Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly), 1853-10-18

              vr VOLUME XLIV. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1853. NUMBER 8 iDaklg Oljio State Journal IS PUBLISHED AT COLUMBUS EVKRT TUESDAY UORNLV'Q, IT SCOTT ft BABCOK, JODENAL SEU.DUIQS, EH OH iND FIAKI. STEIBTS IHTRAHCl ON BIOS. TERMS InmrinMv in artvanei : In Rohimbug, OT.00 Ttr by mall,1i.fi0; clubs of four and upwards, Sl.iilii often tod up ward, tl.W). T1LK 1M) IT JOURNAL la furnished to city subscribers at (6.00. and by mull at .r 00 a year. TI1K TUI-WKKKLY JOURNAL la 93 00 ft jsar. RA TES OF AD VEK TISINQ JiV THE VTEEKL YJO VRNAL i i So An 8a 1 A 1 square, 60i 751 001 251 762 268 604 00 5 00 0 60 8 00 B squares, 761 261 762 263 604 005 000 008 00 12. squsws, jl 00 1 75 2 25 8 60 4 50 6 00,0 608 00 U. I squares, 1 square, 4 column, column, 1 column, 1 25 2 253 604 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 10. 14. ehanipbls monthly, CSQa year ; weekly . ebaDi(flil quarterly , cnanwahle quarterly eltaugLI quarterly , 10 Hnri of thli sited typo Is reckonm! a square. Advertisements ordered on Hi Inside exclusively, double the above rates. All Issued notices charted double, and measured an if tolld. illtscellann. We commend the following article to ihe caroful consideration of our reader i. We are hearing much of late about the rights of 'women, and as this subject is receiving its sbaro of examination, it is propor that we look at it io all its various phases. Tlio extracts which we copy below are from a veritablo sourco, nnd the sentiments nro those that meet our hearty concurrence. While we would not bo thought lucking in courtesy and respect towards those females who differ with us io sentiment, we still feel it our privilege and duty to sny to them that this idea of abolishing ail distinctions in tho rights, and, hence, iu the duties of the sexes, is not founded in nature, is repugnant to our notious of propriety, and, in our judgment, can never receive the (unction of intelligent, educated and practical minds, But we did not intend to write un essay on the subject. We think our friend has written ably and well, and we trust his philosophy may find its wny to tho hearts and judgments of our fair readers: WOMAN'S BIGHTS VS. HUMANITY. Extracts from the Letter of a Father to a Daughter. Columbus, October, 18.1a. My Dear Uauohtkk: Parental attachment is one of tho strongest passions. The brute, without God like reason to supply nioiives, to givo pel nintience to ("ami In dependence, fearlessly braves dancer and death I una moling, nou io ixiona it beyond the period of in iu prmcti oirspnug. wtiiio ine numan p.irent is alto impelled by the promptings of parental instinct, in finds a moro ample store of motives. The present and ibe future time ami eternity tho lilo ihat now i, with its joys and griefs, its toils and dangers, lis potent attractions and sedtictivo charms with tho lifoot hope aud of anticipation ull conspire to givo depth, permanence and intennity to parentul love. Whatever inducements may lead us to advance other than our actual sentiments on particular occasions, the probabilities are strung that to a child nnd beloved daughter, our teaching wilt bo in acenrdanco wit.i honest conviction. The mora extended my experience, in these times of ngitaiiun, and the more I think of woman, the stronger is my conviction that her education has more or imperfection than that of man. Sho knows less ol herself, illy comprehends her specialities of constitution, bodily and mental, of the mission that in more especially hers, and the specific duties assigned her by the God nf nature. As with the lower orders of imimals, so with tlio human speeiea the larger bony levers and muscles, manifest the designs of an all-wMe Creator. Special duties and occupations dovolve upon tho male sex, os a consoqueuco ol these organic peculiarities. Man has to fell tho forest, reclaim the earth, destroy ferocious beasts, nnd repel foreign invasion, flu must traverse earth and sea to enlarge the bounds of scienco, to advance civilization, and to throw tho products of all climates nnd soils into the arms of commerce. His muscular poweis of endurance aro taxed iu tho discbarge of bis appointed duties. Commercial and po. litical considerations exttnj his relations and his duties cummensuruto with the wants of civiliuiiuu. Organic peculiarities other than those periaiuiug to the osseous ami muscular system, point with all tho certainty of demonstration to spec nil duties and octupa-1 lions of tho fomale. The maternal breast alone sup. plies appropriate nourishment to the in hint, and this not only prevents protracted absence from hrnsaif;ned post of duly, but points toolberdutiesund occupations intimately connected with infantile want and maiern d love. The tmporious wauls of lilo then, not ouly call man from the domestic roof, but confine woman hr successive months to that roof in the discharge of die duties of mother. It plainly follows that tlio care and education of the youuper inembersol the family, the little candidates of au immortal existence, devolves upun tlio molher. Just in proportion ns mind is of more importance and has a higher destination linn mutter and bodily comforts, ii the occupation of mothers important and ennobling. Tho finer non.dhility of woman, and Ihe more prompt responding of hur emotional powers, quality her fur these imp irtant duties no less eminently than her bodily orgaiiizatiuti does. I pity the woman, whether a self-const imted r. former or not, who is so far lost to w man's interests ns in refer to the occupations of mothers and wives with contemptuous sneering, as a "making of pretty things to wear," ' cooking puddings," nml "darning stockings." Man roams abroad to civilize the great family ot man, Abroad he encounters his roupb, masculine labors of hnud and arm, nnd returns to the embrace of bis better half," to bo himself rivtlied to have his heart warmed into life by ihe ntlVctionato, endearing companionship id woman, and by her to be rt fimd nnd morally elovatrd by reciprocating her gentleness, her undying a tier t ion. To man is aisined ih duty, with the consequent " sweat id' the bmw," of providing foitil, clothing, and the comloris of life-) and ibis must bo done io the field, and in tho counting-houM. If his paitoer iu toil is ' a help-meet for him," sho will not ihiuk it beneath her diniiy to minister to the recruiting of bin buddy powers by all ihe arts of systematic, skillful housewifery. Home is tlio natural refuge ol mmi, when lus mind isjudcd by intellectual labor, and by th-j round of perplexities inseparable from his vocation, He not only finds an asylum at home (or should do so) from vexatious annoyum-., but the real siiiitthiue of living Ihe inner n tblo life the ltfu of the heart should (here be called into aciion, and woman is the centre of that lilo. The life of man is more external, objective, sensational, and intellectual, until ho comes under the influence of the finer sen . . . .i- . . II,,',., , " , sibilities of woman. Then the more refined, inner life the life of heart and soulthe life id' afVecioti springs into beings, warms bis heart, sooths his sorrows, smoothe iho rough corners ol bis masculine life, and muses it humau. Woman is the refiner of man tho main spring of his more ondnaring, imbtor life the pearl of civilization, the polisher of bis manners, aud the snirre of the auioniiies of life. Is it degrading io woman to have the precious, immortal pledges of mutual love, nod man himself for bar pupil 1 Does it not bettor become her to sot herself to the task of preparation for tho discharge of her important duties titan to engage in a quixotic war wiih the ordinances of heaven T I think our present laws do injustice to woman in several particulars iu regard to property rights. Con volitional usages have restricted her occupation to nn injurious extent, nnd rendered too little compensation for her labor. Hut the present agitation to establish tho equality of rights of tho sexes political, profess ional, &C , is not in narmony witii tho toaching ot rov elation, the organization of woman, nor with woman's true interests. I cannot think witU Kov. Miss A. Brown, that It is "thediwnofa glorious millonium ." The distinctions of sex which aro laid deep and unmistaka- ble in the moral natnro, no less than in the bodily oon- figuration, utters a language, in perfect harmony with revelation. God does not multiply distinctions, where there aro no differences The differences which are soen by tlio natuialist to characlerizo the species ol liv- ing be -i.g nro h!o soon to he connected with difV. ren- ces ul instinct, habit, character and functions. The differnncus of organization, givo expression to differed, f encos of ideas, thoughts and intentions, of lh: Divine! Mind. They are exponentsol bis ordinances. Equal- ity cannot bo predicated, whoro ihoro are essential and lununmentat diligences; noither do they admit or comparison, only to establish similarity where thero is par-1 aHeliam, nnd to bring nut distinctions where thero nro ddlereuces, Thoso