneral Quitman was to take command of bridge, H hi n the right bank suddenly ga\e tl»«' buccaneering expedition, said to be even inn, < rushing bent ath them the rear of the \ n<> w hovering over the coasts of Cuba It 4 th c. impain, w Inch, w ith the flank eompa- • is n spi'cious tale, but it is not probable that n\, hml not entered on the bridge. j (teneral Quitman designs to abandon his The suspension chains at first gave way , high position of Governor of a state of this on one side only, when the soldiers on the J confederacy to become the captain of a gang bridge, feeling the movement of the floor I of \free companions,\ like those reported to of tiie bridge, naturally rushed to the oth- j havo set out on a foray against the neighbor- er side, when the chains there also gave , ing island way, and the whole fi'Xir o f the bru ^ fell. \ I not be doubtfuL They will either return The fate oi these marauders, (»f the bnd\c ! if they have gone on such an errand, can- ber of tliem would, in all probability, ha\e been saved The wind, however, at Washington, which was brought from blew a perfect hurricane, and the waves the tomb of Napoleon on the island of St. ' were wry rough. Masses of men might Helena. be seen < lmging to each other, the waves e\ erv momen t washing away some of them, until only one remained. Beams of wood, planks and e\ cry article that could be laid hold of, wen* launched to enable the men to keep themselves afloat until further as sistance could arrive. The suspension bridge was built 12 yre. ago, but a year since underwent repairs California would makeforty-frc suites • whu h cost'the town .Ki.OOOf. of the size of New Hampshire ! The sea- | •A willow is growing in the naw-yard In Prussia the telegraph wires are laid under ground. The number of Indians that haw been removed by the I'nited States gov ernment from this to the other side of the Mississippi, is Dtj.OOO 2'>,000 are yet to be removed. the whole fii \>r not be doubtfuL From one bank U> the other, the river j without having seriously attempted any was completely blocked up with the sol-', thing, orfh**y will perish, miserable victims diers struggling to reach the shore. If the \ to the diseases of the climate and the sea- weather had been calm, the greater num- j son, and to the other perils of their adven ture. Three or four hundred desperadoes, a crazy hulk or two, and a few scores of condemned muskets, will never effect the conquest of Cuba— iV. V. Com. Cor. coast extends nearly a thousand miles, and the territory extends into the interior twelve hundred milef. The Missouri Expositor sa}^ that Mr Benton \ likes an encounter of hand to hand.\ We think that, in his late affair with the Mississippi Senator, he manifested a decided inclination for an encounter of fool to fool.—Lou. Journal. THE FLOOD AT ASHBCRJJHAM.'—A letter from a gentleman in Ashburnham to a friend in BosUw, sav s • j \You have probably heard of the awful calamit) that befel as on Monday, by the giving nway of the Reservoir Dam. about half a mile north of the village. In a short time from sev unty fivo to an hundred acres of water were upon us, and so suddenly did it come, that the girls in the new factory had not time to escape. Trees, timber, stitution of California is as follows: \Every i rocks and rushing water were roaring by law enacted bv the Legislature shall con- in wild confusion, and for nearly on tain but one, object; and that shall be ex 1 hour no aid could reach them. Very large pressed in the title.\ This is an excellent timbers were finally passed over thestream f irovision, and was intended to guard against from a high bank, and the girls safely landed, fgislative log-rolling, which seeks to com- , They bore u bravely till tliey were safe, and bine several objects in the omnibus bill, so then fainted. Everything is swept away— called. i mills, dams, roads, bridges, and all business n .. ~~T~~. \ ,\~j\r . suspended. There is no help for us. Munv Railroads have diminished the number in dfv,duals are ruined, and fifty years will l„r.T! \^1\ _ n fc PO,00 °„ W 1 \A? I ,mrdl y Rcc l hc d . am »g e of a single hour t3T One of the provisions of th e con- years, and these animals, as well as oxen, are now scarcely used for transportation, and thus the grain and food which the 80,- 000 horses formerly consumed havo been dispensed with, and land used for the growth of nay and grass is devoted to the growth of grain alone, for the supply of bread.\— Jioston Post. FEMALE DOCTORS.