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Paul Jones and the English
Fleet.

A correspondent Of the New York Tribune
sends The editor n drawing ot Paul JoGes 5
liag of the revolution, and says: .,
send you a hasty drawing ut The tiaS OF
Paul Jones winch he first hOisted with his
own hands, on hoard the American irIgate
Alfred, 40, off Chestnut street wharf, Pnia-
.ielphia, Or. 10, l776 u"drr salute OF Ii
guns. While on this subject il is well TO
observe, Tor The benefit OF your very numer
Gus readers aud the public. that Paul Jones
sailed IN triumph over the seas with this flag
fylng from his main royal, and utter his
Capture OF the British trlgate Scraps, (Is
own ship sinking under hiu,) IN bloody
action OF six hours, the veasels lashed TO-
gelher and colors nalied 10 the mast, he
arrived 10 The Texe!, Holland, with his prize.
Here he was blocknded by British fieet
from the Downs, Of 81 sail of tine-of-lntrle
ships, TO prevent the daring aud intrepid
hero from leaving his aDci,oragej but Jones
determining not 10 be idle, changed his nag
from The prize, the Scraps, and hoistea ''ie
banner OF freedom on the American iriga'e
Alliance. then in the Texel, determined al
every hazard to run the gauntlet IN defiance
Of lie i'm mniense feet waiting to capture HIM
for whose head Britain had offered reward
Of 10000 guinens. di :.
Having bic frieaie in fine trim, and gal
LIANT crew, he waited for crack breeze, Hi
topsails were double.reefed. and it wa
blowing a gale direct seaward be took hi
| stand BY the helmsman, and bore dowl
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France but The grandparents would not
give him up until the gentleman made them
n proposal as follows: that he would give
them money enough to make them comfort
able during their lives. That the fnrher of
the child was dead, and that the uncle ofthe
boy was nobtenan Of France of immense
fortune, and had promises, The father tina, he
would adop, him, and bring Him up us his
own child, providing he could be brought to
Paris (which proposals were accepted, aud
the boy was taken to France.
Since writing the above, have seen ex-
tracts of The life Of TalIeyrand, by NJ. Col
mache, as published in Frnscr's Magazine,
by the Harl ers, in their monthly Magazlne,
TO which refer you, and which | think is
rather confirmatory than refutaton of my
relation of his birthplace aud lmrenragp,-
otherwise you will plainly see. that the re-
pufed parents Of Tallcyranh have out, aged al
parental affection. And ! think. from the
above statement Of Mr. Robbins, and Talley-
rand's private secretary, NJ. Colnmche, we
may come TO the conclusion that Talleyrand
was the natural son Of Captain Bailie Tai
leyran'l, Perigord, and that he was born al
Mount Desert, in America.
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Y. and lost all their former vivacity and

". and lost all their former vvacty and
spirit.
At length the picture was finished, and
Hans was first allowed to see himself on
canvas. AT the first glance he started back
in alright, crying out like one mad. Dom
ner and BliIz the rascal has stolen me y
FROM thai day forward, when the artist had
gone away, aud taken the picture with him,
old Hans was quite changed he went about
the village, talking To himself, and was often
heard to mutIer, Nailed up 10 the wall
stolen Hans has his eye open all dav and
night, looking down from the wall-never
sleeps, nor eats, not drinks. Stolen the
lhiei = Seldom could sensible word be
drawn from him ; but he played the widest
tunes on his fiddle, and every now and then
would stop and laugh, exclniming, as if ga
zing at something, 'Ha, hn you old fellow
there, nailed up to the wall, with your fiddle;
you can't play, you are the wrong oLe-here
he sits
On one occasion the spirit of the old man
burst out again 1t was the day when the
gay yly-jecked ir-bush was stuck upon the
finished gable ofthe new school l-house. The
carpenters and ma sons came, dressed in their
Sunday cloihes, preceded by band of mI-
sic, t" fetch the MASTER The old fiddler.
Hans, was, the whole day long, in high
spirits-br,sk and gay as IN his hest years.
be sang, drank, and played till late into the
night and in the morning he was found. with
his hddle-how in his hand, dead in his he'd
Many of the villagers fancy, III the sIil.
ness of the night, when the clock strikes
Twelve. that they hear sound in the srhool-
house, like the sweeirSl ioues of fiddle
Some say that il is old Hans instrument,
which he bpqueathet to the school-house,
and which plays by Itself. OILERS declare
that the tones which old Hans played into the
wood and stones, when the house was build
ing. come out of them again in the night
Be his as it may, the children are taught all
the new RATIONAL methods OF instruction. in n
building which is still haunted by the ghost
Of The fiddler.
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Exnlosion of Steam Boilers.

