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W 3 41 FIB'S 35 ; f . . Vh- obiecte now special!? ture of the sutgecy"" . - - . contemplated.. utility and the correct and Witu rei-y . , , . mpli,ure. it cannot ej 5 Sy Will- b estimated by us all. 5 WJrcta. of our fellow beings en S the sarne intellect, xbe same nnt nations, the same faculties of una- ' Si.-., n,Pmorv. moral sense, comparison, judg ment and reasoning. . And could they exercise all these' thV- would' be susceptible of the same enjoy " merits -.vk!) ourselves., J hit alas! by the inscruta .n, nravidence of 'a wise, and sovereign, and still a jcrracioiis Gtl,'they. are born destitute of one of the senses, or else have early become so.' ; Larger I numbers of thffm than we have anj opportunity f of kiiowing, ever have been, and are now, dispers f p.l tliroui'h every people. Ah they are-such as 1 seek not 'the liirht, but by.the mortitied and studi- I n.ia dilWeirce of their friends, are withdrawn from f the imulic" eye. and' excluded even from that know- Iede nich' they .rniglU attain, because, all that I they could .ever hope for, must, at the utmost, be I ' limited beyond our conception. Left to such a I state ' they are,;iadeed, objects of discredit, if not v of disgust. . : - . Mr Starkweather, a meinW of the Legislature of New York, had an opportunity of seeing and v kh'j wing unfortunate Wings of tnisdescriptiofvfor 1 they were jatroduced.in a body by peripis4ipnr into Y WiIatt of the Assembly,' where petition was pre : sented for their relief, These are his words : - ; I .'H'he time has not lon since gone by,- when a doting fathet ar;.l a still fonder mother, were taught to look with .inexpressible" grief -upon a beloved " ' child, lost to the world. And thcAigh he may have possessed a capacity and intellect of the highest order,.and rt inind which would have born? him above evry obstacle, to the highest place in. civil or ptJtieal life, yet, from supposed" necessity, he was -'abandoned to his hard fate, ,tb wander in darkness the pitiable object of divine displea sure. This opinion had much and strong grounds for its support. " An uneducated deafmnte' said Mr.. I Starkweather, the most 'forlorn oUjoct that has ; ei'r met- the human eye His expression is idio ! tic ; his countenance js downcast ; his temper and I passions are unsubdued ho is savage and feroci- ous in his disposition, while all 'his habits and ap i nearance are loathsome and di?giistino" - Such . are the words of this gentleman, when he address - 'id tlws Assembly on this affecting subject. . Heje, thev are objects, whiehr Povidence has net -before us for the trialand cultivation of charity J in our bosoms, in its highest perfection, to result ; in its most exqukite enjoyments,, '.. - In these Wings thus degraded; lielpless and for ! eaken, we now. are sure, that intellect may be ex - cite.d into action, and made toTanimate alb those I features with vivacity ,.where vacuity of thought, a 1 feezing and' cheerless monotony have; ever reigned. The riieth&ds are .npw regular , and certain, by i "which the sullen gloom which -Jr.oded over the I Bou'l may be.dissipated by the eradiations of know r Jedge. : The' heart which is now the region of dark s ress and the shadow' of death, may be converted f into the 'residence u every moraf excelierfce and " eVery amiable virtue, j , i ' Let us, then, lake tliVse children of misfortune " by tjie hand. Let us thVpw oi-en btfo(re tliem the doors of their dreary prison; let as lead them into . the light' of day, to the invigorating fountains of' x knoficilge, to expatiate through the fields ot in telligence, to enjoy the ricii friuts of charitable af fections, and l'-t it Jbi our "object, above all, to conduct them through a life of piety anl useful- - iiess here,' to', the same mansions in the' heavens, mercy'," where no faeiilty sliail be defective, but alf t shall , be iijconc-'i vably perfected for the enlargement of our know ledger and our capacities of happi- Tiess.: ' .' . I shall conclude with a few lines, written on the i 'lew York "Institution for" the deaf and dumb, by I James Niick, ajate pupil of the institution : ; Of ignorance the former victims here, I Rise to a nobler and a happier sphere ; ! I -.The 'blessings their unhappy Jot denied, J . k A 2S5in, by education are Supplied A ', burst the clouds that wrap the mind in. night, : To gaie on scier.ee in her shrine of light. When friends' beloved in social converse meej:, ' To inferchang-e with them, communion sweet ; j " With' warm atlyction's eloquence to tell, j What fond einotions in the bosom dwell ; ! These blessings they have found fibr these alone, . Therknow the mostublime,' that can be known.; 1 hey-know a God; to him their steps are lea, i I .This path of everlasting joy to trea . Their knees are taught befor.c his t throne to bend, t Their hea'rts to hail a Father and a Friend. In.forvenprayer upon her bended knee - JSefore ?er ilock tlie cherub infant pee. f Ilor raven Tiairin clustering tresses flowing, j Veiling, her cheek, ia beauties mantle glowing, J While she jnight seem, In the. enthusiast's eyes, , A olitrnb bright, descended from the ukies. Her' lips are mute-but from her heart, a'praye'r t Agenda to Heaven is heard and answered there. And vouUVat thou kriow w hat from her heart proc For those who led her to a Hod, she uleads - eedis? : JJ'hat all the blessings, they to'heriuj-e given, ! iJinj W cam! repuu iiieiu, anu jn seaven. ' i "I .: '.. '. : From'the Scientific AmmMti i Clualitieslpf Timber The Proper Time, for Cut- I i Ve .roriimence,an this liumt'er, to ltresent a few brief articles xn the subject indicated in the above I caption, It lad bjeeii our fntention to present them . t-oine '..tiiiie ago, dut this, perhaps, is the very best i time wc could have selected the, begipning of a - New Year wlien! the whole oi the Seasonskire.be- lore any ot fur readers ,who mav also choose, to 4 make 'experiments. The Articles, with the corisent - , --of the able author, aro; selected from Qrilith' Naval . . Architecture?