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THFi CAMDEN JOURNALVOT TIME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 24, 1848. NUMBER 3L ] PC?C.t3'fRI> EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BY T H O M AS W. PEGUK 8. TERMS. TKre-j Dollars pur annum in advance, Three Dollars and Fifty Csnts witluu six months, or Four Dollars at the cx juration of the year. .Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen ines or less,1) for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on all a lvertiseinuiits. or they will be published until ordered To he discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly advertisements will be charged the same as ingle insertion, and Seni-rannthly the same as new ones For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will be charged. Vll Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communi fnr nuhlic offices of pro cation* recoaimcu uuS v ......._. , fix or trust?or puffing Exhibitions will bo charged a? advcrtWtaent*. Altl letters by mail must be past paid to insure a runetua Ktcnion. TO CLUBS. In order to place the Journal within the reach of all. wc offer the following reduced rates to Clubs of new subscribers?payment to be made at the limeoj subscribing. Fur i copies for one year, 810 09 ' For 6 copies for one year, 14 00 For 9 copies for one year, 18 00 Por 10 copies for one year, 21 00 ~ put it m|iim mr une'year, 2t~oo Any one ot our present subscribers will be considered as one of either of the above clubs, by ob' taininsj a sufficient number of new subscribers to make up with himself, the 4. G, 8, 10, or 12. AGRICULTURAL. , Protect* >* against Drought.?The ' lust prelection against ihe effect of a severe : drought is the thorough pulverization and frequent stirring of the soil. No one with- 1 out experiment or nice observation would 1 heiicve tfiat so great at an effect would be I produced. A naturally dry soil, when stir * ? "*?* 1.. red often w ??y wearner, is iih>?i mum; In the surface, while I he same kind of soil, in grass iands, or when the land has no< been stirred, dried down eight, ten, or twelve inches, nnd the vegilation on such soil, even the hardv deep rooted weeds dries upon with heat and drought, while the crops on the sfired soillook vigorous and grow luxuriantly. These are lacts which wc have learned from experience, and tliev are confirml>y numerous experiments of others. The salutary effect on vegetation in a dry timp, from stirring the soil, has been accounted for on the principle that the loose soil more readily imbibe* dews from the atinossphere, and llms supplies the root of plants. Bui this view of tin; subject #is erroneous, as any one may learn by observation. All the dew that falls in the most dewy night would not saturate a dry soil half an inch, and of course it would not rach the roots of the plants, nnd that would be dissipitated in a uluiri lime bv the morning sun. Again the dews would not so soon reach the roots of iho plants through a finely pulverized soil, the latter Heme a better conductor of moisture which is in a very small quantity of vapor, as in case of cvujuration from the earth. Rut the great advantage in fine loose *?il at the surface, is in it being a non-conductor of moisture, as it rises in vapor from the earth retaining it near the surface as it ascends, to nourish and support the plants. The following is an illustration:?Place a bar of iron some four or five feet Ion;\ with one end in the fire with the handhold of the other end. and the heat will soon extend to the hand. F/-t this bar be cut into very fine parities, and place in a tube of very thin, (which i< merely to hold them together.) and then place one in the fire, and see bow long it will require, if ever, for the heat to run to the other end. So with the earth. A campact earth conducts off the vapor as it rises from the earth, the fine loose earth obstructs its ascent and retains it fur us". All the dews that fall are but a trifle. The evaporation from the earth is-great, an I in a dry time the moisture passes into otiier regions and forms rain. Therefore it is of great importance to retain in the earth the abundant supply of water. Hay,straw, sea weed, litter cloths, boards, stones, weeds, &c., laid around trees or plants, r hstructs the passage of vapor upwards and gtiardseffeciually