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JolW XIX. CSCSLLATJEOUS SELECTIONS. President Taylor axd his Cabinet. The Washington Republic, of the ICth, 'cootains a lengthy article relative to the jlatement that has for some time been going the rounds of a portion of the press, Jvihi. frctathat President Taylor is merejr one of eight in lm Cabinet; that lie is in the habit of submitting his nominations for office to that body, giving a vot with the rest of them, and abiding by the resuit." to deny most The Republic proceed

.,' .i i i . fused on his own responsibility, witnoui desirinz to implicate any member of his Cabinet in the responsibility of such re-. fusal. It is further stated by the Republic, that with "regard to the inferior and local j appointments, which belong properly to X mm . f X. - I I I T.' the Heads Oi Lrepartrnenis, ne nas leu ; Ihem where they belong, without seeking ' lo interfere. This charge, ays the Republic, has heretofore been allowed to pass in silence, in the belief that no seno man would credit the statement ho entirely inconsistent with Gen. Taylor's well known character and habits of life. Mount Vernon. A correspondent of the Doston Atlas furnishes a melancholy picture of the ruin and desolation of Mount Vernon. The road is almost impassable, and fences nro broken, the gates off the hinges, and the grounds overgrown with weeds and thistles. Kven'the tomb which has the dust of Washington is crumbling. The writer justly says; The present proprietor, Mr. Washington is quite a young man, and we have heard that he is willing to sell the old mansion with several hundred acre of the land to the National (overnment. lie, of course will not sell it to strangers. We do not believe that any person ever visited this hallowed spot without going away with the conviction that the purchase of it should be made by Congress. Let the nation own it, and lit it up iu a manner worthy of the republic and of the illustrious dead, whose name is the richest inheritance, and whoso life was one uninterrupted How of the highest and purest actions that ever marked the family of man. It is disreputable that it should longer remain in its present state. If we had Mount Vernon in old Massachusetts; if Washington had been her son, and hi body was laid within her mould, how the spot would be treasured in our hearts, and beautified by our hands! Tho people of; our Commonwealth would count it as th richest treasure, and our maidens would keep the tomb dressed with flowers in perennial freshness. A Am Elite an Doctress. The medical community of Paris has been set a-talk-ing by the arrival in this city of tiie celebrated American doctress. Miss l.lackwell. Tho ludy has finite bewildered the learned faculty, by her diploma, all in due form, authorizing her to dose and Meed and ainitutate with the best of them. Some are certain that Miss Ulackwell is a socialists of the most furious class, and that her undertaking is tho entering wedge to a systemi'tic attack mi society by tho fair sex. Others who have seen her, say there is nothing very alanning in her manner, that, on the contrary, she appears modest and unassuming, and talks reasonably on other subjects. The ladies attack her in their turn. Due of them said to me, the other day. Oh, it is too horrid. I'm sure I never could touch her hand! Only to think that those long fingers of hers has been cutting up people" I saw the distress in question, and must say. in fairness, that her appearance is quite prepossessing. She is young and rather good looking; her manner indicates great energy of character; and she seems to have entered on her singular career from motives of duty, and encouraged by respectable ladies of Cincinnati. After about ten days hesitation on the part of the directors ot tlie Hospital ot .Maternity, she has at last received the permission to enter that Institution as a pupil. The Income of Poultry. Many appear to doubt extremely whether poultry can ever be rendered a source of profit to the farmer. Such scepticism, however, has its origin in ignorance, as every person is perfectly aware who has had any experience in poultry raising. The following "clincher' we copy from the Albany Cultivator: It is stated in the report of the committee on fowls, made at a late Worcester (.Mass.) Cattle Show, that Ebcn Lincoln, of Gratton, from twenty-seven fowls in even months, obtained 199 dozen eggs, which sold for 828, and 92 chickens sold for $25; total $51; beside 2D dozen eggs used in his family. The food of the fowls was "some meat, some fish, all kinds of grain, some lime or powdered shells, enough sand and water, and a warm dwelling and good roosts." Here we see strikingly illustrated, the advantage of good attention. Reckoning the 29 dozen eggs appropriated to the use of the family at 14 cents, the average price of thoso disposed of, we shall have , 55 as the income of 27 fowls during the - short petiod of several months. Germantown Tel. The Georgia people are engaging in Cotton Manufacturing, with a spirit which bids fair to secure them a monopoly of the business. The Augusta Chronicle, says tnat not less than a million and a half nf

emphatically me wwrge, in oiwia uii;uio oiru, or xne uemon wno sent u. ai- neratj0y, every appointment that has been made to j though the wailing of the alama are fre- j Be-ow J tt,js you know, must and will hapim port ant stations in the country, has j quently heard in the interior, the natives pen your common sense and common experibeen made on the President's own mo-! assert that it has never been distinctly ! ence serve to convince you of it. Perhaps it lion and judgment, and that every applica- 8eori, or captured. And thy firmly be-1 -' b7 i-ttie though t of in the day. of Son th.t has been refused, ha, been re- j ,ieVe that it is one of the evil spirits which j .th'erSu " Ii

dollars ha7e been subscribed in Georgia I ren annually captured and carried off by lately, to build new cotton mills, which j tQe noste Indians, to be upwards of six re now being erected. One hundred ! hundred. It is the practice of the sand forty thousand of this sum have been j S63 10 murder the men and hold the iroinvested or subcribed in Augusta. men as captives.

