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*" ^ yW-. I VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAEOLI^ TUESIL^ MORNING, FEBRUARY 1,1853. NUMBERS ;] B?11. < n i.ii rnu w^i>uu*j.oexmr? >1'UULISIIED WEEKLY DY THOMAS J. WARREN. f T E R ?3 S. Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. ADYEUTI3BUEXT3 will be inserted at the following rates: For one Squaro, (fourteen lines or less.) seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in &CHIUU3. us\C* uynar |n;r ?4u?i trj rcua-uiumm^, luuuia- j ly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. The number of insertions desired must be noted on the margin of all advertisements, or they will be published until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly. 51 SflerTfii Calf. THE SECRET BENEFACTOR. BY MKS. T. C. LOVEKING. "Have you attended to the busi- ess I spoke of particularly, yesterday ?" asked Mr. Lambert, a wealthy owner of real estate, addressing an intelligent, fair looking young man, who sat at a desk, as the above named gentleman entered his office. Charles Burch.ird colored with embarrassment. For a minute his hand moved nervously across his brow, then raising his handsome eyes to his employer's, face, he answered in a frank, steady tone: "I have neglected to follow your instruc tions.5' "Sir!" " I Jim sorry?" "Sorry !" cried Mr. Lambert, angrily, "sorry, indeed! and this is the way you attend to my affairs! Young man, if you think I will pass over this carelessness?" "I beg your pardon," said Charles, with a face like marble, but speaking in a calm tone, "lam guilty of no carelessness, I have endeavored to do my duty?" "Your duty was to follow my instructions. Number twenty-three has been a loosing business for me long enough. The family have bad warning. You could not have misunderstood. I told you that if the rent was not paid before twelve o'clock yesterday?" "I visited the family," rejoined Charles, "and it seemed to me that had you seen what I saw, you would not have had me apply the extremity of th^ law to their miserable case. They are very poor?they are siek?they are suffering. You would not have had the heart to?" "Charles Burchard," exclaimed Mr. Lambert, angrily, "you are faithful, honest, enpar ble?and I would not willingly part with you ; butsineeyou prefer your way of doing bu>iness to mine, and pr.-sumc to dictate, it is not proper that we should work together any longer." "I have thought myself," said Charles, "that since 1 cannot conscientiously pursue the extremes you deein necessary, it will be best to quit your service. I am ready," he added, fixing his mild eye upon Mr. Lambert's face, "I am ready to go." "Well, sir, we will have a settlement at once. How tmich am I indebted to you?? What is your due?" "Nothing." "Nothing! How?how is this?" "You will see. Cast your eye over this page." "Yes?1 perceive?you have taken up your wages lately, as soon as due," said Mr. Lam- J bert, who remembered his c'erk's fidelity and J capacity was becoming softened. "This is a i new thing, however. But 1 presume you have been using your money advantageously ?" "I have triec. to make a Christian use of it," answered Charles, coolly. "Have you been dealing in stocks ?" "No sir." VAh, you lost confidence in mc, and thought proper to put your money into other hands" "I have neither made investments nor loans," said Charles, with a peculiar smile, "what ^ small funds I could command I have used." r "You!" "Yes sir." "Bless me, Charles! I thought you a steady young man; and how can you have consumed your entire salary I am unable to conceive." "And I presume I should be unable to explain it to your satisfaction, sir. It is a subject non nvnl nnthinrr ta nnnvorco iir?nn nuivu a* vuii u>uii iiwii iig vv vviiwi wv u|/wi>( If you get a man in my place immediately, I should be willing to save you the trouble of instructing him in the state of your business." "Certaioly?if you please?and you shall be paid?" UI did not make the offer, expecting remuneration. I trust that 1 have kept my accounts in such a manner that it will not require half an hour to 4make an intelligent man understand the entire business." "Charles," exclaimed Mr. Lambert, "I dislike to part with you so. We have always agreed until this time." "Six months ago," replied Charles Burehard, 'this family in Xo. 23 could not pay their quarter's rent. I had orders to turn them into the street. I did not do it." "But?but the rent was paid." "You permitted me to give them a few day's grace; you permitted this on my promise to see that the rent was paid. You are right?it' was paid; the next quarter's rent was paid. At present, they cannot pay. Knowing the condition of the family, I cannot follow your instructions." "We 1," said Mr. Lambert, hardening hiin?If "f hnVP rnli-4 witli rorrurrl tr\ rmr.oiK ill s?"