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From the Ohio State Journal.

A DAY AT NORTH BEND. 7 There tre seasons when all eyes are turned tp one point, and Unsifted until satiety takes the place of interest, and wo turn from the scene to rest the eyes, as from a glaring light. The summer of 1840 was a season of this sort, and at that time NORTH BEKD was the great cynosure of many thousands of eager eyes. Every thing connected with the history of Gen. Harrison seemed endow'edwith a charm which thrilled upon the nerves of our western population. The battle grounds of Tippecanoe and Port Meigs became the modern Mecca for the honest and enthusiastic pilgrims who desired to testify their admiration of the soldier statesman of the West The tornado of enthusiasm which swept up the valley of the Ohio, found a sympathetic counterpart beyond the Alleplianies, gathering strength in its course, until its roarings were heard among the rock rooted pines of New England, sounding the challenge to victory.

The voice of the People had prevailed, but the pageant of triumph was close followed by the dark drapery of Death, and ho who went forlli in the strength of his ripened manhood, to preside over tho higher destinies of the Republic, which had grown up as a cherished child benenth his hand, was brought back to the old homestead, like tho fallen Spartan—upon his shield. Tears, there were, and lamentations—grief had its way, and then other idols attracted the public mind while the broken household at North Bend sat down amid their shivered shrine*, as one ater another of their number yielded to the stern summons, which knows of no denial. The calm retirement of a lew years lins 6ervcd to. abate the keenness of their great sorrow, and now they walk in an atmosphere chastened and serene, like thnt which follows a day of noise and tempest.

Meanwhile, tho busy public has lost sight of the quiet household in their rural retirement, and may not take it amiss if I draw a brief sketch of the present condition of pertons and affairs at North Bend. Availing myself of tho kind invitation of my excellent friend, Col. Taylor, I embraced the leisure of a pleasant day to visit him at the old homestead, and sharing his generous hoepitality, wo walked over the grounds hallowed by the historic memories of many stirring incidents which for moro than sixty years Have rendered this a place ofno ordinary interest. Within that time a great State has grown up around us, and where then the exe of the pioneer rang out its peal in the deep forest, now the plunging rail-carstur-tlcs tho echoes of glen and hill side, and the rush of busy men, tells of the great march of peace »ml commercial prosperity.

The family mansion of General Harrison stands upon a gentle slopo of land, some fifty rods from the Ohio river, near the extreme angle of North Bend. The house is plain but respectable in its appearance, and comfortable in its appointments. The east wing is the original dwelling, and is donstaucted of logs the other portions of the establishment had been added as the necessities of a rising family demanded, and finally the whole so finished as to havo a uniform appearance. The whole front faces the river to the south, and is well shaded hy a row of tnajestic old/rees. Back of tho house a abort distance is a magnificent green slope surmounted by a fine plat of table land, which was the favorite place of the illustrious Harrison, and was called by him "Congress

Green.*' Upon the top of this plateau, he },j8

Jhad desSgned to erect his dwelling, until his taany additions to the original "log cabin" led him to abandon the idea of constructing

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*veyed in pipes for the use of the family.—» shore bank. ".'i

forest irees which looked down upon the first

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On the next aaeeat, a fecv rods further to

the southwest, is the family cemetery, wr.,

rounded by a wreat number of

His death occurred in 1814. Of the deceased

.children of Gen. H., I read upon the 1itonee

well at many other Member* of these tewalfamilies. The remains of Mrs. Thornton, another daughter, and late wife of Dr. J. H-

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To the right of the dwelling, I should judge "Oho I" cried the old man, as be gets .over 100 rods, rises a aeries of oval hills.—! peep at a number of young chaps with Upon the top of the nearest and most beau-

»hom«,n tfc. „n) ,ik.

few reeea and evergreens planted upon j-It ain't a/y up and around it. At this point the eye com- cis, by thunder mands the river for a long way as tt ap-j «Aha P* bawled the proachee this spot, and then, sweeping a-] yOU(lg sapheads took round an angle, rolls off far to the south.—-]

