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OtR 4-OUNTRY OIH COUNTRY'S INTtRESTS AD OIR COISTBt's TBIENDS. BY C. F. CLANKS OX. miOOKVILLJZ, 1XDIAXA, F1UIA3 AP1UL 18 A7. VOL. XV. SO. 15.

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apdrkm ONFEMALE EDUCATION, Drlirrrtd as Ccittmiut, becembt SI, IS44. T WM. JdHXSOK, OP cin. Continued. I hare said something in regard t- the in fluence of mothers in ihe formation of mind and chsracter. and of the impor

tance, 01 lemaie education wiili reference to this end. Dm there is a practical view of the subject which never onht to be overlooked in judging of this influence. The world is full of examples of men of the first talents end education; whose sons are mere ciphers men who owe their corpoieal grandeur to the tailor and tbe barber, and their incorporeal grandeur to the fame of their fathers. But 1 rever knew a while family of talented men, w no uaa not Bn intelligent woman for their mother. As a ger.eral rule, ihe great man's sons are mere shadows projected by his declining light, and doomed to vanish at his setting.. D.;t ihe sons of the talented rr.cther, phoenix like, arise from her ssbss ar.d inhale her spirit. Heaee the Jarr.iliar idea that young men inherit their talent from their mother. Be it so; but why do they inherit it? You may search physiology in vain for a solution of this question. It is only to be found in the fact,that the mother plants the first seeds in the youthful mind, and the future crop folio wa the species of the seed thus planted. Lord Byron stands out be.'ore the world a monument of greatness and wretchedness. The world has sought for ihe rea-i son in his proud spirit; his lame foot; his disappointed love; his unhappy match: but the secret, at last, is, that his mother was just such a woman as he was a man like moiher,like son. Talented, turbulent, and undisciplined: alternately beating her son as if he had been a dog, and caressing him as if he had been an angel, til!, by indiscriminate knocks ar.d kisses, insults and flattery, she moulded him to her own unhappy image, and nothing could be mere legitimate than his faalis. John Wesley was as rcre En example of a different character; who, with one of Lord Byron's worst afflictions upon hin:, and infinitely more care and lab ir; yet, by serenity of temper, purity of life, and rigidity, of discipline, preserved the vigor of youth to extreme old age; so that in his eighty fifth year he could say, "My eye has net waxed dim, nor my bodily force abated." But Mr. Wesly had a mother for his guide who taught him all his excellencies of mind and morals, by the combined influence of precept and example. Even his style el" writing and speaking, unrivalled for lis pi;h, purity, and scripture idiom.in the midst cf all the rhetoricians of Oxford, hs acquired from his mothers letters. ' Nor is this influence of mothers strange, j when we reflect upon the laws by which men and women respectively govern. T . .. r siern, women puanl men ere impelled by unbition, women by afTeo t:onn:ea are fond of power and place, woman of admiration and love. The father drives his dissipated son from his house and locks the door the mother rises at midnight to unlock the door and let him in -the father disinherits a spendthrift son and gives his property tohia more thrifty children, the mother defrauls them ail c supply his wants, and the more worthless he is, the more is he the object of hfr enderness. The father governs by the law uf force, the mother by the law of i ve-ihe father binds his son n ith a chain of unmalleable iron, whicfc, when once broken, can never be wel led; the mother h'.n Is him with an elastic silken cord which never breaks, but after he has wandered far from home, and friends, and duty, draws him bock again.and fastens him io the altar where he first tamjht hi nr. 1 say "our Father who art in Heaven " There is a nimeless em jtion associated w ththe mm; of mother, which comes over the heart with irresistible sway.when every other charm is broken. A Persian mother, on giving her son ioriy pieces of silver as his portion, made Him swear never to tell a lie, and said go, my son, I consign thee to God, and we shall never meet again till the day of .moment." The youth went away, and the party he travelled with was assaulted iv robbers. One fellow asked the boy "name had got, and he said, "forty di"rs are sewed up in my garments-' 'le laughed, thinkin. the boy jested. Another asked the same question and got the same answer. At last the chief called 'im and asked him the same question, anil ha 1 1.1 1 . . , uaYc 101a two 01 your aireaayttial l have forty dinars ewed up in my clothes." He" ordered ie clothes to be ripped cpen, and found ie money. "And how came you to teli 'a." said he. "Because," teplied the ciiild. "I would not b false to my m-jih-er.to whom I promised never to tell a "e. ' "Child,'' said the robher, "art thou w mindful of thy duly to thy mother at ' years, and am I insensible at my aee of ihB duty I owe to my God? Give nethy hand, that I may swear repen'J" ce on it." He did so, and his followwere ail struck with the scene. ou have been our leader in guilt," said 'Hey to the chief, "be the same in the Pa-nof virtue;" and they instantly made cstuuiton of spoils, and vowed repen('n the boy' hnd. There is a mcrm this story .which goes beyond . the c in1 '"flutfnce of ihe mother on the lua. The noble sentiment infused into breast of the child is again transW , m breasl 10 breast u11 thcse 0 'sel it know not whence it came., uai to make the education of ladies cJvT'f' aJdilion t0 "hat" commonly learning, there area few homely o'rles which should always make a ps A'rn u ,,lculcat,;d first principles. S these, economy stands first and, m'J ' m ul worl,,y o ""lice, because1 Rc'J,ccled- Ca" requires us to '-.S?!hai all our earthly happi-1

