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The Trustees congratulate themselves, their friends and the public, on what they now con sider-the permanent establishment of an institu tion of learning of so high a character in their District. The benefits which their own children iith others, have eaprienced during the pas Session, etbles them with the greater conii dence, to recommend the Institution to the pat ronage-of the community. The School was opened on the 18th of Sep tember last, with thirty-one Pupils, and' has since been gradually increasing. It is eonfident )y expected that the nutmbt-r in attendance wil be greatly increased during the next Session. The Institute buiblitng now ewtaina sever rooms, all of which have been built and ar usia, for purposes of Instr.-!". A fine apparatus; Antomical Charts, - Natural -itory;'a Shells furash unt- - a paneticate mt hwwldg - 4f:eiencetv The coarse of Stud- - ter, and more compe-ft fenisle institutions of tl - The PINCIPAL devt- - - to the super.-sin and ina -- classes. The -Assistants are expe -- rent Departments, and the& : .. cess ii teaching are emphnyed. The Academical year Is diviled into Sessions of 14 weeks each. It is (if great importinnee that the student be present at the comimence ment of the Session. The Claues are then formed, and a few weeks delay may affect the standing of the pupil throughout the year. Expenses. For Tuition in the Primary Department, 1st Di vision, per Fession...............$5 00 Tniti.n in the Primary Department, 2nd Division..................... 7 00 " Tuition in the Academic Department, 12 00 " " " Collegiate " 15 00 Lesscnson the Piano and uso of Instrum'nt 18 0C Modern Languages. each.............. 8 0C Drawing and Sketching from Nature,.... 8 00 Painting in Oil, Portrait and Landscape, 15 0 ITse of Apparatus.................... 2 0f Fuel and care of Buildins............ 5C Good Boarding can be obtained in the Vil lage including lights, washing, fuel, &c., at (per month)............ 10 00 Pupils entering near the middle or close 01 of the Session, are charged from the time 0l entrance to the end of the Session. No dedne tion for absence, or other causes, but at the dis cretion of the Principal. All bills for Tuition, &c., are payable at th< close of each Session. . Books, Stationary and Music, can be obtained in the Village at reasonable prices. The Department of Music is unuder the super vision of one of the most accurate and accomt plished tenehers in the State: atnd it is be-lieved that unusual facilities are afihrded for acquiring a thorough knowledge of this difficult science. In addition to regular private lessons, the pupilk in this department are divided into elasses, and taught on the plan of Pestal.ui. They devote much tine to exercises, adapted to traint thme ear. and the voice, and to impart an easy and brilliant execution. If they pursue the prescribed course of musi eal instruction, they acqutre thte art of reading music with facility. They are required to be regular and systemat ic in practising daily at the Institute. The training and cultivation of the voice receive an unusual degree of attention. The science of Elocution is here applied, in develop ing the voice fot- singing, wvith great effet. The Institution has been almost weekly visited by a large number of the ladies and gentlemer of our village, who have ivamiably expresse< the highest degree of satisfaction, at what the1 have heard and seen of the proficietncy of th<i Pupils andi the arrangement of the Institute And the Trustees have only to add in conclu sion, that while in their opinion, there are mnanl institutions of learning deservedly popular in on' State, yet there arc none which can furnisl greater or more substantial adv-antages to young fLadies than that under the charge of Mr. RIAr N. L,. GRIFFIN. . EDMUND PENN, R. T. MIMS.J Edgefield C. H., Dee. 4 1851. tf 46 Seed Potatoes. J UST received a good supply of choico SEE! POTA TOES, and for sale by G. L. PENN, Agent. Jan 22 tf 1 100 Cords Tan Bark W ANTED), for which $5,00 per Cord wil be paid, delivered at the Tan Yard. B. T. MIMS8. ~Mmrh t f 7 Bded Eat THE PORE STUDENT, OR THE LOVER'S'SACRIFICE. BY EDWARD CARROLL. Adela, who is that young man whom I saw by your side when frst I came on deck I You well know that I object to your making the acquaintance of stran gers, and I am surprised that you have not better remembered my wishes. on this subject." Thus spoke the noble Lord Alton to his lovely daughter, as they stood togeth er on the deck of a large packet, in which they were proceeding from Eng. i land