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iti. LABORDE, Editor. "We will cling to the pillars of the tCUplO of our liberties, and if it must fall we will perish amidst the ruins." VOLUME 3. EDGEFIELD C. U. (S. C.) April 12, 1838. The Edgefield Advertiser, 15 PUBLIt$IH.D EVERY THURSDAY MIORNING. TER318.-Three Dollars per annum if paid in advance,-Three Dollurs and Filty Cents if paid before the expiration of Six Months firom the date of Subscription.-and Four Dollars if not paid within Six Mouths. Subscribers ontof the State ar.required to pay in adaincc. No subscription received for less than one year, and-no paper discontinued u.atil all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the Editor. All subscriptions will be continued unless oth erwiso ordered, at the end of the year. Any person procuring live Subscribers and becoming responsible for the same, shall receive the sixth copy gratis. ADvERTIseZEMENTS conspicuously inserted at 024 cents per square, for the first imisertion. and 431 cents for each continuance. A-dvertisenents not having the number of insertioss marked on them, will be continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All Advertisements intended for ublicationin this paper, must be deposited in le Ollice by Tuesday recniing. All commumications addressed to the Editor. (PosT PAID) will be promptly and strictly attend ed to. New Spring and Summer Ge O"D S. 11HE Subscribets beg leave to inform their friends and the public genaerally, that they - are now receiving their SPRING AND SUM MElt Stock of GOODS, consisting of Black and blue black Italian Lustring Silks, Colored Gro de nap do Black Sinchew do Colored Florences. Super. Black Donhazines, A good assortment Ladies ramcy HIankerchiefs, do do do do do Belt Ribbons. Ladies black and white Silk and Cotton Gloves, do black and colored Kid do do blk, white & color'd Cotton & Silk I lose, do green, white aid black Gauze Veils, Pain, J ackonet, Aull, Swiss, & Book Muslin., Figured and Checked do Muslin worked Collars, Plain Bobinet Footing anid Edging , A good assortment of Prints, Ginghams and French Muslins, Printed Jackonet do - Plaid Swiss do Printed French Caibries, An assortment of Ladies Bonnets, Bonnet and Cap Ribbons, Also,for Gcntlenen's Suiincr 1'ear, Black, blue and brown Canblet, Illack and brown twilled Suiner Cloths Brown and white Drilling, arid brown Linens, A few pieces Georgia Ninkeens, Asac, blue# and invisible Green Broad Cloth-, Gentlemen's color'd.white and brown hailf* IHogo, do0 plain and pleated Dombtazine Stocks, do do do Satin do do Linen Bosoms and Collars, do black and colored Ilosk. Gloves, 4-4 Irish Linens and Bleached Shirtings. A good supply of.3-4, 7-8 and .1-4 bron a Shirt IM and 5-1 Slheetings, Plaid andistriped Domestics, and Bed Tickings, A large iply of Snnuner Hats, Gentlemen's Shoes and Finle PNsuimpe, Ladies and Misses Shoes and fine Slippers, At.4), School Books, Cap and Letter Paper. Also, a general assorit ieit of Hardware, Saddlery. Crockery and rin Ware, Together with a sopply of Vaucluse Osnaburgs and Cotton Yarns, A nd many other artici's too tedotn to enumer:ite. They feel very thankiid iar the liberal patron. nge heretofore received. and hope by strict atten, tion to business to merit a continuance of tla same. NICiOLSON & LICESLEV. Edgefield, March 14, 18:8 tf6) New Spring and Sunuaner a 0O1PS. r HE Subscribers respect fully inform their customers and the publiki gener ally,that they have just received a large stap. ply ofehoice English, French and American goods embracing every variety of sia ple and fancy goods, suited to tie Spring nud Sim. muer trade. Also a large supply of Groceries, Crockcry, Saddles, Hats, Shoes and Boots, all of which they will sell on the most rea sonable terms. for cash, or on credit tc punctual customers. Those who wish to get good bargains will do well to giveo them a call. 0. L. & E. PENN,& Co. Edgefteld, March 14, 1838 tf 6 New Spring and Suunuer C L 0 TIII.7VG, E~ have just received a hecantitida assoart VT ment of GOODS5 for Gentlemient's Satm tier Coats, Pantaloons and Ve~sts, wvhich they are prepared to have made up in the miost F-A'81I IONABLE STYLE, and oaa reasonable itis Also, a general assortment Rteady Made Cz.orn iso, suited to the season. 