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Augusta, Ga., Pianos, Nlelodeons, Guitars, Violins, Accordeous, Flutes, Striu;-, SHEET MUSI , and every thintin the luic linte SECOsD-tIANt) PEAt TAKEN iN EXCilANGE. g Orders for MUSIC by ntil promptly at t. tded to. ar PIANOS TUNED and REP.\lREP. Periona wanting their Puanos tted, will pl. ase m zify us to that effect. A. A. CIA RK, B. F. CLAREK. Augusta, Nev. 9 2m 43 GEORGE SINCLAIR, CI.U.I\.t, S. C.. STEAM ENGINE BUILDER And Boiler Aaker. L L iid., of Flour, Grist and Saw Mill Ce:nr 1 ing and lihaftig maile and warranted t.+ per furimxqual to any in the State. . -:. - Dr. it. T. Mixs; at Edg-fleld C. II., is authorised Agent to make contracts. Nov. 2, 18.3. 1 )_ 42 JOSEPH WHILDEN, DEALER IN AND SHIP CHANDLERY, No. 6o1 Mast-Bay. opposite P. & Ia. Bank; Coan:ero . S. C. E keep." e.,ntantly fur eni-: a gen-rsal a-sort m3tlent of P'A IT'- and li~ OLStf all kinds, oindow Was and Sashes. Sis. Trurpentinie, Camtphene, Spirit Gas, TIallow, Grindtones., Cordate. Chain Pumps. (;ne4. Packing Yarn, Cotton Foot Gyin Fiturts, and l.ru.,hcs of variu kinds. - - Gin Ch adon N i nfam c tl Bioset rendinShe tmanfatoy 11':tiA, YlaNGe repmivedtoeS toern -T a0.jPIEn Dr A0.G TMa~rXs-F~ tmed tomake ito rerFn.re-obl oe Bootrsu s and Shoes, COfTSer STFSMATE BELS ad AeCES Tun k alas Twarveld. as,~e C rAts, Cothand alatrg vBriesCety of , BOOTS and 'ft)E Tf1my own manufactre, ~heuic l withb disiwlsedbof willreanl ters.lwu aib ogti WM. . CEOY ?eh 30 tf 40 AU USTAO FARONT ABLEOPOIETE WM O PIC & CO,~.a-O o TiE SRes, Trs CEare coBasly * Auarngw rendiiT A:tir1E wALL SppCe wif thme ws SyES of tm Clt ineof alecitins, C OATr A nNTALoOaNS, VETS SilRTCL Uuml kmnerhirt and in DraweStr. - HOSIERY Ot'ALL~ KIND Tru nTaveTIng Ba0gsAe, c TO A DL1T F SERG-ANTSy SOEx *Alls Coth nd lir in Bsetm oms res' TOha Tb r T&lm W Ed e w upied withad CLOJpTHS, CASPRfSIG ANNKR d rmlambmgt De TRMisG othsb olte pmioepen foorepmb WM. A. PRNIC, Prr Wc~ .sT R AHM qunex nz an un_1 I I. AHIE4D OF THE RAZOR STROP MANI. Tho.usinds of persons have attemited to interfere with and nnniy the celebrat, d Ita tor Strop Man, llenry Smith, while holding forth with his stentorian lnngs to an admir ing crowd on the incomparable merits of his wonderful strops ; but we never heard of but oie man who in the attempt came off first best.. The incident happened as follows: Smith had sold out his basket of strops to a " high. ly intelligent audience," as he termed them, and then, he made it out a clear case -that every iin owning a strop should have a god razor, that the strop might he used with proper respect, he took out a dozen of Roger & Sons best, and exclaimed Gentle-netn ! now let me sell you at anc. tion a few of the best razors that ever were u~ed or ever will be used! .Agd how much anm I offered for one '. "You can't *(hic) never si-ll- nothing if von t elk thIat -low (hic) *rlte," egclaimed a Ibal-pated, ragged-halise disciple of Bach. us; " if you (hie) wan't 'to puike 'em hleive the (hie) razeidl ent quick gnumi oughtto .ell 'em quick ! -That's so, my hibitty- tip-toet and I'm the man that can.sell 'em for ye, if (hie) ye only say the word." &eeing the 'man was intoxicated, .Smith tried hard to proceed with the sale, Without appearing to. notice the interruption; but it was imjpossilble. The, fellww made some witty retort, that would." bring down the hnse," to every remnar Jat Smith (ffered, and as human - enduranc could stand-no longer, Smnih sauddeil tured to his annof "r :nd exclaimietla-..-t t SIlere, my gdod-ri-ed ! Yoitre'eo drunk Ilmk vou don't know youm' wife's uncle froe. lur grandnother's aunt, and stil.you-.are. i:.lking to iie ahont selling razors thal ac&c worth a dollar a pice ! Why, sir, I wi4f for people to shave thenselvies instead of-'d'ig. ts you have done let the runseilers lihave von. And here you are interrupting -m; mid pretending you nderstand my hus.iness better than 1 do myself. You had better aig the pledge, old codger I You are -too runk now to either buy or sell." "Try me (Razor (hie) Striip' Man ! Try me ! was the cool rejoinder. " Very well," says Smith; here is an ex elleiit razor, and as you are anxious to ex iihit your skill in getting quick bids, you shall have a fair chance." The old toper mounted the dry goods box m wig the razor around his head a few times m conmnnned " Gen.erlmen ! here's a pro-pub licuhono azor, :i' 'ow mnch nam I offered for it I Six cents- going ! going once ! going twice, end tlgoing-gonme to ile for six cents." Putting the razor in one pocket, and ta. king from the other six coppers, and proffer i1g tilti to Smith as pay, the old covey junped from the box, amid the crowd of e-vulsedd spectators. Smith laughed as hearty as the rest refus. d the coppers, gave the man a cake of soap and a strop, and acknowledged it the cheap est joke he ever purchased in his life. A GE:outtr. LrcrsL.roz.