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YOfcTJME XV CA^iDEN, SOUTH CARQLEM, TUESDAY MQRNING/SEPTE^j^^,1&4. ' ^ FUBWSHM) WEEKLY BY | * THOMAS ?. WABBEN. TKRHS X * It A ? * Two Dollars if paidia.adr anoe; Two Dollars, and paymeut be dtfeyed three months, and; ,j . ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the fol- ?i lowing rates: For one-Sqwe, Ratteen lines or less,) i half oeats for each wbSbqneht insertion. Bingle in- ?! tertkue, one dollar per square; semi-monthly, month- 1 ly.j>|d qoerteriy adrertisemena chargod the same as r^UpWH^xM|aber of insertions desired arust be noted on tire margin of aKadvertfeemdnts, or they will be published until ordered discontinued and Charged aoaordingiy. - J jy??? .. .\ i?j It.-y.fc. 1 " ! Mr. JWterwn'fl House, Death, Grave, 1 Monument. j On the summit that commands this.etictant- 1 iog view, the mansion was- built by Jefferson j wbeu be had wealth to favish on bis cultivated i tastes. The house was one hundred feet long, \ and of pecoliar iorm and proportion. Yon en- 1 ter tf wideband lofty hall, that was once adorn- < ait with wnplre aP art vfi ifh lis Itfld ssIriiImI I 4 v. ? . -with & master's skill, in the high places of the j earththen yea pass ou Jtothe spacious dining t roorrv with polished, inlaid floor; then to his library and parlor ; ascend this flight of stairs, sot ynde ?foogh for more than one to walk op atjjf time, and you find the chamber where he died, on the 4th of ?fuiy, 1826. The bed was i? the end - of which contained two efose-jMeces, and on this was thrown the matrass on which he laid himself to die. It was the gloomiest place? that dead room?that ever 1 was in; there wan the strangest gathering of thoughts, crowded upon each other, and eadh claiming to be the true emotion for the hburaftd spot, [ thought of liberty and revo425 lntipDs~-of human greatness and glory, of philosophy and religion,and fidelity and death, and- hereafter, of the soul of a mighty man stroggKngwitb the fetters, and rushing away With them into the darkness of an untried future,Jo the presence of the Infinite, in whom the wisdom of man and angels is lost as a drop < thst tens^onine ocean; oetore wnom me sows i of the unholy shrink away, and find the rags < of glory and_ the figleayes. of philoso ] phy to be no covering when the eye of the < Holy Que searches the spirit. Such thoughts < as these pressed me as 1 stood in the chamber 1 whence the sobl of Jefferson fled to judgment. ( t The manbion, now owned by Captain Levy, < is falling into decay. It was sold, and all his i furnitdre, Jefferson having died insolvent; and ( almost the only relie left of a man whose name j is identified with bis country's history, as a t vdeVofed patriot and distinguished President, is ] a bust of VokailW, which stands here a tutelar i dignity of this deserted, dilapidated house. * t , <J?you ascend the mountain, you pass an t jnclosure, without a gate, that contains the c grave of Jefferson; and am ore neglected, < wretched burial-place you w^l seek in vain.? t .If Campbell's Last Man had bpen buried berfj i IL L 1 1 Utt UUfcHXVO uecit WW VtHBU oil. I Toe wife of Jefferson, torn from him by i death, tea yearfr after marriage, lies here. "A'grapite; obe5sk, battered much by pilr griroA bul^sithout name or epitaph, is doubt- i leas the monument of Jefferson. It was here placed by b?executors^ and the panel on which wea av be Inscribed the epitaph which be wrote for hiioso)^ has. never T been inserted in the stoneu I was told it is lying with the iron gatesjfesigned. for the enclosure on the bat^s of (bp rive* where they were landed, and (hat no man has troubled himself to see that they reached thmt destination. v ; ?T5T^rr*^-rr? . v1 OccapaUea. Man's business never ennobles his character. A bad man elevated to an honorable office rs stilt the same original scoundrel he was before his preferment, only he has an opportunity of doing a .larger amount of injury. Virtue, rooor, truth and integrity are the same wheth^&gpAtiiJlie street scavenger or in the jedge*- AaJtoneet man peddling out matches, jaek-fcniyes dr guu filots,'is as much entitled to respect, as bh'yebose freighted ships whiten the ^ ocean..' *Ti*,maa that ennobles bis business, f^bemaod 'gaardiass onake a sad mistake, when.tlur-?diMtftrin* crowding their sons or wards frito the different professions instead of 1 