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THE BELMONT CHRONICLE. AND FARMERS, MECHANICS, AND MANUFACTURERS ADVOCATE. m HMES.--V0L. 5. 0. St. ST. CL.UBSULLR, OHIO, FBID.1Y, MAMB B, 1853, flOLINO. W THE BELMONT CHRONICLE, roBLisiir.n f.vf.ry Friday morhing, BY II. J. HOWARD & u. it. COWBHi OFFICE ON WEST SIDE OK MARKET ST., - mm m iHAtH UARUKT II0U8K. TKKMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. tf pai,l within tlircniioilttu, lH j wlnls arrearac" aie ! TI-.HU9 OFAOVKRT1SINO. Bach annate, (11 llneanr lria,)lhrc MB CL Every ailditintial iiuerlinti, - Yearly ailvertiaciiicnta one culumo, JJoj Half column, 15 00 Quarter roluinn, ' frofPHsionol cariln 3 ner annum. ICpAII 111 tan addrcasvd to the editor inuit b paid to luaura aiiontion.cJl1 THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Pulucrilwrs who do not Bivc exprCM notice to the Tanlrary, arc considered as wishing to continue their suu- """a'lf s'iil'scri'ierorderlliediacontinuance St their pe riodicals. the pabtUtMM may continue to send llicm un til all arrearapes are paid. . , , I 3 If auhecrthera iwliM or refuse to take their period ical's from tin-offices in wlich they ere directed, the re hold responsible till tttCjf have bcU1.iI Hie !', ! , Briieiedthein discoiilinucd. i,l,i I 4. II suliscriPeis remove to other places without in- , Tor in ina the pulnisherf , and the periodL-nls are sent to, the former direction, they are held reanorijlble. 5 Tbceourta Have decided that ruiaslni to take per iodicals from the office, or rsmovtnf and leavme them uncalled for, is prim lucic evidence ol intentional Iraiid. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. POETRY. Where shall the soul find rest! Till me, ye winged winds, Thut round my pathway roar, Do ye not know tonic spot Where mortals weep no more? Some lone and pleasant dell, ' Some valley in the West, ' Where Tree from toil nml pnin, l Tfie weary soul may rest? I The lottd w ind dwindled to a whlspOT WW, ) And sillied lor pity as it answered "No!" , t Tell me, thou mighty deep, ( Whose Ullawa round me play, ( Know'sl thou some favored spot, Home Inland Caraway, Where weary man may find The bliss lor which he sijihs, Where sorrow nver lives. And Friendship never dicsr F The loud wares rolling in prepetual flow, Slopped lor a while, and sighed to answer-'No!' t I And thou serenes! moon, j That with such holy face. t Dost look upon the earth. Asleep ill nidi's embrace, . Tell me, in all ihy round ( Hast thou not SOStl some spot, v Where miserable man. Might find a happier loll Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in wo, And a voice sweet, dot sad, responded -No!' r Tel! me, my secret soul, g Oh) tell me, Hope and Faith," p Is there no resting-place, u From sorrow, ion and death; t Is th:!rc no happy spot, ;i Where mortals may he Most, Where grief may find I balm, And weariness a rest! B faith, Hope, and Love best boons to mortal ( given v Waved their bright winS,, and whispered "Ym! in Htavm!" MISCELLANEOUS. CHARGE AT EYLAU. BY J. T. HEADLY. The author in speaking of Marshal Murat, 1 says: . . s It is at Eylau that ho always appears in his most terrible aspect. This battle fought ID mid-winter, In 1807, was the most impor UHt and bloody one that had yet occurred. France ami Russia had never belore opposed buch'strcngtli to each other, and a complete Vinton on either side would have settled the fate of Europe. Bonaparte remained in pos session of the field, and that was all no vie- tory was ever so like a defeat: The field of Eylau was covered with snow, J and the little ponds that lay scattered over it were frozen sufficiently liard to bear the ar tillery Seventy-five thousand men on one 1 side, and eighty-five thousand on the other,!' Bro-e from the frozen field on which they had lent the Bight of the 7th of February, with out tent or covering, to buttle lor a continent. ! ' Au-ereau, on the left, as described in the pre- j Mdin volume, was utterly routed eany in the morning. Advancing through a snow unn so thick he could not see the enemy, the Russian cannon mowed down his ranks, Mi their destructive fire, while the Cossack ' cavalry, which were ordered to charge, came, .h.indcriii"- on, almost llittin tlie P,ench ' fantry with thai' ng lances before they were ' St through theatorm. Hemmed ... and overthrown i t'ie whole division composed ol M 000 ...en. With the exception of 1,600, were captured or slain. J USt then the snow storm clearing up, revealed to Napoleon the peril to I which he was brought and he Immediately or- I dered u grand charge by the Imperial Guard Sdtnnwhoto cavalry. Nothing wee farther bum lionupurlc's Wishes or expectation, than he bringing of bii reserve into the engage Leu this early .Ug. of the battle-but l e e was no other resource left Dim. Mural Ltaiucd his high reputation on this occa , Id Droved himself lor the hu.ulreth time To thy ol the great confidence Napoleon pla ced la W NuUli,,s cul,ld b0 "lure ""P"sl"t' thai I.attle fi Id at this moment, liona iSetd Empire trembled,,, the balanc, SS5 Murat prepared to lead down h,s caval rv to save them. Seventy squadrons, making !Z 111 