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My Dear Sir : On my way home irorn 1 itt-sburgii, a jew days since, I called on "Cii uce Greenwood' at New ( Jlrighton, rcnnsylvania, and spent a few very pleasant : hours wiih herself and mother and sister, al their pleas nut home. I found her still to be the same warm heart- j ed friend of the slave, as when she wroie tiiose nouie Hues, " am an Alnihttonist ; I glory in the nnmf," 'c, although we have seen butlit'lcofheruntislavery writ ings for two or three years pu-l. When I left l'itts liurgh, the Whigs and Democrats were making great preparations for a grand iUitiniitntiun in glorifiradoa of the feats of arms of our soMimj in Mexico. I was tell ing her of the preparations I had seen chrininn (?) molh trs in Pittsburgh making, to celebrate the inhuman butchery otmothers and babes in Mexico, and suggested the "Illumination" as a theme for a poem; and the following is such a response as her woman's heart lias made. Oh! why is it that every woman in the North and .South too, does not sympathize with her suffering Meters, and unite in condemnation of the murderous irane ui in Yours, for our country when right, but for niam niiy , James w. 1!ro"-. From the Knr!onal Era. ILLUMINATION. ST OR ACS GREENWOOD. Light up thy home, Columbia, Fur those ehivalrio men Who bear to scenes of warlike strife. i ny coii'H'cering arms again ; Where glorious victory, tl.ish on flash, KevciH their stormy way Kcs'.ica's, I'alo Alto's .iehls, 'J he heights of .Monterey ! They piie with thousands of thy foes lliiena Vista's plain With innids cud wive, at era C1117, Swell biu'li the list of sii.iu ! Tliey paint upon the southern skies Tlr maze of burning domes Their laurels dew with blood of babes; Light up, light up thy homes! l ight up your homes, oh father's! for tli.ise young hero bunds Whose march is still thro' vanquished towns, Aid over cr.niHTcd lands ! Whose valor, wi'd, impetuous, For all ils fiery glow, I'onrs onward like a lava tide, And sweeps away the foe! For tho?e whose dead brows glory crowns, Cm crimson couches sleeping; And for home faces wan with grief, And fond eves dim with weeping; And for the soldier, poor, unknown, Who battled, madly brave, Beneath a stranger siiil to share A shallow, crowded grave ! The statesman ye have honored long Is wrestling with despair Thick shadows from tiie wing of death Are round hiiu every where; For the crushing of that mighty heart, The ten i s of weary nights, Tor the bowing of that lofty head, Gleam out your mocking lights? Light up ihv home, yonr.g mother! Then ': .:' in pride and j;iy Upon those fair and gentle girls, That .'.n.'i.' eyed young boy ; And clasp ti'v darling little one Vet closi ; to liiy bi- '-ist, And be tin k isms on its lips In yearning love impressed. In yon bclc:.".m'd city Were horn.- us 'ovvf fls thine. There tremblin;? I'.-rtiiers fell loved ems In fear nrovud tnem twine; The lad with hrovv of olive hue, The Labs like lillv fair, The maiden with her midnight eye And wcHllh of ravcu hair. The bcomhig shot, the murderous shell, Crashed tnrough (lie crumbling walls, Ami idled with agony and death Those sacred household halls! Then, bleeding, crushed, and blackened, lay The sister by the brother, And the torn inhmt gasped and writhed On the bosom of the mother! Oh, sisters, if ye have no tears For fearful tales like these, If the banners of the victors veil The victim's agonies, k If ye lose the babe's unfl mother's cry In the noisy roll of drums, If your heart's with martial pride throb high, Light lip, light up your liomcA From Hie lloston Courier. Danger of Premature Burials. In New Ipswich, N. II., a girl about cloven years of age, named Clarissa i'ox, who had men for some timo in declining health, sud denly became worse, and died, to all appear ance?. The day following, at about the same .hour in which her decease took place, a faint color was seen to tinge her cheek. This led to efforts to produce re-aninialion. Day after lay passed Every means was used that could Vie devised for the purpose cold baths, warm baths, friction, blood letting, blistering, &e. Food wa3 administered in enemas, as were al bo medicines calculated to act powerfully up on the system. Hut not the least apparent effect was produced. No manifestation of life Appeared except in the daily return of that faint tinge of color upon the cheek; and this regularly appeared