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i 1 ,1 i -SL- .' r- i r-v - L ncbody tell us what has. become wOnarfliUubtcnaT. wall in Rowan? pf- the i ' .t.: ciinnoscd wall was discov- ' " Manvvcars ag'J ri . . - ' :rij an(l attracted a great deal of attention-it , ; j as even tlLuit worthy of a place in Geography :Jpicr;ptiins'or,thV United States,-and an jnter "sti accoimt.iof.it may be; seen TiTthe old. Ga ? S ' What lias become ;of it ? "What did it r-poive to-be I Who can cnligh'ten us on this sub- ; . . ; CORRECTION. j v. ' in tire last "number of the paper, in' the article I- headed "Tricks of the Trade," in the, first line of I the quotation from a letter from a friend there was I omitted a -single bnt" important frord,. by which the I . furc-of the sentence- w as destroyed. It should 1 rcal " At all events such a writer ought not to have -quoted 5ortonTs Literary Advertiser;" fcc., &,c. It j read's. '.'a printed, "such,, a writer ought Uo have I qiKed,". fcc., &c. ' ' 1 DiATii of liEV. J6s. D. Tyler. We .:,hav.e learned, with sincere; regret, through a private let terV that Iiev. Jos. D. -yler, principal of the Deaf 1 J'Mute department m the Virginia Institution for the I DeafWul Dumb jand the BlijiJ,-. died on Tuesday, , 'the 27th ult., in Staunton, after a' short illries's. Tyler jasocViipied:; tTie post referred 'to from f . ilie foundatiorf-of4 Uie- .Institutionand ' hasar6 dis V. charged its' duties, as to si-cure the marked appro- T- batioii of the Board of - directors, in their annual ' t ' f fi; Tuf orts, -jrid'the esteem jf.a lare circle of friends. ' He was a native of Xef-Knglaijd, and had been -educated to lus, profession as a teacher of the Deaf 5 ; and Dtmib7i the institution at Hartford. POLITICAL. I i CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. SENATE. .: n M'uiufdif the 20th,- after some formal pro-, if cfcedhigs and 'minor, .transactions, Mr, UxDtekwooD .;' a;1dn-sMMl the Senate- in oj.position to the bill granting land to Iowa for railroad purposes, and v. iiibrnitted an amendment granting' to the original ; ' States 14,19,080 acres of ' land, to be distributed Vi. iiScordiiiLT to their federal ljopulation one acre to f each head in each "of theVuUes. - After Mr: U. con-', i eluded the -Senate adjourned. ; . -.' . ' On 'Taidq; the '27th, Mr. BAptiER presented -j -? FeVeror petitions praying an iiici-easc of conipensa i ? tiii for taking the census in Xorth-'Carulina. . The ;. Till" granting laud to - Iowa for .rail mad' purposes ; vjL-j again taken up. Mr. Sumner addressed the : " Senate in support of the bill, contending that the 3 x Tn"ited StfteA had enjoyed an e.xc'inptioii'fromtax-liTroudufil-irpublSJidsj-whicIi. taxation if paid : .; vould antount at this. date. to . Que hundred and for- ty million of dolIai:a- Tlie States' in which the : Idamls were situated could most equitably ask. for a ''.t J;pftion Of tJiese lands, lor. their jjurposes of inter-i : jial improveinent's. 1 The bill was; then postponed ! Itill i hursdirvY and the Senate (adjournc(l.-' . ! 1k On Wcdittsdii the 28th, Mr. Lass presented ; the -proceedings of a. jWiblic meeting held in 1 )etroitf ; Jvliclngaii, vv the 12th instant, at Winch-. Resolutions "ee ailojited urging iqon C(tiigress the7 passage L. of the ivsolution now pending in the Senate, an- - : ,.xaonin tne i resuieut to. oi a covresponUcnce Vitli the British (joyet'nment to effect the release ! of Sinitli .-.(Brien andlhe other exiled Irish patricts. iAttfr.remaiks, tffi --the ''subject' from Messrs. Cass, "" : 'JI'A.Lt. jBvTfc-ERv and 3ie-i-is, it vrtmi laid on tlio ta- .ble. ' 't,ftr'. oniq, vtUvr u'i7iiiui (pit reports, tne i resolution declaring tlie compromise acts .to be. a dennitive settlement of the stave Auestion, was ta-;- ten up.- Mr. Davis-addressed tliet Senate in oppo- -sit ion td the resolution, commenting upon the sev . J: fefal acts embraced m.-iti lieW-onsidered theiii all as -.. ! 'settled.-; The ; fugitive .slavfe law he Was opposed to, v vbecaiise 'it violated the great principle of the trial -,' .by iurv. - lie thought a time would come when s 'ad the. country would be satisfied tliat its modilica i . lion woulefle '-.beneficial. Mr. Manoum desired to i ;L,aie an early oj-iMitunity..of making an effort to j,' -?.; "get rid of this resolution. -The-.debate upon it was . V . 'po'rnjcious.in its effects. Mr. McRae got the floor . and the subject was postponed. And, after an e$- :;' I lmiive'.'ssKTiiti'trrej Sene atljoiirnetl. j .t 9 Thiiwlayl "the 29tlf, Mr'j Sinfius called up I the resolution reiatii'ir to Smih' . O'Brien and ; his "iL'-soeiates, and ixiovexl to amen.1 it by substituting therefor a resolution of his own. The Mexican-In-deumity bill was received froiil the House and-e-ferrcd to the committee on Finance. The compro mise resolutions were then I taken up, and Mr. ;Jk'UE ad dressed, the Senate in opposition thereto, dwelling pavtieularly "upon1 Mississippi parties and polities. ' Without concluding, he yielded the floor, ' nd the Senate adjourned. : ! : house. .. ' - 'i . -On ' Jon'irt? the 20fh, ; nothing important was transacted. The subject of public printing was the engrossing (topic. , ' . , On Tuesday the ,27t'h, the discussion on print-" ng was Cohtind. . " ;i i r)n Wednesday the 28th, on motion of Mr. IIotsTON, tlie Houso1 went into a committee of the whole on the' state -of 'the Union, and" took up the bill providing for the' payment of the Mexican indem nit i : and negatived- the.' two amendments before tiie committee, regulating -its niode of ayment.' After which the committee