In the Newark explosion case the Coro-
ner's Jury rendered verdict that the accI'
dent. which resulted in killing five men, was
caused by the insufficlency Of water in the
boiler. Ii is now well ascertained that thus
is the cause of nearly every explosion that
occurs. Ii always arises from carelessness
of the engineer, for he can always know the
amount al water in the boiler. And no
strength or goodness Of the boiler. or caution
as to tho amount of steam on, will avail 10
project against explosion, iiihe engineer will
permit himself 10 I've guilty fihis dangerous
negligence as to the supply Of water. The
Newark Daily Advertiser remarks upon this
case ' 81 -.-.a
But what is he 10 do if he fin,ls that the
water is dangerously low? BY letting in cold
water it comes in contact with The red hot
sides Of The boiler and il Instantly flashes in
TO steam, which produces the explosion. BY
opening the safeIy-valve, the wnter, from the
relief pressure, rapidly diminishes 10 quantity,
and the danger becomes greater; for no safe
ty-valve opening is sufficient 10 give exit 10
all the steam formed by the remaining wate'
surrounded by red-h hot iron plates. Wha
resource is lefi to the terrified engineer 3
Only one tl,at W are aware Of, and that is
70 talus out the fuel from under the boiler and
Ia il cool ; sndshis d IN opeRssiou which fss
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A Young Hero.

In late number of the Kn,ckerbocker, is an
anecdole of childish heroisn,' which will 90
straight to the hearts of parents. A fine, hear
ty and generous boy of my acquaintance, be-
tween SIX and seven years old, in a ncighbor-
ing town, was afflicted with dangerous and
chronic disease, that rendered surgical oper-
alton necessary. The little fellow bore his pc
riodical attacks bravely; but his parents saw
that at each return his sufferings increased, un-
til at last they yielded to the advice of the at
tending physician, and consented that their dar-
ling should undergo the necessary operation,
although they knew it would be at the peril of
his precious life. The father told his boy,
with an anguished heart, that he must submit
10 painful and dangerous operation, and ask
ed him if he would for h. moiher's sake, con-
sent. The little fellow listened gravely, and
replied that he would do as his father requested,
bnt they must allow him to name his own time.
Nothing more was said to him on the subject,
but at the end of the week he said to his faith
err Now | am ready, papa let them operate
on me tomorrow Notice was sent to the sur
geon. who came assisted by his students and
assistants. The preparations were all made,
The child was undressed, and loose gown put
over his shoulders, when he was taken into the
room where the operation was 10 be performed.
He saw the tub placed under the table that was
10 catch his blood, and permitted himself with
ont murmur, to be laid upon board, and
voluntarily stretched out his little arms to be
bound The sponges were placed around the
body; then looking up TO his nncle said 3
Now tell my papa and mamma to go out of the
room. and shall be ready His parents were
already gone, but he was afraid that they were
there, and would be distressed by his cries.
But he uttered no cry. Ether was administer
ed, and the operation was performed. But the
litile hero never opened his eyes again to bless
those whose happiness was bound up in his ex-
iStence
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Extraordinary Rifle Shooting.