- . ' ' j : ... " e are glad to learn that the Navdepar tme'nt J Lave, adopted measures to determine the best or ( j.foper time jor cutting timler. and the best mode vfciiriig it,.r securing It against dry rot ; ncctioii wjthkhis, their" investigations also c in con- ombine iut'U'miinatiou ot thtf sp'ecific 1 . ... . . o specific gravity. Those ex- and 'ihn:ri("il i-,t..i.,f t.w t--..,. .i,..., Vfc rv nu-mbor that th'ere is iio table or specific grav ity that is at MY reliable- for anv meridian of North Amenca.an.l that ouir-mechanu-s have been making .ciUations trotn tables ,f specific gravitv found in Europeans works, we shall be-in to approximate a Couct-ption ot us va u I - - i i . j- . . - i-.i ,,lue , a iutation in the timbered dtrts of this wood,n coimtrv (for pnictical pur poScs.w,ll. uisly the nt incr4,lous that littlejs known about the prodiu-tu-m - e t - c . r'ulul-tHns ot the American for- 21ocation.o twvearsior thW purpose, satisfi- ed the )1 author that ho knew but little .about the tumls of Unrtedtates. e are doubly gratified to learn that this important and responsible trust has been Commuted to Mr. Jaines Jarviof Virginia, a m e Clianic, whose unbending energy and zeal in the discharge; of diityt fully ouaiiflea 'him 'f, 'j oj i , , . " 1 LUIS important trust,- and who, having failed thej office of Inspector and measurer 6f, Timber for the Goverh inent, at its principal depot, for many-yeg,rs, has ac quired a -knowledge pf its defective properties to an "extent unsurpassed, doubtless, by any man in this country.1. Mr. Jarvis has discretionary power given him by the Department at Washington ; he has kindly furnished , us with the result of his experi ments for the first year, commencing pn the , 15th of September, 1849, and continuing in regular or lcr pp toolie 15th o-August,'! 850. ' ' ' AGRICULTURAL. pc-rnnynts tire conrinod to the three principjil kinds Qt ship timlwviz., hyeu'ak white oak, and yellow pme, and Will '.be -of ihC-deiYlaUU .lwnfit in tl.. naval These .experiments will perhaps be better illus trated in the followinc: order: On tlie 16th f September he recbired, in twelve feet lengths the outts ot ten trees ot live-oaK, and an equatnumber of white oak and yellow pine. Five of eachj kind were worked square at the places where Hit, and thertmaining fiv were brought round with the bark on ; after their arrival they were subdivided into 3 feet lengths. The squared pieces are-frora 12 to 15 inches square ; the round s pieces in bark from 12 to 15 inches in diameterl The specific gravity of each piece is at once obtained, and they are located as follows : 4 pieces of tlie squared live-' oak, and 4 pieces of the round live-oak in bark are placed in tanks under cover, whereare the solu tions of corrosive sublimate, copperasi, alum, and coal tar. The same number of vyhite . oak . and yellow pine pieces, amounting in all to 32 pieces of. cach species of timber, one half of whieli are square pieces, the other half round and in bark. ' These live-oak, white oak, and yellow, pine pieces were kept in the tanks submerged one. month, at the ex piration of which time they' were distributed, as fyllows: under cover, in open air, planted as posts., and laid as rail road sills. There is a suitable num ber of the pieces which have not been prepared, al so under cover, in open air, planted as p: sts and laid air railroad, sills : a proportion pft the pieces, one square, and one round, are water-seasoned! for six months; aftej-beingi removed from the'waierj two pieces are made ot one, and One kept under cokx, the other in open , air. The pieces which Wave ifet been in the solutions, are the test pieces'; amongst these pieces Mr. Jarvis has fitted some together, yvood and wood,1 except .having between them tar--red paper coated with charcoal dust. '-A 'few years will prove, by occular demonstration, -which or the solutions, substances, tor water," will- .make timber most durable. The pieces which have had no pre paration on them, and are kept under cover, are weighed each month, to observe the amount of the juices or moisture, lost by evaporiion in one 'month and in one year. The weighing of the firt piece felted i;ij September, 1849, had been weighed' twelve times in August, 1850 .; therefore it w ill . tatie until September, 1851, before the timber fewed arid received in August, 1850, can be weighed!-twelve times."' .The object in. weig-hinar' or obtahHiicr the specific gravity each month in the year, is, khat he mav be able to determine the best time for cutting ship tim.be.r,or whether it is of any materkil coivse quence ; 'and by -testing the weight of the same kinds of timber m connection with its durabili set' this' matter at rest. '' y, thus is thus The timber used for these "experiments! described.: The. live-oak and white oak are of ex cellent quality, and felled, purposely .for those ex periments, with a few exceptions. - The yellow pine is not as -good as is used in -the Navy : itd speciffb gravity wiil not prove the fact. The very best of yellow pine is not of the greatest, density.! Pitch-' pine is nof as good for" decks -or 'deck, frames ''as other fine grained pine from the South. There is a species of yellow pine from "about Wilmington, ;N. C, whose specific-gravity is"-about the jsame as the pine used in the experiments, and corresponds (ditiere'nee of -time wtien cut tousidered) yith that found in the table of specific" gravities of tlry timber- -G10., The very best yellow pine timber is that in whick the even fineness of the grain is con-; ti n tied to the