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Commuiutnientiins calculate I to pro:nlote pri vate interest, or recoijunenatitins of candi-iltes .for ullices of honer, profit or trust will le char .ged lur its advertisemeints Aninninitg a candidate Five Doilarm a year. Fur all marriages the printers fee I ex pertel. Poetry, For the Banner. Addrotm, to the tiock Bird. I. Oh sing on yet - Thou minstrel of the .sweet ncove '[1 y tong 01it hode of life ai I love; Bleik \voter', wiij hth ceai-sedi Io bile A ilunnyaat r tu ilio to g-'I The i rees ha.1ve in.-t thei, tiol!, of woe, And wanton birds begin to coo. 11. Oh .in onl vet! MV goni% in thy liits.:iJ .ns. Which warms- mle itoice;14 api-l, To ve ii Lve's peliuid streais, And tetint on sweel ewachimg drev,... 01 wili vo,d uypiphs and hower-i t ce,. . iu:: set i fs iury Sneen0t. Ill. Oh sing on yet Thy voice relumes a btned flaiue, Anid brings to iltmd a hong itloved name, Whose melody halls on mme ear, (Long de;tf 1to Ilope's sweet voice) as clear, As when I lved on B tuty's .v.iters, And drank t he sighs of her n ild daug hltcr. IV. Oh sing on yet Nor cense, siveet mis' rel i lhus 1i) sing, And welcomo back returning sprimgr The miibre baoniom driiks ilhy liy, As withered ro-ses, dews of Mav : The love k-n., heart will cease to pine. Whilst it c~m drink such strains as thiiine, Oh sin-g oi yet A NEW BUr.T ExrAcro.-An En. glishman by the namet of Miles' Ilas on - ~sttructedi an instrioent which, it is thought, will inusuro cotmparat ive ease-, rapidity and safety, inthe priienas of ex itractitng butilts fromn woundts .-it is tthus described: "Thrme conivanc2 consist of a small sir pumup and cylinder, to v lich-l a tap is affixed. To tis tsp is aunichvl au suita - ble length inf fl1.xible ltubing ahonit a qnuir. ter of ano inch in diameoter. li ned in ide with silver wvire, to p'revenut its cal l psing. -At the othier end of th,:s tiub. th on us a smlh globe, froum w hichi a tubat sallil cent. ly minute t) pass into ai biil.tm woundl~ is fixedl, the enid terii at ing wn an~ tindiah. rublber collar. Out t I ltp of the g;uibi -ther in a small taip, in order to, aduin t a probe tol pass down the tuiln, to sonund wheni .oi thue bullet. TPhe mino of ip,.-rating~ is thint--A vacutm nis creamed in ihe cyliin. der, the tube before.-atlnded to is ascer tained ho be .on thme ball, lte tap in the cyhnider is opened, whmeni the bullet he. comnes fied to the tube by the vaetmin thus erected, and us ts wvithidrawn. Th'le great merit of this invonton consists in its'n obviating the necessity for the paiiful nd -dangerous -operation of cutmg oiut hlets, and bly its means a moteil moan, witii the aid of ant asststantu to work at ''the atir-hutnp, w ould be able to accompilh it ~he work witich now occupies mtaniy usmr - -y.eonw. When the cylinder isi on1ce ex hadstadJ, l, would oxtract several hluliets, 2 thout the neci'oty of agauin wvorking pump. rThe Medical Board has5 4Vnditedtionsi tul all emlinentl instr innent uI56~)ftp the aplparatte " ju *i~i A'~t% h ditthe Hon. Jetffersont ~ ttfpiuttttentt to the Visit to the Seraglio Palace. To Visit the iuIties ldt! the Se ragliii P.aIlace i firmaii or perinit miust be had 11r.m the Governal ment, anad that is to be paid l0 rouidly. An of lieer or two miust attend with hii., sword and stall. iand they iiist be feed Weil. Tlieni at every is. Sapine and other sacred place you visit th.