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Picayune. | DRIFTWOOD JOHNSON. j A very strange occurrence took place s vne years since in the flmristn^ citv of Cincinnati, and is yet fresh in the 'nind*.of many residents there, not !>y any means as ?.* ?hl 9?<*tho oldest inhabitant," who knows ; all things. ]t is still of a cold winter's j nijjlit ar nnul a cheerful fireside to many a wondering youngster, and the mora! instill ed into their young minds with greater force B frout tlio circumdance of its "lining as true Hp as gospel." The !i"r ? of the talc was an H old man named Johnson, who had lived from a b?y in this place, and followed a cnrioiis trade for a livelihood. Early and late MR he was seen down t?y the river's side collect* j II ing driftwood, and toiled at it so incessantly, day after d ty an I year after year, that it at last became whisp treu'abotit that Drill wood Johnson was making money; he had invest* mmf cri his little earnings well and had realized Hi large sums l>\' fortuna'c speculations; but he HH still clung to his o.d business. He was mean ^^1. in dress and very saving?cl! the money lie ever spent, except for the merest weessafsaries of life, being for tlfc education of a _most lovely daughter, for l|ie old mail had a wife and child. At la-t Driftwood bought a very largo brick house, 01! built one; and i much to the surprise of every bodv, furnish- i oil it elegantly an I brought his daughter home from school to he the belle of his mansion. It was a good way out of town, but lie said the city would gr^w to it so it has. There was always something mysterious about the old man's fa-piY; and his wife, . who p as a very amiabloAvoman, carc-worn anxious look no one cniVI acco int for. The - ?.f ilm rlnurrlitm* I beauty and acompiismuei"* ...? 5 soon brought her plenty (if lovers, who sijih cd and pined for It r hni'd; but tlie favored I of alt was a young stierm.itifs el rk, conncc* ted with one of the ui ?1 ll urislt n? estnbH lishipents in Cincinnati, and s on t > begome I a partner. His suit pntperod. and he hoped B to piake the (fattghtrn of old Driftwood his wife. He used to tfink it a very odd cir B cuuistanee that during all his evening visits HH which were far fruif being "few and far between," he never <v>u!d meet the old man, and all his inquiries mer hi n failed to elicit H aiiy satisfactory rejli'-s, bit knowing that fl the old man was whit is gene, a'lv termed 4an odi] fish," he iever troubled himself much about the maicr. H[ I On returning hope to his store late one ^B night, after a visit to his lady love, he was horrified upon owning the do.?r at finding fl the mangled and Weeding corpse of a man. a flht stranger. He halapparently fallen from the second or third st?rv through the hatchway. and been killed almost instantly. The Bp watch were ca'Id in and the poor wretch was taken to the fcatchdiou.se, an I a physician sent for to s?e the body. Ho had bami B. dead fcr hours,and t!i re was nothing left fl bat to endeavo to find out who the man B was, and hold m impiest over his body. There was notice or sign ab nit liiin that m coul I possibly lad to a recognition?no paper, no inark on bis cloths, and a bunch of fl skcletion keys, > box of matches and a small da>*k lantern w/f e all that lie had about him so the inquest vas held the next morning B V $ verdict in acjordance with the facts render ed, and the bay buried. The next ivening, upon visiting, his intended, t he lo.er found the family uneasy a fl the continuedab-cnce of old Driftwood, bu B lie persuader' them that he had been sud H denly called away on busines, and wouh V goon return. A Ivertiseinents were put it ^Bk the papers, lit no cluc to him could be ob BF tainted, and p?ple at last believed that hi had been gurdered or carried d nvn tin fl Mississippi rhile gathering driftwood ant drowned. Irthis house there were a nuin Bg ber of roomswhich had always been lockei ||L and the key^of which old Driftwood ha< always kept,;nd when it became necessar to settle his a'airs these rooms were force! I opened and fund to contain goods to a la.