centre or pith of the' tree. ly care ful "observation, much -information that is valuable may be obtained from the tables of specific gravity. ; Notwithstanding the thickness of the. bark on the ywlbw pine, and its lightness (the specific gravity, differing not materially from tiiat of cork); we find that the pine timber in bark' weighs much mo.r.e than the square timber ; this, to the casual observ-a es, would .hardly seem possible; the man unac quainted with the n'ature of yellow jme sip-wob.d," would be likely to doubt the coivectness of the ta ble ; but such is .the nature of the extonor coatifig immediaiely under the bark of yellow1, pine, that we cannot find ii more analogous substance than that of sponge ;-its retentive properties are. very similar, and the turpentine with which -this sap wood is saturated, is the cause of its increased spe cific gravity above that 'of the squared timber when covered with bark. The thinner thej sap-wood the less the specific gravity. There is atferror in the prevailing 'opinion in relatiori to the durability of yellow pine timber. Our .Governmeut has become a heavy stockholder in this prevailing error,, by acting on the- supposi tion that yellow pine limber required a great a nioiuit of seasoning. The consequence has been, that large timber, houses have been erected and fill ed with yellow pine , timber, which lias been kept for man v years, and when in a state of decay has been used both for new vessels and those .undergo ing repairs ; this is a great mistake ; an equal num ber of months would have answered a better pur pose than as many years. As it regards the shrink age of yellow -pine, when in pieces of any consid erable "size, it shrinks but little when the vessel is in active , service, and when used as deck plank should be made narrow. The convictions of our judgment lead us to the conclusion, that yellow, pine requires no seasoning to make it durable; the ebb and flow of turpentine is through thersap, as.v the specific gravity will show; hence wej say, that the capillary tubes of the heart wood have no rnore of the resinous property (if cut at a proper season) than is required, for strength, and to render it du rable, which we ihink Mr. Jarvis's experiments' will fullyprove.' The continued use of yellow; pine tim ber in "flie prrrtfte ship yards of New York city, has already pro ved4it incontestably ; we could name hips, built in .this city some twenty-five years ago, that have their first yellow pine beams in their decks, and w e could, point to others thajt have ex hibited a durability in their deck' framesj unknown in the .Navy of the United States. Proper care "should be taken to clear the timber of all! sap ; and 'as.it regards shrinkage in the naval vessjels, if the same measures were adopted as in the private yards, of making strakes of plank narrow, we think there will be no cause of complant; thei 'strakes. of , deck plank, clamps, and bulwarks of Navy vezseis are too wide. IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORN-OUT LANDS OF VIRGINIA. L . - s The Hon. TViiloughby Newton, of yYestniore land Cel., Virginia", lives upon a tract of j380 acres, which he bought sbme years ago for a .healthy re sidence in the forest, at four dollars an jacre, "then considered utterly worn out, ami worthless for cul tivatio,h . Py'the use of lime, plaster, giiano, clover, and the manures consequent upon improvement, he h';is realisexl a crop of wheat for 1 85 1 of 2,070 bushels, from 102 of seed, which is worth,, more than the original tost of the whole farm; while that has increased in value far more than al that has been expended upon it to bring it Hi to such a ,state ot . tertilitv. biie ayeraire ywld 'j was over twentv bushels to the acre the cost of guano used upon these crops, $400 varieties of wheat grown, the blue stem w bite, and Ruflin's early jmfple straw. Some of it was sown upon land no ay ay improved, except by the. single dressing of 200 lb.'rnvian guanb, and yielded 22 bushels for one sown.- And this crop is only a part of the product of this farm, which, only a few yeivrs ago, was a poverty stricken, barren waste. -' ! ; The progress of , improvement is worthy of par ticular notice. Mr. Newton, in a letter, to. the A meriean Partner, says :; " I have been familiar w;ith this farm from my childhood to the present ' time, and I haveno recollection of its ever haying pro- aueed as much as twenty-five bushels -of wheat in any one yetfr, until I commenced improving it I purchaseel it merely as a healthy site for resid ence, without the remotest idea of ever! deriving a profit iu money from it. FaW sir nr oitrht v-ears. I W not deem any part of it capable of producing . wheat, and none was sowed. The proOTe of the wheat crop from year to year, has been very re markable. The first crop sowed was a total fail; ure, .not worjtli threshing, and. was:used as litter for stables. The scond crop yielded 50 bushels.; the third, bv the use of one ton. of African iruano and some lime, and ashes, yielded 220 bushels: the fourth, frohran expend! ure of one hundred dollars in African cruano, (a very inferior" article.) produced $20 bushels ; the fifth, from an expenditure of 200 m vc-rv poor Patagonian guano produced 540 bush els ; tlie sixth, from an expenditure of $300, partly in Peruvian and partly in Patagonian guano, yield ed 1089 bushels ; the seventh and last, from $400 ex pended in Peruvian guano, produced thecropstated in the first part of this communication, i During ;tras period, nearly alj the arable land has been limed, at the rate of 25 to 50 bushels to the acre, and the rotation changed as rapidly, as circumstances would permit, from the old three shift system to the five-field fallow.. system of the Pamunkey. Tlie land has improved, if possible, more rapidly than the rops, and I have no doubt, will, with judicious management and a small an nual expenditure in manure, go on to produce in creased crops of grain and grass, until the ultimate point of production of the most fertile soils is reached. In this improvement, every dollar expended has been refunded with profit, in the crops of each Hyenr, and the farm is certainly intrinsically worth now more than ten times its cost. These results arc surely taost encouraging, and should urge the farmers, especially the young farm ers of eastern Virginia, to devote, their energies to the improvement of the soil, as tlie surest road to competence, if not to fortune.