The Ceylon Times gives the following ac-
count of some extraordinary experiments in rifle
shooting. The two rifles used were made in
Paris, and had each four grooves, and did not
appear to differ in weight or length from the
common rifles in common use:-
"A target, about six feet square, was pitch
ed on the sea-road OF the Gale face, which was
placed at the enormous distance of nine hun
dred yards from where the gentlemen practs-
ing stood. A tripod stand was used, upon
which In a groove, the rifle was placed at
rest.
After witnessing several shots from the
stand, we left for the target. To our surprise
we noticed, that although the bull's-eye was
not pierced, there were several shot holes in
good direction above it, as we'll as below, per-
torating the inch planking of which the target
was made with well-de6ned round hole simi-
lar 10 that which acommon rifle would make at
distance of one hundred yards-a proof of the
enormous range and power of the rifle used
! We NAV instance curious fact in acoustics on
this occasion. On leaving the firing place for
the target, when about two hundred wards off,
we heard the rush of the ball, followed at a
PerceptlbIe interval by the sound of the rifle !;
getting farther off, the period between the two
sounds visby decreased, until at the target the
sound of the expulsion reached us before that
OF the ball Sound, of course, would travel at
Its accustomed rate of 1850 feet a second but
where the balls had at range of nine hundred
yards, the velocity necessary to pierce an inch
plank and fly far beyond it, il would be fair
presumption that the velocity would be greater
than that of sound. The marvel of the vast
range must consist in the form and make of the
ball used. These were made in the shape of a
pine cone, rather smaller than the bore, and
with hollow orifce in the centre running from
the base TO the apex. Before placing the ball
In the piece small capsule of iron is slightly
which is then rammed down. 10 the act of
firing the explosion of course forces the iron
cupsule up the whole length of the hollow in the
ball, and in so doing it expands the cone, which
OF course fills up the grooves of the rifle expo
sing the whole base of the bullet to the action
of the powder, without allowing the slightest
windage, which takes away in ordinary rifles,
so much of the explosive force of the powder.
AT first sight we imagined that the rifles used,
were the far-famed needle guns of the Prus-
SLAMS, which have SO immense range, and
which bid fair to be such formidable opponents
TO field artillery, where the effecting striking
force of the rifle ball is eight hundred or nine
hundred yards distance, with equal certainty
with that of the common musket or rifle
VIZ two hundred or two hundred and fifty yds.
respectively
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direct for the cenlre of she British fleet.
where the Adniral's flag was seen f1ying.
who, supposed Jones intended coming under
his lee and surrendering, awaited his an.
proach in silence, while every eye 10 the great
ifert was gnzng intently to see the daring
hero prisoner, one who had captured so
many ships and squadrons in so short time,
and terror to all English coasts. Blu, Jones,
10 his dashng frigate, coming within cannon
shot OF the Admirul's ship, gave the signal
TO his noble crew, and as if magic, and io
defiance of the gale, the ship was covered
with canvas, and careening to the gale
dnshe,i onward, and in passing the astonish- :
ed Admiral, gave him full broad side
onward his ship went with lightning speed,
receiving and delivering broadsides as he
dashed through the whole feet, wilhou, the
loss OF man or a spar. The feet pursued,
but Jones knew his ship and soon distance,l
In- pushing his course for Brest, in whole
France. While in the Channel, he captured
two valuable prizes bound for London, and
OF IL stripes, to the modification of the Eng
lisli feet.
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have courage to attempt, for the boiler may
explode before il be done but If not, then BY
removing the fire, letting the boiler cool, and
stopping the engine end all the works, his
guilty carelessness becomes known, lie like.
y loses his employment, aud certainly incurs
heavy weight Of blame. Moreover, the
removal of large amount Of fuel, either
wood or anthracite coal, is almost, if not quite,
an impossible thing. There is, therefore, no
o'net remedy FOR this cause of these awful
caa.s'rophes that the employment Of good,
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-06-05

