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the floating island in drrwent, LA KB, NR. Ml iiRSWiOK. This extraordinary phenomenon?which has , ^ pivon rise to a muftijiiicity ofoninions as to its I cause and properties, anient tenjopiti's and others, inclndinp Professor Sedywic!;?hjvinp a-'j pain made i's appearance, it i3 apprehended 'lhat a short ncrneiP oi'it wll not or.iy prove amusinp to the re' lei's <u" ;! ; pannr. but aLo lie interesting'to I'.o sci-"M,'i?:.-world nice, r, i->.I n,,- i"u- T.-iwiinr.--. nt II Ifl ... . southeast c.viiomi'y of si:3 J.ta::.I a lit*!-.? more than one hundred and jiffy yard; i? a the Land, where the depth of ilia v. ator <! >.?:; noi exceed six feet, in a mean af the IJ During tiio last forty year-, it. has mails 1 appearance thirteen tin as. !i th'^ir tii)*, from July 20 ta the be of October, in i the same yoar; in :r,>:n t!ie Tfli of September to the mid of October following; in HI5,. from August 5 to the ami of the month; i.i I t!*',' from August M to the e.cl of t':? s -. :m?n 1;, in lS'J, from June t?I tot' cm! of Sep". mlnr; in 182o, it was above the wafer from'lie D o to < the 23d of Sep'ember: a:: i from the It 1 July ? to the end of September, "The cii-ciin- 1 stances of cf its appearing in three fiucessivc < years," says Mr. O'ley, "nay be altril ::'c 1 ? i the extraordinary warm:;i of the reason." It 1 -made its appearance again 0:1 the 10.ii of June, i 1S31, and remained uncovered until the 25;'1 of ii September. In 1831 and TJ'.~, it was vis.bio f for a lew weeks in August and September. J ;i 38.17. it nnneared inJulvand August. li. n;>- t! peared again on the 19'li July, Ii!, and re- ; inained till the end of August. And i! made its v, appearance in the latter e.id of l int or the be- a ginning- of the present month, (r'-mteinbu.-;) h but it is not yet quite so largo as on some of v. t!ie former occasions of its appearance. ci We will not undertake to investigate the it great number of hypotheses which have been )> advanced relative to the cause of this singular s phenomenon, nor examine into any of the argts- f ments which have been adduced; but will merely give the opinion of .Mr. Oticy, who is well r versed in the geological and metcrologiral.prn- <1 penies of the lake district, who is resident at r. Keswick, and who for the last thirty years lias ti watched with much attention the operations of i it. Mr. Oticy says: 1: "That it generally rises after an interval of a tr few day, and after a continuance of line weath- rr er. Its ligure and dimensions are variable: it y has sometimes contained about half an acre of ground, at other times only a few porches; but, a extending in a gradual slope under water, a ft much greater portion is raised from the bottom a than reaches the surface of the lake. Several u large rents or cracks may be seen in the earth c about the place, which appear to Lc occasioned < by its streatching to reach the surface. u "It never rises far above the level of the lake; <1 but, having once attained the surface, it for a 'i time fluctuates with the rise and fall of the wa- fi ter; after which, it sinks gradually. When at ft rest in the bottom of the lake, it has the same appearance as the neighboring parts, being cov- u ered with the same vegetation?consisting prin- a cipally of literella lacustris and lobeiia doriinan- i> ; no, interspread with isoetes lacustris and other ? plants common in this and all the other neigh- <> "boring lakes; after remaining some time au >vc (j water, its verdure is mucli improved. For a few |, inches in deptli, it is composed of a clayey or earthy matter, apparently deposited by the wa- p ter, in which the growing plants have fixed their 0 roots; tWjcost. is a cowerics of decayed vo^o table" matter, forming a1 stratum oi ioo.se peat I earth, about six feet in thickness, which rises n from a bed of very fine soft clay. A considera- t blc quantity of air is contained in the body of v this island, and may lie dislodged by probing the g earth with a pole. This air was found by Dr. a Dalton to consist of equal parts of carbureted f hydrogen and azotic gases, with a little carbon- n ic acid." t Mr. Otley further adds: "That one material circumstance has, however, generally escaped observation?namely, that the air, to which the rising of this island has boon attributed, is not collected in a body underneath it, but inter- ^ spread through the whole mass; And the most t probable conclusion seems to be, that air or gas , is generated in the body of the island, by de- | composition of the vegetable matter of which it , ' 1 ' ..