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?t)c tScunbcn 3ouvual. runr.isnEi) liv ,. TIIO. J. WARREN & C. A. TRICE, KDIT'illS A\l? iNtoPKlKTOKS. TERA S. For the t?eini Wo. kI)-, Three Dollars 'ind Fifty Cents if p.iiil in udvanco. or Four Dollars if p lyrncut is tie 1 iyed ilir c uionlhs. For llio Weekly, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents in advance, or Tliree Dollars after the expiration of three monihs. LBITKR3 TO THB NORTH. MTMItKR 5. To the Editors of the Charleston Mercury: Gentlemen: I desire it to be Iwrne in mind, .thai I a:ii not a slaveholder, and have no into rest in the Smith only as a stran?er anil liavpilcr : that my object in these loiters is noilhor to ndvooate slavery, or defend the inslitu ?;-. I.>0 i.i norinte (nets as J find them. In abstract, I used lo regard slavery as an evil, though never to the negro; ami I now have some doubts whether it is an evil in any sense i?fihn word, [t is regarded as an evil, because the slave Stales have not filled up with prni grants ami fl.?iiri?hed as rapid'v as the .Northwestern fiee Stales, f>ut I am constrained i< I ; believe that ' land monopoly," as i is termed ajid the ruinous system of agriculture that has prevailed, together with the poverty ? f much o! the soil, Ims ha I m ?e lo do with producing a sparse population, and worn out fields, than slavery; that is, that the same results would i have followed the same system of owning large trarts of land, and cultivating but small portions of that in some exhausting staple crop, il it had been done I?>* hired labor. It is charged that slavery corrupts the morals of the whites. Upon this point it is certain that if the white population of the South are no better than they should be, they are no worse than their neighl.r>r?. Ami I must say that the proportion of j crime is much less here than at the North.? What, thrn, are the evils ol the institution ? An evil must l)?? an injury to some one. An injury must hurt or make some one unhappy, and f very great, it will perforce make the alllicted one vmry miserable. isolated eases may he P?un<l where all this happened. And so it has happened ?n the matrimonial slate. But no more in one than in the other has it proved a great rurse to the human family. The first slaves ever landed in America were twenty in number, from a Dutch man-of-war, in Jam'-s River, in 1620. For a long time after this, they were an article of traffic in all the Colonies. No douht they were sometimes cruelly treated in early times, but a very different feeling now exists between master and slave. In more than half the cases the pres. ent owners have grown up with the negroes, i . C. 1 and have licon nursed t?y mem in loiuucy mm sickness, and an attachment has grown tip with them for one another as strong its exists hp. tween*the members of a New England family. It is not in the nature of things fiir masters thus reared to lie cruel to their people, or for those people not to entertain feelings of strong attachment to such masters. Would it not be well to inquire why the negro race has always been subjected to the con. dition of slaves by the whites, for such is the fiict. Long before European ships visited the African coast the Arabic caravans bought the negroes of I heir negro enslavers and sold them to the whites; and it we believe tho Bible we must believe the traffic was sanctioned of God. It is an undeniable truth that they arc and ever have been a nation ot savages, unaffected by ^surrounding civilization, and that they never have been civilized or Christianiz .-d except in a state of subjection to while masters. Has Africa ever produced a npgro hero, or sage, or man of science ? Not one. Because a few of the negroes among us do occasionally exhibit bright intellectual quail - i i I_J ties, many good ptiiianinropisis nave uci-n ieu to believe I hat the whole race might be elevated to the same standard, and have come blindly to the opinion that the first great necessary step to bring ubont this wonderful result, will be to declare them free, and insist that they are equal to the white race. Are these good but erring men aware, that there is almost as much difference between the different tribes of the negro race as there is between the blacks and whites? For instance, the Jolofs seem to be almost a distinct race of negroes, and have been a comparaiively civilized people from the era of their first discovery by the Portuguese. " Those of (tuber and Hausa, where a considerable decree of civilization