to the new world. Lady Adela hesitated for a moment ere she spoke, and dropping her eyes eyes as blue and bright as the azure sky above them, she turned away her blush ing race and answered timidly: "I believe the gentleman's name is Ayres, and he is a student, who, having completed his studies in Germany, is now returning to the United States." " A student! I could have sworn that from his pale face and threadbare coat; but who told you this ?" "He himself sir." "He is a Yankee, no doubt." He is sir." "Mark me, Adela, how you made his acquaintance I do not seek to know, but it must cease immediately. Heaven knows where you get all your plebeian notions from, but 1 would never have be lieved that a child of mine would conde scend to notice a poor student, and he a Yankee. Promise me, my daughter, that you will drop at once, this degrading acquaintance." Ere she could reply, a wild cry rang through the ship, and caused the cheek even of the stern father to pale with fear. " Fire! the ship's on fire I" shouted a dozen voices, and at that cry, which at Jae riks to . 6 . 1 ,all p .;2ied enaustily to pump in water. It was soon evident, however, that the fire was gained upon them, and a new source of terror presented itself. The powder! yes, the powder! One hundred kegs of powder stored in the magazine, and only a board partition be tween it and the flames! ''lie crew half maddened with fear rushed to the boats, but were recalled by the Captain who urged them not to give up the ship till the last hope had fled. 'T1he hatches were removed from the magazine, and the volume of smoke that rolled upwards, told that the fire was penetrating towards the powder. " Who will go down and hand up the kegs!" cried the Captain, but the boldest hearts in the crowd shrank from the pro posal. A moment's pause and a young man stepped fo'rward, and without a word, sprang down the ladder. Theo crew, animated by this example, crowded round the hatchway, and receiving the heavy kegs as lie handed them up, threw thema over the side. For sometime they labored in silence, but at last a faint cheer from those who had counted, told that the number was nearly completed. TIhe half uttered biuzzas died on their pale lips a moment after, when several kegs, the wood of which was charred and smioking, were passed up in rapid succes sion. A moment more and the young man ascended from the hazar dous labor, and half suffocated by the smoke, fell forwvard to the , eck. He wvas raised, wvater given him and lie revived. Wheni lie wiped the smut from his features, all recognized him as the younig student Ayer. Meanwhile the fire had been making fearful progress, and at last ev'en the Captain wvas forced to admit that it was impossible to save the noble ship. The boats were lowered, and all crowded for ward to obtain a place in them. They were filled in a moment, but still a num ber were on board the burning vessel. With frantic cries they imnplored to be taken off, but the boats wvere laden al most to the water's the edge, and the sailors reluctantly obliged to push away without them. " My daughter ! oh, my daughter, save her !" cried Lord Alton in1 agony ; " put back and save her!" " I am sorry wve cannot," replied the Captain; " but the weight of an addi tional person would swamp the boat." The young student, who had heel) crowded on board the boat amid the oth ers, now leaped forward and said eager ly " Captain, if our number was one less, would you attempt to save her ?" "Yes," replied the Captain in a tone Iof surprise. " Back, then, and I will give her my ploce," cnri the youth. "a ve her, nnd give me at least the privilege of dying for her sake." For a moment the sailors were motiot less with surprise, but the next, a few strokes of their long oars placed them again under the bows of the burning ship. Seizing a rope the devoted student climed on board, and after a short search found the object for whose sake he wai about to make such a sacrifice. Press. ing her to his breast, he bore her to the bows, and kissing her pale lips, lowered her carefully i:ito her father's arms. "Farewell," cried he mournfully, and the moment after, the boat was pulled rapidly away from the doomed vessel. The sun, which was nearly set, sank behind a deuse black banc of clouds, and the gentle breeze which had been blowing throughout the day, freshened into almost a gale. The wind swept the burning wreck before it, and those in the boats watched her as she gradually dis tanced them until the blazing light went out in darkness. Night was on the broad expanse of waters, and when morning dawned, no