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All Obituary Notices exceedinv ;-ix lines, and Communications recommending Cand dates for public otlices or trustr-r puling Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertise ments.. trAll letters by mail must be paid to in sure punctual attendance. CIRCASsA.-Circassia is a moun tainous, but very fine and beautiful country, bordering upon the Black Sea, at its Eastern extremity. It is also contiguous to the Russian territory ly ing toward the extremity of the Euxine, and interpose its lofty mountains and fertile valleys between the clutch of Russia and those more level and less wild countries towards the Euphrates and the Tigris. It is the aim of this ambitious power, Russia, to become pos sessed, if it can, of all the realms con tiguous to the Black Sea, on all sides. On one side the 'Wolf' has already laid his paws on the Danubian Provinces, on Moldavia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, and is, on this side, therefore, fast advanc ing towards Constantinople. But be fore it can enslave the tracts lying on the southern coasts of this sea, it must subdue and pass the fine people of Cir cassia--a race in physical requisites the finest specimens of men now to be found on this globe, and of courage and activity unsurpassable. Against these noble but unoffending people the Mus covite serfs have now, for many years, been carrying on, cruelly, bloody but fruitless u irs. No quarter is iven, and the amount of lives lost is-not known, excepting, that generally, it is very great. It is believed tht taking bat tie, sickness, fatigue, al. gether into account., not less than 200.000 Russian sorts have left their bones among the wild passes; and this without gaining any ground that is tenable. The Czar, in furtherance of this murderous con flict, tries to stop all access by sea to Circassia.--London Stumlard ' PFree. CI.crxxu Gn.1Nrre As A MrA'!tuAt, FoR FICTII:i PURPosEs. -A large mini her of experiments have lately been made by Mr. Archibald M' Donald, at the Sevton Pottery, Aberdeen, upon caleined granite as a substitute ihr clay in the manufacture of pipes and other earthenware articles, lie states ini a note to us, that, the mnate-rial stanids a strong~ fire~, and is not afeted by transi tions from heat and cold. T1he native color of the stone can be nearly retain ed in the formation of busts, statues, vases, urns, and general pottery, as also in chimney places, spouts, and chimney cans. In such articles as8 arc initended to withistandl the effects of great heat, wherec an extinact only of stone is used, the color- cannot 1he kept so well -as, for- example, r-etor-ts, cr-ucibles, and mel ting pots; but anly p~reparIation of the imater-ial, whien onice pr-operly finaishied, may be heated to whliteness without in jury. Up to the pr-esent time, the ex pen-mental trials have beeni caried on under every disadvantage, as, from the circumstances of the inventor, the pre paration of the material has been entire ly pci-formed at spare moments int his own dwelling house, the articles being afterwards carried to the pottery to be fir-ed. As the existing furinaces would not fuse a suitable glaze, the or-diinai-y brown ware glaze had to be usedl, thus spoiling the ti-ue tint of the stone. Mr. M'Donald is also the possessor of a iiew composition for- coating ship's bottomis, Ias a preservative: It is a transparent black, 'not brittle, but very atdhesive, and it is said to dlestroy marine insects and prevent vegetable deposiL-Pr-ae. It is said that an artist in this city, painted a~ pine shinigle the other (lay. so tewcty imtaing norible, that whenm he thre it ntothe wgter~ jt instantly sunik to thie botom. "OUR FATlI 1R." Courwu mortals breathe a sweeter name, A more seraphic sound? Thon this, our lips are bid to frame, When wo God's throne surround? We're bid to lift our hearts in faith, And not in doubtful fe'ur, While we that hallowed name address In ferveut humble prayer. Midst all our trials, cares and woes Midst all our hopes and fears, From this great source our help mut flow In this our hope appears. In transport thou we speak that name, In which our souls confide; We know our hope is not in vain We trust in none beside. We're early taught to lisp this prayer, In thoughtess nceents mild, Our infant hearts know God will hear The prattlings of a child. But fervent wrestling, faithful prayer, Is what wirh God prevails; Nie heeds it. if our heart is thoro It never, never fails! In love then this dear namen we'll cell, While life and breath remain, 'Till God shall hence remove us all To heaven, in bliss to reign. TIE EMPTY CRADLE. "The another gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she -nost did love; She knew she'd find them all again In the fields of light above." The death of a little child is to the mother's heart like dew on a plant from which a bud has perished. The plant lifts up its