has long existed, arc perhaps, the finest race of negroes in Aliica, unless the Jolols are such, and should be excepted." By slaveholders the Coromantes are esteem ed the mo?t intelligent and most capable of being taught; making trusty and good drivers to urge on those of a more sluggish nature, but very impatient and turbulent at being driven themselves. These negroes arc of a dingy copper color ; their lips and high cheek bones, like, the North American Indians. Some of them will lay down and die, rather than yield to be driven to work by the whip. In their native land they are never kept as slaves, on account of their sttlkine?s. The next in the scale of value, or perhaps they are equal, are the Cotigos. They are tall, straight, bright copper-colored, smooth skin. small rougn nanus, anu mane gm/u mechanics; in that respect, like the Chinese. They Rr<} from tin* southern coast of West Afri. ca, between south latitude 4 and 15 dog.; a district of country that contains (he kingdoms of Loango, Congo, Angola, Matambo. and Bengnela, which was discovered by the Portuguese, in 1481, ever since which they have made slaves and converts of the inhabitants, the greater portion of whom, notwithstanding their contact with the numerous Portuguese settlements in their country, nnd the strenuous efforts of the missionaries for morn than three centuries, still remain sunk in the grossest barbarism and idolatry, going almost naked, living like beasts, and worshipping, if worship it can be called, the sun, moon, stars, and hideous heasiR and reptiles. Much of the country, back from the coast, is desert and inhabited by elephants, leopards, monkeys, monstrous serpents and terrible crocodiles. This country is sometimes called Lower Cuinea, and was formerly a great slave mart for Christians engaged in the IrulfiJ, and IS tllC j oast from which tin* great trade of the present day is still carried on?sometimes by citizens of the Uni ed Stat PS. It is Irom this country, that abominable, noi sv, domestic fowl, known as the (Guinea hen, was brought. It is a country so infested with venomous serpents, some of which are. more than thirty feet in length, and reptiles and insects, that it is unlit for the residence of human being9. The negroes from that coast, when brought here, and left in a stale of slavery, are not found sighing to return to th *ir own native land. We are sometimes wont to complain of the little ant in this country, while in Guinea th<y exist in such quantities that they drive the inhabitants f.otn their huts, and have been known to destroy the c ireass of an ox in one night, and olten would destroy the debilitated sick if not gua deJ against. The Kboes and Mongnllas are jet black, medium height, chuckle headed, thick lips, hearty eaters, inclined to grow fat, seldom possessing any mechanical skill, though generally tractable and patient, lazy slaves, needing to be driven to work, and unlike the Corornantcs. only to lie kept at it by driving. 'I'liey are capable of gtcat endurance under a burning sua. The Ashanlecs, who inhabit an interior por lion ol the North of Africa, have ever been the most powerful and warlike tribe ot negroes on that continent. They have frequently defied ihe scientific and destructive means of European warfare, and during the prevalence ol the uncontrolled slave trade, were the principal inMrumeu s to supply the hordes of slaves that were shipped from the upppr Guinea coast. It was through the agency of this tribe that Spain derived her supplies to fill the celebrated Assiento Contracts she made with Portugal, France ami r.ngianc, io supply meir .-tmericaii cuiumc: with negro slaves. liut ikjivviiii.itntiding their power and warlike disposition, many of them suffered the same late they were so anxious to inflict upon their weaker neighbors,?their Christian allies nev. er hesitating to purchase whatever was offered with a black skin, without inquiring whether he was friend or foe. The Ashantces, K??tjlis, Sulemas and Oahomans, are similar in lending characteristics as slaves to the Kboea and Mongolia*. - -- -C ?? Ihero are aiso some irmus 01 .-imcm m.- | groes ilmt arc so low in the scale of civilization it a' they are rejected us worthless, even by the West India planter, where they are not even required to learn the art of anything more scientific than digging up the ground with a hoe, to prepare it for the crop of sugar-cane ; for thus thousands of acres are prepared where the use of a p'o v is unknown. These beings (I can hardly call them hu. man) in their native country, live in the wild jungles, without fire, without clothing ol any kind, and without habitations, and upon such food as nature provides for thein without labor. They are about four feet high, the head strongly resembling in shape that of the ourang-outang, ' t ..! ,L.. I...J., unci having a prolusion ui uair uu me uuuj auu i limbs. 