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r Circumstances prevented rae from see. a ing Mr, Hughs, last fall, as 1 was recom ? mended to do ; but I was informed that a he is a gond fanner, and the above letter I ^ confirms the infoamauon. s FRANCIS II, GORDON, <J Br. II ie is an income of $1000 per hand 1 to.ii a grazing firm. Suppose a similar t ffii"*; a ?>f ? ie Carolines could be I MAiie -v yTi i &VK) ;o the hand,where is the c cotv >n t>)amadou that does so much. r t l-q vj rt&hofl of hiving Bees.?3/r. f Moses Wuisiow, of Westbrook, has des- 1 scrtbod to us his method of hiving bees J whicV he has practiced with complete sue- !J cess for fifteen years, and has never known \ J t--- i rtr, jinv nthfr iilace tiian ! ' nts oet's u mi v...^ , ? >;t .nt prepared forthem. < Drive down two s akes, about four A^et < apar, fifteen feet in front of the bee house; iea pole across these slakes about three * Wvf feet front the ground ; then take a board 1 l a boat one foot wjdc aud twenty feet long 1 I and lay one end on the ground at the front 1 ^ of the bee house and lay the other end on 1 ,tlie pole between the stakes. Put up this Bboard in the beginning of the season. The i -v .vvbeoa wttfjnfeb on (lie Ajocferjterfof this board, and that end which 'rays on the IP gWund -shtntld be raised to a level with the other end on a barrch box or something S else. Then turn the bo. rd upside down and place the hive over the hues and fasten it with props to prevent the wind froin blow. i:ig it down. B\ having a board not more tiiau a foot wide, the hive will extend out j over the board and the less likely to kill the j h^s ?.hpn it is nlaced over them, and if | will leave roon? for the bees that may be outside of the hive to pass into it. Mr. Window observed that he has sometimes found three swai ms at once pictched on | one board in different places. When lie first puts up the board he usually rubs it with some honey or salt water, herbs or the like, but this may not be necessa y. We think that this method of hiving beos is a great improvement, as it saves time and trouble, and danger of being stuug. and injury of trees frequently occasioned by cut t?ogthemin hiving bees. Another great advantage, the timorous can be s ved the misery of being frightened half to death lest they should be stung while on a ladder or tree without the privilege of running from 1 the enemy.?Yankee Farmer. * __ : , Raising of Calves The best method of', raising calves we think is to do so by hand. | If taken from the cow as soon as dropped,!, here will be uo difficulty in teaching it to j i aat. Lobtojly made of half a pint of! i corn meal and a pint of new milk given j i to it about thrice a day will be sufficient j to keep it.* h is the easiest thing imagin- J able to teach the calf to suck up its food ; j by simply pressing down its head into the vessel containing the mixture with one i hand, inserting the fore finger of the other : into it s mouth, it will instinctively up its beverage. If it he desirable to hus- < hand your milk, you may begin to de- I crease the quantity which you add to | yourloblolly when the calf is about three | weeks old, putting.in less milk each day i until :'ie calf imperceptibly forgests its I taste altogether. When the calf is six i wsoks old yen may turn him out in a grass . 1; hut if you desire to push its growth 1 ?or?*iaue its loblolly twice a day ; by doing J so you will increase its size fully one- 1 p;. c, j, ?farmer G?. rdenrr. < A Curefor the scouring in calves ?Ta ke | a table spoonful of finely powd red chalk j and a like quantity of grouud ginger, put j < it m a bowel, poor boiling new miik on i to say,half a pint, stir it well and then give ] tins dose about milk-warm, night and I morning, to the calf, and in nine cases i out of ten, two doses will be sufficient to t stop the disease,?lbidx I Harvest in Great Britain.?A better J from Liverpool, dated on the 16th Sep; ' ( tember, says that " the harvest all over the { United Kingdom has been generally good, ! j and Js now chiefly