head in freshened greenness to the morning light, so the mother's soul gathers from the dark sorrow through which she has passed, a bright citing of her heavenly hopes. As she bends over the enpty cradle, and in fancy brings her sweet infant be fore her, a ray of divine light is on the cherub face. It is her son still, but with the seal of immortality on his brow. She feels that heaven was the only at mosphere where her precious flower could unfold without spot or blemish, and she would not recall the lost. But the anniversary of his departure seems to bring his spiritual presence near her. She indulges in that tender grief which soothes, like an opiat in pain, all her passages and cares of life. The world to her is no longer with human love and hope-in the future, so glorious with heavenly love and joy. She has treas ures of happiness which the worldly, unehastened heart never conceivel. The bright, flesh flowers with which she has decorated her room, the apartment where her infant died, are emblems of the far brighter hopes now dawnmngz on her day-dream. She thinks of the glory and beauty of' the New-Jerusal Cm, where the little foot will never find a thorn among the flowers to render a sh-ye necessary'. Nor will a pillow be wanting ftr the dear head reposing onl the breast of the ki:d S:viour. And shews her inufant is there, in that world of eternal His. She has marked one passage in that Ibok--to her emphati eally the Worlil of Life--now lying clo sel on thme toilette table, which she dlailyv reads-"SUFFERL LITTLE eCII L lil lN. ANDm FORIDI TI! EM NOT, Tro COME UTot M1E; FORL OF SUCIt is I'TE KING [moM OF IIEAVEN."' PouITENEss AT lIoss i.-Always speak with the utimost politeness anid dleference to your parents and friends. Some children are polite and civil every where except at home: bitt tI/ww they are coarse and rudte einougha. .I trust vou will niever he one of' these. forgot tein. 'Y es, sir ,' :m:d-No, sir' - olt tIld bet te'r, as w ell ats thtii InOreo te Iiinedl and well b red , t hian the bhInt 'Yes,' and 'N'o,' w'hicht very many ~ chail dren in these days are acetustomed to Nothing sits st gracefully upon chil dren, andt~ nothi nmatkes them so lovely, as habitual respect and duitif'ul deport ment towards their paret'Ois and supe riors. It makes the plaintest faice beau tiful, and gives to every common action a nameless but peculiar chiarmt. Thme following exquisite lines are translated fromt the Persian: Teona thy mouthor's knmees, a now borna child, ln tears we snw, when nim n~lrotund the5 smil'd. Som live', that , asinkinag in thy bu.lt long slee'p, Stmih-'s amay be thine, whent ulii around thee TPhree hundred tailors in a body took the p)led1ge a few days atgo in Ros Lon, indtier the atdhnminist ration of' Fathmer Mathuew. Accordmintg to ourunde~hrstanld ing of' MI//ww-maties9 this would avcerage litiri-f lo nwn and (a t/wir T. B. MACAULAY AND THOMAS CARLYLE. Mdacaulay's sense of beauty is keen, but not deep; his enthusiasm has. no central fire; his convictions want depth, and, as a consequenceo, his eloquence, with apparent earnestness, wants force. The surface of his mind is large and active; but its regions below remain un troubled. The consequence is, that he has no influence on his age. He flat ters the indolence of his readers; ho does not stimulate their minds. He delights; he does not inspire. In read ing him, we do not feel that his sol is speaking from its depth to the depth of ours Compare him with Carlyle. Two more opposite men cannot be nam ed in the same breath. Macaulay, clear, definite, elegant, methodical, crowding his pages with antithesis and illustrations; more solicitous about the fall of a period than about the accuracy of his assertion; grouping details into a picture; fond of paradox, yet never probing beneath the surface; expert in polemies, yet seldom fighting for great truths; captivating by the grace, and dazzling by the gorgeousness of his diction, and leaving upon the reader's mind no more durable impression than that which a splendid spectacle leaves upon the mind of a theatrical audience. Carlyle,-sugged, mystical, abrupt, immethodical, unmusical, vehement, scornful, sarcastic, sardonic, and humo rouls; rich also in pictures; inordinately fond of paradox, but profonndly seri ous; striving at all times to see into the depths of things; disdainful of ordinary rules of composition, disdainful of all elegancies, graces, and shams of life and of literature; forever appealing to the soul of man, and bidding remember that he is in the presence of the Infinite; sternly recalling those awful faets of lite which frivolity endeavors to gloss over; fiercely preaching the imperative nature of duty and of earnesness; speak ing in prophet tones to a heedless gene ration; mingling the quaintest imagery and without buffoonery with the saddest pathos and the dreariest gloom; a scep tic, yet a prophet; amidst alternate laughter and alternate