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4 *4 J1Y JOHN CLARK.] ^EW SERIES, lonm Capital Ucporter, PCBL1SRED WEEKLY BY ,*" O I I N A TKftMS —TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM JOB PRINTING. VftG REPORTER OFFICE having b«M thoroughly renovated,the proprietor is prepar ed to execute with neatness and dispatch, all kind* of ft rAVOT JOB HIMTWO Ca BICII AS s. Boon, PMMLtn, HAND-BILLS, BLANK COUNTY OBDIU. MOSTGAGES, REFER TO—Hon Folsom.Hon Carle ton, Hon Thomas Benton, jr., Hon John Oltrk, Iowa City. JAMES HARLAN, AOffice TTORNEY AT LAW, Iowa Oity, Iowa. with E. Connelly, opposite the Land Office. July 21,1852-y DRS. MORSMAN & SANDERS HPractice flS*r«yn JUSTICES BLAXKS' CLERKS' BLAM*( ol all kind* BLANK W ABHAN- TEB DEEDS. LABELS, Ac. CP We are also prepared to do all kindl rf printing in colors. J~ ID*All orders by mail accompanied by the Out, will receive prompt mmioo. O.CCLBEBTSON. MOMS* BSMS CULBERTSON & RENO, IOWA CITY, IOWA. WILLand allow a liberal interest on thirty, six ty ninetv days deposites buy, sell, and locate Laud Warrant?, and attend to all business pertaining to a General Land Agetity,. Jtiue 3,1853-y R. H. SYLVESTER, UflORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, hand Agent and Notary Public.. Particular attention given to COWE¥4N!IN«. v. vlleporter Office, Iowa City, May, 1853. i •ilWi EDWARU CONNELLY, LAND AGENT AND DEALER IN EX CHANGE. WILL sell Land Warrants for cash or on time,to suit purchasers,and will guaran teethe Warrants good in every respect. Office osite the Land Office. »wa city, August 11,1852. ,Pfos WM. H. WHITE, M. D. "DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OfficO o* JT Clinton street, up stairs in Berryhill'snew building residence at Kev. Dr. Woods. Will attend to all calls promptly. Iftwa city, August 18,11)52. JAMES D. TEMPLIN, JtMorney at Law, Solicitor in Ghane&y and Notary Public, -\Jj IOWA CITY, IOWA. tTIRattend to all business entrusted to hit can iu the United States District Court, and the Suprene and District Courts of the State of Iowa. He will also give strict attention as Jjawi Agent, to the purchase and sale of real estate, tl^f payment of taxes, renting of proper ty, perfecting titles, the sale and location of land warrants, the collection of debts, «kc, Ac. He has prepared himself with a full and com plete double Index, accompanied with correct plats, of all the United States, State and coun ty records of Johnson county, Iowa, carefully compared and corrected, ly which he is able to give, at a glance, the true title to each town lot AVE associated themselves together in the of Medicine and Surgery. They will attend promptly to all calls at all times. Night calls made at their residences on the Avenue, opposite each other. y R. 13. GROFF, AIowa. TXPRNEY AT LAW, Marengo, Iowa CO., Will a'.tend to all business entrus ted to him in the line of his profession N B—Land Warrants located in any part of the State on the following terms, viz: itiO acres flO: 80, $7 40,$5. April 21,lb.r2.-y V S. A. BISSL2LL, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT J9LLaw, Tipton, Cedar couuty, Iowa. 1851. W. PENN. CLARK, ATTORNEY W AT LAW, AND soLTciftm in Chancery, Iowa City, Iowa, will attend to all business entrusted to his care in the U. 8. District Court, and the Supremeand District courtte/ ike State of Iowa, and also act as JU*I A11ENT. Office over the store occu pied by fleorge Andrews. May, 1851. GEORGE S. HAMPTON, TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT .Law, Iowa City, loxva will practice lit various courts in this State. May, 18S1'. L. B. PATTERSON, ALaw,eutrustedto TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Iowa City, Iowa, will atte- to all (business him in the line of his pro fession. May, 1851. CHARLES A. ROBBINS, LRATCH-MAKER, ENGRAVER, AND IV Jeweller, Iowa City, at the sign of 4. mm *fc 2» tfKH A DIRUE. A fallen angel here doth rest: Deal gently with her, Memory! lest -. -In after years thou eom'st to know God was more iverciful than tbou I She cannot feel the timid peeping Of loving flowers the small moss creeping Over her grave—the quiet weeping Of ashless dews She hears not she that lies then Whoe'er accuse 1 She hears apt how the wild winds crayij,. An entrance to her sheltered grave Nor heeds how they bewail and moan, kff That one door closed to them alone She nothing reeks the cold rain's beating The swathed turf-sod's icy sheeting, Nor hears nor answers she the greeting, Of such cold friends^ Nor more, of summci sun's uuweeting To them attends. Alas 1 no season now has power __ Toetumntiwrwow -•«vw .Each change aud chance that toen express Pass o'er her now imprcssionless. She cannot note the gradual merging Of night in day thedays' buisy urging To lougerVeeks the weeks' converging In months—months, years I «, On Time's wide sea for over surging i Till heaven nears. ***, Tli« light is parted from her eyi,"' The moisture on her lips is 40f J1, 1 No smile tan part them now no glow 4, Ever again those cheeks can know. Harsh world 1 oh, then, be not thou The Ugly I'ast to bury o'er