4;, HATS. SHOES AND BOOTS. 1200 Pair of Shoesanad Boots embracingever pstyle angd variety have just beeni received by thta Subscribers, whtichi. together with their ihirmi Stock, make a g'eneral and complete assortmten seldom fou:nd in the country. FAIO . BLE HATS, sutited to the sean. To wvhicl they invite thte attention of their customaecrs. G. L. & E. PENN & Co. Edgefield, Marcha 14, 183$ tf 6 School and Miscellancog 1BOOKS. H5- LE Suabscribers have on hand n een eL ral assortmtent of School and Miscel lancous Books,namongst which are Smiith' Arithmetic, Smith's Geogruaphiy anid A las and1( Smith's Grammaroni, whlich are bichh zipproved of and reccommuendcd lay the baei teachers. T G. L. & E. PENN, & Co. Edgefield, March 141, 18;i8. tr (; Indi an Panacen. J ITST fleceived a fre-sh saupply of INDI [) P ANA( EA at the Edgehield aledi.-ine Sto From the Southern Literary Journal. FRAG MENT. Long had I seen and feared the worst I saw tie fate andi(1 tomb, Aml inly dreaded, from the first, That such would be thy doom. Yet these I deent'd bit idle fears, How should it be that thon, So wise beyond thy carly years. Should be-what thou art tnow! So lovely too l-methouight the heaven Whicl in thv fi-atures shine, An egis to thy heart had given, Most caroli of its own. Yet in thy first nnfoldinmg k af I saw, with deadliest art. A glittering inascet, like a thief, At riot on thy heart. I saw thee droop when first he flcd, Another spoiler came; Ile climiged lily cheelk of virgin red And left the hue of shame. The tree ist fall that feels tlw(- blow, Am tears oflove ina isimap lt Avail to check thy uitnom's w o, And stop time tide of thought; Yet 'twere a gentle providence, To stay the worm that prevs On lovefim "s alnd incntics, Like that beneath our gaze. Misce a ncoM. SCIENCE OF AGRICt'LTURE.--The great bar to agricultural improvement, is the do grading idea which too many entertain, that eivery thfba denominated science is cither useless in husbandry or beyond the reach of the farmer; whereas the truth is, much, very much that is useful, is ntmainable by h any ,ti fo. by tie young, who will adopt the proper iueans to attain it. What is scienceI John stn ldefties 't--Knowledge, cert ainly gron ded on demnonstration ; art attained by prie cept, or htilt on priniples." The adven turous mat iner will tell yot, itat itis science which enables him to iraverse every clime and every sea with facility and comparative security. Scicnce has contributed essenti ally to improve every art-mnmd branelh of industry which adminitsters io tilte wants of mtant. It makes us negltainted w-iths the la ture of vegetables of anima's, minerals, and tMixed bodies; of the attumosphere, of water, of heat and light, ias; connected wvith a"rienl ture; or agricultural implements and o-ther Mechanical ag-ents, and of agricntural ob. ervations and processes. E.stablisied prac tics mauly be imitated by the merest doll ; lit unless he is instructed it tie reasosi ipon which these practices are fotinded, lIe en seldom change or improve them. Intelleet is the gift of time Creator; talent is the fruit of cnlure. The certain wav ol obtaining knowledge in science, is to he ilm presed with time necessity of po;ssessing it, mi order to prosecnte one's business it) bet ter advantage. "All may not acquire by the same degrce of labor or study. the same degree of eminence; limit atny ia imy lahio may attnin a knowledge of most ami that is already known in his particular businmess.' Great men spring fromi no partieular class; they rise from the humble as well as from the higher ranks of life. Franklin was printer, Washington i fifirmer, Sherman -i shoemaker, time elder A dams a schoolmaster 1littenhllouse a plongimtan; l rguson a she p hiemd, lherschlell as smsiittan-nn these all ?shone conspienious as philosohlers or states. mien. All young meni who w ish to buecomti respectabile, or to excel