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LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE CAlflDA,
rived at her wharf at 6 o'clock this morning,
bringing dales from Liverpool to the 23d ult.
The s: nmer Arctic sailed on the 20ih, and llie
Canada brings no furrher tidings of her.
The steamer Petrel put back to the Clyde dam
aged, with five deaths n board.
The steamer S m Jacinto was at Southampton.
The Canada brings 113 passengers, including
18 Sisters of Mercy.
The steamer Asia arrivd out on the 17th.
The Canada passed the Europa on the 23d, in
the alternoon, oil Ormeshend, bound to Liverpool ;
and on the 88th passed the Baltic. Saw nothing
of the Arctic.
The ippertt d rupture between Persia and Tur
key is officially contradicted.
The Crimea expedition had landed safely, and
was marching on Sevastopol. The French and
English governments hud announced officially that
5,000 men had landed without opposition at En
pacorio and immediately marched upon Sebasto
poJ. Also, that a portion of the transport ships
had left and gone to Varna for 14,000 more of the
French lroor..
There ns a rumor, however, that no a'tack
would be made on Sebastopol this winter. The
Russian fief, had again run into Scbastopol on
seeing a part of the allied fleet of that port.
A report prevailed at Constantinople that the
Czar had drawn up a peace proposition. Also
that the Czar had assented to the proposed terms
of the four powers; that he was willing to enter
tain an armistice, and tha: a steamer had been
despatched to postpone the landing of the Crimea
expedition; but at last advices said steamer had
not reached the fleet. There was doubts, how
ever, of this rumor, and it wanted confirmation
before being entitled to much consequence.
There was a current report that the batteries of
Odessa had again been bombarded.
Anapa and Kersch were closely blockaded.
At last accounts the evacuation of Wallachia
and Moldavia was complete. The Russian rear
L-uard had crossed the Pruth.
It has been deeded that neither Sweaoorg nor
Cronstadt shall be attacked this season. The
French Baltic fleet returns to France.
No result to the Austro-Prussian negotiations
are expected until the capture of Sebastopol.
Prince Menschikofl" has exhausted every means
to make Sebastopol impregnable. The approaches
are guarded by ions, and a portion of the roads
mined. A proclamation bs been issued prepar
ing the citizens for resistance to the last extremi
ty. If the enemy should obtain the victory, he
says M then let the whole store of powder go with
him and tbem inu the air."
Other accounts say that the Russian works are
to be extended, to be successfully maintained, and
from the nature of the soil and entrenchments
just constructed on the land side cannot but be for
midable. It is rumored that the English have captured
the Russian express steamer off Sebastopol with
important despatches.
It was reported that shots had been exchanged
and lives lost during the landing of the expedi
tion, but it is denied.
The Russian preparations were made at another
point, misconceiving the designs of the allies.
A Russian steamer landed a company of Cos
sacks at Galatz on the 7th, and destroyed the ma.
gazines of the Danubian Steam Company, and se
cured a supply of coal.
Schamyl has entered the northern part of Geor
gia with 18.000 men and advanced to the Kours.
The Russians were taken completely by surprise,
and retreated, after a very feeble resistance, into
the mountains. Schamyl carried ofl a great quan
tity of booty and made some prisoners of high
rank. These movements have had the effect to
compel the Russians to relinquish the idea of the
conquest of Turkish Armenia.
Circassia. Georgia and Crimea are to be placed
under the Porte as Sazerim, with the right of
being governed by their own laws.
The ad ices from Madrid represent Spain as
quiet and progressing lairly under the new gov
ernment. There had been no further outbreaks.
Mr. Soule's letter is viewed with contempt. No
further news from him.
It is now said that Greece has made a submis
sive proposition to the Porto, and offers to nego
tiate a commercial treaty.
The rumor wluch bad gained currency of a
rupture between Turkey aad Persia is officially
contradicted.
The ministerial crisis in Belgium has subsided,
and the ministers are to remain.
The weather throughout England was very fa
vorable and an abundant harvest gathered. The
cholera was gradually subsiding. No general J
" ui mumiii.
Nothing ol special importance from France.
All was quiet. Abundant crops have been pro
cured. Austria and Prussia still maintain the same atti
tude towards Russia and tbo Allied Powers.