trace of the gallant bark which had yes. terday upheld them was visible to the occupants of the boats. But another sight greeted their eyes; a white speck was on the blue waters near the horizon ; they knew it was a ship, and she seemed shaping her course directly for them. Their hopes were not unfounded, for in a few hours they were picked up by the vessel, which proved to be a New York trader homeward bound. They reached their port in safety, and Lord Alton and his daughter determined to spend a long time in the new world, ere they again tempted the treacherous lillows of the ocean. Lord Alton soon forgot his escape from the fire and waves, but the genile Adela constantly sighed for the noble youth who had preserved her life at the sacrifice of his own. 0 0 0 0 A year had passed away, and Lord Alton andndevikAlawra ..stidLlna.New .t . porting his daughter from the carriage, led her towards the vessel. But sudden ly, with a slight shrink she murmured, it is lie," and sunk fainting into her father's arms. . At the sound of her voice a young man with a haggard countenance and tattered clothing, sprang forward and bent over the in.e:sible girl. It was William Ayers, but so changed that the eye of love alone could have recognized him. Adela was conveyed back to their hotel, and the student accompanied her. She was soon recovered, and then the youth explaimed his presence in the land of the living. His story was soon told; after remain ing on board the burning vessel as long as possible, he had lashed himself to a spar, aend trusted to the mercy of the waves; he had floated four days beneath a schorebing sun, and on the fifth wams discovered, and picked up by an outwvard bound Indiaman. Hle returned on the first opportunity, but sickness prostrated him, and he had just landed from a mer chantman when Lady Adela recognised him. Need we finish the story? iThe imagi nation of the reader could do it for us. Let it be sutilce that after proving to the satisfaction of Lord Alton that he had descended from the ancient family of the Earldom of Ayer in Scotland, the poor student was presented with the hand of the beautiful Lady Adela, and never in after life did he regret the lover's sacri fice. ToLERATION.--When Abraham sat in his tent door, according to his custom, wvaiting to entertain strangers, he espied an old man stooping and leaning on his staff, weary with age and travel, coming towards him, who was an hundred years of age. He received him kindly, washed his feet, provided supper, and caused him to sit down; but observed that the old man ate and prayed not, nor beggedl for the blessings on his meat, lhe asked him why he did not worship the God of Heaven. The old man told him that be wvorshipped fire only, and acknowvledged no other God. At wvhich answer Abra ham grew so zealouely angry that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed to him all the evils of the night, and in an unguarded condition. When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him wvhere the stranger was? iHe replied, I thrust him away because be did not wvorship Thee. God answvered him, I have suffered him these hundred years, although he dishon ored me; and couldst thou not endure him one night.-Jeremy Taylor. SOMEBODY says there ar'e two kinds of family jars; into one you put your sweat meats and into the other you put-your A sNee .arions Life. In persn rance, Marion pre sented. a ontrastto mostof the officers in o It is a curious fact, that the. the highest grade, in both armies *ng the Revolutionary war, averaged y two hundred pounds in weight, arion was a very small man, and 've proportion every way. He only short but re markably is countenance was swarthy, and .An its expression, and his eye dark7 n, and poetic. Ex tremely pla is.dress, and still plain er manners, not strike a stranger very favo served and silent, he seldom, spo ept when necessary, and then, his thoughts in the most direct pie language he could command. peculiarities increas. ed the mys eh his actions threw around him, ubless added much to the influen e held over his band. Cool and went on the most desperate without excitement as calmly sto through the fight, and then, in the a omposed manner, drew off his men to dark and lonely en campment. med utterly destitute of passion. possessed neither re venge, nur thi or glory, nor love of excitement, n ire of money or pow er. He show fondness for the ta ble, but was emious as a hermit. Even the wom had no influence over him, and he ib amid the turbulent scenes around -like one whose mind is wholly absor On one great object, yet to be