in tacricumlture, shonhul he itmpressedh with time necessity ofohitainmin: knowledlge ini tihe scientce of atgrienture, i. e oif kntowinmg how thigs aire lAnt dlone. atm whyai being so donie they arte thle biest done -shnhuh t:esiolve to) ola i this knsowlIedge: and thIesse two I hins l-eing~ pretmmised, then is little dlotn t of success, at leamst to a respee. tablie andmi hsigly graitifying extenmt: o "knowledge, like wveitih amid power, begets the love of itself, anmd rap 1idly increases lihi thirst osf nmectnmmmlation."' Scietnce is not the. Calypso, bitt theit Mettr of nerienlture the siimulmmatt to pirudiemce and iutstry rather thlman a lure to indole'nce andl sloth. The Culticator. Im proving our G~raint. Fruit and ('ittle Thant certamin species of thet pirsdneutioni siftis earth omay be implrovedl as well as lE'genie, rtedu, exp~erieutce andu seurvationi stiine. j tii and mize, oir Indlhmt Cornm, are here rui t ly entit led to our utetionm. Canm we itm . pirove thegnalmiit iesof eitheur oftbhese? ilcThi . we cat i not perhapt an abolinl ~e certin ty,-hntt w ile Itmhere is prbisslilityV lit un..io lose sighst ofir. If we reason fromr~ analou~ tere is nio cause of' despatir;nndmu if it camn hie doine, the valise of hi'eq enisi ticsni will be ins enlenilabule, I shallI here miake at rmark which if trite, wviilie bgraittedi to lie ti osr u mnportance. it seemts to be onte of the law sif natume, that specific ebianges iin vget a. Ides, as wvel aIis aniiitalIs, canitli he 1 ei'ted( b imuinly by at slow~ an~d raduat~ Il procs, llThis has.. bhen satifmmeririly demoni~ist rateic be' Thtkew cli . i iiin,, (r.,ridohesi cattle, by Van Mons inl fruits, by liaden in maize or curt.. &c. while Knight and others have efiected a more speedy, anti equally certain mode of change in fruits and vege tables, by artificial crosses of known varie tWs. Many of our garden produciontis have beei thus aruiticially improved.-The Cul tivtor. DiscovEnw.s Ir EUYPT.-A letter from Mr, blinant, Consul at Alexandria, lately published itt a French Journal, designates particularly among the articles compiosing his collection of antiquities, the following: Ist-our large funeral vases, of alabaster which ornalented the tomb of King Psam meticu 2hid-a statue larger than life of the hist, ian Eleroditus, of Parian marble, found in the ruins of Panium, at Alexan drin. 3rd-a bronze statue of Antinous, taken from the ruiis of Zifieth, 4th a trui eaied column of rose colored graniite, bear ing the nottumental inscripi ion of the Courts of Syena, which has formed the subject of a learned dissertation of m. Letronne itn his researches on the history of Egypt. 5th a bronze vase representing tlie :tributes of the worship of Bacehus. The perfection and the finish of the execution, which dis play the hand of a great master, cause it to be regarded as the original work of Lysip - pus, the privileged artist of Alexander thle Great. This composition has been repro duced on the colossal vase of inarble known tinder the namie of the Warwick vase. The nature of the place where it was dis covered, leads to tie stlpposition that it was iiddet there at the end of the dynasty of the Lagides. It is to this care that it owes its mniraculotus preservation. 6th-the geti ealogi-al and chronological table of Abydos, discovered in 1818, by Mr. Bankes, so well studied, explained and commemned upoti by Champollion, and which is universally regarded as the most interesting and pre cious monument which has been drawn from the ruins of ancient Egypt since the celebrated stone of Rosetta. Thet! Consul adds-"Tle sands had covered again these precious retainiis-the seekers for inaterials a-ta rotigh stone hal regarded them as stones without value and as not belong-inlg to that eliss of mtonunetmts, which, otn a me imiorial of Champollion. and npon my cx-' press demand, the Viceroy gave orders to be respected under the iost severe penal ties, atn order which has already saved the great teiple of' Denderah.and which lie has iast remoxa lwith the intention of-brmitg hitusell' a museum at Cairo. Tihe project, contceived of late, las givent rise to a prohibition to export every sort of antiquity and specittent of art-the teasure is rigorously executed, aid heticelotIh nouth ing tmore will lit carried ont -f Egypt. I was miade ant exception, from the previous permission i ihad received. I have given above a list of what I have really and trulv obtaiued. This is but too little to say. Mehemet Ali has assisted me, and haseven gone before tmy wishies, and has given tie' broadest and most absoltte orders. It is tnot mle iersonally,but all Frainec.to whiom he has had respect in this mnatter."