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UMI!LimMa ILJU I ll 1 IMIIIUIUIIW1WW I UIIIIWJWI.i)JH!i.ll.l.l IU HHUiU,Hii. iJiJiiJl!WUilHwlJ lilWHiHH.. MAJJaiU-'L.LJJIIllHU 1VIA J'f J JMKlllAltlSlR.rLJLJLiUlll.il 'UJL.rwia VOL. XXYII WHOLE NO. 1,426. BURLINGTON, TT.i FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 3S54, XEW SERIES, VOL. 0. XO. '20, P UVckln i-rcc Press. Pntti at Aff. C CIUgt Sttrtr, fr int-i, Yt. no, u v a.". itcvnnrT, Vtni of Stlb'.CIIl'MoM. fur SufavMVeis, siip-Hr-l by (It- Carrlrr. - . $2 f-0 If pal-l ttuttly In I'lvarrp, . V 00 I' r Mull i?a1.crilpi , mi l tho rho tai-c It at ihe Oilic, . . . or I pn III strictly In IrMT, ,'id V'Lo ifiy not In B-dyantf but before ,U month, 1 T' After Ix moiitb, . . . . 2 00 IuUmt chargeable ftftor t'lt- yeir finis Tenrn tl Suhc.i.,h.ti for Itaity Vicv r.r.w, Tj Village 8uhoribfrft per (intjoir, . fin Iithn?pnhorrc.IU' it by Mnil. for px i.ic.Mb i io Or per annum, - . . . . ; wr No iiWrfptioit stunned until all irif iiM.tvn o pilM, fTccpf nf tbr it'tinn nr t hi- iiniil!ili-i'( nr Vilrr fnt Vihi'iti-in In Mr"M if "qnftip, 10 Hut" or It'&f in u:nibn tbrre lniti'tn, .... 1 ch Insert !ii a tier tbe tliu.t, Hit. ti Legal notices ten ci-nt n line, niort' or It - .for three week. Yearly mlvertir nccupyhi tVtr -"iiiim" "r n.ore will, philoyo of ch.iiigt, .it n In i r din'iimti. J"Thf! privilepo of yearly nilxcrti'cri. If llinitol to tbeiroitn imnicillnte bufcltiet, in their nwn n.iiuc; hikI all (herticttifiitf fnr the IjcpmU of otlier por n, its well a legal artvcrtietrietils ftinl ii.ivcr.i-i-. riruls of auction pit", and iidvcrlihcnnMit witb t!ir raine of other pen-on, pent in hy them, mui-l be aid fur at the uual rnteu. No report, rpuplution or propped in of nuy cor I oration, nocietr. ftnciatlun or public im-etinj:, and up pommuntcttion lU'j'igncil tttr.ill attention to any matter of lltnttcd or imllvUInil intent cm bt in serted, unlcre p i!d lor a an adi erii iii.-itt. Noadrcrtiff nipr.t can bo ii pitcd gratuituii-1; for charitable or otlicr nK'Wtn puMtv InstUuti-jit -jt companion. Contracts for jenrly achertnittg tc.I1 r-it . dl ontinued, unlcfs nn order la thnl etT ct i. lift nt the .1icp, ami wh-n deon tinned In le th j,ti h ? r , th Q'tct nf a wholr rut I cUargt.L. r it : r. v u i: s s BOOK & J03 PRINTING OFFICE. No. C Cullegs ht Eurllcji."' ' JlOCK!1. TaMPHLRTS, HXX1B1LL4, PkouH.'.W!)!, Circular, Hlaxk, Him-hfr?, Carpr, .If , K iMutoil in both Pliin mid Onumcattl stj le, witli B?atDe aoouracy and promptitude. G. G. BENEDICT, fOMMISSIOXKU KOK Til" STATIC OF NEW YORK. yi,fVfe Vnss Itooms, liurlington , t'trmnl. C. L. BENEDICT, C0MUISSI0NKR FOR TUB STATU VERMONT, IN NEW YOPK. OFFICE 7(1 IVall Sirttl. OF Fire and Murine Insurance. -ET.VA. I.VSl'IMt'e CO., or nARtroKti, cow. capitii. S S 0 0 , 0 0 0 ; 8LT.l"Ll-S Sl'.U.OOll. Connecticut Insurance Co., cr UARiroRP, cons; cu'int, " 0 0 . n 0 0 nr.ni is35,U(l(l. KOHTI1 YKTKIt.S l.vsuiiwcr. VO. or oswrno, v. v. CArtiAt f.20ll,d00 ; Roger William's Insurance Co., or rim'inxNcrc, n. i. rii'ini. $10'.'.K'i. I X s U I'. A X U I". To an Muountnot eTc-o.liiit; 5.1.0011 dollar" iu ,.n riok,tik''a I'.vtlio auWc-iK-r, 11- ,,"i''' l'f til" (tlllllP CotUf 11111"", at lair and ad. qmito rnlc". Lire IN-L'ItAN'ii: will I" effeelou la Juiui .-tucU t al .Mutual Insuruiee Cl'Up.iaU'i uf tin. firit itatrJ- 1J,J. . VIlilS. Ui' ;arlinzton, Vt.. SiMeinber. JOHN B. WTIEEIsEH. . ; .1 , : s .t r 1: .1 ; .v r , 13 i-us'ii 1.1 ii.ni.s-., )1UKIiI.V(;TO f.lt.'Ui.N'l'. PArll.ttiljr Mfli.llnn clren In the liitrcl.n.s r lie of Ileal Citato, t! ini e-tigatioii ol' l.-ind 'I ill.--, Ul.-ile. C.,ll..,.i,i. II..,, I. In.nrln,.. P.l, ll. l.ivej. ii- Ac, ie-. 1.1.1 w If Life, Fire and Marine Insurance. C. F. DAVLY. Igr. Office, N'urtli.vTsiil corner "f tho Bl'ltl.l.MJlO.V, . ia.My iod. new lown Hall r. d.tl7 C. F. DAVEY, ATTOIlNliV ASH CuU.NRKM.Ult AI LAM AM) suuvrron .v cii..ct:iiv. -y Ofbco North.west coraer of ntw 'Iovrn Hall. Iluilingtoii, ..... erinout. May Sad. ilAnly IS5J. Tin l-oll. ih).i;(. Vt nwrv.i.. Notre Uiimo Mteet, M O X T It 1. A 1. April W, "''L Tti, O STUBS Ivl . v 1 n 1: j; ami i, 1 ii 1. u 1; 6, I :t E'ronJ WliM't-t. ( 'usj u'oor- fr f'-t'i'i' .-.11. 1 1; - v o it it . Myl. lsjl. .Id I New England Type AVI- 8'n:ni:oTYi'i: nn.Mmv, jj.iaoii.neu 111 1.-1 ililir t I-'l' 1. nr I "i.'ai UOBSA.ICL tV .vO.IKJ..'y, I -e. eo e.j.uiiL53 tn;i.:.i., uo-iu;., Eli'trottping '1 Tipe Cuto'ticti. KtNKV 11. UOEAKT. JUrob 2'. Ifjt. . I.OClXS. el . .ly SPRINGFIELD PHivrixi. 1 mi mm. M t-.w 1 1 . I. .0 u r.()OK AND .NVVW S INK. (1 TUK lil'.sT Ul.tlUi, ' WM' I'l.ll ;.l Olilei-. nitty In) AdJiesscello i:i:.nli)ici', w:t luiiioiua, Yt. 1MNCI..0 ' P. J. F A Ii It I i 1; V V. 11 ll It r IIAM'1 N ., , I'llll Hl. i M' ... j . Kutl.ind. - - - - JL" ,irrp.i-od t- furiii.il Hi b t -if tn"ut''i i'i- -1. "'i1 IIAI.f -liOuJl Jav-lnj, i: II U. kiS'li'l c. Ust. r,, lg;, 1. tl ' 1 iji.l 11. v.r ootir-it, co.. ''U'TKltl,:.Kis AMAli'lKIS' ( OJ.OHUi'.v No. Jeif, Illo.ulvvil), New .J,. ,;- !0..I 1 KMTfitr: nutrKit TARKER, txniti.Ttibiii.tu 1. , s Il.il U UlVS'.l ti.i: .. t'e I 1 I ' inn r . 11 1 u M J s fl'r .1-1 tlic V V. Po. All Jfo'irnt llip Any Cfll' ii'illv-ro'iipi of th iriil.i 1 Oinilitl.., lh !i t'tc rjncstinii Hint iiiic (if t!n rcul.-M nl tl.o Kreulnjt Pot an iftn .us;.tf(l to onswer. Thoy knoiv all rt'icmt tli" Aiwf,, f-rinJinp umI winMnp nl' It in tli tnoutiUni, ami tri?.iraof Cillfurnfi. nn.i itr tnininiiion oyrr the Utlnnu! lil! It rrMiclio tin? port of N'w York, 'lliey lionr nT i mfr nrrivul in Ihv triictv lir.mli o Ad.un nn'l aivl other vx rc" cotninnio.. Imr nt.r tlmt tlirv ktiqn lmthinof it oTCjit t. ton th"V!iri u'tinil"J nf it, iircwiifp b tho riclit of alii" bright, nov,l-,tiiinwil tin- or t 'nilnlliir fifC", whieh, 'lowcrcr. Imna pruvrlmil fiicillly fv lakiiiz to itnelf w in, lit'ktrp I ho pOHisor tin litnl tlin"to reHi'Ct tvhciico it .'ouio, ur uhiihiT it CO Ifoin- iiiiiiiitif T.-a.i'i will t i.'i t. will; itli li, to tlic rather rrnriiMi--lthiLitiir (.it (lir .Vi-m- Vd) r.iiiito l!iiiMinh- :ilj .in inc tho Oistoni llour-. In A nil iir... I, mill ' now (ii'('ii)iii-il n, Iho I nid il 't.iti" Ashij Uf I hri'. tho' will hp nhl" to ntil'y th"ir ritrixM 1 (i.j ,. lr- I'titti'nioi th. tho Miju'i irilomliMit. j nl' ! .on m- ntiiU" nnv fit' iiti('ni'io, inform ..'i.r I u" nhji'i oT tho A,mv Cllioc. lium.lr. I tin-iluii'imiiiiitioii of tho iliio of Iho jto'hl i.r , hro'itht into our i iiv. nnil Iho in or.ir.it ion of it lor uiiinu iy tho I iiiu-l uu Mint at l'hihiilol.l,i,i, or for ti.inihiiiiiioiit in Ijar,, to firoin oouiitiio.