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Sx. ONE DOLLAR Per Annum, invariably in Advance, WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1849. NO. 13. VOL. THOMAS LORING, Editor and Proprietor; Devoted to Literature, Science, Foreign and Domesticf Newv ADVERTISEMENTS, ..'...4..t.nt will be inserted in th Weekly rVWatthe following rate rifi a iimiieu I square, 2 months, $2,00 ' "do. 2 do. 0,75 do. 3 do- 'J2 1 An 6 do. 4.00" I . do. o t,ov l do. 1 year, 6,00 Ten Unes.or less, make a square. If an advertisement exceed ten iil. :n nrnnnrtlflfl. line?, the price ,v erVi;e,nent, .re parab.e a, ..!. of ,heir inirT,; .lment. inserted in the TFy .cjfmcrcial are entitled to one insertion in theTri Weekly free of charge. THE GAMING HOUSE, AN ANTE-ROOM TO TUG GALLOWS. HENRY WESTON. tr.n frtiirta haDniness in a thousand different nnrl ihe. faster he follows it the swifter it fill ay", flies from" him. Almost everything promiseth hap piness to us at a distance, but when we come nearer no it, either we fall short of it or it falls short of our expectation ; and it is hard to say which of th ee is the greatest disappointment. Tillotson. He plays the game of the great enemy -who places temptation in the way of others. If this conclusion be deemed sound in a general point of view, it has special force when applied to ihe young. With princi ples scarcely fixed, with great inexperience of life, surrounded by much that is novel and much that is bewildering, the young require to be fenced in and protected by ev ery restriction and safeguard which can be ranged around them. Command and con trol of money should , surely be slowly, gradually, and sparingly entrusted to them, only after their bent, disposition, habits, and principles have been carefully ascertained. The contrary course is cruelty. Poor Weston feelingly alludes to this point in his touching defence. As to the other haunt, to the delirium and excitement to which he mainly ascribes his fall, that may safely be pronounced a scene in which the Tempter daily and hourly triumphs. The gaming house ! How many, hundreds has it swiftly con ducted to the felon's dock, the crowded transport, and the fatal scaffold! How many hearts has it broken ! How many despairing suicides- has it made ! How many hearts has it desolated I What wide spread misery and wretchedness has it caused ! More, and general, and lasting anguish has itKicasioned than any other vice, that monster evil drunkenness, alone excepted. The "woe" it has brought on many a confi ding parent ! But enough. Let comment give place to facts. On the 14th of April, 1796, two of the officers belonging to Bow street arrived in town, from Liverpool, with Henry Weston, charged with committing forgeries on the Banks of England to the amount of 17, 000, He had succeeded In reaching Liv erpool, and had shipped his luggage on board the Hector bound for the Leeward Islands. The vessel had dropped down to a place called the 'Gut,' about seven miles below Liverpool, and was to have sailed the next morning. The officers found him in bed at Bates' Hotel, with a brace of . loaded pistols by his side. Un meir way to town Weston found means to conceal a case knife in his pantaloons, and on changing chaises at Barnet, he requested permission to withdraw for a brief space, where he cut his own throat, but missing one of the arteries, did not effect his purpose. On the 14th of the following month YVeston was put on trial at the Old Bailey, for forging and uttering a warrant of attorne3T, by means of which he transferred 5,000, 3 per cent., the proper ty of General Tonyn. He had likewise transferred 11,000 of the same stock be longing to the same officer, but was indicted for the former offence only. The fact being fully proved, a letter written by the prisoner to his employer, Mr. Cowan, on his abscond ing from London, was read in court. It men tioned, among other circumstances, that he, the prisoner, had lost, by speculating in the funds 17,000, entrusted to his care by Sir Hugh Palliser Waters, Bart.; that he after ward had ventured immense sums in specu lating at Messrs. Mackav and Forbes; and continuing still unlucky, had recourse to the gaming house, where his ill fortune followed . him, and he was under the necessity of im posing on the credulity of Mr. Cowan, by forging two powers of attorney m the name of General Tonyn, the one for 1 1,000, the otner for 5,000 stock, belonging to that gentleman. That he had paid an immense uta to Mr. C. K., at Forbes', besides lo osing 1,600 in the last lottery, and other great losses which he had experienced at different gaming; tables. The letter then alluded to several debts which were owing to him, and finished by a declaration that he was so dreadfully affected by his mis conduct that he could live no longer. The concluding words were, 1 God forgive me.' Th.e signature was that of Henry Weston.'-' -v."