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rnSCELLi!NI;OUS.' CONVENTIQN. Nov. 13. 1845. -"G ",.R )I Calhoun was received in the city uday with a .warmth.and enthusiasm. - whtch. has seldom been accorded to any public man in the nation. Hundreds and 'T tbosands lined the bluffs and thronged S the avenues which approached them, send ng shouts and deafening huzzahs. The 'steamer in which he came passenger from N. Orleans, was-met by another sent out by the citizens of Memphis. with a band of inusi on board. and a dense crowd of in - -habitants. including a large representation - o, f the fair sex of the Western valley. The - nro boats-met amid-the roar ofcannon, the shoutina of the multitude, the waving of ats rid handkerchiefs, and when Mr. C approached the quarter deck alone and un ',covered, ani stood erect there to receive these hearty greetings, and it was a sight more. imposing, and longer to be held in recollection than any thing we have ever witnessed. The Mayor of Memphis. re ceived Mr. Calhoun at the Gayosco House. where accommodations were provided for itn, with a handsome and complimenta ry speech, to which Mr. Calhoun res pended with much feeling. He was called upon by delegates from every section of the South and West, and interchanges of cordiality and friendship wore passed- du rina the evening Yesterday was fixed for the first of the Convention's session, but Mr. Calhoun, and a large number of other dalegates, mot having arrived at the fixed hour, and 'not arriving until late in the day, no per -naenent organization of the Convention sitook' place. The body. however, had ,two short and unimportant sessions. Hon. +E. J. Shields, of Tennessee, was called l -to the. Chair, pro lempore. Delegares .were reported as follows:-Ketocky 8; Arkansas II; Missouri 34; Alabama 9; -South Carolina 6; North Carolina 1; Il :enois 16; Indiana 4; Iowa I; Texas 3; Mississippi 170; Tennessee 250-nearly 500 in all, Delegations from other States expected hit not yet arrived. On motion of H. G. Smith. Esq.. of Tennessee. a Committee of one from each State and Territoay represented, was ap pointed to nominate proper officers for the organization of the Convention. From South Carolina, Jas. GOtdsdeu, Esq., ap pears iu the Committee. * MEMPHIS CONVENTION. n -the Momtphis ..ppeal of the 15' b. we *rave the .psocedings of this body up to Friday night, the '4th inst. Mr. Calhoun was on Thursday elected'President of the Convetrtion. The following is the report vi his'rcmarks: *.Mr. Calhoun expressed a deep sense oi , tbe -honor conferred upon him, and warm. .j returned his thanks therefore. Mr. C. proceded to state' to the Convention, at some length, tie views he entertained as to their trti-es. He understood that th - Convention had-aserribled for the pur pose of promoting and fostering the re sources"sand -interest' of Wie" South and West." He conjured 'them to avoid all Ines'ions calolelated'to' excito party feel" ings.=ie asked, what subjectsthey could 'y .propei'y miemoralise 'Congress ~.0n. and r among them,. enumerated the improve. - mtent of the Messipitad-hn e gres-hatidotrbtedl right, as io'protect and provide:for the safety ofout' commerce on'th6 'Ocean. Re also whs in favor land warmly urged that Congress shiould com mence and 'perfect a system rrf Gulf Defences.' He declared himself also in ravor of a relitquishment( by the Federal Government. ofall jurisdiction over the public lahnds within the' States in which' the lands might be situated, and confer *ring the power on the several States to perfect titles thereto, paying to the Guv erment of the U. States 66 2 3 per centum (or some certain portion) of the amount of sales. Thte residue would .furnidb an -ample fun~d fur purposes of im provements. He also recommend, in ihis cnnnecdton, the policy of levying andI reclaiming the low lands of the Mississippi Valley; the system to be commenced cautiously, and to be prw'.'edC in. as exp~erience should denhsier.ne. is~ utility. TIhe fund that would be derivod from the sale of public~ lands by the Stntes, if (or when) the ju. uisdictiotn over t hem should be relitiquished bay the Federal G..vernmnent, wtould be an aiple one for this purpose. Hie also ajpprovred ofa crumnection of the Vallies