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huge chain Of the Western Glauts.
The consequence is that the etotton
must be edcarried some hundreds of
miles on the backs Of bullocis, and
;when it arrives, if it ever doesso, ut
:its destination, its value is reduced
Eby at least one half. The e.iginal
produce. Of the pod, is, as TEhayc
said, equal to that Of Georgia or
Carolina, but it suffers; fitsb fs;the
cleaning; secondly, in the eakiage.
Though the best saw gins have. been
introduced into Bombay. Js,slt has
been found hitherto imprac.icMle 10
snaturalizc tho American melsod of
cleaning among the natives, NSt, does
the nature Of the TRANSPORT sryice
admit of any clfcctual kind .o!ipack.
age. The cotton, then, impe,Fsctly
cleaned and insecurely packet, is
strapped to the back Of bull6!k, to
be dragged through dust, dirt, and
mud, for some two OR three hundred
miles, till, at last, when the drove .,
pears ct the port, tho wortlrof the
article is nearly gone, and it Is only
.produciblc in Liverpool in small
-tftahtties, and Of quality miscrably
inferior. The one true remedy for all
this lies in railway communication.
If the table lands of the Dcrcan were
but connected by these moans with
the ports of the Malabal coast, the
whole difficulty would cease; for not
only would the shipments OF cotton be
multiplied twenty-fold, but thee very
pcculiarities of national character tc
(which VIC have referred might dis
appear before an agency more likely
than any other to effect 50 fUuttauen
tai change.
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coal to Leeds, n distance of three
miles. The cars moved along at the
rate of three and q half miles per
hour. It was laughed at-not BY
Gray but by the wise public. Gray
saw in this little work something that
might be augmented into greatness;
and he thought upon the subject of d
General Iron Railway until the peo-
tple declared him insane. He petil
toned Parliament; sought intervie ws
with the Lords of other great men.
and thus became the laughing stock
of all England. He received nothing
but rebuffs wherever he went. All
this took place in 1920, or therea-
bouts.
But he succeeded at last. The
railways wcro laid. The world has
been benefited by the madness Of
Thomas Gray.
Well, what became of him, the
reader will ask. We do not know;
but believe he still lives in Exeter, to
which place he removed. Up o1s46
he had been neglected. While thou
sands have been enriched by the
consummation of his brilliant scheme,
he remains forgotton--forced by pow
erty to sell glass on commission for a
living. Hewitt, in his peoples Jour
nal "A few years ago, gave a some.
what lengthy sketch of his career.
thus bringing him into public notice.
We have seen nothing in print in re-
lation to him lately. Elliot wrote a
great truth, in these words:
allow many men who lived to bless man.
kind,
/ Have died unthanked - ~
| How many of the railroad projee
tors agitators, stockholders &c. tge
even heard of the subject ofths
lisketch.
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The AUTHOR or THE RAILWAY
SYSTEM The following sketch of
Thomas Gray, tho author of tho Rail
way System, we take from tho
Pdinespitle Telegraph:
Thomas Gray, was born in Leeds,
England, about half n century or
moro ago-and this is all We know
of his early history. The Middleton
Collicry had railway for carrying
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'Ifyou wish to persist in arguing this
case, you must carry it up to the
Court of Errors, Must, ha! if this
amt q court Of errors, 1 don't know
what it isl
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dimes Of the village, but iS instantly
understood by every finch and spar.s
row, and its warning is attended "a. ~,
Mr. Loudon's Magazine Of Natural
History relates many cascs Of this
communication among animals, ana
one SO much to the point that ne can.
not resist quoting it.
Gan old goose that Had been for a
fortnight Matching ina farmers kifch..
en-, was perceived on q sudden to be
violently ill. She soon after left the
nest, and repaired to an clubhouse,
where there wasa young goose Of. the
first year, which she brought with her
into the kitchen. The young one i'm.
mcdiatcly scrambled into the old ones
nest, sat, hatched, and afterwards
brought up the brood. The old goose,
as the young goose had taken her
place, sat down by the side Of the nest,
and soon after died. AS the young
goose had never been in the habit Of
entering the kitchen before, I know
Of no ray Of accounting for this fact,
then by supposing that the old one
had some way of communicating her
thoughts and anxieties, which the
other was perfectly able to under.
stand"
Cattle have been known to hold q
consultation and agree upon a. course
of action, such as making q ainnulta.
neons attack upon malicious or i'll.
natured ones of their number. IA
dog, which on one occasion received
rather hard treatment from a large
and fierce = ,ighbor, soon after return.
