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From tho St. Louis Christian Advocate. Romanism an Enemy of our Republic. I* the testimony of History establishes any one truth beyond the reach of successful contradiction, it is, that the Church of Rome is the unchangoable foe of civil liberty. The annals of tbc world do not. record a single instance in which she lias had supreme control. whero lihoptv lmo ..? ?i i*~ aM?w llV/b lOHfU. 1U lis subject, to stifle discussion, to enchain the tongues of freemen, at a juncture when this Church is manifestly arranging her resources for tho subversion of the civil and religious liberties of this land, is to be guilty of political suicide. It is an admitted principle in our Constitution and laws, that all denominations arc free to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, with uone to molest or make them afraid,?that every man is responsible to his Maker alone for his religious belief,?that the Church and Slate are, and shall forever remain, seperate. In this relation of the Church to tire Civil Government we glory. It is our pride and boast, as a protectant peoplo. May it never be chang ' ed ! Bui, suppose any one denomination j shall adopt a political policy adverse to our ; civil institutions?suppose its members and ministers to bind themselves by a solemn oath to disregard their civil obligations, whenever they come in contact with man-! dates of a foreign power; suppose they present the startling pluno uenon of religion and politics combined ; suppose that history and , #nr>r. olinui lliom (n ? I wmv.. ?UVI? wv/ w y/wimi/Ul III illUIT UT* J gnuization , and dangerous to all govern-' mcnts which they have been connected; suppose it fairly ascertained that they have mapped our country, and arc actively engaged id prosecuting the most, energetic couu ! eels for the purpose of wresting from us this heritage of freedom, and bowing our necks to the galling chains of a crushing despotism ; suppose in their crusade against American freedom, tliey are pouring in upon us myriads of the dupes and vassals of another government, ignorant of our institutions, and every day becoming more insolent in their direct and palpable j encroachments on the priceless liberties of, this Protestant country ;?suppose all this, j and much more of the same, kind if done under the name of religion, while the political designs are manifest; then, in that case. I what is the duty of American freemen ? | Does the mere name of Religion or Church j cast an impenetrable shield over all political j rascality that may be jesuiticnlly concealed : under the folds of a spiritual robe? Must the Christians and patriots of this Protestant J Republic all stand still and awestruck, and ; see this enormous Trojan horse introduced i within our walls until the very citidal office-j dom is tilled to overflowing with themyrmi- j dons of despotism, 01 blazes in the conflagra-: lion now gathering at it base ? Does it not' Comport much better with the sacred duties! nf Amfificnn I'ili'/dnc -I"?' ' ?!- ' w* <*. .v.... ...? iimv viiKs y iiiUllHI RVI/.C the battle-ax of Truth and test the ribs of this sham monster ! I obj^gBfts strongly as any man can do,; to any jjolitical interference whatever with j purely occflteiastieal ntfairs. But the Jesiut' party in tlftfee United States partakes far! more of a political than of a religions organization. Who arc so ignorant as not to know ' that the political intrigues of the Jesuits have j occasioned their expulsion from the most en-j lightened nations of Europe. No other class : of men on earth has risen to such distinction ! for chicanery and fraud. It is almost the ?ynonim of villain. To say a man is a Jesuit is to stigmatize hiirf as an arch inhriyucr. It hn'sintoifered with every government on earth, wherever it has planted its foot of pow-! er. Its gunpowder plots and London tiros !' can never be forgotten. Its horrid Inquisition and Bartholomew massacres, may well j send a startling thrill of horror through Protestunt breasts, and arouse us to uu&luiu-j Bering vigilance over our altars and our homes. Boast as \ve may, the modern Laacoon is wrapping us in his tightening coils, .and unless we arise in our might, and cast! off the monster, out1 children may sec the form of liberty struggling convulsively in his folds, and, expitiug in his rapacious jaw. <iod protcet us. An Uniquo mode of Dunning. ! A poor editor "out west," whose pockets i are empty, but whose books a?*c filled with; long standing accounts, makes the following novel appeal to his delinquents. 