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1 rz Jf' fuiVADKLPRIA, Ptb^S? Th? afiernbon.as Urge crowds were skatin^r on the Schuylkill river, above Fairmount, the ice broke, and Mr. Earle S. Shinn druggist at North East corner of Broad and Spruce streets, and a Miss Russell, his wife's sister, were drowned. Mr. S. was abating and pushing Miss Russell on a sled i before liiin. as*Hthe custoua A very large numbers of persons saw the accident, but were unable to render any assistance. Mr. . Shinn belonged to one of our most respecta, Lie Quaker families. V Our correspondent at Philadelphia furnish? *e us the particulars of the above sad affair, as follows: A sad occurrence took place a short <Ua-1 tance above Fairuiomit on Saturday aftfwnoon. Hundreds of skaters and look-on were grouped about on the ice, and gladsome voices were heard on all sides. It was a beautiful siirht?-old mid vonnrr otiinvod the sport, and mnnv was the loud and merry laugh when some unfortunate wight suddenly fell and raised bumps on his head, which are not described in any work on phrenology All at once the joyous scene was changed to one of the deepest sorrow, A piercing scream was heard, quickly followed l?y another, and the cry raised "they have broken in." Mr. Samuel Shinn, at the comer of Broad and Spruce streets, who was among the skaters placet! Miss Rlixa Russell on a chair on the runners, and was playfully amusing himself by propelling her in this manner over the ice. Getting some distance l from the main crowd, he struck upon some new made ice, which gave way under their united weight, and thev were both drowned before assistance could roach them. Mr. Shinn once rose to the surface, when one of the members of the skating club threw him the end of a shall, which only inisned his struggling grasp about four inches, i The most intense excitement prevailed. A ; buit ? ? procured, and the bodies recovered ( in a few minutes, but all attempts to resuscitate them were fruitless. The body of Mr. ' Shinn was hauled up from the bottom by a J boat hook, and the body of Miss Russell was tecovered a short distance from him under the ice. The water where the unfortunate couple were drowned was only alwrut fivefeot deep. It is supposed that Mr. Shinn, in his j eagerness to save the voting lady, lost his presence of mind. Her dress was tied around her snide* with a handkerchief while she wa< on the fatal chair, or otherwise it ^ might have buftyed her tip. It was indeed j y a sorry, sight, and brought tear* to tire eves ! . of nearly all who witnessed it. They w^-re J both young?Mr. Sliinn being about 25 years of age, ami Miss Russell about 22. They y wero betrothed, and a few more days would . have made tlscm man and wife. They are now wedded in death, and leave a . large circle of friends to mourn their aad 1 ana untimely end. ( The Mitre Lakes of Ejypt. I* the midst of tliis sandy w;iste, where uniformly is scarcely interrupted by grass or shrubs, there are extensive districts where nitre springs from the earth like crystalized /ruils. One thinks he sees a wild overirrown 1 a with moss, weeds, and shrub*, thickly cover- t d with hoar frost. And to imagine this win- r try scene beneath the ferveyt heat of an Egyp- . tian sun, will give some idea of the strangeness of its aspect. The existence of this ni- -H tre upon the sandy surface is caused by the v evaporation of the lake. According to the h quantity- of nitre left behind by lite lake do these fantastic shapes assume either adazzling . white color are more or less tinted with the J1 sober hue of the sand. The nitre lakes tliemselves, six iq hnmber, situated in a spacious n valley, between two rows of low sandhills, 0 presented?at least the three which we visited?a pleasing contrast, in their dark blue and red colors, to the dtdl hues of the sand. 8 The nitre, which forms a thick crystalized '' crust upon these shallow lake*, is broken oil I in large square plates, which are either of a 1 white, or of a flesh color, or of a deep dark (J red. The fellows employed upon this labor stand quite naked in the water, furnished 1 with iron rods. The part which is removed 1 being speedily renewed, the riches of its pro- o duce are inexhanstihle. It is henoe that near-1 q Iy the whole of Europe is exclusively supplied M with nilre.and this has probably been the case . for ages ; for Si card mentions at the coin ?i..k 1...