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When the Icy is put into the bottle, throw in the fat* without measure jythe surplus is easily removed after the ley has "eaten" its share. If the process 65 rightly conducted, the combination will take place and soap will be formed within 1.2 hour 's boiling. Now skim off the super uatent fat soa trred, add to the hot soap, 1-8 or more of its MM' warm water, and stir the mass wall. : ^ .LateIshouicLbeUaketi-to have bothith?-': fat and iey as free as jjossible from earthy -m;-, '.of anthother dirt. If these directions are purs tied, and the ' * precaution observed, soap will "come" in spite of all the^vj^chcs that ever beset - the soap kettle. - * jj . The above process is intended for soft soap, or soap of potash^ If, Hard Soap,?Or soap of soda be required, it is only necessary to add common salt, Hhd" sufficient quantity, to the L. ana n ? nnd to boil the I Iiew IV 1UIIIIVU OV> > y , mass until it becomes hard on cooling : j this may be easily ascertained by taking up a litt!e*of it in a ladle, and setting it in cold water. When *his change takes place, remove .the contents of the kettle froin the fire. It is sometimes necessary for this preparation to stand several days, that the soap may become sufficiently solidified. If after n Inrge quantify of salt is added, there appears- to be no-forma- | tion of hard soap, throw in some strong lev. Plenty of salt, and plenty of ley to decompose it, will ensure success. American Farmer, Incombustible Wood.?Dissolve as mnch potash iii water as it will take u|). Stir into the solution a quantity of flour that will make it of the consistency of J painter's size, and then a quantity of pure , clay to render jt of the consistency of cream. Apply this with the painter's brush. - - ' Lime a\d Salt.?One hundred hush-; els of lime and fifty of salt mixed together, make an excellent manure at the rule of 30 bnshels to the acre. . Lime,?A "-Pennsylvania paper states ( IhatMr. Caldwell of Valley township, ftuised the past season 400 bushels of wheat from a field, from which five years before only 3L0 bushels were obtained. . During these five years he put on 1500 bushels of lime. Dr. Martin's pigs, which he is feeding against a pair of Black Berkskires owned by Mr.-Fanning of Nashville, in a six months match, weighed nt seven months age, Bernice 303. Bertha 285 ; these pigs arc by the Doctor's White Berkshire boar out of a Woburn sow. Onions?Bdieve not every Tale. Inexperienced farmers and gardeners are cautioned not toadoDt every idle theory which they.may happen to see. in print , We recently noticed.9 [recommendation to shift the ground often and to adopt the ' rotation svslum in the cultivation of on-1 ions. Old gardeners well"khow that on-I 1 ions .thrive 'Setter' on laf? which ; has |! ? *U~--r^.- an 011 ../.Otvinn I ' Doruu tiitni-rur ninny, j wuis m 9ubvvw>u<> than on a new patch. This is lh.e case 1 also with buckwheat ami a few other vege- ( tables?these are exceptions to.thegener- . ' al rule. We are. assured that Hemp will ] ' flourish for twenty years in succsssion on 1 the same plat pf ^ground, and that although the land must be made quite rich i ' in the outset it requires no more manuring. * Most. Cult. 1 Fifteen years ago a farm, in western ' New York, of 400 acres, exhausted by ] bad husbandry, was-bought by a Scotch 1 farmer for $40'Uh This, farm has been I so improved by good husbandry, that the ! ' owner was lty>t year offered for it $40, 000. He refused the offer, upon the [ ground that it actually netted him the in- i terest of 900,000. [Newburyporl Her. ( stakmntj cattlk. The Baltimore Farmer gives a sad account of the appearance of cattle in the State of Maryland. He says the loss by 1 starvation in that single Sta'e will not be le?s than two thousand neat cattle and J twice that number of sheep and lambs.; The w inter began so early and has held out so long that all the wheat straw has been consumed. The editor wonders how we can stand 'l in New England. We are much used to long winters. Destruction of Plants. We regret to learn that the green house of Col. Wil. A,.- .I,,. tiflhf Horticultural So. ui:i mv a i uoivivi % vi ?..v ciety, has been partially destroyed by fire, i at Huwlliorne Grove iti Dorchester. The ' Colonel has many rare and valuable plants. 