of the Mississappi and the St. Lawrence, by way of the L akes. This was clearly within the power of the Fede t-al Goverument, as a chain in its system of defences, and should be perfected. Ho did tnot wish to press his own pee-i liar opinions on the Convetntion, but was opposed to the Federal Government being asked for approptiationis fur the construc tion of Rail Roads from thb Mississippi to the Atlatitic Sea Board, but warmly urged that work, and hoped the Convention would urge it upon the cotisidetation of the Legislature of the different States more immediately interested. He coh-. sidered this work as of great importance, both to the Norkl and South, but more immediately so io the States through which the road should pass. Mr. C. becoming very hoarse. was compelled to close h'is remarks, notirith standing repeated, and prolonging calls to After the inauguration of officers, the Reports of various Comrrnittees of the last Convention were: called for and read. Col. Gadsden preseuted a mtap of various Railroad routes from the Mississippi east ward. On Friday a motion was made to appoint a.Comnmitttoe on the Cumnberland road wvasreuisted by Mr. C. C. .Clay of ~la., -and withdrawn. A Committee on the Warehouising sys iem was appointed. , The following extracts embrace all the emasiniagsprocediugs of -interest. A motion was, made. for the 'appnint - spent of a -conmmittee, to consist of one iaomber from.'the states .of Indiana, Illi nois.Missaan -and Arkansas, severally. *to-consiler, of the propriety ofecoastructing a militarRoad'frbm -Vandaltin llinois, 4o ths.Texan'fronierand oft the pi-opriety of,ra rigairernerte Sections of land itn ,u.-''rieici ;t which aid-i .rad' should pass,.s a ufte ts'oft.ofnectrg this gject .;asse , iver, inforinally p 1. eeate. omeIliinis "o~e tbe= tolfbwnti - .Resolved, That this CV'avention will. recommend- no su1ject' to the considera tion of Congress, not within its Undispu ted pourers. Some little debate.-sprung tip on this resolution, and some. diversity of opinion as to the position assumed by the President of the Convention. in the:openiug address. Mr. Calhoun tookoccasiot to explain: he.considered the Mississippi as an Inland Sea, for purposes of commerce, to the States of this confederacy, and as such, its improvement becameas much within the power of Congress, as that of the Chesapeake Bay, or any other of -our in land seas or harboours... He cousidered- the terms "national interest" or "national importance" to signify, properly, that for which, a specsfic grant of power to Con gress, is contained in the Constitution. -General wife Bre," to mean such provi sions as may be made for the good of the States, under the specific grants in the Coustittion.-He constdered this as an a'ssenilage, or consideration of nations. The resolution was adopted. 'ime Organiation of July's Committees was tioem taken up, and after some dilif' euhy and delay in malting selections, was empleted-when the Convention ad. journed.'till 3 o'clock P.1M. Nov. 14. The Convention met pursuant to ad journment On moion, Gen. Gaines was elected Vice President on the part of the Con vention at large, and a committee of three were appointed to wait on him and apprise him of his election, who reported. that he would take his seat in the snorning. The committee on the Military Road through Arkansas, to the Western frontier submitted their report, tihich was received and read and referred to the Committee on Military and Naval resources and de fences of the West and South. Resolved. That the subject of the con tinnation of the National Road through Ohio. lodiantta, Illinois and Missouri be referred to the Committee on Military and Naval defences and resources of the West and South. From the Charleston Mercury. Mr. Editor.-It is not often that I inspect the Books which are put into my children's hands for their instruction. Within a few days, the Tutor who has charge of my children, informed me that he has to skip some of the passages in the "History for Yanth and Children," by the celebrated Peter Parley--on account f the insinuations introduced againt our . Domestic institutions. On calling for the Book I find atifage 0 31--se much objectional tatter that I mmediately tore it out, and herewith mncluse it fur your notice. 