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A JffiilMf . the Old World and Early Micltig'oaC , The history ofjurisprudence embodiesamong i; its dusty archives many a tale of love, of sorrow, of blighted, affection, of bitter, remorse* . oersecution4 and^.of long-oborisbed ven geance,; wiiich aeedsinpt^h? pen of a "Warren or of a'Dickens, .to'invest them with every attribute of.-startling interest which can mark the " 'r In?Uieyear 1635-, there came into the conu-' ty of Lapeer, Michigan, a German from the province of VPurtemberg, by the name of Ul rich, bringing with him a young and attractive .wffe, to whom he had been some years mar . ried. . This lady,, when a g:rl, had been a belle _3"'. in her Tittle' neighborhood in Wurtemburg, and ' had been sought in marriage by more than one anxious suitor, and among them was one Da;'V urn, by whom she was courted, and to .whom jHJljLshe.had given such encouragement as to leave ' ^^^ioijtp.fix his afiections upon her with all the Hjrvur :JU1 lUt) vxunuau utrni t. i^auiw was a yr. ..mamof unusual strength of mind, of stem and imfflissive. demeanor, of great depth of Reeling, but^as this sequel will show of most implaca bleofsp osition when his animosities had been , I. aroused.' .He loved the girl with that intensity , ' natural tn-in en so constitutedand liaving few ( or no affinities with others, owing to his re- , -served mid' morose disposition, he commenced | - bylavishing his hoursof leisure and the earnvSgSfcings of his industry upon her alone. Unlike . ..s-her lover in all respects, the girl was attractive, ] fond'ofsociety, and unstable in her affections; j ; - , and, when the wedding day cTtme, to which j Damn had long and impatiently looked for- j ward^as the consummation of bis bliss, after ; - . the wedding guests had assembled, she told j him she leved him not, and could never be his. ( Daum soldyout-his estale and removed at once ] - 4*- ;fronj the scene of discomfiture to a distant r province, ( Time passed on;the lady was again , -? wooed and won, bySuight hcarjied and comely t .youth, he;: former, suitor's superior in personal t .appearance, but his'inferior in wealth and in- t tellect. r His courtship was now followed-by ( marriage, the news.of which reached the self- | *% - - .^banished Daum; roused every latent feeling of , rrage ana jeaionsyei wuicn ura$mrung iienri ?\vas capabl^aud Jie returned to the scene of , . ^^femVerjjfeiness. instigated by the sole do- [ ?:5--revenge. He skulked about the neigh- ( o;^-l)jjrj]ood,' lying bid during the day-time for the t most part, but watching every opportunity to | .^^Taylay'pnd destroy his rival. met in a wild, narrow moun ; -tain pass, a aetftHv and fierce struggle ensued, j .^tfcthe4iifU)ination^ of which Ulrich was left . - ,upp.n the ground slain', as his assassin supposed. ( Daum'fled and Ulrich recovered and* returned i ,.to his wife, pale, bleeding and faint. Theoffi s cers sought for Daum in .vain; he had fled to J ' Eftgland where he spent ihe next six years of ( his life. The circumstances had passed away * from.j^ie public mind, and the parties most in ' ..tei^sted' had 'ceased^ tdtlrink of them, or to feel . v..any apprehension of Daum's return. Five \ t^ff^a^assed.on. and the-: married couple, with < Vtheir children, joined a party who were emi- , V t? -Afmerica,and came and settled down < . w\P- fa3 - copntvJof Lapeer. There thev resided [ . ^4n.quiet, comfort and happiness for three years. f ^Jbe.wiJd farm had begun - to assume the ap.cuUiyation?the log house to be , .^Eutcijrcled with creepers and flower-shrubs, the j ^^^aK^itefteaded 'ch'ddfen^plSyecl around the door, JjSst ^yh^)JdvGer'fnah houndlay watchful at the gate, ^ .^aji^&e trt^qt^weetheart now a comely .mat- r saiig at the wheel the sweet songs of her ! - W^11 w'^s peace in this sequestered 1 ~ .s home, wbenrat tbey''clo6e of a bright day in ' .-/VAugusdL 1838, a knock .was heard at the- door, . wbich^whs afiswe'red by tlie woman, who, upon j ^jDp.dniug it, inet the face of her old suitor, ^^^hejjffeoognrtib'n wabrinstant and mutual.? .. j^^Ot'j^of^pas8ed between them, but. while 1 .