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Wfl,'l|I..JL.?_L i .1.J M aainflossctd by ecn-Herations of a self- t Uh nature 1" t And here we will leave them, .whilo we ] leyn.the lesson that obstacles may be overoornf by fortitude and energy of character, ] and that virtuous perseverance will bo sure td.saeet with a reward. ^ ' jmtBSSBSBSB ' I * 1 3utrrestittg Zlrns. ; ^ . . t The Consequence of aWar between Sag- ] land and the United States ml tfc i The following article, from a late Liver* i pool paper, is said to be from the pen of a | brother of one of the British Privy Council: j "A war between England aud the United 8tales would have much the character of n , grand act of national insanity, that we cannot bring ourselves to believe that either na- i tion will allow it to be committed. The following considerations affecting the two j countries ought to render such a contest im i possible: "England is at present engaged in a war , which oosts her thirty to forty millions a ] year, and is adding about twenty millions a , year to her already enormous national debt t A war with the United States would double , her expenses, and leave her, at the end of it, with a national debt of a thousand to twelve , hundred millions of pounds sterling. I "England has already an urgedt necessity j of every soldier" whom she can raise, for ser- | vice in the Crimea ; but, if she goes to war , with the U. States, she must find fifty to six- \ ty-thousand additional soldiers, or abandon , her possessions in America ; for, loyal as are j the peop'e of Canada and of the British West Indies, it is not to be supposed that ; tbey will be either able or willing to resist ] the whole military force of the United States, f year after year, during a long and desperate , war, without the aid of a powerful English ( army. ( "England is at present dependent on the ? United States for three fourths of the cotton , which employs her manufacturing popula- , tion; and, if any considorab'e quantity of j grain or flour is to be obtained from any- < where, this year, it will be from the United States and from Canada. A war with A- ., ?1 merica, therefore, means bread at starvation | prion, and half our manufacturing popula- s tion starving and roiling in our streets. ^ "England, at present, every year sends ( brood manufactured goods, and other pro- c ducts of British industry, of the value of a 0 hundred millions, sterling, and receives an j equal amount of products of foreign industry . in return. All this prodigious amount of {, national wealth, with the ships which con- ? Toy it, will become lawful prize to a swarm v of American privateers from the day on t which war is declared. fl "In addition to the miseries and the crimes f( which such a war will produce during its continuance, it will leave behind it the most n deadly hate, between the peoplo of England ^ and a ru?r>n]<? of a hindt-od race, who will, in . a few years, form a great community, of a c hundred millions of souls, stretching across t the North American continent, from the At- ? lantic to the I'aciftfc oceans. v "Such will l?e the losses of England in a q war with the United States ; and now let us f( see whnt will be the losses of the United u States in a war with England. "The people of the U nitcd States, at the present time, par no direct taxes for government purposes, and have no national debt, (worth speaking of.) Whatever taxes the) ? pay, are in tlicfoim of moderate duties on imports. A war with England would treble t| their expense, and destroy all their pre- out ^ sources of national revenue. A revenue of ,j at least thirty-millions would he required to 0 carry on an offensive war against Canada j, and New Bruiuwivli, to fit out a large navy, t< and to defend the coast of the United Slates, t from Mexico to Texas, and from the south- . em point ofCaliforiiia to the northern exUctn- j it j' of Oregon. Grinding, direct taxation, and , ..enormous loans, raised at high rates of inter- ? . wet, could alone meet the expenses of such a , war. A national debt, bearing a stroftg ( family likeness to the national debt of England, would, in future, form part of tho lot of j etrety American ciiizen. , -*The property of the people of the United , ; States Is at present fully as much scattered , * abroad as that of the people of England. r aad, therefore, would be as much linhle to be j plundered by privateers. The United States [look to England and the Engli-h colonies to , purchase half their exportable products, and, , by purchasing so Urge a part, to give a re- \ * numerating value to the whole. With this great outlet closed, American industry, would lose iU reward, and American property its ralue. ^ "The question of slavery in tlio rluited < States, already