I Time yet may have some sweet* in stole For our poy sister Lifeeaftt her off that self-same hour Death took, and kissed her SO MO. BT BAUBT COEKWALL. Sing a low song! A tender cradling nifasttH) soft ana low, Not sad, not long. But such as we remember Ion if ago, l-SJ- When time, now old, was flying Over the sunny seasons, bright and And the red rnsc was lying Among a crowd ol flowers all Uo awkft. Sing o'er the bier The bell is swinging in the lime worn Some incidents in the history of i and piece of land in Johnson county, without the tedious ar.d uncertain process of "fumbling and ««t trmt musty records" fortlirj-j. pig in a poke." There are 110 less than 5()0 im perfect titles ROW in Ihis county. Owners of real estate should look well to their titles. Per sons employing him to do their conveyancing will be charged nothing fjr the examination of title. Office opposite the Land Office, on cor ner of Washington and Clinton streets. lh« jig Watch,' coruer of Clinton and College its. May, 1851. DENTISTRY. TEETH FILLED WITH GOLD other foil teeth inserted on plate -sJp*9^^Eror pivot, in the best style and on 4§as3NMa terms. May, lb61. CHARLES A. ROBBINS. Corner of Water St. and Iowa Avenue, D. W. CLOVER, PROPRIETOR. HE Ogilvie House is new, well furnished, four storieshigh, containing 120 rooms,and situated in commercial center of the city. A new and well stocked LIVER! STABLE 2Stagescantheall attached to the House, where conveyances orses, buggies and hacks) to any point in the terior at times be procured leave the House daily Norik, South 41td Wett. CHABOBS—25« per meal $1 00 per day. Ex Ifa for fuel and meals served in rooms. BAG /SaGE Ijl^lfOYED FREE. i$ May 11, im-j EAliLE HOLSE, *T0IFir@S3» j. c. )Wh, C- BETTS, PttopaiEToa #T\HIS house has been newly fitted np and "I is now kept by the proprietor. He is de tertuined to keep it in such manner and on jfrma that wiU recaiv* a «ont(»uanc« of public aatronage. Ttoipa. October 27th, l85j. ^TJRITISH LUsIhE,alot of very 1) sal* by Tgij tg 9ABT A tare. 7. ouint a family which I hfard related hereabouts, are curious ly romantic. A farmer, whom we shall call May, whose means were ampler than most new settlers, liv«td in 1812 in Illinois, about six •ittUM Ml I«nu OIUI. ^M,mI'lg «wl]r, A person then lodging in the house,who furnish ed this information, heard Mrs. May's voice in startled tones, calling to her husband to ask "What noise is that?" The drowsy husband answered that it was pr.obably of an opossum or a screech owl. "Ah, no, John exclaimed the young Wife, "it is a young child 1" She Sprang from the bed,, as did her husband, and both ran to the door a basket was set on the door-step, covercd with a blanket, which Mrs. May removed, and there lay, imbedded in snow-white muslin and linen, a beautiful in fant! Lifting it in her arms, Bhe ran into the house, and laying it on her lap, examined its features with delighted curiosity. "Is it not a beauty?" she cried looking up in her husband's face "and the way it has come is so funny The stern farmer replied, that he could see no fun in having other people's brats thrust upon him buthis grumbling was hushed by the be nevolent woman, whose whole soul went forth in kindness towards the little helpless crea ture—evidently not more lhan four weeks old —thus cast on her maternal care. Notwith standing the displeasure of Mr. May, which bhe knew to be more appearance than reality Bhe kept her resolution of adding the trouble jof providing for it to the charge of her own Ifour children. Matters went on thus for two or three years and the foundling, increased in beauty, be came the pet of the hosehold. Mr May, how ever treated the little girl with an indifference amounting to dislike, aud manifested annoy ance, particularly when his wife would tell her visitors the child's brief history, always pre facing it with the exclamation. "The way the way the dear little creature came to us was so fuuny!" One day while he was alone in the room he was playing with little Mary when hearing his wife's step he set her down quickly pushing her from him. The child cried. Mrs. May took her up and spoke coinplainingly of the husband's unkin i treatment of the little desolate creature, whom he seemed to hate.— "You are mistaken, Nancy," replied the far mer "I do not hate lliechild see she knows I love her as much as yourself and as he smiled and held out his arms, Mary sprang from the lap of her protectress and came to him, laughing merrily. "But why, John, do you always treat the poor thing so unkindly?" ashed the wife. "I will tell you why, Nancy because you tell every body all about her and it frets me to have people suppose I am bringing up no body knows who, as my own besides it is a disgrace to the child I Now if you will agree to what I propose, I am willing, for the child's good, to sell ont and move to one jf the north ern territories. But you must promise r,ever to let any one know that we are not her parents and never again to allude to the "ftmny way" in which she came to us." Mrs. May readily agreed to this generous proposal. The farmer sold