the Secretary of this Institution, iu trus-tees and other officers with whom hewas in daily intercourse and commun-ion are es|>ecially reminded “that in themidst of life we are in death,” and for-cibly taught “what shadows we are,and what shadows we pursue.”

R<solred, That in this afflictive dis-pensation of Providence, the communityhave to mourn the loss of one of theirmost excellent, worthy, and useful citi-

zens and the officers of this institution,a friend and an associate, who had bya long course of fidelity in his official

position won their unqualified approba-;tion of him as an officer, and by hisamiable and courteous deportment in allhis intercourse with them, their respectfor him as a inan.

Resolved, That we sincerty sympa-thize with the widow of our deceasedfriend and associate in her sudden andirreparable bereavement, and knowinghow poor a solace in her affliction mustbe nil consolation derived from earth,

we commend her and her child, to a

Power above, who though he afflicts,

:has promised to be their friend.Resolved, As a further testimony of

our respect for the memory and our re-

gret far 4he loss occasioned by the sosudden decease ofour friend, and of our

inpa thy w ith his bereaved family, we

¦will attend his funeral in a body, wear-

ing crape upon the left ann.Resolred , That the President’s ad-

dress, together with the foregoing reso-lutions be entered on the minutes of thisboard, and that the clerk furnish a copyto be signed by the President and Sec-retary pro tern., and transmitted to thefamily of the deceased, and a copy for.insertion in the city newspapers.

William Pitkin, President.Geo. H. Mumford, Sec’y.

PERILOI S RI'N-OFF.

Quite ait exeit-ment in the neighborhood of

the Bridge on Buffalo Street, was created on

Monday afternoon, by the running off of a

horse—a buggy being attached, and a boy dri-

ving. The 2niinal took fright, running off

Buffalo Street into an alley in the rear of themachine nulls adjoining the bridge, taming in-to a small alley which leads into the river,

plunging full force into the water, when horse,buggy, and boy were washed by the threaten-ing current of the dashing Genesee down the

stream. Having presence of mind, the boy

caught the pier or base of the hutment as hepassed, and holding on, was thus snatchedfrom a waterv grave.

From the Detroit Free Press—Extra.

FULL PARTICULARS OF TIIE BURN-ING OF THE PROPELLER PHO2NIX.

We have the painful news of the de-struction of the Propeller Phoenix, to-

gether w ith upwards of *2OO passengers,of which one hundred and fifty wereHollanders, on their way to settle in the:west.

'Phis melancholy news we get fromthe Engineer, who returned to this cityon board the Delaware this day.

The Phoenix was bound up, and Sun-,day morning fast about 4 o’clock, whenwithin 15 miles of Sheybogan, she was jdiscovered to be on fire. After findingit impossible to extinguish the fire, andthat all who remained on board wouldperish in the flames, many jumped over-board to save themselves as best theycould.

About thirty got into the small boatsmany werc*picked up by the Delaw are,which hove in sight after the Phoenixwas in flames, hut not in time to renderany assistance to those who remainedon board, or were unable to get into thesmall boats

The engineer furnished us the namesof those known to have been lost, andwho he recollected by name.

Mr. West, lady and child, Racine.Mr. Fisk and lady,Mrs. Heath and sister, Little Fort,Mrs. Long and child, Milwaukee,J. Burroughs, Chicago,1). Blish, Southport,Two Misses Hazelton, Sheybogan,About twenty-five other cabin and

five steerage passengers; together withone hundred and fifty Hollanders.

Of the officers and crew w ere lost—D. W. Keller, steward, Cleveland,J. C. Smith, saloon keeper, Buffalo,N. Merrill, 2d mate, Ohio City,W. Owen, “2d engineer, Toledo,H. Robinson, Ist fireman, Buffalo,Deck Hands—T. Halsey, T. Ferte-

mi, RiveT St. Clair; J. Murdock, AJMurdock, Canada; George ,

('-alon bov— H. Tisdale, of Cleve-land; body found,

Wheelsman—L. Southwortli, NewBedford.

Two colored cooks, Detroit.

The names of those saved are—

Capt. Sweet,' Ohio City,Clerk—Donihue, River St. Clair,Engineer, M. W. House, Cleveland,Ist Mate, IL Watts, Cleveland,Wheelsman—A. G Kelso, Ohio City,Deck Hand—J. Moon, Cleveland,Fireman— Michael O’Brien, Buffalo,2 Porter—R. Watts, Cleveland.’Flie Phcenix had the largest load of

passengers and freight she could carry.

The \t >ss of life above is the largestwhich ever occurred on the lakes, andthe property lost is immense.

It is supposed that those 150 Holland-ers had considerable money with them,

as they were seeking a location i:t thewest ; hut how uncertain is life ! It isindeed mournful to record this sad ca-tastrophe.

From the C leveland Hrral l.ADDITIONALPARTICULARS.

We have conversed with Mr. M. W.House, engineer of the Phoenix, andfrom him received the following particu-lars in addition to those furnished bythe Free Press.

The fire was discovered under deck,near the hark end of the boiler, and allpossible means used to extinguish it,but without success. The two smallbouts were lowered away and instantlyfilled with th we who escaped. Capt.Sweet, who had been confined to Insstate-room, one wheelsman and onedeck band were in one of the boats: theIst mate, one fireman and 2d porter inthe other; the balance of the loadwere chiefly Hollanders.

Mr. Donihoe, Clerk, Mr. House en-gineer, and one passenger, Mr. J. Lang,were all what were taken from the wa-ter alive. Dumhoe and were

found under the stern, clinging to the

wheels end the engineer on a float abou50 rod* from the wreck. Those win

i Were saved were taken up by the proprller Delaware, which waa at anehoioff*Sheboygan at the time the fire commenced.

*

The Delaware towed thiwreck, which was completely guttedinto Sheboygan, where it now tayiaground. Much credit is due to CaptTuttle and the crew of the Delawarefor the prompt and humane assistancerendered by them on tjie occasion, amfor the kind treatment extended to thtsufferer* whilst on their passage down.

SOME FACTS"Looking over some calculations on

the Census, of ietfO, we found theseresults:SLAVES FOR EVERV HUNDRED WHITES.