specialities nf organization, then, which constitute tho individual a female, are in the animal kingdom generally associated with a muscular system ol less strength and of less power of endurance II women will be so iboughtlrss as to contend for absolute equality im indefeasible richt. thev should recollect that right! aud dntia cannot be separated. If uoy camuiiau their claim succesiiuiiy, they should ue ready to swing iho axe at one aide of tho sturdy oak, while their husbands and lovers do so on tho other. They should be ready to pek hair the brush, roll logs, grub the underbrush, Bnd mo tho mattock and spade, and then whnt would become of th-dr protty faces, glossed by tlio rays of the sun iuslond of cosmetics T What think you, my daughter T Would their lovers bo more readily captivated tby their manish charms nou occupations r um iuo now " millenial" system osllsforao equal division of the liclit indoor work. The husbands and lovers are to lake charge of the cnuuren ami uomesuc occupations one half the time When tbo nurslings require parental food, tbey lould bs taken to the field, to the maternal breast. There is inequality established by tha God ot nature in tho organized fabric, lud Id tbo mental aud moral constitution which woman would do well to respect It is theso spiritual specialities which gives her the empire she wields over us. To retain the empiro duo to their distinctive peculiarities, and to become equal compel tors with man in ihoo other departments, is asking much moro than on equality. Qod't purpoie in regard to our species embraced a long success in tha race, and that multitudes should partake of his bounties, praise him in their lives, and i tut uiscipiiuLU on earth lor participating in tliu occupa tions unci society noyotm uio enrin. j lie iinat issue the end in viow, had reference to the soul -to the great moral plan, which has its commencement on earth, its completion beyond the earth. Man, therefore, was created male aim female. I lie two constitute the first unit of the lengthened series, as much a uuit as the two blades of a pair of shears. This does not involve tho idea of superiority or of inferiority. The rougher field labor ,montal and bodily, of man, is not less necessary, than the moro delicate occupations, and the softer inspiring influence of woman, Each kind of in fluence is an equal essential, and refined society must have both kinds of influence, ltut if either sex aspires Io the occupation and functions, which, in the social and political machinery, properly belong Io tho other. ill ere is a war wiih God, and with Ihe truo interest of humanity. If it is argued that (ho equality contended for, ouly asserts that the labors, influence, and functions of woman are equally important to society, I most cheerful ly an inn it, in separate spheres, una in the discharge of separate distinctive duties, each is ot equal impor tance. Woman not only ennuot with propriety luavo nor maiornai posi, io aiieim un-mui conventions. set on juries, the judicial bench m il in leoialolivo councils. but the Irequent recurrence ot indisposition peculiar to ner, would render latiguing jonrnoys.crowed rooms, public speaking, and tho attendant rxcitemunt, injurious to her health, and, much of her time, personal appearance would render bur appearance on the rostrum of quostionablo propriety. Tlio attendant respiratory exertion, and emotional excitement would not, under such circumstances, bo freo (mm danger. So fur from "all woman kind being outraged by the treatment that Ruv. Miss Brown received. 1 certainly coniider it a favor to tho sex. Tho inlluence of woman is deservedly groat. Hut it is only because she is tea man, tier redeeming inituenco upon man, is less in proportion as "he is more masculine and mnuteh. Now the feminine gender is not included in costumo nnd bodily conformation alone. Sensuality mav thus limit it, but it is no leBs a proporty of mind and heart, than of organization. Distinctive sexual differences nro laid deep iu the mental and comotional domain. They are spiritual. A masculine heart and mind, in a femalu garb, cannot make a wife, although aided by all the accompaniment of organization, by all the graces of bodily form, heightened by the arts of Ihe Uiilot. No, far from it. Woman must bo woman spiritually if ehe. would fulfill her mission, if she would humanize and polish man, and command his love and homage. Then alio becomes the sunshine of life to him, the pole-star of his nlied ions. (She then rules in his heart mid her wish is law, Man isconsiituted fur such Killing servitude. It is n.i essentially a real want of his inner life, as nourishment of tlio body is of corporeal life. Without it the real spiritual man has only the soni- blauco of living, the pulsation o estcntial manhood u?.e 'Hl bo ,!.'le.d 10 Th "' 'tn lvinr mnv Ivii lint I in itn alir, ,n if nil in .ln.ill, tellm nee may live, but the man is shrouded in death. Woman alone tun excite the higher life, the poetry of life in man. Hut sho must be woman spiritually, her mind, htr soul and heart, must ho constructed on the modal of the feminine gender. This higher phase of lilo to which refer, that which emhrace tho essential humanity, is a complex of two lives, " mato and female," nnd th two aro a ! unit; for it is only vitalized by reciprocity, by in. terehnn.'o and communion of soul ; and thus be spiritualized above tlio iinitmd.aiid even abovo the intelligence. ; Wi'h'iiit this duality of Ide unitized and blended into oneness, connubial life is only a protracted dtmtli, the curieatnru of living, it is but a galvanized corpse decked in the habiliment of lift), ft is tho solemn mockery of the heart. It is of vital importance that the distinctive specialities of the manhood and of the womanhood bo rightly appreciated. II, my daughter, 1 nuves icceeiiecl in making myself understood, 1 need not multiply words to convince you of the misdirection of effort of our recent " milienium" makers, who would elevato woman, by unsexiug her, by pushing her forward upon the troubled political sea, by making her Ihe competitor of man, in the strife lor politind distiucli n. It dues not follow that been use an net 1.1 manly, that it is alio womanly; far from it, ft women become mniily, man will cease to worship them. You may restBHsured that the more intelligent of our sex will oppo.tn tin now measures. They prize too bifldy, the truly feminino dement of civilization, to part with it in exchange f r metamorphosed mo it. The ubridement of tho giniieiits will not reconcile them to the exchange. Wo must have women, or tlio whoelsof civi- lizntion will roll backward villi frightful rapidity, nnd ; tlio men will soon loose tho spirituality of manhood, I rormit mo iu urge upon yon with nil uieenrnestiKss: f parental love, that von make no efforts to become mauinh in your attainments or pursuits. Let your highest cnrtlily aim be, to nttuin to tin noblo dignity of un intelligent, virtuous woman, qualify yourself for iho appropriate diicliaro of ihe duties of woman. Treasure up targe stores of furniture for tho head and heart, KATE HUNTLEY'S EXAGGERATION. ! "0)j, there are thousands!" stud little Mrs. Huntley to her dress-maker, who was measurinc silk by the yard ''thousands and plenty." Just then she caught n sly glance from her young luiiibaud, as he looked over his paper. Sho knew it ws in remiko lor ner xi!goi ntion, so she sa u laughing, " I rnn't help it, William, 'if I was to die,' so just let me talk ns 1 please. 1 don't hinder yon." William llumiey lino never been plotted with this peculiarity of his pretty bride. The habit of exaggeration he know led to embellishment, nml that to unscrupulous Inlsehood. Kver since their wedding day, he had iried seri ally to check this propensity. Ilui alas! ho found, liko many another lord of creation, inut " When woman wun't, ihe wm't, And there's the end nnV Never was iho young and bniidsnmo Kn'o Huntley morn voluble, or in better spirits than to day. The magic of fine colors and rich silks, and the winning small talk id' the little dress-maker, who was a droit genius in her way, had set her touguo on binges, and she imlolgod hT besetting habit with perfect abandon- I ho uuntieys were m nave n small party in tho evening, and Mr. 41. determined to try an experiment which ho bad lung hnd in contemplation, No when the ladies bad assembled, and the gentlemen were fasi dropping in, with the rest came young Huntley, look-in n unite ll'isbed and nervous. "Why aro nu so late, Mr. Huntley I" naked bis wife, looking up with mock dlf demure. " My dear, if it had been to mako my last wlU and testament, I couldn't have come sooner," be said, ear- iitstly. " I vi) been working like a dmy horse; thou Hands of clerks to oversee, twenty ihotiaand curt loud b to ship nil', millions of accounts to attend, besides it's heen Hotter than mx ovens an day. fly ibis time every eye was upon hirn astonishment nnd mirth predominant; but our young husband took it rnuiy, wiped his healed nrow, and looked as uncon cerned nnd Innocent as if lie bid said nothing in attract attention ; but his wife's rosy cheeks grew rosier. 