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( The Demo Rird. There i a bird in Ceylon, which the natives call alama, or the demon bird, which utters most loud and ear-piercing screams, strongly re sembling the shrieks of a human being in ' severe bodily agony. This bird's cries, 1 they say, invariably prelude misfortune, sickness or death, and are regarded bv them as a certain token of coming evil, j The superstitious natives believe that they lean avert the evil which this bird predicts, j by uttering certain words of defiance, to ;the effect that neither they nor any one of their household will heed the summons of .ii - t .i i . ... i Alhaunt their island. from the cry, we : presume this bird to be a species of owl, as there are many varieties of the tribe in .Ceylon. Some of these birds are exceedingly large, and we heard from a man of; undoubted veracity, that he had shot an ! , . . 1 . . . I - I 1 I owl, in tne interior, waicn measurea, across : the expanded wings, five feet two and a half inches. A QUEER HEAD DkESS. Lvnch, in his evnedition to the Dfad eithiiH dosrribe expedition to tne ueau fceathus describes a queer head dress, which the oinen about Bey rout wear: 'The most striking peculiarity of dress we saw, was tho tataur or horn, worn mostly by the wives of mountaineers. It was 14 inches to two feet long, three or ffine irir.lii w( at fha Kai. am nlinnt . :i. o. .i. l, : i I 1 IIC iiill tl IIIC J I 13 IIIAU" KJk (111. " i

silver or gold, accorping to the circum-! etioil to it8 irw,eit comforts! It has suppr-s-stances ot the wearer, and it is sometimes fle(j polygamy, put a stop to the sale of children Studded with precious stones. From the by Ihrir parent,aud the abandonment and mur- :, ,,,l .,;i i,:u r.ii,, ., der of aired parents by their children ; it has res-

DUlllllllfc 3U7ircini wn, iuii.- uiuii . - . iiii .,.. . . i . it i .u ! 1 cued women from their abominable degradation the breast, and at will, conceals the lea-!. the oUier 8ex, aud raisru u.em to their just ture. It is worn only by married ones of rallk in society; it has sanctified the bond of marthe highest rank, and once assumed, it is ri.tge, checked the licentiousness of divorce; it worn for life. Although the temple may S ' a great measure destroyed slavery, i.iit.throb and the brain be racked with fever, I terf" ?fpwriar' 'Z'r 1 more .... . , . ... to treaties, introduced milder laws an.i more It cannot bo laid aside. Put on With tho equitl,a governments; it has taught lenity to bridal robe it does not give place to the I enemies, and hospitality to strangers; it has made shroud. I a legal provision lor the poor; formed instituIt is supposed to have some reference to j - f' in.tn.ct.uit U i 'f"'; f"1. . .... , c . . , I stream of justice, erected the tlirone oi me.cy. the words, "tiie horns of the righteous ..Ti.a n.e triumnhs and troohies of the Eos-

shall be exalted. Father. Mathews Pension. An organized movement is on foot in New Vork ' to free Father Math VV from all pecuniary obligations to the liritish Government and ' all the embarrasinents under which he lI l- . 4 1 . . I I . l

laoors uy roasou . me uems contracteU ;e) tror,!s of artVr.tioll or witi, ir0n bands ol maliu tlie I'emperanco cause, and send liim ! lice to the objects by which he is surrounded. forth on his glorious mission as a free man, ! fJrief alone weans him from this life, and with free from all anxiety and inquietude. Jt a finger raised toward another, higher an.i .betit i .1 . .' .'. ii .t , i tt-r. shows that, when the dflijrhts of eartli are is well known tha t battier .Matnew doe.s ! B . 'of nBi,vtMI will bll)0rll wlth uufa. not owe one shilling jtersonally. The j jiug beauty iu the "fields of light" above.

(leuis connecieu wim me propagation ot Temperance, were tlie debts of poor socie- ! ties for which he made himself responsible, i and the effects of his benevolent efforts to stem the tide of disease and famine j which swept away myriads of tlie Irish j people. May the effort to wipe out this i debt be successful. Scnt-tME Mathematical Calculation, j What a noisy creature would a man be, j (says an exchange paper,) were his voice : m proportion to ms weight, as louti as that : of a locust! A locust Catl be heard at the distance of 1-lGth of a mile. The rrnlilon ' i i . . . . i wren is saul to weigli but half an ounce; so that a middling sized man would weih .. ... . o down not shoit of 4,000 of our locusts. ! Supposing, therefore, that a common man '

weighs as much as IG.OOO Ot OUT locusts, I ,uro tl,e United Mates, is taken from Ihe Keand that the note of a locust can bp hp.in! I l,ort. f " Commissioners of Patents, January,