givingjdiem a trade, as though a briefless lawer ' wa?Jy|piM9!9fe respectable than a good s hoc ' black, carpenter, or printer. Young ladies, too,show their" want of gumption, when they 1 give honest wprth the "sack" because it is con- 1 eealed under a coating of tar, chalk, smut, ash 1 es, or ink, and give weir hearts and bonds to some of the " learned professions" who have < not learned t^^have Recently, or tp earn the ' An'liooeaC^prs&f man i/an ornament we 1 love to contemplate. His industry and integ- 1 rity are priceless Jewels and they will give him 1 ' Independence^ jPpint .to one professional man who has distinguished himself in propotion to his opportunities, and we can point you to 1 scores of raeehsuic|kfarmers and laborers who 1 have risen tp unenviable eminence despite the impediments by which they-were surrounded. The learned profession 8 are well enough, J cbut tfkmcn were not designed for lawyers aod |1 S5asvss:?3s the Age k- > - y ' ?araw or 4 Mwnrr.-An honest country. W^?f!l!!SSr* ^ -explore the wonders of the ? ?i. , phtained a special holiday 1 tJriL . : V .r>.; <"" ' ' Southern Enterprise and . Northern Dlweri>: - We would invito an attentive perusal of the letter from the Virginia mountains, from which it appears that the people of that Slate, both for artd wide, like thoseof their brethren in moat the other Southern States, are practically engaged in efforts to develope their great internal resource# and render themselves entirely independent of the Ndrth in every respect? Scarcely a paper reaches as from any town oc city in the South, from Delaware to Texas, and f- -L- l/--l J-J- *-L * J 1. c I iruiu uie seauoara w wiir weaucrn cuuuuw ui Missouri and Arkansas, that does not contain Che minutes of village, county and State railroad meetings and conventions. While the entire Sooth is thus aroused to the spirit of internal improvement, while the people are comparatively working as one man for the benefit ef the tvhdle, what is taking place among the inhabitants of the free Northern States? Why, we find themthere engaged -in political wrangling and sectional* disputes. Families, neighjora, friends, towns, cities, counties and States, ire harrassed by fanaticism in every shape? K>ciai ties are sundered by the extremes to which the freesoilers have carried their docrines?all is confusion and discord, and anar. ;by at the present moment rages with as much ierceness in certain localities of New England ind New York, as it^loes either in Mexico or ;he different States of South America. Every ;hing in the shape of morality or business appears to have dwindled into insiguificance in Hew of the approaching elections. The "sovjreicn oeoDlen allow themselves to be blindlv ed by arch demagogues, whose only object is notoriety and the spoils. How marked the contrast between the anions of the people of the two sections of the [Jnion! While those of the North are struggling to break down, expunge and wipe out lie very foundation ot the system under which lie country has so rapidly and so steadily progressed since the formation of the constitution, he inhabitants of the Southern States are cenenting the ties of good fellowship by holding neetings and resolving to assist each other in works of internal and external improvement, ft is not railroads alone that they are at work ipon?they earnestly engage in endeavoring to open all the arteries of trade and commerce; tiighways and by-wa; s, and various channels jf communication are being improved, new iues of transportation.and accommodation are constantly springing up in all directions, both >n land and water. While we are pleased to ind that Virginia is rapidly advancing in the jreat cause, we are equally gratified that our >wn State \u progressing in an equally satisfactory manner, and with this udvantage, Sooth Carolina has a central seaport. Virginia's seaports, unfortunately for their welfare, are in ;oo close proximity to those of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. Baltimore will nost likely, for many years to come, continue, he great maritime depot for the trade of the nore northerly portion of the southern section ?f the Union. Baltimore has gained the start >f Virginia, her great railroad stretching far iway to the Ohio, has been in successful operation for years, while Virginia has'as yet to juiid the greater portion of her roads