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MISCELLA NEOUS. From the Louisville Journal. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CON VENTION. SEVETH DAY-TaURSDAY, MAY 8. The convention met pursuant to ad journment. On motion of the Rev. R. 'P. Blake the resolution pending yesterday at the hour of adjournment was laid on the table for the introduction of the fol lowing resolutions, submitted by the Rev. J. Earley: Resolved, That a committee be appoint ed to be called the committee on education, whose duty shall be-to take into considera tion the condition of our schools and colleges, and recommend the best method of improving them. Resolved, That a committee be appoint ed to be called the committee on finance, whose duty shall be to consider the best method of becuring t just portion of the book concern and chartered fund, and recommend the best financial system for our future operation. Both the resolutions passed. Mr. L. Campbell, of Mississippi, rose and called up the resolution which had been offered by Drs. Smith and Pierce on a previous occasion. MKr. C. spoke in support of the resolution, and was followed on the same side by the Rev. G. F. Pierce. On motion, the conventiot adjourned. EWRTu DAY-FRIDAY,. MAy9. Tite convention met pursuant to -ud jonrnment, Bishop Andrew in the chair, and was opened with religious exercises by Rev. Mr. Monroe, of the Missouri con ference. Bishop Andrew announced by request of Bishop Soule, that he would read the appointments of the committees called for yesterday, which are as follows: Financial Committee.-John Earley, Lovic Pierce, William Winans, Alex. L. P. Green,- and Benjamin T. Crouch. Committee on Education.-Robt. Paine, Augustus B. Longstreet, David S. Dog get, B. H. afcCowy, Benjamin M. Drake, C. Fulton, Wesley, Browning, Littleton Fowler. and Samuel Bryant. . The president then remarked he had been requested by Bishop Soule to inform the convention that he had to return home, but would probably get back again on Tuesday next. Bishop Andrew addressed the conven tion this morning at some length he briefly related the facts conuected witb his elec tion to the episcopacy, and showing the extent of his connexion with slavery, which had been the ostensible occasion of the recent difficulties in the church. The mild manner, the christian temper, and tne manly independence of the Bishop, could not. fail to make a most favorable impression on the mind of every member of the audience. He assured the conven tion that, prior to his election to the epis copy, he had never made any pledge on the-subject of slavery, no man had asked him his views, and no one requested of him a pledge-any attempt of the kind ivould have been treated with indignity. Under these circumstances he was elected to-the office. He accepted the office with reluctance, and only consented to serve the church in that capacity, because it was considered of importance to the Southern portion of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He had served. the church to thte btest of his ability, and though he had not per formed his work as he himself could de sire that it should have been done, yet his administration htad been qutadrtentally examined by-the genteral contference and approved. His. statements in reference to the manner in which he became con nected with slavery, were substantially the same as those heretofore laid before the public. lie vindicated himself against the char ges made against him in the public prints, and expressed his astonishrrent that any one who should be charged with the edito vial department of one oh our church pa pers should allow such scantdaloos comtmu -nications as have appeared in the columns of the Western Christain Advocate. We do not pretend to give the Bishtop's ad dress, buit the effect on the convention and the vast crowd of spectators were most thrilling. The whtole assembly was moved to tears, while nll seemed to admire the candor and magnanimity of this great ly injured, but spotless man of God, and distinguished minister of Jesus Christ. The appointments for religions exercis es for the evetting were then read by the Rev. Mr. Taylor. The president called for memorials and othei-business.. Mr. McFerrint rose and called the atten tion of the convention to the following article from the Western Christian Advo cate of May 9th: " We learn . that information reached * Louisville on Saturday the 3d .inst., that there is. a number of preachers from the south who are making arrangements to. sustain the Methodist Episcopal church in their region, in view of the course the delegates are taking. It is reported that a private move is in progress in Louisville to ascertain who are in favor of the old -. church, and a meeting was about to be called to see who were for sustaining the interests of the Methodist Episcopal