1 000 well mounted men, began to je oveVtbe slope, with the Old Guard m Sn sternly behind; Bonaparte, it is said, was more agitated at this crisis than when a mo "ent before, he WU so near being captured, bv Se Russians. But as he saw those scv- squdrons come down on a plunging ; iro , -elLlna hard after the white plume ol Murat, fl at streamed through the snow storm far ,, , unlit passed over his counteuanco , '"The earti groaned and trembled as they ,J and the thousands of ghtter.i.g hel-, uWtrtOftM dark and; sngry mass below, looked like the foam of a sea wave us it crests on the deep. The rat tling of their armor and the muffled thunder of their tread drowned nil the roar of battle, as with firm eet array and swift, steady mo tion, they bore down with their terrible front on the foe. The chock of that immense host was like a falling moantuin, and the front line of the Russian army went down like frost work belore it. Then commenced a protrac- J ted tight of hand to hand and Bword to sword, as in cavulry lotion at Eckinuhl. The crush ing of steel was like the rintiing of countless 1 hammers, and horses and riders were blended in wild confusion together. The Russian re-! serve were ordered up, and on these Murat fell with his fierce horsemen, crushing and, trampling them down by the thousands. But i the obstinate Russians disdained to fly, and nilitd again und again, so that it was no Ion- I ger cavulry cbafg'ng on Infantry, but squad- ' runs of horse galloping through a broken host, I that gathering into knots, still disputed Kith unparalleled bravery tlffe red and rent field. It wus during this strange fight that Murat' was seen to perform one of those desperate deeds for which he was renowned. Excited to the highest pitch of passion by the obsta cles which opposed him, he seemed endowed ivitli ten-fold strength, and looked more like a superhuman being treading down helpless mortals than an ordinary man. Amid the roar of artillery and rattle of musketry, and falling of sabre-strokes like lightning about bin., tktit lolty while plume never once went lown, while ever and anon it was seen glanc ng through the smoke ol battle the star of .ope to Napoleu.i. ami showing that hi "right imi" wus still uplifted and striking for Victo y. He raged like an unloosed lion nmid the oe; and his eye, uhvays terrible in battle, M turned with Increased lustre, while his clear i ind steady voice, heard above the tumult of 1 he striie, was worth more than a thousand i rumpets to cheer on his followers. At length, t eeing a knot of Russian soldiers that for a i ong lime had kept up a devouring fire on his i iicn, he wheeled his horse and druve in full ;allop upon their levelled muskets. A few ! f bia guard, that never albwed that white lume to leave their sight, charged aiter. ! Vitbout waiting to count his foes, he seized t he bridle in his teeth und with a pistol in one 1 and and his drawn sword in the other, burst I i) headlong fury upon them, and scattered I hem as if a hurricane had swept by. t Though the cavalry were at length com- , f elleu to retire, the Russians had received a ' e heck that alono saved the day. Previously, i! without bringing up their reserve, they were dvanclng over the field, but now they were Is lad to cease the combat und wait for further j i einforcementt under Lestocq, before they re- . t owed the battle. I have spoken of the pro-1 c 'ress of the fight during the day in another ji lace. Prodigies of valor were performed on i II sides, nnd men slain by tens of thousands, 1 i III night at length closed the awful scene, i nd the Russians begun to retire from the 1 i eld. Such was the battle of Eylau, fought in the i lidst of a piercing snow storm. Murat was ' i thunderbolt on that day, and the deeds that fere wrought by him will ever furnish themes t at the poet and painter, But let the enthu-jt iastic go over the scene on the morning af-;s er the buttle, if he would find a cure fur his 1 0V6 of glory. Fifty-two thousand men lay 1 li led across each other in the short space of i ix miles; while the snow, giving buck the i lain of blood, made the field look like a great I laughter-house. The frosts of a wintry morn- : 1 ug were all unheeded in the burning fever . i if ghastly wounds, and the air was loaded Jt nth cries for help, und groans, nnd blasphc- (lies and cursings. Six thousand horses lay ' I .mid the slain, some stiff and cold in death, i libera rendering the scene still more appall-, 1 ng in their vast winding sheetof snow. Foe- ! I nen had fallen across each other as they j ought, and lay like brothers clasped in the I ast embrace; while dismembered limbs and i lisembowled corpses were scattered thick as i lUtUtnn leaves over the field. Every form of vound, und every modifications of woe, were i lere Visible. No modern war had hitherto i ixbibited such carnage, and where Biuret's I iBValry had charged, there the slain lay thick- I lot. Two days alter the buttle fjOOO wound- i id Russians lay on the frozen field, where j hey had drugged out the weary nights and i lays in pain. The dead were still unhurried, I mil lay amid wrecks of cannons, and