-. Th- AkMiy Ollico, whero tho molting, l'.'li niiii?. JuvtiiiE; !iml othor oporalioii" upoii th Kohl arc porfonueil, i in tho roar of tho jniihlin: fioiitin un Wall troet. Tho latter ix oc-i ujiiuil hy tito Siih-Tio.iiii-i.r's ollioo and 'vii;hiiij:-iooiii, ami hy tho .rivato ro mi-, of Mirious iiiciiiiih'iili of toiriiiuqiit oPjoos lint hefore v itnos tho proco" roforroil to. I"t i-it the Trcaun-rN wtihis-rooiu. whii h ii in tho TiMiit Imihlin,-. lloni nil thu ilopmit, win tin r in t.rir r.r rln-t, (gcnomlly. howiM-r, in ilii't.) aro liit hroiijjht, nnii horn thoir original v.i'i-ht ii avocrtiiino.i. The Must, whU-h lies in. it run ho, Imlf-pock ho. o on tho tloor, i not. n ' might he infcrroil riMin the name, a lino, hriuht yollow pow.lur. hut looks lathor lilfl (liiofr". hr.l.oolor...! Kraiiite, hroken hy a hannnor into the lino, j of orJinarv Turfi Ul.m.1 fait. Al'tor w-piglung, the deposit is oaVriod "mto tho I Iroasurorsmult, in the aUiv Oinoe proper. whence it U talin and nudtod" The molting is done in oruoihles onntain. ing two or three jallon. over a coal furnaoo heated to an intrn.iiv that would -.ati-fv Ne . uehaunfzz.il himself. The poor. w ir'hy inciter, who euporinlcndi with n long, hanukd Udle. Wy ten feet in length. . icn at that distance turn, to a most eonnorish hue ... i.,..i.i-Aioii,anii naK io a'liivlon tho -.voile in a lew hours for tho rest r,f the d iv. th"r I lie stimdu. w.il.'l.tr. ,1... l..,:i:.... . .n. o..;.i ! he stand", watohin? tho hoili,,.. ,llr.,- ft,,!, alternato y covering it up and stirring it ilh his long iiolo, until in an hour nr two the contents of the crucible oan bo dippd out and the uiolton mas, poured into moulds, by which it is shaped into bars of about three hundred ounces each. The gold i, then returned to the lanlt of tho Melter and Helhier. a cell some twelve tect sfjuare, with two iron doors, secured hv lour locks, and with granilo walls, put to gether with r.innon ball, inserted between I the stones 1,, such a manner a, to delV the mo't ingeniou, and persevering burglar ('our men a-' appointed to Bon'lnel thi, de pository at night, and a similar provision i, I .rale for the Treasurer, vault, v.her"the 1 gold t'l it ha, gnno through all tho process", hi"h are appointed lor it. ispl.ioed. I f)n entering this vault we wor" not ut lirst I imire,ped with the npr.cnr.inoe of what was I ther" exhihitod l"nmlly one dorivc hi, idea o! -noli id loos fr 11,1 hi, readin- in fi.ii-v tain, and in h" Anbion X'ight-. i.lier" v ar tnhl 1 I ol ciiios so lull of precious uutiil and iewels I lint th" mind craves a little irioty in tho j wsv ol something morn o unaion. place X . I so hero, hnwp'-er. In on.i corner there were porlir..s a couple orwii. elb irr..w-l.ia.l" or si). or. a-pure and whit" as the gn-it-huntor, el.iiiili.ring oer the hill, of l'otosi. pulled up with the root" of the sipliug h.. was support ing himself by. In another coi nor was. '-r-hap-, the same hulk of gold, weighing nhont, rour nines as much. In sii,., rl situation it was not itniiitur.il to think hmv lileiisnnt it would lie to tiundle that glittering heap oil' for th" beii'.lit of whom it might concern, and how little one would object to it, woi -hr. if -uc!i a t i-k were iiiipi--1. Ihit how-much ir. t expanded one's estimate ol wlrit hi- saw. w hi 11 iiilorined I hat that iliiuunitiic pile of ii'i"ii nricKs wu. wtiitli h ill a mi ion To ' w hat eei-llent uses could it not ho applied ' 1 I.,,..... I.. I'll'll. .. . IT.. S- ' ' .' s could it not he anolieil ' I A lioti-o in 1 ifth menu", dillo at Xewport, railroail stoeks, reputaiioii as a p-itron of philanthropic societies nn, foicign missions j .... j'.js-i'ji'-iinieoiiics oi me are Miggesie'i by that little heap in the corner. There it lav, as Hind says : field' Hold llM! Ctst 1 Urn-lit and -elltiw, hard and nil 1 : l"lli n, guii-cu, liiituiu'red .oel r'dlctl , Heavy to get and llclit I" hold ; Hoiirdtd, harlereil, bought and -old ; Molcn, borrowed, -'iinnd'Ti-d, doled ; Spurned bv the yoitns, but bilirirl by the old '- the ier.1 leri-u nf llio e-bnrelirard inould ; ' aeriino nut. ,1,1 (.oil ! Gold l,u n. . (iood or bad a thousand Icia ' Hut to return to bu-iucs-. The "oU 1.0. ing been, as we hale s"en, wuighed, 1111 lted, I weighed again, and deposited a bullion in .1. , V . . , ' , , ' v,- V nCX r at'ayed that i, to ill., . 1 ""ene-.s i-oiri linen ny a '"""'- e.ieinit-.ii process no wure lortii- nate enough to witness the operation. It is j Perfiriiied in this wise on each depo-it , which it must be remembered, t till rouins j with its gold the various impurities with "men 11 urn came out 01 tue mine two bars j I are selected at random, and u su.ill sVtiing 1 ot a prescribed weight is cut fiviii each. A I pur ot scales is empl-iyeif, s, .1. li--t.tt- that that th" thousandth pin ofti grain will turn ' it, to weigh them separately. Thev are then 1 j wrapped round in a thin coating of lead, und I hat ing been put into littlecups, allcd cupel,, niiilc ol phosphate of linn u iu p(in Lu- ' glu'i, burnt hone an subi.-oteil to an intense ! ! heat. At oiiee thu leal melts, and unltin-. : with the cupper and other furei-'n ingredients . l.,r,l,i . ,1 1 . : . .1 - , : -m. wieir ONytiisiug, uill wit II them 1. absorbed into the porous substance oi me euji, icaiing 110 sign, except a il irk stain, or its presence. Hut tho gold still shines out in tin- cttn. enclosed bv a tri'linr- wash of silver, that lur Mine icason or other iloes 11 it like to disappear with the remiin ing uUt.'s. Xuiv, altbotigli theio is no ohj-eiion to i il. or , the Ass lyeilwoiild pit-lei that it t enol osA ihnt I.. I ..I p. ...... I I. ..I..... I of pure gold that remains in Hiccup, fur tho I I .nine r" if 111 that the fastidious Imirdnr, lu 1 Ii' .'h.ttlr.llll t,Vt". leMO'piUiHers, plehl',1.1 I 1,1 . bll' 11 1 lllid his ItliiS U.I s p.r.tte plnl s ' I bi. then, in the v.uy b !!,,irati-s tin-in . I Un- button is phuied on .11 anvil and Uitleiiud ' . won't not eut-iose iimi iieauiilnl ruiiiol null, 11, with r.n humiuer to such 1. ihinn-ss iu mac 1 'Lo it permeablu tu iho nitric neiJ inwhicli 1 lt luust now be immersed. A mull ling hocked huiile oalloJ 11 uiatru... t-uiiniu. this Mmd, into whioh l,e drps ,K button. The Dottle. U beatoii over e. furnace, and the iieid , coiiip.-ciy ahtutlM the luUiaiuii.g ullov. leiiv 1 tn; il..- jf.ia p'if..-ily pure, null "only t, sn.J. t.lnck tj.nii.- of UA-dised i.lov, which is r.'inoiisl I i 11,, 1. n n". 'fi,,- uilluV ilea i.t iu me then I'uisiu 1 ,.L aini .11 I... l.u. to do I- to r'-.W"igii iU fvo sl.aunu. ol'g ,,, I and I" .u-wrUin bow liiueh tbov bavultu-i hi I Hi 'itiit'lll ihlllig! lh. . ii 1 . . " . " hale Ik" 11 out t..iou,n. hi- uiu.uia-.,iei-bWh.i pruu.irili.1. 1 i.iii . ti.oli. I is ..u,i,. ...u. I .,.'-!.. -""-:"-"t'" r"rl ,. ... . - ...... ,....,,.. ..ouiiesat anill.llmiol till) dl-ISJ.it Itbi II 'lilt' l.stlttu- to-'i call rueaivit its value in luuu l.u ul other aold. and iro on his wav.ius.lirt.Iii.- -til , . .1 " - . . - . , 7 "" s'riaiu.ii quanuiy v.meu n ' roU-jUt tu tli'MiHK-e. In. A.iiserli. uow ,1.,.,. .is vi.tili. .mU " iisibi it v ol M. II. r uu I Itiillni'i- IF il', ..I'll I sidef , and we nolioe tlint the coment-fl or ol tlinarnrn...'" "covered, shout two inche, deep, with iron ffvallnj. 1rov' w,lic'' thore eio.uo n' on timoi, cnnit partioio. of eol I or ilier. whn li li r-r (nr or-releHv or unavoidahlv ilroppod. It will not do to' loio tht'tn. and ho. at prtniu poriodi, the lluor is Piirefiillv . pt. and tho -swooping), dirt nn'1 .ill. nith llio iiuiid' it prims the disearded crucihloo, lidlo., ,io..aro eollected, burnt, giotiiid, and (tliorwio trnn.formed, till a very eomidornhln revenue nf preeioun metal i u'ltainvd th-rofroin. What it omountH to ill th Av.ty niTi.'o lm not hcen definitely ntJterl, hut wo " ro told that at the .Mint, in IMillndelpliin, it ooino to the hanJome fitfiue ul t'..)U,0fi(J a jp.ir. The Jloltcr nnd nfinor Uke us to lii tr"fiiiry vault, nnrl tho workmen ilraw thoir omall wnrjon loa-iKof Rolrl and eiher into the moiling room. '1 he moiling i, now to ho at tended to I 'iv hundred pound, of mIum' lo fil'iv of lol l i, i.l ion! i i e.ieh crttriMo, the ruin I'oni'i To 01 inn i-iri'i'T vo ono 01 uie l.ith.r. Alter mi hour and n pouter the two nilo hoiun to of I he former to one of the ire rendorod fluid, and the ninn at tho fur naro. with hit I'lii-haiidlod lullo, dip, out tho mivd niit.it. and .'wliiiiipr, round the odgo of a I irifo " ipper "-" I. poum it into the eohl w.it.'r o.'nt.iin"d in it. 