No news of moment from Sweden.
In Ireland the crops and harvest were abundant.
India Treaties. The. Fort Smith (Ark.)
Herald sr.ys :
We learn from Major Dorn, United Stales ageut
that he has concluded treaties with the Senecas
mi Sandusky, ana the mixed band of Senecas and
Shawnees, and the Quanaws, three small bands of
Indians residing on Grand River, immediately
west of the Southwest corner of Missouri, and
south of Kansas territory. A letter received, da
red Fort B 'knap, August 25, announces that Ma-
j.,. '--7 "7 p..-.. .....v,
ctte the Texas Indinns, and that the result will
oon be forwarded to Washington.
CHARLOTTE :
FRIDAY MORNING, October 13, 1854.
Report of the market.
Charlotte, October 13, 1854.
Cotton. Extremes range from 8-r to $8,80.
Flour. $6 to 0, per barrel.
Wheat. From $1 to 81,25, and wanted.
Co. From 70 to 75 cents.
Meal. From 75 to 80 cents.
Bacon. From 9 to 16$, from waggon
Rye. From 70 to 75.
Tclesrapli.
The enterprising contractors are rapidly push
ing this work to a completion. The poles are up
nil along the line, and their appearance in the town
seems already to have given an accelerated move
ment to business.
Who would have thought a few years ago that
we would not only be connected wiih the sea-board
cities by iron rails, transporting to our midst the
exotics of every clime, and bearing upon their
swift-revolving wheels in return, the products of
our richly laden fields but that in so short a time,
by means of the Telegroph, we should speak to
our distant friends in a moment. We are an en
terprizing people, and the means now employed
will, at no distant day, render this section of North
Carolina one of the most productive and delight
ful spots in the Union. Our people, unaided by
the State, relying upon themselves, have accom
plished much. The watch-word is still onward.
Charlotte, located at one of the most important
points, connected with Charleston, Wilmington,
Norfolk and Petersburg, in a direct line of the
"real Northern and Southern route, surrounded
by a rich country, inhabited by industrious and
energetic people, no rivalry can impede her on
ward progress to the fulfilment of the bright des
tiny that awaits her. Amidst the various schemes
of internal improvement that will be presented to
the next Legislature the Wilmington, Charlotte
and Joncsboro' Road will stand prominent not
only on account of the rich country through which
it will pas?, the facility with w hich it can be built,
but from the fact of it being essentially a State
work. Conflicting with of the works in which
the State is already embarked ; but affording the
only means of checking the drain now made upon
the resources of the State by the market towns of
South Carolina, and directing them with an unfail
ing certainty to our own cherished Wilmington,
the pride and glory of every North Carolinian.
We have examined this route with some caution,
and can see no valid objection to its construction ;
but while we are its advocates, we are opposed to
no scheme that is calculated to prove beneficial.
We only ask that this, among others, may go be
fore the Legislature upon its merits.
We have never heretofore asked any assistance
from the State, and wo are now willing that this
charter may be granted upon such terms as may
be conceded to others. If the Legislature chooses
to pass a general act of incorporation without
making appropriations to any Road, we will be
satisfied. But if the State takes stock in any, we
contend that she should, as a matter of common
right, justice, and expediency, subscribe the same
amount to this.
Schools.
No village can continue to flourish that is not
properly supplied with schools, for both sexes, of a
high grade. It has been a subject of regret and
mortification to the friends of this growing and
prosperous town, to see such a want of interest
manifested upon a subject of such importance not
only in regard to the training and permanent ben
efit to result to our youths, but as the most attract
ive means of drawing amongst us a population
that add at once value to the property, respecta
bility to society, and reputation and tone to ihe
place. There must be a limit to the expansion of
the mercantile and mechanical business of all in
land towns, and unless some other attractions are
thrown out to induce settlers, there must be an
end also of their growth. From no other source
can so many potent inducements radiate as from
well kept and well sustained schools.
Our town has been lamentably deficient in this
particular not from the fact that our people are
indifferent to the blessings that flow from educa
tion, but other interests have developed so fast as
for a period to absorb their minds, and direct their
attention to other objects ; but there is an awak
ening on this subject that will result in much good.
