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C- in advance in six months; or $3,00 at .Jcvpi" ofthc -voarpvkrti?''ts- Twelve lines, or less, will he Verted once or throe times, for one dollar, and 2o Ints'will he charged for each additional insertion. A Rem. ovc. As we were entering the front iioorof our o:ii..-e on .Monday noon, we t-aw an imt:cc( a human being placed exactly in our path nsy.pst within the door. It had been placed in icluir. and as it resembled in some, degree, the Sjare w'.i, oh a tobacconist pi ices in front of his tUcp, we thought for a moment that some of our Tircisli boys .hiring their nooning, had been hanlinc" piece of sculpture of that kind through the f ilters and we purposed a lecture to them; button approaching the article nearer, we discovered' by fcreul senses, that the material was what had heaa hnm.-.n being-; but long steeping in alchoJ.ci.c compositions had, not exactly pclrifed, but ci-npietely stcinifed the thing; and the creature tht bad once been the companion of gentlemen wjsso nasty, so completely bedaubed, that a well tfi hr.fj would have sqeelej him out the stye. We thought it a duty, however, as we caused it to be iweptoutof tbeolTioe, to say one word of censure to th boys who were laughing at it, that they tjrlit not to ridicule, with such emphasis, any man, f.nnk or sober. One of the lads turned up hi J r.ojein a niott expressive twist, at our remark dd you call that a man!' said he; 'a man indeed! if Mis a man, I'm glad that I'm a hoy. And tbtn they placed the thing upon its legs, and run off the square. It was but tbe common Jolof a man whose health .ti out against drunkenness. 17. S. Gaz. Express Mail We are advised (says the Petertburgh Constellation) upon undoubted authority thu the Post Master (Jeneral has it in contem plation to establish a JMiy e.r;rcs Jlail Line between Portland, Me. and New Orleans, La. provided the scheme meets the approbation of the Mercantile public to such an extent as will justify the undertaking; of which, from its usefulness and importance to them and all others concerned, we enisrttin not the least doubt. The plan of the Post Matter Gtncral as communicated to us is as follow: "The Express mail to be carried on horseback except where Steam IJoats and Kail Ho ids exists tint will facilitated conveyance at the contemplated rate of 12 miles per hour. The mail to be opnedatthe principal Cities ami Towns on th route and to carry on enly Commercial and other important letters slips from Newspaper Editors, ronUining Foreign News, interesting domestic intelligence Price Currents, Arc." Editor The path of an editor is not over thickly planted with roses. In the silence of the njM. when men forget that they lire, or bath their pints in tbe rosy bliss of dreams when care has forgotten to tug at the heart, and ambition to fire! the brain he sleeps net, he dreams not. Hv the d;tn lamp he wanders through the field of thought otby theshoreof tbe sea of knowledge, gathering pebbles wherewith to build his feeble fabric. Often he is misunderstood, taunted, mocked disappo nted. Often does icy neglect freeze his glowir.j thoughts and nip his young hopes. The carelwt sneer the crashing insinuations the covert aader the open denunciation all wait to fcan cpen him. Pittsburgh Stranger. t.ihorert. The New York tJazette of Thursday, ays- "The laborers made a partial turn out .". for ten shillings a day. In about two boars, hall ot them went to work, some at eight "iilings, and soiv.e at nine, and the rest went without .heir d.rncr. The laborers are pourin into the c:ty from all charters. Hundreds may hourly expected from F.nrope id Ireland alone will end out at least 40.ou emigrants to this city this spring, and most of thorn will be here by the first or June. An annual number of mechanics are arriving here from liferent ports in England." OniojNit.. Pat came into the staje ofnYe about fnt e clock at nijrht. booked himself for the sta-re the morn ing, . d went to bed . He had scarcely sound esleep w hen ha was called to renew his iT";, -Wy1'11 w'!l you chiree for the bit fai askeJ Pat. 'Twentr-tive cents.' was the r''.7' p ,",'S',re 11 wss kintl iv vto call me so irj; if I J siep until the morning, I'd not have money to pay me bill.'-vWAia Tflrgraph. ImtExn: or F.XAMVI.E. Mr.C. K. Rrown, aa Attorney at Law, in Uankin countv. Mississippi, wndertook to follow the precepts of great men W ashington, and actually trpungedmc parts records of one ol the Courts. The Hih ",ur'i t.rrors, on proof of the fact beino-kid " 'Jorlored his name to he stricken from the ' A"ornoys of tate, as a punishment of his tie editor of the Kecne Republican, alluding wthc numerous petitions which have been sent to ingress, signed by females savs: "Had we i ne that would so far unsex' herself as to homed "Hjjwith men's affairs, interfering by petitions and recommendations, in matUrs of legislation and a.mnai concerns, we would sav at once 'Mv esr take the unmentionables:" n rPrrvT..T!0-. In r. few dava nftcr tl.o e el the navigation, the excitement attendant " i.il ianl sales seemed to die away, and l.ttl " expected til! the opening of the season. Iut the speculators cannot rest. Within the last three "J many thousand dollars have been paid in th y i-inus at ti,e t.reen isay Ian. I oi'ice; agents re sent on by companies; moneys remitted to the Cr of the otlice; citizens of this place cmplovniHKe the entries; and in one way or another ousinoss of entering public lands is going on 181? rl0!' 1 1,c Principal points now sought -n,'toowoc and R. k river. On the laty 'acre i not a f,nt of vacant land, from the ii K f Kothk-onnng! The whole worh - -"v . in vi. tjttfu xinTif w iu are oy Mm 8 s',reaJin:? tbe west shore of lake 'Cingan. A year ago Milwaukee was suspected nVn)T -,mo ... . ... wilt r:i tc . .-.n . j ...i . a. tlrt... . 'tin.iicii.ua nil, iijn II Mir 'iiil? imp 11 rjM . ... ...... : . Hut I a have done speaking of that place; the J lna V ar U Past there it is an old place;