—The Pa Lcgis'ature, wc see it stated, has chartered a co'lege for the medical education of females in Philadelphia, which is to be opened next October This is probably the first college of the kind that has ever been organised Elisebeth Blackwell, M D is talked of for the chair of Surgery If any thing could make a surgical operation pleasant to one's feelings, it would be when performed by one oi that sex who, since the foundation s of the world, has been accustomed to pro- |biag the heart and feelings of men so sen- } i ^'M& pleasantly. repaired. Fire is a harmless element com pared with water. I saw a large mill, near ly new, and three stories high, all dashed to fragments in less than five minutes.\ A young man at Burlington, N. J. ste a peicc of honey comb, in which a bee was concealed. W hile in the Act of swallowing it. the bee stung him in the throat, which swelled so as to occasion within half an hour, his death by suffocation. KW Mrs. Partington, on hearing that in California gold was found in quartz, wanted to know if any had yet been discovered in f allons. She thought when they come to nding it by the hogshead, she would go out there herself— Picayune. MATRIMONY —Some slandering baohelor says there is \much joy\ when you first get married; but it is more jawy, after « year or BO. A» INCIDENT IK OriRU. China, Mail contains an account of* an encountor. at fearful odds, with pirate*, which is truly romantic in its details. M. do Montigny, the French consul at Shanghai, arid M de Kletekowski, his interpreter, took passage from Ningpo, where they had been on business .to Shanghai, on board a junk.hav- ing a rioh cargo and fifty six passengers. On the 5th of December they fell.In with a convpy of eight large Chinese juiiks, un der the projection of a Portuguese Bfutoner^ and shortly after discovered a large vessel under sail, which approached the junk with the evident intention of attacking it-*- This piratical vessel carried a large ftumbor ofVmen. The Chinese passengers in the iunk were seued with fear, and sought to hide themselves. Bat the French consul and his interpreter, resolving to sell their lives dearly and bravely, proceeded to pre- pare their arms, which consisted of five double barreled guns, three pairs of pistols and two swords. On perceiving the pirate, the eight Chi nese junks of the envoy altered their course and the Portuguese schooner commenced firing against the common enemy, but with out effect The pirate continued to bear down on the junk, and when it had come within hailing distance, the crew of the junk were ordered to lower their sails. At the same instant the deck of the pirate was covered with men armed with lances, pikes sabres, and swords, which glistened in the sun, presenting a formidable appearance. The torn toms were beat, and loud\ shouts proceeded from the crew of the pirate ves sel M. de Montigny and his companion immediately commenced firing on the pi rates. They had eight discharges, and they fired them with such precision that, accor ding to the testimony of the passengers, who were passive spectators ot the fight, eight of the pirates telL Their companions discouraged at this unexpected resistance, sheered off and were pursued in turn for some distance by the junk. Not being able to overtake the pirate the junk resumed its course and put into the port of Kau-pou, where M. de Montigny and his companion received a veritable ovation Their cour ago doubtless saved not only the vessel they were in, but also the eight junks of the convoy, which the Portuguese sch«x»n- er proved powerless to protect.— Boston Journal. A SIIOKT STORY BY DICKKNK.—Dickens tells the following story of an American sea captain: On his last voyage home the captain had on board a young lady of remarkable per sonal atractions—a phrase I use as one be ing entirely new, and one you never met with in the newspapers. The lady was loved intensly by five young gentleman p.ass.-nepers, and in return she was in love with them idl very ardently, but without any preference for either Not knowing what to do in this dilemma, she consulted her friend the captain. Theeapttin, being a man of an original turn of mind, savs to the young lady, \Jump over board, and marry- the man who jumps after y >u\ The )<>ung ladv struck with the idea, and natural!