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'lfUi-BANNER 0 1 V D Y RIORN ING GAN. & FR ANCIS. 1L;ARS in advance, Two Dollars rit n14 at the expiration of six months, d uoss-at the end of cita year. M per fiscontinued until all arrearages , -iare drAW.uo; lat'the option of tle lropri.or. iAtdtisements inserted at SEVENT Y. YCntsper square, (12 lines or Lesn,) for he fnt, .and half Mhat sum for eacl subsequint The nurmber of insertions to be marked M 'Advertisements or they will be ublished A rddred to be discontinued, an charged .. E DOLLAR per square for a single 'nertlpn. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise "rd meqtwill be charged the i.ame as a singre in * reertlon, eindseni-monthly the same an new onso errible Catastrophe I recking and Burning of the Stcamer nIfdeperidnce-Great Destruction of Life-One Hundred and Twenty Lives Lost! The editors of the San Francisco Daily Whig give the following partica lars as related to them by Dr. Corbett, surgeon of the ill-fated steamer : "When the steamer was beached with her bows on, and before the flames had.broken out, a rush was made for the vows, but the sea, though smooth off the shore, ran in heavy surf on the beach, and there was a distance of some three hundred yards between the ves sel and the land. Capt. Samsopi now gave .the order to lower away a boat, - and the chief mate, with one other, undertook, to carry a line to the shore; the progress of the boat was watched with eager eyes by the assembled mutl titude on, board the ship; but as some of the sailors on board had predicted, she was swamped by thc'surf, the line was lost, and the venturers, with their boat, were thrown upon the beach, the two, men barely escaping with their lives. A s6cond boat was now lowered mnd manned by volunteers from among the firemen, who we do not hesitate to say have showt themselves the most noble hearted and heroic men by their fortitude and courage through the ter rible scenes which followed. These brave fellows reached the shore and succeeded in making a small thred inch hauling-line fast to a project ing rook, which was at once hauld taught by those on board. The precise object:of this line we do not perceive, as it seems that immediate use was not made of it, and a third boat was lowered by order of the Captain; this boat was put in charge of Capt. Steel, an experienced shipmaster, who was a passenger on board. During this time the ship remained immoveable, the surf striking her in the stern, and, per haps, tending to set her firmer into the sand. The third boat having been lowered, - it was found that she was half full of water and of no service. un less bailed out, and Dr. Corbett sprang into her for that purpose; this effected, six ladies were passed down into the boat, among whom wore Miss Conway, Mrs. Haley, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Coots; there were two other ladies whose names we have not learned; thj boat rode the first breaucer, but was filled and swamped by the second, and those already on shore rushed into the rescue of the ladies and dragged them on to the beach. Doctor Corbett was in this boat, and gaining the shore, turned towards the ship at thiecrices of -terror proceeding from her, and beheld tue quarter deck enveloped in flames. And now ensued one of the most * harrowing scenes ever recorded in the history of shipwreck; the flames leaped * rapidly across. the after part of the ship, driving the masses before it, and dozens sprang into the water, and were seen struggling in the surf. All the beats were now gone, and it w~as im possible to regain the ship from the shore, or to render any succor whatev or; dreadful cries and screams proceed ed from the ship, wvhich, mingled with the roaring of the sea, the crackling of * the flames and shotuting of those on shore, who could only gaze helplessly on the sight, must have been an era of terror in the lives of thomse who beheld it from the beach. As the flamnes ad vanced, the nnhappy victims wtre forced into the sea, and every surf came' * Kfreighted with corpses, or exhausted, half-drowned men, women and chil dren. Such a scene has never before *- been witnessed on the Pacific coast. To add to the excitement, the flames had now communicated to the powder magazine, which exploded, tearing the run and stern to pieces, mind splintering all that portion of the ship; the two guins, surroundled by the flames, also sent their solemn booming over the scene. Those who were fortunate enough