South Carolina has 145Mississippi,Florida,Alabama,Georgia, 6®Virginia, fWNorth Carolina, 50Kentucky, 31Tenncscc, i 28Muryland, 28Arkansas, 2f»Missouri, 18The whole slave States number 55The staves are chieflly centered in

the planting regions. Yon may find2000 slaves in parts of South Carolina,to 100 w hites—on the other hand thereare districts having but few bond, Inthe low lands of Virginia, North Caro-lina, South Carolina, Georgia, and inFlorida and Louisiana negroes abound;in the hill country, or upland regionthey are limited in numbers. The sameholds true of Mississippi, Tennessee,ike. But in East Tennessee, WesternVirginia, &.c., slavery is nominal. Tomake this subject plain let us arrange atable;

North Alabama, of population, 30 per cent.

South Aluliuma, do, 49 |>er cctil.

East Tennessee, do. 8 per cent.

West Tennessee, do. 48 per rent.

The white population of WesternVirginia is as large as .Eastern. YetWestern has 5G representatives in theLegislature—Kastern 78 !! ! Indeedthe apportionments of nearly all theSouthern States, retain the power ofthese States in the hands ofslave-hold-ers.

From the Rochester Daily Advertiser.HENRY CLAY ON SLAVERY.

The oracle of the Whigs has spoken ; and“the Presidential tptesfion is settled,' 1 say hisidolaters; at least so said they upon the re-ception of his Lexington Resolutions, althoughthe telegraphic notice of his speeeh gaveominous presago that everything was not

exactly “according to Gunter;” as we weretold, that when he came to the Slavery ques-tion,

“here the wires did’nt seem to workwelland we were referred to the speechitself, which would be forthcoming in duetime. In the interim, however, the Whigpress shout loud hosannas, and attempt toRoarback the people into the notion, thatCi.ay has come out upon Anti-Slaveryground ; or is up “neck and neck” with theWilmot proviso—that Is, that he would inter-dict .slavery in any new territory which mightbe acquired. Such a representation is aswindle and a fraud. Henry Clay totallyavoids that issue, and sneaks behind the posi-tion of “no more territory,” which he andevery man knows to be a falsi issue; andunder the circumstances of the case , an ab-surdity’.

But let us hear the “

great western.” Hesays, “We disclaim in the most positivemanner any desire on our part to acquire anyforeign territory whatever for the purpose ofintroducing slavery into it. Ido not knoicthat any citizen of the Unit'd States entertainssuch a wish.” This is the wonderful and“ positive ” disclaimer which has so inflatedthe Whigs, and has made llenry Clay Pre-sident of the United States! A disclaimer,to which, upon Mr. Clay’s own showing,everv man in the South can subscribe. He,in short, endorses and defends the whole southfrom the charge of desiring territory “for thepurpose ” of extending Slavery. Yet Mr.Clay knew, and we all know, that these samemen, millions of them, would move heavenand earth to prevent the passage of the W il-mot Proviso. They are determined to haveterritory, and Mr. Clay knew it. They arcdetermined that there shall be no interdictionof slavery therein, and he also knew that. Isit any thing else than a pettifogging quibble,for him to disclaim for them and him, thatthey want territory “for the jntrpose

”of ex-tending slavery. If it is notorious that thesouth are determined to fight over the Mis-souri question again about this new territory,what care we lor ten thousand disclaimersfrom Clay, Calhoun & Co., that slavery isnot “the purpose ” for which they want theterritory. Has Mr. Clay come upon the re-publican ground of "Free lafor uponfree soilV ’

He lias never approached the thought in hiswhole speech. Does he say any thing thatlooks like favoring a Wilmot Proviso ? Letme quote the,- Wilmot Proviso : “There shallbe neither slavery nor involuntary servitudein any territory hereafter acquired by theUnited States.” Nothing like this appearsin the speeeh, and to pretend that Mr. Clayfavors such an idea is a gross fraud upon thepeople.

Does Mr. Clay profess any change of opin-ion on Slavery ? So far from it, he refers tohis past history and publicly expressed opin-ions, and claims that they have at least themerit of “consistency, uniformity, amilong duration.” On his own showing,llenry Clay, the author of the Missouri com-promise, is “the same old coon.” P.

For the North Star.

THE DYING SLAVE.See the .Slave in a dyinghour. What hope

—what consolation? If he be a valuableslave, he may receive medical aid and atten-

tion, from the same motive that prompts menlouke care of a sick ( valuable) horse. Youmay.hear the master say, “I should hate tclose him, he is worth $7OO cash, and I losta fine fellow last week.” But who cares foithe immortal soul ? Who sits by his pallet ol

! straw, and points him to Jesus of Nazarethj “who taketh away the sms of the world—-who ehangeth the leopard's spots, and makctlthe Etliiop white ?”

,Does the master leavi

hts bed of down, and enter the miserable huof the slave, and tell him that Jesus is so respecter of persons or condition, but mad<of one flesh all the nation* of the earth

Does the mistress accompany her husbandand with all the tenderness which the femalheart can exhibit, urge the dying chattel t

be reconciled to his God ? Do you thinkyoung woman, you who cannot endure Li*presence of a colored man, even on a rail-roacar, do you think that the daughter of thslaveholder, (who boasts of Her fortune in humau flesh,) leaves the social circle—gay compan ions—the fascinating dance—the nudiuglrevel—to pray and weep with the dying slave—Like a brute we compel him to live—likebrute he dies! and his blood » upon us, anwill be upon our children, unless we do ot

duty as men and as chrtstjar*.—j. t.