> * - " "-S-- ? I ? my employ, which notlffbg can induce rne to break. Justice is rny motto. It is a good one ; I shall stand by it." "Jferey is a better one, sometimes," replied Charles, softly. "Justice is admirable in all? but, mercy in the powerful is godlike." Thus Mr. Lambert parted with his faithful clerk. Another took the .place of Charles Burchard, and the latter was without a situation. _ About the first business Mr. Carrol, the new clerk, attended to, concerned the poor family in No. 23. "They vacate the premises immediately," he said to Mr. Lambert. "But there is some l , _.' - mystery about that family; they made allusions to yourself, whieb I was unable to understand." "To me!" ."Yes sir; they spoke of your kindness to them?" ' My kindness!" Mr. Lambert colored. "The woman is an invalid," said Mr. Carrol. "The man is a fine-looking, intellectual person, with thin cheeks, a broad pale forehead, and bright expressive eyes. He has been for a year at work on some mechanical invention, which he believes is going to be of vast benefit to manufacturers." "I have heard Air. Burchard speak of that,' replied Mr. Lambert. "But what did these people say of me "That they had been indebted to you fur numerous favors?f' "Favors!" "Yes sir?at work at bis invention, which of course, can afioid him bo income until completed, Mr. Ward lias not been able to do much towards the support of his Family. Mrs. Ward, as I said, is an invalid, ifieir only child?a daughter about eighteen, and a girl of some accomplishments?has done considerable towards their support?" "I have heard all this from Mr. Burchard. What did they say of me?" "That in ihese circumstances they have re cetved benefits lrom you, for which they are very grateful." "It is a mere taunt?insolent irony," muttered Mr. Lambert. "1 assure you, sir, there were tears in the poor woman's eyes, when she said that she was sincere." / "Humph!" " ? "They appreciated these favors so much the more," said Mr. Carrol, "from the fact that as Mr. Ward's invention is a secret; and as all his instruments and contrivances have been m the house, it would have been a sore disadvantage to be obliged to move. Ilis iuvention is now on the eve of completion, and he is firm in the hope of being able to pay with interest all your benefits." Mr. Lambert was greally^perplexed by this inexplicable conversation of his clerk; but he concealed his feelings, and leaving Mr. Carrol to believe he was a man who did a great deal of good in a quiet way, wentf himself to make an attempt to' explore the mystery, by visiting No. 23. lie found the Wards making preparations to, ^ vacate the premises. To a beautiful "girl with a handkerchief over her head, who was carrying small articles of furniture to the hall, he made known his wish to see Mr. Ward. This gentleman was engaged ifPpacking up his mnchrnery; but soon coming out of his secret room and locking the door behind him, he appeared before Mr. Lambert. As these two individuals had never met, the landlord was obliged to introduce hiafself. ' ] feel highly honored I am thankful for this new indication of kindness," said Mr. Ward, with emotion. "I undcrstetid," said Mr. Lambert, "thatyou have been to work cn an important mechanical invention." "Y?s sir, and happy -to inform yon it is completed ; the model lias gone to Wnshjngton. I have used all the money I could s'tfrnpe together to pay the expenses of the patent right; but, sir, a manufacturing company are ready to negotiate with me for my machine, and in a very short time I shall be able to pay my debts." Mr. Lambert had hitherto regarded his tenant as a visionary. He did not look like one; he did not speak like one. The thought struck Mr. Lambert that he might after all be able to pay his rent. ' I have concluded that I might as well permit you to remain here a slioit time longer? although I am myself pressed for money," he said, with a thoughtful air. "My dear sir," exclaimed Mr. Ward, "this is a favor I had no right to expect, notwithstanding all you have done for us: but I am sincerely grateful. We are going into a miserable house, where we did not anticipate residing more than two or three weeks, or until i find my funds coming in ; and if we can remain here, you shall bo no loser by the operation. Your debt! consider sacred ; those ma ny benefits shall never be forgotten." "Benefits, I am not aware that you are much indebted to me?" "You are pleased to say so?but for two quarters' rent you gave me receipts in full, relying on my honor for payment at some future time. I have also received sums to a d me in prosecuting my invention. 