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- V .. -- I 5 - - - -- - ~ ~ A EDG~mDS..,JANUARY2315.* -L a , 7atu I~1asUftw h els:,4e has neverwon * hil. renM lis with leeksprofound Tein liiriudeediv5gl -~OUq -ke o-b & ~ ~ rJ us. t - eeline Aurbat, broud Uious fuss -*n that n. for us. enalm vote, neu ho~e~ho~ The. eerb. es. 4- - your hat, - ~. ~nholy fus h-2 hat, ou do, - 4/- onour hat, '~4 a pcon~d fhife, tlie-atteli of mirtueand on her, who though ugexhibitoiltlbeauty of her moth. ereand thevcity.of her father. As he was experinced in the business of a sea pCatain, he was offered the command of aivessel, which promised great advantage, and.witir great reluctance left his wife andchild to try his fate on that element whose composure lures to the gates of un. Prophtc destruction. This voyage completed, Captain Pot ter determined to renounce the faithless deep forever, for the quiet of his own fireside. Previbus to his departure he took a gold dng from the finger of his wife, and placed it on his own, saying, "Should this return not on the same hand, you may rest assured that I am among the uncoflined dead of the ocean." Alas! Mrs. Potter was doomed to drink deep at the fountain of woe. After wait ing the period of his expected return, she began to gaze on every sail that appeared and eagerly sought every opportunity to learn some tidings of her husband or the fate of the ship in which she sailed. But all her efforts were ineffectual; the only information that could be, or at least ever was obtained on the subject, was from an English vessel, wvhich ran thus: " May 16, 1'96, spoke with the Ranger from Newport,~ Captain Potter master, lat. 28 deg, 30 mim. W." This indefinite in intelligence was far from being cheering to the heavy heart of Mrs. Potter. Whien she;gaw others blythe, it only reminded her of her own sadness; and while others were enjoying the reciprocity of conjugal society, it pointed her to the loneliness of her own heart. While other children were happy in the smiles of their parents, her angelic litdle Mary would climb upon her knee and with accents that r-end a mother's heart, inquire if her father would not return. But month after month rolled - - away; season after season rolled their tiresome wvheels along, until fourteen years had been added to the conigregeafed centuries of the past; yet no tidingt of Captain Potter; no, not even a probable -conjecture, concerning the dark mystery of his fate. Time~, that changes all things, had wore away the acuteness of Mrs. Potter's grief, whielk was far more intense than it vould have boen had she wept at his grate, and known that his last moments had been soothed by affection. As this last voyage seemed to be noar to the un known coast, she was after seven year-s, ea~led the widow Potter. Having a coun try seat of great value, her hand was sought by many, and asp often reject.'d, until a bachelor who had resisted th9 -charms of womankind for a quarter of a century, was smitten with the loveliness of this worthy patron, or wvith the come liness of her possessions. She at length consented that her name should be chanig edto Morane; the bridal day w~as appoint od the arrangements- were made to greet die coming period with festivity and fun. -T gossips began to be more loq~ua cious than usual; even the PHLEGMATIC began to surmise that something unusual was about to be done at the mansion of the widow. Late in the afternoon of a cold, stormy day in November, a pennyls; beggar called at a neighboring house and inquired whether the widow Potter lived in this part of 1ie city. Ilis appearance denoted estremb poverty; his emaciated forni was reduced to a skeleton; deep furrows were drawn-in his cheeks, and his frame seem ed to-bestiffinied in every joint by disease or hardships. Yet there was something in his eye which told he was born to a better fortune. " Yes," said his inform ant, " at the very next door, and to-night she is to be married." Is to be married," said the beggar. "How long has herhusband been dead? "These many long years; he went off to sea and has not been heard of since his departure." . " How has she sustained herself since her husband's death*?" Shalis an unblemished character." Has she any children ?" "One daughter only, a fine young lady. "I must see her before she is married; I have communications of importance." So saying he hurried as fast as his fee ble limbs woukd allow to the splen dwelling of the widow.' The maid Ing summoned, and seeing him bef re her, was about to close the door a inst him, but the stranger interrupted her by saying "Madam, may a beggar be permitter to see the widow PotterI" - C 1- We expect company to ere- t fore you must leave immedi ' , "The widow Port ''ust see." .The maid _vho have been, glad iss her, cIltly Iguest, began to a somowe'y angry and passionatcly ex- t cirone .Weian't hear yo ha * 4.. eggar had some important information b or her, and desired to see her, where. I ipon she rose to meet him; but Morane t] vho could not bear to have his intended t iride absent for a single moment renons- c rated. " Let him be called in," said he, "if lie c ias any secrets let us hear them togeth. k r." Accordingly he was shown into the ii partment where sat Mr. M. and Mrs. P. u Lud her daughter. h1 " From whence are you ?" asked Mrs. b otier. "From the vile shores of Barbara." C "Doubtless you have suffered much; ruel people inhabit those regions." ti "Much have I suffered-I was once in y msy circuinstances, but alas! the ele- C nents have sported with this vacilating t 'ramie." V " Yes, deep are the lines of hardship 1; xvhicl are marked in thy furrowed cheeks. V The wandered gazed at Mrs. Potter d itd wept. " Why those tears," inquired Mrs. P. "Alh !" rejoined tile tremulous voice ofi he beggar, " I once had a daughter, whios night have become what she is nlow, but doce the third birth-day dawned oin her ~herub form these eyes have never beheld ecr !" "Come, conme," ejaculated Morane, hvlo wats anxious that the intruder should lepart, " let us have s our tale of secresy." " It shall he given to Mrs. Porter alone." "That caLnnot he," muttered Morane. t "lunt I hlave mLde~ a ji"otmiie. "What of your promise ?" I " It is sacred as my life." "Well speak and~ depart," said Mo rane. The beggair, who until now, had been a supplicanit, ass'mned an attitnde of an thority-his eve whlich thus far had been beamless, kindled into an expiression of' the most b~enign determination. " I have," said he, " a revelation en trusted me by Captain Potter himself." At the mention of this nmem, all was anxiety and aittent ion-i-in her perturba tion the mother let fiadl a volume of po ems which she held in her hand ; the daughter grew~ pale with solicitude, on hearing the namne of her father. "And sooner than betray my trust," continued tile beggar, " this right arm shall perhih." T1he pa:thios wvith whni lie uttered this, caused the blood to chill thlroush their vius, and rush like a cataract upon their hearts. Mor'ane, finding that remonstrance was vaini consente~d fur them to retire. The man of want having quieted their fears, said no harm should bl)dl tihe lady'. "lThere," satid lhe, as lhe closed the door, "have you any knowledge of this," pmre senting a gold ring. "Yes," answered Mrs. Potter, "it is the one my husband wore away, and I would have given thousands to see it re turn on the same hand-but now I am cnnvineed that he is among the uncounted victims that'feed the monsters of the deep." " How long since his departure." "Fourteen years." "Could you recognize him after so long an absence. "Most ee:tainly I could. If his features are so changed, just behind the thumb on the left wrist, his name is inscribed in un fading cliaracters-in, that I cannot be deceived." - V. "Read that," as lie gave her.his cal IOus hand. The lady was just able to. read " David Porter," and sank exhausted by her -agitated fedings. The noiso of her fall brought Morame into the apart. ment, with several of.the wedding guests who had now ari-ived, and beheld Mr Porter senseless upon ePifioor-su ing some violence ha en do t pei son, they ordered the su d ruffian to leave the house e jately. In vain did lie protest is innocence. He was forcibly dragged out. As noon as Mrs. Potter had tecovered s1fciently to speak -" merciful liehv - exclaimed the lady, " where is my Aband-where is Capta \ Potter? D' dream or is it reall "The . an is mad," said o er b crazed,"-:cried -,no er. "It is wild impulse.of a drc-.. co a third. . .o had been dragged Captai Potse, was called back to from his ow which lie had been com. the seegough reluctantly, to retire. The st, who by this time had arrived, was Mverjoyed to see his old friend, the Cap. ain. " Rejoice," said he, " Mrs. Potter, hy hhand was dead and is alive-was ostiandia4ound." diiptain Potter non, requested all io be eated that he might malcieInown to hem the story phis absence. "You ehold in methdsane' Captain Potter. vho has been an awilling exile fronigli Qm Oars. ea. - )h! hinw herd is se -vituiian - of time move aiong. At length y a treaty with the United States, the I )ey of Algiers was required to release all ie American slaves. Being set at liber.