against drought. These material also keep the earth in good condition to rrc* ivc rain when it comes instead of it running off. as is often the rase when *he soil is very dry and a crust is formed over it. So when the earth is finely pulverised, the same state of the soil that obstructs the passage of water upward in va pur. facilitates its decent into the earth when it comes in copious showers. Boston Cultivator. Scratches and Colic in Horses.?Mr. Editor I have never failed to cuic the \v? rst rases of rolic. by drenching die horse with about a half a pint of good hop yeast. The vcast may be diluted with an equality of warm water. And half |>ound of gun-powder well mixed with about the same weight of brig's lard, will cure the scratches. Wash the part clean with soap suds, and rub in the 1 mixture several times daily, for a few days. I have applied it, as a p >umce on cioin. t. r. t. Southern Planter. i 8'?bk Torooe Ix Horses.?Take 1 pari I sugar lead, 1 pari bole ammoniac, and 2 1 parts burnt alum, the whole to he added to 3 quarts of good vinegar. Willi this < washout the month twice a day. | To Preserve Beefsteaks?We find the following mode for preserving beefsteaks in the Anderson (S. C.) Gazette, which we hope some of our citizens will test; We have often found it a difficult matter to preserve beefsteak sweet and tender for ny length of time after procuring it in market, as the ordinary method of salting is sure more or less to harden it and to render it less pliable. Speaking of this matter not long since to a lady friend of ours, she reinnr-lred that she had heard it said that beef well enveloped in corn inea! would keep for a conaiderabl elerigtli of lime without salt. We, on hearing this, determined at some convenient time to try. the experiment. So ou Saturday morning 15th u!f.,wc purchased ?W?5??GMBH WMMMBO???? a fine piece of steak, and after cutting it into pieces of the weight of two or three pounds, instead of applying salt, each piece was completely enveloped in corn meal, and packed away with a sufficient quantity of meal between the pieces to prevent them coming immediately in contact with each other. In this condition it was permitted to remain till it was prepared fbr the table. On Thursday morning following being the sixth day "r'"" * elniKrhtered. the last of it was anv*i iv ? , pronounced by those who partook i?fit to be in every prospect more delicious than it was the day we procured if. We state the above simple facts for the information ofthosc who may nut already be informed as to what is here slated, knowing at the same time that one simple fact is worth a dozen theories. A Cheap Paint.?As this is the season of the year when the good house-wile delights in furnishing up the honistead and making it and ail its appendages look almost as good as new, we re-publish the following receipt Tor maKlrtg a cTTcap paint. It is by CoL Boyle, of Annapolis, a gentleman, who, notwithstanding the incessant claims upon his time in his legal profession, still devotes a portion of it to rural occupations, and has in times past, very acceptably occupied our pages, much to the edification and delight of our readers,?American. Farmer. To Make Paint.?Having been so frequently applied to for the following receipt, until it has become troublesome to give copies ot it, I request you to publish it: J as. Boyle. To make paint without white lead or oil: 2 quarts skimmed milk 2 ounces fresh slacked liine 5 pounds whiting. Put the lime into a stoneware vessel, pour upon it a sufficient quantity of milk, to make a mixture, resembling cream, the remainA? - ^ Kn orlilprl' anrl h&cf. Hi;!** tllC ?ll II (V 13 UJCII HI UO ?V.mvw, mw. ly, the whiting is then to be crumbled and spread on the surface of the fluid, in which it gradually sinks. At this period it must be well stirred in or ground, as you would other paint, and it is fit for use. There may be added any coloring matter that suits the fancy* It is to be applied in the same manner as other paint, and in a few hours it will become perfectly dry. Another coat may then !