rosebud the bill was re ported which was read a econcMmd third time.and passed. Cn motion of Mr. Bavly the cjimiinit ; tee rose, jindUhe House having resumed, h5-moved . that debate iai the committee be limited to five fnin . ntes. The committee again took .up the bill for .: the relief of the Spanish prisoners ; and Mr. Cakt . Ter moved as an : ;imeudment, " That . nothing in ' the act should be construed to authorize an iuter-;'i- ference'with. the affairs -of Cuba;" -which .waa ear ; riel : 79 to 08. -The. House resumed, and the a : Jacndinent of Mr, Cautter was read ; but, before ; any decision was arrived at, the House adjourned, f g On Thursday the 29th, the House'"toqk 'up"-the .tmtihishel business of V-Osterday ; and the Clerk u proceeded to ca-1 1 the mil, the yeas and nays hav log been ordered on Mr. Gakiter's ainendment, ;. "which resulted in a vote of 91 in .the affirmative and il in the negative. It was, therefore negativ ed. , .Ilie,previous question precluding debate, the t anu nays were UemariWU -on the -maiu ques tion wfiich was carried- -veas 147, . nays 22, and the bill was finally passed. The Post Office com- :.mittee! reported, a bill lHodifihv the nostafre law Vof hist session, which was. refei fed to a conimittee of the whole on the state of the Union.- Tlie committee also reprUHl-.a--i.illai1thori.inj them to em pi v a . , clerk, upon which the yeas and navs were taken, which was carried yeas 71,: navs. Gl: Nothing else of public in teTest was reported, and beford the c committees were atl called, the House adjourned NOTIGIS. the -' Mt-sicAL Times " is ai AVeekly J.ournal of Hasic", Literature,'aud the; Fine Arfs, published in xlew-Yot by D. M. Cole.' . - It is a publication of decided merit,, and caleuliited to promote one of the rao-t iinp'ortunt interests of society. Terms two dollars a year iu advance. . have received since our last the January Hiimber of 5)lack1ood's .Emxpruo Magazine, frpn.i th'e publishers, Messrs. Lebnord Scott & Co., .New-Vork. Among other, interesting articles, we noticfone on tlie Bural Superstitions of "Western nt'e, which appears attractive. 1 ? . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, for Feb ruary, is a valuable Xumber. It contains sketch otthe 'Public Life of Beni. Franklin. hv .W-nh Ah- "bott, with -thirty-two illustrations. heu m-eat variety of entertaining reading culled from the best sources. - - '. ., ; ; . I Dickens' " Household Words," Xo. 90, -is also at its post There's no body who can resist Dick ens, lie must be heard, and will be heard, with out a puff from us. The present Number is deci dedly readable. v . : .-1 The EciEjCTic for February has arrived, but we h'aye notjhad time to do more than merely glance at its tempting selections" .v ' DEAF k DUMB & THE BLIND. . From the Encyclopedia Americana. INSTITUTIONS FOE THE BLIND. In the case of persons destitute of sight, ft is ne cessary to have recourse to the other senses to sup ply ."the want of the eye. If, for. instance we wish to teach them the arts f reading and writinsr, let ters must be prepared,-which will be palpable to the touch, and the hand guided until they are able to copy tnem. n "ne Avish to communicate to them a knowledge of the surface of the' earth, globes and maps must be prepared with thV divis ions, &c., in relief. Knowledge obtained in this way mist, of course, be acquired much more slow ly than that by the sight The senses of touch and of sight differ ih this respect, the forjrnex.iw cends by. degrees from the perception of parts to the perception of the w hole, whilst the latter views jthe whole at a single glance. It is, therefore, evi dent, that the blind cannot be instructed in the common schools destined for those who, see; iu the first place, because the means of instruction. 'by the touch are wanting ; and secondly because the prog ress of the other children would be retarded bv the slow iipprohension of the blind Tpupjils. For these reasons, and as the blind form .So sinall part of the. population of every country; particular in stitutions have, in many places, been -established tor their instruction. In 1'russia, ; they amount to more than 13,000 souls. Zauns, in his Belisar (1821, p. 12 el eq.), has laid down, as a , general law,-deduced fi om observation, that the proportion of blind persons decreases from the eouator towards j the" poles. In' Egypt, he says, it is as 1 to 100, j while in Norway the portion is 1 te 1000. The I instruction given in the schools for the blind aims, ! first, at a - general -cultivation' of, their intellectual j faculties,. They are afterwards taught some art whiclrmayeiiable them- to provide for their own subsistence. These arts are. of two kinds jne chanical employments and music. The instruction pf the blindtherefore, embraces three branches 1. - mechanical labors ; 2. the fine arts ; 3: science, ; because it is impossible to determine, without trial; the peculiar gen iu if-of the -pupils, , whether, for in-' stance, .they should be instructed as mechanics, musicians, or mathematicians.