which it s contemplated will lead to her the trade and produce of Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, &c.? However, she is now nobly exerting herself to ecover the ground Rhe lost by comparative 5upmenes8 and imbecility, and her laudable efforts in this respect should, if possible, more ally arouse the Carolinians to a sense of the iuty they owe their state, themselves and their posterity. ?'11ti every advantage tn their laror, a central seaport, by far the nearest route io the great West, the Ohio and the Mississippi; with a fertile country and almost unlimited resources as compared with any other States containing the same population, it will not do jo permit Virginia or any other sister to come ilong and carry off our trade and commerce which are in reality waiting for admittance at )ur own door-sills. While opening the way x> internal communication, we must not forget, is our correspondent aptly observes, to proride a way for an external outlet It will soon Be not only necessary, but absolutely requisite for us to establish a line of steamers between dns city and Europe. Even during the present fall and approaching winter it is probable \ weekly line of steamers between Liverpool md this port would meet with ample encouragement. Persons desirous of coming South ar going hence would certainly patronize these vessels in preference to spending time and moley by going hundreds of miles to tho North. Ai line of this kind must be established before threat while, and the first company in the Seld will be very apt to secure a patronage that will ever after yield handsome dividends. Upon calmly viewing the aspect of affairs, 5very unbiassed mind must be satisfied that while the inhabitants of the North have been thrown into an unparalleled state of excitement by abstractions, and rendered completely useless as a body, for all practical purposes, the Southern people are steadily marching forward in the path that mast lead them to onii>ftNAl nronneritv. The net-work of rntlrnnrln they are laying down, will bind their interests so closely together, that, should the dark bubble of mischief, which we now perceive the Northern abolitionists are endeavoring to raise into the dignity of a cloud, burst upon us, tbe entire South will be united with a oneness that knows no division. No loop holes or flaws will-be found into which tbe incendiaries can introduce their ammunition of destruction? U?ey; will fiud.ane grand, solid, and invincible whole. But tbe Northern agitators must first conquer and overcome tbe obstacles they meet with whichever way they turn at home. They discover that every inch of ground is strongly contested?tfiey are convinced that a series of battles must be fought at their own hearthstones, before they can march forth to assault their neighbors. Tbos far they have made ye ry little headway, although following the example of the grefat Irish orator, O'ConneJl, they continue to agitate, agitate^ agitate. In the meantime,^tbe~ inhabitants of the South are cheerfully pursuing a peaceful course Of industry and enterprise?they are strengthening themselves physically and socially, and should the sectional tempest which is brewing, ever burst upon them, fney will be fully prepared to withstand the shock.?Standard. v.-- - . Resolution. * No roan with a resolute soft] ever proves to be a poor tool. More than one orooked mortal, that seemed in early life to bend to vice and nothingness, by pldcking up a brave resolution, and by nerving up a stout heart, has overcome all obstacles and proved to be a straight forward Man. 'Resolution has converted the seas into dry land?down the rock girt mountains, lifted 4 the vfflfies to % level with the plams^-grasped I ,tbe swift lightning from the clouds: and made men?brave God like men?of pigmies and dwarfs. Young man ! what may you not become by cheering a brave will f Without resolution would the name of Ben Franklin, the printer boy, become a household word? Withmtf if urhaf tvnnlH nnio Vu? Irnnnm ftf thfl old time memories that cluster around the name of Washington/and Adams, and Fulton, and a thousand other glorious names we might write down? What would the spirit of Luther and Huss have been but for the resolute will that kindled a holy fire on the soul's sacred altar? Where would be world renowned America, but for the unawed resolution that upheld