^tSl&fteart of one'of them, sank wijLhin her from 1 tb'at of the other was roused to a M X ^jBpty>-vbich made itself manifest in a wild: 1 : gleam-of long, pent Up vengeance. * i *' 'The husband was absent, having gone upon' .. '?'dte^p6>huntihg excursion in pursuit of deer; . *ijand all' tfte nigHt with doors and windows bar-; watcher- 1 ' waited his return. r iHejo^etiot, and his step 1 ' *yK&fej^aiQ,^rossoi thaWtbreshhold. Precise- i " J9|Bbe^ear to a day, from the tfme of the occurJgMflrce.just narrated,.-Mr.- Thorn, an old .resi- i 'IWBfffpnt of Laoeer-count^twas'walking one balmy ?i ^unda-Aporniftg.ttpon the - borders: of: otte of I Those, beautiful litfiW lakes which lie embossed -< I I * bIe iefanrias tbe hbnting^ pouch/ -if. .-i-fjp *' brought with him from his old country home* Autumn had deepened into winter?winter had brightened into spring and spring had blossomed jnto summer?yet there he lay, within three miles of his home unnoticed and undiscovered. 4 Upon the*discovery of the body, Daum was arrested; and his trial tfnich was very long and ardno.us, Jh consequence of the necessity of takiugvall the testimony through interpreters* was hafd before Hou. Charles W? Whipple, at the-Circuit'Court for the county of Lapeer, in March 1840. The principal counsel engaged^ in'this case were, Hon: Peter Moray, then Attorney Generalj Hofi. A. H. Hanscam, Hon. T.'J. Drake, Hon. E. H. Thompson and George \W. Wisuer. . During the twelve days occupied by the trial, the prisoner Daum remained' impassive and unmoved throughout, except when, upon permission being granted by1 the,court, the bones of the.murdered man, which bad been wired together and placed under a covered table, were suddenly drawn out at the very feet of tl./V _ ? linn o rlnnlU) if nfilonrtSO C n r*0 O luc.[iinunvi?* ?u a. vvaiiuj oj/? vau over his face,' iind a strong and involuntary shudder passed through his frame. Tbo evidence, as may be.gathered frem the foregoing sketch, vvnss entirely circumstantial, there being no direct testimony whereby to connect the prisoner with the death of Ulrich and the jury found themselves unwilling to conVict; and giving the unhappy prisoner the benefit of the slight doubt by which the occurrence wassurrounded, brought in after a lengthy, consultation, a verdict of?not guilty! The prisoner left the court house amid a deep and thrilling silence, and was never more seen in Lapeer county.?Detroit Inquirer. Guauo as a. Maiiurc. Washington, Sept. 7.?The "Guano Question" occupied the attention of a special committee of the House of Representatives during the last session. The committee found that three successive Administrations had made strenous exertions to reduce the price of Peruvian Guano without effect, and recommendt*d that a duty be laid on Chincha Island Guano, unless the Peruvian Government shall after clue representation, grant our merchants the right, to purchase the article upon the terms of the most favored nation. Guanp has proved an expensive delusion, something of a humbug. It was used by the [ncas three or four hundred years ago with jreat advantage, but is too fast for these times, it extinguishes the seed with which it comes n contact, and nearly burns up the soil itself, fhe price of Guano here is from fifty to sixty iv.e dollars per ton of 2,000 lbs. Its use is jhiefiy confined to the districts between the Delaware and the Capes of the Chesepealie. fhe farmers in that region are coming to the mndlusion that the immense sums expended ipon fiery stimulants to their soils have been hrown awaj. Its use has been particularly liastrous this year. It destroyer] nearly nil he Indian corn planted with it The re-plant>d corn on the same lauds came up, it is true jut was caught by the drought and will not nature; and the singular spectacle is present ;d of a fair crop on lands not matured at all md of 110 product worth gathering in adjoining ieUU overspread with this costly but most del lerious l'oreigti substance. It is estimated hat two millions of dollars were expended, ast Spring by the farmers of^Virgiuia, Maryand, the District of Columbia and Delaware n the purchase of Guano, and that they have ost five millions of dollars in cousequence. Mr, Marcy, in his instructions to Ml*. Clay, )ur Minister near the Peruvian Government, istimates the deposites of guano In the possesiion of Peru at 50,000,000 tons. The exports o the United States in 1S52, he states at 47,)00 tons. The cost of