>e added, and so on, until the work is completed. This paint is of great tenacity, and possesses a slight elasticity, which enables it to bear rubbing even wi h a coarse woolen cloth, without being in the least degree injured. It has little or no sincll even wet,and when dry is pcrlectly inodorous. It is n??t subject to be blackened by sulphurous or animal vapors, and is not injurious to health. All which qualities give it a decided advantage over white lead. The quantity above mentioned is sufficient for covering 27 square yards with one coat. Annapolis Republican. THE CULTIVATION OF THE ROSE. The Rose deservedly occupies the first place among the favorites of a flower gai den. In whatever lights \vc view this beautiful flower we find matter for admiration. If we look ou it when in full bloom we arc for ciblv reminded of the power aid goodness | of God; and when its blossoms have fallen from the parent stem, they form an article of commerce which richly rcwaids the care and attention of the cultivator. There is not, perhaps, another flower in the class to which it belongs, combining so much of pleasure and profit as the rose. In some parlsj of the East Indies great quantities of roses are grown for the purpose or distilling rose-water, and making the well " O known olio of roses, these, however arc generally of the common kind. In England roses are cultivated to a very great extent. In number they rival those of the East, but far surpass tbcin in the rarity and beauty of tlicir species and varieties. In the rose gardens of Hartfordshire alone, which occupy an area of about 70 acres, there are upwards of 1,900 varieties in cultivation. many of then) of the most beautiful kinds. Among the red roses the Moss rose is the most beautiful and next it may be marked the Cabbage rose; but both are excelled in fragrance bv the leaves of the. Sweet Briar, a rose shrub, which for the sake ol lis delicious odor and hardy green leaves should have a place in every garden. The China rose is delicate with few petals in the flower, and yields a succession of blossoms monthly through a great part of the year. The select double Scotch roses, the Burgundy rose, the Provence rose, any other varieties might be mentioned as deserving of particular notice. The rose is generally propagated bv cutting, a strong shoot of last vears's growth, is cut from a parent stein or branch, and set in the ground. The cutting should be six inches long, and cut ofFslantingly arid smoothly. The soil in which the cutirig is inserted, requires to be not too moist; nearly dry. The operation of cutting should be performed in January or February, so that the cutting may root and vegetate in the opening of the spring; but several months are re quire! to bring them to a state tit lor transplanting. A few varieties are sometimes reserved for transplanting after the general period, in order to have a late bloom. Greatc care is required in preparing vacant ground to receive plants. If the soil be poor add fine loam, with suitable compost; if clayey, cold, or heavy, add drift sand, light earth, marl or rich loam. The branches reqire careful pruning. Where the shoots of the previous year were not pruned immediately after flowering, regulate them in February, or at farthest, about six weeks before the plant is ready to leaf or flower. In July and August the rose bush may be pruned for forcing. Care should be taken to keep the ground clear of weeds, dead leaves or decayed branches; and when any of the blossoms seem about to wither thev should be cut off. Each variety of blossom must be kep' I separately, if intended for commercial pur- t poses. In the winter months the tender i kinds require to be protected from the frost ( with matting, &c. In mild wealher when the ground is friable, proceed with the winter dressing of the garden.?Bnst. Traveller. < t Peach Trees.?A writer in the Horti- c culturist thinks that the shortening in mode of pruning and the use of ashes, will drive I that most fatal malady lo peach trees-the g yellows-out of the country, if cultivators can be brought to estimate their joint value. He i uses wood ashes, either leeched or unleech- i ed-half n peek of the former, or half a bushel of the unleechcd, for a young tree just be- < ginning to bear. The best time of applying ( it is in October, but it has been found to answer.admirably as late as June, It is best to I prune the peach early, but the writer has seen i no bad effect from shortening-in as late as the middle of May, and he advises those who t have notperformed that operation already to rl lake _kmre In hamtranrtTKiHvlbrrh