* !...? on A/i.t fi nirnje ui LIIO i<??i \} ui.u men cwt. of nitre were broken annually for the m Cd signor to whom it yield* 36 purse*, p lie side of one of the lake*, piled in large layer*, was faapened the product vf last *r week's labor*. My companion had occasion to titul fault with the result of the woikofone n of the village*?the sheikh of the village o Aood before It*?he sharply rebuked him, H and to give the greater effect to his word* t( he crossed hi* naked shoulders two or three times with his elephant skin whip. The sheikh spring as nimbly as a gazelle into the lake and received his fur the.- in-: tructions beyond arm's length. 8uch wa* ; the impressivediciplme which even the Ital- | ian, who was a man of gentle manners, j v considered it necessary to adopt towards s these fellahs. The plate* of nitre 'After c undergoing a preliminary cleansing upon .La I u. a La a.f . I. a IaLj. .. aa aah..AjI .a . I.A I MIU IMIU&.1 '/I IA^r( AIO ?-'JI I I*- I IA/ lljr ?itla> where by various processes, they ' Iwoome a dazzling white powder, r.nd in ' thia stale il w carriod in largo quantities t to Terrain neth.?Titchendorf1 s Travels. 1 j Taa Mancltester (N. 11.) American says " the Rev. K. O. Lillie, Pastor of the Congre- '' gallons! Church in Merrimack, was, by his * own request .dismissed from hia pastoral re f latiou on Thursday of last Week. Tna west wing of the Asylum at Beau ' fries, aear Quebec, was destroyed by Are on 1 Thursday lust. The loss is about $12,000 The building contained sofne 200 patients, I uene of whom were injured ( Major Teoa. J Wamci*, of the Lower Bat- ' Aafljon, has been appealed and commissioned < ^ ^ V Jfiw' W~ - t l- ftktt a a'A^wBHIL' j^X m' ' smmmemmsaaeeeawea^mr SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. * ^?j&isisssr^5rx^CaiSt, @? r&m Friday Morning, Feb. 16,1855. aqent8.j E. W. CARR, N. W. cor. of Walnut and Third-at. Philadelphia, is our authorized Ajjent. A. M. PEDEN, Fairview P. O., Greenville Dist WM, C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. . ? ??-1 CELEBRATION AT PLEASANT GROVE. I An account of the proceedings of this eel-1 ebratian. held on Wednesday last, will be published iu our next. - SOUTHERN QAURTERLY REVIEW. This work for January has been kindly sent us by it* accommodating publisher. It contains the following articles, which we consider welt calculated to please and in structttie patrons of this excellent work. I. The North and the South, IT. Blunder* of llallam, III. Powers of the General Government, IV. The Human Family, V. Constitution of the United States, VI Chemistry of Common Life, VII Party Leaders, VIII. Recent Social Theories, IX. Critical Notices, Below will be found a card from Mr. MorriMKR which explains the cause of the late ippearance of the present number. As several erroneous opinions have been circulated ialculated to injure the work, we heartily $ive it an insertion : TO THR PUULTC. "We were unable to issue this number at , in earlier period, in consequence of the deitruction of our office hv the late fire in Coumbia, S. C. The Books of the concern 1 tre so much mutilated that we find it impost able to make out a full list of our subscribers. , tames and places of residence. We there ore request those of our subscribers that iave.pai'1 in a lvance, to pivo notice to us M u Charleston, S. C., if they do not receive ' he January number in due time, in order ( nat we may promptly suppiv uio omission. ; iVe slmll no longer send the Review to tlm?e ndehted to 11*. Hereafter, subscriptions to lie Southern Quarterly Review must be paid ' 11 advanee, or the work will not be sent. t Subscriptions $5 per aniiuni, iuvatiably in i id vance. c. Mortimer, Publisher. Ciiarlkston, s. C., January, 1835. THE FRENCH SPOLIATION BILL. This bill passed both houses of Congress, ?nd only remains to receive the signature of, . he President to become a law. It has been j j eported that the President will veto tliel till, which would again set the claimants 11 drift. We do not believe, however, that he ( rill, neither do we think lie should, for we . maginc him a man disposed to do that I'hicli is light, and accord every ma., his list and proper dues. It is well enough lint our government sh-uild be very scrutiizing, and more particularly in the disposal f matters involving LjU'ge amounts. A ! 