shore, were dragged half dead out of the reach of the surf, while others -were swept around the stern of the steamer, or out to Sea, there being a strong current making seaward fromn the ship. At one moment, not less titan thirty corpses mad bodies of the dying were in the edge o f the surf. some of them divested of' clothing. Out of a party of eighteen Jews who were on board, sixteen perished fromz the weight * of coin, it wvas supposed, which they atteompted to bring -with them through the waves. The outward current above mentioned, carried off-nuritbers of pe sons who were good swimmers, or ficaited, who would otherwise have been saved; seve'-a1 wvomen thuis tloat>ig wvere swept away-, the baggage, such as would float, also went out -.:ith the ebb; none of it was saved by drifting to the shore. We have spoken above of the man ly conduct of the refors, firemen, and -coal-passers. Some3 of these noble followe, disregarding their own danger, selves. WoeJiave no 9 aos or eart to iUseit the numerous ecting hristanes of courage and self-saerifice of 'which we have received accounts. Among them most conspicuous is that of Mr. Taw,'of Sacremento, who lost his life In attempting to save a sn of Mr. Watson-t hey came ashore together both drowned. One of the firemen, whose namno we did not learn, brought C.n shore two children whose parents were both drowned. Another firemen brought a beautiful boy ashore to his mother who had just been washed to the beach; her husband and two chil dren were drowned, and she supposed this child had shared the sane fate. The meeting may be imagined. The Purser of the ship, Mr. James Freeborn, remained upon the deck un tit driven off by the fire, when spring. ing overboard, he clung to a floating spar and was washed ashore insensi ble; but barely escaped with his life be ing attacked with a violent fever. There is tne fireman, known as Tom Saw yer, a wild, reckless scamp, but whose faults, be they what they may, should henceforth be forgotten. This brave fel low, entirely stripped, went to and from the wreck four times. le is on ly nineteen years of age. After the third time, and when nearly exhausted with his exertions. he learned that the Chief Engineer, Mr. Coliins, was unable to swim and likely to drown. He immediately started off again through the surf with his life preserver, fasten ed it around the helpesa man, and ac compantied him to the beach; lie was also instrumental in preserving the hives or several others. Most of those ashore were too exhausted to render assistanee to- those beating about in the sari. People ran about the beach perfeetly frantic; one party at ten pted to lamneh a boat to reach the steauer,.but it was overwhelmed by the surf; and this accident intimidated otheis, so that it, was impossible to muster the requisite force to launch a second. Meantime the ship had be come a living mass of fire; the heat was intense even on the shore, and eve. ry moment the beach received new ac cessions to the list of the dead and dying. The scene was truly harrow ing, and when at last the steamer was a charred and smoking hulk, her stern lifted, and she swung heavily round, and went broadside oi the beach. Sime few provisions were saved from the wreek, such as salt beef, pork, mo lasses, vinegar, a few tin cans of pre served meats and some cheese, It no water nor was there a drop of water on the island, which we have be fore observed was utterly barren and uninhabited. The usual amount of sufTering, particularly among the wo men and children, was experienced. During the first day, attempts were made by the survivors, after bury ing the dead, to procure water by con densing steam, but the experiment fail ed. T here were now some two hun dred and seventy souls congregated on the beach, and they all went with out tasting water for fifty-six hours; the salt provisions only aggravating their sufferings. Shortly after the scene we have described above, a party started for thme neighboring mountains, and on reaching their summit they were ena bled to descry Magdalena Bay on, the mainland opporite, froam which the Is land of Margarita is removed sonie fif teen rniles; bo're they observed four ships at anchor; they proved to be whtalers, busily engaged in trying out oil, whi'e beyond in the vast pano rama they discovered several small boats in lull chaste after a whale, for Magdelena Bay is resorted 'to by whales in the winter season. Ob serving this, the party descended to the wreck, and the chief mate, the en gineers, and