1 have at no time doubted but they came from you." Mr. Lambert pressed his forehead with his hands. After a pause he said : "And why, may I ask?why did you?give mc credit?" "Excuse me for mentioning the subject," said Mr. Ward, with emotion, ' but although you parted in anger from your sister?" "Sir!" exclaimed Mr. Lambert,startingand changing color. "llcrs was a pardonable offence," said Mr. Ward. "Shedeelined marryingtho man whom you chose for her husband. You disowned her; you have never met her since. Jlut this was years ago, and I knew you could not cherish resentment so long." "My Hod," cried Mr. Lambert, "what do I you mean ? I have heard nothing of her for twenty years. 1 know not what has become of her." Mr. Ward fixed his eyes upon his landlord in speechless astonishment. "Is it possible?" he murmured; "are you serious?" "Upon my soul! I have made inquiries for Mary without success. 1 have supposed her dead!" "Then these benefits have not been bestowed because?" "Sir, I know nothing of what you say. I die with suspense! If you know anything ol Mary, tell me what has become of her?" The tenant's eye looked searchingly and earnestly into the landlord's face; then taking him by the arm, he led him deliberately and softly into another room. 1 There was a pale, thin woman sitting in an 7 arm chair. She started on seeing: the two men enter, and uttered a faint cry aJfaurprise, "My brother!" ~===x "Mary!" gasped Mr. Lambert;'"can it be my sister?" M "Your sister and my wife!" ' is eir * * * " * * for h An hour later, Mr. Lambert might have been and i seen entering Charles Burchard's lodging. The pure young man was at home. With surprise he of th greeted his late employer. The latter was ap- grov< parently excited by the occuiTence of some some recent event. . more "Young man," said he, "I have jearned in sesso what way yon have used your salary for the muni past year." . 1 lot b "Sir!" math "You have compromised me ; I do not wish these to blame you; but you shpuld not have left of w the Ward family to suppose the money they E\ received came from me. You paid their rent weali and gave them receipts in my name!" chiet "And do t/icy know it?" cried Charles. . slnnc "Why should they not? Why did you not them act openly with thein ?" chost "I had no thought that you would bo injured quot< by being suspected of helping theni, and I had the ii my reasons for not wishing to be known as the char? author of tho benefits/' said Charles, blush- or ai ing. ** Ta "I demand your reasons." gross "The truth is, I must confess it, 1?I hope fondi some day to marry Mary Ward?" wins "Air!?" t - years * "She is a worthy girl, sir?" mirtl "But this is no reason!" exefaimed Mr. tronl Lambert. coun "Well, then, you must know, sir, had.I ad- ty d< vanced money to the family* openly," said St Charles, recovering his self-possession, and his ting3 face beaming with frankness, "thfpe was a pos nishe sibility that I might be suspected of unworthy well, motives. And again, even had it been other- have ?nA_I liovo \pnn I | tnv T ?? jcvj ai?ytr-ft v/vuiv4 ku * v iivm jm ?? . ^ |. would have wished to win her, she-might have | becoi loved m^more from a sense of gratitude than sinile for myself; and I would not have bought her injur love. As it is, I?I hope she loves me for until what I am, and that she will accept my hand, and i when I am in a position to support a wife." ry, ai ' Charles," said Mr. Lambert*pressing the it fall yout.g man's hand, "I honor you I?