ace plished. Drinking his vinegar and enough to keep any man thin- eat' his coarse hominy, or rice-with the. for his shelter, and the swamps f is retreat, he, fastens himself upone affections and interest, with a firmne thing can shake. Living in. ess times, and among rough and us men, he retained all his delica feeling, refined tastes, and scruput irtue.. Moving in an orbit of hi o ike Washington, was ..umj uy commanitg he would let themi disband to their homes, with no security but their single promise to return. Yet that promise was never broken; and the love those stern hearts bore him, is one of the most touching incidents in his career. As a partisan leader, Marion hnd no equal. One cannot point out a defect in him, nor suggest a single good quality which he did not possess. To sleepless, tireless vigilance, he added an energy and perseverence that nothing could shake ; and to bravery, which never de. serted him, a prudence unmarred by a single rash act. Provoked into no haste, beguiled into no procrastination, une lited by success, undiscouraged by de feat, lie baffled every plan of his pursu ers to take him, and kept the field in the very midst of his foes. For a long time the only patriot who dared to lift the standard of freedom in his native State, he became the obiject against which the British directed all their efforts. Yet they never disbanded his corps, or broke his power. The name of Marion became a spell-word with which to conjure up the republicans, and frighten the tories. Seeking the recesses of the swamps by day, and stealing on his foes, like the panther, by night, his swift horsemen came and went like the invisible stroke of fate. No precaution could escape his penetrating glance, and no concealment furnish security against his deadly rifles. He seemed omnipresent to the enraged, terror-stricken loyalists; and when they deemed themselves safest;hle was often nearest. And yet, not a vice sullied "his ermine character." No ferocity was mingled with his courage, and no cruelty accompanied his fierce onsets. Neither the barbarity of his enemies, nor the treason of his friends could provoke him to injustice-even the clamors of his own followers were unable to swerve his just soul from the path of integrity. Given to no excess, he asked no share of the plunder, and never used the power he possessed to gratify a single selfish pas sion His patriotism was pure and lofty as his character ; and for his sufferings and losses he neither asked nor expected re muneration. His country he loved better than Ihis life, and liberty was dearer to him than all things else on earth beside. Wealth, rank, ease, safety, all sunk be neath Ihis country's claims, and he seem ed to aim at nothing but its interests. His like is seldom seen. His followers were wor-thy of him. Bold, fearless-true as steel in the hour of danger, they closed r-ound him with a faith and devotion that excite our admira tion, and claim our love. A T Exs paper, in speaking of one of our presidential aspirants, says that as he has got no morals, he had better go in for Vice Presidncy. The Gambler's Doom. BY MISS J. BALDWIN. Seated in the parlor of one of our largest hotels in the city of New York, was a young man of perhaps two and twenty years of age. He was dressed in the fashion of the day. A handsome gold chain adorned his neck, and a pro fusion of rings studded his fingers. Ro dolpho, (as we shall call him,) as we have said before, was sitting in the par. lor indulging in various thoughts, when a man of small proportions and of mean appearance entered, and whispered a few words in his ear. Rodolpho arose, and both left the room. The next afternoon he n ight have been seen upon the deck of one of our large steamers, bound for New Orleans. H is appearance was very diffierent from that of tie preceding day -his countenance wore a troubled ex pression. The rings which encased his fingers the day before had now disap peared. He paced the deck with an unsteady step. But his manners was changed' when the blue hills were left behind, and nothing but the water before him; he was as gay and lively as any on board, until the steamer was in sight of New Orleans-then his countenance wore the same troubled expression as be. fore. As soon as he landed he sought a carriage and was driven to the first hotel in the city. He retired to his room, and having completed his arrangements, he made his appenrance in the parlor. He had not been long in that room, before a young man of about the same age entered; his face was livid with anger. Upon the sight of him Rodolpho turned pale, but quickly recovering his self-possession he advanced to the stranger and offered his hand, " Villain! restore me my money first before I ever take your hand again." " You do not seem to consider I won it from you fairly. Willis." " Yea lie, scoundrel! you tricked me and I now demand tov mnev !" :.,u utier cool and collected. They were Rodolpho and Willis. " Rodolpho, will you restore me my money ?