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IrC. 5= ? . Another "National" Party. The political movement* are becoming very complicated. The third party at the North, the Freesoil party, has made its first move?and a very strong one it has proved. Full reports ofthe proceedings ofthe Massaehuestts Freesoil convention, preliminary to the Nat'onal convention to v. u.i j clinw it to have been a most UC XlflU at x threatening demonstration, both |as to numbers, policy and spirit. We shall publish its proceedings to morrow. The crowd was so great that there was speaking outside as well inside at the City Hall, where the convention was held Among the outside speakers were the Secretary of State, and other eminent gentleman. A long series of resolutions was adopted, approving of the National convention to be held at Pittsburg; declaring Mr. Hale the first, and Senator Chase the second choice for the Presidency: adopting Kossuth's intervention doctrines, in favor of internal improvements by Congress: the abolition of slavery in the I >istrict ot Uoiumoia, and an immediate repeal of the fugitive slave law; denouncing slavery, and the Democratic and Whig parties; declaring the Freesoil party as the party of union, constitutional law, of freedom and progress, and opposition to sectionalism, secession or disunion. During the session of this convention allusion was repeatedly made by the speakers to the fact of the great increase of members and power on the part of this third party, since its last trial of strength, when it cast 300,000 votes for Van Bureu. Large promises were made as to howmuch better it soon could do, and all seemed confident of their power of frustrating the calculations of the two old parties. In addition to this disturbing element, the Native Americans, dropping the perfix, are attempting to organize anew party to act with the Union party Noith and South for Mr. Webster, who, it is surmised, will not decline their nomination. It styles itself now the American party, and antagonizes with the Freesoiiers. So it seems the Whig and Democratic parties are not considered "National" enough at the North to meet the views of large bodies of voters, while the Freesoiiers now boldly claim a monopoly of that patriotic quality, and plant themselves against "slavery, sectionalism, secession or disunion." "We earnestly invite the intention of all reflecting men at the South to those movements of the Freesoiiers, whose organization is more com plete and eltectual tnan mat 01 any uuum p?uty in the country?who have a common puq>ose and a single one, and pursue it with a pertinacity and constancy worthy of a better cause. Vain is the attempt to delude ourselves or others into the conviction that this agitation has ceased, or that these difficulties are settled, while such proofs as these come in thundertones upon oor startled ears. Again, then, we cry aloud to the citizens of the devoted South, not to hug so fatal a de-' lusion to their breasts, lest they awaken only to the glare of their own burniug dwellings, with the knife at their throats. Again we call upon them to be as active in defence as their foes are in assault To keep their sentinels watching on the outer walls, so that they may know when and how the enemy approaches. And so long as we shall keep our watch here on the outposts, wc must still repeat the cry.?Southern Press. Colored English Seamen in Socth-Caro una.?Lord Stanly, in the House of Commons, was Questioned on the 22nd ult, relative to the case of Manuel Pareira, the colored seaman, who is claimed as a British subject, and whose case is now before the Court of Appeals of this State. Lord Stanly was glad that this question bad been put, because he thought it desirable on all accounts, that the public at: ention, both in this country and the United States, should as far as possible, bo called to the hard and oppressive working of those local and provincial laws which obtained in the Southern States of the Union with respect to negroes. With regard to the present case it was supposed that a British brig, homeward bound, was compelled to put in at Charleston harbor, in a sinking state, yhe vessel was found to be incapable of repair, and it was condemned. Amongst the men there appeared to be a person'named Manuel Pereira, a colored searaau, who strictly speaking was a Portuguese, and not a British subject, however, that he was an articled seaman of a British ship. "ThA nw?sent ouestion was not a novel one. but it required very