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1^ VOLUME II OCTQISEh' _>:,. K,:;. ^ LGjB, fL ( ; P.L'pLISIlED WEEKLY" BY . THOMAS J. WARREN. 7fu II S. "* Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty C^nts it' payment be delayed three months, and i ThreaT)ollars if not paid till the expiration of the year, i ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the folio wing rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines or less,) ( seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven aud a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in- ] sertions. one dollar per square; semi-monthly, month- 1 ly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. ] J^The number of insertions desired must be noted j on tho margin of all advertisements, or they will be m puoususa uum oraereu aisconunuea aiia cnargca ac- ; i H ? cordtngi}*. ^ I V r JHisrellnnrons. ! I The Jones Family, ? ' OR'-AN ESTIMATK OF M'? KEY. ! I -It is sheer nonsenec to contend that money t 1 does nothing towards raising a man's respecta- c a bility in the world. Enough of this theory j | was verified in the Jones family. Jacob Jones r I " was a.poor, thriftless man, with a large family \ 1 who we?e"pbt to great straights to get along ( decently, and everybody knew it; yet nobody kneyv^anything against them but their poverty. e IIe^'a,a a sensible man, well versed in poli- t ticsj could make, as hafnd-ome a speech as c as Driver, in any town meeting in t . Frgehoftl; but then it was only "Jake Jones, l( the man who waru't tforlh a cent in the world." v lie might have held imporiant offices in the f( militiaj or been one of the Selectmen, but be e was so poor he was entirely overlooked. S( i> :J .! ~ _ a. j? _ i ocsiues iiiiS) poverty was a great aisauvantage to the faimJj'. The girls were always a held below par, in consequence of their being ei brought up in an obscure way; and Mrs. Jones, their mother, never attained to any office in the sewing circle, or any charitable fair, simply because she could notlniugle with the aristocracy. et she was acknowledged to he a a' i. sensible woman, and every one pitied her be- 0 ' - ' cause she was so poor. u The Jones girls never had a fair position in society, or they would have appeared as well !" as many others. * They were rather marked as !l "slabsided, gawky girls," with whom mothers ln evidently preferred their daughters should have but little intercourse, and they more especially feared lest their sons should be attracted by j ^ their faces, for they were pretty, notwithstand ; J ing their poverty ; and Mrs. Driver herself de- J & clared "if they only had money they would 111 appear as wel as any ladies in the town ; hut as it was, they were only known fis 'Jake 111 Jones' daughters, who lived in the small red P' house under the hill." But Mrs. Jones was descended from an En- 1,1 glish stock. She used to say if she only hud 111 money to travel, she had no doubt but she u' ermld fiud mi.' tit"- nediiri-pg _bl\t rlijg mH *\ypnr Yor "smart talk, until one cay ute puullC JtA//- ^ Iial announced that "the heirs of Lucretia feel- j(r den, if living, might hear something to their 4>? advantage by calling at street, no. 9. > so Mrs. Jones was a Selden, and her mothers name was Lucretia?if so, a property of two ?e baudred thou9ond doilars was her dne from a bachelor, as a bequest to the heir of his sister; u| I MLowe u'uc lipr nnIv child. It was JlflU Kl I o UIIVO "I.a ..v. V...J liers without mistake. j ^ It would have been a curious chapter to ;' have noted down the sayings of their old ac- ''' quuintcnces when it was noised about that the Jones bad such a fortune. , Mrs. Smith said she " always thought that there was something above the communality j iu Mrs. Jones; for her part she had always uj been social with her, and treated her ladylike/' . . . tl " But, mother," said Sophia, "you did warn ' me against associating with her daughters.? : ^ You know you said they were awkward, un- i " couth girls." I ^ " Btit, my dear, it is not so?they are, in ' reality very genteel;accomplished young ladies, ^ and 1 have no objection at all to your vi<iting , ' them, especially as su< h a good fortune has happened to them." | j. Jacob Jones soon set up a princely style of, ^ living. He built an excellent house, kept a , carriage, hired servants, received a commission ! ^ from the Governor as Justice of the Peace; K the nexi year was first Selectman of the town; , and Dr. Bond eloquently urged his claims as (] ReDresentative to our General Court, affirming