At this point the eye com

Thornton, are •n the vault with

at the death of the Rx»Presideot, has abo deceased, and is repo*in*io tut beautiful Spring Grove Cemetery,

A a Wore intimated, the homestead is now in possession of Col. Wm. H- H. Taylor, who is rearinf around the peteraal hearth a •roup of lovely children, now numbering eight or aine—(some have joined the sleepera in the quiet cemetery.) Ilia aosompltsh«d wifs-the-yoonfwt daughter ef^General,

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Harrison—seems to possess very much of father's strength of character the contoUi of her face is strikingly his, as shown by the earlier portraits in possession of the family ber full, pleasant black eyes—that rare feature—give to her countenance an ex pression of intelligence and sprightliness which, joined to her native elegance and dignity, mark her as the representative of a uoole parentage.

Hon. J. Scott Harrison, the Only survi ving son of the President, resides a few miles further down the Ohio, at the mouth of the Big Miami. His two wives sleep with the lost of the household, in the cemetery at North Bend. He was last fall elected as a representative in Congress from the Hamilton district.

The estimable widow of Gen. Harrison still occupies a portion of the old mansion, where she is watched over by the filial care of the family of Col. Taylor. She is in the serene evening of a long and eventful life, and though bearing the weight of many years, is still able to move about her room. This excellent, woman became the wife of Gen. (then Capt.) Harrison, near the elbse of the last century, while he wss in command of Fort Washington, now Cincinnati. Her father, Judge Symmes, was principal of the original proprietors of the Miami purchase, a tract of 248,000 acres, which was first purchased at a pi ice of sixty-six cents per acre. The present Harrison estste consists of 800 acres at North Bend, and 420 at the mouth of the Miami. The property is as yet undivided, though it is the intention of the heirs to effect a division the coming season. This step is rendered necessary by the fact that from the almost constant absence of the proprietor in former years, the productiveness of the land has so far deteriorated, that a strong personal interest in the soil is indispensable to its resuscitation.— The estate formerly embraced a large tract of intervale land to the northward, but is now mostly composed of high rolling lands near the Ohio.

I should be glad to close my sketch here, and say nothing which should savor of reproof, but justice demands the exposure.— The beautiful retreat at North Bend has becomes favorite resort for pic-nic and pleasure parties from the city. These thoughtless youth, and equally regardless grown up children, having unco got at large, seem determined to demonstrate that this is a free country, consequently they ransack every nook and corner of the grounds and outbuildings, without so much as saying "by your leave like the frogs of Egypt, they come up even into the pantries, and Mrs. T. assured me that only a short time since, they took possession of her milk-house, and helped themselves as coolly as the state of the ice and cream would suggest! and that they make no hesitation in appropriating and carrying off bodily, branches of fruit trees in full bearing. They also dance and shout among the graves of the household upon the hills.

The shrubbery around the tomb of Gen. Harrison has been plucked to the condition of a browsed sheep heath, the bricks of the tomb itself broken and scattered upon the ground, and the very door of the tomb wrenched from its hinges, exposing the vault wherein sloops the illustrious dead I have seen this, and blushed for the Vandalism which could so profane the repose of the grave. Mrs. Taylor has appealed to the public, through the press at Cincinnati, to respect the rights of the dead, as well as the feelings of the living, and it is to be hoped her admonition will oe regarded.

Columbus, HAiy 25, 1852. S. D. H.

TAKEN FOR "GAME," An antiquated codger named Francis, used to hunt the marshes near Philadelphia, ducking and hunting reeds. The old man was an inveterate gunner, very deaf, and not particularly even tempered. ilo woto a green fuzzy cap. and green jacket, with a pair of jackboots several feet high. 4^

During the reed bird (season, any quantity of amateur gunners and infantile sportsmen would go banging away at the reed and birds all along shore.— Francis would go along on the outside, poking around in the mud and water, over knee deep, and pick up more birds crippled by the amateur gunners than he shot himself. Poking around one day in the tall reeds, old daddy Francis felt something prickling and twinging about

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neck and shoulders, that he

could not account for and by and by he feels it again and thinking probably that flock of gallinippers,