} f md of bntliing.espeeiallv in warm weather, as it then vva\ took the advice of the captain, who had a boat manned in ease of accident. Accordingly the next morning, the five livers being >>n dick, and looking vtr) devotedly ut the wing adv, she plunged into tin- sni luad fue most Four of the lovers immediately limped in after her. Whin the vnuig adv and 1I<T four lovers vvvr • got <nil again,she savs to the c iptiun, \Wh it am Ut do with them now, thev are so vv t ?\ Says the captain, \Take the diy one'\ And the young lady did, and married lnm TIIK WK-ITKIIN I{ VII ito wn—At n mi • ting f the committee of shareholders of tin- An burn Si Itx-ln-st rnnd Auburn «v Sv nu u^\ Kail Road Companies, held at H<i>ton oi he Oth insL the terms of i aisolidalion o! stock, property, and effects of -thi -«<• IVMI •ompanics, were finall) agreed upoi, to tak-: effect on the 1st day of August next, after which date, the consolidated c anp.inv is to bear the name of the R-trhrntcr ami Syracuse IL It. Co. The capitil of the two companies Is $4. '200,000. Length of roads 94 miles. A meeting of the stock holders of the united company will be held after the consolidation is completed, to de cide upon the construction of a direct branch between Syracase and Rochester, which will shorten the distance from Albanv to Buffalo nearly twenty miles. A COOL VILLAIN.—A fellow in SL Louis a few nights since, assuming to be a watch- man, stopped a man in the street and searched him,and took from himAn officer coming up arrested the arrester. fST We published an article a few days since stating that the Managers of the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad had deci ded to increase the fare on that road some thing like 25 per cent We are glad to learn the project has been abandoned so far as it applies to through travel—the Rochester and Auburn Road having made a corresponding reduction.— Buffalo Com- tnercila. The St. Louis Intelligencer of the 3d in6t, says that within threo or four days, more than 1,000 emigrants of tho Mor mon persuasion had passed through that city on their way to Great Salt Lake.- they were mostly from England. * RAIL ROAD MKETIKO IN LB ROT.—The citizens of Le Roy held a meeting on the 10th, to take measures for securing the location and completion of the Railroad from Buffalo to Corning. They wish to secure its location through Le Roy, Avon, •fee HOMOCPATHIO BKKR.—Tie one hop to a rat's tail—let him swim through a mill pond, then bottle the contents of the pond —\to be shaken before taken,\ The last case of modesty is that of a lady who discarded her lover, a sea cap tain, because he said he had \hugged the shore.\ A colored Gentleman named Jones is going to read Shakspeare in Cincinnati \Am dis a dagger?\ MONTJMKITT TO SitAS WJUOBT .—The citi «en»of Weybridge, Vt, (Silas Wright's native town) are erecting a splendid monu ment to bis memory. The main shstfis 30 feet high. A splendid Bust, pow undr the chisel of our townsman, Jlr. Pahr\' 18 to be set in the shaft, about 11 fee /^Jl rj? base. The estimated my* 3£™ All classes freely contn^.^^.^; pen* »b.iB ^£^2 memory of a grea* * ASOTIIEB CASK OF KNOCKING.—The _ oughkeepsie Eagle records the latest, and to those concerned the most important, case >f pine-board knocking that has yet been re corder'. There were sound sense and positive profit in the communication mode by the rapper, which is more than can be said of the lloccster, Stratford and New Jersey goblins. The editor of the Eagle waa dis turbed in his very sanctum, while overhaul ing his account', by the knocldngs of n de- inquent subscriber, whose name he was about to transfer to the black list, but who now knocked at the door with the money in his hand. The component parts of an editor are de fined thus: The constitution of a horse, the obstinacy of a mule, the independence of a wo»>d -8awycr, the pertinucity of a dun, the endurance of a starving anaconda, im pudence of a beggar, and he must b e a moving target for every body to shoot at, and is expected to know every thing, and to assist \busy-bodies\ to pry into the bus iness of their neighbjurs. If he does not come up to this description, he cannot be thought a good editor. THE WORLD'S FAIR.—It is estimated that at least £000,000 had been subscribed in England up to the latest dates/- towards the expenses of the great Industrial Exhi bition to take place in London. There has been considerable interest excited upon the subject of the exhibition among mechanics and artists in the different States of Europe, and specimens of mechanical skill it was ex- ected would be exhibited from France, Ipain, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium. The Journal of Constantinople states that the subject had excited much interest there, and that some of the productions peculiar to the Tarkish artisans, may be expected to be placed in exhibition. The cost of trans portation alone stands in the way of a gen eral representation from all parts of the world. BBNTOST AND [FOOTS IN '43.