j with great emphasis, that he "knew no man in 1 j town better calculated ty represent its interests I |' than Squire Jones." This was the same man who bolted out of! ^ meeting, rather than hear old Jake Jones talk" i . a little more than a year ago. j ^ And how the society of the Misses Jones ^ was courted ! "Thomas; Richard, Henry," as !' the mother used to say, "if you are going to a concert or to a lecture, why don't you invite | Carry or Sophia Jones to go with you ? They I are sweet, pretty girls, and you would do well < if you could push )our way there. The Squire, {\ they say, is worth full two hundred thousand, c and that divided makes every child entirely in (I dependent." * They were no longer the slab-sided greenies t but the tall, graceful, handsome girls, who |j were dressed beautifully and conversed sensi- r bly. Didn't the Joneses laugh behind the n door, as they contrasted the past with the pres- v ent! Then there was Micajah Jones, who ( used to play the big fiddle in the Church, known j otdy in those days as "Cage, the fiddlerbut since he had procured a handsome house organ, and had contributed a large sum for one i in the church, he had assumed the cognomen ' c tniiM our exouisite performer and or- ! t Ul 1*41 VV..W, g , ganist?son of Squire Jones, the gentleman s who received such a large property from Eng- v land." The girls were all ready to sit in the choir now without crying?the organist was a noble-hearted fellow, atid wasn't it a treat to a borrow his quizzing-glass to look at the stran- <; gers who happened to enter the church \ .1 Hy-and-by, there was a new event talked i about, for the afTairs of tho Joneses were now j t the all-engros>ing topic. Sophia was thought; I to be engaged to Mr. Tymphony, the village \ t store-keeper. Nobody was certain of the fact, I. yet every one knew it would come out an en- s gagenieiit; and it was thought his variety-store i was enlarged with that view of the Squire's purse, when suddenly, Mr. Binker, fiom South, a wealthy cotton planter, carried i^R away at ten day's notice, where slaves com^H Iter beck and call to do as she bids. Another was soon after married to a spe^H lator, who lived like a nabob, gave large enB tertainments, bought a summer residence is Freehold, and made it a perfect paradise. Efl ery one of the daughters 'married well,' as phrase is, and never wanted for the warni'^B friends and admirers. The Squire and his lady now occupy tH broad aisle of the Episcopal church, and the^ bishop and rector always consult with him respecting church matters. He is father of the town, and marries more couples than the mincforQ ItOftailCO nn/uilo u en r.lnocn/^ hi Imvo tlio knot tied in such elegant drawing-rooms; and Mrs. Jones invariably orders a glasss of wine md a ba-ket of cakes at the ceremony. Cioyes, the barber lives rent*free in the small red house they occupied in the days of' heir poverty. The Squire remembers he used ; o shave him for nothing when his pockets were 'ir.ptv, and he follows the golden rule. Mrs. 'ones has made several donations to her forner milliner, and a poor woman, who used to lelp her, spring and fall, in sewing ; and not >ne of the family have assumed a purse-proud lir since they came in possession of their proprty; consequently they are deservedly res pec. ed ; and this shows plainly that they have ommon sense as a regulating medium, since D O hey cast no reflections upon the former inatentions of people in their days of poverty, rhich is an infallible method to make them ?el that although money changed them in the stiinate of others, the genuine merits themelves remained unchanged. Yet all the while ley are as conscious as others -that money lone gave them their present posiiion in socity. "In Ton Minutes." A little scrap of paper lying on our table has rrested our attention. It is a mere shaving, ipped from some larger piece, and it has lain nobserved before us until uow. Upon it are ie words "In ten minutes." Mo more, no con exion, nothing to tell what it mernt, nor whence came. Let us make it a text for a very brief iterrogative sermon. "/a ten minutes" we may be raised to the roudest heights of affluence, bv an unexpected irn of Fortune's wheel; or reduced, by incvitale catastro]diies to a depth of woe which a begir might shun. Can we say "Thy will, not ' mo, oe done: ' '"In ten minutes'' the heavens, now so fair, av be overcast with clouds, just as men's pros- ' ?cts often are, and the vivid glare of the olccic spark, and the thunder's solemn rumbling, dicnte the terrible confusion of Nature's ele- 1 onts. Do we fear that strength which rides ' ion the whirlwind and controls the storm ? uIn ten minutes" a jury on a fellow being's ] in from lm follows, coiictiiiiTTiTtfjr hl-> IMlnt'j! J nominy ; or they may speak the glad word 1 inosent,' and give an afflicted brother back to ciety. Can we sympathise with such ? I "In ten minutes" the best of us may have the 1 cd of slumber sown at his threshliold, which, . >uri.