*You have solve acted nobly. Return to your situation ; you coinr shall have the entire control of 111^ business; \y your saUtfJPshall b2f doobled?" w]io "BurMr. Carrol?" inhei .''He is not permanently engaged, r I will wcaj| procure a place for him. Charles you must comeback! I confess 1 have acted wrong in )y ful this matter. To tell you a secret, Charles, feithl Mrs. Ward is nfy^owh Sister!" * ' of th " Your sister!" for ^ "I do not wonder at your cstonishment; but his p iU cannot equal inine, when I learned the fact as nc this morning. I disclaimed all connection with with< her twenty years ago, because she refused to all tc marry a man who was my friend. I was un- ' just. Afterwaid she married Mr. Ward, of * whom I know nothing. She supposed, how- .1 ever, that I might have learned the facts; and 0U(.'f all the favors tlicy have received from you, jje j0 have been credited to mc. l>ut it shall be | t|n(T made right. I thank Heaven that I have now an opportunity to atone for my injustice to an only sister, and to thank you for the lesson in htrmatrTty you haveHatigbfotyue. .^Wealthy as V I am, I shall never again distress a tenant for rents, without ascertaining whether he is de- i,. serving of any favors." ,s Mr. Lambert was not permitted to do all was.' the good he proposed to his sister's family. In PrTf a few days, Mr. Ward's patent was decreed, . and his fortune made. Thanks to his imhle invention, his family was raised to alllueil'c'e; . hut Mrs. Ward did not disdain the kindness of her restored brother. , , , . . . . . But i Mr. Lambert had lost no time in aeqamlmg j his relatives with the nature of their indebted- ' ^ ness to Charles Bnrchard. If they esteemed cr;C(j and loved this generous-hearted young man jjlcnl before, what was now their admiration of his fer;. ( noble qualities! None, however, felt their infjuence like Miss Ward. The only way in s|(1 which sho could express her joy, gratitude and ] iove, washy becoming his wife; with a dowery which relieved him of the care of providing for the comforts of life. Prosperous in a business, happy in his domestic relations, t],c j Charles Burehard often had the occasion to proV( look back with a smile to the time when he Lpj left the service of Mr. Lambert for "conscience ^]ie ^ sake" by it Doubtful Theology. The Cleaveland Ilerald is accountable for brcti the following: c less j A friend, whom we shall call Pat, for short, hean foils* frnn<l 'nn nnon himself. <4 When but an tell t idle boy," lie was called upon one day, in a thy i country school, and the question suddenly pro- T1 pounded to him by the pedagogue, " Patrick, nwk< how many gods are there ?" amoi Pat was not a distinguished theologian then, maje apdyears had made him "no better fast," in such matters, but he promptly responded? s "three, sir" ccnl| " Tako your seat!" thundered the master, porS( " and if in five minutes, you don't answer cor- acc0 rectly, I'll welt you." at.co The probation period passed, and Pat taking ]Jepl)| the floor, hesitatingly stated the number of nnt t gods at " fi-five, sir. lie received the prom- j?stj( ised "welting," and a reprimand to his seat book for ten minutes further consideration. jy p, Ten minutes up, and Pat was up'too, and, the ( satisfied that he had'nt fixed the number suffi court cienlly high before, lie shouted, " there's ten, The sir!" He saw the lerulo descending, and bolt- cross ing out of the door, cleared a five rail fence, gctln and brcke like a quarter horse, across the field. Panting with exertion, he mot a lad with a \ hook under his arm, and with the look of one once who described the " pursuit of knowledge un- was der difficulties." < " Wluipn nro vnn croinir ?" snirl Pat. .. ? .. V J ? - B"'"B " _ ? ||(1 " To school, yonder,*' was the reply. . . "You are?are you?" said Pat, quickly; jM< ^ " how many gods are there ?" p " Two," answered the boy. s " Well, you'd better go down there. You'll have a lively time with your two gods. 1 have just left there with tkn, and that warn't enough to save ine from the darndest licking you ever 1 heard of!" 11 r";" Character vs. Wealth. an in his'persevering and undaunted spirit jaged continually ou one subject, and ha; is aim Tjift one object, and that is wealth notwithstanding he may have a charactci as the drop, which is cradled in the bosom te flower?a mind which soars above th< iiling things of earth, and lodges itself ir hidden recess, but that it may work .the i silently?notwithstanding ho is the pos r of all .these, still, in the cyc3 of the com ity, he occupies the same position, let his e cast where it may, as the cipher in mathe2, namely, to count upon, if, in addition tc ij ho is not tb&posscssor of that,' the love inch is the robtfcof all evil." fr since