- .Unfortunately,, we have not among us capital and tabor sufficient for the full development of the resources' of the count ry. Much of the land must, of necessity, remain unimproved, unless our young men will all remain at home, or we can derive population and capital from other quarters. . I cannot believe, that a country, possessing all the advantages of this highly-favoured region, can remain, much longer, shut lout from observation ; and I predict as its early destiny, universal improvement. ERAL I FOREIGN ITEMS. The mails, from England to tlie 5th, received by the Arctic at New Yorko Tuesday, have come to hand. .' . : . ' , Great Brit atV. -The London Standard of the 6th lias an editorial on the subjeet of the Bi istiih brig Express fifing at the Prometheus, which it de signates as a "serious business," adding that "if the same plundering that provoked the quarrel be per severed in, England will have an American war upon hand." It asserts that the British Government 'is bound at once to assure Amqnca that " Great Britain does not clairn any right whatever to ex ercise a police over United States merchant vessels anywhere. Burning of the British Mail Steamer Ama zon and Loss of 128 Lives We learn by the steamship Arctic; that .the lloyal Mail Steain Packet "Amazon," from Southampton to the West Indies, took fire at about I, A. . M.. on Sunday, GO miles West of Scilly,-1' and was entirely consumed, to gether .with the mails, officers, crew and passengers. except 21 persons, viz: Mr. indent, -(Midshipman) seventeen of the crew" and two passengers, who succeeded in getting off in -one of the boats, and were picked up after being by her 12 hours. The j total number of passengers on board is said to have been 125. . The fire is supposed to have originated, trom spontaneous comousiioii. . -t . juxpresx. Ireland. On Sunday, the 4th of January, an edict was promulgated in the Dublin Roman Cath. olic Chapels against mixed marriages. Any mem ber of the Bjoman church who marries a protestant or other heretic is to ;be cut -off from the church. Those who are at present married to Protestants are exhorted to bring their children up in the Catholyic faith. : ' AtMavo, on Sundays, the ceremony of burning the revised English translation of the Bible has been frequently performed. , ; The following summary of intelligence we take from the London Daily News : - . For tlie present, the idea of assuming the title of Emperor has been dropped. It is a fact, nevertheless, that on Thursday night it was determined to -push on for the Empire without drawing breath. More moderate councils have, however, prevailed since, and' Louis Napoleon will content himself for tlie present with the title of President of the Republic. Others say that he will assume that of Prince Re gent of the Republic. One of the difficulties which stand in the way of the President's proclamation of his title as Emperor is obvious. Is he to call himself Napoleon II. or Napoleon III. ? "If he assumes the former title, he ignores the imperial right of the late Duke de Reichstadt, and hence his own hereditary claim. If he assume the latter, he flies ,in the face of the European Cabinets, by ignoring the governments which we established in France under the auspices and by thejir treaties. This embarrassing question is said to have reconcil ed Louis Napoleon to the maintenance of his pre 'serit title. His civil lists is to amount to twelve millions of francs. ! ., j . ' CatiIeuine Hays ffave; a deliffhttul concert one elighiful c afternoon, recently, to the children xf the Public Schools of New York, at Metropolitan UAH. Her songs were full of warmth from ' a ffushins a ' ' i : i I " the breasts of her youthful auditory. A most affect ing incident occurred near the close. Just when Miss Hayes had takeu her place on the stage to sing ' Sweet Home," a fine giiT stole to her side un observed, and presented her wjth a boquet, with so innocent a voice and look, that, together with the nature of the song she was about to sing, com pletely overpowered her with emotion. She tried twice to sinp- the Uallad, and failed. Her utterance was choked, and at length she was compelled to leave the stage ly her feelings, and only returned after long, and continued ' applause, Mr. Lavenu meantime announcing the cause Of the failure. She then sung, "Home" with such exquisite feeling and beauty, as it was never perhaps rendered, even by. herself, before. ' Her voice was like the warbling of a bird, So Bott,90 sweet so delicately clear. The applause of the children was vehement and prolonged. At the close of the concert resolutions of thanks were passed. The children were so ena mored with Miss. Hayes, that they burst into the ante-room and nearly smothered Jier with pressure and kisses, which was continued till she was ex hausted with heat and fatigue. Ice ix the Potomac. We learn from the Wash ington Intelligencer that the bed of the Potomac, tor about three miles below the Great Falls, is block ed up with broken ice to the height . of thirty feet, and that the shipping merchants of Georgetown are apprehending danger to their vessels when this immense mass shall break ayay and come down. Th'e river, directly opposite Georgetown is still close ly bound up, and cakes of ice were cut out a few days ago upwards,of a foot in thickness, and quite as pure as the Boston exportations. j Slaves Brought to Cuba. A letter, dated Havana, Dec. 31, states four cargoes of African slaves, numbering in the aggregate 1980 souls, have lately been landed on that island. A Spanish brig,'1 with 7 00 slaves, was detected in the act of land ing, and 430 of them seized and ; bound out for ' seven years, after which they will be sent to J amaica. 