Already is the desideratum supplied. Professor
Johnston and Mr. Allison have both recently
opened schools, which bid fair not only to be well
patronised, but to be conducted in such a manner
as to make it the object of parents to see that thev
are well supported. Tlrcy are both gentlemen
of high attainments, experience, and character.
Professor J. filled a Chair in Davidson College
with credit and no tenchor has ever been in our
town, who come so well recommended as Mr. A.
We respectfully call attention to their cards, and
hope that the present opportunity to secure perma
nently the services of such eminent teachers will
not be suffered to pass unimproved. The interests
of our youth, of our town, all forbid it.
iy We are requested to give notice that the
ght Rev. Bishop Atkinson will preach in the
! E I I . rm i ..
r.piscopai L,nurcn, in tms place, on Sunday the
22d inst., and in Concord oh the Tuesday follow,
ing, (the 24th,) and in Salisbury the 29th.
OCT Returns of the recent election in Pennsyl
vania show immense gains for the Whigs, and the
majority for Pollock, the Whig candidate for Gov
ernor, is estimated at 20,000 votes.
OT" From .Cincinnati, Ohio, we learn that the
"American Reform Ticket " is elected in that
county by 5,000 majority. Scattering returns in
dicate that the ami-Xebraskaites have swept the
State.
tp We i earn from the South Carolinian that
Col. Preston has been elected Senator of Rich-
a)d majority of one hundred.
Messrs.
Wallace, Hampton, Bryce and DeSaussuro are
elected Representatives,
Significant.
Of all the numerous conventions, says tbe
South Caroliinan, that have been held in the
State of New York but one has adopted a plat
form that challenges the respect and approbation
of the lovers of the Constitution. That was the
convention of the National Democrats. All the
rest adopted anti-slavery platforms except the
Soft Convention, the platform of which is distaste
ful both to the Democrats and Abolitionists, for it
is neither the one thing nor the other. Of all the
conventions that have been held in the various
non-slavcholding States in the last few months,
and their name is legion, not one of any parly,
save the Democratic party, has expressed itself in
favor of the principles of the Nebraska Bill and
the maintenance of the fugitive slave law.
I.os of the Arctic.
By Telegraph to the South Carolinian.
New Yohk, October 11, 1854.
The steamer Union, from Havre, has arrived,
bringing the melancholy intelligence of the loss
of the steamer Arctic, on the 27th. The Arctic
came in collision with a steam propeller, by which
she received great damage. She soon commenced
to leak, and in a short time her fires were extin
guished. The ere a- and few of the passengers
then took to five of the boats, while Capt. Luce,
the mates, and a majority of the passengers, re
mained and constructed a raft. The steamer set
tling fast, a panic seized those on board, and thej
rnsh. t on board tlic raft nnd the remaining boat.
In three minutes afterwards the Arctic sunk with
al! on board, and of the 72 on board the raft but
one escaped. Those on the last boat were picked
up by a vessel bound to New York. Of the other
five boats nothing is known. Out of 431 souls
on board the Arctic only 32 are known to have
escaped. Among those last seen on the steamer
were E. K. Collins and two children, Mr. Brown,
a relative of Mr. Brown of the firm ol Brown &
Shipley, of Liverpool, and the Ducde Grammont,
of the French embassy. The sad news has cast
a deep gloom upon our city.
Those saved in the sixth boat were chiefly of
the crew. The propoller was also much damaged,
and nothing is known of her fate she was full
of passengers.
Tlic Foreign News.
The English journals are jubilant over the news
of the unopposed landing of the great expedition
on the Crimea. The Russians were deceived as
to the point of landing, and were not prepared to
offer any resistance. The tug of war will, there
fore, be at and around Sebastopol. From all the
accounts given, it is possible that the Czar, not
believing in an invasion of the Crimea this season,
has neglected to re-inforce the army in the C'i
mea to a sufficient extent. Indeed, the control
which the Allies have had of the Black Sea rend
ered difficult to forward large re-inforcements and
provision them for a long contest. The advant
age in force is on the side of the Allies. Still
there are those in England who still doubt if Se
bastopol will be taken this year. The result of
the expedition will test the earnestness with which
'.he war is to be conducted. In the meantime, a
new rumor of the Czar's willingness to accept the
four propositions of the Allied Powers has been
set afloat. It is nothing more than a diplomatic
trick, concocted probabiy at Vienna. The fight
must now go on in the Crimea.
