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;• -V \ * Yes.\ I«ike yourself,* Ije itartedj % an^; toH, with nothing, ^nd niade his fo^fcnn%* . The ailtj^sion to him self as having started with nothing, was not en tirely agreeable to Mr. Leary. H e di4,hQt>. w a i t people fo know that lie J&d cdme up from-^^ the lower classes in society, and fondly im- ^ginjsd that tlii^ was a secret known to hj^t few. A reference to the fact, therefore,'was lik e throwing cold water upon him . you m et him V he asked, b e c a u k it was necessary to say soi^elhing. ^ ^:^es. H e is a plain,^ but very <rentlemanly man, there is nothing Ostentatious about him ; nothing tliat iharks the purse proud rich m an—:no upstart arrogance in his pha^jfcter. I wish I could remem- bcFhis n a m e ; but, no matter. Itis iio matter. It is O’, O’, O’— no, I can’t get it. B y the way, Mr. Leary 1 believe he is a countryman of yours and that rem inds me, o f a first k t e story I heard of him . It is k p i t a l ! One o f the best things that Occurred for some tim e. H a v e you heard it ^ W e ll, it is first rate. Som e 20 or 80 years ago, this g entlem an arrived in Qiir country, w ith his wife green froni Ireland. They came in com pany w ith another young couple of the sam e grade in society; one I believe, was a gardener and the other had been in a draper’s store and Came to seek their fortunes. A few sovereigns each w ere all they possessed. Both the m e n and their w ives had been friends from early years, and were attached to each other. In corning to this country they p ledged a lasting friendship at a tim e their ways in life lay side by sid e ; k i t there were some things in the conduct of this friend of O’— O’ — what is his nam e? O’Shane! Y e s now I have it! Q’Shane is his name, Mr. Leary ! ^ ^ O’Shane noticed some things in the conduct o f h is friend that h e did not much lik e ; as, for instance, when fortune sm iled a little upon liiiHj li6 W8.S d.ist8;iit toW3>rd. Q SliJin©^ said nothing about dividing his lasf penny with him as before., but when tiling's looked dark w ith him and bright with O’Bhane, he w a s exceed-. in<dy glad to bask in his friend’s sunshine. Still notwithstanding this O'Shane was attached ^ to him , and their wives were, like sisters. They started in the world as peddlers, O’Shane loaned his friend, who had spent all his m o n ey in sickness, enough to get a welhfilled pack. In order to lessen expenses, they rent ed a sm a ll house, and their wivesi lived together while, they w e re ^^‘A t length, the friend saved enough to set up a grog-shop, and O’Shane accepted a situation at the gonth. ^ T h ey parted, and never m e t again u n til s ix months ago— 20 years having elapse.d since they separated. The friend m ade enough in a few years, b y selling grog, to sale dealer, and is now, I am told, one ' o f our wealthy merchants. But he is represented as bpng ex ceedingly proud of Ms position in society, at the sam e tim e that he is h k g h t y and overbearing to those in humbler circumstances. W ith him , I suppose, as w ith too m any others, inoney, not worth makes the man. O’SUane, who was a far worthier m a n , pushed ahead at the S o u th ; not by selling rum, however— he ■was above that— ^but by fair and honorable trade. Ten years ago he w ent to H e w Orleans having amas sed about fifty thousand dollars in Ohati=eston, and entered into the cotton brokerage business, from w h ich h e retires w ith h a lf a m illion honestly made. B u t now for the grist of the story. ^'O ’Shane had not heard direct his :l^riend for 15 years ; b u t he knew-how-he was g e tting along, and ascertained on his arrival in B a lti more, that he knew nothing o f h is altered* fortunes. So, what do you think he does ? H e knew that i f he ^ame. as tKe possessor of h a lt a m il lion, he w o u ld bereceived; with open ^ m s , and he would never know whether a spark o f old and- true re gard rem ained. ' H e therefore, determ ined to test- his friend. In order to- do this, a -few ^ y s after his arrival in the eity, he called, in company with B id d y his wife, both plainly but n o t m e a n ly dressed, at the store of the m erchantand claim ed acquaintance. Two or three persons h appened to b e present a t the tim e, and T am told tbfey- describe, th e scene as rich be yond any thing-they had ever seen. The. m erchant did not know tiiem , and O’Shane, to refresh Ms memory, 3 ^mlndedhim,m.an,assumed brogue, oL o ld-Ireland and wha> they had been fherei. and o f their e#rly toila an d struggles in this country., * I t m said h e sppk% w ith much feelin^.