tears, alternate exhortation and alternate contempt; he does not dazzle, he provokes; lie does not captivate, he inspires; and the im pression he leaves upon the mind is va rious and abiding, as that left by a tra gedy of Shakspeare. As specimens of literature, in the limited sense of the word, Macaulay's writings are immea surablv superior; but if literature he something more than the amusement of cultivated intellects, something more than an intellectual luxury, for the dis sipation of leisure hours, Carlyle's su periority is unmistakable. Macaulay has deli..hted thousands. This is no slight thing, and we should be the last to undervalue it. But he has materi ally bettered no one. IHe has dee'en ed no mai's convictions, he has given fresh strength to no human soul. His influence on his generation has been null. Carl yle, though scorned by many form his offences agaim nst liter-ary taste, and~ though dreaded by other-s for- his reckless treatment of great questions, has, nevertheless, produced a visible in I Iuence on the minds of contemporaries; lie has given a direc tion to their though ts, anid ha~s suggested so much thought that he is rightfully regar-dcd as a teacher-. T lhiis fact there is no gainsay'mg. Th'ink what we may of the influence, Lbe it evil or he it goodl, it is there. We e* mId namen more thani one distinguishmed orn amuen.t of the. church . whouse mise ha~s beeni re lered- impo .sile hee 'aulse of the Carlvle~ "tait.'" We-that is3, the dli iinetly to dleclare, that wvith searicl' anay Ii ving authnorn have vwe less agree. ment than with Carlyle; yet, we are nevertheless, sensible of a great hemiefit derliveCd from his writings. T lher-e is an indlirect teaching not less valuable than the direct teaching. No serious thinker wr-ites in vain. Cat lvle has his affeta tions, his shms; but lie has his realities. 1 lad lie not lived, sonme of the imost ac tivo minds of our genierationi would have been diflferent; they would assur-ed hy have been as active, it may be, wiser-, but certainly difforent. Nowv, it is im possible, we think, to say t'at any human beinig woul have been other-wise had Macaulay never written. ~Some few might have written less pictur-esque ly anid less eleganitly, but no human soul would have been poorer.*-Th'/e IBritsh Quartecrly for FebruaryI. The New Yor-k Iherald calls Johni Van0 I Umien the (Great Gunlt of the{ larui buruer-s, and Jlohni M'Keou the Pocket 'iniol cithn unnkers THE CHINESE, The following extract is from the forthcoming work of 0. Tiffa iy, Esq., and is part of a longer extract that has appeared in the Boston Advertiser. A great point in Chinese happiness is the number of children the fortunate man may boast of. The principle they go on is, in the words of Shakspearo, "The world must be peopled." A man with half a dozen sons is wealthy; but with the same number of daughters his poverty is a general subject of pity. In speaking of his' offspring one will sometimes say that he has three chil dren, and if you ask if any are daugh ters he will answer yes, four; 'meaning seven in all, though lie does not consid er the girls worth mentioning. Should his wife prove childless, he eagerly seizes the opportunity of putting her aside and marrying again. The manners of the Chinese, those of the middle and upper classes, are very pleasing to a stranger. The low laborers are brutish enough, but among the better bred a gentility of manner is strikingly apparent. When you meet a Chinese gentleman he folds his hands and shakes them at you, saying, "Chin chin," words of the Canton Chinese Anglo jargon signifying welcome, or thank you, or farewell, according to the occasion. If you visit is one of cere mony, lie is careful to keep his bat on while you uncover, and seats you of course on his left hand. He is so cour tier-like that he will not touch the chair a moment before you, and if he per ceives that he is doing so, lie instantly rises a little. Then, perhaps, he treats you to sweetmeats and tea. The tea is always delicious. It is not contami nated by cream and sugar; he would not condescend to such a barbarian custom. There are no saucers for the cups to stand upon, but will see that they are on the top of the cup, to keep in the aroma of the clear amber-colored beve rage. And so in China you will see a hundred reverses to European customs. I have spoken of the practice of keep ing precious youths in subjection, the Celestials fully appreciating the wisdom of Solomon, if no other portion of Holy Writ. A man dresses like a woman, and uses a fan even iore; he carries his watch on the right side, and instead of leaving his knife and chopsticks on the table, he puts them into a little case and bears them about with him, lie uncovers his head in summer time; he begins to read a book at its natural end; he never cuts the leaves of it; he writes perpen dicularly; he eats fruit first and soup last, at feasts of ceremony. Ile whit