1 some of which have been lately imported, and many have been destroyed by the fire I NATIONAL INSTITUTION. Our44 National Institution for the Frofnotion ot Science" is rapidly "going ahead." At the last meeting, letters were read from various parts of the world promising collections, books, and coimmimraimn*, and announcing such as were already on the way. It is well known that Mr. Secretary Webster, upon his accession to the lie-1 parttnent oliJtate, allowed the liistitu'ion to use the spacious unoccupied apartment and rooms in the basement story of the new Patent Office, where the collection it "ready in the possession of the Institution is now being arranged ; and Mr. Secretary Badger has entrusted to the care ot ihe Institution the extensive and interesting collection of specimens in all branches of Natural Hiniory, lately been received from the Exploring Squadron, in the preparing and arranging of which accomplished naturalists are now engaged. Ani.U>ated ' } aiJ tq?ial zeal for whatever ? > will advance the history and science^of his countryj Mr. Bell, Secretary*at War, a ha#entrusted tuthe Institution the whole interesting collection of Indian Portraits* P1 which has heretofore hung on thfc walls O \ Q| of the War office passage. ' We'under- ^ stand, also that with the Portraits will be sffnt a fine tjoltection of Indian curiosities. Nat. Intel. Jahn Ho/wes, well knmvji throughout n country as a 'distinguished member of Congress, and who has for years f>een conspicuous in a great many other public capacities has lately been lecturing at Portland on temperance. Mr. Holmes is 18 a thorough ? Tee-totallcer," we are told by the Boston Mercantile Journal, an authority in such matters not to he questioned. The Journal says Mr.. Holmes j, goes full length, not only against drinking, jj but eating mtefnperatcly, and sets his a face against beer, cider, opium, alcohol a, and tobacco. la We learri from Col. Moon, that, on ^ L:- '~ in this county ^ IMS wuy iu mo ... - - . _ t ... last week, he, in performance-of.a sacred . duty, called upon the venerable widow of our lamented deceased President Whilst ^ there, he was invited !>v that lady to a ^ consultation with herself and her only c< remaining son as to the ultimate deposi- p, tory of the remains of her distinguished 01 and beloved husband?the Great c< andGood President. It Was determined, tl at this consultatior, to remove the re- tli mains immediately to North Bend, to be deposited upon a beautiful and elevated natural mound, where the monument m ly be seen for several miles up and down w the Ohio river. # * * There, the ^ traveller rif distant nges will be refreshed ti< bv a visit to the tomb of the Warrior, who was?ney&r defeated ; of the Patriot, who b died poor;and of the Statesman, who. from the proud height of President, " fell w like a star struck from its sphere, covered Pr with glory and renowns?Shelby News. h; A Yankee Admiral.-?We see by cc the last Concur J Patriot, that a New Hamp- pc shire hoy by the name of Thomas F. ? Williams, son of a former clergyman in ev [he town of Meredith, has become an ur Admiral, Count Zinzechoff, in the Russian Nav v. It seefns that he was in early tir vouth a clerk in a store at Meredith ap llridge ; being naturally of a generous, >old, and ardent temperament, no sooner ex lad he served out his.time. than he went to sh visit a relative in Portland for the purpose re *** ~ "^,rv ^ nACMj?klo r?f aK. fir Jl SCUIIIJ^ tt sni|ij nuu ki pvooi wi v.?- V1V tainingemploymcnt in one. float length tucceeded ; after one or two voyages he sti was taken dangerously ill at St. Peters. Yi )urg, and upon his recovery through the se lid of the American Consul, obtained a Perth on board of a Russian merchant ha /esse I,as a-privileged seaman. After a j tet prosperous voyage iu theii return home I po "he vessel -nas attacked by a piratical , St corsair; owing to the bravery and skill of an Williams the pirates were beaten off' and he vessel arrived at her destined port in bo uifety.?The Emperor* Alexander hear- wi ng of this brilliant exploit, w as so much cu >leased with the bravery and good conduct ms >f Williams, as to send for him to visit w! lis palace ; the result of the interview lor va.s his appointment assenior Midshipman tio n the Russian Navy. From this he has pn isen to his present rank. He has been er?