out and removed to what was then the territory of Michigan. We will now take up another portion of the story. In one of the eastern cltica a Mr. and Miss both of highly respectable fam ilies, had formed a matrimonial engagement, with their parent's conscnt. tiut a wealthier suitor came, to whom 'the father, astern and violent man, dewr.nined to wed his daughter. The lovers was secretly married, and arrange* men's were made with a respectable family going lo Missouri, to take the bride with them the husband who called himself her brother, promising to join them shortly. He left the city sometime before Miss disappear ance, and all believed that he had gona on a MA voyage. Soon after leaving home Miss eats thai she '"W IOWA CITY, A journey in the spring, at that period, from St. Louis to Pittsburg, was both difficult and 40ang.Tous, [lie though it best to leave their child, urging tower He's gone who late was here, As fres'a as manhood in itshistiest hour, A song to each brief season. Winter and shining summer, doth beloof, For some sweet human season,— i=i» O'er cradle or the coffin still a song. I hat the parent's of his wife would te moie feadily conciliated by her returning apparent ly as she had lift them, explaining all when she could choose a favorable time for so doing. The young mother could not bear the thought of parting with her little one but feeling that fche could never forgive herself should her tnother dio before she could return to receive her forgiveness and blessing, it appeared her duty to sacrifice her own feelings, and she at once consented. Then occured tho question, with whomcould the precious babe be trusted? The inhabitants of the place were mostly ^French, and they knew no trustworthy person who could be prevailed on to take charge of it. A young man, Mr. 's only intimate friend was acquainted with Mr. Mrs. May,and suggested that they would be certain to treat the chifd with all the tenderness its own pa rents could lavish on it, if their humanity were appealed to in its behalf as a deserted foundling. He engaged to deposit the infant, with all due circumstances of mystery, at their door, and report the manner of its recep tion also, to look after it faithfully in tho ab sence of its parents. Tho mother consented to the romantic scheme, and packing the basket with as many clothes as it would hold—placing in the bot tom a purse full of money—she set out with her husband and his friend, in the night, for May's house. Within a short distauce of this they stopped and with foreboding anguish, they both kissed the baby's smooth cheek, and i flMtt Mrs. Ellett's Rambles in the WeaC The Foundling. resigned it to their friend, endeavoring to con sole themselves with a belief that a year at the farthest would restore their doling to their arms. In a few days their friend called on Mr May, saw how well the child was doing, heard the foster mother say she loved and would cherish it as her own,and raada a satis factory report to its anxious parents. Mr. and Mrs. L—immediately setoff for tb« ffiMt sBpnniting few JLwlj a V i fnr |1MM rival at the house of the wife's father. Ska was joyfully welcomed, and Mr. loon after received a letter inviting hint to join her. It was now about ttfe commencement of the war with Great Britain, and it was known the Indians would be troublesome on the frontier, it was arranged that Mr. Should go im mediately to the Wast and bring the child to its mother. He reaftfcid St. Louis at a time when a general paniclin account of the Indi- ans had scattered the inhabitants. His friend had joined the rangers, and could nowhere be found Mr. May's family had also disappeared the neighbors had taken refuge in forts, and the most dilligent inquiries failed in procuring the desired information. After some narrow cscapes from the Indians, he was obliged to abandon the search, and return, disappointed and dispirited to his unhappy wife. At the end of the war, both set out for the west, and landed at Shawneetown. From this point they travelled northward through Illinois, making dilligent inquiries in every direction for the hopes of fiuding the lose one was not yet ex tinct in the mother's breast. After travelling through the country for neorly a year, they discovered May's residence and had the happiness of embracing the child whom separation had the more endeared to tliem She was even more beautiful than the promise of her infancy, and very happy with her kind foster parents, who had been preser ved and prospered through all the dangers and troubles by which they had been surounded. Mr. May was one of the most thriving farmers of Michigan.. This little romantic episode in his history may not be known to his neighbors —for he was never very communicative—but it was the ground of a lasting friendship between his family and that of the little adopted one both acknowledging from it a profitable lesson in life* Religious Proscription,—-f.ove, tlopcwent autl Marriage. A gentleman of wealth, anil of fine appear, ance, while taking his usual summer tour, a year ago, by one of those circumstances which seem