14 What do you think of I. 's now book f " asked a gontlemau, as the conversation turned on literature. " Heavenly 1" exc!a med Huntley, rolling hil eyes, and casting n half furtive glance towards his wife. " It sets urn in perfect raptures 1 feed on ambrosia I drink nectar. If I could see the author should certainly take my heart in my band, and give it to him." A smile went round the nssembly, ' Hy tho way, I've been round to Allen's new house," ho added, following up bis advantage. " Happy Allen I what a situation! Soft, balmy airs, blowing over a salt marsh loaded with vapors a palace nf a house two stories high nnd painted yellow clnrions trees cut down within n foot of the ground splendid garden with one rose bush and a wilderness of pig-weod charming view flats on evcrv side deliuhtml pond peeping hero and thero i under the thick green scum nnd duck-weed I should j think Allen would be as happy well, I can't think of ' anvthinir less than a king." j Uy this time tho company were pretty wilt initiated into Huntly's secret. The ladies laughed faintly, for 1 they were every one of them (tuiliy in a greater or 1 less degree ol hyperbole as perhaps yon may be, ' reader. Thev rallied, however, and jested with their tormentor, but he sjsiained bis part admirable throughout ilia evening. Kvory sorg that was sung hid fair to set him in raptures. If he told the truth, he was intending to die twenty limes truuaported out of himself wiih joy twice as often; never was so de- lighted in all Ins hie, every live minutes ana ny the way he risked his thou si nils, one would have thought him cashier of lliu bnnk of Euglatid. Everything was "sublime or horrible t " every woman "beautiful asnn nngel," or homely ns a " hedge-fence." In vain bis protty wife endeavored by all tho masonic signs of wedlock, to stop her roguish husband ; aud she could scarcely keep her equanimity till Ihe last guest hnd gone. Then sho burst into a passion of tears, and " would not bo comlortect. "Onme, Katy, tell me bow it looked and sounded;" said Hniiily, half relenting that ho had vexed her so. "You know vou looked ridiculous." she answered through her sobs, you know you mortified me half to dtath. I wish mother bad been here, yon wouldn't have dared to treat me so. I slull never hold tip my head again in society. I thought 1 should die." "Now, Katy," replied Imr husband, despairing at die lailure ot his etlorta, " how do you think you soun dd yesterday, when you declared your neck was broken because you tripped over a brush; or when your dress-maker filled your dress, you said it was a mile loo large, were not inose expression iuuy ridiculous as mineT" Katy reflected a moment. "I don't see as I can help ft," sho said pettishly. "I've talked so ever tine I vat born." "Is there any need of such extravagance, KalyT Oomo; lot your good lease answer." "Why, no, I suppose not," nnswered Katy, only pouting a very little; 'but I can't help it. Everybody talks so." "Not everybody, Kity. Comet what shall I got you, if you will only break yourself of this odious babitt I'll buy yon a beautiful lit le pony." "Oh, delightful!" t-xclaimed Katy. "I'd do any-thing in the world for such a gill yes ; I'll slop it if I have to cut my tongue out! " " Oh, Katy ! Katy ! " cried her husband, " you are incorrigible."But Katy did try, and may you, dear reader, succeed as well as she, Olive Branch. From the Homo Journal. THR OLD SUGAR HOUSE. nr ohast TitonnuRN. Tho monument to tho flusar-hoaso martvrs. in pro cess of erection in Trinity Curch yard, is beginning to riso abovo tho Broadway railing. Tho monument, when iinished, will bo an ornament to that port of iho ouy. wm-nnges shall havo mingled with those beyond ihe flood, the spot on which stood this I'rison, will bo sought for with more than antiquarian interest, Tho demolition of this building is n blot nn the ecut-chsnn of tho State of New-York, t was built in the manner, end ol tho same material, as tho post-office, and with reasonable rare, it ruiyht havo stood a thou sand years a monument to nil generations, of ihe pains, peuatues, suiierings and uoaihs their lathers met, in procuring the blessings thev now inherit. It wan built in 1(8(), and was occupied as a sugar-refining manufactory, till 1770, when Lord Howe converted it into a placo of imprisonment for tho American prisoners. At ihe close o! tho war for Independence, the business of sugar refining was resumed, and continued till Iti'VJ or 1810, when it was removed, and ihe stores Nos. 3(1, J-', dl and 36 Liberty street, fill the nlnce where onco stood tli in British slaughter-houso for Amorican prisoners. Tito ynrds of tho sugar hntiso and Dutch Church now post ofVico woro separated by un Albany-board fence. On tho 18th of Juno, 1704, I camo from the shin. to board, lodge, and work iu Liberty street. From that day, I lived, moved, nnd had my being in Liberty street, between said sugar-bouse and Broadway, for the space of forty yrart. Burt of that lime, my dwelling was ou the opposito aide, directly fronting ihesugar-bouse. Then it was almost daily visited bv one or another of thoso war-worn worthies, with their children, that they might seo tho place where their laiuers lay, unu suuerou. Tho following anecdotes I heard from their own litis from General Hamilton, Morgan Lewis, Colonel Varick, John I'intard, and other Revolutionary worthies, then iu the prime of life, but now all numbered with the dead. Tho sugar-house prison was a dark stuno buildinc. grown gray and rusty wiih age, exhibiting a dungeon-liko aspect, ond transporting the memory back to scenes of former duys, when tho Involution poured its desolating waves over the fairest portion nf tho laud. It was live stories high, and each story was divided into two dreary apartments, wiih ceilings so low, and the light from the windows (which were small and deep) so dun, ; that a stranger would readily take the place lor a jail, ! On tho stoiiesiutho wait, mid on manv of the bricks below the ollice window, were still to be seen initials nnd ancient dates, as if dono with a pen knito or nail. i Ina wns the work of muny of the Amorican prisoners. who adopted this, among olh"r means, to while away the weeks and years of ifieir long, imiuotonousconliuu-ment. Thoro was n wall around tho build inn. ami the yard was fenced in with a woodon wall, ten feet high, 1 wo llossiaiis or BritMi soldier walked around ihe building, day and night. Ono morning, t notice. I two of tho soldiers in the sugar-hougo ynid; they had only thre e legs between, them ono having a wooden leg. I .tt'diiH-d n moment. 1 listening to their conversation, nt,d as they went slow ly moving from the yard, said I to them. " Gentlemen, lo either ot you rememher tins building 7" " Ay, in-ilend, I shall never foreet it." replied he of iho leg; " for twelve months, that dark Indo ," pointing to the cellur, "was my only homo; and nt that door, I saw the corpse of my brother thrown into the dead-cart, nmung a heap of others, who had died tho night pronoun oi me jan u vor. n line uieievnr was raging, i wo were lot out in the yard in companies ol tweinv. for half an hour, to brenihe tlio fresh air, and inside we were so crowded, that wo divided our number into) squads of six each. Number one stood ten minutes a close in tin window as itmy could crowd, to catch the coid air; they stopped buck when number two took iheir places. Seats we Imd none; and our beds wore straw, thrown on the floor, with vermin intermixed. And there," continued be, pointing with his cane tn a brirk in tho wall, "is my kill-time work A. V. 8 1777 viz i Abraham Van Sickler, which I scratched with nn old natl." Wfieit peace catno, many learned the fato of their relatives from those initials. My house being near by. I asked them in stop in. break bread, nnd trc their vhit'lc; (they looked very poor.) Tho brend, beer, and Yankee cheese let loosn their tongues, and I heard from their lip " The ttory of the lat leg;" but it is too long for iho prudent sitting, and too good lo break iu pieucj, so wo l:nvo it for number iwo, next week. HENRY WARD BEECHER. Wo see a tiotico that this distinguished preacher has received a present of $15,01)11, to secure him a summer residence in tho country. We tnnt ho will bo able to receive all the adulation, and all tho wealth that bis friends pour upon him, and yet retain tho humility, the simplicity, tlio faith nnd ardor of nil " cmbatsador for f .nmc. Din unless wt aro deceived, more is a vtmt leaf of danger in such circumstances. Ch. Herald and Memcnger. lo iho above Mr. Bcecher ronltos in The Indepen dent thus: Wo thank our friend for tho well meant kindness. Wo no bmger resist that decreo of the American public, which makes a man's privacy n pond for newspapers to angle in; and which allows them to hang up for inspection the details of domes! ic atl'iirs, like articles on exhibition at the Crystal falace. As we never have had iho above $Ui,0U0 given ns, that is not likely tn hurt us. But tho in'ddlin r with our domestic nnd private affairs is much more real, and much morn dangerous in our grace tho