-rv m,ict JS IOrillUU; illiu III.3 lx.111^ |/.uuuv.<. ........ t copiously, as well as being1 more rarefied in , Lot weather, the earth at length heroines so ; much extended therewith as to render the mass ] of less weight than an equal bulk of water.? j The water then insinuating itself between the , substratum ot clay, and the peal earth forming f the island, bears it to the surface, where it con- , tinues for a time, till, partly by escape of the ? gas, partly by its absorption, and partly by its v condensation consequent on a decrease of heat, j the volume is reduced, and the earth gradually ) sinks to its former level, where it remains till a j sufficient accumulalitiun of gas again renders it , bouyant. But as the vegetable matter of which , the island is principally composed appears to , have been amassed at a remote period, when the | lake was of less depth than at present, roceiv- , ing very little addition from the decay of plants | recently grown upon the snot, it is reasonable to , suppose that the process of furnishing tiicgas j cannot from the same materials he con'inued . ad infinitum, but there must he a time when it , shall have arrived at its maximum; after which, the eruptions will become less extensive or less frequent.'"?English Paper. F' '.e Agricultural Society, at its recent meetinn held several sessions upon the important subject of agricultural education. It resolved in appoint a committee ol eight, whose duty it should be to memorialize the Legislature for lite establishment of agricultural schools in such parts of the State as may seem desirable. This is a measure of great importance. The best kind of protection for the agricultural into < . t, is to ? ve the means of acquiring the to.-1 kind of information respecting their busi' ess. It being the greatest;:? the country, it shoul I have a corresponding degree of attention browed upon , whereas, it lias always been toj much negieci cd.?Phila. Ledger. The Dayton Convention.?Wo find in the Dayton paper of the (Jth inst., the following statements respecting the Whig convention that was held there on the 29tb ult. it is not usual, in the course of human affairs, for those men to obtain any permanent success who resort to such measures to carry out their purposes with an intelligent and virtuous conmiunby: "John Tyler was abused, denounced .an! cursed without stint or measure, cd i C Metcalf said that lie "would to C5 1 ti-at m_i? 1 , , .1 . \tri r . ..... ,i... jLyivr wouiu uu uie iviujjjnny ...u i. > ?" do as another notorious traitor is f; ;<> done?"repent, and ;co and imr i!!'! i mean?said l!:e spe:i:qr, "./iIsrur' .!!" "Banners ot every donee and ceior and ?haj)C were floating in every direction. /; a -jr. . ?j~ . .? fair specimen of ilio.*e we give the following1 description of on;? only, which was carried by Gov. Convin's Warren county delegat on. On this banner Tyler. Wise, and the Devil and his Imps wore represented tinder a Gallows Toe Devil is in the.nc* of'approaching Tyler saying, ''how do you do Cautain?" Tyler extends his hand to the Devil containing a note siiperseribej "\Jy console ice!" Tyler also holds a bag of muiey marked "50,000.'' At the feet of the Doi i! a serpent w.is represented half raised to-1 T>|? fo.ns in I '?'?' ?r !s 'y.'er and Misstu-r- ul m.i,. * a wilting a!tiui-!:j ready to seize 'J'yier at the bidding oi" the master Uovil. V/jyc was hold. i"T i'ii it> the shirt of Tyior; a rope, in the form r?! n tiooso and ;i?tto the gallows was just i in wo Tyler's heal, ami on the top of the {fa l-ovs was this inscription?"7Vo miles to the White House-?One mile to Uiu.l!!" From the .V? ?> Yurie Sun. T \X \TiOX. The subject of l:i\ iiioa ca:i never loose inter-' st Iiy freanent re fere! no and reflection of its hjv' :::: ! uses, Taxes are laid for the purpose e.o'iin i:e!y of (I jfrayin?r the necessary public: fxponce -, an I if imposed for any other ohjcct, it , s a iraud air! a crime. When any other pre- : (.' ice is p:ii forth it is hypocritical and more cant, i >! on.!.:J in promote sarnie narrow and sordid sol- | iV'iiie.