- The ' German . in stitutions for the .blind, iwell as those in I'aris,' have" this comprehensive character,' Avhilst the Eng lish aim, 'more exclusively to impart "instruction in mcehahieal trades. The first idea of such an insti Lution for blind persons wasfconceived by Valentin llauv, brother of the celebrated mineralogist1: it was suggested to him by his acquaintance with a Ceniian lady, the baroness von Baradis, of Vienna, who visited I'aris in 1780; and 'performed oirthe organ witti general applause. llauy repeatedly visited this ingenious lady, and was much surprised to find in her apartments ( several contrivances for tlie iusLructionpf the blind ; for instance,iembroidered mas and a pcx'ket printing-apparatus, by means of which she corresponded with von Kempelen, in Vienna (the inventor of the chess-player aud speak ......I .. nn . leiti lieu DUllU geiitle- mau, named Wcissenbury at Mahheim. Ilauy conared the high cultivation of these two Cer niaiis with the degraded state of the blind in France, where, at the annual fair of St. Ovide an innkeeper had collected ten "poor blind persons at tired m a ridiculous manner, and decorated with asses' ears, peacocks' tails, and spectacles 'without glasses, to perform a buries me concert.! Nor did Z? - -A A the great institution for the blind, or the hospital of tlie 300 (commonly called les quinzc-vhtyt,- foun ded, in 1260, by St. Louis, after his crusade to Egypt, during which so .many soldiers became blind by the ophthalmia, prevailing jn that coun try), 'present .to the philanthropic 'llauy a pleasing picture of intellectual cultivation ; rathe)- a scene of tlulhess and moral coiTiiption. He, therefore, re- solved to do for the blind m i ranee what tlie abbe de l'Epee had done for the deaf and dumb. In 1784; he opened an institution, in which they were instructed, not only in .appropriate mechanical em-, ployments, as spinning, knitting, making ropes or fringes, and working in paste-board, but also in music, in reading, writing, ciphering, . geography and the sciences. For this purpose, he invented particular means of"instruction; resembling those with which he had become acquainted, by his intercourse-with the two blind Germans Paradisj and Wcissenburt;. For instruction in reading, he pro cured raised letters of metal,- from which, also, im pressions may be taken on paper : for writing, he used particular wri ting-cases in which a frame, . with wires to separate the lines could be tastened upon the paer ; for ciphering, there were mova- le hecures of ml'tal and ciphenno;-boards, in which the figiii-es could be fixed : for teaching geography, maps were prepared, upon which mountains rivers,, cities, and the borders of countries," were .embroid ered in various ways, &c. In the beginning, the philan'throphie society paid the expenses of 12 blind persons; afterwards, m 1791, the institution was tadcen under the protection of the state, and united to that for the deaf and. dumb ; buVas this was found inconvenient, it was, in 1795, separated from the latter, and, in 1801, united toj the hospi tal of the quinze vinyt. The mingling ot. young blind persons here with old soldiers being found very preiudicial to the former Hauy, full of indig nation, wenTto Petersburg, in 180G, in order to a similar institution there. ; After the restoration, in 1815, the establishment was put up on its oriiri mil footing, and the physician doctor Guillie appointed its director. Next to France, the first institutions for. the blind were established in Great Britain, where,- however, they are s-upported only by the contributions of private individuals. In 1790, an institution ot this sort was estaousiieu at Liverpool, in which both males and females are instructed in manual labor, in singing hymns, and olavin on the onian. In 1791, a second one was estahlishedin Ed in burg, in which the making of baskets'- and ropes is the principal occupation. Similar institutions have since arisen in other pla ces"; one at London, in 1800; also' at Dublin, Bris tol and Norwich. In Germany, the fii-st public in stitution for the blind was established by the king of Prussia at Berlin, ill 1806, when llauy passed through this city. Zeune was appointed director of jjt. He invented many instruments more simple ban those- which had formerly been used, and which an- sw'ered the purpose very "well. Among other things,' hejbroifght to great perfection maps' and globes,, destined for the use- of the blind j which, iiimay parts pf Europe are used for the'insiruction of oth ers alsA,. since they present, by means of elevations and depressions ot the siirtaee, proportional eieva-s tion nd pictures, which strike the mind forcibly. In arithmetic, he directed his attention almost ex clusively to mental Calculations. The first institu tions for the blind in Germany, ""after that in Ber lin, were established in Vienna and Prague,; both in 18Q8, aiitOn. the same year,, that in Amster dam, founded by free-masons. In 1809, the insti tution in Dresden sprang up a branch of that in Berlin. In 1810, the institution in Zurich; was tounded by the auxiliary society. In 1811, a sim ilar; establftliment was instituted . in Copenhagen, after the plan of professor Brorson, by the society of the chuin,' as. it is called ( Vtrein der Kelte.) Alter the great war lor liberty, from 1813 to lo, when the Egyptian ophthalmia raged so dreadfully among the European armies, several institutions for blind soldiers were established, on Zeune's plan, in Prussia. Their object was to instruct soldiers 'tvno had become blind, and unable to exercise their for mer business, in useful" labors. These schools were, at first, intended to continue only till all the sol diers received in them had thoroughly learned some- trade : two ot them, however, those at Breslau ana Konigsberg, have been put upon a permanent foot ing. The institution for the blind in Petersburg, which Was established by Ilauy, but w as never in a very" prosperous state, seems to have declined greatly after its founder's retyrn to France, in 1810 The name of its present director is Martin