^hed by the breath of Envy, may flourish, itil the fair fabric of a reputation is levelled, . id scarce foundation enough left by the moral rocco to build up another; though a lifetime is issed in the effort. Are you proof against ich machinations ? "In ten minutes" nevs may come of appalling cidents, bloody tragedies, harrowing incidents, id things which will make our blood curdle as creeps back hastily to it course.. Can we say , lie doeth all things well 2" "In ten minutes" a summons may reach us nit a dear friend is lying low and that we must -e every energy if we should stand by the b< dde ere the "silver cord be loosed;" or a voice ; if from the grave that a loved wife, husband fid friend, has gone forever from the midst of icn. Have we a strong arm to lean on in such (Miction ? "In ten minutes" a disease may siezc upon us ...I Kr./lii.c now stalwart, mav rave unter the vcr's influence. Have we our accounts of' ewardHiip ready ? "In trn minutes" tlie soul that vitalizes our tidies may quit forever its frail tenement, hav-1 ig our bodies to the tears .f friends, the care of ndertaker, and worms. Has death terrors for j s? , i ' /? ten minutes" our accountable spirits may i e before their Maker. What will their doom e ? i'In ten minutes" the world may be startled y the voice of revelation summoning it to the ulgmont. As mortals are giving up the aeaunt for deeds done in the body, will we be mong those who will awake to the rcserruction f the saints ? ''/a ten minutes" what may not occur? Tiie Cai si; ok it.?The Now York Medical Jazette has an article to correct the impression hat the large mortality by sun-stroke in that ity was the result of hot weather alone. It. at-1 ;ues that the true cause of death was a paralv-' is of the stomach rather than "congestion ul'i he brain." induced bv the use of stimulating ; i'juors. The editor saj's, "we record it as a wit-1 icss and not as a disputant, that we have seen 1 10 ease of dan^er<>ns or serious character, in ' rhieh the patient had not l?eon indulging in inoxicating drinks, while heated, in an atmos-, here ranging above 00 degrees in the shade." There is a rumor in Washington that the 1 iew Minister to France, Mr. Mason, will deline in orderto go into a to be newly construeed Cahinet. I\I r. Mason has accepted the Mision, and made arrangements to leave with his vife and daughter next month. - Aiiolitiomsm.?Mr. ilerndon, postmaster it Greenville, informs the editor of the Keli;ious Telescope, (.'irclevillw, Ohio, that having iccording to the laws of Virginia, opened and uspected his papers, and found them to con- ( ait) abolition sentiments, ho has refused to do iver them as addressed,and has publicly burnt hem in presence of a magistrate It appears : ?y his letter that the penalty for circulating uch papers is imprisonment in the penitentiay for not less than one nor more than live years. Halt. Clipper. wmHnn tlie the common vice. Boys learn it aHios^T^nr in life as they learn their letters, and notwit standing all the moral influence that at tl moment pervades society, it seems as thou< this vice were steadily on the increase. The criminality of the practice, apart, is not strange that men will presist in the use so unnecessary and so foolish a habit! It almost universally condemned as vulgar ai ungentlemanly, even by those who indulge it. But?except in the presence of ladiesmen who pride themselves 011 their refineme hesitate not, without provocation, and in tl presence of those to whom they I now it is c i'ensivc, to mouth " the huge round oath1' wii as much complacency as though it were indie live of high breeding and tnauly superiority. Religious parents, however, are not genera lv aware of the extent to which the practice carried, unless they travel. For where a 11121 is known to be a professor of religion, b swearing acquaintances arc apt to restrain then selves in his presence. Occasionally, to L sure, he will meet with those who respect ne thcr God nor man, and who take pleasure i their shame even before the religious. But good man will avoid persons of this descriptio and choose