9 - This "History" says "that the Institu- it ion is sanctioned by the Laws of the a Savholding States. -Did the Historian rt orget that the four Southern Atlantic iates,;of which he waste treating, held heir.slaves undter'the- guarantee of the 3osiiution of the Unied States? And C hen; ho expresses - "the. hope that the ' lnewirl sgoticrtne:.when .there will be t' t lave. i'oi country." that a-'tenev- as en rm . the purpose seting -eaenegroes ree," did: he believe that is wishes'wouia be f 6lfiled -liy the Co- S nisation Society. The truth, is, this U reryfrttnte author '(wbo I understand tas, amassed ai large fortune by lis puerile voksy wrote for Northern latitudes-and. cew his "History" would, with some 5 1her unexceptionable works of his, find it heir way to the South. [His aim was e ot merely to reap pence from the North, ut he wilfully seeks to sow mischief in he South. No man who reflects for a se noment otn the subject, hut must see that e assages like thte one chmfplaintedl of, are, nost likely to excite feelings in Southern kaouth tending directly to wreakeni their niideace in the Iastitution of their own 3tates. If we permnit'-this impertinent interference u our v'ery nurseries-we need not wvon Ir if a more direct appeal is not very son made to the objects which claim so nuteh of their philanthropic sy mpathty. all I have to add, Mr. Editor is this_ C he single page 81 of Peter Parley's His ory, together with the wood cut of the >verseer and the negroes. is quite enottgh, n my humble judgment. to condemn it as Shool Book for any Southern f'amily. A MELANCHOLY AFFRAY. ? We are catled -upon to record atn oc- f ~urrence by which one of our oldest in- h ~abitanta has beeni deprived of life, and a brief spiace of timte transferred from hesceesof time to enter upob.those of ~ternity. Ott Thursday eveninig, 13th nist., 'the apalling intelligence was com nadeiated to us that Capt. Charles Van. derford had been mur~tdered ! Upon r-e paing t' the place where Capt. C. had been in the -habit of ttansactiug businesse as a merchant, we saw him laid o-it oti a able, a ghastly attd bloody corpse. From all the parniculatrs we could learn, it ap pears that Agnus Taylor, a young man c whom we judged to lie about 25 years of age had been in and before the store oft the deceased, making use of oaths and abusive epitets-thatt Capt. V. had or tered Taylor away from his store. push ed hint away and was observed to strike him with a stick, upon which the two losed, and passed a numbher of blows, Taylor using a dirk knife which he had I in his hand. and with which lie inflicted nine wounds in thejleft side of Capt. V, thus causing his death in about half an hour. -As soon as the parties separated Taylor fled, but was pursued anid over taken, and -immediately placed ini con Gnement.-Ckcraw Gazetue His Honor Judge Evans on Saturday passed senitence of death on Robert Lay ton alias S. J. WVarreti, convicted. of Forgery-said sentence to be executed on the 19th prox. The Jury hiaving re commended the- prisoner to tmercy, it is poable the authorily of .the Governor will be. 'interpoted and~the sentence not carried out.- Charleston Mercury. Sueh as. a careless of-thimselves ir beldom mit dful of others. PROMOI'ON, DI'QR3. y;he foreign. rospondeni ft 'e niter States' liirda Postsays. -he editors. o newspapersi bjhin Etigland and Franee, ar tirought out by.tbe people as 'tlieir-Represen iatives. In Paris. the conductors of the lead ingpuliejournals, are membersof the Chatm hers, nd it England, the leading proprietor of. the ' Times, the Morning Chronfihk. Lint 1Weekly.Chronicle, the Morning Herald, anr those, of the several Provincial papers, ar members of Parliament." In France it is wel known that many proprietors and editors' o papers have longjoccupied a position inferini to no other class of persons. Several of th aiost distinguished pe'rsons of th' kinglom have been connected with the pre:s. For the Advertiser. MEDICAL MEETING. EDOFt EPLD C. H., Nov. 17. -4845. According to previous notice given it the Advertiser, a portion of t'hc physicinnt of Edgefield Districi net at the Court House, at 12 M. On motion. br. Jnt'. Lake was called to the Ghair, and Dr. E.J. Mins appoint ed Secretary. 