1 ;reat many frauds have been perpetrated gainst the government, and much money j ust to it by hastily settling alleged claims. | t will l>e remembered that this same bill! * assed Congress during the administration j if President J'oik, Put was voiced by hi in on he ground, that, the government was on he eve of a war with Mexico, in consequence f which a demand for money would he retired, and likewise upon the ground of the iniquity of the claims. The former ohjcciou cannot now be urged, for our treasury is eportcd to be in an overflowing condition, rliiist the truth of their antiquity should not revent their liquidation. We look with nxiety to the concurrence of the President, f these claims are just, and they have been t'peatedly pronounced so bv the two houses f Congress?they should at onee be settled, nd prevent a continued expense and trouble 5 tne country by their adjustment. __ -H> ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.. Ir there is as much love in the world as it as required pen. ink and paper to express, ritliin the past day or two, tiiere must !?e a iglit of it. much reality has been repiired in these tirites of closefistedneas, and >res8ures, one would scarcely itnagme that ove existed?if so "'twas dreaming."? Phi* out poring of periodical affection, we noice, was not confined alono to those who lave heretofore woo for themselves the iaine of "lady-fanciers," but ail classet have ?cen "more or lete" impregnated with a like enliincnt Misailca, varying in excellence rom a penny to a dollar and more have been ent and receivod, by sweetheart* and swains, ind each in turn have been rear) with pleaatre and wondered at 8weet girls have asked 'who could have sent them ?" and boys of cent have wildly wiahed to know "what -harming creature thought enough of him to sand such a delicate letter 1" Well, we lor one are not sorry that the day has been ^^pnarnj'y cehbiat-al?Wud if it be the m i f means of producing a genuine article of the 'so-much tolkt>d uf," we would have no objection to ita occurring more frequently. Corresponded of ti>e Enterprise. LEnsa FROM COLUMBIA. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 14, 1855. W. P. Prick, Editor or ina Enterprise. <9 Mr. Editor .-?This is Valentine's day? and hundreds of gallant beaux, and ladies fuir hail its advent with joy. Missives bearing messages of love,affection and hope will wing their way to anxioushearts?already pierced by Cupid's darts, Time brings no abatement ?of tbezeal with which young folks generally, nnd loves especially celebrate St Valentine's day. Wo trust that you Mr. Editor and cuir1 lady-associate contributors to tlie Enterprise, may be remembered on that happy occasion by fountlese friends! Feb. 22nd. the Anniversary of Washingtons Birth-Day will be celebrated by a par- \ ade of the Independent Battalion?an address I before the College Students by Mr. S Todd ?and a grand Military Ball at night under i the auspices of the Riflemen?Governor's I Guards ? Carolina Blues, nnd Emmett j Uuards. A detachment from each company act as manager*?and every effort will be made to promote the pleasure and comfort of all present. May they have a happy time of it. * 11 There is nothing now going on in College worthy of apodal notice. We see in the i * "Carolinian" an advertisement?calling ati j an extra meeting of the Hoard of Trustee* on Thursday next?to tako into measures j i we suppose towards rebuilding the College ' Chapel recently destroyed by fire. At pre- j ' sent, all exercises in elocution and declama-j . tion have to be suspended for want of a suit-1, able room. Neither Is the usual preaching i | to the students on the Sabbath n<?w kept up. |' The new Chapel is not complete*! and if it. j'' wer<^?it is too fine a building to the used in College Exercises. Among tho arrivals in this city on Saturday last was that of Can. SrniNOFEti.ow of ? Kansas. A long and able letter on the in-! I reduction and prospects of