"000 rtenea the maximum say U'W to 'nish no summaries or extracts of any moment thel it'ie tter'tlon is now directed further down ' whatever. There is nothing worth copying, exiJ M "reek' Sheboygan, Sleeping river j eept a remark of M. Thiers, the new French Min"iti ' VntfM,,voc: are t this moment the range. : ister of the Interior, made in the course of a speech tw"o IhI 'cek tbe lamts have riten from ten to j to the Chamber of Peers, that the recent change of a nured and fifty dollars per acre they talk j was one of men, but not of measures. He stated V:-5vmn,,,n,C!,tion direct from thence to fort' also that there would be a relaxation of severity as

ton e'l heboygan, the most important ; nnnrw v ,KS Ia'KC' the lroPrty 1,1,8 ri?ea to n lTin h'Shl- 'V company o"f purchasers are - S eut a thousand or more town lots, and wiil

have them offered for sale in a short time. I he last twelve months produced changes in this

have foreseen. ' " iuhmii, which no l.iminn What the next w ill lr;., p.,., i. : yet to be known-hut from the indication, (numerous as summer Pies) we predict the story is scarce .)ognn. 1 he nnboundod resources or this conntrv, coupled with ,ts unparalleled delightful climate, urni.h inducements to settlers seldom found uni--Oil. Green lift! Gazette. ACROSTIC. A thing of glitter, gleam and gold Loose thoughts, loose verse, nnnieanini I5,g words tbat sound a thousand foldI nlimshed scraps; conceit and cant JWad stanzas, and a world of ianl A rinfl Sree.-rhe New Vo,k Cotkr & Lnquirerof Friday says; -r . Mrs. Folly, who w'as indicted some months ht,le blank girl belong.ng to her husband, inconsequence of wh.ch cruelty the child died, was Jut upon her tnal last week at Ilacken sack. She pleaded guilty to the indictment, and implored the mercy of the court. After due conside.ation of the circumstances, she was sentenced to three yea.s imprisonment at hard labor in the State Pnson 1 he scene which took place on pronouncing the sentence, ,s described by the New Ark I)a,ly Advertiser, as deeply and shocking aflecting. 1 he prisoner, a well dressed and res-pcta-h,?:T.,n 'TT"3 r"06' surrounded by her husband and lamily friends, all of them or respectable stamhng.was about to be torn from society and doomed to an ignominious companionship for years with the vilest felons- Her shrieks a. she hi0?6 ,f lh? CUrt r00m re presented as heart rend.dg. A small negro boy, who was indicted with her for participating in the cruelty was sentenced to two years imprisonment. WEIGHTS AND MeaSVRKS IK- Uwr P Cl passed March 5th, 1S:5, it i provided that where' n - neaped measure, the bushel