fortuitous, but arc really brought about by the Fates, met at a watering place a young ladyju&t verging into womanhood, just eigh' teen. Beautiful creature! truant lay wander ing from her native Klysium? (which we may be allowed to say was DEVOTED TO POLITICS, SCIENCE, ARTS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE^ safe with friends, and fled toavoid aeotnpul- pleasure excursion to th* For|st rity. By a gory marriage. coincidence, they all Stopped^ at the same After a journey of several wreks the young hotel. In the* evening about seven o'clock, Ctxiple orrived at St. Louis. Notwithstanding the Rev. Mr. 8 "ntifrhv have been seen" the pains taken to conceal their movements, entering the hotel, and prdce^ling to a certain in a few mouths the father learned that his room. The door was clfc*ed,8i»d our "Paul^ daughter was in the western country, and Pry" couldn't see anything though the key wrote to her that ter mother heart broken at hole. But the Rev. Gentleman certainty did her loss, had fallen into ill health. Sincerely j0jn in the holy bonds SfVedlatlr, regretting his own unfeeling conduct, he en-1 "Tiro soulswith bub a jingle thouj tflgs! treated her to return in the spring, at which Two hearts that beat,t* one ." liroe he would send for her, having no suspi- xi.us, In spite of the bi^o!rv"^jKl oppositinn •ion that she was married. This letter wae 0fthoparents, received by Mrs. L—a short time previous their destiny. M}stery^l|ts aG^alwa^s cover to the birth of an infant, who was no other than the foundling afore mentioned. She re Solved to set off ou her journey as soon as her Strength permitted. Wood fan.! Oity of Wilmington North Carolina, is tio-w thr its size, the cl thoUaj^Jtat ing mains, gasometer.1 This includes their tr^asporlation from Pliila- I del phi a, with, also, the pav and passage of' workmen. By reference to Ure's Chemical Dictionary, a standard work, it will bo found a tun of coal or thereabmts, yields about 10, 000 cubic feet of ga«. It will be perceived at once this renders wood i as much cheaper.— Besides.it is a well asctrtaincd fact that wood oils in the production of light arc as 7 to 8 in favor of ligneous oil* over coal. One reason that they have been so little used is, that they require to be distilled from wood previous to use but this difficulty, it is said, has been ob viated by a simple and cheap apparatus,inven ted and patented by lr. McConnell. This in vention places the use of. gas within tho reach of all rural villages, andwill render every oue who chooses to bo so, independent of the gn» companies, for by its means they can manufac ture their own gas, at a much cheaper rate than it can now be supplied by any company chartered within the United States. This gas has not. the offensive tins'. 1 of that produced by coal, and can be passed directly from the retort through the washer or condenser to the gasometer without further purification. -Boston! Ma. Tan i Cincinnati.) The "hero of the story" was captivated at first sight by her fascinating charms. The electric spark of love was excited simultaneously in each heart. She was a Baptist, he a Universalist. He front Frogpondiaua she from the Queeu City. The season passed away aud tbey psrted. But letters—enveloped messengers of love and affection—were made the medium of many insignificant sentences. Our iD(uri$j^r is obscure. But this we knowj„, "Vows were spolaM Ne'er to be broken'." Certain old fogy individuals, who in the course of nature, happcued lobe invested with the office and responsibilities of pareuls of the young lady—being Baptists ditto of the young )Bdy—being Universa!ists both bigoted and excessively devotional in their opinions—rais ed objecttoiiB to the match on the ground of religious differences. The war waged with relentless severity. There gleamed in the fu ture no hopes of reconciliation. Driven to i desperation, desperate measures were deter mined upon. Last Tuesday morning, the young gentle-, mart arrived in this city professedly on a sum-| I mer tour through the West. On the same dey i the lady, with a number of intimate (needs, arrived *}. JULY ff. 1858. two lov!n|(jbi'arts have fulfilled «ril —Cleveland s st lighted eity ift This discovery promises to open a new field of commerce the vast atnount of pine wood in lower Virginia and Carolina, now considered of no value, will be brought into market for the purpose of manufacturing gat, and the charcoal left after destr the whole expense of can be purchased in N«! livered at Wilmington.1 for one dollar per cordj would not bring the lars. Wood, at live 93,000 cubio per tan, only 10,0 that the Oity of for one dollar 1 iredistilion will pay •mitotog Wood OareMee, end de ^in Tatniico Sound tmesportetion As., *p boyond four dol »per cord, yield* st six dollars It isestimated be lighted 'fMfcjrad yields ere whereas YACHT.