Pilazki. Whether the institution projected at Barcelona,. in 1820, has been established, or whether it 'survived the political storms of that year, or the yellow fever of the suceeedint;, we do not know. Institutions- for the blind are confined almost entirely to Eu rope, and they appear to be peculiar to Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, France, England and Russia. Father Charlevoix, indeed, says, that in Japan, the records of the enhpire are committed to the memory of tlie blind Vand Golownin esti mates their number in the gigantic city of Jeddo, alone, -at 36,000 ; but neither. -of them mentions that there is anyT institution established for them. INLELLIGENCE. . The Forrest Case. The " Forrest case" is closed. In spite of its re- ;pulsiyc details, it is one of the most important trials with which bur Courts have ever been concerned. The positron of the parties, denature of the alle gations, the revelations of the trial, the skill with which it has been conducted, and its probable re sult", conspire to make it a case of unusual interest. The verdict of the Jury has noj yet been publish ed, though no one can . doubt what it is. It is un. questionably in favor of Mrs. Forrest, though with what qualifications remains to. be seen. The pub lic will have very little difficulty in coming to very decided conclusions in .regard to the whole affair. The evidence, which was allowed by the Judge to take a most unusual range, shows clearly enough that the style of living in" Mr. Forrest's family wa"; as was of course to be expected, decidedly theatri cal. The character of its. habitues, the habits" and demeanor. of its inmates; and its general tone, were isuch as would .naturally ,be looked for under the circumstances. Beyond-these peculiarities, no one who has read all the evidence will find any thing remarkable. Mrs. Forrest appears, from the testi mony, to have been a woman of talents and social accomplishments, full of vivacity, free and perhaps incautious in her .demeanor, proud of what she con sidered her husband's professional talents, but not disnosed always to yield to his somewhat domineer nig temper. ' . As to the allegations which were brought against her, there will be little difference of opinion. : No one can resist the conclusion that most distinct and .'explicit perjury has. been freely used against her. The material .witnesses upon that side have been proved, without exception, to be shamelessly aban doned ; nor is there a single fact or circumstance, established by credible eviden'ee, which' in the least degree; impeaches her character. Thejvmlict of the public'dn regard to Mrs. For rest will be one of acquittal. It is impossible to resist the belief that every device of ingenious ma lignity, backed by 'wealth and troops of serviceable friends, has been resorted to with unscrupulous resumptive of . guilt' The letter which John . ouxev, a devoted tool. ot Mr. r orrest, wrote to .Mr. ioberts, of Boston, urging him to entice Mr, Jami son, while drunk, into boasts which should impli: ite MTs. Forrest, finds -its only parallel m words which Shakspeare has fitly put into tlie mouth of the greatest villain ever created by human genius; nor is itr clear that in this case Shakspeare himself las not been outstripped by nature. e certainly remember 'no 'instance, in real life, of, a more re morseless or destestable plot. The Mercer-street conspiracy was of the same character, though, so far as appears, more degraded tools were employed m its execution. , "We cannot conceive it possible that Mr. Forrest should retain with the puWic any degree of char acter or "respect. He may possiblv continue to crowd the galleries of our second-rate theatres, and to receive, the- applause of the reckless mob. But ns character is gone, lhc revelations of this trial, with the inferences which they render necessary, will folio ,v and brand him to the ei.1 of his days. lV.. Y.' Times, The' ew Fokteigx Secretary of Exclaxd. -Granville "George Levesion-Gower, second Earl of Granvjlle, and now her Britamc Majesty s Secreta ry of State for roreign Atiairs, is comparatively a young man, having been born iu 1815, lie gradu ated at Christ Church, Oxford1: . was for a short time attache to the British Embassy at Paris, and subsequently Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Anairs ; was appomiea a railway commissioner in 184G, in which year he succeeded to the earldom ; Master of the Queen's Buckhounds, July, 1.846; ice President ot the Board of Trades May, 184S ; was member of Parliament for Morpeth, from February, 1837, to Februaiy, 1840, and sat for liitchf&ld from September, 1841, to January, 1846 ; was apjioiinted a deputy-lieutenant of Salop, 1846 ; second mpjor, Staffordshire yeomanry, 1848. Earl Granvillet was, it must be remembered chairman of the counqil'.of the Royal Commission of the Great Exhibition of 1 851. rThe first earl was a distino-nkl ed diplomatist ; he was uncle to the present Duke of Sutherlarjd, - and was long known as Lord n ii ' T:' 1 nu i tjranvijifi jeveson-uower. me present, earl is niiirripnn a d.itlirlir l.nrlv tlit Tliitr-lifiac Tl A IlnrTr who whs the widow of Sir Facton, brother to the present Cardinal of that name. The; Scientific Expedition which set out from Copenhagen- at the beginning Of last June for Greenland, with a view to examine into the mincral ogieal wealth of the great chain of hills which divides-that country throughout its entire length, has, it js reported from Dempark, already met with encouragement towards the prosecution of its researches. On the very