Weekly Reveille, Volume 1, Number 28, Vevay, Switzerland County, 29 December 1853 — Page 2

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CTS. H. Pitvis, General Newspaper Agent,! No. 66 Fourth stieet, between Walniffand' Vine, Cincinnati. Ohio, is our tuthohted Agent to obtsia advertisements apd subscriptions is that city.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 29, 185)

Persecution,

During the past three weeks we hare passed' through much persecution back-biting. Our motives hare been impugned andour principles perverted and* misconstrued, and when this species of denunciation failed of haring the desired effect,'our business has been grossly slandered; and’the circulation of the Reveille has-in some cases been diminished.— In a few instances men ha«e persuaded our patrons lo discontinue their subscription to : the paper. The street corners hate afforded a theire, at; which aome hare assembled lo carry on she work of defamation. And why.-U will be asked, this mode of defamation' and‘abase? The reason simply js. because are have considered It our privilege, as well as duty, to open mir columns to the dissemination of the great truths of temperance. This la a free country, Vnd the free press must and will be sustained. We can concetre ol nothing more disastrous to this - country, than the attempts made-by some to trample down the free press of thia country; and yet we have fume wise men among ui who would quench the freedom of the

press! We base resolved lo proceed boldly, and trust to the, good of all parlies for support. We had intended to deal mildly with the opposcra of Temperance and liquor sellers; but as they have comment ced a war of extermination upon us. we will see them through with it. Our bust* ness is a blessing, and an invaluable acquisition to the community—the business of the liquor seller is ap outrage upon a civilixed community, and leaves themrtrlis of desolation and despair in ahnost every family in a community* where it 1s extensively carriedjjn.

The lime is hear, at hand, when we will hare to decide whether temperance, morality and virtue shall reign supreme—or whether drunkenness and vice shall predominate,' and crush the belter feelings of our nature, scattering blight and destruction throughout our happy [and. We will from time to time hold up these two contending parlies, so that the people can judge for themselves.

During the cuming year* we expect to be able to'show up the wide of making drunkards in so truthful and life like a manner, that no respectable' person will be willing toengnge in such a disgraceful beslness; there will be some, of course, who may continue in the buiinesi, but they certainty -could not be cansidered very respectable! Men who trample upon the 'qyawed will of Tfru people, are poor specimens of republicanism*

In tbls irying lime, when the whole influence of a certain clique is exerted to break us down, and injure our business—upon. which we rely for the necessities and comforts of life—we call upon the good and true men of all parties to come forward ami sustain u>, sp that we may more successfully battle for the right, and contend sifopgly and boldly sgainst the wrong.

Our friends can raise-a club of fifteen or twenty subscribers in every neighborhood; and where ten or more club together, 41 CO a year, in advance, ji the price; when 815 or more is raised, at 81 a year, we give one copy gratis for the year.— With a little exertion on the part of our friends, our list could be raUed to twelve or fifteen hundred copies—which would enable us to greatly enlarge and otherwise improve our paper.

Census o| ISSO.

The Census of the United States for 1850 has at last been completed, and the ■lauatical results are now in course of publication. They w|U be ready for distribution at the present session of Con-, gress. Some of lip leading paints are as follows:

The Stales snd Territories now cover 2.081.169 square mile#, 01 these 778, 206 are on the Pacific slope; 1,23*/,311 io the Mississippi Valley; and 877,5760n the Atlantic slope. "The territorial exteqt of the Republic, 1 remarks the Report, is therefore nearly ten tunes as large as that of Great Britain and France combined; three liipes as large as France Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Bpain, Portugal, Holland and Denmark together; one ipd one half times as large u the Russian Empire in Europe; and of equal extent with the Roman Empire or that of AUian^T! 1 '

|i iuliosomewhat larger.. thuvihat of Pfiihb Aocikai mura than this* time* as Urge u Mexico,. nine tirnei Jorge u Busauo ilroe* •» Uif* fea Central America.. )n other words, it is nearly half of Uonrintnlal fiorlh Arne rka. •