-g amount of t sorts and descriptions: si[j? gatins, broacl >ths, linens, sliawls, watcf ^ jewelry, ai| in short all sorts ofgondii* | ^ valuables ojevery description?J ( H been stolenh Cincinnati fr;ea^' The s'j I ces, at vai>us ti^ifl^00(1 ha(J fljp ^ ; J cict was oi^^p^ lo ^jj g00(js through t j ( [ ^P^y^untry, sent thcin down in fl ^ *8tt? points on the Mississippi belo and all of them he had himse, ' nncto** .... 1;?o a|oIen ^ {iS va:(te<U>y aoj aw??i|/i.v?, r un n was found by the clerk a bleedi. < ^as old Driftwood Johnson, la ( ??^llvever, convinced that the daughl ertyjW man was innocent and unawai' Hat? ^a,'lcr ^,a ' P,,rsuc(' f?r years a sy Jburfjlary and theiving, married ha x^i is now a mother, surrounded by V r 1 numerous family. Trulli is stranger than I fiction. __ CHEESE VS. CANNON SHOT. The greatest ammunition that \vc have heani of lately was used by the celebrated Commodore (Joe, of the Montevidean navy, who, in an engagement with Admiral Brown of the Buenos Ayrean service, fired every shot in his lockers. "What shall we do, sir?" asked his first lieutenant, we've not a single shot aboard? round, grape canister, and double headed arc all gone." "Powder, gone, eh?" asked Coc. SNo, sir; go! lots of that yet." "We had a darned hard cheese?a round Dutch one for desert at dinner to-day, do you remember it?" said uoe. . "I ought to; I broke the carving knife in trying to cut, it sir." "Arc there any more aboard?" "About two dozen. Wc took 'em from a (Troger." "Will they go into the 18 pounders?" ?'Kv thunder. Commodore, that's thejdea. Try em,' cried the first left." And in a few minutes, the fire of the old Santa Marin, (Cue's ship) which had ceased entirely, was rc-opercd, and Admiral Brown found more shot flying over his head. Directly one of them struck his main mast, and as it lid so, shattered arid flew in every di reel ion. "What in the devil is that which the enemy is firing?" asked Brown, hut nobody could tell. Directly another one came in through j port. a:.d killed two men who were stair j ing by near him; and then striking the opj | site bulwarks, burst into flinders. "By Jove, this is too much; this is s(flu new tangled puxian or other; 1 don't |ik*y'n j at ail," cried Brown, an I then as four olive: more of them came slap through his saif he , gave the order to fill away, and acidly , backed out of the fight, receiving a j' bng 1 1 ' 1 . t- | hron.isiue m (juicii ciiit-sus. I his is an aet: ai fact; our inform?1 was ' lie first lieutenant of Coo's ship. Moral Courage.?The folio"1? remarks are from House's Sketch for the j Younff, a work just published, chaining a j vast (mid of information, and abotding with moral reflections. The audio'*3 fjmte a young man; and iiis work ought'*',p hands of evt rv young person it^lC laud. Never lie afr.ud to do right,pause some I ody will laugh at you. Ncvf do wrong because that same body wil^p'aod you. j Never he ashamed of an old If?*' if is well ; brushed, and the best you havc"r ?f an "Id coat, if to get another, you if* S" '"debt l?>r it to the tailor. I):g potatoes, hoc corn, nv rails, carry mortar, do any thing that useful, rather ; than b<; indolent; and do. skulk lu-hind s kmc tree, or creep into a h'-1"01' foar some simpleton will see your pair' breeches and laugh at you. Let peop'e understand,,(l plainly, that your body an I vour mind'c your own.? If they cannot stoop to f'r> you can. II tffty have no brants, y Lave, or at any 1 rate, are Irving to get s"-'? j You will, now and',<'n? Lave persons J come to the door or t|/!?'indow, to peep at 1 -Let them peep and ! y<?u, as yciu pass ai'?u?.? J bo satisfied. You wils "ften, have to pass 1 the corners of strut 'be fronts of'shops' I and certain other resf places and he stared | at bv a ?rotip of ver/1 youths and tatierj dciiialious, congreg^" there for the special i 1 purpose of crack ii</'v(JS? and insulting deI coney. Pass on, t '"'M up v?>ur head, and lei the poor If buzz Their day will soon be gone. You will somojtcs lie called a blind bigot, Ibr dofciidiiigfuw principles which you have throughlvAamm,:''* ai,(l which v *ti know to be Weil, to be called a bigot is hard;/ be called a blind bigot ; one who rani and will not see, is still harder. Nev<#>uid it, however. Try to keep your ten'-' a!l(' "lay he you will live j II prove the f/s "I* their assertions. Ki nlred tt/'r!,l coo rage, cultivate presence of mind "'her words, acquire a readmess t<> tiiri/r?,,,,(l ' he occasions for speak j ing and acti Aim at self-command and , if caught * predicament of ativ kind '' make I he ^ OI '* 1 Wl" .