delicate handling. No subject led to a greater diversity of feeling or difference of opinion than that which related the mutual oblivions affecting the federal and provincial governments. The most energetic remonstances had been abdressed by the noble lord, the member of Tiverton, on this very subject." Charleston Evening News. Manuel Pereira's Case.?Our article of yesterday, wa9 based upon the supposition, that Pereira was still in jail. We are now informed, that he accepted his discharg, and has been gone from Charleston more than a month ago. So that all the indignation which the Commons may expeud in favor of this martyr to liberty, will be so much water spilt upon the sand. Southern Standard. Negro Troubles in Canada.?The St. Cathrine's (Canada) Constitutional gives an account of a riot which recently took place in its vicinity. It was training day; and an officer having awarded some praise to the blacks for the manner in which they went through the* military exercise, some of the whites took offence at it, and treated the blacks with derision. This led to a general row in which the negro domicils were attacked, the negroes driveD to the woods for refuge, and their village reduced to a mass of ruins. mi _ t> a i itAlL.ROADS. XUO A eiersourg lllLCiiiyciJLL-1, Hi alluding to tbe re-construction of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, states that the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad will be finished early in 1853, and the road from Raleigh to Charlotte by the end of tbe same year. We will then have a complete chain of Railroads through the interior between the North and South, travellers will then bo able to avoid the risk of a sea-voyage and steamboat navigation altogether. Tlio celebrated Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, whoso connexion with the Duke of York caused so much sensation in England socio years sinco, died at Boulogne on tlio C3d of June. Newspaper Postage.?The following section of a bill to amend the postage law passed the House of Representatives on Friday last: " That from and after the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty two, the postage upon all printed matter passed through ' the mail of the United States, instead of the the rates now charged, shall be as follows, to wit: Each newspaper, pamphlet, periodical, magazine, p book, bound or unbound, circular, catalogue, and t every other description of printed matter uncoil- p nected with any manuscript or writing, and of I no greater weight than two ounces, shall be r charged with one cent postage, and one cent for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, fi foi any distance under three thousand miles ; and 0 for any distance over three thousand miles dou- t, I le those rates. All newspapers and periodicals t( not weighing one ounce, published regularly, as n often as once in three months, and sent from the n office of publication to actual subscribers, shall be chargeable with one-lialf the foregoing rates. The postage upon ail printed mailable matter shall be prepaid at the office where it is mailed, or paid quarterly in advance at the office of delivery, otherwise double the foregoing rates shall be charged thereon." The large blanket advertising sheets of New d York do not appear to like this bill. The Journal of Commerce says : " This bill may be an improvement upon the j; existing law in some respects, but in others it makes bad worse. For instance, under this bill the postage on the Journal of Commerce, Cou- ? n'nr mi,I Fnniirpr ,ind other miners of the same tva M.-vfc ~ | i , dimensions and weight, would be two cents a sheet, (cheap postage with a vengeance,) for any * distance whatever. If over 3,000 miles, then D four cents per sheet. Should this bill become a v law in its present shape, we shall be obliged to d use thinner paper for our mail subscribers, so as a to reduce the weight per sheet to two ounces. It is 1 now nearly two and a half ounces. By increa c sing the minimum to two and a haif ounces, all c the papers in the country would pass under the i single rate. Then by allowing an abatement of one-half in favor of papers only half the size of s the Journal of Commerce, all would be right j t enough, so far as this matter is concerned. We j r are not without hope that this modification will l; be made." Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce. ? Washington*, Thursday, July 8. t The subject of salaries of our functionaries at 1 home and abroad, has of late been much discuss- F ed. There is a co slant tendency in this government towards the increase of salaries. There 1 is a project for increasing the salaries of all the District Judges of the U. S. Courts, far beyond t those of the State Courts. Salaries of clerks and r other officers have olten been raised, and are higher here than in any other country. The F pay of officers of our Navy is higher than in any j: other service in the world. New officers are t yearly created. We lately found it necessary c to create an office for an assistant Attorney Gen- a eral, though he is only called a clerk. The of- n fice of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was ? not long ago created, and his salary has been c " 5 Tl.* ^ATtnafflrv nf t increased, me uimc ui | . State is to be created. It has been repeatedly jr recommended. Another Postmaster General is j ? required. New bureaus and new departments],; have been lately created, and two or three additional burpaux are proposed. The creation of new branches of the Mint, and the extension of the revenue, light houses, and marine hospital, and military asylum, and land systems, all in i; volve the increase of the numbers of officers, and f there is a tendency towards the increase of their g salaries. Mucli is said as to the expense of liv-j t ing in Washington, and every body admits that, 1 Senators and Members of Congress must be al-1 lowed better salaries. A Secretary, with his: 1 family, cannot live here comfortably and receive j1 company, for a less sum than ten thousand dol-; 1 lars a year. As to members of Congress, it has t been proposed to allow them a salary of twenty-1 five hundred dollars a year, for sessions both j long and short. The influx of gold and the con-' sequent swell of the paper currency have so en- ( hanced prices in all our cities, and especially in 1 Washington, that a salary or per diem that ? whs deemed adequate live years ago, is much short of the mark now. If the revenue should continue to be as abundant as it now is, Congress will increase their own salaries and those of all ' other officers. An annually increasing revenue , ' is what we want, in order to keep pace with the j progress of the country in wealth, luxury, and population, and with the patriotic zeal ot' politicians to serve their eountry in public office. j1 ??? i: Death ok Wm. J. Rees.?It is with painful ( feelings wc record the death of our fellow-citizen I ( Mr. William J. Rees. He died at his residence near Staieburg, on Wednesday morning, the 7th !, inst., of congestion of the lungs, in the bloom of youth leaving a melancholy void in the. hearts of a large cicle of relatives and friends, and ubovo ' all a young and lovely wife to mourn her irreparable loss. Wc seldom hear of a ease of equal sadness. Mr. Rees was wealthy; but modest and retiring in his manners, lie was surrounded by all the comforts and many of the luxuries of lite. Beloved by his neighbors he had passed but six short months with his interesting and af , . , " . . , fectionate wife and while tHe Drignt. prospect or future bliss and happiness was spreading out before him, he was summoned away. The mournful event has cast a melancholy gloom over the community in which he lived. His disease was brought on by exposure to the j sun during the injudicious parades on the 1st' inst. We fear that other serious results will: follow that day's work; but we trust not. Black River Watchman. Singular Blow Up.?The Wheeling Gazette of Monday says: Late on Saturday evening last as a boy, in the employ of Alderman McConnell of this city, was on his way to water his horse.a loose keg of power which laid on the wharf, become suddenly ignited by a spark from the horse's shoe, and both horse and rider blow into the air. The boy was considerably hurt, as was also the horse?being seriously burned and otherwise mangled. On the whole, this is the most 'inrrular circumstance we lmvo nearu tor some time. The iDComo of the city of Edinburgh, from its property, ie about aud :i half millions of dollars a year. THE SEMI.WEEKLY JOURNAL. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1862. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Rail Road Meeting in Lancaster. In our last paper wo published the proceedings of a relirainary meeting of the citizens of Lancaster Disrict, held at the Court House on the 5th inst., for the ? t? M J e T O 'urpose oi constructing a nauruau now i?uu?idi j I. to some point, connecting them with the scheme of oads in the State. An adjourned meeting is appointed to be held on the rst Monday in August, to furthei those proceedings, r if possible, to aid i n the accomplishment of this en:'rprise. It roally seems, as a gentleman of that placo :>ld us at their last Court, " that the people are deter lined to do something." "What a pity our people would ot come to the determination to do something. We think it is proper that Camden should be repre* ented in that meeting, and respectfully suggest that ur Council appoint delegates. Impossibilities. It is said that a proverb of one of the oldest and Teatest authors of ancient times was?"Nothing is too .ifficult for mortals." This remark is a general one, nd may apply with considerable force as a general reposition; but like all other aphorisms, it is subject o manifold exceptions. We must not always tako for ;ranted what wo see; because such an one may have stablislicd it as a precept for so long a time back, that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary." Ye imagine it llie otu essayist naa uvea ia our any uuu ime, he would have modified his saying to suit the lature of the times?at least he, with us, would very villingly admit that there are some things which are too lifficult for mortals to do. We might enlarge here to , very unlimited extent, but ono or two exceptions to he rule above quoted, will suffice on the present ocasion. And among the impossibilities, or things too lifficult for mortals to do, may bo classed the followog; 1. To make a respectable Temperance speech when a mall portion of the audience are disposed to see how ukrcsi*ug they can be, and how near they can approxioate to the confusion of tongues?which we are told mppened at the building of the Tower of Babel. 2. To successfully conduct any business at the preent day upon the "good old" credit system which our athers were wont to adhere to with remarkable perinncity. They could do so, for they had "long profits." Ye have short ones and more particularly where the irinter is the last man paid. 3. To give something new and interesting when the .'elegraph is out of fix and won't work. 4. To please every body. And under this head we teg to introduce a very capital extract from an editoial of I)r. Wioiitmax, whose notions suit us to a "T:" " We suppose it will be granted that among the imlossibillities of the editoral office, the thing most cleary impossible is the attempt to please everybody.? iuch is the variety of tastes, opinions, and modes of hinking; sucli the prevailing impression among a great aany people that they, each of them, could manufacture , better Journal than the one honored by their patrongc; such, the freedom of criticism, of the smaller as veil as the larger type, in this free-spoken eountiy; that t would seem wonderful how a religious paper could lutlive the year of its birth. Your articles are either oo grave or too lively; too long or too short; too fragnentarv or too serial; your paper contahis too much editorial matter or too little; your correspondents aro oo prosy or too spirited:?in a word, popular favor is a lame so capricious, " Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade, By the light, quivering aspen made"? hat we have long since given up the hope of securing ter favor. Nevertheless we feel bound to do our best o meet the wishes of the more reasonable of our subbribers. Nor are we without the comfort of knowing hat upon the whole, we have succeeded up to the measire of our merits, if not our expectations. We think, then, that in view of the above considerations, that no Pro verbalist of the present day, will pre"> 'lnnv thnf thpro aro evcentions to all trencral ules, und that what every body says is not always rue. Democratic Review. The Juno number is before us. It contains a portrait if Gen. Pierce, and its leading article is called "Eigh:een Fifty two," and the "Coining Man." The contents if the Review seem as usual. Lady's Book. This magnificent Monthly for August, is on our tahlo. Its illustrations are very fine, aud its former high character is maintained. Mr. Webster.?This gentleman is now on a visit to Massachusetts, and had <; public reception at Boston on the 9th inst., which is represented as having been a. mairnificcnt nfi'nir. It said nt least thirty thousand persons wero present. According to tlie present understanding, lie will return to Washington about the first of August, and then decide whether he will withdraw or remain in tho cabinet. Tlioro appears to bo very little doubt but he will bo