secured." Treasury Notts.?It is stated in the ! Philadelphia Inquirer,that the first issue of ! Treasury Notes will be for the sum of fivhundred thousand dollars, to bear an in ; terest of luro per cent per annum. ^ Tobacco leaves between the beds,&c., j * and a dococtiori of tobacco with penny-royai branches about the room, are a sovereign ! remedy for bed bugs?and we ar> glad to \ learn that the foul weed tobacco, can be 1 used for so good ai purpose-?Portland jc I? \ c THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR j 1 THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL ? KNOWLEDGE. i I [Continued.] js EXECUTION OF THE PLAN. j And the arrangements ior carrying the i c desi^ff into execution, arc in a state of for- ! I wardness, so far as they can be, before the s necessary funds are secured. It is estimate! thm 415.000 arereouired to manufac. \ ture the stereotype plates for 50 vols. If J this sum were furnished, the Library < would be at one y completely and |>erman- i endy endowed, as arranagements can be 11 mode with publishers, if the plates are furn- j1 ished, to supply the market fully and con. 1 siAtr.lv, and defray all the expenses of man- i ufaeturc and copyright out of the proceeds t of the sales. Should therefore any benov. 5 oleul individual, or the community, place in the hands of the Society the means to pro- i cure these plates, the perpetusl sapply of the i Inioks, at the cost of $*20 for 50 volumes, 1 with their case, would be at once secured. 11 The Society take the liberty thereforeoi j i lay these suggestions before the commun. j / ity, aud they solicit from any individuals ! ; w!k> may bo interested in the snbject, are. 1 rt-p1 uis communication, offering eitli- S i or su^ - ions in respect to the general in. ' I terest ol ibe plan, or proposals fnrfurn s'?-; I ing particular hooks, or aid in raising the i ' necessary funds. ! i T?;' the r-.'ii'U " 'on of tie Society, *fi{- : imuu) payment 01 $5 or m??ie. < ons i utes- s nindi\idua!a member; of $100 wiiliin t Jiy one year, a Life Member; of 3500, a s jiio Diiector; and of 31000 within the s ame p< rio I, a Life Director, and an Hon- z irary Member of th; Executive Com- t nittee. M "inbers of.he Society are also o have the privii* ge of purchasing pub ioa- s ionsat a reduced price Life M mbers & Li ' f Directors will be en itled to receive five p? r t :ent. annually on the amount of their pay i neuts in publications, if uppiied for within s he year. 1 Any individuals disposed, in cither of j he above ways, to aid the objects of the i Institution, are earnestly and respectfully < solicited to do so, as soon as may be, through ; he Treasurer, A. P. Halsev. Esq., Cash. < er of the New-York Dunk, io whom all | communications relative to financial con. eerns may be addressed. j Any school or family^ any Lyceum or < o hor institution, disposed to subscribe for i the Library, or any individuals willing to i * * i -t. | underiaKe 10 suppiy me scuuui? m ?* iun? or country, are requested to signify the < same to th? Committee, and the number of ' copies desired. Editors- of newspapers and other period icals, friendly to the interest of education < and the universal diffusion of knowledge, : are respectfully requested to give this Pro. spectus an insertion, and to co-operate with the Committee m bringing this important object before the community, and securing its accomplishment. In behalf of the Execu ive Committe, Leonard Bacon, } Thomas Cock, > c , n ri^ [) L Sub (sOTfifuiltcc 1 imothy It. Green, ) Gcrham D. Abbott, Secretary. Nctc-Nork, October 12. 1837. CINCINATI AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier in a letter dated. Flat Rock N. C. gives an ? ? - - ? 