'The object of .he meeting having -been explained by the Chairman, the-committee appointed to prepare a con stitutioti. repo.-ted, %i-hich was article -by article anopted. as folows.: Whereas, we, a portion of n+-e .physi cians of Edgeheld )istrict, desirous to use our best endeavors to sustain the di: mity of the medical profession, and to adopt such mesures as may be best cal culated to forward the science, and en gender a spirit of free and social inter cotrse among its members; and whereas. we believe it to be the duty as well as the interest of each individual practitioner. tt availbimself of every reasonable source of information in the study, as well as the treatment of diseases, and also to collect .anddisseminate all important 'faets which matty come under his observation, have re solved, as the best method of attaining the greatends in view, to firm ourselves into a Society, which shall he golverned bay the following C-wstita tion : . ART. 1. This Society shall he styled the Medical Society of Edgefield Distriet. ART. 2. The officers of this So.'iety shill consist of a President., two Vice Presidents , and a Sicretary and Trensn ru. 'o be chosen.hy ballot, at each atnni versary meeting. Ie Secretaryship and Treasuryship to be invested in one pe ART 3. This Society shall meet semi annually at Edgefeld C. I.. on the first Monday evening in May and November, an candle light. AR. 4. It shall he the, datv. of the Pr'ident to preside and exercise enprenie controll over each meeting-j tihe Society. In the absence of the President,Jt shail he the duty of the.Vice-Presi~lis to take the chair; and in the ab'ence of the Pres ident and Vice Presidents, the eldest phvs ician present shall be appointed President pro tem. ART. 5.. It shall bethe duty of the Sae retary to record.the.poeeings-1t'each meeting of the Society in: a briok, and read them at the succeeding meeting. ART. 6. It Shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take..charge of the funds of the Sdciety, and-pply. ;them as die. So -~~v gala Jretr- Ata~s~ ,, a.egfd .s~,e-s a I e-retiue( o make a written report Qfal ie: noneys received-and expended, aswell as pay over the funds on hand to his successor. - ART. y .The anniversary meeting of this Society shall be,, held on th6 first Monday. evening of November of each year... AaT. 8..Atny regular phtysician can be come at member of this Society by pay ing tho sum of one dollar to the TVreasa rer, provided tite Society consider hsimr worthy to be associated wish thseir body. AR. 9. The Society sialf have powecr tao expel any member whose aondlaet mayv render him um~worthsy of membership. A RT. 10. Any afiCk of this .Constittu. sion may be amndsed or repealed, art the discretion of the Society. ARaT. II. Five moemhiers of this Socie sy shall constitute a qutarum undera' ordi nary circumstances, but in ease of ;any last sitiess of mouch imporutnce to lbe brotught before the Society, such as as motion to re peal or alter the constitution. or to expel a member, is shall nt be aeted tupon tin less a majority oif the members are pres ent. ART. 12. Is shall he lhe ritty of the Presisdent to appaoint soane mcembers of Society at each regular meettmg, to report no some medical subject t she succeeding meeting. The subject shall always he :hosen by the vote of she Societv. arnd be made known before its adjournment. A f ter the report is cosneluded, the members shall have the privilege or giving their views of the subject in alphabsetical order, no one being allowed so speak except in his turn, and not aiore thsan twenty min: utes It shall also be the duty of the President to call extra meetings of the Society whienever he may deem it expedietnt. And tn case any member of the Society shotild desire to call an exti'a mneeting, it bhall be his duty to inform the President, letting forth as the same time the objects in view. The Seciety thent went into an election of officers: Dr. JNC --A KE, Presaident. Dr. Rt. T. M IMS. Vice .Dr- W. M. BURT. Pres'dents. Dr E. J. MIMS. Sec. and Trens. The following subjects were then eho sen by the Society. viz: Is the sulphate of quinine in any gunn tity or dose a sedative ? Pneumonia. Dr. E. J. Mlims was appointed to report no she former, and