for his associates such as have nt riven themselves over to so vile .A Imbif But the mail who occasionally travels, wi be better prepared to form an estimate on tlii subject. You enter a car or steamboat. Yo see a person before you who has every appeal ance of" a scholar and a gentleman." Some thing occurs which leads vou into conversatior At first you are greatly pleased. You find iri tclligence, evidence of education, and a gent ral bearing which savors of gentility. You ar delighted with the conversation, and flatte yoursell that the tedious travel before you wil be relieved by agreeable social enjoyment. Suddenly you are chilled by a horrid imprecs tion?then another?and another, until you ar speechless wish astonishment at the reckles and cool deliberation with which the man utter liis common oaths. You have no heart to re sume the conversation, and at the first oppor Lunity you change seats, and leave your swear made upon n stranger. On reaching the wharf or landing there is i jeneral rush for baggage, or to secure an earl D Dc O ' egress to terra finna. In the crowd you an jostled against some manly stranger who ha attracted your attention perhaps all day long you have been struck by his gentlemanly ap pea;ance, and you fancy you read in his fori lures the linemeiits of high intellectual am moral excellence. You have over and ove again wondered who he can be. Some trill lias disconcerted him in the crowd, and for th first time he has opened his mouth. And sue an oath ! the very utterance chills your blood you turn away in disgust. You stop at the " best hotel" in the placi A stranger,you may have some inquiry to main and lha? pleasant faced gentleman, ofgracefi carriage and neatly trimmed whiskers, yvho si politely ofTered you the registry at your en trance, seems to he the proper person ol whoi to ask the desired information. \ou appronc him politely and make known your wan You are charmed with his readiness to sen you, the old acquaintance manner with wliic lie anticipates you, and tenders to you his se perior knowledge. You are just about to sn to yourself, ''just the man for the place," who he accosts some bursting man of the town wh consequently sallies in. The first word li utters is an oath. It is responded to with am tlier and you suddenly find your estimation < his high qualifications for his position, that s much manliness should be so marred, sink to point behv zero.?With a sigh you turn uwa ready to weep. But wherefore multiply illustrations? W are a nation of swearers. It is doubtful if tlioi is as much profane swearing in any part oft! world as in the I'liUed States. It is a liuinil a ting fact, but not the less a fact for all that. In Maryland, Virginia, and further Sout we believe there is more profane swearin than in all the Northern States.?A Southei gentleman?not a profess" rot* religion-?is vei apt to he a profane man. And yet, in oth respects, the Southern gentleman is more gei al and attractive in his deportment than tl cool, calculating man of the North. \V1: will he not break from this foolish, this ungc tlcinanly?this wicked practice? Of the wickedness of the practice as a s against (?od, a volume might be written. l> apart from tliis,gentility ought to frown itdow The press of the country ought to speak loud against it. Wo verily believe that in this." fair the press could accomplish more than tl pulpit. .Make it unfashionable to swear ai you mend the manners of the people who they need mending as much as any other poii ?Mcth. l'rotcstunl. Spunk and Pkiul.?There is a story, ai which I believe is lact, of two boys going to jackdaw's nest from a hole under the belfry wi dow in the tower of All Saint's Church, J>crl As it was impossible to reach it standing, ai equally impossible to reach that lu-ight fri without, they resolved to put a plank throuj the window ; and while the heavier boy sccur bis balauee by sitting on tlic end within, t lighter boy was to fix himself on the oppos end, and from thai perilous situation to ren the object of their desire. So far, the schci answered. The fellow took the nest, and lit ing in it five (lodged young birds, announced I news to bis companion. H^HB^Krc replied he; ' then I'll have B^^^H^^Brxclaimcd the other, indignantly; danger, and Til have tliret:;" J^^H^Hfl^nall not," still maintained the boy inshall not. Promise me throe, or I'll me, if you plcutse," replied the little Hut I'll promise you no more than two," which his companions slipped oil' the ^Hj^^Kilted the end and down went the boy, B^^^Rls of a hundred