slavery in that j Rl erritory?addressed t<? our delegation in j c Congress was extensively published a few j (> veoks ago. I ? Oil Saturday last, the Camden broke down ' n rrain and detained the passanger train from ' Charleston three or four hours. Fortunately ', 10 one was injured. i You have nrohablv seen that the "Con- lv 1 J' jare^Iouse" so well known under Jannev's ' fffimen has again changed hands. Col. ? Willi a m Mayuin, formerly its owner, and '] William Glazk, Esq, a public-spirited and uiterprising gentleman, have, bought the en- v ire estahlishment and intend making it a f, irst-elass Motel. t! The "Know Nothings" have organised at 1 1 ast, and wc look for some unexpected move ^ in their part if any elections come off shore | y y' , . .1l) Oiir letter, this week, possesses you will! v uknow ledge, one merit?that of brevity, i'' Truly, yours, BAYARD. ip ' Curkish Unwillingness to Fight in the Crimea. A letter from Constantinople.savs : A singular scene whs printed four days ,j igo at the 8eraskierat<\. The Turkish troojw S1 ivlio landed in the Crimea were under the ,, :onnnund of Suleiman Pasha and llalil Bey. j 1 Every Turk commence*) their expedition wiih strong reluctance, for the feur was gen- j, sral that they would he saerified for the sate-1. v of the Allies, or at least hold a subordinate [ ,| md degrading position. They landed, hmv- | ;ver, with great skill and promptitude, car-. |( ving on shore their tenU with them, and es j sapiiig the terrible rains which caused such i t u tiering among the unsheltered British | r roups. However they soon became tired ofj t) ;liis kind of warfare, and would have deser- s ,ed had they known where to go. Of course i <| he Pasha was the most anxious of all to es- j c rape from hardsiiip and danger, and hit so-1 t join) in command was ready to fellow any.'txample of his superior. They both feigned , ? uckness, went on board the Turkish Admir-j ^ ?|s' ship in KaUmita-bay, and returned to |, Jonstant nople. Whether they are compar- ,| Uiveiy poor inen, and could not pay for ini- t nuiiity, or whether European inlluence was | ?serted for tl>cir punishment, is doubtful, j jilt they have certainly received the reward ! , >f their cowardice. The mas# of troops were t lrawn up in tho court of the Seraskierate? ? the delinquent general# were brought for- ? ward, and addressed by the Sernskier in the c most cutting terms. The minister then turn- ? ?d to the troops, and said. "This is Kulei- ^ man late Suleiman Pasha, and this is Iialil,' y late Iialil Hey ; they deserted their punish- , merit an example to mil. He then ordered t the button to l?e torn from the fez of each and the epaulettes to he taken from their shoulder*. They were then informed of their sen- , teuce, which is seven yedrs' detention in a , fortress in the island of Candia. . , Ik you would keep spring in your heart, i learn to sing. There is more merit in me)- ' ?than most people have any idea of. A j bier who smooth** jhfe wax-end* with a ? song, will do as much <nt in a day as a i oordwainer given to "ill w Bur a*| cuseing" would elVect in a week. JB>ngs are like sunshine, lh*y run to cheeflfete?, ami so fill the boeorri with buoysitHRatfor the tiuna being you UmI like a npn June, on at meadow full of boMHnlla * Tlrv on it . P ,? $ wt\ 4 'Rf* . . I ' L " I \9 I. , I ,1.1,,. SSSSSBBSSS A Yuftjfe OfSueft the Contract" to Cap\ " twe Canton. >; 'v Tn? following extract of a commercial letter from Canton, contains some interesting particulam respecting the posture of affair* at that port and in the neighborhood : "On tho 18th we hftd accounts from FatSan, that in a grand attack made on the place by the imperialists, they had mot with serious reverses, having lost not less tlian one thousainj met) in killed and prisoners. One hundred junks wore also taken by tho conquerors, with large quantities of guns and ammunition. From all I can hear. I Ivlieve this to havo been the most decisive fight they havo had. > "The vanquished were not long in making their way to Canton, w|?e>othey continue in a state of nervous trepidation, as rumor* reach them from timo to time that the rebels are coming. 