muni- i ion wagons, and bullets, and howitzers i vhole lines had sunk where they stood, while ipaulettei and neglected sabres, and muskets vitbout owners, were strewed on every side, ind thrown into still more terrible relief by he white ground of snow over which they uy. Said Napoleon, in his bulletin home, liter describing the dreadful appearance the ield presented "The spectacle is sufficient lo inspire princes with the love of peace und liorror of war." j PRINCE DE JOINVILLE ADN M'LLE MONTIJO. At the lime of ihe Spanish marriages, in the autumn ol I84&, one of Louis Phillippe's ions, either the Prince de Joinville or the j Due 'd Aumale, wus in Madrid on business connected with the alliance between the roy ul houses, lie there became Intimately uc instated with M'lle Hontijo, and a Unison ' was the consequence. When he returned to Paris it was understood that she was to lb I-1 low him, as soon as ho could make the ne- j c -osury arrangements. The l'rince, on his return, it seems, found it impossible, or, at least, judged it unwise, to bring the lady north i for he had probably remembered in the meantime, that he was a married man. He wrote to her to that effect. She replied that it wus out of the question for her to stay at Madrid that he must obtain her a place at the Tuilleries us ludy of honor to one of the princesses. She did not come, however, und the affair ended here. Now a copy of the Prince's letter to M'lle de Hontijo, and the original of her reply were thrown out of the w indow of Louis Phillippe's library in the Tuilleries, when that palace was sacknd by the mob in Pebruary. A vast quantity of curious things found their way into circula- j Hon, and many of the secrets of royalty were ' revealed to the public eye. These two let ters were picked up by a person who kept them as mere curiosities, but who knew how to USS them when the lady indicated ascend ed the throne of France. lie had them lith ographed, the handwriting of the Counters being imitated so closely as to render each copy a lac simile. He sent these by post and by private hand, by hundreds, into foreign countries but limited their distribution In France to the legitimist party merely. He enclosed two beautifully printed copies to the Emperor; and it is said that Louis Napoleon, on reading them, went Into a fit of rage so violent that his physician hud to be called. The police was ordered lo make a descent si multaneously at the rooms of all such legiti mists us were in any way open to suspicion. It was evident from the first that the swoop had been unsuccessful; many of the prison ers have been released, und those that are de tained will hardly, it is thought, be brought to trial. While these perquisitions were go ing on, Louis Napoleon received a letter, in formiOg him, very bluntly, that he was biting a file the original letters were out of his reach, the person who owned them knew their Value, und that they would he brought out at ! the proper time. If this story he true, and I think it very plausible its Importance can J hardly be overrated. It is the most detailed and circumstantial account of the Empress' and her uuienrs that I have yet heard. The stories told ol her ure for the most part man! feslly ficticious or exaggerations, but it is im probable that they have not some foundation ! in fact. The Calumnies nnd bad jukes at the j expense of her Majeaty ure falling into disre lute, but they have left a trace behind them; ; 1 see no one uho supposes that the Empress fill be "a crown to her husband"; Louis Na loleon is thought to have understood this as ! Veil as any cue; a id Was the left anxious that Re should be a crown to him. as it was the lateral Consequence Of the alliance that lie; ihould be a crown to her. Pari Cor. lr. Express. The Japan Expedition. The empire of Japan, with its twenty-live nillions of subjects, has almost been a sealed took to the civilized world for more than two ii.ndred years. Just at this moment, especial-1 1 y in our uwn country, it has become a mutter . I great interest, in consequence of the el-' I ort which our government is making to stablish friendly with relatione that strange j It, exclusive people. Whether the Japan ex-! I .edition will be attended with any sort of i uccess, is a matter of great doubt; but it is n experiment worthy of the trial, and one, ; . oo, which meets the approbation of the whole I ivilized world. Unlike similar enterprises ' n times past, no exclusive privileges or be- 1 lefits are sought for or desired, and no course if policy will be asked towards us which nay not be extended equally to every oilier: lution. The situation of Japan situated as it is n the highway of nations, and surrounded by langeroua seas and archipelagoes, through vliich the adventurous whaler steers his essel, amid hidden rocks and uncertain winds ind currents requires that a topographical lurvey of its seas and coasts should be pub ished to the world. The three marine miles rotn the shore as the litn't of a nation's ex iluaive jurisdition, is us applicable lo Asiatic is to European and American seas; and no eople, whether they consent or not to