feet from the ground.? ^ ttlc fellow, at the moment of his fall was HHKmp his prize by their legs?three in one ^Hrtud and two in the other?and they finding IjHllieinsclves descending, fluttered out their pinjFions instincliveiy. The boy l<x> had on a early ier's frock secured around the neok, which fillI,. ing with air from beneath buoyed him up like ,{s a balloon, and lie descended smoothly to the rh ground?when, looking up, he exclaimed to his companion, it I Now you shall have none!" and runaway, of I sound in every limb, to the astonishment of the ;s inhabitants, who, with inconceivable horror, had )C] witnessed his descent.' - Rkcreati'on Necessary to Health.?It is nt very generally recognized and admitted, that le deprivation of air and exercise is a great evil; but if- it is not so well known that abstinence from th occasional recreation or amusement is also an a- evil of no slight magnitude. It is, however a primary law of the economy that no organ can 1- maintain its integrity without regular recuris rent periods of activity and of rest. 11 In case of the muscular system, if any mus is cles or set of muscles cease to be used, it wastes l- and disappears; but if it be used too much,, it 10 becomes strained, looses its power. It is the i- same with the nervous system ; if the brain be n never exercised, its energy is impared ; but if a it be over exercised its energy is exhausted. n If, when a person takes a very long walk, it he returns home fatigued, and finds that his muscles are temporarily thrown into a wrong or 11 disordered condition ; and if he continues this is J process of fatiguing himself every day, after a u certain time he becomes .thoroughly knocked up, ill and incapable of undergoing even a cominon amount of exertion. So it is with the i. brain. If an individual keep his attention upon i- the stretch for an undue number of hours, he ?- experiences, nt the expiration of his task, brain e fatigue, loss of mental power, and a sensible r necessity of rest; and if this individual peril severe, day, after day, month after month,year - afier year, in subjecting his brain, without ini termission or response, to extreme ?itigue, he e will end by setting up a peculiar state, which s is unhappily, excessively common in these s | times, and is known by the name of congestion - : ofthe brain. -; The activity of every organ causes a flow of j blood towards itself If a person raises his arm , l... deltoid muscle, that action initiation ot o looato its mieilor" ami rr-rv -per? a son think, the act of thought causes a flow of v 1 blood to the brain ; but if a person think intenta 1 ly, this flow of blood is often very perceptible, s I for the bead becomes hot, and a sensation of ' throbbing about the temples, or in the bead itI self, is experienced. ,. Now, when a man undergoes too much brain il work, a constant and considerable flow of blood r to the head occurs,'which may become chronic e or permanent, and produce that condition which c is called a determination of blood to the head h ?a condition which not unfreqnently ends ! ' in apoplexy or paralysis. Congestion of the j brain is one of the most prevailing disease that j.1 torture humanity. ?, i It is especially life in England and America, il where the spirit of commerce, ruling the length o j and breadth of the land, piles up with one hand i. ! immense fortunes for the few, and with the other n she scatters among the multitude consuming h 1 d isease.?Journal of Health. e! Married in Stite of their Teeth.?Old h Governor Saltonstall, of Connecticut, who flotiri. : isiied sixtv vears since, was a man of some hu I * y ! mor, as well as perseverance in effecting the end n ' lie desired. Amotigother auecdotes told of liim o [ l?v the New London People, the place where lie ih ! resided, is the following: ). Of the various sects which have flourished for .if | their day, and then ceased to exist, was one o known as the itogcrites, so called from their ;i1 founder, a John, Tom, or some other Rogers, who ,y ! settled not far from the goodly town aforesaid. I The distinguished tenet of the sect was tlieir doro nial of the propriety and scripturality of the re j form of marriage. '' It is not good for man to u; j he alone." This they believed, and also that i- one wife only should " cleave to her husband." | Put, then, this should be a matter of agrceh, meat merely, and the couple should come toig I gethcr and live as man and wife, dispensing with - I ..II <1... ,.f (I... in.iriMtirro ftivcliMllf.. Tilt* !*U ' (III U?t IUI UIO V/? 