snail Be at the top lbi inches in diameter, the halfit,iem witl' an excellent collation

.. mcnes, ana t!,e peck 124 inches; and that the commodity shall he heaped up in the form of a cone as lonr" as anv will ),. .i aim mat wnen measuring articles not sold hv u, i ., . J - measure; l that when measuring articles not sold bv heao. ca measure it shall be stricken with str,;, 'i. or roller, of the same diameter from end to end. i iiiaiine-rtwndrcrf weights shall consist of KM) lbs. and that twenty such hundreds shall constitute a top. Sixty pounds of Wheat, 5G of Kve or Indian Corn. 38 of Parley, and :W of Oats. 'Bh,tl constitute a bushel. The above rules apply of course only where there !k no cr;i - ')'lvl"ivviium;i, I5y the same law it is provided that lnH i. measured by a horizontal chain, a ruin i,;i. mou.u never oe parted from; as every practical i i . . . - 1 - " iii.n sur - " J',r hno! lliat most of the difficulties i veymg arise from careless measurement. tire act. which mav he fonnrf in ... I

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ZaiiesviUe Gazette. A GREAT CITY IS rROsrt'tT. A O-ianc nnnn the mapof the United States will at once satisfy any intelligent man, that a rreat city must. t an early .lay, rise on some point upon those immense! m.anaseas which constitute the Northern bonnria-i . i v. it. i i i.vii y f r. . . ., present it seems e-pneraliv ! admited that this point will either be directly .t or near to the south-western end of Lake Frie.-i 1 his spot lies in avast crescent formed by the j rAcr1 l b3' W,,iCr 1e i.avigation and commerce of Lake Superior, Lake;

: S , T"-Vake l'neiaml , .ee" na-vit for Charleston t he transported ihence to the must pass. And when it is considered that those Kpr ant,l c i. p

I 1 . .. . ..... .. . uam? ciuuiauc nmsi hi aiiout -iuuii ir.i es. nortierea on nn snir-c hv trtiiA nfe ?, k . . . . : pled by millions of thrifty and industrious inhab .. . . . v . i v. ix'imc, owvni L UC I'tfl 1.li - ... r itai.ts, whocan now undertake to estimate the exteil of their trade er the magnitude of the city at iiicu mis traue win concentrate! Baltimore .imerictin. Writino Ink Mr. Ticktr I Lave used more or lose ink for many years, and think the following receipe the best tlitt 1 know of if you think it worthy of place in your useful paper, you may give it an insertion: Half an ounce of Logwood, rasped or cut ne. One ounce of Nutgalls, One ounce of Gum Arabic, One ounce of Coperas, One tea spoon full of Cloves, Let them be ground tir.e tot'ether, then put them to half a pint of warm rain water, sd kake them well together for use. Wishing, if anv of voar readers know of a better receipe, to do likewise, puWfc it. If the above shoulu be too pale, evaporate it slowly until it is right. 5Pi;C 1 ATOii. Brighton. Jn. TO, l."0. The individual, who was sentenced to be hung for the murder of Wood, in Washington Ceuntv, committed suicide, by hanging himself in jail, in Salem, Indiana. His name was George Kepley. Tcrrille rencontre and Death. A colored man living in Liberty valley, Terry county, Pennsylvania, met with an untimely and fearful death one day last week. Our informant states that he bad been employed during the day by some of his neighbors butchering, and was returning home in the evening (as is presumed) with a portion of the day's spoils, given him hv his tmplovers, which attracted a gang of wolxes that infested his path.Ithey attacked the poor tellow and literally tore him in piece-meals. 1 1 is remains were found tbe next day, surrounded hy some of the evidences of the desperation with which he ended his life. The only weapon to defend himself with was an ordoiary knife he had been using at his work, an there lay around his mutilated body five of these feeocious animals, gashed in every imaginable manner. It is supposed that there must have boon a dozen or more in a gang. from the sight which the scene of this unhappy occurrence presented. Jvniclta Journal. Two Days Later from Fi-rope. The ship Argo, Capt. Farley, has arrived at Hoston, from Liverpool, bringing London papers to the evening ot I eh. V(th, inclusive. I lie lioston papers furregards the press ', I,e sP'sh c civil v ar was still going on as heretofore. ' In conseqnrnce of the severity of lien. .M:na to r rencuresideuts, he and the 1 rench