this quantity to our armors in that year was about ?2,600,000. I'he Seeetary supposes that if existing disibilities were removed, it might be offered in iur markets at ?30 or ?35 per ton. The Special Committee however, report 'lie cur ent price of the ton of 2,240 pounds to be 558, and do not suppose it can be reduced beow ?48 per ton/which they say would extravigantly pay for the article. As, however, exlerienco wfll soou cause the general abandonnent of its use in the United States, the whole nquiry is more curious than useful. "But as wiiat is curious is interesting," I send fou a letter of our Minister, Mr. Clay, detnilng many lacts in respect to the guafio deposts and the trade in the article. Mr. Clay, it vill bo remembered, states that the guano of he Chincha Islands alone cannot be exhausted n less than a century. This is not borne out )y the report of Admiral ,specially appoiued to make the inquiry, who estimates the imount of the depositee on this group at not nore than 8,000,000 tons. Two hundrfed thou;and tons though were brought 'away in 1852, it which rate the whole quantity;5 wonld be ixhausted-in forty years,?rCorrespondent iV". Y. Courier. - ??? A Gallant Comb.axant,?The-.Constantijople correspondent of the London. Times 5ty.es .the. following account of the last struggle of Lieut. Burke, who fell at Giurge've: . " Mr. Burke's boyjy was found after the ac:ion in \vbic)i.h.e lost his life with no less than 33 wounds upon it. The Russians had taken liis sword beIt,T)ut' his sword was found hidden iq some long grass close to the corpse.? Thejtng finger of-both hands was cut off. He' was peen by the sapper, who went with him, fighting desperately to the last, though surrounded by a horde of Russians. When he first Jeapt on shore from the boat, six soldiers charged him. Two he shot with' bis revolver, one be col down with his sword, and the rest turned and fled. yVDue ne was encouraging ine luras, wno were in the stream, to row quietly to the land, and forming.them into line as tbey landed, conspicuous as he was in full uniform and by his white cover, a number of riflemen advanced from behind a ditch, and took deliberate aim at him. Poor Burke charged them with eeadlong gallantry. . As he got near he was struck by a ball which broke his jawbone, bat he rushed oft, shot three men dead it, close quarters with his revolver, and cleft two men through helmet and all into the brain.^ He was then Surrounded, and while engay\j -"Si-. ged in catting bis way through the ranks of the. enemy, a sabre cat frbm behind, given by o dragoon as he went by nearly severed hi* hepd: from- bis body, and he fell dead, covered with bayonet wounds, sabfe gashes, and marked with lance thrusts and bullet holes. The tuli/i u oc xjt'ifK Mr Kiirlre stood bv him to the last, but could not save him. He is now only recovering from his wounds and the effect of his exertions." ^ Loss op Life by Steamboats.?A report has recently been made to the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the number of steamboats destroyed, and tlnj, causes of their destruction during the first half of the present year. It is set forth in the report that no additional legislation is necessary on the part of the government, to the act passed by "Congress in 1852, to provide for the better security of the lives of Dassenffers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam/' except to extend it, so as to include ferry boats, and tow boats propelled by steam. The report states that from January to 1st June 17th, 1854, there were sixty-four steamboat disasters, involving a loss of $2,274,442, and 548 lives. Of this number, 10 have been from collisions, with a loss of $104,000 and 20 lives; 8 of these were fitted up according to the law of 1852, and 2 of them not under the law. These cases are all supposed to have been from negligence and inattention. 