- I y, I embarked for this country; we en-j ount.red a furions gale, which drove the essel on a desert Island. Here all tihe I rew perished except four, who were ta- I en in by a merchant ship in a state of I isensibilitv. Tie vessel which rescued < s was bound to the East Indies. On I or return (o Liverpool, I was pressed on oard a inan-of-war, and compelled to i erve th'reo years before I could make my 4 scape. " From the moment I learned this in- 4 nded marriage, I resolved to surprise 'u in the manner you have seen-you aw ine weep at the sight of my Mary lcy were tears of joy. Having suffered icredible hardships, both by sea and Ad, I stand before you in these tattered arments with a broken constitution, ren ered infirm by intense bodily exercise n:d suffering, yet rejoicing that I am per iitted to stand among my former friends, a the land of the free. And," said the torm-beaten mariner, addressing his wife, if you prefer this gentleman, whom you vere about to wed, all shall be right-if -on prefer your former husband, lie will e happy in your choice." " Let me lavec may foimer betrothed," aid the agitated lady. Poor Morane sat like one stupified, and ttempted to appear indifferent, but re ired as soon as the ceremony would per. nit. Ilis career w-as short, he came to be grave a wretched inebriate in a' few ,hort years. On the following day, Captain Potter nvited his friends and neighbors to meet dmn at his country-eamt. The scene was mne of liv-ely interest, and the Captain re 'trned home waith this salutary lesson in lehibly stamped upon his mind, never to Forget those in adversity. PLEAsANT-VFERY.-As a matter of course, we had another mail failure yes terday. By the way, we see it annonne od in the northern papers that the Post master General has just estalished a doub(ldy between Boston and Cincin nati. The North gets everything and the South nothing. Well, as that is carrying out the principle of the late "compro mise," we suppose the South mnst "sub mit ;" for isn't it " constitutional ?" B - sides, has it not become the current dce trinc that in ease of the commission .f a wogor an outrage, it is the comsainlt of the wrong and not the wrong itself that constitutes the ofence ? Complain no more of the mai', there fore, brethren of the " press ditt:' or you will incur the penalty of being ~enoiucedh as " agitators."-Montgomner. (Ala.) At las. Why should a Tempe~nee man be forbidden to take a wife!i Because lie is not allod~ 1.o suporter, (support bcr.) A Victim of*4d Put's Galows. AN LIcDENT OF TpE REVOLUTIONARY wAR. Near Pctkskil/ not far from the main road, stands a clump of forest trees, among which aed hickory is some what conspicuouf It boro for i1dig time, and still bears, I believe, the nai of " Old Put's Gal lows," from the tot that many a Tory, spy, skinner, and*thieving cow boy had swung from its 6ianclies when Putnam commanded onthdlines. In the early'parIof August, 1777, Ge neral Tryon-was the British out-posts near Ki 'It will be remember ed, - ie royal Governor of - )t,-/ e.commencement of the ew Yo?-Lnl 4M colonel of the Bri ur.f, A the war broke out, Saced tive service, and rais h a k, with power to re ed a gene a Tory corps or brigade cruit dmoricgs who yet remained o the cro and government of f or aJong .ti i had been a favorite rojeotwithPutn that an attempt should e made.o.oe re the city of New York, an from4 accounts it appears that Washn1iin not dislike the plan, but *itlp pde it tion did not wish to iaz rat-hit ti he irisk of a defeat. Putnam, hoi'vi a ade several feints and ralso noreoM s iis out-posts to alarm Sir Henr ifn which lie succeed 3d and British troops within he city tftion, t4 otherwise, tided by ould have been ra raging the ores of other States. [t became ne o Sir Henry Clinton hat he shoul e position and con lition of Pops moro accurate y, also -e:ide ossible to ascertain ,hat partie rve Putniam such hiis, Clinton's ng his "new lo nry sent y-a serg De ri-egiment. lo enlitai id is inteli ent d am has friends on he other side th Inot know he has oined us yet." " The very man. Go and send him." 3eneral Trvon was absent about two tours, for lie had sent to Harlem, where he sergeant was stationed, undergoing a Irill with others of the new levies under heir officers. "I've seen the man and had a long con ,ersation with him," said Tryon, when he mtered. "IlIe is willing to undertake it mn one condition, and that is only a coi lition of pride." What is it then ?" "That he shall receive a lieutenant's ,omnission at once. He then will depart he instant you require, and confident of uccess." " Do you know him to be worthy of -elance." "Prom all that I can learn, and fr-om niy own judlgement I should not doubt it a the least." " Then let his cominission be made out ind seiid him with i: to mue. If I have hte same opinion of him I wiill sign it." The young sergear~t soon miade his ap pearance. Ho was not more than thr-ee anid twenity years of age, of good perso ual app~earanice, and a cunnin" twinkle about his small black eye, denoting no want of confidence in his own good opin ion. Sir lienrmy was so well pleased with him that his instructions were soon conm plcted ; and r-eceivng his commission, thei ne w lie-utenant bide the British command er fairewell, to raurn in a few days with the desired infeimationi. On reaciiing his quarters lie