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llere is the grave of John Cleves Symmes,] the long distance, made their attack only the frtherMB-law of Gen. Harrison, who at slightly dangerous to the old man. He -the ioot of those hills made the first settlement could not hear, but he could feel, anu ^between the Mi amies in the Spring of 1789. he got on to the bank, the old

jamin, lea. Fvnle?. and Garter Basset, as «tme

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her father. Jane Harrison, who was present sane. She wss with her husband wbw the accident occured, and the shock she experienced has bereft her of ressoa.—

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guns on the bank. "Olio!" my

gun, and bang

Ug char~ SCat»ertng

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among h« jmenilM.

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filing.

old man, "you me for a *fly up sweeten your cof-

and bang goes the other barrel,

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shower of shot In the rear.—

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chaps had actually fired a

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fountj his cap and old jacket stick-

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of ..II .wearing .bowl ib.

Yemtee Blade.

-Mr«. Say let, wife of Francis W.Say* lee, of Boston, who was killed in the Nor walk slaughter, it is said, is now in-

She is the daughter of thf Bon. tt. F* Hal leu. X" -A'

The largest pearl in the world weighs a few grains less than one-third of an ounce. It belongs to a getleman [sic] in Panama, and is worth $5,000.

Singular Race of Human Betas*. There are now in London two very singular human beings, of a race which has hitherto been very little known to the civilizen world. They came from South Africa, where they are called Earthmen. They are totally distinct from all other known races—as much so iPs if they had dropped upon this earth from another planet. They are diminutive in size, mere pigmies—and unacquainted even with the art of building huts. They shelter themselves in caves and crevices of the earth when these are wanting, they make artificial scoppings on the surface, which they line with leaves and cover with branches.

The Hottentots and Bushmen are the avowed enemies of the Earthmen, and when they meet them will shoot them down like vermin. The poor little defenceless Earthmen have no refuge but in holes, trees, or thickets, and the tribe is fast verging to extinction. They are a poor weak people—one of Noture*s freaks—and destined not to perpetuate their rare. Few colonists have seen them and although it is known that a few yet linger in the mountains, these are rapidly dying away, and will soon become a tradition of an elvish ufrite race of old.

The two individuals above mentioned were carried to England from the Cape of Good Hope two or three years ago, and have now become domesticated in an English family. The Morning Chronicle, from which wc take these particulars, describes these little Earthmen as a boy and girl, the former fourteen and the latter sixteen years of age. and "complete little fairies'* in appearance. The boy .Is three feet and a half inches in height, the girl a trifle taller. Their skin is of the brightest and most transparent bronze, and as smooth arid polished as marble. In form the little creatures are perfect—their delicate limbs standing out in the most graceful symmetry, and every motion insiinct with the untaught ease of nature. The faces, although decidedly African in feature, are full of sweetness and good humor, with an expression of archness and intelligence.,^

They are named Martinis and Flora, fn their savage state they fed on locusts, ant eggs, and such small game as they could take. Till they were carried to England, they hud no ideas of God or any supreme power. At present they have been tnught some of the customs of civilized life, imd are able to speak little English words, to sing little English popular airs, and—the first of Earthmen—19 ploy little airs on the piano.

Few sights are more interesting to a thinking person than that of the last of a race of human beings on the point of being blotted out from the face of the earth. The individuals in question seem to constitute ono of the most anomolous forms of our species that has ever yet been brought to the notice of the naturalist or the ethnologist. It is to be hoped that further light will be thrown on their history by scientific researches.

It is becoming an important inquiry in England, what is to be done with the convicts? The inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope refuse to receive them, and Australia and Van Dieman's Land are no longer adapted for penal settlements. "The government has as much as it can do with efficiency, to keep or der and regularity among the miners, without taking care of conviots. Besides, the colonists, like those at the Cape, are protesting against their country being continued as a penal settlement. Many convicts are sent to Norfolk Tsland, but there they cannot be profitably employed. The question of the disposal of the convicts is under these circumstauces, becoming an embarrassing one to the government. The subject was recently discusscd-in the House of Lords, but without arriving at any solution of the problem. Opinions were very extraordinary, although most of the members were opposed to the abolition of transportation. It was stated by the Earl of Aberdeen, one of the ministry, that there are now in the penal estab lishmems of the country 2,05? convicts, who are entitled, under existing regulations, to be removed to the colonies with tickets of leave but his lordship urged it is now literally impossible to send them there, and stated that the government was now considering the expediency of substantially keeping good faith with them, by diminishing the duration of their punishment in accordance with the deserts of individuals.—Boston

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Journal.