18 boats have been destroyed by fire with a loss of $1,480,500 and 141 lives; these are all supposed to have been accidental except two.? Much the larger number of accidents were produced by snags, there having been 23 boats thus lost, with a destruction of.property to the amount of $370,000. The San Francisco was foundered at sea, with a loss of 200 lives, and property to the amount of $300,000. Of explosions there haye been eight;- Two of the boats had been inspected according to the law of 1852; the loss of property was $67,000, and in lives 12. ? .... The writer of the report urges an -improvement in the wording of the present Steamboat Law, so as to bring together those sections embracing the same object, and making the law more concise, and explicit and condensed. The law thus modified, without any alteration in its exactions, would no require more than one half the printed matter it now does. The Bill speaks of the necessity of the fusible metal used for boilers being made, under the supervision of the government, and properly tested before it is given to the local inspectors; and that they also, should be furnished with instruments to test the accuracy of the alloys after it comes into their hands. The present plan, now about being adopted, of furnishing the alloy front the Mint, is the only true one. The Mint is the only Government Institution properly mounted for preparingnnd testing the alloy, which should, in every instance, after made, be tested by itt composition, on which head we are sufficiently ffiruwhed with tables, especially since the recent experiment of Professor Booth, undertaken at the instance of the Treasury Department. A Bktrotiif.d Yod.no Woman Shot by iieb Lover.?We are called upon to record another deplorable accident, resulting from a criminal ly careless use of fire arms. Ou Sunday night, Daniel M. Arthur was sitting in the same room, No. 314 Seventh-street, with Catharine ju/uaiiiuuu, n JUUIIJJ iciujr >u wiiuiu IU; wii? en* gaged. Catharine was sitting ut^a small table, leading a book, and her lover was teasing her, and trying to transfer her atttention from the book to himself, by extinguishing the candle Finally, all of his fond efforts having failed, he took a double-barrelled shot gun which stood in the corner, put on a cap, and pulled the trigger, intending-to blowout the candle with the air forced out of the gun by its explosion of the cap. Unfortunately, the gun was loaded, and the horror-stricken man heard a loud report, and saw his betrothed sink to the floor, bleeding and dying. A full charge of shot entered her right breast, and, in spito of the ef forts of the physicians who were called, she died yesterday morning about two o'clc-ck.? The unhappy young man is, of course, almost distracted. He surrendered himself, and was yesterday morning examined in the Police Court. The testimony showing 110 criminal intention, he was discharged. The dead and the livinir were to have been married in about two months.?Cincinnati Gazette. The multitude of readers, (sensibly remarks the Richmond Penny'Post,) take but little interest in the criminations and recriminations which fill column after column of a newspaper day after day. A vast variety of subjects, the growing demands of this progressive age and rapidity of operation rendered necessary have saddled upon the editors back duties of higher uobler, calling, more responsible^more imperative than waging newspaper wars. Personal altercations may interest many of the readers of a paper bat they do not interest the majority and they are fast becoming more honored in the breach than in the observance. The public have not tfme nor taste for them, the editor has no time, if he is faithful to his edito rial calling. John Clebk op Eldin.?One evening Clerk had been dipping rather too deeply in the convivial bowl with a friend in Queen street, and on emerging into the open air his intellects became in a considerable degree confused, and nnf hoinor ahlf> tn ^lofinrrnick s\Viia*t-a until flnv WW WViM^ Ul/I^ WW \4ltf?|II^V|igil UWJVVUO ** ?w?? mm*'j degree of minuteness or certainty, he thought himself in a fair way of losing the road to bis own house in Picardy Place. In this perplexity he espied some one coming towards him, whom he stopped with this query? 'D'ye ken whaur John Clerk bides?' 'What's the use o' you speerin'that ques tioul' said the man, 'you're John Clerk himself.' 'I ken that,' answered John, 'but it's no himsel' that's wanted, it's His house.' Qcibks.?-The remains of a bachelor who "burst into tears," on reading the description of a married life, have been found.. The man who is a, "Strang^?' to fine? feeling," proposes to have an introduction. ?