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PPP^ Congress. In the Senate, on Monday, August 2, the bill jggj** making appropriations for the improvement of cer? tain rivers and harbors, was read a scbond time and referred. On Friday last, Mr. Toucey presented a memorial of James Hamilton, for himself and in behalf of Sarah A. Hunt, Ann Barnaeastle, "\V illiam S. Wetmore, assignees of the trustees of the Bank of the United State, and others, praying flirt nrm-ison r>f the hollll Vjuugress su imuuuj ? "n?_ dary .act passed 9th September, 1850, that the creditors of Texas may file their releases separately, and receive the amounts respectively due them by the State of Texas, which, on motion, wits referred to a select committee of five appointed by the President pro. tern., consisting of Messrs. Toucey, Soule, Foot, Mason and Seward. To-day Mr. Toucey moved to reconsider the vote by which the memorial was so referred; whereupon a debate arose, and after some discussion the further consideration of the motion was postX poned. The Senate then proceeded further to con>idor $e bill making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Dopart. ment for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the vear ending June 30, 1853. y? J In tire House of Representatives, the resolution as ftturned from the Senate with an amendment fixing the 31st day of August as the day for the r; ^ adjournment sine die of both Houses of Congress j*:;. A* was taken up, and concurred in. IT... TTrtnuz, tlian nn motion rosolvi'fl itself liiC AJIVUOV VUVUf v?? into a committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and considered the bill making an appropriation for the support of the Military Academy, as returned from the Senate with an amendment. The General Appropriation bill was next discussed, and the House adjourned. In the Senate, on Tuesday, a message was re!r? . ceived from the President, in answer to the resului" - tion of the Hon. James M. Mason, of Virginia, calling for information respecting the fisheries, in which he states that the IT. S. steam ship Mississippi, under the command of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, had been ordered to proceed to the scene of difficulty, and there to protect the American Fishermen in their rights under the Convention ofl81S. The Hon. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, moved that the message be referred, and addressed the Senate to the effect that the claim set up by Great Britain was unfounded, and that it ought to be resisted at all hazards. The Hon. John Davis, of Massachusetts, followed on the same side, and when he had concluded, the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine ob tained the floor, and addressed the Senate, but had not finished his remarks when an adjournment took place. In the House of Representatives the Hon. James X. McLanahan, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on the Judiciary reported the fee bill for the regulation of the charges in the U. S. Circuit and District Courts. The Civil and Diplomatic Bill was then taken up, and the Hon. John \Y. Howe, of Pennsylvania, spoke an hour against the fugitive slave T lawr^ New Cottox.?A telegraphic dispatch informs us that the first bale of Cotton, of the present crop, was received in New-Orleans yesterday, i The first bale of new Cotton, last season, was received at New-Orleans on the 25th day of July, eight days earlier than this season. Many persons have supposed that the date of the first bloom and also the date of the receipt ./ A of the first bale of new Cotton, correctly indicate the probable yield of the crop, that is, that early blooms and early receipts indicate large crops, | aud later blooms and receipts indicate short crops. ! Correctly kept tables of these facts, however, j nmw tVint thpv furnish no reliable data for such ; estimates. Iu 1845, the first blooin noticed was j on the 30th May, and the fir>t bale received was ; *ou the 30th July. In that year the croj) was 2,0/5,000 bales. Three years after, or in 1S4S, i the first bloom was noticed on the 1st of June.; The first bale recei'ed that year was on the 0th | of August, and the crop was 2,728,500 bales. In 1849, the very next year, the first bale of Cotton was received on the 7th August, two days earlier than in 1848, and yet the crop only reached 2,095,000 bales. It will thus be seen that the arrival of the Jirst bale is no index to the crop.1 Some years when the receipts arc early, the crop was short, and when later the crop was large, so that these furnish no reliable data upon which to estimate the extent