1 was lately told by an intelligent gentleman, that he knew three o! them on one plantation in the West Indies, who never could be learned to perforin any labor, and their whole employment was catching rats ; which they did in their own way, and the strongest incitement to which was the fact that they were allowed the privi. lege of living most luxuriantly upon all they caught?actually rejecting their regular allowance nl good bread and meat for the more palatable dish of roasted rats. So much for taste. Another instance was related to me by a ve ry k'n I-hcnrted friend of mine, now resiutng in I linois, of an attempt which he made some years ago jn Florida, to tame one of these wild n 'groes, by treating and feeding him with g-eat care and kindness; but before he had lairly accomplished the task, his ward escaped his care and was not seen again for several ' weeks, when he was found naked as in his native wilds, basking in the broiling sun upon the burning sandy beach, where he had been holding a feast upon the stinking carcass of a porpoise that had drifted up in a storm. So much again for taste. Can such beings be civilized?christianized ?rationalized? [s it sinning against the light of knowledge and truth that illuminates the nineteenth century, to compel such beings to bo clothed, and fed, and instructed, and to per. form tiscf it labor, in civilized society? I remain a friend to my country, ' SOLON ROLINSON. SALT OF Washington'S FAKE WELL AD. dress.?As will have been seen by llie Congressional proceedings in yesterday's Sun, Mr. Clay's resolution for the purchase by Congress, if it can be obtained at a reasonable price, of the original manuscript of Washington's Farewell Address, has passed the Senate. This ever to be venerated document is to be sold among the effects of the late David C. Claypoole, by M. Thomas & Sons, on Tuesday, February 12, at the Philadelphia Exchange. No one has even questioned the authenticity ol this document. Indeed, says the Philadelphia IJulletin, it bears on every line, unimpeachablo evidences of the work of the Father of his coun? try. We see that the sale is advertised in the ' 1. ? #? %*! thorn twill iirrilmlilv lu> liiil JJUNUWII anu uiwiu ?? dors from Kngland at iho sale ; as such a relic would be a rare prize for the British Muse um or any similar institution. VVe trust, how. ever, that it may never be taken abroad.?Baltimore Sun, Abolition Emissaries.?It appears from a publication in the last Ashehornugh (N. C.) Herald, that an Abolition e uissary, under the guise of the True Wesleyan Church, has been 'covertly and insidiously instilling the doctrines of Abolitionism and amalgamation" into the community of Franklinsrille, Randolph county, and that this emissary has "received countenance, encouragement und support in the village of Franklinsville." The manufacturing company, among whose hands wo presume this emissary has been operating, has passed resolutions disavowing all connection and sympathy with him, and denouncing him and his conduct in the severest terms. St. Louis.?Tho whole number of buildings erected in the burnt district at St. Louis, up to the present time, is 159, at an aggrcate cost of: ?057.800. * Ilosini, the great music master is now a dealer in figs at IJolognu. 7 ' i i i .1 in, CAMDEN, S. C. Friday Evening, February 1, 1850. SOUTHERN CONVENTION. As delegates to represent the Congressional District, composed of Sumter, Ricliland, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Kershaw, at the convention to be held at Nashville on the first of June next, at the request of many friends, we r' spectfully suggest the names of Col. J. Chesnut, Jr., of this District, and the lion. J. L. Manning, of Clarendon, Sumter District. The interests of these gentlemen are deeply identified with those of the South, and believing as we do that for ability to serve in that distinguished a d responsible position they are ein nently qualified, we submit their names to the consideration of tiic Congressional District convention to he held on llic first of May. THE CALIFORNIA MESSAGE. The second great message of President Taylor | has been for some days before the people. It was called out by certain resolutions calling on the President fo.