>w,, "" ; lustration J I 41 am ?7 10 (''nc w'l'i Villars, to-day/' said a G i" ?di::er in the French army, to r: a comrar Marshall Villars, who was passim* l/1 P'a'n hearing, mildly replied. 40 i actr my ra"k? a"d not on account ofinv iV you should have said Mr. Vill lars/' r Gascon, little thinking his gener( al wai^Kar? replied unabashed, 'Well-aduv rf'h' sa.vs Mr. Cassar,and I there j j (ore tfehl it would be improper to say Mr. 1' Villa / ??? (EOLATION TO TIIE AGED. Despond not'vc,,crablc ones, when your earthly j j ,aiiai4;s, stripped of their glory, totter 'loally fall under the weight of years. ^ on a sum ner night, the (lowers were j filing in the dewy moonlight, each one ' rr.od with silvery pearls; but as the mornj j approached, tiiev l)ccainc dull, the pearls ?t their brilliancy, for the moon had waned - id set, and nought but cold tears remainid on the flowers. Lo! soon the sun came forth, and the flowers grew bright again, ?ut instead of pearls, jewels flashed forth rom them, and beautified the fresh rnornng. Ui)on vou too. vc old men, a Sun * " " ' : C u? diall soon arise ana irarisnuuru youi uuJiinrned dew diops.?Jean Paul. The grand jury of Washington I). C. have within the last few days, found true bills to [ho following effect: United Stales vs. G. Tochman.for sending a challenge to fight a Jucl; United States vs. same for libel upon J. U. Bradley, Esq; United States vs. same for posting and publishing J. H. i radley, Esq. as a coward, &c.; and the United Stales vs. Captain Sehautnburg, for bearing u challenge.?Alex. Gazette. | REVENUES, RESOURCES AND POPULATION OF MEXICO. If the American Government is to hold military occupation of Mexico, and draw upon the resources and revenues of the Republic fjrlhc maintenance of us troops, the reader will naturally ask in what the wen th of the country consists. What is the amount of its revenues? and how far will th v go towards defraying the expenses of the occupation? J We cannot answer these questions with | the precision rpd exactness we desire. It is -1 very dilfitulljfo get at any unrig iiku sumstics' rhat niif be relied upon, in llie archives of the Government. Our late Minister, Mr. Thompson complains of this and Mr. Brantz Mayer, A-crelary of Legation, though haviiiir accc-s to the best sources of information, could i ?t obtain the information, he desired. Mr. Thompson sets down the annual exporl?of Mexico, from the best attainable dats at about twenty millions, of which ain,snl more than eighten millions consists of 4hc I'l'ocious metals, the products of the itnsuocs nut iiicniTfo-^? ulihri.ws of/'ukloinhousc officers. A duly of six per ci^is, (or was in 1842?the tariff howeveV?is continually changing, levied upon all g/d or silver exported, and the revenue from l|s source amounts to between tour and six fillions: in a recent article wc stated it at ^ur, but in some years it considerably exceeds that sum. The remaining two miltons of exports, that make up the total of twenty millions, consist of hides, cochineal, and a few other articles. Whether there is any duty upon these, we arc not advised? probably not however. In addition to the revenue from the mines, the reader need not to be told that the direct taxes are ve-v onerous "i'hts splcuciici palaces, roaches, and rich citizens?the eggs, ice, coal and pulque, brought through the gates of the city, by the Indians from the mountains, and others from the environs, all pay a heavy lax into the city treasury, lteuts are, in consequence, very high, and almost every article consumed costs the consumer Irom twenty-five to fifty per cent, more than its real value. Then there is the tobacco monopoly?the cultivation of this weed being prohibited in every district except Oriziba and Cordova, and in those districts it is allowed to a very limited extent only: the annual revenue from this source is ab nit half a million of dollar^ In addition to tlfs, a considerable revenue is derived frotn imposts on internal