11 We call the attention of those who owe ! < the printer to the notice, and hope they will govern themselves accord 1 v. "Friends, Patroim, Subscriber#, and Ail vertiser* ; Hear us for our debt*, and get 1 ready that you may pay ; trust us, we need, | I for you have been long trusted; acknowledge , your indebtedness,and dive into your pockets,1 that you may promptly fork over. If there | bo any among you, one single patron that ( don't owe us so moth in' then to him we say? I step aside; consider yourself a gentleman. If j the rest wish to know why we dun them,; this is our answer; Not that we care about | cash ourselves, but our creditors do. Would j you rather that we go to jail, and you go . free, than you pay your debts and we all keep moving? As we agreed, we have worked for you ; as we contracted we have! furnished onr paper to you ; as we have prom- j ised, we have waited upon you, but as you don't pay, we dun you! Ilere aro agree-J ments for job work; contracts for sul>scrip tions; promises furlong credits; and duns! for deferred payment. Who is there so mean that lie don't take a paper! If any, I bo needn't speak?we don't mean him. Who! as there so bad that lie don't pay the pi in | ier i If an let him shout?f?>r lie's the man ' we are after. Ilis name is Lcf/ion, and he'sj been owinc us. for one. two. three, four. live, t nit, seven and eight years?long enough to1 make us poor, and himself rich at our Expense. If the above appeal to his conscience, j don't awaken him to a sense of justice, we shall have to try the law, and see what \ir-| tuo there is in writs and constables.'1 __? ? ? "When a undertakes to snuff out a gas* light witli his forefinger and thumb, a wifnew may conscientiously ?w\ar he w/is drunk, j SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE^ ^ a, Friday Morning, April 6,1866. j ACIKNTS. E. W. CARR, N. W. cor. of W nlnnt nnd Third ?t Philndclphin, it? our authorized Agent. A. M..PEDEN, Fnirview P. O., Groonvillo Diet WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Groonvillo. THE KNOW NOTHINGS < ?. GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION. As the existence of this party becomes 1 more nnd more notorious?and as its ranks are being daily increased?its leaders are * growing bolder and more fearless in the advocacy of their principles. When we re- ( member how firmly the doctrines of the old ' lino parties takes hold of their advocates? 1 how they have always endeavored to over- * power, to crush or to absorb all and every- < other doctrine which rears itself in a spirit * of opposition,?the importance of kcepirig 1 their actions and principles from being pub- 1 licly and generally avowed becomes more 1 strikingly apparent That corruption exists in'thc government of I our nation, and that bribery is openly and 1 professedly practiced to a great extent in ( almost every branch and department of State and country,the occurrences transpiring daily attests the truth of the assertion. Every attempt bv persons and n.irtifts lir>rotr.f.\rA . ? I ' ?-"""I *" abate ibis evil, ami to liavc affaire justly and ( equitably administered, has been met bv a failure as signal as the effort was puerile and insufficient. This ^uusucces* may be attributed to the fact that the objects of those who attempted wcic supposed to be as selfish as ' the accomplishments of the iut.ro fortunate ' were unjust and fraudulent. * The consequence of a continued course ' like the one pursued by our more recent ' functionaries and office-holders, will fall up- ( on the country with such a stuning forco n.s 1 to baffle all future attempts to cleanse the ( foulness and corruption which has been, too 1 long, permitted to exist amoug them. So}8 far has intrique and bribery succeeded in i ^ getting at the helm of state bigoted and ava- j * ricious men that the interests of the "people l( have becu entirely forgotten and neglected in 1 the more natural care of providing for in- " dividual preferment. So far lias dishonesty triumphed over justice and right, as'will be ' detected in the success of such frauds* as that 1 of (ialphin?of Gardner?and of hundreds;' of others, ho less notorious for the small al- j * lowance of truth contained in them, that "a j* peep belli ml tlie curtains" into the workings 1 of our "great agents," would present us a ' picture so free froin purity, as to remind us ' vividly of "a cage of unclean Lirds." The organization of the Know Nothings 1 or more correctly, the American party, as it ( will hereafter he known, will attempt the re- * formation which the times loudly call for,and j1 for which an injured and insulted people are |c so anxious and willing to engage in. They !1 propose to do this, and if their success so far 1 index their ultimate end, we gladly welcome