be rec toned in the fraternity of nations, have a ight to appropriate to their own exclusive ise any common property. There is besides a higher consideration ban this, namely, the perogative which every ! IS.tion has to demand that the rights of lOSpitality, and the common offices of lumanity be extended to her unfortunate suh ccts, whom shipwreck or other disaster has , brown upon their shores; lor any govern iicul which maltreats a shipwrecked mariner is a matter of state policy, ought to bo re rarded and dealt with by all nations u a cum min foe. Another measure of state policy' which the Japanese government rigidly en- oices is at variance with the rights of other! lationaj and that is the decree of perpetual 1 ixe which is enforced againot her own sub acts, who happen lo bo accidentally driven ipon a loreigu soil. If uu American ship up- j jn a homeward voyage rescues a Jepanese :rew from u wreck at sea, and lands them in i in American port, throwing them it may bo upon our government lor protection & support, their own government has no right to ex patriate them und refuse to receive iheui buck. They may become paupers ul.d maintainable it the public expense; they may become criminals ol the worst class, and subject the country to loss ol life and property; or they may desire to return to their own homes und families. Under these circumstances the government would have a right to demand that they be tulten buck. Whether a nation has not a right to decline all intercourse with its neighbors, even at its own und their loss, is u question of more dif ficult solution. As a general proposition it would see... ut first view that such u right in ull cases exists; but yet there may be cir cumstances H hich would seem to forbid the exercise ol this highest principle of sovereign ty. Thus, il tl.o position of a nation, or the puliey ol its government, obstruct the gen eral progress of the world, or throw an obstacle lis the way of other nations, they have a right to demand that the obstruction he removed. If the possessions of a nation were in such s position us to become absolute ly unapproachable unless access could be had to them ucross unother nation's territory, it would be justified in deinuuding on reasona ble terms such u privilege of access. If an American whaler, shuttered in the Arctic sea requires refuting in a Japanese port in order to render a passage home safe, a refusal of which privilege would put in imminent jeopardy the lives and property on board, such a refusal would be just ground for eurnest re monstrance if not for war. Such a course the Japanese have uniformly taken; denying tiie rights of hospitality to lbs unfortunate mariner cast upon their shores, I treating as an enemy the involuntary intruder who is driven upon their coast by stress of weather or by wreck, subjecting bin lo the most rigorous and ignominious treament as common criminals. Their own subjects oiice without the pale of their ddgrfntons, are for bidden to return; und every effort is made to insulate the country from foreign intercourse and foreign connection. Efforts have been made from lime to time in vurious quarters lo overcome the policy of MtlOslVttMM, which shuts her pints and dominion! against the commerce of the world, but hitherto without success. The United States, with a special view of protecting her own citizens, in addition to the general view of benefitting the commercial world, has long been making preparation to send un expedition to those seas; un armed one, it is true, but armed for the purposes of self-protection, not lor aggressive war. The rumor of this expedition--:!! the strange manner in which rumor finds its way to the remotest people tws reached Japan, and sounded ihe note et- prcpjismion throughout the empire. Every uccessible point is re presented to be guarded, every headlund is bristling with arms and kindling with beacon fires, every liurhur, estuary and lort is pre lected by a warlike fleet all of whicli are in tended to repel a peaceful mission, whose only errand is one of mercy, und whose only motive is to benefit mankind. Under lliCiO circumstances, it is more than doubtf ul whether any impression can be made; but the experiment Is worth atleat the trial; and the failure w ill not be attended with the humilia ing reflection, that it was undertaken tor unjust or unlawlul purposes. Nor will it be altogether barren of beneficial results, even in case of the failure of its principal ob ject. A partial survey t least of those seas can be made, and information obtained which will very materially aid the adventurous , mariner in escaping shipwreck and suffering upon uu inhospitable coast. A demonstration can be made with the simple presence of uu aimed fleet, whieh may induce the Japanese, through favor to treut at least with common Immunity the shipwrecked mariner. Tl.e points can be Insisted upon If u hearing be in any way obtained, that he shall be protect ed in life and limb, furnished will, necessities, ind an unobstructed departure to hi.