Church." After reading the article, to wvhich was appended a denial of its state mD.ent signed b~y the ministere of the church es in Louisville, he proceeded to state that, so fr a hekne, terewasno .private movement intitat city, either by the min isters or people, with such an object in viewv. MIr. Brush, of Kentucky, rose and re marked that it was not characteristic of the Kentuckiann to hold secret meetings and conduct such tWatters privately, and *and for his own part be knew nothing of the truth .of the statements made in the Advocate. M-e. McFerren then offeredthe following -resolution, which was carried,. viza Resolved, That the committee on fir *nance be instructed to devises ways and *means to defray the expenses incurred by -Bishops Sotule and Andrew in attending the convention, and report accordingly. Thte resolutioni -offered by Drs. Smith and Pierce on a preceding occasion was then called up, and Dr. Longstreet occu ..:.. ,h r.e,.main der of the sessinn. when. on motion, the convention adjourned. Dr. L.. will conclude his remarks this morning. SATURDAY, May, 10, 1845. The convention met pursuant to ad journmerit, Bishop Andrew in the chair. Religious services by Rev. J. E. Evans, of Georgia. The junrnal of 'yesterday being read, the convention proceeded to business. The president called for memorials and petitions. Rev. J. Green, of Missouri, presented a preamble and resolutions adopted by the members of Dorrett's class, Arrow circuit, Missouri conference, which were read. Dr. Longstreet resumed his remarks on the resolution of Drs. Smith and Pierce a mere synopsis of which occupies two. columns of the Louisville Journal. We make room, however. for the following extract. which, we presume, is addressed especially to the Baltimore Conference: "Let me here drop a word to the bor der conferences. I do not wish to elec tioneer for allies; I desire all to choose sides in this contest as they may think best. As I believe that many of the brethren on the border are laboring under a delusion in regard to the treat ment which they are to receive if they remain under the old conference, I beg leave to give them my opinion.-They think they are to he treated'with all kindness by'their old companions, as a reward for their steadfastness. Not so-they will be but a gudgeon to the trout. The little restrain ing influence which we have exerted being removed, these aspiring powers will mount up like jhA balloon when its ballast is cast oil', and wo to the few slaveholders who remain under them. You will come to us in the end, and you had better go with us at the beginning. As to the church p-o perty of which.you have heard, why let it go,. if they have not truth and magnanimi ty enough t give it to us. As to the danger of making yourselveb secessionists, according to the ethics of Dr. Tomlinson, fortified by the logic of Dr. Bangs and others, why be secession ists rather than servile submissionists. But anes will not change or form your character. We may call ourselves Wash ingtons, but it will not make us Washing. tons-they may call us secessionists, but that will not make us such. They may possibly force us to an .experiment to as certain what we are. ani what our rights, and it will then be seen which is the true church, that which is organized under the sanction of a majority of the preachers and conferences of our connection, or that which claims to exist by virtue-of its own inherent powers--whether the supreme power be really in the general conference or the annual conferences, or the preach ers of the annual conference. If in the latter, whether the general conference, or even the supreme power itself, can make rules which it will require three-fourths of the sovereignty to change. Of all this when it shall become necessary to consider it. For the present, enough to say that leaving the conference is uro leaving the church, especially with consent of the supreme power." Dr. Longstreet having concluded his speech, Mr. Dunwoody of South Carolina, addressed the convention for the space of an hour, presenting the subject of slavery in its moral and religious aspects. Dr. Paine next took the floor, expressing i desire to offer some remarks, which, how ever-, lie postponed till Monday morninig, whereupon the convention adjourned. ilotAy, May 12. The conventinn met pursuant to ad journment, Bishop Andrew in the chair. Mr. Brock, of the Memphis Conferenice, presented a memorial from the Mayor of Memphis, Tcnn., as'kinig for the location of the Southern Book Concerni in thai city, which was referred to the committee on the Book Concern. Mr, McFerrin presented a memorial from the quarterly conference of the Brook street charge, Louiisville district, asking the location of the Book Concern to be in this city, which was read and referred to the same committee. Thie resolution offered