111 V _ W . y 1 old Governor used freijiiently to call upon liogL>r ' and talk the matter over with him, and on* ii-; deavor to convince him of the impropriety of ie 1 living with Sarah as lie did. Hut neither John iv ' or Sarah would give up argument. It was a ii. matter of conscience with them ; they were vc* I ry happy together as tlioy wore; of what use, hi j then, could a mere form be ! Suppose they would ut thereby escape scandal, were they not hound "to n. | take-up the cross," and live according to tin |v rules of the religion they professed? The Govif. emor's logic was powerless: io He was iu the neighborhood of John one day, id and meeting with him, accepted an invitation to rc dine with him. Conversation as usual turned it. upon tho suhjc-ct. " Now, John," says the Governor, after a long discussion of tho point, " why will you not marnd ry Sarah ? Have you not taken her to be your a lawful wife ?" n "Yes, certainly," replied John, " but my con* ?v. science will not permit me to marry her in the ml form of*the world's people." >111 14 Very well. But you love her ?" ijh 41 Yes." ' cd 44 And respect her?" lie 44 Yes." ite 44 And cherish her, as bone of your bono and ,ch flesh of your flesh !" me 44 Yes, certainly I do." * id- 44 And you love him, and obey him, and relic spect him and cherish him ?" 44 Certainly I do." " Then," cried the governor, rising, " by tl laws of Ciml and the Commonwealth of Co necricut, I pronounce you to be husband ai wife 1" The ravings and rage of John and Sarah we of no avail?the knot was tied bv the liighe au'.hoiitv in the State. ?fitcnil Ilfius. From the Charleston Mercury. The Design of Lnglaud to Africaaafr. Cuba is Certain?the Facts. Washington, Oct. 11,1853. Tnfiirmntmn' 1i?i< K.<an I wvii uu IIVH* linn i the month of June last, Lord Ilowd.m, the JJril ish minister in Spain,succeeded in negotiating treaty with the Spanish Government giving th right to England to land men from her cruisei on the coast of Cuba, and search the plantation to which it might be suspected that slaves wer carried. This is important to us. Englan has thus acquired a foothold in Cuba. Th right to land troops, and the right of searcli will soon be followed by occupation, to a less o greater extent, as circumstances may make nec essary for her purposes. It is also true that Lord Ilowden had been ui ging on the Spanish Government another project ! He had offered that the English cruisers sliouh be entirely withdrawn, and that any number o slaves might he brought to Cuba, provided tha the Government would make them ematicipa dors, and set them free at the end of ten years (the present term is but live years,) and thei agree t<0abo!ish slavery in the Island, at the etu of fifty years, and put it under British protection At the last accounts, Spain had not yet assent cd to these propositions. But there can be n< doubt that they will be urged upon her in sncl a manner, assisted, probably, by other power.who arc inimical to lis and our institutions, tha she will be obliged to yield. The effect of this plan would be, to fill Cub; with a negro population, which at' the end o fifty years would be free, and would get cntiri possession of the Island without hardly a strug gle with the largely outnumbered whites. Although this information is undoubted, yel by the very l.-cst arrival from Cuba, on Octobei 1st., but a few days ago, a letter was written from Havana, bv a gentleman of high character, to a friend in this country, which has just been received, and entirely confirms the above statements. This letter of October 1st, states that the British Consul at Havana, Mr..Crawford, was procuring from eminent persons there, letters recommending and approbatory of the plan ol Lord Ilowden, no doubt, for the purpose of send ing them to England, to fortify her in her propositions to the Spanish Government. It also states that the English cruisers had all left the Island, and that many slaves were landing. The steamer from Spain had just arrived, bringing the news of the appointment of a new Captain ready been made, and it was creating miich ex eitoment. The above facts show conclusively, what has long been suspected, an European determination to prevent us from getting Cuba, if Spain could nut, as it is certain she cannot, retain it for any length of time. The first evidence of this hostility of the Governments of Europe, headed by England, was seen in the proposed Triparite treaty to guarantee Cuba to Spain, and its consummation is found in the facts as now known.? Nothing of foreign