MECHANICS REsPEcrABLs. on NoT. Collect
or W. b Lewis. Wing. of Philadelphia, is in .
controversy with Senator Cooper, respecting
the removal Of said Lewis from his office.
Cooper alleged that "the most respectable gem.
,lemen'' desired his removal. Lewis rePhsah
that "they were mechanics. we'll enough, M
their sphere but it can hardly be SAID ,asy'
are the mos, respectable whsreupon siarss
nroces,;un of the mechanics of Philadelphia on
he late visit Of the President. marched 70 hs
nnarter.. with the sentence emblazoned On an
illuminated banner. with cheers for tailmose
and eroans for Lewis. Thai sentence !. gens-
inc whig talk. The wings love the mechanics;
but always Just before the election: wnen y y. .
desirabls 10 csicas them 70 vote sos sae waA9
ticket, emo - slii '.ia s"
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LOVE- OF THE UNroH.-Some men profess
to have great attachment for the Uniot.-
bur have the most extraordinary mode of
maniestDg it, They "blow hot or blow
cold with rbe same BREATH" For insianre |:
Ex-Governor Richardron, president of the S.
Carolina convention, in his address on taking
the chair, said that he loved the Union, and
did moi believe thIt there was an amateur dis
uniomst among the members; and yet in
the same speech he went strongly for seces-
sion. So gross is the inconsistency OF those
who are now engaged in the effort TO destroy
The Union.- Clipper.
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Working Sails 6yo &eam Engine.-A ship
called the Medora, is about 10 sail from Glas-
Cow, for San Francisco, which has on board
n small steam engine, Intended 10 weigh The
anchor, pump ship, hoist the top.saI $, aud
do any other hard haring that may he re-
quired, In addition 10 hosting ont and IN car
90. Il is placed upon deck near the hatchway,
aud is covered by an erection abou. as large
as cooks galley. st as.....f ..
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STRAw BOWERS The manufacture Of
these articles is one great branch of The pros
ductive industry Of Massachusetts, m lliou
dollars worth being produced annually, The
work, mostly, of young females. A corres-
pondent of The Maine Farmer well enqu res
{ Why may not this species Of industry be-
introduced into Maine. and become as
important, in proportion TO its population, as
in Massachusetts
1t requires no capital, or but trihe-a
bundle of rye straw, a tool for preparing it,
which will cost no more than pair OF scis-
sors, and pair of willing hands, with nimbie
fingers, is all that is necessary for the busi-
ness. or this latter article, surely we have
an abundance, which is now quite uselessly
employed, or not employed at all. The
straw can he raised here. of very superior
quality, the climate being well adapted TO its
culture. 1t may be said that this ART is TO be
learned. if SO why not establish school in
which it may he taught? Such school, if
once made fashionable, would be as well
palronZed as dancing school. and many
times more useful. 1t would enable many
would he fashionable young ladies TO provide
for their own little expenditures which now,
in many instances, bear heavily upon the
means Of their friends
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New MEx1co-Mr. Calhoun, the newly APP
pointed governor of New Mexico, in an order
in relation to the formation of volunteer militia
ry companies for Indian defence, directs that
such property as may be captured BY them from
the public enemy, shall be disposed Of accord
ing to "the ldtus aud customs hitherto eristing
in The territory" until some some new regu-
lations shall be made, either by Congress, or
by the Legislative authority of the Territory it
self
This would seem TO be an admission of the
doctrine, that the laws and customs of con-
quered countries remain unchanged, until new
laws are prescribed by the conquerlng power.
The matter is one of interest, because, If that
doctrine is finally sustained, domestic slavery,
being prohibited by the Mexican law, contin-
ues under the ban of prohibition, both in New
Mexico and Utah, until it is expressly per-
mitted BY some act of Legislation on the part
Of their new possessors.-Bangor Democrat.
The republic., 1851-02-17