—MSK, NOT PrtrsoiPLES, OITANGK.—>It is well known that since the California question has been discussed there lias been a gradual but in evitable divergence between many politi cians who formerly acted together. Among others, Col. BSNTOK has separated himself from the Nullifying and Slavery extending party, and therefore he is hated with a fe rocity of which few can conceive. Yet it is but a short time since that Mr. FOOTS held up OoL BENTON as the great man of the age. ; In a speech at a public meeting in Albany, in May 1848, Mr. FOQTB said: \A MAN, in many j-espects; (superior to Edmund Burke, as a practical\ Btutesman, inferior to few men that the world has pro duced—as a fair, disinterested, fearless and -magnanimous champion of- the democratic cause, destined to rank hereafter, I Venture to say, higher even titan he,docs-at present, and to claim a comparison with the Jeffer- sons and Jacksons who have imparted such an imperishable dignity to our annals as a free people—Thomas H. Benton, (cheers) the friend, the peculiar, well-timed, zealous, self-sacrificing friend, of Martin Van Buren and Silas Wright, gave, as a Bentiment, which I beg leave to repeat in your hearing! \Harmony Conciliation, Compromise-— EVERYTHING FOR THE CAUSE, NOTIUNO i>vu Max.\ LAND POROLD SOLDIERS.—A bill was in troduced into the House of Representatives by the committee on Public Lands, which, should it become a law, will interest many of our readers. It proposes to provide for soldiers of the war of lb 12-13-1* and 15, with Great Britain, the Indian wars of 1811 —the Florida war of 1835,-36 , «kc, and Gen. Wayne's war of 1792-95 , who have not heretofore been provided f >r by grants of public landa. Officers, non com missioned officers, musicians and privates in volunteer companies, who have served six months or over, in any of the above wars, who hav e not heretofore received bounty land, pen sion, or a bounty of more than fifty dol lars and who have been honorably dis charged, shall be entitled to receive certili cates or warrants^from the Department of the Interior for land as follows: Those who have served six months or over, and less than twelve, eighty acres. Those who served .twelve months and over, one hundred and sixty acres. The land may be located by the warran tee or his widow, at any land office in the I'mon, in tracts of not less than eighty acres eac h.— Rochexte r America tu RIVKRS AND HARBORS.—The conclusion of the Nicaragua treaty, is a good omen, and promises well for our oceanic com merce; and the free navigation of the St Ixtwrcnni, for which negotiations are pen ding, may be right enough, but a measure of equal, if not greater importance than ei ther, is the improvement of our own rivers and harbors. We want enlarged and b» tier harbours, at BuffaliyJtochcstcr and Oswego, and other plan s too numerous to be men tioned, and we want the channels of our uoble rivers cleared and improved, more than we want the privilege of sailing from Lake Ontario, down the SL Lawrence rap ids to the ocean As the veins and arteries supplv the heart with blood, and carry it bai k renewed for the nourishment of the vv hole s\ stem, so our internal commerce supplies the foreign, and carries back the returns of th e latter, f<»r the use and en- jovmciit nf every part of th^ counln Our internal cimmcrcc is vast and in- crcaMne;, our inland harbors are hardly suffi cient f\i its reception , uiir boats are getting agiouiid on the sloughs, nr runninga^ni i^t the snag- in our rivi r«; and MKS 1M, CIVW.» and cargii s are cunstnnllv in danger of be- ing lost lor want of places of shell) r on our lakes. Large ainouuls of properly, and hun dreds of hvts ure destined to be lost from this cause, bifuv the winter closes naw gnu-Hi YN c hope tin re fore, that among the v\eighty matters pressing tln-msilves at this tint\ upon Congress and the aihuims- trati m, tins subject will not be o\ ei looked It is one, whose importance commend* itself to the fav orable consideration of all parties, and the whole length and bn adth of the I'mon— Sfotc Register his habit, as ho scarcely even rises