- But the. OTlt^ftg^d merchant hid him, \ , begone, in a towering-.pasgion. . • i @ r The citizens o f Oamhridgej ‘ A fter tha% O’Shane’e w f e ealJed h a v e voted $50,000 f e spp- ip ^ l^ e n d o f her ^ r l y y e ^ , d p]y that c ity with water. hoping that she might not be as badly changed as her Lusha id. She* iSent up her name^ and received for answer that the lady wa: n’t at home; . or, as the servant said, not at home to her. ^It was enough. 0 ’§hane saw’ that his Q|d friend was unworthy of his regard and will treat him here after as a stranger.’- Leary and his com m u nicative companion were walking along, the former with h is h ead bent down and his eyes -upon the pavem ent, in order to conceal the expression o f his face. After the narrative was closed, and while smarting comments were being made thereon Leary looked up and found him self almost face to face with Q’Shane and his wife, both with the appearance and bearing of people who moved in and were used to good society. They looked at him with the look of strangers, and his eyes dropped beneath their gaze. ^ ‘ That’s the very man,’ said Leary’s companion, as they passed on. Leary knew it too well. A n d he also knew very soon after that his conduct had become notorious, and that people despised him for his purse proud a r r o g a n c e w h i l e O’Shane was lespected for his sterl ing qualities as a man — his true heart and scairid hea:l--^as much as for his wealth. l i e never forgave O’Shane in his heart, for what he had d o n e ; but his anger was im p o tent. H e ■ som etim es m et him in society, but O ’Shane’s bearing wa^ that of a perfect stranger. Every now and then people would intro duce them , as if they had never seen each other before. Mrs, Leary and and Mrs. O’Shane also m et occasion ally. B u t it was B iddy and M a ggy no loiig&v— ColumMan M a g a zine. Ayr IJXFAUALLELED HOESE.— The following description of a horse for sale, by a new auctioneer, nam ed Jacobs, in Damarara, almost out rivals the liveliest sallies of George B o b b in s ; A stroug,staunch,steady, sound, stout, safe, snug, serviceable, strapping, supple, swift, smart, sightly, sprightly, spirited, sturdy, shining, sure-footed, sleek, smooth, spunky, well-skinned, sized and shaded, leather-colored horse,, of superlative sym m etry, called “ Sir Tatton,” w ith sm all star, swift, square-boiled, slender-shouldered, sharp-sighted, and steps stately, free from strajn, sprain, spasms, spavin, spring halt, staggers, strangles, reel ing, sedander, surfoit, seams, stru mous swellings, scratches, splint, squint, scarf, aores, scattering shuf fling, sham bling gait, or symptom s of sickness o f any sort-. H e is neither stiff-mouthed, shabby-coated, sinew- shninken, spur-galled, saddle-^baek- ed, shell-toothed, slim-gutted, sur- bated, skin-scabbed, short-winded, splay-footed, or shoulder-slipped ; and is sound in the sword p o int and stifle joint, t a s neither sick-speen, sleeping-evil, set-fast, snaggle-teeth, sand-erack, subcutaneous sores, oi\ shattered hoofo; nor is sour, sulky, stubborn, surlj^, or sullen in temper, neither shy, nor skittish, slow-, slug gish, nor stupid; he never slips,, strips, strays, stalks, starts, stops, shakes, snivels, snuffles, snorts, stumbles, and seldom sw e a t s ; has a showy, stylish, switch tail,^ and a safe set of shoes o n ; can feed on stubs, straw, sage, corn, or Scotch grass ; can carry ten stone, with great speed and long- strokes. U p set price low. 1 ^ ” The secretary o f Treasury says it is thought that a coinage of an alloy resem b ling German silver in^ j be beneficially substituted for the copper, and experim ents to that end have been directed. Should tliey prove favorable, the result w ill be presented during the session. Handsom e is that handsom e does. Just let the ugliest woman in the 81 states sew on your buttons, hem your pocket-handkerchi efs,keep an eye on your dry goods gen erally, tuck up your bed on cold nights, send you boquets and smilCvS w eekly, and she becomes a first-class Yenus^ ,A