Thy if holy line of the coast belonging

to the United States, as ascertained byr the coast Surrey, is 23.099 ; Theipopulai/dqjls nearly tea limes what it was at the commencement of the llMachca £3,161.879. Of l9,6s3;oeB*are«Hite: '484,495 free

colored; and 3.204 313 are slaves, Six* leen ol ihe States hold slaves (there are a few lefl.in New Jersey None ate repor* ted in ihe Territories except 20 in Utah and 3678 ia the District of Columbia. A The average number, of inhabitants to the aqtlire mile in thecnuiiirytsTr'ln Massachusetts, the most' thickly settled State; it is 137/ lII* Oregon, ; the : most thinly settled territory, there is only one inhabtuql to 25 square nttle^

Ediioalfon Ml liMMttutl'

In the last census we find the following s latistics of persons in Indiana who can neither read nor write; Of whites, there are 36,13 v males; 44.408 female*; making a total of 70 A4O who cannot read or write, of colored there are 1,024 males; I. MU fenn tea—total 3,170.. Of the whiles, 67,440 are natives and 3,355 foreigners that cannot reader, write, or there are 30 natives lo I foreigner that cannot read. The free schools ure greyly needed in Indiana.

The following is the number of pupils attending school in Indiana during the year I' 50; Whiles, 220.034; coloted,U27; total 229,001. Of these, 218,227 are natives and 2.034 are foreigners. There ire five Slates in the Uninn that have more persona in thetp who cannot read or write than Indiana.

OCr The Homestead Bill, reported in Congress,* few days ago, by Mr. Dawson, provides that any person who is the head of a family and a citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to enter free of cost, one quarter section of vacant and unappropriated public lands, or a quantity eqeal thereto, to be located in a body, in conformity with the legal subdivisions of the public lauds, and after the same shhll have been surveyed, Five years residence is required upon said land, after the date of entry, before a patent shall issue therefor, and the laud is to be exempt from all liability for suy debt contracted prior to the issuing of the patent. Residents of any State or Territory, not naturalised, are to be placed upon the same (outing as citizens, provided they have Sled their declaration of intention, and shall have become citizens before the issuance of the patent. No individual is to ba permitted to malte more than one entry, and existing preemption rights are to be in. no way interfered with.

Indiana State Temperance Convention* ,

This body will hold its next genera) session in Indianapolis, on Wednesday, January the lllh, and will continue In session two more days. The subject of a '•Prohibitory Law" will bo prsemed for consideration, and other bnisineis of importance will come befute the Convention.

Delegates to the Convention will be charged full fare by the various railroad companies to the caplin), and on presentation of a certificate from the secretary, wilt temrn free of charge. A general attendance from various parts of the Stale is dpaired. C. FLETCHER. President. B. F. Foster. Secretsry,

Burning the Dead.

The California Miners 1 .tft/uocaff,gives an account of the cetemony of burning their dead by the Digger 'lndians. It

say#:—

, The interesting and solemn spectacle of burning a Digger Indian, was witnessed last Thursday in the suburbs of the town, by a large assemblage of people. The deceased in all probability had died o( extreme old age at least the appearance of bndy would tend to confirm that opinion. Near the mwp is a pmall ranchcria, where the funeral ceremonies look place. The corpse was secured with substantial oak logs and brush, and at daylight the pile was fired. A* sonn >3 the fire started, a numbjr of males and females, with their faces blackened, commenced chanting some doleful dirge, and the whole parly danced in a circle around the corpse. Large numbers of both sexes, seated on the ground, and uttered the must piteous yalls. and screams. They wrung their hands, anJ beat their breasts, and pointing to the corpse as they circled around in the dance, made the woods hideous with their unearthly yells, AH the property of the deceased was burnt with him. and no less than a bushel of beads, shells and other trinkets. £ach one seemed to add some fuel to the flames, and contribute some article as a testimonial to the memo* ry of the deceased. The funeral cere monirs continued until the.body was entire. )y oeniumed, ; when the solemnities concluded by alt-hands blackening their faces. U was scene very interesting, parukjng equally of the grave and ludicrous. Near by a party of Indian*, four in number, were playing cards ai twelve and a half cente a game* and during the tyhole proceedings their equanimity.wsi never die* ( ■rbedi or the game for a moment slopped.