4 ? f /\f ?l./i A/\rvt rtomr UCVOUIU Ul UIU ur*JLCUUiui;i5 ui mv v-uinpnii y for constructing this road from which we extract llie following: Gen. Haxe,[president rendjfhe first annual report of the President and Directors, giving a highly, satisfactory account of the manner in which the surveys had been executed by the able and intelligigcnt Engin. oers associated with the company, furnishing abundant proofs of the practicability of I t e great project in contemplation, and re* 1 commending measures for the welfare of the Company. It appears from this able ' document, that the corps of engineers, from the 3d April last, had surveyed 1046 miles, manyportions ofwlwchwere traverses 2 or 3 times, from Columbia, S. C. to Lexing'or, by and from Louisville to Cincinnati, Fouj ' lines have been surveyed eastward, begin- 1 ning at the summit of the mountains. 1 But Mountain, Gap is s ated, to be the mo6t eligible pass of the mounlans;it being only 2168 feet above the level 3f the oceon, i uvhiio tlw Saluda G*f>* Creek Gen and Ree?. dy Patch Gap are at the elevations respoc. Lively of 2188 feet, and 2218 feet, besidos I possessing inferior advantages in other res. pects. In the whole distance of 135 miles . rom Butt Mountain to Knoxville, the de. j [cent does not average more than 8 feet 9- i sOths per niiie, and there are but one or \ L o miles when? it reaches 20 feet. The i whole route can be accomplished witl.ou ' in inclined plane, and is encumbered with ] 10 importout curvatures. The report con. dudns with the following resolutions : , Resolved, That a practicable and eligible ( tmte for the passige of the Blue Ridge, . it the Butt Mountain Gap, by locomotive j ?ngincs has been found ; and that, connec. lected as it is. with the Valley of the French Broad River, which has already ieen definitely established, by the uuani. < nous vote of the Company as the route of < he road, the mountain pass affords not only j leculiar advantages, but we have every rea. , ?on to believe is decidedly superior to every { ifherlo be found within vho limits of our j :hartcr, or indeed in the whole c.\*< a? of ( he mountain ranges, dividing the A.Aetici , 'rom the Western States. , Resolved, Tbat the various routes below j he mountains afford ail the necessary lac- , lilies for the construction of a Rail Road j rom Butt Mountain!) to Columbia o. its , ricini y, but that the relative merits of |th o j ;cvei el routes have not been sufficiently , iscertained to enublo us to decide, which ! ihould be preferred. Assuming, however, j Columbia its a point to or near which our oad should be carried from the mountains, j t will, in our opinion, be necessary, before my one shall be definitely adopted, that all >f the routes lying between the Catawa t tnd Saluda rivers, which inay afford anv ) convenient passage for the road from the J 3utt Mountain to the point, which may be , j ielocted for i.s termination, at or near Coumbia, should be carefully examined and , turvcyed. lie solved, That some cenvcnicnt point at >r near Columbia be, and the same is here)y established, as that to which the road .i -ii i? .... i J c .i_. snan uc exicneca imm me muuiiiuius. I , Rtsolved, That the connexion of our road i kvith that of the Soutli Carolina Canal and i [vail llond Company, either by purchase i Di" otherwise, is extremely desirable: and hat in our opinion, a Committee of the Stockholders shou'd be appointed to treat with the Agen s of'.ha Company expected iiere, to assertain on what terms such con. lexion can be formed, and to recommend [he proper measures to be adopted on thaf subject. J .Keso/rc<2,That, in our opinion,the fo lowing measures should be adopted, at this time, in 1 eference to the furriher prosecution of the I ivork, viz : Is', That an application he made I ;o the Legislator s of Tennesee and Ken. < lucky, for their concurrence in the act t granting banking privileges to the Company, ui I bat an earnest appeal he made to t ose < Staes for pecuniary aid, with a frank deel?. ; ration, that without such aid, it could hard!y ' be expected that funds could be supplied ? fro?:i other quarters to extend the road into 1 ihose States, and that a similar appeal be j < made to the Legislature of North Carolina, j < tt their nex* ccs?ifvi??h?.r mduce \h!1 xJ' aid S utes io come forward and lo maintain he aork, it be provided, on behalf, of the Itockmholders, thar any sum, which may be ubscribed by the said states or tlteir cities, sh dl be exclusively ttppliedto making; li?