Among all the vagaries of Cupid, none seems so silly as the practice now frequent among the rising generation, of forming Hymenial engagements, previous to tieing the gordian knot of matrimony. How a young woman can consent to relinquish her liberty, and go forth as mortgaged property, whom no one can think of obtaining a second lien upon, end wait in the expectation of being married some time before doomsday, is a mystery we will not attempt to explain. To relinquish single blessed ness and be recognized as engaged to somebody, without even the privilege of prefixing "Mrs." tor one's name Is the superlative degree of folly. Never engage yourself, young woman, to anyone who will not engage to finish the business at once. Let the distance between popping the question and ttetng the knot be as short ss possible.

There sre now in California about twenty-two thousand Chinamen. The capital invested and owned by the Chinees in the State, fe osa nuiiton of dol« pars.

TEEKE HAUTE, IND.V JUNE 11,1853.

THE FLOGGING OF A PRINCE. The London correspondent of a North German pa$er relates a story with regard to the way in which Prince Albert disciplines his children, which the Tribune translates ss follows:

The young prises stood one d«y in his room in the royal palace at Windsor at the window, whose panes reached to the floor. He had a lesson to learn hy heart, but instead was amusing himself by looking out into the garden and play* ing with hia fingers on the window.— His governess. Miss Hillyard. an earnest and pious person, observed this, and kindly ask him to think of getting his lesson. The young prince said: 'I don't want to.' 'Then.' said Miss liilf^ard, 'I must put you in the corner.' 'I won't learn.' answered the little fellow resclutely, and won't stand in the corner.for I am the Prince of Wales.' .And as he said this, he knocked out one of the window panes with his foot. At this. Miss Hillyard rose from her seat and said: Sir, you must learn, or I must put you in the corner.' 'I won't,' said he, knocking out the second pane. The governess.then rang, and told the servant who entered to say to Prince Albert that she requested the presence of his Royal Highness immediately on a pressing matter connected with his son. The devoted father came at once, and heard the statement of the whole matter, after which he turned to his little son and said, pointing to an ottoman, sit down there, and wait till I return.' Then Prince Albert went to his room and brought a Bible. 'Listen, now,' he said to the Prince of Wales,'to what the Holy Apostle Paul says to you and other children in your position. Hereupon he read Galat. iv, and 2: 'Now I say that the heir, so long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he must be loved of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.'

It is true,' continued Prince Albert, 'that you are the Prince of Wales, and if you conduct properly you may become a man of high station, and even after the death of your mother, may Lecome King of England. But now you are a little boy, who must obey his tutors and governors. Besides. I must impress upon you another saying, of the wise Solomon, in Proverbs, xiii 24: 'lie thai spareth his rod, hateth his son but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.'— Hereupon the father took out a rod and gave the heir to the throne of the weightiest empire of Christendom a very palpable switching, and then stood him up in the corner, saying, 'You will stand here and study your lesson till Miss Hillyard gives you leave to come out. ii And never forget again that you are now under tutors and governors, and that hereafter you will be under a law given by God.' This, adds, the correspondent, is an excellent Christian mode of education, which every citizen and parent who has a child may well take to his heart as a model.

It may be proper to add that the youngster who is represented to have received this paternal admonition is but 11 years old..