run as a candidate for the Presidency?a National Convention of tho friends of tho Union is to moot in Philadelphia 011 tho tenth of August to nominate him. Tho conveners of tho meeting say that delegates from ten States now hold themselves in readiness for tho step. Union Meetings in Geoiujia.?The Union party of Georgia is engaged in apjioiiiting delegates to their Stato Convention. At tho meeting in Newton, all tlie speakers condemned the tickets of both tho Daltimoro Conventions. In Burke, the meeting passed a resolution, pledging its support to the nominee of the State Convention provided it does not ratify tho nomination of Gen. Scott Wo observe that one or two of the Union Whig papers have hoisted tho Scott Flag. The fear of invasion appears to keep tho Cubans in a constant state of alarm; a pilot lately reported that ho had seen two steamers outside of Cardenas bearing down lor it. Of course, tho Government and his troops were greatly disturbed, and all kept watch the whole uight, but no steamers nor invaders earno. What is Doing roit the Indians.?Ton Missionary ~ c,.r tlmcn within the limitH of the Societies are juuunug United States. These havo under their care 94 ordained missionaries, 38 roalo, and 108 ftmalo assistants, 38 nativo assistants. There are 936 boarding scholars and 1466 day scholars in the'schools supported by these societ'es, and somewhat raoro than 100 communicants in tho Churches. When it is remembered that the whole number of Indians within the Statos and Territories, accessible at tho present timo to missionary cf fjrt, is only 20,000, it would seem at first, that they havo their f\ill sharo of attontiou. As thero aro several _;L natives ordained and reckoned among the missionaries, there is one preacher on the average, to every 2000.? The Church members, distributed in like-manner would give each one of the 100 preachers a Church of 100 members. Alabama Southern Rights Convention.?A Convention of the Southern Rights party of Alabama assembled in Montgomery, on Monday last Two sets of resolutions were reported?one proposing a separate organization, and tho other recommending the party to support Pierce and King. A very animated debate ensued, which lasted until midnight, at which hour tho Convention adjourned over without having come tu a vutc. Tea and Coffee. "We are about to have these two great luxuries of life added to the numerous productions, with which the Almighty, in his abundant goodness, has blessed the South. The success which has attended the introduction of the Tea plant into South Carolina, by Mr. Junius Smith, seems to have settled the fact, of the adaptation of the soil and climate of portions of the South, to the raising of this highly important plant.? Coffee was once cultivated in Florida, and in a few years will doubtless be produced in considerable quantities. "We shall then have the three great luxuries of life?Tea, Coffee, and Sugar. How thankful should we be, that God has given us such a mild aud delightful climate; and such a diversity and richness of soil, adapted<o such a variety of productions, that miuister to our gratification, supply our wants, and add to our wealth. May He give us the hearts to receive all these varied blessings with thanksgiving, and to enjoy them with a grateful sense of our dependance upon Him for these abundant means of happiness. If we fail to honor God. and to acknowledge him as the source of all our good, wo cannot hope for a continuance of our mercies. Ingratitude is the blackest ol crimes, and whether manifested by an individual or a community, is sure to receive sooner or later, its appropriate punishment. * * A new planet has been discovered in London by J. R. Hind, on tho borders of tho constellation Aquilla and Serpens, about live degrees east of the star Tau in Ophiuclius. It shines as a star of between the eighth and ninth Magnitudes, and has a very steady appearance by moonlight. Mr. "Willis has challenged Mr. John Van Buren a second time, the first challenge, the place of meeting having been designated as Bermuda, being refused on account of the distance, Mr. Willis has endeavored to induce Mr. Van Buren to give him a meeting near Baltimore. Dress makers live, on an average, 32 years; milliners 45. tailoresses 41; teachers 29. It is positively asserted that the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. James, has no intention to resign. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald states, that the Special Committee of the Senate, in tho case of the contested seat of Mr. Mallory, of Florida, have unanimously agreed to report in favor of the sitting member. The Boonsboro (Md.) Odd Fellow states that some two months ago; a young mau named Garver, residing near that place, while fishing, was slung by a catfish, which has proved quite serious and painful, and threatens to result fatally. His hand and arm became very much swollen, and continued to grow worse until a few days ago it was found necessary to amputate one of the fingers, in order to arrest mortification in tho arm. Tt.~ 1:r? honlr nSRnora is nf sextons 57 II1C UHiU^V HIV VI V?im viuvv.w .W WVJ J of railway conductors 30, of brakemen 27. A tire occurred at Boston on Saturday night which destroyed thirty houses and stores. The total loss i? estimated at a quarter of 3 million of dollars. New Pennsylvania Loan.?The Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has advertised for e loan of five millions of dollars, at a rate of interest no1 exceeding five per cent, and the principal redeemable in not more than thirty-five years. In six months there have been built in the shipyards of New York and vicinity 38 vessels of all description^ including 21 steam vessels, making an aggregate ton nage of 22,200 tons. Tliero aro now on the stocki thirty vessels, including sixteen steam vessels, whose aggregate tonnage is about 30,200 tons. There wert launched during the whole of last year, eighty-thret vessels, measuring 65,500 tons. For the Camden Journal. A Dialogue on Botanf. Scene.?A Room?Cornelia with a book, seated at a tabic on which aro some flowers. Se rena enters. Serena.?What, Cornelia! poring over your book still ? Why, its enough to make one sick of the sight of a book, to see a young creature shutting herself up, for whole hours together, and conning over some dull stupid work. Cornelia.?1 don't find it such dull employment as you seem to supposo. Serena.?Perhaps you have got some interesting book, a novel it may be; (takes up the work, and looks into it.) botany ! why Corne lia, I would as soon be sent to Botany Bay, as to be compelled to learn all these hard words; for my part I think its just so much nonsense. Cornelia.?Not nonsense, Serena; at least I should suppose not from what I have learned, but that is not much. I am only a beginner. Serena.?(Taking up a rose)?I think I can enjoy the fragrance, or admire the beauty of a rose, jilst as well, without this farago of hard 1141itics ulill uuiuuk 15 hm*j imricij i kj j/u^jv. folks. Cornelia.?Those terms, though not easy to loam, arc yet quite necessary. Serena.?Of what use, pray ? Cornelia.?To enable writers to distinguish, arrange, and doscril>e plants, which they could not so well do without this aid. Serena.?This may all bo true; vet still, I don't sec the use of girls troubling themselves about such matters. To my taste its a dull business. Cornelia.?You do great injustice to a deep1? or>/l tiisvliltr /lolinrhtftli stlldv ' Ijr iliWTicnmijj, J j. Serena.?Why Cornelia, you seen^tta ed raptured; pray tell me why you find ii so agreeable? Does the science make the /lowers look more beautiful, smell more fragr^Qt, or appeal more enchanting? j Cohneua.?Not altogether sdf i j| y* - , - - . - . "^^1 Serena.?I. am sure I can admire alf their loveliness, and adore the hand that formed, fashioned and painted them, without knowing all those hard Latin and Greek names. Cornelia.?Very true; and yet, when yon ^ -u> know the classification of plants, understand tneir , structure, and behold the wisdom displayed in ' ^ j tluwr Arrrnniwmnn vnn w mare to COntemDlate, < more to admire; and are more irresistibly led . } to adore that Being, who hath made all things ^ in wisdom, and everything beautiful iu its sea- *% son. 'wall Serena.?You will make roe a convert to j your notions, if I talk with yon nruch longer; ttr-J but then, I hate to see young ladies so learned? ] I can't bear it. < -A ,w' " ~ [Enter Boutta.] Rosetta.?Why, girls, you look as grave as owls; an owl you know is a very sedate bird, and for aught I know, may be as wise as Miss Julia. iuofr Serena.?I declare Rosetta, you are too bad; you are always plaguing Cornelia. ' ' ' Rosetta.?It was r.ot for that purpose that I came. I want your advice upon a very important subject. ' < ;:jt, v[;. .r; Serena.?Pray what is that important sub- ^ ject? ' Rosetta.?I wish to know on which side "of " " my bonnet I should put the boquet ? 