m an’s judgm ent o f a woman depends very m u ch upon how she looks after his buttons, shirt-collars, comfort and umbrel la. AND OySTERBAY STANDARD. THE RAIZiROAB-A NEW J*BOPOPKri9?f, feeb men , FEEE SPEECH. A town made o f paper was recently set up in a field near Lon don, preparatory to, its shipm ent on hoard an Australian v essel. It con sists of ten houses. It is not the sim p le papier-mache, but contains an adm ixture o f rags not reduced to> pulp, which enables it to solidify as hard as a board. The walls are double to- insure ventilation, and partitions have a strength and dura bility that w ill put to sham e the lath and plaster mockeries of too miany o f the Loudon houses that Jack built. I t was found, on trial, that one o f the smaller houses could be pulled down and'built up again i n four hours. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No notice whatever will be taken of Ai}onyn^s Communications. Whatever is iniefided ’or f publication must he authenticated by the name and address of the writer—not necessarily: fo r publicationfut as a guarantee o f his goodfdith. We cannot undertake to return rejected commu nications. G L E N CO VE, h . I. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4, 1854. the roseyn post office . The recent appointment of the new Post Master at Eoslyn, continues to attract considerable attention; and has create^ some surprise at the mauner in which things are done up, now-a-days, at Wash ington. The facts of the case, if we are rightly informed, are these. The appoint ment has been held for many years by Afr. William Hieks, but Mr, Sehenclr, as deputy Postmaster, has had the principal management; and the Post-office was kept at his father’s J. R. Sohenek’s store, in Roslyn. The people of Roslyn had, for the last year or two, become much dis- satisfied with the manner of conducting the business; and with the place in which it was conducted—r-Mr. Schenek being in the habit of retailing spirituous liquors in a small way, and frequently allowing in the same room where the Post-office was kept, such pei’sobs, and in such situations, as to render it unsuitable for ladies apd children to call at the Post-offico for letters and papers. Under this state of things, Mr. flicks resigned bis^tuaflon as Postmaster; and the people ©f Rpsly'tt apd its vicinity almost unanimously Selected/Mr. James BI. Stil- well, an active and enterprising yopng merchant of that village as their future Postmaster. The bulk of#he population, without distinction of party—whigs, de mocrats and free-soiIers-^|oined in a pe tition to the Postmaster General, asking the appointmnet of Blr. Stilwell. Indeed the papers recommending BIr. Stilwell ena- braced the names of a large portion of the m.ost respectable persons in Roslyn, and far several miles around. Bleanwbile Blr. John R. Sebenck, did not apply for the appointment of him s e lf as Postmaster. But it seems that “ some things oan be done as well as others;” and application was made in the name of his son Blr. Sealy Scbeock, a young gentle man practicing law in New York—who, without the knowledge of the people of Roslyn, and against their expressly declar- ed wishes, and in utter disregard of the popular voice, has been appointed as Post master ! And now the Post-office is kept in the store of Blr. John R. Schenck, in the same room, and under the same dis agreeable circumstanees to visitors as be fore. The “ restoration of the Bourbons,” is indeed complete. For one man to defeat the wishes of the whole community, evinces some smart ness. And the way in which such opera tions can be successfully performed, ought to be knowa for the benefit of succeeding generations. With this view we proceed to state the modus operandi. Mr. Still well, the candidate selected by the people, happened to_^he a Demoorat, of that divi sion known as Hards. But this had no thing to do with his selection; as many of the softs and Whigs, also were active in recommending him. The appointing power at Washington at present, in soft hands and if in any way the impression could be got up that the petition for Stilwell was a hard movement—why then it would be easy to play upon the. prejudices of the appointing power; and, perhaps, aImoSj[j any soft who should be proposed, would slip in, without—and even in despite of— the