*How "can - a-ship beat a hen?" "Because; while the.hen i3 laying .one eggr the ship can lay to." v * ' ^^ v. From (he Edinlmrg New Phibsopkical Journal.' Influence of Occupation 'Upoji. Health. ,'A?curious and interesting report has been prepared by INfr. Finlaisoh,' the actuary of the National Debt office, upon the subject of sjck . ness and mortality among the male members' of friendly societies in England and Wales, as shown hv the returns made bv them' to the Government lor the five years 1840750. .It appears that the proportion on tho sick list, in. the course of a year, is one in four, or 24.99 in every hundred. The proportion seepis large, but some allowance niay have to be made for cases of feigned illness; and the persons in question are uot those who are .most, favorably circumstanced in legard to food, clothing, lodging, and the various conditions of < health. Mr. Finlaisoh proceeds _to divide the members of these societies into four classes : 1. Those who have heavy labor with exposure to the weather?sach as agricultural and other ,j>ut-dpor laborers?a class in which ho has Jt53 102 rjiKPs 2. Thnaii who havo heavv la bor without exposure to the weather?such as smiths, sawyers, coopers, plumbers?a class numbering 94,259 ; 3. Those who have light labor with exposure to the weather-r-such as shepherds, drovers, pedlars, messengers, custom-hojjse officers?in number 58,809; 4. Those, who have light labor without exposure to the weather?such as clerks, shopmen, bar bers, factory operatives, servants?iu number 280,909. tie found that persons engaged" in heavy labor, with and without exposure to the weather, have respectively 28.04 and 26.54 per cent, of their number sick in the year: persons engaged in light labor 20.80 and 21.58: in round numbers, taking a census of workingmen disabled by illness, for every three whose work is light or moderate, "there are four pf the class whose is heavy labor. The duration of sickness to each person sick is, however,! upon an average, only 38. days and 40.83 in the two classes engaged in heavy labor, and 41 days and 44,25 in the two classes, engaged in light labor. 1 he mortality is heaviest among the perdfcns classed as engaged in light labor; and in-door labor shows itself less favorable to longevity than out-door. But the main difference in the distribution of sickness seems to turn upon the expenditure of physical force. "This is 110 new thing," says Mr. Finlaison, " for in all-ages the enervation and decrepitude of the bodily frame has been observed to .follow a prodigal wa6te of the mental or corporeal energies; but it has been nowhere previously established upon recorded experience, that the quantum of sickness annually fallen to the lot of man is in direct proportion to the demands on his muscular power. So it would seem to be, however. Therefore, whatever scientific invention of machinery to save the expenditure of bodily strength may be devised, its production slioiild be hailed as one of the greatest of blessings to the sons of toil, and not ignorantly contemned by the very class wljpin in realitv it ultimately benefits. A study of the following digest leads to the conclus-on, that the inventor of any engine which spares the physical energies diminishes the arnoontof human sickness in proportion as he, by means of his device, economizes the labor of his fellow-creatures." The tables show that the liability to sickness runs up to a temporary maximum in the young man, and then declines, and does not attain the same percentage until advanced years. This sick maximum of early manhood?the effect of a primitive-demand am the bodily vigor?is in the period from 18 to 21, except in the class engaged in out-door heavy labor, in which it appears to be at 14. The same percentage is reached, ever afterwards to increase, at the age of 48 in the class who have indoor heavy labor. 51 in the case of indoor light labor, 57 with outdoor heavy labor, and 65 with outdoor light labor. These last remarks relate to the proportion of persons sick, not to the duration of the sickness. The duration of sickness does not decline in manhood, but .increases with the age.