by Drs. Smith and Pierce was then called up. and Dr. Paine, of Tennessee, addressed the audi ence at great length, finally taking his seat, amidst loud cheering from e-very part of the assembly. The bishop appointed the following gentlemen as the committeecon the South ern Book Concern:;-Wm. Winatis, E. Stevenson, M. Jirock, H. A. C. Walker, T. Cro' der, Thos. John. On motion, the convention adjourned. TUEsDAY. May 13. The convention met pursuant to ad jourument, Bishop Andrew in ttie chair. The resolution offered by Drs. Smith and Pierce, on a former occasion, was then called up, and Mr. Crowder, of the Virgitnia conference, rose and addressed the convention at considerable length. A numbier of petitions and mnemorials were then presented, praying for (he es tablishment of the book concern at Lou isville. M1r. Evans rose and asked for privilege to offer a resolution; leave was granted, and he then submitted the following: Resolved, T1hat in the judgment of this convemtion, it is not necessary that the general causes and necessities for a sepurate organizatio3a should be discussed any lon ger, unless some members from the border conferences should think it proper to do so, in order to represent their portion of the church correctly. No question ,was taken on'the resoln tion, but several members from- the Ken tucky and lAuinois Conferences, continued to address the convention until the hour of adjournment, declaring their intentions to stand by the South. The convention met pur-suant to ad jourument, Bishop Soule in the chair. The resolution of Dr. Smuith was taken up for further consideration, and supported in speeches by Mr. Pitts, of Tenn.; Mir. Brock, of Tenn.; Mr.. Cranch, of Ky.. and several others. The resolution was finally passed. It is as follows : Resolved by thue Deegates of the several~ Annual Conferences in the South- and Southwestern Stales, in General Conven ion Assembled, That wve cannot sanction the action of the late general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, on the subject of slavery, by retmaiding un r. the ecclesiastical jurisdiCtion of. this body, without deep and lasting. 'ry to the interests of the church and aV oun try; we, therefore, hereby inst e".the committee on organization that if~bpon a careful.examination of the wli bject, they find that there is no reason Te-ground to hope that the Northern majority will recede from their position and give some safe guaranty for the future security of our civil and ecclesiastical rights, thet they report in favor of a separation f.on the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of thzzrujt:gen eral conference. On ihe passage ofthe resolution, Bishop Soule observed thai the vote. was very remarkable for its unanimity. THURSDAY. May15: The convention met pursuant to ad journment, Bishop Andrew in the chair. The usual religious services by the Rev. J. Stamper. The president called for reports-no response. He called for petitions and. memorials. . - Mr, Brush, of Kentucky, prekbeited thn following memorial from the rayo.r ano city council of Louisville asking. for .the establishment of the book concern in that city. On motion, the convention resolved itself into a committee of the whole. for the purpose of considering thljport of the missionary committee. M. Early was called to the chair and iS- report made. After some discussion upon the merits of the report, the coinmiee, on motion, arose, reported progress, and begged leave to sit again. Dr. Bascom, chairman of the commit:ee on organization presented and read their report, wtib occupied one houruand. three quarters. On motion, it was ordered, that one hundred copies be printed for the use of the convention. On motion, the convention adjourned. The. Presbyterian General Assembly (Old School) is about to convene at Cin cinnati. The Watchman of ,the South states that the four following stijects-will be brought before it : 1st. The Quorum questiopr will be brought up by way of a memorial from several elders iii the Fayetteville Presby tery. - 2d. The Marriage question Will come up upon an appeal from- 'dr. McQueen. as well as upon a report from; a d m ttee appointed on that subject e former assembly. 