OSrMr*. Eliaabath Houghton has (Men lent to iha la halier' asylum at Worcester, (Jraaed by the spirit rappingt humbug at Chicopee, SJm,

[Origin*!.] Doubt Not. There Is a Got*.

'Go out beneath the.arched heaven In night’* piofbund gloomy *nd say, if you can, “There 5 ia no - God I” Pronounce the dread blasphemy, amt each alar abore you will reprove your unbroken darkness of intellect—every voice that floats upon (he night winds will bewail your utter hopelessness and despair, -Is-there no QoilT Who, (hen, unrolled lit at blue scroll, and -threw upon its high frontispiece the legible {learnings of immortality? Who fashioned this green earth, with its perpetual rolling waters and its ex pause of islands and main? Who paved the heavens with clouds, and attuned amid banners of storm*, the voice of thunder, and unchained the lightnings, that linger and lurk, and flash in their gloom! 'Who gave to the eagle eyries where the lent pests dwell and beat slrongeati and to the dove a tranquil abode amid the forest that ever echoes to the minstrelsy of the moans! Who made light -pleasant to thee, and the darkness covering, and a herald to the first flashes of morning I Who gave thee that matchless aim mein of sinnetvs and limbs!— The regular flow of blnod?—The irrepressible and darimt of ambition and love! And yet the lliun der of heaven and (he. waters of earth ate chained! They remain, but the bow ol reconciliation hangs out abore and be* Death.

And it were better that the limitless waters and strung mountains weie con* vulsed and commingled together—lt were better that the very stars were conflagrated by fire, or surrounded in eternal gloom—than one soul should be lost white mercy kneels and pleads for tl beneath (he Altar of Intercession, H- ■ Vivay % Ind ;

[Pot tbe Weekly Reveille. Public Schools;

The School Trustees of Vevay would take this opportunity to report, lu the citizens thy.condition of the Graded Schools for the term of 12 weeks, noar closed. On entering upon our term of . office we found the two small school buildings in a very bad condition. It was found necessary to make repaiis to render the'rooms comfortable and ' convenient for school putposes. It was deemed' advisable ’to provide rooms and accommodations-* for six schools, but when the term began, the accommodation# were not sufficient, and a seventh school was rendered neceisa ry. The necessary expenses for repairs, fuel and room rents, have been, pa£d tint,, not of money (hat was left in'ihe trustify. The only liability now is the wagess of the teachers, which will be fully met In March, if we receive - the estimated diva, dend, made by the Slate Superintendent. We can bear testimony that the Teachers have been faithful, and all the schools have made good i mptovement,—some of them, have more than realized our expectations. Could they have continued 3or 6 months longer, still greater progress would have been made. The whole number of scholars received during the term was 360.—,0f this number 18 were from abroad and paid tuition. The average daily attendance has been 283. The expense per scholar in the several grades per quarter has been as follow*, ('estimate made on the average daily attendance): High School, per scholar 83 00

Grammar School do do 3 40 Secondary Schools do do 115 Primary Schools do do 075

The whole expenses of 7 Teachers for 12 weeks has been $306. To educate the {tame number of children, the next 13 weeks, in private schoal*, will cost the patrons at the least calculation SOCO, This is not alt, every teacher that has had any experience, will say, that public graded Schools are fifty per rent better than it is possible to make Private School*. The same facts are found to exist here, comparing Public and Private Schools, that are found to exist elsewhere.— And it is also true every where, that those who know most about schools, are decidedly in favor of Public Schools, In conclusion we would say, we hare acted conscientiously for the good of the schools without prejudice or partiality, without respect to .individual, party feelings, What we have done, we have done cheerfully, Without remuneration, and now as our term of office expires, wc willingly resign all the honors and all the profits into other hands, who will be more faithful, and lake more internal in the education of the young., H. WASON, J. F- DOAN. J. JACKMAN, Truttfit-:.

' o£r Th ft Editor of the Pittsburg Dis-, patch, in looking through: a Mule work, ebtiiUd thft’Brwers Mantra]/ a publication intended ’exclusively for-. Brewers, finds It recommended to : country dealers that when, a* is often the case, ale.’become stile before more than half the bar* rel is out, lie ‘can restore it lo its.original life and .excellence by putting in from aix to ten pounds of putrid horse flesh/ Let alt drinkers make their own comments.