(r The Journal de Geneve, of the Qth ultimo,
contains the following account of the arrest oi
Mazzini :
"A letter from Berne, of the 7th, informs us
that Mazzini has been arrested at Basle. He was
coming from Berne, where he had spent some
days in the house of a patrician, to whom he de
scribed himself as an Italian Count, greatly at
tached to Austria, and driven into Switzerland by
the fear of the cholera. According to our corres
pondent, the police had discovered his residence,
and was preparing to apprehend him, when he ab
sconded, and left for Basle, under a false name.
The government gave notice to the authorities
of his arrival, and he was arrested on alighting
from the diligence."
The New Government of Cuba. Concha
has resumed the reins of power in Cuba. His
inauguration has elicited from the Spaniards ol
Havana very strong displays of joy and satisfac
tion. We do not beljeve that the Cubans partici
pated in these demonstations. Indeed, we Iearri"
from one of our correspondents, that there were
but three Creole houses which joined in the illu
mination of the city. It will be a great error to
ascribe to the Creoles such unseemly proofs of
servility. Concha is doubtless popular with the
Spaniards. He possesses many personal qualities,
is esteemed, honest and faithful, zealous and am
bitious. But more than all so far as the Spaniards
are concerned, he is known to be not unfriendly
to the 6lave trade. He has repeatedly declared
that the industrial resources of the Island must be
increased ; and that African slaves are the only
species of laborers suited to the cultivation of Cu
ba, and that owing to the disproportion of females,
the supply of slaves can only be kept up winking
at the trade. These are well known to b6 Concha's
real views. It is true he was one of the first, if
not the first of the Captains-General, to decline
the douceurs which were paid former Governors
on each slave introduced. N. Orleans Delta.
Further from Texas. The Galveston papers
are filled with accounts of the damage by the
storm which commenced there on the 17th ult,,
and continued for three days, On the lSth the
title took a clear sweep across the island. The
merchants on the strand, and upas far as Market
street, suffered much loss from the damaging of
their goods by the water. An immense quantity
of rain fell. It is thought the shipping escaped
uninjured. The yellow fever had greatly abated
at Galvestan, but there is still a number of desti
tute sick, besides mny widows and orphans, al
most in want. The disease had also appeared at
Houston, where three death had occurred. At
Matagorda, persons coming from infected cities
are quarantined ten days. The quantity of cotton
received at Texas ports during the year endin"
August 31st, was 111,198 bales, against 66,109
in tbe preceding year.
Ir. Graham's Sentence.
A despatch from New York says that Dr. Gra
ham's punishment will be not less than four nor
more than seven years' confinement in the peni
tentiary. The Judge has granted a delay offfi
days to enable his counsel to file a bill of excep
tions. Siavanuab and Augusta.
Tha Board of Health f Savannah reports 6
interments lor the 24 hours ending Sunday
evening, of which 4 were from yellow fever.
Tbe Savannah payers announce the death of
Dr. Saussey. He was a native of South Caro
lina. The Board ol health of Augusta, reports 2 deaths
from yollow Lever Cor the 43 hours ending Mon
day evening.
Tiie Florida Election.
The election of Congress and Legislature of
Florida, have been favorable to the Democrats.
The returns ore not full, but sufficient to show
Democratic gains enough to carry the Stato. The
strong Whig county, Duval, has sent Melton
Hay ties and D. C. Prescott, two Democrats, to the
Legislature. Maxwell's election to Congress may,
therefore, be considered certain, and as the Legis
lature w di be democratic on joint ballot, Mr. ulee
or some other prominent democrat, will be sent to
the U. S. Senate.
The Webster Estate. It ought to reconcile
men to their in&ignificance to know how soon great
men are disregarded. In the first gush at the
death of Daniel Webster, great were the monu
mental promises of Boston and the adjacent de
mesnes. Marshfield was to be forever sacred
the Franklin estate in New Hampshire, so dear
to Webster, kept in the family and an immense
statue of bronze put up in State street. Now
Marshfield is advertised ' to let,' and recommend
ed as very fit ' for a tavern.' The Franklin es
tate is advertised 1 for sale,' and we hear nothing
of the statue. Fortunately, Webster erected his
own monument before his death, and it is one of
the few that are harder than brass.