at a certain period in ev ery day. My father visited the child on the twenty-ninth day after she went into this state I lor appearance was in every respect that of a corpse. Ot course there was no decompo sition ; but there was every other demonstra tion of death. Several days later my moth er thinks four or five, which would extend the timo to tho thirty-third or thirty-fourth day nttho usual period of tho return of slight col or to her check, the girl revived, and was re stored to consciousness and speech. The chai n in which sho had been so long bound was broken. But there was not suflioicnt vigor remaining in the system for permanent re covery. Nature was exhausted. She did not appear to have been conscious of the lapse ot time, or of her late condition, but said she was yery sick and should die that sho was will ing to die, and thwi expired. I have given names and sources of informa tion in the above narration, because the seem ing incredibility of the story demands it. I suppose the event occurred in 1801 or 1802, as my father I have been told, removed from tho town in 1803. Much earlier than that my sister would not have been old enough to recollect the circumstance. Tho fact of tho great length during which this girl lay apparently dead, should be a warning never to yield tip a subject for bur ial so long as the leant indication of life re mains, and will stimulate friends to the per- , severing use of means while such indication ex ist, however faint. The restoration of Ilev. "William Tennant to life and health, after ho had been apparently dead three or four days, and his friends had been more than once con vened for his funeral, is a well-known fact. Even his own brother was so convinced that ! he was dead, that ho became impatient at ! what he thought the folly of the physician j in his pertinacious attempts to restore anima tion. Tho following account of a practice which to some extent obtains in Germany, may fur nish useful hints in this country: " In order to guard against premature in terments, there is attached to most of the cometries in Germany, a hall where the dead remain some time before being committed to the ground. In this hall, the body, neatly attired, is laid upon a couch before the lips is placed a mirror which tho slightest breath would cloud, and between the fingers a string which on the slightest movement causes a bell in the department of the keeper to ring. This hall is visited night and day, hourly, by vigilant inspectors, ' and it is stated that not a year passes that tho bell is not rung by one of the supposed corpses'. Similar precautions should bo adopted in every burial place in America. Indisputable facts conclusively in dicate their necessity." He who dreads giving light to the people, is like a man who builds a house without windows for fear of lightning. HISTORY OF SIMSBURY, G RAX BY AND CANTON, ConnecticutJ'rom the year 1G-12 to 1846 By Noah A. 1'iiei.fs. (Extracts.) " The first settlers of Simsbury came from Windsor. A very large proportion of the present inhabitants of the town can trace their ancestrv to that small flock, who, under tho pastoral charge of the Ilev. Mr Waihani, left England in loot), ana alter remaining a snori time in Dorchester, near Boston, removed in tho fall of 1G35, and spring of 1G3G, to "Wind sor. The tract of territory embraced within the present limits of Simsbury and Granby, es pecially that part of it lying in, and adjacent to, the valley through which the Farmington river winds its course, was anciently known and called bv the Indian name of Massacoe. By reason of its productions in such articles of trade as iurs, tar, pili ii anu turpentine, its expansive meadows, and its fitness for a new plantation, it attracted, at a very early pe riod, the attention of the inhabitants of Wind sor. Although this section of country was never included within the limits of Windsor, it was by general consent considered as belonging to that plantation, in the same manner as Far mington was considered as belonging to the plantation of Hartford. Massacoe was bound ed by Windsor on the east, by Ttinxun, now Farmington, on the south, by the wilderness on the west, and by Waranonlv or Westfield, now Soutlnvick, on the north. The river at this time was called Ttiuxus." "(The first Indian deed of this territory was given in 1C48, by Manahanooso, to John Griflin, in consideration that the grantor