1-lGth of a mile, a man of common di mensions. pretty sound in wind and limb,! ought to be able to make himself heard at! a distance of 16.000 miles; and when he sneezed, "his house ought to fall about his ears." Supposing a ilea to weigh one grain, and to jump one and a half yards, a common man of 150 pounds, witii jumping powers in proportion, could jump 12,COO miles, or about the distance from New Vork to Cochin China. Aristophanes, represents Socrates and his disciples as deeply engaged in calculations of this kind, around a tablo on which thev- are waxing a Ilea s legs to see what weight it! will carry in proportion to its size, but he does not announce the result of their nv i periments. We are, therelore. happy in beins able tO SUDDiV. Ill SOI)lr llpirron - serious an omission. J . '- J -.B.vv, , Dark Developments. "See. . heah, Gumbo, why am you like a blackguard.'" j "Ncber guess dat in de world, caz I i ain't, you brack fool." j "Vou is, honey, coz you watches massa : Jim s store, and vou a not a brrw uhio guard." ; "Now, Pete, dat am berry surprisin and conbluslificatillg to Calculate but, j niggar, why am you like a gentleman J i Dah! dat Stump him." " i . P.r - v i . . ,! breff my soul, Gumby, I never linked Ob dat glbsherup." i an. yah! so does I, sensible as I is -been tinkinrr nf it t'n 1 ' der on" dan I was at de start. : .

. ' drifted aud eddied with incessant motions of th t OCT'In answer to the enquiry of an'w'"d- Paths, if opened, were immediately fill-j Eastern paper, as to whether Senator Pfn ' ed- an communication was eutireiy interupted. j

ton ever fousht a duel, the St T..; i. ! o-.a i.iai me reuouotab o IYI i has fought two. In the first, which took place on 'Bloody Island, near St. Louis fwhieli dorivp"it c-m..i;i.,... L. I

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1T IlinT llllf inrr rrrmm.I T .I... gion,) he severely wounded his antagonist - - t. uuu ui iiisii r. . - Charles Lucas, t.sq. I he latter recovering from his wound a second meeting between the parties, provoked by the injudicious interference of others, took place, which resulted in Mr. Lucas being killed in the encounter. The Mexican Minister of War, in his late report to his government, states the number of the Mexican woman and nhibf.

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Richmond, What all. must Expect. Manhood will come, a iiJ old age will come, and ihe dying bed wilt come, and the very last look you ehall ever ; cast upon your acquaintances will come, and the i nffony of the parting will come, cd the time I lie 11 vou are stretched a lifeless corpse before the eves of weepiu? relatives will come, and the coffin that is to enclose you will come, and that ' hour wheu the company assemble to carry you to the churchyard will come, and that minute when you are put into the grave will come, and the throwing iu of the loose earth into the narrow house where you are laid, am.1 the spreading of the gren sod over it all, will come on evry liviii creatuie who now hears me; and a few (little years, the minister who now speaks, and ! e P-l''8 wl" nw .'isten' w,u ? ca"'ed. to their lonir homes, and make room lor auomer aooa vou to think of it now. to lay it seriously at heart, and no longer to trifle and delay when the hiffli matters of death, and judgment, and eter nity are thus set so evidently before you. And blood lieth upon your own head, and not mine, if you will not listen to them the object of my 1 .- ... I... ..... L n n .U . ar I . . t r.nr the tidings wherewith 1 am clisrgeii ana the co"""K a,""" j things are to come: it is to carry you beyond the regions oi ruin, ana io assure you, mine name of Him who cannot lie. that as sure as the I hour of laying the body in the grave comes, so surely will also come the hour of the spirit re"rning to the God who gave it. Yes. and the of fina r(.ckoilillJf too win come, and theap- !.;..., f the ion of Go.l iu heaven, and His mighty angels around llun.will come, an.i uie opening of the book will come, and the standing of the meu of all generations oeiore me ju ment seat will come, and the solemn pasHing of that sentence which is to fix you for eternity ; will come. Dr. Chalmers. What the Gospel has done. Whata Lies , ,. . . .1 I i .. ; i,..u r'hnuiixiiit v Iipimi to the worid.eveu III i pel, and which oi us enemies, i uj;niiiin, I ism, or Infidelity, has done, or could do the like." ... - . - i .. .... Whatever tneu, in their fchort-sighted philosatv In fli.. pnnlrarv. sorrow is one of the chief purifiers of the human heart. All the other emotions draw us doner to the objects of ! this world. I.ove, joy, envy, revenge, by turns i sway the heart ot man, aim umci niui wim guiuThe U'av to Get Married. It is easy to get married, but not to get married happily. The very means adopted by too many young ladies,, are destructive of solid happiness. Fordyce has issued some remarkable instructions on this point. He s;iys, "Wh-u a young woman he- j haves to her parents in a manner particularly, tender and respectful, from principle as well as ; nature, there is nothing gnod and gentle that; may not be expected from her in whatever con-j ditiou she is placed. Were I to advise any friend I as to his choice of a wife, my first counsel would I be, "look out for one distinguished by her atten- ' I .... . ... 1...- ..-. f " 'I'll finirl : liiiii an ri w trtr uirsa u uri n.iiciiu... of worln ,,,, auction, indicated by such a be-1 havior, joined to the habits of duty and consid- i eratiou thereby contracted, beiiiu transferred to l.i. j ....... ...:n r . : i tha married state, will not fail to rentier her a j mild aud obliging companion." AfiRici'LTURAi. VVkalth of the U. S The following estimates of the products of Agrii-;ii-164'J: Barley, Buckwheat, Coru Oats live Wheat, 6.222.050 bushels 12,5:Jh,0(HI " 5tH.I50.nmO 1F5.5!M.0!10 " r-2.95J.WH) 126,36 l.Ua'O Total cereal grains, 901,727,153 " Rice 199,190,500 pounds. 1'otatoea 114,!75,0!)l) bushels. Hay 1j,7?5,01 tons, Hemp 20,300 tons. Tobocco 21B.D09.000 pounds. Cotton 1,066,000,000 pounds. Tho value of the hay crop, at $3 per ton, amounts to $126,260,000. The cotton crop at 6 cents per lb. amounts to only $63,960,900. being but a little more than half the value Of the . hay. I The hay crop in the six New England States, ' amounts to -1,797,000 tons which, at $ per ton, .!Kves a value of $3,3(6,000, or more than half , .,,!. . .. ".v"", . " . . . o - . . 1 he vulue of tne pottoe crop at 2j cts. per bushel, amounts to V-!3 bl?,o0. The products of the soil in this country, used j as fo' ,r.,fn l tood lor man, are unprecedented iu tne nisionations, for the articles ahuve mentioned,: are to be added beef, pork, mutton, poultry, but- ! I ter. eesrs, cheese, milk, and numerous cuiinarv vegetables uud fruits. Bracing Statistics for Hot vv father I lie col. lest New England winters on record ,re those r 1717 17JI l77- T-iila..,! lTSll Th ' winter of 1741 was bitter, 'and its severity widely ! fe,t- "No one." it is said, rememl red ihe ( l''e." In 17S0 the snows commenced early in November, and continual storms, accompanied; by ,)is,, Wlllds froin le N..rth-e,t, occurred du- j ring December. About the first of January a period of severe cold commenced. During for- j tv cays, even on the south and sunuy fide ol btiiifiinir buildings, in warm situations, there was no mdicatiou of a thaw. The licht and drv snow 1 ood Wi,s "oIlJ 111 tho '""'S9 r Worcester lor tixtg dollars per cord, owing to the roads being fin-.; e B'loe os'0's'" 'n Lynn gives employment to lO.OiVs persons; of which 4,945 are eirls who l'he nu 111I. . 1. . .. n . r : .. j . . 1. . uri vi itnii. vi snur, uiauo liic last year was 3.540,000, at a total cost of $-2,392,575. Venerable Necro. A negro man (Ismt belonging to Mr. John C Boyd, of Berkeley Co., ! Va.,i:ied on the Sth inst. He was 21 years old at the time of Braddock's defeat, making him 1 15 years old at his death. lie was the first colored man owned by the late General Boyd, of Berkeley Co. Bait. Clipper. Tlie book-agents of the Methodist Episcopal church have received notire of the commencement of the actiou by tlie Southern branch, for the recovery of its share of church property. FaosT. Tlie Woodstock papers of the 10th inst., state that a severe frost was felt in that province f Hw Brunswick for two nights previous.