ebanged his military aippa~rel for a plain countryman's suit, ijped the lining of he~ cocked hat under which he pulaced his sommuiission which lie carefully renewed, say3ing to himself: " i thisk when Miss Rosa Miliford sees my counmissi on, as an officer in his Ma jesty's service, she will no longer refuse the h:nid of Nahan Palmier" Tie nuext morning lie left the farther Briish out-posts at KingsbridJge, on horse bruk, where General TIryon had accompa ped him, to pursue his expedition. It was i beautiful morning, and lie looked for wa ~rd w ith all the anticipations of plea mrte, and hope gleamed war-mly ini his reast. Hie piassed the neutral grond without molestation, and advanuced into what w~as considered the American dhiS tricts without being troubled by any of :he occasional tr-avellers on the road, al :hough every one was at-med and cariiid. 1 musket. Now and thm~ hie met amn American yeomian~ or farmer with wIhom lewas acqumibated, that knew not of his EZfecton for- lie was bor-n in that section ai the country, and residents within a wide cieje woreo then considered as neigh ~Ors, !.ato in thio afternoon ho came within sight Qf th~e regular American out posts, wheit lie tur-ned off the main road by a narnw nn that lnrd toa mill andl dwelling on the banks of a small, but ra pid stream. Let us for a moment look into the dwelling and notice its inmates. ue was a girl of about eighteen, and a fine rustic beauty, engaged in some trifling house work, but mainly listening to the conver sation of a lively-looking, brown-corn plexioned young man in a half-military garb. It is evident that what lie said pleased her, for she looked at him from time to time, as she smiled archly, with fondness. These two were Rosa Mill ford, the miller's daughter, and William Townley, a neighboring farmer's son, all ensign in the American army lying near. Who is that, William, coming to wards the mill on horseback ?" " As I live," said the young man, " it is your old spark, that sly rascal, Nathan Palmer, the Dominie's nephew, who de spises him and cast him off. The rogue, I heard in a private letter this morning, that lie had enlisted in the refugees corps. If I knew certain, lie would swing for it. Depend upon it, Rosa, lie is here for no good purpose." " Do not be seen, William. Leave me to manage him." The young man left by a back door, not out of hearing, as the tory lieutenant and spy entered by the front. lie advanc ed with a bold step. "Rosa, I have but little time to spare, and want your answer at once. Read that." lie took the commission from the li ning of his hat, and placed it before her. "Some difference between holding a commission in King George's service, and being a ragged continental !" Nathan Palmer," said Rosa, sternly, "I always disliked you-now I ]LATE you," and she handed him his comnissson. "Do you refuse to be my wife now ?" "Your wife! Leave the house, or I shall be tempted to loose the dog at the mill upon you." ............... .. .fm rut nain, aid the latter issued his private or ders. Palmer came into the lines that night with the freedom of an old compa nion, and having as lie supposed accom plished his errand, was about taking his departure, when lie was arrested, and the fatal commission was full proof of his guilt as a spy. A fter a brief trial lie was ordered to be hung on Put's gallows the next afternoon. Before the hour of execution came Tryon who had lieard of the arrest, sent in a flag, declaring it murder to hang a mere civilian who happened to be a roya list, and threatened retaliation. He was not aware that Palmer's commission had been found upon his person. Putnam wrote back this brief and memorable note : HEAD QUARTERS, Aug. 7. 1777. " Sir: Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant in your King's service, was taken in my camp as a spy. lie was tried as a spy; he was condemned as a spy, and you may rest assured, sir, lie shall be hanged as a spy. I have the honor to be, etc. IsRAEL PUTN~AM. Ihis Excellency, Gen. Tryon. P. S. A fternoon. He is hanged." Such was " Old Put"--promnpt to exe cute and decide. The hickory tree still remiains standing near Peekskill. A Goon InEA.