Jness. woith the name, flows to us from .'the kindness mid aflWi

the same candor requires us to say, that, as they are at present educated, a large proportion of the sufferings of life springs directly or indirectly from their thought, less extravagance.- Such is the e-ces-sive fondness for show and grandeur laun-B in lasnionaoie me exhib 1 that their husbands must be either prinl ces or pirates to keep u jp. Do not mistake me in this matter. X yield in gallantry to no man: hut as an honest man I n;i:s; speak the truth. Here let me draw e. picture, which may an.wer equally well to five hundred difierent originals. Antonio dies, leaving a widow and seven Iielp'ess children, without any means of support, except a claim on Mr.nuhv for me thousand dollars. Withont this ihev mu.t go to the poor-house or starve. Mr. Bugby is a very respectable gentleman wto spends the winter in the city, in a mansion worth twenty thousand dollars his summers at a country seat worth thirty thousand owns a farm in the neighborhood worth ten thousand passes back and forth in a coach and two, worth fifteen hundred, and keeps a long train of servants at an enormous expense. Mr. Bugby is very much embarrassed in mon ey matters, but his amiable wife, having always lived in good style, cannot bear the thought of bating one jot of all this magnificience, lest her family might lose caste in society, and Mr. Bugby, half inclined to the same notion, lets matters slide. The widowed executrix calls on him, and asks him if he can discharge this little debt, telling him that her family are very needy. "Fossiblel" exclaims .1 is - . ... in gooa air. uugc-y, -why such a thing never occured to me! I am entirel v out of funds at t moment, but it shall be j lortlicoming in a few davs." A few rfavo a few weeks, Bud a few months pass away, but the debi is not paid. He is frequently called on but, unfortunately, it is mds at me moment when he is out of; h T'.k xauous aeiay, she v 1 iu a law y tfr, w nl :7""h7cuu'""' uugoy greeting, and asks him to pay "according to the form of the statute in such cases made and DroIilrlN it 1 rnn4. Rl. II.. I . - 1 vided." He takes

!kes a judgment, and puts an j nighl;but the majestic beauty of the granhands of the sheriff, who.ite column, which yielded reluctantly to