the ^.Imlghty peopled this world has, in comparatively every case, been ti e ?cnd, of man.., It is true that in a few in es, where fame and. wfejjdlh have presentee selves at the sam^jpre. that fame has beer ?r, but few are tn&mstanccs whichcan b( *1 in support of thi^Bsertion, and arc astancos where man has refused wealth foi fitter. But when w3. reflect, our supprise s|onishment decreases, tjjic, for instance, aj^ild, and watch its proi its playfulness, its gladsome glee, and ij?ss for its parents, coupled with its cunning, (lie love of all wb6 see it. In a few short i, those hours, so filled with playfulness and ai are now fraught with pleasure, pain and >!e. Kind, maternal advice and a father's sel are his, and he Sets forth upon life's \as?VP in pursuit of treasure, ealing across his mind, like angel's promp. comes his mother's advice to keep untar d and free from every stain his character: thinks he, a livelihood mud be mine, and ] aimed for wealth : my parents, wishes foi irosperity ought to urge me on, and I car ne wealthy and reecivc their approving is and earnest prayers by so doing, without itig my character. And thus he reasons, character, which li^ formerly been first bremost in his mind? now becomess^conda/ nd, like rain after it lias commenced its fall. Is, despite the obsta^rs which present thenv s; which.now appear aerial, and1^ a more non npturc. hat think you was'tile aiinof Washington, made for himself a name which is a rich itnnce for the country?did lie ask foi li ? Did he speB.4 hia hours of toil and *, his years of service for his country, merer the remuneration ? Did lie accept and so fully perform his duties as chief magistrate ie most independent nation on the globe 'ealth ? Ndl^s motives were as pure as recepts, and hlfflhas left a name as pure and ible, and belafwid, as he has a character jut stain or tlemish, a worthy example for follow, F. G. L. ,\r.ic of I^Rdxeks.?Before man was crcamd when the Heaven and Earth were withbrm and void, God made the metals. And eked then* up in coffers of stone, and sethuge rockj-upon them buried them deep r the ground. rst, lie made the yellow gold?gorgeous as >nn. Aftd the angels cried aloud, "We ? " it? .1 r li a Thee, V hiord ! neavcn ana juirui are run e majesty of thy glory." ien the white silver?chaste as the moon, nade. And again the angels cried, We 5 Thee, Q'Lord." ist the copper was formed?rod as the mornOnce more the angels cried, "'Heaven and i are full of the majesty of thy glory." id then rje made the iron?grey as night? die lead?in color like the thunder cloud, the ang'-ls grieved at the sight and were siid Peace bent down her head, and weeping "Make them not, merciful Father ! make i not! For, though thou lockest thera in cof>f stone, an^iidest them in the bowels ol arth, man will find them out and use them ly his brothofr; and I and my sister angels lave no resting place on earth." it the Angels of Wisdom rose and cried, co, them, OXord 1 make them ! for Man, aftime, surfe ited with slaughter, shall, with ron set a girdle round the earth, that will j a surer safeguard than the sword, and tribe with tribe, and nation with nation, til! vhole human race shall be linked togcthet into one family. And the lead he shall into tiny tongues, and therein the best and it of mankind shall speak with their distant iren and pour their minds into those of their rifted neighbors?and, making their voice 1 by it far beyond the cannon's roar, shall, he whole world of the wondrous bounty ol vorks!" ien the angels repenting, cried, "Make thorn! ; them 0 Lord 1 so that Peace may dwell lgmen forever, and the Earth be full of the sty of thy glory!" Novel Witxess.?A trial came off rely between two persons for debt. The jn who brought the suit kept no books o] unt, but was in the habit of marking his unts upon the cellar door. lie appeared re a squire in Morrisvillc, and the defendlemanded the evidence of the debt. The jo told t he plaintiff that he must bring his . into court and prove it. lie immediate oeured a horse and wagon and set out foi jellar door, and actually brought it into t, established his claim, and got judgment lawyers were wonderfully puzzled in the ( examination; the witness hinged alto er upon stubborn facts. Summary Epigram.?Theodore Ilookt , upon seeing a tax collector, whose name Winter, approach the party he was with, >ff the foil owing impromptu: re comes Mr. Winter, collector