3rd. The removal of ,.he t7 of the B lard of Domestic Missi9ns e urged upon a memorial from the S of Mis souri, and two or three Presh es in the Vest. 4th. The subject of abolit4o till be agitated upon memorial and' ttious from various quarters. Temperanee in the West Indio. There is a rail road now in progress frons Kings ton, Jamaica, to the interior. :\,Kme fihy labourers were brought from England, and have -been toiling under a vjrticalmunt in an insalubrious district in th "16iibor hifmd of swamps and morassetkd yet.m a single person has died, and only one was slightly indisposed, and the danse of this was attributed to the fact that not a single one was a rum drinker. Correspondence of the Courier. .NEw-YoaK, May 14, 1845. Fashion is beaten ! Peytona took the purse of 20,000 yestarday over the Union Course-winning the two first heats, in 7,398, 7,48. fil agree that no event in the sporting world has evet created sro great a sensation or drawn together so great a concourse of people, Phere were at least otne hundred and fifty thousand persons on the ground yesterday, among whom were a large number of the female leaders in the fashionable world. The Long Island Rail Road ran otne huiidred cars and nine locomotives every houtr up to 12. The race came off at a little after one, with the trar-k heavy ivith sand, and the course intolerably dry and dusty. The feelitrg of the South against the North was aggravated to altmost fury, and up wards of S120.000 in side bets is ktnowtn to have changed hands. Up to the strip ping of the animals, the betting wan con si(erably in favor of Fashion, but then it waered round and wvas about even when they started for the first heat. At the end of the first heat, hedging commenced in earnest, and the odds became decidedly in favor of the Southern dame. The restult was haileJ by tremendous shouts froii the victorious party, and tokens of admirationi even from the vanquished. Never was there a more beautiful heat than the last. Pushizon took the inside from thte first, and kept it throughout, coming in under whip and spur, but beaten by half a length. For the first three miles and three quar ters it was impossible to tell which horse was ahced, and the an xiety was itntense hushing the immense multitude into a silence deep as death. As they turned lown the back stretch, Peytona made de monstrations for a brush, and o# the. straight run home seemed gradually to longate herself, inch by inch, unttl she had gained half her length, which position she maintained, despite the tremendous exertiotts of her rival. The time. consid ering the state of the track, and the sea son of the year, is universally considered as splendid. Fashion has won twenty-three races and never before lost one. Her blood is the purest and noblest on the American turf-and Peytona must now be considered' he first horse in the Union. The city never was so full of strangers -every hotel, private boarding house, avern and cafe, is crowded to suffocation, and hundreds slept on chairs last night, who will have a hard scramble for break fast this morning. The South has achie ved a fair, a glorious triumph. We con gratulate her on her laurels! Newo Jersey.-The Methodist Church in New Jersey shows that its increase has been very rapid during a few years past. For the year 1844 they stand as follows: Itinerant Mitnisters, . ^134 Churches and Chapels, 264 Sunday School Scholars, 15,246 From tQe Charleston' Courier. DEDICATION OF A MASoNic TI.MPLE AT BARNWELL GOURT HoUs:. On Tuesday last, the interesting and important ceremony of Dedicating a Tem ple to the purposes of Free Masonry, by the Gramd Lodge of the State of Sou:h Carolina, took place at Barnwell Court House. The Temple is a Insteful one, and the members of Harmony Lodge, No. 17,, has shown an enterprise and zeal in the cause of Masonry. deserving of all commenda tion, in thus erecting in their romantic little village. an edifice for the meetings of the 'Grand Lodge, which left Charleston on Monday. last, and reached Blackville, DC miles'from ti e city, between 2 and 3o'clock, P. M., (being joined, at Branchville, by a large delegation from Hamburg Lodge. No. 12.) where they found carriages awaiting to take them to Barnwell, a dis lance of 10 miles. On Tuesday morning preparations were commenced for the Dedieation.a nd about 11- o'clock, the Grand Lodge was callet to order, and the Lodge opened in the lower room of the Court House-severa members from the Augusta and Hainburg Lodges being in. attendance. The proper and usual arrangements having been per fected, the Brethren were lbtrmed in pro cession, in the usual manner, in full cos tume, and banners displayed, under the supervision of the Grand Marshall- and an Assistant, and, preceded by a hand of Music, took' up. the line of march for the Temple, the lower room. of which hac been.pre-occupied by the ladies, for whon seats had been provided. On reaching tne door. the procession opened to the right and left, and the officers of the Grant Lodge entered, when the usual Masonic ceremonies were performed. The Grand Lodge then moved to the upper room, devoted expressly to Masonic purposes, and the'ITemple was tbea conse crated. in the usual manner, all the mystic rites and ceremonies of, the order being observed. After the Consecration,.tlie Brethren descended to the Hall below, when Bro ther A. P. Aldrich, Past Master of the Barn well Lodge. delivered an Address ap propriate to the occasion, introducing some miteresting