PrPPti I inn in lt.r . "a"U3 u,c sneriu, w no, n . Z c . 01 property. Out he finds the coarh and harness coveruy u,o. sa.eio A.as collateral to so.ne remote obl12ai.on-the mansion ; 7a , , 2 ( "re len lhHU" seat to C. to secure f ft hen lhnnnrl lars, balance of the purchase money-the title of the farm vested in the wife, so that it cannot be reach ! for the husband'.debts. The Sheriff writes'Wa 6or.a"on the writ, and returns it. The widow calls on her attorney to know the state of her case, end tells him that herchildren are actually suffering. He inform, ho j that before the money can be realized, a , bill in chancery must be filed,and all these irmtgages,which stand between her hungry children and their bread, be made parlies to it; but suggests, that perhaps some friend would advance some money, or give her some goods on the judgment. She sets out in a phrenzy, half hope, half Jespair, to try the experiment., As she hurries along with downcast eyes. she runs against a surly, well dressed negro, with a whip underiiis arm, braiding his cracker to begui.e li.e tedious hours. She lifts her head, and there.stands.Mr. Ilugby's cplendid equipage, and yonder sits the accomplished Mrs.Dugbyon a merchant's stool, dressed in rich satins, furs and velvets, and jewelry enough to pay this petty debt carelessly dangling about her swan-like neck, in the form of chains, lockets, pencils, watches, necklaces, eyeglasses, and miniatures, while all the clerks an J salesman in the establishment are at their wit's end to gratify her taste. Mrs. Dugby knows the details of the widow's sorrows, and if she were a beggar instead Jof a creditor, she would make great efforts to relieve-her wants. As it is, she feels no concern about it. his some of her husband's unsettled business. She is handsome, graceful, and innocent, and can, look all the world in the face without a blush. But her husband looks nobody in the face, tells no nobody the the truth. Not that he is naturally dishonest or a liar; but that he has been dunked i?er and over again for debts con tracted to gratify his.aimabla wife, and which his conscience tells him he ought to pay, till his countenance has acquired a skulking, chain-gang look. He has made so many apologies, that tpology has become a part of his financial system, tn short, he has told so many lies, by indireation.that no body believes his word. Against such a state of things, so disgraceful to the rich, so, cruel to the poor, and so at war with the principles of common honesty, I would guard, by teaching every young lady the homely old-fashion ed virtues of economy and self-denial, so that when she becomes a wife, she may regard every luxury forwhich her hus band is not able to pay, as so much stolen property. So that while she sits by her own comfortable hseside, patching her husband's coat, she may feel proud that he owes nobody any thing, and realize, by moral sense.the truth of the sentiment, that "a patch on a man's back is uqt so disgraceful as a writ." . I would go twen ty miles to shake such a lady by the hand. i would lake off my hat as I passed her in the street. I would point; her out to my daughters as a model cf excellence, and contrive reasons for their association with. her. And if, by misfortune, was reduced to want, I would divide the last dollar in my purse between her and near er friend, as a testimonial of respect for the two ladies, who had too much goodness to deliver over Iheir husbands to the tender mercies of sheriffs and constables, to pay the forfeit of their extravagance. Iiit to return. Female