Wayne County, Indiana, Srnnnn i LOXSICTicirr. i ne iui.ii iimiiiui-i Tl.. . I I i of children iu attendance at the common schools j of Connecticut, in 1, was b9,007. The amount paid from the school fund of the Sttfor their instruction, was $133,330, or one do!- j l.r and fifty cents to each child. The total capital of the school fund U $-2,077,511. One school district iu the State is so chUalrsi, as lo hate but a tingle child to send to school'. j Steam Marine or Frack. A recent r.ffioi j! ; publication nhows the steam marine of France i to couMt of sixty-one vessels, witn an aggre gfe f 13.200 horat-s Dower, trance has be sides, completely armed, po snips oi uie une, o frizzles, 17 corvettes, 21 brigs, and 27 schooners, ctiUers &.C. tihe has also 10 large troop ships Her entire naval armament is saiu to be iu a high state of efficiency. Tin.- ITnmir-CHEsstrr as a Dys-Stuff. This is a property of the horsbrrhesnut believed to j be not generally known. If "y . POIV wil1 1 exactly follow these , f l ? boJ Dd;e ! for calico, inusliu. & , fast colcr, will be pro-j dnced. Take the whole fruit, when about the size of a large Lean (the nut being perceptible;) ; ! cut them in two or three pieces, according 10 , I size, and steep them in cold water in whirl i just , enoucn soap nas neeii iiuacu iu k'" " "" tinge. When the color on trial is dark enongh. I strain off the liquid for use. Nankeen Dys. ; Cold soap and water, as above, but ihe husk jnly of the chsuut. broker, in pieces (not cut. as the j steel influences the color;) the brightness of the i color will be less as th husk is riper; hot water, ! or boiling the husks, t-poils the color. j ' The Latest Remedy. A correspondent says j that h h is seen it Ut.-.l in some ol the papers ; 1 1. t-l,A f lft til 1. f. r i,m-t rT i (till n I tiiwi, hit w . - a. , i is the bst preventatives of Cholera, and peop are requeued to walk about the streets with their: pocKei lull oime new remedy. .-iguii auvine he says ne ns noinuig 10 si) , oi n sti ikes linn lliul the surest remeu y ugaiusi. ure unpenning plague is lor people lo liinia tneir business, talk 1-is iiliont Ihe cholera, ami be ac tuated iu nil their conduct by con uion sense. ; If people will be intemperate in their hihits. either of e-itiug or drinking, at this precarious j season of the year, they must ex ect to be ill;j and when tln-y eat clams at midnight by the dozen, b id ovsters by the quart, and decayed vegetables iu any quantity, they ought to expect nothing but death. A New York letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer says among tho deaths by cholera recently reported by tiie sanitary committee is that of a man who positively drunk seventy-two bottles of brandy iu thirty days, and is known to have frequently taken twelve mint juleps before dinner. Extraordinary as this is, there can be no doubt of its truth . It is among such people that the cholera commits the greatest ravages. All excesses are ill, but drunkenness is the worst sort. It spoils the health, dismounts the min. I, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mud. Dubuque, Towa, it is said, contains 4,000 habitants, 5,0'.)U dogs, and 50 colonels. H.uv without Ci.ocna. Clouds are notessentidl as they are commonly supposed to be, to the phenomenon of ruin. Sometimes the rain may be wafted from a distance, but it likewise may arise from the condensation of moisture, without its passing into the intermediate state of clouds. 1 n the higher regions this vapor may become frozen, even without the semblance of a cloud, and decendiiig to a warmer stratum, be again dissolved, dissipated, or precipitated. Sir J. C Ross tells us that in the South Atlantic it rained tor above an hour when the sky was free from clouds. In the .Mauritius this is not a rare