-s, through the agency of shulllmg and . | "'ova!ion was deemed of vast importance by j he la bors of iho it-evolution; so much so, that J Im'i-t a.'i o:her considerations succumbed air! , .'ere merged in it: !?p?\au e they were 'axed by f.ire./ ii power, without heiag allowed to be f ear.!, mr the monstrous reason that that power , as ihe supreme master of the Americans by ] ivine right of the crown. Accordingly l!iey uposnd the tax to pay themselves for tlie privi- ( Jge of i;nin/ our masters. Tins insni: to rea- j an, common ronre and the rights of man was u.-cp<vfu!!y ro.-V.e:!. , f'> ' we enjoy tlire privilege of solf-taxit on by . 0::lal!?)Ji ill to : ;ro.-:; urn < .. " "ci'lul sn' ?\; :y.. em t.iit !. ,? :i no y. hundred !is of:'.o ;nx-p ivm' ; : ;:i* v o, i.; v.*i?en, n-..-i t'i? nsavjiur how ".y ;<-iy I: : ;' :f F an,| ? ) ;?.; (>;| n, (V.'Ci'V I'll- l.ii 'i* i.i jmd, except pan; its and kn.ms. 'in *=uy !jit . ix-p.iyprs hero ? not '.v v/hati a 11 how r, I'.lC.'l * .'joy (III r " j'i V 2 liiy ?>r il isly'i i( oil p.'ea.-n, ami tint limy tin in i. *; pay, wuitM | eoni So involve a d. r .p mcy i.i s.a' cine:;!?, n..:l n solecism in word.;; but t'nc i?m is iruo i:i | ics, arid the explanation can 1)0 i'litirl only in ;he >s. iisurdit v of lli? exotic sv- cm oft: riii!-, in^ral'i -?d j poji ntjp republican institutions?a relic 01 the | hea'cries or kin^'-crafl. liveryman knows, of c naive, when he pays fnrsn ar-bat h" dues j u' knew lio'.v much Inx lie pays on il; neither n ncs lie ka::v.' when he is done pariier taxes.? '/lis comca of inc! sere:inn, vvii cii perpetrates a j 'and ii|xm his mind, and ail indiscretions and j ands aro twin brothers in injustice. There p liould bo lit 1 io respect lor a system I liar is dark s ii!i its intricacies, and winch bears directly j?, nd heavily upon t!ic necessaries of life. There' i a moral maxim relating to ail the afniirs of j ion, that what cannot be done directly and j peniv should not he done indirectly and clan- ] estincly, because all dodging ol openness is j ypocriticai and collusive. * But some ntl'ccled moralists say, it is paid vvilli ; ;ss complaining, w'lieu taken Iroui a man with-! tit his knowledge. Wei!, if so, that is thevorv ' '''""' "n w 1 i' if 1 the system odious. ] i.r,,. iHJ'W'.I ', ! a man is roiiiiKu .. iinMu nnw., lothingto complain of, but still he is robbed, and lie robber is a felon. There is nothing very ( ronderful in a man's not dissenting to a propoi: ion never presented to his mind. But the sin. ' nil immorality is i o less because the man is | Imuran! of having been wronged, than if lie knew1; !1 about it: and it is more mean to cheat a flat j han extort fro.n a fault finding sharp. j *, , From t >". A'. Y. IC renin? Part. ! JOBBING AIEIICJJANTS. , We have often wondered that the mode in i vliich the jobbing mere-limits of the city, espe- 1 iially tiio dealers iit dry goods, do their bu. i-1 less, is so steadily upheld with its many evils. Jndor the present system they stand between he manufacturernud the retailer. They buy if a few houses, and sell to a great utany sttnii' lealers, while, therefore, it is necessary f?.r ' hem to meet their purchases fully and prompt, ii y, they must sutler from the hazards that mavj mfall more or less of a large number of smni'l lea lets. As a general ihiug, the jobbing merdiaiit does not get ricii in the present n ode of! loing his business. Indeed a generation ofj hem soon pass away. At the end of a year,' . ,.r.,:.Mviinr ihc business dene, lie often! 1 ? iuds lie lias bought and sold a groat airn>i;i)t, lie j nis paid a great deal ol" money to lite producer, ( le lias received more from ihe retailer, lie lias m his hooks a large amount- of pour debts, illicit protested paper ot others, some law : mts, several compromises, he has been Inrras.