-. rV The prisoner being called upon for hia defence, made none. Several repectable gentlemen were called to testify tQ bis character. the unsullied excellence ol which, prior to the fatal transaction which preceded his rum, wa? apparent to the whole court. The iudre summed up the evidence, aud the iurv returned a. verdict guilty. When it was pronounced, the pris oner addressed the court as follows: I hear the verdict asrainst me "with a calmness and resignation 1 atti happy in possessing upon so awful an occasion. I hope the numerous voung men who surround me will take example by my fate, and avoid lhosfiJBXcesses which have brought mo to ruin and disgrace : and that those farther advanced in years will be cautious of indul with loo lax a control, persons arm ed only at an early period of life. At the time 1 was ushered into life, I possessed that control over - property the value of which I could not justly estimate, and from which I date my present dreadful situation, ine justice ot my condemna tion I acknowledge, and shall submit to it with patience, and 1 hope with fortitude.' Death. So much for gaming-houses and their a -a "11 victims ! Ana sucn Daunts stiu exist ! Training-schools for suicides-r-nurseries for the Evil One. And those who fre quent them unblushingly show their "faces o society, and are,.to a certain extent, re ceived and caressed. . ,. I recollect well some years, ago, hearing much-of one gamester who was a rare specimen of his class. He was, in- credible as it may seem, a successful gam bler : lived and died in comparative opu- ence. My informant respecting him vs a connection who, for many months, was obliged to keep up constant intercourse with the 'play-man in order tp conduct successfully a matter of business. The made no concealment as to his mode of life. Reference to it was made i i 1" iri' i more man once oy nimsen. 'i live oy play,' was his avowal. 'The biscuit 1 eat, and tne coat I wear, I won by play. Play furnishes the room I sit in. the livery John wears, and the cab which an hour hence will take me to Chiswick. I'm not asham ed of my calling. 1 live by play.' And yet he was by. no means insensible to re ligious influences. He attended church statedly and unfailingly, every Sunday morning, and kept his Sabbath rigidly up to six o'clock. At that hour, according to his creed, the Sabbath ended. He had al ways by him, during the morning of that day, some devotional book. Heber's Hymns, and Jeremy Taylor's Life, were great favorites with him ; and he had read again and again 'Ilennell's Narrative of the conversion of Count Struensee.' Up to the hour mentioned (6, p. m.) he was averse to enter upon any topic connected with business. How the remainder of the day was spent would be a matter of pain ful inquiry. At church his demeanor was decorous, and even devout. If the claims of charity were there brought before1 him he gave, not handsomely and liberally, but "largely. Whether this was the result of some generous impulse ; whether he re garded his alms as a set-off against his criminal mode of life ; whether by ! these 'free-will offerings' he hoped to propitiate the Divine favor, is best known to the Searcher of hearts. Certainly to no chair table appeal did he give reluctantly or nig gardly : and in matters of business my con nection found him 'tenacious in the; extreme as a proprietor, but liberal and indulgent as a donot.' In his habits he was singu- larly temperate; drunkenness he abhorred as brutal, and had rare command ot tem per. During an intercourse of many months, and occasionally under trying circumstan ces, my informant told me that he had nev er once seen him ruffled, or n ad heard an impatient or angry expression issue from his lips. Soon after the adjustment of the negotiation, his health began to fail, and he sank somewhat rapidly into the grave He was much depressed toward the close of life : 'not,' as he himself strangely phras ed it, 'about his own conduct individually ; for what he had realized, he had realized by allowable means. What causes me uneasiness, is the idea that myr'career and success have been, and may: continue to be, the ruin of many.' " . tie left all he possessed to no relatives, but.to a child, for whom, in his last illness, he had formed a passionate attachment, but from whom it passed irrevocably to a public charitj', whenever it could be proved that the said Philip had ever, at any period, or under any circumstances, lost at any one time five shillings or upward at a game of chance. ! 