—The gi i, the North Star, n on Wednesday, at Southamp lilt, the owner, with iroceedcd to London, yacht has excited ing the ship builders, garitic AmaitaUM which arrived 1 now lies along I ton Dock. Mr. his family, landed, ysstsrday momiag. the greatest interests engineers, and the eoateanders and the officers of the steam packets at the above named town Large numbers of periBtis visited lier yester day, and crowds will vi-it her to-day, who are to bo admitted on board l»y tickets issued from »he American Consulate The appearance of the North Star, both insi'lc and out, is of the most singular character,f she possesses all tho characteristics of American river and ocean steamers. She looks as big as the mon«ter steamers of the West India Company. The edge of her bow forms a vertical line, nnd the Bides of the, latter are perfe ctly wedged shaped. She is steered forward, tlio wheel is situated 111 a comfortable apartment, and communicates with the rudder by rope- and rods. The steer men arc thus close to the look-out man, and Mr. Vandsrbilt is Upmensely rich. He was at one time proprietor of a large number of the gigantic river steamers,and at the present time owns a large number of ihe packets which ply between New York and San Francisco. In this inagnificient trip to England by Mr. Van derbilt, Brother Jonathan has certainly gone ahead of himself, and has, at least, surpassed everything of the kind hitherto done by mil lionaire Eiiglishme£^-I'Ailj News, English, Janet. rrWe n ill! nil nlfajji following dia logue between eu aiucrman and an Irish shop lifter: •What's gone of your husband, woman?" 'What's gone of him, yer honor! Ifsith, sod he's gone dead." 'Ah! Pray whatdi'l he die of?" •Die of, yer honor he died of a Friday." •1 doh't mean what, day of tbo week, but what complaint." •Oh! what complaint, yer honor? faith and it's himself that did not get time to com plain.' 'Ch.ohlay—he died suddenly?' 'Rather that way, yer houo*.' •Did he fall in a fit?' No answer. •He fell down n a fit, perhaps^* "A fit, yer honor! why no, not eeeel^F'that. ''He—fell out of a window, or through a cellar door—1 don't know What they call it. •Ay, ay! aud broke his Beck.' jffo, not quite that, yer worship." -•What then?' 'There was a bit of storing, or* like, and it throttled poor Mike.' edteeeea woe for hfjfcj fellow m. am* '".• *«j T- Price of Mio( lu San Francisco The prices stated bclowliave been c*refully collected, and may be depended upon as coT rect. They arc the market prices or the gen eral price", but tftere are great variations. A first rate workman may depend upon getting the wages mentioned, or still higher wages,the^ ordinary workman will find it difficult to get *lon work,and the poor workman will scarcely be able to support himself by his trade. This is a natural consequence of a state of things in California everyone wishes to have his work done well, and to pay an extravagant price rather than have it done badly and as every thing is done with great speed,a large number and when it is finished it may be some time before another is commenced. This is tlie ex planation of the fact tl|^ so many of these tj,at come to California aro disappointed their includ- expectations extravagant, they wish to live year or two, to live independently. Tbey are unwilling to live sparingly as tbey did in tho States the washer-woiuan must dress in si1k and the journeymen mechanic carry a gold watch and chain. The proportion of persons not employed lo those employed in some of the trades, appears almost incredible when we know tho amount of the wages. But the explanation lies in this —the boss workman must have his work done well, and accordingly when he finds a fast and good workman, he pays bim very high wages perhaps a dozen strangers come and offer to work at half price, but he cannot af ford to be making experiments, he says simply "I have no work." Thus it is that though the market pries of carpenter's labor is $7, yet there aro many car penters who cannot get work even at $1 Wa ges are steadily falling, and must continue to fall, but many years will pass before they can be on a level with those in the Atlantic States. No mechanic should come to California without money, nor should ho come to California with money unless he is a first rate wornman, but if he stands at the head of his profession,he may have as much as he can do, aad almost at his own price. The letters V S meaus that work is very scarce for such mechanics to which it is affixed. The letter B. affixed means that boarding accompanies tha pay. Printers, per 100 Carpenters, per day..... «*.**,• Joiners, per day i..... Shiprights, per day ..., .*&*/?'» «*. ('auIkers, yer day...... agonuiakers, per day. Wouditimers, per day.... Coopers, per day.., Sawyers, P'r day ,.W... Pattern makers.,...*.»«».. .. Engineers, per d*j. Moulders, ner day ............. Brass founders V8 Blacksmiths Iron turners •1 50 7 00 7 00 7 00 7 00 4 6 00 4 6 00 4 6 00 8 00 7 #0 7 00 7 00 6 00 5 7 00 5 7 00 7 00 8 00 Bricklayers Plasterers Tinners »...•»•.. Teamst .... Shoemakers. V 8v•••••• Tailors, V 8 Bouse Painters Paper. hangers. Jewellers Lapidaries Musicians......».«*»«#.-•«*,*• Millers 'ft*' Common laborers,., r. Teamsters per month...... Hack A stage drivers.....'