en3 the soles of his shoes, instead of blacking them; he puts on boots and dis cards shoes ulien he wishes to be ex tremely elegant in company; and old men lIlay like boys, and little boys look as dignilied as judges. On one occasion I saw an instance of Chinese contrariety that certainly put to flight any of the recreations of old men in my owin country; for, as some of us were warming ourselves in a cool November afternoon with the primitive and healthful sport of leapfrog, much to the delight of herdJs of Chinese, to our inexpressible surpurise, we saw three grave citizens, whosc united ages were cert~aiinly over a century and a half, be conme so carried away by the spirit of the game that they must join in it themi selves. They were men of respectabili ty, they were dIressed in fine silk, and their beards andl moustaches were comb ed precisely; and in a moment two of thiemi stuoodi at the prescrib~ed (distance from ceh ot her, and 1p laced t heirm hand upon their knees, whlile the third (a *gu:~l-ina of inear thit ee score yearsi) indutlgedl in the liying run, and wulhave cleared his companiion's head ini gallant style, only his long gown took such a lirmu hold of the other's back that both came to the ground, like hiorxse andI rider in a steeple chase. Not at all disheartened, they continued he game for half an hour or so, and though Illing at full length five times of six expressedl themselves as highly plea~sedl with such novel anid invigorating exercise. In the mecantimo several ur cins looked on without either daring to laugh or- joining in the pastime. Wit is not the prodIuco of study; it comes ahnost as unexpectedly on the speCaker as on the hearer; one of the iirst priniciples of it is good temper; the arrows of wit ought always to be feath ered with smiiles,-when they fail in that, they become sarcasmi. T'iuixut I Toots.-The human braiin is the twenty-eighthi of the body, lbnt the brin of a horse is but the four imtdledth. CnILD's FAITrH.-A beloved' inif ter of the gospel was one day speaking. of that active, living faith, which should at all times cheer the heart'of -the sin cere followers of Jesus, ait& related to me. a beautiful illustration that had just occurred in his own fsmily. -ie had gone in aw cellar which :in winter was quite dark,--and enterodby a trap door. ' A little 'daughter, only: three years old, was trying to' ind him, and came to the trap-door, but on look. ing down all was dark, and she called: 'Are you down-cellar, papa?' 'Yes; would you like to come, Mary?; 'It is dark, I can't come down, papa.' 'Well, my daughter, I am right below you, and I can see you, though you cannot see me, and if you will drop yourself I will catch you.' 'Oh, I shall fall; I can't see you, papa?' 'I know it,' he answered, 'but I am really here, and you shall not fall or hurt yourself. If you will jump, I will catch you safely.' Little Mary strained her eyes to the utmost, but could catch no glimpse of father. She hesitated, then advanced a little further, then sommoning all her resolution, she threw herself forward, and was received safely in her father's arms.. A few day's after, she again discovered the cellar door open, and supposing her father to be there, she called: 'Shall I come again, papa?' 'Yes, my dear, in a minute,' he re plied, and had just time to reach his arms towards her, when, in her childish glee, she fell shouting into his arms, and clasping his neck, said: 'I know, dear papa, I should not fall.' 'TRESPASS--AS DESCRIBED IN LE OAL PnRASEOoo.--'Bless me, Mr. Pounce, what is this? (reads) 'For that, whereas the said John Snooks, on the tenth day of May, with force and arms, broke and entered a certain dwelling house of the plaintiff's, and made a great noise and disturbance therein, and so continued to make noise and distur bance for a long time, to wit: for the space of twenty-four hours-' 'That, sir, is the declaration in tres pass.' 'But the man only knocked; he didn't make any disturbance at the door for twenty-four hours.' 'A mere formal allegation, sir, not necessary to be proved.' 'But lie didn't 'break in divers, to wit : twenty doors.' There were not twenty doors in the house-he didn't break any.' 'Pooh, sir, don't you see it is laid un der a ridielicit?' 'Laid under a what?' 'A videlicit; that means you mustn't prove the allegation if it is immaterial but if it is material, you must.' 'But what's the use of it, then.' 'The use of i my dear sir! But you don't understand these things: they are vocabula arti.' =And what may that be?' 'Whby words that raise doubts, swell costs, and- enable the professional man to make the most of a very small case. TRAvELLER'S DIREcTIONS.-A friend who has travelled, relates the following as a literal direction given to him by an inhabitant in a remote town in New England in rep~ly to his inquiry for the direct roadl to-meting house. 