-re aic scrvants to lie feed, if a party get through the day's excursin litr forty dollars they do very well. M. i ovii, the iDragomanl of the United Stat Legation, kindly priuued lur us a fir-. 1111111 tId Selit his owi Cevasse. to leaid us. ie Governimtent eiit an other, 6u that we Were well provided Witia lin escoret. SevIraI ladies jPined our party, and added largely to the pleatisures of that, delightli and inter eatinig day. Wihere the Golden Hlorn sels up from thle Lshiuthe old city tif llyzihthtim ,tid. and Mltpom~ed 11. s -etield this niteivall d it.e hris pI.dare, atI . ld ll L "u. is ;!.-round,, anld pirejpalred a re id n t tst, had. 11,1 etjtlal ill thle ILderil u t ark. Arllv-Id !.itiits aliiitt'dI as by tile great paviion, which is cal led the J'urte ;ate, old Iilti this the G)iloilli Eipire takes its liailc. 'it.3 lin.li are the usual giurd at this door. We We'e At onice inl the iniidlt tf a vast co.urt-yaLIrd, (1 be whoI le pal ace g rounds aIC threet' miles in circitL) a d la->si..g titeisss it v-' were utilidtluted ilit the p IItdae. A 1 ght tit sta:rS breo wlh. us LI) tilt. alidteele. Cll iber, I Wi-le a jIar-linv'ia, v'il t-ed mlid su'rrmmldeel wVitlh a i 'el ii ivan. i lie thirn - ro.-iii W is Ei'lsl~ tt tltl ld ssa sii'wVii~g LI coi. igility to LI \;ste.t ii -. Anlltier :ll1 i.imlo 'Ir ehzllitiler. ill m e enitered the ,i i'., batJI, uixii i tIlt' coltriv!iites i tr iillitart \Viehic Ltole, peopJ le i i e j .y. A in a , li us,~~~~~~~ rateatheglsinoridu tikAt thial i the eilt li the ha Well. Nip rnite 1u41 inay cross u18;1; .t~iliii id]. N a an but I ,- 1i:i0 .i1 ii., L.\ iktI% tI liei itvj tilt 11ii i - ji 1 illt lii' li- Iliil' Li 11\ 1 e '. l tI a ;o li a e yitili 'hll s ji'll ' li ! ir, w I, Iiiw L . i hau.'it thoe Shah. Mhi ehgriiin li. It it if tipl m', U. 0 :"i i in ed llt i; : i ye 1 . Tire i . iil llm d 1 in ; : ;;ii l~ Int.dre .' :::: I e' ti i ' i l* it(! li o t e i * l hit'i e re Lonll tat . CiIit l ii e i~ iie lifi t..i, e ril it VI- t li a ihat h dr. p, hi h1:114l ke i i t I h fi tl, 41 (it ian e I it., Ia I n the,.ell %Ct. S .vv sfill. Tim mu h Ibli.< b1.1l1 wev -s r l :1b,11, toi the lii l v .ia e t i l' th1 1* ei t-S1:mlit n nledIIg a.111111 in tI lie II ti ls,swo irds. dilks, '.i I ii'han-, e ii ia ii ele ,I it'! ( MtIe ill 6~hillt'l his jct ird. i felegfjit, . ~i ship.V gat.ln''d iti:i g6ob1i Iti.d in t l S , m alten till wVas call'ed . all .-i i ai arl lilteit, t, l t i t it le , i -d hie ilistr. iTwsi jaii.:uiai WL'h i hane fed ti'nis s ll d g eltt ileilt! i ti ii'i ice;p pvr notted jil i t ill, lie in , n it 1 v.1 en d It Was repil ui' tud te cipal elit, the ugh(1i1, ehai yeliti'// t/r e h t (Ih. 1owed1111 to igo ill ; 3: t:1 ht I'r,.m Ing o'n their ivilerl, ha liedi teip ike, b 21t rsIIt4 e d gIs o the glluards broagt, them ) t'o Isude b othe thruies 11)1. IL'could sii the e mi'gif ient cath and t hs giy ad ptos fuiturte o he nun'h, wi hr tIn 'thiiirden of th plae. palse and nerte ae'seg, r m 1 en uit.10..idtice. will be Ili tile mairbitv pa1l e oil tile IBo-.Iais..i S At it usazid ll).itoses ui in the v~,v iii Stables, wliielt w'e paii-Std 4.11 four wa% i. mit, ; ittiii Lie liri'ss :iil tra Vr pigColVe, ti With j1J%IrIy. atre dits It ar'jtiirt-d tit liair to !oiik Illr.11lurI tile tohld ialmr111y' t:li ilill-, ,Ilie tiflit. Illts2, grv'.; ., b reast plaites ill fii irrl ol sta.rs, &iill.,4 ifzstritflge 11211 I tilt Ull te b 614ilert 1 41( .4.1' 14 Wer IleiINIt t , nd im terr ily tellhc' i v* ill teir dayv, ziiid V'.'') i lio S 1-1-%. Sii . lk 1ta -1 III Sh 10'rewad vIfir. il-c wereit lti-Lijjio diiislliiii4 fly tile dal domii' ltoa* tilt Nwari ha.t 11111C ~ on tle stealilci wh!it iile,. w.erec by tils tim le eqiic- jt* reiiin tis~ 1 Liii 1411. mid Lot tO il e f il. lit 4hIt : alIen was IL csik'.2 i'm hei tilev 1: Mhill-'h iiistni,'.stilt- !'