o?taxes, 'ise you to give him whatever hoaxes? rise yon to give it without any flummery though his name's Winter, his actions arc Summary." here is more fatigue in laziness, than in r.?Exchange. mv much some people must sutler! (Setifral lima. Treasury Report. Wc Iearn from the report cf the Secretary < > the Treasury, presented to Congress on Thur , day, that the aggregate receipts for the fisc: ' year ending June 30,1852, were ?49,728,386 6! i to which is to bo added a balance of 810,911 J -045 68, in hand July 1, 1851. The expend ) Hires during the year amounted to 840,007,89 i 20; leaving a balance at the commencement < the current year of ?14,632,136 37. The receipts of the current fiscal year are est i mated at ?51,300,000, which, added to the e: isting balance,, will form a total of ?G5,932,13 ) 37. The expenditures are computed at ?60 s 500,050 80, including 87,199,477 77, which to be applied to the redemption of the publ debt. If these calculations be realized, then th year will leave an unappropriated' balance < 85,372,079 51. i T!ie"total means of the following fiscal yen i commencing July 1, 1853, arc estimated at $56 ; 572,079 51t including balance; and the expeut .'i. .i a a n h?n pa iiurt-s ai <?*o,zuo, 100 uo. The expenditures of the lost year embrace ! the hist instalment due to Mexico under th treaty of Guadalupe JT:''nlgo, and the paymen of upwards of $4,000,000 for interest, beside I nearly $2,000,000 for the redemption of the prir , cipal of various loans. Deducting these an ; other items of extraordinary expenditure of th 1 period, reduces what may be termed the reguk I. working expenditure to $30,434,692 69. ; The accuracy of the estimates made for th current fiscal year have approximated closely t actual results. Thus, the receipts, which wet calculated at $51,800,000 for the whole pcrioi have amounted tp $22,220,299 20 in the firs : five months; and the estimated and aeJupKcl ' penditures bear a like proportion. The latte however, have been increasoch^oTlie extent < i about $10,000,000 by appropriations of Cor cress not inehidedln the estimates nresented b I o - - - ; -j A , the Treasury Department. , i The aggregate registered debt of the countr , /has been reduced by the payment of 62,432,70 r 13 on various accounts, an J on the 1st Januar , instant, stood at 665,131,092 13, exclusive < 65,000,000 still deliverable to Texas under th t act of September 9, 1850. The report recorc mends that the Department be empowered t purchase any portion of the outstanding stock [ at the current market value, to the extent c . any surplus means on hand ; providing, howeve: that the available Treasury balance shall not b . reduced below $5,000,000. i The foreign merchandise imported in the yea , amounted to $207,109,738 ; of which $12,037 , 043, in value, was re-exported. The domesti i merchandise exported in the same period a $154,930,447. The specie exported during th . same period was not less than $42,674,13c . showing an increase of $13,201,883. The gold coinage at the mint for the year dffG ing 31st December last, was $51,505,638 5( In reference to the intended miut at Californh it is remarked that the sum of $300,000, to whic Congress has restricted the expenditure, is insul ficicnt; and tlntt before any further steps can b taken, Congress must authorize the purchase c a site, and provide the means of effecting it. Th inconvenience accruing to the merchants of Sai ! Francisco from the operation of the act of his session, prohibiting the receipt for public dues c the issues of the local assay office, is submitte< to the consideration of Congress. The pressinj and general want of silver coinage is anothe 1 matter to which attention is directed, and th bill which passed the Senate hist session, makinj ' a new issue of reduced weight, is spoken of a the only available remedy within the knowledg of the Department. The bullion fund during the year has amount ed nearly to $7,000,000, which has.been'applie* to the redemption of mint certificates. The cos of maintaining the fund is from ?350,000 t ' ?400,000 annually, and Mr. Corwin proposes t ! dispense with it by making mint certificates re ceivable in payment of all dues to the Govern : ment, making them redeemable at the rain 1 within, say twenty days after the bullion deposi 1 ted shall have been assayed. The progress of the Coast Survey has beei ' satisfactory. "With the exception of a singl " short link, an unbroken triangulation now es 1 tends from the Kennebec, in Maine, to Beaufori North Carolina, and a corresponding advanc 1 has taken place in reference to the topograph; ' and hydrogaphy of the service. An efl^ctiv preliminary reconnoissance has also been cai ' ricd out on the western coast, where observa 1 tions have been made for latitude and longitude ; and tho magnetic attraction. A thoroughly competent Lighthouse Bonn ! has been organized under the act of Augus i last. Six revenue cutters arc in course of construe tion, under contract. Steps have been taken to provide for the con ' struction of custom-houses in a large number c ! places designated, and at other places building in progress have boon advanced with all possibf rapidity. That at Savannah has been cemplotec! In sonic instances the amount appropriated V i Congress lias been found insufficient to do mor f* min>liq:n utM mul in ntlinrs fl)i> SiltnA mils 1 i ?y - - ? > has prevented the erection of tire-proof building; I The latter circumstance is especially to be regret ted, as in many cases the accommodations to b i provided with the appropriations include custom ; liouse, post-office, United States courts, and othc public offices where papers of great value mus necessarily be deposited. ? The hospital fund, for the relief of sick an< . disabled seamen, is inadequate to the demand s consequent upon the expansion of our commerce . and direct appropriations by Congress arc recom mended to meet the necessities of the case. Th erection of more marine hospitals is not ajvise< , at present; the belief being that the objects cot] , tcmplatcd can be better and more cheaply cai ried out by effecting arrangements with Ida hospitals already in operation. Exception is c course made in favor of places where sites hav been purchased or works commenced. The claims of certain parties who have expe | ricneod hardship in consei]ucncc of a decision t the Department, rendered under a decision < the Supreme Court, is commended to the favoi able action of Congress. They are claims * 1 persons who seek a return ol duties illegally n< sossed. but failed to enter a written protect at t!i time. j ' 1 ' <, " v Another recommendation is submitted, in fa- ^3 vor of a law to check the multiplicity of suits ^l = against collectors of customs. j A further appropriation of 6l0,0C0 is snggee^^B ted to supply twelve points on the coa?t of M?iiia .^| 5. and Massachusetts with surf-boats and appirte- ,1fl nl nances, and power is sought to enable tl? De^ l 3 partraent to expend portions of the. fund fromf^J . time to time as may be necessary. , i- Amongst the documents transmitted with ilrtfjH 6 report are several relating to the fisheries of thMQ | :>f United States and the British provinces. JmSS Washing fori c" The Hew British ?IiitistrT. I Whatever else may bo satJ of the new Crjt- J j's ish Ministry, it is n<>t to be disputed that it 1 je contains a ran: amount of talents and cxpe: Jfl ie rience in public life. The Earl of Aberdeen ^ a tried statcman of acknowledged a hi I jty,.wfojHdgS has been an active particijmnt iu public aflitirs^jl r tor neatly, if not quite, forty years. to^v| ' John Russell, Lord Palmerstou, Mr. Gladstone - j| j. and Sir James Graham, are among theablesjp^M men in England, and have held conspfcmra^flj j stations in the public counsels witlTiiifereasit^KjS ie reputation for fnany yeara. Palmerston anripflfl lt Russell have European celebrity, the latter jg leader of the House of Commons and Prime ]?B Minister of England, and the former as a dk 38 d plomatist, whose boldness and skill have been e tested in many very 4?itricafe negotiations with" aB ,r every continental power, and never failed to. ^ command the respect of foreign nntl<>g&L^I<?*H e seems to bo somewhat outfn tfie lToMwag 0 Department, but he,xjrfffniake hirnselffelt any JH e where as a nurrof great [Kjwers, and n leader TH 1 in tbegLL^e of Commons as a consummate^ deleter. Mr. Gladstone, too, has a high repu- (J jjS dBwm for talents and oratory, and a good deal -a r of official experience, fie attracted attention jl )f and won popularity last year by some letters;'J written on his return frein Italy, exposing witft v strong indignation the revolting treatment of jW political prisoners by the King of Naples^!! y They were sent by Lord Palmerston to the * 3 British representatives in foreign courts, and Y drew forth a reply from the Neapolitan Minis* jS jf try, to which Mr. Gladstone made a complete|M e and triumphant rejoinder. The gpnerosii/7JH and political liberality expressed in tlieae jet-* 0 ters elevated Mr. Gladstone in the opinion of ^fl :s the Liberalists of England, with whom bis po )f uiium a^9uv;ittiiur]3 ?? u juruicr inrj aaci rnxiQQjjM r? him unpopular. Sir Jame* Graham, another?