of the crop in any year. Our dispatch further in orins us that the crop is generally forward and the accounts from the interior are favorable. As for us, we are advised, the accounts with a few local exceptions, repre beiil iuu cuttuu crujjb lib think we may take this for granted, from the j fact that we hear no complaint from the plant- i crs, they having, we presume, no cause f??r com-: plaining. The provision crops, especially, are abundant, and we hope the cotton crop may turn out equal to the hist. Cotton is now bringing a good price, 9 1-2 a 10 1 2 cents, and with even a heavy crop, it is supposed present prices will be maintained, and perhaps a supply materially short of that of last year, would cause prices to advance even beyond present rates. [<S'ac. Morning News. Singular Mode ok Suicide.?In Waldoboro,' Me., one day last week, Mr. Wm. Bonner, trader, committed suicide in a novel way. Early in the morning he repaired to his store and sat down on liis counter immediately over an open of gunpowder. Into this he threw a bunch of lighted matches, and the instant result was an explosion which shattered the building to atoms. Mr. Benner was taken from the ruins shocking ly burnt and mutilated, and lived only uboiil four hours At first lie said lie knew Uothiinr of the affair, but before his death confessed that le* intended to kill himself. < -??ii A Present for a King.?Whilst the King of Prussia and the Empress of Russia were at Coblentz, a butcher presented them with a sausage thirteen feet long, containing all sorts of sausage meat, and terminated with a pig's head.? Their majesties laughed heartily at the strangeness of the gift, but kindly accepted it. A young widow in New Orleans, being asked after her husband's health, answered smiling : "He is dead, I thank you." pr< ..... Over Production of Cotton. ol A friend of ours in a letter we recently pub- P lislied, asks our reason for the opinion we expressed some time ago, that there was no danger ri whatever of the over-production of cotton. Our P I reason is the general one, that applies to all pro- A ducts. Whenever the production of any com- ti modif y becomes unprofitable, it will be promptly v< reduced by a resort to some other that pays bet- w A-.. <!?/-. v.i-Act r\f* m'ita ic; IL'i. uiu icu?b <ri jv.4 '.jiv; ?Mivrw \/a %,?.?? over-production of anv thing useful. lo But there is no probability that the consutnp- B lion or price of cotton will fofages be such as o1 to indicate a reduction of the supply. Thus far m it seems the United States contain the only soil S and climate well adapted to the culture of cot- 01 ton. The attempts to raise it elsewhere?in In- t< diu, Turkey, Kgypt. and the West Indies have S* thus far signally failed?although they had all si the co-operation of ample means. In those countries it seems the climate is not favorable. K It is warm enough, but is too uniform. It does w not afford enough frost to kill the boll worm, ft and heuce, after the first two or three crops, the tc worm becomes so abundant as to be ruinous, in There may be other regions hitherto unexplored or untried in which this dilHculty would not ,ocI cur, but if there are, it is probable that they are in countries whose institutions are unfavorable, e? Indeed, no country but one in which a political b; despotism or domestic slavery exists, would an- w swer for the cultivation of cotton. Without one pi or the other, people will not work in so warm a z; climate. Hence whilst abolition abroad and at b< home has abolished slavery in some places and sc excluded it from others, one result has been to y< render the regions that remained slaveholding w more valuable and prosperous financially than bi before. The e\il is that they have thus been ki owl iwit-ti.illv <n )* in Ik* l-w j v> I'iittciiuu j'umiuwij auu ihuiumim, .-v growing insecure. bi I -The. present consumption of cotton extends all si over (lie civilized world and into much of the barbarous. The civilized races are all increasing in population, in various ratios, and already number about three hundred millions. The slaves of j the South are only three millions. They multiply more rapidly than the rest of mankind, ex- V( j cept their masters. But the per cent age of slave "j labor realized every year from the increase of {' slave population will not supply the augmented 1,1 demand for cotton, resulting from the annual in- 80 j crease of the civilized world. ',l Nor are the cotton lands yet to be cultivated -j1 of an extent or quality to augment the ratio of . cotton production, whilst those now under cul- V1 ture are undergoing some impoverishment. 