1 May this sentence be construed as the gamester's dying protest against his iniqui tous calling 1 But it has still followers The 'Hell," ap propriate name ! is yet frequented ; and the stakes there are nothing less than human happiness and human souls : a damning re proach to us a nation that such dens of in iquity are permitted to exist I Yet so it will be, till sounder feelings take possession of the nVasses--uU the requirements of Scrip- ture are recognised as the rules of human conduct till there is less of political econ omy, and more of the Bible among us till we act, and legislate, and punish, and re ward as a nation of Christians RELIGIOUS SECTS BIGOTRY. The number of sects of professing Chris tians m the world is great, and their man ner of worship exceedingly dissimilar j fcrot, t we examine and carefully compare with others, the fundamental doctrines held up and advocated by eachwe shall 'fih&very little difference in the ess -ntial principles of those who receive Christ as the mediator. notwithstanding their numerous, diversified and sometimes expressive titles. The system of religion, as it is revealed to us in the pages or the scriptures, con tains no mysteries. We find no passages which are deemed essential to our happi ness, buried in ambiguity, or hermetically sealed. One of the great beauties of the Bible is, that its readings are plain, simple easy of comprehension, and, at the same time, lorciole ana convincing, i ne poor un lettered peasant, as well as the collegian, filled. with c.assic lore ; the simple and un known, as' well as the wise and great; and the child, as well as him of mature age. ,hn nACKPoeM nnH nrrlpnt tpsirp sn KAnrnh out that ne may travel merein, me pain' way to happiness and heaven, will be at no loss ngmiy to coinurenenu ine com- mands of duty. We are taught to rever- ence, love, ODey, ana worsmp uie vjreai i l . . i i : i i Source of our being: to do unto others as we would have others I do unto us ; and to regard every member of the human family as our brother or our sister. Who can mis take lungaage so clear, so forcible? and who will err, if he strictly adhere to these obligations ! It is a difference on non-essmtial points, which creates the various religious sects and denominations among us. People have dif - ferent views in respect to the manner, form, and place of worship; and; to gratify their I respective opinions, they branch on into seoarate congregations. Some professors believe that churches should be built plain and simDle, a type of there leader and his doctrines; while others regard the embllish ments of art as in no way detracting from the purity of the gospel. Some stand when they pray; others kneel. Some regard im mersion as important : while others admin- lctor thp Via ntiQm:i 1 rito nnnrinor wntpr nn the head, or sprinkling the face. One sect , commences worship by singing ; another with prayer. One minister reads his sermons; another speaks extemporaneously. These, and numberless other trifling variations, may be observed in the mode of worship; but they cannot in any way, affect the standard doc trines of religion ' This diversity of opinion implies no re flections upon the sufficiency of the scriptures tn inomM in mntiorc nf fmth nnr nnnn thp 111Q1 UV 111 lilUVbAW V lit Vil J Mrwa. w ( a"ination, ana me imperieciioii 01 ijjs iiiiei- O 3 . . - 1 . . . ' lectual powers, in forming a true and per-! feet system ; but they impair not the revel- ations of Providence; The duty to worship God is obligatory upon every one ; the par ticular mode of his worshp will be that dic-j tated by his reason and his conscience. j Regarded in this, its true light, it is not aj little extraordinary, that men should make ceremony a bone of contention, and a source of violent dispute by which evil passions' are pn0endered. contention raised.and. not unfre- i auentlv. the peace of society disturbed. Why mir nnt nil sects iinite in " fellowshio and peifection of religion itself; and therefore, all parties and proiessions, ana neany an should not be used as an argument, by of them, when y consulted by me, advised those who desire to be exempted from obey-; me to treat the charge alluded to! with si ing its commands. These different modes lent contempt. The origin of the article. of worship have all been formed by men. I the coarseness of the language and the They may shew the instability of man's im-' brutality of the sentimentj seemed to make harmonv of soul, and concentrate their ef- evils time ; there never was a period in the forts to advance the cause of Christianity ? history of this country, when, the fierce All profess to follow the same master, and passions of the human heart were develop to be striving for the same point. But it is ed to such an intensity. Polmcians are here that an important error is committed, agitating for the dissolution of Our glonous We say not that the christain may be too Union; and it becomes all moderate men zealous in the cause of God ; but he may be to whose vie ws the . least- importance is at too persevering and obstinate in the cause of tachedto let their position be 'distinctly his own particular sects. His anxiety to known. , . ' . make all Catholics, all Methodists, or Presn Appended to the Chapter in "Roanoke, byterians, may induce him to