action can be so important, and touch us so deeply as this, and we may soon expect most decided action on the part ol our Government. The interests of the South particularly arc in jeopardy, and the public opinion of the whole country, and indeed of all Christendom, cannot fail to help to defeat so atrocious a scheme. B. E. Monky Matters in Nbav-York.?The New York Courier and Enquirer referring to tin money market in New-York during the weeh eliding on tue i.nii nisi., says: Money matters have been much tighter this week than lor any time for a past year. The hanks have discounted even less than they have been doing for some weeks past, while private capitalists have paused somewhat in their op orations, and examined with greater, scrutiny the character of the securities upon which ad vanevs were wanted. The export of specie for the week is nearlj a miiliun, about one-half of which is umlerstoot are the proceeds of sales of United State: stocks on foreign account, and the money t< pay for which comes out of the sub-treasury. A far as that is concerned, therefore, the countr; is no loser by the shipment of Bpeeie. but rath er a gainer. The trade of '^e country will di just as well with the gold thus abstracted in th vaults of the Hank of England, as in those of th : sub-treasury, while it will have paid a portio ofthe debt it owes and stopped the nggregatio of interest thereon. Oldest Baptist Ciii/kch" in Amkkica.?. correspondent of the Christian Chronicle, wri ting from Newport, R. I., says ofthe 1'irst Baj tist cluirch in that city : "Though usually bear ing the date 1014, it was really constituted i 1G38, and is the oldest Baptist church in A nicrica. It stands a monument of the preset ving care of (lod, for it is the only Church i till New England that has existed for over tw hundred and fifteen years, that has not depai ted from its original faith; every other churc in New England ofthe same ago having gon over to Unitarianism. Its founder and first pastor was the distil guishod Dr. John Clark, the original projeetc ofthe settlement on the Island; the man win 1051, with Obadiah Holmes and John Crend; was imprisoned in Boston, and condemned t a fine or to ho whipped, for preaching Bapti: sentiments in Massachusetts. It was he, toi by his own unaided but persevering efforts, wli obtained that distinguished charter ol Rhoc I Island, the root of American liberties? secunii perfect liberty of conscience to all. Though this church has existed two huudrc and fifteen years it has had but thirteen pastor including Rev. S. Adams, its present succes ful incumbent; and a large proportion of i i present members are descended from those wl first constituted the church. _ ? . H' "** A !io War L)kci.ai?ed.?The long agony is. over. 11- The rashness of the Turks has precipitated a id struggle*that might have been indefinitely (inferred. Tne combined fleet were still at insika re bay. The report of its having passed the tfarst dandles originated in the circumstances that four frigates, two French and two English, had been detached from the combined fleet to protect the Christians of Constantinople siid the Turkish Government against the probable attack of an = infuriated mob. The entire fleet will not move, we presume, unless on the invitation of the Tinkc isli authorities. Conjecture \>ill be busy in shaping suppositious as to the duration and extent of thisconu flict. We do not look for general or protracted l_. hostilities. We f und our conclusions on these a obvious cireum. tances. England does riot want c a war that will interrupt her present prus|K?roiis ^ commerce and that will agginvate the clieets of 1S a scarcity of breadslutls by closing one of her' c great sources of supply?llw granaries of the d North of Europe. France will not 011 the eve e of winter, when the working classes of l'arts 1 1 c _i._.i 1 1 ? i luti lip Liiuuurou^ lor uoin urcau ana worK, veutnre iutu t!ic unknown perils of such. 6 state of afl'airs that always places at hazard esublished authority in France. Austria cannot wish War .. with deranged finances and the prospect of iv-~ volutionary risings. Tito reasonable inferences j from this stale of facts are that Russia will he f permitted to chastise the Turks for their -prct sumptions lolly, provided the measure of the . chastisement docs not go bcydhd the loss of ; the two prii.icipaliti'% she has occupied. She will ! claim them as indemnity for the expenses of \ .war and their military occupation. Although ' , they would fojtn advanced posts in her future . operations on the Danulie, this would he a less j evil than encountering all the evils of a general , and protracted conflict.? Char. Evening New*. ? ? - - - ? t v '* > 1 " Chances of a New Mexican Wah."