phenomenon; tint in Europe, me greaiesi time corning to ine Uli suvui, wincii is tunsmof i'.s duration was leu minutes at Constantino- j ered worth the most.'

pie. Black Rain. The phenomenon ofacelebrated black r;iiii has not he en explained. Upon the 2:td of November, 119, a very remarkable black rain fell at .Montreal, accompanied by appalling thunder. It was preceded by dark and gloomy weather, experience xperienced over the United States: at ; times the aspect of the sky was grand and terrific. In Montreal the dark ness was very great, particularly on a Sunday morning; iu the whole atmosphere appeared a thick haze of a dingy uraujxe color, during which rain fell of a thick and dark inky appearance, and apparently impreg. nated with some black substance resembling soot. At this period many conjectures were afloat, among which, that of a volcano had broken out in some distant quarter. The weather after this became pleasant, until the Tuesday following. when, at twelve o clock, a heavy damp vaporenveloped the city, when it became necessary to : IHht candles in the houses; the stalls of the butch ers were also lighted. The appearance was awful, and grand in the extreme. A little before three o'clock, a blight shock of an earthquake was felt, accompanied with a noise resembling the distant discharge or artillery. It was now that the increasing gloom engrossed universal attention. At twenty minutes past three, when the darkness seemed to have reached its greatest depth, the whole city was instantly il'uminated by the most vivid flah of lightning ever witnessed in .Montreal, immediately followed by a peal of thunder, so loud and near as to shake the strongest buildings to their foundation, which was followed by other peals, aud accompanied by a heavy shower of rain of the color above described. After 4 P. M. the heavens assumed a brighter appearance, and fear gradually subsided." We once heard of a traveler at a Pennsylvanian hotel, who arose from bed at night to examine the weather, but instead of looking on the sky. thrust his bend through a glass will low of a cupboard. "Landlord," cn-d the ftouih -d man, "this is very finirul ir weather; the night is as dark as Egvpt, find smills of chrt3!'" "Job Printing!" "I'm g!.,.l ol;!, I better Ht must his los-. a . h , to print in i' i h it .is hf 's c-iue.. " t-xcl.ii'ne I i Mr-rs tl ooalit b'li'iess 1 1 , ti ust b ust I e . P.irt Initon, il- oil ' .1 ill, sm t ot it f(l ill wi itn:-r, il he's as pali-nt It ,r.,. -i: , iti 111 - Virgin! 1 papers to the la' ies nhnioni, alii IO ill the Li'ii's of Virginia , is hrrrsottrr th m iv b-, th.it for 31 days thv "bill wear upm the Uil arm n liuiV of black rihnoii, as a tribut.-"f respect t th- memory of their esteemed compatriot. Mrs. .Madison. .... .v. . r . for Sanrfmbi- iitv. At this i! ice he exuects to 1 p fl.- ITl .-atr.l.v ;iftTiinnn nn lh fTnr m..i hi. . 1 n r.i..r. Chw- ii .a f. fjir, t0 ,he uillgjom 0f rortug .1, whom h- will accompany 10 Newport, win-re tit- wni remain lor some time to enjoy tn" luxuries ot sea-air and sea-bathing. Cia. Atlas, July '21. One of the tenets of the creed of the Free Deniociacy, we believe is "opposition to land monopoly!" and the advocacy of euch measures as will abate the evil; yet one of the Vice Pres- J dents of the late Democratic gathering at Cleveland, (fi. L. Ellsworth.) is the owner of five hundred thousand acres of choice Wabash Valley land, which he offers lo lease on reasonable terms! Caltforxia. W. C. Jones, we understand, has resigned his place as Secretary to the Mexican C omrnissioners, and gone express haste, with dispatches for Gen. Smith, at San Francisco. These dispatches are said to relate to the future government of Califo nia. The rumor that Col. Weller has been removed from the post of commissioner to run the boundary line between this country aad Mexico, and that Col. Fremont has received the appointment, is coafirmed.

August 8, 1849.