full of difficulty would he- ] come frightfully dangerous; for one of the < first consequences of such a war as that < which is now spoken of, would be tho nho- j Jition of slavery in CuLa, which would ere j Ate a prodigious ferment amongst the negro .race everywhere. "The United Steles ere at poaco with all d&e world now, but they could scarcely go | -tower with England, under present cit cum stances, without going to war with Fiance, ftpaio, Turkey, and Denmark, or without great rid* of war with Austria, which has neither forgotten not forgiven the affair at < >>iuyriia. Russia is the only ally that the < United States could rely on, and Russia has i quite enough to do to defend herself. < "The United States are not armed, and could not develop their warlike resources in less than ono or two years. England and France are fully armed; and the destruction * fA the Russian fleet in the liluck Sea, And the I Awotwre of Sebastopol, liberates fifty to tweu- 1 ij steam jjne-of battlo-ships for any other J service. The Russians have not a single 1 line-of-battla-ship afloat in the Mack Sea. I "Btich is a fair frank statement of what 1 both countries would be likely to lose by a 1 war. What either of them woeid gain, we 1 will leave others to say, not being able ourselves to percieve any possible gala to cither 1 country. If Acre is any real danger of 1 yhe people of England And tire United States ^vught to take the matter out of the hands of 1 heir ruler*, end to hat no such fratricidal conflict ahall take >lace.w umn^ We are in receipt of tnteflitfettce from r^tuf la OAllMirU oatfe Ml t ^mmSZ 1~%* _. ? . ui< uuun j^iiinwrm A tho 19th instartl| relative to the unsettled :ondition of things thert, which we have tine only, this morning, to detail in the niefest space. Our informant was an eye Mtness of what lie lias related to us, and his recount, as fur as it goes, can be fully de[tended upon. Mr. Park, accompanied by nU lady, arrived nt Pnrkville about a fortnight since. He wns kindly received, and went quietly about bis business, expecting as toon as that was settled to proceed to Texas. A day or two after bis arrival he was informed oh good authority that the "Secret Association bad met some days previously, in Platte City, at the cnll of the "Platte County Artillery that* they were determined to tlrive him off nt nil hazards, and that they would be down some morniug that week. Revolvers were reported to have'been sont iowu, and letters were stated to have been received, stating that the Association would destroy Parkville if opposition was made. Intelligence of this state of atfairs having quickly spread through tho town, about two liundred of the inhabitants assembled and passed resolutions inviting Mr. Park to remain. At the same time a committee wns ippointed to meet the secret body when they came into the town, antl represent the wishes and determination of the citizens of L'arkvillc. Much discussion took place on the streets, *nd Major Richardson , Col. Summers, Col. Rums, Capt. Burney and others made ipeeches to tho crowd in support of Justice ind right. When the committee of these :ret organization arrived, they were met by Jol. Burns, and much exciting discussion ensued, when the Committee left town. Next .lay another committee arrived. In the meantimo several inen from the surroundng countries had gathered into tho town to lefend Mr. Park. Anxious to restoro pcr.ce, Mr. Park made in address to the committee, declaring that le came in a private capacity to transact business, and while he could never conccde^a ingle right, he was ready to do anything hat was manly and houorable to prevent 'ftusion of blood ; but ho was in the hands f his friends. Col. Burns then" asked them f they were snlisfied, to which they res>onded, "No !" Col. Burns then said : "Then et the principle be settled in blood. We *k the honors of war. Set your day and re will meet you, but don't sneak down in he night. Come openly, nnd blood will low as freely as in Mexican war. We fight or principle, for right!" Col. Summers added : "Let the come, nd them streets of Parkville will be hotter ban hell in fifteen minutes." Meetings, both >f the friends of law and order and of the seret league, continued to be held up to the iine when our information terminates, and 11 kinds of exciting ruinors prevailed. It rns reported that Atchison was at Platte 'ity. Our informant learns that propositions jr civil war and disunion had been strongly irged by members of the secret league. We hall await further tidings with anxiety. What Americans Want. Mr. Turney has introduced into the TeniCRsee legislature the following resolution : Resolved by the Ooneral Assembly of lie State of Tennessee, That our Senntors in i 'ongrcss be instructed, and our Represent!!