petitions of the people. A word and a blow! HO time is to be lost [ A distin- guised editor of the soft school in polities, and having influence with the adnjitii.stra> tion, is called upon. He ig told that the movement to remove the Rost-office from J. R. Sebenck’s store, and to appoint Stil- well as Postmaster is a hard-shell move ment, instigated by Mr. Maurice, or his friends, and must be put down at all hazards. The Editor, though an old' bird,, is readily caught with this chaff. He is then invited to write,, quickly, to the Postmaster General, or those Laving influence with him. He does so- Presto! the work is done. B y a ldashof one-man's penv the voice of the people is sUenced—and in a trice the people of Roslyn have ak their Postmaster,. Mr..Sealey Schenck. ------- - I Wiii ------- - COT The snow, in this vicinity is. abpht one foot deep, on an ayerage., B*etter sleighing than we have at present could hot be wished for-; and the way the belles, and beaus do go. i.| is a ci^uflpato hpf?e,^ih andbefia., * To the Editor o f the Plaindealer. . , Having contributed to the survey of tlje pi;oposed North Side Railroad, and fdollpg much disappointment in not seeing any report from the Engineers—‘or even any report of the Committee having the funds, raised for that purpose in charge, showing its disposition—-I now propose a new project, viz.: A railroad from Glen Cove to Elushing, crossing Hempstead piarbor at the “ Gut” by a draw-bridge* I think such a route can bo surveyed at a small expense; and probably the funds can be raised at once for the survey. Please call the attention of this community to this new project, which is being talked of quite freely. OE en cove . The above communication was handed us the other day, and we now lay it before our readers. It is our opinion that a railroad from Elushing to Huntington will not be built for many years, owing to a peculiatv notion of our Long Island <‘old fogies” w “ hold back” till they see a positive opportunity of making “ cent per cent.” Then they are as ready as the most enterprising to take hold. The only resort left for railroad enter prise is from this place to Elushing or Brushville, there to connect with the Elushing or Long Island Railroad. In relation to the action of the committee spoken of by our correspondent, we must say that their behavior in the premises is anything but prompt and business-like. We have taken the trouble to look up their names which we append below. If the shoe should “ pinch” any ope, we shall be particularly glad ef it. We give the names as they appeared in the reportf under date of Aug. 17tb, 1858. Huntington^ Oysterbayj Buckram, Glen Cove-, Eoslyn, . Great Neck, Flushing, G. H Sheppard, Wra. J.Youngs, Jacob S. Underbill, Rami. Erost, Sealy Schenck James Udall, James Strong. ^ ^ N o mails were received at this place from Thursday last till Blonday night of this week. The great body of snow that fell Thursday night last together with that of Saturday night, will be apt to impeded the regular progress of the oars for several days. ^@“ At~tbe School meeting held on Blondaj night last, R. M. Bowne and James Bailey were elected Trustees, the latter to fill vacancy for one year, occa sioned by the resignation of Isaac \Coles. Edward Bain was elected Collector. An attempt was made to create an interest in th(| .question of moving the line-fence of th^ School-house lot—an old bone of con- tention-T-biit without success. We are informed that Mr. Peter Oriderdonk, of Manhasset, sold on the 21st ult., fifteen geese of his own raising, weighing 287 pounds at 14 cents per lb,-; amounting consequently tb $40 18. The weight of the largest was twenty-three and a half pounds, and at the above price would come io 20. . That Blanbassefc must be a great place truly; for ’ti»-there they have big turnips, prolific ducks,, political shangahie’s, pretty girls, contemplated roads “ o’er the bills and far away,” and lastly to ejawn al| these Aldermanic geese. t - h e e d u c a t io n a i . so c ie t y ., Blet on Saturday evening 24 insfe., at. Blatineeoek, pursuant to adjournment. President in the chair. Order being obtained, the Society pro ceeded, td the selection of* a Resolution for future discussion and the following ques tion was unanimously chosen. Resolved, That the Mexican War was justiflable on the part of the United States. The So cial offering was read by the Editresses; and Essays pronounced on Happiness by G. W. Cock, and on Chemistry by B. W. Downing., The following previously ap pointed question, viz., Resdved, “ That, Mankind are more indebted to Nature than flducatioti for what they are,” was then discussed by Messrs.B. W.. Cock and L. Cornelius in the rifemative, and Messrs. A. 0. B|orey,an J B . W. Downing in the negative. 