SOME FACTS

| IMMIGRATIONTO THE WEST LNDffS.>

We take the followingfrom the Annual Re, port of Use committee of the Bnash nod F«

, «%a Anti-Slavery Society. It rfnmi the oe

i! cesnty ofkeeping n sharp look-out over thus

jin wbooe bosoms the haven of slavery kaj

i once had a place:The Committee have frequently of late hat

to call attention to the mode of supplying th*, British colonies with foreign laborers, an u»

just in principle, unwise in policy, nod buffinhuman and immoral in its character and tendenews. It should bower, rbe distinctly ondemood that they have never opposed the in-troduction of hnirttgraiKs into the colonies,provided the conditions of such imuugratxM

(were equitable and humane. All that ffuvhave required has been that the immigrantshould be introduced either at their ow n expense,or at the expense ofthose requiring their servi-ces; that there should be an equality ofthe sexesin the immigrants imported; that the immigrantsshould be free to choose their employers andemployments, on their arrival in the colonies;and that as perfect liberty of action should be

‘ secured to them as to any other class of thelaboring population in the colonies. Instead otthis, however, the immigrants except in acorn-

• paratively few instances an* introduced at thepublic expense, the emancipated laborers l*e-mg taxed heavily for this purpose ; that thenumber of males introduced have bsen in the pro-portion of ten to one of females ; that practi-

: cally they have no liberty of choice, but aredistributed according to the w illof the colonial

, agents, or the wishes ofthe planters; and they! are brought under a system of laws which re-duces them to a species of semi-slavery, from

; which few have the means of escape, at leastjfor five years.

Under the various schemes of immigrationj which ha\ a obtained at Mauritius, there have1 been introduced, from the year 1834 to 1846,

! inclusive, no less than 85,000 Coolies, chieflymales, besides several thousands of Malgaches,Chinese, Johannesc, and others. Into British

i Guiana there have been imported, during the| same period, of Africans, Coolies, Portuguese,Germans, and others, 33,000 ; w hilst into Ja-maica and Trinidad it is not improbable that‘.Hi,OOO at least have found their way. Yet,owing to the fearful mortality which has oc-

-1 ctirml, the tcimination of indentures and con-tracts, and the return of immigrants to their

' homes, the cry for fresh immigrants is as loud! as ever ; and the n*sourees of these colonies aredrained to the uttermost to meet tin; demand :

and are even put in pledge for years to come,as in the case of British Guiana and Trinidad, torepay capital and interest, in loans, to be rais-

I ed for this particular purpose ; whilst in Mau-ritius, funds that were specially devoted topublic works, amounting to .£306,000, have

; been misappropriated to immigration, with no

J prospect of their ever being repaid.It is now clear however that two sources on

; which the Government and planters principal-lydepended for a.supply of laborers to the threecolonies of Jamaica, British Guiana, and Trin-idad have either failed, or are tot) costly to bekept open. The liberated Africans at SierraLeone, with the exception of those whohave recently been captured, refuse to leavethat colony; and the expense connected withimmigrants from British India is found to betoo heavy for the colonies to bear. The Com-mittee expect therefore that when the presentseason has passed, and the 16,000 Cooliespromised have reached those colonies, therewill be an end of that kind of immigration tothe West Indias.

To meet the loss ofsupplies from the quar-ters indicated, the Goverment on the pressingsolicitations of the West India body, have de-termined upon obtaining laborers from theKroo Coast, Western Africa, and by way of

j experiment, have fitted up one of H. M. steam-vessels, the Growler , to go thither, and haveappointed agents on the coast, to engage andsuperintend the shipment of Kroumen forGuiana and Trinidad. The Committee havefelt, it to bo their duty earnestly to protestagainst this new scheme. First, because theKroo coast is not under British jurisdiction orcontrol; secondly, because the agents are tolie paid head-money for obtaining the Kroo-men; thirdly, because the Kroomcn are, ifnot

absolutely slaves, under the dominion of theirheadmen or chiefs, so that they can not act a$

free agents ; fourthly, because they willnot bepermitted by their chiefs to take their wivesand families with them ; and fifthly, because itwillafford a most pernicious example to for-eign states, having slave colonit*s or territoriesto supply themselves with laborers nominally

! free, but really slaves, and thereby give a newstimulus to tiie slave-trade, w ith all its muni

i fold horrors.The Committee feel that this important sub-

j ject demands the most serious attention of Bri-tish alKilitionists, and they hope w illmeet withtheir most strenuous opposition. ,

THE EAGLE ABROAD.American Lihertv. —American Eocs.—

The American Eagle—the bird ol' Liberty—-lays rotten eggs*. This* filthy fact is madeevident by a letter written to the New YorkNational Anti-Slavery Standard, by Freper-

ick Douglass. lie and Mu. Garrisonlately proceeded as far as Harrisburg, topreach liberty to the benighted citizens of thefreest nation of the earth; and their argu-ments were met with foul eggs, crackers, andbrickbats—the arguments of the good andwise!

“ I spoke only a few moments, alien through thewindows was poured a volley of unmerchantableeg*?*, scattering the contents on the desk in which 1stood, and upon the wall lx hind me, and tilling theroom with the must disgusting and sliding stench.”

Sweet odors, consecrated to the altar ofLiberty, by free men ! But the sacrifice wasnot completed—for pvr echnic science be-stowed a pack of crackers;” and otherworshippers at the shrine of Freedom offered,not frankincense' or myrrh, but “cayennepepper and Scotch snuff,” that “producedtheir natural results amoug the audience!”A mi then arose a triumphant shout—“ Throwout the nigger! Throw out the nigger!”And thereui>on the “nigger,” leaving theroom, and gaining the street, there followed

| a shower of “stones and brickbats;” whichare arguments so ready-made, and generally

i so easily obtained, that neither fool nor knaveneed be without them.

When Franklin was consulted about the; design for the American insignia, he gave his

1 veto against the proposed Eagle. It was a‘rascally, thievish, carrion bird, he said ; andwas unworthy of a free people. The Ame-ricans, however, as w proved in our time,knew belter. They felt that the Eaglewould very admirably typify the spirit ofAmerican Liberty. The Eagle steals her

’ prey ; America steals her blacks. The eaglewili feed upon human flesh; so does Ame-rica—that is, if the flesh have within it anynegro blood. The eagle—that is, the free

i American Eagle, lays putrid egga; noughtwholesome, nought vital is produced from

, them. 'Hicy are foul things, fit for no ser-, vice. Oh, yes! They arc arguments, strong-

eat arguments against the liberty of the black—sweetest incense in the nostrils of the freewhite !—Pvnrk.