-, own ,'ountry granted; that vscU in distress shall 1 je permitted to rt fit in their harbors, and take n needful supplies on the payment of a just sompensation. And if the government remsc o r.uit such u reasonable request, the de claration ought to be distinctly made, that the next violation of the duty which the comity jf nations demands at tiie hands of each and ill, If indicted upon un American citizen, will j sail down upon their heads a jus;ly merited sbasttsemcut. T;ie whole civilised world could approve of ouch a course, for it would be u general benefit to all, I li (Jreat Britain cool 1 shako the Celestial I Qmplaa vc Uj ftaenileerafl will. tlo thend.- of! her cannon, and cause the monarch of three hundred und fllty .nillions of subjects to sue j for peace und open ull his ports to the com- i merce of the world, surely the United States could knock ut the gales of Jeddo in u man-1 ner thul would make the emperor of but fifty million subjects hold u parley. There is pio-t bably not a mora time nation in Europe or A- j merica whose sympathies uro not enlisted in favor of the .success of the expedition; und all unite in bidding it Uod speed. Prudence und the highest degree of circumspection uro! demanded at the hands of all connected with 1 the enterprise, and the results will be awaited with interest und anxiety. liustun Juurnal. In a recent debate on the Florida Indians In the Senate, Mr. Houston made some re- i marks which do him credit. We quote from them us follows. The question was on an a n.endmetit ol Mtfnator Mallory to authurize the president to call into service a force suf- i ficient to expel the Seminoma! Why press upon this little handful of Indi anal Are the necessities of Fmrida so great that extended over a vast area of country, 1 with spurse population, her people cannot find employment within the settled limits of their country for the investment of their capital, without running in upon the hammocks of the Indians, interfering With their fisheries and their hunting grounds! There is no neces- j sity for It, Lit us e.se u l.ttlo forbearance. 1 U.liy Bowlegs is not such a terrible scare-! crow, or so uiixious lor war when he cunnot be advantaged by it, that he is going to invade the formidable State of Florida. 1 will not vote lor ihe amendment, 1 am satisfied that any encouragement given to the Executive of the Stute will be succeeded by demands upon the Executive of the United Stales they will be so importunate, and newspapers will get up stories of combats, the most melan choly and terrible detui.s will be narrated, but all Will turn out to be futtain ut last. Vet such tales will be circululoJ throughout the United States, and there will be a greut cry raised of the cruelly of the Indians, and of their massacres on the frontier. The coun try will be alive with the cry, and people will be ready lo lly to the s'anilard of Florida to de lend her against u lew hundred poor, miserable half-started Indiana, whom humanity requires that you suould leed rather than exterminate. The Indians Want juatioe and I wish there were an abler man ll.uu myself to stand up on this floor and demand, in their behali, that jus tice shall be done them. Sir, they are des poiled of everything. Tiie territory is taken from thein. They uro rubbed of their annul, itles and tl.e purchase money for their lands is taken by felons. Is not this something that should be looked at and considered! They have no one here to appeal in their be half, or to tell their griefs und wrongs to A mericen ears; but it is nevertheless true their history la a history ui wrong untold. If Sen ators, independj.it of their position cannot stand forth and vindicate the wronged Indian, where is he to look but to the Great Spirit for redress! und that comes slowly when compared to the activity of the avarice of tl.e wicked." Boston, March 10. A State Temperance Convention is in session in this city to-day. Tribute t Pretfa FlHsBors i,) his Cafclaata We have much pleasure in giving publicity to the following correspondence, whicli re flects equal honor upon President Fillmore and tl.e members of his administration, The National Intelligencer, from which we copy the correspondence, in publishing it, says: 'It has, we presume, rarely bappeuacf, that so great a degree of harmony In, existed be tween a President and every member of his Cabinet. It may be supposed by some, that the relatiuns of Mr. Webster si,d Mr. Fill more, us candidates for the Presidency, form ed an exception to Ibis remark. We have, however, the best rta.