- < ives in Congress be requested, to use all honorable means to modify our naturalization nws; offering fiiendly protecti 311 to the lionat emigrant, but to prevent the transmission o our shores of fclor.s and paupers. That hey extend the times of naturalization,90 that foreigners shall be able to speak our language iiul become acquainted with our iii*titution*. I'liat they enact a uniform law to prevent he States, individually, from admitting forMgners to vote before they are naturalized. \nd that they repeal all laws making grants n,future to iinnaturialized foreigners, and alio to provide than native American* shall etain the power of administering thegovernnent without being overwhelmed by the ush of foreign population constantly land tig upon our shores. We liope this will furnish a hint to our iewly-eleeted American members of Congress, and that a similar measure will be arly pressed upon that body at its approaching session. Tkx Thousand Amkricans in Council at Holly Springs, Miss.?A mass meeting jf the Americans of Marshall county and North Mississippi was held at Holly Springs, commencing on the 10 th of October, nnd which lasted two days. Ten thousand Amer leans wero present, and the greatest enthusi-1 twin prevailed. Speeches w ere made by the Hon. W. C. Dawson, of Georgia, and the Hon. It. D. Nal?ora, of Mississippi, and other American orators. The mass meeting and barbecue arc represented to have exceeded anything of the kind heretofore attempted, in magnitiocnce and completeness. Ten thousands of patriots and freemen who were present returned to their homes tilled with confident hope of the success of tne American party, and determined never to give up until an American victory shall be achieved. Mors Gkoboia Coi.oxmjs and Majors. ?A bill has been introduced into the House >f Representatives, at Mitledgeville, to sus>end militia musters in time of peace, and to nake Sheriffs ear officio Colonels, their Deputes Majors, and Constable Captains. Even f 110 new cbuntiee are createa; this would givo u?, in addition lo our present abundant supply, one hundred and twelve Colonels, and at least thrpt many Majors, and an indef iuite number of Captains every two years.? How many chances would there then be for a roan to eacape a military title who should reach middle age! Plain liieier would, a/ter awhile, become a*title of ram4ietiaction.?Anguita Comtitntionali?t. (SOUTHERN rt?? T?i.vw/THf-ir- n <n ( MJIIVBjJIkM Vf UU^LMilDg Wi N^a ^ 1 Friday Morning, Nov. 80, 18M. i AORNTR. J E> W. CARR, N. W. cor. of W'niuui nnu Thinl-at, 1 Philadelphia, is our Authorized Agent. | W. W. WALKER, Columbia, a C. t At M, PEOEN, Fairviow P. O., Greenville Dist ^ WM, C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. . CAPT, R, Q, ANDERSON, Cedar Falls, Greenville. ^ THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. \Vk havo received this document, but 1 owing to its length wo ore prevented from 11 inserting it until our next issue. 1 The proceedings of the Legislature so far, are uninteresting. We will endeavor to 1 publish something of the doings of that body next week. ANOTHER SOLDIER HAS FALLEN. William M. Goodlktt, Esq., a well ? known citizen of onr place, and one of the few who survived the campaign of tho Pal- ^ mctto Uegintcot in Mexico, dietl in this place v on Tuesday evening Inst, and waa buried at 1 the family burying ground twelve miles 1 above Greenville, on yesterday. Tho Butler Guards attended his remains to their Inst resting place, where they performed tho cor- ^ craonies due to a departed patriot and sol- t dier. t To attompt a sketch of bis career as a sol- ' dier and citizen, would be but to rehearse c ' r that which is familiar to most of our readers- t In the capacity of n citizen, he discharged i the duties which befell him with strictness b and justice, and has carried to the grave the * highest evidences of the esteem and approbation of his fellow-incn. As a soldier the battle-fields of Mexico fully attest his courage F and patriotism. It was during the time of n his connection with the army in Mexico, that he contracted the disease which lias resulted (| so fa'.allv, to most of the returned volunteers. But he survived the field of blood only to rt die in the embraces of his family and friends. V tmi S Correspondence of % ?i)ierpiri^e. w |>ro|iriaiu iiiutsrui iijiuu?ujo uuviai hot vice of the Church wne reed by the Re* . Mr. GABtucuricLL, and the body laid to reet in the church yard of the Presbyterian Church where many of Mr. Bavca'a relatives He buried. During the Aborning the town bell mm tolled, tad erery potable respect paid the memory of the ')eoea?