* narried for some years to a beautiful and : th< iccoinplished Russian lady. I pic Our readers are doubtless familiar with | he history of another Yankee boy?Sir I A! Jharles Coffin, lately an Admiral in the | Jo British Navy. Another " live Yankee" j A: s at present Lord High Chancellor of j Rmriflnr!?iiossossiiiit the power ol a king j pr o n fact, though not in name. ce Nkw-Okleans May 13. Later from Texas.?The steam packet Vew York, Capt. Wright, arrived ycslcrlay from Galveston, bringing dales from 'rt hat city to the 9th instant. 11u The principal item of intelligence hv he his arrival is the total loss of the Finnish tin larque Sarah, with a cargo of cotton, in- iel >ide the bar at Galveston. While being i to lowed out by the New Y ork on the 8th ' (], nst. slie parted tier hawser before reach- I p0 mg the bar, and drifted until she struck. : w. During a heavy storm which came on i j lftcnvards she bilged, and the next day | ^ sunk i.u three fathoms water. She had j ^ 900 bales of cotton on board, bdongingj o Mr. Powers and Mclvinnev and Wil- j iams. The sails and rigging were saved, j The Sarah was described a.s an oid vessel, j WI Several vessels were,much injured dur- ( R ' ng the same storm, among them the , " ' o j jrig Reaper ; and a sloop, name unknown, de va? totally lost. j co The Hon. Ilenry Smith has declined al. teing a candidate for the office of Vice Y? President. Col. J/enard has also with- j of] Irawn his name. j rjj. The oflieers of the Texan navy reccn- ' s'n lly gave a public dinner to the officers of! w. the French frigate Sabhine: It was giv- i , ^ 3n at the Tremont House, Galveston. J ' General Rank has declined becoming j - ? " i* - .i... ii :,i ? i. 1 canniuaiu lor uiu rrcaiuein;v Inannt-I, jver his own signature, published 111 the San Augustine Advertiser. * 8t< An Irishman named John McDon- cn [lid, with marks of violence upon his pe?- tli .on. was found dead in the rear of a ad drinking house at Galveston a few days j co dnce. f wo persons had been arrested | ah an suspicion of murdering him. j ja. Col. Win. G. Cooke, Col. E. Burleson, md jl/essrs. Antonio Navarro and C. j)r Van Ness have been appointed to repre- ! sent the Texan Government to the peopie of Santa Fe, and will accompany the ! j. addition shortly to start for that place. ! . The Hon. Sam. Houston arrived at l'^11 Galveston a few days since in excellent health and spirits. - * 48 The cultivation of wheat has been un dertaken in Trivis coauty'-with'every cr prospect of Success. " ' r yki I The ladies of Galveston recently (held 1 fair for the benefit of th| Orphan Asyim of that place, at which over &300 in i ar fands was received. From a letfer written by our! Houston ^rrespondent dated May B, w? extract i'? following: ^ 44 Congress was to have been called irly in July for the express purpose of iking some action Upon the loan, but 1 ow think it will be delayed Until fufl. [From the N. J". Herald, 15ih inst.] ' LATH AND IMPORTANT FliOM YUCATAN. We have jusi received highly imporint des|mtches from the new Republic f Yucatan, which recently separated oui Mexico, on the same principles that ex as did. r 4 This republic is situated between the ay Honduras and the Gulf of Mexico. : is 000 miles long and 100 wide with population nearly ecjual to rhat of Texs. It will be recollected that the gal mt Commodore Moore ot the lexian lavy, aided them in the establishment of leir independence, for which aid the exian government a doceur of $10,000 i specie. Sincetiat period, the people of Yticatn have established h Constitution on ie most liberal political, religious and [ irrimereial principles. All religions are j rotccled, as in Texas, and the freedom f liie press guaranteed. We have a . jpy of the Constitution at length, but ie annexed decree, issued in pursuance lereoi', contains the spirit and essence of ic whole ;? OFFICIAL. Ahticlb 1*.?The State of Yucatan, ill not enter intoa treaty with any power j iat does not acknewledge her constituonal right.? 1st. To regulate her interior adminisarion. . ( 2d. To adjust religious mat ers in a way hich may appear to her most likely to ornote the happiness and prosperity of :r people. 3d. Not to admit on her territory any immandingofficcr not of her own ap. tinting, or militia, not organised by her nor shall her own militia be ordered, en in small bodies, out of the territory ider anv pretence whatever. 4:h. To determine the amount of du. ?son her imports and exports, and to ipropriate the revenue to her own case. 5th. Not to contribute to the general pauses of the Republic, except her are in tnoney, in equal,) proportion for nl and not fictitious demands, for a na>nal wants. Cih Not to allow the general adminisation of the Republic, to oblige the jcotans to turn cut, or in any way to j rve in the navy or arm/. 