- the instructions given relalive to the forming of State Governments in the newly acquired territories. It is to he remembered lhat T. iiutlcr King, a prominent candidate for some high diplomatic post, received (as it would have been bad no secret power and instructions been given him) the meagre office of a deputy to the Territories. This he would not have received, vim fool vorv siiro. bad not snnc secret confidential "v ,ww' - J trust have been reposed. Whatever this might have been, if any, the President has studiously concealed. Every fact has been repressed but those which were forced out?except one?a reiteration from his former hapjiy production, viz: insisting on the introduction of California as a State with its present constitution. From Secretary Ciayt. n's letter, and other documents, it is a certain conclusion tiat the adopted constitution of California is the work of the Cabinet, having used T. Butler King as their tool. But admitting that it originated entirely with the present population of California, and is a correct expression of their sentiments, should it be admitted as a State with *' ~ %% -*4 ?1 1 1 ??vrt fn?A fliinrrc in me rroviso auacneu : i ucir ?uo ... almost every human act to l?e considered : its constitutionality and its expediency. First, as to its constitutionality, the Constitution says that wlier? a Territory has 60,000 inhabitants it may apply for admission as a State, and may be admitted as a Stale, with a constitution of its own, with this restriction among others, that that constitution shall contain nothing to impair the rights of any other State. Space will only allow us to ask if the admission of California into the Union, with its present constitution, would not impair the rights of all the Southern Slates? Further, our Constitution as it now stands, is made up of compromises. The Missouri Compromise, the foundation stone of Southern degradation, has been religiously observed by the South, and even he whose departed shade will rise to curse the South if she wakes not to defend her rights, signed the Oregon Bill with the VVilmot Proviso attached through a regard for ii...? fIc-a Tint lino tlio Nnrlli rpirardod it? Iliai V,UillJMUIIII?V. ..?w ..... -0 Without at all recognizing the line within which honor would bind her, she would pass the Wilmot Proviso over every foot of acquired Territory, and has thus, we contend, relieved the South from any obligations further to observe that compromise. Let the action of the Soutli be then to cast aside all compromises but those which aro written with the sword, or that give to the South all she could ask or wish. As to its expediency. This is by ro means the I.r/% nuA.tAiihr M a enrrft/?f flrtifin. nnfl I luant tiic^iivu vr ? ?? *.w.-.., ..... . many a tiling though it may be lawful, is not c.vpc- ! ilient. But this measure, we contend, is alike unconstitutional and inexpedient. It is not expedient [ as to justice; for he who has read the history of i the war by which we gained the territory in dis- j pute, can but feel his spirit burn at the recital of j the glorious deeds of those very men that the North I woulu now exclude from any participation in its i profits. They would deprive us of our slaves, and j push upon us the degraded population of their own j States?lliey would line our streets wuu uv^gam, | and call it expediency to institute in plate of the j high-toned chivalry of the South, the picayune sensation that invades the North. Can if be expedient to urge upon Congress any act which must result in the dissolution ol the Union ??theglori- j ous Union that has been watched as an experiment ; by foreign powers, who would gladly see the stars j which so beautifully deck our floating banner fade, ' and prove to the world that a Republic cannot stand! Mr. S. T. Cokley, of Kentucky, has been sueccssfully engaged in taking Daguerreotype likeiiesses_.it the Odd Fellows' Hall, in our town, for nearly two months, and has " struck oft*" many of our citizens. Mr. C. is a young man of agreeable | manners, and his demeanor among us entitles iiim ; . I to patronage and support. His well assorted sup- > ply of cases and lockets, of every sort and size, can- | not fail to suit the taste of the most fastidious.? Some of liis pictures would well compare with those of Dagucrrcotypists of more experience and reputation. Mr. C. has gone to Darlington for a few weeks, after which