*l. Legislative Assembly? Cold weather? Town J Items?State House Commissiotieers?S. C. College?Miscellaneous. ^ Columbia, S.C., Nor. 27th, 1855. (J W. T. I'uK t, Editor or niK KvrcitrufK. J] Dear Sir:?lJoth branches of the Legis- ^ Uturo assembled at 12 m. on Monday. The jj first day was occupied as usual in organizing, and matlers connected therewith. The message of hi* Excellency Governor Adams n was read to-day, and appropriately referred. You will, however, find such full reports of ^ the Legislative proceedings in the Daily ' 'Times" that wo consider it unnecessary to 0i teeord thein liere. The "Times" lias ein- ai ployed excellent stcrographic reporters, and c< will give in every issue a completo and reli- y able account of tho proceedings of the Son- q ate and liousc of Representatives for each * day. 13 With the Session of the Legislature, what we call "session weather" seems to have come. Monday was a cold, drizzly, day?sloppy and slushy?encuse the Americanism?find 1 such a one as generally is witnessed daring tikis month. John Brycr, Esq., nn old nnd valuable citizen, died on Saturday evening last. Mr. Brick had been a resident of our city for uioro than thirty years, and to him Columbia is in no small degree indebted for her advancement and prosperity. By his untiring industry nnd frugality he acquired n handsome fortune?a Inrge amount of which was annually devoted to works of charity and religion. He had been Iutcndant of Columbia and filled other office*?the duties of which he always performed to the best of his ability nnd to the interests of those he represented. Uis funeral sermon was preached in the Washington street Method* ist Church on Monday morning by the Rev. John Bacjimax, D. D., of Charleston. For one quarter of a century Mr. Brvck has been connected with the M. E. Church in Columbia nnd his death has caused a vacancy in her ranks which cannot be soon filled. A large and attentive number assembled in the Church, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather? to pay the last tribate of respect to such an honorable citizen, and the eloquent sermon of Dr. Bachmax, full on sympathizing And sorrowful hearts. After the sermon the choir of the W. 8. Church, aided by the Presbyterian choir sang the old and solemn tune *WnlsalM to an ap ?. 1 it t-_-i-1 ttalghlhg tbU Session. If to it will be a trii4uiJ? li'V ^? i."j'u >U( u*r. v.r.unu* fT AUlKKf WUUW exposition" of the state llonse troubles has :rented quite a Sensation. We look with ome anxiety and imerest for the report of ho Coromissioneer* to the Legislature. The Annual Commencement of the South Carolina College comes off on Monday, >ec'r 3d. Charlks W. Boru, of Orange>urg carries off the first honor?William L. Prknuolm of Charleston, second?and Da* 'id G. MclsToen, of Chesterfield, first ap>ointinent. The finial examination was atcnded by Rev' Dr. li km thill of Due West College?Professor Edwards of Fur man Jnivereity and RtcuARD Lord, A. M. of Columbia. On Monday night Commcncenent Ball takes place, much to the joy of he belles and beaux to whom especially it i a gala occasion. The Examination of he junior, and sophomoro Classes has been misnea una cue rresnmen nre now pawing lie fiery ordeal. More anon Yours, truly, BAYARD. From the Ashville Spectator. hrganix&tion of the Greenville and French Broad Bail Boad Company. In pursuance of a notice given by the Chairman of the Hoard of Commissioners, a neetihg of the Stockholders of the G. <fc F. i. it. R. Co., was convened in the Court louse, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1855. The meeting was organized by calliug Jas. V. Patlon, Esq, to the chair, and the npliontinent of T. G. Massio as Secretaiy. On motion it was resolved that a commitec of three be appointed to examine the ooks and ascertain what amount of stock tad been subscribed, and also the number >f shares represented at this meeting. Comnittce; Messrs. Rankin, M. Patton, and Baxer. Tbo Committee, after examination of ho books, reported that 4804 shares had >een subscribed, and of that numbor 4200 re re represented by person and proxy, and 15 shares not represented. On motion of J. Roberts, R*q., a Commitv of three, eMtsistinir nfMsunt. Itantin M 'nttoii and J. Roberts, were appointed to oniinnto a President and nine Directors of io Company. 'Hie Committee, after consultation, subfitted the following report: for President, ol. Jno. Baxter, of Henderson, and for Di;cton?, W. S. Mills, J. W. Jetton, N. W. V'oodlin, Daniel Blnke, J. A. Fagg, 13. J. inith, P. W. Roberts, E. Clsiyton, and \V. >. Rankin. The whole number of votes cast ere 464, and the gentlemen nominated, aving received a majority of the votes, were eclarcd duly elected President and Directs of the Company. On motion, a Committee, consisting of lessrs. NT. W. Woodfin, Merrimon, and 'hunn, were appointed t?