-The Milledge ille correspondent of the Augusta Constitu !ionalist gives the annexed amusing pen and ink sketch of Mr. Paris, Representative of Dade county in the lower house of the Geor gia Legislature: rte. is a little under six feet four, through ie represents himself as the shortest man ini Dade. Hie spotrts a pair of huge whiskers, wears his hair a la mode Andrew Jackson, ad in as much as lisk eye sight has been in jured by severe ap~plicationm to study, he adds to the dignity of lisk appearance by the usc of glasse's. Beneaths this fierce looking ex teior, lurks a gniet vein of good humor, pro vokinmg the irth of al1 who conrpe within the sphere oif its influenice. He speaks the Eng lish lantguauge, amid comnsequc ntly I was not ompeled to employ a tranmslator in makimg out miy report. Hius mnanner is forcible and expressive ; lie suits the action to the word ad the word to the action. Mr. Paris is a ntive of W'arreni county, Tlennessee, having been born, by his viren choice, on the banks of the~ Collimi's river, H~e has hield various offies of honor and profit under the ge neral government, (lie says that he was once a postaster in Dade,) and now, at the age of 5 years, enjoys the sole anmd di-tingnished honor of represenlting the State ohfpade in the lower brainch of the Genieral Assembly. To conclnde this description, I .wilh remark. that he always wears the tie oh his cravaut on the side of the neck, immediately under the right ear. A corNTIuY paper says: " When you see a girl so wveak that she cani't sweep her seven-bynine chamber,. bot can go. and dance all night with the powei- of a locomo tive, make up your mid that she is " got uip" on bad prineciples. The sooner you take your hat and depart, the better. Such sort of calico has beeni the r,uin of many a man." A GExx.-Who wrote the followir~g beau tiful epitaph on an infat!?.. Ii speaks to tm heart: Beneath tis stone in sweet repose, Ia laid at niothmer's dearest pride ; A flower that scarce had waked to life, A ud light arid beauity, ere it died. God in his wisdom has recalled 'Thu precious bo'n his love had given; And though the ensket rnoulderst liere, The gem is sparkling now in Heaaen. IF ANY one entertains the remotest doubt of this free and happy lar.d being a great country, let him forev'er keep silemnce after perusinig the subjoined names of " fellow. citizens" who voted att the recent election im Nebraska, for a Delegate to Congress. Theyv are copied from the poll-book;: .June-e-tah-e.quah growvl, Os-si-e-men.e-men-ho, Mah-mien- wan.e-kah, . Pe-shah-hahil.me-quuh, . Nub-at-tahi.noh-noh.no-to, Kah-ku-noh-ne-wve.to-to. Short r.ckonimns umnko ln friends. A WHACK AT MISERS. In a chapter on Life Assurance. whicl appears ini Blackwood's Magazine, for Jtil the writer is somewhat severe on wealth) men of our day, who are too scrupulous in their observance of the maxims of " Pool Richard." He says: "'Those who desire to be absolutely riel may, if their lives are spared long enough attain that object by sordid and perpetual pinching, and rigorous abstinence from the enjoyments, hospitalities, and Charities o1 existence. It is' %t' 'difficult to accmigtt .gold, if a'man has conrage to be an IwIes indeed, cases are abost daily cited of ap parent paupers, amongst whose rags an g:illimentry, in the corner of sonm fetid cellar, extraordinary hoards are discovered. No one, however, but a mere caitiff, would addict himself to this kind of metalic accu. mulation; and it is noticeable that the prac tice is chiefly confined to dried up bache. lors, who have either no relatives to sneceed then, or who hate 'tiheir relatives cerdialy:' Poogwretches! If ere they had given u$ the .ghost on. their ill tentled couch and been de .sited in, paltry shells wihich thiv havebespoken from a miotive of post bunions -ecitionm,, taty col-ki oitailf vision of the serene or lively countaance 0l thoso wii- ihaill walk at their' qineral and < ''ie their gains; if they could he prospec tive ; present at tb banget. whieb is to follmw the ceremont, alad. tnewsr the enor mous consunmption of ligt r qu)fled, not in honor of their memorier mt: by way of congrattilation to -they ifebriatml heirs: it they could ear, by auticipation,.the remarks of the jocular e sts, the retailed :necdites of their cyuel {el . mess-theynitght poissi 6 M , bef'ro. tIme -'s~Pirit' s leftatb clay, ask 'Ieeftes se-filF,. 