the stout hearts of the brave old "heroes" we love to revere. Cultivate a resolute will to overcome all obstacles. Sink beneath no earthly discouragement. Never siy die while you can inhale a square inch of good air. We admire the sonl that breathes oat a wholesome freshness and vigor in the following lines. They are worth six dozen cantos of dull, prossaic things: "Let them pull all about mine ears; present me Death on a wheel, or a wild horse's heels; Or pile ten hills on the Tarpeian rock, That the precipitation might down stretch Below the beam of sight, yet will I still Be thus to them." Spirit of the Age. Snow Abch.?One of the greatest cariosities ever witnessed at the White Mountains, is now to be seen at "Tuckerman's Ravine," about three miles from the Glen House. It consists el an arcn ot pare snow spanning ine brook that tumbles over the rocks, from the summits of the mountains. The ravine is the receptacle of al! the snow that blows from tbe top of Mount Washington, and there can be no doubt that during the winter it accumulates to the depth of several, hundred feet. As the brook begins to run in the spring, it wears its way throngh tinder the snow, which gradually meltsaway at the approach of summer, making the cavity larger and larger. On the 16th of July, this ravine was visited by D. O. Mucomber, Esq. in company with Mr. J. H. Spaulding of the Summit House, and Mr. Davis, the Engineer of the White Mountain Carriage Road, by whom the arch was measared. It was found to be 180 feet long, 84 feet wide, and 40 feet high on the inside, and 266 feet long, and 40 feet wide on the outside. The snow forming the arch is 20 feet thick. The gentlemen above named walked through the arch in the bed of the brook, and ate their dinner at the foot of the cataract which falls a thousand feet down.the sides of the mountains.. The arch is on the south east side of the mountain, and is .exposed to the heat of the * . % .i J _ _ sun Curing most or tne aay. l^ast jear is remained until August 16th, when a warm rain of several days continuance melted it away.? It is possible that this year it may lust through the season. What is to be the end ot it??The fol lowing terrible picture of juvenile depravity, is from the New York Mirror. It is no wonder' that murder stalks abroad in that city when the dark stream of crime is fed from a fountain so prolific. We may well ask what is to be the end of all this? "One of the most pitiable and painful sights in this city, is the thousand and one barefoot ed, ragged and filthy children idling about the streets, or, in stormy weather, plying old brooms at the street crossings. Running among the omnibuses and carriages, they perform, it is true, a fair share of what little street cleaning , is done, to the shame of our authorities be it said?and their remuneration consists of the few pennies dropped into their palms by pedestrians. "No less than a thousand of these unfortunates may be counted in New York on any rainy day. They are principally girls, most of them under ten years of age, but many of them twelve, fourteen, and 6till older. Mixed among these girls are enough boys to educate them in all the viciousness and vulgarity of their sex; and between their own depravity, ingrained by a life in the streets almost from infancy, and that caught from their male companions, they present a picture of debasement which might delight a fiend bent on the annihilation of humanity. Low slang, obscenity, and blasphemy of the coarsest kind is their current language from morning until night. This is visible to any one who traverses our streets, unless bis eyea be strained on Africa, or some distant land of lesser heathen. When the night comes these chil dren scatter to their haunts?where? Some go to homes more filthy than the streets they have been sauntering or sweeping, where drun ken fathers and mothers eagerly seize the earnings of their children's sin and shame, to prolong the foul orgies of Five Points and kindred places; and some, already reckless of home, or homeless, seek rum holes, or hells of vice still more disgusting." Scenes in Philadelphia.?The North American thns describes one of those scenes of want and wretchedness so common in Northern cities. Almost every day a new horror is exhibited in tKfl inforfwl Hintriet. of the lower nurfc of the city. Yesterday morning Lieutenant Ellis was called upon to visit a }vretched hovel iu St. Mary street, where it was said want and disease had made sad ravages. The lieutenant found it in the condition of an ordinary pig-sty. It contained little or no furnitare.? On entering the lower room a scene was pre sen ted which the lieutenant saidf made him sick. The corpse of a little giri was lying upoh th& dirty floor, with scarcely any cover* ihg, rapidly advancing ih decomposition. The child had died, pf a disease resej^ing~cl$lpfa?? - * * * - . . - * . ..