-illi It2' 'lizii ud i aiy g tililig M (IfI111 l'il i 11 Iii'' ll ne(I, kep rul il, 1'ravcl li4*ln lt ill.arp andiuhe oil. ther. c~ t i CLCte AT* 41.s oe P.4.v!.'s L bc~ - AII vi'' tend i t ill i meigiQsttlei Iilam dtlar he rils t i i iiieyof' hliiIt. liditililt) ternii tm e. dilli' 4111 I li ll.S 'i liii; te lad~it the iiiile ia.u -A ier eill titl FiSpl hilleiilt 11211 i 0it 1ies l I e f'i. iii'r (A It til. -111 ieW irh t i t W i ,lie izuofit I - let I III d( l t ile dW ~ i l It l ilt- Ititf --i I I. t2 tl 4 *i'ti ily t~ sm le (111t.i Iiuiill i l l t4. 'm il bell iithe Iiti 11i114 -Itl ft ilt tx Vi - iziietls is11 fit, 11! I*C . Isd ilt 'I -of* i. i4h h tili han ii Illis i1 Ili. ii jtil 1111 1 il te i~Ol imr. Msiv lil. i-wi ls.i IZ44 .ll tile fic ltfil dial ilttlii l thi tic il i t oulItiiIi iih rn. i ll'tt I M i "1 It' . Aoh I t-iiiIllv Sly il I d's watile 11.1d 1 a run f ut i".[rlk itV--e hill- lot hit'4vi:L al~t lillit.t I li - hii I t ,- i t , :rl At. ks 111c. il l JItai -ll tilt I t Slu7.ors-4 4 ill. ,-;~ J I~ WOiu huhL CIIIOU. blit - I.tla keu vat i 1) 1s ~ :.,1! Fro i the h:ir;olt? I Mercuiy. Wotsuldw in lise foarl. Tihe ilate caeic oif Piooh-t, the N ew Ylik br1ioser, wvh.!ived ihoor t wo wveeks withl a1 pistl ball imlbedded-k inl hiS heart, halt- been thottgat by - ni1aniy tit htave beeni unparalilld, tond ty -ionwt is tihbelieved fill t strengorth (of' the pularnitin sh i:tt ay~ woiudu in tlhe helart is liv. essaril" 1:uillnediati-ly faItal. [lhe I.oi)sville C.triet, hiowever, has inkel ny' thle unl;iter at, length, an'd oiatl-q'Ils inia1y cur'i ou;S and well 3a. iltieteid cases . sit how t ho r erril itiis .1 Ie I lie genend11l lotions respt CL ogl~ woundllls Ilf! tilhear, A phys-ician ei Nairy couinty, Temw v,:ev, Dr. Ribdall, reporIted 111a. ii' yearis ao tihe ase tof a 11,.groJ boy'., who nas w. iitlidetl i tie cliest. wiith a ialtoa ls Sllit. The wound was givel tlln 11th 5th ofi Api:i, and the ireatwinet ill i1lie e:Lsc was sillul aiid Very jiltli. -Io S. I' waS dlireeled t1) thle relief, ofitillainat ion ofithe lung, aa111 t in-re was (1 i.i iicatil Ilat the. Ileart, was woInded. The 1113' ;eeined too recotv. er r.egnharly anld slowy1u to thle six ty.seeenth d1%a , when lie lied -idein)y, ltiii tver.iidii gence inl eating. 'I lie lonig %% hich wa vswoiunded never per. I' iiied :-vt*ic aIliter receivinhg tle Ahut. aind ile devati was due to the clidition if tie 1i1' Ill L ing tile cturse i the witin saft erdeath. the physiciais w re a,tonolli-ilet; i jiniti ng L three shot it the bo(ittil t li the velLic!e and Iwo) slotiL inl Lilt! buttlisi of' the i anuriCle ,of tlie beati. Tile w i mds iaadc in ille slistiallee of Ilie hieart were ill Iriiily hevaled, 1and the iit'ernal siir. Itee ilf tht clViLis, inl which tile shot were iund, betniayed ito sign of hav. ing siilhered in 1m. way IrtoiI t lie prseceofte shot. The. bov lived frti the 5th ill April ti tIie I Ith of Juniie, mr Sixty.seve i iays, :uh tie Ie a thI was die to4 thle 11n1g, neeondlng ito the picii*.itiaii. inl