them as benefactors to our country. Let the j leaders of that party dispol the general conviction that a spirit of iutoieraney exists in ' their principles?that it is not a fusion of abo- J litionism, and the illiberal ruindedness of the once pusillanimous fiction of Native Americans, and they will then have settled the only objections which are urged against them c of any considerable consequence. When our people arc made to understand the ' principles of this organization in a clear and forcible light, ami' when the dissipation of all * the odiousness which its secrecy is supposed to vail from the public, takes place, the mass , of American people?who have at heart the interests of the country?will at onco enroll ^ their names under its standard. THE BUTLER GUARDS. J Tins company was received into the Regiment on Tuesday last by ! n?pcc'.or General \V. K. Kasi.ky. < >n the outside of to-day's paper will he found the Constitution of the company. Tlicy will parade for the first time on the 4th of July next. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. ' At a regular meeting of Greenville Division, No. 10, S. ofT. held on tho 31st ult., ^ the following oflieers were elected for the , present quarter: 1 , v>. u V_y ?T MO IV, X ?? 1 I W. l\ PWCE, W. P. T. (I DONALDSON, W. A. C. M. McJUNKIN, It. S. J. 11. SIIEltMAN, A. It. S. (1.13. DYEIt, T. G.T.MASON, F.S. F. ALEXANDER, 0. THOMAS GliOOAN," A*. C. A. II. RICHARDSON I. S. GKOItGE ftltTM, O. R SAM'S DOINGS. Wk received from the Post Office laat . week, a newspaper from an adjoining State ' and after having read the local items with considerable interest, yet with the belief that tltAv wore a lit f In nM wo f/\ tKo Antn ?- " - v?vp ?VU VV WAV VMIV of the paper and found that it wus printed on the lfith of April 1854. Only eleven months and two weeks from a place which might be footed in three days! Are we a progressive people? CoirlrcsponOcncc of ifee Sflfek-phse. LETTER FROM COLUMBIA. Our Municipal Election?Oreat Know Nothing Victory?City Items?The New Stale House?Numerous Accidents ?New Postage Law?Miscellanea. . Columiiia, April 4, 1855. IV. r. PsiCE, KdITOR or 11IR KnTKRTRISK. Dear Sir:?The Election for Mayor and Mdermen of our city, came off yesterday.? There were 050 votes polled, and much excitement prevailed. We stated in our last lie candidates for tho oflico of Mayor, and we now briefly indicate the views entertain* id by each one. Col. Wm. Mayiun was apposed to any chango in tho Naturaliza Lion laws?found no anti-republican principles in any Religious Denomination?and , ..^,.1.1 ?i.;??? i.?u "vuiu ait* v c uv vujvjviivua iu luicigncia nviu" ng olllco of "profit and trust." Cupt. Wade was "mum" on all such points : while E. J. Arthur, Esq. made no reply to such [ nterrogatories, being it is said, "Sam's" | :andidate. Well, the result is as follows: K. J. Arthur, - - 842. Wm. Matrix, - - -211. Capt. Wade, - - - 01. Arthur's majority over Mayrin, 1,11.? Over all, 40. The entire Native Ticket for Alderman was also elected, viz: Messrs. Radcmfkk, Anderson, Killian, Wood, IIamiiton and Gla/.r. The result when innounced, created quite a sensation?very [ ew thinking that Arthur's majority would , be so great, or that the entire "Native" tiek- i st would be elected. We have heard the ' jxi tence of a "Know Nothing" Lodge in 1 Columbia denied ; nor have we been certain j' )f the fact that such an organization was j , imong us. Hut it seems very strange that i < >ut of six hundred and fifty votes, more j. linn one half should havo united on the ! I lamo ticket, without a previous agreement. There was no lack of candidates?nor scar- j :ity of Tickets?twelve or fifteen different | | ines having been announced. Yet on the j j lay of Klection one entire ticket was elected j1 ?and elected by a triumphant majority. We were glad to seo one thing in this i Election. Many of the adopted citizens vo- i ed side by side with natives?preferring, it ivould seem, a government of Protestant \mericnns rather than that of Catholics, even hough their own'brethren. We believe! hat when the issue is made between the ( Protestant and the Papist, a majority of our idopted citizens will fight to the death igainst the latter. Lot us not seek, then, to l.L _ it / A! _ ? - leuur muse iiorn me priviuges we natives j 'tijoy but seek r;ltlw<r to gain their assis- j mice in checking the insolent, overhearing, i urhulent spirit which the jesuits in this I sountry are daily manifesting. "We nour-! shed the viper in our bosom, and now it j vould destroy us." 11 A falso spirit of patriotism would lead' iome to oppose "putting down" the Catho- j ics. Hut for one we have declared an cter-1 