commerce; that is, upon articles passing from one department to another provided their bulk, as put up at the places of exportation, has been broken. Silver is the principle article taxed in this way, and the revenue from this source has leached four-and-a-half millions. There is, also, a per ccntngc on the products of the mines, and coinage, which goes to the suppoit of the Government: it is estimated at about a million of dollars. The manufacturers of gunpowder, also pay a heavy duty, and the keepers of cockp ts and the venders of lottery-tickets contribute their share to swell the revenues. The receipts at the Customhouses on the seaboard amount to six or srven millions?though the sum va ,i.? /.I,-,r.irinrr in .fT; and nrob nun \? mi iiiu u*v-? i , , ably the Customhouses in Ihe interior bring in ;is much more. Mr. Thompson gives ihe following as an approximation to a correct estimate of the ri,\cnurt: Cm torn house, 8<?.o00 000 It terior (Commerce 5.500,000 Direct Taxation 3,000,(100 Per rentage on produce ol Mines 1,000,(10(1 Profits of Mints 500,000 Tobaero Monopoly 5()()l000 Lotteries, Powder Manufacture, etc. 50(I.U(MI Tolls, and other sources 500,0(10 Total 810,000.000 The taxes levied by the different States or Departments amount to about $1,000009 more. The population of Mexico is about 7,000000?of which between 4 and 5,000.000 are pure-blooded Indians. 1,000,000 whites of European descent, and the balance of a mixed biced. As the reader lias seen, they arc onerously taxed, and in but too many instances their money has gone into the pockets of aspiring chieftains and Government officers. The army alone is an immense charge upon the Government, and, of course, upon the people. The number of s ddiers on the pay list, within a few years, has been between thirty and forty thousand ?(there are between two and three hundred generals, every commander of a regiment having that title,) and the expense of maintaining them has in some years gone up as high as S1G,500,000.? This is enorm >us, and it is not surprising that Mexico has a national debt of over 8100,000,000! The interest on this would ' r>ncninr> tiif> dnilv earnings of half the po pulalion. The civil list, also, is a great tax ?much larger than in the United Slates, with three tunes the population. The priesthood, loo, is magnificently paid?the taxes upon the people being estimated at $*.2,000000. The salary of the Arc bishop <if Mexico lias been as high as SI30,000, and that of the Bishops 8100.000. But enough in the present article. In another we may have something to say in regard to the productions and resources of the country, which arc to pay these enormous charges and taxes upon the people. Tito reader, from the few data we have given, will be able to form some corroct idea of the sources of payment, when the country is entirely in possession of the American Government. An Experiment with a Cotton Factory.?A cotton factory, built at Utica. in this State, commenced the manufacture or goons in the latter part of March, and was put ii operation in April. The year is not there, fore complete until next March, but the di rectors of the company have already declar ed a dividend of ten percent. The inanu facture of cotton goods can need no highci protection after such an experiment. N. Y. Eve. Post. I HANGING UP THE SIOCKim*. Major Jones of the W stern ( ontinent savs, in reference to the good old custom foi ! chil ren of hanging up the stocking on Christ | inas ?vo: j "But ther's more hangin up of stockins ir j this world than goes by the name. Oldci j peoplfc who laugh at the children's intiocenl suf erstition, don't forgit to hang up thei stockins, though they don't always go it bed with as q net, trusting harts nor as clear hands and laces?and of course don't always git iher stockins as well tilled. The Politician hangs up bis stockins foi Buncornb, and waits to see'em swell wit It nonularitv. Titer's four or five pair ol | stockins hung up now for tl?e next PresidenI cy, sum bran new ones and sum that's been j darn'd lip for the occasion before; and there'll be more old stockins hungup this winter at i Washington, than would hold all the offices [ of the government for half a century to cum, I'd