LETTER FROM GEORGIA.The following is from the pen of a corres-

pondent of the Rochester American, supposedjto former S—F. .and shows to what ser-vilityand meannecs a northern m-na will stoofto secure the favor of southern mcn-stcaksrs

That Georgia has more miles of rail-matin operation, than any other state in the Unkm may be true—we think it may be foarlijmtbUKl. He says, “The happiest peoplemt here are the negroes.” We hardly knov

• how to receive this—one thing we know i; that if the slaves are toe haj puu, the master

moat be in a moat vreicKed condition !

I “Georgia has more miles of railway amin operation than any other Mate inthe t’niwi

’ Indeed her ettisens display for mure emerprmtHn Iexpected to find when I left Rochcatei

There are 30 cotton fectariea h» the Mate, *lldof * jamiuhfa boMMttu. Mtuufoptimup »

fasThart—mig popular,u«*cmhrrnGuorgi* omni South Carohua, who» kauha* mem havefourrhrrrkH a kmd of ttftim millfhwhm.—Twelve miles from Augusta, in that Mate, acompany ia bow meeting a fartory 230 feet inlength and 30 in width, ofgranite, beside twoother buddings, 80 fcut by 40, aaw-mifl,,dwelling*, The cewwa owns Mw

: acre* of land, fc* * §** F«« ( sadj will build up a femnriHtig village oa a sterilepine plain. The name of the village ia “Gran-

-1 heville.”The corporation of this tow n has tapped the

; Savannah shore the Falls, and dug a easel jfjp«L»« by w hich a large volume of water if

brought into the chv, and presents to the auui-

ufacturer a fall of 36 feet. 'Hie Savannah it

a large river, and ofcourse there is no lark otpower. The fourth story of a cotton-mill to;drive 10,000 spindle*. now approaches Us mm- jpietioa. Slaves are not to be employed aaoper-

| atives. Unfortunately there are too many poori white families at the Sooth seeking employ-ment. It is from this class that laborer* are

; to be draw n without the unpleasant aasociaiiunof blacks.

The happiest people 1 see here are negroes.Whatever may be the price of cotton and com,or the injury from th# armv-wonn, ram, ordrbwvh, the blacks have white men who are

i bound by law to food, clothe, and house them| in'exchange for a very small service. Thou-sands of planters arc kept poor because theirslaves consume more than they earn.

The most remarkable feature in southern so-

i ciety is the extreme reluctance with whichjmen sell a portion of their slaves, w hen thenumber is plainly too large for a plantation ofpoor land. Allsuffer together rather than di* jvide, and sever the strong tie of family attach-ment. In nine cases out of ten, it isthe whites,the masters, who foci the evil ofN»lavery, nottheir happy, laughing, dancing, healthy ser-vants. The rapidity with w hich they multi-ply is a caution to those who have no particu-lar affection for the race. The miliums of ne-'

groes in the United States, one of these days, Jmay be troublesome, whether bond or free.—;I could wish that measures were takgn to ed-!

; ucate them in slave as well as in free states, iHad the abolitionists not interferred in the mat- \ter, by this time schools for children of color iwould have been quite as common here as ]schools for white children. The advantages ofthe latter arc nothing in comparison with those!of the children of the state of New York.—There are many slaves however, who aretaught to read and write—the law to the con-trary notwithstanding. Ihave just been showna written letter from the pen ofa girl eighteenyears old, who is an educated slave. Hermistress taught her. As the whites rise incivilization, intellectual and moral improve-ment, they elevate all their servants in an equal jratio. Intelligence and good habits are easilyand naturally acquired by children in good so- 1eiiHv. Place them from infancy to manhoodin the society of the ignorant and depraved,and it willbe something akin to a miracl; ifthey are letter than their instructors.

The sparseness of the settlements at theSouth, and its poor lands are the great barriersto the general and thorough education of the jmasses, who must elevate the blacks by theirexample. The building up of numerous villa-ges of intelligent mechaifies, and the creationof markets for fruits, vegetables, milk, butter,eheese, fresh meats, &c. demanding a largenumber of laborers to cultivate in gardens, andmany acres of land, is the way to lay the foun-dation for good schools, libraries, lyceums, ichurches, lectures, newspapers, and all theother means and agents for the social, moral,and intellectual advancement of our race. Itis not. for me to reproach any people for theirignorance and low standard of physical com-fort, who from their birth upward have neverhad a fair opportunity to be better informed.—Give to the children of the Southall the social,intellectual, and other advantages possessed bythe most favored of the free states, and youwillsee in twenty-five years a perfect changeofopinion on many vital questions. The south-ern heart is right, and its head is beginning tolook and travel in the same direction.

There ar*> too mtny r>F nioro iirnonuitpeople of this quartoT of the Union who sus-|

tain the administration in its mad idea of con-quering and holding as American territory allMexico. If the scheme shall carry, it will befound that not a slave slate can be found west;of the Rio-Grande —ail will bo free. Whatwill the South gain ? L. j

Ignorance in Alabama. —Such is thetitle of un article in the Southern (Alabama)Advocate, on the subject of popular education,in the course of which the following state-ment is made, founded upon the census of1840 :

“By that document, we find that the whitepopulation of the State then amounted to a-1

; bout three hundred and thirty-five thousand,(335,185,) and that, of these, the numberover twenty-one years of age alone who could jneither read nor write amounted to upwards oftwenty-two thousand , (22,592 !) Twenty-twothousand citizens in a Republican State, whocould not read the charter of their liberties!_Twenty-two thousand in a Christian land, to

whom the Scriptures, the guide of moral con-duct, were as much a sealed book as to theunhappy beings in the darkest regions of Pa-ganism ! These are astounding facts—theyare disgraceful—they are mournful.”