graco of good nature, nt any rate. Our cradle, our nursery, our wardrobe, our parlor, our hmiio, mir lecture-room, in turn, furnish paragraphs. Iteligious newspapers publish them nl-tnost without inquiry, especially if they smac k of ec centricity, tolling stones may gather no moss; but rolling stories do. 11. A few friends have enablrd us to purchase n fil m If) l.enox, Hurkshire county, Mass,, which Ihe deeds, with great (lelimteness, ssiy contains " ntuety-six acres morearttu. wegavo lor isrrn nnd larin liuiuiiiii.'", $1,500, Kor ihe crops, stork, implements, &xs., $1,000 moro. Total, $V500. Any person iu search of usclul information can have further particulars, as in terms of payment, and any other private publicities, by per sonal application io ub. III. As we are recuiving numerous letters of nimll- cation from poisons who wish iu conduct our farm for us, wo would inform all who aro anxious to know, ihat wo have happily secured our brother-in-law m resido upon the place, conduct li, and relievo us of all care and responsibilfiy. He is a young man of about Hi) years of age; reasonably good looking; married, and has three promising children two girls and ono hoy. Any larts concerning au private all irs may bo directed to uuvcr uuiiarii, Lenox, Alass. IV. We are receiving numerous applications by let ter, and by person, for donations of money, on the ground that now we are rich j and ibnt a man who has received fin. null ought to testily his gratitude to the puulio iiy iihernl installments In individuals. Hue!) persons will please see abovo No. 2, But if I hat be not satisfactory, wo nro willing to contribute for the next five years, every cento! our share of tte( proftt of our farm, tit rharitnhle uses. We will noiify all interested when tlio dividomU aro to be declared. V. A" the public may find out some other of our private difficulties, and accuse us id' a want of frankness in this statotnent, wo proceed to inform them of some uthor fads for tho time is near ut hand, in which public men will be obliged to Imitate the Banks, and uivn a weekly exhibit of their whole condition. Wo are troubled to know whether to build at all or not. The principal dilliculty consists in the means nf paying lor Ihe house If we build one. At present we aro not hall ns certain about the means as tlio nows-papers am. Next, we find that our economy and our desire of room are at loggerheads. We havo marked and remarked; we have tried two architects, and they have tlanneit and replanned, ami we hnd that it is impossi Die to build a large house with a li'tle money. It is a grrnt pity that it is so, but so It is. Then, we are at a dead stand about tho material whether it shall be wood or stone. Stone of ihe finest quality is close at hand, and my cheap; but there are moral res sons, ns well as somo others. For, the best atone is a kind of marble; and a raarblo country bouse that would ruin any minister's reputation. Aud so everything stands still. Well, ihe winter is before us. aomoihing may turn up yet. we are determined in keep au eyo upon the newspapers, so that, if any good luck befall us, wo may bnd it out. Above nil, we shall anxiously watch, in them, the progress nf this coitago. The abovo is one of Iho bust hits wo have seen, for years, nt a very prevalent nuliauoo. We would like to see tho man who will now inquire about parson IUiciieh's country place. The reverend gentleman has the genuino dements or fun in him, and wo have laughed heartily at ihe sharp waggery of his rosponsu, Hit them Bgnia. They deservo it. Collision on the HunsoH. The steamer Ullca, on her passage to Cattakdl on Tuesday night, came in collision with the sloop Jane Grant. A young lady (name unknown) was knocked overboard, and several passengers injured. Tho body of the young lady was recovered next morning. Uotn vessels were considerably damaged. Bhioium You ii a, Governor of Utah, recommends the mooting ul thieves npon tbo spot. THE ART JOURNAL OK BL00MERISM. The August number of thn London Art Journal contains some remarks on tho Bloomer cystoma, which most ladies will assent to: "Wo venture now to devote a few woids to the Bloomer costume, although wo are nwaro Ihil this is troadingon tender ground, especially as the costume involves a sudden and complete ch it o M :H dress Independently of its merits or demerits, iln-ru were severul reasons why It did not succeed in this country lu the first place, as wo have before observed, it originated in America, and was attempted to be intro- auceu itirough the middle rentes. In tbo second place, the change which it endeavored to e fleet was ton sudden. Had the alteration commenced wilb the m I'll or classes, nud tho change been effected sradU' ally, its success might possibly have been diilerent. Thirdly, the large hut, so well adapted to the burning sun of America, was unnecessary nnd remarkable when forming part of thi cosImiiio of adult ladies in this country, although we have seen that hats quite as large were worn uuriug mo nine ot Wainsoorougu. Another reason for the ill-success of the Bloomer costume is to be found in tho glaring nnd frequently ill assorted colors of the prints of it winch were every where exposed i lh shop windows. By many sober mindtd persons, the largo bat and glaring colors were looked upon as integral parts of the costume. Tim numerous caricatures also, and the Injudicious attempts to make it popular by gotting up 'Bloomer balls, contributed to render iho costunio ridiculnu aud unpopular. Setting aside tho hat, thediiiingiiiidi lug characteristics of the costumo are the klmrt dre, and a polka jacket fitting the body at the throat and shoulders, and confined at tho waiit by a t-ilkeu sash, nnd i no trowsers fastened by a band round 'lie anklo, and finished off with a frill. On the score of modesty (here can he no o1nctiou to the dress, sirco the whole ot tho body is covered- On tho grounds of conven ienco it recommends itself to those who, having ihe superintendence of a family, nro obliged fr qucnily to go up and down stain, mi which occasions it in always necessary to raise the dress before or behind according to circumstances. The objection to the trowsers is not to lids article of dress being worn, since iht is u general practico, but to their being see-t. Yt we suspect few ladies would object, on ibis account, appear at a fancy bull in the Turkish costume, The dismlvaiiingeg of iho dress nro its novelty for we nmuom tote a lasiiiou iu wuitn wo urn enureiy unaccustomed and tho exposure which it involves of tho foot, tho shape of which, iu this country, is so frrnuentlv distorted by wearing tight shoes of a different shape irom me moi. uio suort dress is obtectionnhle in another point of viow, because, us short petticoats diminish the apparent height of the person, none but thoso who possess tall aud elegant figuiet will look well in tho costume : and appearance is generally sullered to prevail over utility and convenience. If tn tho Bloomer costume hud been added tlio long under- dress ol ttie ureek women, or hart Ihe Irnwtors been as full as those worn by the Turkish and East Indian women, the general effect of iho dress would hive been much mure elegant, although perhaps less useful Setting aside all considerations of fashion, as we always do in looking nt tho fashions which are gone by.it was imitosiblo for any person lo deny that the Bloomer costume was by far iho most elegant, ihe most modest, and ihe most convenient." Correspondence ot Iho New Voih Tribune. LETTERS FROM THE 80UIH -No. IV. Down South, Wednesday, July 0, I8.'i3. I havo recently been in a neiyhboihood wIkio a bu glecall tit twilight can bo beard by 1,500 negroes in their cabins, while twenty-five would im lu'ie nil ihe whites for mik-s around; )ot not a door is h-cked nt night; 1 mean of rourse in Ibodwelings of ihe whites, so I ran qui I nro tin ir slumbers in iho midst ol ihcir servants. Iu warm weather it is iho custom in ihe coun try to leave tlo windows nnd doors upon at ni'dit, ex cepting Uio pantry. The negro understands that eatables are not included in tlio commandment, "Tlmu shah not steal," and therefore appropriates all in that line he can lay bauds upon. Their fust for good Ihiugs is gratified at this season by a grand bniinuet on almost nv ry plantation. This is givuti by tho mnBtor iu honor of 'laying by tlio crop' as it is called i.e. running over it with ploughs lor the last lime aud ns a celebration of the 4th July. T.iko tbo following ns a sample: It was abarbacue given by one of my friends tu bis servants on Ihe 4 Hi. Thoro wern present about a hundred white Invited guests and his own slaves only some two or three hundred in number. Tim tables were spread under the shade of a fine grove, mid were loaded with all the delicacies nf tho season, served precisely alike for white and black, excepting in dm matters of silver forks and (ho costlier wines. Kiieudsbio prevailed on all handt during iho repast, after which the hand for they had an admirable nno composed of "field hands" vn ordered. Taking its pluco hotweuri ihe two parties, partners were chosen, nnd nil' thof start-, cd on Iho gruB iu tho delightful old conntrUatices. A merrier party you uoveranw. lu tho evening camo a grand display uf liro works. The entertainment cost Iho owner several hundred dollars, besides meats, veg etables, &c, of bis own raising. Tho frolic was not only nominally given to the slaves, but tbey were treated by uio whites in sucti a way as to uiaxo assurance on that point doubly sure. Hiding through the country, you hero nnd there descry n white-wushed hamlet half bidden among (be trees, which the practiced eye knows to be a "quarter." If Hie day be a pleasant ono, you seo before the door of tbo largest bouse which iu its interior ar rangement serves tho double purpose nt nursery aud hospital a troop of urchins di.