rmmedi- i alelv. MISCELLANEOUS. ? Irishmen at Home and Abroad.?Dou- | glas Jerrold, in a work called "The Dreamer and Worker," thus shows why it is that Irishmen work best and fight best out of their own country. The mere fact, he savs, of eight hundred thousand Protestants holding c all the church wealth of the coantry in quiet ' defiance of seven millions of Catholics, is in " itself a sufficient proof of their comparative 1 helplessness at home. The reason why they 1 arc so much more energetic and practical ^ abroad, is because they are more frer. Not feeling equally so at home, they never put ? r,,.i u onv InntTih oHiinc their fuil and undo vided force. There has always been some 1 dr&wbac.k When ihcy fought on their own * ground they did not feel quite sure if they 1 were doing right, except in a few extreme 1 cases, especially as so man)' of their own ' countrymen were fighting against them; and when they work at home, it is never so much for themselves as for their absentf e landlords j and masters. Alwavs they have a sense of insecurity at home?abroad it is different. a Largest.?We were until recently under ' the imprcesion that England was larger than Scotland. But a Highlander, who held an ^ argument with a Cockney ?n the relative r merits of the two countries, beating him on every point, at length drove him to this, as the latter supposed, unanswerable position: "You will, at least admit that Englniid is lar- 2 gcr in extent than Scotland!" "Certainly not,1 was ihe confident reply, "you see, sir, r ours is mountainous, yours a flat country. Now, if our hills were rolled out flat, we should beat you by hundreds of square miles." 1 The Cockney thrust his hands in his pocket, , and whistled God save the Queen, until he ' fell cool, and then changed the subject. 'J Amer. Courier. "Doctor," said a lisping fnshonahle young ' bille, who had graduated at half-a-dozcn boarding schools, to a friend of ours who had ! just been introduced to her at an evening party, "Doctor, which do you prefer, thoiidi- . ty of intellect, or brillianthy? Some admiriths brillianthv, and others admiriths tho- 11 lidiiy; but, ath for me, I prefer brillianthv and tholidity combined!" I The doctor sank into the nearest chair, wholy overcome bv the dazzling originality and profound depth of these views; and hav- ' ing by-and-bv recovererl, started for home in his carriage, to solve the problem at his leisure. Ilogs are every thing in Cincinali. "Bacan" is bought and sold like the old Chancellor himself; tender-loin is a legal lender; sausages abound, without any thanks to the . dogs ?and better things than whistles are 1 made of pig' tails! Swine being the established "currency," whenone Cinc inatian duns . another, he tells him to "pork over?"?So 1 the Boston Post says. MORE "GEMS~OF TRUTH." c SELECTED BY MY WIFE. h Life is a wasting thing; its strength is not c the strength of stones; it is a candic that will burn out, if it be not get blown out. j That calling and condition in life arc best for us, and to be chosen by us. which arc best for our souk, which least expose us ^ to sin, and give us most opportunity of serving and enjoying God. n Grace does not run in the blood but cor ruption does. God looks down upon them witli nn eye of favor who look up to him with an eye of q faith. r It concerns us to hasten out of our natu- ? ral state, lest death surprise us in it. t, When we go out of the way of our duty, ^ we put ourselves from under God's protection. j| It is just in God to deprive us of those enjoyments by which we have sulTercd our- t selves to be deprived of our enjoyment in him. Strung faith is often exercised will) strong d trials, and put upon hard services. ii There ore those that are penny-wise and a pound-foolish; cunning hunters, that outwit d others nnd draw them into their snares, and h yet arc themselves imposed upon by Satan's ^ wiles and led captive by him at his will. it is egregious folly to part with our interest in God, and Christ, arid Heaven, for the 8 richest honors, and pleasures of this world; c as bad a bargain as he that sold his birth- ^ right lor a dish of broth. Humble Christians take more pleasure in ^ doing good than in hearing of it aga:n. a Wn mnv fmet fJnit wilh nor safety. while I we carefully keep to our duty. If God be our guide, he will be our guard. To be angry