without making one, he is not only out of place in tho Senate, but an intolerable nuisance in it. ilr. Baldwin treats Mm with silent disdain, Mr. Seward with di<piiied indiiTorenca^— Mr. Hale answers him with scorching casm that always puts him down foo the time, Mr. Webster greets him with wither* ing irony, and Idr. Borland knocks him dcjwn in the street So he gets It from all around, according to tho taste of the giver; and we quote this almost universality of assault on his port, and'this variety ot re ception from tho assailed, as proving that such a man is entirely out of place in the Federal Senate. He ii amiable and libe ral in private, hfe, but without a single qualification for a legislator.\ THE NICARAGUA ROUTE.—The Herald states that the Nicaragua route to the Pa cific will bp perfected. in about three months. It'wifl be open for travel and the transportation of freight by the first of September, via the over San Juan, lako Nicaragua, and an overland conveyance from the Nicaragua, to the Pacific, and must form the most convenient, most eco nomical, and most expeditious line to the Pacific und California A steamboat and several barges, drawing two feet of water each, will soon be pi iced upon the river und lake, and a carriage, way is already constructed from the city of Nicaragua, a distance of 15 miles, to u port on the Pa cific The steamships Krapire City and Crescent City will as soon sa the internal route is regulated, be placed on this side, to run between New York and Greytown; and the steamships Sarah Sands and New Orleans will ply between4he outlet, on the Pacific coast, and San Francisco. STAND BY TIIK PRESIDKNT.—Stand by him because his actions are based upon right Stand bv him, because wh.;n faction m the North and in the South, threw the apple of discord among the people's rep resentativ es, in the vain hope that amid the confusion of the elements they might float upon the surface, he with cilmness, judg ment and decision, marked out a course, which, while it interfered with the rights of none, met the claim of all in conformity with their constitution, law and humanity Stand by him, because when disunion was made a daily theme, and the stoutest hearts were clouded with forebodings, he bade the troubled elements be still, and j>oured oil upon the waters of discord Stand by him, because he is a whig in pro fession and pactice. Stand \by him, because he firmly maintains the old, time tried, and time honored principles of the whig party, that the taxes collected from the people, should be devoted lo the advance ment of their interests, the protection of their commerce, and improvement of their gnat public works. Suuid by him, because while welcoming foreigners to our shores, he regards the encouragement of American industry as an ohjci t ot the first im|>ortance. Stand bv him, because while declining to interfere in the le st, with the\ K reaenlative or Judicial departments, maintains with dignity, the independence of the Executive portion of our government And, stand by him, because in all things he has shown himself worthy of the exal ted position in which Americans hare placed him. The Whigs of Ohio will stand by him; in State Convention they have said il, and their jwisition is a safe one, for (icncrul Tavloris, and has been right— Cferr/mid ILrobl Mr. Francis Turkman, jr, only son of the late |)r. (ieorge Parkman, of Boston, was married on Monday last, at \Kings Chap el,\ to a daughter of Dr. Jacob Bigelow, of the .-ame city. NEW YORK, May 1 7—:lP M The 1S ///1 this morning publishes the f illovving: (ien LOPEZ and staff sailed from New Orleans in splendid stv le, in a fast steamer, for which they paid a poind sum,for the Isle of Pines and St Jago de Cuba They would enter in the rear of the fortresses, hav mg secured St Jago and all the neigh borhood if possible. Proclamation will be made setting forth the nature and object of the revolution, and a d<x)r opened to all to join the Republic If the patriots succcd in landing there can be no doubt of their triumphant success. THE VALUE OF CALIFORNIA ROCKS.