-qmrling themselves alter the manner of such, und r iho eyo of an aged woman. She nurses nml cooks for tho children while Iheir parents aro nfield. Often thero are several of theso supen.umeraries engaged in friendly chat beneath tbo shade, while wreathes of smoke curl up from their oft replenished pipes. Lounging about the spot, or rolling upon iheir beds within, are such con valescing patients ns may bo on the sick list, livery planter nnd overseer has to be a sort of quack doctor, able In prescrihu in ad ordinary cases. Tlio chief dilhrufiy in sickness is in the matter of diet, Graham would never make converts among this people, for a negro cannot nee how a little something to eat should hurt n body. Tbey will stuff, sick or well, and all hands in iho qtnrter cotinivo in evading the requisi tions nt dietetics, shrewdly judging H a man ilotrt est In will die. Nut long since a "boy" i.e. n man thirty years old whs lecovoring from a severe illness, I nnd, while yet very weak, wns enjoined by bis master lo observe ii strict regimen lor a lew days, wiih ihe assurance of being then entirely well. Of courso he promised impltcH obedience, lint before long fie wns seized wiih violent cramps, nnd collapse was ensuing, when the overseer, a sort of Tlioinpsonian quack, poured lobelia down, and lo, up l ame neatly a half peck of "corn field peas," prepared for him by ono of liis nurses, under iho impressi n that the poor Ihins needed a little nonrii-liniciit. Tin hoy's life was saved, but n large number tail victims tn the immoderate cravings of appetite and tbo firm persuasion that diet ing is worse limn uenttl. A litilo after the "crack of day" you will hnnr tin overseer's bom. calling all bands up. Pnwmlv tin force is muster-'d, grouped according to their respective wora, and i ll ttn-y Mart, i ho cooks nt homo prepare their meals, which nre ilispatihed tu tbo fields by a cart, "An hour or two by sun," ihey are called off to a shed erected for the purpose in every field and here, amid much laughing nud talking, breakfast is taken. Two hours, sometimes three, or even more, aro given for rest in "the beat nf the day," and by sundown l hey nre marching home. Supper ihey prefer to prepare, each lor himself. Tins meal often extends far into the night for notwithstanding negroes love sleep, they love i-aiing nnd frolic belter, and will often do with an incredibly small amount of the former tor a long time, lor the sake ol the latier. Otio alien noon, and in many cases two in tho week, aro iheir own, beside the rest ol ciunday. During their spare tune, tbo women wash for themselves and tbo men, while the alter cultivate their own garden and cotton patches, and those of Hie women, by way of remuneration for the luundry service. Besides, they all raise chickens, pins, anil such like, which Uioy dispose ol to the muster or neighbors. Here is an example ot the manner m which the commercial iratisaciions of the negroes aro managed on a well regulated plantation. Kadi negro works and gathers his eoltou patch, and receives the weight from die overseer when it is "giuned.' This memorandum is carried to the mispress, who has Sambo credited with it. He then specifies what ''extras ' ho wishes brought in return lor bis crop t and t hese are purchased when tbo family supplies aro laid in l or i( he prefer. ho is paid in money a' market price. Thus ach onee has an account with " Missus or " Masna." Then, by way of regulating Hie polico of the "quarter' and niacin mercantile operations upon a secure basis, a court is orin uired. of which Iho owner or his wife is judge a sherd! is elected by tho constituency; and in all cases ot distune a jury oi six ol the litigaut's peers is empaneled light to challenge being of course allowed and the parties appear personally or by counsel. Oneer pleading, you mav be sure. Hi en endues. By Iho way, nno of the funniest books of the ago might bo written from notes obtained at the meet. nips nt negriH'B in an - mucini cupacny." i The decision of the jury is irrevocable), and the sheriff proceeds to enforce tho penalty, Frequently they havo coods aud chattels brought to the hammer. Thero is not a little practise in these courts; for the slaves, like their betters, havo u decided taste for law suits. You would be surprised and amused to overlook snmo of tho orders made out for Cufl'ee. Artificial flowers, white silk slippers nearly largo emiucb for Goliath white gloves, &o., may often bo seen In nupnsiiiuii ior iiuuqi irmisseatl. Money in rarely a start commodity with negroes. They have a great proclivity for traffic, and some of litem signalize themselves burn mercDants. uy lauor, trade and economy, there are but few that could not buy themselves in a few years. But, as a general thing, frugality is a word the meaning of which is unknown and uncared for by the race. Family servants have much the feeling of old Scotch claus identity with tho lutertit of tuo owner, aud family pride. They have due contempt for upstart nejhbois, the recent rich; and poor white folks are objects of supreme derision. Their airs, iu presence of such, are lordly to haughtiness; and, when concilia tory nt alt, it is alter the uiost approved tv oe ot coude- sceuaion. Bat lo all the members of the" family, their lovo js a blending of friendship and worship. They make far more of the children than of their own. I havo soon nothing more beautiful than the sleepless cure unu reverent ii.-vmion oi an old negro nurs, in tending her master's chiUren; and these ore anqdy rewarded by (he affection and contiJi-nce which these scions of nobler mould maintained for ' M inima" tho nurse's title through life. I was present 'he other day at a conversation, in which a planter fieri d to en om io a neighbor, "i will take," said he, "live hundred thousand dollars for my thousand negroes nnd five plantations will null all I have, save ibeold wo man that nursed me; and she you could'nt buy with all your money." Mamma is generally preferred by the children to tbo mother, ond ihe Cook is the next favorite. Under Iho auspices of these worthies the vounesters din their ash- cuke into tho pot liquor, relishing the greasy meal more man nn me canines oi ine table. The truest picture in Mrs. Stowe's book is Hint of Aunt Chine, with Maasa George in her cabin. It is diverting in the extreme to near ine old Women tn chorgo ol the ch Huron lecture them ; "'vise wid Vni " and talk tn "'pm for detn own good." They seem, at limes, furious, but always wind up by letting the "darling creeters" have their own way. A strong attachment likewise grows up between tbo boys and irls at the house and theiryoungnegropbiy-ma'es Many a " lussel," and sometimes regular light mveiiieyot me masculine-gender; in which often as ith.-rwise, the master comes idi' second best. But he would scorn to seek redress at his lalher's, or any one's hand. If ho can't whin I'eto himself, he allows thai gentleman to remain "cock of tho walk." Erich child of the family bus bis body servant or her maid; nnd ihey grow up together iu habits of intimacy, hnknnun elsewhere, between persons in the lamo relative conditions. A son has been ofl n vearnr two nt school and ia now daily looked for. At length, the bnat-wbistle announces his appronch. All hands leave work, and hasten to the landing. What whooping nnd yelling as he quits Hie plank, what shaking h inds, hugging ani kissing. He cries, and shouts and dances: so do thev. All "tear round like wild." and have the "biggest fuss in all creation." Geoffrey Crayon ought to have witnessed a scene liko this lo have immortalized it in his sketchbook.Tho infirmitiesand poccadillocsof the whito children are roadly excused and invariably concealed by the servants, so that (he pranks are practised with impu nity, in sight or at Ihe expense of the kind hearted retainers.Tlio most reliable nmong them nre the coal black. Tho farther from this hue they recede, the shorter-lived, less haidy.mure tricky they become. Butmulat-toes pride themselves amazingly upon their (white blond. At a meeting between an Agent of the Colo-nizaliun Society nnd a company of negroes, held some time since iu Mobile, altera good deal had been said, a "mixed blood " nrose, and expatiated at length upon Africa ns the home of lite colored man, and the propriety of nil going as opportunity offered. &c. &c. but concluded by remarking, that as