at nothing but sin, is the way n not to sin in anger. Those who trust in God, and in his Providence and promises, though they have great families and small incomes, ran cheerfully >? tope that he who sends mouths will send j neat. He who feeds the brood of the ra- > .ens, will not starve the seed of the right- i jous* Gems from Dodsley.?The man to whom 3od hath given riches, and a mind to employ htm aright is peculiarly favored, and highly iistinguished. He looketh on his wealth with pleasure, >ecaitsc it affordith him the means to do j food. He seeketh out objects of compassion; he nquireth into their wants, he received) them villi judgment anti wunnui osieniauon. He assrttcih and rewardetli merit; he en:ouragelh ingenuity, and liberally proinotelh ivery useful design. He protected! the poor thai are injured; le suflereth not the mighty to oppress the veak. He carrieth on great works; h'ra country is mricherf, and tt?e laborer is employed; he ormeth new schemes, and the arts receive mprovement. lie considcreth the superfluities ofhis tn? jle as belonging to the poor, and he defraud- ! Jth'lhem not. The benevolence ofhis mind is not cheek :d by his fortune iu riches, and his joy is ! dameloss. Advertising, to be profitable to the ad- ; reriiser, should be systematic, there is no diarm or juggle in it by which one advertisenent will make a man's business grow-it should be pursued as a regular and nccessa. y expenditure, as much B9 part of one's buiiness as rent, light, or fuel; the mere fact of leeping one's name before the community >y advertising in a paper which every body iees, attracts the best kind of customers, hose who go a shopping with cash in hand. \ good stand, a good supply of goods, an icrommodating disposition, are all good hing-s* but regular advertising makes nii hose meriis known to ten, where one would inly find it out bv accident. r 'if n LiOUlsvuie courier. A Postilion in Luck.?Madame Cinli Jamoreau, the famous French Vocalist, who ravelled in thiscountry some years ago, telJs i very good story of one of her travelling ex- ! >eriences in France. She was travelling in a post ciiase, and the ! mstilion, who rode one of the horses, took so nanv classes of eau-de vie, to fortify his tomach against the cold, that he become tow seipxe, or in other words, extremely ipsy. His great coat lay on the back of one This horses, and after sibling out of place roin the jolting of the animal, fell into the oad. The postilion noticed it, dismounted, licked it up, and laid it on his horse. "I'm in luck," said he with a hiccup-'i've ?und a crent coat." A litile while afterwards I hp same accilent occurred to the coat. The postilion licked it up again. "I've found another coat," said he. This circumstance was repeated a third iine. "By Jupiter!" said the postilion, 4,th:s road 5 full ofoveicoats. However, I've got three icsides my own, and I'll not gel off again." With these words, he rode on to Marscdiles, without finding any other surtouts but inluckily he lost his own. Grammar.--John, parse 'Girls arc Jovev.' Girls are a common noun, third person, ilural number, and objective case. Objective case? No, nomnative case. ** - i * Nominative to wnai veror I don'l know, sir. Well, what follows girjg? John Dickinson followed our gals that ire've got home, last Sunday afternoon. Oh! young man! well, 1 suppose they were 11 the objective case. No sir-ee! when 1 seed 'cm I should think hey were in the possessive case, for he was uggin' 'otn like thunder! CO A lady of our acquaintance, riding in the ars a few weeks since, found herself seated iy the side of an old matron, who was ex- ! ccdinglv deaf. Ma'am,' said she in a high tone of voice, lid you ever try electricity? What did you say, miss?' "I asked you if you ever tried electricity ir your deafness.' O,yes, indeed, 1 did; it's only last sutnner 1 got struck by lightning and I don't ee's it did ine a bit o' good.' A ,f.n ,.f Mt.ionnrv w?? in fhn habit of i & 0*/?* V?I li\,|/vunvj ?? ?- ... ? luarrelling with his better half, was one day emonstraleJ with by the minister of the iarish, who told him he and his wife ought 0 live on more amicable terms, as they were >oth one. "One!" said the old salt, shift in-; his quid,'' fyou should come to inv house sometimes, ilast my lurry topi i oh Is, if you would'nt hiuk we were twenty A Crumb for Old Baciiblors.?A great eal of ridicule is heaped on old bachelor's hence 1 is no more than right that they should now nd then have a crumh of comfort. Their conition is had enough Heaven knows, without ieing satirized. So we'll give them a chance ar a lati?h this week. Mr. Slang aiwaya used to suy'my horse, 'my >oys.