jest like to be old Uncle Sam instead o| of old Santa Claus for a little while,?sum of 'em would find empty stockins, 1,11 he u"'>nd. The Isiwycr and the Dncter hangs up thcr stockins when they stick up tlier shingles. Sometimes thoy's a long time gcttin 'em full j of clients and patients, but if they do succeed they're very apt to keep up \\\e practice. The Merchant hangs up his stockins over his doo;, and sum times you'll see 'cm hangin in the winder and all around the door. So if they don't always git fortin muffin'em it ain't because they don't have a fair sliowin iri the world. Editors hang tip titer stockins, and if any people deserves to have 'em well filled it's them. lit, pore fellers, most of 'cm is no strangers to hope deferred. Tlicy no what it is to give their lives to a labor of love, and arc contented to see the stockins of others filled willi the good things of this world, though their own swings empty in the chill winds of adversity." - A young ladv, endowed with the most delicate nerves, mentioned one evening, to a few friends assembled in her drawing room that she had horror of the rose. 'The perfume ol this (lower,'said she, 'gives me the vertigo.' The conversation was interrupted bv the visit of a fairlriend, who was going to a ball, and wore a rose bud in her head dress. Our fair heroine turned pale directly, tossed her arms and fell gracefully in a syncope upon the ottoman. 'What a strange nervous susceptibility! 'What a delicate and impressible organization!' cried the spectators. 'For heaven's sake, madam, go away! Don't you see that you have caused this spasm?' '1?' replied the astonishished lady. 'Yes, of course, it is the perfume of the rose bud in your bair.'?'Really, if it is so, 1 will sacrifice the guilty flower? but judge bjfore your sentence. The flower detached from the head dress, was passed from hand to hand among the spectators | but their solicitude soon gave way to a different emotion. The fatal lose bud wis an i artificial one.?Black woo-/. Mormon Faxytacism.? We mentioned i the other day that a gentleman of Boston had j obtained a divorce from his wife in consc, q|iiRn(:c of her becoming a Mormon. The I New England Puritan, in alluding to this case ' says: An estimable gentleman of this city, Mr. Cobb, lately obtained a divorce from his wife as she had deserted him to become the "spiritual wile of a Mormon." Site was a woman of high endowments, accomplishments : even, who had reared an interesting family I ol'e'i Idren. a <I whose only failing was. that ! she had allowed herself to be captivated by j the ridiculous phantasies of the Mormon prophet. I The expedition with which Ilogs are ! slaughtered and dressed at the packing esj tabhshment in Cincinnati may be inferred from the fact that 1/208 hogs, averaging .208 1-2 pounds, were killed and dressed ' one day last week at Clearwater's Pork; house bv only thirty-two bands. At the | same house 169 hogs were slaughtered in i forty-live minutes by the same number of hands. The Legislature of Ohio is about to take mnneiirca fill* i he relief < if such citizens of j tl.at Stale as have been rendered indigent I by the destructive flood in the Ohio and its ! tributaries. Facts for the People.?A man's temperature is generally about 98 Fahrenheit, A scientific IViend observes, that to increase his temperature, all that is necessary is to pull his nose. The Eastern Texas Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Soutli I was in session at San Augustine, Texas, on : tlu: 11 th ult. t ishop Capers presiding. A good man? a real Christian? scldorr sees a defect in his neighbor. A pure lake refle-ts a beautiful sky, the clouds ami the overhanging trees, but when it is riled it re fleets nothing that is pure. A bad man?: real scoundrel?seldom sees a good trait ii % . # ; the character of his neighbor. An unper ! feet glass reflects nothing correctly, bu ! shows its own deficiency. A perfect mirroi reflects nothing but bright and pure images The quantity of merchandise transporter 1 over the Boston and Worcester Railroad du ring the year ending on the 39th of Novem her last, amounted to 284,000 tons, whicl 5 exceeds an average of GOO tons a day. , Short Prayers ?Elder Knapp