-Bostoa A4 dvertiser. From the Nantiucet Enquirer. PFnt.:aIu A Trquern-:s.-Capt. Benja mil Ray of this towi, commander of shi p) Iogan, reentlv airived at New Bedford froi tle South Seas, procured wbile ott lie coast of Peru, some siigilar 'elie, lie cirvinmstancee under whicht Ohey were found rendered them peenliarly curious ;td itt teresting. H is ship touched at the port of Gunartmy in Truxilbo about ,lat. 10 S. the inhabitats of which have discovertd ill their immediate vicinity, the sutierranen remains of an ancient city, fronm which they had dug out many remarkable vestiges of foirmer generations-aid coticerning whose history or Fate io remenbratce or even tradition survives. lie visited the site, where the excavations were still inl progress and personally examined such portions of thie ruins as had already beei penetrated. The walls of nuierous edi liees were still statiditng, several htutmatn bodies had beetn exhumited & mnity hioutse hold iminplemen'tts and other articles of vai tils discriptions brought to light. T1hie bod ies were ini a wonderful state of pr'eserv'a tioni, the htair', the nais anid initeguimenti remainitng entire as ini life and the miuscutlat structure buil little shrunk, though per'fectly exsicatedl-the (efleets, posibmly of' the nii. trotts piropeirties of' the circumnjacentt soil. TIhe poitionts in wh'iebl t hese mummnies we re foutnd, leave no dotubit that the poptu hatin, who are su proitsedI to have mnttther-e.l sonie rtity thouisanid, wer'e overwhIehnedi in the midst (if t heir ordiniary occuopatioim hby someI studeni and terrible convuilsion (.1 nture. The corpse of a iman wvas fitml ini an aittitudte, amtidst whose ideath were suntdr'y coinis, whih wer'te sent to I .imua, wvhere't it was deceideid after iminute inispee dion, that at least 25t0 years hav'e trtantspiredl sintce thme occutrrence('of'thle fatalcattastophe in one of the buoried htotises Captain it. saw the body of' a feitahe in at setting piostutr( wrat'pped in a loose cottont robie, who, whieti overtalken by the coin c alaity tmusi hav i be uen engagetd ini weaving", with thc miatertiails of her vocationt in her hatnds anml aronid her't. A sitiall piece of' cloth part ly nioven, was str'etched betore her upon ii sort of reed framte, and int one hiaind slit hel a sharp t htornt8 or teni inchies in lengthi on whIiebt wast wvotund a (cinanhtity of' linte cot .itn thread, of' a light birowni cohor; patreek (if cotton anid wvorsted yarnis of' vi''ous coil hors wvere alho Iying neatr. Capraini ft pirocurtiedlthe untfinishedl fabric. the thorut tor spintdle, anid several samprles oif the' hireads. Th'le fintishedl pofrtionl of' the clo0th is abiout 8 inchtes square. and appa~rentuly emb~lracesjtist one half' ot' the origintally iii teneri'd dimnetnine. InE MAJESTY OF THE CELESTIAL WORLD I -Thie eminent philosopher. Dr. Dick, of Scotland has aR, original article in the last nuzmLer of the Knickerbocker, tipon time "R ings of Saturni." which will attract at lention and admiration, not less for the sin p e eloquence f its style, than for the mag- I nitude and grandieur of its novel subject.