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s..ouia not only be thorough, but 'diversified, according to the peculiar talents of the pupil. One of the greatest mistakes in the , world, !s making a female school a sort of mint, where all the pupuils are indiscriminately coined in the same die, without reference to the. quality of the metal. This has been, more or less.the case in almost every such institution italways will be while the notion exists of setting apart a few of the lighter and more agreeable and attractive branches for he study of ladies; so that female education dwindles down to a mere routine of elegant accomplishments, with little or no reference to the workaday concerns or life. In th P5 rrnmn ich. ments, nature only intended that one in a hundred should excel; and those, by no means, of the hi?hpr nrrtor r ia. i ' - - . " IIIIIIU3, 1 do not object to teaching these branches to those who have taste and genius to acquire them. Many can excel tn these who have little capacity for any thing else, and it would be hard, indeed, to rob mem 01 tneir only source of excellence. I only object to forcing branches of secondary importance on those who have no talent for them, but who might exce! in otheis. Tl, ..:. r ....... a lJ', "'wulill,n- lie ,nal 01 man, jSome powerful and controlling minds, . rw'v" a.M..c feay. ana some lancilul and showy, intended as ornaments of society. Some dvelcpements of precious genius, astonishing ,tLe world with their early productions, tnd frequently, like early fruit, depayed as soon as ripejand others, ashful, awkward and of alow progress, ripening Iaie, but sound to the core. Take one of this latter class,and entourage her to study branches whirl. h m r i ' those pable of learning, . rand she'will be a tolerable reader.and fond 01 books at fifteen. At eighteen she will have conquered the English language.and wi!l talk common sense in appropriate words. Attwernv she will be a pn.ihu girl. At twenty-five, a most enlightened young Udy. At thirty, a blessing to so-1 ciely;a pattern and instructor toall around tier-ar.-J, withal, a beautiful woman; not, indeed,, that gourd-like beauty which comes ud in a i,iol. .n-t r.o,!.,. . i:e column, which yielded reluctantly tne artist s chisel: but, when once fairly modelled, b.ds definance to time. Put this awkward, unpromising girl at thir teen into the hands of the dancing master the rn,:,lc "i-ler.and the painting g master. 10 make ,an elegant lady of her, and, after she has hobbled, and screamed, and daubed away teven years ot tier uie, she is turned out on the world i h the reputation of a numKrnlh h bed by false education.of whs.t she might have known, and miserably deficient In that winch she has wasted years to learn. AgainM such evils in prevailing systems, it pnoun ne merarnoi our institutions of learning to guard. They should resolve.if they cannoi make splendid ladies, to make wise women. To imbue their minds with the principles of solid learn ing, and their hearts with the principles ot christian morality We are now in the twilight of woman's glory, in which, thro' mingled lights and shades, her .destiny looks rore fantastic than at midnight, nut the day is coming in which we shall appear in the true mor al majesty of her character. The spirit of freedom has emancipated her from l slavery to tyrants; and, ere long.she shall oe redeemed from slavery to flatterers, too. ..She shall stand, i disenthralled alike from false applause and true contempt, to be praised when she acts wisely, and ridiculed, when she acts foolishly. To know that something more than the compliments of hollow-hearted fops awaits her that she was formed to be usefj! ia time, and responsible in eterniiy. Then shall she take her stand'high on the rock of enduring fame. From the east from the west from the north from the south, the winds of heaven shall come laden with incense to her shrine, and, kissing her feet, shall depart to tel in the ears of despots.in the other climes, that in this free republic, woman has attained the exalted end of her existence. The Famine in Ireland. The following isjan ex'.ract from a letter receiveed per British Steamer, Hi berma, dated. Liverpool, 3rd day, third mo., 1847. ''Awful indeed still is the famine amongst the poor Irish in their own country and in this. It is said (but I ;hink this be egnggerated) that 50,000 have died for want of food, and of consequent fever in Ireland. Upwtrds of 2,C00.000 sterling have been spent by Government to mitigate the horrors of this dreadful visitation, and 8,000.000 more have been borrowed through Barings & Rothschilds, for the same purpose. Two war steamers have been lent to"Frieods" in this place to convey food, clothing Ac, subscribed (by and through them, to different Irish, ports. Geo. Handcock went on board one to superintend the landing of the provisions, clothing, &c. Three cf the Parish officers, attending at the office in Fen wick street, to .give, out food to the famishing and squallid men, women and children from Ireland, have died of Typhus Fever caught from them. Two more officers are dangerously sick oCsame complaint, and the Police officer stationed at the door has died of it. Providantially th6 frcsty weather hes in a degree checked the progress of the fever, but the physicians fear when warm weather comes (ever will spread in Liver pool KJ-The New York Express of the 25th inst says: Ship owners are very firm in their demand. 26 and 27J is paid freely to Ireland and Liverpool Grain,and 8s for Flour. To Havre Flour is taken at Sl:73,

and to Hamburg at $2."