'fatt end, either in this.;'orld-or tlre next,'lle. h ave-consented it 0a 1d)h'.li't"'f itinCk..ors, :.n,$nsure dme 'emer'npt of -their- rae... For,. of a preptQi .ipon 'tie eartih, noir misso desji ''eems th' miser. It is hbt impnoasihle that theiptofuigatei'nay .lu"e a friend, for there is dsitally.left abon't Jriin -some touch of hi. aiinity-some one unbroken chord of the finer feelings' of our naturecbut the miser meets with no sympathy.' Even the nurse who is hired to attend him i the last mo. "ments, loathes, the ghastly ocupation, and bugs for the moment of her release-for although the death damp is already gather. ing on his brow, the thoughts of the de. parting sinner are still upon his gold, and at the macro jingle of a key lie startles from his torpor in a paroxysm of terror, lest a sur. reptitious attempt is being made upon the gnCtity uLhi V t _box....Deqdsthere je' nianv in that box; but where are the deeds that should have comforted the dying mmti What blessings has lie purchased for him. self through his long useless life ? There are no prayers of the orph:mn or widow for him-not a solitary voice has ever breathed his name to heaven as a benefactor. One poor penny, given away in the spirit of true charity, would now be worth more to him than all the gold that the world contains; hut, notwithstanding that he was a church. going uman, and fimuiiliar in his infancy with that awful text in which the worship of mam. mon is denounced, aind the punishment of Dives told, he has never yet been able tc divorce himself from his solitary love of lus or to part with one atom of his pelf. Am so, from a iserable life, detested and des pised, lie passed into a dread eternity ; am those vhon lie has neglected or misused umake merry with the hoards of the miser.' A CJIuKrAss TuA~.- W hile thme last genie ration was flourishinig, there dIwelt in whmat i~ mow a famuous city, niot a mile from Boston atm opulenmt widow lady, who oncee aflordet a queer manifestation of that odd compoaun of incompatibles, called " human niature." It was a Christmias eve, one ot those nik fashioned winters whmichm were so " bittei cold." Th'le old lady pat on an ext ra shawl aid as she tnugged her shiverinig frame, slhe said to her taithftul tiegro servant: "It is a terrible cold night, Scip, I an afraid my poor neighblor, Wid~owv Greemn mmust be sufferinmg. Ta'mke time wheel- harrow Scip, fill it full of wood, pile onl a goodl load and tell time poor . woman to keepi hersel warim and comfortable. But before you go cip, put some miore wood otn tihe fire, aim make me a nice mug of flip." These last orders were dutly obeyed ; ant the old lady was thoroughly warmied huti inside anid out, anid niow time trusty Scipit was about to depamrt om his erratnd of mere; when his cotnsiderate tmitress, interpouse< agamt. " Stop Scip. You neced not go now. he wveather hats modleraIted. ADVERIsIN.-In one of the proverbs c Solomatn we find thme monist commprehenmsiv ad satisfactory exposition of thme philosoph of advertising, that ever was or couldI b wrttnl, viz: "'1There is that scattereth and yet increasetli aid there is 'that withhboldeth more thani meet, but it tendeth to pov'erty." And time words of Paul to the Corinthiani aptly express time same idea: "He which sewetha sparingly shall rea also sparinigly; and lie whlich sowethi boum tifully shall reap also bountifully." THE Albany Knickerbocker gives an am count of a woniderful dog belonging to or of its carriers. Th'le carrier falling sick, set out a boy to dleliver thme papers, who beini unaquintmed with the round was followe by time dog, who stopped at the door of ever subscriber anid wagged his tail, never mnis ing onie in a list of six hundred. A t the doc of all the subscribers wh'lo had not paidl in long time time dog was heard to howl. - Tun Two -WASUuruss.-A brace Maine boys are in the H-ouse of Represents tives this year. Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine, and his brother, Elihu B.. Washburi of Illinois, have both the honor of heir side bmy sidle, politically, and brotherly 1 Represetatives in Congress. IFIDLTY.