1 should not be surpiised (if their good fortune did not induce, what wo call rebels, and what the Chinamen insist on railing lad rones, t? inako a combined attack on Canton. They sent a polite letter to the American consul nbout a week since, recommending foreigners to move over to the other side of the liver, as we were in their wnv. and, they observed, they must have Canton. Their good intentions are, doubtless, appreciated, but if they try that movement they will'most likely find an unwholesome quantity' of Knglish powder and lead pervading the atmosphere. So anxious are the Chinese authorities to regain Fat-San, they have offered a broken-down Yankee 50,000 dollars to take it, and 815,000 if he will take a small fort near "Whninpoa. "The American Consul has intimated to this 'free and enlightened citizen,' that if he joes on this expedition lie cannot expect4 their sverlnstir.'jStarsar.d stripes to protect him if he jomcs to grief.' The imperialists have, I tin- \ Icrstand, already paid a heavy amount in ulvance. and another American holds sccu-! ily for the balance, lie has enlisted about j J00 scamps of all sorts, and only waits for j written authority front the mandarins. Foreigners generally are averse to the whole tttair us being likely to lead to a general j unbroilniont of nil parties. This has been minted out to the Chinoee government, ami' ins made them all at onoo uncomfortable j ibout giving tlieir ojh'ti sanction to the thing., London A'etvs, January 13. Terrible Scene at a Spanish Ball. At Madrid, a few nights hack, a ladv trivo ' ball, mi'! amount the guests wore a M. i an<! M'lle ii . Ii was oh- j orved that the von'ng mrtn constantly kept lose to fheyoung.bidy and followed her u lion ! lie wont from one part of tlio room toanoth - j r. It was also noticed that she seemed really annoyed by his attentions. The | lother of the young lady wished to interfere: j jo mistress of the house, anxious to avoid ; n unpleasant scene, prevented her. At a j ite hour, a lady of high rank and hei 1 anghti'r* wore announced, and t lie whole | arty rose to receive them. M. K .1 iking advantage of the slight confusion i diivh this eieated, seir.ed M'lle B bv lie hand, andfwhispered something in her ear i >ho turned pale, then blushed, and replied in iow voice. Thereupon the young man dthout saying a word, pulled a }?oigriaid ! rom his pocket, stabbed the young lady in | he breast, and then stahlied himself near1 lie heart. Itoth fell hathed in Mood. A| urgeon ?as immediately sent for, and on 1 lis arrival lie found that the "Wound of the oung lady was not mortal, as thepoignard iad struck the sternum, hut the young man i ' .as quite dead. It is said that M. It. f i.ad long sought M'lle ]> in macringe.i 'lit that she -had rofu-ed to accept him, ami hat, meeting her at the hall, he had again I u-essed her to accept his addresses, but that! lie had again peremptorily refused. The King of Prussia. It is said that at this moment the whole t etiWMieof Sans Sotioi, where the King re-P i'U's, is surrounded by a cordon of Police- ! nen every night to prevent the M ajesty of I 'russia from wandejpag away into Potsdam ' f .. :T w ki 1 J ' - '** 'II . , Amrtfcw, Hunj. We spoil everything bf hurry, whether it be the dinuer that we devour without <fuiet digestion, or the health and strength that we ' waste in our haste to be rich, or iolhe mind ' and heart that we fret "and fever away by the contrast round of excitement. Intheopinion of some medical men wo are wearing 1 ourselves out as a nation, as our hurry and j intensity?too eager to get a living to be wil- , ling to stop to live. The statistics of itisani- . ty sliow an alarming increase of that fearful j Ueourago, and ten thousand pale and anxious ( rTfu-es ife writing their sad commentary up- j, jOn our temper and habits. I am not fond !