ADVANCE OF Two MILLIONS by THE TREAsuRY.--
We learn the amount of uncoined gold-du and
bullion in the mint, deposited by banks and in
dividuals, somewhat exceeds six millions of dol
lars, which will, with the increased capabilities Of
that establishment be converted into coin at the
of about two hundred thousand dollars per day. In
order however, to anticipate this coinage to
tain extent, and to enable depostors ONCE 10 re-
ceive considerable portion of their funds, we are
highly gatified to hear that the Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr.. Corwin, at the instance Of the
cashiers of our banks here seconded by the request
Of sundry gentlemen in New York, has directed the
sum Of two millions of dollars to be appropriated
out Of the sub Treasury there, to the prompt pay
ment of equal amount Of mint certificates issued
in the early part Of last month. This intelligence
will be very gratifying to our mercantile commu-
nifty, and we take great pleasure in acknowledge
ing the obligations which we shall all feel to Mr..
Corwin for the promptitude he has evinced in this
matter, and the disposition which he has thus shown
to furnish every facility in his power to meet the
wants and wishes Of the public. The immediate
payment of so large sum as two millions of dol
lars in coin out OF the sub Treasury in New York.
cannot but have very favorable effect upon the
money market; and we pleased to find that
Mr.. Corwin. by this act, evinces disposition
his part to relieve New York friends ESQ far
it is in his Power) from any imaginary inconve
ncncc which they think they will sustain in con-
sequence of the refusal of Congress TO establish
branch mint in that city.-Phila. Bulletin, l2M.
The republic., 1851-02-17
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The republic., 1851-02-17

TNHERE is no medicine before the public more
i popular and more respected by the mass than
these Dyspeptic Bitters. They are mild and good
to the palate and for that severe, dsagrccabe, and
prevailing disease, it is most perfect cure, and
has no equal. In many cases where medicine
seemed to be of no usc these Bitters have actually
eradcated the horrible malady in very short Pc
riod of time. Thousands have tested its virtues,
and thousands still trying its efficacy.
Circulars, containing the certificates OF remark
able cures, and the high estimation in which this
Medicine is held by the public press, can be had Of
the agents free.
Price SO cents per bottle
Principal Office i22 Fulton street, New York, up
stairs.
Agents in Washington,
CHAS. STOTT & CO.,
Corner Penn. avenue and 7th street.
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The republic., 1851-02-17

The oNoRABLEAcoUiTrALo OF Com.
MARsroN.-We learn with sincere pleasure that
Commander John Marston, Of this city, who was
recently tried by naval court martial, in con-
nexion with the loss Of the United States sloopof
war I" Yorktown . has been fully and honoraby ac
quilted. This result was anticipated by his many
friends in this city. The following extract from
the record OF the proceedings Of the court is il will
be seen, entirely conclusive:
"Thc statements Of the parties being thus in pos
session of the court, the court cleared for de-
Liberation; and, after having carefully and mature
ly weighed and deberated upon the evidence and
exhibits in the case, the court is of opinion that tho
specification in the first charge is not proved, and
does therefore adjudgc the accused not guilty Of
the first charge. That the specification in the se-
cond charge is not proved, and does therefore ad-
judge the accused not guilty Of the second charge
The court docs therefore honorably ncquit the ac
cuscd, Commander John Marston, of all blame in
the loss Of the U. 8. sloop-of-war Yorktown. The
court also thinks proper to sate that in arriving
at this opinion and judgment, as expressed, the
evidence and exhibits in the fully justify the
opinion that the loss OF the u s. sloop-ofwar York
town was occasioncd by current extraordinary
and unusual both in strength and direction, against
which, under the circumstances Of the case no hu-
man skill and foresight could have provided"
The court consisted of Captain David Geisinger,
President; Captain b. Duiany, Captain +. Forrest,
Commander ID. g. Farragut, Commander Thomas
A. Dornin, Commander G. Adama; and Thomas
C. Tabb, Judge Advocate. Josiah Randall, esq
was counsel for Commander Marston.
philadelphia Inquire.