had consumed a large quantity of pitch and tar belonging to Mr. Griflin. The deed is infor mal, containing but a few lines, and purports to convey the right and interest of the gran tor in all the lands at Massacoe. It is record ed on tho town records of Windsor. Soon afterwards, three other principal Indians made a conveyance of their interest in these lands to Mr. G. These are the only convey ances, of which wo have any record evidence, made by the Indians until 1G80, when a for mal and legal deed was cxecuted.of which no tice will be taken hereafter." "In March 1GG3, Captain Newberry, Ed ward Griswold and John Moore, were a com mittee ' to lay out all those lands that are yet undivided at Massacoe, to such inhabitants of Windsor as desire and need it.' And in the same year, a grant of two hundred acres was made by the General Court to John Griflin, in consideration " that he was the first that perfected tho art of making pitch and tar in those parts;' the land to be taken up ' where he can find it between Massacoh and Warran oake, whereof there may be forty acres of meadow, if it be there to be had, and be not prejudicial to a plantation, and not granted.' This tract of land including another grant made subsequently by the town, was after wards known by the name of Grilfin's Lord ship.' " "The first grants by the committee, of which any record exists, were made in 1GG7. These consisted of meadow lands, bordering on the river, and were made to the following persons : Meadow Plain; John Gillett, Samuel Wilcoxson, Thip Metulow ; John Barber, Joseph Skinner, Minister's lot, Thomas Barber, John Drake, Samuel Finney, I'eter Bud. Location unknown , Joshua Holcomb. Newbury's, now, Vestorer's Plain ; Adamses-, Bissells, Simon Wolcott. John Case, Minister's lot, John Fettibone. Hazel Meadow ; John Gillett. Terry' Plain ; Tcrrys. Wcatagae, east ; Joseph I'helps, Simon Mills, Nathan Gilletl, John Moses, Micuh Humphrey. These persons did not immediately remove their families from Windsor to Massacoe though it is believed that by 1669 all of them had become inhabitants of the new planta tion." "From a return made in 1GG9, by order of tin; Assembly, of the names of freeman belong ing to each town and plantation, it appears that the number belonging to Massacoe. was thirteen. Their names are, Thomas Barber John C;rse, Samuel Filley, John Griffin, Mi- Sometime- spelt ifitmtneoh, and occasionally fti (Q. It is generally pronounced Mas taw-co. . chad Humphrey Joshua Holcomb, Thomas dy & Co. for laying the track, who will com Maskell, Luke Hill, Samuel Finney, Joseph ' mence on this work within two weeks. Prep l'helpsJohn Buell, Joseph Skinner and i'eter arations aro making for erecting thorn. Buell. cossary depot buildings on the lower division, In the same year, John Case was appointed so as to have them in readiness for use during by the General Cort,Constable for Massacoe. He was the first nerson, belonrring to the ! place, who was invested with office The inhabitants, in 1G70, petitioned for town privileges, and appointed two delegates ed ; our work at the summit at Ashburnham Joshua Holcomb and John Case, to present has also required time ; but both arc in such their application to the May session of the ' state of forwardness that we have every rea General Court. Their request was readily j son to believe that tho cars will be running granted, and the delegates received hs mem- v ni... a. ii.. ti. ,i l hers of the Assembly. The record of incor poration is in these words. " This Court grants Massacoe's bounds shall run from Farmington bounds to tho northward tenn miles, and from Windsor bounds on the east, to run westward tenn miles provided it docs not prejudice any former grant, and be in the power of this Court so to dispose. The Court orders that the plantation at Massaope bo called Simsbury," " At tho October session of the General Court, 1G71, liberty was granted to Mr Si mon Wolcott ' to retail wine and liquors, (pro vided he keep good order in the dispose of it,) until there be an ordinary set up in Sims bury." This Mr. Wolcott was the father of tho Hon. Rodger Wolcott, who, for m.