Dr. WV. M. Burt on the latter. Notwithstanding the meeting was not as large as could have beetn desired, wve were greatly. encouraged by the enterpri siag spirit of those .in attendatnce, and have noe doubt that they will with redlon bled'ibal, carry out the'object of the meet hng. As . the Society wvas .nlso engaged f'or.aomejtimne in matters of biusincss, the~ address of Dlr. A. G. Teagn e was post. poned until the meeting in Muay next. Our deparsrnerij or science so sublime and noble irn iself, is. inferior to doned~ why thenshotild ihere be any saathy on hbe part of thse profesioti to culiateit. Theuastronomer delights're dwell. g l f H'Oa Iss I . p ic f Platethe: ' tiinions operation of the Slaws whic gern -tiredl i on '(fbie plansiary opt ;as 'etasrheb.auti and splendor of the' siderial sysMn,-'wh then should the physician, whose province it is to explore the animal,. vegetable ano mineral kingdoms of nature, to derive I from them anght that will Sustain or re I pair the most beautiful system msf"mechan. ism-e'plain the functions or the laws which govern the human svs whieji his from deity 'breaoted t]'eat1 o) life, be so far outstripped in zeal and ar dor in prosecuting a science as extensive as it is important. Let hin bring to his aid every depart ment of kuowledge, and press into his service the imponderable ageuts of heat1 light and electricity. that he may the het ter investigate the mysterious laws of an; itnal existence, and thereby he better qual ifed to understand the action of externl agents upon it. anl then, and not till then, may he heal the "ills that flesh is reir fe." -. -J. MIMS, Sec'v. For the A'dvertiser. -WHAT WILL TIlE LEGISLA TURE DO?" Mr. Editor,-Tris question has often been asked. And whether the-Legislature will. in their wisdom, have the iiterear of the State sufficient ant heart to adopt some measure which will-e calculated to re lieve the distress which many of her citi zens are grnanitig timder, is a -qurestion for, themr to answer. The fact is, sotnething' must he done, either by the Legislature or by such men as have the means of affor ding relief; the spirit of enigration is a broad in the land, and many of the good eitivens are leaving the State; yes sir; they are conpelled, from' necessity, as all hope of receiving assistance, either. from their neighbors or the Legislature, have vanished away, Theopponents of gra-nt ing aid by the Legislature have conteud ed very.strenuously, that there was no man with a heart so hard but !what woulk. sdivide witn his neighbor. But what is the fact, sir; all 3o have to do is to look around in your own neighborhood, and answser the question. For instance, yon see a man that has plenty of corn. and to spare; one of his neighbors or friends c'mies to buy. " Well, neighbor-," he says. " I've come to buy corn.' " flow, much do you want." I dott knot}: snme forty, fiftv- or ia hundred bushels." Well I dout think I can spare so much i I suppose you can probably get t ttnrn." "" Well sit, I suppose I nitst pet tip wiub tihat small quantity; what shall I pay you per bnshel ?" " Why to tell you the truth. I" care. very little ahout selling isnuintg up his nose and turning his itduth to one corner at the sattie timne, as if lie. thought he ought to have one dudlar and.a half per bushel.) I reckon sevonty-five cents or one dollar, as the Ctase tia lie." lIe pulls out-his moneyand. pays for-the corn. This is the 'ciari'talilfe disposition which me would have you believe *tere in the bosom of the good people of South' Carolina. I tell-you. what fellow cijizens, men note a days will ilEit do to depend upon; .ook at rite n eilthy planter who for the sake of a pica une,. is consientLy distuessing his poo .neighbor, and if lie cani av .an temotty Probabl i e a horse or, perhaps a cagt n gh ell.tley almnost.as-a-'natter ofecourse till'disagree as to the price, and ially-leanit to e valued by:mhei- neighbors w-ell tlie con sequence-is, as'most min are'Iflifenied by wealth. he will gel hal pri.o-ror his horse or wagon. This' is the wily the world goes: these things are es 'true as preachiig, sir, and all you have to do is uolook arounid you, and you will witness, and hear tif itnstances of this sort every dlay. Antd there~ is another-nway