ml, uncompromising warfare against the! principles of the Papists. As long as tho earful name of the "Inquisition" stands on he historic page?as long as the records of he Martyrs whom Catholics murdered enlure, shall we do our utmost to prevent this leadly serpent from enturning in its poionous folds our beloved institutions. Repub* icanism and Roman Catholicism are incompatible. They cannot co-cxist. For any information in regard to "Sam" vc must refor your readers to the " Carolina Finus" where the localities visited by this ; gentleman are daily mentioned and his ncions duly recorded. In tho way of "City Items" wc aro nonplussed. Nothing remarkable or extraordipary has occurred for some time. Times' March is onward and the soft, balmy days pf May will soou he here. Already flowers ire blooming and birds sing vweetly and 'evening walks with ladies fair" delight us nnw ' IPAii't think Mr. Kilitnr that ui? ?.? in love and as a necessary consequence are becoming sentimental. Several dreadful accidents have occurred within the past week. A negro girl belonging to Mr. W. W Walker was severely burnt by her clothes taking iire at night while she was sewing. In endeavoring to extinguish the flames Mr. T. P. Walker and Mr. W. W. Walker wore both badly burnt in the hands. We are also informed that a child of Mr. C. E. Simms fell down a flight of stairs and was hurt badly. Several other accidents of a serious instance also occurred The Emmett Guards, whoso Captain is W. P. Johnson Editor of tho Carolinian, paraded in "Ail! feather" on Saturday evening last. We had intended going further this time m II iff 1 I.I. I and giving soma information in regard to the new State House, but ess of Uie hour forbids. Promising, to contribute a longer letter next time and to enter more fully into news items instead of scribbling on Politics, * We are,' truly, yours, RAVARn More Land for Settlement. Treat* with the Chii'I'evtas.?The information conveyed in the following article may be useful to persons who desire to locate lands under tho new bounty land net. It will be seen that tbcro will be no scarcity of land of good quality. -The St. Louis Intelligencer says: "The lands conveyed by tho Cliippewas by the treaty just concluded on deliueated on the map in the office of tho Commissioner of Indian Affairs, are bounded by a line beginning at a point at tbo bend of Vermillion river, situate 40 dogs. 10. min. north latitude, 02 degs. 40 min. west longitude; thence running southerly to 40 degs. 48 min. west long-1 itude; thence running westerly iu nearly a jtraight line to 95 degs. 30 min.; thence northweste'rly to where Buffalo river intersects Bed river at the north ; thence down Red river to the mouth of "Wild liico river ;1 thence in a northeasterly direction to the: north end of Otter Tail lake; thence due i north to the source of Black river ; thence down said river to liainy river to tho mouth of Big Fork river, entering from the east side; thence in a straight lino southeasterly to the point of beginning; said tract containing 12, 000,000 acres, moro or lees. This land | is iu addition to seven or eight millions of j acres conveyed t<? the United States last Sep-; tcmbor. The "NVinnabagos have also conveyed to the United States nearly nine hundred thousand acress of land at Long Prairie, on the ! Mississippi river, in Minnesota Territory, in exchange for money, and about two hundred and thirty thousand acres on Blue Earth river, in tho same territory. Court. About twelve hundred cases will be re- j turned to the Spring Term of Sumter Court,' which sits in Sumtervilleron the Cth of April I next. Wo arc not informed as to tiic exoct number, and therefore we cannot speak posi-1 lively. In all probability our calculation is' a small one. Wo were under tho iinprcs-1 ?ion tli.'it all persons would endeavor to avoid, as far as possible, all suing?but we perceive that the "daughter has been indiscriminate." The number of cases would have been comparatively small, if Charleston and Northern Merchants were not so urgent in their unreasonable demands. It is remarkable that the Merchants of Charleston are as deeply implicated as any others. We had expected better things. In future, ultimate as well as immediate interest will be consulted. The "tightness of the times," and the pressing demands of "Thingumbob Co." . is a sufficient excuse to put in suit the papers ; of the best men in the community.?Black River Watchman. Col. McCluxo, "tub Di'klist."