'll Nor is there any probability that a >ubstitue ^ for cotton wiil be found. We have seen a great cr deal in the papers about flax-cotton. But we don't apprehend the least rivalry from that. According to M. Claussen's method, the process of preparing the flax is so tedious and laborious as to render its competition with cotton hopeless. On the other hand the only real formidable competitor with cotton will rise from recent events, . and has risen in price. A large portion of wool 111 hitherto manufactured has been obtained from Australia. But the discovery of gold in that re- q gion has raised the price of labor so much, and diverted it Iroui raising wool, that there is dan- ,, ger of the actual loss of the flocks in tl at counI. The discovery of gold in Calif -ruin and Aus- jr tralia has advanced the money value of labor all ^ over the world. For the enormous demand or ^ inducement for labor in digging gold, has acted ? and must continue to act, tor some time to come, ^ 011 its value. The price of cotton and of all other commodities must rise. The value of capital generally cannot rise in the same ratio, because the supply is increased by the production of gold. Hut the value of Southern capital, of l'1 which so large a portion is labor, must advance largely. "We think that the gold of California and Australia will add inure to the wealth of the South than to that of any other country. And it is remarkable that a^- slavery, which encountered a severe assault in 1821 in the Missouri n< controversy, and was sustained afterwards by tile wonderful extension of the c<>tton culture, should ''' again be fortified financially by the discovery of gold.? Southern Press. " From the Kcov.ce (Pickens) Courier. The Electoral <}iii?stlozi. j! The subject of giving the election of Electors of |? President and Vice President to the people, is |j( attracting much interest and attention through t0 : c,..,.. \r ?i.?i . lilCJ UpJHM MUl'lllMI 01 UU1 ??* MM ?? '?* *" \ sec our people waking from llio indifference which |(. ha* long governed them, and making efforts to ( ., obtain what justly belongs to them. We have often before expressed our views on the question ,,, of right, and shall continue to agitate this mat c;] tor until our people, as in other States, go to the ],. polls and cast their vote for the highest officer known in our Government. jj, As the matter now stands an extra session of t,' the Legislature must. be called; the power to do |? this is vested in the Governor of the State. Tin n ,|j the vote of South Carolina depends entirely up- ,.j on the caprice of one man. II??w? says one.? j|, Why just so, if the Governor for any reason did jr not wish that the State should vote for i're>id? nt t| and Vice J'resident, he would not call the Legis- c.j lature together, of course if t his body was not as- (| I.I...1 11,/, Clt.i'.-. .v.nl.l i,. ,i G il insl and r-CIIIUMU IliU Ul.H' \"MIU nvv J right that our State should l?e subject to the dictation of a sin<>le head as to whether it shall jn unite with the other States in so important an tj election? Are the people of our Stale le>s pru- ^ dent (?r patriotic, than the citizens of other States? u| W hy then is this election with held from them? ,\ Une of the causes may be found in the <juanv| which our State has for the last twenty years carried on with the General Government. Our politicians wore fearful to give the people this election lest they Would Hot so well be able to j? control the State. ]-txit this ditlieultv lias now t| blown over; our people have turned their attention to internal iniprovemcnts, and they will not j( fail to sec ill** defects of our system, Politicians lt] may now rave and cry against our jjeojile ? 111? ring into the scramble for the Presidency, but they will not he hec*l<"d. People who have been once ol deceived and led nearly to ruin will not soon w heed their old leaders. South Carolina has been !e isolated loo long in feeling from our sister South- N cm States. We have nothing in common?in ol nothing do we act in concert, and if we desire tc our State to take her proper position, we must tl meet our sister States on the common battle it field, and fight with thorn for the success of our h [ common principles. One main step to gain this F bject is the giving the election of Electors of resident and Vice President to the people. Does any one believe that if our people had the ght of directly choosing their Electors but that ieree and King would meet a hearty support?? nd yet as it is, members of the press and p licians of our State advise that if the State should >tc, let that be all; or