in vish the good people of this christian land of os, are using to relieve the watnts anid distresses of. the country. and that isr, sit ving ilutes. A pour man, oir a mai -itn gc'od circumnstances, .as they are termed, hats a note, for wlhihe wishes~ the money toi buy prouvisions, for perhatps his suiffer inig fau'nihy . Ile goes ini a neighbor to get it shaived, and n~ hat per cent. do yout sup pos his fiendiu charges-why sonic fftee-n or .tety, and ntevcr lh-sq than een Now sir, I aw ill ask yout if this i< acting out the goliden rule. Ko sir. Our wealthy frie-nd, iflie ha is anylS dlipntion to assist in re lieving the wats of at siullerinig communi ty, inisiead of asking -a preiitm, ---ituldl pay to the last cent the full v-alue of the notte ; biut sir we witiess thne contiary al most every iy of our lives. rThis is what we call assistingg or neighbors with a venigence. I call -up)on yilu fellow: citizens, wvho havre made pls-oty. to ez tend y-our lilierality ; I- proclairn it fr-om ii fromt the seaboard ino the- mfounmniris; somet hing must lie dote, or wve perish. I know of manny families that wsillnoltu make ten, yes, liv e bushels of corn, atnd wvho have nsotoey to buy wit hi, if it was ever so plenty. What are they to do ? WVhy put itt the papers youi will sell at a fair priee or lendl your corn, shave notes to their foll value, or lend your money at lawful interest, and I feel assumsed you will lhe awan led bioth iu this wvorld and and the world to come. Yes sir, miany a good wife and helpless chiltdren will rise tip at ai future day and call you a kind benefactor. atnd our kind redeemer, as a good and faithful servtant. Nov. 17th, 1845. A UFERER SrThe Washington Correspondent of the N York Evening Post has the following paratgraph: "A gent lemon of high intel ligence, who arrived in'the Hlibernia, from Enalatnd, states that it is well understood that Mr. riteLante was very desirous to ret urtn; as lhe is tnot entrusied with the negotation cornieerniing Oregon. -The. gentleman I refer to inifornms meo that there wvere probably no dispatches received by the last steamer, but that a messenger came with certain papers by the Great Britain. Ho says thai the state of public feeling in Euglnd is furious agn *iho United States. lHe is of opinion. iithe pre paratioi's of the government are rather intended to frighten our go erament ido a compromise."-fbi.. *Drop a piee if pophorbt ofItie, ~i t a-glass of warm wardi;:bsihblhs will souo rise, and n reachian.thoK uface-of the waters wtif spolitaneoni1 y~eade. Our Liberties .asd:nfit fall e iodL per ish amidst the Rnur EDNESDAL 6 1845. TUE EDoaEi i r A S WASn ingtoniao Society, -n Vonda evening'r,ext. The -public generally ueitsited to at tend. - - LAItox. Tuars.- We. ebted to Mr Eugene Burt. of this Di era present of two turn ips, one weighing jlbi atl the oth or 5j lbs. - - LEGisLawvUR OF rtNoLA.-- The Legislature of this State asgem led atColum bin, on Monday last.. The Wcathcr.- =Aer rieserisng. 'some weeks of the' most delightlflafWfaethhir, e change tool place in the ~ adtre. A rain fell on Saturday nigt% ,tie weather became cold. . Trialfor hlurder.-Itith 'cnof Charleston Geo. H. Flasch was r enl iiil for nmnr aer, and afer a protacteA 4.c tigation was acquitted. Dr. Judson.-Dr- Judsothe celibrated Baptist Missionary to Buri f cendy: arri red in the United :Staies, aler naabsenc of hirty-threeyears. He wasweoemisd iiin Bos on with every demonstrati od iespict and ifection by his brethre:i Small Pox in Columbus. Ga A-few' cnses if this dreadful disease bro ke nt in Cohn iss, but the patients were promptly remov (I o the hospital. MEMPH1S CON'VENTION. The Hon. John C. Caoit ivas elected 'resident of the Convention-'o States. which ssembled at Memphis. Onlking the chair. ie delivered an addrebs whith Wazeceived in lie most- fiatterfng' mann r. Eea stater ent delegates to the'Conveniua .South Car lina was represented by adneniiinber' The Hion. J. 1. Berren:I i-a recently tated that Hon. Charles Douitgerty was nom ated by the Whigs as theUnids8tates Sen. tor. In consequence of tlisilsjdge Berrien signed, though nearly two years of his termo imained. At a meeting of? iige, Judge Berrien was nominated. io. fi l1apcy oc isioned by is. own esign si Judge B. .as satiafiud with the proce f the par r, whovoted udanieuiipod fo l ' Leg. lature. He issifetUn Senator Neo Ilampdire . r. tibo-G oernor teele has appoiulted B'enjaiiir N. Jeuness, . S:Sen'ator, to fill 'the vacancy occasioned y the resighation of Mr. Woodbiry. Mississippi Senator.