> frame and report >y-Laws for the adoption of the Company, thereupon a scries of By-Laws were sublitted by the committeo and approved by i ic meeting. The following resolution was offered by f. W. Woodfin, Es'j., and adopted by the teeiing: Resolved, That the Stock holders approve f the contract made by a portion of the lock holders with the Messrs. I'enke, Engiccrs, for a survey of the Mountain Section f the contemplated R. R., and we hereby Jopt it as the contract of the company, needing to the conditions thereof. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. V'alkcr and lVake, Engineers of the G. dt !. R. R., and by Major Mills, of the Union nd Spartanburg Road, and also by Col. i ... i Y \\r \\r?1?_ if? iiiaici nuu -t . at injviiiu, Ou motion the meeting adjourned. J AS. W. l'ATTON, Cli'm. T. C. Massie, (Sre'y. ?he Organisation of the House of Benresentatives.?A Test Question. TI?o next Congress will l?o composed of rhat is termed the hard and soft democrats, lie Know Nothing* or Americans, the whig*, he abolitionists or republicans, and perhaps i few impraticable or vagranta. Its orgnnzatinn will be a lest which will show the Asimilation of the respective members to he two radical extremes of these various >artics. Those extremes are. on the one ide, the strict non-interventionists?those vho look upon tho slavery question as harrig, in fact, been settled by the constitution ?those who advocate popular sovereignty, vho believe that the people directly interesed in slavery are the only proper parties to lecide the question of its existence or nonixistence in the States and in the Territories ?those, in truth, who look upon the agitaion of the subject as a mere trick of trading, rambling politicians. On the other side are he black republican abolitionists, who enter he field as bitter enemies of that institution, is revilem of those who sustain it, and tit ivowcd hostility to all laws and constitions vhose instrumentalities it is perpetuated. They make an issue?they form a party, hey declare war upon the question of Ainercan slavery, with a single purpose of defraying it. They declare it to be "derogaory front the rights of Unman nature; and Kit no human iwiwcr ran anhvart tlwva ights." Tlii* i? the soul of the black remblicnn tongues as announced by Mr. Sewird at Ruffulo. Now it is obvious that within these ex tome* is to be found the other parties. The >rgnnization of the House of Representatives will bring them out. It will be the crucible jo try their metal, the chemical analysis of iheir constituent part*. The Americans, ihe softs and tho wbigs, thus surrounded by the national men in one direction and by the abolitionists in the other, each striving for the mastery, will be compelled to choose between them. The Know Nothings, who st Philadelphia, adhered to tho twelfth Motion, it is clearly understood, will promptly IMf . ? take ground * gainst die iwpu&eWfcaiid it is not easy to see what ground they can take except the one occupied by those who are strictly non-interventionist*. \'t \ We air* the bases in extenso upoii which tho adhesewt* of the twelfth section ^tatena to be guided hi |he organization of the House of Represenfiulfas. It is a ciear aha expiic tt declaration, and coming a* h doe* rrom tlie great body of the claw of Americans who constitute in fact the soul of that party, we see no reason to dqgibt it* adoption by their representatives in Congress and by the national men of all parties. Plan for Organising the House of Representatives?Thirty-fourth Congress. To call a meeting of all members of the American Order who support the resolutions adopted by the National Council at Philadelphia, 13th June, 1655. This meeting shall prescribe obedience to those resolutions as the test of eligibility to any offico or appointment within the power of the House of Representatives. If a sufficient number of national Aroericnns cannot be assembled to effect an organization upon tbo above basis, a conference shall be invited with all members favorable to an organizing upon the basis of maintaining the existing laws upon the subject of slavery as a final and conclusive settlement of that subject. I. Tbat this conference shall refuse to sap port any nominee for any oflice within the appointment of the House, who >ill not take and subscribe lire following declaration of principle and action : 1. 11>Rt he will obey and enforce, when called on to to do, all laws enacted by the Federal and State Governments, as paramount to any other authority within their respective and appropriate jurisdictions. 2. That he will abide by and mnintnin the existing laws upon the subject of slavery as a final and conclusive settlement of that subject in spirit and in substance. S. That he will abstain from and discourage the agitation of the slavery question. 