* Mr. Slang now invariably says our hor - i ? ? . r.. ?.t,,. es; our iicijh or ~uui mini, ??>..? This 8uhs(itution of 'our' for 'my/ l>y Mr. Ilnug, was brought about, says a contemporary, bus: 'Mr. Slang had just married a second wife. )n the day after tho wedding, Mr. Slang casu.1 ly remarked, 'I now intend, Mrs. Slang, to nlarge my dairy.' 'You mean our dairy,' replied Mrs. Slang. 'No,' quoth Mr. Slang. '1 say I shall enlarge iy dairy.' 'Say our dairy, Mr. Slang.' No; my dairy.' 'Say our dairy, our,' screamed Mrs. Slang, j eizing the pokrr. lMy dairy? my dairy! my dairy!' vociferated the husband. Our dairy! our dairy! our dairy! re-echoed the wife, emphasizing each, 'our' with a blow of the poker upon the back of her cringing spouse. Mr. Slang retreated Under the bed. In pas. sing under the bed clothes, Mr. Slang's hat was brushed off; Mr. Slang remained under cover several minutes, wailing for a calm. At length his wife saw him thrusting his head out of the foot of the bed, much like a turtle from its shell. What are you looking for. Mr. Slang?' 6ays she, '[ am looking, rny dear,' snivelled he, lo see if I can see anything of our hat.' The struggle was over. And, ever since* the above mentioned occurrence, Mr. Slang has studiously avoided the use of the odious singular possessive pronoun. GOOD TEMPER. SvenifcLcs BWA ts. There'* not a cheaper thing on earth, Nor yet on half so dear; Tis worth more than distinguished birth, ] Or thousand* gaiu'd a year; It londs the day a i cw delight; Tis virtues firmest shield; And udds more beauty to the night Than all tho stars may yiold. It inakolh poverty content; To sorrow whispers peattet It is a gift from hoavon sent For mortals to increase. It meets you with a smile at morn; It lulls you lo repose; A flower for peer and peasant born, An evcrlusting roxo. A charm tn banish grief away, To snutch the frown front oare; Turn tears to smiles, make dullness gay? Spread gladness everywhere; And yol 'tis cheap as summer dew, That gems the lily's brcasl; A talisman for love, ss true As ever min possess'd. As smdss the rainbow through tho cloud When throat'ning storm begins? As music 'mid the tempest loud. That stil! its street way wins?As springs the arch ucross tho tide, Wliere wares conflicting foam, 80 comes this seraph to our aide, Tit is ong'l of our home. What may this wondrous spirit be, With power unheard beforr? To charm this bright divinity? Good temper nothing more! Good tampoi!?'tis the choicest gift, That woman homeward brings; And can the poorest peasant lift To bliss unknown to kings. LOUIS PHILIPPE AND HIS FAMILY. We compile from thu New York Express a few facts which may he interesting at this lime: Louis Philippe, the deposed King of the French, was horn in Paris, October 6, 1770. He married in November. 1809, Princess Ame. list, second daughter of Ferdinand, King of Sicilv. His oldest son was the late Duke of Oleatis, born In 1810, and killed by jumping from his carriage in 1842. The Count of Paris is the son of this Duke of Orleans, and grandson of Louis Philippe. He was born on the 25th of Augiist^l838, and, of course, is not quite ten years of age. His mother, the Dutches of Of leans, is but fifty-four. She was a German princess, and possesses an admirable and irrc. proachable character. She has one other son ?the Duke of Chart res, born in 1840. Louis Philippe had eight children, six of whom survive. The Duko of Orleans, and the Princess Mary, died within a few years. The survivors are Louisa, Queen of Belgium, (wife of Lepold.) horn 1812; the Duke of Nenr.ouis, born 1814, married a cousin of Prince Albert; Maria Clementina, born 1817?unmarried; the Prince de Joinville, admiral of the Navy, horn 1818, married a sister of the emperor of Brazil, nnd the Queen of Portugal; the Duke ol Aumale, liorn 1822, married a cousin of the King of the two Sicilies; the Duke of Montpensier, born 1824, married a sister of the Queen o| Spain. Besides the voting Count of Paris, there are two other clnimants of the French Throne, viz: the young Duke of Bordeaux, son the Duke de Bcrri. and grandson 0f the late Charles X, deposed in 1830; and Louis Napoleon, son the of the late Louis Bonaparte, former King of Hoiland, and of Hortense, daughter of Josephine. Louis Napoleon, it will he remembered, (lately escaped from a prison in France, and since resides in England,) left London for France immediately upon hearing of the Revolution. The partisans of both of these claimants will probably be heard from, though their chance of sue ens* is worth hut little. Prince Lucian Murat, son of Murat, (who was King of Naples,) nnd of a sister of Napoleon, is said to be full of enthminsm in the cause of France and her new institutions. He has been u resident of Bordentown, N. Jersey, and was to sail for France, on Saturday last. Tub Qukkn and the BaAies.?Queen Vtc toria will be twenty-nine years old on the 24th inst. Slio was married on the 10th of February, 1840, nnd has already given six heirs to the throne, namely: Victoria Adelaide Maria Louisa, born November 21, 1840; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, November 0,1841; Alice Mund Mary, April 25lh 1843; Alfred Ernst Albert, August 3. 1844; Helena Augusta Victoria, May 2"), 1846; and an infant born March 18, 1948. The dlownnce to each child is 8135,000 a year. Progressive Democracy.?A curious calculation has been made by Judge Emhree, and mentioned by him in a speech in the House of Representatives. The Expenses of the war :il ana tne pnrcnase 01 leri ttory, wonnicsa, win be a hundrpd and seventy millions of dollars. This uinount, in silver, placed in two horse.wagons, a thousand pounds to every wagon, would filled ten thousand six hundred and twenty five wagons, which would make a dense train extending thirty six miles; a wagon load of dollars for every family in his district, or enough to educate all the children of the country, and liquidate all the state debts, and clean out every harbor, and chequer the United Stntes with rail roads and canals. Ten thousand six hundred and twenty.five wagons, filled with silver, on their way to M exico, lie supposed meant "progressive Democracy." I IRISH GRIEVANCES* ~ The following extracts from a fetter written ' by the great Irish rpformer, Win. Mitchell, to his Excellency the Earl of Clarendua, serves lo show some of the grievances1 to which the poor of Ireland are subject Under the present English laws * For iwelre lone .months wo. have desired to . see this day. Twelre months ago, on ifye Eattpr Monday of lu*t year, Dublin was one of the most ignominious Easter festerva)s?w?oe ofJhe ghastliest galas ever exhibited UntfeVthe solemn inauguration, namely. t>f the Irish nation in its new career of national nauperjsm. There, in the esplanade before "koyal ttaf* rich," was erected the national model soup* kitchen, gaily bedizened, laurelled, and fanner ed, and feir to nee; and in and out, and all round, sauntered parties of nor supercilious W? cond>hand "better da sea" of the ca?tle-officers, fed 011 superior rations at the people's expense, and bevies of fair dames,ahd military officii, braided with public braid and padded wiilTpdB* . 5 lie padding; and there, ton, were the pale nnd piteous ranks of model paupers* destitute seamstresses, ranged at a respectful distance till 4hn genteel persons had duly insjwcted.ilia arrango* ments, and then marched by policemen to the place allotted then), where they .were to feed on meagre diet with CnarxEO Spoons?to show "gentry" how pauper spirit cau be brofcen nnd pauper appetites can gulp down its biUef bread and its bitter shame and wrath together;, and all this time the genteel persons chatted and simpered as pleasantly as if the clolbes they wore and the carriages tbey drove in ware their own?as if Royal Barrlcks, Castle, Soup* kitchen, were to but torerer. We three criminals, my Lord, who aratoap* pear to day in the Court of Quceu's Bench, were spectators of that soup kitchen, scene; and I believe we all led with one thought; that this day wo had surely touched the lowest point ?that Ireland nnd the Irish coulo sink no fur. ther?and that she must not see another Easter Monday, though we should die for it. My Lord, 1 came to the conclusion that day that the "Queer.'s Crown and Government" were in danger?nay, that tbey ought tp.be^in danger?and I resolved that no effort of mine should be wanting to make the.danger increase and become critical. At I looked on the hi. deous scene, I asked myself whether ther* were, ir. '-"id, 'law' or 'Government* in the lao-l ?or if so, whether there was not worse than xo law and :to Government. What had law cjoiio tor these poor wretches and their million fellow paupers throughout Ireland?. It was the law' that rarried off all the crops they raised, ami shipped them to England; it was daw' that took the labor oi their hands and Rare them half food for it while they were able to work? and cast them off to perish like supernumerary kittens. 