From the National Intelligencer. A VOICE FROM SALT RIYE11 LETTES FROM MAJOR DOWSING. Head of Salt River. IS 19. S July 13. Dear Mr. Richie: I can't keep from! writing to you no longer. I must say we j are getting niot out of patience up here ! in Sa!t river territory; and are beginning to feel a good leal of disappointment to think Gineral Taylor is holding on to the Presidency so long. I was in hopes after you concluded to stay down there to Washington and fight the battle out, that! you would a touted him out by this time, t and gin our party a chance to come back j auain. Not that I've got any thing ngin tunerai I aylor; an i I don t say but wnat he's a clever sort of a man enough, and fout well in Mexico; and I don't know but j . he and the fuiks round him is carrying on the Government all smooth and reglar. liut aj that a notilin to the pint. I he whoe q. ament isthev've got , i . , ti o ' i. ' our places, and we want cm. T. his Salt River country is a tiresome place to stay jn And we've ben waitinhere now a fe f mont!l9 hoping VOU would upu 1 cl " ,' r Sfct the whole apple-Cart ol t!ie Admmistration and give us all a fair chance to j pick up the fruit. But we've been disap-( pointed. I don't see as you are any near- j pf Ptt;n Gineral Tuv lor Out of office C . ! . t .1 . . U -- ,xti. f orrr. V i t r. had a number of meetings up here about it. and talked tho matter over, and some of our friends are quite put out with vou about it. and fling out about your being i old. and lost your spunk, and don't fight i with the jrrit vou used to. J I took your part strong, ana tola em 'twas no sich thing; if you was older than you used to be. you was tufTas a pitchiiott yet. and had as much grit in you as ever, and only wanted rousin to make you fight like a tiger. They finally agreed if I would write to you and stir you up. so as to make you come down upon the Administration hot and heavy, as though you meant to do something. they'd be patient a litle longer. But if not, they'd kick the "Union" over and take up another organ for the party. 1 . . . . -i .i i..i -ii asked em how tn.-y tnougm tney couiu better themselves by that, and where they thou-rlit thev could find an organ to be compared to the Union? Why.' says Bill Jones says he, 'we'll take the Salt River Herald 'But,' says I, 'you know tha Salt River Herald can't hold a caudle to tho Union for respectability I don't care for that,' says he. 'the

. . . . .it. " Cll, 1 mil a n " 1 , about the Union's talents for hatching fibs, but there's ono thinz vou ouiht to j remember, the Herald's truths are always icaverin, whilst the Union's Jibs are always reel I stood lo; and vou know, ac I think I rather got ahead of Bill in the argument here for he could'nt answer me a word. And now. my dear .Mr. Richie, you see what sort of a pickle we are in, and I hope you will spunk up and put Vniirbf.t font forward: rro fit the Aclminis f . . . t. ul ,1 r ' r.i, . tration in earnest; take nola ot em like a catamount, and give 'em such a clawing j that they'll be glad to clear out in a hurry, i and let our party come in and have the ! rights atrain that have belonged to us this ' twenty years. Now. I don't want to find fault nor complain; you know it ain't my inater. But 1 must say I think you have i been quite too tame a long time back, I and too mealv-mouthed, as if you was afraid to speak out your mind. The fact is, you must go at Gineral I aylor in real j arnest. He's ihe head of the Administration, and you know if we can cut the head i off the critter's dead. But you must give , harder blows than any you have used yet. i I don't deny but what you have used ! some considerable smart words towards ' him; I don't deny but what you've called him a 'dolt,' and a 'cheat,' and 4a tool,' j and 'a mere cypher,' and 'a disgrace to the country,' end 'an imbecile, ignorant i tyrant, and 'a whitened sepulchre,' and d man who MS disgracing himself, and 'a fraction of a man;' and -an eighth part of the Cabinet. and 'the fly upon a coach wheel.' and 'a butcher.' and 'a Xero.' and a Aioiocn, ana "a tyciops. ana sicn like. But all this don't amount to nothin. It's only jest nudrin a man in the ribs 1 t r- 1 1 - t

Herald is a smarter paper; it can ten two ; hol j itself responsible to furnish employers lies to the Union's one, week in and week with compnlent workmen; that the tailout, and put a sting in the tail of every , oresses be invited to co-operate with them, one.,, ,,cm' ... , , , "d that omployers be invited to a public W.rll 1 om t nninr, tr. hfaif cava I i- . r .

with your elbow, when you ought toupi Iron Imports, &c. Tho New York fist and knock him head over heels. If, Tribune says that the imports of iron, the you really man to do any thing, it won't j first six months of this year at that port, do to stand mincin words in this soft kind! reach about 10.000 tons bar, 10,000 tons ot w iy. You must put tlie blows on with ' pig. and 126,000 bundles sheet, hoop, dzc. a sledfcf-himmer. Instead ot calling; The increase in hogshead sugar is 28,li'fn t dolt you should call him a natera! ' 000. hhds.. while the decreased amount of b m tool. Instead of allowing him to be ! coffee is 33,000 bags.