our citizens will again enjoy the opportunity of having their likenesses taken. *v HP The Charleston Evening News of Wednesday has information by Telegraph, that Mr. Clay j l<n,l intrrwtiirail a Korioe of Resolutions in the Se natc, importing the admission of California into the Union without the slavery restriction clause ; territorial governments in New Mexico and Deserct without restriction as to slavery, and the as?umption of the debt of Texas on condition of her relinquishing to the United States the territory in New Mexico. Alabama.?A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives, of Alabama, by General Walkkk, the Speaker, making provision for the appointment of delegates to attend a Southern Convention. We rejoice at this, and give a hearty concutrcnce. Editorial Gleanings. Tun Denton (i\Id.) Journal again complains of a great scnieily of laborers in tl ai region of country. Constant employment ami good wages arc offered, Tiie riiil.idelpliia Dodger, alluding to our 3000 juvenile thieves, sivs : ?"Here is a slate of infamy which will keep the Slate prison supplied for ycurs. The dopredations upon property coiiiiuitud by these destitute and uncarcd for culprits, will cost more than the es. lablifihmnnt of a Reform School, where they might all be trained to habits of industry and usefulness." During the year 1849, the number of steamboats built nt Pittsburg was fifty one. During the period elapsed since 1840, six iron steamboats for lake and ocean navigation, and one for the coal trade have also ucen uuiji, i wo 01 mo fix v ere unuuu omao w?r steamer*?tho Michigan and the Alleghany, and ihs others wore revenue cutters. Fresh.?Our rivers arc up from the recent heavy rains ut on unprecedented stage for a period so early j in tho season. The Alabama is within ten feet of its highest point and the Tallapoosa also av near its stage. The fresh has been very extensive, nnd especially destructive, we learn in North Alabama and Georgiasweeping away bridges, mill d ims. &.c, to a large amount in value.?Montgomery (Ala.) Journal. O" The VVilmnt Proviso resolutions, it is slated, will not papa the Pennsylvania Legislature, the Hon- ! Jarncs Buchanan, arrived at Washington from Harrisburg, being the benrer of this intelligence. (CF Tho whole amount deposited in 14 months at tho mints at Pliladclphia and New Oilcans w #: $7 091 GOG. The deposits, taking the above as a guide, are estimated to reach, during the present year, ?10,000,000. A Virginia Mother.?A correspondent of the Whoc ling Tunes gives that paper a suucmeni or n icinaic in that vicinity, who, at the ngc of 18, married n widower, the father of nineteen children?at his death ho left her the mother of five ninro. She afterwards married another widower having eleven children; at his death ho left her the mother of two morn, and the dav she Iiccnmc49 yea is old, she married another widower having eight children, so that at 49 wo find Iter mother and step mother of forty five children, aomc of whom arc grand fathers and grand-mothers ! Invnn?vrc i* tup Mavufactumng DisTittcrs.?The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle for the manufacturing districts, on entering a house in Leeds found three children alone. The following conversation ensued :?I asked them if they ever went to school ? "Never."-"Can you tell your letters " A inure stolid stare of ignorance.?"How old are you." I asked tho eldest girl. "Don't know."?Do you know what is the Queen's namu7" "No." "Where were you born? I "Don't know" (The relieving officer said he believcd all tho family were Irish.) ' Did you ever hear of a place called Ireland?" "No." Or a place called Englnnd?" "No" "Or a place called Yorksh're7*<| "No."?"Do you know tho name of this town?" After | a pause the question was answered. The eldest girl did know that who lived in Leeds: and this knowledge with the exception of matters belonging to the daily routine of existence, seeimd pos lively to be the only pioce of informal ion In the possession of the family. Liverpool Chronicle. From our Charleston Correspondent. January, *28,?1R50. I have before me the news brought l?y the J Niagra. Sbo brings the intelligence that there J was an advance.in the price ol Cotton in the j Liverpool market. This has caused buyers here to feel more at ease, and created ijniu* an J active demand in the market to d iy. I'iiee? I were stifti and a la-go number of bales changed i hands, at Iroin 12 to 13r. Thero was a 1 4 ' of a cent advance on the prices, prior to the