Winter Heeling of the Indianai Slate Boaid of Agriculture. /List of premium! to be aw«rdid~at ibe meeting State, Board of Agr|culinre, to be tyeld fit the State House inlndtsnap* olis, on Thursday -after the'first! Monday in January; 1854; ' For the half bushel of wheal with descriptions, 16 For 2d best half bushel with discrip* lions. 93 For the best hall bushel of. Winter Harley with descriptions, . . ■ - . 65 For llir 2d best half bushel Winter Bar ley with descriptions, $3 - For the beat half buihel Spring Barley with description*. S3 For 2d best half half bushel Spring Barley with dcsciipdons, 83 For the best hall bushel Oat swiih descriptions, $5 For 2d best half bushel Oats wilh deserpiuns, 83 , - For me best 12 ears enrn any viriety, with descriptions of culture and soil, $5 Eor 2d best 12 ears corn any variety', with ceschptions of culture and soil. 83 For best shows pt excellent varieties of Corn, 83 For the be.-t 12 kinds of Apples 3 of cacti kind to be shown and labelled, 85 ' For 2d best 12* kinds of *Ap(ilea J to be shown and labelled, 83 Fur the best general display of Apples, .., 85 For 2d best display of Apples,, 83 Best half bushel, potatoes ‘ 83 Beal half bushel Sweet Potatoes - 83 Best half bushel Kuta Bags 83 Best , half bushel Turnips, 83 Best half bushel Canots, 83 Best half buahnl Parsnips, ' 83 Best bhlf bushel Beets,' S3 ■ Best half bushel Sugar Beet, 83 Best one dozen Cabbage, 83 Best one dozen Celery . 81 Beat one dozen .squashes, 83 . P, S.—Competilois for p rent turns on field orggnincrops, will be careful to have their certified statemsnts and samples before the board, at their meeting for examination ■ and Entries for these premiums may still be made, by address-ing-the secretary of the Board. •. . Persons wishing to send samples ice., ran do so by calling on the. President pi their respective- County Societies, 1 who are “ex-o/fleto" members of the Board, By order of Executive, Committee.-. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT; PretidenL V7.T. Dennis, Secretary. . v

Quite Cool*

The weather is coot, but on Friday evening, there occurred a 1 transaction'.'* little the ‘’indicationsof‘Fahrenheit;

On Wednesday last fourteen slaves, two of (hem from.South Carolina, , three from ;Tenhesiee v apd. nine, from Kentucky, c rossed the Ohio j nst below Sedatn#ville, and'carae. up tb some one'rjf the stations for what'is’unblu.-hing called *Uhe underground Railroad"'^Canada.-- Fed welt, and warmly-clothed by *' the ~Aboti non is w. many of ; whnm are people jf wcaltlt. i; the regrofijWereexcited and puvhrd on warmed into' a feeling nf entire’ secuniy. anil having been' furnished with pocket money determined i/q'go and see' the. 'represents? tion of,Uiiclf Tom's Cabinet the National Theatre! ?nd . three of them { idid. actually attend,, Sa boislerous ahdrAfrJcan" was their applause at the words of defiance Rung in the tepth ol his pursuefs hy the' fugitive slavi George Harris,'and also’ at ihesuccessful-crossing ef the|Ohio.by.his wife and child, that .ihey ,were.noticed,by parties in the dress circle, who suspected them from tho teitiure of clnthing and thc tout ensemble peculiar to tits Before any papers could be pfocured jiiali: lying an arrest, (he curtain had Jtdlen on the last ad of Uncle Torn, and the real fugitives were again in their hiding places. — Cm. Com,