—Mr Paterson, director of the mint at Philadel phia, says a correspondent of the Evening Post, has completed a careful analysis of a quantity of quartz rock, considered to b\ fair average specimens, for Col. Fremont which prov es that this rock contains %\ of gold to the hundred weight A speci men, in which gold could be detected In the naked eye, yielded 83 40 to the pound Colonel Benton estimates that a common ship's cargo of the rock, that may lw obtain ed in quantities altogether incalculable, would be worth $1,000,000, and he says that researches that can bo confided in, de- velope the fact that California c interns all the quicksilver that will be required in all the processes, however extensive. The Home and Foreign Mixtion of the Methodist Church, appropriated $150,000 towards their various missions for the com ing year, foreign $01,200, domestic $.S5, yot>, which is an adv auce of $50,000 on last year. U. S. STOCK.—This stock is becoming quite a favorite with foreigners. During the last two weeks, the transfers Ut Wash ington, on foreign account, amount to $806, 000— nearly a million of dollars. LOVCJ Sr-KECHKS.—The Presbyterian, in speaking of the impropriety, of long speee> at the anniversaries, tells the following ,in ~ ecdotc:— \At a religious annivcrsfl* J\ E «S IAND « r 0 ,oilont but eccen- a few years ago, a very e-. A , ~' , • „i ' „ iied on to close tho tnc clerjryman was , ., eet'n with nr J er ' M cjccrcises had \col K -^ted to on unusuttllv lute h ur a j»'^ llan y the audicnco had already INVASION OF CUBA.—The editor of the] JJ>^i#housc from excessive fatigue, he New Orleans Bulletin, says all doubter was requested to offer a short prayer, which DKVTII <>K TIIK EMI'KROH OF CHIN V.—A letter fmm S. Wells Williams, missionary to China, dated Canton, Feb. 25', says intel ligence hud just been receiv ed there from l'ekin of the death of the Emperor. The name of tins Emperor vva.s Tauk- vvang, or the (Jlory of Reason, this being the title assumed an his ascension. He was the second son of Kiaking, and the Gth of the Tsing, or Manohu dynaslv,which has regmed over the celestial empire since If} 14 Tiiukvvang ascended the \dragons throne,' in 1821, and has reigned twenty nine \ears. His age was sixty-nine.— He was the sovereign of the most populous* and wealthy empire in the world, embra cing within its boundaries one tenth of the inhabitable globe, and inhabitants reputed to number 260,000,000, or -about a third of the estimated jxipulation of the earth. The reign of Taukwang has been an event ful one in the Chinese history. The war with Eugla'-.d in 1H40 gave the celestials sorue new ideas respecting the outside bar barians, and let considerable daylight into the kingdom. Th<\ successor of the deceasd emperor is designated by his will. MORE WITCHCRAFT.—>A mesmeriser in Stralharrf, New Hampshire,recently saw with her mental eyes imaginary stores of buried gold near that place, aud her reve. lations being believed by some over-credu lous persons, they commenced searching for it They were within two feet of the treasure, when a rain storm filled the hole with water. The next day the mc-mcr izcr disapeared, leaving a bill of $30 for board unpaid, Whether she took the bur ied treasure or not with her, the account does not say, but since her absenco the folks thereabouts have not been nble to find it ft 8 itw/'i Terrible tittfagration! CORNINON\ RUINS I 'Dcitrvtiion of Otea&road Dqjct, the\ Bilnk, Potlojtcepo Botols, and every iwvmmiii' Btofiin Cornid A most terrible pity has visited the l^pott'^ village of Corning, iibeo county. A flro I'l'Ml^ki broke out on Satuj forenoon, between m^awTmSP. ten and eleven o'cld In tho Depot of tho \\^^^^ Corning and Blosaa; BajJroady nam' the onmf^m. Y,i» Corning Hotel, c^Bhii ^eok both of which was destro I&ottt those tho flames spread acre* ain street, and from thence to the Rivei^ll the buildings up on both sides weijjon in ashes. T ^e Bank of Corning, 1 |ostoffice, the Mar ket, tind every Mei ilo and Grocery es tablishment in the are in ruins. In short, the whole b ss part of Corning is destroyed. We have no list he sufferers or the amount of losses an insurance, but the loss can scarcely be .han One Hundred Thousand JDollan d perhaps much more. Near the Depot wi immense amount of lumber—probablrth not less than $100,000 , and it ially possible that it I JEST I ihcrc&jci was saved, althou^-information is in-1 £^e°G^A\$. definite.— Roch. De , In addition to th^e, we learn that the lumber was ety destroyed, with every store in the | /ST On Wedneaught, 17th inst, SpragttjT the barns of the Acn Hotel, at Lima B00RSELLE in this county, wcretroj ed by fire, to- cetherwith a house lonsiderable prop- . . . . , ^ . j Law ana Justices' Br erty of other kuids^iess, Oats arc.