* road vviihin thetr respeoufc limits, 2d, Pita :h? Directors, unless otherwise ih-. rucft ,1,will, as soon as may'bo practicable! k in proper measures ior laying out and ;radmg the ro id between Columbia or" its trinity and Charleston, by connecting the ante wim the Charleston and Hamburg tail Road or otherwise tts may be foumi nacticable and expedient ; and that the)! vill also cause the proper surveys to be made, ;nd the road o be laid ou% and the grading lommenced in the o hci states respectively, 10 soon as the necessary fun^ls-shall be >rovid?d in those States for that purpose ; :nd that thev will cause the survevs in pro tress now in the States of Kentucky, to be rompletcd & the necessaiy surveys in Teniesst;e to be made ; and all the maps, reports tnd documents, connected with the surveys tereofore executed to be furnished and iiirefully preserved for ftiture use and tef?p'nce. 3d. That for J ho purpose of Car. ying those views into effect, a new organ, nation of the corps of Engineers be imne. hately made, defining the rank and respec. :ive duties of the officers, establishing their salaries, and reducing their number, in such manner, as may be deemed necessary and roper, and that the Genera' Committee do repare and report a plan accordingly. ? FLAT ROCK. OCT, 20. " The Ccn volition h is just closed. The results are most satisfactory. They have * r>. i _ I resolved tnat tne purcnase ot me numourg, Rail Road is desirable, and empowered the Dirvoto.s to pure use. They have, there fore empowered Messrs. Hamilton, Boyce, King and Blanding, to conclude with us upon ihe terms they ?|;ink proper. The salaries of these Chief Engineers and Pres. idem?the first a* 3M 1,000, the second at 4.000. We also learn that the salary of 5,000 was offered to die President, which he Jeclined accepting.v The following resolu'ions were adopted by the Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road Company at the recent meeting. Resolved, That it be referred to the i/ui'(.iun iu av.tr|ii ui icjcvi in amvuu. incuts to the Rail Road Charter, and the *rant of Banking privileges by the States if ISorth and South Cariliua* Resolved, That in case of the purchase if the Road of the S* C. Canal and Rail Road Company, the Beard of Directors jq and the are hereby authorized to raise :!ic funds necessary to affect the same, n such a manner as they may think advantageous to the company ; and if iuJispensable, to negotiate for a loan on ;he faith and credit ef the company either n the United States *r Europe, as rliey may deem expedient. The raectiug theii :ook a recess uutil 5 P, M. Resolved, That Gen. J* President of the Company be and he is lereby appointed a Commissioner ?n die Legislature of Tennesee, in behalf of the Louisvilld, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail 3oad Company, to solicit the amendment >f.her charter proposed by Smith Carolina, md the grent of Banking privileges, and 0 solicit and receive from the Slate of rennesee, such |>ecuniary aid to our cuteririze as that Staie may be willing to grant, md that tho said Commissioner is hereby empowered to go the State of Kentucky on he same mission, with authority to appoint 1 delegate in his place, if it beinconvenent for him to attend in the latter State. GREENVILLE,OCT 20,1837. The Board of Directors of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road ^nninonU m??l lit F1 ;it Rnrk on the 9th I - ? -- nst. and have made the followingarrangnents. The President is to receive a salt try of $6,000 per annum, but Gen. Hayne ias genererously declined to receive more han $4,000, and his travelling expenses, luring the ensuing year, in consideration >f the monicd embarrassment of the times, tie of course refuses any compensation for he past year. The Treasurer's salary is ixed at $2,000 per annum. The Engilecr department is re organized, Mayor Mcneill is at its head, with a salary of >8.000 per annum, and $2,000 for his trav>ll?ng