By referring to the census, it willlie loundthat the number of white persons in Alabamaover twenty years of age was 130,897. Thelair estimate, then, is, that almost one in everyfive adult white persons in Alabama in 1840could neither read nor write! And we havethe testimony of this writer, that the evil hasbeen steadily increasing since the census wastaken. He attributes it, in some cases, to theworthlessness of the school lands donated byCongress ; and in others, to the neglect ormismanagement of them. The truth is, thelegislature has provided no system of publiceducation, and the reason of this is obvious.It was stated by Senator Archer, of \ irgima.

in a short address delivered by him in Cincin-nati, a few months ago, at the close of theannual examination of the Common Schoolsby which that city is adorned :

“Senator Archer,” said tiic CincinnatiTimes, “remarked, at the close of the exami-nation, that he now saw-, for the first time,evidence of the practicability of popular edu-cation. No one, (he said,) who had been solong conversant with politieal matters as hehad, could doubt that the only safeguard ofour free institutions is the diffusion of soundKnowledge among the whole people. It vccsto him a source of deep regret that, in his ownStott, from the nature of its population, theestablishment of a system of public schoolshad been impracticable.”

This is the secret of it. “The nature othe population’’ prevents. The Plantationthins out the fre* white population, and whatshould be s school district, is occupied bra fewwealthy slaveholders with hordes

tof slaves.

To the latter, education ts forbidden, and theformer do not live near enough to keep op aschool; and even were this not the case, theirhabits dtspeae them to employ private tutors,or send them to boarding schools, rather thansuffer their children to mingle with these ol

j the poor at a common school. But the pooralone cannot keep up schools ; and thus aav-

,thing Jikc a -ystera of popular education tteffectually prevented.— n ash. Era.

From the Bwhmoi*.HmsorATUT.—W* have heretofore esßod

the attention of oar render* to the Water CunEstablishment of Pi- Higgles » Xorthamphm, and take jAesswe in copying from tb*Hampshire Herald, the following very remarkable testimony to ha skill and successThe Doctor, as our readers already know, iiblind. He was not regularly educated to tlxprofession, hot in a man of native and gomsense, and a strong, owjuirrag mind. By tbnactivity of hit mind hi* eyesight became impaired*, and m hweffiwv* to reclaim it, bavin)suffered much of many physicians, ho beeam

totoDybW.~T«t be mM hirosHfof this• grrstwt ofearttily lomm to acquire >»hriiMMlioa,Mk new u its mode and wonder-Maits wuh». He eainfemJat delicacyof toyeh which ft b well km the MligeZbtiod ahnp «q«iw, to judge ef ihedsctnaiMstoofthe skin, and upon the knowledgewhich this gru » him ofthe action *nd obstruc-tion* of vital fuwtkma, he proceeds in his wa-ter tnMwnt. Whatever be the thought otthk, theory on which Dr. Hottfca builds fc»practice, nothing exa be toon certain than hisremarkable success. Sobs; case* he reject* atuoec aa hopeless; but when he unde-takes acure, he rarely fails to astonish and gratify the jEtient. The writer of the fbOcwing letter,

rr. Psyeon WUlietoo, is the father of lion. 1•Samuel Williatoe of East Hampton, and J.'P. Wilhatoa of Northampton, well know n iu

the annals of Massachusetts liberality. Weare informed that Dr Kugffcs lias prescribed ;for upwards of 150 persons, the past year, who ;hare consulted him with regard to their rase*,

independent of these connected with his care.

Mr. Hi ggles’ W«t« ('cat.—HiTinifi’t-Pcrieneod substantial Umrft from the ColdVVater system, as practiced at the Northamp-ton Water Care, by Dr. David Ruggk**, andbelieving that it may be interesting to oilier*1who may be atffictcd, I thought it due to the •cause to’request that you would favor me witha place in your paper, to make a brief state-

ment of my case. lam 84 years of age—findwith the exception of a lameness in my rightleg, which was caused by an injury about for-ty years afro, I have enjoyed a greater degreeof health than has fallen to .the lot of most,men. For seven years after tins injury I wasobliged to use two crutches ; but by degreesmy Tameness decreased, so that I was finallyenabled, with the aid of one staff, to walk com-fortably a mile or two at a lime. About twoyears ago, however, without any apparentcause, other than the infirmities of increasingage, my leg again troubled me. It becamemuch inflamed and swollen, and at times pain-ful.—Exercise aggravated all these bad svrnp-.toms, and though 1 obtained the advice of va-;rious physicians, eminent in their profession,their appliances proved useless, and some olthem injurious. My limb grew worse until 1was almost confined to my house, and my leg,in addition to the swelling and inflammation,!assumed a dark purplish color from the kneeto the ankle ; the skin was almost dead, and'it appeared on the point of breaking out into arunning sore and I was instructed by my phy-sicians to use palliatives, as it was believed;nothing further could be done than to render)me comfortable. These bad symptoms began jto make their appearance above the knee, andassumed a more serious aspect, affecting my \general health and appetite. In this conditionI was persuaded to consult Dr. Ruggles in re-lation to the adaptedness of the Water ('un-in my case. Alter a careful examination ol

my limb and the attending symptoms, by hispeculiar method, he expressed his belief thatwater would relieve me. 1 immediately plac-ed myself his care, and in less thaneight wc *ks was entirely relieved of all paiujand inflammation, and every other bad symp-tom, and was able to walk comfortably fromthree to four miles daily, with no other aid:than one staff, as formerly. It is now abouttwo months since 1 left the (Jure, and I ani

still improving in strength and general health,

so that I have within the past week walkedtwo miles at one time.

Payson WILLISTON.Easthampton, Oct. 25th, 1817.

W. C. Nell.—The following handsomecompliment to our friend and co-laborer, wecopy from the Liberator of Nov. 26. It is a

tribute from Wendell Phillips, Esq.

Mr. Nell has left for Rochester, where hewill assist in the office of the paper whichFrederick Douglass is about to publish there.Those of his friends who have occasion to

write to him, willplease notice that his addressis now, Rochester, New York.