term"1'31 I5arctlona were " worrt possible The Marquis of Waterford. who a few months a?o, undertook to knock down some of the watchmen of the city of New-York, and who in the morning found himself in the watch house, was lateiv sent to the wntrh l

land, in consequence of a ttrcet brawl with atchnian. A Qief.r Stout. A Mr. Story, of Troy, advertises his wife as having deserted his bod and board; at.d, as a postcript notifies, that he continues to mend and make shoes, arid is prepared for another wife, havirg laid in his winter wood. A very intelligent gentleman, just arrived from 1 exas, has given us an interesting account of the manner, in which Santa Anna stormed 1,p f,wit of San Antonio. The T V . . V MIUI IIMII 1;K'U convicts from the Mexican prisons. On arriving at ran Antonio, lie placed the of them as a forlorn hope in advance of the rest of the army, half encompassing them in the rear with .1..IU infantry and placing still further in the rear 2,200 cavalry, with orders, that each convict, who attempted to retreat, should be instantly shot or cut down. He then ordered the convicts to storm the fortress, setting before them liberty and promotion if they succeeded, and immediate death in the event of their failure. They rushed forward with the fury of devils, and, in less than an hour, every man in the garrison was matsacred. The carnage among the convicts was dreadful. Out of the fifteen -hundred, all but three or four hundred were eicher killed or mortally wounded. JsOtiitvil'e Jour. Cc-iuTi, April 2.". Y e have inadvertently neglected to Hale at an earlier period, that a company of about volmiteens, under charge of Lieut. Statisbury, left this plac on Thursday last for Texas. Previously to the embarkation of the Volunteer. tne i ropnetor ot the I.xchange, comulinieiited A brace of hand some pistols was also nresooi1 to Lieut. Stansbury, and another brace sent by him as a present to (Jen. Houston. These presents were made by a Committee of four gentlemen on behalf of a nuinberof our Citizens. Whi. A prices current received at Charleston from llavanna states tM f. pe of Hour at the latter place t have been from IS to 19 dollars per barrel on tne outh u;t. "There Las been coined already wnward of nix millions of dollars ot the new gold coins. The whole of the Neapolitan and French indemnifies. tion money has been ordered home infold. This

in resur- will give rive millions more to be coined and circuI lipn.'.nJ ... 1.-J. .1' ...