--Theere are no infidels hell. T[here all believe without a doul> ..w.h.ie the tenmh~l withonnt a hopnn--Ne wto RAILMUJ&Zia-A ih~U~aAAs ? w--' In the present state of Railroad progress, it would appear-supererogatory to attempt a demonstration of the necessity of the "iron road," .politically, ?commercially and social. ly ; or show that.icuilityof- intercommunica tion increases conmmunication; creates busi ness, begets sociality, tends to the dissenmi nation of enlightened views, and by uniting all these advantaga, promotes the growth, wealth and prosperity of-the country. It is a. self evident proposition that acces. sihility promotes'population. 'The history of our country is an endwingsexemplifica. tio: of this fact. As.facilities of intercourse increased, the area 'of our settlements ex tended, until the ejstire continent has been embraced within. our., borders. Cities and towns have sprungi up in the midst of the wilderness, an4 thQ wilds have been made to blossom like the rose ; and if cinle, rivers, and plank and ;tacadamiied "roads-the restrieted means df intercommunication-'teu ljnyed before the introduction of railroads have sutiiced to render this country.so pros. perons, whait naywe not anticipate when the vast undertakigs nqw projected shall have been completed t-when the auriferous shores of the I'eiuc shall be connected with the rocky barriers ef the Atlantie by iron hands, and the treasures of the East and the island of the seas shall be transported thereupon, to find a ready market among the dwelters at thelWest ! That railroadsmill hereafter be the means of intercommunication, - is equally evident. They are the best; and cheapest means for promoting accessibility ; they can be built wherever the p cle will it; and by their means time and "tance can almost be an nihihated. The perience- upon the few completed railroas has demonstrated their I utility and fitness for the- purpose for which were designed. And the completion At thebse few roads;has made the buil4mng of others conpulsorykgr those sections kicking in sueh facilities, must consent to sit supine ly down, and witnes the rapid development in wealth and prosperity-of such sections as keep up with the piogress of the age.. Wherever railroads have been built in this country, the inevitable consequence has been to enhance the value of propertyin the neighborhood. Depots have been established along the lines for the reception and ship. ment of freight ; and from these simple depots, flourishing :towns' have grown up magic-like, and anonalousas it may appear, but in few instances producing any diver sion of trade from .one plae, to another, seening rather to egate of themselves busi iess for tneinselves-tins, ny-reitte-or communication adding to population, and by population adding to the wealth and pros. po ity of the country. Not unfrequently does it occur that these depots are established in mines heretofore unavailable, for the want of means of trans portation, as is the case in many instances within our knowledge. So soon as the roads are completed, and these mines are brought within the reach of a market, a town at once springs up, and the heretofore waste lands become not only sources of wealth to a few, perhaps, but of competence to many. And when these roads are opened through ian agricultural country, affording means of ready and cheap transportation to market, the farmer at once becomes independent. ! He is not compelled to haul his produce through almost impassable mud-holes sloughs and ponds, to a market, where lie is con strained to dispose of it at unremnunerating rtes, rather than haul it home again ; he cn gnietly wait until itris called for at his own dloor, or until lie learns fronu the papers that it is to his advantage to ship to a dis tnt marhet. Fewv personis are aware of the difference in the cost of transportation be tween the ordinairy wagon and the railroad. In one of our exchanges5 somie tie since, we found the following table, in which is niien the comparative value of a ton ol vbeat aind one of corn, at given distances from market, as affe.cted by the cost ol Itrasportaitioin by thme railroad, amid over the~ ordinary read: *By railway. Orilin. highway. f ~Wheat. Corn. Whnt. Corn. -A t market, $49 50 $24 75 $49 ~50 $24 25 10 49 25 24 40 4S 00 23 25 10 49 20 24 45 49 50 21 75 30) 49 05 24 30 45 00 20 25 40 4900 24 15 48650 18 75 50 48 75 2400) 42 00 i7 25 64) 48 50 28 85 40 50 16 75 70 38 45 28 70 39 00 14 25 S0 48330 23 55 37 50 12 7! 90) 48 15 23 40 36 00 11 2! 100 48 00 22 25 34 50 9 7! 110 -47 85 23 10 33 00 8 2! 120 44 20 22 95 81350 6 7! 130 47 55 22 80 30 00 5 2! - 140 47 40 22 65 28 50 3 7! 