-The Governor of-Mis sipi.has appointed Joseph-N. Chalmer, to le seat in the U. S. Senate~ vacant by the 'signation of the Hion. Robert Ji Walkier. Viorida Election.-Our readers have seen ,veral contrary statements acbout- the election r a member of Congress from Eloridla. We ibjoin ihe following as. the result, fromu me Charleston Mercury : Florida Election.-AI last we have got ut of the woods. 'Cabell, the Whbig candi ate, has received the Governor's eer ficate as meniber elect to Congress. His Iicial majority is 51 -votes.. Several mall election districts haveso returns. f the vote of these can be takcen int'ac ount in the House of Represe ataiives boy may ultimuately give .the seat to rockenborough. OLD BACHELORa A Western editor commencestika exhorta on to bachelors with the following words: Come you poor, miserable, lon'ly, deserted. ractional parts of animated nat fe, come up ere and be talked to.'' Nonsenge,'friends o lecturing whatever will prodit the slight at efrect upon the frozenisoulO ofn: old fellow, who has stood for fifty years thejitely prattle t a blooming,.buiom, Itlushing, berntiful wo ian. Such a man is given'-evelt. hirdntess f heart. like Pharanh, and if hodpnot repent, till assuredly be overwhelqiod in ie Red Sea C wretchedness. .. LEOPOLD DE MEYER. This celebrated musician is sow in this :ountry. Hie is said to be in hiis'podwers ci execution on the giano what Paiizni.was on he violin.' The New York papersispe'ak with apture ef his 'perfdrmiances.- ANew York taper says of him. that he strikesisteen'note' it a tie, anid witha certainty 'cidi .precision 'ihich never fails. Never by be slightest rror, does he touchithe wron Yitotis, and this ana long fortissimo passage. MESMERISM ANDE CLAIRVOY ANC. There was recently a considerable -exci~t sie nt in Richmond, Va., created by the pe' 'oimances of Pruofessor De Bouleie.lle atl .s lady, Madam. Doi Bonneville& wiea depts in m'esmeriinn. -M. Bonneville is re esented to be a very respelctable'Firench ge4 Ieman. of liberal eduication. On one of-thi tveningsm of his appearanl~e -bqfore' the-Riclh nond public, soma persons got up the ni gainst him, who threatened hinmwiik violence( several of iis friends, among whom- was a ~etain medicai-gentisman, adpetled to td abic for irstection o(hi.person, which was ndangered. -.~ faxis PhilZpp Th'e king of France com deted his seventythi~year ott th 6tho( Oc ober. - (1,IhZiAL r :" ity, BJi LhozitJ JV i Press. .~h ,.twid"u4gtEVd and Jhteeszorish basernent, is-oV-brick, - cbui w c.1inre 6 for ig iiitipl wiij --- fcctinn a~orr.iaidi that a boy t rey ayi77; man,ignorarnreaoafeie - same tithe:ateud3- }. There, are at achtItwet of ihe'engine room '6*Wot' Tiqecond ujoty tofit -- tinn' ter.power loomsjceae* punt 500 yards of 44 woars h Ji domestics. and 300" yar~* " ' per day:;-two st arpiI~4' * - bobbin mnachinles. .wool''gt4d one large -coutoupieke;:r '%}y beaming aoud'dres~w 4a1 framnes. sph>uivig;Si~idI &c.. all equalito 2Oj3n;pi .The factory makes; b1i& - fabrics,, twine,. caidit kt;F cotton and wool batdusg~ - dent to supply the m~t~ki olf tlhe inpcrfect:"sa whntcmtu peaA o lias bees lost ini jiroetmna. nd elsewhiere-gueh~ad tlii its wa.neessa.-ts .- - establishment. sate'isV e~t~ origin-ally iaenalediz r: H jave. emjlsc~i'd atutV ttlbf all negvoes? and ,.t wlittrtt' Black hoye antd ;girlsaIlrI~ ;lo ;ood -hnods ns~tu olierr k- " -I'f -At, souse future awy, it 1 take the liberty -to .,addtbs e. a sultject; and iaii itri '~' E~ditor N OI. e~i> .Speaker of iro~ W 4 piletiro that -the 'min J tis cityi rqaal f Northerni papers;,e a.l It' aiderednso ue-zponi~ party looks :tr lli'tl(tfii' z the naexct.r ,s: honorubloa--aid-; ert whno timpat1j", * e' _ safety'" sayo Il14,et :; other tnmme - fV~ij d in. public -fe ad4'fltfi with~thobu~jita .Vi - all uhe;Iarjiuiieiivf ' no member- cif dfThU"x -oiist 'nan~soo-ofepz 1diewi, , wits ki.lled ott sr 14 ca-elimb of ti p - fiitttno dii' a tee rJor-t pis n-,Al