( J of croaking, and believe^ on principle^ in the j , jxiwer of a cheerful heart. Precisely because , of this p.over, I insist upon the need of a | more tranquil faith, and more peaceful and ( I steadfast method. We may nil rejoice in j the prosperity of our country?in the vast j ness of our domain?in the numbers and ini telligence of our people, and nevertheless-re- ( 1 member that we are but human, and are ex- < posed to all tho perils that have been the ( wreck of nations in tho old world. Wbeth- , er for a' nation or for an individual soul, | true progress is measured by the character ( formed, not by the distance traveled.? Or- , ' good's Milestones. ! Axotiikr Skcrkt Socikty.?The Crnsa- i der tells about a secret institution of profes- | I sionnl beggars in New York, im}>orted from I Sardinia, but classified among voluntary em- I igrants. lie wiys: t "At the present time this foreign organ- t i/ation of professional patipere numbers in t the city of New York not less than three i hundred members of both sexes. They have \ secret and mysterious signs?a language intelligible but among themselves, and have i certificates according to their degrees, merits, t and intilligence of tho meinbers. Tliey in- j habit generally the most filthy qnartSfa of I New York, and organized much like Fonrio- t rites, Communionists, or Socialists; they i beg individually, and divide mutually. A* < soon as they have collected a good sum. t 4 4. ?i:... i i i i from door to door eternally rather than own 1 another cent one hour. It made my grand- I father a suicide, my father n murderer, my mother the victim of a sorrow that sunk her enrly to the grave, mv brother a cambjer, < and myself a convict in the State prison for < four years. 1 A siirkw!) chap presented himself car- ] net-hag in hand, at the office of a hotel in New work, engaged a room for, the night 1 and pnid his fare in advance. Ilia carpet- 1 bag proved to be filled with old paper and stones, which he emptied upon the floor, filled the bag with bod-clothes, and took his departure. "Everyday brings something new" in tire way of roguery. i tmn Past*that i? Past*.?Dissolve an ounce | of alum iu a quart of warm water; when oold add as much flour as will make it the consistence of cream ; then strew into it m much powdered rosin as will stand on a shilling and two or throe cloves; boil it to con- j sister re, stirring at the time. Jt will kedfl for twelve months, and when dry, may V trftcned with watq^ ' r uivy reiurn iu tueir nainu iiuvue, auu uuy ( properties with the money obtained in this j country under false pretences." i "From tiib Suim.imkto the Ridiculous." ' ?The Rah way (X. J.) Advocate tells io?< ' following good story at the expense of one 4 of the "upper ten" of New York : ? "Mr. is one of the merchant princes 1 of the Empire City, and though living in one 1 of the most spacious mansions on the Fifth * avenue, his entire family consist^ of himself and his wife. Meeting n friend from the country one day, he invited him to view his house. The friend was shown the gorgeous rooms, with tesselated floors and magnificent ( frescoed ceilings, and finally taken into the ? lower rooms, in one of which he found a t small regiment of colored servants seated at f a bountiful dinner. On his return home he ( was asked if he had seen Mr. So-and-so? < "Oh, yes" he replied. "What is bo doing t now?" "Well, when I saw him, he was { keeping a nigger boarding house on the , I'ifin avenue <" A Sunday 1'amii.y Dinner.?A Sunday j family dinner, where all its members after i Irciug separated jrerhaps for a week, unite I under the paternal roof appears to us one' of I ihe most delightful circles imaginable.? i When hoino looses its attractions, we may < ely on it l^ere is some fault somewhere; I parents have heroine unkind or children < prodigal ; and when aversion takes place j how great a source of enjoyment is cut oft i from the p:ir -lit?how great a privilege is < forfeited by the children; where can we find < .1 welcome like home) it is at once the al- < ter when-we worship?a sanctuary whither i we flee, llow many temptations are resis- " led when the child thinks of home, or w hen i '.he parent thinks of the child?each to the other is a monitor?conscious that the other Is watching his conduct and his welfare. A Ciif.api.y-oovernkdStatk.?In publishing the annual report- of the treasurer and auditor of Massachusetts for the past year, 1 the Hostou Advertiser says: "The whole aggregate of ordinary expenses for the year was hut ?900,975, or about 1 one million dollars. .Thus, for an average expen-e of a dollar for each soul?men wo- ' men and childien? a ^Mipulation of a million \ inhahitanfs