expenses. There are to be under lim, 4 Brigades of Engineers, each com)osed of a chief, a surveyor, a draughsnan and a leveller, with the ncccsSarv tperatives. Mr. Chesborocgh, is head of he Western Brigades,. with a salary, of *8,000, and Mr. Drayton, of one of the 5. Carolina Brigade.., with a salary of $2, >00 per annum. Mr. Colcock is selected tIir? Knpint^er as his assistant. vith a salary of 82,500 per annum. Copt. Williams, the highly esteemed skilful and ciontific associate Engineer, is to continue ?n du y until the end of the year, and to eceive $6,000 for his past and future scr'ice, and then to terminate his connection vith the Company, its finances not admiting of the continued and simultaneous unployment of two such eminent Engineers as Major McNeill and himself. Gen. Homilton, Col. Blanding, Mitchell ving, E>q. and Kcr Boyce, Esq. have >een appointed a committee of the R. R. Uomp ny for the purchase of the Charleson and Hamburg Rail Road ; and the Committee is to meet in Charleston on VIonday week. Early Reputataon.?It is an old proverb. that he who aims at the sun, to be sure ?e will never reach it, but bis arrow will !y higher than if he aimed at an object >n a level with himself. Just so in the fornationof character. Lf't your standard be iigh, and though you may not reach it you :an hardly fu'l to rise higher than if you limed at some inferior excellence. Young nen are ing "r iocs of what d.cv ire capable oi tir i -ey oo (ot I ? * heir faculties, nor improve their power, nor it tempt as they have no high commanding )bicets at which to aim; but often seem to rossing atvnv hv wphou: < *!>:? k without aim. The consequence is their I efforts are feeble, they are not waked up to I b any ihing great or distinguished; and there- 1 fbtv fail to acquire a character ot decided ti worth.* Intercourse with persons of decided vir- q tue and excellence is of some great importance in the formation of good character.? The force of example is powcrfhl. We are crea'ures of imitation, and by a Qecessary influence, our temperance and habits are j very much formed on the mode] of those J v with whom we familiarly associate. In this j v 'view nothing is of more importance to ! I young men than the choice of iheir compan- : G I ions. * Ifthev select for their associates, the ( s # 'H I in elligent,virtuous and the enterprising,great jv | and most happy will be the rtlect on their i v town ciiaracter and ImbbiLs. With these j P patj?rns of excellence before them, they ! canJiardly fail to leel a disgust at every i I thing that is low and unworthy. I s Young men are in general, but little j c aware how much tlic ir reputation is affected f in the view of the public, by the company they keep. The character of their associ- 0 att? is soon regard*kJ as their own. If they s seek the society of the worthy, it elevutcs a them in the public estimation: as it is an evi. dence they respect others. On the contra, ry, intimacy with persons of a bid char icter 1 always sinks a young maa in the eye of the pUUIIW. Cotton Crop.?The anr.ual statement | of the Cotton crop published by the editors j of the Shipping and Commercial List j shews the following resnlts. 1837. 1846. New Orleans, 593,122 464,647 bales. Natchez, 7,755 6,887 t Florida,- 32.703 79.762 t Alabama, 232.243 236,715 Georgia, 263,971 278,121 South Carolina,196,376 231,287 North Carolina,. 18,004 32.()57 Virginia, 28,618 29,197 At New York . from Grand Gulf, 137 100 1,422, 1,360,725 * Increasv. in is year, 62,205 Exported. 