- i The more recent discovery of the concen- < trick rings, their immense breadth and thickness ani time rapid motion they make in theic"awful cycles," are treated at length I and m tie most clear and satisfactory titan- i ner. Dr. Dirk believes, that the doulcie i ring of Saturn is a solid.compact substance, I and not a mere cloud, or shining fluid, since I it casts a deep shiadow tipon tili'erent re gions of the lanet, as ray easily be seen by good telescoems; amid that its rapid mo- i tion is ordained by its Greator,to sustain time ring and prevent it fron collapsing, and fall- I Img down upon time planet. The outer ring Of Saturtn would ecrelose a globo ten itous- I and eight hundred tinies larger thanm the I earth! and the inner one, a gloIe three I hundred and forty tinmes larger than ou.' planet! The whole area wvithin time rings emnbraces nmore than twenty-eight thousand eight hundred millions square miles! ini the body of the planet, time ringsm appear like large ltminous arches, or semi-circles of light occulpyinig otle fifth part of time % isible sky ; lookimmg i the day imne, like a din cloud, or like our moon when time sun has risen; and inl the night, increasing in bright ness, and wearing time shadow of Saturn's globe fitn their eastern boundary, opiposime sunt. Frotm theirrapid motionm, a new por tionm of tie diversified scete.1y of time rimgs will appear every two or three mittites int the horizom, dtstinguishable by common telescopes. The contrary motion of Sat urn's shadow, also, onl tite rints, antI the re Volvinmg of thie rings ar.mtnd time planet, at dillerent periods (otte sceie arising on tle upper, and another anti a differemt one on the lower and through the pemmimg betwet'm, the sars planet and satellites appearim.) will form another variemy of this graId celes tful scenery. Ijuring a half year of Sattirn, (nearly Rifteen of our years,) the sui shines with out imntermtissiomn oi one side of time rings, ,1d dturitng tite saime period, on tite other. Iut- says Dr. Dick, we ate not hence to .anclude, "that stucl a situation is physical ly uncoilurtable. WO litow that they .- y the light of their utoon without almtost als. tnterruption St'meimes too, some tities four, anmid somietimites all their seven iimoons, are shining ont their hemisphere in omme briglt assemmbllage. Besides, during this period is the principal opportnim they emmjoy of cometmplating the starry firmament, and surveying ite more distait regions of' the umiverse, in which they may emjoy a pleasure eilual, if nor superior, to what is elt amidst the slmlendor of the sohitr mayNs; and it is not improbable that multitudes may resort to these darker re gitns, for tile rimose of' making celestial observations," since tie bright shinings of time rinmgs at night doubtless prevetms time starry heavens front beimg dis.tinguishei. Our ihilosopher does not doubt, that the ritgs of Saturn serve as a spacious abode for my:iads of intelligent creattures. FuANKLm.N's ADVICE TO EDITOnS.-Inl the conduct or immy newspaper I eareflimly exclude all libelliig anid permsonil abiuse, whicb is of late becomimme so disgraceful to our country. Whenever I was soliciied tim imn seri any thing of that kim, and the writer pleaded, as he genieratlly did, the liberty of the press, ami that a newspaper was like a stage coach, itt wiii amny one that would pay had a right toa place. mimy answer was, that I would print the piece septrately if dle,ired. and the amihor mitight have as miany copies as lie pileased to distribute himself, blmm thta1 I wouli tot ake m Ipotl ime 1o spread hi. detrction; and that having contracted with may sutbscribers to ftmmrish thei with what might be eiiher useful o enteraiming, I could not fill their papers with lrivate! alrercatittis inl which they had mitt conmcern, wvithmout doimmg the'mm mxaifest injtstiet. Now mtammy of' our pmimters mai~ke mmm scmruplle oft ;ttifyinmg the malnimce iof indilividuals, hv famlse accUsatiomns oft te f'aimrest ebtarnetemrs :t momng onurselvyes, atugmemntinmg antimtosimy eveni mo mime producing of duels. Tlhese tinmgs I menmion ats a cauiom mo youmug pirintemrs, andm thmat they may be encouraged nimt to pomlltte time ptrebs, andm dlisgrace~ time pmrofesion by as theiny mamiy see by exammplie, tham snehil a con'e oif cotiduct wiilh nmot on the whole, Ihe injurious to their interests. We copy front tho Mmobilo Exaimnr. te fltlowinig reptly to time emnquimry whiy tht papier idm