a few others, slung one of the cannons of the Independence, dragged and lugged it with great toil to the top of the hill, and with what little powder they had, fired t wice to attract the attention of the whalers; the boats, in their pursuit of the whale, had insensibly neared the Eastern shore (of the island, and were at once attracted by the discharge and the smoke aguins-t a clear sky. The sound was also heard by those on hoard thme ships, and signal's were ob serv'ed to go up to each masthead re calling the boats. While this system of telegraphing was going on between the shipwrecked and the whaling fleet, another party had takani an iron boat belonging to the steamer and carried it b~odily across to the lee side of the island, and there launched it, to pull for the fleet; on their way they felI in with the re turning whaling boats, who were )beying the signal to- return. Thie tnews .f the wreck of the steamer and the dreadful sufl'erings of the passen ger-s aroused all the natural instincts of sailor hospitality in the crews of thme ships. Every boat was at once called into requisition,-they were loaded down with provisions and dispatched to the scene of the wreck; the assis tance did not arrive a moment too soon ; the womnen amnd children were comp jletely exhausted by abstinence, and their sufmferinigs by the depriva tion of water- were most'acute. Pur ser Freeborni went on board the ship Oumega, Capt. Fishecr, where every attention was showvn him and his comn paniu".a Capt. Fisher also sent direc tions at the sniferers should cross over to the lee sidu of the island where boats would be in readiness to coinve~y themi on board the ships: Among th incidents of the day af-~ ter thme wreck, a chid was horn on the beach, and is now healthy and thriv ing; the mother was carried across the monta.as9 in a hanmmiock, and even walked p ~rt of the way to the boats. .dany ' the nassengers, especially The nu ikdO'ia a perished lei one irdred and forty,,And as the graves nuiber?* sixtv, there. were, of course, eighty who were drowned or burned and whote bodies were not re. covered.. We have not yet completed our list of those who were buried on the island, but notice among the names those of Mrs. Mary Ann Carnes, of England; Otis I-itle, of Massachusetts; Rutus Mosler, of Newport, N.. Y.; Mr. Chansey, San Jose, Michigan; John Baum, Newark, N. J.; Mrs. Howland and three children, of Mich gan,(Mrs. 1). was on her way to join her husband); Mr. Lehman, of Missoui ri; Morris Kemp, Maria Wilson, stew. ardess ; Mr. Carrington and wife(two children, both saved); Asa Kittredge, Wakegan, Illinois; Willaimr Abram. Cornwall, England; a lame man, nmem unknown, had a wife and child near Elizabeth, Illinois ; Robert Taylor, Boston; C. A. Ward, Na. 36& Broome -street, New-York. All of the above had money on their persons, which is in the keeping ofMr. Brigham, at the office of the Vanderbilt Line The bod. ies of Mr. Tarr, of Sacramento; Mr. Knox, of R. I., and of Senor Larco, of Valparaiso, wore not recovered. The last named was a Chilean gentleman of wealth and standing in Valparaiso; finding himself driven into the waves by the flames, he turned to a few who were about him and offered $50,. 000 to any person who would as. sist him to save his life, but in such a moment none could think of the of for; seeing that his end was near, Sen or Larco said "Farewell! It is only once!" aud plunged into the water; he was quickly drowned. The body of Martin O'Mera, an Irishman, was also lost; he had many friends in New-Orleans. Dr. Shaw, who was among the passengers, went back to Mexico, by the way of La Paz and Mazatlan; he was car ried out by the under-tow of the surf be. yond the steamer, but eventually reached the shore by incredible ex ertions. When he had landed he threw himself upon the beach and wept like a child. After the Indepen dence swung round broadside to the beach, her coal took fire, and the sight will long be remembered b those who saw it. The mass of coal be. came thoroughly ignited, and seen through the blackened ribs of the ship, it gave her the appearance of a gigantic grate of coal fire. Living Beyond our Means. For the. sake of appearance, to keep up a display and make a figure in the world, multitudes adopt the vicious habit of spending more than they earn. Pride and fashion exercise a merciless despotism over their purs es. The rich in their abundance do not feel the burden, but when the some thing is attempted by those in noder. ate and humble