4. That he will confer no subordinate appointment upon Any one who wiil not make and subscribe the foregoing declaration. ii. That the organization thus effected shall be regarded as a patriotic truce for the purpose of preventing legislative anarchy,., for carrying on the government in accordance, with the forms of the constitution, and for the maintenance of the public peace and dignity against sectional agitation. in. That every member who unites in this plan for organization shtill be free to resume his political relations and maintain his Klilical opinions as heretofore ; nor shall he bound to any alliance beyond the act of putting the House of Representatives into legislative motion. iv. That a coinmitteo be appointed to re port a ticket in conformity with the princinles of this nlan of orirani*n?mn nr*u>ntin? the name* of suitable nominees for the vanous offices within the appointment of the IIouso of Representatives. It is fortunate that at ro early a day the various )>olitical interests so recently developed by the peculiar circumstances of our country, are to be compelled to show their hands. This plan, w hich is so obviously in the true i spirit of the constitution?which so well harmonizes with the Union sentiment of the couutry?which drives tho agitators and demagogues into Kansas and Nebraska, if they would effect their purposes, even partially?which'secures non intervention, maintains popular rights, the integrity of the States and the pence of the republic, is sure to meet the cordial support of tho national democrats and whigs. It is the only conceivable basis upon wbich the IIouso can be organized. An Old Editor's Experience. My long experience ns publisher and editor has convinced ine that it is a position of great responsibility ; that it Is impossible to please everybody ; that it is best to conduct it in such a way as to have a conscience void of otfeuco towards God and man ; that industry, economy, preeervance and self-reliance are the surest helpers; that, like womau'? work, it is never done, every hour has its appropriate work ; and that it requires a strong body in order to live long in such treadmill work. Editors should be kind and courteous to each other, avoiding personalities and abuse, treat each other as brethren, and allow others the same right which they claim for themselves. ISvery publication influences thousands of minds, and that influence should be salutary for time and eternity. Tho improvements in printing within seventy years have been great The screw Cress aiiu me siteepskin balls are supersede*! y the power press and the roller; bat type setting is still done by human hands, and editorial* must still be conceived by human head*. May those hands and heads, now usefully and honorably employed, be amply remunerated bv a consciousness of doing good, and a well-filled purse, before old age incapacitate* them for enjoyment,and the public forget their unwearied services; and then inay the "rest" above be the reward of all your toil! Nathaniel Wilus. Know Nothing Demonstration. Wasuinoton. Nov. 23. There was a very large torchlight procession of the Americans here this evening. It was enlivened by bands of music, banners, bearing various devices, and monuments on wheels. The line extended upwards of half a mile. Before reaching the Capitol, four to six hundred Baltimoreans joined the procession. Bonfires blazed in various parts of the citv, and cannons were fired fromdifferent points on the route. A bill has been presented to the Legislature of Tennessee, levying a tax of five dollar* upon every gentleman who weama moustache, and a fine of five dollars upon bachelors 1 over thirty years of age, for the purpose of I raising money to increase the School Fend. I This will prove to be rather a doed shnta 1 '.r.r^TNTr t 1M mmm 19 mnae a monopiy,ana u>e ^rnw to a great extent, go to pay the British holders of l'eraviim Government bonds, giving theni to alf lnt^nUVttri purpotes, atistiupbe the profits of a treasure ffilrihricalf? more vnlurtble than the gold mines of California* There ere deposits of this unsurpassed fertilizer, in some places, to the depth of sixty or seventy feet, And over large extents of surface. The guano fields are generally conceded to be the excrements of aquatic fowls, which live and nestle in great numbers around tie Islands. They see in designed by nature W rescue, at least in part, that untold amount of fertilizing material which every river andf brooklet is rolling into the sea. The waste of alluviat soil*, the floating refuse of the field and forest, and above all, the washed ta*th? rials of great cities, are constantly being carried by the tidal currents out to ?ettw These, to. a certain extent at least, go to nourish, directly or