?The dispatch published yesterday, stating that Col. [ McCluag. "the duelist," bad committed sui- j cido at Jackson, Miss., referred to Col Alex- j aiuler K. McClung, a well known citizen of I Mississippi, who served gallantly in the Mex-; ican war, as a volunteer under General Tav-: lor. lie was tho Lieutenant colonel of the! Mississippi regiment. It is said that he was the first to scale the walls of tho Black Fort! til Mnnt/d'ov nnil f/\r ?l %? ... ........ ...o ......r.?.v ... i.? , the stars ami stripes on its captured walls, j was inarkeil and pierced by the enemy with wounds under which he sufl'erod the most agonizing pains for several months. During . fJcneral Taylor's administration, he was an- j pointed Charge'd Affairs to Bolivia, in South i America, lie was engaged in several duels ! many years ago, and was noted for demand-'j ing and granting the most extreme terms of the falsely styled "code of honor." His tirst meeting was in 183d or 1834 with a man by ! the name of Allen. The weapons, pistols, to betired at ten paces, or while advancing nearer to each other, and then the use of the I bowie-knife. Allen foil. The second meeting was five years afterwards, with young Menifee, Vicksburg, the brother of Richard II. Menifee, member of Congress from Ken- j tucky, in 1838 '9. The weapon, the ritle ; both parties excellent shots, but Menifee fell i at the second fire. lie was also concerned subsequently in other duels. He was a man j of fine talents and of much influence in Mississippi. Imi'hisonmrnt or Soldi erh in England. ?Lord 1'anmure, as Minister of War, is moving tho second reading of an act to amend the army-service laws, declared "compulsory means must unquestionably Ire found to fill up the ranks of the service." Ho added, that he would not object to enrol recruits for three instead of sevcu* years, "as ho hoped the war would be over oro then." These compulsory means are not an equal conscription, such as in France and on the continent, where all rnnksare equally drawn from, hut a forced impressment from the lower classes. The war is showing or making Euglaud the worst governed State of Europe. Tiie Kane Expedition.?Itisstated that the Philadelphia light boat is to be fitted up and equipped with the money appropriated by Congress to bo sent in search of Dr. wt cjt- fit -l.li - 1 - i -i ? rvnuc. ouu win prouauiy no longllicneu about twenty feet, if practicable, and fitted up witli a propeller. She will be accompam ied with a sail vessel of al>out three hundred tons. The expedition leaves in June. i ? r #????? ? Hocthkhn Qcatitkrly Review.?It is proper to state that W. M. BurwfH, esq., is, not the editor of tho "Southern Quarterly Review." Ilis connection with that journal commenced and terminated with the January number.?Bnlthmrt Patrf&t. From the OoroHoa lime*. TELEGRAPHIC HEWS. Connecticut Election, Hartford, April 8. Tho election in this Stato has resulted io the sucoees of all four of the anti-administration Congi eosiueu. Tho Whig end U?n?wNothiogs lmveelected 20 oft he 21 Senators, and a large majority of the House. There is no chance for Governor bv tho people. The vote stands Inirhaui: fDarn.i ?*.nno, Mln?r (Know-Nothing,j 25,000 ; Dutton, (Whig,) 5,000. *? .. i 1 * Massachusetts Election. Boston, April 3. The election of State Censors has resulted in the success of the Know Nothings by a large majority. Cleveland Election. Ci.kvei.and, April 3. The Know-Nothings have elected their Mayor and Gov. Wood, Dem., by five huudred majority. ? Death of Distinguished Ladies. Washington, April 3. Mrs. Cass died at Rome on the 2d of March. Mrs. Shroeder, wifo of the American Minister, died at Stockholm on the 2d. Our Institute Fair. We take occasion ^o remind our^ distant friends that the fifth annual fair of the South Carolina'Institute will wimmmiM nn f)?n 11 ?1. 1 of April, and that we expect to hail and welcoYno many from our interior and from sister States both as contributors and as visitors. This will bo the first fair in the new and spacious ball of exhibition, which can afford to machinery, handicraft specimens, and products generally of ingenuity or art, advantages of spaco, light and arrangement far surpassing all former exhibitions in this city. For machinery there will be an ample supply of xuotivos at hand, and the occasion deserves the attention of all inventors or agonts interested in such objects. The arrangements of the hall and its supply of rooms, in addition to its main exhibition, assortment and fair exposition which have never been realized before. The ladies arc assured that their offerings of fancy skill and ingenuity will bo attended to by a special committee selected for gallantry and just taste?although, whenever possiblo. wo would bo pleased to have such agreceble contributors bring themsolves with their offerings. In relation to the department of livo