* The severity of the railway employment, according to these tables tells upon the con suiuwuii j iiiw mm, it is saiu, gut " weatnerbeaten." In the police there is n marked increase in the amount of sickues9 after 40, as if the servico brok&down tho men at an earlier age than other occupations. ? -yThe Celestial State.?Old Rickets was a man of labor and had little or no time to devoto to speculations to the future. He was withal, rather uncouth in the use of language. One day, while engaged in stopping up hogholes about his place, he was approached by a colporteur, and presented with a tract. 'What is all this about ?1 demanded Rickets. 'That, sir, is a book describing the celestial state,' was the reply. 'Celestial state,' said Rickets. 'Where the deuce is that?' 'My worthy friend, 1 fear that you have not' ?dou't want to hear about any better state than old PennsyUania. i intend to live and die right here, if I can only keep them darned hhgs out.' An Ineligible Suiter.?An old soldier, with only one arm, being reduced to medicancy to obtain a livelihood, made acquaintance with a brother beggar, who had grown rich by the craft, '1 should be happy said the soldier, to ally myself with so distinguished a member of oyr profession,you shall give mo your daughter.' 'Hold! my dear sir,' returned the warm old gentleman, 'you cannot think of such a thing. She must have a better match than you will make. Tou are not half lame enough.? My son-in law must be a ipiserable looking object' 'Do you , think, then, that you will find one .worse off# than I am?' 'To be sure I why, you have only lost an arm; and ought'to be absolutely ashamed of yourself to think that I will give you my daughter. I would have you to know, that I have already refused a fellow wlthoutjegs, and who goes about the city in a howl.' ' * ^ -* Ah sir,' said an usher at Eton, as he flourished the cane overa boy who struggled greatly, 'you may 8ba^e,4)ut I'll cut.' That Is what im?j' be called .f?r; deaj. . I .OrO. P.?On Monday the Grtod Sire of ,t^e'In^epeuiieut Order of-Odd 'Follows sub- ' "mittedio the*Grand vEodge /of. the^United \ Spates, which c^imenccd'its'seasiune that day 1 in Baltimore, i very inttu estiiig .Report, from j ,' wl/ich \v*Wrui;that there, are. under'jurigdio tion of that body 31lOd Lodges, with 204,000. [ members, their annual, revenue-beirig..81,375,' 000, and expenditures for benevolent purposes$5110,000. The Grand Lodge of tfie United' Stiitea has, at .the desire of the Order fit Canada, f resumed its .authority over ajj the continental north of us. When this resumption' took place,' ,j on the 14th October lasf, there were but si*-'t Lodges in . British ^ortVi^erica;' but tiqw- | tliere are fit teen acttvcty atTwortt- ue iir?ttu i Master ofUalifornia has inqulred of the Grand, .( Sire as to. the propriety of'adiuUti^tiiiufie . members to the -order" and allowing'therri to j have a Lod^afcworh in the Chinese language, \ and the reply hattfeen "favorable. : Peiuisylya- \ nia has the largesf^ruhd Lodge-in the "Union, . . witl) five Std*4uft;i:ito :Lodg?P, -j and a hj'eroberihip df^fiot littlef short of fifty I thousand.' - ^ - . ? 1 ( The Hon. LoDg John -WeiiUvorth, TreesoH I representative from the Chicago, District, has 1 addressed a letter to llio Chicago Democrat, in which he calculates tHaOshould .every free ' statc.elecfa United Stale .Senator hereafter to " oppose the Nebraska bill, it would bike just 1 five years to bring the friends of "the repeal into a majority-in the Senate'. It is just so with ) the fugito slave law." m r: Well Doxe!?The Montgomery Mail states " thitt "Mr. Pfister of that city hoa boxed his package of Putnam for September, and. notified the publishers that he holds it subject to their Vrder. and not on sale. We hope the ' exkmple . of Mr. Pfister wiU be followed general ly by J Son them booksellers and that oifr 6wn epecial- I ly wffl refuse to sell them.: Harper's Maga- f zine is equally unsound and. is edited .by an 1 avowed Abolitionist." fi Self respect counsels this sort of action^? c Wo do not believe that there is any danger from the circulation of these Mngazines; but it y is provoking that their-proprietors should bo ^ always appealing to-our generosity and always ^ abusing our convictions through.our responses t to those appeals. The South and her People.?John Mitch- r ell, the Irish patriot, takes the following just and liberal views of our section:?"In