arrival of the Niagara. I shall not not transmit tlm balance ol ihe news by the Niagara, I have no doubt but you will get it by Telegraph, before this readies you. The weather for the pa?t wed; has been un | usually warm for the season, indeed we have a j strange climate, subject to every vicissitude.? ' Our market thin winter has been filled with j almost every vegetable. The Theatrical i Corps, which I spoke of in my last are hpre ! and doing their best to good houses. The ex- [ pectations of every one have been realized. \ It is a good company and worthy of being ' patronized. Mr. Soul, Miss Carpenter and ( Raymond are stars snre enough. It is quite a i treat at this time to visit the Theatre. The Cirrus is still here and prospering before j a good house. Quite as many visit the Circus I .... nr. ? ill i ?I as me I npftirc. *? C Will iihto mixuiri circus here Rohhinsou iISIdred's, which I have no doubt is a good one from the many recom mendalions it has received from the public. DASH. Tax ox Wines.?The French Assembly, last year, passed a hill to abolish all taxes on liquors after the first of January 1850. The present Assembly has just repealed that bill by a vote of 418 to 245. The repeal was strong, ly opposed by the Party of the Mountain and by many members from the Southern Provinces. M flnillftidet. writ ins? to the Courrier des Etats Unis on (his subject, snys: "I have c os<;ly observed tho sentiment ol the masses in Paris for several weeks; and i declare that this observation has inspired me with the most profound disquietude for the future. The irritation is great among the laboring classes, and if the Departments of the South should, as it is feared they will, give the signal for resistance, France will yet have many sad days to pass." The same authority says that President Bonaparte hesitated long before giving the law his sanction, and only yielded at last from abso. Into necessity. The money was indispensable to the public wants. New Jersey?The M'ilmot Proviso and the Union.?Resolutions were introluced in'o the New Jersey Legislature, on the 15th inst., expro6sivo of the attachment of that State to the federal Union, and deprecating any action in Congress or elsewhere which may tend to endanger its perpetuity. That while they are opposed to extension of slavery, and desire all the constitutional power of Congress exerted to restrict it to its present limits, no doubtful pow. er should be assumed for any purpose, however . ,i.? HMtkoa of fhn rlnminnnt nnrlv. consumiiu iu iiic ?? w j .,. .j, and instructing (heir representatives and Senators in Congress to vote upon all questions ofa sectional character .consistent with the rigid construction of the Constitution, and in such manner as will tend to allay any geographical animosities which may exist. By Magnetic Telegraph, Reported Exprewdy for the Journal. CIJ A R LESTON MARK ET. Charleston, Fc!>. 1, 1850. Market yeslcrdav dull. Prices depressed. Sales eight hundred hales at fiom 12 to 12 3-4 Week's sales 7000. Receipts eleven thousand Nothing this morning yet. Correspondence of the Charleston Evening News* Washington, Jan, 25, 1850. Neither branch of Congress is in region to. day, the House having adjourned until Monday, in order to afford an onnortunilv to the S anding Committees to mature the business lielo.e them. This, however, will be of little avail, so long as the Southern members shall adhere to their determination to arrest all business until the settlement of the Territorial questions. Many anti-slavery Northesn members, who never calculated on such a "Constitutional" mole of resistance, are now beginning to show a little alarm at the prospect before them ; although one of them bravely asserted the other day that an insect might as well endeavor to s'op a locomotive, as the South to threaten to arrest the wheels of Government. In the Senate. on Monday, rho hill to carry into effect that clause of the Constitution relative to the recovery of fugitive slaves, cornea up as the first business in order. This is a measure of great importance to the slavphnldins States, and will, without doubt, pass the Senate by a fair majority. From a statement made by Mr. Butler yesterday, it appears that the State of Kentucky loses annually $30,000 by the elopement ofsla\'es, and Missouri almost as much. On the whole, the South loses by these elopements about $150,000 every year. In concluding his remarks he truly observed . t nut it was in consideration of this clausp in the Constitution that the