California Items.-

Gold Excitement —The principle newi is theexciiement incident lo the ; reported discoveries of gold in (he valley* of; the Amazon. The lever says the,//croW, prevhils to a great extent in San Francisco, and extends throughout all portions of the Slate. Many of its best ami most adventurous citizens are panting for an opportunity to penetram those’ misterious and unexplored regions, with a view to (he developrmenl of the mineral wealth which is said to abound there to an extent almost fabulous. Two expedition*, bar* ing their heads in San Francisco, are now hilling out in that State; the destination of one of whicn is Peru, the other Equador. 'Che Peruvian company is organised under the auspices of that country, and with the sanction of that government. Inducements, in the form of lands <fc mining privileges, are held out to the company, which hare proved sufficiently strung to attract quite a number of citizens intq the organization, although Tumor ha* no doubt greatly exaggerated those numbers The sailing of the expedition ha* not yet been fixed at any definare period, but when it does leave, its movements will be regarded with iutereit as the pioneer of the enterprise. Of the Equadoriah company much less is known. Its proceedings have been iq a great measure secret, and its designs are aaid to be any thing hut friendly towards the existing government qf that country. . It is rumored that the movement is. simply a branch of another Flores expedition; that the agents of that General are how in the city of San Francisco, and have held nut the most brilliant inducements to adventurous young men to join the expedition, The design of Flores is said lo be to obtain in auxiliary force of two thousand, thoroughly armed and equipped, with which, in addition to the forces he may be able to raise in South His success sgainst the, existing government te regarded as, certain. To such Americans a> enlist under his banner, the highen position in the army, and should me revolution prove successful, in the government, ere said to have been tendered, as well as (he most unrestricted liberty in the newly discovered gold mines. Such inducements .ate altftoweifui with a population such'as that qf which Califor-

ma is composed, and it will be not at all surprising if more than ordinary results .will follow .tlie present movement. Gen. Flores Wii,in Otiili at tbs latest advices I 'if' -. 1 ; t . H n

"j J B'iiHWtoTdtc, Dec. 2 Mr.; G*in give notice of icrml bills griming lands for railroads in California. Mr. Hamlin introduced a bill Tor estab. lishing • telegraph line from the Missis* sippl to the Pacific Ocean. The'joint "Rfolutton auihorlxing the President to confer the title of Lieut. OenM by brevet w*a taken up. ant) after «Jong debate'was" ordered to grossed? Yeas 30, nays 12. * ‘ ' ' ji - Mr, Cars offered a resolution directing enquiry as to granting a pension to dbg widow of Capt. Gunnison, recently killed in Utah—adopted. Sundry resolutions directing enquiry as to the authorizing of orders or drifts on foreign post offices, to be tired in the place n| ordinary drifts, for remittances waa ad. opted, After a short executive session the Seif ate adjourned, . ' Hocse— Mr. Henn presented the credentials of Hadley U. Johnson, delegate from Nebraska; referred to the committee on elections; • . - - - v

Mr. Cobb introduced a.bill, giving fur. iher lime for tails tying the claims for bonn ty Until for railrovtls In the South anil Writ.' Referred. r:*

Mr. Disney ■ introduced. the French Spoliation. bMI; referred, lo the committee on Foreign Atfaira. ■ Mr. Nuilin? v of Mo., introduced i bill organizing'the territory of Nebrnko,— Referred. ;. ' Mr. Latham introduced a bill refunding to California certain duties collected since the ratification of the treaty with Mexico', and prior to the admission of California into the Union. Referred. The House then went into a Com mil* tee of the Whole on the President’* Mesr sago. Mr. Wright, of Pa. laid that he thought the country a (large unprepared to amici, pate the results which had occurred from the debate which had occurred for the Usi few days. He was one who believed that after the great contest the county had pas* ed through, when both the great parties of the nation togetlicrin honorable warfare, and when the great battle'had been fought, and Victory won—that the Abolitionists were not only dead but buried, - He. then alluded to Gerretl Smith’s speech which.he raid euhtinted the lifelrss body and dragged It before tiro cmintry*! He said he cmtld nol keep hia ; roouih'clos. ed-- when such aemiments iwere avowed, and he then reviewed- Smith’s - ; speech, particularly thaiparl in .which jie characte tiled (lie U. S. aa a greater oppressor than Austria. He said dial Smith iiad cast a' file brand into the’country, but he would fail in his object. - Hc also ilefeoded the Administration and the Comprri* mise, .froro. the attack made by Smiiti. He quoted the provision of, the constilulion, in-jrcgard to the recovery, of the fu giit ve from ‘ ÜboriThd -ask ed yH d w cin thegehiletaan. pm his hands 6n the .IDilyJ Bible, and. swearto support: theconstuulion,, and yet assert the Jligher Law as in pc t iot tolhc consliiutiy it.’’ Che coinmillee on Siyle. recornmcniJcd that. the. word "service” b’e 'substituted for the word* '•>ervfiude, M > as the latter, was identified with - Slavery, andahe lifnrmcrwas identified / wiilt.tlie condition of;freemen.; The; recommcndajion was aduptedi.- \, r*. * J*; 7'.’; 7 Mrl Wrighrsaid this wasnol his ni 'hisldryi’ibd went (on to say thar Congress had tin Vight io legislate un Slavery, and: he washed his bands of.lhe subject., , v , 7 Wasijinotom, Deq, Jones. ofTenn., gave notice’dT a bill to distribute - the proceed*, of public’ lands anuVng ihe se ve ral Stales'."' ; V'’ j <■ d, :it* ;> - ,\J r . Jolt nson : asked to be excused from the French. Spoliation.commillee,.which wss,sgr«d m. yj . r =j-u-y Mr. Broadhead gave notice of; a bill making further pro vision against counter* felting U. S. Coin;:: 7;; | M ‘; There'heirig-bnt a few 1 ' members pres-' cm, the Senate adjourned.' :