circumstances, then "comes the tug of war." In order to ap the attitudes of wealth, they ex haust all their resources, and ev en strain their credit till it is perfec tly threadbare. There is much in the habits and customs of society furnishing a strong temptation to this course; yet it isa serious evil. It is not right as he tween man and man; it is an extrava gance that carries in its train a pecu niar-y injustice. He who lives beyond his means must supply the deficiency from the pockets of his neighbors, very often upon the strength of a deceptive credit. is very display gives him an appearance of aflluence that mis guides the judgment of others. Hie knowingly passes hi mnelf ofT tar more than he is worth, uand what, is this but a species of fraud? There is of course an end to this habit, somewhere, the commercial rep utation of the indvidual must finally be swamped by the number of is unpaid indebtedness; yet the whole process is one of dishonesty, even be fore this catastrophe reveals it. No Christian ought to be guilty of it. Hie not only disgraces himself thereby, but also jeopards the reputation of religion among men. It is moreover a very uncomforta ble habit, H~e who lives above his means, generally owes more than he can pay; and the farther he goes, the worse ho makes his condition, lie becomes a stereotyped borrower; pays one debt by contracting another, has a great many debts to pay--little, pet. tv, annoying bills scattered in all di rections, which he does not know how to meet. They are constantly haunt, ing him with the unpleasant clamors; they sacrifice his reputation, and give the community the just impression that he is a poor pay-master. All this must he a source of great inconveni ence and perplexity, famr too great to find an adoquate compensation in a little meaningless parade. It would be far wiser, involve much less fric tion of the nerves, to shine less and eon joy more Tfhe temptations of the habit arc both numerous and dangerous. It tempts a man to sacrifice his sense of honor, to lace a light estimate upo~n his. word, to be easy in promising, and very slow .in fulfilling. His moral principles become loos;e, and pass into the state of decay. His wants bribe him; and he is likely, under the plea of necessity, to do what under other cir cumstanes he would not think of do. ing. Somnetimes he is ledI to con tracet debts, and then: muove away, leav ing them ursett i .d unpaid. Per haps he runs his , . . .t in one place till he runs it out; and then does the same t(.ng in another, till lie finally runs himself out. H~e is tempted to acts of me'emess, nrt, to say dishonesty such a d lging his. ar. ~nrs andl mnkinr~ m-miie tu the path Jaiand simple hon as is marle oey difficult. Sins sel. do go alone, one form of wrong gen. ery leads to another; and hence he whie proud heart requires what his lax eonsejece, permits, Is on the hibway of to tation.. What he may be d to do in certain wises made by his lly, he vanunot tell. le m.y be so sBerely chaIJd and pinched, as ev en tobe guilty of the crime of mar der. Aid then again, he who con sun nll bd more than all, for the Pmpop#wPC0 display, of course has not a pnnj 48r the offices. of charity; he can give nothing to aid the poor, to prcnote the publie good, or dissemin ate the knowledge of the gospel, le is always himself too poor for this york, and quite likely soothes his concence and corrupts his heart with the plea of his own poverty. Ile would be glad to dio tgomethl ng, but. he can not-he is so poor. Very true; but let Wrm inquire .into the reason of his poverty. Ile lives too fast; he spends tbo much on himself and fami ly; le keeps up more parade than he caln support, and this is the chief rea son why he is unable to contribute to the interests of charity and benevo lence. Iiov much more commendable in the sight of earth and Heaven is that man who is economical and frugal that he may be libeal; who restrains his own yessions, from excessive indul gence, tUat he may devote at least a portion of his substance to the cause of God and the' interests of philan thropy. His a rare and valuable vir tue, and when jtsghall he more com mon in the (h&i-ch of Christ. it will be less difficult to find the means for sustaining and enlarging all her in stitutions of love.