1,168,425 1,116,603 I * % Ma uiociureci in the United . States 222,540 235,733 Highway Robeey.?We loan a * notice received last evening :Vo?n Auburn, that u most daring high.v?.y robbery was i ommitted Wednesday morning about 10 ( o'clo k, on the roud 'cading from Auburn 1 to Montezuma. Two t'iousr..:u avo hun- j dred and sixteen doll irsin bills, principally j of Tompkins co. and I thaca banks, of tolls , collec ed at Montezuma, on the Erie canal, - - - - - * r> a# which Mr. John Clark, oi motrezuma, was ] taking to the Cayuga County Bank, were forcibly taken from bim, he being first knocked down and stunted by a blow from . a club.?Troy mail. ] Indian Dance.?Public curiosity was Very strongly excited on \Vtdoesday last, to witness the novel and v-xtraordinsry spectacle of an Indian dance, which was announced in the official paper tc take place at four o'clock in the afternoon, (provided the weather was suifab'e,) 1 on the public square at the corner of j Fourteenth street, near the Franklin Few. Long before the timo appointed, 3 very v large concourse of people, probably live c thousand, were assembled in the nargin of i tbe square. Carriages, gigs vehicles of ' every description filled with spectators, i lined the contiguous streets; and all the houses and "buldings commanding a view of the Indians were also crowded. The I Secretary of War, and many ether distin- j guished func ionaries, were present; also, a large assemblage of ladies. The Sioux Indians went through their war and orltcr r dances, much to the apparent gratification c of the assembled multitude. The Indians p performed their war and buffalo danee, while some of their party beat u|>on the c (drum. Some of the chiefs made speeches, k ; in which we unders and they recited their warlike exploits to animate the dance, as they jumped, yelled, and whooped upon the green, All the Indians who took part in t j Hit ??e dances appear *d with their skins and ( | faces blacked or painted ; and ilu-y word , j no other clothes than a mere apron, encircling their wais's. It was ul:oge her a * very curious and exciting spectacle. Some v tltou ands of the spec utors, however, we s are sorry to say, returned home without ^ witnessing it, as expected, owing to the ex tremo pressure of the crowd, and their tinwlltngness to submit to those regulations, 1 which the j>olice made for the aceommoda- < tton of the numerous company. The Sacs and Foxes, with Koebuck and Black Hawk, and his son, were also upon the ground, c and would also, we are assured ha\e per ... . _ t lormod their war and oilier dances, n pro- ; per order hud been k''p' in tlie field, < c Nat. Intel. 1th inst. , ( f SABBATH-BREAKING. a Rev. D. Ruell, champlain or Middlesex c county, England said that during twenty ( years lie had come in contact with 100,000 prisonerr, and fhat on examination, he ascertainrd that every one of them had been a Sabbnth breaker, lie also states that he | never knew a convict ! iMon at Newgute, t who, upon inquiry, did nottur nout 'o have ! been u notorious Sabbath. breaker. Sir .. | Matthew llale remarks, "that of persons j who were convicted of capi'al crime while iv i ho was on the bench, he found onlv a few JI who would not conicssthnt tuey Degan mt?i 11 v eer of wickedness by a neglect of the j duties of the Sabbath, and vicious conduct! on thai day." j v j a EIGHT USEFUL DIRECTIONS DV MATTHEW j f 2IKXRY. 1. T>: cot ''.o ?hdom of the world be : \ oj? . [ r j Let not the way of the world be your s : rule. i :3. Let not wealth of the world be \ our j chief good. ^ * 4. Lei not the cares of the world cncum. or you. 5. Let not the comforts of the world enanglo you. < 0. Let not the crosses of the world dis [uiet you. 7. Bo not too fond of life. 8. Be not too fearful of deuth. HOW TO GET RICH. Money and land is not the only capital j t'ith which a young man can begiu in the rorld. If he has good health and is industrious, | ven the poorest boy in our country has j omething to trade upon; and if he besiddies I veil educated, and have skill iu any kin ofs j rork, and to this, moral habits and religious rinciples, so that his employers may trust j iim and place coufidence in him, he may | lien be said to set out in life with a hand- j ome capital, and certainly lias as good a i :hanee of becoming independent and res- ! actable, and perhaps rich as any man in ! he country. "Every man is the maker if his own fortune." All depends upon citing out upon right principals, and they to these:? ? . % 1. Be Industrious. Time and skill are your capital. 2. Be Saving, v Whatever it be, live within your income. 