House— -After some unimportant proceedings the House went into Committee of the Whole on the President's Message. Mr. Phillips'had the floor. A her a short debate the committee arose, and the House adjourned until Tuesday.'

Later from Chihuahua,

St. I>ouis; Dec, 22.—The Santa Fo mail has arrived at Independence, with advices from Chihuahua to the 2d of November. '

Business was extremely dull, and it was thobght that *ll of the foreign merchants .would soon leave for California, and thua let the trade go i t • the hands of tl 4 Mexicans,

The American merchants were waiting at El Paso Mill, they not being able to passtheirgoods through the custom house, 20 per cent more having been added to the tariff, with positive instruction from the government to the custom house officers nm lo admit any goods unless the entire duliua are paid. Gen. Garland intends establishing a post on the Rica river. A celebrated Mt'fcalero chief was killed by a Mexican. This will create a difficully in Mes*illa Valley. , At Sima Fc, on th# 19 th of Nov., Hugh R.'Smith was shot by one of the men in charge of Shelling’s mail. At Hunt's Exchange, two men, Scallion and Stephenaon, created a diitrubance. The former shot Smith twice,'and it being generally believed that Sdtith waa killed, a jury was empannelted. Scallion was tried and immediately hong. Smith is alive, and is slowly recovering,.. Business ii quite dull at Santa Fe.

(&• On Monday next, January 2d, the Common Pleas Court will convene at this place.-

j£- Ttie weather for the list few days his'beeq '■ Uul& on the cool order, 1 ’•*

Late News Irom Europe.

ARRIVAL OF THE ' ÜBRStASSf. , Dec. 23, P. M.—Tho stejroahipLHarminn Ins arrived with London dales to the 7>h, 'iiOtiU fhpoleon charges the King of Belgium.with being concerned in schemes which led id the fusion of the Bourbons* and |threatened to match in army into Belgium.

: Upon the political moveaieci of thi coalesced Bourbons, the recent rapid and unexpected movement Bit* bant are supposed to refer" to this event.

oL C;u»sjeLa,*re,jQ a grea| kT _ fright; the OtidmVn Government has daily declared that] ii r l will< noV sitciion privateering, nor grant letters of marque.. Poritigal tranquil,'Dawn.Buck informs the Putlc,that Atfsiria wou|d support the' neutrality of Sertiai " . ; - ; , The Sultan replied lhat 'he was resolved to compel the Prince nfSeivja. to renounce neutrality, and had given orders to that effect. :

. The : Austrtan Government's making preparation for active' a'nd open interference in (he afiiirV of Ser via. r ' .The steamship Golden Age left Liver-’ pool.for Australia on ilte sth.

: The steamer Onmed arrived at Southampton from -the-West 1 tidies with two millions in specie.

The steamship Marshall, was wrecked with the loss of 170 lives.

The packet ship Ese, which, left Liverpool for New Yoik; Nov. ISthpftpnt back,-having encountered a gale on the 2mli which swept her becks and washed overboard 13 passengers and & of the crew.. ■ ■ ■

Injunction Granted.