-Evangelist. TH SUMTER BA-NER Suxiterville, So. Ca. J, RICHARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR. TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1853. COTTON MARKET. Charleston, May 2, 1853. The last news from Europe being of rather a favorable character, the sales on. Saturday were active at from 7 1-2 to 10 3-4 ets. IM" The Blac River Watchman, came to us last week, in a new dress -that being the begining of another Volume. We wish our friends many happy returis for the occasion, and a new suit for every one; Decies repetita placebit. The M0arion Star. TnE conduct of this excellent paper has passed luto tlie hands or A. Q. McDUFIE Esqr;-C. W. MILLRa Esq; having retired. To Mr. MILLER, un der whose hands the S-Ara was ever a welcome visitor, we extend our best wishes for his future prosperity and to Mr. McDUFFIE a brothers hand of fellowship. Blackwood's Edin.burg Magazine for April has reached us. We have only had time to cut its leaves and find the following co:(mnts: Temnperance and Tea~tot:0 Seties, John Rintoul; or the fragmenit of the wreck. Part 2., A Modern .French Comnedy, Lombardy and its Irrigation, Lady Lee's widow hood. Part 4., Twenty years in the Philippine Islands, and Hlints for Leg islation. The Sousthern Agr-iculturist.--W e have received the April numb~er of this welcome monthly. We think few of our fasrmers would be without it, if they woiuld only read one copy. The present issue is full of interesting matter and beautifully illustrated. The Pick-This Comical Illustrated Weekly published by J. A. Scoville, Newv York, is well worth its price, one dollar a year, and though it comes from the far North, may be trusted. WVILIoTON & MANoHEsTER R. R. -\Ve had the gratification of seeing, on Saturday the 10th of April inst., the first cylinder which has been sunk in the Great Pee Dee River, being the commencement of the work of erecting the iron columns to support the Railroad bridge. This cylinder was sank by atmospheric pressure and is the firatr that. has been employed for bridge building, in thme United States. Thlie result, is perfcc tly satisfactory to the engineers en gaged, and to all persons who have witnessed it. 'The road is progressing rapidly to completion, and this magnificent and useful work will be finished through the entire line of 158 miles, from W il mington to the junction of the Wa. teree, near Manchester, (luring the present year.-.:daLrion Star. TIux EFFEcTs ov Oua RAIL AND PLANK RoAos.-We someC timne ago briefly noted some of the effects of our projected Rail andi ank Roads upon the prices of real estate, in their -- icini ty. WVe are now ab.ile to state tlhat. -.he i.nprovement, thmen niotedl is not confin ed to a few i '- :.ed, cases, but that it is general. ,,ithin the past week anl assessmnent of the real estate within the corporate limits of the town. has find readf npirc i a&at goad pricos. Out .of the corporate limits of the J town, the improvement is not less I marked;. Every acre of land In 'the ( neighborhood has boen enhanced in f value to a greater or less extent, by t our Rail and Plank Roads. Nor are Y the effects of these confined to real i estate. Every other speefes of prop. a erty has felt the Impulse, Now, if such are the effects of these improve- I ments, by anticipation, who can pre. dict their results when we reap, the full harvest of their fruition. [Cherato Gazette. I COL. T. Euwni WARE.-We have the pleasure of announcing* to the friends of Col. Ware that he re ceived, last Sunday morning, from Ms Excellency, Governor Manning, a free and fil pardon, but that he instant ly paid over to the Clerk of the Court the fine of five hundred dot. lars, imposed on him by his Hen. or, Judge Withers. His Excellency enclosed, the pardon to Mrs. Ware, and wrote her a very kind letter n reply to the one she wrote him, in fa vor of her husband. It wiA be re membered that Mrs. Ware was the only child of the deceased Capt. Adam Jones. We have no doubt that the Colonel will, in the beautiful language of his Excellency, repay his affection. ate and devoted wife in love and in. creased kindness for all the ailliction and sorrow he may have cajtsed her by his recent misfortune, which no one can feel so deeply as himself. 'The coming of a wife, with'a pardon in her hand, under the great seal of the State, to release from prison her hus band, and carry him home once more to his children and herself, was an interesting spec-acle, -and appropriate to woman's mission on earth. The short sojourn of Col. Ware in prison (one week) was made, by the kind attentions and visfts of his friends, as pleasant as it well could be.. It very often happens that a man does not know how much he is cared for and resi ected, till misfortune overtakes him and developes the true feeling and heart of his friends.