'Adjourned to. meet al Glen Cove on Saturday evening, January 7tb, at seven o’clock. 1 GEOReE W. C ock , ± . T owrsend D . C ock , f Secretaries, (1 ^ An Inquest was held yesterday on the body bf John Snedeker, at Tappan Town, who,was found dead in hfe bed. The verdict we have not learned. The in quest was held by Justiqe Titus! i ' , N ew O rleans , Dec. 12, Private, letters, to .the Delta, dated Yera 9ruz, Bth. states bhat Santa Anna was claiped Dictator for ton years, with the cor - sent of all'tbe principal States and cities, ex- O:^ Senator Atherton, refiently. deceised, ^ left $8,000 to President Pierce, and $150,000 to his wife and relatives. 0 ^ On Christmas night Mr-. Hayes,keeper of the Poor House in Groton, Mass., murdered his wife^nd three children, and afterward cut his own throat. O wad some power the giftie gie us. To see ourseis as others see us, It wad Ira monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion.—^B urns . lI ^ A n immense deposit of guano has •been discovered in the Indian Ocean, between Mauritipus and Calcutta,* the island being 40 times the size of Ichahoe. It is stated that 1,498 persons are now receiving, pensions in the several States from the United States Government under the vari ous Acts passed since 1818. D :^ A Medal with suitable inscription, is likely to he presented to Capt. Ingraham, by a vote from Congress, for his noble conduct in the Koszta affair, D^=* The. trial of the 15 persons indicted for riot in the ninth -ward,. New York, of the 4th of J uly last, was concluded in the Court of Sessions, on Friday of last week,—and 14 of them -were found' guilty.. In the Common Schools of Philadel phia, the Directors furnish Ifche school-books and stationery for. the scholars, and as the books are uniform, and not continually chang ed, the cost is only about 75 cents a year for for every scholar. D:;^ Mrs. Ward, a respectable woman liv ing in Ashley county, Ark., was, as she sup posed ‘informed by a spirit’ that her left hand had offended her Maker, and that to make her peace she must part with it. Mrs. Ward im- mediatly got out of bed, procured an axe, and cut off her hand to the wrist. A n t i -R e n t e r s .— ^The Troy TFMg-says that an anti-rent association is formed in the town of Brunswick, Rennssselear county, for the purpose of resistingthe collection of rent. Ttie Treasurer is authorized to levy a certain tax per acre upon every member to create a fund for the defence of any suits that may he com menced against the members for the recovery of rent. P r e s e n t a t io n S u p p e r —The Machinists Engineers and Condutors, of the Long Island Railroad Company made a publie presentation of a gold watch to Mr. H. B. Lyons, Master Machinist of the Railroad Co.’s Works at Jamaica, on Friday evening of last week* Eating, drinking, speeches, toasts, &c., were, as usual, attended to. Complaints have been made at the in stance of the Governors of the Alms ^ tise, in New York, against Messrs. Perham and Jones, the Magic Mirror and California Pan- tiscope gift men, for violation of the laws of the State against lotteries. Mr. Perham had been held to bail in the sum of $50,000 and Mr. Jones in the sum of $30‘,000. Bennett, MaTshall,& Co., of Pittsbuigll have bought a quantity of large iron cannons in Canada, which they will convert into rail road iron. The cannon were used against the U. S., throughout the war of 1812, and it is said made sad havoc among our troops at Malden and Lundy’s Lane. Converting canon into railroad.iron is a near approach to beating swords into plough-shares. One of the most celebrated, adroit and successful counteifeiters in the United States named Titus Losey, the head and front of the gang just broken up, at Corning, Steuben coun- t)’’—a polished, ediicated rascal, -who makes the plans, superintends the manufa^turiitg,and disposes, of the bad money, taking