the case, anld iiot i.t the .41hit ill n lt l eIrt. Ill thet Dictionniil Meudical.., !Saviard liein ctins a ca!ie in which tile Ieft ven. liele if llt heart 3a.4 I 41.he 1pt 1 In lr w%- tia %liii h i , -i f..,ff til A igil lii lihL..e. lii iiiiliI'll- li ' I lit lnI lived 1111. , ir five d1 s: A e'.1 if bloodi n\e1ililbrehri iCe!,Sd I the opeinig at lie anlid iprvnitIg lhei.ll. M I cha; . Ill anoti h r eaise the 1, iir II VenIItriel was; pIerced on,11 the, Vvi ltn lived live d.s. I'lal ill :.n a h rt a snl I was pa ed thre. gh Hish I ight veiitl iii., the i l. iili, h ll a tici a la i yver, :01d the 11 i liv d it . . lil 111 1 1 It d y. .\ lltd exhibited t hi lwvart t, I hel, Fle-iwh Av~adveny 4of se-viet, inl 1 :1-5. .%1. le1.Veille n.-pl-rts a1 casc in wichu lt, left ve t i wa pieced i. in rtical. .' .\1 ia a ' w ini liur or five 4li it: .i -l.. % ;as1-; le '1lhis Victimo lived 11n.1; Iih! 71 th day. IDehor-IS, liholdilus -. Ohw heatL, tit it were l iintii..I, I a I itd ItiI ie 4h li h ill , 1-9111, I and c ei n thi l Thv I.he inn. coniract Spasui.li. V:ill a the iwii l i -i i 11hv wea;-IIhn itl. 4.. i liitIS 11V d il a lii.. Ii. -il t-l hlicts th e Ilh.i1 c-ts ti. t hn e h it. ilt prven itis anirhlie 'iAi innia e le. Ils livat Frenach ,gi . es a re. Aitia ca. riiir.al bv.s lwk. il : ,irtsiigh-i If hlg alnItig i, uai culta il Ill Silsi it~abl oa the luest rie xilina. r.. eae ljcsar a tolwtiiil it wund truc itm h evi te ne i ed ,l4 GIs -innt ic iun li:e .\i Ii t-l.' ignono ru:e.n il ihe ase ig --il i 't i l'h ie lss e S i si li. ( i) ii i ll . i d t he ibht l i i . n1t.1is 111 u l, '.'seru ifil \,lh wit .wh is ci-h stf ct) The great tlylsterV ill thocase was the ettirise ls o'all tracte o(' the bali. It was llot inl the veiltidio inlto wh'icll it had certuinlv pased, tior wait there any perceptibie wituild of the airele litrk its passage thro'gh , it. . .l1 Ihis sitate 4) thinl g<a, .. he large Veal (f whieh we have spOkeit vas tied, atdI the hear't tand that, part 41l the - eiin were t skeni imt :ad placed inl waiter. Whiht theyv were tindergyingr uteerat$fin thet ytohug man who wvais iaptvteling to the In1taceratii, thfu tght, cc et r evi deniees o' a brulise uin wait. is called h.e t~rienspid vive .- T.1here is an' 6val uctiig betw een the right airicle and vetil idle which ik clsed ' y this val ve. Th discovery hills madu by matiter'a Litiln gave i eine toi a search ir tit. ball. As it hatd evidetily, by thit poljeCtie hr fee (t'1 110 powtier, passedl4 ihitgh tle ventricai aid into tlt right auriele, iltronugh the oval open. i ig, the sean-'h t*'-r it, was 'mie inl thle hir.e veili of iwhich we have spok'in is the vessel which conves tho bltod f'rom the lotwer mnembers If tie body into the right, atriele. Thi' I ein is the laiiige'st il tie hilmar bodv. - The two veir*s l'ann tlte rightanid lef't ex tremities taite' gether opposite tie fourth b-11tme it what i. ealled the loints. aid make this large venous truik. lit the right tin fif these two veins the ball was 10ound(.' We have heard of a remarkatle Casll in Ii(aliuped, which can 'Ui der the obser"Yatioi o' a hyIt sicial It the Virgilia Spring.. This hlysI; cianl was 644ud of' huing, and1 o I -ne 0=1as44in he killed a.fitick that. wats ex. tratrii1arily filt. In opeeing the ali. al hlie ituid the heart entireiv traits. fixed with lial eldor stalk, whicir had rti throiugh it. It was evidett, thait appealaices, that this 'lder' slick ha I beeni in the hiart. for.a Iwigth of tinime. The wind. whiih ;t had made ini its it'ress had all hteah'-d anIfectiv.:md tm tr.ace -01' inifl-onnliationl wa1s discIOVera1. ble. There was lit) sign ..i' disease ill O he su b1stzlt e Ifl'i ihe li art in w hiclhlil t he stalk wa fiw . This anliial had sitrucklt hlim ~elfI. a1 t, so Imigni bles;.pi'I I% tageata'4 un. 