-Vr, K* : < " m . tu. 1 y +*> The coroner bad been sent for*- but he could' not be fpard. ' Near the'corpse two women were lying* looking as if they, were in a dying condition.' They were all shriveUedop, and evidently suffering dreadfully from disease, and they had no means of procuring medical attendance. Application for measures of relief was made in course of the morning to the board of health, but at the last accounts from St. Mary street, nothing had been done. We passed through that foul alley about noon yesterday but tbe stench was such that we could not stay our steps to make any investigation; and we came away wondering how anything human could survive many days in such a place. A Frightful Caw of Delirium Tre ceur. Suddenly Amos roused faimsolf from one of his lethargic fits?"The demon3 aro after me," cried he. " There they are grinning, grinning at Ine, and their horrible looking visages.? They seek to chastise me with their red hot iron soobiges. Oh 1 how they scowl and hiss! while a stream of livid fire issues from their rnobths! And now they rush towards me.? Away! away ! I will not be taken and thrown among the loathsome, venomous reptiles in tliat deep and dark pit!?Keep off! I will not go^ with you!" Saying this and uttering screams of terror, ^bis unhappy being, exerting a preternatural strength, burst from tbe bands which bad confined him during the night, and in spite of Sa nson's exertions threw him from his berth. He.lprang to the forescnttle and pushed the CO oh," who sought to prevent his leaving the forecastle, with violence against the bulkhead. He ro&hed op tbe ladder and in a moment was on deck fully impressed with the idea that a legion of devils were in dose pursuit, bent upon torturing him to death. His appearance at that moment was angularly wild and terrific?be was clad in no garments, excepting his shirt?his long block hair hung in elf locks on his shoulders?his eyes were lighted np with the fires of insanity?his teeth were firmly set, and his lips apart, exhibiting n ghastly grin; his visage was haggard, beating the stamp of unutterable wo?-and his vojco was dear and shrill, and unearthly as he cried out, aOb, help me?for God's sake, help me. Save me from these devils who are clutching me. Away?awny?away! Ah! they have got me now. I feel their burning breath on my shoulders. Oh, mother?M.OTHtlR^help your son! I feel their talons buried in my throat, and thus and thus I dash them to the earth!" Here the hapless sailor escaped the hands of Mr. Culpepper and Ned Hopkins who had seized him as ho was running aft, after having with almost incredible agility leaped over the windlass and the fife rail. He sprung upon the beak of the quarter deck, and was instantly within the powerful grasp of Captain Branchbill, but notwithstanding his great strength, he was nnable to arrest the career of the madman to destruction. Amos caught the Captain by the windpipe, and compressing it with all the furgftf madness, .threw,him, as if be had been it dwarf, with tremendous force against the binnacle, and in a moment after, the maniac was standing alone on the taff rail, unincumbered and free. With one hand he pointed to the fathomless deep, which seemed to yawn beneath his feet, and he fiercely shook the other at his fancied pursuers, exclaiming in a hollow but exulting tone, "Accursed fiends! 