it was certain death to Angio-saxons, nnd ns he was a member of that re-uowned race, ho should remain in tho land of his fithera.und lay his bones with his brothers, insisliug that nil " niggers" should go to "Alrikey, whar dey cum from." CORRESPONDENCE. Poll tics -Putnam's Illustrated Catalogue Eaton's Now court Dress-Thc Crystal Palace -Hiblo's Garden and Amusements. Sr Nicholas IJnTxr., Nkw York, October 10, 1853. It would bo an agreeable interview to sit down in your sanctum nnd talk with you in roferenco to the fortunate division in tbo New York Democracy, but you can glean neatly all from the city papers, and I cannot telegraph myself to Columbus. Bo I will leave politics to (he President, tho Czar, the Emperor, tho Sultan and Mr. Joint Russell, merely adding that, if you wish to see gall personified, just come to New York j and mingle among the two wings of the iramacula' leaders. Rrnlly, " it is beautiful, as thedown-easier say. It is still more beautiful to learn that nearly Iho same state of feeling exists iu Massachusetts which prevails here. Under this state of facts, It would be stupid, indord.if somo respectable number of parsons could not be found sufficiently largo to relieve these harmonious gentlemen from tho burdeus of government, and that load from President I'ierco's shoulders which ho seems tu find sn onerous. Could not Ever ett or some other equally reliable and intelligent statesman, be induced to take his place in 1850 T Then, could not Mr. Curwin, who is one of tbo best n at ii red men iu the world, bo prevailed upon to fill the placo now occupied by Gov, Marcyt We shall seo. Siwflititig of Mnrcy reminds me of his order iu reference to thocoslumeof foreign diplomats at foreign courts, and tho new dress of Soule, our Minister at Spain. It will bo romemberec! that it was black silk velvet, trimmed with embroidered silk instead uf gold lace. Eaton & Co , under the St. Nicholas, have just completed a similar dress for some gentleman, now hern, destined, I think, for Atia, Tlio suit is neat and elegant, whilst it is sufficiently rare to signify that its wearor is a person of more than ordinary importance. These gentlemen have lately imported a new kind f sock for gentlemen, with cotton tops and worsted soles, nnd of different color the two kinds of texture united with nn ingenuity which Is really wonderful tn tho uninitiated. Stocks of imported articles are unusually largo this yenr, as you will infer if you havo looked over the aggregate of duties received and goods entered at this and other ports Tho operation of the S ib Treasury law is making trouble, aud will prove Hie folly of its author eventually. Thirty millions of specie locked np in the vautts of the Custom House will burdly suit anybody just now. Tho Crystal Palace is now complete, and forms an attraction of which, under all ihe circumstance i, wo may II be proud, since there are collected thero mere of the curious, useful and interesting, from all parts of tbo world, than wo could havo seen in any other way or place, for many years to come, without just such a col lection. As wo enter from Sixth Avenue, upon each side are the finest specimens of Italian statuary, in great profusion; whilst in front stand the proudrevl-donees of Powers' superiority, in his Eve, Greek Slave, Proserpine aud Fisher Boy. As we lift our eyes they meot Kiss' Bronze Horsu and Amazon Woman, teceiv- ing the attack of the Infuriated Tiger. Just behind us aro Gobulin tapestries of Franca, frequently taken for oil paiutiii'.ts, some of them costing $-30,000, though not fivo feet square Here are Ihe various specimens of Presses, nno of them engaged in throwing off the sheets of Putnam's IndustrialCatalogue or History nf the In dustrial Exhibition, with ongravingsof each artlcla of interest, an I somo description, where one ia required. Those who cannot come to the exhibition, should sub scribe for th" work, whilst those who have limn here will onj ty over again tho pleasure experienced in look ing at tbo various objects, on paper, which h ivo been fimiliar to them before. Up stairs, over the machinery, is the picture gallery, In which are many hundreds of beautiful and meritorious paintings. Upon one side you will find the plate of Queen Victoria, and up m ihe uthor, that manufactured by oar American artists Over tho way is a wax widow In deep mourning for her lost lord, but evidently from the r4erc( man ner of tier dress, looking out for another. Down below is a huge pL'co of Mahogany, weighing about a ton, from the Emperor of Haytl. Opposite ore repeating Rifles, Cannon, Pistols aud all the various monitions uf war, in close proximity with the ploughshare, Hie pruning book and the other instruments ol agricul ture. Every body goes to the Crystal P.iluce, and almost every body, in the evening, goes to seo tim llavelt or hear the Opera at Niblo'a Garden. The crowds at the Ravels aie really wonderful. Ladies stand up some times for the whoto evening, for tho sake of seeing their wonderful feats and laughable pititomnoe. A new nViuenie, MrolsmnifiMIe Y.-rka, a Itustdaii be.oiiy, is astonishing the natives, whilst CunManzl M inzitii, StttVaiioniund Berlucca Marelzeck, with Salvi, !!-tw. ventamj and Martnl, appear In the Opera tonight, iu Don Giovanni. Miss Dean begins to day, In Boston, her first appearance. Yours, Wknoki. Awful. A corresponded of the Albany State Keg itter, writing from Niagara Kails, perpetrates tho following excruciation paragraph: ".hero is a deal of wit. bit in this world yet. Our ilrivnr .hi' na all not cheHlu As WO Were driving along towards tho Clinton House, wo espied the little pocket edition nf n steamer that runs nil nn. nnd and under the fall the Maid of the Mitt. The driver care, ask.! na il we knew what sho was mute of T We answered (very wisely) that we supposed sho was constructed of wood and iron. Onsi bee w biatlrd fnr a moment, and then turning his eyes full upon us, wiih a mnrrv MmH1 daiicing in ihe corner of each of them, he replied 'No sir, she ia Maid ofth Mht!' Wo duly acknowledged Hie 'sell' and jogged on, largely eniigrtt ened in the mysteries oi sieainimni uuuumg on ine not defined in generalities thai acimii ol a dozen con-Niagara. The pun was as old as the boat, but 'dread- struciione, but specific, and not liable to bo misunder- itcJ' good. JAPAN. Highly Important Newt from Commodore Perry t Expo dition. By the overland mail received in England, wo learn that the United States expedition sailed from Loochoo on juiy dn ior Japan ; the Commodore a fleet, consisted of the steamers Susquehanna and Princeton, and iho ships Plymouth and Saratoga, to be followed by the steamer Powhattnn and frigate Vandoliu. The North China Herald of July 9th says: Information has reached us that while the United States fleet were in Ihe neighborhood of Napican, (Napakiang) the Susquehanna and Saratoga went on a cruise to the eastward, and touched ot several beautiful islands, where they distributed live stock. Tiiey also touched at an island named Boaian. To their aurnrisn thv discovered a few European residents, consisting of ui.pOBu, liuijiiu, imu unu opamsu, wno nan leu wuaiers auu esmousiieu themselves there. Among them were about oloveii women. The Governor of the island is a Scotchman. Ho claims tho island as bis own, and he has been settled there about twenty years. He bos a family of several children, one of whom was drowned a few davs before Ihe rtiisntirtlinnna touched there, in endeavoring to cross tbbas - Com. Perry made a purchase of a piece of land, containing almost ten acres, for fiflv dollars. It is in a ffood situation on nn nf Hih heat aitna of thn naruor. an ft it is intended for a government coal depot. The island is mountainous and the harbor excellent. having from eight to twenty fathoms of water at tho ancnorago. dihii mti, such as lobsters and craw Hsu abound, and plenty of wild cunts, plantains, bananas and choirs fruits. The Russian frigate Pallas, and a Russian brie of war, imuieuiaiejy unoweu ine American squadron. The Monument on the snot where Mnior Andre was captured, near Turrytown, was dedicated with appro priate ceremonies, on trio, ay last. I here were nearly two thousand persons present, including eight or ten military companies, and one hundred and twenty sol diersnf the war of 181ii. Governor Seymour dedicated the Monument with a short address, and he was followed by H. J. Raymond. Eio.. of New York, in an able discourse, which occupies a whole page of the isew i ora i tmet. 1 he Monument is of Sing Sing marble, given by the State, and was erected by the contributions of citizens of Westchester. It is a conical shaft rising from a square pedestal. The base is eight feet square and the height twenty-six feot. It stands upon the spot where Andre was stopped by the three militiamen. The, ground was given for the purpose, by its owner, a ' colored man named William Taylor. The inscription, I which is by J. K. Paulding, reads as follows: On this spot, the 23d day of Sept., 1780, THE SPY, MAJOR JOHN ANDRE, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE B1UTU11 ARMY, Was