From the K. Y-Tnbai. The Star and Child - A rr.aidcn walked at trtn tide Bnide a clear and placid stream, And milfd as in ita depths (he taw A trembling atar reflected beam. the railed antil the beam was lost, Ai 'cross the sky a cloud was driven, And then the sighed, and then forgot The star was shining still in beaten. A mother tat beside life's stream. Watching a dying child at dawn. And smiled, as in its eye she saw A hope that it might still lire on. She smiled until the eyelids closed, Bat watched Tor breath until the eren; And then she wept, and then forgot The child was living still in hearen. a. j J 17 I r r, . . i ui7 or errors. Air. uenton con cluded this lateepeech on the causa of the j war, with following summary of the er . rors of the South Carolina Senator. . I he Senator from South Carolina has .oeen wrong in all this business, from be j gining 10 ending wrong in 18l9,in giving jaway Texas-wrong in IS3S, in his sud uenana t;ot naste to get her back, wronc in all hiV machinations for bringing on the 1 exas question or IS44 wrong in breakng up the armistice and peace negotia I . T . tions between Mexico and Texas-wrong j in secreny appointing the Pres dent o Texas president general of the armv and navy of the United States, with leave to ngiji mem against a power with whom we were at peace wrong in writing to Mexico that he took Texas in view of all possible consequences, m.aning warwrong in secretly offering Mexico, at the same t.me.ieii millions of dollars to hush up the war which he had created wronc now in refusing Mr.PoIk three millions to aid in getting out of the war which he made -wrong in throwing the blame of m.s war ci his own making upon the shoulders of Mr. Polk wrong in his retreat and occupation, line of policy-wrong in expelling old Father Ritchie Jlroin the Senate, who worked so hard for tin, during the Texas annexation... mil ing wrong now than ever, in that triw rawiuuons wnicn ne nas laid u Don the .auic, nuu 111 men, as oyiia saw in the young Cacasar many Mariuses.so do I see m them many nullifications.'' Suicide from Love. young lady by the name of Richley, committed suicide at Ashbury, Warren county, N. J. on Saturday week. It appears that she was engaged to be married to a gentleman but afterwards kept company with another. For this her intended husband refused to have any thig further to do with her, which so worried her thit she hurried herself into eternity by jumping into a mill pond. The sad fate of this young lady should b. a warning for others not to trifle with the affection of their suiters! Mail Robbery We learn from the fef. Joseph RegUler, that the mail Stage from the west, was robbed at new Carlisle in that county on the night of the 18ih inst., cf 4,600 in Gold and silver. The box in which it was placed', with two other boxes containing $1,000 sach, of silver, were being conveyed from Chicago to Detroit, there to be paid out at the agency of Navy rension fund. It belonged to the Uni tea states; ana was, in compliance with the requisions of the Sub Treasury Iatv, being' thus transported .12 coin to the' U. S. Depository at Detroit, instead of Dank Drafts being used. O! how great the ao vantages of the Sub Treasury 1 ! ! .1 Beautiful Sentiment. The late exi nent Judge, Sir Allan Park, once saiJ at a public meeting in London."We live in the midst of blessings till we ere utterly insensible of their great nesSj and of the source from. whence they flow. We speak of our civilization, our w . arts, our ireedom, our laws, and forget entirely how large a share is due to Chris tianity. Blot Christianity out of the pages of man's history, and what would his laws have been what his civilization? Christianity is mixed up with our very being and our daily life; there is not a familiar object around us which does not wear a different aspect, because the light of Christian love is on it not a law which does not owe its truth and gentleness to Christianity; not a custom which cannot be traced, in all its holy, healthful parts, to the Gospel." . ' i" The Howitzer. Many of our readers hear the term "howitzer" use! without knowing what it means. We shall attempt to define it. The howi zer is a small short field piece, constructed or. the principle of a mortar, but mounted on. a gun carriage. Like a mortar, it has an interior Chamber for ths powder charge. The bore is then larger, and admits a small shell. To this 'shell is attached1 canistershbt. It is used and fir d in. the field like mounted cannon. The shells are fired like cannon balls, and when they explode they scatter the grape shot In every.direction. To be ued then, on roals, or from hills,nr,in defiles, against troop's, they are a, most destructive weapoa.--Ciru Chrcn. ' ' t . , f .. Hon. E. A. HixNEOax has become a Son of Temperance. We are happy to heari'. Assialic Cholera. The last accounts from our missionaries In Persia gives most painful accounts of the, ravages of the cholera in that country. In the city of Tabreez alone, 6000 persons had died in the course of six. weeks; 533 sometimes had perished in a single day. ' Boston Traveller. 0 A Whig State convention assembled at Nashville nn the 25th, and unan imously nominated Gen.Neil S. Brown.of Pulaski, as the Wh,ig.candtdale for Goivernor or lennessec The election takes. place in Auj'ijt,