7th. To submit to laws only after they ve been freely discussed and promulgaI bva national Congress, composed of puinrlv elected representation; each ate. Province, or Department, having i equal representation. Article 2.?Notwithstanding the ave, the State of Yucatan shall concur ih her respective representative, to dis- I ss, in any constitutionll assembly that j ly be established, the ne.v compact | rich is to govern the Republic; but so igas she does not accept the Constituin that may be adopted, she shall, as at esent. continue separate from the genII government, without any regard to 3 persons composing it, or to the princiis they mav proclaim. A/kbida. March 21, 1841. NDRES IBARRA DE LEON, Prcs't. sk Maria Celarain, i 0 c, > Secretaries. viwes Maria oauee, $ In the Constitution, the freedom of the ess is guaruntod. There is to be no nsorship. H E A R ~HOTifiDES. Fir in the YVashing'on Globe. Great alacrity of the Webster Adminis .i *? .* I l. ft ion in complying mit/i trie uruisn ucinds.?Ifcur Washington Ministers had en accessories in the Caroline affair, ey cf?'ild not have shown greater an.xly to get a comrade out, than they do get McLcod out of the scrape. When is trial was: about to come on at Lockrt, Mr. Attorney General Crittenden is despatched to interpose in his beIf. li .seems that a triple plot was ! l:i) laid to open tiie way for his escape, te is shown in the Legislative attempt authorize Governor Seward's Attorney moral to enter a nolle prosequi. This is found upon experiment to be rather hazardous business, as it was likely, for j irg popularity along the Canadian borr; and forthwith we see the second ntrivance to deliver him without a tri, lie is brought to the city of New irk under hibcas corpus, to see if a come f cannot be found in a plea to the juidiction, or some other pretence in tne ape of a point of law. Governor Seird's Attorney General, and his District torney, (both as anxious to let him go Seward is to keep the Virginia negro?aler,) are to argue in behalf of the ate; andlo! Mr. Webster himself, in2ud of Mr. Crittenden, has found it nvenient to goto New York, just in e nick of time, to give the judges the Ivantagcs of his legal lore and private unsels. If the judges shculd not be le with those aids to make a loop in the w sufficiently large to enable McLcod escape without making so great a euoil that all the world must see through - ? -1 - :. i men inc iniru piuu is iu uu at of making a reconnaissance round e State on a change of venue, to find a ry to acquit him. "Change, change," Mr. Webster's countersign?and there no old lawyer who toes not understand e advantage of a change of venue in imiual cases, where the neighborhood ior/"the circumstances of 'the case too wfell to b > cheated4>y the misrepresents. *ions of attorneys. . 4^ From the reply of the*New York Courier & Enquirer. Mr. Crittenden was not despatched to interpose in McLeod's behalf; but merely to ascertain the true state of the case, aft . it appeared on proof at the trial. The Legislative attempt to authorize the Wew York Attorney General to enter a ft offe proserin was made by Mr. Hoffman and Mr. (FSallivan, two of the stauncbest loco focos in the State, and! was opposed by all the Whr^s-in the Legisjaturc. It wa* made too, as an amendme.nl to the resolution of a Whig, intraMiced for an adverse purpose, and was coUd down by the Whigs. * ; The Habeas Corpus by which McLeod has been brought to this city is a judicial prerogative writ, issuldbVfho" Supreme Court, with which GoVetnorSeward and the Administration, State aufl National, have no more to do than they had with the Hatli Scheriff deposing* Mehcmel Ali in Egypt. "Governor SewaH's Attorney ("2f?nprr>I" nnrf thr> Sfafps' Attomov for the county of iViagara are bol^'bere for the purpose of opposing the motion for j the discharge ofMcLeod, and we venture ; to say will oppose it with all the learning, all the earnestness, and all the eloquence for which they are distinguished. If a change of venue is granted it will only he done for good cause by a Court whose i members are not the politicalfriends of the 1 Government, The paltry remark about i Mr. Webster is unworthy of notice. That j gentleman is not here and not likely to , he here during the pending of the appli. cation for the