/ ed to the. Place where he had receiv.
Led the injury, with friend stronger
| than himself to afenge the wrong.
/ These are but 4 few of the cases
hcn record, but they suffice to show
that animals have some means Of COM
j'nunicating with each other, eitherby.
sound, expression, or gesture LAT
these In&an5sares we cannot says but
future discoveries in science Wih nos
doubt make them clear. 3
J. .at ~ ~ - = =
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From he Scientific AatritnsD
THE ELECTRIC lIGlr, &c

Alii1 i,iIL.o is' y litNl 49, - -ss,lt ~
During the winter 81 1S445, the
late Col. Bomferd, of the fsfsifiance
Department, and myself l@eFe senga G.
led in some experiments lisl4il,5 for
stheir object the precipiE eilex
Gn solu.iono BY tbs action tsss'
fity; being sGetsf tlists sitl
pSssesg' lsigh refra5Soe EFF 5
Try power. During the course of cx-
periments | became satisfied that 80
long rs the whole body of water
around tne poles remained a condac.
tive or dlffNziv0 mEdiu1l, the actiqa,
OF me passing currents would be lh8
yalGd, and the results desired unatt lIn
able. With this view of the suLjcct
| sought for some method by which
the atoms Of water in contact with
the poles, could be citectually barred
from communication with any conduc-
tive substance, and yet admit Of a
continual supply of the water to be
decomposcd.
Believing in the doctrine of impon-
dcrability and immatcriality of the
electric fluid, all efforts to accomplish
the desired result failed, and tho ex.
pertinent was about to be Abandoned,
when doubt as to the truth of the
books, on the question of the nature
Of electricity, arose i'll my mind, and
on the faint hope held forth, the cx-
perimcnts were renewed, and the re-
suits more than realized the most
sanguinc expectation; for not only
was the insulation of the water per-
feet, and the decomposition rapid,
but the electric fluid was found to be
susceptible of accumulation and con-
dcnsation to an unlimited degree. =
The ease and rapidity with which the
the water was resolved into its com
poncnt gases, naturally suggested
the idea OF applying the discovery to
some practical use, and that Of light
was selected, as the most simple and
inexpensive, in its application. But
OH the very threshold Of the expert
mcnt, an apparently msurmomtablc
obstacle was met in the inability to
separate the gases. After number
of serious explosions, the cntrcaties
Of my family compelled nc to dcsist.
Although the practical experiments
were abandoned, the mental action OH
the subject was not, and during some
time in the fall of1S48, l concluded
that the law which demanded ali
aqueous communication between the
poles, or that the positives and mega
tive poles should both enter one body
of water, was not corrcct--a conclu
sion which a very simple experiment
decided to be correct. One pole
was inserted into glass of water in
the corner ola large room, and the
othcrpo'e in another glass in the op-
posltc corner, and an electrical com.
municatlon made between. All the
water in one glass was dccomposcd,
and hydrogen only obtained. All
the water was dccomposed in the 9th
CT, and oxygen only obtained. The
result was known, the experiment
was considered fully successful, and
a small electromagnetic apparatus,
having its helices kept in motion by
clock work put in operation at my
dwelling, and was found capable of
supplying three burners with m
abundance OF the gases. 1t Wa at
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From ,he I.iNmry 8 meE.ean,..
THE I.aNG,tsGE. Of AN1MAI.s

TIL j. LANGUAGE OF ANNALS.
Iris ofleaa5kod why animals hay.
mot the power OF speech, This is,tak
Iing: it for granted thattthey have i
mot. From . few facts, however. i
! is easily proved ttii,as ;la seII
M - s}f
ton, like men, yctitFcy iIa. 's.1,s';s q e a.
of communicating their ideas. Those
c'asses Of animals seem to possess this
mower IN the moas remarkable dcgrc,,
staat live together in communities 81
societies, as to them it would Of course
be most necessary. "
Bees are able to make different
sounds by the means Of their fcelers,
and these sounds convey various
meanings. When they are about to
swarm, scouts are sent out to find a
suitable location; those return, report
what they have seen, buzzin noise
is made, and the whole swarm start
for the place on which the scouts have
fixed. A wasp, which has found
some store of food, has been observed
to 60 to its nest, and in some way i'm.
part such information to it's associates
that they have flown to the place in
q body.