it to all the princif^ cities in the Union and dx^ributing it was arrested by one of Marshall Mott’s offi cers, at Wellsboro, oa Monday. He is now safely lodged in Troy jail. When the French government licensed gaming houses, (which the French Govern ment did up to 1838,) a public company paid into the national exchequer the annual sum of £248.000 for the exclusive right of keeping them in Paris ; and, at a trial, it came out in the course of the evidence, that. the. clear pro fit for 1837, exclusive of the duty, had been £76,000; of which.throe-fourths were paid to the city of Paris, leaving the lessee £l9.,0b0 for his own share. The China new's is important. The insurgents became masters of Shanghsi almost without resistance on the 7th of September, and organized plans were said to be in exist ence for a simultaneous rise inSunkeang, Soo- chow, Ter-.Tsang, and other places. The na tives say ^‘that Shanghai was the soul of Keang nau, and that being lost, the whole province may be considered as gone.” The rebels in Amoy still hold the island against the Impe rialist fleets Canton was threatened, and there was no doubt hut that it wouhl change masters before the despatch pf the next naail. C ure for K icking H orses . — ^The Maine Farmer has the following receipt for the enwr, of a kicking Horse“ P ut on a headstall or bridle with twisted W, or twisted straight bits in the mouth of the horse to he cured; then put on a common hack-saddle,wdth thill lugs, or any strap or girth, with loops on either, side of the horse is equally good; then buckle a.pair bp, long reins, open in the middle,’ into the bitts>, and pass them' through, the thill Ing&or loops 5; one tb each hind leg, above the fetlock .jbiqt,': there make each, rein fast to the leg, allowing sufficient length of rein for your horse to walk or trot, ^ the operator may think pro per. E.verything complete,you will have the animal conimence the operation of kicking; the first will be a smart kick, the second- lighter, and so on till’ yoifr horse ca'nhpt be made to kick any more*. By the a bqve method many n<?W worthless horseSi may ’ bq•;Jlttade^ valuahle*” * the Cabinet, because he was In. not receiving the French mii^on—«nd'more' particularly because saidCaMnettobk oeceiioi)^ ’ to have Bean^t’s-wants and iisap^intaients made know* to the World—he “lets cal out ef the bag” and declares that Mr. Sbcr#tary Marcy was the adthor ^ the scurrilous papers' in questiori;-^d that Mr- Penh, a member ^ Congress from LouisLnav brought them iff proof sheets to the office->and secured their* ^ publication. This expose illustrates the essen-', tial meanne'ssfof politics—and shows that men in* the most distinguished walks of life' WiR stoop to any act, however Base, tff injure the* fortunes or blacken the character of a politi-*- cal opponent.— Williamsburg.Press. , L ongevity ..— The Boston- Journal in W - * article-on long life, says; “ Cases of remark-- able longevity are not confined Ho any parti-' : cular nation or country, 'The majority of-in-- .1 stances, however^ occuFifocold- and temperate' climates. Heat seems to relax anJ enfeeble the body.' lb proof of this, it is stated thafc*' when an order was issued by Kieng Long,.the’' * Emperor of -China, in the year 17B4, that the old meri of the Empirte should be-assfem-' bled before him out of the whole\ population-' of his vast dominion, exceeding 21)0,000,000^- only four couffi be found W'bose ages exceed^^^ 100 years. In the colder country of Norway; of 6.929 persons who were buried in 1761,- sixtyithree had attained the age of lOO; and' in Russia out of 720,000 who died in 1801,- 216 were 100 years of age and 220 above it. • Temperate climates however are the most favorable for longevity; and the climate, of* the British Isles can produce more instance sof longevity, in proportion to their population and extent, than than any other country in ■ the world. The following is a list of those* individuals who are known to have lived in«‘ modern days to an age of 150 years and up-- -W’ard§: , Peter Tortia, aged 185,. born in Hungary;^ j died 1724. ' . . Glimour McQrain, aged 180, Isle ofJiirav Louisa Truxo, aged 175, South America died 1780. Henry Judkins, aged 169. Yorkshire, Eng., died 1670. Thomas Parr,aged 152, Shropshire, England'^ died 1634. James Bowles, aged 152, ‘VYorwickshire^ England, died 1655. Frands Carsist, aged 150, Yorkshire, Eng^ land, died 1480. A Goon C om m e n c e ment .