10 47 15 22 50 27 00 22!i S160 47 10 23 35 25 50 0 7! Y170 46 55 22 20 2440 180S 46 80 22 05 22350 190 46355 21 90 21 00 200 46 50 21 75 19 50 "210 46 35 21 60 18 00 S220 46 20 2145 16 50 230) 46 05 21 30 15 00 s240 . 45 90 2115 13 50 250 '-45 75 21 00 12 00 260 45 60 20 85 10 50 P 70 4445 2070 9 00 280 45 30 20 55 7350 290 4315 2040 6 00 300 43 00 20 25 4 50 *310 44 85 20 10 3 00 320 . 44 7 19 95 150 e330 44 55 10 80 _ tBy this table it appears that a ton of corn gis estimated not to be wor th hauling b; wagon, when 170 miles from market; whil at the same distance upon a line of railroad Sit would be woth $22 20. A ton of whea ir330~miles rom the market, is not worth th ahauling !dw~agon, but by ra iroad it woub be .. . *.. . land may b ne: ~e of railroad .is i , d above th va1 ailroad. Thbi is a to farmer whi s constructi g of ... nee their ac 0 , . physical re I. so. by the- read tmet it affords ..ma . ,the raidroa 1 13 Illll l' ( ItIl G " V +..and with all its ponwers anid results; is~pecu-' liarly its agent, and has exerted a potential influence in the development and extension' of modern trade, and is destined to work still greater changes and more vest achieve. ments in behalf of the Commerce .of the future. Such being the fact, and railroads .being the " necessity of the age," we say et them he built wherever they can be with reasona. ble prospect of success; .but in railroads, as in every other line of business,, judgment should be exercised, and rivaf liines on minor routes should he avoided, at least. until such time as the wants of the community call for ain extension of travelling facilities. This competition of rival. lines will be one of the strongest objections to railroads, in the con struction and prosperous management of which united effort is : peculiarly necessary ingredient.-Cincinnati Railroad Record. THE DUKE OF ALBA AND MX. NEVILLE SOULE. We ge;nther from M. (aillardet's letter, of the 1st inst, in- yesterday's Courier des Etats IJUnis, that the Duke of Alba (the bro. ther-in-law of the French- Empress). has made the amende honorablc to Mr. Neville Soule, the son of our Minister to Spain, for the inconsiderate remarks of which he was recently guilty_ at a public ball . in Mtadrtd. Various accounts have been given of the matter referred to but M. GaillawIet's proba bly the correct one. It appears from his I statement that the Duke of Alba took it ill because Madame Soule wore a high.necked dress, while all the ladies of the Court of Spain wore dresses more or less dccolklccs, (low in the neck,) and that he further re marked, " See ! - Tfhere goes Margaret of Burgundy !" Just.at this moment, young Neville Soule passed by, and happening to overhear the slighting allusion to. his mother, immediately:retorted-bj.dalling 'the Spanish' 'grandee'a blackguard, (pollison.) In a inn ment -there wasa, .great disturbance. Mr. Sou1e,:the'elder, immediately caried ofhis son; and'the latter sent next day two friends andlige-1itness to the' Duke of Alba, with instructions to demand .satisfaction either by means of arms or by a written apology. Ar first, the Duke refused to consent to give re dress in either way, upon the plausible pre text that his adversary was in reality urging on a political quarrel. But the story is now that rublic opinion having.been declared unan imously against him, as is not astonishing in a country renowed for the chivalrous res pect.which it has always paid to beauty, the Duke Alba has settled the matter by grace fully apologisin foi- the offence com lained o. ror domng liis, ieduserfWese . NEw MATERIAL FOR PAPER.-We have just examined several samples of paper made of reeds or cane of a species which grows in great abundance in our Southern States; and also a sample made by the same pro cess from white pine shavings. In such an age of invention as this incredulity is not to he tolerated ; therefore we submit with the best possible grace even to the white pine. The reed paper is quite a promising article, approaching in quality, under the second experiment, to that on which the Sun is now printing, both in enlor and texture. An other sample composed of rags and reeds, one-third of the former and two-thi ds of the latter is quite a fine article, and its value is estimated by the makers equal to that from rags worth 12 1-2 cents per pound. The paper from pine shavings is designed for wrapping or envelope paper; it was first bleached and then collered for that purpose, and is valued at 12 1-2 cents per pound also. Paper has been made within a fewv years past from several substances, and