Neto Bedford Mercury.
The Territory of Utah According to late
advices Utnh is getting along flourishingly. The
wheat fields promise an abundant harvest. Salt
Lake City is getting along finely ; paper is now
manufactured there, and the Deseret News is
printed upon the home-made article. Brigham
Young's policy has been to have everything made
in the settlement which could possibly be produced.
A lerry boat now plies on the Jordan, on which
Salt Lake is situated. She is 46 feet long, will
have a stern-wheel propelled by horse power, and
is destinod to be used mainly for the transportation
of stock to and from Great Salt Lake City and
Antelope I.iland. A bridge has been built over
Jordan. The News stales that goods to the value
of one million dollars are on the road from Mis
souri to Deseret. At a meeting of the Saints on
the 28lh of June, missionaries were appointed to
many distant lands, and John Smith, the eldest
son of Hyram Smith, was voted to be ordained
the Patriarch over the whole Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Remarkable Spring. Mr. S. N. Carvalho,
the artist, publishes in the San Francisco Herald
some extracts from his journal of his recent trip
from Great Salt Lake to Los Angelos, through the
Cajon Pass, by which it appears that, on tbe 30th
of May, after getting some twenty-three miles be
yond tbe Jornado and Muddy River, he discovered
a large spring, thirty. five feet wide and forty feet
long, surrounded by accacius, in full bloom, con
taining clear and delicious water, over fifteen feel
in depth, and so peculiarly buoyant that when he
and his companion, Perley Pratt, went in to bathe
they found it impossible to sink. It wus not salt
but perfectly sweet. -
Touching Incident. The following touching
incident is related as having occurred at the last
commencement of Rochester University : ,lOne
member of the graduating class, Mr. R. C. Fenn,
of Rochester, is totally blind. When his theme
was announced President Anderson remarked to
the audience that Mr. Fenn, at the close of his
junior year in performing some chemical experi
ments in private, lost his eyesight entirely, from
the effects of an explosion, but that from unflagging
energy, and by aid of a devoted brother and at
tached cass-mates, he had been able to complete
the studies of the course with honor to himself
and satisfaciion to his teachers. He was then led
forward by his brother, while there was scarcely
a tearless eye in all that vast assemblage of near
two thousand souls. His subject was the " Lost
Senses;" the object of which was to demonstrate
the proposition that blindness is preferable to deaf
ness. It was discussed in an agreeable, able, and
earnest manner, after which Mr. Fenn retired,
amid the prolonged applause of the audience."
Shocking Murder. Mr. Frazier, a farmer, re
siding near Lexington, Ky., returned home from
New York a few days ago, and the same night
was brutally murdered in his own house. The
body of the deceased was terribly bruised, a hole
shot in his head, another through his body, his
throat very nearly cut, and three ribs broken. A
neighbor heard the report of a gun, and on enter
ing the house found it darkened, Mrs. F. above
stairs, Crigg, the overseer, below, and a daughter
aged 11, with the mother. They accounted for
the death of Mr. F. by the accidental discharge of
a shotgun, which he had in his hand preparing to
shoot a rat. Suspicions, howover, were arousod
and the overseer and Mrs. Frazier both arrested.
It is alleged that there had been improper intima
cies between the two.
Slavery in Illinois. A letter from Illinois
to the Charleston Courier speaks of an enterprise
which appears to be on foot in that State to repeal
the clause of the State constitution which prohibits
slavery, and to take a direct vote of the people on
the question of establishing slavery. He says
that those engaged in the movement have al
ready been sounding public sentiment on the sub
ject, and find it singularly favorable, and in order
to insure its success, he urges Southern men to
emigrate to Illinois in preference to Kansas or
Nebraska.
Convention of Spiritualists. The spiritu
alists of Boston and vicinity are holding a Conven
tion in that city. On Sunday Professor Robert
Hare of Philadelphia, the celebrated philosopher(?)
addressed the convention and detailed the scienti
fic experiments which had been instituted by him
self for the purpose of demonstrating the non
spiritual origin of the phenomena but whicti had
resulted in making him a convert to the spiritual
theory, and giving him proof ofa future existence, in
which he had never before believed. The venerable
philosopher professed that he had been rendered
much happier by the evidence which had come to
him from this source.