OBITUARY. Died, on Sunday, March 28, 1S47, after a short illness, at the residence of Bro. Z. Caste rline, in Liberty, Union Co. Ind.t Bro. Robert Height, in the 46ih year of nis age. uur deceased Bro. came to this place on the 12th of January last, bringing ith him a letter of recommendation from Mr. Harding of Rioley Co. Gn'tti. 27th day ol the same month he became a member of Union Division No. 28, Sons of Temperance, The deceased Informed brother about one hdur before his death that his birth place was Saratov. rv v Y.j that he removed thence to the State tf ni.!.. i.i i. ' i i vuio; nao uvea in the counties of cnampnign, Claik and Logan;1 had two brothers named Jesse and Hiram', but coma not ten where tl;ey now reside, or whether they are still living; that he never had a family; had for the last several years been" travelling, and occssiocally engaged in teaching school; that he" had no word to leave for his friends (if 'they should ever enquire for him) but to tell them the peece of his exit, and that he died after having done all the good he could. "' ' :" After the death of Bro. Height, the members of Union Division met at the Mill of said Division, and appointed Broth ers uurgess, Fosdick and Caste rline, a lumumiee to prepare resolutions expressive of our feelings on the death of Bro. neigni, wno reported the preamble and resolutions below which were unani mously adopted. At naif past ten o'clock on Mondav morning a procession was formed at tfct Uivision room, composed of Brethren" of Union, Fairfield and " Brownsville Divis ions, and Bro. Kivariaugh of Indianapolis, wnicn proceeded to the house of Bro. Casterline, received the corpse ar.d removed from thence to the M. E. Church, 'where me ttev. Uro. Kavenaugh delivered an appropriate and impressive funeral ser mon irom a part or the SSth verse of the ih chap, of 1st Corinthians:1 (''Time is short,") after which the procession "proceeded to the burial ground and interred our Bro. in accordance with the ceremonies of the crder of the Sons of Temperance. v , . Should this'notice meet the eye of any sorrowing relative of our deceased Brother, they are are requested to write to Union Division, No, 23 Sons of Tempetance, Liberty I ii Liberty, March SI, 1847. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty in a dispensation of his providence to call irom among us one of our brothers" who had endeared himself to us, by his modest ana retiring demeanor that in the demise of our Brother, Robert Height, we cannot mistake the admonition, "Be ye also ready." And whereas this Division feel deeply the loss they have sustained, they -uiiauiK iiiciast-ives mm ine.r loss is Brother Height's unspeakable gaih.tnet though he died, comparuively among strangers, he recived at the hands of his brethren all the aid that sympathy could afford, that stould his absent and unknown friends ever learn h"n f ate. they may con sole themselves with the reflection, that he died among those who appreciated his worth, and that he sleeps in hope. ' rherefore, , Resolved, That ' though Providence has seen fit. to call from our mtdst, our Brother, yet we rejoice (amid our sorrow, j to have the privilege of sup ping forth as his friends in his time of need; that when his earthly friends were absent, we in a measure' supplied their places in his last illness; and that we bid his clay adieu to rest in peace until the resurrection morn. ' ' "' Resolved, That although peath has come, and removed our Brother from our Division, where we no rqore can extend to him on the shores of time, "A Brother's hand;" yet we live in hope, that we may ever cherish the principles of our beloved order, and be prepared for a seat in "That house not made with hands, ElernaJ, in tne iteavens, where e hope again to meet our Brother, in that Grand Division above, where sorrow never coraesi where love and peace forever reign Resolved, That although we feel sensibly the afflictive dispensation of God, in the death of our Brother, we have the consoling reflection, that as des the' good man, so died cur friend and brother, respected and beloved by all who knew him, being possessed cf moral, intellectual and social qualities, which rendered him the faithful and'dev'ote'd friend, the ardent and zealous advocate of aTl the benevolent ent enterprise of this day and age. " Kesotted, l hat in token of our regird for the deceesed, we will march in jirocession from the house of Brother Casterline to the M. E. Church, and from thence to the burying grou'n J east of "Liberty, accompanying the remans f our deceased Brother to hi last resting place, the procession forming at the Division room. Resolcedl That the foregoing preamble end Resolution's be signed by the W. P. and R. S. and forwarded to Brother Clarkson for publication in the American, and that the Ohio Organ, Cincirinati, and Son of Temperance at Lafayette, be requested to copy. JOHN w. SCOTT, W. P. ANDREW GAMBLE, R. S. JCjTne papdrs of Champaign, Clark and Logan Counties. Ohio, will please notice the death of Robert Heigh:. ' ' ' " . ... ... Adams, Webster and Calhoun. Tor more than sixty years Mr. Adams is understood to have kept a diary in which every thing connected with his eventful life is presented wi;h "careful minuteness. It has been stated also, that he has been engaged in writing a memoir of his father, one volume of which is completed. Mr. Webster is preparing a History 'and Exposition of the Constitution, and Mr. Calhouu a Treatise tt:e Principles 'of j Itovcrnmeat. j

The "varm-hearted frith" ectua wglTea in New YcrkVsome days ago in aid of the suffering in Ireland and at Hs conclusion, Mr. Philip Hone, after mentioning that three ships had that day sailed fpr Ireland, stated for th. n,t 1

or "howing how well the Irish.ih that city ' nd done their part, "that the books of saving Institution exhibited the unpreceSeated fact that' the drafts tipdn Us funds forjthe quarter, far exceeded the depositeslsome $80,000 harine been withdrawn b 7 the Irish population to be te'nt'tn iti.