first breaking ground in the moimtainsfleigh boring the Danish ,-col.ony of Juliaueh-isb, trh party came on copper- formations. lying close to the surface; branching away in three several directions, and appearing to have great depth and great horizontal extent. The engineers at the head f this expedition are sanguine, from the great analogy observable between the conformation of the Ifral Mountains and that of the hills of Greenland, in their expedition, in finding in the lat ter mines of gold, of platina, and perhaps of silver. A Silveu Mine Discovered in New Mexico. The National Intelligencer states that a dispatch has been received from all officer of the army sta tioned in; New Mexico, stating that an extensive and rich silver mine has been discovered oh the public lands, in the vicinity of Fort Fillmore, in that territory.. The main or chkf vein is said to be over five inches in width at the surface, and is exposed from the summit of a mountain fifteen hundred feet high to its base, over a thousand yards in length. The eastern slope only of the mountain has been! explored, but there is no doubt that the A-ein passed entirely through it. An, analysis of the ore has been made by a Mexican silver" work er, who pronounces it very rich. Fort Fillmore is about twenty miles north of El Paso. Horrible Discovery Unparalleled Murder. The Bodt of YoCxg Lehmax, the Gehmax Jew 1 eddler, 'supposed . to be found ixtejtse Excitement. - ye learn from die; Philadelphia papers that on Friday afternoon, aboht half-past 4 o'clock, the District of Richmond was the scene of the most intense excitement, caused by the finding of what is supposed to have been the body of Jacob Lehman, aged 17 year, son of Aaron Lehman, a German Jew peddler, who resides at No. 497 N. Seventh street near Franklin, Penn District. The boy has been missing since the -8th of January, upon which occasion his father senp him out to dispose of a lot of jewelry, valued at some $200. From tliat period up to Friday evening,: airtraces of his whereabouts have been unknown. i?; Sun. The North Amer ican says : --' ... About 4 1-2 o'clock, on Friday afternoon, some little girls, who were playing near the coal wharf No. 14t just above the iron works of Messrs. I. P. Morris, discovered, frozen in the ice in the flats, or the river at that point, three sacks, close together. These children informed four young men who were chopping wood on the shore, and they cut out the bags with their axes. They partially opened the sacks, when portions : of thuman remains became visible. ; i , The suspicion at once flashed upon their minds, in consequence of recent rumored apprehensions as to the fate of the missing peddler boy, Jacob Leh- aaan, that his body had been brougliLto light. Hundreds of spectators soon collected, and all ar rived at the! same conclusion. . A messenger was "despatched to Kensington for Dr. Goldsmith, the coroner, and by the time that functionary reached the scene, not less than 1,500 persons were assembled. There was the greatest excitement, and an universal feeling of horror pre vailed. - ', The sacks were removed to the hotel of Captain George McCullcir, on Richmond street, near llunt ingden, where a jury j of inquest was empanneled. Upon examining, the sacks a most bloody and horrible speefciele were presented. The sight, in deed, was appalling.. iThe stoutest nerves could not view it withwut A shudder, and the bare thought of it caused the warm blood torunfeld, and the heart to sicken. i In one sack was a head, and legs and feet; in another a thorax, arms and hands, with the vis cera of the chest ; and in the third the lower por tion of the trunk, aiid the hips and thigh, with the viscera of the abdominal region. The portions of the body in the different sacks were, with parts of the clothing of. the; deceased, fixed land tied togeth er, so as' to occupy the least space. " The head had been severed from the trunk, the body hewn in twain, the legs chopped off at the knees, aud the feet partly cut from the legs, at the ankles, so3 that they i might be bent upwards. . There had also' been an attempt 'to cut the thorax in two lengthwise. On the top of the head were two frightful wounds,; fracturing the skull. The nose was likewise broken; and the eyes blackened. On putting the mutilated parts of the body to gether, and laying the whole out in the coroners' ice box, they formed the perfect corpse -of a youth about 17 yeajs old the exact age of the lad, Leh man.' The hair was like his. The body, further-, more, corresponded to his in size, height and gene ral appearance. The clothing, too, was of the same description as his. Indeedno doubt what ever remained that the corpse was that of young Lehman. - The clothing was cut and torn into fragments, and all tlie. buttons were removed from the great coat. Around the pieces of the body, both inside . - .ai.-, rti-iu gevso wings and feathers. In each sack was a heavy paving stone. The coroner went into a thorough and rigid in vestigation of the .foul homicide, carefully conduct ing the proceedings in order to serve the ends of justice, m tlie best manner. 