mnot dteal more itt poulitices: "We havie receivedi a ecoimnicamettii, askimng wimy we dont dmeal at little more imm plitlical wares! WVe'll stt thme rmemsomi briefly. Wmie hoild potlitie:s, as exhibiitemd imt party papetrs, to be ai ennmiingly idevisedi fat 1be, to catchm ihme reality iof wihielb, it is mnee essarmy to conjectuire miore mtmn we are wott tom do- Suippose, mdear qumerist, we wemre to ~omme oumt tim to-mtorrow's papmier with a imong artclmofpoitia guessing", anid state that Dami Wbstr, t onegenus, tin lie mnotih inmg less thani weathemrcocks, that wvii hurn which way soever the indtm blows: would youm believe us!-Wm'ouldl out niot rather say Omt htmfol mnouthied Examnmmer, thoun li est itt thy) thiroamt! I am a whlig, andt~ mmy mencm are righmt, or I amn a Van Jlurent tman, immd lime whtigs are rascals !" Yes, thmat womhl be the cry; and thimn wotthist throiw mmy thy subhscripi otn; ergo, the Exminumer woiuld bie damnied. hFor this reasontt we il ni mot tatlk of polimies. Secmndt-l3, wve believe politicianms may rembIulle camt:biers 'J'hsm who nn,. fr.. y become poor-nay. starve, whilst those rho client and lie, receive honors, and be ome rich and powerful. Fur this reason, vill we not scribble politics. Third-ls (not thirdlie,) we think we can )lease our readers hetter by sauntering along ie high-way of life,gathering a flower here md a pebble there, and exhibiting them in >tr little cabinet. Fouth-ly, we love and reverence those mnti-politicians, whom fops call ladies. We ike to hold a small part in their sweet tiemories-to know that whilst moving a nowg men, with beards, we are not forgot en by that better and gentler portion of the )eity's creation. Lust-k#/-we advise all our renders who vish to obtain a right notion of political do ngs. tr subscribe for six Whig papers and ix Van Huren papers-put them in the a enibie of truth, strain iem through the eive of con jecture-wash the contents care filly in six dill'erent waters,(very sofi wa er,) and then ituess what the remainder vonid Ie. if' it were divested of' falacy. l'brotigh this process, the republican may now whom to vote for. NORFOLK. March 21. The Neptine.-We have had anl oppor unity of conver.sing with several gentlemen. vto were on board the Neptune during the evere gale she encountered on Saturday. til lenrn from them that the scene was the nost al'ecting and heart rending that they -ver beheld. From noon on Saturday till 2 at night scarcely any hotpe of life remain 4. Death seemed inevitable. The sea vas' running montains high, and the boat vas sometimes lifted to an angle of forty ive degrees. A gentleman with whom we onversed, coutrary to the received accep ation, attributes the preservation of the Punt to her' great length astride of three seas it on1e time. She was oil the Capes of he Delaware during the severity of the gale hNben the front smoke-pipe was blown vi, md the thick iron fastematiis, which bound I to the boat, and to its fellow in the rear, vere rent asunder like pack thread. hope seeted to have departed to return qu more. But the other pipe still remained firm. The >assengers exhioited great resignation, and lothing like noise and bustle was to he heard imong them. They speak ir exalted terms Af the Neptune as a sea boat, and the intre pidity and skill of Capt. Peannoyer. It is singular enough, that, if any acei letit had befillen the Neptune, South Car linia would have lost a professor of one of her Colleges, who in his peculiar depart Inet is as emiient as the late professsor Nott. who was lost in tle lome; we mean U. W. Shephard, Esq. Professor of Cliet istry and Botany in the S. Carolina Med. College. Profisor S. is founding a distin guished relititaiion in his profession, and as we knew him when lie was pluming his witigs for the flight of fame. we are gratified t:a lie has sustaitied himself with so much spirit and vigor. We visited the Neptune yesterday, and walked over the deeks and through those cabins which beheld tlie dreadful exhibition of Saturday. The wide foliing door ofh the dining cabin-an apartment constructed and equipped in a style of princely splemdor -was torn ofl by the wind. Hiere and there some detached piece was seen), and the ab setce of tie stmuke-pipe made a sad hiatus in the appearance of' the upper deck. lint the hull is perfectly sound, and in a little while this splendid specintien of nav al ar el-itecture will be as fresh ats ever, and emn bark voce imore with high hope ont her peri lous career.