living in the Commonwealtli of Ma sachusctts have enjoyed the privilege of 1 the U\st government on the face of the ' earth." . I ? ' Sikoular Kmotio.n*.?The following^'wri- ' ten in an elegent buskie s hand, was inscribed ' on the back of a fivo-dollar bill lately received 1 in New Yorl; from North Carolina : "Here is a $5 hill which I intend to toes out of my window, in Norfolk, as soon as I \ have written this. I am now no lover of { money. I hate it most cordially, for it has l>ecn the ruin of all my family. I will b?g ] afoot AmiMp Policy. Tui,<H)fluMn ofi bold and figdntw fop* eign policy, and the effect of such kamio ?. ploiu ae the rescue of KosztA by Cautain Ingraha;u, in aecnring respect to Ataericans ibroad. are made the subject of a brief but pointed article in a late number of the New York Sun. "An incident," ?aya th* Sur., illustrative of this influence, is reported to "havf ooourred recently at Leghorn. A voung American travelling in Europe happened to permit himself to talk frorly in a :asc to some Austrian soldiers contrasting the prosperity enjoved under republican freedom in the United States, with the condition of the people under Austrian rule. Tlio soldiers, or some of the spies who frequent every place of public resort in the Austrian d minions, reported the young man's lan- * gunge to the authorities, and he was arrested and. thrown into prison. He was afterwards carried before a court-martial "and tried, and convicted of attempting to seduce the soldiers of bis Imperial Majesty to desert their duty. He was was condemned to be ihot. The American Consul at Leghorn, bearing of the affair, promptly interferred to jbtain a stay of proceedings, but for a time ill his remonstrances were made in vain/? lie continued urging bis plea, till at last the Military Commandant asked. 'What'had and lie Consul in view in demanding a stay of freceedingat' The Consul replied.that he 'anicipated the arrival of Commodore Slringinui and Captain Ingraliam, with their vestela, in n day or two, and he would be glad 0 liave thoae officers present at the execuion.' The Commandant changed countenance, and dismissal the Consul saying he would think of it. The Conaul wa% astonished the next mornng to see the young man entering his office, it liberty. He had been discharged from irison with a reprimand, and a notice to eave the Austrian dominions, given hv the commandant in person, who was at pains to mpress on him at the same time that his liberation was not in any respect due to the .hreats about the visit of the American fleet, :>ut a consideration for 'his extreme vonth iiid consequent indiscretion.' Thus, if Koa:ta was only an "inchoate citizen," the promotion extended to him proved the safety of 1 "full native." A few examples of energy, ike that displayed in the Koszia caae, would ?ve our citizens, visiting foreign countriee br business or pleasure, many annoyancea, md teach despotic powers that an American ntizen could not be made the victim oftheir iuspicions and vengeful spirit with impunity. Washington SaUinel. Legal Interests in the United States. Is twenty one of the Slates, the legal rate >f interest is six per cent; in four Slates it is even per cent. J in Texas and Alabama it ? fight per c lit.; in Louisaua it is (I've per ent. and is Mississippi it is ten per cent?Jalafornia lias 110 usury laws. '1 he Bank;rs' Magazine says: "Ther are various States hat permit a higher rate of interest on aperial contract, viz : Iu Veinont seven por cent, nay be charged upon rail road bonds ; in Vew Joresv, seven per cent, may be charted in Jersey city ami in the townsliii* of Lloboken. In Maryland, the penalty is a natterofsome doubt, in consequence of a ate decision of Judge Taney, which doe* not icwevcr. meet the assent of the bar of Bultinore; in Arkansas, ten per cent, may bo barged 011 special contract* ; in Illinois, the kinks may clia?ge seven per cent, and 10 per jeat n&ay l>e charged between Individuals, on tptcail contracts', in Iowa, ten percent is allowed on special contracts ; in Louisana, piglu percent. iuay lie charged; in Michigan ami Ohio, contracts in writing are legal to charge ten j>er cent. :n Texas, twelve per cent may l?e charged on special contracts.? The