?Tlie New-York Herald of the 15th instant, devotes1 nearly two columns to establish the conviction f upon its readers, that "several members of the J Caliinet arc beginning to get alarmed on account " of the general outcry (?) made against thai* from all parts of the country, and in delihera ting on the ways and means to allay the pojuir lar discontent, and to evade dismissal and dis1 crrace. thev have bemn to contemnlnt.fi t.h#> t*?*. . i sibility otMiringing about a war witli Mexico." 1 "From the intelligence received bv us from1 Washington?and to which we attach every reliance? we are certainly disposed to think that the present Cabinet, if they continue mafiy months in office, will shaye their foreign policy > in such a way as to produce a disruption of the 1 friendly relations existing betweeu the two republics." . " a daughter of patrick henry defending nun father.?Mrs. D. S. Winston, an -aged widow lady, formerly the wife of Mr. G. D. Winston, deceased, of Virginia, and who resides in an humble cottage near Athens, Alabaand we notice that a lat6 liuini'ici ui uii'jnutij i Herald contains a communication from her ' correcting a statement in Wirtft 'L'fe of Patrick Henerv, wherein it is stated in one . of his early purchases of land he is blamed for 'having availed himself of the existing laws of the Stale in paying for it in the depreciated currency of the country; nor was he free from censure 011 account of sbme participation which he is said to have had in the profits of the Yazoo trade." Mrs. Winston says that Mr. Wirt was not acquainted with her father, and never . saw him, and, therefore had to depend upon ' others for his information. The charge was. 1 brought against him when he was spoken of ' as the successur of General Washington, Riid, being conscious of bis innocence, he never took the trouble to. contradict it. Mrs. Henry, his wife, and the mother of Mrs. Winston, however, wrote to the treasurer of Virginia on" the subJ niwl flint FiiiiltO/l f hut thn mnrtoti JCUt} UIIU lllill V/IUVt kuc IIIUHCJ . 5 was paid in gold and silver. Mrs. Winston : admits that her lather was concerned in the Yazoo purchase; hut she adds, that the "well3 informed need not be told that -many persons . ' of unquestionable integrity became purchasers * ? of the Yazoo stock, and that all the criminality : of the afluir is attached to the originators of the scheme." TnorntK between the U. S. ArTirouiTiEs ' and tiik Creeks.?Some time ago we menI tioned that the United States Marshal for the western district of Arkansas had made some s arrests in the Cre.ek country, and.that the prisoners were rescued from his custody by force ^ by a body of Creek Indians. The Fort Smith ' lierald of the 17th, says: " It appears that the matter was brought up ' before the grand jury at the last session of the United StatesdUtiict court in Van Buren,and several of the Indians engaged in the rescue, as above stated were indicted, and we" learn that the United Stctes marshal has made a demand upon the chiefs for the persons indicted, V ami the iudians refuse to submit to an arrest, j. ami are determined to resist. This difficnlty exists among what are termed the u Upper .. Creeks," who appear to be more hostile to the i, whites, and to the operation of the federal courts L. than the Lower Creeks, who are more enlight . ened and more docile. The council before whom ? this matter is to be laid, will meet 011 the 19tl* 0 instant, when we will hear more of the matter. r. l'rum present appearances, however, there is 1, little or 110 hope of their submitting, as they ,e have, as we learn, lit their war fires,- and have sent their women and children away. As matv | tors now stand, they may be very justly termed ,r 4;i s[?cck of war.' " 5, , ;lj Hands Employed on tiik Capital Exten? sign.?There are now at work on the Capitol st extension 200 marble cutters and assistants; 0j 200laborers; 30carpenters; 71 bricklayers, bci0 sides other mechanics in less numbers. Upwards le of 50,000 bricks are laid daily. A large Protestant bookstore has been establd lished at Constantinople, intlie very heart of the s, city, and may be called the 13ible House. On its s- shelves are found conies of the Scrintures in ts twelve different languages ; an J thence have gone 10 forth, during the past year, more than 10,000 copies of the word of God.