Mr. Nell has won for himself, in his nativeplace, an enviable character for urbanity, highmoral character, and integrity above suspicion.The various associations of our colored friendsfor moral, literary, and social purposes, willlose in him a most efficient, devoted, and inde-fatigable, friend, and one whose exertionshave often been the mainstay of such enter-prises. lie carries with him the good wishesand kind remembrance,of those who have wit-nessed his earnest efforts to improve ami ele-vate himself and his fellows, and his generousinte-est in every good cause. \

Death of Dk. Hopkins. —We ard painedto announce the dvath of Rev. Dr. Hojfkins ofBuffalo. This event, as we leant bv A Tele-graphic letter to Rev. Mr. Shaw of this city,occurred at one o’clock on Saturday morning.Daily Dcm \

MISCELLANEOUS. \

\x 1Novel-reai>ing Monomaniac*.—Vlt

is a pity that the trashy literatuie of me

day should find readers within the wailsof a college; yet it is thus that some.spend too much of their valuable time.As an instance of this, I am going to

repeat here a great story. A graduateof Harvard told me that, during hiscollege life, he three thousandvolumes of fiction. “Three thousand!y iyou exclaim; ‘t impossible! he rnutftihave said three hundred.” Threesand, he assured me; and his veracity,is unquestionable. Nor did the evi-,dent regret with which he spoke of itadmit of any motive to exaggerate.But let us see if it be, possible, and ifit be, the well known mania, of novel-reading, in some person*, makes it;probable. In four years, including one!leap-year, there aie 14(>1 days; he hadthen, to read hut two volumes and afraction daily, Sundays included. Ri-jsing early, and reading far into thenight, he was able to do this. He used,he" said, to run into Boston on his feet,every evening during twilight, to thebook shops and circulating libraries, tojreturn volumes and obtain others. I,had thought this an unparalleled in-,stance in the history of novel-reading {—as among students I hope it is. Buthappening to speak of it to a friend, hementioned the following: Being with;

. two gentlemen at a book store in NewYork, at which was kept a circulating

' library, one of them remarked that anacquaintance of his was accustomed toread two hundred volumes of novels in

: a year. The other thought it incrcdi- jI ble. The first, turning to the bookscll-;| cr, asked what was the largest numberJ of volumes dtawn by one person from: bis library, in a year. Referring to- his books be found that a certain lady; had taken four hundred and fifty sets,mostly two-volumed, making about ninehundred volumes. This would amount,,

i in four years, to 3f«00; so that the fair

one beat the eollegian by six hundred.—Recollections of College Life.

New Yoee Caxais.—Receipts from toll*on all the canal* of New York the coro-mene»-mem of aavifration to the Tth of Norcm-her. f3,352,451. Same tune last year, • t,-4*3,541.

Magnetic Terecsash. —The Agent «f the> Magnetic Tele™* Ccnnw, m a letter tos the editor of the Mobile (Ala.) Register, Mates|] that the telegraph fine between N. Orleans. t an( J Washing. willhe in operation by die first•i of January ae*t. It ia ahoat 1360 mile* long,

r and much of it paaaea through a iml wilder-|l ana. met rtma, atraita and swamp*.

Kttf a Stun.—Anything revealed iaconfidence should be kept secret. Thereienogreater breach of good manners sad ( bnetuufrith, thdn to reveal that which baa been pla-ced in the sscresr ofyour own bosom Whatif tb»4fnend who once tn toed you and told youthe eerreto of his heart, has become your ene-my 1 You are *t»ll bound to keep your wardtaviolate, and preserve locked in your heart Ux

. secrets confidentially made known to yea. Aman of principle willitever betray even an en-emy. fie hidds it a Christian duty never to

reveal what was placed m htekeepine. Whil*-the Albanian* were at war with rhilip. Kingof Maecdou. tin y intercepted a letter that theking had written to hts wife. Olympia. It wa*

; returned unopened, that it ought not be readin public—their laws fbibidding thc:u to re-

• \eal a secret.

1 Egyptian*, it was a criminal ©f-\ ”rK*r *° dhalge a secret. A priest who had| ******guihy of tins offence, vuu ordered

to leave the country.Ha*.e you a secret reposed in vour bosoms

: Kcvral 11 ‘or *»«* world. Acoiifitiiuc Intsndmay tell you a hundred things, which if ahis-perod abroad, would bring him into ridicule Jand injure his character through life. No oih*is so upright that he may not have committed,wane ung-ntlcmanly act, or some impure of-

’ fence, which may have secretly been confidedto another. The fault may have been pcq*.--

I trated years ago, before the individual's char-] xrter was funned, and before he had a wife

and children. Would it not be a profanotionof the meat social duties, in a fit of anger, orout of malice or revenge, to divulge a secret

] like tins*| A man's enemies would not care whether it

was the fault of his thoughtless youth or hi>tnaturer years, so long as they could make ahandle of it to his injury, and thus effect their

. purpose. Be careful then never under anvconsideration whatever, to repeat what hatbeen whispered to you in the confidence olfriendship. A betrayer of secrets is fit onlvfor the society of the low ar.d the vile.

D. C. C.

Cure for Consumption.. —An officer uthe British service, resident in the East Indies,had been stricken with the fatal disease, andwas reduced by it to nearly a skeleton ; hisfriends looked upon him as a doomed man.and he himself had given up all hopes olloug continuance of life. He was one morn-ingcraw ling about his grounds,and accidentallywent into a shed where a man had been l>ot-tliug some wine, and at the moment of hismaster's entrance had just incited some rosinto seal the corks w ith. It could not be other-wise than that those within the room shouldinhale the smoke arising from the resin. Tothe surprise of the aillictcd one, his respira-tion became free and unobstructed, and it in-stantly occurred to him that the relief he ex-perienced was produced by his having inhaledthe rosinous smoke. He remained better du-ring the day, and without consulting his doc-tor, repeated the experiment in his sleepingroom. That night he slept soundly—a bles-sing he had not known for years.

Twice a day, for a week, did he continuehis experiment, and with increased success.He then mentioned the affair to his medicaladviser, who was equally surprised with him-self at the improvement of the patient’s health,and advised him to continue the inhalationsnight and morning.

In the space of three months his cough lefthim, and his appetite returned. In six monthshis health was so improved that he contem-plated returning to his native country ; he de-layed, however doing so, until a year had ex -

pired. SStill persisting in his new found reme-dy, his health was completely restored, andhe was once more a sound man.