Ants possess this faculty in still
greater degree. When they are at
work, there is evidently a communi-
cation between the master-workmen
and the laborers. SO when an army
of them is moving, the march is con
Quoted with regularity that would
be impossible unless they understood
each other. At given signal from
the leaders, they are seen to quicken
their pace; scouts are despatched, re,
Inducements brought up, messages
sent from ono portionto another, in
somuch that the various movements
seem almost to be directed by human
intelligence. An ant that has found
a piece of food too large to be carried
by itself unassistea, will return to its
nest, and bring to its aid several of
its comrades. DR.. Franklin gives
us an instancesin point. lie had sus.
pended pot of molasses by string
from the ceiling, in order to preserve
it from the ants. One Of the trouble
some visitors had remained on the
pot, and was seen ascending the
string, and bctaking itself to its hole.
Not many moments had elapsed be.
fore q large company of ants were
discerned making their way to the
extremity of the string; they descen.
dcd to the pot, ate their fill, and then
gave way to another band of their
hungry fraternity. It would seem,
in this case, that information must
have been given by the first aiscoy-
erer.
A crow perched on a lofty limb,
while its companions are feeding, by
a single car, which is. at once under
stood and acted on, give rotico Of
approaching bangor. Indeed the
note of danger is one which all am.
mails seem to understand. a hen,
by her well known calls, will collect
her chickens under her wings, as OK
peditiously as a human mothcr can
gather her children by words. "The
swallow" says an observant natural.
ist, "that, shrieking, darts in devious
flight through the air when o hawk
appears, not only calls up the hirun-
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- nsiiis J-----i Is em# III
Ia lawyer and Q tailor sttas I'll ted osl.
Ntheir mission to the capital Of tbas
| @,atc q, together in q one-horse wagon.
the tailor was quite as ardent q Tor..
dclan asiia companion, aIpelt ne ,,s,ssst
not 50 profound; but what he lacked
I'm black,letter learning, and logic, il,e
made up in an abundant fow Iof
words; set speeches, snatches Of 30. psas
litlcal orators, &C., which he had
heard at different caucusses, and
which his retentive memory boarded,
up ready to be delived upon fitting
occasions.
They had not proceeded far on
their journey when the man of broad.
cloth asked his companion if he in.
tended to make speech, and upon
receiving an affirmative answer, told
him he should like to hear it, as,
probably, it was all 'cut and dried.'
Accordingly, our limb Of The law de.
liyered himself of his speech--the Ia.
boz of more than one long night--to
our 'snappcrup of trihes,' who, after
applauding it much, and criticising it /
10 little, desired the lawyer to go
through with it again, which was
complied with. After discussing free
ly its merits, and its chances for ims
provcment in the delivery more es-
pecially, the Of measures aetu.
ally prevailed upon the 5speechifier To-
go through with it again; then com.
p'imented the victim by telling him
that twas now perfect, and it couldn't
be bettered.
Immediately upon their arrival at
Concord, they repaired to the cham.
Der of the convention, which had lust
been organized. Our man ofcloth
watched the chance, and before his
companion could say 'Mr. Speaker
ne anticipated him, got the floor, and
to the surprise and astonishment Of
his friend in general, and his compan
ion especially, recitcd the whole
speech as he caught it on the Journey
from the unconscious lawyers lips.
spe,baties ct Decentralization cooly
took his seat amidst thunder of ap.
plausc.- Boston Post.
PLAIN Boiled RICE PuppIsa.-..
Wash and pick some rice, throw
among it some pimento, finely poun.
ded, but not much; tic the lice in a
cloth, and have plenty Ct room for il
to swell. Boil it in a quantity of VIA.
ter for an hour olTtwo. When done,
eat it with butter and sugar, or milk,
Put lemon peel if you please.
Il is very good without spice, and
eaten with salt and butter
PuFs PuDpINGs,-Pour scaldinG
milk upon white bread sliced; les it
stand till we'll soaked; then beat it
well four eggs, q little sugar aaa
grated nutmeg. Bake ia small tea.
cups, which must BIO Only half filed,
The absence of butter viii render
these puddings very desirable to deli
cate stonachs.
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Office Of the number Of members apporoned 70 each State
under such last enumeration. f N
IN his shall direct thai the statistics In regard
% all other descriptions 81 hemp, not embraced IN me
the returns
Mr. THOMPSON, Of Pennsylvania. moved further 70
amend the amendment OF Mr. VRTos (35) by inserting
$685." instead OF 5000" the number OF representa-
tiyes and then he demanded the previous question on
agreeing TO the bill and amendments
MIR. STEPHENS made point OF order, hai the
in order. $500,
The SPEAKER deciding adversely 70 the point,
Mr.. VENABLE moved that me House do now ad-
iourn; which was not agreed to.