1- - ' - A New PnoDCCTioN.-The Journal of Com merce ives an account of a novel production which the Bay'; State Mills these which recently drove the British Shawls out of j the market have pro duced. It is a Felt-Cloth Carpet, printexl'in black work, and designed according to weight, either as a floor-cloth or drugget. The threads of wool are not spun tor woven, but drawn out and laid togeth er, the whole mass being felted like a hat body. Within- a few months fabrics have been put togeth er in this way, showing a j ditterent color on either side, and designed for coats to be made up without lining. The Bay State Mills make this cloth with a white ground, about forty-eight inches wide, weighing from four to twenty-four ounces per yard, and printed it inelegant carpet designs, showing: the richest combination of brilliant colors, and fur nish it at seventy-five to ninety cents per yard. DESPATCH IN PAPER-MAKING. . Few arts have been more improved than this, as they wilV acknowledge who have read a description of the old mode, and compared the present to it. The Louisville "Courier," of a late date, relates a remarkable instance of despatch. " At half-past five oToek last evening," it says, " the paper on which this morning's edition of the ' Courier' is print ed was rags in Mr, Isaac Cromie's paper mill. The rags were soon converted into the article we ordered, at tifteen minutes before eight o'clock the paper was delivered at our office ready for the press. Thjs is certainly an instance of remarkable expedition." The rags in this case must have all been wlike, otherwise he single process of bleaching would have required more time; than that said to have been occupied in making; the paper, independent of the e eight or nine hours j necessary for converting -wMo,.. ' . -m anrS into pulp. . eliavy a paper mm near . .,.r the ra Raleigh, the "Manteo Paper Mills," that can take the rags (white) as delivered at the mill, and in ten hours deliver its papjr ready for printing. Eds. Weekly Post. Convention of Coloued Persons in Ohio. A convention of delegates from the colored popu lation of Ohio, assembled at Cincinnati, dk the 14th inst, td consider the propriety of adopting some schema of co'onization or emigration. J. M. Lang ston ofOberlin, presided, and made a forcible speech in favor of emigration, which, it is said, w as warm ly applauded by three-fourths of the convention. Several others also spoke and took similar ground, but expressed themselves as opposed to the specific measures of the Colonization Society, believing its promoters not to be the true friends of the colored race. ; It is said that a pamphlet will be issued in Cincinnati, in a few days, by Jas. G. Birney, (at one time the Liberty party candidate for the Presidency) urging the colored people to emigrate . to Liberia, in preference to Canada or" the West Indies. B. Sun. , Detention of Tuavellers. Larrre numbers of travellers bound North, are detained here. For the last four days the cars on the S. & R. Rail Road have come in filled with passengers, who being dis appointed in getting North by the upper route, have retraced their steps to Weldoff, and from thence taken the Rail Road to this City, hoping to be able to-proceed by thBay Line, or steamers to New York, Our Hotels consequently, have been well filled. We learned from one of a large number of passengers who arrived Friday, that they had been as far as Fredericksburg, and were compelled ' to return, being unable to get any kind of convey ance to Washington. Some of their number being deternVmed to proceed paid $50 for a Hack to take tTi6a to that place. ivorjdne ne'acon of2Gth in&t. Beavers on toe Rio Graxde. A. corespond ent of the New Orleans Picayune writing from Rio Xirande City, says : " A large, fine beaver, w eigh ing about twenty-five pounds, was caught in the river in front of this place, last night, in a wolf tea p.' The person .who caught him says, the river, a ft?w miles above, is full of them, and the river Alcantara, below Mier, is crossed in more thaii ? twenty places by their .dams. Many persons are preparing to trap this winter, and this promises to be the opening of a new branch of industry on this frontier. A gentleman who said he had purclnised many thousand beaver skins on the Missouri, pro nounced the fur to be as fine as any he had ever seen. , . ' - Monument to Count Pulaski. A monumonC to the brave Count Pulaski is about, to be erected in Chippewa Square, atr Savannah, Geo, at a cost of $17,000. The monument to Gen. Greene, in the same city, is also to be cither, rebuilt or repaired. The corner stones of both these monuments were laid in 1825, by Gen. Lafayette, on his visit to that i. city; and by an arrangement entered into twelve years ago, with MessersJ J. W. Maury 6c Co..the lottery managers,- at Washington; the sum of$20, 000 has jusf been realized, to be applieel towards their completion. ; The admikers-of Humboldt's 'Kosmos' will be pleased to learn that an important addition has been made to the commentaries on that great work, 'by Ilerr Bronne's ' Collection of Maps for the Kosmos.' Tlie first series, containing six. plates, has just been published by Krais and f Hoffmann,: at StuUgardtr, These six plates are to be followed