discharge. father and son. In the Senate of this State are two gentlemen of the name of Plumb, who hold the relation to one another of father and j son. We do not recollect to have heard of a similar circumstance in any other Legislative body.?Hartford Courant. Emmet's Last Moments.?One day, previous to the trial, as the Governor was j going his rounds, he entered Emmet's : room rather obruptly; and observing a remarkable expression in his countenance he apologized for the interruption He had a fork affixed to his little deal table, J and appended to it there was a tress of j hair. "You see," said he to the keeper, I how innocently 1 am employed. This, little tress has long been dear to me, and | I am plaiting it to wear on the day of j my execution." On the day of the fata! e- j; vent there was found sketched by his own hand with a pen and ink, upon that very i tahle, a a admirable likeness of himself,1 the head severed from the body which! lay near it, surrounded by the scaffold, j the axe, anc all the frightful paraphernolia of a high treason execusion. What a strange union of tenderness, enthusiasms and fortitude did not the above traits exhibit ! His fortitude, indeed, never forsook him. On the night previous to j his death, he slept soundly as ever ; and when the fatal morning dawned, he arose, knelt down and prayed, ordered some milk which he drank, wrote two letters ?one to his brother in America, and the other to the Secretary of State, enclosing it?and then desired the sheriff* to he 1 informed that he was ready. When) they cnmc into his room he said that he had two request to make?one that his arms might he left as loosly as possible,' which was humanely and instantly acce-1 . ded. "I make the other." said he, "not 1 under any idea that it can be granted, hut , that it inav he held in remembrance thai I * ! have made it ; It is that I may be permitted to die in mv uniform,"* This of course could not be granted; and the request 1 seemed to have no other object than to show that he gloried in the cause in which . ho was to sullcr. A remarkable example ,' of*his power over himself and others oc-1 cured at this melancholy moment Ho j1 was passing out, attended by the sheriff, ' and preceeded by the executioner?in ! 1 one of the passages stood the turnkey, j < who was personally assigned to him du- j. ring his confinement; this poor fellow j loved him :n his heart, and the tears were i streaming from his eyes in torrents.? Emmet paused for a moment; his hands ! were riot at liberty?he kissed his check 1 ?and the man who had lieen an inmate i of a dungeon, habituated to the scenes of horror and hardened against their opera, tion, fell sencelcss at his feet. Before his eyes had opened again upon the world, i those of the youthful sufferer had closed , forever- j * Th? color of the rebels uniform was green. i D 1 New Mail Arrangements.?We under- i stand (says National Inteligencer, of Mon- , day) that the Postmaster General has ef- ( fected an arrangement with the Phihulel pliia and Baltimore Rail Road Company ' to transport the Great Eastern Mail 1 agreeable to the schedules of the last spring I and summer, so that it will leav Philadel- j phia for Baltimore about mid-night, or upon its arrival from New York, arrive in Baltimore about 8 o'clock, A. M. and in this city in the train of cars which arrives 1 about 11 o'clock A. M., and thence do- I part for the South at noon on the same|. day. The arrangements is to go into j operations this day. Unfortunate Accident.?We yes- < terday (says the Mobile Advertiser, ot { 14th inst.) noticed an entire failure of the | Eastern mad on the dav preceding. The following letter, received yesterday, has i I handed us by ihe f^oet Master flf this citv, which explain! the cause. j Post Office Montgo*ehy;Ala. ) May 11th, 1841. $ J. TP. Townsend, Esq.?Sir: I regret to inform you4h$jt ail t|ie mails sent out from this office fast night for Mribile, were lost rt) Ca torn a Creek four miles from this plaC*^ The stnge driver, in attempting to j ford thaj rapid streern, instead of crossing over the* bridge, soon found himself in ntki/ik it nmo swkiij1111ii^ vvanuif iiuiu iviiivii it | with great difficulty he. could extricate himselfond team. A pAssenggr named George A Logan was washed out of the box with the mail and drowned. Diligent search was made to-day for the mails and passenger, with no success beyond the recovery of two small newspaper ^!