-.ny years, was governor of the Colony. Mr Si mon Wolcott lived nearly opposite the dwell ing house of Charles L. Roberts, Esq., in tho north part of the present town of Simsbury, where the governor was born, in j79. The Court also recommended to tho ' inhabitants and proprietors of Simsbury to rayse the minister's and towno rate this yeare upon persons and land.' In 1G73, Simon Wolcott and John Griffin were appointed by the Assembly " to com mand the train-band at Simsbury ;' and seven men were ordered to be raised lor the public service, when required. This train-bandf consisted of but a small portion of a company land the gentleman appointed to command it were not commissioned as officers. The ob ! jeet doubtless was to keep up a military or ganization, under persons invested with au thority, in order to be prepared lor any suu den emergency that might happen." It was ordered by the town, June 8, 1674, " hat all the inhabitants of Simsbury, from fourteen .,.,.. 0,i to 8;xtV) sl,ian ,iCxt Mon day sennight stuu v--i-1""meaning, bush es in the roads. In respect to roads generally, it may inter est the public to be informed that, for about fifty years after the first settlement of the Colony, no measures were taken to make roads from town to town, other than to clear them of "brush ;" to effect which, the laws required each inhabitant to labor on the pub lic roads one day in each year. In 1G79, the General Court recommended to the selectman of the several towns to clear their n;ain roads in this manner, " at least one rod wide." Hitherto, the plantation, though tit no time particularly prosperous, had experienced no serious reverses. But, in lG7S,thc scene was changed. Hostilities had commenced on the part of the Indians, which led to a disastrous war, bringing, in its train, ruin and desolation upon the new settlement. An "ordinary" was sot up in 1G7,), by Samuel Pinney, who was licensed to keep tavern. t All militia companies were, at this time, called train-bands. Cheshire Railroad. Second Annual Report of the Direc tors of the Cheshire Railroad Com pany, to the Corporation. Agreeably to the By-Laws, the Directors present to the stockholders this, their second Annual Report of tho " condition and pros pects of the concern," on the first day of the current month. Since our former Annual Report, the ter mini of our road, then both uncertain, have been definitely fixed the southern, at Ash burnham, ten miles above Fitchburg, con necting at that point with the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad the northern, at Bellows Falls, connecting, on the west side of the Connccticut,with the Rutland, and on the east side with the Sullivan railroad, and through that with tho Central and Fussuinp sic. A friendly understanding exists with all the companies with whose roads we connect, and it is obviously for the interest of all that it should be continued and strengthened. The whole length of our road is 53 1-2 miles 10 1-2 in Massachusotts,and 43 in New Hampshire Tho entire road in New Hampshire has been duly laid out bvthe Commissioner; and, with few exceptionsjthe land damages through the line satisfactorily settled Much has been done towards fencing the road, since the hist report ; and all that has been done is of a durable and substantial char acter. Much, however, remains to be done. To collect the materials, and build more than 100 miles of stone and woodeu fence, is found to be a work requiring more time than we could desire : and if in some instances we do not accommodate individual claims as early as they could wish, we can only pray their forbearance while we arc doing all that we can, assuring such that they are not overlook ed, and will not long be neglected. The grading and masonry of the whole road, both in Massachusetts and New Hamp shire, is under contract ; and on the division below Keeno, almost tho whole of the ma sonry, and much of the grading, is complet ed. Tho amount of work done of this descrip tion, on the whole road, and by far the larg est part of it below Keene, from the begin ning to tho first of May, is Earth Excavation, 1,680,000 yards. Loose Hock, 12,854 " Solid Rock, 182,352 " Masonry, 35,155 " Contracts have been mad.'