by thirty-six oth ers, aiyl contain the planetary, solar, and lunar sys tems,, the plain globes, and the body of the earth, and the elevations of its surface,' with a variety of diagrams, and.a set of explanatory notes. - T Deat" ,OF Kossuth s Mother The Vienna correspondent of the ' London News, Dec. 27th, writes that the contradiction of the report of the death of M Kossuth's mother, contained in a Vi enna paper of the 25th, is not corroborated by any other, and may likely enough be a ruse of the gov ernment to quiet, general indignation. He dds "but good authority states that Kossuth's sisters are still in prison, "and harshly treated." B. Sun. Death from Fanaticism. A man, named Go ble, 'died at Knightstown, Ind., some time since, un der peculiar circumstances. Tlie Volunteer says he was a believer in the Rappers, and had not taken , any nourishment for two weeks, and had burnt his hands by holding them against the fire, fof the pur pose of taking the electricity out, as he said, while under extraordinary excitement. The Pastor. Wilhelm Meinhold, the author of the Amber Witch, died lately at Charlottenburg. He was one of the leaders of the old Lutheran party, in Pomerania,,but had for some years lived in retirement His! son has joined the Catholic Church. J. j . ; A Bill to construct a railroad from the termi nus of. the North Carolina railroad at or near the State line, to intersect the South Carolina Railroad at Anderson Court House, has passed the Senate of Georgia. 1 . ' The Richmond Dispatch pronounces this tlie cold est w inter in Virginia within the recollection of the Editor. In the two cold spells we have had, the river below Rockets froze over in a single night. Such a thing has not occurred before since 1794. "Dm tour fall hurt you?" said one Patlander to another who had fallen from the top of a two-sto-. ry house. " Not in the least, honey ; 'twas stoppin' so quick that hurt roe." DEATH OF MRS. COOPER New-York, Jan. 2-0, The widow of the late J. FenniiBore Cooper died suddenly to day, of asthma, at CcHperstow. V Marjxe Disasters. An interesting return to an order of the House of Commons has been made by the management of Lloyd's. An abstract of all collisions, accidents and wrecks of vessels, and the number of lives lost in each year, since tlie 1st day of January, 1847, till the 31st day of December, 1850 in other words, a sort of index of all misad ventures that have occurred at sea for the last four years, so far as they have fallen within the knowledge- of Lloyd's. The return comprises an accoui t of 13,510 accidents at sea. Let us divide this by 4, the number of years over which the return travels, and we have 3,377 and and a fraction to represent the mishaps of each year. This yields within a trif ling fraction, 65 accidents, wrecks, kc, for each -of the 52 weeks of every year, and, consequent ly, rather more than 9 for every period of 24 hours. As a last result, we may take as a fair deduction from Lloyd's return, that an accident, of some sort or other, within the knowledge of the committee, occurs at sea as nearly as may be at intervals of 2 3-4 hours throughout the year. ' The Times says, that " in all probability a serious loss or total wreck' everv hour would tally more closely with the truth oif the facts."Ar. Y. Eve. Post." ' Extreme Colh The very low temperature en dured by the Grinnell Expedition, while within the polar circle, is thus described by Dr. Karie in one of his Smithsonian lectures: f' At the appalling temperature of-r-40 deg. and 50 deg. or 70 deg. to 80 deg. beloio the feezing point, cold became as sensible in its effects as heat indeed, between the positive eftects of the' very i high and jhe negative of the very low scaled it was juipuacjuiv io tiiMJiigiusu iy sensaiton. L poll-go- fin? lnt0 ' tlie Pen air the ee became encriist- ed with an icy rind, and the r lips were hied to- v-r,. .i -ir.il i - gether bv the cementing aid of the beam ano mous- tache. The trio;rer of a cftm blistered the iino-cr. ",U ; K-K,,uo !' H,u I'1,UUW,T1 lMK;KCl .C:lUT I The weather is now mild and it is hoped a few days win. you to jump as with a gulden scald. During the j re3tore all the usual avenues of trade. The Raleigh and Gas long darkness, when they attempted-to beguile the j ton Rail Road now receives e,d regu.arly fur Littleton winter hours with theatricals, an unfortunate Thes- j Depot. Goods for Rah-"ih and vicinity have in most cases ...J i.:r". . ii. ii . . .1 . i : pian uojiped ,the pantomimic iiat-iran as though re- ! ceiving a sudden burn. Indeed, next dav a row of I blisters had given evidence of the truth that, in temperature as in every thing else extremes meet. DARING OUTRAGE. Mr. Lindsay Durham of this county informs us that soine one entered his stable on Saturday night last and kiileda fine j'oung horse valued at $75. The perpetrator of this malie-ious deeel it is to be hoped may be discovered and brought to justice. Such a daring outrage ought not to go unpunished, and will not, we apprehend, if tlie blackhearted wretch who committed it remains in the, neigh borhood. y. V. Dem. Among tlie Cuban prisoners, recently par lom d by the Queen of Spain, is only one born in North Carolina, viz : Thos. L. McNeal, (or MeXe'ili,) who, we understand, is frtmi liobeson county. F. Ob. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Te!egraphcd to the Baltimore Sun. Deeiaion in the Forest Ca?eVerdict in Favor of Mrs. Forest'. New-York, Jan. 20. The jury in : the Forrest case, this morning, came into court and rendered a sealed verdict, according to instructions. Their ver dict convicts Mr. ' Forest of adulterv, and declares him a resident of New-York and not of Philadel phia. They find Mrs. Forrest innocent of the char ges preferred against her, and allow her allimony n ! amount ot' fcaood er swinum. : At the time of , the rendition of the verdict, both the parties to the suit were present-in court and manifested; the most intense interest. The greatest excitement prevailed amongst the bystanders, who thronged the court room, and the verdict seemed to give general satisfaction. The jury were but four hours in making up their verdict, having sealed it and separated at an early hour on Saturday evening. A rumor prevailed be fore the meeting of the court, this morning, that it was favorable to Mi's. Forrest. After polling the jury in the Forrest case, Mr. Van Buren' made application for time in respect to questions, that liad arisen in the case, either for, an application for a new trial, or for the tiling of a Itiil of exceptions. The Court then adjourned until to-morrow-morning, for a consideration of the application. The greatest excitement prevailed, and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest were each saluted w ith deafening ehcer as they reached the street. : . : ; The Portskouiii Bank Uouukky. Tiie police of.Norfolk and Portsmouth have made several ar rests of persons suspected of being concerned in the late bank robbery. A man. named. Lappin, an opcrative in the Portsmouth Iron WCrks, has been arresti-d in Norfolk, iu a suspicious house asd un der suspicious circliinstauces.. About eighty-two dollars in gold wove found upon his persia. It is said he betrayed so much trepidation upon his ar rest, as to lead to the belief that he either took part in the robbery himself or is cognizant of fhe parlies engaged it. An entrance was effected into the bank through a back window, after which the brick vault, two feet thick, wjis pierced and an ingress obtained to the funds by drilling an iron grating. The thieves left all the silver behind, scattered about the floor, together with several of their burglarious im plements. The whole amount stolen is only (, 307, a package of $10,000 in notes, which was supposed to have been taken, it lias since been as certained, was carried tov Richmond by the Presi dent to be changed for other notes. The ice in the East River still continues to inter fere with the passage of the ferry boats.' YestepJay morning, about 5 Q'clock, the boats on the Fulton Fenyvw found to stop their trips, and the South Ferry boats followed their example m a short tune-. One of the Williamsburg Ferry boats got wedged in the ice, and floated with it up the 'river live or siv roilos. v There was no solid bridge across tlie river yes , 7, , U s . , J- terday, though some persons did succeed m crossing by iunipinir trom one cake ot ice to another. The waather moderated rapidly yesterday, so that the effect of the sunshine was apparent, and we presume in a few da-s the navigation of; our harbor will again Le unobstructed. JVr. Y. Times, of 21th inst. The America at.Bostos. Boston, Jan. 26. The steamer America arrived at her wharf at 3 o'clock this afternoon, but too late for the train South. The mails will consequently not leave un til TuesJay morning. Eastern H arbors Closed. Boston, Jan. 25. We have accounts from New-Bedford, stating that in consequence of the obstructions produced by ice, the harbor is inaccessible to vessels. The harbor of Eugartown is also closed entirely, as far as Page Light, being the first time in many years. The Holmes' Hole har!or is also frozen over. We have not heard from Nantucket -1 , Earthquake in Mississippi.lHoty Springs, Miss., Jan. 23. There was quite al severe shock of an earthquake felt here to-day, shaking the most substantial buildings for miles around. Several chimneys were knocked down, but bo great damage was done. Dreadfcl Steamboat Explosion. Jifi-mphis, Tenn Jan 24. We learn from W'hite Kiver, that the steamer Pitser Miller,, exploded at the mouth of that river, this moroirig. ' Several persons er killed and other badly wounded. THE LATEST MARKETS: - RAmQHiiARKET--molc8ale Price. RIFOftTED EXrKESS&Y FOR TEE-WEEKLY POST, Bt JORDAN WOMBLE, ; . Thtiisday, January 29. Beef, on Ue hoof. $4 00, D hundred. II utter Fresh, 20c, $ & :- ' Corn -85 90c, D bushel i onr bcitrce, at $4 50 $4 5 , as to quality. roaaer-fioosa hundred. Hides Dry, lOo, in barter.1 ' Meal 90c bushel. - ' , Oats Shif,,8c: trandrodV - ' Peas-White, te. boehel ; Yellow, 70 , G T5e,Vbuahel. m. 9, w, small supply. PETEESBUEQ MAEKET Wholesale Prices. ' REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE WEEKLY POST ' By Messrs. MclLWAINE, BROW.NLEY &. Co. . Grocert and Commission Merchants, PETEUSBI RG. VA. Tuesday, Janr 88. Bacon SiJea and Shoulders 9 10c. Coffee 9 & 9, for Rio and Laguim. - Com 62;v'C5c)bushelof56fl.s. ' Cotton Market quiet salts to a moderatextent at 7 7?i ; a prime lot would probably command more. Flonr Holders very firm srpcrfinc f4 50. . Pork None in market. ' ' ! D. E. Pea A d demand at 65 (g. TOc fcushel. Snsrars Brown, 5 (t 7e. 4 ! Tobacco rricps a shade lower this week, the receipts-'' are still moderate. heat Demand active at improvtd pricec Red 85 90C ; White, 90 ( 38c. White Deaiif Wnntod at $120 ,;? 125. s Owing to the Jvivtr and Canal having btcn closed With Ice business operations in several branches have been much' ! imprdvd. i .. . yet to be went to R.,ck xMoimt, Joyncr': ,no WilmingtonfRe.iid. , - . and ether points on RI CEMCKD MARKET-Wholesale Prices. REPORTFD rXFRESSLY I OR THE WEEKLY" TOST, By J. Is1. GORDON &, SON, Grocers and Gcmmution Merchants, t ' RICHMOND, VA. - ' Tuesday, Jan. 27. Beeswax N one in market. Nominal price, 22 23c. -flutter Prime firkin, 11 (c. 16o ; -common, 10 123,0'; ' Froshroll, 13 ft 20c " ' Racon New Western Sides, 10c ; Shouldere,9:V 9'c; Hams, 11 (d; 12o. ' f Cotton Raw He Yarns 17c, for Nos. 4 (3 1.2: Corn 00 65-$ bushel. Coftee Rio,.8( (3. 9 ; Lagmra, 9.V Q 9c ; Cape S' (AOc. ; Java, 12. (t:. VlH.c . I Caudles Mould, or IIW ; Hulls patent. 