with vari ous success. A small quantity made froem straw was recently worked in the regular edition of a daily paper in a neighboring city, and as the result of an originarl experi ment wvas considered quite ene ouraging. The effort now brought to our attention is highly credible and has the promise of entire success. The getntlemen entitled to the cedit of it are B. A. Lav-ender, esq, and Mr. Henry Lowe, an analtical chemist of this city. They have been experimenting for soine months upon the material employed making finished sample of paper from time to time, which we have occasionally seen and the improvemlent is considerable. They are sanguine that, with proper apparatus, paper can be manufactured of reeds or wood, as the main staple, by their process, worth 12 1-2 to 18 cents, and at a cost not ex eeeding 6 1-4 cents per per lb.-Blaltimore San. CoL-NTERFEIT BILL.S 05 THE BAN oF H A1fUIW, Sov-rn.CAnoI.NA.-Mr. J. J. Blakwood, the Cashier, has shown us a counterfeit 850 bill on the above Batnk,,.and plamied by the side of it a genuine bill of the same denomination, so that we could per eive the marked differeunce between them. The genuine bill has for its vignette a loco motive and train of cars, on the right hand margin a female figure holding a cornucopia; on the the left, one holding a scythe and bundle of grain, repr-esenting the goddess Ceres; on each side of the vignette, and on the lowver corners of the Bill, the figures 50, large size. This is the only plate for $50 bills ever used by the Batik. The counterfeIt bills is rather longer and wvide-r than the genuine has as the vignette a female figure, seated, a sheaf of gi-ain by her side, anid implements of husbandry at her feet-a rocomotive seen in the distance crossing a stone bridge. On each side of the vignette are the figures 50, the letter L at the left hand corners, between them the word FIFTYv in small capitals, atid across the entire right hand margin of the bill the word FIFTY in large letters. It bears date Jan. 11, 1853, payable to W. S. Cothran. SThe signature of the president, H. Hutch Sinson, is well imitated-that of J. J. Blaick wood, Cashier, is imperfect, the hair strokes being thicker than on the genuine bill. This is in part.from the inferiority of the paper -of the counterfeit. yWe are thus particular in the desription, , as we yesterday copied a paragraph from a I Sava.....ah p.,e, stin that these bills gin, and that they were well executed.. Augusta Constitutionalist. - FOREIGN NEWS. Last evening's Northern mails brought us the following details of the.news breught by the Africa :-Carolinian, 5th inst. Requesting the reader to heap in mind.that all the accounts of the massacre--for it.can scarcely be called a battle-in th'e harbor of Sinope, have come through the Russian sources, we. proceed to give as cennectqd-u narrative'of the occurrence as the'ihiperfect information yet= received will permit. Al though called a " Turkish defeat," the intel ligence before us describes the " defeat as more glorious to the Turks than their " vie. tory," of twenty-one ships over fourteen is to the Russians. The harbor of Sinope is not strongly for. tified. Formerly, it.was the principal naval establishment of Turkey, but of late the arsenal has been transferred to Constanti nnple, and a single battery on the little fort of Boze Tepe now constitutes the whole defence of the port. On the 30th ult., the -fleet' f Admiral Nachimoff, th:it had beeni sent- expressly to look for the Turkish flotilla- that was con veying reinforcements to the 'army on.the east coast :of the Black Sea, appeared off the roads of Sinope, wvhere the Turkish ships, under command of Osman Bey, were at anchor, having been driven to. anchorage there a day or two previously by stress of. weather. Nachimoff's squadron consisted of twenifour sail, of which six were line of battle ships.' Finding there was no help but fight or surr'eider, Osman bravely, threw his own and some other of his ships across the. entrance to the Hiarbor, and attempted to keep the Russians at bay. while the trans. ports hastened to. land their men and stores. From the confined position in which his ships were, he labored at great disadvantage. The Turks had to sostain the firc of over 600 Rudsian guns,' aff:could not bring more than 200 to play agaut them.. Nothwithstanding- this fearful odds, the Turks made no proposals to surrender,'but kopt up'their. fire until one after another. of henrsliips sunk or- blew up. Astonishing, to.relate, they Managed to sink and