Philadelphia, Dec 34—The' Supreme Court lilts' morning rendered a decision granting (he application of the Franklin Canal Company for a special injunction to restrain the authorities, of Erie from teating up the nut of the road belonging to (he said Canal company, in (hr city of Erie. The injunction being mtrtly to •lay the vraile, the Court wilt hear ih« city of Erie on motion to dissolve the injunction.

Destructive Fire at mount Vcrnon, Ohio,. Mt. Vernon, Dec, 34.

Potwin 4* Curtis 1 large . woolen’ inatmfactory was destroyed by lire yesterday afternoon,' together wuh a large pnujon of the stock. The loss is'estimated at $OO, 000, which is partly covered by insurance.

Inauguration, ol Mr. "Winston. Charleston, Dec. 2 1.— Mr. Winston was inaugurated Coventor of Alabama Tueeday.—Uis. inaugural address. advb. cates Stale rights, the duclrine ol 1798— * 09, and favors internal improvement , by individuals but Dolby Slate, and- recnuimrnded an appropriaiioji for zalion ol free negroes. .

New* Ori.ca.ns. Dec..lD-—A firis occurred at the town of, Shreveport, in ih|a State, destroying a warehouse aud it! contents, consisting of 7,h00 bales id cotton. Irfiss Very .-.heavy—partly, injured.

Adnees have been received from GaU ves'tun'toihelGih’ insi,The"' f hnlrrawa* quite bad among* Mh’elauidieri Vat - Fort Bruwn : **.#■**■ -**•

. .The Hpn. Duilrr Kmg.waf Amlin. aciing.astH.representative of the Pad tin fM 1

. ; ' ■ Poultry ItlHßnre. manure*, and iscnlitledio care in ua cO!leciteh k ariil 'use/ 1 Beyond AH amount or wat'er il c6nistn*; il is isValbable as gu*i and.aod therefore should ncvd>be sold by ■ practical farmersto raornccodryiifri ai25,, cents,, pey ,bu»Hel. -The l poultry Imuso* should bo untlcrlaiJ will; cliarcbil dust,' wheb ft lean ‘be 'procured,' so'as-to recrivn 1 ihe-'beii roanure is ' ta»i' asttnaiK The. surface ofijij* charcoal dust should. occitjpnly be rakgdor remorejl off to one cor * net, i portion .of, ihe ; dung. This ; 'n)lf;be continued nlfthb manure is re* quircil l fot v ii»e, 3 wHen it shooldbe thbr* oiighly mixed'with letf limes, its bulk of soil before’ being- applied. to crop*.— Where charcoal dust cannot be proctited. wclUdecom pof ed -a wa ip pra «c k;; pUa t e r of paris,orcrcn,alurainoiii »y be,fre-; qaently, dilated oyer the floors of the pout* ‘ try house,* in Ve mixed f wnliAhfs r irriauuro; The object bf all' this isfo receive and re* tain the smm on lam ; as to present- its' lib* eration from injuring the health pf poultry. All breathing theVflliiv)« ariiing fro miheirex* ere da,' ahd this irne of r tho feather tribe*. Th cirn at n ral h abiis can»e them to past through ihd upper strata of the atmosphere ami with such veiosuy a* to readily rid themselves of the nox* ious gates given off by the surface of their bodies, ami to be beyond any deleterious influence from the fumes’of their excfetii. We should therefore, in poultry houses, make inch airaiigeroemi if will prevent jfae poultry from inhaling these deleterseus gasses.

oir Many people are desirous of know, ing the exact size of an acre; it is compri* ted within the distance of 220 feel length and 193 feel width. A square acre is a fraction lets than 300 feel each way, be* ing ten than one inch too much either tide.

(Kr The oldest preacher in the work! is Rev Robert Fischer of London, who in February next will bo 107 years old..

The Catia* Adctttinr learns by letteis frottf citizens of Cali as at the Sand, wtch Islands, that I M tY Severance, ■ oor Consol (o Hdnololu isiSicled wilh int* eer on his lip, which'wilt eohn* carry him to his grave. ; -

(£r Thera ara foriy-thrce newspapers published in California*' ;