l.lH t-ii;:ii'l u in ui a man, uu siiuum wr'ri.Ti.roand down ( that Ja. ifvn,,! eighth ptrt of a man, you should i . tKwrd un't ;io nf .K 1 - i- 1 e v JLinil VI illis "i w iimn wwvut nun ; ,wt Vlr, f tv would begin to take courage, and feel 1 air. 1,4 rijvA uuu f as if there was some hones for 'em vet. 1 ne re s one tning tnat s very impor 1 . . s J ' There's one thin that's verv imnnr. tant. and I see you feel very anxious about it; and that is, that we should get ! (imeral Taylor out somehow or other on the Wiimot Proviso. It's a shame and a disgrace, and a crime worse than high treason, that he keeps his mouth shet on .!, ...I.: I -rs.. k. Kt . contrive some wav or other to get it out of i: 1 m 1 t . .. - j:t: ' . mm; uui 1 nnuw us a uiuicuu inauer. Cousin Nabby used to have a way of getting secrets out of folks when they was asleep, about their lovers and so on. I believe she used to do it by stealing into the room slyly where they was asleep, and holding a looking glass over their face, and whispering to 'em, and they would answer any question she asked 'em. Now. if you could catch Gineral Taylor asleep somewhere, or if you could get one of the servants of the White House to catch him sometime, and hold a looking-glass over his face, and

whisper to him and ask him whether he is for or agin the Wilmol proviso, probably

tiie secret would be out, and our party would be safe. It makes not a pin's difi ference which side he comes out on; we can hghthim as well one way as tother. The onlv thing is to net him out. We are ready to head him on both tracks. If lie comes out Ton the Proviso, we can run him down with Gineral Cass; and if he comes out agin the Proviso. wo can rum him dr.wn with Cnl Henton. Hut if he dont come out at all. I in ifrndirecmt;.. run him uown with nooouv. JNow, do try and tlo vour best to get j . .1 r. l him out on the proviso, lor vou see how . .. ' important it is. bo I remain your pancut but rather I hungry tnend. nruvv,V(, MAJOR JACK DOU MNU Ti rifely Admonition. The Board of Health of Cincinnati remark, that 'though the number of victims has so much diminished the laws governing the rise and j progress of the disease, remain unchanged; and imprudent exposures; errors of diet, as well as all kinds of intemperance, are slid followed by tlie same fatal consequences. The experience of the last I few days, has been rich in examples pro- ! ving the truth of this observation. Nay j more, the Board are inclined to believe .'that the cases which now occur, are even iiifilirrnntit a ml i-ki.-l w thai trt s-ok ithan at the commencement of the present - .p..-.. ... I epidemic.'' Hungary, fyc. A letter from the Secretary of State, has been published in which it is stated to be the purpose cf this Administration to recognize Hungary or any other revolutionized government as soon as they give reasonable evidence of their ability to maintain their independence. This is right. Cl7"The Tailors strike in Boston proceeds with effective dignity and order. The Post says: 'Oa Wednesday afternoon the trade society of journeyman tailors met in Granite Hall, to the number of several hundreds, for the purpose of considering the mean3 of raisini, tlie depressed prices i of .hf.ir lahr.p ' statement made, it appears that they have to work from 16 to lfl hours to rnrn "7.1 rrnt nnil that rrirr of ,abor have becn reduced, more than 50 per cent, from what they were about eight years ago. Mr. John Fleming, prejsijent of the society, addressed the meet ing.and was followed by several members; and it was resolved that the society will discussion of their grievances. "Who can paiut like nature, a young lady as she held exclaimed a cony of 'Thomson's Seasons" in one hand, w hile the other was clasped by her enraptured lover, "Ah! what soul Ihere is in that passage "who indeed can paint like nature!" "Youcanf" shouted her boy brother, who had been peeping in at the window; You're just the girl that can: You re painted like all nature io?r" OrThc Danville (Va.) Register says Hon. Win. C. Preston ot South Carolina, accompanied by his lady, passed through that place on Sunday Istinst.. on his way to the Virginia Springs. Disease has made such rapid inroads upon his constitution that his person presents but a sad wreck of its wonted vigor; thoush we sincerely trust the wholesome air and the life giving properties of the Springs may enlirely restore his health, and that his valuable life may yet be spared to his country for many years. ft3rTlie Legislature of Connecticut, at its late session, modified the usury laws of that State, so that the forfeiture for their violation is only the whole amount of interest. Heretofore, principal and interest were forfeited, in case more than six per cent, was taken. The Consequence of Drunkenness. On Wednesday last, at St. Louis, one John Verrar; after nnanrdino- ivith hl wlfV. threw j a brick-bat at her, which missed her, but struck his little child on the head, laying j ;t or)en to tke skull, for severAl inr-hes. and ' j endangering the little creature's life. All ; this was the result of too much whisky. r .1 11 - , A BLESsis,G.---May the blessing of God : awa,t tnee 5 and the sun of clory shine 1 around thy bed; and may Ihe gate of j 1 I r"'-"y,iiouor,auu nappm j pemjrt iiuuor, auu nappiness ever oe open t- U Ja 1 l J ! lu '" 'Vi , T Uis. , iny aay. ; "!.a 110 5"el Qls,"rD in7 nignis; may the ! P!Uow ot P?ace kslhy cheek. and the pleasures of imagination attend thy dreams and when length of years makes thee tired of earthly joys, and the curtain of ! death gently closes around thy last sleep of human existence, may the angels of I Uoa attend thy bed, and take care that ! the expiring lamp of life shall not rcpiii..t imiiu ui we uau uoi I f.eive one rude blast' to has,en lts 0"lt is stated that no case of cholera has ever occurred in one of the 17 Shaker villages of our country a circustance indicating the value of cleanliness, nd temperance in every thing. (7-The Committee of Arrangements in Boston have detet mined to hold a grand festival at Faneuil Hall, when Fattier Mathew arrives there. Ex-Mayor Quincy or Gov. Brigga will preside.