burn no fewer thin seven of the enemy. To, the last Osman refused to strike his- flag, but continued to blaze away from'his.shattered ship at the. Russian- steamers that were tow in it towards Sebastopol. At length he was taken wotin'ded on, board Nachimoff's. ship, and his frigate sunk, so that of all the annie f thi "' rillinut rtorv." tha. lips sians took into Sebastopol only a -few wounded men, but a plank of a Turkish ship. The following is a copy of the bulletin that was posted on the Bourse at Odessa, December 5: " The . Russian fleet, under the command of Admiral Nachimoff, has met, in the Black Sea, a Turkish and Egyptian fleet, composed of eighteen ships-two decker frigates, cor vettes, together with two steamers of five hundred horse power, and two others of three hundred horse power. After a long engagement. the following Turkish ships have been destroyed or captured: One of 84 guns-no mane given; do. 60-no name given; do. 52--Nezratmi Effendi; do. 52 lmet Eli; do 40-Nazim Fessim; do. 22 -Fessi iMahmoud. Steamers-Two of 20 guns each ; 2 transports; I British trans port. The engagement took place near Sinope. Five thousand Turks have been killed, and many taken prisoners. Osman By, who wvas wounded, was also takenm pri soer. Several officers, both English and French, were on board the Turkish ships." From this bulletin it would appeur that only eleven Turkish ships were destroyed two of thsem transports and defenceless-in stead of the thirteen frigates previouly an nounced. Also, that if there were eighteen Turkish ships, seven must have escaped. And further, the " no name given" of the two heaviest ships of 64 and 60 guns, looks suspiciously like as if there had been no such ships. The 5,00)0 Turks reported to be killed would have been a sufficient arma ment for the eleven ships, without the " many" taken prisoners. And as the Rlussians lost seven of their own ships, including two ships of the line, their victory consists-In a surplus of four ships only, niamely three transports and a 20 gun steameri Even these they hve.not to showv ; and if they had, they would not begin to pay for repairs to the Rusian *admiiral's ship, wvhich had to be buoyed up before it could reach Sebastop~ol. Tlwo French and two Enigish frigates hanve goneto Sinope, nominally with medi al assistance for the wounded. Immediately oin the news of the disaster being published, on the 3d instant, at Con stantinople, a grand divan was held, at which all the foreign ministers wvere present. The English-and French ambassadors wvere strongly called upon to order the combined fleets into the Black Sea; but they (the am bassadors) requested the audience of the Sultan, and persuaded him that it would be better not tp send forward the whbole fleet, but only a ship or two to acquire more do finite in formation. This was agreed to. The wildest excitement prevailed in Con stantinople, and it wvas expected that the whole fleet would be ordered to proceed to the Black Sea forthwith. Their mission there will be to prevent further conflict be tween Russian and Turkish ships. PNRSI DE.CAREs WAR AoAIYsT THE 'T~Us.-Although no official confirmation of the declaraton of urar by Persia against Tlurkey has been received, the intelligence is considered quite probable. The English press, although :dmitting that the circum stanco compliCates the position of affairs, do not consider it of supreme iisportance, Per sia, they say, although smnall in military strength, has, it is true, the- advantage of a geographical position wvhich counterbalance the deficiencies. A considerable Persian force is usually stationed in the frontier province of Azerbi jan, immediately contiguous to the locality of the present fighting, and nothing can be mor probable,9 than that tisi frcme will cam. make aeoncerted attack upon s The liss usthided by-the deitir( the. transports atiSinope"-.would an an attempt at the preset moment ehn - likely to be unfavorable to the Tuiis Consequent on this step on the'pi , Shah, the British minister at the Teheren (as we learn from- Vienia& of 15th inst.,)' has -broken off diplomati: - tions with Persia. SWITZERLAtD.