— by Mea/s, The barn of a Mr. Cjwas also consum- Ji^f^f t ed, and the America^ was ohly saved by the greatest exej The fire is sup- posed to have been prk of an incendi ary. 1 The \Nundjjraph\ by C G And if, in p*T If\*- TBJf. ftvfifi l «J o«',»,. tijtiC ttoU&bt ttCCO>> - I e«n fifftatf la, sell Mud lower /#'-\' way of Dry c$cw eallfoj. . new fc-tylsscf.ai! uiudoor oilttijnJi:' In my C«rpctft«C beautiful ossoritrwfitc Vnvoairts, %s}B$,Zi ttod win eostliaats JO article can ba baoghi-ff to Uwt BatinfjetMiKO* for a Carpet, end- wlf. Papyri!If. frfay OfiJ-' Atwood, is the namejiew Whig pap«-r, jutst started at Nunduccess to«t CONGENITAL. Mfer>AV, May 1 5. Senate.—The btlfomotc the pro gress of the useful ms made the spe cial order for half-pa|ve to-morrow. The Senate then fcd the conside ration of the bill for (mission of Cali fornia and the estabfot of Territorial governments. Mr. Clay was oppo the establish ment of slav ery in Tries now free— he wished to leave thole question to the lex foci. Mr. Rusk supported tie of T< \a> V> the Rio (irande. M. Yulee opposed ptire scheme of the Committee of Tp, and was fo| lowed by Mr. Foote, rupp>rt, th«' lat ter contending that aws o f M «.\ieo were no ioiiger in for the conqtien d territory, and arguin refroin that the provision of the bill 1< the question of shivery to the lex iocnnly recognised but confirmed the rigl)the South. At 4 o'clock, Senate adj. House.—Mr. IJayhl the committee of Ways and Means, |ed bills for the pa\ meiit of Navy pen and revolution ary and other penMioi^eli were referr ed to the committee <i Whole on the Stute of the Union. On motion of Mr. St testimony rela tive to the Iowa contejeclioii cii.se was ordered to be read. This motion was f«fl by a lengthy discussion on the mbf.Mr. 15n «>k>«, made weeks ago, to ruler the vote bv which the communicntJ»m tlv Secreta ry of State, enclosing I ter of the lint ish Minister, was referfthe Committee on Foreign Affairs,in 1 several gentle men joined. — --1 Ti^v, May, lfi. Senate—The Senatumed the con sidcration of the bill fie admission of Colif-unia as a State, Hablishment °f the Ur.uton.il govern! of I'tah and New Mexico, and majpropositions t< Texas, A'c. Mr Foote, resumed) concluded his speech of yesterday, in >-to Mr. Yulee and in vindication of tsition that tl abolition laws of Mexic repeal* d. In conclusion he expd hisconvi<ti >n that the day was not lc tant, when the Compromise bill woulss both Houses of Congress, and be ha >y an universal shout of public acclam A triangular cross t etvvoen Messrs. Foote, Clemens and Jt )avis, then f>l lowed, until 3 o 'clock en the Senate went into executive ses and soon alUr adjourned till Monday House.—A message the President of the United Stated vread, accompa nied by the correspon e between the Secretary of State and British Minister, by which it appears tha> navigation the St Lawrence and 1 Canada Canal, will be opened to citiz of the Uuiud States, in the event that bill for the re ciprocity of natural pro* 3 shall become a law. Refered to thcjnmiilkc of ilu whole on tho state of thoioii. Various unimportant jters were then disposed of and the Ho4dj- K\. - ~ prfntnff /in nEsnrrmottS ltnol;»tori» In lhc tc \mkfr All out nock bas tviioj this market, and will <f ;0 0 IT ntiatf O « rusioma 1 o-ieJ ilir luUowlnff:^ f*'fl<X>L nOOK.3' (re* wr-tbm of cav \ MKOiCAL nr LAW BQOBT^ MISTBLLAJfe\ protcr Cv the fj bind. an|l ttewff ft Iiooi. Llj\ 0 - fiiruiolK-1 ti> ord| hoW, 01 tfie country, v | i\ Tm\ NS AW 01 F I-|H «.I Rooks will OrriBF-F. B1AP% I IADI I, wiital.le for «ti$ • limin; tiu- latest Ijnuft-s. HAHHATH HCIIO^' MULES- In greattqt' to S-'V ' IlLA^IK HOOKS—/ Mdlllllli'tfl IJ~KT Cu 1\ < III Ri-jj Mi'SK rvjiivrian, Nntlooal Imrrfi I 'saluitFt, P *-J as fas! 1* |Hlhlist]£ Nl:W METHOD^ MAO.V/INES—go nil*. K<-\ tw». Me4>£ h»li»il in I I M - I'nJledtJ- -An <\\U'nsl\r' B • ti-^k. Will U' Mill] iiUiflfiir IHIII. r*i>;ri' on Mjlrjjtj'^i PAPER El No. 1 •%y ot nuoum ,*, ^ . J iifKOIilOil UlliICTjIw\ I H - Hbili- <•( N PW ^ Oflt. 0-. •nil puftuiM-r*. nt SIB 'n»linr ni'|/ixivii| tr P »PK» II »K <ll«tn»--Of C\ llt.niitRi— To (luiirhjt'^' K IRK |li-»ni> P RIH TS—Tl^ VV IIIK VViiimw rV8Yifl.<! I n »*«r »«i :<rr Wiiwutl 1 , in I' JOWTKD Winmnvf' ll«>-V\ I^PI.W t*ti* nti,t ul «li|«Tk >t litlbll, 1 ii\l\'ruitl'm. \H their ninrk b\ lar <-I I.III U . Il««>k«-ll<*rii. nl:' mill r\.-nnli|p their «ty^ tin- no ^ Vwintry (ktrrrliT 6 n'rlork III the liiorulll ' 1 once entertained concerning the rr invasion of Cuba, are now dispell'?' Very recently,!