THE OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD.— A few months ago was reported in the English papers the death ofMxKY BOLTON, aged one hundred and twenty-five years, and claimed to have been whilst living the oldest woman in the world. To determine the relative qges ol women is at all times a delicate, and sometimes a difficult undertaking. And except for the honor of the State in general and Williamsburg district in particular, we would not venture upon the perilous experiment. Moved by these considerations, however, we march boldly up to danger, and assert that in the State and district aforesaid, there is a lady, Mrs. SINGLETON by name, who possesses two important advantages over the venerable deceased above mentioned. The first is, that she is now njthe one hundred and thirty-first year of her age, and the second is that she is yet alive and hearty. Her mental faculties are still unimpaired, and she retains all her senses except that of sight, of which she Whs deprived at the advanced age of ninety-nine years, by an attack of measles. Her bodily energy exhibits no diminution for many years, she beiug still able to walk briskly about the room. She has outlived all her children, her oldest descendant living being agrand-daugh-ter over sixty years old. The first granddaughter of this grand daughter, if now living, would be over sixteen years old. We have not learned the place of Mrs. SINGLETON'S nativity, but the greater portion of her life has been apent in Williamsburg.— ChalesUm Standard, May 6.

Crying children ia church are usually considered as nuisances, and taken out but this is not always the case, as the following anecdote from the Ladies' Repository for April will show: "A brother, just returned from California, was present in a congregation of brother Owen's, when a babe in the arms of Its mother began to cry. A thing so unsual in California attracted not a little attention, and the mother rose to retire. "Don't leave,** said the preacher, "the sound of that babe's voice is more interesting to many in this congregation than my own. It is perhaps, the sweetest music many nan has beard since,long time age, he took leave of his far distant home." The effect was imtantsoeoas and powerful, and a large portion of the congregation melted intotearm."

The British Government purchase letoers or ^apprentices'* on the coast of Africa at #10 a head, and send oat cruisers to stop the slave trade. They shoot down a whole town foil of negroes in order to destroy the slave trade, and then offer a premium of $10 per head to induce negroes to capture other negroes and force fhe» to "emigrate* to British colonies, where slavery has been s» bolished. Meanwhile American abolitionists of both are feasted in merry thank God that sre.

Spain and Mexico.

~Gen. Santa Anna's application to Spain for protection against the United States, as noticed in the Diaro Espanol," a Madrid journal, has attracted much attetitiod in the United Slates, as the announcement came to us diluted through tiie English journals. We have before us now the Words of that journal in fall on this subject The editor speaks of it rather as a rumor in Madrid than a fact, but assuming it to be a fact, the editor adds, It is one well worthy of attention We quote:

It appears that the new chief of the Mexican Republic has claimed Spanish protection as the only means of making front against the invasion of tne United States, the danger of which is every day more imminent, and for preserving what remains of that rich country against the conquest of its powerful neighbors. According to the versions we have heard, the same idea has been communicated to the Cabinets of London and of Paris, by whom, it appears, it was favorably received."

The editor goes on to say, in this matter it will be necessary to proceed with much tact and caution, "take care both of interests in America and our island of Cuba."—-

El Heraldo," another Madrid journal, does not credit thisj and re-published it only as a curious story. El Clamor Publico" has heard that such was Santa Anna's thought, and that it had be communicated to London and to Paris. The other Madrid Journals merely re-produce the report.

That Santa Anna foresees a war With the United States, and is making propositions for allies, if he can get them, we see no good reason to doubt. The grasp of our government in the Messiila affair, and the preparations in California for the invasion of Sonora, to say nothing of the repeated incursions of the Texan people across the Rio Grande, no doubt teach him that in order to preserve the nationality "of Mexico, war wUl be inevitable. Better, he reasons, it may be, to make one death struggle for "the integrity" of Mexico, than to see the Texas carrying game played over again, upon every frontier State of Mexico. .,

The cautious announcements ol* the Madrid journals show us however, that Spain has an idea of enlisting herself as an ally of Mexico to preserve what Santa Anna desires —the nacionalidad and "integridad" of Mexico. Her eye, in all probability, is intently fixed upon Mexico and upon Santa Anna, and the hope is probably indulged in that the United States will have enough to do there, without filibustering against Cuba.