stock, poultry, <fcc., it is desirable and important that early remi ts be mado by cacli person intending to contribute, and wc call attention to the notice of the committee in charge of this, which appears in our advertising columns.? Charleston Courier. Thk Wheat Chop.?The Messenger, published at Hannibal Missouri, learns from farmers that the prospects for a good wheat crop throughout northern Missouri aro more promising than they have been for some years past. In Illinois the prospects for an abundant wheat crop are also good. Wc learn from the Alton Courier, the editor of which paper has recently mado a trip across the central portiou of Illinois, that, "however short the cropaKnight linvo been last year, it has not detcrrerWrc farmers of the State from seizing every portion of favorable time during the fall for sowing their wheat, and the result shows that there aro at least twenty per cent, moro acres now in wheat than in any previous year. Tiro winter has been exceedingly favorable, and if we should bo blessed with our ordinary spring, Illinois will have an amount of wealth in that single crop which it would bo difficult to estimate. Tuk Unfortunate Ericsson Invention. ?The Ericsson experiment is at an end. The invention is conceded to be a failure, and poor Ericsson is a ruined man. He has spent all his fortune in building his caloric I ship and in the experiments he has made on the vessel. He has done more, he has spent all his wife's fortune, which was great, and she too is beggared. But the worst of all is ' that ilhaaled to recrimination and alienation that they have separated, never to be united again perhaps, llad ho been successful, his name would have been enrolled with that of Columbus, Newton, Fulton, and other men of illustrious renown. But he has failed ; he has lost his all ; he has introduced ruin into a onco loving and happy homo; and the word coldly looks on and says : MI told you so."?I J on ton Journal. Ji'dok Elmorf.?We failed to state, at the proper timo, that Judge Hush Elmore, of Kansas Territory, left this citv on the 21st ult., on his return to the Territory. His slaves left here for tho same destination on Thursday best and his white family will fob low in a few weeks. The numerous friends and acquaintances of Jude Elmore will regret his departure i from among un. He has for years been one I of our must respected and useful citizens, and the pcoplo who inhabit his new home will i ts_,i i.:? ^-i? ? ? nun nun wormy oi mcir nignesi esteem and consideration. May he meet with abundant success in aII his undertakings is the heartfelt wish of thoso who have known him longest and host.?Montgomery Advertiser and Gazette. TnKC/.Aits Dying Words.?Thcdying injunction which tho Knaperor Nicholas directed to bo transmitted to the King of Prussia, requesting him "not to forget the words of his father," is supposed to refer to the following paasago in the will of Frederic William III, addressed to tho present monarch "Never neglect to maintain harmony among the Sforoprfau nations as far aa it is in your power. Above all things may Prussia, KusslafhnuAustria nevor separate. Their union should bo considered the keystone of the great Kuropcan alliance." m . 1 i Extraordinary Joying Maohine. + ,. W? find the following curious and interesting statement in the Paris Palrit:? "The Academy of Sciences is a good deaf interested by the invention of n Flying Maabino, by Don Diego do Salamartba. With this machine Don lliogoVdnitghter, Uosurtra, rose in the air some time ago at Madrid,to the great astonishment of the Spaniards, who are bnt little accustomed to this sort of miracle. Don Diego do Salamanca' and hi? daughter is about to nrrive at I'aris to show the effects of his marvellous invention. Hie machine is very simple < it consists in a ens^ two feet lone, and one foot w.i.tn o- m.O|/|V? v?/ a band of leather round the waist buckled behind. Tho two iron r?xU fastened to tho case support a small piece of wood on which * the feet rejposo. The case contains a simple aud ingenious inechanisni, similar to that employed to Bet an outbmanton in motion. fl The mechanism is worked by means of a handle. It sets in work two large wings* ten feet long, made of very thin duoutchouc, covered with feathers ; and tho wings tnajv be bo worked as to produce vertical, perpendicular, or horizontally flying. Tho num- , her of turns given to tho handle determines the height to which it is desired to go. The handle has to be turned overy quarter of a leguo to regulato tho distance; the operation of turning lasts a minute. Horizontally flying is the most difficult/*" The wings beat the air like the oars of a boat, or rather as the