'I his rnl'irv motion h is thoerio I f pi' i onl inc tho solid ilioation in ii tn.i.s i.i" tho iuoi.il. (-auMtii; it to hardon and sin!, i.i th.. h..Hom in the form nl link" ' r fii'i' 1 1. -nee it i, pilled th" pro o.'s, of c- iififtK'H . nod th" mixed melal. fisim the ooos, of il''r in its comi'iisitiiiu i, P'llh'd rron'ii" .w'i rr. It is certainly heau tifully white, looking like the oiylizo'd silver that v.p s.'e amonir lh" "rnnii"iitsof a j.-wel. h'r's window, as indowl it is the same thinr. Not only has it hi-.-n moltod itelf, hut it has laeilitatod the ineltiiiK of tho other alloy, of tho cold, and nlti r druwinji thoin out" and minrm wi'h ih'-m, has eomplrt'dy inorustod th" pure yellow i'iot';l that is oonooalod in it. It. now, .-p O'li onlvj.Pt vid of this inern" t.iti.'in I' Il. r. we sh-ul have the u;eiiiiinA, iinadnltorut'sj a dd, that will n. d hut little more than )'! sting int-i bars or coining to answer the purposes of oommereo. whioh is ii'-ior sorry to i"tnos mi necc-siou to its nl- rondy enormous familv of " yellow boys." To iifeortniii how this is a"oomplished, wo must eo np two llight nf stairs higher, into the Parting Room, where tho granulated sil ver is carri'-d. Iloro we final four rown of eight parcel iln pots, p.ieh with a capicilv of from twenty to twenty-four gillons. Thev are placed in trough, oT hoiling silt water and into each i- turned a charge of one hun dred ardfiftv pound, of tho granulated or mised metal, over which i, poured as manv pnnnih of nitrio acid. This acid, uniting with the siher. forms a solution which called nitrate of piler. and the elfect of such an alli.ineo i t.. seiinrato and sink the luire 'Id to the bottom of the jar. The nitrate of silicris then drawn off with a gold siphon 1.1 l.Al il.,. ..l .i.:..i. . .. gold lining the only motul which can with stand it, action and another charge of ni trie acid is applied to complete the work , After the second chargo liasbecn in thcsimo manner remoied, wo sAo at the bottom of the pit an unprmiiii ng sediment remaining p., hl.iek as Jersey mud. Hut the spectator must not be discouraged. Like a sinocd on, the sediment is hotter than it look" in short, it is pure yellow gold, as will he shown bv washing it a few tini", in wirm water, so as to free it from the acid that still cling, 10 its exterior. It now appears thorouglilv pulvcr- 1 icd, and fairly entitled to the name of jjold dii"t. ' 1 lh. next operation is to solidify it by sub- peting it to ". pressor" of two hundred ton- frut.i a hydro-tat i" pre-,, when it comes out in tlte. C.,v... ..l...d.u ..1... ,i .1 f,,n ; .;,, with a t!iiekiies of three iiuiieM, 'I hen put it una lurnaie lo'aretl red h..t so 11" lo expel iho last drop of water from it, and agiin m"lt it 111 it cruciM". from which it must aNo attain be moiil'Ied into bars of f.ne gold lan- ing. iieeoniing lo ti.eir sioan.l linono-i-, fiom I .ii.lj(i() to fi'D in laluo. These arc once I more nsiyl it ili"hand' nf the Asa'iyer.bv the process boforo ipl lined, ft imped to indi cate their fin. no imi wi igiit, and committed to theiault uf tli" J riMsiirer, there t" 11 wait his d "(ios.il Ii i only smii bais that nro ! roo-ivod at the hank", win) art iinwillin to accept thi'So whnli .lasiyod without liie ' author'ny if the v-ovcmniuut. I heir oonver- 1 -ton 11110 moil v iiui-t oc 'lone al too J 1 1 1 1 1 111 I'hil.i'ielphia. Our niereh-iiits 11I.-0, for mi oral rea.oiiH )irelor the gold Imr-to (nip 111 nuking their loreigu 1 i.i li.'.-n t -. In th tusa place, t hov Ins! place, they idl-'l lo piv "ill arc cheaiior. as t'l-v uro i- 0111 eelits on a hinulreil d"!l irs for moui-v. whil ' charge lor bullion of tho saui" aluo in oar- is nut six cents. 1 h-v arc, niurcoier. obi ioilslt- nior.j ilicelitible to melehalils abroad than our ni.i.'ii.il c 'in. e.ei pt 111 those c lUntiios w-lo re o-dn is wanted to sim.. ply cnngrain-hoiind Inr our shores. I lie lui'-ns ol the bars nitinulactured at the Assay Ul'icc, as shown by its ope-iation- on the last depi-'u of t'lililornia gol.l, was 00, tbo'.is.iudihs, a Micces. pot hithcito 1 equalled by any other similar est ibli.limcnt. . IV l... it... . .1 :..!..!.! .1- 1 U hen hist di'iio-ited with tho Ass.iu-r, it ' ranges 011 an ai era from ,"jii to ?o thoii- Mmlths of pure metal . According to the requirements of Congress, our national coin I mu't contain tm per cent, of alloy 1. r , j one hundred parte out of ccry thousand. Fine bar, by the same rule, uro required to , consist ui'ss'o thoUsandthsof pure gold, with 1". found lussibl pe-rmisei in to rehnous iinieii lurthor as may Uut lo svi.i.i.I'.ih ,.o,- 1 1 . s-plli,i,.lc um iieeouiii, nu loioilltl gio " lepoit ol' il, fal0 ol tho siller, draw 11 011 in samuoii win, nitric iteid from the I'Orceiam pots w Incli v 11 have nn ntioncd All we haie to say j., t,. n ls cmptiod into an enormous i-it, capable of twimimn- a tolerable sized young elephant, and nearly tilled with a poliition ot cuininon bait. Tho silver i thus precipitated, tint ie, sunk in a solid foiui to tue bottom, becoming what is called chloride of silier. It is then freed from the acids adhering to it, in the same manner us w Iiuac luentiuned in the cs uf gold ; re.lucjtl to metallic jiowder by an immersioii in eats eonlaiiiing sulphuric acid mid ihc, waohed, presse.1, dried and cheesed in precisely th" s.iuio way ae gild, and is thus ready to bo rc-iuulted and ic-emt'loycd for the ii.n-iil.-ati., ..I' il... ,..., I..... ...... .1 - llroiauie 2au loit-in (Cat.,) HflalJ LutlbivS o A.rKosonv Hv Professor John Phoenix, JL a. d., c, ic. Introductory. Via lulluwlng J.uges wcro oiiginally prepared in the I'urm ul u coursu of j L-ctures to bo de-llicre-d bcl'oru the Loiie-11 In stitute, of llostoii, Mass.. hut owing to the unexpected ciroiiiust.inoo of tho author's re ceiling no inviuu ion to lecture before that iiistitutmn. they were laid ak.de thortly after I, I ! I.,: " tht-ii- completion linvit iug an luv italimi from the Trustees of tno Villceili Lit-r.iry ami .scienlitie li.sli nu -, dmiii. tin ,ii's -iit'uiiiiuer, to iltliier a ddireei'l 1 inns on any popular nihjeit, the author wiil du-w his manuscript fruni the . I...I." 1 : 1. .-. 1 t 1 1 . musty .hull', uu which it bail long lain iie-g- leetod. and. Inning somewhat ravised and 011 lurgid it, to suit the capacity of the eminent .ehelura before whuiu It was to be dUpluyed, vcpaiied to Vullueitos. Uut on arming at that place, be learned with deep repot, that theonly inbal.iiunt hull left a few ibn- pre. wout, limii.g .n.iiL 1 t.iiusill ul the" un-ior- Illlii.V lirest-lui d I.t a p i. -pig pigruut lli'rso .I' d that, in os mlenee, I l.e 10 ,'n iie- of the liisiuut, w is iii.l. uniielv pii.tiHiui-il. I .eler .1 .. ...1 .:.it:.. 1.. tli.-fireuui..! , an I Mel. ling wuii ri-liif I tatic to the e 1 .e-st -oil. iiatioiisof many uut. ! incut wioiitil . I'm ii!s, he Im, b en inilueed ' to pltt" the Iss luri a l.-foru tliK public in thtir lirta-nt f'.r.ii. hhtiuld Ui.it meet pith . ' . . . . a-. ' Hi-", buetsib.wni.il hi. tsiiigiilne trieua. prog. KinlltllH-.llW UUIIHir lll.IV 1K 1 III 1 11 "till bllllMJ- ,,uentlv tt. l.uli'iid. tlltlin 111 H. lorn. ..f : e,.i i.'