local .reminisences with re gard to the progress of Free Masonry in the village of Barnwell-defining the ob jects of the Fraternity in associatingthem selves together as a select Brotherhood that charity, benevolence, end good will t the whole human family, more particu ularly to the bereaved widow and father less orphan, were the guiding ohjects of the association-concluding with a tbrilling and eloquent appeal to the devotees t< the ancient orc er to continue the good work to the end, and deserve the reward proffered by the Great Architect of the Universe to those who are never weary o: well doing. At the conclusion of the address o Brother Aldrich, the Most Worshipfu Grand sMaster, Brother J. B. Irving, ad dressed 'he audience, and in his usual strain of polished oratory. spoke'of the benefts-arising ftom the united efforts ol au association of brethren, devoted to the t f .brop appealetin his usual happy and effective tnannWi-, to the support and countenance of the fairer por tion- of the audience-invoked them to give the cord of God speed to the frater nity in their holy work of assuaging grief. and binding up the wo~unds of the affilet edl, and at the close of his remarks received the platdits of the sterner portion of the auditory, and thte approbatory glances and approving smiles of Heaven's last best gift to man, lovely woman. The procession was then re-organized, and returned to the Ctourt llouse, wh'ere the Grand Ledge was closed in atmple form, and tlte Brethren dispersed, well pleased with the ceremonies of the day. In the afternoon, a Banquet wvas pre pared, and partaken of by the fraternity, and in the evening a Ball was given in the lower rtom of the newly elected Masonic Temple, which was attended by a large assetmblage of the beauty and fashion of the villnue, and those residing in the vi cinity. '?us closed '-a day at Barnwell," and long maty the celebratiotn of the Dedi cation otf the Masonic liall be retmembered by its inhabitants as a day devoted to the inculcation of "Faith," "Hope" and 'Char it," itnto the breasts not only of Free Ma sons, but to the whole htttman family; tnay hey have the "Strength" to sustain, and the "Wisdom" to perpetuate these H-ea venly virtues, that add "Beauty" to every action and incident of life. Drunkard's Wife.-None but those who have passed through the sad ordeal, know the sufferings of one who is fastencd by inissoluble bonds to a miser-able druntkardJ; one whose wrongs, whose patient sufferings continually ascend on every breeze to the throne of Goed; whose active and inextin guishabhle affection is ever watching over one who requites it all by hard hearted abuse and neglect. Faith and hope are the jewels that gliaten in her sotd; and they shine in the midst of sorrow and gloom, as stars in a dark stormny night. Once joy and brightness filled her lot, but now, lonely vigils, heart istrugg'les, brokee hopes ; the wvreck .of all that is lovely, have made her path (lark and her life a cloudy vision. A trusting heart has beer roken, and the conviction cotmes, and that heart once the home of bliss, must be the grave of sorrows, where ties buried the wreck of her dearest hope. Too oftet the heart that loves must bleed, hut whose heart suffers as does the drunkard's wife 1 Patriot. Deatht of the H on. John~ Cam pel.-T he Carleslon Patriot of the 24th inst., says : " We regret to learn that the Hon. Joht Campbell, fur many years a member o Congress from the Pee dee District. dle< at his residence in Marlborough District on Monday last. of a hemorrhage of thc lungs." Maple for England.-Two boat loadi of curled and birdseye maple have beet recently landed in T1roy from the WVest to be shipped to Etngland, where thi2s woo< is in great request for cabinet makers. The Rev. P- J. Sparrow has been ec ted President of 11am pden Sydney Col lege in Vir,..n-Parot ~be fl4etr zcti 'EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 ,. 1845. "We will cling to-the Pillars of the-cmple of Our Liberties. and if it must fall, wewill .per. ish amidst the Ruins." The Season and the Ctops.-On :Thuraday evening lust a good rain felrat this place and neighborhood. The corn and oats have. been much improved in appearance.~ The. crops of wheat and fall oats will be better than we an. ticipated 6ome time past. For some days after the rain, the weather was quite cool. 07 RI.tGIoUs NOTICE -We are requested to state that a Protracted Meeting will beheld in the Methodist Church this week. -Pteaching may be expected Wednesday evening; and each day and at night the balance of the week. The attentipn of our readers is called to the Address of the Rev. Messrs. Johnston, Curtis and Fulle:, which wtill be foetad in our columns today. HAonoRG JOURNAL. -John W. Yarborough, Esq.. proprietor and editor of the. Hamburg Journal, has didposed of his- establishment to. Messrs. Heniy D Wray and R. W. Murray. These gentlemen will publish a weekly paper, devoted to commerce, the farmer, the mechan ic, the merchant, the arts and sciences gener ally. The Grit number will be issued on Sat urday the 14th of Juno. We hope that .these gentlemen will receive a liberal share of public patronage. - The Mission to Great Britain.