the !j chivalrous South the individual in vindication of his honor, of which the law of the land takes no cognizance, practices a code that violates ^ alike the statue and the common law. The ^ consequences for the most part, rest with the ^ individual. But you will rarely see mobs as* j sembliug to burn churches or to violate the. j. constitution, south of Mason and Dixon's line. There the majesty of the law is respected and 1 upheld by the aggregate people. There "no | ' Angel Gabriel sounds ids'horn) disturbing;the ^ quiet Sabbath and calling to together bands'of rowdies. There no Salem withcraft nor Blue Laws, nor bloomerism, nor Woman's Rights, nor Mormonism, nor Millerismj nor Anti-Pope- * ry, nor Spirit Rapping, nor Socialism, nor olh- 11 er monstrous productions, have sprung up to e choke the healthy growth of freedom. The c poisonous weeds and fungi belong to the North, and are cultivated to the highest perfection by ? the wise men of the East." 0 ' e Tiie Prick of Flour.?The.New York Her- jj aid, in a* review of the prospa^^thft cereal ^ crops in this country, concludes, npoil due con- ^ sideration, that "before the close of navigation" during the coming fall, both wheat and dour must experience a marked decline in price; and ^ this opinion is strengthened by the fact that ir large quantities of the crops of previous years, > which bad been lying in granaries' waiting for a rise, came into market early in the spring, and are now lying irt storehouses in the Shape L. of flour, which must be forced off this fall, with 5 the new crop, or suffer a great depreciation in ? quality if permitted to lie over. Nothing,, we a think, can preserve the present prices but a t( greatly increased European demand, which we P car. now see no reason to anticipate." - ' * The Herald states that the millers in the , Western "and South western States are realizing ^ a net profit of $1.62 on every five bushels of ; wheat converted into flour. on their own* ac- ^ count. The.farmers have-sacoordingly determined to take their wheat -to the mill's, pay the. required toll, get it ground, and dispose of the flour themselves, thus securing a portion of the profit now pocketed by the.millers. This will force the millers' either to put flour on the mnr- 5 ket at greatly reduced prices, in order to un- u dersell the farmers, or to pa\ an advance'per h bushel on wheat. .' ' -,,V . o; , - - n The St. Louis Republican says: ? We learn p from Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Northern part it of Illinois, and much raorfe than one half of 84 Iowa, that the crops, of corn, potatoes, &c. nev- .. er promised .bett3r returns for the labor of,the farmer.. So it will bo as.we have before said, in the counties fronting Iowa oh ohe Mi&oun. | Added to all this/there is much corn of last | year's growth, yet at the barn. We gav$ an instance yesterday, in speculations made at Lexington ; the Peru, (Illinois) Gazette the oth- .5 er day; spoke of a large amount still on hand t< in that country; and there are. towns on the y Upper Mississippi Biver, where large amounts of old corn may be purchased. People should. not be deceived by croakers. There is an abund- <3 ant supply of grain for a year to come, and an inflation of prices, predicated ou a short crop every where, is likely to operate to the preju- e dice of speculators.' * ' /; v- p " . tl ^tabbing Affair?We regret to loam that 1< a.tjifficulty occurred at Brattonsvilte, in this l" District, on Sunday last, between Elijah Clark, t overseer of Mra.Jnratton, and Rpbert Guy, which respited in The stabbing of the.latter.? The wound is a' serious one. Mr. Clark has fl given bail for his appearance ut tbe.tifth: conrt. c YwlivUU.Iliaccllanj/'. ; ' {jJgL t Book COKchrk at Nashville.?The committee to select a site for the Methodist Book Coupeim at Nash- . villo, TeniLf have purchased a piece of ground adjoifc ' (1 * .??offtnm nffiiif "': - ^ * . An old bachelor geologist was boasting thai very rode was as familiar to him as the al> , $ bajjet. A lady, who was present, dk)are4v* 1 bat she knew of a rock of whkrh he'was^dfT' t^ignorant. "iNameit,?^tta^Pcrfe3C^eb's, 11 a rage. "It is rock the 4era#*, sir/' refioL- . J he lady. Calebs evaporated^ r i ila IWrsiWi I il The oirdIe of beaoty ia not a sUy lace. 'Dial