Ti:K.tlS:--Tvo Dollars, in Advamcg. Number 33.

A VISIT TO FORT HILL, THE RESIDENCE OF THE HON. JOHN C. CALHOC?", NEAR PSNDLETON, S. C. We find in one of our exchanges a lengthy, but exceedingly interesting account of a recent visit, by a traveller, to '.' the residence of the Hon. John C. CalIhoun, at Fort Hill, S. C, from which w extract the following: In navin a visit to the sfent statesman , , , , ihe UntU . ,hat ,ie h at a i0 ao him and iiis home. Ihat he H . , ,. ., i,:"i, h or the magnificent scenery b whicli ne . 6. . is surrounded, Few Northerners have had tu(1 pleasof 9eeing Mr. Calhoun at home. Oa his prantation. in the bosom of his fami,y surrounded by scene3 fdfmiiar to him for so many years, he is the same, and vet he is in some respects a different person from the Senator at the Capital. He is more at his ease, more sociable and familiar, and far happier. His residence is about four miles from Pendleton, an old town in Picken's district, about two hirnJred and fifty miles from Charleston. I reached Pendleton about mid-day, and no sooner had 1 landed from the mail stage, than I made inquiry of tho landlord of the hotel in regard "to the distance to Fort Hill. He replied, "Yonder is Mr. Calhoun himself." My eyes followed the direction to which his finger pointed, and sure enough I saw, seated under the shade of a large tree, that stately head, whose features if once seen are scarcely if ever forgotten, and I had seen Mr. Calhoun before in the Senate, and recognised him at once. He rose as I approached to where he was seated, surrounded by a group of gentlemen, his neighbors, and, when I delivered him mylettcr of introduction, he asked me to seat. When he had read the letter, he introduced mo to his neighbors, and then kindly invited me to return with him to his residence and spend two or three days. It is needless to say, that I at onco accepted his invitation, so cordially giv en, and in tho course of an hour 1 was seated by his side in his carriage, and on the way to Fort Hill. Soon after leaving Pendleton, the car riage entered a forest, in which wo continued until wo reached tiie gate, which opened into the grounds in the im mediate vicinity ot the mansion. This is so con cealed that you hardly notice it, until you are within a very short distance of the white pillars of tho north and east fronts of his house. The door ynrd is filled with trees and shrubbery oaks that have stood there at least two hundred years, locusts, elms, willows, wild orange,' and fig tree innumerable, the latter loaded with fruit; attached is a large garden, filled with fruits. (lowers, plants and vegetables of every description; and not far distant are large apple and peach orchards. The mansion itself is a plain, unpretending looking building, relieved by wide piazzas, and. on each side, rows of columns. As I said before, the oak trees standing close to the house are very old, large, and lofly, and their immense tops are of great service, not only in presenting an impenetrable shade, but in protecting it in a thunder storm, as I had occasion to witness, for, during my short stay. Fort Hill was visited by one of the most severe thunderstorms lever witnessed, and I should do the thunder injustice were I not to state that it was of the regular Calhoun order, and exactly what I should have expected in this region. We reached Fort Hill about two o'clock 1. M. It was nearly tho dinner hour. I was introduced to his family, which, af that time, consisted of Mrs. Calhoun, his youngest daughter, and the three youngest sons. Mr. Calhoun has seven chil dren the eldest, Andrew, is a planter in Alabama; the next, Patrick, is a captain in the army, and stationed near New Orleans; the eldest daughter is in Europe, (he wife of our Charge at Belgium. Mrs. Calhoun is just such a wife as a' man liko Mr. Calhoun should have sensible, domestic, and industrious. She governs her household in a style that no Roman matron, in tlie old times, ever surpassed. Cornelia, the daughter at home, is a most affectionate companion for the mother. Of the three sons who were at home, f must make some mention. John is a physician, and was married shortly after I left, to the daughter of a noar neighbor. He will make a leading physician wher ever his destiny leads him to settle. James, the next, is a calm, quiet, thinking young man, of 20, and, in many respects, strongly resembles his father. Willie is the yonngest of all Mr. Calhoun's children, about 18 years of age, and the pet of all. The two last are students in the South Carolina College, and at home during the vacation. I dressed for dinner, and when 1 sat down to the table I was soon at home, and felt as much so as if I had known every member of the family for the last twelve years. Everything that is to be had in ths South is raised or found on Mr. Calhoun's estate, and on his table. He is a very spare eater, and bis temperano is so well known, that I need not allude toil. The view to the aoflthward of his house is very beautiful, extending over hill and dale; the Seeca river passes through his plantation, and forms the principal branch of the Savannah river, by which the produce of his plantation is sent to Hamburg, opposite Aogusta. His house itself stands 1,000 feet above the level of tho sea, and about 200 feet above the Seneea river. In sight of the house and office is the negro quarter, on a hill 100 feet above the valley, and one-eighth of a mile from the mansion. The houses are built of tone and joined together like barracks, with gardens attached, and a large open