overstep the 1 so rudely attacked and so utterH rmsrep bounds of prudence, and he may, in his zeal, resented by the; ;4 Frcdencksbiirg Recor commit indiscretions, whereby injury, in-; der," was originally a ndte, apo in this stead of gcod, will be done. note the author took occasion to make raen- An eminent divine once had a remarka-' tion of the abo htiomsts. He j cited this ble dream, during which ail angel appeared Chapter as an illustration of th fact that to his view. A?e there any Presbyterians Southern people dared to discuss jsome of in hAavPn? oa;n ho'tV thphio-h-horn-messen- rpr " n W!,c th nwer ' " Are tffere any Baptis'ts?" "No." "Any Catholics? any Methodists?" "No : all are Christians f 111 liCUVCil! llSUUUlU UC IUC tu-u iuui ill religously disposed people, instead of wrangling on minor and unimportant points, to possess themselves of that kind of relig ion which will make them better, men and women ; and parents ; better neighbors, and better citizens. There is a certain degree of enthusiasm necessarily connected with religion. Men who Dossess it, are anxious to make pros- Dr. WbitfieIL elytes of all around them ; but they some times err at this point, and endeavour tb convert people to there own sects, to thet own mode of thinking, rather than to chist anity ; and it seems as if they enjoyed more harptness when one-is induced to join thci denomination, than when a., score, or a hun dred are taken in bv other sects. It ha? been remarked, that the system of Mahotne sras drawn up with particular tact and cun ning. The followers of that false propbei were taught, that every disbeliever they slew, added tathefr"attainroents in religion and hence fire and the sword were freeljj used in exterminating heretics.f In ourdaj' notwithstanding ti e rapid spread of libera and correct principles, professors of religion retain much bigotry, if not the desire to ndi cule tind persecute thos who think not as they do. "Men will," says a learned divine " contend and wrangle for religion ; they will fight for it, and die for it ; but they will not live font." The lesson is irapres sive. . ;-v -. A circumstance came under our notice some time ago, which may, we think, be I aptly introduced here, as an ulutration of the hideousness and absurdity of bigotry The members of a highly respectable 1 religious society, were divided in opinion in respect to some unimportant point in the Swuuiicuiui mc vuun.u. luciumcicuvs migni nave Deen, no aouoi, amicaoiy aim """,i'tu"v """"-"i "j v.kkM.B vllv its of the case to a competent tribunal ; but the zeal of the respective parties was so strong, that from words, they came to an open rupture, and from a rupture to a dis graceful battle ! In the con lest, one man was observed particularly active in inflict- i ing injury on his late brethren. He had an iron bar, with which he dealt furious blows ! on all 'within his reach, old and young. A j spectator at lengin stepped up to mm, and I , r , imoaesiy inquireu, wueinenue leiigiun n ! protessed jusunca uis conauci , or, seuing religion asiae, wiieuier ne cuuiu leuuuuue his behavior to reason or common sense? "Yes, sir," said he, emphatically, "if relig is not worth fighting for it is not worth hav- mg " The sword." savs Mahomet, "is; the key of haven and of hell. A drop of blood shed In the cause of God, anight spent in arms, is of more avail, than two months spent in prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day; of judgment, his wounds shall be resplendent as vermillion, and odoriferous as musk : and the loss of his limbs shal be suPPhed by the wings of angels and ofjcherubims.' From the Raleigh Register. About the middle of Sep- Mr. Gales: tember, as I was returning to North Caro lina from Western Virginia, 1 learned for the first time, that ah Editor of j t'he South had discovered in "Roanoke" a publication treasonable to our section of the Union. 1 Dassed across the State, and through Ra- leis-h. and l saw many acquaintances, or (1 J T j . uuuiny w "'i" v " n - ri .1 Jj J' 1 renecuon, 1 nave cunciuueu umi publication of my principles tlporj the ject of Abdlitionisrh. I was jdeepljr malie a sub im pressed with a sense of gratitude towards my North Carolina friends. whp had so generously defended me ; an4 wish to show to them that their confidence is not misplaced. Besides there are j sjome well- meaning persons, wno regard L.iterature and fanaticism as inseparably icbnnected and in the opinion of such, all ahthors are mono-maniacs on some subject or other, fallen on In addition to all this, we have the evils connected wnn siaveryu auu ue expressed the opinion that generally the slave's best friend is his master, for obvious reasons. Sometimes master will endeavor to force nis and this a Drutai slave to r , . , , j j - - pander to nis vicious appeiues ,j ana bome- limes such attempts deeply shoe kj the sensi bilities of the slave, while they are,if known. severely condemned by the majority of slave-owners. " Wild Bill,"; as the reader can see, manifested a strong . affection for all the members of the family to which he had first belonged ; and he was amed of his first condition. ; The not ash- rumors of his misdeeds. &c. were mere liutaors, and true to the history of countries where there are fuirutives from justice, or from lecai bondage: and his conversations were in tended" for th5 eves of intelligent whitt- s . w ueoDle. and not to be scattered among the negroes as incendiary documents. 