indirectly, submarine vegetable and animal life, which in turn goes to feed tko birds, whose excrements at our dny are> brought away by the ship-load from the Chincha Islands. r The bird is n beautifully arranged chemical luborntory, fitted up to perform a single op< ration, viz: to take the fish as food, burn out the carbon by means of its respiratory functions, and deposit the remainder in the shape of an incomparuble fertilizer, llut how mnrty nges have these dispositions of seventy feet in thickness been accumulating f There are at the present day countless numbers of the birds resting upon the islands at night; but, acoording to Harun Hiiroboldt, the excrv.'menta of the lirds for the apace of three cenfuries, woold not form m stratum over one-tu.'rd of an inch in thickness. By an easy math?^i**Ucal calculation, it will be seen, that at this rale deposllion, it would take aeven thousand iiv* ??B* dred and sixty centuries, or seven hundred sad HAy-six thousand years, to form ?** . deepest gunno bed. Such a calculation entries us back well on towards a former geoloEical period, and proves one, and perhaps otb, of two things?first, that in past ages an infinitely greater number of these bird* hovered over the islands; and secondly, that the material world existed at a period long anterior to its fitness as the abode of man. Tlio length of mntr* existence is infinitesimal, compared with such a cycle of years ; and the facts recorded on every leaf of the matorial universe, ought, if it doos not, to tench us humility. '1 hat a little bird, whese individual existence is as nothing should, in its united action^ produce the means of bringing back to nu active fertility, whole provinces of waste and barren lauds >* ono of a thousand facts to show how comparatively insignificant agencies in the economy of nature, produce momentous results. [LouJou Farmer's Mrtgasinr. A Friohtin a Church axi> stawpjmm or ma Auditors.?The ltocherter JLhmncrat says: Sunday cveing was the occasion of some unusual doings in St. Peter's church, at Rochester. The house was compactly filled with people, seats having been placed in the aisle to accommodate those who could not get into the slips. Just ns the services had commenced a boy in going up tha stairs leading to the gallery broke out a light of glass in a window, tumbled over a bench, and made a good deal of a crash. A norvous old lady in the audience cried out that the houses was falling; another screamed fire; and Oiere was a general rush to gat out of the building. A boy in the galtevv jumped through a window to the ground, and a young woman wan prevented by fosee from throwing herself from the gallery down upon the people in the body of the house.? Throe women fainted and were carried oat. Some of the more excited ran acroee the tope of the pews to reach the door. A great many hats and bonnets were crushed.? ...<r ? t i?.i--? . luwit nuudicu iiuiu uaviug uieir corns iramplcd upon and their ril>s pressed by the crowd. But fortunately no one was serious* ly hurt, and the excitement gave way to amusement when the real cause of the (right and confusion was ascertained to be a* trifling ^ ^ t Hox. Joseph It. Chandler.?The Itibsdelpkia Sun says : Several of onr cotsosperaries have fallen into an old error concerning this gentleman. Referring to a lecture delivered by him before a literary association of Cincinnati on Wednesday evtning last, on the "Disloyalty of the Times," the drifi of which was to show up the crusade against men on account of tlieir religious belief, they say that Mr. Chandler waa proscribed by his constituents on account of his religious belief. This is not so. He failed to receive a re-nommation by the Whig party, after having served three sessions in Congress, because that party believes in the doctrine of rotation in office. Mri Chandler * himself raised the religious question, and accepted an outside nomination in the hope to % enlist the sympathy of bis fellow-cituans, but he made a lamentable failure. When he now attempts to put a false construction upon the acts of his constituents, we cannot but regard his failure to obtain a re-nomination as a roost fortunate circumstance. * ' ?Wn ? i . Pacts for Chapped Lips.?Put fcur ouuccs of olive oil into * bottle with one ounce of alkanet root; stop it up, i*& eitfor some days in the cud, shaking it often until it becomes perfectly bright; Wien strain the oil from the aikauet, add to it one ounce of white wax, and one ounce and a half or dar- , ified mutton coot; let the mixture cinundf a little while over a alow fire. When it to* gioc to cool, mix with it c few drop# of fp/ essential oil. .... -1^.. * l? Mr. A. F. Leonard editor of the Norfolk iotended honor, sed^rt thesiroiliinSip Hist "be wants to gefto Heave? ^ I jg