— PresidenkPierce^ Queen Victoria, Emperor of Russia, King of Holland, President Santa Anna, Emperor of Austria, Pope of Rome. Emperor of China* King of Denmark, Queen of Spain, King of. Belgium, Sultan of Turkey, Eing^of Prussia, King, of Sweden, Emperor of France, King.of Sardinia, and, in fact portraics* of all the prin-- • cipal rulers of the world, at the present time, may he found in Gleasons Pictorial for the present week, being number one. of a new volume. Besides the above, this beautiful weekly contains quite a number of other fine engravings—such as New Year's festivals in Germany, China, Algiers, and thsWest Indies, Also a group of New Yojk.^ Police, in theix* new regulation, uniform—chief, captain, pii-. vates,, &C. A Family Register; Scenes in. ' in Turkey; A Turkish Lady at Home; A Turkish Soldier ; A Turkish Fruit Vender; A Turkish Policeman, &c. A number of excei-. lent stories, poems, &c., by the best American authors, are also to be found in the above., number : and, to crown all the paper has come out in,an entire new dress—being much beau-, tified throughout. Terms of the Pictorial,— one subscriber, one year, $3 00; two sub- cribers, one year, $5 00; four $9 00; eighty $16, Single copies, at six cents each, may he obtained at any ot the periodical depots throughout the country. P u l p i t D eclam ation , —A daughter of the Hon, Rufus Choate, described as a youBg4hdy of great promi' e, of a, very stetire and extra-'f ordinary mirid, is now imder restraint in the - ’ Hospital at Worcester, being deprived of rea-, son, the loss of which is to be ascribed to effect upon her mind, produced by a seimoii preached in Trinity Church, New York, a few _ Sundays ago, upon the subject of “ Hell.” If ^ in plate of haiping on hell and its horfofSj; ^ which have-no pleasure in the anticipation\ y, preachers would point upwards to the skies,.' and the silver lining to every cloud, leading'' the attention of hearers to that brighter realm^ beyond, the noblest and grandest work-in the Almighty’s plan of Creation, it would be morp— in keeping with their sacred cailing-r-betterL than scaring the wits 'out of weak\ fninds> ' for none others are in the. least appalled hyu suck' pbantasrn’agqrla.' I^hb rhediunis hjai%J enough to answer fox in this way, and i t 'i lj.' becomes ordained ministers to play second'! fiddle. . A p p l e s and P ota . t o s . —^Dealers in apples and potatos have raised the price of those ar- ' tides considerable -within ten days. Potatoes\ have Been quite abundant in the 'market this Fall—moj-e*so than-last year; but we are b n -\ formed'that a large-por-tinn of them are more ^ or less infected with, disease. Though tc ough to alLi ed ju$t During.- the , last U«sidentig.. MBupaiga a very abusive and vut|a)rjyifrifte^ iaries o f papers,, entitled “AHistjory of Gen* gcbtt’e Military Career,” ap^ared ip the York JYcro/c?—the object o f course -Wi^Tfco bring that diftingaithed; man into ffisraMie, Now that the F4itPt o f tha^H^Wijr at W w i t h ) pe] barrels turn tfftt from IS to 20 half bf 'Ccmmeree.' f. .. , 4' (contained within the4amts o t the- county jail at Trenton,. N- J.,. a t the present time, fen.der^,amp,n§f'whoni areffinrffimalES'. ‘T h e r r one en%e family there i, embracing mother, and several chudrem . ,, ,,,, 3 ^ P iasaid that the amenhtm4h^iv«ni* ly developed. This has hai prices.' * Mercers and Carters sell at $2 62-’to ^ $2 63.pe.r bbljequal to two and ahalfbuBhefk) ' Last year they generally sold at $2 per bbl. J* Apples have beefftolerably plenty Ip ffiis, marketthus far-i..bjat the consumption has beea.,. principally suppKed with common descriplioni^ all th e fruit in market is_ from western, York., and a larger quantity has been receivsdps fromjbat quarter than ever before. I t fs sin gular fact, showing the shortness of the crop in this vicinity, that apples are this year in de-. .......................... m !,instead^ consumer,—^large quantities of N. Y. apples- having been sent thither. ■ Roor people find the present hard tis&bs,-. * They pay for flour 31 cts, for seven poufi<^^ which is equal to $8 75 per bbl. For DOta^5 fljey giyQ 10 to is cts. pm half peck- which is equal to $2 70 or $3 60 per / ;