-Southern Patriot. INFORMATION WANTED.-An insane gentleman left Columbia on the 24th of March with a Horse and Buggy. The buggy has been found near Cam. den, and the gentleman seen four or five miles west of WinnSboro, riding the horse (a compact and handsome blood bay) with a halter-no bridle or saddle. Any information about the gentle man or horse, directed to the Editor of the Columbia Banner,--in order to find the former especially-will serve the cause of humanity and greatly ob. lige the friends of the insane man. [ Columbia Daily Banner. RATTLESNARE BIT Cuau.-The Southern Medical Journal contains the desci-iitiino of a case bfjD A'r Atchison, in which a girl seventeen years of age, bitten on the left instep by a rattlesnake, was cured by be'ng placed in a hot bath, and whiskey and carbonate of amnmoniL administered to her, until she had taken three pints of the former and eighty grains if the latter. It was two hours and a half af. ter the bite that Dr. A. visited his patiernt when he found her sightless, her face swdlln, and her mind wan derinig. The liquor caused no intoxi eation, and the cure was complete. A Wonderful Character. It is reported that there now lives and old man away down in the swamps of little Pee Dee, who never owned but one pair of shoes in his life, and he says they were so d-d hot he never wore them but once. He never cultivated the soil, nevertheless he has accumulated a considerable smh~ of mo ney, which he deposits in hollow trees in the most unfrequented parts of the swamps. H~e effacts extreme poverty and when applied to for the loan of money, declares he has none; but if the security and premium offered pleases him, and the borrower promises to re pay in specie, he will appoint a day when he will try to get a little, whicu he never fails to do. HeI ha4 made his fortune by the sale of fish, the fintest of which he knows exactly where to fish for, and honey which he raises in large quantities, having his bees hived in the swamps~ for miles round. No music is so charming to his cars, as the booing of the bull frogs, and the bellowing of the alligators; for hese sanig his lullaby when is his cradle, and have been har. pingers of his harvest from his boy. hood until the present day. He never uses any other weapon to kill snakes with, than his heel; and there never was but one known to attempt to bite him, and that one broke off its teeth without penetrating the skin of the heel, lie has never taken any Doc tor's stuf, nor let them come near etoutgh to feel his pulse or to look at his tongue; and he is now about seven ty years of age. Strange as it may seem, that sech a character should find a mate of similar tastes and fancies. Yet such is the case, only that she is a little more like him than he is like himself. Has any of our cotempora ries as singular a character in their neighborhood? If so let's hear about him.- Cheraw Gazette. ALL -rnE BERRI~s.--A Celebrated comedian heeame enraged with a gro cer named Berry, who sent in his ac count long before it was due, and he, in his great wrath, called utpon the peen grocer, and laboring under the impression that his credit was doubted, satid 'I say, he're's a pretty mul, Berry;. 3Lm, wnhu~Ii no't havi Ieen :;uch a Za, Fry-fo i~a do't~ Cea' tr, rhos Success In the c4lture .4 wrap, and many rare varietlep of ult, has been so distinguished, is now ngaged In the development of a Flo. af wonder, which has reached such an dvanced stage as to promise the Ipgj$ atisfactory result. Tis is no less Ia xperiment than an attempt to raise he m ificent Victoria Regis, (RgI ia, or i alis) the Queen or the water Lilies, which was discovered in. South kmerica in 1837, by Dr. Robert II. ichomburgh, and was only suocesiful. y flowered in England in 1849, after epeated failurea to introduce it. In this country the plant first flow. ,red at Philadelphia, and has been in roduced only into one or two other )laces. Thanks to the enterprise, en husiasm and skill of Mr. Allen, our lorists may now hope to behold the ;ronder in all Its magnificence. Mr. Allen's Grapery is one of the iotabil.ities of our region. It com. rises the choicest varieties, and is ca pable of yielding from 6 to 10,000 3ounds of grapes per annum, and of producing fruit at all seasons. For ifty consecutive months ripe clusters iave been hanging from the vines in iome part of his entensive range, and 'hey may now be seen in all stages, rrom the incipient blossom to ths ma lure fruit. Peaches nearly ripe, cher ries, orangess, lemons, figs, and other rare exotics, in- various periods of ad. vancement, also hang, in tempting luxuriance flem- wel. trained and skil Fully tended branehes, enclosed within his 'crystal palaoe.