The question on The previous question was then put,
and Il was seconded and, under its operation, the amend
ments repored from the Committee oil the Whole on the
state Of HE Union, except the 10th, 2sh goth, 32d 33d
and 34h were then agreed to without separate vote
and pending the question the 10th amendment re-
ported from the Committee Of the Whole on the state Of
The Union,
On motion. the House adjourned
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CATALOGUE SALE OF EXCELLENT FURNITURE, PAINT
u INGs OF BEST ARTISTS, sc. AT AUCTIoN.-0n Friday
Concert Hail. near Browns Hotel at 10 O'Clock m very upe
Mahogany, sauncovered sci, consisting Of
Large spring seat sofas, parior chairs
large arm rocking chair, I pier, and side onomans
Do Lounges rocking chairs
Handsome dressing and French front bureaus
Black and white marble top centre tables
Bookcases and secretaries, wardrobes, sc,
Dining, tea, and chiidren's tables workstands, &c.
anSos I pa sa tables
Do. do wash-s closets, and tables
variety and back and wood rocking chairs
Cane seat and wood seat parIor and chamber chairs
beds bedding bedseads hair and shuck mattresses
Win oi q other furniture which we Deem
enumerate
in handsome gilt frames, viz
the Seine, by Mi0li
in nolland--Dutch school
al Foniainbleau, BY yasson
2scenes in Danphiny, toriginaso by Postelle
view the Rhine, by Cibot
view in Rome, by Robert
OF Ths fos, following splendid historical s,nospharsai land
a u h s are special
sion from the originals At Malmnson
afG o ses nsa dc ne ri: Ts
Noon--ihe Holy Family sitting BY river n Egypt
os syypses win M angel until lie break Of day.
washington IN his study BY Stuart
With several other paintings marine landscapes
Terms sale for the furniture all sums Of and under va cash
over SO and not exceeding SOO four months 500
months for notes in all cases Of credit satisfactorily
Faierns ourselves TINT Of the attention
the respectfully invite the citizens OF
Geogeown washington favor with the light their coun
enances -, IL. Al .L,
non on Thursday OF furniture
10 and the paintings o'clock M Please be
puncual 10 the tune ,,n,,,,, !. :, .,rrr
Nav 5-SWkF Ancioneers
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BY GREEN 4 TAsTET, Auctloneers.

GALE OF A VERY VALUABLE LOT OF GROUND AND
y DWELLING H0USE.-0n the Nd day Of May next viii
for public auction by virtue of the vested In
attorney for the parties interested, the lot Of ground
18th and Streets fronting about
IS feet on street. by ~ feet 18th street II Is unnecessary TO
many advantages this ground
acquainted with the and may desire viii best understand
them
0nehd Of the purchase will be required in hand the
balance In equal nsialment OF nine and twelve mont
cured BY the purchasers bond with approved security bearing
aymen purchase money fee simple viii be deliver
ID TO the purchaser ut his cost. Title perfect
b. .. WILLIAMS,
Attorney and trustee.
GREEN TASTET,
Nav l-2aw3w Auctoneers.
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COMMON HALL Of the town of Petersburg Virginia,
May 1850 The following resolution this day adopted by
Hall: Z.
Rd That the mayor Of the town advertise for proposals for
of Petersburg endorsed by
ma STATE of Virginia. payable in 1870 and $50 In 1875
with coupons interest," half yearly in February and
ma, Tine for of less than $500,
addressed chamberlain Of the until the 4 day Of May,
o'clock which time they will be opened and the highest
bidder viii be entitled The payments for the win be
required May 18th and 18th July and bidders will state
periods offer 10 The corporation reserves
10 themselves the right to reject any offer made"
Notice hereby given proposals the bonds OF the
lion will of the according
ne resolution, until the lh day Of May 1850 az " O'clock
m. CIfAS. CORLING,
NAV 2-di 4thNaynext Mayor.
DEADY-made CIothing.-We invite gentlemen who may
purchase clothing stock We have garments Of
almost style OF Our ready
made garments good bespoke work. and
ace represented false dealing We have many
FOODS coats pants vests that little out OF style, that
will 81 great bargains, regarding the cost
beautiful goods in variety make up to order, in the
and the lowest prices.
, Of Browns Hotel, Penn. avenue.