North ohtain'-d their commercial and navigation advantages. The Southern men who signed the Constitution would rather have had their hands cut off than have given it their signatures, had they known that the clause was to he annulled. He said these results had all heen foretold by the sagacious patriot, George Mason, who said "the North will get the majority and disregard the consti. tutional compromises. They will say the Lord has delivered the South into our hands." The sppprh of Mr. B. was a powerful one, and his positions unanswerable, I learn that a b'll will he shortly reported providing for a thorough revision of our Con. stilar system. It is notorious that many of our Consuls are appointed solely on account of their nnlitirnl ?r>rvieps. and without nnv regard to their knowledge of business. The bill will propose iho examination of all applicants, by a Board to be appointed for that purpose. The recommendation of the Commissioner of Patents to award premiums for inventions and discoveries is causing a good deal of discus, sion in the scientific circles. Some object to the premium of 8100.000 for the discovpry of an electric motire power, on the ground that it will take a practical operation of ten years, of nnv new power, to compare its whole economical value with that of steam. No less than 830.000 was voted by the last Congress to Profe??iur Page, of this city, to make experiments in electro magnetism as a substitute for ?teani |M>wpr; but no new facts, aJcquate to the nmnnnt emended, have been elided. It IS remarked that without proper can!inn these appropriations, if arrayed into a system, might bocom-.' a black pension (mid and a source uf corruption. The British gore nmenl, at one time, offered premiums for cnain discoveries, and among the rest standing yet, was one for "'perpetual motion;" and some of the premiums were worthily bestowed, while others were not. Berthalet relates the ra?e of Dr. Berkenhout, who was awar led, in 1715 a premium equal to $40.. 0(10 tor n discovery that proved to bo utterly worthless. Such things it is urged, might happen again under the direction of the wisest savans. Tom White, of the Guardian, who, after ho had been for a long time employed fo discover . the Philosopher's Stone, penned the famous epistle. ' ! know a* little about tho Philoso. pher's Stone as you do. I shall only tell you, for your comfurt, that I never yet could bubble a blockhead out ol his money. 'I'hey must bo men of wit and part* who are for my purpose." A Mr. Dibble is endeavoring to procure a patent for a new steanr. boiler. The outside of the boiler is composed of sections or apartments for water, each 'communicating with the other by tubes, through which fho water circulates. Those sections are so construe tori, that the boiler can be taken to pieces for transportation or repairs, and bo readily joined together. The interior contains a largo number of tubes, each forming a curve or angle, and it.s upper end opening into the stcatn chamber at the top of the boiler, while the lower end of each pipp opens into the water box or reservoir surrounding the boiler, and from the pipes are supplied with water. It has considerable claims upon the attention of engineers. Ihear that a delegation has come, on from New York to urge material alterations of the existing naturlization laws. . It appears that du. ring the past year nearly elven thousand per. sons were naturalized in New York city alone. You will perceive that President Taylor's Message was received in England by the Hihernia, and that it was extensive published and favorably commented upon liv nearly all tho English papers. The "Times" says: "On tho whole, this Message is highly creditable to the American people and the government." [Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun] Washington, Jan. 07 18.70. There at present an unusual number of visiter* here, and I find the "Empire City" well represented. On Friday evening the Presi. dent's House was crowded?the "reception" being, by the will of the people, converted into a regular "levee." At no period has tho President appeared in better spirits, or more per. fectly "at home." Many, however, were disappointed at not seeing Mrs. Bliss and tho gal. lant Colonel, and many kind inquiries were mado after the health of tho venerable lady of the Chief Magistrate. I should not omit the fact that in the vast assemblage the dignified g persons of James 'Hiiclunnn attracted consider. 1 able notice, and the cordiality which existed M 1