-You know you .won it by trickery. It was not mine, it belonged to my father, otherwise I would not care." "Never !" answered Rodolpho. " Listen to me, then," replied Willis. "About three months ago, my father left in my hands five thousand dollars to keep, as ie was about departing on a journey. I was introduced into your company by that villain James ; you won that money from me, basely, falsely de ceived ie. I knew it not then-1 was desperate-that villain James told me you had cheated me. I swore I would recover the money before I entered my father's house, or else your blood must tone for it! Now are you willing to pay me the money, or a part of it ?" said he firmly, at the same time drawing a pistol from his breast. " No, Wilhia, nrot one cent of the mro ney will I ever return to you !", " Then die, thou cursed villain ! and may the deed I commit be considered in a just light !" The report of a pistol folloed-a low groan from Rodolp~ho, and all wvas still. Willis carried the body to the water-a loud splash was beard, and the blue surface closed over th corpse of the unfortunate gambler. PHYSrCAr, BENEFrT OF THE SABBATH. The Sabbathr is God's special present to the working man, and one of its chief objects is to prolong' his life, and preserve efiient his working tone. In the vital system, it acts like a compensation-pond ; it replenishes the spirits, thre elasticity nd vigor, whlich the last six days have rained away, and supplies the force vhich is to fill the six days succeeding ; and, in the econiomy of existence, it an swers the same purposes as, in the econo m of income, is answered by a saving bank. The frugal man, who puts aside a pound to-day, and another next month, and who in a quiet way is always putting by his stated pound from time to time, when lie grows old and frail, gets not only the same pounds back again, hut a ood many pounds beside. And the sonscientious man, who husbands one ay of existence every week-who, in itead of allowing the Sabbath to be rampled and torn in the hrurry and cramble of life. treasures it devoutly up -tire Lord of the Sabbath koeps it for bim, and in the length of days and a ale old age, gives it back with usury. The savings bank of human existence is th weekly Sabbath. Mas. BoGos says that she observes the people ini the Legislature have put her eighbor, Nr. Fay, on a standing commit !ee, which will be a dreadful trial to. him, as he was alwvays very w~eak in the legs ; and never could keep on his feet long at tinme SelI-Government. It is not our purpose to discuss, at length, self-government as relating to individuals in a moral or religious point of view; but sim ply to scribble a paragraph on it, so far as it relates to us politially. We talk a great deal about the blessings of liberty secured by our ancestors, and the happy privilege of making our own laws and governing our selves. But this great privilege of self-gov ernment, we are rapidly lossing, and unless we determine, with hight resolve to maintain those liberties for which our fathers fought, we will soon sink under a bondage more ruinous and degrading than the British yoke. The doctrine that the majcrity rules in the United States, and consolidation are rapidly advancing. In fact, we are now living under a consolidated government, and Northern abolitionist and free-soilers, because they are in the majority, can pass any law they please to oppress the South. No matter how unjust or oppressive any measure may be, what is to prevent them from adopting it? Not the Constitution; because, according to the modern propounders, the majority can explain it to suit their own views, and the " Higher law" doctrine treats the Constitu tion with profound contempt, and late ex perience proves that it is no barrier to Northern aggression. Will a sense of jus tice among our Northern neighbors protest us? Who, with past experience before him, is so weak as to believe that? What then is to protect us from being (as we daily are and have been) striped of our property, robbed of our interest in the territories, and oppressed with unconstitutional tariffs and taxes, whenever it may please the people of the North? In a consolidated government there can be no refuge but in a bloody revo lution. The only way to save ourselves is to hurl back the advance of consolidation and restore the government to its original purity, and to what its founders intended it to be, or dissolve it by a bold and decisive step. The former can- never be done; the latter may be effected by secession. There should be a clear acknowledgement of the right of secession by the Federel Govern meut; otherwise the only course a State can adopt to -resist tyranny, will be in a revo lution to be put down by the bayonet. If the right of secession is acknowledged, our enemies will know that we can leave them whenever our interest requires it, and will -B PENITENTIAiY.