-ed i.yj is business, and the real profits that lie has ac-l nally in liis hands, alter inking up ail his pa. i :>er thai is toon to become due, arc small. The' ;ase of the producer, whether manuiacturcr or j importer, is not generally the same. But very' seldom. Thus the jobber is the first distributor' nf the merchandise, and upon Idm comes the great bu'den of the risks, the cares, a.id the! losses. It is for this reason that we have Imped to see some of the more enterprising, hold audi resolute dealers break over the present mode 011 *rrr\~ -!,r r release themselves Irout] tlieir prevent hazards, ami sc. tire to themselves! wiiat. they fairly earn, by buying anil selling rigidly, and only Jbr cask. By such a course, they would have no bad deb's, no distant journeys to make in order to look after their property, no protested pa; er ol others, no vexations law suits, no lawyers foor, no discount to the banks, nor per ecu -ops I. z m-ikin . < nl.v'.ou. no ledu ms tabor h-r b.m!; I.. , ; t;;| ... c::.i. f u:e year .k.eir | rod s wo id ! ,-? m por-'c . , and not on ] : er n i scat met] i a j pints 1 i'::? couii ry. Ti.es:! :s ,m d.:u it rm - " "" ' ' c -i i ! .S t .? I rue Ccmse lU J/..I.11.- .. . . tumid yrnw Ksj.-i.'iv I'tC:? :.i. 5 . n. .2 <1 . uioMc.. cvpri.na;..! resolute I : : ! .! way, ami thereay riiow its sucrc. sail ly.-ms, tilO (1.-IK.!III!, liiC lillliJ, P.'ld iiCnilillili_; V.fl.'d then at uiich follow. It is a tact, that at 11.is jni iuenl, goods can be bought ami sold lor ash v. itli a hi.id-ome prolit, at a lower price than that for wnich the jobbers do now purchase tin;in. Ami every one knows tint the prudent rot-tiler?and such all one Ins cash, will alwav.. buy his youiln- where he can yet them the cheapest. rso of doinqr a cash business is, in tit:".*. the only ?:?: ; o..e. '1'.. < :: / -i of a co-ici.': a is tin! never m rite ir.n-I.-t < f others, an:! i 1 ui .i.o m:.;c!m?1 i'.e owner, as is always liu* re \vl: -ro j n>d ; arc delivered on a credit. .No are pane i'e<i to the small dealers? .* ?!: 1 u.n. r< 1.cniiii jndj.ncnts, or to make collusive s.hea. Uu the contrary, t!ic;r bus ue.swil! be equally heailhy attd sound, and ' ** ? * * jfe ' .* 1 ' . ' ' '. the influence on the consumers will be exceedingly favorable. We know it will be daid at once, by very many, that only a small business will be done by the man who adopts this course. That is not the first point to consider. VVliich course will put into the pockets of the 'merchants the most profit? Whether it is better to do a business of fifty thousand dollars, with a cash prolit of five thousand dollars, or a business of live or ten hundred thousand dollars, with a profit of fifty thousand dollars, most of which is in suspended paper, uncertain debts, and dependent of many contingencies? facts for farmers. Store goods are rising. Produce is falling. What makes store goods rise? The taritflatoly passed by Congress. What maks produce fall? Chiefly abundant crops, but in part the same tariff! Because our farmers raise more than our country consumes, and none being imported, the price cannot he raised by heavy duties on imports. How does the tariff reduce the price of produrc? 'By injuring or destroying the foreign market. Our farmers feed all the mouths in ourown country, tariff or no tari.'fj anil still have a surplus to sol 1 to foreign netr**-, which pay for it in manufactured articles. A tariff"which prevents the importation of those articles in whole or in part, lessens their means lo buy, and in the same dc ;rec dnninishes the dunces or our farmers iu "II Tims evrliiilfd from foreign markets hy uir own !e *;: ! io i, Hip produce of our farmei's otiiains at home to overstock the domestic marie', ami 1 lie price falls. "Good times returning," says the advocate of he lari.'T, as one factory and form? after another s put in operation. God times for whom? Not for the farmer nor >htiler, nor mechanic, nor merchant, nor profes . cm! man; im: o:dy lor iim owners of factories i*. I for -e--, au.-l o'lier favnred classes. We i, and .'tow aro the limes made good for IiTa? 1; anMn r every farmer, phn'c, mechanic, nerchan , <? e. si.ml m :e, ami evry is-k!v else, .*?>* h .'.?; prices .or tlie pro hicls o. tt:e tactories ' .I? . e nc'" savs Go'i'iresa, "'ha' *o enn. la f ::3 o.v: {.tr o l.ie'eros ami or e*', saltworks' ltd pii : :r pi a it a o i?, to m ihc urn iey hy tlie'r itisinr. , very iarmo*, plan e", incvo.aiiir, c ' hail pay two ity, Im"y, li v, or one Im d eil it mat., as t.'