-Salem Register. As this is the season when many of )ur fellow-citisen, are about making & summer tour to- Europe, we repub lish the subjoined. officiel. instructions relative to obtaining thoe necessary companion du voyage, a passport. DzPARTENZIT OF S'A'1a, WAseNiaNt April, 1850. Citisens of the United States visiting foreign countries are liable to serious inconvenience, if unprovided with au thentic proof of their national charao ter. The best security against this is a passport from the Department of State, eertitying the bearer to be a citi zen of the United States; which pass. ports are issued gratis, upon applica tion supported by proof of citizenship. This proof need be transmitted but once. Oh all smbsequent occasions, a simple reference to it, and to the period when it was presented, will be sufficient. When the applicant is a native citi zen of the United Saztee, he must trans. mit an affidavit of this fact, stating his age and place of birth, signed by him, and sworn to by himself, and one other citizen of the United States named tnerein, to wbom he is per sonally known, and to the best of whose knowledge and belief nmade by him Is true. This affidavit must be attestse by-andStryf ublic u:WidrebIi signature and seal of of~ce? When there is no Notary in the place, the affidavit may be made before a Jus. tice of the Peace, or other officer autho rieed to admninister oaths. if the applieant be a naturalizedeclti zen, his certificate of naturalization must be transmnitted for inspection. I will be returned with the passport. The application should be accompa nied with a description of the person, viating, the following particulars, vi:Ae ears. Stature, feet, ice (Egihmeasure.) 1Ihrehead, Byes, Nose, Mouth, Chin, Hair, Compiezion, Face, When the applicant is to be ao companied by his wife, children, or servants, or by females under his pro. tection, it will be sufficient to stste the name and ages of such persons, and their relation-hi p to the applicant. Persons who leave the oountry, ex pecting to obtain passports, whilst abroad, from the Diplomatic or Con. sular agents of the United States, are liable to disappointment; inasmuch as it is the duty of those agents to ob serve the utmost caution in granting documents in the nature of a certifi cate of citizenship, toi those persons on ly who are certainly known to be en titled to them; and it is sometimes difficult, if not impracticable, to pro-. cure proof of this fact in a foreign coun try. Certificates of citizenship or pass. ports issuing from the Authorities, or from the Judicial or the Municipal F~unctionaries of our country, are not recognised by the officers of foreign Governments; a' d if the Diplomat-. ic and Consular ag -nta of the United States are called upon to certify to the authenticity of such document, they cannot do thh for want of that oficeial information in regard to those authori ties and functionaries, and to their re spective signatures and seals of of floe, which is indispensable necessary in the case of every such certificate. SINoULAR Co:NCIDNuC.--It is a lit tle singular that of five of the Preal dential candidates-one, Webster, is dead; another, and the successful can didate, lost his little boy, soon af ter his election, by a most dIstressing accident, and his own and wife's lives were saved almost miraculously; while the third, fourth, and fifth, viz: Fill more, Cass anid Douglas, have each had to mourn the loss of their wives since the can vass. Surely death strikes in high places. A V~nf DEL.CTum OMKL.Em. Beat six eggs, the yolks and whites separately; melt a bit of butter in a teacupful of warm milk, to which add gradually a tablespoonful of flour, a ta blespoonful of salt, and a little pepper; then mix the yo!ki f the' egg and ir.ly the. whts io to astf froth:. lHak. immreltrdy it. a fuit pan. Somec hamn ept Eno rind added ini a gree: inipw v21nn:t; some~t ?ersonws like. swer baba others prefr one~f D "the. pg. .'e of th'. S ~ ~ ~ ai.