'Well, ahi, sti-anger, you go right straight ahead, till you come to a large oak ti-ee; then you take that ere tree on your right shoulder, and go on till you come to the brick schol-hmouse; thien take the school-house on your left shoul dle,, anid go on till you come to Squire Wingates; and then do you take the squires house right on your back, and you can't miss your way.' A WVisE Fooi.--Whien the Earl of Bradford wvas brought before Lord Loughborough, to ho examined upon ap plication for a statute of lunacy agamnst him, the Chancelor asked him, 'How many legs has a sheep?' 'Does your Lord ship mean,' answered Bradford, 'a live sheep or a dead one?' 'Is it not the same thing?' said the Chancellor. 'No, my Lord,' said Lord Bradford, 'there is much difference; a live sheep has four-, a dead one but two--there are but two logs of mutton, the others aro shoulders.' 'You look like death on apale /wrse,' said Jecm to a toper, who was growing pale and etnaciated. 'I don't know anythinug about that,' saidl the toper, 'but I'm death* an a paie brandy ir. humrn' $f2is 0 NAodsLEQ ToM,1D-h St. Helena Gazette of Jly. 7 ; con tains an advvertisemisei the following terms: - .UN . 'For 3:4%$2 Nontract, the estate called 'Nappleon's Vale, compri sing thodwellinghousead itii tomb, with about 28 acea of ine arable land; the whole forierly 19t on ;a lease to. MDrs Tibel4 a .?110 per annum, with -about three acres !of land situated near the tomb, and entered upon from . the Longwood road, well:. known .as 'The GrandMarshal's Retreat.' In another column we find the follow. ing paragraph:. A HoRsE rFn- THE PaESIDENT OF FRANcE.--Mr. Leonce Lacoste, mer chant, from the Mauritius, having cal led at St. Helena, in the bark Earl Gray, bound to London, and on visiting Longwood, (the residence of the late Emperor Napoleon) he there saw a beautiful young horse, now two years old, in the shed of Capt. William Mason, the lessee of Longwood; and .on Mr. Lacoste expressing a desire to procure the animal, with the view of presenting it to the President of France, Capt. Mason readily complied, who immedi ately, under his personal superintend ence, saw it safely shipped on board the Earl Gray, and the commander Capt. Alexander Robertson, had. it regularly manifested at the custom house, whence a clearance and certificate were granted; respecting it. NATIONAL PROPENSITIES.--When a celebrated Scotch nobleman was Ara bassador to the Court of France-King Louis was always very anxious to learn from him the character of our nation, tria juncto in two. 'Well, my Lord,' cried the King, 'how would an Englishman be found af tpr a hard fought field?'. 'Oh! sleeping away the fatigues of the day,' replied the ambassador. 'Very prudently,' rejoined his Maj zsty. 'And the Irish?' 'Oh, he'd be drinking away the fa tigues of the day.' Good! good!' laughed out the royal Louis. 'And, now, though not the least in -lory's annals, your own countrymen Lo bonny Scot?' 'Why, your Majesty'I ken Sandy's iumor-he'd be just darning his hose, perhaps, and thinking of the siller he :ould save.' From the Yankee Blade. The narrowest part. of the Atlantic s more than two miles wide. In other parts it is one and a half miles. There is a rose bush flourishing near Bristol, Pennsylvania, known to be pore than a hundred years old. At the coronation of Edward I., 800 gorses were let loose, to be the proper y of those who could catch them. A man recently complained that v'henever he went into a jury box, he vas associated with eleven of the most >bstinatc fellows in the creation, for they :ould never agree with him. 'I suppose,' said a quack, while feel ng the pulse of a patient, 'that vou hink me a fool?' 'Sir, rey.lied the sick iman, 'I perceive you can discover a man's thoughts by his pulse!' In a region not a hundred miles from this place, where the 'young idea' is taught 'how to shoot,' they hang out a sign in the words and figures following, to wit: 'bOrniNg SkoOl.' An Ir-ishman, who lives with a Gra lianite, writes to a friend, that if lie wants to know what 'illigatit living' is, hie miust come to his house, where the breakfast consists of nothing, and the supper* of what was left at breakfast. In a curious direction we sometimes get our news from the South. For in-~ stanee, we are informed by the Yankee Blade, that it cost eighty thousand dollars to stop the crevasse above New Orleans. A fr-. d of onrs says it cost bis uncle ninety trou~sand to stop a similar outbreak in his pocket. A member of the tonsorial profession laving p~urchiased a lot of soap that fell ihort some dozen cakes, was informed >v Join that that was decidedly the reatest shavec.in soap he had ever teard of, .*~ INDIsrosED.--The following repily :o the everlasting inquiry, "IHow do rou do?" was made by an original n the WVest Parish the other day: "Ra her slim, thank'ce---I've got the rheu. natiz in one leg, and a wvhite-swecllin' ont .'other knee, besides havin' a leetle ouch of the dlysentery, and aint vr alle1 mvself, nnithor!"