.-i case may ! c, more tiru lac a r aar!;e' price n?r slie.r salt, . ; w, clo'it a -, a.a l very ::> of im i p ircha-'cJ .or the com or. of iiiuii.- hes ami families, or lor tiie p;o ectt'.ioti if ilioir husir.oss." Tics is "lie e.vac' cfTtct ofotirpro'ec'ite tariff! ' is pern I; triy t farmer's s " -a', w.i a gre is lie rusty machinery ??> the pi'oii'.icss lacturv and urge, and se's -t in motion. It is his labor which weils the income of the salt monopolar, ami lives a princely income to the sugar phvitor? \.nd 'his evil tails upon him, not lieni the operaion of the laws of nature or trade, but his earnii?-s are transferred toothers by human laws? aws passed by his own representatives, acting n presumed obedience to his will! Charleston Mere'.try. Connecticut Mi.f.ctions.?The result of the r.Vn Miectoii.; in tfonueciic.nl, is strongly lor iS"v |l:iveii If "ifltCr'r of ja'tirdaVi says: " " ? "The returns that have come in indicate ro-a ertaiuty that tlie good people of Connecticut sro resolved to keep the hard cider barrel of iVhiggery bung down. Last year, wlien the Democrats gained lifty or sixty to vns, the coons siiribuied it to the "spoony weatncr," in which [ Vouch hootsd.ire not venture out! hut now, there s no excuse. We have whipped them in the 'iinshine, as well as the storm, notwithstanding iheir secret movements. W e can now assure :iur friends abroad, 'hat Connecticut is democratit. to the core?md will open the dance next inri.i;, by nr o Iter tlmrou rh rout of liie Federal lorres. What is peculiarly gratifying at this [line, we have carried several of the largest mnmifaciuring ofcviin in I .he .State. Below, are -!) towns?about, two-thirds of the State?of which the democrat:; have 49, the whigs 33, Urul 7 divided. The s uno proportion gives us an overwhelming imj ir.tv in the Legislature. E.VPOr.T OF (HAM'FACXL'ltED GOODS TO T!iE United States?The quantity o! manufactured goods sent from Liverpool to the United States,! lev all the shipping houses together, in a given I period this ycaj d ies not cijt.'til tl;e quantity sent' iiva single iLs'-ra'c shipping-house in a similar period, Imt one of prosperity. In this state of things, what ai? called transrieiit ships get no freight; while ivcntlic packet ships got little or none. The la gc and sp'endid packet sliip lloscius, which siiied on Thursday lor New York, liad considertHy under X* 100 of freight; the smallest sunniudeci!, with one exception, since " ' . I ... ,|.? 1 s 1S tfic liners WfiD CSIIUIIISIHM Ml lilt ten ^ Up ti? iliistinn, the passage money received from tl:c C!in_rraijTso?;al?!?:.J the ships 10 pay the expense* ol tlie.t voya_cs; b::t, the season for cinijjratMiff beinsjiearly over, even that source revenue is la/L faiimj. The uncertainly which has eo long-tji'vailrd on the subject ol the tarillj hi,'iv liave iiadtlie ciTjc' of diminishing shipments [ to the Unitei.S'.ae:; hut the removal of that uncertainty, hylic actual pa.-sinir ol atarill' ".infayorablc to iitrhsh manufactures, as compared1 wiih tlioTiiH^wiil no', u is feared, increase shipments thithf. On the contrary, while the increase of tli'riutic* on Ku:;lish "noils must discourage! her export, the necessity of payiti?r liie duties in call on imports will, it is heheved In the bcst-inlrmod merchants, deter parties trout C'lnsi^niiiir.pi o Is to the American market.? tJ iods will however, if they arc wanted, find, . hmr way, tirocilv or indirectly, info the United ? tniC'S F,'rr:::i /><;.//.?The now bttild' 1 : ) v J;, s.v Air \V. il.n.vr, ji?r '.he . i' ' ' f.'.V-ii.;, IS .'MiflU ll 1 it;.f -I':! I i;> '.mi ! i!\ iviil j'tirpips~tt?y wi.icn j inve jtnjr^c.l known world. TL >, tu ; no sure, i?V:ivi>>.r ;i groat don', hut the loll; wing i <?fie! oj'Iscr dimensions will prove j tiiat we ac correct in regard to size, and the i jsyirii andas'.e ot'tlio coiii|.,.i.y which has herej tn-orc bec| disjil iyed, is a putiioient guarantee ! that r.nitltr moi/ty nor pains will be spared in the ultmirfa finish. Krctretiic length o3i"> teet; iire :diii ofbenn 111 fee*; ov! reran bread'.!;5J eel; length of lining cabin 13 U) .cot, without into.rttptio:t. Thlre arc to be two r.ws o .