,al.u " 3" im-mocs aauing this sum to tbe Knr,,n.;.l P .1 1 .. , most the money from abroad." Washington (Hale. " And yet notwithstanding all the boastings of the executive organ on the subject of the gold currency, what arc the facts! Last week a (Jovemment uv ii.iiv mi iiiwiic mi nu; (i i 1 111 ;i in s oi w 1 1 lil ra W 1 11 r ... v. a-.i. u. .. . lle banks -old to take to Florida to v f hV Hp r!d not i it. iv i 'n ' i i j...... i.wiiaij. ,,, Km 1.1 ,.-o nil i... 1 i,.:.. ti. i -n. , F .. i. n L ... 1.1 u. l- c (a Z, h: nn -V.i.n r,T Z '". h bcen killed, he could not ge Uxchanpe The c"ence was, that he had 1o ship onehundred and fifty thousand dollars in silver bv the steamv..-. ,t vn. nu inucil IUI ti.o m-;.i,m.i nr a iiiv imvuii va u octroying a national bank. Hut this is scarcely the beginning. -V. I". Comm. .4Jt. We learn from Virginia, that the Van I'nren men in that State openly proclaim, that Mr. Van Huren haa agreed to abandon Col. Johnson. When was the heartless Kinaerhookcr ever known to fel even a momentary scruple in .abandoning a friend if his own interest prompted him to the act! It ie stated by the Haltimore Traseript, that Uooth, tha celebrated actor, attempted to commit suicide in that city, on the 'JSth uit. by hanging himself. He vi as however discovered by his wife in time to save his life. Cincinnati Whig, of .JpeilSfith. lirsilANDRY. Why should all girls, a wit exclaimed, Surprising farmer be? llecause they're always studying The art of hnsband-ry. 8 1" r xi so of a TiiEATHr. One Hr.vdred and Tveuty-tir Lives Lott. A dreadful catastrophe ocenred at Lahaman's threatrical booth, in St. Pelersburgh, on Sunday, the 14th of February, IF.fi. A beam took f.re from a lamp, during the perform...i .i j. -1 1 - , , . jmu-r, wiivu me dunning was soon enveloped in names. I he greater part of the audience in the boxeseffected theirescape without injury, but those in the pit crowded into the narrow passage, which was soon blocked up, when the roof fell and covered them with lire brands; of above four hundred persons, who were in the booth, one hundred and twenty-one males and five females perished, and 'about ten more were severely injured. The Finperor himself assisted at the fire. New Orpfr rnoM the Treasvry. We learn from Ohio, that thu Secretary of the Treasury has issued anew circular to the Receivers for Sale of Goveramciit Lands, as also to the Pet Hanks, that no notes of any llarik be taken on account of Government, unless such Hank will engage to redeem these notes by drafts at 0 days date, payable cither in Haltimsre, Philadelphia, or New York, at par. And further- "that no Hank note, after the first day of Julp next, be received, of a less denomination than 10 doilars. We wonder whether like orders have been issued to all tbe Land offices and Pel Institutions of tbe West, or if this is meant as a special mark of favor to Ohio. If Reuben M. Whitney and the Kithchen, have had influence enough to make this a general order to tbe West, then the llrokers, affiliated with this maritoriods company, will have a glorious harvest. in changing this kind of paper for drafts on the.

Fastern cities, w hich they can meet by the pur- and loss that is consequent upon such a measure, to chase of F. S. Hank notes the only notes which j accommodate a few pets of Van Huren. and enawill then have sny currency in the Western coun-i bltt brokers and shavers to profit by discounting try, which Mr. Cambreleng is so earnestly trying; paper as rood,aud perhaps better than that author-

to deprecate. -V- T. Daily .ldv. DrsTRicTioN Of Cats. A Xew York evening paper states that at leatt fovrteen HVNDREn cats were consumed by the fire in tbat city in Dci cember last.

ioay, may c, is so.