-The rumor respecting the recent appointmeint of Mr. Cal -honn as Ambassador to England, is contradict. ed by the Washington Union.. The Steam Vcssels of Great Britain.-The Parliament of this country, has made appro priations for a considerable increase in. her naval force. The governmentshows plainly a strong disposition towards the general employ ment of steam vessels. The reason alledged for this increase, is the necessity of having. squadrons on the coasts of China, Africa and in the Pacific. May we not add also on the Atlantic coast? Should not our government be on the watch as to the movements of Eng land, and endeavor to guard our now defence les1 coasts, by building and encouraging a ste ficient number of steam vessels on the plan of those employed in the Iritish mail service ? We hope that the next Congress vill take this matter earnestly-in hand. g . The Secretary of' War.AT Constitution says, that W. L. Marcy, now Secretari of War. with his owirhands captured the first British flag taken during the last war, since. which time he has had every post of honor in his. State, and those commanding a great variety of talents. Thne Virginia University-The duties of this Institution have been resumed, and under mnre favorable anspices. it is said, than its friends anticipated, after the late rebellion. All the stu dents whom the faculty would consent to re ceive have returned, and the best feeling-pre vailed. Professor George Tucker has re signed the chair of Moral Philozophiy. The vaca ncy will be filled on the 1st of July. On Monday the 12th instant, the Mercury in Boston stood et ninety~three and a ball degrees. Prost -The Camden Journal of the 21st Inst., says: "We understand that there wa5 white frost in the vicinity of this place on Fri day morning last ; it did no material injury to the crops." WV. H Rosn ..-The Virginia papers re. cently contained an account of the death of Win. Henry Roane, one of the most distin gnished p'ublic men of that State. Thisngentle. man lid served in the House of Delegates, in the Repjresentative branch of Congress, and in the U. S. Senate. He had frequently been a member of the Electoral College ofVirginia.and was a member of the last Baltimore Convention He was a son of the late Judge Spencer Roane, one of Virginia's brightest lights, and a grand. non of Patrick Henry. Fros.-A letter from St. George's, Dor chester, about 17 miles from this city, datefi the 17th inst., says there wvas a white frost on the ground that morning. We fear thut this indicates an nseasoniable lowness or temperature in the upper parts of the State, which may prove greatly injurious to the crops. A frost so late iu: May is a very unusual occurrence so near the city. In the city the wveather, for several days past, has been unseasonudly cool, renewing in manf families the w.or ship of their Lares. Noi withsianding this late frosi, the spring has-been very forward in the city and its vicinity ; and, yesierday, we had on tabile a mess of main or green corn from our own garden. We have b~een informed! that the long standing Bridge controversy, between H. Shultz, Esq., and others, atnd tho Bank of the State of Georgia and others, has been re-instated in the sixth Circuit Court of' the L nited States, in conforty with a decree of the Supreme Court inade in. -rho case some years since. Theo amount claimed in the bill at the rate of 6 per et. is $595,000. and we understand ibat the Marshal on Monday lastgeerved the Iparties at this place with a Silb UDrtt and left the same evening fo Auus8 To serve the parties at that place also.'- Te preliminary points ofth@ecase masy be ar gued in July next' . This case has alreadly been twenty-thrce yfears, under Jiugtion, :-The- parties. have than- far manifested "the gift of coatiap ance" in no onfinary degree, . aud =wo -should- not be surprised if the next- 'gene ratioti ere destined to "bear a hand" in. its final adjustment.--SaV. Repinblican. The General Aister .-e ai-itfoitirtm ed that a report has been circulated ii -b onutrv, w hicli tis caused no- lte tpea tness, that -at the general lnspectionand - Review, to be held aia he 30th instant, a -draft of. men will take .place, twJghMAe Mexicans! One fellow, the other :lay, whose courage was "oozing out at iilin .gers' ends{ asked a neighbor of oursrwitk the utmost seriousness, ,if-.such .