captured by JOHN PAULDING, ISAAC VAN WART AND DAVID WILLIAMS, All natives of ti is. county. History has told the rest. Tho people of Westchester county have erected this monument, as well to commemorate a great event, as to testify their high estimation of that integrity, which, rejecting overy temptation, rescued Hie United Sti. tes from most imminent perils, by baffling the arts of a spy, and the plots of a traitor. Railroad Collision, A collision occurred about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, between the mail troius oast and west, of the Ohio and Pennsylvania uniroaci, wnen about three miles this side or Alliance. It appears that the train going east was hehing time. and the train going west started from Alliance. Mr. Solomon W. 11 iberts, Chief Engineer of the road, who was on the oilier train, assumed the grave responsibility of mounting the engine and setting the machinery in motion with bis own hands ; and the trains consequently mot, wiih a violent concussion. The number ol persons injured is variously estimated at not less than six or mora than twelve. One man, named James B. Garvey, who resided in Washington countv. Penn sylvania, had a leg nearly torn off. rendering amputation necessary. It 1s thought he cannot recover. Tho baggage was scattered around in every direction. Mr. Roberts, whose rath conduct has produced re suits so serious, slaitsf that he sent a telegraphic dispatch from Mussillon to A llisnce, ordering the conductor uf the trtJ itl'.ll 'est to wait until be nrrivnd. We learn that ihia lispatch never left Massillnn. the lines not beiug in Waking order; and as Mr. Roberts started away before this fact could bo mnde known to him by the operator nt this station, the catastrophe resulted as we have above stated. Instead uf communicating wilb tuo operator himself, he told a third person lu have it sent. This explanation may possibly satisfy the Board of Directors; but should the affair be judiciously investigatrd, some other defense mul be originated. Mauillon Newt. Oct. 6th. Thinus that ark Corn-to. Manhood will come, old age will come, and the dying bed will come, and the very last look you shall over cast upon your acquaintances will come, and tho ngony of Ihe parting breath will come, and tbo time when you are stretched a lifeless corpso beluro tho oyos of weeping relatives will come, aud the coffin that is to eucloso you will come, and that hour when the company will assemble to cai-ry you lo ihe church yard will come, and that minute when you are put in the gravo will come, and the throwing in of the loose earth into ihe narrow house where you are laid, and tho spreading nf the reon sod aver it all, all will come on every living creature who now hears me ; and in a few little years the minister who now speaks, and the people who now listen, will be carried to their long homos, and make room for another generation. Now, all this, yon know, must and will happen your common sense nnd common experi ence servo to convince yno of it. Perhaps it may have been Utile thought ul in ine days ol careless and thoughtless anil thankless unconcern which yon have spent oitberto; but I cnll upon you to think of it now, to lay it seriously to heart, aud not longer to trifle and delay, when the high matters id death nnd iudiimmt and eternity, nro thus set so evidently before ymi. And tho tilings wherewith l am charged and the blood lielh upon your own head and not upon mine, il you will not listen lo them tho object of my comiunt to you is to let ymi know what more tilings nro to curat) ; it is to carry you beyond the regions of sight and sense to Hm regions of faith ; and to assure you, in the name of Him who cannot lie, Hist as sure as the hour of lay ing ihe body in the grave comes, so surely will also come the hour of the spirit returning in Hie God who gave it. Yes, and the day of final reckoning will came, and the appearance of tho Son of God in heavrn, and bis mighty angola nround him will come, and the open ing or tnebonits will come, and the standing ol the men of all generations before Hie judgment seat will o-imn ; and the solemn passing of that sentence which is lo fix ,you for eternity will come. Chambert. Liberation or Kosta. We were not wrong yester day, we find, in surmising that the visit of ihe Austri an Minister to Mr. Piarcy, at Albany, related to the disposal oi ihe iotia case. ve now learn ihat the Austrian Government, about a month ago, consented to the liberation of Kosta, on condition that bo should be nut on board of au American vessel and return directly to tbe United Slates; and the Austrian Minister at Constantinople wns instructed to communicate ihis de termination in uio American minister, Mr. Marsh. This consent lo tbo release of Kosta was giver, we understand, in consrquence of the recovery nf the Man gsrinn regalia, as lelatcd in our last Paris letter and in the French papers. It appears that as Koala was one of Kossuth's party when the Hungarian crown. Ac. were lakenfrnm Buda, it was supposed that he could givo information of Ihe disposition of the articles which might lead to their recovery t aud this wo learn was ihe motive, nr one of the motives, which induced his seizure at Smyrna About the last of August the missing renal i a was dis covered, ns our renders are already informed, near irrsova, jiisi wiiiicmi ine Hungarian bonier, to which Kossuth first fled. The recovery of ihe crown and jewels, together with the necessity of relieving Hie French Consul General Irom the disagreeable engngn nienlto keep Kosta, induced lbs Austrian Government to consent to lus reioose, on the condition stated above We see it further mentioned, in the New York llera'd. that, in consenting lo this arrangement, the Austrian Government reserves the right of considering Kosta asnn Austrian subject, ii he snail return to turkey, " mi long as hs shall not tie divested of his native h i-(inutility in a regular and lawful way." The Washington Union, which his a v nt deal of trouble in keeping up a show of discipline In Hie Deni- erratic party, hat issued nn order lulormtng all Homo cratic editors, orators, and office seekers, that to abuse tho cabinet is tu abuse tho president, and that the attempts to discriminate between them, as in the speeches of George W. Clinton and other Hauls, will not bo tolerated. The Union says that for the policy of the administration the president is responsible, and thit he docs net skulk behind his ndvisers, after tbe manner of constitutional mnnaichs, It sayst "Ho selected them hecmno he knew them to be competent lo givn him advice, and because he had full assurnnce Iheir counsel would lie at all times wise, sincere, and valuable. It was wiih no view of escaping Ihe high responsibility which the constitution imposes upon him as ihe head of the government, that he formed his political family oadvlseis." I tie neriaiuiy count not iikvn ennsen nouer, ii ma purpose was to have all smts of advice for all sorts id emergencies. II he wants rreesoil nefvfee, be can calf upon Mr. McClellnni if he warns Disunion ad vie. be can call upon Gen. Davis; il lie wants Hunker ndvice, be can call upon Mr. Guinrie; and II be wants advice upon all sides, lie can turn to Gen. Gushing, who bns been nn all shirs and belonged to all parties. But if the taiilitul iirmocrncy sn not In lie suitoretl to give an opinion against any ol Hut cabinet, Hnrt certainly ought tn be an authorized exposition of what they hold to; for so various have been their sentiments upon all the great questions of the day, thai the most careful and well inbntinned Democrat ranimt open his mouth without going against one or another. There should hn laid down a Democratic creed, plain and sfmnle I stood. A Philadelphia Romance Not long since a yonng gentleman from Alabama arrh'ed iu tins city, for the purpose of being admitted into one of our Medical Colleges. A lew days alter his arrival he was walking along Chestnut street, aud seeing q young lady at the door of a private residence, he stepped up to her and handed her a beautiful boquet. A night or two afterwards be rang the bell of ine same house, and deposited another boquet with the young lndy. A short time alter tbe lady received a note from the same gentlemen, signed Harry, breathing tones of tenderness and all sorts of foolery, aud soliciting her to meet him at the corner of Eighth and Waluut streets, on Sunday ntght. In tbe meantime. liowfvu iIia vntlxn i.i.. showed tbe Utter to her father, who made arrangements to comply with the vouub 0mfr,' n.i.. and on Sunday night, accompanied by Marshal Keyser! the father told his daughter to disguise herself, and then loiioweu uer in mo place assigned lor tho meeting. The youth wns there according to expectation, and tho two mot. In the moantimo the father and the Marshal walked up lo him, and lie was taken into custody. He was taken before Mayor Gilpin, where he refused to give bis name, and was ordered to find bail lo an-swer the charge of attempting tn abduct ihe girl. A ' commitment was subsequently made out, and he was placed in the hands of the officer to convey him