serving fri-rids abroad." Philad. V. S Gaz. JC5"Major H. S. Lane has been elected Lieut. Colonel in the 1st regiment of Indiana volunteers, in plate of C: C. Nave, resigned. .. i-3"From the statistical documents presented before Congress it appears that the capital employed in the manufacture of paper in th United States is 818,000,000: the number of miles 700; the annual duct $18,000,000,and the number Of opertune a employed iUU.UUJ. . .The Cutholjc clergy 'of France haa joined in a petition demanding an Immsaiaie ana total aoDoiitton or slavery In the ' French colonies, has been laid before the -Chamber of Peers .' " .- . . ECS-The New. York Ex press 'states that the demand for Corn Meal and Flour since the arri val of the steamer continnes as ev-' er. The exports for ' the next three ' months, it is believed, will be much greater than they have been for three months past 03rThe India rubber tree which grows on the Island of Lobos, is quite a curiosity to our troops. ' A writer describing' one says: "h here -attains the height of 33 feet, and the branches strike dewn to' the earth, take root.grow, and becctoe bodies' to the tree. "We saw one" "which waa - cut down that had 31 trunks. The milky juice rows out in quarititfes ubbn'thaleast wound' being inade through tha bark." v 1 i &3"Il has beer, decided in Virginia tlmt ' a clergyman's salary cannot be taxed.and that an Atheist is a competent witness in courts oi jostice. ' Lieut. Col. Clay. la many of the Eitras circulated from other offices yesterday, the name of Lieut. Cdl. Clav was er roneously given" as- J.H. Clay. Lieut. Col. Clay bears the-name of his honored father, and signs "Henry Clay Jr." ,Smithsonian Institute. 'The Contract for building this institute has been given to James Dixon & Co., (who built the General Post Office.) Tbey contract to" build it, and supply It 'with furniture, and fit it up, for 8205,250. ' 53"A down south 'editor sayt "The march of civilization is onward like the tread cf the slow but intrepid ox towards a peck, of oats!" " ' i Sleam'r Clinton Brunt Seven Lives Lost. The following is from the New" Orleans of the'Picayune 2$i itist.: ' The steamer Clinton, Captain Adams, his been destroyed bf Cre-'and seven lives lost. ' She left this port on Sunday morning for Bayou Sara', and" early in the after-' noon tobk fire just above Bonne Carre and was totally burnt. Two deck passengers, he second mate.' (M(." Weaver,) the barkeeper, the cook, and the chambermaidwere loot, having jumped overboard to tesca'pe the flames. The entire boast and and Bayou Sara mail' wats burned. " :! " . TKe Famine in Europe. Private let ters, received by the last. packet, state that the lowest estimate of the deficiency of the potato crop, in the North . of Europe, amounts f seven millions cf tonsthe' newspapers say eight millions that thefamine must continue until." September' next, and longer, 'should there not be a" good crop. ' With sill tlie'aid which money and benevolence 'c'an'afiurd, not less than one thiliidn of human beings must fall a prey to starvation or its consequent dis-i e&sea.--fyT;' Y. Express 25th. ' The news by the Hiheraia caused the flour dealers to wear very happy faces on Sunday. A funny Anhecdote is told of one of them, whose' happiness had resold ved itself into a quite snooze while at church. The minister was decanting up on the unsatisfying character of sublunary things. "What is ttie price of all earthly happiness? he asked, in a rather anima ted tone. "Forty two shillings per barrel," replied the fljur dealer, whose mind was awake to prices,' if nothing else Boston Mail. A fellow went into the St. Charles one day, and called for a brandy toddy. Af ter taking it, and diving pretty deeply in the lunch, he was going away, when the barkeeper reminded him thai he did business on the cash principle. ' ' "Oh, ah, excuse me' John." said he; "the fog came down so heavy this morn ing, that I could nol.'frjue a dime.' '' i i Mrs, Sexton, of Baltimore, whilst in a fit Of mental alienation, to which she had been subject for some' weeks, threw a'flat iron at her little child and Jailed it.' The iron struck its head and broke the' skull: 1 The Mormons settled in Voree, Wisconsin, are in a state of anarchy and confusion; and all efforts' of ' Strang, Bennett & Co., cannot keep them in the traces.' A good many were leaving at the last' accounts. ' judge Gailher was shot ty Judge Brown in a street fijhl near Bardstown, Ry., oh the lSih. If such men are th'a Judges, what must the criminals arraigned be? The Irish Relief Fund in New Orle- . UP l ":h inst., smounted to 513,.-, 5 5.