! for 90,000 sleep ers, or cross-ties, many of which arc de liveredfor the rails and spikes for the &t tire road, with Horace Gray, Esq. for the chairs for the 1st division, withThos. Thatch er, Esq. for the passenger, f rcight,and other ears, with Messrs Davenport ft Bridges and for locomotives, with Messrs Hinckley &Dru rv. Wo give the names of the manufactur ers, as furnishing the best assurance to tho Corporation that the road will be wdl ironed, and well furnished, as well us substantially and durably built. A contract has been made with Messrs Boo- the present season The corporation below us have been de layed in opening their road to the junction,by I work of unexpected difficulty, are still delay- irom Jb itcliburg to ! itzwilliam eany in iu . i ....... i:.. . w;..u,,,i gust ; and nt an earlier timo to Winchondon, if it shall bo thought advisable to open beforo wo reach Fitzwilliam ; and every reason to believe and none to doubt, that our road will be finished, and in operation to Kcene, the coming fall. By the terms of our contracts, the grading of the road above Kccnc is all to be complet ed by the first of April next. No ellorts should bo spared to have this portion of the road finished and in use at the earnest possi ble time. The roads above ub are progress ing rapidly, and both onr own interest and theirs requires an open avenue for the busi ness over our road as soon as they shall reach it. FINANCES. The amount received into the treasury, asby the Treasurer's Report to the first of the current month, is $723,967 91 The amount paid to the same date is as follows : For preliminary expen ses, $2,815 50 " Incidental expenses, 8,285 52 " Engineering, 18,391 64 " Fencing, 2,G45 32 " Cost of land, includ ing lands that may be re-sold, 44,42141 " Masonry Sibiidging, 81,176 64 Grading, 307,416 51 " Superinstructure,in eluding 500 tons of rails delivered ot Fitchburg, and on the linfi of the road. 3C.0G7 77 -504,223 SI Balance, 219,744 60 This statement would show the amount of work done, were it not that by the terms of the contracts 25 per cent is reserved on grad- nj and masonry. The balance would be tho amouiu -..ailublc means of the Company on hand, if very liberal vofnmmodations had not been made to contractors. To show the amount of work dono,thcre must be added to the 504,223 31 the amount of the 25 per cent reserved, 130,531 05 634,754 36 and from the balance before stated, 219,744 GO To show the amount in the treasury, there should be deducted the am't of advances by loans and account able receipts to con tractors, and on ac count of purchase of materials, 106,899 66 Recent payments, not yet carried to treasu ry account, 33,527 39 140,427 05 Leaving in the Treasury, on May 1, the sum of This sum has been increasod,sinco the first of May, 79,317 55 15,644 70 Making, 94,962 Which may be regarded as about the amount which would remain in the treasury, availa ble for future use, if the cost of all work done and materials delivered, to this dale, was li quidated, at contract prices. The great question with the Directors, and no less so to tho stockholders, is the mode of supplying tho additional means of completing our road. The original subscription list, as is known to all,was 61,000,000. Assessments have been paid with oil tho promptness ne cessary to meet expenditures; and we are happy to say that the early assessments have been so generally paid, that no ultimate deficiency, of any considerable amount, is at all probable. Of the original list, several of the last assessments having been recently laid ond with little interval, about $300,000 re mains yet uncollected. By the contracts for grading, iron, cars, engines, &c, something "more than SI 00,000 in bonds of tho coinpa- ny.on time, issued by authority of the Board. -these sums, nildea to tne original eapnai, in creases our fund to meet expenditure from the beginning, to something over 1,200,000 ; and thus leaves available, for future pay ments, about $600,000. If our expenditures for the next six or eight months were merely for grading, those means would be more than sufficient to meet them. But wc have arrived at a stage when our ex penditures of every kind, to be incurred, in the construction, completion, and furnishing tho road, and putting it in operation, are to be met at the same time, and within a short space. Much of what wo shall require in all, be yond the $1,200,000 secured, should bo pro vided promptly ,tliat tho work may he brought to a close, and' made available to the public and productive to the stockholders, at the earliest practicable time. That this will bo dono in some mode by the stockholders, wc entertain no doubt. With every disposition, however, on tho part of the directors, to urge on tho work to meet the public expectation and demand, it must be understood by the stockholders, thrtt wc are but agents transacting their