to tbe lock-up for a further hearing, incase ho did not find bail. He finolly sent for one of the Professors of the College, who went his bail. Sim. To Brinci the Drowned to Lit. Intended to be put in every Man't hat. Immediately as the body is removed from the water, press the chest suddenly and forcibly downward and backward, and instantly discontinue the pressure. Repeat this violent interruption until a piir of common bellows can be procured. When obtained, introduce the muzzle well upon tho base of the tongue. Surround tbo mouih with a towel or handkerchief, and close it. Direct n bystander to press firmly upon the projecting part of tho neck, (called Adam'sapple,)and use the bellows actively. Then press upon tbe chest to expel the nir rrorn the lungs, to imitate natural breathing, Coutinue this at least an hour, unless signs of natural breathing come on. Wrap tho body in blankets, place it near a fire, and do evoryihing to preserve the natural warmth, as well as to impart au artificial heat, if possible. Everything, however, is secondary loiuflatiiog the Jungs. Send for a medical man immediately. Avoid all frictious, until respiration sbnll ho in some measuro restored. Valkntike Mott. Bur. Gen. Amer. Shipwreck Society. Colonel Benton on He mo vats fhom rivnr iv. desire the particular attention of mir readers to the very able and instructive paper winch appears in this sheet, from the pen of Col. Benton, unnii thn .iil.it of " removals from office." It contains a full aud cnn. elusive vindicatian of G-neral Jackson from Hie imputations of political proscription cost upou him by the the genius of De Tocque.ville. No one can rise from the perual of this aiticle without feeling convinced that, of all the slanders of which Gen. Jackson was the victim, there was none more groundless than this. Col. Benton also submits a view of our foreign diplomacy, which he promises to elaborate hereafter, and which will commend n self at onco to the approval of every Democrat. He says, the practice of having "ministers resident" at foreign courts isn modern invention, "a (trench of the old policy of the government, and a hitching nn American diplomacy to tho diplomacy of Europe." Ho insists, and in due season proposes to show, that the theory of our government and tho old republican usage only sanctions the employment of ' Ministers Plenipotentiary" and "Envoys Extraordinary," to bo rolled out on emergent oc-casions, and their functions to cease with the emergency. JV, Y, Evening Pott. Mazepfa. Voltnire, in his history of Charles XII. f snys: Maenpa was a Polish nobleman, born in the Palatinate of Podolia. Ho was educated as a page lo Jean Casimer, at whose court he acquired some knowledge of belles lettres. An intrigue which ho had with the wife of a Polish Palatine, having been discovered, the husband had him lied naked on a wild horse, which was then set loose. The horse, which wns from tho Ukraine, went back thither, carrying with him Mazeppa half dead from hunger and fatigue. Some peasants took care of him; ho remained with Ihem for along time, and distinguished himself in several incursions against the Tartars. His superior information made him highly respected among the Cossacks, and his fame, which was daily increasing, induced the Czar to create him a Prince of tb Ukraine." Such is the historical fact which furnished Lord Byron with ihe subject of his poem with this title. An Albany paper of Tuesday, referring to Mr. Hulse- maun's visit to Mr. Msrcy, repeats, as an accredited rumor in Albany, ihat an agreement had been entered into by ihe two liutciionaries that Koizta shall accede to certain stipulated conditions nf release which Austria is in dictate; or that Koizta shall, ns a condition of liberation, roinrn forthwiih to the United S'a'es. We think ihis rumor not improbable; for we can imnehie oirty something in regard In the disposal of Koszta, which could have given occasion foran official visit from Mr. Hulsemann to Mr. Msrcy, away from the seat of government. We hope, at any rate, Hint the story may prove rtue. The representatives of ihe two governments bavit.R vindicsted before tbo world tbe ground taken by ench U ihe matter io dispute, and as the man who caused the M.iliculty rannnt be kept in custody indefinitely, it would Pem to be absolutely necessary tu seek some practical sntqiinn of the atlair. There must be, fn some way, a term (njt to the man's imprisonment. Therefore it is that we rnrd ihe Albany rumor as not an improbable one. If. Int. Beautiful Extract. the annexed benniifid are takciilrnni Sir Humphrey Davy's Nalmonia; v. " t envy no quality of tbe mind orintellrci in others, X bo It gnius, power, wit or fancy hu' if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I bejieve most useful tn me, T should preferirm religions belief to every other blessing, for it maaes nm a disi-tnloof goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over tbe decay, the destruction of existence, tho most gorgeous nf oil lights i awakens lite even in death; and corruption and decay call np bniuty and divinhy ; makes an instrument uf fortune, and scales the ladder of assent to Paradise t aod far above all combinations of earthly hordes, calls up ihe most delightful visions nf pslms and sinaianths, the gnrdens of the blest, iha security nf evcrlsaiing jnyt where the sensualist and the sceptic view only Bloom. decay, annihilation aud despair. ExTRAnRntN art KiDi'i.iTT or a Don. There la at Saratoga Springs a fine Newfoundland dog that for tho last year nnd "a half has watched the approach, and do parttire of ihe railway cars from that place. The animal was accidentally left at Saratoga about eighteen months ago, and since that time not a train has departed nor one arrived but what ibis devoted dog is in Hie depot, nnxinusly and faithfully wnlching fur his master. For eighteen long months he has never failed to be on ihe ground. He examines every stranger minutely, but makes acquaintance with no one Nobody knows where he en's, sleeps, or stiv thing further about him, than that be bns not found his master yet. Albany Tranteript. Ours is a country lo be proud of. The frntlpmati just elected Governor of Tennessee wns IsTl an orphan at two years of age, and, being friendless and penny-less, wns sent to the aires house, where he remained ni.lil be wns eight years old. All! i sgs be was apprenticed lo a tailor, whom he servi U (-ithUiliy, and iu due time made his wt.y, hnrefou'ed, to East Tennessee, whero by industry, economy ami patient perseverance, be sticrrrded in business, married a good wife, who aided him in his studies ; he became a popular speaker and legislators member of Congress, nnd now Governor furnishing a noble example of tbe tiuihnf the couplet: "Honor and wraith from low coudition rise," Scc.Sandmly Regitter, Historical Account of Htmkn. Hymen was a beautiful youth of A'hens, who, fur the love of a young virgin, disguised himself, and assisted at the Klusinian rites; and at this time he, together with his beloved nud divers other young ladies uf that city, were surprised and carried off by pirates, who supposing him to ho what he appeared, he was lodged wiih bis mistress. In the dead ol uiuht, when the robbers were all asleep, he cut their throats. Thence making hasty way back to Aihr-ns, he tmrgained wiih Ihe parents ihat be would restore I lem their daughter and nil her companions, if i bey would consent to their marriage; which prnvin very happy, It became the custom lo ir voke Hie name of Hymen at all nuptials. An Austrian martial order has juit bum Issued at Milan, calling by name upon forty-three political refugees in answer before n Court Martial lu charges of high ireason, on peril of being pronounced g-iihy in Ihi-ir absence. Austria has no bowels of mercy t but her wrath in those cases is impotent. We have ac counts, however, of twenty one more executions in l.omieirdy tor poimoBl ollonses, including several noble youths of high character. Truly, this ferocious power is daily treasuring up wrnth against the day of wrath A DrsrrnATi Leaf. Tho St. Lonis Republican sava ibnt one. day Inst week, as one of the trams was leaving the Pacific Itailrond depot, a horse was put in one of the cattle cars, and at once became mi much frightened at Hie strangeness of his position as to become iinmanngmble. Finnlly be become utterly frantic, broke bis halter, gave nno lenpo, nml cleared the top mil oi ina car. tie tell forward, and between the curs on tho coupling, whero be wns supported until the locomotive and cars could be slopped. Be-fore assistance could be rendered, be released himself from his difficult position, nnd away he bounded over ihe prairl. Me was a good deal briilsod, but sustained no serious injury. Ono day Inst week, in South Carrollon Muhtenburgh county, Kentucky, a young Isdy of good character, dsuahter of Col Wilson, having (teen calumniated by a young man, called upon him nrmed with a revolver, accompanied by her father. The slanderer could not nrdid nut deny his alligations, whereupon she fired, inflicting a dangerous, if out a fatal, wound in bis throat ,