-re j n,1" i v.';:ii a i.-cr: r ,s :._C way . 1 j i \v tie and KH) e l??n ' ill ' h He woe . . a ... h'.n? H <? l:{? |.T"; u. !' : ' "I'i'^patCSH l;rr:Z. ?!?*.* .! Is- :i Bii^ifie?4|lvtiicb Mo sr.-:. T. ! '. >s cvwr # i." , . av. I'S'Ctfjl r^' bill ill, t>r OlliCf V.; !i li.-: in .. Ji. iO. ry, and \jiiich is already un 'orv/.iy :i..d lapidi, progreeang at their extensive Foundry at tlii & A. - '-?!^;-r*.-r * ' 9Kr~&J*r?L .7'* * *' ?- .,' ' foot 0? 9th street E. R. : The cyffilders are to be; 48 inches in diameter with Jj2 feetstrpke. Four ; boilers, two smoke pipes; diameter oftehefel 32i ! feet and-12 feet face, with wrought iron shafts and cranks. The frame is already up, and will | lie [ilaiiked in the course of a few days. " She is I to be completed and ready for running by the 1st; of May next, and form a day and night line with I the Troy, on ihe Hudson, River. The estimated J cost is 120,000, though it is thought by some she will exceed even that sum. We no longer hearj the force and strength of Steam Engines rated ' by horse power, and if improvements continue for j a few years to come at the same degree that they J have for a few years past, nothing short of the j mighty throes of an earthquake and the flight of, comets will bear a comparison with the power of [ steam engines, and the velocity of steam boats. New York Express. DANGERS OF ELECTIONEERING. ! The Picayune rejoices in the possession of a live Yankee, as a correspondent, who having i wandered as far south as Louisiana, peddling no. | tions, has settled down some where in the Caddo | country, or some other undiscovered region of, that S:a:e, and !here concluded to run for Congross. The following extract from a letter to the Editor of the Picayune, describing one of his electioneering tours, is a speciemen of the luck ho had i:i the delightful business. "Wall, I put up with a tirstratc good natured old feller, that I met. with at a billiard roorr, n 1 when we got to his house 'twas just .at dusk Wo went in, and I was introduced to his wile, a tine fat woman, that looked as if she had got fat on lalfi.i, her face was so full of fun. Ar'er a while, arter we'd talked 'bout my 1 it1 lc gal,niid,'l)ou! the garden, arid so on' in coine three or lour children, laflin and skipped along as merry gs cricke's. There tvarn't no candle iir, but I could see they was fine looking fellers, and I started, for the saddle bags, in which I had put a lot of sugar candy for the bnbys as I went along. "Come here," says 1, "you little rogue?corns along here and 'c!i tnc what your name is," the oldest' c:>:ne up to me, and says he; "lay name i3 Peter, Smith, S r." "And w'it's your name!' says I to the next. "Rob timid.-, Sir." "T..0 ne.r s i .1 iiia name was Dili Smith," and the lo ir'li s iid his name was "Tommy Smith." i .....i i... i I ? ' ail, I g"t 'cmi nu my unci'.-, mm ?.??. ? *.- ? over am! over a a n, a: rl giti 'em a lot. of' sugar ens; v, ) . I old Miss SmiMi was so tickled that j she laii'- J til the time. Msier S:ni:h looked o::, I but di?J' i: say much. 'Why," say I, "."Jiss Smith, I won! I';if. lake a good dial for them Jour hoys j if 1 i:*! 1' mi?d.cvi'e so beautiful au<l sprghtly.', says the Infil l, "I sot a good deel by1 'cm, but we spile 'en tu much." "O nc," says I, "they're ra'.al well behaved , cliil r in; and, i y rasluis," says I, p e c i :g to be sM.-'ed by a sudden idea, "what a s.rikin re j sc.iii. a ice 'tween iliem boys and their father!" j and I looked at .Mr. Smith "1 never did see no- J thin equal in it," says I?"your eyes mouth, for- j md?a porfcct picter on you sir," says I, tappin the oldest on the pate. I tliot' Miss Smith would ; die lafiin, at that; her arms fell down by her side, and her head fel' back, and she shook the hull house lafTm. "Du you think so, Comal Jones?" 6ays slip, and she looked towards Mister Smith, and I tho't she'd gone off in a fit "Yes," says [, "I do, ra'ally now." "Ha, ha, haw?w?w!" says Mister Smith, kinder half lafiiii, "you;re tu hard on me, Cur ncTTwith your jokes."