13c beat Adamantine,25 ((t 30e ; Pporm, 43 (T 45e. J Cheese GiEhcn.in boxes, 1 Casks, 7 7c. rish Rfe Herriiids, Sfi; Mackerel, No. I, p 50 SlONo.2,88; No. 173. - j Feathers Sales at 38e fi 40e ; supply small.' Flaxseed $1 10 25, fur good to prime.: . Flour. Richmond and Scbttsvitle superfinef, $4.g 4. CJuauo Best Peruvian, 47 50, ton of 2006 lb. Iron Swedes, 892 50 $95, ft ton ; American rolled. SC5 $75 ; English, $45 Qt. 5'J ; best American Sheet Ir jn, ' 5Wc ; "English 4 4iic ft L . leather Good sole, over weights, 13 13,lc; MiddU weights, 14 15o ; damaged, 10 12)e, as in quality. Liquors Brandy, Otard, Dupay & Co, $2 25 50; A. Seignctte, $1 75 ; Imitation, 32e ; Virginia Apple, 40 3 50c ; old, f.2. 5 ; New England Rum, 28 29q ; Rich mond Rectified Whiskey, 23c, in barrels. !Lard. New in kegs, 103c. ' Molasses Sweet Cuba, 20 24c ; Porto Rico, 28 39o.; New Crop Orleans hi barrels, 32 33o. : j Nails Best Richmond brands, 3c ; common 3 3c Oils Winter bleached, $1 35 ; unbleached, $i 30 j Whale, 60e ; SoTar, 60 C5c ; Tanners, $11 (d, $12 50 barrel. Oats Up country, -10c ? bushel. Potatoes Northern Mercer, 70 75e, ? bushel. 'Rye Prime for distilling will bring T5e. - ' Rice Fresh beat, 2 ft 4e. Steel American Blister, $107)4 tub ton j'NaylorV Cast, l&;4'c tf lb Salt 1 37K. from Wharf; S 50 Troin store. Shot '& lb ; Lead, 5 ' (, bc. ; Soaps Brown, 3) 4c ; Yellow, A4 (ftc ; Hull' family, Ce ; variegated, 12 (a 11c ( Sn.'nis New crop Orleans, b)(, 6e, foij fair quality ; West India sugars, none in market of priitfe quality. Tea Gunpowder, P0c'(t $1 i-5, for cohuhon to prima ; Blakr 30 (3; 75;-, for common to prime. . Tobacco. Receipts light since opening cf new year demand active, at rather improved rates ; we quote lugs, $3(3 $4 ; leaf, $5 i.'. $9, as in quality ; loose' parcels 92 ( 7. Wheat. We note a slight improvement in Wheat, with demand good, and quote prime red. 90e ; white, 95 $1 The week opens with comparatively mild and pleasant weather, but the River and Canal being still closed by ic, tbere is but little business doing. j ' - A PKOCiAJlATIOIV. By His fixallehc; David - S. -Keiu, Governor of the State. of North Carolina. HERE AS, three-fifths dth whole number o mem' V V hers of each Bouse of the General Asst hibly did at the last s hsion pass the following Act : AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CaROI.WA. Whereas. The iret hold qualification now required or the electors forineriibers of the Senate conflicts with the funda nientalvrinc pies of liberty ; Therefore ' . Sr.clT Be it enacted ty the General Assembly of the Atale of North Carolina, and it is herely enacted by the authority of the same, three-fifths of the whole number of membera of each Uou.so eonenrrinc, that the second clause ol third ., section of the first Article of the amended C nstitulion ra:i hed by th people of North Carolina on the second Monday f NovcniU r, A. D., 1BS5, be amended by striking out t words " and possessed of a freehold withi.. the same district ol fifty acres of land for six months next before and at tho day of election;' o th..t the Said clause ol said section shall read as follows: ' All free w ite men of the age of twenty one years (rxcepT as is hereinafter declared) who have been; inhabitants of any one district within the State twelve rnonthii immediately preceding the day of any election and shall have paid public taxes'; shall be entitled to vote for a nienrbcr of theSenate. ; ' , , . . Sec. 3. Jb it further enacted. That the GoycriKT -f 1b Sfarb bo, asdfee'fe fc'er dTrected, to issue his Proclamation to the pe pie of North Carolina, at least six months before the next election for members ol the General Assembly, aet tingl'orth th6 purport of this Act and tho amendment to th Constitution hefein proposed, which Proclamation ehall be aceomnahied by a true and jktIK-1 iiopy ,f the Act, authenti- j cated by the cer.ific. te ot the becnary ot stale, ana ootn , the Proclamation and the copy ol this Act, the Governor ft ' the State shall cause to be puldished 'a all the newspapers of i -gl-ri jn tllle- Court House of the respective ; Counties In this State, at least six months bclorethe election Read three times and agreed to by three-fifths of the whole number of members of each House re pectively. and ratified in General sserriblv. this the 24th day of January 1S51.. in uenerai Mstmwy, u. DOBBIN. S II. W. N. EDWARDS, S. S. State of North Carolini, 1 Office of Secretary oLState. S I William Htll Secretary of State, in atid for the State Una, 'do hereby certify that the foregoing is a of. North Carol true and perfect cony oi an Act ot me oenera. .iiw2" this StateVdrawn off from the.originaj on file in this office. Given under my hand,th1s 3w d ; Ad Vherea, tfic said- Act provides mm&n& Constitution ef the Sute of Nt-rth Carolu, on every qualified voter for the House of Common the nM to vote also for the Senate ; vr,-mm tht Now, therefore, to the end that U may bemad know Uiat if the aforesaid amendment to the ltuUr.i' each' greed to by two A it wTlfthtnbe house of the next General AssemDiy, ii "V , . . p . ted to the people for ratification, I Wp2J? clamation m conformity with the provisions belore re- dtInJttim,ny whlrcof, DXvn S. Rew, Governor .of the State TxJlcMinM "-ftg hd a ed the Great l&&$S&hm oa the thirtr. first day ot ueecinner, in xiie year oi our xxJru. , one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, ana in the 76th year of our Independence. ' By tho Governor, , , DAVID a. KKUJ. rw. 'o-i r Jr Vrirtate Reef v. ' Persons into whose hands this Proclamation may fall, will please see that a copy of it is posted up in the Court Houee of their respective Counties. . : A a ' '- -- 6 era. A LOT OF. SUPERFINE FLOUR jnirtrwiyed and fcr 1. 3a'.e at O. - 1 r i - Jauuary 22, 1S32. 0