in other words do it as if - 1--I* _ J A Tf ^ were nan liieuncu, yet wjmi *>c ixm mvw. cms to its that there is but little prudence and *s of wisdom and dignity in such a course.? ut let those who admire non-action follow their j tvn dictates, the State we are sure will scarcely iiss them. Gen. Pierce has always been a tates-right man, and voted while in Congress n every question with the South when her iurests were involved. Policy then, dictates that outh Carolina should give him a most cordial ipport. J We have said enough this week, and will on express our wish that the people of the State ill all move together in this matter, and demand om the next Legislature this right which lias >o long been retained, where in justice it does Dt belong. Kershaw District Scholarship. A writer in the Camden Journal proposes to itablish a "Scholarship" in Kershaw District, y the united action and contributions of those ho u:e able and willing to lend their aid in the rosecution of that noble object. If any organiiticn can be effected for this purpose, it would 1 a proud act for that District, and well de rving of imitation. There are, among the mth of our State, and all over the globe, those ho are by nature possessed of brilliant talents, Jt for the want of the means of obtaining lowlcoge and instruction, their mental powers jcome inactive, and sluggish, and the warm reathings of nature are completely chilled. Of ifli if ninr to tmlv sniil tli.lt. ' Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll, Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." Those who arc educated in the school of ad rsity, and are early thrown upon themselves, it It a little pecuniary aid, usually build up for leinselvcs enviable reputations. They become dustrious and honored citizens?ornaments to icicty, and valuable aids in building up and i>taining the dignity and reputation of the nd that gave them birth, and education. In ?pendent of those special advantages, the idea itself savors of noble generosity. It is grateI, to assist the struggling intellect, in soaring irough the fields of science, and to enable it to imprehcnd all the works of nature, and "look oni Nature up to Nature's God."?Black River Watchman. Makket for Land Warrants.?We received letter from D. H. Wood, Esq., of Washington itv, proposing to jiurchase Land Warrants, as any as may be offered for sale, on the fulluwg terms, viz: For Forty Acre Warrants, - - ?33.00 ighty " " - 04.00 ne hundred and sixty " 128.00 Assignments may be made here, and the Warrants forwarded to llorr. D. Wallace. Mr. rood will remit by clu-ck upon any Hank d?-> natcd, upon the receipt of the Warrants. A rhi for assigning can bo had by applying at lis office. We publish this for the information those who may desire to sell, as many have irtcd with these Warrants for amounts far bew their true value.? Carolina Spur tan. The Athens, (Ga.) Herald thus summarily sposes of the arguments of both parties in the esent Presidential campaign: We have been gieatly amused, we muse conss?the tiling is really laughable, and will move ,o risibles of any one who occupies the position ' a "looker on"?by observing the course taken the two parties to prove tin; fitness and unfit iss of their respective candidates for the Pro>i ney Gen. Scott, it is stoutly maintained, is : fur that office, because lie fought the battle ' l.undy's Lane and some dozen other battles!!! id i> unfit for it, because he is charged while a iptain with having on one occasion withheld ie pay of his soldiers a few days?the same noimtiiig to less than fifty dollars!! General icrcc is fit for that distinguished office, because ? was "in Congress about nine years ago," bowed in the justice of the Mexican war, and at r wards "tit, hied and died" for his country !? nd lie is unfit for it, forsooth, because it is alged lie tell oil' his horse 011 one occasion and intod on another !! This is the sum and substance of the arguent on both sides, and we hope that those who in quarrel and dispute about such trifles, "will tve a good time of it." In the name of all that is funny, what has the jilting or fainting of either of these gentlemen do with the office of President? They have >th been amply paid for every thing they ever d, and as to talking about the people owing ther of them, it is all humbug. Wo. don't be ve the jwoplc owe such men, but on the eonarv that they are indebted to the people more inn they can ever pay. It is the duty of each tizen to do all lie can for the Republic?and ic very best of men, therefore, quit even. Tin: 0lobk we live on.?Tt is known as a fact geology, that below