-otis tor believing that their friendly and Confidential intercourse, per sonal und political, was never for a moment interrupted. LETTER TO PRESIDENT FILLMORE. WASHINGTON, March 3, 1853. Sin: As our connexion with you is about to terminate, we cunnot forbear to give ut terance to the feelings of untninglcd Satisfuc-; tloO with which we took buck Uj.on our of-' filial and personal intercourse. We have witnessed with udmirution, your untiring de votion to the pub, ic service, ur.d your patience nd assiduity in the discharge of the Inoes sant and laborious duties of your office. Noafl observation has afforded us Innumerable proofs ol lbs enlightened und comprehensive regard for the best interests of the whole Union,) which you have brought to the execution ol the high trust which devolved up. m you un- der circumstances of peculiar embarrassment! ' For the fidelity to its bet Interests, which you have manifested, the country we believe,l will yet, with one voice, do you ample justice. We have the greatest pleasure in adding, l that the unbroken harmony which has pre vailed in your Cabinet, and between yourse'i and all its members bus greatly facilitated the : performance of our arduous labors. With our united best Wishes that your beafth may be preserved, and that the country ! muy long have the benefit of your patriotism, experience und high intelligence, wo remain,! d.-ur c.r, your sincere friends, EDWARD EVERETT, THOMAS CORWIN, A. H. H. STUART, C. M. CONRAD, J. P. KENNEDY, J. CRITTENDEN, S. D. HUBBARD, To his Excellency, MILLARD FILLMORE, President of the United States. REPLY OF PRESIDENT FILLMORE. WASHINGTON, March 4, 1853. Glntllmex: Vour kind note, which was banded lo me last evening, was as unexpec ted us il wus gratifying While I cannot flatter myseli with the Idea that I am justly! entitled to ull the praise which your lriciid-1 ship has so generously bestowed, I am frank to confess that 1 do feel a consciousness that 1 have spared no pains to merit it. Of this,! however, you i.re the best judgm. You have been my daily companions, and can best up-1 predate the motives with which 1 have d.a-1 charged my official duties. But it is due to j you, and to those who preceded some of you,! as my official advisers, to say that the success i of my Administration is chiefly owing to the wisdom, harmony, fidelity, und ability of my counsellors; and that ihe country, us well as myself, owes tbem a debt of gratitude, whicli 1 doubt not it will recognise in due time, und cheerfully discharge. No President was ever more fortunate than I have been in the selection of his Cabinet, No manifestation of unkind feeling, or even a hard word, has ever disturbed the harmonious action of the council board. Tuis coruial unanimity has been at all times to me u source ol unalloyed satisfaction. 1 shaliever reflect upon our social und official intercourse with great pleasure, and cherish to my latest breath, the disinterested friendship with which it has been marked. Please to accept my sincere thanks for the faithful, able, and satisfactory manner in which you have respectively discharged the arduous and responsible duties of your seve ral offices and also my best wishes for your health uml prosperity; und believo me, geu tlamen. vour sincere friend. MILLARD FILLMORE. Hon. Edward Everett, Thomas Core, in, Alex. 11. It. Stuart, Charles M. Conrad, John P, Kennedy, John J. Crittenden, S. D. Hubbard. Mbtrooisn in the United States The editor of Zion's Herald takes the 'following view of the progress of Methodism in this eountry, He says: "American Methodism in not yet a rentury old. In the incredibly short spac of eighty seven years it has built four thousand two hundred und twenty churches, (which is a lit tle less than one for every week of her exis tence,) at u cost of fourteen millions seven hundred and thirty thousand live hundred and ; seventy-one dollars. It has also erected and l endowed its colleges and numerous acade mies with large sums. It has built innumer able personages, and supplied itself with, Church and Sabbath School literature. Now most of these churches, having been newly j erected, rebuilt, or remoddeled, and most of these vaat outlays having been made within I the last quarter ol u century, we think it no j exaggeration to estimate the expenditures of I Methodism in the United Stutes for home purposes, at an average very little short of one million dollars per annum for the last twenty-five years; in addition to that it has paid for the support of its ministry.'' ftrTwo sons of Erin were morolizingover the lute election: "Bad news Pat," says Mike. "Faith an vou're right there," responded Pat. What would eld Gineral Taylor sny to this if he was alive now!" ejeculated Mike. Be gorra," replied Pat -he'd suy lie was glad he was deud." (grYou may glean knowledge by reading, but you must aeparuie the- chap" f.iro the wheat by thinking. CoOKlIB roou on Cattle. Mr. Ilower of Bangor, ke ps It bead of cows, for which lie steams 10 bu-hefs of turnips every other day, and mixes MM bushel of meal with them while hot. Ties h feeds with as much straw as they will eat clean at regular nald peri ods. Horses, Doha, pigs und futttriirig an, tnufs are I' d w ith the same kind of lood. Regularity in feeding and watering pre serves the appetite, Strengthens the diges tive powera, and thus renders the uniu.al more quiet. On the tubjeel of watering, Mr. Mowtf say: In moderate weather, my cutlle are let out lor an hour In tl.e middle of tl.e day, and dr. i. k clear brook water, which is within a fiw rods ot the barn and having their mush night and morning is all they seem to require. In cold Weather they are let out in the morning, und put in again immediately, and led on w arm turnips, tiius taking ofl their chill. Contiguous to my steamer la a 20 hogshead ciotern. receiving