penalties for a violation of the usurv laws are ditierentin most of the States. In MichiSintbere is no penally ; in Massachusetts and ew Hampshire, the usurer forfeits three timestlte whole interest;in Maine, the ex*' cess of interest is not recoverable, in Vermont and Rhode Island, the excels may be reeoved back ; i? Conneltieut their is a forfeiture- ' of all the interest. * ' It will be remembered that, a short limengo, Mr. Washington refused to sell Mount Vernon to the ladies of America, though he expressed bis willingness to allow the purchase of it to be made by the Legislature of Viiginia, or by the United States Gov?minent. It was supposed the enterprise would he given up, instead af that, eloquent appeal* have been circulated, addressed to the Indie* sf Virginia, to induce tlwfti to use eheir ittr . flnence with their respective delegates, and through them, to ap]>eal to the Legislature,. Jixt it wilfcontrnct for the purchase and secure the title, while the IndiUe of America furnish the funda. The work ia mow carded on in good earnest, and probably ite obeet will l>e secured. A new society baa >een formed, called the Mount Vernon Central Association, and nmong the of its oficern, we notice the {adieu of some of the arte* >romi?cnt citizens of Virginia. Drowsed Wmle Skatimo.?A lad rtnm pd Francis Lyman. went out skating in Airain, Mich., a few days ago. Just before the boys starts! for the ice, the mother of lilt* Prank called him to her,and cautioned him to !>e careful and not break through the kw. The little fellow promised he would; and, stopping,a moment, he told hi* mother -if he thouiJ pet drowned, not to let an y of the boy a. disturb his play things, and to have them sent to hi? little oouaiti jn Cincinnati." Be then kissed hie mother and went to ylny. In a short time he was broug?jt home a corpse. , T- < t_ >r Distinguished Arrival*. Amonu the may strangers who rerffttered ? ihinr IIB1T1M It |Jm Atn?rii<ai> " ? notice the name of the Hon. R. Atchin*o*t?x I 'resident pro kmui Uie U. 8. Senate, and nl*?> the name of 8. H. Stringfellow, the > Mihor the able loiter atidree*ed dome time Bee to the |Ion. P. 8. Brook*, and Mr. * r . 1 fior dinner. It is said Hint a cunning fel-1 aw in liie latter town, aware of the King's! ropensity to break bounds of a night, ml-1 rested hint in the market-place, where lie J ay in wait for the royal truant, and offered iiin a sort of exaggerated homage. This ho leased the King that he made a speech t<?; he rouge, of an hour's duration, in which he ^capitulated all his ideas upon the subject | fa united German Empire, upon feudal in-1 titutions, and u|m>ii his own undiminished j lespotic power, including incidentally his' pinoin of the Eastern question, which, by he way, ho jocosely told his sole auditor,: was a question he could not answer," and ( nnoluded by proclaiming his wish to reward is faithful cubject. Tins was what tho fel-, aw wanted ; lie immediately prodneed a leed of gift, together with pen and ink; and he King, ?n a state of utter unconsciousness, igned him over a large estate in Silesia.?; fox I day the deed was duly presented for! egislratinii, to the no small consternation of j he ministerial authorities;but as tho royal; ignattire wasliot t<| l?e denied, and as to' pread the new* would bo scan. m ty., the j tinning rouge was bought off with a coniderable stun of money b> relinquish the leed, and along with it his claim forever,? Cilice then Sana Souci ha* Wen regularly inrested each night by a strong body of Police, ?ach man within view pf his fellows. A T*rhor to Evil-Dobr*.?Judge Wor- J ell, of Muscogee Country, On., thus charged i jury recently, to the great dismay of row-! lies, bullies and assaasitls : "The object of the Jaw U not revenge, but j to deter others front the commission of crime, ( Until the administration of my immediate! predecessor the practice of the court in this circuit has been to administer the law, as far a practicable, in favor of the guilty, litis practice is at an end. Iam determined that for the next four years the lag shall be a terror to evil-doers. Hitherto Mjtylind property havo been insecure. Jt is now time honest men should be protected in lltfir . jft * J-" * -JUNWy'