't'?i ? Serena.?On the right side, to be sure. Rosetta.?Well, which is the right side ? Is the left the right, or is the right, the right side # ?fto Cornelia,! what does Minerva say ? Cornelia.?I don't kuow that it is veiy important. Rosetta.?(To Serena.)?Did you ever hear the like ??not important iudeed! Why, I think . it a matter of great consequence; and Mamma told me but the other day, that she liked to see ! a fitness in a lady's dress. - ,,;>i ui >-i?J Cornelia.?And I agree with your mamma. I think the dress, in a good degree, an index of the mind. Rosetta.?Why, really, Cornelia, I shall be- ' ; gin to think that you do take an interest in soute- ^ thing beside your studies. Cornelia.?I am not quite so much alienated ? from the world as you seem to imagine. Send. ine your bonnet and I will trim it for you, and | then you will be able to judge of my taste in T such matters; perhaps I can please you. Serena.?Send it and try her skill. * Rosetta.?I will; but mind?don't you make it too prim. I can't bear any thing that looks precise. But, I want to know what you girls have been doing here by yourselves all the morning? ' Sftifflt Serena.?We have been talking of "Botany,, ; and Cornelia has almost won tne over to her way | of thinking on the subject. Rosetta.?0, I hate botany as I do snakes.1 There's that everlasting chatterbox Miss Bradshaw, she's always talking about botany, and chemistry, and geology, and Latin and French^ and I don't know what else?but something about petals, calyxes, caloric, and attraction of particles, and such like nonsense. She might as well talk Dutch for what I understand of her jargon. I5ut, ?orena, wnat m?Kw juu iw* ?v grave ? Has Cornelia been reading you a lecture? i Serena.?Oh, no. j Rosetta.? Don't you mind her long face, sbe^ is just as wicked as you and L I wish Miss Bradshaw was here to give us the French for a long face. [Rosetta takes up a book from the table,]-?- - Is this the book you were talking about? { Serena.?Yes. . .. . , ? Rosetta.? [Turns over the leaves, a piece of paper in which something is writ, fells out, GoM nelia looks confused, and rises to pick up the pi ! PaP?r-3 . Serena.?What's that? Rosetta.?[Picks up the paper and reads.]?' , Really, I would have no objection to studying w k this kind of Botany myself. [Reads aloud.] i Language op Flowers. > A Rose Bud?Young love. Full-blown Roae .c ?A Declaration of love. The Myrtle?Coni stancy. The Lilly?Purity. The Violet?Mo, desty. Serena.?I am fast becoming a convert. Here , is an inducement, Cornelia, that I had not thought > ofRosetta.?I told you not to mind her long . k j face?all her learning has not changed her na- I ture?it has only improved it I suppose. She I is but a girl, though I do sometimes call her 1 Minerva. - A Serena.?Come, come Rosetta; don't make M Cornelia blush so?she don't pretend to be a H , Minerva, yet I verily believe, that she shows 1 in the course she pursues, more wisdom than M either of us. V Rosetta.?Well, this won't do for me; I must ' m : go and see about my bonnet. [Exeunt Rosetta. 1 i Curta'nfalls. FINIS. I Wealthy Men.?A book published in Bos* ton, called "Richest Men of Massachusetts,*1 gives the reputed wealth of about 2,000 men in " solid, who are worth 11,00,000 or more, with ^ brief sketches of the lives of nearly 1,500. The aggregate property of theso men is put down at 1 $284,889,000." Of the rich men, 28 are worth A i $ 1,000,000 or upwards. The leading wealthy class appear to be the mercantile, 585 of whom , have a place in this curious book. The next i wealthy class is the farmers, of whom there are 140. \ i The Boston Traveller says: "We understand that the advance in price on boots and shoes i for the past two months has been about twenty per cent, and consequently the profits to some i of the wholesale dealers in Pearl-street, who were fortunate enough to have large stocks on hand # has been great. One house estimates that their , stock on hand and contracted for has increased ^^9 in value, within the period mentioned, $80,000. H Another house estimates its profits on the ad- jdH -A Ai A AAA 1) vance ai t4u,uuu. ksm Yankee Cunning.?It Is said that the M9j new Liquor Law of Massachusetts, provides that |H Marshal of the City of Boston and his deputies EC ' shall serve the precepts of the courts when issued fljfl against violators of the law. As soon as the Legislature adjourned the Councils took legal |H : advice, and abolished the officer of Marshal! so B r that there are now no officers in that city com- jJ| petent to serve a process for an infraction of that law.?New Haven Reg. H9