>ags.? Another attempt will be made to-morrow, when it is thought the water will be sufficiently low to admit a more thorough and successful! examination. Ilespectrully yours, N. BLUE, P. M. CQERAW GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, May 26. ^ It is, perhaps, proper to remark that Dr. MacLeajt, the Editor of this paper, is absent on professional business, and will continue absent for several weeks to come. The paper will, in consequence, be under the temporary charge of another person. This1 fact will account to subscribers for the deficiences, they will ohserve, in the editorial matter, and the unskilfulness in the selections, particularly of Agricultural articles. ? the daguerreotype. Our readers are, doubtless, ail acquaint, cd with the name, and, perhaps, with the purposes of this exquisite invention ?but they are. not probably aware that our worthy and enterprising townsman, Mr. Joseph Hervey, has procured one, and is now successfully engaged in conducting its beautiful operations. We have seen several likenesses taken by Mr. H. in this way, which are quite equal to those taken in New York and Charleston that have come under our notice. The resemblance of the picture obtained by this means to the original is necessarily perfeet, The eve of the artist cannot be deceived, nor can his hand betray its trust, consulting your vanity at the expense of truth. He is but the minister of Nature, and only adjusts the plate upon which she, with unerring pencil, traces each part and feature in its own form and rtsjust proportions. Those minutiae which distinguish faces that in their general lineaments most nearly resemble eacft other are here portrayed with surprising precis:? t\.~ ?1? iuii. l lie uiuie, me pi l, uiv; wit unit:, me honorable scur yea even the careless fold in your collar, and ihe beautiful handiwork, upon the ladies' lace, are all preserved. And this is just what any one wants with a likeness,?to be a faithful memorial, to distant or surviving friends, of the person and the habits. For we know that even deformities are beauties in the eyes of those who love us.?as Horace teaches in his exquisite satire. (3. sat. 1 Book. Mr. Hcrrry deserves great credit for his enterprize, and we confidently anticipate for him a bountiful reward. The cost of a likeness taken, in this manner is so very small (beingonly five or six dollars for likeness and frame), as not to be worthy of consideration in comparison with the gratification. We learn that the Court of Appeals, at its late session in Columbia, determined that the municipal authorities of incorporated Towns, have the power to prevent, ry adequate penalties, hogs, whether be longing to citizens of the town or residents of the neighborhood, from ronming it large through the streets. These animals are so numerous as to be quite a nuisauce in this place, and we think, public sentiment would sustain our Council in alfieient measures for the abatement of the nuisance. THE NATIONAL FAST. We gather from the exchange papers, 1 received from different and distant sections if the country, pleasing evidence that* j n accordance with Executive recommendation, Friday, the 14th instant, was very generally observed Jwith appropriate religious services. It was the solemn svent in its National aspect, about which there can be no difference of opinion, and not the character of the man, about which there are honest disagreements, to which the President, in a manner so very gratifying, directed the attention of the people. The spectacle of eighteen millions of j ' ' 1 ' .t l? CI Irec men. uoing nomage 10 meir oniy ooyereign; of a great and powerful nation' humbling themselves under the hand, and it the throne of God, is one of moral sublimity. IIow many, among the vast multitude, there were, who worshipped in the spirit of the day ; who heartily acknowledged the righteous dominion of the Being before whom they bowed; who wept in their secret chambers over the transgres sions of the people, and the abominations of the land: who, with humble faith in the only fourwfetion of hope, sincerely de- * * precated the continuance of the heavy judgments under which the land groans, and the execution of those heavier, that are threatened^?He alone knows, who ! penetrates all disguises. The result will declare whether the scenes cf the da? evinced, that the design of His sewsre chastisements had been a?co:npftshed, i.V and, that those chastisements coold be removed consistently with His wise and Holy purposes. ."