business, and that their support and ready co-opera- I tion at nil times are necessary to ils succors-1 ful prosecution. If our prospects were less j cheering than they are if there was the same uncertainty as to the construction of the im-1 pnrtant lines beyond us as existed at our last ; annual meeting if wo had even sonic appre hension, which' we have not, of tho ultimate j value of our investments we should have no j other alternative but to finish what wo have , begun, and secure whatever of benefits nii;dit ' result. ... But with our position as it is with pros-' pects of future business second to that of no road now constructing connecting with two great lines at a point where wo shall be able to oiler them tlie most direct communication with the common central point of all New England railroads, and all New England bu siness with the prospect of participating with other lines in the large amount of business which is to bo superadded to the business which shall accumulate in Vermont, by the construction of the Ogdensburg road, soon to bo undertaken with a good local business, winch will bo steadily increased by the very facilities which our road will furnish if we will be influenced by the results of othor sim ilar enterprises, now in successful operation, after having struggled through pecuniary dif ficulties and embarrassments to which wo have been strangers we shall find everything to encourage, and nothing to dishearten us in our onward movements. Not doubting that every necessary aid will be furnishcd.we look to the early completion of the road with entire confidence; and in the assurance, that when finished and in ope ration, it will remain for alt time, a signal jus tification of the intelligent enterprise of the citizens of the county ,by whom the undertak ing was first put in motion, and who gave it a generous support, and of the sagacity and lib erality with which our friends in other parts of tho country, and in the city, shall have co operated with us, in carrying it forward to a suceesstul issue. All which is respectfully submitted, Thomas M. Edwards, Aisel FiiELrs, Thomas Thatcher, S. Hale, U. F. Adams, George Huntinoton, Director. Keene, Jny 18,1847. From " Tho Spirit of the Times." Do Dog3 Think ? New York, May 4, 1817 Friend P. I read in a late number of the " Snirit." an account of four or five, hounds killing a mastitl'or a bull dog, wherein your correspondent expressed his belief that dogs arc endowed with mere instinct, that they do at times think, reflect. lam, and have been for a number of years, of the same opinion, and after I relate two incidents,of which there are now more than fifty witnesses, I am much deceived if voti do not believe with us. In 1834, we hud a dog ol the INewtotindianti species in our office (U. S. Barge Office) that was, as the term is, very sagacious. One morning, on opening the. office door, " Nim" (fur that was his name,) accompanied by a strange dog, was trying to get in ; one of the legs of the strange dog was broken. When the door was opciuxl, Nim jumped in, and in vited the wounded stranger to follow. Our bargemen, seeing that ho wits a fiiend of Kim set to work and splintered the broken leg Nim looking on attentively during tho opera tion. All at once Nim was missing, but in the course of fifteen or twenty miimtes he ap peared with his mouthful of food (which lie no doubt begged from his boarding house in the neighborhood,) and placed at the feet of his lame friend, which they consumed between them; and every day, until the leg got well ho would bring food for tho lame dog, when both would lie down and eat together. After a lapse of two or three weeks we took the splinters oil", the leg pronounced well, and then Niin sprung upon him and whipped him off the premises, and he was never seen at the Barge office afterwards. About a year afterwards, a hen, with a large brood of chickens, were picking around the door of the office, when a cart came along, ran over, and killed the hen. Nim was a witness of the accident ; ho stood for a few mo ments looking nt the dead hen, and then turn ed to the surviving chickens, who had sepa rated ; he went to work like a shepherd, and guarded his little flock night and day, until they were able to take care of themselves. When the chickens became weary, of which he seemed to be perfectly sensible, he would lie down, and with his paws work them under his long shaggy hair us a hen would gather them under her wings. When his flock be came separated from each other, he would ex hibit intense anxiety ; he would become ner vous, so much so that his whole frame would tremble like a leaf. As ever yours, S. L. 1ir,oT7i,T v TIim I'liibidelnliia Snirit of the JTH.