4 There has never been a parallel to this monstrous homicide in fhe annals of crime in Philadelphia. It even exceeds m atrocity the murder of the Bart- lie, family, in -ltoxborough.. - . Washigtok, Sunday, Jan. 25, 1852. The Supreme Court of the United States have decided the case of thejState of Pennsylvania against the v heeling and Belmont Bridge Company, in favor of the former party. The decree of the Court is that the Bridge shall-be removed as a nuisance and an obstruction to navigation, or be elevated so as to permit steamboats, schooners, &c, the ordinary river crafts,, to pass. The de cision is not yet promulgated. Justice McLean is now writing the opinion of the Court. It will be delivered, as I am informed, towards the close of the week. This will settle an important question, as to tlie relative rights of States and of the United States in reference tolthe control oer rivers. It will be found that the United States will assert the -authority, under the Constitution, to. prevent State Corporations from hindering the passage of licens ed vessels. : . ' S - Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Boston, Jan. 28. The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society are holding their annual convention in this city, to last for three days. The only noti ceable fact, so far is the annual report of the sec retary, Edwin Quincy. It claims that all events of a historical character, for the last twenty years; are traceable directly to the efforts and influence of this Society. , It characterizes the doings of the last Congress as of the most abandoned prafligacy; that the possession of power shows that the whigs can become worse than democrats. The Fugitive Slave Law was declared to ' be a failure, and that slaveholders had acknowledged that it did not come ' up to their expectations. The receipts during the year have been about 87,000, and the expenses about 6,500. Mes'sers. Garrison, Burlsigli, 11a mond, Parker, -Pillsbary, Foster, Lucy Stone, and others of the leading'members of the Anti-Slavery party, are present. ; The Pun Mania. Since Profesc Anderson's great offer of tVo prizes,! value $'400 and 250; has appeared, for the two ljest: original conundrums, everybody seems to be on the tip-toe of anxiety to compete for. these tangible quid pro .quos. The prizes make an elegAnt display in the window of Jall, Black & Co., and no doubt there will be a rim collection of excellent wit sent in. The whole of the conuridrmiis will be published, but the, names only of the successful jcompe'titors. The Professor's advertisements explain all particulars. The Profes sor performs every evening and this afternoon. The conundrum office is, Jollie's, No. 300 Broadway. New-York Tribune. Death of a Relative of Arnold. -The last surviving relative in (Norwich, Conn., of Arnold, the traitor, died, at tlie New-Haven almshouse on the 15th inst., aged 92. She was cousin to Bene dict, and the last of his kindred in that vicinity. She and a sister, recently deceased, were eccentric in their manners, and not always grateful for the favors which they received. Yet they owned the house which for many years they had occupied, and Lizzy had deposited '.''with' a trusty neigh bor, some 50 to defray her funeral expenses. She was carried to the poor house at her own request, that she might be made 1 more comfortable than she would be in.her own house. Two Roman tablets, says the Advisador Mala yuense, were lately discovered by some workmen at Malaga, made of bronze, and weighing one, 164, and the other, 100 pounds. Thev were found to contain, engraved in columns, the local laws the city of Malaga, at the jeriod when it first be came part of the Roman empire. REVIVAL. Ax interesting revival of religion is at present experienced in several of the Churches of this Citv. lhe Kev. iur. keysoldsox, ot retersburg, an eloquent , and impreasive divine, has been preach ing every night, for a week or two, in the Baptist Church, to crowded houses, and a number of his congregation have professed conversion, whilst many others are earnestly seeking salvation. The Rev Mr Joxes has alsoen laboring in Church, and occpionally preaching J the Christian in the Market House, about. v the same length of m 1 o tune, we are gratmod to learn, with considerable success. ' .. - Unusual interest has likewise, for some t,W ! ..1 been manifested and season of refreshing eiijoved, j in the Presbyterian Church, and .there are infica-l ' tions of an awakening influence in the Methodist Church. Star. Arctic Expeditions. Com.. Char'e Wilkes,' late Command'r of U. S. Exploring Expedition, writes to the National Intelligencer, that no sys tematic and effectual plan of operations has vet le n adopted in the search for .Sir John Frankiin. I The only and true course, he maintains, is a thoi-j ough, exploration over the- ice by sledges or boats, making the advance, in all directions, but particu larly to the westward from Wellington Channel. The end in view in a future search ought to be to examine the entire Arctic region, where we can scarcely fail to discover some - trace, affirmative or negative, -gf the great navigator. iV. Y. Tribune. Distressixg'Case of Mental Derangement. A Washington letter, dated1 January 15th, says: Sears C. Walker, the celebrated astronomer, and, by large odds, the most distinguished mathematician iu our country, has gone'deranged. Night before last, whilst sitting late at his labors, he made a dis covery, by! which Logarithms are rendered useless in mathematical calculations. The most intense excitement followed, and he could neither sleep nor converse. He continued in this condition un til yesterday, at noon, when his glorious mind gave way. It is hoped that the misfortune maybe tem porary, but the worst , is feared. j Safety Paper for Checks. A patent has been granted in England 16 William Stone for an improvement in the fabrication of safety paper". The object has been to manufacture a paper which indi cates by a change of color any attempt to dissolve the ink of written characters by chemical agents. The mixture to add. with the pulpof a ream of post weighing 18 pounds is : 1 oz. iodine of potassium ; 1-4 oz. ferrocyanide of potassium; J ib. siarch. One of the salts will be dissolved in an attempt to absorb ink marks, and will produce a brywn or a Prussian-blue color. JT. Y. Tribune. Arrests or Kossuth's Fkiends at Vif.xxa. A letter dale ! 