-Brucon. Pl IA D1i).Pt.tA, March 18. We are pleased to hear by a letter from Ijotulon, that outestimable townsnan, 31r. Stilly, is pursting the study and pracice of his art, with the most flattering facilities and succes. It may not he known to tmtany of his friends here, that lie was commissioned by the st Georg's Society of this city, to paint a portrait fr that Asociation, oflher miajesty, Queen Victoria. 11er pleasure in this mattter wats solicited, andI site had giveni a kind anid ft'ee consent to sit to Mr, Sully for hei' picture, in February, at the flreeking hami palace. Thait this wvill be our favour ite artist's chai-f d'oeurre, wve have little doubt. Cotmnected as it ilil he, with vat nouos otheri tidvantages, we may congratu late the pinter ntpoii his task, and the orig inal upotn the fatct, that lie will conivey a counterfeit presentment to Atmericn, mi w'hich will be pireserved inot only a good likeiness of herself, bitt somtiniig of' that puirp~ur'eium lument ni bieh Sttley so 'well knows ihowi to shied upoin his canlvass, wvith a youthfutl subiject fort his bruish atnd pencil. The Palace ait St. Petersburg, which was destroyed by fire on te 30th Decem ber, was built bty Coutnt Sastrelli, about 80 y'ears ago, in the early part of the reign of the Emapress Elizabeth,. grantd-dautghter of' Ptetier (lie Gr'eat. Theii loss occasioned bty the lire is estimiated at 125 miillions or francs.-. A sptlendid gallai'y of paitintgs was de .stroyed,ini whiich were several chief d'oeuvres Iof littbens. Noting was saved but the children of tihe emptlero~r, a bird and sotmo few articles of silver iplate, and the imptem'i al diamontd. The Emipes wats at the Theatre, where Taglionti was dancvine whlen the fire broke out. Tlhe col was so intense tltat the watier wothd have frozeni itt the air,hiad ito engines with fiurniaces been used, which kepit the element front congeal ing. A fter the fire hail burned for an hioutr, his was unnece''('ssary), as the inmmenise vol atti of' flamte so hieatedh the air its to tielt the ico int a rivet, close bty. It wvas the largest sov'reigtn residence itt Europe, amid ceon atmintif t swcvcb-ousamidm .-, DR. BowDITC.-The deathof Nathani el Bowditch may beregarded as a great loss to the scientific world. lie was un doubtedly the ablest mathematican in this country-and of late years had not proba bly been surpassed by any of the sages of Europe, in various branches of natural piiiosopohy. lie was in a great measur solf educated-having in his youth received but an indifflerent education, sufficient to qualify hin for the counting room. lit afterwards went to sea, and commanded a vesseL some voyages to the East Indies from Salem. It was the practical kunowl edge of navigation, which he thus acqnir ed, combined with his mathematical knowl edge. which induced him to prepare ihr publication his excellent "Practical Navi gator," a work which is pronounced by all good judges, to be the best treatise on nav igation. for all practical purposes, that ever was written. But the work upon which his fame will principally rest. is the trans lation of the "lecanique Celeste" of L:i Place, with co'pious annotations, a mo't In borious undertaking, which occupied hi-, leisure moments during the last twenty years of his life. anti which denotes his ex traordinary intellectual powers as well us his firmness and persevercnce. For twelve or fifteen years past, Dr. D. has been engaged as Actuary of the Ma sachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Comail-. ny, and his services have doubtless been of great value to that Institution. But it is deeply to lie regretted that such a unomuj could not have been able to devote the