water from the roof, w hich is used lor steam, and the surplus for cattle and col's, which run loose in toe cellar, ami are led from u rack whit!, works to a charin. IXQHVOVS. A formal fashionable visitor thus addressed a Rttle girl: "How are you, my dear!" "Very well, I thank you," blie replied. The visitor then added, "Now my dear, you should ask me how I cm." The chill simply and honestly replied "I lmi'i Want to know." BoctBTT. Thc;e cmi moat easily dispense With society w ho are calculated to adorn; they oniy ure dependent on it who possess no men tal resources; for though they bring nothing to the gi nial mart, like Lcggurs, tney ure too poor to stay at home. TaXIXO tay in Kind. Selling tulips to i girl and s paring accounts With u kiss. Pol' riiE QtebTI n. A young ludy said toj JCr bean, after fifteen years courtship, Charles I uin going out of town to-morrow.' W n ere!' 'I don't know .' 'When ure vou coming tack;' I Never.' 'What are you going for!' 'I um going to look for something which 1 firn Inve not, never had, and you can give me ; Without any lois to yourself.' You ure very welcome to it, I um sure; but what is it!' 'A husband!' Why you might have had that fifteen years ago, if you had only suid the word, but I was1 n:.-iJ lo begin.' M'How are ye, Smith!" says Jonea, Smith pretends not to know him, and re plies, hesitatingly Sir, you' have the ad vantage of me." "Yes, r.'lorts Jones, I spose so; every body lias tint's got common sense." Smith lojks unhappy. fjWlien u feilar first falls in leve, the tensation is like a ha) bug crawling up the leg of his trowsers, At least that is the way we suffered when we first squeezed the hand of the gall w e loV2d. (rr A gentleman lately tcjk the following meter eoiogical journal of bis wife' temper: Monday, rather cloudy; In the afternoon rainy. VVj.'jy, vaporish; brig.itened up a tittle at night. Wedneid&y changeable,! gloomy inclined to rain. T.iurntay, high wind and some peals of thuncer. Friday, fair in the morning, variable till the afternoon cloudy all nigh'. Saturday, a gentle breeze, hazy, u thick log, and a few fljsiies of iigit'.- ning. A TEEItlllLn PlCTLKC OF Sff FEI'.lNil. Iti a letter to the Galena Advertiser, written from Oregon, tbo sufferings of un emigrant party are briefly given, whicli make up a sud picture of Western adventure: J. C. Morrison of Tazewell county, nrrived Mfely in Oregon. Their teams gave ou! oOU miles this side of their destination. They left their 0X00 and those w ho had famalits, and started down Lewis river on the bods of their WSgonS and out of twenty young men so embarked, only four ever got ashore alive, so rapid was the stream ar,d so full of rocks. The lour having escaped, started through an uninhabited country with but liule provision and few clothes. They arrived at the settle ment ut last, after passing through trials and dangers beyond the power oi tongue or pen to describe. How to Wei;;U Live Cnttle. This is of the utmost utility to all those wh i are not experienced judges by the eye. liy the following directions, the weight can be ascertained within a mere trifle: Take u string an j put it round the breast, stand square, just behind the shoulder blade; measure on a foot rule the feet and inches the animal is In oircu reference this is called the girth; then, with the string, measure from the bone of the tail which plumbs the line with the hinder part of the buttock, direct the line along the back to the shoulder blade, take the dimensions on foot, then rule as bo fore, which is the length, and work the figures in the following maimer: Girth the bullock. G feet 4 inches; length, 3 feet 3 inches; which, multiplied together, make 31 square superficial feet, and that multiplied by 13 (the number of pounds measures less than 5 in girth,) make 71S pounds. Where the animal measures less than b" and more than 7 in girth, 31 is the number of pounds to each superficial foot. Again, suppose a pig or any smsll beast should measure 2 feet in girtb, aid 2 along the back, which multiplied together, make 4 square feet, that multipled by 11, the number of pounds alowed each squ ire foot, of cattle measuring less than 3 feet in g'rlh, makes 11 pounds. Again, suppose a eelfi a sheep Sic, should make 4 feet 6 inches in girth, and 3 feet 9 inches in length, 'hieh multiped to- gether, makes lo square feet; Unit muliipli. ed by 10, tho number of lbs. allowed to all cattle measuring less than five feet, and mors than three in girth, make-, i!G5 pounds. Tiu J menslons of the girth and lenth of horned cattle, sheep and calves, or hogs, mny be as cxact.y taken this way as it is at oil neces sary lor any computation or any valuation of stock, and will answer exactly to tho four quarters sinking the offal, and which every man who csn get a bit of chalk, can easily perform. PaeneWri' Iiformaiion for cu MODE OF DOING BUSINESS IN CONGRESS. The mode of doing business in Congross is thus graphically und truth. uily described by tl.e AVuj York Extras: The way laws are now made in Congress is such that vicious legislation will never be corrected until the appropriation bills are killed, and