-Thle following amend ment to the new postage hill now peniding in the House of Representatives, is about to be oftfered by Mr. Wentworthi of Illi nois. Should lie succeed h1 carringii' it through, the fraternity throughout the IUnion ought to give him somne substantial testiimonial. It is the cudest w~ay' of comn pelling subscribers to pay in advance that we have heard of. Nobody but an editor would have~ thought of it: "Whenever anly person shall exhibit to any postmnaster satisfactory evidence that he has paid one year's subscription to any niewspaper of less dimensions than 1,900 square inches, lie shahli e entitled, if pafid before his receipt of the first number, to reccive such paper at the rate of fifty cents per annm for each paper, when printed without his State; of twventy-five cents when printed within his State, and of ten cents when printed within his own county ; and this provision is extended to niewsp~apers of' greater dimension than 1,900 squar'e inches, and to all periodicals, except that the postage to be paid upon each one of thenm shall be one-halif eenit per enice for all dist.2':es: Protded, TIhat postmast~:s shall be entitled to send man~y free of postage to publishers of n evwspapers and periodicals; and also that publishers shiall receive their exchange pa pers5 and periodicals, and may send bills to subscribers in their numbers, free of' postage." I sEE the villain in your face, said a western judge to an Irish prisoner at the bar. May't please your worship, replied Pat, that must be a personal reflection, cure. Crime-North and South. POLICE STATISTICS.-A message jus sent to the New York Cominbi Counci by the Mayor of that city, states the to tal niumber of arrests there during th quarter ending June 30th, at 8,214, o which 2,003 were for intoxication; 1081 for disorderly conduct, 1196, for assaults and 197 for fighting. There are 5021 places of sale for spirituous liquors of which 1541 are unlicensed, and 4174 li. cente. During the quarter 11,059 per sons were lodged in the station house; 1747 lost children restored ; 151 sick and injured persons aided; 42 rescued from drowing; 45 fires extinguished ; 290 stores found open and closed ; and $12,313 43 taken from drunken persons and lodgers and restored. If the total number of arrests in the city of New York in one quarter amounts to 8,214, it would be 32,820 in one year -or about one to each fifty inhabitants. But if we leave out of the total popula. tion, which is about 50,000, the women and children, who constitute nearly three fourths of it, the number of arrests in one year is more than one out of every five of the male adult population! This is on the supposition that the arrcsts, in the course of a year, are each of different persons. No doubt many are arrested oftener than once a year, but, on the other hand, many more escape detection and arrest altogether. We are ignorant of the melancholy fact, that a considerable number of the persons arrested are women-whito wo. men! Perhaps one fifth of the arrests are white women-and there are some children. It results, therefore that the adult white male population of New York, about one out of five or six is guilty of criminal of. fence, annually-ad of Ithe'adnit white women, about one out 6 ty'-on an average! gima tor an equal number om psons.. "'But then we shall be told that the slaves are not arraigned by the police, but are punished by their masters. Well, there are about as many slaves in the State of Virginia as of people in the city of New York. Now from what we have learned, we have no idea that of the two hundred thousand adult slaves of that State, there are anything like 32,656, or one out of six punished in any way whatever, once a year. The institution of slavery prevents drunkenness, assaults, thefts, burglaries, murders among the blacks-as well as starvation. And if it be thus shown that there is loss vice and crime in a -lavo population, than in an equal number of free white peoplo in a great city, how stands the comparison between the white people of Virginia and New York ? Why,the por tion of crime in Yirginia, among the whites, is less than one to a hundred in New York. In one Judicial district in Virginia, of a hnnmdred thousand people-our native dis trict by the wvay, and wvhere the court sits twic a yarthere was at a recent term not soitar chrgeof felony on the docket. Yet we hear men wvho pretend to be philanthropists and philosophers, and eveu statesmen, continually contending for re forming Virginia institutions according to the models in Newv York-yes, there are even Virginians that distress themselves daily because Virginia is not like unmtc Newv York! And these men propose to exclude Yir gina institutions fromn unsettled or Mexi. can territory because they are unfit to go there, and inferior to those of New York. And there are even some Virginians so far gone as to be willing to submit to it ! We wvoul like to know who they are-and howv many-Southern Press. A RARE CHANCE!-The Boston Posi makes the following important announce ment: " Wiilm G. Allen, a colored young man, law student in thec oflicc of Ellis Gray Loring, Esq., has been appointed to the Professorship of Greek and Rhect oric, in the Central College, Mount Gran ville, New York. Mr. Allen is also well known as a lecturer upon the origin, lite rature, and probable destiny of the Afri cnn race." Those Southern gentlomecn who are so fen~d of giving their children a Northern education, woQj'd do well to avail them selves of the superior advantaged of " Central College," with Win. G. Allen, Esq., Professor.