1 rrnrl fnnm VAI1 m U'lfllorStlflr CTrncn T am now beyond your reach, and I defy you! Ha ! ha! ha I"?and his maniac laugh swept over the waters, and sent a chill to the boBom of his shipmates. X rush was made by the crew to ihe stern of the ship, to save the unhappy man from the fate which he involuntarily seemed to covet. But ere a hand could be laid upon hia person, he sprang high in the air, and alighted in the waters, over which the ship had just passed.? He disappeared for a moment beneath the surface, and then his head suddenly rose high up above the waves. The poor fellow uttered a ^ffirill and pieroing shriek which seemed to Se the very embodiment of horror which rang in the ear9 of his shipmutes for days, and months and years afterwards. He then sank beneath the waters, and was never soen again. The main top.sail was laid aback?the quar ter boat was lowered and manned?Mr. Kingbolt himself sprang into the stern seats and seized the tiller, and the boat was shoved off And pulled in the direction of the ship's wake, where Amos was last soen?but no trace of this miserable victim of intemperance could be found. The waters which had parted to receive him, were now closed over him?and Dot a ripple remained to mark the spot. Such was the fate of Amos Chauncey! The California Snake Bird.?Alexander S. Taylor, of Monterey, in bis "Farailiaf Sketches of the Natural History of Cal ilornia," says that in the coast counties of Southern California there exists a singular species of bird, generally called, on account-of his well known mortal aversion t6 all members of the snake tribe, the "suake bird." It is not a bird of prey, but lives entirely on grain, like the g&llindcia. When full grown, it mea Hures two feet from the- end of its tail to tbe tip of its beak. The tail has four or five long feathers tipped with white.!. Its feet are furnished with four toes, two io- front and two behind, and all are guarded with sharp, needle like claws. The color of the bird is a mottled, yellowish gray, and it rarely attains the weight of a pound. Its beat is two and a half inches long, and very hard and sharp. When this bird finds a rattlesnake?and rattlesnakes are to he found in great numbers in Southern California, wherever tbe ground is covered by the cactus plant?it immediately proceeds, with the greatest eautioa and despatch, to gather the fallen cactus fruit and dry lobes, and qtriely enclose him in to the hignt 01 a foot or the spikes and spines' of the plant, strong find sharp ;at need lea,-serving as an insurmountable barrier to the escape of fliife snake. This, be'ng accomplished, the bird gathers with its feet and claws the young cones of the pine^ which are as hard and heavy af stones, And hovering Over its enemy, lets them fall, one by one, (rom*a height qf fiveorsixfeet upon theinfuriated viper, who surrounded by H- V : , * i .1 . .. , ; . ? ^ - \ -1 , > ;;*< v'.,. \-f- >. 1 bird with matta'dus, iCreaoM/jM^iniic# to drio'p cone after^cone.'abtil Ws foe is.ejbaiisted, and tkefi pictfa'tbe shake to . death with Hs ironjbeaic Scientific American, "~T *" AwweriiiB Simple^ncttism. Wbj is t?o water soft?. Because tt .is not impregnated with earth-aad, ouoerals^ Why is it more easy wash to; with soft water than hard ? Because -soft water unites freely with soap, dissolves it instead of decomposing it, 06 toird wj^er does. i , Why do wood ashes make hard watersaft? 1st, Becacse the carbonio acid of woodxiwhes combines with the 8alphate of litpe in tabard water, and. converts it into chalk. 2nd- Wood ashes converts sora? of die soluble salts of water into insoluble and throws them down as sediment, by which, the water remaina^nere pare. nirt'J t ^ a. ' _V_?_ *i_ i- a may nas rain water. asi#> an unpleasant smell when it is collected strain water, tob or tank! .Because it is impregnated with decomposed organic matters.washed frpw?taofs, trees, or the cask fn which it is collected. Why does water melt salt? Because very minute particles of water insinuate themselves into the pores of the salt, by capillary attraction and force the erys^b apart , from each other. How does blowing hot food tnpke them cool ? It causes the air which has been heated by the food to change rapidly, and give place to fresh cool air. Why do ladies fan themselves in h^t weather? That fresh particles of air may be brought in cbntapt with their fape, by the action of the Tan; and as every fresh particle of air absorbs some Beat from the skin, this constant change makes th^m cool. Does a fan cool the airl No it makes the air hotter by inpregnatiug it with' the beat of our face, but cools our face by transferring its heat to the air. , . . . ? Why is there always a draft through key notes ana winaow crevices I Because tbe external air, being cooler than the air of the rooth we occupy, rushes through the window crevivices to supply the deficiency