It is suggested—and we attach some importance to the suggestion—that what Santa Anna is really aTter is a treaty to secure from Spain, France, and England the use of their ports for Mexican privateer, corsairs, &.C., in case of war against the United States. A Spanish journal before us asks, if Spain opens Cuba or Spanish ports to American letters of mark, why not open the same ports to like Mexican letter of mark? Spain in this way—Mexico giving letters of mark to all the roving vessels of the earth, and Cuba affording them a refuge, or even the Atlantic and Mediterrean ports of Spain could do our commerce a world of harm but the end of it would be, unless she had France and England as allies to protect her in this principle, the loss of Cuba. Our navy and army would not be verr particular, rightfully or wrongfully, in pursuing a Mexican corsair in Cuba whenever one could be caught. If Spain, then, desires to protect Cuba, it will be better done by letting Santa Anna alone than by mixing himself up with the destiny of Mexico.—New York Express.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—An interesting incident in the life of Sir John Franklin is narrated by a correspondent of the National Intelligencer, writing from Ravenswood, L. I. In the year 1834, it appears a dispute arose between Mr. Jasper Chasseaud, U. S. Consul at Beirout [sic], and the Syrian Government, concerning the ill-treatment experienced about that time by Mr. Bird, an American Missionary then residing in Beirout [sic].— Satisfaction was promised for an attack made by Syrian soldiers upon Mr. Bird, but the reparation was long delayed. A British frigate, under the command of Capt. Franklin, arrived in the harbor when the difficulty was at its height, and Sir John immediately interested himself in the affair. Instead of first saluting the flag of England, he made for the U. S. Consulate, heard Mr. Chesseaud's story, and the parties repaired together to the Governor's Palace. The officials thought proper to accede to demands pressed so vigorously upon their attention—the offending soldiers underwent punishment—the reparation was made and when the trouble came to an end, the British Consul got his salute. The energetic action of Capt. Franklin saved a world of trouble and the interest now attaching to the welfare of the distinguished navigator, lends attraction to the incident. ~~~~~~~

In cutting swsy a part of the hil) 6n which the new Court House in Cambridge, Msryland,is being erected some curious depositee of bones have been found, which from their position and general sppesrsnce, are supposed to have belonged to the Choptank Indians, powerful snd numerous tribe formerly in possession of this country, end from whom the Choptank river (Indian for blue water) takes its name. The bones found are larger thsn the ordinary race of men, and, if put together, would form twenty or thirty entire frames. One skeleton was discovered entire, and in a sitting posture, lis ving at the heed a stone of moderste dimensions, cut in theshspeof a common pestle. Msny of the sknlls sre broken snd injured ss if by violence, snd one in psrticular had a totmd hole in the top of the forehead." apparently made by a bullet.

The Royal Society of London has refc^itly received as a legacy seveial articles which were once the property of Sir Isaac New ton —Among the articles is the philosopher's gold watch. In a rich-ly-chased case, bearing a medallioo with Newton's likeness, and the following inscription:—4 Mrs. Catherine Conduit to Sir Isaac Newtoo. Jan. 4, 1703.'—The Royal Society Is now in possession of the most complete and comprehensive collection of Newton memorial* in existence.

Deputation fro as the Peace Conference. A deputation from the Peace Conference Committee of London aud Manchester, waited by appoihtment, on Lord CLARENDON, at the Foreign Office. The object of the deputation wss to present to his lordshipa memorial in favor of introducing into the treaties now pending between England and the United States a stipulation providing fo? the adjustment of any differences that may hereafter arise between the two countries, by referring the matter in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. tro'l

The memorial ststed, the subject had been brought under the attention of the American Government, hy gentlemen in" that country interested in the question^ and that both the Senate and the executive of the States had signified their entfre willingness to adopt such a stipulation, if those conducting tho negotiation on the part of the British Government would concur in the measure. Mr. COBDGI*. in introducing the deputation, stated that as they understood by what lately fell from his lordship in the House of Lords, that very important treaties were negotiated between this country and America, they thonght it suitable time to urge the introduction into those treaties of a clause binding the contracting parties to refer their differences to arbitration.,

REPLY OF THE EARL OF CLARENDON.— The Earl of Clarendon replied that negotiations of an important nature were pending between the two Governments, which, if successful, would place our relations with the United States on a more reasonable and satisfactory footing. A very friendly feeling had been displayed by the American Government. On the general question, he could only say that none of the gentlemen forming the deputation could feel more strongly than himself the desirableness of maintaining pacific relations indeed,as being more responsible, he might be naturally even more anxious than they.