May 5-lmf
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Yesterday after receiving and disposng Of reports from
committees the House took up from the Speakers table
the bill to authorize the authorities Of Baltimore TO con-
tnue the collection Of the small tonnage duty originally
imposed by the State of Maryland portion Of the
commerce Of that porf the purpose of dredging its ba-
sin; which was debated at some length by Mr. McLane,
(speaking in its favor.) and Messrs. Putnam, Tuck,
and Schenck against IT, The House then went into Com
mttee OF the Whole the state OF the Union, wherein
no business was transacted. difference arising a. 10
the precedence of business when quorum foundto
be present Soon after the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
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poAT AND PIANo-FORTE FOR sALE--A patent
ac galvanized SALE with tight cylinders
all danger sinking Original so Apply a Miss Bnscoes
boarding house, southeast corner OF avenue ana LON
Also, agood.toned socuve piano. Terms cheap.
May e-3teods
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Sir the Executive by reference to the opinions Of Attor
ney Generals published by authority Of Congress, would
have been enabled easily 70 decide the line Of his duty in
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n OWEN 4 SON have just received their spring and
~ summer supply Of goods selected BY one Of their firm
dsuperhne selection Of
ung Of the latest stye with many other arcessuch gloves
ndkrchiefs, undershs &sand would respectfully solicit call
nom their friends.
A,w good cost, pant hands wanted Immediately.
hpA-aawlm
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My DEAR DocroR, have Just been handed by Senator
Don Pablo of Santa Barbara series o resolutions adopt
cd meeting lately held AT Los Angeles, as well ~
memorial to Congress, drawn nj said meeting IN wnch
the petitioners pay be of from the State into terri
toral and for tear said demonstration upon
the part of the ancient residents Of this State may
confedeiacy will xplan you far have been able
obtain facs the of this disatecton The meeting
gotten up am credbly informed BY the old Ameri.
can Spaniards-such Don Juan Temple, and your old
friend sieanes-and ausnded solely by Calif,rnans.
Not single resident emigant participated ST.
multaneousy with this meeting, attempt was made NJ
San Diego 70 GET up like one, which sm informed py
friend Mr.. Rust postmaster Of that place, was per-
feet failure there being than hall dozen persons
present. and those being heavy landhoders whose soe
objection 70 State government y ,hs ssr q ui. hi.
po am informed by the delegates from those counties
are also opposed memorial and have 20 expressed
themselves through their representatives. here j. /
Angeles constituents and their votes IN favor OF the
constitution as not OF votes were Poed against the
constitution In the whole territory, now asked oy the me-
morialisis to be made into Territory.
now move sir, that the document be translated and
that all that have read be printed for the use OF the SEN
ate and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is il document pre-
scn,ed for the action Of the Senate
Mr. FOOTE ! do NOT propose anything more than to
have the document translated printed, and laid upon tue
'a9 *. PRESIDING OFFICER, Is \ document d.
rected TO the Senatel
mr.. FOOTE. II il an account Of the proceedings Of
that convention. The regular authenticated copy has
not yet come On but has PqrBors 70 ss copy q Il
any communication that any senator thinks proper q
make 10 the Senate This paper s not directed to thu
Senate Al all Itis private letter. and does not come
within the rule The Chair thinks he cannot receive il
i Mr. FOOTE. would ask the Senate to receive it
then, and refer II TO the Commtee on Territories, re-
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TTORaE AND BUGGY AT PRIVATE SALE we ~ y
III seven years osn penec,
sound and GENTLE the most driving horse IN ne
suitable for physician a. se stand anywhere Also goo
buggy wagon. nvrp RpoTarR
~. x..a. Auction and commission merchants.
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~H,, WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA new
Eze steamboat Thomas Coyer VIII depart at tho follow

Akk ing
Leave Alexandria al Z, q, 10, lli a. mi ID q 6pm
Leave Washington At "a 9l, i0f fa, 81 81 St. o. m
large omnibus with the boat Through ucker ICE
+
Passage boat, l2l cents. -
JOB CoRsoN
May 7-TSF Captain.
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CARD.The ladies and gentlemen Of the DIS
ict l. respectfully sale Of furniture pen
ir~ kc which Concert Hail.
Friday, the 10Th instant Sale Of furniture
10 and OF paintings ats O'Clock,
D. M They find The sale worthy Of their attention For further
particulars '' ''e ''" GREEN = rAsrEr,
/ u.yaa Auctioneers.