'Vienna, Dec, 28th, after referring to the mysterious arrest and imprisonment of Kos suth's sisters, savs : " It sccins that a man named May was a'r rested here at Vienna it the same time, b .-ing charged, as tar as 1 can learn, witli holding communication with Kossuth, and Kossuth's familv. This May-? has since burnt himself to death in his prison, which is rather an ominous circumstance. Many arrots have been made; lately among the students of Vi enna, particularly those of the medical school, and the Polytechnic Institution." Fike ix New-Yokk. We learn from the X. Y. papers that a destructive fire occurred in that city j on Wednesday night the 28th ultimo, which de- ' stroyed about 500,000 worth of property. The i .L, .,ro rrtouric, as near as our reporter could ascertain, are as follows : . Hastings, Libby AFofby, doss about $50,000. X. B. Oatley, loss $40,000, intured for $30,000. Freeman, Hodges fc Co., loss about 800,000. John Lockwood, loss on stock about 835,000. ; Doremus, Nixon k Co., loss about $250,000. Leerr Fisher fc liobinson, loss on stock oboiit $75,000.. Singular. During the snow storm . on': last Sunday night, about nine o'clock, there were sever al distinct Hashes of lightning, a very singular phe nomenon, especially on such a night. We pre sume some of the weather-wise willmagnify these twinkles into earth quakes, or soirfethinor eaually imorty ant. Ptiitnu JJifspatch. ' Casualty. Thos. C. Eilegoad, a journeyman tailor and Daguerreotypist, Avas drowiied in a town near Salem, N. C, on the 14th inst. He was skating, when the ice broke, and before assistance could be rendered, life was exfinct. The decease was a man of small stature, about 25 or 30 years of age, and is reported to have been raised in the neighborhood of Richmond, Va. Bib. Recorder. Arrest of Bank Rohhers. The. Norfolk Her ald states that. a telegraphic despatch has been re ceivedfrom Charleston, stating that the robbers-of the Portsmouth Bank had been apprehended in that city. ; All the suspected persons, arrested at Nor folk, except a man named Bland, have been dis charged. B. Sun. , . - Minnesota. This territory, but a very few vcars ago a howling wilderness, is already' rapidly7 ad vancing in cultivation and population. It now con tains 20,000 inhabitants, and there is flowing into it a steady tide of emigration,' attracted by the fer tility of itsoil, its vast prairies, its valuable timber lands, and various other advantages, that will soon entitle it to knock at the door of Congress for ad mission as a State. Bereavements. "O God, how thou breakest into families ! Must not the disease be dangerous when a tender-hearted surgeon cuts deep into the flesh ? How much more, when (iod is the operator, who afflictetli not from h'ks heart, nor grieveth the ch dren of rnen?' M"1 Chtyne. . The Queen' of Stain. It is stated that Queen Isabella is so delighted at becoming a mother, that she has announced her intention of increasing her family, and has forbidden her subjects to take the customary oath of allegiance to the first princess, as she "hopes to present the nation with a son shortly.1' A Large Biro. A black earle, measuring 7 feet from tip to tip of the wings, and weighing 9 1-2 pounds, was killed by Mr. Joseph Dettor, with a rifle, two hundred yards, on the land of Mr. Jesse Brown, of Clarke county, Va., a few days ago, , Reported Abdication of the' Emperor of China. The " Friend of India." on the authority of a native-lately arrived at Sikhim from Lassa, j states that the Emperor of China hasiust abdicated i his throne, in favor of the usurper Lieu Seh. James Montgomery, the poet, a Sheffield (Eng) paper says, has read the notices of his death, in the American papers, with their accompanying eu logies, with much satisfaction, and, what is more, read them without the aid of glasses. The Archbishop,of Paris refused to marry Gen.' Cavaignac to Mdlle. .Odier, because hewould-not consent to have the future children educated in the j Roman Catholic religion, tlie lady being a Protes ' tant, whereupon the veteran went to Holland to ! tret married. . ,; Improving Navigation. It is estimated tliat an expenditure of 8115,000, in removing the bars in James River, Va., would enable vessels of 1000 tons capacity to reach the wharves at Richmond. The subject'is to be brought before the Legislature. Col. John S. Preston and Col. W ade ttampton, of of Richland, and Col. Ashe, of Ciiarleston, nae - been severally nominated ior vue omce or of South-Carolina, RAEE NEW ZEALAND BIRD. A YEssEt, bringing fid'in New Zealand the ka-v kapos (strigops,) and the kiwi (apteryx,) has firriv- n! e striSl8 a nocturnal parrot, was- accident ally killed during the voyage, tut the apteryx has . reached England in good health, and is safely lodg- . ed in the gardens of the Zoological' Society. Tho great interest attach f rrYY if a I, & til IO lllll dlJOVt? 1JUIU JU7 KMIlL the SlirviiMi - ' .. . verydong ZTJoi theSouth Pacific Each; islaXhn 1 bird Benig without whig, tlms pablc of ...r auiiuMre, mnornis, tfcjJ were killed led OUt. in t u lnmin.1 o-.,.. - i .i . i i . v.t. ZZ , a,"' .Wlucn ey innaoit- vv., i.ii.j ira,c ICH UUIV d Som, traditional and historical evkl 'encf TSll ' of their existence. The apteryx is a numal bird ' fkll V (whi,. 