'l-ler . e'f trthif.sed his h e:ui t, -l .\.:' t: ( re.l h1,111. al lv it'-I at the lt iitals a a ie41444', W e hav,.e' 4 atdt I f i-- item-e 'f4 intho nition111 1;hr )IIr rea lers, bov-l-ms4. foft t eral; sm ri't m'et mit'e, td at Olc fivt[ 111:11 P.i .dt | vi e leve t 1 ts with a h.11 Ilitid ; 114ob hil et ee t W V v LI t Ventll f hi, b .- t .. \VA01NG[ONs'S PAw:-s AND SL.:S1-. cateete, alt\VI-hiton:t ttlftied Lt'lt 1:1 11'" 1k.. .141 f ' t e f 44441 4t 14j t.1 l'ihunnld llandolph had beenl .1n Illb-je vt git' 41 -hil \V 1's i aliv 'itre' t -ohis youtht; h114s 41'owertid i(nfint-ae l had C: used hinm to be elected Golver-1 tit oift Virgiia; lit had tappointed him sutcessively atimoney Genenda anld Se.cretary) of' Statle, inld had treat. d him in every way wih tt ulimiied conldid'le, and1 almost par. ntal t, ItNS. The val'ar imnd violent. aeL wtll which he was aseailed in tlhe lisgraced tinitster's "Vindicatin ,'' teisd n111e incen 1Sed him t anl exua..r. i ny dh i .o -e- tilt, dcea-id w as n dillt "I.ii-1n whc hi . ln a (m 1't'' t1l1ill tolel hist 1 elut, r 1114 1 . ate' i1t1,ait.ilt ai llit1 a illast il liver is it1l co4 l. \ e llave fr m amplil] 1. 54inIf -.l lb .tr Ii .t . a . L -is st . jjj ti tratmg1 tht:is wc Im t bhs e hter hInd t 1-1 a u t li k t tr'taerly i' Sta ee , a e the late .\a r. J'amies titss, o 1titi burg.tf il wais has4'ii i~i ag et. 11r th tsa l i o 1 th e - itl thea iit It w nl~tei wLtai 0' hun al --iy patev palor M~htsiWi gea abrl. Ai.ios tee i- th m a [Fron the Washintylon Un.oi.J Time El Dorado Otltrage, Time FactS of thme Case, The brief aillusion made by us on ye.terday to the lite outrage upon the steaminer El Dorado by a Spanish frigat. wasi bae.;cd upon unoflicial.intel ligenctI, but so well authen'ticated, tha we teltattbrized t0 rely upon aI. crreetua'ss. We hatve been tav ,r - lb1Y tle Stath] Department with a 0 'py .,if a letiter ofta pltain Gray, th . iander ofthe El Dorad,, addre i6a'al ip tie acting American Constil i-t Havana, which we publish below, and a hieh fully .ustainiiis the accounit on which our comitients ofyesterday were inade. Tl itislt to our flig was flagraniit, wholly unprovi ked, aiu with ot the shadow of paliatio:i. An ariiv'd Spanish ian of war deliberatte Sfires two sihts at one of oui regilau nMali stenners, . stops her on her vov ge by force, and comipels -her it, subuiit to a search by a Siniislh offi eii.l!. It is liflilt Lop Conceiveoiif a grosser outrige upsin our national honor, or a boolder assertion of "the right of scarh." If the case takes ihe usual course; . the ficts will be thrwarded , to' Madrid, where t e Spaniisi-governnient will 6e cal led uionl for relliation n. The. Spanish go'vernient will claim time to send to Ilavana to procnre eW(dcnce' and in the Iealin tiie, whilst tii- delay takes ia 1un oither Anierican vessel will b fired into ald) 2 -as ched by another Span1itish irigite, fnd in .this vay dii' hisult w.d injury are never acknowl ed 'ed or inid ior. . We will Iot 1111rsue the Suilbject, but only renirk that our a ag and our hoiar lave'beei in-oited aivi the right of search p'racti .