says i . Peter's supplication to tUo Saviour to sav< him from drowning, when he attempted t< " walk upon the water, had been as long a 'r the introduction to many modern prayers he would have been fifty feel under icatc before he got through. or 1VHI H'W A "*o """ ? Lines wrilton on hearing of the death of Lieut Col. r Dickinson, of the Palmetto Regiment, by a Carolina lady: On ChurubuscoV bloody field I Many n gallant life was soiilcd, And onwurd rushing in llio fight Was many a gallant spirit bright. Dut foremost in I ho battle, see! j Carolina's valiant cliivulry, ! That bund in all their mutliul piide, Doth danger, wounds and death deride, They on by cheiflinn bold are led? Lo! he lies silent with the dead, I But, see! Carolina's other son f The bruvc chivalrous Dickinson, How daringly he leads Ihoin on! ! For, 'mong them who help the foe to quell, Sure thickest here the death shafts fell; For dauntless spirits lie around, In heaps upon the gory ground, And of this band so bold and trne, Few lived lo see the battle through. But those, who led those brave one's on To glorious deeds, so early won, Tiiutllptiunl II) the buttle roar, Proudly aloft the banner bore Around that noble brow of thine: Tho brightest laurel wreaths should Irvine. And was that gallant soul, so brave! From wounds received that fatal day, Doomed on a bed of pain to lay; Whilst far off the Cahhdh.s roar Chafes thy ardent spirit so? Furjlo the strife thou longest logo! B l nc'or another thou cnn'r.1 see? Ah! death has closed that bright career. And sad Pulmmclto's banner waves, Iii silent folds ahovo thy grave. But on the record bock of fame, There ne'er can be a brighter name; Embalmed thy glorious deeds shall be, Ever to live in memory. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 6th, 1847. ^ _____ THE PRINTER'S SOLILOQUY. 'Tis strange, 'Tis most prodigious strange, That our subscribers are so careless grown In paying their arrears! They cannot think That wo ulone, who publish to tko world News from all nations and delight to spread Useful instruction through our spacious land, Can meanwhile live on air! 'Tis flesh and blood That works tho press, and turns the blacken'd sheet, Well stored and ready for their eager eye, This flesh and blood must be reciUitcd oft. As well as theirs, or elso the press must slop. This calls for cash! And then how many reams Of paper aro struck and scattered wioo, For which no length of credit will bo given? If given at all,?besides the type and ink, And many things required by those who print. For which our money must bo answerable. O that our roadcrs would consider this! And wiii c they laughingly look our papers o'er, And gather information from its columns,? 'Do I owe for one, two, three or four Years past, the printer whu suppl.es me with This sheet?' And old that they would only add, '1 will go, even now, and pay him!' So should wo Well pleased receive?and with light heart pursue Our useful toils?while conscience would applaud Their conduct, and give relish to the zest We may prepare. Come then good friends, and soon. GEN. TAYLOR. The following letter from Gen. Taylor is in answer to a letter tendering him the nom nation for the Presidency, made at a Tailor State Convention held at Harrisburg, on the anniversaryofthe battle of .Monterey: Headquarters Army of Occupation, Brazos Island, Texas, Nov. '25, 1847. Dear Sir: I take great pleasure inarknowl. edging the receipt of your favor of'the 9th October, enclosing to me a copy of the proceedings of the Democratic Taylor State Convention, which assembled at Flatrisburg, Pennsylvania. The resolutions of the meeting have given me great pleasure and satisfaction, as the expression of high respect and consideration from the people of Pennsylvania; and I embrace the earliest moment to ncknowl dge iny warm appreviation of the h?gh honor thus bestowed upon nie Ijy their nomination of me for the Predency. To yourself, I would not fail to express my thankfulness for the very cmi teous and acceptable manner in which you I ave conveyed to me the proceedings of the convention. I remain, dear sir, with high respect, your most obedient servant, Z. Taylor. Major General II. S. Army. Upon this letter the New