'Law' told thetn they must not wear the cloth they wore, nor eat the corn they raised, nor dwell in the houses they huilded, and if they dared do any of these things or remonstrate against the hard usage* 'law' scourged and bullied them; to bring them to a more submissive mind.. And.what was more shamefiil and fatal still, this devoted people were in the hands of 'leaders,' who told them that all this 'Law'?this Londnu Parliament Law?-was the law of God; that if they violated it by.ealiag the food they made, or wearing the cloth tliay wove, they committed a crime, and gave strength to tbo enemy; nay, those 'leaders' never failed to thank God in public, with sanctimonious voico and head uncovered, that* their fellow countr, .men were dying in patience and perseverance amidst* their own bounteous harvest, ParPr.icnt Law was acknowledged as the Supreme Ruler and Judge, and its decrees sab* milled to as to the inscrutable dispensations of a Parliament Providence. Such degradation was unexampled in the world. To think that Ireland wa* my-country became intolerable to me; I felt that I had no right to breathe the free air or to walk in ike sun: I was ashamed to look my own children in the fare, until 1 should do something towards the overthrow of this dynasty of the Devii. And I resolved that Parliament Law must be openly defied and trampled op: and that J?if no other, even I?would show my countrymen how to do it. For 1 knew, my lord, that the monster, for all his loud roar and lormtdpble tusks, was impotent against Truth and Right, in other words, that not Parliament Law at hot. torn, but God's justice, ruled the earth* In short, I determined to walk before the eyes of this down trodden people, straight into the open jaws of 'Law,1 to draw bis fangs, to tear oat bis lying tongue, and. fling his carcass to he tram* pied on by those who had trembled at bis nodi I may be devoured, it is true. 'Law' mttj be able to resist the first attack; and three flrst assaihr is'may full:?yet shall wo do our basinet?. We may be destroyed; we will not be defeated. Court or Inquiry and G*n. Scott.?The American Star, (Mexico City.) of fhe 22d ult. states that the Court of Inquiry adjourned on tho 21st ult., and was to meet during that day, to decide upon some place to re-assemnie in mo United State*. The Star any* General Scott was to leave in n day or two on hit retwrft home?add ins; i It is painful to reflect that he rettfrfo home, after his luilfiaut .ittd Unsurpassed achievements, under the circumstances in which he does. No other commander, we verily believe, could hate marched from Vera Cruz to this Capitol, with so small a force, and such signal success. Ho has given tin* army possession of the Imperial city of the Aztecs, and indeed of the Republic. No officer is more endeared to the army, and the absence of uoj?e could be more deeply fe"retted. There are many who are attached to Gen. Scott as to a brother or a father, and there will Im wet eyes when lie leaves. What a re ci'i'iion win nm urn iintni unpiain ol t&e age meet with upon his landing at New Orleans, ami in liis progress In Washington! We beUero his fame will grow brighter at every step of llie inves-tigation which i? to be renewed in Washington! It cannot be otherwise. and the day is not remote when even hie- few revilera-aod enemies will acknowledge the l<?fiy pre-eaii* ncnco of the conqueror n( Mexico! A man who was hanged lately in a neighboring state for burglary and murder, confessed unuer itw guiiown, a?-w? reau, mat tm career of crime began byf OONtopping a newspaper without paying 1 Miss Brown, in England, preaches in a state of somnambulism. In this country it is quite the reverse, the preacher is wide awake, and the mi'lii'tiarlsaeep.