* q member of this Cabinet, Is a man of ackhowji j ; edged abilities, and has been often in the pulj. ' tr lie service, commencing as a Whip of the old - school and an ardent reformer in Earl Grey*s\c time. lie seceded fYom the Whigs with Lnrid^ s Stanley, and was Home Secretary in Sir RotwS e ert Peel's Cabinet of 1841, with the preset* i, Premier, Lord Aberdeen as Foreign Seeir-tarr, ' and the late Premier, Lord Derby, then Lord [- Stanley, as Colonial. Secretary. Of late yefors.vj |* his separation frojn tlfein has h^en more marft- ' L ed, aud during tlie recent stroggles between^ h 'the Earl of Derby and his adversaries;' Sir f- James Graham was frequently mentioned as "i e likely to he Prime Minister when the opposi- ? >f tion should succeed, on the impression that'he : e would command a more general support o? the?; n radicals than any other leading member of tb? . t opposition. ?f Tlie new Lord Chancellor, Lord Craoith the ^ telegraph calls him, is probably Lord Cran? ? worth, the well known lawyer ltobt. M. Kolfe, ' r who was elevated to the pcerago nbou( two e years since. \ = Tlie Marquis of Lansdowne is the vetefjwi s Whig, now more than seventy years of agojv e His appointment is merely complimentary, wo \ suppose, intended to ratify the connection of _ " the old class of high toned Wbigs with the new 1 /N ../?-? ? ~ ixmservuusin 01 tre a ay. 0 The Earl of Granville, another member, is 0 the same who occupied the post of Foreign Secietary in Lord John Russell's Ministry^--" when Lord Palinerston withdrew or was hirced ^ out. The meeting of these three, so soon a? j. terwards, in one Cabinet, makes a curious conjunction. n Of the stability of this administration we i j e have no means of judging. It looks to us, ? > from the arrangement of the officers, that it was \ t, not intended to be permanent in its present e form, and that an interchange of some of the y offices is to be expected. But it contunl e great forco of talent, a wide andpawsnul po - litical connection and great wealth, and its ^ avowal of a purpose to^#dknowledge the financial policy of Sir Robert Peel cordially?every member being, believe, an original sunport1 cr of thaL- pmtcy ?and the exclusion of the | t Radical jparty proper, look as though there were^A^Snal breaking up of the late parties, and bn eflort to consolidate a party conservative against the progress of democratic opin- , i- ions; and that, as a means of establishing" it ?f in power, there is to he an offer of extensive . ^ adniitiistrative reforms, a revision of the elee- e toral laws, and, perhaps, a moderate extension I. of the suffrage. The leading principle is to I e y resistance to all organic changes, anil to at y c abrupt and extensive change, c -A*. 0. Picayune. ?, ? Tuscany.?The Jesuits have found anr-tln r 0 victim. M. Gnarducci. a clerk in the bank ft l* Messrs. Fenzi and llall, has just Won arrested r f<>r the crime of Protestantism! The arrest was 1 effected at thr.-e o'clock in the morning, when liis house was searched, and a copy of Piodati's Bible f-uuid on the ]-Mioses. M. Gtwdticci is ^ 8 one of the five n livMu.ds who.vat the com' mencementof these proceedings, were sentenced with Count Cuifcardino to a year's imprison- j meut, for reading together the fifteenth chapter , of the Gosperof St. John, but whoso imprison ? '* meut was commuted, ? rough the prompt oxer- ^ " tions and indignant remonstrances of Mr. Shiel, > i into a year of exile. M. Guarducci passed th<M 'K bvom /%r l>ic Vtavi;?litn/inf iti nnil f li ? n \J ^ returned to Florence, renewing his engagements -9 in the bank of Messrs. Fonzi it Co., by whom .<S ! he is much esteemed. The fact of this arrest 9 ?l following immediately upon the decrees l>y which 'I, the punishment of death is revived for offences ""! against religion, h i- given rise to the most so- -fl 'I ! rious appreh- ii-dons of his ultimate fate. Ilis ; wife and children, from whom lie has been thus e suddenly torn, are in i state, as you may imagine, u 1 of cruel anxiety.?Ex. Pop r. H v-. v.O 6