. Cart with horse and driver per day Brewers, per month.. •.. Gardners Cooks, It House servants, B,............. Waiters, i.. Nurses ... Sewing wowsn.£,«,*.«»•*»*•• Cbaimbermaids ..8-10 00 8 00 4-8 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 6 00 & 00 00 9 00 20 00 6 00 4 DO 100 00 100 00 8 00 100 00 ... 60 00 ,..60-100 00 35 70 40 70 40 00 40 70 40 70 The Credit System. There never was a time, iu fact, when the American mouey markets were more depeu dant upon the quality of every braeso that blows from Europe, and what would ineviia bly result from a continued stringency iir Lou don may be learned from an observation of what did occur, six or eight weeks ago, as the result of passing action of tho Bank of Eng land. Mouey went from five to eighteen per i there is attached to the wheel a bell which communicates with the engine room by means of which signals cao V® communicated to that department. cent, in a twinkling, and everybody declared that "they never kuew mouey so tight—there was absolutely none to be had." What would have been the consequence to our cities hsd the stringency been continued a abort time longer. The causes of the trouble rosy be ill fouoded or otherwise. Men and bodies of men do not always act with wisdom. But what we mean to say is, that ail ill founded panic has but lo last a short timeonly to produce an immensity of trouble, in the present expansion of credit, from which not all the gold and produce of our rich country can save us. The tire will bsve time to burn np the house, ere engines and water be at commnod'. i that DEATH OF TIIE H«N. P. W. Toxrxtss.—Re cent intelligence from California confirms the worst apprehensions the friends of Judge Tompkins had entertained concerning his health. The attack of paralysis, of which they hail previous information, ha* resulted "fatally Jud^e T. m»ved froia MtCHosippi to California iu 1450. He had semed the people of this State. itfUelUgUla tbeCo»grese#( ttw jNPfth, and in p03 ^vseeedos- litiee which tore ol his 'M Even without England, credit may bo ex tended so far as to people over in our very midst. A little more weakness te the issuers of credit, on the occurrence of merely acciden tal demand 'for more,' would result in a fam ine that no probable income from California could abate until many were dead from starva tion. The inference we would draw from all this is that congress snd our stale legislatures Should do all in their power to restrain credit to gradually substitute coin for pnp-ir as a cir culating medium—to discourage an increase of banks and to strengthen such bank circu lations as are in existence, and to distribute such circulations a* equally as possible among City and country banking institutions. We are no alarmists—we dare say that Californian And Australian gold will do as much to check |ud postpone a general catastrophe as they have already done. We do not know or seek to know just now, everything in the future is favorable, but in the chapter of accidents something will inevitably transpire, at *mu time, to overturn theenonnous fabric of credit i that, has been erected Jwithin two years all i over thU country. For this time of trouble we should be prepared, as much as possible, and especially should we guard against the folly of believeing that gold dust and cotton crops will save as under every contingency.—Boston I Post. FiBiim of TU MICH. SOUTH. R. K. Co.— Hou John Jervis hss been re elected Presi dent of this Company, to 611 the place occa* i«Md by the death of Mr. Destedcr. It Is sn fgnUfnt selec:ioq. ww^-'^mm" w i -, liCpOCtCV U *mmwwns V-'? W fg?} :t „v From the Canton Correspondent of the London Cnrtotm Feature* of (he Retell liou. Tie translations of the rebel praelamtimi. (with which tVe Chinese papers sro now fil co"T*y a ,n 'The revolutionary army is divided i^tolve corps or divisions each complete in itself.-* Each commanded by a brigadier, and contain ing four regiments of 1C companies esch. A subaltern's command is 25 men, a captain'* 100 moh, a major's 400, and colonel's 1,600. of laborers are'required upon every enterprise The names, of all the generals are given, and also a description of thci, persons. Thervis a corps of Imperial Guard's and a strong Stall 'Inspectors, of Troops,' 'Masters of tho liars*' •Paymasters,' s corps h( 'Snrveyoss,' And 'Offi cers i» charge of 1 h£ I *esew»*g*ilWrthHl |t*"' Union'—a literary society instituted by the late Dr. Guzlaff for the purpose of dissemina ting a knowledge of the results of European civilisation among the Chinese,but it is doubt less principally due to the high mental culture of a people among whom education in general and literary requirements are the only pass ports to employment or distinction." Dancing into Foreign Affections. A very important office is about to be estsb lishod in this country, we see it intimated— We are to have a United State* Dancing Matter! The telegraph thus hints a( the matter WASHINUTON June 14. Among to-day's rumors is, \haMhe Navy Department, designed to insinuate the profes sion of dancing in the Nnval Academy—that accomplishment beiug lookeA upon abroad as essential to the interchanging of