-Lynchburg Rep. GooD-vERuY GooD! -A little girl,wlho had been visiting in the family of a neigh. bor, hearing them speak of her faither be ing a widower, on her return home, ad dressed him thus :-" Pa, are you a wid owveri" "Yes, my child. Do you not know your mother's (lead 1" " Why, yes, I knew ma wa~s dead, but you always told me vou was a New-Yorker." A Victim of Circu.staao We mentioned a few diys ace e tion of a man named Hicks, whoi' asliung in Lawrence county, Miss., for e rr of one Allen. Hicks died pro ' his last breath his innocence of t661orrid crime. The Natchez Courier, from*:I. l tae the following facts, says that thiidenep on which he was convicted was 'iitirj Liiresn stantial. Allen, it was proved, was stiain - the back of the head, the ball pissing out under the eye. The last statement pfthe accused, made to a clergyman %Iio him the night previous to his cx that he, his wife and Allen wereo gether with a team, camping out that while he was away from the camp, unth morning of Allen's death, be hoard iscife scream, and on running back fouidillen b$ parently lifeless. He had been idrinindg; n' 6 went up to Mrs. Hicks with the intention of insulting her. She told him several times to go away,hnd,. when he persisted, she struck him upon the head with the wagon hammer, whichTshe hd in her hand pounding coffee, and from this blow alone, vithout any further violence his' death was occasioned. No:withstinding his protestations ofentire innocence, Hicks, as we have said, was for shooting Allen in the head with'a ani that, too, upon circumstantial evldence entirely valueless, unless that mode of desth had been considered as proved. A#n'ol' comes the strange after-devolopmentf '8 denial of Hicks had made such an impr that it was thought necessary to e *he murdered body, in order to do away. Y idea of Hick's innocence, by showing that' Allen was indeed killed by a rifle b cordingly, three days after the exkeetir4 committee of respectable citizens Allen's remains. The result of no mar1c6Of a:bl h In all probability the ? true, and he is another viti'm 7C tial testimonyv. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF - BRIE.-On Sunday and Mond 0.1 Victoria cutter, commanded by:annan named Ellis, was observed hoverii about the island, the wind being light until eve ning, when it fell cahn. Shortly before sundown, Mr. Smith O'Brien,,-who, not withstanding his avowed intention of esea ping, should an opportunity offer, has con. siderable liberty allowed him, went down to a sandy cove, one of the places where boats generally land, and just as he reach ed the shore a boat with three men put in, and lie rushed up to-his middle to meet it. A constable on duty, who was a wit ness of the act, covered him with his piece, and called to him to forbear, se conding this by rushing at the boat and knocking a hole in her bottom with his carbine. He then pointed out to all four the folly of resistance, and required them to submit quietly, wvhich they did. T[he officer in charge meantime having missed his prisoner, came rushing down to the beach, and secured him while still in thec water. He wias then conducted to his house, and the three men confined for transmission to llobart Town. A whale b~oat. with six hands was sent on board the cutter, seized her and brought her in. She, too, with the parties on board, wvill be sent up immediately. It has not been thought necessary to impose any restraint upon Mr. Smith O'Brien greater than that to which lie was previously subjected. In fact the precautions customarily taken are such as, without being obtrusive, ren. _ der his escape all but hopeless. WH AT THlEr SAY OF Us IN.,UsTRIA. A correspondent of the Boston Trans cript, writing from Prague, under date of December 5th, says: "The newspapers of Austria have re cently taken unusual interest in.Arnerican affairs, and the heer-house politicians~haw commenced prophesying the fdtdN d'ode-~ fall of the United States Government They say to me, 'that you will hav4 i. king yet.' They knowv about anWof America and its affairs as they do of de ilottentots, and no more.. Consequl~y it is downright waste of tuine t'o'arBgueQ matter with them. The rec'ent/tiouliles caused by the passing of the fugitive slave bill they look on as the g'erm of a grer revolution. One of these wvise-acr C.t thought that every man in the Uni- es States, who could afford it, kept slav ted A MARRIED 31AN wvhoee habits a-. very regular, one evein'g last week 'le not wall-ing in the streets, enieountersj - hile whlose walk and actionsie6ncouri Ja lady to adag~ss her. He was pleas ded Lbm impression she made, nad foea - A~tliO ed his arm to escort lier hor~ a:~ accepted. After leading 12, 4 sheB ral squares, she frdaily brongj~? his own house.-I-J ws g' P t4