-a' iie ,tac-; ad on beiig'informed -i' she iega tived, 4exclaiined-.pattiolically, " tht be was willing to serve his: cotetr ybut d- d if'be liked-to be drafted '. Sixty-five hundred sacki of wieat, aver aging about sixty-two bushels etch. says an exchauge-paper; 'ave beei-jiui'chased in the eountry,above St- Louis, aid-were received in -that city a 3reek.'r two sijace to be shipped via. New OrTeaia, to milf in Nova -Scotia. .iThe trie- iwithitha recollection of.-many msichanets be etbe idea of purchasing wheat in1Missonzp1* - linois and Jowa, for milli is Np'va' tia would have been laughed-rt asi ln' unprofitable speculation. - Public Opinion in .GevinAy, tetter from Hamburg; dated April 14th ;ays " So :nuch is certainly evieei,; ist--i' Great Britaini andAuerica go'to wir, the Freunh Government. will find-sone pt -' tent or other for joinngtite Iater, and if the French-are onice at war, theywill not restt dntiL the -Uhtie-forms iheir-boundary. A war, theref refore,-in which -Pfance-s involved, must .adoner vt..ateo-i41icate the whole .of Germany and wbibv-thp entire continent of'Enrope-.'t Erlensive Sale of Public : Ladn s e - of Public Lands to the extent fA0- -. acres and upwards,* ying -fa ier ~ostb west, West and Southwest seig:FIw country.. are advertised.ro tiit1 Iace in ensuing Summer 'and Autumni. In Wisconsin Teritory abotit'2,0A - acres of choice lands, lying oarnd between -. Fnx- and Wolf- rivers, and..iinieiliatily Bontiguuus to Green Bay and aid Win nebago, will. be brought .inio.airlpiti October next. - ln lowa, two 'and a tbird -aillions -T 'acres to be sold in September and Octo her. -. In Illinois,. upwards of 90,000 acres-of rich bottom lands will e br oughs into mar ket, embracing :tracts on the Missssippi and islands in that riyer, with.'smiall de tached bodies nfitnd not heretoforeoffered. In-1issouri, upwards of a 'million of -icres will be offered ' for sale. embracing tracts in the nortfi, northwest, west and nuthwest part of the State. In Arkansas, there will also -he bioght into market about L.,000.D00 -acres,-em bracing nine totrnibips on-he ffeir district of Champagnole. - In Louisiana, about 154,000,. and- in Florida. upwards of 600,000 acies-fifline sugar and cotton lands -will be- cfe red=Ipr sale. - -1e. New Postage iT.LThe folloning.asE -. -the rates of postage upon letters; newspapers and pamphlets, as -regulated by the new bill, by the last Congress,.which goes into opera. tion on the first~day',of July next: On Letters-Single, or any number of pieces tnt exceedinig half1(n ounce, 300 mul'es or less. - . cents. If over 300 miles. - - 10 " Drop letters. (not.maildd,) 0 '' For each additional half ounice or part thereot; add single Pos,tage thereto. On Netcspapers, of 1900 square ' -- inches or less, sent by editors or publishers. from their offices of-' publication. any distance not exc-eeding 30 miles. .Free. Over 31 mites, and not excead ing l1t0. -I cent. Ovyer 100 miles, and out of the State, 1 All sizes over 1900 sqnare inch es, postage same as pamphlets, Pamphlets, Magazines, and Pert ',hels, any di.<tance, for' one onnce or kess. each copy, *-2 Each Iadditional otnce or fract-. tional part thereof. 11 ". On Circulars-Q~narto post, sin- - gte cap, or paper not larger than smnghe cap, folded, diree ted. anid,sealed, for every shect,2 any distance,2" A correspondent of the New York Couuier and Euquirer communicates tilt following : - - "Hlow few are aware that at Betnada the British Government has constr'ucted, within a fewv years past, a spacious bar bor fur tbe accommodation of their squad rons ; tha( for several years -they- have employed a fleet of colliers in saking it a depot of coal; that they have also .in store the armatment and dupliCates. of important parts of machinery for every steamer under her flag, now navigating the Atlantic and the Carriban; and in ad. - dition to the large supplies of-military stores, that they -keep constantly on foot 400 head of cattle." A Curious Animl.-A letter was read before th'e G.eological -Convention, giiving a description of a curious. aniknal found in - the M~ammoth Ravine? as it-is called, eear Natchiez, Miss., which-is styled the "non dlescript? its head was eighteep :inehe# boag and eleven inches wide; there*wa a plae for a truuk like that of an -elepaat; the tusks were -eleven inches Iong;. there were no traces of any eye socket no foramin.a-for the passae-of an) optic nerve no place for eyes at alg;it was a blind ant imal; had sixteen teeth; isa fore -leg 'was 5 feet long, ued very powferfol; the bones were-completely fossilized,-and were very ferruginioui- - .-: - . - .Candles 'that do sat ,teed $mi5ing.. - Candles may be made to- burn their own wicks by saturating -them .with a solit ion of nit'e, an'd then thoroughly deying them, - The cause of the wicks 'o the candles- refusing to betrn. iA, thati the' pir cacnot 'get access to' them; The -nitre, however, at a-high temperature,-will sup ply oxygen. enough for this purpose.--,