caused by ,ihe escape of warm air tip the chimney, &c. If you open-the lower case of the window "there ie'wbre draft than if you open'the upper sash. Explai o the reason of this. If the lower sash be open, cold external air will tush freely into the room and caoee agreat draft inward ; but if the upper sash be open, the heated air of the room wifl rush out, and of course there will be less draft inward. By which means is a room better ventilated! By opening the upper sash, because tbe hot vitiated air, which always ascends towards the ceiling can escape more easily. Why does the wind dry damp linen !?Because dry wind, like a dry sponge, imbibes the particles of vapor from the surface of the linen as fast as they are found; Which Is the hottest place in & eharch or chapel! The gallery. ( ' Why is the gallery of all public places hot-_ ter than the lower parts of the building! Because the hen' ' air of the bailding ascends, and all the cc <r which can enter through the doors and .dows, keeps to the floor till it has become heated.?Dr. Brewer's Guide to Science. > Mad Doo.?We learn that a dog, at the time not supposed to oe mad, passed throagn Gerraantown, a few days since, and bit the greater number of dogs in that place. Shortly thereafter, some persons arrived in town in pursuit of this dog, stating that be undoubtedly was mad, as be had bitten'One of Mr. .Anthony Bitting'* horsec, and a number of cattle along the road. The alarm was immediately raised, and the dog farther pursued with reinforcements, but unfortunately, not overtaken until he had bitten three persons, a roan, a woman and a child?the former slightly, not considered dangerously, bat the latter,'Mrs. Fnlk and child, very severely.?Salem (AT. C.) Prest. Movements iw California for the Invasion. of Cora.?A San Francisco letter io the New York Times, under date of the 1st lost, says: The steamer to day takes froin us Col. Wheat, agent of the Junta for the invasion of Caba, who has been with us since the 1st of April last He has succeeded' in enrolling quite a large number of men, composed principally of men from the Southern and Western States, including a uniformed company of Flying Artillery and uniformed company of Riflemen. Both these compadies have been under nnnolanl r) Pt 11 for |]|? naat ainKt. nr ten uaalrt VVMvJVHtl* ? ?VI v?? V Vi^tiv VI vvil " vv*?| and form a splendid nucleus for an invading army. Many of |tho native Californians have lent material aid to the cause, and the fact of a marauding expedition beiiigrconcentrated at New Orleans, has in no maoner been kept secret. Maj. Gen. Wool is on the alert, and ho exdedition asga body will ever be permitted to leave this city. Drums are beaten and the Flying Artillery in full uniform are now escorting Col. Wheat to the steameV. k Family Party.?A Persian merchant complaining heavily of aome unjust sentence of the lower court, was told by the judge to go the cadi. 'Bat the cadi is yonruncle,* urged the plaintiff. 'Then you can go the grand vizier.' 'But Ilia secretary is your cousia.' 'Then you may go to the sultan.' * 'But his favorite sultana is your niece.' 'Well then go to the d 1.' 4Ah th?r? i* ftttU'rlnnAr -fftmilv <*r?nner:tion8 ' said the merchant, as ho left the court in despair. Maoniloquenck r? the Pulpit.?A newly fledged the theologian, making his debut before a country cougregatipn recently, commenced hit opening invocation ic4 these words: "0, thou magnificent creature!" There was a; -genej^l leaning of foreheads upon the pew , rails, and a tremulous movement pervaded tbe worsphipera, bat no loud laughter occurred, and the prayer-proceeded toits cit?ein tbe same 1 lofty strain. The sermon was perhaps more so. y*{ '' ? $ - > V r ' ^ 'K 'r A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated .tkctflit ^ ramify oti ^ara. ami wo -jmnis the goods on board would be saved. The entire upper mocha are dhatiujj . The engineers of the boat} Charjea /Wflji & Card a?d John R. Scott, jpare-boada sura of <4,000 to answer. anyditoiga conductor negligence. - - ^ S*ith O'Brihn.?The Limerick CbiCWHjb . Uiilt."exiled patriot, say* he 'h^ Mceph^9|^ pardon tendered by the Britsh Goveaatnaa&v"The family of Mr. W. Smith , :v . ceived a kdter d<is wcefc f>om tha^yteSfi^ dated the last week in May, from VsoC^^^M Land, when be WM^epam^'t^wa^ra^ and other relatives will meet the of stiferior fofco