the depth of thirty feet le wirtli becomes 'regularly warmer jus we deend. On an average the increase is at the rate ' i>ih' degree of Fahercnln-it for every fifth foot, t the bottom of the mines of Cornwall, a depth ; one thousand two hundred feet, the themomer stands at eighty-eight, equal to high summer eat. At this rate rocks and metal would he lolled twenty ntiles below the surface, and down i th" bowels of the earth, several hundred miles, to heat would be ten thousand times hotter inn melted iron. AVho is there that can woni-r at earthquakes when all its hinges rest on a loltcn sea of fire? If drift wood from the Andes, in the interior f South America, he set afloat upon the head atcrs of the Amazon, and if another log be feld from the Kooky Mountain, in the interior of orth America, and cast upon the head waters f the Missouri, these two pieces of drift, taken ? represent the currents of their rivers and of ie seas into which they empty, will each, obey ig (ho force of the winds and set of the currents o driven out upon the broad ocean through the lorida Pass.?Lieut Maury. '-; - *5 ? / - _ - ' - t ."3s THE SEMLWEEKLY JOi'RNAL FRIDAY EVJSNimw, aiiutsi o, in^. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Baptist Church. TTo take pleasure in stating that the Rev. James K.! Mexdkxhall has accepted a call to the pastoral charge of the Baptist Church in this place. Appointment by the President. John* X. Game well, Esq., has been appointed by President Fillmore, Post Master at this place. Heretofore tho appointment or continuance in offico has been made by the Postmaster General; but by a recent provision, all Post offices which yield a certain amount of revenue, are provided with Masters by appointment of the President with the consent of the Senate. V Meteorological Journal for July, 1852. Barometer. Greatest height 30.170 in. Att. Thermometer same time 75 dog. Least height 29.713 in. Att. Thermometer same time 91 deg. Monthly mean height 29 975 in. Thermometer. Greatest height, 30tb 99 dog. Least height 68 " ' Monthly mean height 81.52 " Fair days 15 Cloudy days 18 ' n~:- 8 85ft in Tolls for Grinding. A friend has handed us for publication, the following Act of Assembly, passed 8th March, 1705, regulating the tolls for grinding, to which the attention of all interested is invited: "Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passing of this act, no person shall take more toll for grinding Corn, Wheat, Rye, or any other grain, into good meal or flour, than one eighth part, for any quantity under ten bushels, or any quautity above, at one time brought, one tenth part only; and that all grain as aforesaid chopped forjiominy, feeding stock, or l'or distilling, one sixteenth part. "Sec. 2. That any person or persons taking more toll than hereinbefore directed, shall bo subject to a line of ten times the value of the toll so taken, to be recovered in the most summary way before the nearest Magistrate: one half to go to the prosecutor, and the other half to the person aggrieved. [4 Statutes at Large, 652. Rail Road Meeting in Lancaster. We learn that the Rail Road meeting held in Lancaster ou last Monday, was a full one, representing fairly the wealth and intelligence of the District. The feeling, we are told, was high and strong, and the greatest enthusiasm pervaded the speeches delivered. Some fifteen to twenty delegates from Chester District were in attendance, but none, of course, from our District, as our people are not yet prepared to aid in cutting their own throats. A Committee of tweiity-one, we understand. recommended a set of strong resolutions which were adopted by the meeting. We will insert them in our columns as soon as we receive them. Our informant states that the meeting resolved to construct a rail road from Lancaster village tosome point on t ho scheme of rail roads in adjoining Districts?that a committeo of five was appointed to memorialize tho Legislature at its next session for a Charter and for material aid, the stockholders hereafter to decide upon the particular route. The candidates were requested to urge upon the people of the District the propriety of improving their connexion with their neighbors by rail road_ There is no doubt but our neighbors of Lancaster have got tho steam very high upon the subject of Railroads ?that they arc sincere and honest in their zeal every body believes,?but will they succeed ? That is a question in which Camden is deeply interested. No doubt our friends in that region are surprised, and it maybe disappointed and mortitiod, at the indifference shown to their meeting by our people. But