.a i t,a ' u... i.t,.i...., ...i i. I .....i ,,..i. ... -.. i. .:.... i.: . . . I '-. H'.a.wasti'stts -j, weit, in. jaiv-waaibi uui. mtioii u, ,ilr ..liubt-lf uwlul lu hi. day 1 ai.d tjHii-ratiuii.bi siidely iJis.eiiiiii.itili- the inforumli'tu it- hi. aiquind ttiaotig thoee, who, loss I'o, tilt, .1' )"l sv illmg to receive I- . in i , oontainini' n Vuliunoof in.ittor eou il to four- toon htimlr. d thoui..ind rIi.Iim of tic tizo 0I ! tyrtli. whioh U rcruinly a mdttor of no - 1 loi-'e'-p" " , appenn fi'nfl W -:.:r""' K'"he ol fire, with ; in my evti upon iti punVC. m', "idik" thorn of tho leoj-ari:, ae con' inui'lw c'lnn Iny. Thesj pp. t were lirt diecucied hy a "ntlemnn mined Oi.lilei, in the year liill. i'hoiif;li the Sun is u.uilly termod" and con "ilerod the luinin iry of day, it may not he un. 1 Utrivting to our r'aders to know that itcer teinl.v hn, hoeu fooiiin the niht. A cint. fie friend of our Irom New I'.nf.lind (.Mr. 11. W. Kmerson.) while travelling thruuh the not tlivrn part of Xorwuy, with a cnrRo of tin wire, on the 21vt of June, l!u(5, din'inctly n.w the Sim, In all !t, iiiaj'.'fty, Mnlnj at mi lni;ht 1 in fact htiining rZ'nipht ! hitler " '11 i, not what ou would call anuporntitious nan. hy any menu' hut helolt ' since that timo many porcons h.ne ohoied ilH nortur n.il n piiii'.iiti't' in that part of tho country. . - . , i ; j ha, ii..inr heen w ilno...ri in tho l.itituoe ai me sanit' iliiio ol trio v-iir i in, pii'-noin. .ii .-.in 1 li'o, IH'Wi' ri , .lll'l II is iri i niijiio". i hie I hat il nor will he. .Sirred History In hirins us lout a ilistini:ui"lte.l Military man, iitiuiod ,lo,hua.onoe ouued the Sun t" "stand slill:" how ho did it, i not montium"! Tlioio oan. f'f eourvo, ho no douht of thefiet. thai he nrre-'. I i f progi" , ntul p-siihly oiiusid it lo " smnd sil!" lint tran,l.itir are not always perliotly aeour.it", and we aie iiiolino'l to th" "p'miun tlrit it mioht hao wijruli . I ,i ury little, w Ikh .'ushua wan not lo ikinsdir'-otly al it. I ho statement, ho, uvr, dot's not npnar ho ory inert dilil-.', wlioii " rolh'it thill "iifiirlii' moil are in the hii'.it ol a. tu illy 'nin-Kif fir Sun rlovn to the lionnil eiory iliy at I 'J Meridian. I his they i'H'"Ct hy mean- of ri tool made of lu-.is,, Ulass and silver, oalh'd a sBXtJiit. 'i he com position of tin: Jon lain long been a matter of illM'i'f. 1 il;, olos'! and lieoiirite olB-.-riotion with nu j exiollont open h.ivo iiiriied at the I n'li'.'tutiion that its entire surluie is covered j it!i viator to a very ureal depth which w i. i t- r h'iii'Iocoiuposud hya process known at I prcent only to too '"reator ol th" ' niler-e and .Mr. l'.iine of Vurcesti.r, .Mass , gener. ati-9 earhuritted hvdrog.in fjas nhii.li, heinj; iulUined. siirroumls tho entire hody ith un oicmof fre, from which nu, and f j other , l.iiie';. recoil i" our liht and ho '. 'Iho spotu upon it surlaeo are glimpses ' ' water, j oht lined through the tire and wee !. the ut j tentlou ot uur old Iriend and form .' school inaie, .Mr. Agisiii, to this, f.n.t as I., closely uhsming one of these spots with u strung re Iraetin tclcscone, he mav discover a nuwiie- 1 :U'? ,jl hsh, with little lislies in-ide of them i- i- j-uifcii'iu mm 111c sun may uurn uui ui. ler 11 while, which would Icne this wjrld imi state of d irkne-s fjiute uncoiutoi ta'dc to cuii ti'iiiplate hut cvun under thitc circumstan ces it is plO'iKiut to rellact, that cuiii'tiiig and luie-maliiii;: would probably increase to nu uiacumte ixtent, nnd that manv person. .""""''J ':iko large fuitune by tho sudden rise in i.ilue ol coal, wood, candles and gas, wliieh would go to illustrate the truth of the old proverb, ' ItVun ill wind that blows no body any good." L'pon the whole, tho sun it, a glorious crea tion plcisiug to gii! upon (thiough smuked glass,) elevating tu think upon and exceed ingly umilurtahlc to every ci cited being on a col.l il, iv it is tuc 1 irge'st, U10 biightest, and miv be considered hv tar the iiw-t hei-roili- cent ohjeet in the celesii il sphere though with nil these attrihut ', it must he confc.-s.'d ! that it is occasionally echps'd 'n the moon, We shall now proceed to the cuusidi'latk prue-'e'i to the cousnu-iation of the soier.il 'lauets. U.cnry. 1 nl. j.li.i.ut , with too CKOapli.oi of the Asteroids, is the smallest of tlw sis teni. It is ihe noarert to the sun, and. "in consequence, eunn. it he teen (on account of the Mm's superior light.) except at its great est Kistviu nud We-tern elongations, which occur 111 Marchtind p11I, August mid feVp. tcniliei, when it may be seen lor a short time imiiiedi itely after sunset mid shortly before sunri-e. It th 11 appear- like a t-t.tr of th" first inagiiiliido, haling a whit.-, twinkling light.. md reseiiible., -.'.iiocwh.it th" star itujj Ins iii the cont'Jliitioii Leo. I'he 1l.1v 111 Mereuiy is nlsout ten i.iinuies lunger "than ours, iis j -ar i- about cpial to three ol our months. It l. ceiie, about six und 11 hall times as liiuoh heat from the Sjuu g,, , I fi-oin whicli we loiicliide that the climate I must be similar to that 011 the Colorado llii- I i r. The dillieiiltv ot communication with Mercury will prohibly preieut itsow-r being .elect"'! a-as a niilitii'ii po-t though 11 1 o-- sesses liciiiy ailiiiut.iges or that purpose, being osli-'-niely iliac essihle, iucouicup-iil, mid tioubll'-ss, singulaily iiucoiiiloitahle. It receives its name liom the (hid Mercury, in the Heathen Myihoh'gy, who is tuc patron iiini titular miimtvo! sun Diego coiintv. -!.. !'... -l-l ' I-....I. I . 77n l'.urlh. Thu K.il tli. or .11. the Latins . callcl it. Telliis (Irom whieh orit'inateil th.. 1 cxpicssioii, il 1 tcllus,") is the third pi met in the MilarMsti 111. and tho one on which wo , subsi-t. with all our iumortimt iocs and sor- row a. 'flu' Sin Diego Herald ' i published 1, ... . . 1 weekly on this planet, for liie dollars per an num. payahie imaruhiy 111 ailiaiice. A" the' l'.ortli is by no means the most iiiipniuuit planet in the systim, there is no reason to ! suppose that it is p.u ticul irly .distinguished I from the ethers by being inhabited It is reasonable, then, tu conclude, that all the 1 other planet, of tho system are tilled with living. Hitting, and sentient beings, und us 1 some ot them aru Mijs-rioi' to the h.irlh 111 sUi. mm position, ll is not lllllirooaoio IIIUI ' , their itiWoitanti. may bo superior tu us in, physical and mental urganitaiiou. Hut it this was u demonstrable fact instead of a mere hypothesis, it would bo found a very ditUe-ui't matter to persuade us of its truth. To the inhabitants of Venus, the tartli appears like a brilliant star, very much, in fact, as Veuiib appears to us and, reason ing Irom aii.ilugv, wo are lod to believe that the election ot Mr Fierce, tho I'.urnpe.iii war, or the split iii the great Democratic- Mrty proiui e-d but vry little excitement uiiiung I belli Tu the inhabitants of Jupiter, our impor tant lubo uppiars like u small star ot the fourth, or fifthiuugnitidu. We locollecttouie yean ago gazing with ustunishment ut on the inhabitants of u drop ut water, developed hy the Solar Microscope and siicrctly woudoiing whether they were or not reasoning teniae, witn souls to bo saved. It is not altogether II pleasant rclh-ctiou that a highly scientific inhabitant of Jupiter, armed with Ii telescope ot, (to us) inconceivable I'utiu, maybe pursu ing a similar couise of enquiry, und indulg ing iu similar speculations "rcgirding our earth and lie inhabitants, tiaziug wiih tu. nous eye, lusattention is suddenly attracted 1 by the movements of a grand celebration ol I . . , .... . . ,n , Fourth nf .Inly in New- Vork, urn mights coil- veiitiou in Haittiaore'. Ood lib's, my soul," he oxclatius, ' 1 ileclare they 're alive, these 111 tie . re.itiiii s. 110 see thorn wiiggl"' 10 ' an iuhal itnnt 01 the r-un, bow-evtr, he of Ju piter is pruUibly quite as insignificant, and I thu Sun 11, an is possibly a mere atom in tl opmitui ol a Uwcllcr 1.1 sums. A little re ticcticui on theso subjects leads tu the opinion, that ihe death uf un individual man un this Fault, though perhaps us important un event us can occur to hiliibc'lf, is calculated to cause uu great convulsion uf Xuturo, ur disturb isiuicul'iily tho groat aggregate uf created beings Iho I.i rth motes round the sun trout Vwil lo Fast iii a veur. uii'l turn, on it. axes ill a 1 , .1 .. . day : thin tinning ut tin- rate d'oa.UUU units u ii hour in its "i bit. und rolling ioiiud at th" t ilei'.ihly l npld l ite ol 1,11(11 wilt's per hour. As our li'inii'i, may luive .cot ttuit vi bin u Iwuii is galloping u bct.u violently oier u smooth ii.j'l.ii I lie bono lioui iciuus-iit-M or ollu r caiibe buildiuly stops, tb'-nuii kiepe on ut thu bitme raleovor the niiimuF. bead ; so wo, nipiilig the FaUitli to If sttd- iieilly uritblvll on lit anib, llltlll, Vltltiieil, till dciily aricsltsl on il axis, men, uojuuii, ehil , drill, huiwe. eulllu uud .btop, duukoi oili nr. nud lneiubt-r. ol imgrei, witb'ull oi gi!sj. and ebuttels. Mould be thrown oil' im wilt our into I ho Kir at a speed of l ,., lulle. u lulliute, . v iii ,ilu r " -1 ol ii- .! s ribing the l ii- ' 'I i ..i.i i i- ; . -' . , the only to e, i . l'l .I'-eonipinv the movement. It in a tlnzuUr fact, that if a mm trat el round the earth in an astwirdlv dliveti m. hn will il ml. on return. ing tu t'10 place of drpiiture, ho has gained ono whole d iv i the roversaol this rreposiiion hein truo also, it billow, that the Vankp. s ir.osro constinlly tnivclliiif; to tho Wpst. do net live as long hy n day or two as they woiild if (htv had staid at home i and sup. po"in; each Vnnl:e?V tii-c o ho w-orth S10 per day, it may be pisily slinwn that n con sider.ihle nino'atit of money is annually lost hy their roving difrnliioii. Science i, yet hut in its infancy ! with itn growth, now diseovorie, ofan astonishing na ture will doiihttess ho wide, among whioh, irohibly, will to some method by which the cotirso of the earth may he altered, and it be steered with the natne eo"" and regularily through space and among tho "tars as a steiini boit i, huvt dirpclpil through the water. It will be a vol y iutor"S'ing sp"otacli; to 1.00 th earth " rounding to," with her li".id to the air, oft" Jupiter, while- the moon is sent oll'ln-lon wii h mail j and passengers Ibr the planet, to broii- Kick th return mail, -,nd a l.irg" 'iirty of rowdy Jupitoriaiis zoiiift to at tend a r.ui'i j-i2" light in the rinc; ol .Mitiim Well. Christophor t'olnin'iiis would ha-o been ,iu..t an n h nstonished ut n rcvlii- tion of the sie-imlNiut and the lo"oiuotive en gine, as we Hhoiild be to witness the abov" perforumne". whioh our intelligent posteri ty during tho ensuing year A It, 2.IMIII will iossihly look upon as .1 lory ordinary an I eominnnplaeo ull'iir. ,Y"' hi l'f Author. Itinerant loeuirir' are e.iiitioiio'l ay-.iiii-t. making nee of the .iInjio produotioii. wiibout obtiiining the n"c ossiiry authority from the prujirietura of the l'ionc'r M igiino. To those who may oh-I tain such iiuthoritr. it may Im well to stale, that at the loao of the lecture it wa, tho in- j tontion oi tb" author to exhibit and "Npluu J to the itudi"ii'"' an orrerv, aceompaiii ing and ; int 'rs"'rsing !n-remarks by a choke selec tion ol popular airs on the hand orin. An economical orrery may be constructed by iittiichinr eighteen wiri- uf gr.idinted li'iigll s to the s'liil't of a oundlestiek, api les ofdill'Tent siaes heing plaoud ut their extremi ties tor 'jiresent the planets, and 11 central or ange resting on tho candlestick, rcprcsenting the sun. An orriry of this description is l"io.'-cr, liablo to the o'jjeetion, that if handed around among tiie audience lor examination, it is sel dom return'! uninjured. The author has known an instance in which a child four years of age, on .111 occasion of this kind, deioiirod in succession the planets Jupiter and Her--chel and bit a lir(;e spot out of tho sun b. furo he could In. arrested. J I' Takes tir'iRi ni"! A letter from San rranciseo, to Mr. II II. Harris, of this city. from his brother, relates a curious incident that incurred there 11 thort time since, which wo do not reo'dlei t having seen in print. Her tiritannie M.ije-ty'o exploring ship l'loier . arrived at ii.in Francisco, a short tiaie since, from the Polar Se-i, where sho had been ice- , bound since li 17. When sho left ban Fran-' Cisco, sonic i cars ago. it was . 1 me-.-o trading I station, resorted to by 11 few vps-i-I, in pur- suit of hi les, and the loan or place cnntuiinl only 11 few udo ie houses. Tho captain and crctv ot tho l'loier expected to find the same San Francisco in Uiol that thev b it in l-lT. The c tptaiu. th-re-fure, sailcf into the hay w ithout 11 pil it. and upproached the city in the evening. He wj, much iimaz-d at lie: iiuuieroits lights he siw. Vllcn he nwokc Irom his dreunof "own years the next morn ing, he found .1 noble city occupying the site ol tho Ulicleiil ti 10 i't.tiit'iseo. ife hud known nothing of the .Mexican War. the cession of California to the United -tate.a. and the many other great eieuts that bad taken place du ring the time he Ind been lucked up iu the Irozon regions of tho norih. i'wo'11 itf Un ion. Interesting -statistics, We find in the X. V. 7'imri th fuliouing interestiiii xtn.cts iron, the appendix to the Census lb-port r ntly piihlisheil. It seems that th- bueign born of our popu I ition iiuiuber only about onr-nzhth uf the names, much the lurgest pmpuition bting iu the Midill" states. I'he largest number f immigrant tothi, country in anyone year, w.ia r!'.),l".T in 1p.12, though" this statement is se.irci ly accurate, a- more than a your is e-oniprited iu the returns. I'he m 'st valuable crop in the l'nit".Sp.t s is that of Indian Corn, estimated iu lis.Hi al two huii'li-eil and ninety-six Millions of lol-l.ir-t unit being no ,ily t'.rtr limes as. villi able na Wlmit. and more than three times as Miluahl.- a- t'oiion. fcixlimis as :u my aeies of latnl 1110 deioti-d to lud'tau lorn -are given to Cotton ami three times us much a-to Wheat. 'I'he lalue of Duttct made an nually in the I niteil finite" exceeds fifty millions of dollars. Thoro aro only 3o7,o2j sliueboldcrs in the I'liiti-il States, of wboia only tiro iwn oier one- thousand negroc", only ai'c own oicriive hiiinlreil, only Ji ty-sn own ou r three hun dred, one hitndr.d and ii.'ijy-ari rn own oier twiihuiidr..'d, and f.urfea hundrtd und seem- ty-nini own oier 0110 hundred. 1 he gicitcst unlabel- of slaveholders own more than one und le-s than live ; the number of this class is 105,G-it. 'i he statement of the occupations of the people show, that thu Farmers outnumber hy l.u- any uthe-r professiun. Their number i, 2,303,'Jol), while the class which ap proaches uuarest to them is that of Latum s, who number WJ.TSl). The Carpenter, ttand next, counting ltil.cTl, and tlieo como rjirf uauiers, lot),4To, .in. t'rinies nud ('ii-unltlcs. Tho Louisville (eipcrs give an aceuunt uf a negro who kept a grog shop on 11 Hit boat at Cairo, who haling been sued for sixty doll lis und judgment rendered against him, biought a keg ol gunpowder and a loaded pistol into I 'ourt and threatened to blow up tbe magis trate and all il Le) was not let off. boon after wards, be armed himself and took a stand upon hi. boat. A largo crowd of people sur rounded the but, ami threatened tode-stroy it. I'he negro thun lir-il into the crowtl, nnd wuunlcd tour persons, wheu his l-oat was tired, cut loose and set adrilt. and us si on 11. it bad got some distance in thu river, the ne gro tied 11 weight around bis poek, jumped overboard ami vvns drowned Highway rob bories aro bocouiing frequent iii Piovietence, 11. I O.i tho evening of the 25th ult.. a gentleman was kn.ickod down and robhej ol t-135, und on TlmnUgivlng evening another gentleman was robli.