3. Be Prudent. Buy not what you can do without. 4. Be Resolute. Let vour economy be always of to-day, lot of to-morrow. DEATH IN A NEW DRESS. ' A small lad, the son of a poor woman in his city, went the other day for a minister o attend the funeral of his little brother. 41 Where did he live" asked the minister. "He did'nt live," answered the boy. Where did he die" said the minister. "He died at home," replied the boy. "Whatjmade him die?', said the miniser. 44Cause he did'nt live, poor thing," said j he boy. "I mean what did he die of?" said the ninister. "He did'nt die of nothing," returned the >oy. "Did'n" die of nothing! How did he die hen?" 44Wh *, he died a homing, if you m ist mow."?N. Y, Trans. i JACKSOx\ GOLD. The Ediior of the Baltimore Chronicle ;opies from the back of a Two Dlioar N'o e, which came into his possession, the ollowing lines. There is both poetry and ruth iu them :? 4 Go ragged wanderer through a world of care; [ dare not keep thee longer, if I would, Lest, when I wish to spend thee, I should j hear Some horrid tale of thy not being good. [ now believe, what I have oft been i*Mr -r rhat thou art what id* meant by Jackson Gold r Qcaker appearance,?A bailiff, calling it the residence of a distressed Quaker, to terve a writ, was refused admittance He taid to the servant, 44 Your master is at umie, but he will not see me." 44 Ho has / !?? ! ? L! 1! ? I I.. seen tnee, inena," saja Aoigau, "out ioes rot like thy appearance/' SHERAW GAZETTE kVFD\FSDAY, \OVE7IBElt 1, 1837. Audacious Piracy. It is stated in the J. S. Gazette of Philadelphia that accordng to the evidence of two pilots the packrt ship Susquehanna was captured by a piatical schooner, off the Five Fathom bank iu Saturday week. There were 17 cabin lassengers, besides 40 in the steerage on >oard the packet. A revenue cut ei and U* 5. vessel were dispatched in pursuit of the piratical schooner. Land Pirates.?It is stated on good au. hority tha' about 100 trunks which had looted ashore at Ocracoke, N. C.t from he wrecked steamer Home were riffled of heir contents; an even the dead bodies verc stripped of wearing apparel. It is tated that one of tl?e two ladies who esca. ?ed went to the house of a wrecker who had i? ? i-^i-? ?i Jh.CH uer CIOUI'.'S ?tliu asht-u lur mum, uuu he savage drove her from the house with )aths and threats. A gentleman of this town informs us that, >n Saturday last he travelled on the Charleson and Hamburg Railroad with a passenger who, on the passage from New York to Charleston, had passed the Susquehanna the troceeding sabbath and - conversed with iome of the passengers; As this was the lay after the Susquehanna was said to be :aptured by pirates, the story of the capure must be untrue. Extract of a letter to a gentleman in this j own dated New York Oct 26. 4iThc rumored piracy, it is said to-day troves to be an oysterman from Virginia, \ vho boarded the ship Susquehanna off the ! )elewarc hist Saturday, and sold the cap- i ain 20 bushels of oysters." A sign. The Friend of Mart is a paper ; vhich was established and is continued as i in exclusively abolition paper. Among the ! nembcrs of Congress to whose politeness t expresses itself indebted for public docuncnts we find the name of Daniel Webitek. Divorce or tiie People fro:i?tiij: AdiiMSTEATrox. ? Since the rest's of lie ex4 pcrimect of divorcing the Government from the banks, and especially from the National Hank, > ave begun to be felt,the people seem * determined to divorce themselves from tbe administration. The states of Norta Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, and Ohio, which ail gave their votes for Mr. Van Buren, have at the late elections casta majority of oppositio votes. The admitw istration majority in the House' of Representatives of Pennsylvania is reduced from 44 toil. - - ' * The Southern Times and Gazette pro* poses to the Editorial fraternity to publish no speech delivered in Congress, of greater length than two Columns. Such a rtle,stfictI ly observed, would, beyond doubt, greatly facilitate and