Government Purchase. Tho purchase by
the United States of the property and improve
ments in Washington known as the Winder buil
ding, was on Thursday consummated by the Se
cretary of War, as authorized by an act of the
last Congress. The amount paid for tho building
was $200,000. The business of the Pension,
Second Auditor, and other offices has been trans
acted in this building for several years, and the
government has been paying an annual rent of
821,000.
0Z The Revolution on the Rio Grande, accor
ding to the New Orleans Picayune, is a total
failure. The citizens of Monterey having refused
to join the insurgents, the latter became disheart
ened and have been dispersed. There are now
1,500 troops at Matamoras, which will soon be in
creased to 4,000. Other accounts, however, re
port that the insurgents are in possession of
Linares and two other towns, and it was even
rumored that Monterey had fallen into their hands.
This, however, was not credited.
Ao old man named Lyman Hawei comm.tted
a strange freak at Providence, on tbe 3rd instant,
which caused no small excitement. He erected
a house of boards on both tracks of tho Frovi
dence and Worcester Railroad, and placed within
the same a keg of powder and then nailing him
self in the house, swore that if the trains attempt
ed to run through the building he would blow all
to atoms. His wild and determined threats and
the obstructions caused a detention of two hours
to Ihe trains, but finally a crowd of about one
thousand persons assembled and smashed in the
door of the building and seized Hawes and dragged
him to jail.
The police speedily demolished the house, nnd
the trains passed on. The excitement was so
great that it was with difficulty the people were
deterred from injuring Hawes. The reason given
for the strange freak is, that Hawes formerly
owned the land through which the road passes,
and, conceiving that he had not been allowed
enough for it by the commissioners endeavored to
revenge himself in tbe matter stated.
flcatlpff the Poker.
After the news of the destruction of the stamped
paper had arrived in England, the Ministry sent
for Dr. Franklin to consult with ; and offered this
proposal : That if the Americans would engage
to pay for the damage done in the destruction of
the stamped paper, &c, the parliament would then
repeal the act.
The doctor, having paused upon this question
for some time, at last answered as follows :
" This puts me in mind of a Frenchman, who,
having heated a poker red hot, ran furiously into
the street, and addressing the first Englishman he
met there, 'Ha Monsieur, will you give me de sat
isfaction, to run this poker only one foot into your
body?' My body;' replied the Englishman;
4 what do you mean?' Vel den, only say so far,'
marking out six inches. 4 Are you mad ?' return
ed the other ; 4 I tell you, if you don't get about
your business, I'll knock you down.' Vel den,'
said the Frenchman, softening his voice and man
ner ; 4 vil you, my good sire, only be so obliging
as to pay me tor the trouble anu eccjiettse ol Heat
ing this poker ?"
A Family of Six. The Duyton (Ohio) Ga
zette, on the authority of 4 an eye witness, a lady
of character,' of that city, 4 who saw and counted
the children and had the mother's word that they
were all hers at a single birth ' gives an account
of six babies that lately passed through that place,
to visit their paternal parent in that vicinity, who
had been taken sick at a place where he had been
employed at work.
4 She had with her in a wagon snugly propped
up in a wine basket the six children. They were
not much bigger than apple dumplings, but seemed
to be wide awake and kicking. They were six
months old, ail boys, and all as near ofa size as
possible, except the runt of the party, which is
described as being the smallest mortal of its age
ever seen. '
General Gaines. It may not be generally
known that the remains of the gallant veteian whose
name heads this paragraph, repose in the narrow
precincts of tle Old Cemetery, in Mobile. Within
a small lot, enclosed with a forbidding wall of brick,
nearly in the centre of the cemetery, covered with
a coarse flat stone not an inch above the surroun
ding earth, without an inscription of an' kind to
mark the tomb of a man so distinguished in the
military annals of the country, lies the body of
General Edward Pendleton Gaines.
The Mobile Register urges the citizens to erect
a suitable monument to his memory.