York Tribune (Whig) his the following remaiks: "It should lie distinctly understood that the nomination lieie accepted was that of a Loco Foco Convention; the resolutions which have given General Tttylor "great pleasure and sat1 vsfaction" were the resolutions of that convention. II. A. Muhlenberg, its President, is a son of the late Loco Foco M. G. and candidate for Governor of that name. We do not believe ho or his associates ever intended to support Gen Taylor for President. Their object is to ' wet liim into a position where the Whigs can. ? i. i _. .i i not support tnm, nnu iuhi we presume iuey nave aided to accomplish." The New York Express, another Whig JourI nal, alter quoting the letter says: I "In this letter, there is not a word hut what any and every Whig should ntter in reply to n courteous nomination; hut when the fact is i known that Mr. Muhlenberg, the President of > the so-called Stale Convention, (of which we , never heard much, by the way,) is a son of the distinguished and well known Democrat, Mr. I Muhlenberg. ex-Miniiter to Russia nnd long a j leading member of Congress, the suspicion is extended, among the Whigs that all is not right ( somewhere. Locofbroisrn heie, as well as in Pennsylvania, undoiibted'y has made an effort 1 to put Gen. Tnylor in a position where the Whigs cannot nominate mm wttn nonor?aiier which, they will, as a mutter oi course, throw * liiin aside as worthless game. The American Bible Society, though now printing about 70,000 copies of Bibles and Testaments a month, 140,000 a year, is still not ablo to supply tho constantly increasing dcmand for the Word ol God. B A brother Ediror Rtates that he estimates the > happiness of a newly.married couple by the size g of the wedding cake which they send him. ' A bill incorporating the East Tennessee r and Virginia Rail Road Company has passed the Senate of Tennessee. k whether there vas much more excitement in the vicinity of Vera Cruz or Cerro Go?Jotaring the recent context, than there wasyeatefday in the neighborhood of Mevrs. Waring St Co/a Menagerie in Walnut-ct., owing to th? celebrated elephant, Columbus, throwing nis keener in the air. The keeper, Wm. Kelly of New York, whose acquaintance with Co? lunibtis wax only xhort, was employed after 1 o'clock in paring his feet and preparing him for exhibition in the afternoon, when the *ni. mal becoming restive. Kelly left bim and pro* nurnA a fnrtl U-iltl ivtiiph tr? rhaafixfl him! bat the Rapacious animal seeing him returning with the weapon, screachcd, and instantly sailed with his extended trunk and threw him twice into the air. and then left him, foaming with rape. He in.stuntly knockddown the cages in in which were a hyena and a wolf, both of which escaped and ran several times round the ring before they were captured and secured. It was a fearful time, for all the anisnals, from the King of the Forest down to the most insignificant reptile, were struck with consternation, and each gave vent, in its own peculiar man* ner, to the dread that pervaded it. This noble elephant, seeing Mr. Waring and his men.taking measures to secure bin), rushed toward them, and they escaped op the seats for the audience, followed by him, but the flooring and seats gave way under bis ponder* ous weipht. Mr. Driesbach, Mr. Waring. anil others then obtained .1 cable, rrhirh "Ttgjjffecnrt n i -1 in the centre of the ring, and succeed x noosing him by the legs; they then retreated ' toward the southerly corner of the menagrie, where the animal followed them. Mugging to elude him, they, after great effort, amfstrik* ing him very severely with pitchforks, got Iran 4 manacles on his letrg. At length ther got kim into the middle of the ring, where we fast saw him at half past five. He was then apparently humbled, having bled profusely and RlffeKV considerably. He tore up and broke all the seats in the ring that came within his reach wiih as much ease as if they had been merely pipe stem*. . Kelly had, it was rumored, his right MpaiHi thigh dreadfully fractured. His leg, it wag said was amputated. During these exciting ^ scenes the Mayor, accompanied by a numbef ' of the police, made his appearance. Twoeixpounders were placed, one in front and thgotb* er at the back of the menagerie, with a vievr to shoot the animan should he attempt. to maker bis exit at either point.?Philad. Inquirer. Hoos ix Ohio.?The Cincinnati Gazette' furnishes, from the Auditor of the State, a complete?exhibit of the number of hogs assessed itt Ohio in the years 1846 and 1847. The assessment embraces all the bogs which were sijc months old on the 1st of June, and, although it does not comprise all, yet nearly (lie number, probably, which are s1aughtere<Tlklrtflg^ftfr,-,',?