SSORAX, LF.SSOXS. Prayer. How simple nnd imprcysive is (lie scripture rxorlation and direction to prayer "'He that rometh to C.J that ho is. and that he is t he rewaider of them that diligently Feekhim." In this short annunrial itm is contained one of l.e most comprehensive explanations of that savinr f.itl, in our Savior, that is required in coming (Q him for a renovation of heart, lielieving tiint God is his existence, and that lie is the rewarder ot them tim dilicentlv seek him, and cannot fail, when em!) raced in not-fct 'ccn. ranre, to hring to tlie heart of the A-rvent secl.cr after CJod, tiiat answer whicli will be a a voice of gladness to the waiting soul. Bui!. lore .'llhcnceum. The Sai)8tii. Allowed as we nre siv days to lahor and do all our work, and com manded as we are to reverence the Sahhath day and keep it holy, how strangely perverse in neaii are wc, ami oiind to our interests, when we spend the Sahbatli in worldly or vain, amusements. Have we no regard for him who holdeth the issue of our lives whose breath is the whirlwind, and w hose frown the tempest, and the lightning of whose wrath could in a moment bring terrible destruction, that we will willfully diober his admonitions and in the lace of heaven mock him with disobedience? Let the Sabbath-breakers tremble, for in an hour that he thinks not of, the avenger may overtake liim. SiMri.iriTY ok Prayer. We somtimcs forget in our familiarity with a habit cr custom, the fact that some equally familiar precept or command points at in, 5c warns us to pause & reflect. How very few Christians imagine that they transgress the admonition of our Saviour, which impressed upon his disciples the folly of using vain repetitions, and yet bow many are guilty of (h very fault which this precept aimed at correcting. A child who knows bis wants, affects no circumlocution in making it known. Nature speaks in simnlicity, aiut in tne eloquence ot truth. Just so with the true Christian, who feels his needy and helpless condition, approach his father" with out vain repetition or pompous exordium, and tell of his weakness of his wanderings, and of his wants in tbe touching language of the heart, which seeks no artificial modes of expression. We have observed many ministers who commence their petitions with a long catalogue of the attributes of Deity, and this is done with the pompous air of forensic eloquence. However impressive this may be it is not prayer. CJod needs not our acknowledgements to add to his glory. He looks into the heart, and listens to answer only, when our lips respond to the inward active desire. Love One of the most beautiful traits in the human character is love. Towards all around him he feels a tenderness of affection, that prompts to kind actions and good deeds. He has caught the spirit of Him whose heart was all tenderness and compassion, and he passes by offences, and is blind to failings and peculiarities, suffering only good will and charity to he called into action when he considers him bis brother. Such is the real Christian how few are perfect. ronnr.An CE. One of the hardest lesson to learn is kindness and good will towards those who have wantonly insulted us. We can bear an injuiy with Christian forlitude,or philosophical patience, but insult rouses our pride and we burn inwardly for retaliation. Hero it is that tbe Christian" shows the spirit of His Divine Master. Here is the trial of bis profession. Jh. Charity How can wc expect mercy from tied, and a kind forbearance for our transgressions of his law, when we have no charily for, and allow ourselves to indulge in unkind thoughts and unchristian tempers towards our brethren. Ib. Spoutino with Divine thixcs. Even professieg Christians are often guilty of trilling with sacred thing. They will not spare their jest at the expense of tbe minister's mistake, or his peculiarities; nor refrain from violating the true meaning of a scripture text when it may serve as a quotation to illustrate some humorous or profane occurrence. Hut (od is not a God who will be mocked, or who will suffer bis holy word to be trilled with nor tender reproof that will be felt. The Christian disciple is often cursed with hardness of heart and blindness of mind for such derelictions, and suffered to go d;.ys and w eeks w ita his head bow ed dow n and his heart sorrow tul mourning for the light of that countenance which had before cheered bun on his pleasant journey. Ib. LAXn Omen Mosey. We understand (says tbe Zanesville Republican of the Hth inst.) that after the 20th inst. the Notes of no Banks in Ohio, except the pet Hanks (Clinton Rank of Columbus, Franklin and Commercial Hanks of Cincinnati) and Gold and Silver, will be received in payment fr land at this nlace. Hv this edict, the xrreat mass of the neonle must be nut to all the trouble j2ed to be received. Ohio Urn. Talking of storm?,' said I'addy, the other day, to a friend of ours.'at Pembroke, my dear sir, we had the heaviest I ever saw, consideringthe siz3 of the town.