The only question was as to the best means of preserving peace. Ho was not convinced that the insertion of the clauses proposed would have that effect. He thought that tho spirit of the age, the improved feeling, and good sense of mankind—of those to whom government are obliged to defer more than they had done, constituted a better guarantee for the preservation of peace than written engagements. Every day that peace was preserved rendered more vjn-

Paying like a Sinner.

Several years ago, in North Carolina, where it is not customary for the tavern keepers to charge the ministers anything for lodging and refreshments, a preacher presumingly stopped at a tavern one evening, made himself comfortable during the night, and, in the morning entered the stage, without offering pay for his accommodations. The landlord soon came running up to the stage, and said, "There was some one who had not settled his bill." The passengers all said they had except the preacher, who said he understood he never charged ministers anything. "What, you a minister of the Gospel—-a man of God?" "you came to my house last night—you sat down at the table without sayings blessing I lit you up to your room, and you went to bed without praying to your Maker (for I stood there until you retired you rose and washed without praying, ate breakfast without saying grace and as you came to my house like a sinner, and eat and drank like a sinner, you have got to pay like a sinner J" .. gHft

Curious Miseellauous Information** The French speak in the nose, the Germans in the throat, and the English through the teeth. Books and papers were formerly sold only at stalls and the dealers therefore came to be called stationers. A poker laid over a fire concentrates the heat of the passing smoke, and creates a draught through the fire.— Water is called hard when, from containing too much carbonic acid, it "holds lime in solution. A pound of wheaten flour consists of bran three ounces, starch ten ounces, gluten three quarters of an ounce, and sugar one quarter.— The spring of a watch weighs 0.16 of a grain, and a pound of steel makes 60. 000 pound of steel cost 3d, and a single spring 3d, so that 60,000 produce 4161. Turnpikes were so called from poles or bars swung on a staple, and turned either wsy when the dues weie paid. A turnpike-road by law, is sixty feet wide, snd psrish roads sbout thirty feet. Children lose weight during the first three days after birth at the age of a week they sensibly increase sfter one yesr they triple weight then they require six years to double their weight, and thirteen to quadruple it. -uvwiuwinnATj-T.-.. ir. -i -1 -i

Ctrmso DT NAPXLCO».—-The Paris Jtatcue des Beaux Aria states that the expense of disinterring the ashes of the body of NAFOLEOS will be 100,000 francs. A proposition in Council being trade to divide the remains of the Emperor, after the fashion pursued wader the Kings—the body to be under the Xsesoleom and the heart at St. Denis-— Prince JEKOMZ started up, saying that he would never lend himself to such a proposition for mutilating tbe remains of l»s broth er.

WEALTH MAKES WEALTH.—Among the sdvantages of being a great city, is Unit ol attracting to it thousand* of sfghf-seers. each one of whom spends money in it. Tbe Cry* tal Palace will, it is estimated, draw this year to New York 100,000 visitors, each of whom will spend there an average of 0100. The tots? gain to Hew York from this source alone will be, in the short space of three months, st kast lot millions of dollars. Three millions of this amount will go from the West,

WHOLE NO. 1082.

A New Dodge.

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LIBERIA.