an extra se?siuii is compelled, as a consequence of the loss of these bills. A quasi revolution, in thus sto mingthe soppii ;a, may awaken the people, perhaps, to the out rages and penis that exi t in ihe now long prevailing habit of enacting the most import ant laws from 11 o'clock lo 0 o'clock in the morning, between the night before and the day of the 4th of March. For ten years past the hulls of the Capitol have been thronged day and night in March, or on the closing j days ol the long sessions, w ith an army of lobby members, pushing all sorts of things into the appropriation bills, and exerting all sorts of induence, illegitimate generally, and such as is to be deplored, Tne committee rooms are liiied with wine and brandy by some of these lobby members, to whom some body surrenders these rooms, and hence it is not wonderful that, amid the utter exhaustion of continuous sessions bight und duv, tlu human trames of even the honest and watch ful give out, and that schemes are undertaken and measc,res carried which, in ooler moments, cculd receive little else but a corrupt support. Besides, as Congress Dowdayi wiildo little or nothing but what il does in the appropriation bills, there is a kindly disposition to engraft upon them such measures as members deem "good," upon which Otherwise there would be no earthly hope of action. This cot.sidera tton, taken in connection with the lact that corruption really desires no action upon the appropriation tills till the very last hours of the session, when, amid the noise and COO fusion, corruption can beat conceal itself, ena bles the tad to mix up w ith the 2or,d such a curiosity as the last civil and diplomatic bill present:; a bill which no five men in cither Houe of Congress understood, or could under stand, unless they were on the committees of Conference. Tne civil and diplomatic bill was twice voted dow n in the House of II 'preaentatives c'ur ng the night of t.'ie 3d of March, mainly because the members had no moans of even jfUUsina what wus in it, but partly because ; there w as a general increase of pay for Secretaries, for Foreign Missions, ic, &.c. Tne Democratic Senators, about 4 o'clock, a. m., March 4th, cume down In numJers and ft II upon their friends in the House, telling llicm this would never do; when ihe great body of the Democratic party cbangeJ trant, toward dayl g!.t, and voted tor the bill that hud been before twice rejected. What thev v )led lor, not twenty of them could s;arcelv tell; because they were taking the reports of the committees of Conference, which come, never la plain English, but in a sort of algebraic Jvn&ula, tint not even a Washing ton veteran legislator without study can well comprehend. Congressional legislation is at prcsent an Ol:3arohv, and leu or twelve men in ona House or tiie other do nearly the whole work. If the other members were ull to stay at home, and to receive their pay, ti.ey might be ol" some service there; but us legislators in Washington they'are mere cyphers, and of bul very little avail under the present modes of doing business. Tuat this statement is, in the main, correct, and scarcely an exag geration, will be obvious from the observations that follow. I: would b.1 a good question for a debating society, "Which of the two bodies showed the greutes corruption 'ind bast attention to business, at their last sessions respectively, the Federui Congress or the O. Legislature!" There is no way but for the people to sweep oat their Augean stables. O. 6'. Journal. The Ir.isii Heart. One of tiie most ad mirable trails o: the Irish character, is ths fine vein ol truo golden affection that runs through it. It is a perpetual thing to find in the newspapers accounts of how poor star ting woman who have come from the old sed, and, from day wages, have saved enough to bring over either un infirm father, a desolate und starving mother, or a brother, whoso lifo was an eternal toil, with hardly a subsisience. These are noble traits of character, and muy be found everywhere among the Irish peasan try. We see that even so fur o:T ns Australia, what is so common in this country is noted. An Irish p iper states that at the Limerick post office letters are continually received en closing from S50 ts $JU0, sent by poor em igrants to their paorer kin to help them on ward from the desolate home of their birth to these far-off golden fields. AoiiVe Tribune Save Yoer Earsiscs. The practice which apprentices, clerks, and others have of spending their earnings as fast as they ac cumulate, is one great reason why so many never attain a position above a mediocrity in life. A person who receives a small com pensation for his services, will with a little care over his exchequer, and a system of re gularity in his expenditures, find that at the end of the year he is prepared to encounter any emergency or mishap. But, as a general thing, they manage to get rid of their earn ings quite as quick as they are due, thus leav ing them w holly unprepared for emergencies, by sickness oruiherwUe. A system of curtail tog u.meoKosary expense, if adopted by our yrjung- folks, would bung aroand the most