VOL. IV. o. 10. HISTORICAL mario city. Prom the Wheeling Gazette. On Wednesday last the Steam boat Co'm ,,a,w J two boats in tow, touched at our nenf ll!sbur? her wav$to this prom pt pomt of attraction in the west. The boat and Lor consorts contained quite a colony of people, w.th their effects of every descnpt.on , from the humble spining wheef to the ;p!cnd,d piano, and from tile plow and w Le -barrow- , the steam engine. Desides there "as the framework, in part of twenty five houses, -hewn squared and numbered," in rn sburg, ready to be put together immediately on reaching their place of destination. And m add.tion therein the boats received, vv ule here, the shingles for the roofs and the "mdowghssofl5o windows.Among thepassengers were house builders and mechanic of all kinds brick maker,, hri. t- u,. mi Z '?rVCUerS- Painf. copers, biacksn l s,shoemaker,.&c.. many of them the 5 nrrSfMhc,0tSandowntrsof 'e buildings they w,II erect and occupy. 1 he city to which this colony is bound is rive, iT' "I "ak.ed rnilVle' " t1,e Mississippi m er, 10 nilles aI,ove St. Louis and is the landing for Talmyra, the capital of .Marion county, Mo. It will probably exhibit in the course of the ensuing summer what enterprise, w ell directed, can offer in the far west. During the last .unimer and fall, the land for mjles around was entered by a company of gentlemen residing principally in Philadelphia. 1'atsburg and Wheeling, for themselves and friends. Late in December the site for the city spoken of was selected and laid off into lots. One of the compan-, who has resided for many years in Marion county, having business at the cast, took with him a plat of the city, w ith a commission to sell. His sales commenced at St. Louis, where the importance of the site w asinstantly appreciated. As he proceeded eastward, spending but a jew hours at Louisville, Cincinnati, Wheeling, and Pittsburg, sales to a considerable amount were made in each of those places. continuing on to IJaltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, w ithout once exhibiting tbe plat publicly, or calling attention to it through the news-papers, the enterprise became known and such a demand w asawakenedthat the gentleman felt induced to suspend further sales, they having already exceeded four hundred thousand doliurs. The lots, which are 33 feet by 1 10, were first offered and principally sold 200 each;aftcrwards some of the choice 'business sites brought as high as 1C00. These sales were all effected in less than eight weeks, and the agent passed through this place some days since, on his return to Marion, to superintend tbe public improvements of the city, upon w hich from one hun dred to one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars will be expended this vear. The pur chasers of the lots are for the most part manufacturers nnd mechanics, who will devote them selves to their various cmnlomcnts for the improvement and supply of this growing population of the fertile region around Others ate gentlemen of fortune, who, in view of the grow ing importance of the country, have purchased on speculation. That part of the state is also known to be remarkably salubrious and healty. A gentleman w ho spent tw o months there last summer informs us that there w ere but two rainy days during that period. The latitude is that of Baltimore, though tbo w cainer is more unuorm in summer and w inter than in that city or the region where w c dwell. The population of the country will be one of the mo:-t intelligent in tne west; and to tbe rising generation, Marion College, 12 miks from the river, w ill afford all the facilities for an Education that are to be had in the best Eastern institutions. In point of trade and commerce, Marion city is nearer the great market of the west, (Xew-Orleans) than is Louisville; nor is it so far from the seaboard that it cannot be reached in twelve days. When the contemplated rail roads arc finished, a trip may be made to Baltimore and Philadelphia in four. There w ill be a'so a large flouring mill and fur or five saw mills, all operated by steam. A large fishery will also be established immediately. These, with a temperance hotel, a school Souse and a church, will mark the first year's existence of Marion city. The Caladonia steam boat w ill ply regularly between Marion and Piltsbug and Wheeling, her w heel-houses being already painted "Marion city Packet." On her present run she had nearly 200 souls on board, of whom forty seven w ere children under nine year old. Another boat is now building to run in connection w ith her. Doth will be owned by proprietors of the city; and we are highly gratified to learn will be navigated with reference to a due observance of the Sabbath, and upon strict temperance principles. AVe trust that this first experiment of navigating our noble w estern rivers on Christian principlesby lying by on the Sabbath, and excluding liquors except from the medicine chest of the captain, will not only be sustained but amply rewarded by the travelling public. A Jocky at a fair w ho had, bargained with a countryman for a horse, that happend to have a bald face, observed to the latter, that he looked pale in the face. 'Yes, said the countryman, 'and if you had looked through a halter as long as he has, you would be pale in the facs too.'