wc trust they will suspend their judgments until they hear us. They are working in all honesty for their own interests. They say they want n rail road?from Camden if possible, and if not. certainly from Chester. They urge this improvement as necessary for their prosperity. Be it so? they alone have the right to judge for themselves. We say our interest is opposed to the continuation of the Itadroad beyond Camden?that our people are unwilling to cut a hole in the pocket by which all their gain of the Railroad should pass into the hands of others. Each seeticyi is governed by self-interest in their views, and they should he. It is lolly to talk to a peoplo about patriotism, public spirit, generosity, &c, when they believe the proposed exhibition of these laudable feelings, may end in their bankruptcy. No, friends of Lancaster, Camden will hardly aid in continuing to you her Railroad; but after your present fever has abated, she will likely bo willing to co-operate in any Plank Road project you may be pleased to suggest. More anon. ?2?" The late elections in England for members of Parliament, have resulted in a return of a majority of over ninety who are opposed to the present ministry. It is understood that this majority will avail itsolf of the vcrv first opportunity to compel the ministry to resigu. Fire in Savannah. A destructive fire occurred iu the "Western part of Savannah, kuown as South Oglethorpe, ou Tuesday afternoon last. Some sixty or seventy houses were consumed, and one hundeed persons deprived of their homes. The loss is estimated at 75,000 dollars. The "Washington correspondent of the New York Herald intimates that Secretary Webster will return to his post this week; and asserts that he was proba1 bly induced to forego his determination to remain away \ during the warm weather, by an intimation from head quarters that it would be necessary for him cither \ to come back or resign. The Herald remarks that i ''this looks ominous. Mr. Webster's services must either be very much needed in the Cabinet at this time, or else his recent course with regard to the fishing business has created a coolness towards him on the part ol'tbo Presideut" Brevet Lieutouant Colonel Samuel Cooper lias been nr>??r?iiitert T.ieilf(Minnt. Onttnr:ll in tli.K'P of (7on. Jones - deceased. Whether you work or play, do it in earnest; hut never bo unemployed a moment. An idle brain- is Satan's workshop. Itomember that tho boginning of tho sublime sciences are often so simplo as to seem worthless. Neither wonlth, or birth, but mind only should bo the aristocracy of a free people. ' . : - / C'" *,"' . f\ \ "We should not care for hat others may think or say of our actions, if conscience tells us we are right. Never be ashamed tov perform an action,' however humble, if by such means we may promote our own %?* ; good or that of others, for it lias been wisely said, pride. ' $ costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. t No man was ever truly great who despised the day M of small things. " J-&S' - The fear of man bringeth a snare, and if we Jiegitafe ..JT to do our duty, or what we may conceive to bo right, ^ for fear that others may ridicule or condemn us, it ia-y certain the world will never care when we are dead. * -J Wiiat Course shall we Pursue??We frequently hear the enquiry, "will the subject of ^ Secession enter into the election ?" that is, the 4QF approaching election for members of the Legislature. "No ; we have had enough of it," is !lie : invariable reply. The feelings of the people,.CM seem to be decidedly against the agitation of tho subject. This is right?its discussion would be * fruitless as to good, but productive of much evil. J i In fact, we cannot perceive, how those who have expressed themselves as satisfied with the result of the deliberations of the Convention, in April ;' la-t, can consistently enter into an excitement 3a ; and discussion of the subject at this time. ! the Convention, both parties united in saying, Jjfl that although South Carolina had .sufficient cause to justify her in seceding, that it was not expedient to do so at that time. Has anything turned up, rendering it any more expedient now ?- J ,:ja Nothing, either in federal legislation, or among | the Southern States. The prospects of co-opera- 1 ti.?n, which we presume, more than anything else would add to the expediency of the tncu- 'j sure, are certainly no brighter. If then Scees-. sion was inexpedient at that time, it is now, andtherefore a discussion of the subject would be j useless?a work of superrogation.?Abbeville Banner. J Oen. Ouitraan, of Mississippi, has declined en-. toring into the political canvass in favor of Gen.' .