civilities. Now, reader, don't you laugh at this impor tant pu ce of national and international intel ligence—you'll be sure to make a Judy of your sell, if you do. It is a very grave suggestion, for it involves the character of our nation abroad I and who is there, with an American heart under his shirt bosom,who does not wish to see bis country revpccted and honored among the nations! We have the President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States, and why should we not have the Dancing Matter of the United States? We can not yet do without our Navy, and that to be efficient,must annually call into service many of our ambitious "nice young men,'1 who must, before they are sent abroad, bt accomplithrd -they must be fixed out in all that is "essential to the interchanging of ci vilities So many of them there are, too, who have all their talents in their hrelt, how can be jrilk,j ,tve ,,y lbt. N WHWUM [$2 OQ PER ANNUM#, e#Sa ____^ VOL. 12.—NO „iun(,i Daucing Master? There is nothing in tho science of mathematics,or navigation,or swords or board ing pikes, to teach the heels the profound eth ics of the double shuttle, the pigeifti-wing, the cracovieune, the highland iliug, and all the ab struse mazes of the cotillon, the contra the Spanish dance, and the hundred others of these "essentials to the interchanging of ci vilities" btween the Kings, and Uuvens, and Princes, and dowagers and duches«es of Eu rope and the "buttoned up" and "strapped down" little middie* who swarm ear Kttteeel decks in foreign ports!—Cin. Enq. NoRTnwERTfE* CosvEWtio*.—The Chicago papers are agitating th s question of a Conver. tion to be held at Chicago, or some other cen tral point in the northwest, some time in the course of the ensuing summer or fall, to do vise means and organize strength to secure tho great Tacific railroad. We are destinctly iu favor of the project. The South has been ill council—let the north assemble likewise, and deliberate. But the call should be broad and universal, so as to obtain the presence of lead ing men from every section of the Union. Let there bo no exclusiveness, no sectional or nar row views. The project to be considered is of a national character, snd should be regarded only in a national spirit. That the north is entitled to this railroad there can be no doubt. Her claim is support, ed by the highest considerations of policy and general interest. We have the advantage of position, and can point out a better route than exists from any southern point. Chicago is the great centre of the Weft—a few years will suffice lo make it the grand uieUopolis of the Mississippi Valley. Chicago anil San Fran cisco must be the points of termination. This, we are confident, is "manifest destiny." Let Chicago be the place where the convei tion is to assemble. Thousands upon thousands will be there, to put their shoulders to the wheel snd push forward this magnificent enterprise to s piosperous commencement, whieb will be but the beginning of a successful end.— Springfield Reg. —A corrsspondsnt ol the New -Orleans Delta 1 writing from Rio Grande (Sty, thus dis- posss of the condition of the bsetfak I have spua my loiter to toejppAa length, I to make many comments bot (Aa. Ihsts speak for themselves. Between ibe Holers and the Rangers, tho Filibusters sad the thieveing Greasers, and an occasional force from the le i dians the frontier is in a 4—d bsd wef." The Georgia Tt appears flrom the proceedings of the i convention, which met at Mille4g**H* o" TT" 15th, that Judge Hkbschkl V. JOHJHOH wa» nominBted for r,vernor on t:,e 5,h fa^ orable idea of the organisa |)Ki 305 votes to 101 against him, showing ciarsctero I e mo\ement in prog good rfegme of unanimity among the dtle- ual department.' Aiy hearty response from the democracy ef acsrf, aad tho title of "Eacelleucy.' The inferior grades are numerous. Among those particularised are 'officers distinguished by a red and black scarf, whose duty it is to enter into their con federacy and to administer the oaths sf adhe rence.' •But by far the larger proportion of those proclamations refer to the civil organisation of the conquered provinces, and the establish ment of order in the neighborhood of the army. There are stringent proclamations against military officers allowing their troops to plun der, and against corrupt civil functionaries proclamations for the protection and extension of educational establishments, aud the encour agement of literature generally. The educa tion of woman is oneofthe objects of the insur gents, snd over the doors of the female school* they have established there in a notice posted, 'on red paper,' to the effect that they are sacred to tho sex, and that any man presum ing to enter them in a disorderly manner will be beheaded.' The enlightened tone of their proclamations is attributed—partly—to the circumstance of their being among the rebel leaders, many, members of the "Chiuese and not on the 58th, billot, as the telegraph reported gates. The two-thirds rule hsd previously been adopted, and it was voted that the nomination be declared