*:.y asserted. Wie have 1,111l1 oii dence t hat - the Pirside&ii. will do his duthiy atitthl-ily -in ie preiiii,es. The letter of Captain Gray is a fullows; Smtnsit E. DolAno. Ha:!valh, March 8, 1855. Sir: I have to report t v 1n that on thle nl-ig t4.fl th 6t1h inst., 1'1h # 4); MVy --'N to*~4 A W Li l ) It, a'sght to, 11) 'thu Sii ri 'igate "Ferofonh," the cir eniistaneSt'i a1f' which are these: n'll, ni:ht was bean11i1ifit'lly FClear. wiith at nII1 s t h1 set amd light breezes frnm lie soti anl east. At twpit v min lites pa-t iighiiijst I inl e Gspe Ai tounio light, bearing north by west, (per tocnpa s,) steerinog nurth by west. 3I- west, an1d. few is lihuLts aifterwards a shiip was seen -111 (aur port 5otw with her heai I' SI)IItII and1i west alid courses han'edl up. A t alut 1.15, wlein she was two points forward oh the enin, and distant. fromn half to three quasters of a iile, without sig iial I aniiy descriltiton, she fired a shot at us, wihi fell ab1ut twenty yards froim the ship on port side, abreast of' I to e riggiing. I iin nediately ordered the aehin put a starboard, and rau lhiwn towIards her, inteding t pss m. der liher steri, but, whei within thrte hidred %ards of her, she fired a se ci d hot, which passe'd but a short dhiaince ove. tie p1t wheel-house froaiim itrwaod Lt af't. The etigines navi ig beein previously slowed, I s "p. eal them, aid rangIg Ly under ir steri, asked what he wished, lIe r aehlib asking what, ship it was, id whi re I wais f( oii- I told hium thle Uniied States masiIs s i,hi p 'El IlIavanai~. lie' t heni tild ime to Lback andi, wait.. Aftzer stopineii somile min te. iagaini hiai led aid uiskted him, wh it lie waint''d, sand toi kiamw ij lie was goingto keep mec there all night. iisweiedi bysa insg lie wouild sen-h a boi at alion gsideu, whieb he didi. W hieni t lie afilic~er emniie on boarid, i. I e~jtit ed 1ii sale theL paipet s. I she wed hin ii ile cleairaiice fromii the Uinitedi States e..nisulat I a cst A'upiniiwalI, mid aiso Ihe lill ofi healith; uafte'r residing whliih, lie tol ad sme I conid proceed sii so on s lie b' at gi t a shortit d istaince fraom thle shaipI 'Ilie d tention of' stopintg hieing abosut for13 -live mlini "ites, beidestl~ ruu.ing out ofi miy I ivavilhl fiuther remiark that d tiring lie whliole niight, my sigiial lights were buinii ig hi ighi antd clear, andi thsat I wa. poir ni..g my cutrse at at ustsince violaitinig the laws aif any c'outry. I r'e.nini with re'spiect, you'ir obt. ser*. ALFRED G. GRAY. The headiiig merchants of New-Or lesars, in ai memi al to the Legisla tonre of~ Lomusianua regnesting that. mueasures bei tiakenm to iiiiprouve thes iiavigmatio n of rivers in the State, szay hat "Iri. mi 25,000) to 30,001) ba.es of catltiin, utnd 5 ),0.0 tai 75,000 hoaga heiads of' sugar, wiarthi .89t0.0. to ttl,200,0.0 ate niow due here by the strieamts of ,aur, State alaone, .attd ae kepit. liume our marrket by thei want of navgaton on the Weldbratiuifof T birthday, we altrdAF-to- ,15i burh-as a living waitnea itf i luite and di;uiustingh abi E New York Obsarver contai - - from Mr. .Thurburn,. wrjuen.,. J5 eighty-third birth..day,-F and da'ed at Winsted 4 where lie expects to pass days. This letter ii deV, to reittaiseenees of Turn"Pa inakti tha idlo wing ext Its we hope will be read at h0 every subsequent. anniversatq -it"d infidel de-auches: "As th-re is but a steplbet4* . Me and death. I owe it to generatoas, toL coieto tell what Lheard-ad w oif Thomas Paine. Perhaps thor nllot a mia on earth inho traced ht - Irom his cradle to his gravegex Mysel'. Carver and 1lwed 'ell liahorers in the saigi sh!10 YA and Carver. wqre born iiis the town iii I5nIanid..4& ai m boarded with Carver. I often e Carver; i wife, and Paine, q.