- f.i, 1. i . 1 I Times tells a story of an old woman who for years kept a small cake stand in Second street, and lived in extreme poverty, in an old shanty that stood in a neighboring court, but who finally suddenly sickened and died. A daughter vent to loots ancr nor uiomcrs remains, but not having enough wherewith to buy a winding-sheet, searched among her Ti, rtiiv,,.! f. ii fi-.w frnvmpnts in which to nvc her a decent burial, when to her as tonishment she discovered a bug containing seventeen hundred dollars in specie. Ihe preparations for the funeral went on for about a day and a half, when the old wo lw.frim in chnw some sirens of vitality, and upon the application of stimulants complete ly recovered, and is now doing well as could be expected. The affair created considera ble stir in tho vicinity in which it took place, and it seems to bo the generally received . . , . . .. . r l fl.. opinion, " that it was nouinig eisu m mc world that woke the old woman from the sleep of death but the jingling of her money bag." The indignation felt by the British public, and expressed through the medium of tho press,on the unworthy treatment of Mr.Fred erick Douglass, by tho agent of Cunard's Hne of steamers, at Liverpool, not only exhibits a healthy state of mind,on the part of our coun trymen, but must convince every pro-slavery Amorican.that he must not import his absurd prejudices and ill-manners among us. If the Universities and other seats of learning, the places of public amusement, tho private cir cle, and even the House of God are closed wrm.(h. resnectftblo and well educated and pious, simply oil the ground of .i ,.;;,, ib.it in this eotmtrv it is not LOllJl, "e; n, ......... ...... - so. Character, not color, is the standard ot respectability with tis Everywhere, vlnle in Great Britain, Mr. Douglass was well re ceived, as he deserved to be. In him wc saw a noble specimen of Our nature which had been outraged and degraded by American shverv. To talents of a high order.ho added a manly bearing, which not even the crush-iuo- influence of the bondage he had endured, could subdue, lie is now returned to his na tive soil ; and ho may be assured that his vis it to our shores will be us long remembered as it was highly valued by our contrymcn. British Ai't'i-Mvery Reporter, May st. A Horse Story. A writer in tho Boston Courier tolls the following anecdote of a horse. The incident occurred in a town ad joining this city : A butcher, my neighbor, recently went to. a pasture where the family horse was usually turned while idle, to get a calf which he had purchased for slaughter. Finding difficulty in otherwise catching him, he set a large bull dog upon the culf, which soon brought him to the ground uttering the most piercing cries. Tho horse which till now had seemingly paid no attention, aroused by the cries ot dis tress, no soonor perceived the perilous con dition of his helpless companion, than with ears leered, jaws distended mane and tair erect, he hastened to his relief! Ihe dog s'lll continued his hold despita the threatening aspect of the horse, when the noble fellow fastening his tc?th upon the dog, with one toss threw him completely over an adjacent fence 1 Meanwhile the butcher had approached so near us to catch hold of tho calf as he was rising, which the horso perceiving, he turned upon him his posterior artillery throwing his heels every time still nearer the. butcher s head, until he was glad to relinquish his hold. With a proud and exultant air he pranced around his liberated charge, with hend and tail erect snorting de fiance to all oppressors ! In lact before the butcher (ah ! who would be one ?) could se cure his subject, he had first to secure this champion in the stable. Improved Mail Bags.' We have becri shown a newly invented mail bag manufac tured out of India rubber, which, from its many excellent qualities will probably super sede those now in use. The bag is so arrang ed that wdien closed it is perfectly air tight, and of course, water-proof. When filled with letters or any mailing matters, suflicint air introduces itself to render