Spontaneous Combustion. A fire broke out
a short time ago in the mansion of J. Van Rens
selaer, Esq., of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., which
originated in a heap of rags saturated with linseed
oil, spirits of turpentine, and coloring matter used
in staining window sashes. The fire was extin
guished without much damage. Mr. Van Rens
selaer prepared some rags saturateQ with a like
mixture, and putting them safely away, in a few
hours they broke out inLp a flame. This fact is in
teresting to painters, colorers, colorers, insurance
companies, and all concerned.
Animal and Veoetable Physiology. Dr.
Salisbury, of Albany, has communicated to the
American Scientific Association some experiments
on plants, which illuatratc the analogy existing
between animal and vegetable physiology. He
extracted the poison of a dead rattlesnake, a small
portion of which he inserted in the plants by mois
tening with it tbe blade of a knife, with which
he wounded a lilac, a horse chesnut, a corn plant,
and a sunflower. In sixty hours after the inflic
tion of the wound, they began to manifest symp
toms of poisoning, and in a few days all their
leaves above the wound were dead. In about fif
teen days' they manifested convalescence, and
nearly all recovered from the injury.
Commerce of Cincinnati. The growth of
commerce in Cincinnati exceeds anything recor
ded of commercial progress. In 1826 the entire
value of her exports and imports did not exceed
four millions. In 1854 the value of the leading
articles of export and import exceed one hundred
and ten millions ; and if the unenumerated articles
could be included, would probably reach one hun
of export and import exceed one hundred and tea
dred and fifty millions.
A Squadkon to Greytown. A despatch from
Washington says that it has been determined by
the administration that the razee Independence,
Com. Martin, now lying in New York harbor
nearly ready to sail, shall go to San Juan del Ni
caragua, by way of making a decided manifesta
tion against the British Musqiiito protectorate.
She will be accompanied there by one steamer at
least.
Breach of Promise of Marriage. The Wash
ington Sentinel states that in the early part of the
last week a trial for breach of marriage promise
took place in the State of New Jersey ; the parties
being Miss Annie Howard, 0 Washington city,
complainant, and William K. Hall, of that section
of the country, defendant. The trial occupied
several hours only, when the jmy rendered a ver
dict of $13,000 damages in favor of tbejoung
and injured lady.
A Veteran Emigrant Jor Nebraska. The Mon
roe (Ind.) Sentinel says : Mr. Powell, an old revo
lutionary soldier, ninety-five years of age, with
his wife, seventy-five, left there on the 18th ult.,
for Nebraska, in company with several other citi
zens. Mr. P. is remarkably hale and vigorous,
capable of chasing a deer, with rifle a-sboulder,
twenty-five miles a day.
00- The Scientific American cautions people
against sleeping with the beams of the moon upon
them, and also against placing fish or meat in the
moon-light.
Health of Chablestos. The deaths by fe
ver on Monday were 8. For the week ending 7th
inst., the total number of deaths were 8353 of
Khich were by the epidemic.
Speak m.
Nay, speak no ill ; a kindly won
Can never leave a sting behind;
And, oh ! to breath each talk we've he
Is far beneath a noble mind. '
Full oft a better seed it sown,
By choosing thus the;ktnder pUrr
For if but little good be known,
Si ill let as speak the best we cm.
' Give me the heart that fain would hid
Would fain another's fault efface
How can it pleasure human pride
To prove humanity but bate?
No; let us reach a higher mood
A nobler estimate'ot man ;
Be earnest in the search for good,
And speak of all the best we can.
Then speak 'no ill but lenient be
To other's failings ss your own ;
If you're the first a fault to see
Be not the first to make it known.
For life js but a pasting day,
No lip may tell how brief itt span i
Than oh! the little time we stay,
Left speak of all the bast we can.
How tb Ancients Lived.
The following extract is taken from "Tlnu
of Pi olonging Life," a work published by TirU
Tl is cnmninnlv liplipvprl llinf r)nv!n L
periods of ihe world, the lives of its ir.babii
were more youthful and perfect; that those pJJ?
live men had a gigantic size, incredible stnM
and a most astonishing duration ot lite. A vuwi
ty 01 sucti ntxious were long prevalent amongj
of romantic tales. Some have not hesitiiefjj
riously to ascribe to our forefather, Adam J
height of nine hundred yards, and the apJl
mousnou years, nut tne accurate and rational i
vestigation of modern philosophy has conve
the supposed bones of giants found in differenti
of tho earth, into those of the elephant and ihim
ros ; and acute theologists ipive shown the
ui"s "i riijr age iv as uui uie same as tli
used at present.