* "I aintajokin at all, says I, "they're handsum children, an 1 they du look wonderfully like you.' Just then a gal brought in a light, and I'll be darn'd if she little brats did'nt mm out to be mulatoes every one on 'c:n, and their heads as curly , as the blackest niggers!! Mister and Miss Smith never hml no dhiidren, and they sort o' petted them little niggers for playthings! I never felt so streaked in my life as 1 did when I seed how 1 things stood. If I liad'nt a kissed the little nas- j ty tilings, 1 could a got over it, but kissen on 'em 1 showed thai I was in ear;iosf, (though I was soft s >apin o:i 'cm as I thought, all the time) and how to get out of the scrape I did'nt know. Miss' Smith luffed so when she seed bow contused I looked, that she most sultocatcfi. j\ iirue wmie " arlerwards there was a Inill fammerly of relations ' arrived from the city, ami turned tlie unt'er off, tin; (lie next inornin I could sea't Mis.'or Smith I didn't like tlie remembrance en't ar nil, and J don't believe lie'il vote lor me when the election comes 1 on. I Vpect Miss Smith will keep the old teller ( under with that joke a srood while. i |i A Perfect Turk?The Ogidensburg (X. Y.) | Times uives gives the following report of a biga- , iny case just tried in St. Lawrence county.? 'i'im fellow would make a first rate Turk:? ' William I). Carr, alias Alfrrd Cnl/mrn, was ] arraigned on an indictment lor Bigamy. It \ seems tli.it he was married rome 23 years since , in Vermont, hut soon came to this State and was married again in Massentia in this County, about 19 years since to .a respectable woman, , hut soon left her and roamed to parts unknown. J " ? - -!- '1 ~ ?"?? I About 13 or i t years since nc ?.ir. . Miss Rebecca Clark, of llticn, with whom he j lived for some yew, and removed to Dcerfield, j Oneida Count}*. He r*onlinued to reside at Deer- ( field till about the 14th of December last, when he removed to West Turin, Lewis county, fur- < i nishe.l his family with a few provisions, and in a | few days loft a wife and live or six children to turn and shift for themselves, to brave the rigors ol the fierce wintry winds?to sotfor with hunger, or live on tfie charities of neighbors?under the false pretence of visiting his fat Iter in Connecticut, hut taking the opposite direction he soon foetid himself in Her Majesty's Province, a id, forgetting his first, second, and third love, 8 ) n succeeded in wooing the affections and winning tho hum! of another lair one; hut lie tarried scarcely long enough to form an acqwrinlance? no!; leave of r.b?cci;cc, arid was next at work in Catron under the assumed name of Alfred Col!it:m. Some time i:t tiie Spring lie removed to ~.l l.;? tn ),? I ni:ll SfHiii it:i <--u iiio u d-u h; or of a widow woman, succeeded in his 0 ' joc, and was a ;:iiu married, under his assumed r\v-!if men. It was soon suspected that nil was i.ot sigh , ;:nd he was arrested at the instance of a lew I'i ie ids of humanity, and committed to our jail in Canton?plead guilty to an indictment found against him at the last term of the Court, and was sentenced to five years at Auburn State Prison?'he longest term the law allows. It is 1 1 - I Kto .. M'K ara nit lii'innr. UCalUVCU IllO QSmuogi.ing?Apprehensions are crcat that | 'u'li! > "i h?* n?ir!i Fi.j i r/lin r n!i n'mj '' ::.* hi ?-?*tr?r. I. is s /t ! sntitO of the ; . >. !:t?s :Jit* seer?' n^nt whom our governrent '.<> li.o tnniiers, for i lie pi?r|H>so of do lertnigauy infraction o! tiiclmvsiii rei.i ioti to a;:' ;!i i A has re.uracil, alter ferroliiio oat . qtti'C .1 number of irn laleat combinations. lie ; ;s tu ^o buck prepared to seize the smugglers , j j and their cargoes.?Baltimore Sun. t-j" ' s *** > r * V , * " 7 ? " i ^r-.? ... ^ v? ?? ." *" * ..- *? v -'"yy-g'r-:*.: rf<Maiisa^8 WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26. jgfc Jack Frost paid ua bis first visit on Tharsjj^y morning last . 