w% hlo of his time to the service of his cointr , and of mankind. Hiad he lived in Emain-e he would have been placed at the head ut' some public institution, where ho wonli have been able to benefit the great cause ot' science, by pursuing those studies in which his happiness consisted. But in this repub lican government we have no public iusti tutions requiring the service of such a iana as Dr. Bowditch-and pensions to literary men are supposed to be opposed to the principles of Demccracy. This is a new reason, why we hear so little of learning or scientific nien in this country--they are compelled to live in poverty, or resort to soe0n money catching occupation, which tends to ernsh the intellectual energies, for the supportof themselves and their families, Married, in Boston, on Sundrv. 25th ult by the Chaplain of the Illuse of Represca tative, Rev. Edward N. Harris, member of the flouse, from Malden, to Miss Sarnha George, of Boston. This hytnenial is tho st'ject of some remark in the city. Mr. Harris; who has exhibited many eccen tricities as a legislator, as well as a divine. being in a state of widowhood, with three children, saw Aliss George, accidentally; throngh the windows of a milliner's shop, and being favorably impres -d with her ap pearance, popped his le into the door, and pop1ed the questio of marriage to her. She ilshed and hesitated-he gave a brief account of himself, said ie would give her a week to decide and determine, and left the shop. At the expiration of the tcrn, ie again appeared, consent was given, the ceremonies were at once performed, Mr. Iharris resigned his seat in the House, anl la4 taken his young bride only seventeen) ofr to Methuenu, where he has receivel a call for settlement, over a Univer'alist Society, at .800 por annum.-Essex Register. Mr. Jaudon.-We have been favored with the following extract of a letter from a getileinan in Londonu to a friend in this city: "It is in contemlplation to formt. in Ezgn. land, a joint stock association, at the head of which will preside Mr. Jandon, agent for the U. S. Bank, with which it wili be in close connection. The objects of this as sociation will Le the agency of foreigitn loans, the collection of dividends on stocks in the United States, advances on produce, and dealing in exchanges. The ca pital will he ,t,000,000, to be held in shares similar to joint stock banking associations at prt in operattiont in Eugland." Amzerican (rs) EngIishz 'Ifrhinersq. rThe New York News mecntions at cirman st-mete whInch showvs that Amecrican tatlent am~tl induastry htave at length snceeded itt con)1strucetinig machinery of a ver~y compijlicat - tedl natture,im a style tneh~ sttperior~ to thn l'erench andl Enaglish artisants. Theli brig Carrol, wvhich cleared at Newv Ymtk on Fri day last, for Alexandria (Egypt,) i4 freight.. ed with machinery of Amnericant maanaf,:. tttre, and carries out a copn of~ A net. cans, who have etetred into an atr:m, . menit with an agenmt of the pach~a of Iyp for the estalishmentt of millk for bun , antd for the expression of~ nil froma c .;t seed. Varins attem pts (it i. :mcuid) lht y already been :t nle, both.h~y Frech andl ltt glish mechlatnies, to brintg -init o op~era;ion mills of this dlescripition: buitt thtron,hl defect s in the tmachiner~ay, their preiIcts laetV inevi tabile provi~ed abortive. At leungph MeImtnc AlIi resolved to try the mechanical get:inis of Atmerica; antd henee the preset exptedi iotn hats beetn fitted out, and, w e are ha~ppv to adld, with every proaspect tfsucess-that is, if thte practical skill of the enginers. ant I dhe scnce of~ the stnperitntendets are '. n sidered gutarantees of~ such a result Tihe miachitnery is fromt the Wocst Poitnt foundry. An extract of a letter putblishedc in a Northertn abolitiotn paper states, that Miss A. E. G rittko of Chatrleston, "appea;redl before a cotmmittee of the Massachusec t. Leogislaatanre for the immaediato, abolitic n of slnvery in the District of Columl:ia." Thoii Iliotts was crowded, and shto spoke two hours without finishing her speLeh. Shxr was to resumeit o 're o