unanimous. The com mittee oa resolves consisted of 39 members, A they Reported the resolutions adopted by the nstional democratic convention at Baltimore as embodying the creed and sentiments of the demosraey of Georgia. To those eomprehen sive and eloquent resolves the following were added: "Renotmt, That the sentiments of the insog* ural tuldrem of Pres'dent Ple/ce will meet gft, AftVtthBgtMk tie his past political life that the constitution of our country at home,and her rights and honor abroad will be maintained by his admiaistrsr tkm. Retoleei, That the democratic party of Geor gia profoundly sympathise with their fellow1 democrats of the United States, in tho great loss sustained by our party, and the country, in the death of the vice president, William R. King, of Alabama, whoae memory trill be cher ished while patriotism and virtue are honored among men." The whole were adopted unanimously. The convention was addressed by Messrs. McMil len, Hillyer, Ramsey, Tueker,Crook, Flournoy and llrnwn. The whig* are endeavoring to identify Mr. Johnson with the statu rights wing of the party, as it was called when the psrty was disunited, but how little can be mads Sf that will appear by the following fromths Se» vannsh Georgian, showing that, whatever names may have been used heretofore, thede mocracy of this fine State isnow nothing pot a Union party, in the follestsense of the boa ored teini "His nomination, nnder the circumstences attending it, while ic the highest degree com plimentary to himself, gives to his friends tho strongest assurance of his success. Under the operation of the two-thirds rule, it had been thought that the most prominent candidates Would invariably fail OT a nomination. Bat not so. Commencing with a little Isss thsn e majority, on the fifth ballot Judge JweoM had two-thirds, snd on the si*th weald, we are sssured, have had three fourths, had that number been required to nominate him. The most gratifying feature connected with the result is,that this singularly near approach to unanimity in his favor, was, we are inform ed owing to the hcartlessness with which our Union democratic brethren went into hi* sup I port. Does not, we would ask, their interestn I in his nomination sound the death knell of whig hopes of dissensions in otir ranks? Complete harmony prevailed during the ses sion of the convention, and the highest satis faction was generally felt among the dyj^gfttet at the result of its action."—Boston P|Rt» The Public Ijwii. The following table shows the quantity off public lands already granted to the several new States of the Union respectively: Ohio 2,272,858nsiss. Indiana 3,267,460 Illinois 5,584,167 Missouri .3,242,727 AlahainS «V.».'if..»*£.2.074,284 Mississippi....,.1.•• .»•.4,151,011 Louisiana ........w....-»•»-»»»!. 1,210,192 Michigsn .6,170,886 Arkaiis|)iV*..... .«»*'•'...«*»•.-6,250,'"18 Florida*,.,.,. 2,022,993 lown r* .2,713,955 Wisconsin £*.3,128,799 Tennessee ... .«•.$«• .s» .j&.3,353,824 California iari*.. .500,000 f' i Minnesota rjMih. 2,997,179 Oregon •'v. 11,4.. fit Si 19,166,978 New Mexico. ... .7,49.1,180 Utah Min.6,618,707 dance Totsl 84,922.184 Tss CHIKISS IHSDBBECTIOW.—.We learif, through advices received by the mails of thp Canada, that the British, French and Amcik ican nnval force* in the Chinese waters hav||, undertaken tu protect Shangai, Nanking anp i the mouth of the Great Canal against the suif cessful insurrection that for some time past I threatened to change, the go/ernment of cities a'ong with that of the rest, of the tial Empire. The precise terms on which lh|| act or intervention is undertaken are not yet m.ide public, but they are doubtless such se a defented and desperat* dynasty. With means aud no hope of otherwise maintaining itself, might well afford to offer. The opening of the entire Empire to foreign trade, the s^fet. mission of foreign merchants, travelers ai^H missionaries to all parts of it, and the com plete toleration of the Christian religion and of its various sects, no doubt form prominent concessions in the new treaty between t|» representatives e# ^rsace.—ifew ¥«*fc- bunc. AMIBICAN COMSVL AT HOSOI.LLU.—The I xfea* sion of our commerce to the Sandwich Islands renders the appointment of Consul S6 Honolulu a very important one. This fact seems to have, been considered by the Admin istration in conferring it upon Benjamin Angell, of New York. The Buffalo Rept|blie thus speaks of him. Benjamin F. Angell, appointed to lulu, is an eminent member of the bar, gentleman of high standing for ability and moral worth. He was one of the regular dele to the Baltimore Convenlion in 1848. He was offered the nominition to Congress last fall, snd could have been electcrt withewt any trouble, if he had accepted it but he gene rously declined in favor of Mr. Hastings, who we* elected by 1600 majority. 1 Lieut. Benj. Pieice McNeil, efthe C^l. Army, died at the U. 8 Hotel in Boston els Monday morning. Hs was s see of the lete General McNeil, end nephew ef President Pierce. I Hector 0 Aeras, U S. Con sal, dis4 •!. Aeepulco, en lttb Msy. of brsiaflyrer, week's ilneas.