-Some of our cotempo raries are again agi.ating the subject of a Penitentiary. It is the proper time to do so as our State elections occur this fall. We have always favored the project from the conviction that, because an individual vio lates the laws of his country, lie has no right to be fed and clothed at the public expense while in confineinent, as a punishment for his crimes. In many cases the convict looks back to the period of his imprisonment for crime as an osias in the desert of his life. Because a man is a villain, lie has no right to recline in his cell an idle drone, and feed upon the labor of the virtuous. But with all our prepossessions in favor of the system, if we have been correctly in formed, we think it of doubtful policy at present. Well informed gentlemen say that the few convictions in the State for peniten tiary offences would make the system a very expensive one. Upon this point we need more light-the people need more light. If the statistics of crime make it apparent that the system would have to be supported by the treasury instead of by the labors of thme inmates, then we should oppose it. Bitt, if on the other hand such should not be the ease, then we go for a penitentiary.-Che raw Gazette. A YANKEE AFTER THE PRNCE PRESIDENT. -A Paris letter in the New York Herald mentions the fact that an American printer iamed Walker, was arrested in November last in the neighborhood of Elysee, and con fessed that his intention was to murder the President. This fanatic was sent back to Newv York. Newvs has been received that Walker hiad left New York and sailed for Europe wvith the intention to put his fatal project into effect. Consequently all the American citizens arriving in any seaport of France are searched and examined with the greatest scrutiny. It is no use to search. If a genuine Yan kee typo has taken it into his head to put a full stop to the career of the Imperial Snouty, hie's bound to accomplish the job. If the above faicts are reliable, we wvouldn't insure the usurper's life for the confiscated estates of the Orleans family.-Savannah News. SOUTHERN EaIuGRATIeN TO CALTFORNIA. The following item, wvhich forms part of the proceedings of the House of Representatives of California, on the 10th ultimo, will proba bly explain the object of the recent emigra ties to that country of several parties of slaves, accompanied by their owvners, from the Southern States: " Mr. Peachy presented a most extraordina ry memorial in the House this morning-a memorial of twelve hundred and eighteen citizens of South Carolina and Florida, ask ing the Legislature of California to grant them, as an essential benefit to this Stute, the privilege of becoming citizens, of identifying themselves permanently with our interests, and of emigrating to our rural districts with a saluable and gorernable population, in thme relation of property, by whose peculiar labor alone our valuable soils may be rendered pro ductive, and our wilderness may be made "to blossom like the rose." They ask permis sion to colonize a rural district with a popu lation of' pjot less than two thousand slaves." A fter some discussion the petition was re ferred to the Committee of Federal Rela tinne-C'rninimn. GATHERINGS. REMARxABrz DiscovuRy a VmiGUA.-A letter in the Richmond Times states that a few days ago, while severaiten were eir. gaged in blasting out limestone near Buchan an. Botettourt county, they discovered a cave, with an entrance of some six or eight feet in height, and upwards of one hundred in length, with two apartments. . In the first they found some earthenware and a large stone cross; on the cross there was some carving, but was so much defaced by the hand of time that it was scarcely-discernilile. A number of citizens with a lantern subse quently entered the second apartment, where they found a skeleton seated on a huge iron chest, with his back resting against.the wall. On opening the chest they found It to contain gold coin, perfectly smooth on one side and a cross with some characters on it on the other. The gold in the chest by weight is worth seven hundred and eighty-three dol lars. MORE TROUnLE BETWEEN TIE SIoUx AND CHniPPwAs.