the whole extreme ly buoyant; and thus in case of accident,such as the sinking of a vessel, the mail bags would always rise to the surface of the water and their contents bo kept perfectly dry. They aro manufactured by Messrs. Rider and Brother, at Hurlcm, and can be afforded at about the same cost as the leather ones. N. Y. Farmer and Mechanic. A lady passing this village, in tho stage from down South, appeared ddightcd with " the mighty rush of waters," but re marked to her companion, that" really it did not seem possible for steamboats to pass up and down, with safety over the FalU 1" She was more than half right ; and we presume she referred to the steamboat which our kind and considerate f riends at Bratt'.cboro prom ised us when the Rutland Railroad, via West liner was completed. Jl. F. Gazette. Rice Cement. This is prepared by inti mately mixing rice flour with jcold water, and gently simmering it over a mild fire. It thus forms a very durable and delicate cement answering when made thin, all the purpose of paste in a higher degree, for paper and the like, and when made of the consistence of plastic clay, it may be cast in moulds,and tho articles when dry have much tho appearance of white marble, and will take a high polish. The domestic idols of tho Chinese are mostly cast of this material. Any coloring matter may be added at pleasure. Fx. Famine in Maryland. Prompt Relief must be furni-hed. We have several time no ticed the fact that great suffering for the want of the necessaries of life was prevailling in the eastern shore counties of Maryland ; we now learn that the scarcity is also spreading over Anne Arundel, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties. Tho scarcity is said to be so great that food can hardly be obtained at any price, and many among the poor and destitute are almost reduced to starvation. Bait. Sun, 20th. The Governor and Council have ordered a special election for members of Congress in the 1st and 3d Districts on the 8th of July next. Tho law provides that an election to fill vacancies shall be held within sixly days after the vote of a previous election have been counted. As Mr. Goodwin, tho AVhig candidate in the 1st District, declines, we presume a con vention is to be called to agree upon a candi date to run in his place, if no arrangements can be made to concentrate the decided nnti radical majorities in the two vacant districts; Messrs Keller of Exeter, and Christie of Do ver, are both spoken of as likely to be nomi nated. In this district the candidates will lid Ihe same as at tho last trial ; and as probably the Legislature will pass a plurality law, to take effect at the next or succcedir.g trial should no choice be made, the abolitionists, it seems to us, cannot with any consistency ,hcf itate in theirduty to their principles and their country between" Wilson and Moulton. Orri of them must be elected. Mr. Preston is,wo suppose, to remain as r.ow, "in the hands of his friends." A". Jl. Sentinel. Domestic Exploring Expedition. Tho St. Louis Union of the 21st says; Drs. Owen and Norwood, with several gentlemen attached to the oxpedition.strcnow here, on their wuv to tho unexplored district near Lake Superior and the sources of the Mississippi. They arc to make the necessary geological and other scientific explorations of the Government lands there, prior to bringing them into market. The region is said to abound in copper and other minerals. They will bo absent about five months on this scientific tour, and we shall look with interest to the result of their researches and observations in that valuable district. Tho previous reports of Dr Owen have commanded profound nttention among learned men, and been of great practical benefit to the Govern ment. Dr. Norwood, who is associated with him in this scientific tour, is a gentleman well qualified for the task. A party of surveyors will be sent to run the principal meridian from the Illinois boundary to Lake Superior, also the township and sub-division lines in a part of that district. Siior.iNCr the Aiimy. A shoe manufac turcr, who had made a contract to supnly shoes for the army at $1.05 per pair, had a. lar"e lot of them condemned as unsuitable by therOovernment Agent in Philadelphia. Yan kee packed thoin up and started o(T South, and sold them to another Government Agent for $1,50 per pair. That's the way they pick that old goose of an Uncle Sam.