Newspapers. —A newspaper can drop tin-same thought into a thousand minds at thesame moment. A newspaper is an adviser,who does not require to be sought, butwho comes to you of his own accord, and talksto you briefly every day of the common weal,without distracting your private affairs. News-papers, therefore, become more necessary inproportion as men become more equal, andindividualism more to lie feared. To supposethat they only serve to protect freedom, wouldbe to diminish their importance : they main-tain civilization.—Dc Tocqunillc.

Eloquence. —The best style, as Coleridgehas remarked, is that which forces us tothink of the subject, without paving attentionto the particular phrases in which it is clothed.The true excellency of style is to make usfeci that words are absorbed in things, and to

leave upon the mind a strong impression e!

the sense and the tenor of the reasoning, railt-er than a broken and piecemeal recollection o|

particular expressions and images ; the result,on the contrary, if not the intention, of toomuch pulpit oratory, is to till the ear with amultitude of grand terns, and bewilder thefancy with a crowd of tropes, while it is com-paratively ineffectual in stamping the generalargument or exhortation up-on the understand-ing.—British Critic.

Men can be c.ooii to ali. —I never yetknew any man so bud, but home have thoughthim honpht, and afforded him love: nor everany so good, but some have thought him evil,and hated him. Few are so stigmatical a.-1that they are not honest to some; and few,again, arc so just as that they seem not tosome unequal: either the ignorance, the envy,or the partiality of those that judge, do con-stitute a various man. Nor can a man hihimself always appear alike to all. In some,nature hath invested a disparity; in some, Ireport hath fore blinded judgment; and inin some, accident is the cause of disposing tolove or hate. Or, if not these, the variationof the bodies’ humors; or, perhaps, not anyof these. The soul is often led by secret

motions, and loves she knows not why.There are impulsive privacies which urge i s

to a liking, even against the parliaments! acts

of the two Houses, reason, and the common

sense; as if there were some hidden beauty,ofa more magnetic force than all that the eyecaa see ; and this, too, more powerful at onetime than another. Undiscovered influencesplease us now with what we would sometimes

contemn. I have come to the same man tiiathath now welcomed ine with a tree expres-sion of love ami courtesy, nr.d another timehath left me urjuduted at all; yet, knowing

him. well, I have been certain of hi* soundaffection ; and have found this, not an intendedneglect, hut an indb-potediios, or a uund

: seriously bruised within. Occasion r< ins the! motions of the stirring mind. Like men that

• walk in their sleep, we are led about, vuneither know whither nor how.

A timid man can never become great; it;, he (Xtohcaaca talent he caman apply it; h • >»

trampl- d upon liy the envious and awed by’ the swaggering ; he is thrust from the direct

1 path which lead* to honor and fame bv every 'aspirant who possesses more spirit than himself.

A Stvdy from Natcse. —-The beautifulstatue of the “Greek Slave,” by Mr. Powers,

lias excited such universal admiral:on, that a

. companion to it, we understand, will be

! ly exhibited by the same arUat, under th . tit.-

' of “The American Slave. It is the figure

of a norm. with his hands fastened with a

chain, m» the manacles of which is cut theAmerica*. Eagle. limitd hi*bark m wrapper!,the national flag, on which the stripes are con-spicuously displayed. The crouching atiitud*rff the figure is moot wonderfully depicted,but the statue w most to !*• admired for it*powerful tm’h and unaff vied simplicity. Wehave been armored by gcntJcm -n who havehad opportunities of judging by fbqswrt visit*to the Land of Liberty, that they have neverarm anything an wonderfully true if- nature.

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* .Fajr al Si rraAoe is Conn*ctki;t»—Tini' prapwnm to abolish the distinction betweeni‘ com ed people and white* tn aspect to th*-

t * right of suffrage, was rejec ed hy tV people of

, jConnecticut. A* far as heard from, the vote*

¦! suifnd: For the prop«o:tKrti —5,248. Agsm**

Tb* next Conorws From a Matcmcntof the Bamc* of tho membe r*elect of the next(.©•gress ib the Journal of Commerce, it ap-pear* that tbe House willcontain ond honored«wl ten dciuucntu and one hundred and eigh-teen whig*. The s*ct»ato willcontain a demo-cratic majority of fourteen.

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H* Ltetsß* Qt rsTio* n* VtruouT.—I* c ’oraM>Bl L*£»%Luurn he* ootilvd the h-

oenae que*ti<?o, by the d sjnwitl, Wl to Bft, ofa mil mttndrd to rejeal the hwa ol' last \«r,allowing the k* to deride bv a popnUrvote whether tbe traffic hi LqU o» *baii om t*sr-nutted m the State.

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The packet ship Welling*on, which tailedfrom New York on Wcdneediy fur linden,had about $ 10t).<|00 on beard, and the Havre[ovkci twk out a cunaidorablo amount.

John Qcincv Aoittsviaited the l*arkTh ea-tre hist even.tig, ar.d wa* greeted in the ri.urtcn?hu«asUc utojunr by il.a crowded hou»«.Tho venerable fairiot made hisjust as the curtain bad ft'len on the first a t of•la Sotrx.tmbula.’ Ht waa immediately ro-coiruixed by several gentlemen :n the fit.The honored i>arn# passed in au instant overthe bouse, and in*pi,ed by o;i« common im-

pulse. the auditory buiat u.to tliiee ccrthaish »uts of welcome. Th* ‘ old mart eloqueM’bowe«l his aeknowLslgmcnts, and Rr.oihcrcheer shook t'le w all* ol tha Theatre. It woaaltogetheji- v .e o! t'.e tiK-*t unaffected, siiiCGroami thrilling exhibition* of fmtnotic feelingthi tW' ever witnessed, it was no expressionof heated partisanship, but tho uptvntancou*nuuui* station of popular fiv e said rtvercnco foroiu? of the purest of American autcsuicn.—,V. Y. ItUuhc.

Duron lation of VIRGINIA—The Park-ersburg Caxi-tte inform* im that upwards ofseventy emigrants, a few davs ago, passedthrough that tow n, from tha Valley of \ irgm-la. an their way. with a large number of slaves,to Missouri, and the remainder to lowa. Thu*says the (iairtt.’, is \ irginia peopling otherStales, when s!'c ought to hold hor own, andattract immigration from abroad.