-The St. Louis Republican has received information that a war party of the Upper Sioux attacked a party of the Chip. pewas, on Rum river, recently, and killed several of them. One account says five Chippewas were killed; another, which we think the most reliable, sets the number at fifteen. There is no doubt, at all events, that the old feud has been renewed, and we may expect to hear of further bloodshed. The scene of the late conflict is-some hun dred miles distant from the white settle ments. CoUNTERFErrs.-A friend informs the'edi tor of the Fayetteville, N. C., Observer that he was shown, a week or two ago, a poorly executed counterfeit $5 note on the Bank of South Carolina, which has been passed by a man who said his name was Woo and that he resided in Sumter District, South Carolina. The names of President and Cashier were engraved, and badly executed. The same man had offered South Carolina notes to a uumber of other persons in Richmond coun ty. - FRENCH SCIENTIFIC Nzws.-T'e Ifoni teur offers a reward of 50,000 frines for any discovery that shall render the pile ap plicable, with economy, to inlastry as a source of heat, to lightning, ieinistry, e. Laae, ' onem.naL rhetice. . aoniB vior of both the Courtad the Cabinot to wards him has been even.suffered.to be conr mented on in tho.eensor-ridden.-prews, and after a residence in Vienna of-about twelve nionths, he is stated never to have been re ceived by the Emperor till within thelast week or so, and then very coldly, and not in a private audience. RoMtAN CATHoIcIs m TE U. STATES. The Catholic Almanac for 1852 has full statistics of the Roman Catholic Church In this country, compiled mostly from official sources, from which it appears that there are in the whole United States 6 archbishop, 26 bishops, 1,385 priests, 1,411 churches, and a Catholic population of 1,980,000, which includes 115,000 in'Oregon, the Cali fornias, New Mexico, and the Indian Terri tory. In England and Scotland there .are 694 churches and chapels and 972 priests, and in Ireland 2,205 churches and 2,252. priests. SINGULAR DIET.-A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune tells of a little girl ten years of age, whose only subsistence since iniancy has been sugar and milk-some obstruction or disease of her throat having led her always to refuse any thing more substantial. She in stated to be as large as children usually of her age, and as healthy, bright and active as those whose food would be considered more invigorating. A NEWV TEMPERANCE Law.-A lielition is being signed in New York, praying the Le gislature to pass a law by which any person found drunk is liable to be arrested and be taken when sober before a magistrate, who. shall ascertain from whenee the liquor was obtained. The seller in such cases shall be fined in a sum not less than $25, and not more than 8100. LETTERS from Rome say that many arrests have been made of parties charged with cele brating the anniversary of the Roman Re public; and that thte Pope has given orders for no more children to be christened Joseph, in the belief that Joseph Mazzini is intended to be honored by the frequent use of that surname. WHAT CA.IFORNIA HAS DoNE.-Rlalck wood thinks that if it had not been for the vast quantities of gold which California has produced during the last two years, there would have been universal bankruptcy in England. THE Wilmington Herald, of the 19th inst* has an account of a large Rattle Snake, late. ly killed in the vicinity of Long Creek, which was 7 feet 10 inches long; 10 inches circum ference in the thickest part,and liad 37 rattles and a button. THE Methodist Protestant Conference, re cently in session at Georgetown, D. C., has resolved to hold its next annual meeting in W~est Baltimore. SENTENCE OF PIRATIIs.-The U. S. Su preme Court having refused a new trial to Reid and Clements, the condemned pirates at Richmond, Va., they were on Friday sen tenced to be hung on the 9th of April ne~xt. FRENeu ExII.Es.-A number of French exiles, driven from France by Louis Nopoleon have arrived at New York within the last few days. TEE Charleston Standard siays the receipte of the South Carolina-Railroad~ forbarstuary, exceeded 8104,000 ; those of ti eorrespon ding month last year, being a little-over 680,000. The increase thus far for thp ,nonth of Mahh handt enually inwtble