feet of a swan when it swims. By means of this curious maclnnd a man can go almost as rapidly a* a carrier pigeon from tho Hotel do Yille to tho Are do Triompbo d? Kioll? in eight minutes, and in half'an hour to Versailles. The experiments, which will be made in Talis, will be on a small W scale, and the flights of Don Diego will not * extend beyond the department of tho Seine; but at a later period lie proposes to go to Lyons, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseilles and Tours, and to take the lines of railway. Ho % pretends that he can travel quicker tLnu by rail. The price of each machine will not exceed 1200f, for men, and lOOOf, for wo- ^ men. If the experiment succeeds Don Diego will take out a patent, and mnko the sale # of tho machines a branch of commerce. Although greatly astonished at this new inveu- cy tion, several members of the academy have jwinted out the inconvenience of bringing it ^ into general use. In point of fact, there will , be no security for any one, if by tho aid of m j such machine all our usages and customs bo I overthrown, and if malefactors can fly on ^ the roofs of houses, afterwardsjget into apartments aud commit all sorts of depredations. It will be very curious to see policemen in ^ Franco or England pursuing theives in tho air, in order to lock them up on earth. It appears that 1855 promises us all sorts of u marvels. , Sunday in the Gamp. We find the following picturosquo and striking passage in a recout letter from tho Crimea : Yesterday, being Sunday, tho roulino was broken by the impre??sivo ceremony of an open-air church parado. Each divison, on : * these occasions, has divine service performI A/1 Kit ? /\ ? * ^V. K>J 1 CO vnu Ullipittiu. 'Mil's WllS UniWIl upon tlie rising ground, just beyond the tents, in a dcoso hollow squaro. The clergyman and officers occupied the centre.? * ^ Every one was covered. Some of the men wore forage-caps, for lack of shakos , aud on die that the loss of these stiff and ugly varieties of head-gear is submitted to with great | resignation by the line generally. Tho cliaplain, with his dark velvet skull-cap and black moustache and beard, reminded me of a foreign parade in canonicals. We were scarcely placed in position, before the loud rush of round-shot from tho fort was heard, again and again, in our ears, causing sundry dislocations of the square? the men grinning and swaying about at each whirr in a kind of jocular disorder. Noth ing was left for it hut to move off. So we took up our ground a few hundred yards lower down ; and here?though a fleecy littlo cloudlet, which announced its birth in a thunderclap showed that a shell had hurst above us, ? ' not very far oft" to our rear?The sorvice was < conducted to a close. Everybody, of course, stands upon these occasions throug^Ak the ceremony. To obviate fat%uc ther^pe* the Litany and Communion are omitted? Tho chaplain preached extemporaneously, and with so excellent a voice that, though thd^ ui-!_ - * t. ? niuu nun uiowing niS SUrpilCO HbOUt, it di<]^^ not drown his tonos. I was amused by his British Bang froid.? Half his congregation might perish round the walls of Sebastopol, before next Church Parade?a theme which the threatening missiles exploding about him would have served sufficiently * ell to enforce?but he utterly disdained such obvious rhetoric. Perhaps, indeed, it is considered undesirable to # make allusions of tho kind; and certainly they are too patent to need much insisting _ on. At any rate, the reverend gentleman^ neither noticed the pyrotechnics in'his soundi practical sermon, nor in his own person ;but. stood with his back to the fort, and poarch-. ed on some every day text; and never changed his voice or turned his head in corapliv raent to shot or shell. ? Destruction of Penitentiary at Nash Tine;. Louisville, Marchmo, 1855.?The State Penitentiary at Nashville, Tennessee, is in ruins. The fire broko out at- three o'clock this morning, iu the cabinet department of n*. ?;? 'L- ? -?? ----- " a vniiniiunrj, me names spreading with ^ great rapidity. In a shdrt time the entire portion of the bnilding act aside for the dif- i ferent branches of trade became a burning ina?9. The cast wing of tiie main bmltUtog then CAtight fire, and it is so muclt dafhngfea as to render it useless. The oclfs wore thrown open, and tl?e prisoners convoyed to an enclosure inside the walls. One convict, naMed Conner, was smootbered to death by thfl^ smoke. Not a singlc^>risoner made au escape from the prison. All the tools in the different shops were destroyed, us well As all the work being manufactured. T(ig Joss il m estimated at % 100/>om. ? ' jr* _ /+' *jP.* # . ' > ' * 4