The Norfolk Herald, in view of this depopu-lation, invites emigrants from the North andEast to fill up the places of the s'avchohkis,over whose departure it rejoices, and antici-pates the day as a happy one wkcu they ahadall be gone.

Marriage. —The intervention of a priest orother ecclesiastical functionary, was not deem-ed to a marriage, until the Coun-cil of 1 rent, 140ft. The celebrated decre*passed m that session, interdicting any mar-riage otiierwi.re Shan in the presence of apriest, and, at least, two witnesses. But horfore the time of Pope Innocent 111, (IblS.jthere was no solemnization of marriage in thachurch, but the bridegroom came to the bnde'ahouse and fid her home to his own, whichwas all the ecromonv then used. Banns werefirst directed to lie published by Canon Walter,in the year 1 ICO.— Cheeland lbraid.

The Kissing Beggar.. — Among the beg-gars who now frequent the principal hotels inNew kork, is a little girl who obtains a liv-ing by kissing, triie entered Rathbun's Ho-tel, and stepping up to a number of genth men,bent down and kissed their hands, and then,with a beautiful smile playing over her coun-tenance, sh«- held forth her own hand to receivethe expected reward. Sho could not havebeen over five years of age, and must hav*departed with a good supply of pennies.

Glass Pens. —Wonders willnever cease.—Glass is now made into all sorts of things.—There is cloth manufactured in England of

glass, and it has even been used ns the main-

spring of a chronometer, ami answered wellfor such a purpose. But for a pen to be madeof glass, who would have believed it 1 \•t itis so, and most excellent writing pens theyarc. It is well known that with a flux of leadin combination wu*i the mkcoii, in right pro-portions, glass ear. be made very ductile.Th'-se pens are w becoming not uncommon,ami they are perfectly anli-coirosivo by themost impure ink. —Sc itntificAimnan.

Car Paper. —This term, an abbreviation offoolscap, is th rived from the water mark in-troduced upon paper by the Pirliamcnt of thoCommonwealth, which wa* a foal s cap andbells, in mockery of the Royal arms used as awater mark by (‘narks 1. Hence the termfoolscap paper subsiding into *• cap.” i’ostpaper was ko called iu coutradistinciion, h*>-causc uM-d to send by “post*’ or mail.—Dt-Iroit Free Fms.

As COCO AS IF IT WERE A’sOP. —ThoNantucket Islander says that tho followir.gstory was lately told In a reformed on briate,as an ajadogy for much of the folly of drunk-ards :

“A moio'p rrsnerinry nluuit a brewery, hajv*jiening to fall into a vat of beer, was in immi-nent danger of drowning, and appealed to a4*;it to help him out. 1 h-<? eat replied, ‘it is

indeed a very foolish request, lor :•«

I get you out, I shall eat you.’ The mot)so

piteously replied, ‘that fate would be bettertitan to be drowned m beer.’ The eat liltedhim out, but the fumes of the beer causedpuss to snt e»! ; and the mouse took refuge inhis hole Tlio eat talk d upon the mouse tocomeout —-• you sir, did you not j riffiis-e thatl shotiltl eat yo» T ’ ‘Ah!’replied the mome,but you know 1 was in liquor at the time!'

Heat Tirs or Lvst n f,.vu\ citiyeraof Montioke, lowa, who were lately about tolynch some poor fellows for the murder of aman, wore jwetilinrly, ‘•.rtniT.'le in noi earn ir»gtheir unlaw li I puij-./Se into execution, Sttiißi s out that the i*-ii<>w ttup|>o.*ed to have beenmurdered, bad euh.«ted in th« 1 . >5. Army,and was at the Jeflereon lar/aoka; and it vv:i»

only his resorting to a despicable triek—stain-ing a hatchet Ac. through revenge—that anyono at all was accused of the murder.

llorrOn.—Hope on, frail mortal ’ Whatthough thy path l»e rugged, md mh#wH withthorn.*/—thou hast or.lv to )*-rs<-viT*\ arid tl.vreward awaits thee. Many dbvs and l ights,perhaps v* ais, bast thou struggled with adver-sity.

What though thou art rnor. despised ! rthese, it may be. who an- thy inferiors in allsave wealth ! What matter* it that thy shortlife is exjrf«ed to the rude Inters ..f, advoi **s

fortune, ifat last thou art ere.’. nr-d w.th im-mortality, which those who ruddy tnjsh tie*

ftOUi them think not of. Hope«»:» then in thy

poverty—lie !.on<ft in thy humility—aapira la

be truly great by lx uig truly good.

Exerct**.—Throughout all nature, want

of motion indcates weakness, corruption, in-

animation awl death. Trenck, in- his dsutppr son, l>w||oi alxmt like a how, in hm f« *ters

of seven!v pound* wt-cht, in orber to pr<,s»rval,*» (icaltii; a*. I ac. illustrious physician ob-serve*

*• I know not which is most n, eetsnrv

for the support of the human frame—fond <>rmotion. Were the rEcrcisra of the body at-

tended to in a co: responding degtce wi«h thatof th»* mind, men of lemming would lie morehealthy and vigorous—of more general talents—of more ample practical knowledge; more

. happy in their demesne lives ; more enterpr.-sirg sod attached to the'r dut-cs as men. Irfine, with propriety it rear lie ea>d that t|.thighest refinement of the mbvl, w ithout ;rn-

provetnent of tbe hodv, can never poaei.;anything more th»n hr If a human be.’ig.’*

Pursy ixc,—finejrrati has a larger powerj/re*»s printing efree than can be found in H<»-tc.ir. One e>ta!*ln| meet ha* r ice < f A dsn.*’power pte**e* running, four of them with sllthe late improvements, and all propelled bywater jower.

East Inth a Cotick.-—Tho exporter eot-

tofi from Bombay to Gfeat Uniaiti, >• e.ieh ofthe past Vftrt, tins *a follow*:—18-15, Kb.Wflbale*; ‘g;e, 42,77 Q lak*; 1647, 151,7t<ilialua.