>f h goejimbt to the t: women and children, o14d ten froin all quarters of tc breezy banks of. and Borge, brushed A Suite and. prepared to - Long before the- #6b quiet streets of the rur 4 ad with crowds of an*I Rocking to the arena, fight commenced such a collected as Gretna. had n"&e a will be likely tou;a - The arrea for te'par twenty feet square,.bmU -EAUT74 ground and constructed o bers and iron barai.:A meats, circularly placed , 6 to aocommodate many About four or five thouse.n. assembled, covering the Meat a cloud, and crowding down a'. cage were within reach oif h The bull selected to susai rm ni or and verify the pluck of Att on this trying occasion,:was animal from the Opelousui, ithe -d sinewy as a four year old courser P with eyes like burning 'coal horns bore the appearaxceofh'.v ;6 been filed at the tips, and wanted keen and dashing appearance s %oao mon with others of his kkh sd i otherwise it would have been Nil with Bruin at the firt pas , lad no mistake. The bear was an animal of noteo ind.:. called General Jackson, fro th fact of his licking up every thing that CPIe. in his way, and taking "the. responsi bility" on all occasions. He was . wicked looking beast, viry lean and, unamiable in aspect, with hair AK' standing the wrong way. lHe Uiad fought some fifty bulls (so thysaid,) always coming out victorious, buy tA either one of the fifty had beeh ifA takapas bull, the bills of the per - ances did not say. Had hesse an Attakapas first, it is likely his fifty battles would have remained unfou ht. About half-past four o'clock the, per-, formances commenced. The Bull was first seen standing in the cage alone, with head erect, and looking a very monarch in his capacity'. At an appointed uignal,.a cgecontain ing the 'Bear was placed along-lde o the arena, and opening-bIng'ma'e Bruin stalked into the battle ground not, however, without sundry stirrgga up - with a ten foot pole, he beiigg. perienced in such mattery andbok. ward in raising a row.' Once on the-battle f bo161anep maim stood wondering, the . I'm his long his eyes dllae ng 'sideswrheuad ushy tl The Bear seemed lite ncel begin the attack, and the Bl, i~~ ing a moment, made steps first. -~ ward and then forward, as. if he.4u. ring his antagonist and mneditating where to plant a blow. BruIn would'at~ come to the scratch, tno way it could, be fixed, 'till one of the keepers, with an iron rod, tickled his ribs; and usade him move. Seeing this Attakapas took it as a hostile demonstration, and gathering hir strength, dashed savage-. ly at the enemy, catching him on the points ofhis horns, and doubling him up like a acek of bran agafest the bars.. Bruin "sung out" a this; and made a dash for his ,opponent'a nose. Missing this, the Bull turned to the 'about face," and the Bear caught him by tho ham, inflicting a'ghastly 'wund. But Attakapas with a kick shook iblmn off; and renewing the attack, lwent eat him again, head on, and with aruah. Thistime he was noteogfortunate, for the bear caugh& him. above the'gee buy'ng his fangs in the tou h h14c and holig him as in avio6 -.- Jti as nohe the Bull's turn to."slng'out,' 1n 'h did It., bellowing forth 'wits 'a voice more hideous than that of all the Bnlls of Bashau.-8ome minutes, stood-nmat tars thus, and the cries of the Bull, mingled with the hoarse growls of the Bear, made hideous music, lit-only for a dance of devils. Then came a pause, (the bear having relinquiLshed . his hold) and for a few minutes it wa* .g doubtfnl whether the fun was-not up. But the magic wand of the eep. er (the ten foot pole) again' stIrred up Bruin, and at it they went and with a rushl Bruin now tried to fastenodn the bull'a back and drove his stusks in him in several placs, making the, red blood flow like wine .from, the vats of Luna. But Attakapas wy pukto the 1 ack bone, and catching Bruin on the tips of his horns, shoafiea him up right merrily, making the fut> fly like f atheors in a gale of wmndl Birtin cried "nuff," in bear language) but th bull followed up his advantage, t making one furious plunge full -at the figure head of the enemy, strucc a horn into his eye, burying it there anid dashsing the tender or n into dark. ness and atoms. Bloo fonowed blow, and poor Bruin, blinded, hbeede ing and in mortal agony, turned with a howl to leave, but Attskapae cAught him in the retreat, and rolled him sov,, er was enacted, and finally afterrinlo? than an hour, Bruin~ :urled' hima' up on lisa back, bruised bloody ~~1 dead heiat. The thing wasaiup wit Califoria, and Atrakapas was d~eclared the vitor amdt thw.applause of the misultitude that imade the heav ens ring, It w~as~ amtost sva# exhibition, and we chronitLe It as we g.uld mrurder ,r# beelw~n a; e ZI,.- Agynt .t the Pa