dispatch the perforoianw1, ft Vs* busiucss in Congress* For it is dfr. derstood that members speak not the*/ - + House, but to their constituoetasit The aim is in tT&ses oat of lfgto intone? net 11ft decision o{ the. House, bat tbi deeCt* ~ ? ion of the people fit the next election. Dr. H. Sheridan has boon elected Senator for St. Matthews, la place of Geo. Walker now superintendent of public Works; nnitfV T.. Strikes, mnrftsftntativs. in oUdi - J. D. Edwards, now state solicitor* Dr. L. Osborne, o! the navy wot Jatdfy killed by the upsetting of the stage, on his way from Pensacola to Washington* M ' , , ? i An Indiana paper states that a while female was lately discovered among the Indians m that state who had bean stolen by them 60 years ago, when she was only five years eld. She was visited by two brodw ers and a sister who recognised, bar by | by marks on heir body; but no entreaty | could induce her to quit the savage life and I accompany her relatives* She had bean married to' a Miami chief, who died nod left her with seven children. She hodiargotten her mother tongue, end convened with the visirors by an interpreter. * Disturbance in Canada--7*According to two of the Montreal papers, the standard of Revolt was to be raised in Su Chaffee, and a declaration of Independence to he made and sworn io on a fixed day. Ann* ther Montreal paper says that the only effect would be the imprison meat, andtdti. mate decapitation of the agents in the basiness. ir..,t i ,i. Since the late exra Session of Confines the Merthant conducted by General Dttff Gaen is not as courteous towards the leading statesmen of South CaM$na (Mr. Calhoun his great favorite, excepted) as ho used to be. In referenod to this the Columbia Telescope says: We suspect thot if Gen. Duff Greenhad ebtained the monsy that he came begging for to South Carolina last year (ho ashed only forty thousand from the State, and from iodmduals as they could spare) (hero would now be in his paper somewhat leas abuse of Hayne, Hamilton, One eves, licit* ler, Preston,, &c. 4 * The citizens of Cheraw and its vicinity interested in the Cheraw *pd Waceamaw Rail Road, are requested to meet hi the Council Chamber today at 12 o<doch to consider the propriety of postponing the application for a charter until the meeting of the Legisl ture in 1638. ? D. S. HARLLEE, W. T. ELLERBE, thos. a EVaNS, Executive Committee. FBOM FLORIDA. ~ - - \ OSEOLA A PRISONER. , Extract of a letter doted St. Oct 22d. published in tlie Savannah Getr. eian? "We made a glorious haul yesterdaysPowell, and all the war chiefs except three, are now lodged in the Fort, with eighty of their warriors?tho bone and sinew ottbeir nation. Seventy negroes came tn a day or ^ two since, and a large number are now ft Volusia, whither a steam boat goes this morning 'o get them. "Powell and his band came with the avowed intention of having a ialkfbut probably with the real one of endeavors^ to rescue Phillip, who haa fell into our hancs some days ago, as all were armee. Yesterday they arrived 9 miles from here, and sent in a messenger to-uen nenrnmaes, who went out to see them. Gen. JefSUff also proceeded to the vicinity of their camp, and while they we e talking with Gen. H. they were suddenly surrouoded by two bun. J red horses; so suddently tbat they bad* net time to raise a single rifle though all hid one by their sides, They were marched to town, and "aro now safely under lock and k#y,M and their then will be kept, if wtrtdifewas ann a strong guard con keep them"tbeie.M The writer says be does "not think 3bk will immediately end the war, but we five drawu the fangs from the reptife,so that be can no longer bite." When tlie dergeuut-at-Arnu went rojnd with his bag of gold to pay tbo raeipbers of the House of Representatives the other day, the udignation of tho people in the guile ics wus audibly expressed. Great j quantities of gold and silver have been sold to the brokers in W shington by the members of Congress. Alex. Gazette* New York Oct. 23. S o *ks to.doy havo sold tolerably wc > ^ wrfr "