?* IfjVeuld seem t|iat no one familiar wttfc * the newspapers efluld resist the conviction, that, within a few years poet, crimes have multiplied' with a fearful rapidity, and have assumed a deeper dye, among us. Vice makes extraordinary requisitions on human, ingenuity, and weans & bolder front than formerly, defying the law and mfijung a league with poblie ' opihion. Human life, with its tremendous issues, is the sjx>rt ef human passion or sentiment?security from per&nat injury, is orffy to be purchased hy submission to the unreasonable and lawless demands of the mob; forgery, embezzlement and fraud have grown so audacious, as to stagger and stupify the public senses?and truth lies bleeding in the streets. Covetousness has placed its iron clamps on the I a ..1/va/wl nn II #Ko /Ml llofa tfrm HCttri I1IIU V.IU3VU up Ull tuv VUIIVIV v< IW sympathy, and intemperance, with its spe^ cious promises of a sweet oblivion of our distress, diiFitsos its poison from every a corner and every cross road. How long will it be before, our want of public fiuth ? will become pe/verbial?and the Ameri- * can States shall become the Carthage among modern nations? And if insulted justice invokes the interposition of its ministers, they are found faithless ;S4or if the violatod law speaks its thunder, the people themselves, wifh an unwise, and wicked . and suicidal sensibility, muzzle it. These facts, for they are facts, with a multitude of similar ones evince the propriety and necessity, of a resort to Him, in whose hands are the hearts of the peoplef and who can turn them whithersoever He will. A change in the character of the people in these respects, will be the most decisive evidence, that the National Fast was properly observed. The Honorable Chas. F. Mitchell the forger has been brought to the city of New York by officer Buwyer and lodged in Centre 9treet Prison. ! Ex-President Van Biren arrived at Kinderhook on Saturday fortnight and remains in that'villagc until he takes possession of his residance, the mansion of the late Judge Van Ness in that neighborhood. National Institution for the promotion of Science.?We observe, with siucere satisfaction, that this Institution established a few years since at the seat of the Federal Government is attracting* the attention and securing the lavor of our most eminent and influential citizens a in all parts of the country. We antici- t ' pate the most beneficial results from it, i in the developeniout of the.abundant and I valuable resources of this goodly land? anc. in the elevation of the literary chari acler of the Nation. It is in the power ! of almost every citizen to aid in producing these results by contributing to its Cabinet, specimens in the various depart' ments of natural science. 1 i ? ? r J A SOCIETY, consisting ?u mgiujr (members was formed at Darlington C. H. j on 2nd instant. None was formed, nor was even a meeting on the subject ob| tained on the loth in Clieraw, in complij ance with the request of the District Coin| in it tec. At the recent Term of the Court at Charlottesville, Va. the case of the Com. | monwealth vs. Semmes charged with the | murder of Professor Davis of the University of Virginia?was continued in conj sequence of the severe indisposition of the accused. He was arraigned (being brought into Court on a chair or litter ? for that purpose,) and pleaded 'not guilty" j to the indictment. An application to admit to bail, on the ground of apprehended danger to his life, from confinement in his present condition, was, after the exhibition of testimony, the argument of counsel, and due deliberation by the Court, overruled, the Court suggestingan appeal to the General Court, which will convene in June, if tl;e prisoner's counsel should think the decision erroneous. CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. Indiana ?The* delegation in the liast Congress from this State, stood Demo, crats 5, Whigs 2. The result of the recent election for members of the next; Congress, is Whigs 6; Democrat 1. Tne-. entire delegation would have been friend-. |y to the present administration, had noL the Whig vote in one District been divi-, ded. .. | Mvssaciiusetji.?Chwlea Hudson,. linH Kppn Ia-AII iho VO/tfl n/?v tf .rvfV?. w*ww?w%* ww a??r ?nv ?uv?* ?'V^ occasioned by the resignation of Hon.. Levi Lincoln.- . North Carolina.?The result of th* election held in this State on Thursdays . 4