--A. GIva p tions-thaton the: 4thi instant .. a t and eleven o'.jo ht', s earthquake, sdIfcit violent walls of several s#oses Val d'Jllies. The shok w wards morning, the ndulatiean being prolonged for sonie a 4 conipanied. by aidul; heavy lar phenomenon was observ ro,. the Valais, on the third instant. The following severe, b toaltppe ances just remarks, aro- frot the biladeIpht Evening Bulletin: " Englanil, we suppose, is a By her folly, if not.treaher ' the Turkish fleet, and oost lives of thousands of hiJl'iz7$ treachery, because it is-noi: $ to betray .vhich cohstitute l -te = ton folly, criminal iinu6aco, neglect,'ifnthe ,injure ad A treason; and in the sp. ays as= would have, done, deser$is m law: brious lanngnge In e e the British flee; iostead of lyingdt r' Constantitiople onght to have bee n' in the black sea ;'and of cogse - doing this the -destile'ion . " - ships at Sinope could n6trtS ' England pretends to be the Yet, since the war begun nothing .to advance' his cauer. 'pdence-dictated' that the coinmaiid o. Black Sea should be obtained tl a ioti that'Rdssia had 'declihed to-.eat Principalities, for .the codmai ' is' ihdespensableA o prop tions.on the: part of Turl-.. e bi asserting that the Principi1ieiau } evacuated; and whila dee fleets were in the 'Bospherh^iJ sca Prinipalities were not evacoat4d ngii took no,'stepi to do thel'rstthig t ot to have been done underthecircqdu~kane. and whisinhshe colkkha.ve ". We speak of England t in because, as. is. well known;:,;she aIeA several weeks, eager to bring- as -o tbre'e arbitrament of the sword.,,- Could Louis Napoleon have had his way, the. Blark -Sea would have been scoured a- montlh ago .by . the allied fleet in the Bosphorus*.Odessa would have been seized ; tha slipat Sebas tapol captured; and Russia disariised of all power to harm Turkey during the rest of the contest on the sea. It is possible that this terrible disaster, suffered by the Sultan, through their lukewarmness, may induce the allies now to this. The indignant voice of civilized Europe may spur their laggard blood to action at last. But even action will fail to restore to the Sultan his- ships. What renders the loss more shameful is the fact that the successful enterprise was just the very blow which Russia might have been expected to strike, partly because it was necessary to save Circassia, and partly because the superiority of the Russian fleets in the Black Sea rendered victory, sure. Had not England professedly been his ally; the Sultan never would have exposed his fleet, or would have been mad if he ,bad. But he trusted to the p--ofession of aid that were made to him; he though, like all the world, that even thought no land' forces were sent to him, the fleets in the Bosphorus would act, and lie wae deceived. Shame on the English niinistry. Is honor utterly dead" ____"__ REMARKABLEC C.i sE OF SUP~osED- Pu. TRuATIo.-There arrived, witiin a few dlys, at the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in , this city, an oblond box repre sented to contain a corpse, and it struck us' as somewhat singular, it weighed fiye hun. dred and fifty pounds, according to the. freight charges upon it. Curious to know something more about this mys'erious box than the external marks indicated, we institu ted some inquiries, and derived the following information, which, as we get it from pretty good authority, we are ianclined to consider correct unetil we shall receive a better 'expla. nation : The wife of a geiitleman living in Nejson county, in this State, died -some~four years ago, and was interred in - the usual manner. Being a native of Woodford county, Ken. tucky, she had requepted, before her death, to be buried beside her kindred and in the home of her childhood. From.'~accident or' delay, her request was not compliedzgitir~ until quite recently her relations causdn remains to be disinterred, wvhen they weie found to be of the extraordinary weight men tioned Above--over fie hundred' pounds! At the time of her' death her weight was . about .110 pounds. Only the foot of the : coffin, which was' still in a good state s ' preservation, was broken- open, when her feet were found to be in'a perfect state of petrifaction, the stone partaking of the .bar' ater of the hardest limestone formations. in the locality 'of the grave. The infeene is that the whole body is this comipletely, petrifiecf-WheelingIntellgencer. WHAT. RAKLUo4Ds Do.-On Thuiaday last, the estate of James Harmer, decased,. in Cheltenham township, Montgomery was sold by Ephraim-Fenton, trusteeThs-' farms are situated on the-North Pennsyv.A nia RaIlroad, .10 mIlles north of the " The Homestead of 43 -acres O. perch~ brought $231 per aere; The pet* i joining, of 46 acres and 123 perhso lI 237,50 per'acre. .The other fu~~ I acres 26 perches, with -but tol~l * provemienits, $150 per -scre.I that four yearif iioiue p the same improve Neo brought half that-~ dato?