-d of i-Si hya similar Pioeefs. Uu the night ot the- 20vh ult.. U il- li.un Whitcly vv.is hum ! imirtally wounded at the house of William 11. Howo in ( olum- bus, Ohio, and Howe was arrested lor the niuidi r . both weie intemperate, and Howe's wiiuueu ir.i.u uer home iwo u lys uciore, lur lour ot neiug luureie-rei! in their eiruiikon orgies. Michael llagen of Wurwitk, . , has been arreted on mtpiciun of having murdered bis wife, lie say. tho woman was killed by a shot through a window while he was sitting by her side, but circuicstancr, and the testimony of bis little boy, a child uf eight years, point almost unerringly to him a. the perpetrator of the deed.- Tho dead body o I un unknown woman, who had evidently been killed by a locomotive audit brandy bottle conjointly, wa. f mm on tho I lu l It-ui ruilro ..I on Tuesday : und Charles 11. Dani"lon of orlhwoud, X IL, hml his head tnki-ii "il'by uu ingiiieoii the Huston and Maine railroad on tho same day, he having ; gut purtiull; iiitoxii-.iteit m.d then laid d )wn iu snip on tin- l.uir.iiul Intel. ,n ugivi ueuileioau I'ltuitsl Herutan was inttuiitly killtsl near I'.iwlet, I., ou 'I uesduy last, in eonpiieoe of attempting to crofs the rail road track just in mlvanci" of up iippronebiiijj train. t i-liHiuctiidy , X. V., liiisUtu. Heriiard, while ttaiiding t-n near the trui-k Ut ll Ul .'i .1 I i rai'io.i I . t.ition, wi- stun k a 1 m. . fill in !. I tie whf s. an,! h'.itl I .th t I i "ll ll'i Sin i - .1 to 1 1' IXKS0W Noiiiino I'ARAGRirns. " Judge Dn,,. pf .1,. cr.f,.m n,,,,,,. . tim.,i,. aio, N. Y., litis forhidoen the Clerk to taki proofs of citizenship and grant naturalization pipers, ftiul has directed that all those who wish to become citircn hereafter, tnustapph to the Court. After hearing the proofs ol ap plicants, ho rejected nearly nil of them, rm' hits given a written opinion, holding that ad. luittltr;; &anl!en to the rights of cithcnchii is a ju lici.il act, ar.il requires an examination hy the Court in each case. ilic Amtriean Organ, the Know Nothing paper at Washington, says the Know Noth ings of Virginia will inako an independent nomitir.'.icu for Uovpmor in that State. Commodore Stockton 1ms defined liispo rition with reference to th Amerionti tpies tion. lie i- in fivor of confining nil exeeitlive and administration offioe to Aniorloan-born : of extPiidlns- the period "f r",idnee preioiis t" n.i'.urili-ation t j twonty-oDO vears j but vroull not disfranchise f.reiirners siho a'- ready po.a,.,, no right to vole. Tho Com modore siyshe i' done with polities, and ami prefers the trnii'iuility of private lif". It is seund.iliii'siy res)rted that one of the ipielions "ked of a candid itc for initiation into the iciety of Know X'utliing, is us fol lows " Will you do your utmost 011 alloc. casioiH to ronew and perpetuate tho potato rut, in order to keep ties Irish nut of the country '" Hie candidate, if admitted, must respond. ' 1 will !" Tin: following toast follows tiie one in memory (d'tlist " l.tineiitcd fowl " the Ameii c.in Kigio.ut Know Xthing sympo-iums . 7Vie" A'jiaa' Sathings" " Wheru ignu r inoo is bliss, 'tis fully to bo wise." The annual sermon belora the coining ses sion of the Massachusetts Legislature, will, it is said, be pruached from one of the follow iiy text : Job, chap. S, veiie 9. 1'or wo aro hut of yesterday, and know nothing." Uli and 5th lerscsof chap 6, of tho lirst epistle of limothy: "He is proud, knowing nothing, hut douhtingiihiiut questions and strilcs of words, whrrehy coinetri envy, railings, eiil tunui sings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, und destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness , from such withdraw thyself " Those 1G0 subscribers, who have n'ver paid us a cent, are not lost sight of. 'i'he amount due for tho six years is ,12 by the tirms. If paid in December, wo will' take .10, that is cl,50 per your, and gl for in teiest. otherwiso wo shall collect tho $12 tho best way wo can. "1 e only ask them to be wise for themselves while they are just to us. Frttmin. The above is a very pretty illustration of the working of newspaper debts. Let us put tiie wholo together, as if a eontrict with an individual. According to explicit contract between tho parties there is nowdue the pub. I Usher of the Freeman S192U. The debtor. ! although able enough, for any thing that ' appears, is such bad pay, as the phrase is, that the creditor offers to t ike, il paid w ithin a month. S1C0J, as payment iu full throni.ig i in no less than t320.or one sixth of the w hole debt ; or sav a Hum equal to a whole season's prolit on M2 acres at $10 an acre On the publisher's part, it i, relinquishing enough to hire a baud for a year IV. Chronicle. .Sn.iMii: stout, ir Tht-c An old lady at tin iVost for twenty success! e years 1! irued stockings with the same needle ; 111 fact, so U'odwis the Sttino needle in us work, thst frequei.tly on the hdy'j leaving the room, it 1 , , , , , . . . ,. , ; , , rehiMvi i, anil fur a long time no one could thread it, nor could tlo-y discover what oh- 1 sTrnoteil llio llire.Til a nlinn lit- niithui.r.iin I observation, thev observo'd a t"ir m'the 'cvo of P ! j flmivn orvor.i D11 1 lei i.-rr A Kki.n Oi-uk 11 ins. U'c have heard of a bank tory which I" Fa id to relate to a tune somewhat dis tant, and lo a hank within a hundred miles of Wall sirect. anil which wo report jtisl " we ho,id ll, nmitling Usui' s. T'h" cashier ef the hsnk found himself short 111 hi" accounts nboiit t. to hundred thousand dollirs, it a tun v hen he tores iw an incvitsblo disclosure from un fX'iiiiiiiatmn of aocouuts w Inch was ordered to lake place within a short tune. Not seeing :.n e-cupo, he consulted a friend of bis wno "is an siuiiney, asking for his advice. 'Fin1 a'loriipy, on asceitaiiung that the cashier had no properly that was available to convert into cash to cover the deficiency, recommended linn to take 61.10,000 more, ami then, when tlm discovery took plscc, he would have suni.' tlunfc' lo iiegoliaiu w ith, -0 as to induce tue di rectors to refrain from making a public ex posure. 'Flic cashier took his advice, abatrtict pit tho nihlll iolirit Mlfii. mid ulipn lh ilis.-ot'rt 1 i0k place, confessed Ins error, and told tho directors that he would get his friends to 111.1 .0 some amends, provided they would nut puni-h him. aflcj .oiiie negotiation, he compromised with them fur slOO.OOO: and he Iheu retired from Ins situation with a fortune of SlOU.l CO. Tho cashier tn question wa. consequently re epecled, anJ he died, we believe, within ihe current year. The directors never made known their loss, and neither the stockholder, of the bank nor the public knew new anything about it. .V V. Evening Fes'. IVroia the Hocheter .'.uit-rican.J An Oriuiiuil Letter. Wo defy any one to produce a more com prehensive business letter, orthography and contents biiug n it -I, thin the follow ing. It is 11 bona fide copy from uu epistle tent to a Xew York bouse, by n, trading f-inius iu Tompkins Co. Wo omit names. The ' hand of write " was even more charje. ttristic than the spelling. We challenge all cotiipc-titiuii on tho word " be Ewas," us an article of commerce, and that slipup ur tu costive to kepe," is u a proposition that can not be withstood. Village, Tompkins Co., Nov. I, UOd. Mr. V. und Com. DecrSur, i uro round tho kentry kon"iderabcl a cellin an i vented vanku blad churn, made of stun, wi.-l. I allers kcpi-s clcno and bwet and dont want no i bkuwrin, i have traded in Oct. 273 ov them churns fur mutiny and truk, aud i litis bin n thinkin o coin inter tbe ho.