-1 four set by the fire on % winte, ni gh rehearse the items of his ife, f think lie was the worat memabe of the. politic I ever met in all my joui W. through lire He mar I r ble lady, who -did 'liw -. Ihereafter, in. eunieqilene'4 o a treedmilent. He the; MIr 'lasighter of the. Culletor idhejo of Ltiwis; af~rdic iggn eda divorce for the like treatap.iei I in 1773, ghile he heldanoffie -.he custonhouse, (given him bjhls fitler-in.lav) he was depteid iaki6g9 A bribes fion the smuggleind fl 9 to Aimericam Ile was madeSi ret ti the private Cominte C u anlid took an oath of (Oficooe 0 t. e secrets. . lle'brokebAtiidh% d y Vu6)g..- L. ing the project of a sQr isso tl Court of France by aslas D.ao p Ile was disniised ith is (See the-Journal (f'OngrON m8"111 or '5.) . Thi teae ' ry 1! W L _ Td.V Rob,,paieru in his laborsor - tali,i, reedom of Ihe pres, an the right of speech, by neans' of the guillotine. lie quarreled with Rob bie, and was chalked for guillotine. God, willing to make the wrath oft Painle to praise Him, sent an angel lio delivered him out of pri'on-* (For the particulars of this miracle, see the Life of Thorburn, 101st page.) In isul, when King Thomdo the First au-ended the throne of his king daum, Ihe histantly despatched anation. al filgate to convey to our shorestjbe1 venlerated Thiomas Paine. He arrived early in the y ear 1802. I spoke.iAth him at the City Hotel, Bowery, a few hours IIteT his arrival. He rotind letters urging him to Washington, (thei a fisur days' journey).. As started next morning. At George town a messenger wits sent forward to annonce his approach;- feast was got ready, and all those of likethink ing were invited. Paine entered late his shirt unwashed, his beard unskotn and reeling like a drunken ian A look of consternation sho foth fom every face; mirth cease % by one they 'went out, leaving bria his chair fast asleep. y be received letters and instructions to return to iyewv York. WVhen A aron Barr returned from E arope, whither he had fled after his duel with Hamuilto~n, he kept hisofice ini Nassauu.street, near nmy seed store. Fr"om ii brI received the accdunt :abo've stated. Pauine, on his return, was uitabla to Ibud lodgings. Carver took biun l for old acquaintance sake. Hie [died at G3reeniwhich, of delir-ium tremtebs Ia 1809.-Journal of Commerce. A Liva N-onLEMAN.--Thep amusing story concerningcsthe last s aririvatl of the Mexico at GalvestdrW...~ It appears that among the jlit ' palssen:.rers o:1 the manifest thet in of the "Eaurl of Durham " was~~by recoirded. The newsquek~ye anid was soonh omui English Consul, who, In the of~ his natur e, took ron or~ ~ t coumtryman at the Tremio~1p~ proceeded to the steather to~-b himu to his quarters, w heidn mistake was discovered. T Durham ont uheMeiofp a large Durham bull. rn Thle Consul was don accun ~ The express, train mge, River Railroad on Fdyr miles in twenty.flve niin ~ It is said, tht'iere4*i afloat in Califojrnla fdr hp~' ment ot an 'hlidependonta6~ aill that portiu onI.thOP4 lving west of hp.16q