1: ,. , i .1 pteryx is a nocturnal ; bird. and dnrinfT tlit rrrniKir ..e i ... v- . . , . o fo' oi ine,uay it-stands or sits, sleeping, in an attitude of extremely grotesque i mtraeier, u anything in nature can be said to be . grotesque. The position, of the legs, with reference to the centre of gravity, apparently renders anvU titude except an upright one sufficiently inconvem , ient to require the assistance of the leak as an ad-' ditional.supX)rt, and in this use we fiud reason for" the hardened texture of the tip, which is almost in constant contact with the grouud. When excited, the apteryx stands, nearly upright, and kicks freely, inflicting sharp cuts with the strong claws which Larm its feet ' In this action it resembles the cas- f , sowary. The hairy open texture of the feathers, the entire absence bt tlie wings, and tlie rounded outline of the back, give the ajteryx a mammalian expression,, which must strike every one who sees .." it London Literary Gazette., .' Counteifeit gold, dollars are getting to be quite frequent. They may be known as ballet dancers are by their light weight and brassy appearance. THE LATEST MARKETS. RALEIGH MARKETWholesale Prices. , reported ExrnrssiLY ior the weekly" rost,' Ey JORDAN WOXBLE, Grocer, Hakgte Street, Raleigh. ' " Thursday, February 3. Beef, oft the hoof, SI 00, $ hundred. . ' - ' Butter Fresh, 20c, V Corn Sb & 90c, bushel. 1'lonr Scarce, at $4 50$ 75, as to quality. ' Fodderi-4i 00 Q hundred. Hides Dry, 10c, in barter. ' "Meal 90c bushd. , ' Oats She'af, 80e "tf hundred.' ' ' PeaF White, 80e,- bushel ; Yellow, 76 75c,$?buh"cl. Pork 7 00, smnll supply. PETERSBURG MARKET Wholesale Prices. KErORTET) EXTRESSLY TOR THE WEEKLY mST, By Messrs. -McILWAINE, BROYiLEY' Grocer.8 and CumminHipri Merchant, TliTKKSlH UO. VA. Co. Tuespat, Jan. 23. Macon Sides an J Shoulders 9 10e. CoiTee Sl4Ji , O'i, tor Rio ami Laguira. Corn 62 (ii C5 f bushel. of 5G lts. Cotton Market quiet pais to a niederatc Extent at 7K i a prime lot would probably command' more. j .Flour Holders very firm superfine S4 50. Park-None in market. Jl. E. Peas A good .di-msnd at 65 (Tf 70c 1? buahef. ' Snjcars Brown, 5 (y 7-.!c. II- Tobacco Prices a shade lower this week, the receipts are still modi-rate. - "V heat Demand active at improved prices Red 85 90e ; "White, 90 (rtj98e. - - -' . Vliite BefaisWantcd at 1 20 1 25. - ' Owing-to the River and Canal having been closed with lee business operations in several branches have been much impeded. ' ' The weather is now mild and it is hoped a few days will restore all the usual avenues of trade. The Raleigh and. Gas ton Rail Road now receives goods regularly for Littleton Depot. Goods for Rajeigh and vicinity have in most cases yet to be sent to Rock Mount, Joyner's, and other points on tho'Wilmington Road. EICHM0ND MARKETWholesale Price. BErORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE WEEKLY rtST, , By J. N. GORDON &. SON, Grocers and Cammision Merchants, K1CH310ND, TA. Tuesday, February 3. Beeswax None in market. Nominal prfcc, 22 23c. Uutter Mountain firkini 1 1 16c ; common, 10 (gi 12c; Fresh roll, 18 (; 20c. Uacon New Western Sides, 10c ; Shoulders, 9 g 9VC; Hams, 11 12c. , Cottons-Raw 8c ; Yarns 17e., for Nos. 4 12. ' Corn 60 a 65e f bushel. " - Coffee Rio, 8 i J i i Laguira, 9 9c ; Cap ' 8 9c. ; Java, 12 12.' c. Candles Mould, 10X 1 IK ; Hull's patent, 12c ; best Adamantine, 25 30c ; Sperm, 43 45c Cheese Goshen in boxes, 8; Casks, 74 7Jc Fish Roc Herrings, 6, ; Mackerel, No. 1, 89 50 $10 ; No. 2, 68 ; Nfc 3, 4.75- 5 00. Feathers Very scarce and in demand, 38c 40c.; r. Flaxseed gl 10 81 25, lor good to prime. Flour. Richmond and Seottsville superfine, $1)-b $4 Guano Best Peruvian, 17 50, Ujn (f 2(Xto.lb. Iron Swedes, $90 $92 50, $ ton ; American Toiled. $65 (a: $70 ; English, $15 53 ; best American Shect Iron, 5)c; English $15 cl $19 50. ' I - Ieather Good sole, over weights, 13 13)c ; Middlo weights, 11 15c ; damaged, 10 Qi,12$t;, as in quality. liqnors Brandy, Otard, Dupay & Co., $2 25 fe$2 50;' A. Seijrnette, $175; Imitation, 32c ; Virginia Apple, 40 v 50e ; ld, 62.; (aj, "'S ; New England Rum, 28 29c"; Rich mond Rectified Whiskey, 23e, in barrels. 'Lard. New in kegs, lOjc. Molasses Cuba, 20 24e ; Porto Rico, 28 30c ; Or leans in barrels, 32 33c. iS'uils Best brands, 3)c; common 3 3'c Oils Winter bleached, SI 35 ; unbltaefied, 81 30 ; Whalo, 60c ; Solar, 60 (ft 65c ; Tanners, $12 Ql $13 y barrel.' Oati Up i country, 40c & IhisIicI. Potatoes Northern Mercer, 70 ,75e, t) bushel. Ityc Prime for distUhng will bring 75c. Itice Ne w, prime, 3 ( 4c. Steel American Blister, $107 $110 ton ; Best Naylors Cast and Shear, 16 16J. Salt Liverpool filled, $1 50 from store; $1 37, Troin Wharf. ' Shot 5c I? Ib ; Lead, A (? 53c. " ' Soaps Brown, 3 4c; Yellow, l 5c ;'HoIl' family; 6'c ; variegated, 12 (a. lie - Sn;ars New crop Orleans, 5 l 6e, for fair quality; West India sugars, none in market of prime quality. Teas Gunpowder, 60c (a. $1 s5, for -common to prira ; Black, 30 S 75e, for common to prime. Tohacco. We quote lugs, $2 $4 ; leaf, $5 $9,aa in- qu ity ; loose parcels, V!i Ci- Wheat. Owing to the recent advance comes in mor freely, and our millers now offer 90c for prime red; and 95 $1 for prime white. ADVERTISEMENTS. . THE GREAT FORREST DIVORCE CASE f ' HERALD REPORT. A FEW copies, in Pamphlet form, of the aboVe Report of this extraordinary Trial, ma v be had of the subscriber , at the office of the Weekly Post. Pnee, 2 ceatB. 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