-u and chik-on his. ne, ginurclv un somt on my nabors tould mu i lu wa, advan'-iii on truk, neow I km ct-nd . deown bi tho eri an rale rode weakly, sum icnsuin, liutt-r an egs, vvat dcr u think buk. weet wil lech. Lluiur se-do und wul km bo ' got fir redy mutiny, how du u think i wud I du nu huuy and be svvax. thar is a hope ov turkees and geus und sum dux, hoges baint n goia to git very fat on akount o no korue, thar wil be more shoats tbanlarjelioge.drido apcls un peeches an apel sas wil bo plentcc, buter an chocs Is hi, sutin kin be dun in liir. kry nuts an mapel shugar, an som kuntrv make ovb.iseges, wutur tint worth, farm stuk is lo.yung critters I. iicelcnut eimy price, wat is la. is duin with u, vvat kin u .In in pelt, nil cal' skins, -heap thu lira killin on en. of. on akount ov them bein tu ,..,' to In kt'lu'lll tilt- wllitlll. Unties in s-onril tail I... hi in the itarvisiou line, bow much uiuiiuy - . , i . : .-s n k i ll ll spuie mo to trail nun 111 the Hum, ur wat kin ii ndvaiice me on tbe kiue of per v isions i Inn n-iiuid, plee to writ me and let late III' rlspektively. Mr. i auU-r urt carman no-e tae. .ir"ij r I- a .significant, fuel eeuab'nahed up ti i,ooil imthon'v, tin' tho consumption of -1 "u'v-iite h'-aiv cn I ll. I't . .' ulv Ir ul. New rublicatlonr. r.ADir? AtM-yaC, f t lTi. hy Pirrieli. MooreA 0. Coolidp;?. Boston, J"hn P. J. wo'.t Co. Tl is valuahlo little accession to nny l.idy's woik table or rritinj desk, has made its fccond npponrancp. Villi the mic neat ness rind beauty in the mechanical p irt of the wok It combine, iraproveinonts in arrange ment, and tuldpct mutter. A bit ef poitry ind an appropriate rood cnt for eaeh montb, brief sketches of th iive of Mm. Jud.on and Mrs. Sigotirnoy. and short articles on "re malo I'hysiriiins," "Wliot are the true rlhts uf Women," 4c., with numerous nvelptn. items, lie., sclectP1! with ears and j.idnrncnt, and the usual astronomic! calculations, moke up the contents. For Sale by lli.B'.ng'-on Pp.AVK I.fslik's l.inits Gi?! tTK.or rash iiuis. for December. Puntairs s:ty iilustri tiuns of the uisliions in furs.phi ik". honm ts. diesso,, and hend-dressc", d' ?igns for cm- briiidery. full sized patterns, und 111 iny iiinr. , attractions fur Udi. . ..Iti -.- th. r tor. iinin-r- our tonntition. TitT. ;;t. varan Boston, .'.' e-U it Co. pleasant little co'lec'iou of ju-.:nil s'rii, and pipoes of wetry, a very pretty and appro priut" gift for a littb 511! For sal .- hy S. Uliiitington 'lonr.v's I.idies Bu u.. Tiie frst number for 1x15 le received. It contains 100 pug's U" engravings, CO contributions, and ten full page plates. Its price remains an heretofore. One copy, one year. .) ; two cpies, one year, ; die copies, one year, and an extra copy to tbe prrson sending the eluh. 1H ; eight copies, one year, do $13 ; eh ion copies one year, do $2ll. Godey's Lady's Hook and Arthur's Homo M igaine will both b s ut one year for $'.,'M Published by 1, A. Uookv, Xo. 113 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Tui; Natiovu. Mioizi.se. Edited hy AM Stevens, published hy Carlton & Phelps, X. t. this is 11 desirable Magazine. 1 he eon tents give evidence of talent, care and taste, and hare a moral and religious tone, which the three dollar monthlies do not affect r.ach number contains pages and illustra tions, unil is sold lor l&l euiitt. For sale by Huntington. Skuciils or Placi.! ami P nr-Lr. Ae-uao, hy Win Well llon, Willi nici.oir of tho Author Uo'tnn. John I1 Jewell ii Co. The Author of tins work iives a sncr met account of lie: hirsh lic.iimcnt of hiiiiself and lim f.iiui ly in eirly life as 1 slave in Kpntucliv his ei. c ipe eft' r he was about twenty ye 'rs oil! Ins future progress nil ha was -cm 111 184U a, one of the delegates 10 'he Paris Pe 10c C mfprei.ee, and o' hn t xueru nco durtnj 11 five yi nrd resi- lenco 111 EnTl.mil. where he lectured f eniieni. i,.,. , 1 .. ...,i,.,.. -im... . ... pubhshcid in F.iihnid where it met w Hh a ready s ilo and we preen re it will do so m this country. It ia rot ot a high order as a mere literary production, r.nd yet u very respeclab1'? in th il point ot view, and on liie .iluc, is a very readable work, exci-tdiug'y e-rc'li aide to the ouihor. III. reuiniks on slavery arejusl "tich its ought to expected fiam on" nf his fvporience. Some of the anecdotes of hi. foreign rc.-uleiice uro piqu-tnt and umti. sing. It is embc.hsVd u it'i a portrait ol ihe Author. For silo by Iluntiiirti-n. h'inr.iili I'.vr.MMi III. tin se-i on the Xen Tcst-uiviit by l!ev. John t'ut'.i.ni g, D. D. Vol. I Matthew, V..'. II, M irk. 11 . J P. Jctvctt it Co. Sevenl t-l Dr. hhim u '! uccct.,bic Voloinos n.e i!y b -i'iic lh" j uh- lie. These vvi'I be oc.-eptiiile a'hliuons to the list. Thpy consist o''"horl lecture' un two 1 eneitlwl"' 1101 ) ifiiiiniiiy crilicu1, and j for tint reason more agreeable to the "ener.il 1 reader. I ho Anther i- a lively, uitoreslin; writer who easily cariios bis reader n'ong w .Hi linn, and of so gonial anil open a spirit, that an occii.-iional disagroeaient with in. atinaent 1 or explanation, does not jur nu t.'ie re-ider's mind, or wesken hi. reaped for the Author's piety or good sense. A gicat many who do not do a great deal 111 the way of ica-liug ser mons would nevertheless find ihemsjlve-j n.ter-e-ted in these works and ail wi.l And litem re freshing and wholesome. 1 or sale by lit 11 tingion. Lin: Scf.m-s or Tiir, MFisitn, hy rtov. Itul'iti W. Chirk, ll.ulo'i, John I'. Jewe l Co. Thw i not a work of ductrm-1 discussion, properly .peaking, but dm us of a scru . of short chapter, contiiuoiig instructive reflec tion, suggested by ihe 11 oat noted incident, of theSiviotir's life, taking them in order fro.ii his birih lo In. crucifixion and asscti-iott An engraved fronli-piece of tue Crucilixiun wil j "dd lo the value of the .vork with .0 tie. though tor ourselves, nc should like the bouk better without it. For sale by Huntington. bcbool -!ouh. Tun. si'. Sri.Ll.t.r. a.so Dwimii, revuted and eiilmgcd. Tnr, Ciiii.p's 1'ir.tr Ueaolk, by Salem Tow L, U D Tiii; Si.io-0 ItcioEr., by f-alcm Town, L L. D.. 'I'm: Tiiir.u Kripi.u, by hraieni Towu, L. L. I)., Tur ForaTii KstD!., by Salem Town, la. I.. I)., The (iRAM'tin, School HEiEr.R.by Samuel Town, L. L. I) , Willi's Hnulish Gr.AMM.va, by Allen 11. Weld, A. M , Parii.ng Dook, by Allen U. Weld, A. M , Wp h ive received a set of the above fc'chao! Dooks from Hev A. Suwin, the egent for tho publishers, for this v icinity. It ts a Series much u.ed in thi. inJ other Suit, s, and the book, wh.ch compote it hive a stibsianti.l rt putauoit. We never suw a set f School llooiis in which there nu. not something to find fault I with, and soineihiiiL' to eommeud Every co.n- poor is quite likely to hint- a particular s.-lieme ol bis own, and almost aln). iiii-tiiko. in piiohin.' hi. ami plan to nn excess. We think Mr. Town". Speller and Dt-iiner fail, that way to tome extent. We should nut carry thepi-iciite of separating the syllables nf wuti'.s to such an extreme. We think spelling books commonly fail that way, tiouie'hing of that need, lo be done for the young I'Oguuier ; but it would better tu accustom the child, prei ty soon, to teeing the word, ns they must be J .ten in book, generally ll.rdlv. either, c.,n so , jfllmtion' ,Htm at the V - - ' author tbiuiw. Theie ia danger of h.nl, ng lb? pupil to ullach a rigidiiea. of iiiouihii to word. which Ihoy do not besr. Yet in good hand, it i can produce good. Thu reading ltj.on. of : these hooks .eem In be well tei.-i led. Wht-rc-I ever they aru in u.e, it would nol bu boat for a ; clung, to he made hastily. Chang i. by no I iiimuean improvement always. Kecomuieud . al.'.i s ol new book. 8' al way. abumlsnt. nud qui'e i ' i " in."" positive than cs . l .'a.- i i .hti. i gh i..spr;i . . -'d a . r I j 1 (iv irr ha i. Consider iti ms of rcoiotnr u, w-'la, V mTiit, "'l'uihl indiii-p ationiMn t t'.o pr ' tion and shi It' r of domes' lo tiiilMi.!, ri clement weather' Le-s rood is rorjuiro'1 tu su -tain 111 thritiug ronili'ion an uniiii il ko, t a cu.nfort iil sfihlp, than one not :!. i tereJ.