Some, particularly Hensler, has proved, J
the highest probability, that the year, till the tiJ
of Abraham, consisted only of three months ; id
that it was atterwards extended to eight; and i
it was not until the time of Joseph it was madti
. C . I
consist o( iwnvf. 1 nese assertions are, in a cm
tain degree, confirmed by some of theBana,
tions, who still reckon three months to the
anu oesioes, 11 wumu i.nve snortenea oue-ntiia.
mediately after the tiood. It would bo equally!
explicable why the patriarchs did not marry i
their sixtieth, seventieth, and even hundredth!
but this difficulty vanishes when wenckooth
ages according to the before-mentioned stand
which will give the same period ut which
marry at present.
The whole, therefore, according to the expli
liou, assumes a different appearance. The sin
hundred years before the flood will becomefei
hundred and (ourteen ; and the nine hundred vw
(the highest recorded.) which Methu$alab ii
will be reduced to two hundred an age
is not imuossioir, mni to wincn some men m
em times have nearly approached.
In profane history, we have an account
ny heroes and Arcadian Kings of those
who attained the age of several hundred jn
out these pretended instances oi iongcviije
explained in the same manner.
With the period of Abraham, a period
history seems first to be established on mom
tain grounds, we find mention of a duration
lite winch can be still attained, and nmhi'm
longer appears extraordinary, especially ffcjM
consider the temperate manner in which the 1
triarchs lived; and that as they were nonnik
a wandering people, they were much expowi
the free open uir.
Gkevtown. It is apprehended thut the
ing of an American force to the waters of Gm
town may lead to a collision with the Brut
squadron th're. There is no necessity foist
a result. When the fishery question was c,
considerable excitement, an American soiste
was sent to the fishing grounds, where a Km
British squadron was cruising, and coostu.
capturing American fishing vessels. Bui the
fleets got along very peaceably and even toctf'
firing nothing but champagne corks, andfH
no blood but that of the vine. Thete wills
difficulty at Greytown, unless thu Dntisb es
rounder assails or insults our flag, which in
likely. Queen Victoria cannot afford to matt'
enemy of King Cotton.
OCT" Omar Pacha sterns bent on innovatisv
He not only confines himself to a single, wife-"
contrary to Moslem etiquette, sits, at hisisb.'
C'ives bis friends, chats with them, gives thff
and plays on a civilized piano ; but positively'
ries in his suit an nnist. As Horace Verne!?
with Prince Napoleon to the East tocovw
of canvas with heroic deed, should the allies ad
them for Versailles, a painter follow OaM
cha, and is now engaged on a large picture 10
momoratetho glorious defenceof Sihstria. Ik
Vernet is less fortunate than his rival in th
jects yet presented for his pencil ; these no
will come in time. Meanwhile, it is pleassst'
find this very remarkable man, Omar PacW
bating, in favor of the arts, and obstinate pfj
of the Moslems against pictures.
The Atlanta Intelligencer thinks that Ad
must inevitably become the great centra of tkf
eery trade of Georgia. To accomrnodile
heavy and increasing trade a number of I7 ff
commodious brick warehouses are i.ow going f
different parts of tho city.
A squint al a New State. The Lk n
Journal is urging the erection inio a npw11
I lie Upper Peninsula of Michigan the Sia
named Superior. The papers io the south1"
oi Michigan do not favor the suggestion.
Utah. It is said that the official terw
Brigham Young, of Utah Territory, tFjV
the 20th ult. His successor has not bees J
matter of considerable difficulty. Yof
supposed, will not be reappointed.
Resignation or Mr. Bccwana. A k
London says, that Mr. Buchanan, the A,,
Minister to England, will resign his p
9th of July next, and after a tour on
will return to America.
The Teiegrath. A convenient m:
modern date, which run very fast,
equal facility. In politics it is Jec'dL
and in respect to news favorable to deno7".
is enclined to be a 44 know-nothing."''
P.t. J .l Lont a?
"m anu (juirr vermin 010 f
grain by a sprinkling of garlick when p
shieves.
ne lounuation 01 an mmn0 1
poral and eternal, is reliance on theg00
God,.