* has.from n^? nl,c »«f; ces become posu&wed 0 fj^jmatioi> which convinces him that ap ^ 18 n »°« n 8 *° carry tb« plan in^ °Pratton e and thut the rash attempt ^ 56 raade - EmT'^\ ,N LUCK .—Three democratic e fi*,'* are known to bo elected delegates > Jtbe Michigan Constitutional Convention, and from counties that have been whig, viz: Messrs. Qardiner of the Ann Arbor Argus, Storey of the Jackson Patriot* and Hascall of the Kalamazoo Gazette. \T fourth (being all the editors in p 1 - i »fion) is probably elected—Mr. ^ rch of the Grand Rapid's Enqub*'' he did in the words following:— \ 0 Lord, forgive the tcdiousncsa of tho speakers, and the weariness of the hearers. Amen.\ $ST The Philadelphia Ledger, referring to the late outrage in the Senate. «ays: \All must admit that M- f,, ° ot * was the aggressor. He beep- to make wliat he had frequently before, not only upon Mr. Bente\ 1 u P° n Baldwin, jfr. jjgj^, air, 8eward, and others, on assault of ,rfuperative assertion or installation. Hb manner and language in these as saults are excessively offensive, probabjy much more so than he intended or ima gines them to be; and as these assaults are AoHH'i't.Tt 'RE IN CALIKOUNIA. —We are pleased to learn jrom Mr. Simmons of the \h'evata Ranch, \that he has entered ex tensively into Agriculture and that ws crops arc levying remarkably well H 18 ranch is situated near Sonoma, ne ' las upward of 00 acres of com I '^'toos, peas, onions, &c under cultiv^* 0 \* He brought to n\* Ket u lar g e quantity of radishes, w 1 ^\ wont off br,!,kl y at four sh 'dlin*^ a . bunch, each bunch con taining radishes. • His salad bro't four „ui**igs a bunch. The fair average yield per acre for potatoes and onions is 600 .bushels, and he estimates that the crop which ho will gather would bo worth at tho present market price #70,000. Surely agriculture is tho best mining in California —Pacific Newt. MARUYINO .—Tho Philadelphia Inquirer perpetrates tho following good one: ••Men cannot marry now-a-dnys as they could in olden timoi Go where you may —select as simple unsophisticated and hum- blo a girl as you will—feel convinced that sho has nothing but a world of disinteres ted lovo to bestow \ and seven aunt, uncle, . 0 upon hor 'filthy' lucro. £hi fobbing you of the quiet simple home enjoyment which yon had cajoutated on, The fact is, there is too much money for connubial bliss. Two,, calico dresses and only a tolerable Tvatd/ robe in other respects, were all that ladies in v olden time used to bestow upon their husbands, with their deyotcd hearts; b„ut now there must bo, w lie majority \of cases, an annoyingly heavy' ptirs& and the train of follies it engenders.\ f. Xci LI»OM>JI», tjirwutMCDj , jiU'JiH' P C 11 ii ,«NO . J U' SqV 1 T Wofl J W So t»i' T \v>a. KtMIUCKtl' utmqis MIIH»^?F 7 1 THFIARCCS' I -1 H AV I Nr. J«ir£|)C: Boetos, TlMay, May 1 0. Private prices receivjfrora Havana t< the 8th»*nst say that thjpanish authon- tief vvere ready to give t American inva- ucrs a warm reception, lere were Span ish cruisers about the Isl{ 111 cveiy direc tion. 1 »'uiliiioutSi Extract of a letter fro .'alifornia. dated SAN FHANC.O, Mnn.li '29. Lumber is being abanrjied by shippers and actually sells at less ^n the freight. Ninety days ago, flour p StO, and now a drug at j|6a7,60 p»bbl. or bag^. A great mistake is made by bposing we have plenty of money; it is all Vndted as ^oon as dug. ^ There arc five hundred til vessels ^n this port alone, _ \ ADVERTISEMENTS. Kittle's Patent Fljor Dresser. T H ?^. K ?5 1,; * ta,,ED ba * \bta id letters Vntr-ni for w.«i !JSl n t lDl, ? 0Ve, ^ !nt8,n B nif»\»0 Ibr rinnlng and hiSrSrA Lumber ' tonus of UicsdMnclilncs lwvo olreaily ^i^VSJSW*? 111 °P cr «lon iDihts &m\ oU«r places. , •« L rf ^2.!H .P crv, ? , ? n 'V 8 wcci& C L Jt'KWDavv ]lclij«*-«al l supooor'l rori -l\ ed.S,SS bncin \frSi fomi iiiijror mcjlol vln nuunfi- Ii TIIK Ur*T TncrA rpn luf atps and re KlW. I 'll \\t 1T1». C lllAOtI|«^ rfaiulntf uir t.al»ir»l' . r ilf'l>« sol I h\ } & T H<VJ f- I, ll 'H 'll.-'.lrj. aft. l.ir n\u l«> t' l.x-k. mil by flPRA .•ut Vltllr ^.OimsylH TU8T ItBCBUJ^L J new store la its. OOI.CO: * '1 HI» F .n\ti &?vD c By d'nOMirluc StftciTatr 1>A UK BCESlia; Edl.-t.ino. B-Vpor,'\ UOMJ'. U;rfl» hy Grnco Ar oftlwAutlwr. msxoitY qr>; •ipirst SotilcirAjiti'trf C.ovomnwnt u n^irj mam). Tl 'niWIIjVlJ man'* Atlvcniiiri\ on tlio liai'\>'i with nunKio(« ( r tx mo, niiisirn • UOLAN .0 C: Hons by lMite- TUB Wit: nttenjion. M*yH f t , W Iwlf f and Ijapny: the \\ T O~ for a Uvir t tm'tf tP^fc^W ^cMVrifin^ fLJ