-^ year. The number of hogs assessed in 1846,. was 1,405,094, valued at $2,238,876. The number of hogs assessed in 1847 was 1,740,- 083, valued at $3,154,530. Showing an Increase this year over last of 334,889 hogs in thff Slate and a difference in the assessed valuation of $915,654. There has been an increase in every county throughout the State, Champaign ?"?! T AVMAnl?il and "dn tkara tfies lift. tlllU JU>IU iciiLO (TAt.r|fir?it hiiu iii iuvw ii?w ?fv* crensc is very small. The largest increase n in the counties ot Brown, Clinton, Drake Delft*, ware, Fayette, Franklin, Highland, Pickaway, Preble and Ross. In the latter the excess tbia ? i year is 23,483 hogs. f ^ = ? We learn from the Yazoo Whig that a fatal accident occurred at the plantation of Col. J.J. B. White, in Issaquena county, (Miss.) on ^tha 1st. instant. The Whig says: 4,The circumstances,, as near as we can learn, are these: Col. White and Mr. A. Horns, by were practising at a mark with a revolving pistol, and after having, as they both thought, discharged their pi?tols sir limes, Col. W. reimaiked to Mr. H. that if he was about (oaltack him, ho would do thus, and at the saoftiT time levelled his pistol and snapped it, wkf n ft went, off, the bail entering the a bdofheCof Mr. Hr which caused his death the same "ff mm An English Decision on a Vexed Qpf.s. tion ?i he Court of Queen's Bench, all the Judges agreeing, has declared that to marry the sister of a deceased wife is in violation of the law of England, such marriage haring been prohibited by two stututes passed in the retg?. ^ of Henry the Eighth. The decision was pro. ** nounced i hp case of one Chadwick, whose wife, Harriet FNher, having died he married her sister Anne; hut being advised that this marriage was illegal, after*ard disregarded it and married another. Anne Fisher being slilf living. For this third marriage, he was indict, ed on the charge of bigamy, and convicted; but the conviction is now set aside, the Court hold' ingthat his second marriage, with Anne Fisher, ..... ? oil was liu uiai ? iii *? # Mr. Wintiirop.?That Mr. Winthrop would! tail the South on the Slavery question, whenever the issue was presented to hint, we hare never ourselves, for a moment doubted; but that he should find Southern men and Southern presses ready to apologize for his treachery',gloss over his fault*, we hardly expected. It is matter of surprise to us, that those who but recently prolaimed that the country was upon ? the eve of ruin and revolution, and on question* which involved mere difference* of political opinion?questions which the weapon of sti& frage is at all times fully adequate to decide-** should have no word of rebuke now for thos? who have trifled with our rights, through long years of patient intercession, and who are not*1 moving heaven and earth to cap the climax of indignity, by the grossest insult which was ever offered to a sovereign people, namely, the causeless violation of a solemn international compact. Rut it is discovered that a becoming re? < llintn nmrrneainn* midht M'Aalrnn (Ka !>iftiaui? ?bb. ~~?t> ...? great Whig partv; and therefore it ought ?ol to he undertaken. Party, according to the ethics of some Journals, is of mora value than even our rights, or our honor even.- Let the Whigs and Abolitionist of the North tread on you, and spit on yon, and bear it all with meek* noss and humility, if it will interfere at all with the machinery of party to repel the insult,? Such, at least, are the precepts to be inferred from some of their remarks.?Macon Telegraph. The Norwick News thinktfhe maiden state is an intolerablo state; and we are of opinion that nuch a one ought not to be permitted ist in tho United States , V - y