- Tho itnl hnit tnu't he kept to a "' tain point about 101) deg. and this i, ''on hy tlij lood oonsumeed. vhich serves nn 10 to sustain thai temperature. A s 'i rci position tends to k"ep op l! o uro n'l . , hile esf oni decrensps it. or rut in . u c more fuod or loot requisi'o to sup):i t it A equable temperature is nlo unf ' than ono c oitlnuully chenging. Xo v. however haidy it may be, can he . -, ... , a winter storm, "specially n drnel.irii -without injury to its health mid i'.mi Hie iiioistinu nmy rapidly evm'iit' cwry drop of wat' r thua Jiassltig fl, . with it a i,"rtiiiii of vital l 1' a- - - It IS jrr 1 I pinch stock m ' - be s' ; f II ''r"t t . 1 How .11 I ti ' 'tall lo ; -i' 1 oil hri. part ol w no 1 heart, if it i-11: if they inii-t is he a-tl.o eij-' hi st ol the J "j is a prime 1 . are o.it-ei-ly 1 and all o. r- cut. at den I- 1. i oien t'.i '.. 1 I. ay is in -this j re; ei r.on. If gi u f' d. i' s' .ui ho grotm I .10 I str iv. . t.r-i Dinmened w 'n' c hetiei iligost'd, und ei Mlluc kind ' with It V lessw... l.o 11 Ulreri Apples ,..i 1 . of us iiiue-h lalueus food lor all kmJs e'oek. .Much may bti done towards iner quality und quantity of the mnmir liie stable, snoiild be kept well lite the coiiiiort and health of their . 1 . 'n ' ' ' I 1 V ' i ' "hiy 11 u ,-..du and thcpigcn ho supplied with t 1 re-rial lor thu loung porkers to 111 1 .Muck, least Irom toe woods, coar such iihsurbant materials will add the value of this ' essential to : firming "manure. Knough ol -n straw should be mixed with the h rs to prevent its heating, und to tal.. ur ' I liquid portion of the same. Xolai.urr siuuies true economy, win -uuor any 1 . zer to go to waste w.nca liis roa n.V.l j inn si.s-e. Water, US well as food is ncces-'ir- 1 . should be bruught into the yard, it i" he, so that every animal m ly'fniie tl. .'i j his want, deiaaud. It is an excel!' .'it j lah 1 0 li.ivc proper cisterns constructed to t ku l. j water Irenu tho liarn n.e.1. whero springs u.o nut uvailalile. Wool OVuuer. Fraiu tlic Ceuotry Gunlk-man. Killiu; tun ad a Thisiles by Deep Full I'lottlHE. Messrs. Eciroas: More than fienty v-si ago, I undertouk to plow u field ef t 1" uer s in the bill, lur tho purpuae ot kill.og Cuiauo. I'hi.tlcu It was a light, graielly eul', ' ing an easterly dcteciit of .i'iou: tit 0 ' ,,1 1 plow eel oue-milt ol it 111 the l.tllti' Je- 1. S 1 could be well done w ithout su'i-jUiii.- i'roj other hull I plowed 111 the spring, ana r cruss-ploWeU the whole held, una planted it to corn On t.ie halt plowed ill tie. tali, tie thistles were very few the next season. Hut lor the 1 fleet ot lull plow ing oil t ie com Doling the giowlh uf thu e-jrn, there wis hut little perceptible ditl-renoe in t'io 1 t pai ts of tlic field. Hot when t'e- Corn v ,i pic-nod, the ears of corn were toon I t 00 111 re nuiueruus, autj iiiueh better t.iled out .1 the pait ot the field plowed in 1.1c fan I now unliesiialiiigly aUt ise fanners tj 1 -v t.it-ir light laud. 111 the- lall tor tie purpose ut killing t .istle. una ol ton g i.ie-sjil All gravelly .soils as w.-ll .s y tiilitalu iuol e "i 1 . s. ..f vegetahh f -l u I ite-nt and iiupre-i.tre'd stat - tor tie us, vegetabL'. 1 lie etl'-ct ot lre-eznig .111 J t ing, during the lall, winter unci sp i- t gether with thiiiitm isp.ie-ric ag i. -. pr-1 1 s t.n se lati-nl 1 lemeiits lor the us i . t j I. nh-ss the land is hilly and sleep, ti wa ing w ill not do as much hurt a. t'e I .ll -. a ing w ill 0.1 1 J L. Fuuerto.n ii ht 17., .Y01 l"i. t j I . Piinfirtiii 1. FiRviiN., I'lien of business ci-nsidered ul a lower I country tu ir- -out, Hun faru ing I. 1 generol l npr. s.'on Ihit evtry on" 1 i.-'g-I ilns oecup tion, 1. driving a ruiin i " " - ll 1. bi-iirei'iv rensonabletobuppose "u 1 be otlierw is when it is not born in 1 a wheal is selling it one half the p 1' b ill New Y01 k, wliilo labor on tin -. 1 continent - Ihreoor four tune, ns he T nitivi' ricluiPs- of our soil mikes up , III some instances, forlhia discrepint . I 1 ver.11 ion yo.'crilny, w uli a firmer . mod 1 county, on the I Jay, about ton n.u ol Oakland, h" n.lormod us that lie , lus crop tin. venr quite profitable. II s I. a very choico soloclion ile liultn' of oils, which yielded T,'J00 bn.he's. -U.i tiu.hel. ni the acri ; -fit acres . - w whith vn-hled K-10 bushels: rr ah-. id 1'. bu.-liel. lo the Hero ; 'Jo acre, of b ir1. y. vi r ing I .11 0 bushels or (iU hii-iiels 10 t'e net; ami 511 acre, of pi'tntoes. 17 of which tun' Deer dug, prodiiciii 'i,ti00 sucks of 131) in m -. , 1, or nearly '.'0,000 pound, to the acre California, Tasti: H- roRi: FTRtv.vGt'cc. Ssn . body Im said ih.it a Puri-P-n grizette w . little tulle . nd ribbon, w ill conqii' r t1- n while nn f-.ntibsh woman, witli al' he-1 ,w- s damasks and diamond., look, only . -e a, - inaicd clotlie.-horse. 'I'here is some ex "cr -tion in tin. statement, but more wit a more trut'i. Tho women ol Frstie- i lion bly have a belter in. te in dress t i i' ot Ci rent Brill in or even Amenta. In h h imr iiiothei-country and this, there i- im -eh of wb .t nuy be c ill'-d " sunbbi'io " ir fe e attire. The Lilies of Anglo Siv ul. i s. -to fancy llml Ihe more they spend ,.n ere- ' proiuer Ibey look. Accordiii-iy one s -cs i lie w-oiiion covered nil over with I up. r t .r tied in ill" middle nf .1 itT brocade . e a lo.t to .ight under a puninj velvet c'i.k w ' cape, that expand nn either side like c wings. Or one beholds lull tiomcn. it's iho fi.luon, nicked out in tight kt ,.: u .tript'd sill,., Ihe coatlllii nf lilt- in oe. t lug reg irJcd, by the wearer, as sui!i, ti' s . pen. it mii for the incongruuy of tue cv c , French soivunt girl Pien lias hotter' s e She knows it is not so much the r,c' uesi e' ihe material, a. Ihe way it is made up, nd ' ie iiuiintir in which it is worn, that gives the de .ired uir of elegance. A net tit. a gract u bearing, and a proper liiruouy b'-'wci n I e coinp eMon i nd the droit, doe. y isilv mure n brightening feiiiileultr.ictioii. tlisn even Auic--icnii ladies seoui piruciilariy to coinrre' eiii'. Msiiy a wife look, prettier, if he w- . uu h t know it, in her ne it niorning trock r -i than lu llio inco'riiou. pile of linery nmcli si e dignilio. ui h the iitlt- of full drosa. XI t 'V i iiiiiii n nod It-ui ile tir.t w ins the bear "t h -f lure lui.b ind. in ..uiie si o;ile, uupret. tot ng r t tue. which if con.iihed about site wuuut , noiinCH loo cheap rxc-epi fur ordm iry sra-, bi t which, by us accidental .uttibiiny pi her ia.l'te, face am) carriage, ideuh.e hervnoth and boat ty wonderfully. If tbe stoc would study taste m aires, more, and care Ir. tor mere rxpi r.bo, they would have m rea.on to regret tt. A. pritaetit, the e.Mravegancc of Aiiiericmi Icialca in their attire is pruverbia). We with w-o could say as much of their elejince in Ihe .utile line. J3T" liiJis from the Xevs ZtulaiJ - s are nut us plenty as some others t -low ing, from the only pi per of ihct j ron' si g country, ha. slraved thus far from !t at " It is our duty tin. day to record t 5 s, munition of the Brut sebaiun of the New Z"a land 1'arlianieut. e believe, ttu e w ' ing to law, it iuecesaty, in onh r to r btituto a stssion that ni'leust one I ill s!ta i have passed Ivth hou.es That rniur'i'.e ' I. is 'v.n cu ipn-J will., ard tberef'.-e tt was . 1..1 i i u.ii.uie sessiuii One bill anuo" ,1 , is , n . I.i VK n-'l I! ',' X.v. 'linn ibrt I S-l". I I I' - I P. "ii 1 .uti on tho S IllCUS ' uti hoc na. 1 uric 5 ii s I It V t a loka c, a ,, , .ioit.es 'icr. ha. eo , IK. "I . " ,ist on rcadi - it g- -, r . r. 11 i-S.lb '