The New York Times pUblishM the fbi lowittg hote from a correspondent respecting Bishop Scott and his visit to Africa:"fiishoO Scott, of the Methodist fipistio* pal Church, sailed from Baltimore in the bar* que Shirley last Decetnbef fot Westefn Af* rica, on behalf of the Church, and not on ac* count of his health. He made a visit to ev* ery point on the coast of the Republic of Liberia, and penetrated somewhat iflto the in* terior presided at the Liberlan Conference, recognised the mission schools, surveyed the general field, and obtained an amount of in* teres ting and important information pertain* ir.g to that country. He returned in the same vessel, ahd arrived at Baltimore a few days since, after along passage of fifty-three days. He paid a Visit to this city yesterday* and was present for a few hours at the session of the New York East Conference, in the Allen street Methodist ISpiscopu! Church*

He brings a most excellent report front Liberia in every respect. The various churches and achoola of the Republic are in a flourishing condition. The Government is well established and prosperous. Colonists generally are well pleased with their new homes, and the native tribes are seeking friendly relations with the citisens of Liberia, for the purpose of enjoying the bless* ingsof civilization and the christian reii* gion.

Bishop Scott gives it aa his candid judgment, formed from personal observation of the whole field, that the Government of Liberia, and the Chriatian Church now plant* ed aud flourishing there, constituting the hope of the redemption of Africa and the best home for the colored people of this country, and the legitimate fruits of African colonisa* tion\

UiJmymkkm: The Texas Debt.

New Dodge.

The New York <Day Book> says there is a place in Cornelius street in that city, where kid gloves are manufactured.— Now there is nothing wonderful in the construction of the kid gloves—but the material of which they are made is the wonder. The proprietor of the establishment for the past year has been extensively engaged in the <purchase of rats>, but for what purpose, nobody knew-—he has no relations, kith nor kin, employed in the butchering or meat pie business— therefore the deceased <rats> could not have been disseminated for edibles— what did he do with them? Why he merely skinned them, and after coloring, were used in the place of kid for gloves—and thousands of our dashing city belles have worn them all the time, imagining they were gracing their delicate fingers with the neplus ultra of the Parisian handicraft.

The gloves thus manufactured are perfect counterfeits of the French 'kids;' and to more completely pull the sheep fleece over the oculars of the dealers, the cute individual sends them in packages outside the Narrows, puts them on board an inward bound vessel from France, they pass the Custom House, &c,, receiving the stamp, and then become veritable foreign goods. ~~~~~~~

Tfie Zeafflo4oa.

We had the pleasure yesterday of witnessing the huge skeleton, of this monstrous animal—trailing its vast length for fully one hundred feet, and. at the same time, of listening to a learned and interesting account of its discovery from the lips of Professot Koch. The Zeuglodon mast have been equal in size to ten or twelve of the largest crocodiles that during the present period repose in the mud of the upper Nile. It wss an amphibious animal, exceedingly voraci* ous, armed with a tail capable of crushing sn elephant at a blow, and with im« mense strength of jaw.

From the geological sifiiitfrtvfrt #hich the bones were found, the Zetrglodon must have lived anterior ia the epoch of human existence. Dr. Koch obtained this magnificent skeleton in Washing' ton County, Alabama. A large portion of the territory of that State einbedb th«r fossilized remains of antedeluvian rep* tiles and other creatures.—N. O. Bee*

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The New Orleans Commercial letin of Slst May, says: We learn from good authority that certain creditors of Texas having consulted competent authority, and having been advised thnt inasmuch as the Statf of Texas unequivocally accepted the terms offered by the Congress of the United States, thereby ratifying to act of annexation, have determined to apply to the Federal Court for an injunction to stop the State of Texas from donating to the several railroad companies, the pub* lie domain.

It is well known that by the act of an* nexation the public domain of the late Republic of Texas was set. apart for the security and payment of the existing debt and the question now is, shall the State of Texas contravene the spirit and esign of tho act of annexation, an not of the United Slates' Congress. Our opinion is, that the State of Texas has no right to donate a foot of the public domnin until tho debt, for the payment of which it was set apart Is first paid.

The public domain is not the property of the Stote of Texas. The veryuctof annexation clearly sets forth that the domain shall remain a pledge for the puy* ment of the debt, and not until its pay* ment can the domain pass to the State, llcnce the State of Texas possesses no title, and the result must be that the donees—the railroad companies—cannot succeed to either a legal or equitable title thereto, as long as the domain remains a subject of pledge, which must unquestionably be the case until it is relieved from duress# ie* vni

As the prickliest leaves are the driest, so the pertest fellows are generally the most barren. "F j* SvT