'The runaway was a Utopian, and though a nc- trro, fond of discussing abstract questions nor would, it have been exactly natural to make his bovish interlocutor equally as ' & M W e wordy, eloquent or passionate. Still, v th boy's arguments were conclusive ; and such discussions as those in the text may be heard in the South at every fire-side which is graced with intelligence The note to which 1 alluded was left out of the Magazine, because it obviously tended to provoke controversy ; and it was thought that the final denouncement winch was all written and stereot3'ped last winter. did not need an exulanation for its own sake. 1 dread fanatics of all kinds as much as I dread mad-dog; and I regard the former as being about as great a nuisance as the letter. We have fanatics at South who are nearly as Wild as those at the North, and Some of them, at both ends, are obnox ious to the additional and odious charge of hypocrisy. There's nut hod in their madness; and well will it be for the people, if they will look into each others hearts for their hes, and for those of their brethren, and not trust too much to nflammatory addresses of those who would ose their consequence if there were no el ements ot strite. Though we have some enthusiasts in North Carolinia, I do not believe there is a son of that good old Commonwealth who has aims against the Union; and it is not improbable that the sturdy sense and honesty of our people will yet prove one of the bulwarks of our Constitution, and thus of freedom and even of civilization over the world. I believe myself to be a friend of the hu- i i r 1 man race, becaus l am mysen a man anu I desire first the welfare of the Whites, for o this class I belong, and with it are all my associations, political and social. 1 am, tncreiore. not an abolitionist, nor do 1 entertain extreme opinions on any sub- - - i iect v In conclusion, 1 will say ot '-fcartain s Union Magazine," that is not tinctured with any species of fanaticism; and while it desires to inculcate sound morals ahd to propagate a taste for polite Literature, re ligious and political sectarianism is care fully excluded from its columns. The Publishers and Editors are practical and sober-minded and liberal-minded men; they go for (he Union of the States and the union of all honest men. I know the men of whom I write ; and I know that while they regard with contempt the scurrilous ebullitions of illiterate scribblers, they desire and deserve the good will of the intelligent people of the South. Will the. North Carolina papers do me the justice to publish this catd? C. H WILEY. Oct. 17th 1849. From the N. O. Delia. FROM PANAMA. LATEST We are much indebted to a friend for the Panama Star of the 6th inst., from which we make up the interesting summa ry given below. "Boston," whoee notes - -i n . . . 1 . t are given in me oiar, is none uiuer man our popular whilom correspondent of Baton !,ogue, and we need not tell the c.uzens bf that capital wlu the Telegraph man is. who, in the muss" 1 with the Panamaians, voluntarily assumed the duty of an honor ary member of the Peace Society. From " Notes,'1 by Boston. There Was quite a "muss" kicked up .i .i t i .i 1 1 lere tne omer day, oy a man muy can 3 inds, who after losing largely at a ga ming house," while : in a state of intoxica- ion, went to the bar of the" St. Charles Hotel," and on the refusal of the barkeeper o give him a glass of brandy till it was 3aid for,' Sands took the liberty to " lam" lim between the' peepers. The barkeeper returned toward the street and Sands! :hinking probably that it was a pity to have lim leave in such a hurry without somc hin todrink,threw a couple of Seca'ters of )randv after him, which smashed on the pav nent." On a file of soldiers marching down to arrest him, he advanced into the street and faced them with a pistol, threatening to now out the brains of the first man who should lay hands on him, at the same time ppealinr, as an American, lo nis ienow ountrvmeri for protection, saying that he ad ben insulted by the barkeeper." A Cry was raised, " AUientaiis, iu anus , aim In five minutes nearly every American in ii&l, nin0 nrnQ in the street with knives, nis- fciji . ,i Rbls and bowie knives, and but for the in- erfercnee of the Governor who is a hu mane, though a wise, firm gentleman there would have been mooasnea to a cer- I .