4 r We understand that the steamer Kersac^w commenced loading on Monday .last, and will leave Charleston to-day for Camden. The river is very low -it present, arid if she'succeeds itt making this trip, (of which we have heard many: fears expressed,) there is no doubt she will "-'be* able to run throughout the year. ' ' & 7 " y ELECTION RETURNS. *. " ( Marlborough.?Senator; *J. E. David, 329." c. VV. Dudley, 271. Reps. * J. W.Cook, 478r E. P. Ervin, 342, P. W, Pledger, 335. ^ * Elected. .. . ' * ' Chesterfield,?Senator: W. J. Hanna. Rzrsr J. W. Blakeney, A. M. Lowry. Chester?Reps. N. K. Eaves, Thos. McLure, F. W. Davie. r"? York?Reps. W. C. Black, R. T. Allison, B. Hardin, J. S. Sitgreaves. Spartanburg?Sen. H. H. Thompson. Reps. Corvin, Cannon, Littlejohn, Miller, Henry. Union?Reps. Dnwkins, Gis\ Long, Booker. Laurens?Reps. J. S. Rogers, Wm. Irby, C. X Williams, J. Smith. Orangeburg?Re?s. D. F. Jamison, J. Gurnard. St. Barthalmew's: Senator: Daniel Walker. Reps. M. E. Cam, B. J. O'Bryan. St. Peter's: Reps I. Lartiguc?a tie between Dr. E. Riley and W. W. Hardee. St. Luke's: Reps. Thos. H. Gregoric, Albert Rhett. St. Andrew's: Rep. Wm. I. Bull. Christ Church: Rep. A. Hibben. St Mathew's: Senator: Charles Thompson. Rn? Dr. A. J. Darby. St Helena: Sen. Richard De Treville. Rep. E lmnnil Rhe't. Prince William's: Sex. John E. Frampton*. Jr. Rfp. W. F. Colcnck St. Paul's: Rep. Wm. Washington. St. Gorge, Dorchester: Sen. John S. Murray Rep. D. Gavin. Prince George, Winyaw: Sen. R. F. W. Allsto:i. Reps. Jas. R. Sparkman, J. I. Aliddleton, A. II Bolin. St. James, Goose Creek: Rep. W. W. An- crum. St. Thomas, and St. Dennis: Sen. R. Elfe. ? Rep. J. B. Poyas. All Saint's: Sen. John A. A'ston. St. John's Berkley: Sen. Wm. Cain. Reps. A. J. Harvey, P. P. Palmer. Barnwell: Sen. Angus Patterson. Reps. Dunbar, Kilson, Hay, Brown. Lexington: Reps. Paul Quattlebum, Henry Arthur. Newberry: Reps. C. B. Griffin, Jt. H. King, Jas. Graham. . v*. The recent elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio have resulted in favor of the "Democrats, and New Jersey in favor of the whigs. Revolutionary Relics.?We have been shown some interesting relics at the armory of the DeKalb Rifle Guards, that were found at the battle ground above Camden. Among them n...? a tilt: till i-ii >]? uoi i iuusRi;i, iuuuu in \JU.il wj?vrtiiip, and two canister shot, which, with eight or ten grape sliot and musket halls, which werec itfrom a pine tree in the yard of thfc,Hon. W. Mc Willie, ^ at Ilobkirk. Whatever interest such relic* may want, as mi ters of antiquity, they are yet viewed by Americans with a sacred regard, and serve to recall to their inind*, the principles for which our fathers fought, and the nature and character of the government which was the result of their struggle. As long, therefore, as our battle grounds and national anniversaries hold a higfr alacc in the estimation of our citizens, it may be taken as the strougest guarantee for the permaaencv and stability of our political institutions. ' ' - -* Latest from England.?The steam ship Britannia has arrived at Bo3'.on bringing advi:es to the 4th inst. The most important news s the account of a destructive fire at Liverpool, oy which 41,950 bags of cotton were destroyed. The annexed extract of a letter dated Liverpool, [)ct. 3, and published in the Charleston Courier, gives the latest account of the prospect of the cotton market "We continue to receive the most favorable ac COUiinnH iney.iropeciii u/t nw ,.,?r Cotton in the U. States, and we lee! still further confirmed in the opinion rhat prices will be far lower than is generally estimated. The sales of cotton in September were only GO,000 bales; notwithstanding the destruction of so large a quantity by fire it has had no etlect on prices, and we i are as dull as ever. The turn-outs are all at work again. The harvest is all secured,and the produce is beyond any that has ever favored this country. The Bank of England has ten millions of Imilion?money is plentiful and discounts low." Sickness ?We are happy to learn that the 6ickness which lias prevailed to such an alarming extent in Fairfield, Chester, Lancaster and York Districts is subsiding \Ve annex a letter from Dr. Carlisle, of this town, by which the re*, der can form some idea of its fatality in the lat? tcr District: Brattoksvule, York* Dist. Oct. 19,1842. Friend. I'egves: No doubt you and many of the renders 01 ;!.e J u-nal will be anxious to know something o! i ke of health in this Distr'cr. Very few cases have occurred during the hist week?but many have not recovered so as to be up yet. In ihis neighborhood, sixty grown pcreotus Iiaxe been buried in one grave yard, and I thirty.seven in another, but a few miles distant*