>^1 Pierce, although expressing the highest pereonal l s^ and political regard for that gentleman. His ' objection is, that the Baltimore Convention adopted a resolution in favor of the Compromise, ' V a measure towards which the Governor's oppoeir^ 'Jgj tion is unabated. He says that with the present issues before the country, and holding the char- ^O'^nj acter and qualifications of the nominee in high estimation, he shall vote the ticket, but he must ' decline taking any active part that may directly . or indirectly be construed into a support of that" part of "the platform."?N. 0. Picayune. " ' ;K.:; Vjl The Unity of the He man Race.?A recent" and very observant traveller in Egypt, makes the following very just remarks upon this much discussed question: The sculptures on the walls of the grand hall arc, after those of Meheinet Abou, and on the t exterior wall of Karnak the most interesting^! r --'Ml have seen in Egypt. On the end wall, on either ;.5? side of the entrance, is a colossal has relief,/cp- '4J resenting Reineses slaying a group .of captive 'l kings whom he holds by the hair of their heads..There are ten or twelve in each group, and,the ?5$ features, though they are not colored, exhitwdd -'#M the same distinction of race as I had previOu>ly * remarked in Belzoiii's tomb, at Thebes. There -3 sn is the Negro, the Persian, the Jew, and' one other form of countenance which I could not. .?| make out?all imploring with uplifted hands, the mercy of the conquerer. On the southern .. wall, the distinction between the Negro and the. ..X.Egyptian is made stiil more obvious by the coloring of the figures. In fact, I see no .reason ijra whatever to doubt that the peculiar characteris-v'e^f.v ties of the different races of men were 'as strong-: ' ly marked in the days of llemescs as af preaeM^^^tt this is an interesting fact in discussing the qui^yripF lion of the unity of origin in the human race.-1-^3^,: I have as yet, though deeply interested in the S ,< , subject, not looked into it sufficiently to either side; but, admitting the different races of?* -3jl men to have had originally one origin, the date jjjgpj of the first appearance of men on the earth, must .-^SjO have been nearer fifty thousand than five thousand years ago, If climates, customs and the like have been the only agents in producing that variety of race, which we find so strongly marked nearly four thousand years ago, surely : those agents must have been at work for a vastly ?33| longer jieriod than that usually accepted as theage of man. We are older than we know; but i ;.J our beginning, like cur end, is darkness and mys-_ Jusics.?The Dublin University Magazine for July names the Earl of Chatham jus a new candidate for the authorship of Junius, and sus- ! ^ajj tains tho theory with every great force of argu- v%Jj mont. The writer at the outset says that the autliorship lies between Chatham and Sir Phil ip Francis; that "one of them icas Junius, and the other knew it." He then disposes of the pretensions of Sir Philip rather contemptuously, iKpj insisting that while he always tried to lead tho public into the belief that lie was the author of the letters, he never ventured to assert it, and fjmgL that his abilities wtre infinitely below it. He then points out at length, and with decided abil ity, sundry coincidences and considerations which TsH fasten the authorship upon Lord Chatham. This '.'?3 J theory is held to account for the constant dread 2jflI Junius always had of being detected,' for liis extraordinary familiarity with the details of occurrences about the palace, as well tis with all the affiairs of the Government, and for the peculiar ThM political and personal sentiments ot the letters, which always coincide with those of the Earl.? ;Yy| The exaggerated and ferocious attack upon Chatham in one of the earliest of the letters, as well ' XT' as the eulogies upon him in subsequent numbers, ' arc held to bo among the. devices which he adop- . <1 ted, and ingeniously, to mislead suspicion and 1 preserve his secret. 4 Soi l of Thought.?None have less praise, jJfL than those who hunt for it most. A quiet mind, like other blessings, is more ^ easily lost than gained. * : ^ t The heart has its reasons, which the reason of 'Toothers, does.not apprehend. * '/Jg} Drunkeness turns a man out of himself, and TSfc leaves a beast in his room. - .'v?Sj A punctual man is rarely a poor'man, and never a man of doubtful credit. Always do right without regard to consequen- JS* In woman, vanity is only a failing; in man, a -a 5 vice. J z >