- .... , iJ.: - i-i .-Ti. tainty. 1 lie tjiov ernor auuresseu nis suujecis and soldiers, ana tne - leiegrapn man- addressed the Amencans: the result was CTery One "uiapciicu uu uia uwu iiusjjxt tnd the friends of Mr. Sands got him out of thestreef. . ; Tti e next 1 1 ay, Sep. 29 th . a meet t n g of Americans Was held nt'the American ho tel, in which they denounced tho conduct, of Sands as unbecoming the character of ( an American citizen. While a deputation of Americans was delivering their views to the Governor of the affair, Sands Appeared, and apologised to his countrymen for his conduct, and surrendered himself to the Governor, by whom he was turned over to the authorities, nnd quiet was restored. Order reigns in Panama.' - Panama is en tirely free from sickness. The cholera has departed. , ' S E L FH E LI A NCE. i , Bad luck, as well as mischance and mis fortune, are all the daughters of misconduct aud sometimes mothers of success, prosper i.ty, and advancement. To be thrown on oncs resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune. Had Franklin entered Philadelphia with a thousand dollars in his pocket, instead of one shilling and'nind pence, as he did, in all probability he would have gone on a "spree," instead of hunting up emptoymeni anu niuu m iniiiy-iivu, from driving tanden teams and drinking brandy-smashes, instead of living" to the green old age of eighty, and dying a phil osopher, whose amusement was thctaming of thunderbolts and bottling up lightning. Had Napolean's father been the owner of a princelv estate, his son would never have got to be emperor. A good kick oui oi doors is better for a boy than nil the rich uncles in the world. One never tries to swim so hard as when he has " to do it or .. - , m - m drown, lo be a rich man's son, is llio greatest misfortune that can befall n young . man, mentally speaking. Who fill our of fices ? not the- children of tho rich or the sons of the opulent. Albany Knickerbocker. , MURDER AND ROBBERY. A correspondent of the Augustas Con stitutionalist, under date of 23d inst. states that a most atrocious murder was commit'' ted on the person of Air. John G. Ponder, a speculator. He passed through Haw- kmsville on Saturday- - night, on ma way from Richmond, Va. to r londa, with a drove of Negroes, and camped about 10 miles below, and during Sunday night two men were seen by a negro girl ; she suppos ing they were some of their own people, as the lire had burnt down and could not distinctly sec themr she paid no attention to them. They killed him by a blow with an axe, which the girl heard. i His, head was completely split open, and he never spoke or made the lenst noise after the blow. They carried his trunk off half a mile and broke it open and got 30, we believe, and a cloth coat -his pa per money was under his head and they did not find it. It is not thought that his ne groes commuted the murder, as they show no signs of guilt. The Coroner has taken charge of the body, and every effort will be made to ferret out" and bring to justice the guilty perpetrators of the deed. j LATER FROM HAVANA. By. the arrival of the steamship Ohio, Captain Schcnck, we have received our files of Havana papers to the 24th inst. The Havana journals have received advi ces from Yucatan to the 5th inst. - They confirm ihe intelligence of the assassination of Jacinto Pat and eight other leaders by their followers, the Indians. Pat! was kill ed at the rancho of Hochen, near J3acalar, while in company with 200 armed! whites, with whom he was proceeding in order to place himself at the disposal of the govern ment and solicit his pardon. It Js stated that there were greai rejoicings among tho Indians upon learning the death of Jacinto Pat, and that a new governmenthad been formed under a truravirate., The Yucatan government had endeavored to benefit by the dissensions among the Indians, by off ering a free pardon and various privileges to all who would lay down their arms. . The treasury was in a low state, there be ing only 8l,G72 on hand. DESERVED COMPLIMENT. The Hillboro, Recorder in an account of the recent celebration of tho Sons; at that place, says: -" . ' : r-'I,'-- J - "We cannot close this brief notice with out adding a word in relation to the ben efits which haveresulted to the town ! from the efforts of the Sons, cf Temperance. - The most casual observer cannot fail to perceive a manifest improvement in the morals of the town, and a tippler here is not very easily found. It is earnestly hop ed that the reformation will continue lol go on, until the work shall be complete, and morality, and industry and thrift become dis tinguishing characteristics of our pleasant village. All good citizens will join us in wishing God speed to this work of the Sons."--. t-il--. . - ! The amount of California gold received .... . i . at the rntnt in Philadelphia is two millions eight hundred thousand dollars.